Coronavirus threatens public education

July 18, 2020

Thanks to COVID-19, universal public education as we’ve known it in the United States may be dead. Here are just some of the areas of concern: — Parents/kids. Many parents had already been concerned about sending their kids to school where classmates had colds or the flu or something, and now we have COVID-19, which can kill. Will those same concerned parents be willing to send their kids (some with pre-existing conditions such as asthma) to school this fall with COVID-19 lurking? Some will not. They will seek alternatives. Home schooling? Maybe. Private schools that have rigid ...

Ways to support our veterans of combat

July 18, 2020

More than 20 combat veterans commit suicide every day. The armed forces have many programs to help stem this horrible plight, but I was wondering what you or I could do to help. If you’re behind a service member in the gas station check-out line, offer to buy their tank of gas and thank them for their service. If that is beyond your monetary means, just tap them on the shoulder and thank them for letting you sleep better at night. I can’t help but feel we’ve failed these warriors who stood watch so that I could take my children for a four-wheeler ride. We must do ...

Understanding what police go through

July 11, 2020

Not many in our society know what an officer of the law goes through. of the police officers are pretty durable and have the mental capacity to hold up. There are psychiatrists when needed. But, for the most part, they are able to put things into perspective and handle whatever it is that is thrown at them at the time. I have three friends who are all retired police officers from towns of varying sizes. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Brownsville, Texas, Elkins, West Virginia. My friend from Winston-Salem told me of an incident that took place at night. He was in a chase after two ...

Reader baffled by public’s support

July 11, 2020

How can people support a president who has no leadership except lies? He has lied to us about COVID-19. His lies are: We have one case. Then we have 15 cases. We have it under control. It will just go away when it gets warm. It will all be going away by Easter. We have control on it. It is just a hoax put out by the Dems. If you wear a mask, it shows you are against me. It will just disappear. We just have to live with it. If I hadn’t closed travel from China, it would have been worse. This was after I let 40,000 Chinese into the U.S. now we have over 130,000 ...

Who will keep up county cemeteries?

July 11, 2020

I am thinking today about the younger generation and what is going to happen once the older generation is gone. I am involved in the upkeep of two country cemeteries, Kerns Cemetery at Sully and Kelly Mountain Cemetery near Elkins. They are both beautiful cemeteries. Both are nicely fenced and are in good repair. However, they both need to be mowed and trimmed at least five months out of the year. We have people who will do the work, but the money is not available to do what we need to do. Seems the younger generation has no thoughts about what it takes to keep a cemetery going. ...

Resident grateful to Beverly VFD

July 11, 2020

I am aware that the Beverly Fire Department fixed dinner for several employees as well as Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center employees. As a member of a community, I would like to say thank you for taking care of our health-care workers. God bless and keep you safe. Stanley Gould ERCC Residents’ Council President