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Who doesn’t like to laugh?
by CeeCee Collins This article seemed timely as we enter the “darker days,” of the year. Some people tell me they get seasonal affective disorder where they feel like they are getting up, going to work, coming home, taking care of family, and then repeating (think the movie Groundhog Day). The repetitive nature of not…
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Elliot Grossman: This Time, the Loveland School Tax Levy Is More Reasonable
By Elliot Grossman Leaders of the Loveland City School District listened, and that’s a major reason why I’m urging people to vote in favor of the school tax levy. In 2019, the district asked voters to approve a huge increase in real estate taxes, about 42 percent. And by a huge margin, Loveland voters rejected…
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A deep dive into the Loveland teacher pay scale
A Comparative Analysis A Guest Column by Lesley Hodge Many things about school funding and finance are made to be more complicated than they should be. When 86% of your Public School District’s budget is comprised of employee compensation and benefits (of which the majority is teacher pay) it pays to be informed (no pun…
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Lauren Enda: Setting the Record Straight
Response to September 27th City Council Meeting Comments A guest column by Lauren Enda At the city council meeting on September 27th, a Loveland resident voiced concern regarding an invasive removal event held at the West Loveland Nature Preserve on September 10th. In her speech, she compared the sanctioned, supported, and fully vetted work done…
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Invasive plant removal day: “We also laughed, motivated each other, and shared our passion for restoring our woodland ecosystems.”
Strong Coalition Begins Healing at the West Loveland Nature Preserve by Lauren Enda On Saturday, September 10th, three paid contractors and 13 volunteers spent a total of 53 hours working and sweating in the West Loveland Nature Preserve. Our goal was to remove as many invasive plants in the Preserve as possible, allowing the healing…
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There’s more to preventing suicide than an Instagram post
by Olivia Rohling At 12:00 a.m. on September 1st, 2022, the calendar officially flipped to September. As with every month, the month of September has its fair share of holidays and monthly recognitions. There’s Labor Day on the 6th, Grandparents Day on the 12th, Yom Kippur that begins on the 15th, and my birthday (which…
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What’s The Cost of proposed Loveland School levy?
by Linda Holtkamp By now, the people of Loveland Schools should know about the proposed Loveland School levy, and how the cost of this proposed increase will affect your property taxes. Currently, 1 Mill is equal to almost exactly $1,000,000, and the school is asking us for 4.9 Mills, additional. The formula to calculate what this…
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I’m really seeing where the next phase of employment is headed
by CeeCee Collins As I’ve had some time to spend with my 20-something-year-old children over the summer. I’m really seeing where the next phase of employment is headed firsthand. Very different from my generation (mid 50’s), we and our parents were taught to find a job in the town we were in, get up each…
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What if anti-abortion activists really wanted to reduce abortion rates?
Birth control pills. Getty Images. Countries with more restrictions on abortion do not have lower rates of abortion A Guest Column by Rob Moore The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision to strike down the right to family privacy around abortion care has cleared the way for Ohio’s six-week ban on legal abortion. Since about 1 in…
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Monkeypox is spreading but the Ohio Department of Health hasn’t spread the message
The monkeypox virus causes lesions that can resemble sores from acne, an ingrown hair or other viruses. They are infectious until the scab is fully healed. (UK Health Security Agency/CDC). A Guest Column by Kenyon Farrow It may come as a surprise to most people in Ohio that in addition to dealing with the ongoing problem…
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