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Durty Dabbers

Letters to the editor

Carol McDermit Lock Haven The weekend of May 30-31, the People’s United Methodist Church of Farrandsville had the pleasure of serving breakfast to the Durty Dabber Cycle Club at the Castanea picnic grounds. This annual event is one of our church’s biggest fundraisers, and we are incredibly grateful to the club for once again allowing us the opportunity to serve them. A special thank you goes to Lisa Bolopue and Lana Sachetti for all of their hard work and dedication throughout the weekend. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to the local businesses that ...

Accuracy is integral

Letters to the editor

Bland J. Rossman Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, Post 1630 Lock Haven We are writing as veterans and members of the Clinton County community regarding recent advertisements featuring Terry Banfill. We believe certain statements concerning his military service should be reviewed and verified before being presented as fact. Those of us who have served understand the importance of accurately representing military service, assignments, qualifications and awards. Military service carries significant meaning, and many veterans feel strongly that public accounts of such service should be ...

Word recall difficulty causes concern in 70-year-old female

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy 70-year-old female who still works full-time and plays tennis regularly. I’m 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weigh 140 pounds. My concern is my memory, especially my speech. English is my second language, but I’ve been in the United States for over 40 years. Words often disappear from me when I need them and come back later when the subject is closed. When I shared my concern with my friend, I was told that nicotine patches are helpful for memory loss, even though I’m no longer a smoker. I quit smoking 15 years ago after decades of smoking. What’s ...

The bottom 1% we rarely talk about

Columns

America spends an extraordinary amount of time debating the top 1% — the billionaires, corporate CEOs and hedge fund managers — and the widening gap between the rich and everyone else. It is an important conversation in a nation that prizes both opportunity and free enterprise. But there is another 1% we talk about far too little. Not the poor. Not the single mother working two jobs. Not the veteran struggling to find his footing. Not the family living paycheck to paycheck. Poverty is not a moral failing, and millions of Americans with modest means are among our country’s ...

Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck?

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President Donald Trump’s obsession with unfounded claims of election fraud has defined his second term in office. But in recent months his fixation has moved from executive nominee litmus tests and executive orders reinforcing proof of citizenship to vote into legislation – dragging Congress into the fray. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, featured heavily in Trump’s primetime speech on July 16, 2026. It’s become the focus of the administration in recent months, eclipsing prior legislative efforts by proposing stringent and widespread ...

Dear Annie: The burden of always being available

Columns

Dear Annie: My younger sister has always been the “fun one” in our family. She breezes in late with a bottle of wine and a funny story, and somehow everyone forgives her before she has even taken off her coat. She forgets birthdays, cancels plans at the last minute and borrows money she never seems to pay back. My parents still smile and say, “That’s just how she is.” I, on the other hand, have become the family’s unpaid manager. I am the one who takes my mother to her doctor’s appointments, makes sure my father’s prescriptions are filled, hosts Thanksgiving and ...