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Greg Kozera: Start 2025 With A Win

Pre-pandemic when I had a gym membership I hated January. The place was packed with strangers working on their New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, get fit, etc. causing me had to wait for the equipment I needed for my workout. Workouts took longer. The first time it happened a friend said, ...

Ring In New Year Responsibly

Let’s agree, as we bring in the New Year, to celebrate responsibly. That means no drinking and driving, staying away from illegal drugs, no shooting guns into the air in celebration and no drunken fights at parties. There can be pressure and hype around what to do on New Year’s eve and ...

Through the Lens: Welcome to a New America 2025

Our old courthouse clock in the dark of the night shows the moment, a new day begins and a new year has arrived. Somehow it seems hard to believe that only 25 years ago we were preparing for the predicted disaster of Y2K. A catastrophe when world computers would run amok because they were not ...

Greg Kozera: Truth Starts with Us

Over Christmas I think we saw the classic movie A Christmas Story three times. It was playing in the background Christmas Day. I can relate to the entire movie. Except growing up we had a natural gas and not a coal furnace. Dad was a master at changing fuses in the basement after we overloaded ...

“The night before Christmas”

“'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…” Originally a simple poem written by biblical scholar and professor, Clement Clarke Moore for his children in 1822, “The Night Before Christmas” is the most well-recognized, ...

Through the Lens: Memories Glow

When I was a very young boy, I was troubled by frequent earaches. When I had a bad spell, Doctor Gordon would make a house call and give me medication to help with pain. Not sure it helped, but with time the pain went away. Near Christmas in the late 50s, I was laid up in bed with an ...

Education is first; feelings lag behind!

A brief look back in time at Paden City would show a thriving little community with plenty to do, a community school nearly filled to the brim, that produced scholars and athletes. Times have changed, class sizes have dropped with the passing years from 60-65 kids per class down to 18-25. ...

Through The Lens

It is no secret that I have for many years asked, why can’t we have a school which offers the opportunities other schools in the area have. Science and math labs, where future doctors and engineers can learn the basics of their future works. Why can’t we have the best security possible to ...

Winter Weather

Not quite sure what this winter will bring, but it sure is nice for this time of year. To our North along Lake Erie, lake effect snow came down fast over Thanksgiving week catching many Holiday travelers by surprise and leaving them stranded for hours while snow plows and salt trucks tried to ...

Through the Lens: Do You Hear What I Hear

The title of my story gives you an idea that my words this week will be about Christmas Music. And when I ask if you hear what I hear, it is nearly impossible to answer “no” at this time of year. Every place you go the music of the season is playing. Grocery stores, elevators, even on some ...