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Camping a story worth telling to America

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Big names are representing our commonwealth at the Great American State Fair in Washington, DC. Well-known Pennsylvania staples such as Crayola, Middlesworth…and Camp Susque? Why does a small Christian summer camp get to represent Pennsylvania along with heavy-hitters from our agriculture, energy, or even snack industries? The fair, running June 25-July 10, 2026, is an opportunity for our state to showcase our contribution to our collective national identity. While Camp Susque might be a small, rural, and non-profit organization, camping plays a crucial role in our state’s ...

Rude behavior

Letters

I spent my life teaching my children and now my grandchildren to not be rude and disrespectful. Then I read the newspaper from June 16 and there is a girl at Jersey School graduation (full page) with her tongue sticking out. Turn the page and there she is again. I am sure you could have found many graduates who were being respectful and put their picture in the paper instead. You are idealizing rude behavior. JOHN and SUE HEYLER Nauvoo Submitted by email

What other newspapers are saying: The next 50 years

Editorials

On this Fourth of July, the United States turns 250. A quarter of a millennium is long enough to make a nation feel permanent, as though it had always been here and always will be. But the founders who signed their names to the Declaration of Independence knew that they were making a wager, not a guarantee. They pledged their lives, fortunes and honor precisely because the outcome was in doubt. Two and a half centuries later, the wager is still being placed by every generation that inherits it. That is the truth worth celebrating this summer — America is still being made. None of ...

Sin and confusion

Letters

A recent letter refers to cultures, past and present using mixed gender roles as excuses to butchering and pushing cross-sex hormones on minors. I think it’s evil, ghoulish,and barbaric, even on adults. The greatest known civilization, should mimic people from third world, non-Christian, dark-age-like societies? She mentions WPATH; which is recognized as ‘the authority’ of trans care. The problem: it is a self-promoting, well-funded group of fringe doctors.The growing numbers of detransitioners is telling! Even among young adults which started their surgical transitioning ...

Lycoming County Fair a testament to enduring values

Editorials

The Lycoming County Fair is returning. We hope everyone enjoyed our guide to the Lycoming County Fair and other nearby fairs in Wednesday’s edition. Even more so, we hope everyone takes an opportunity to visit the county fair. For generations, the fair has been an annual display of our ...

Weasel words

Letters

Trump’s political genius has long been to promise people that success was just around the corner. And those same folks never realize the corner rarely comes. I like to call his promises, “Weasel Words”. For example: “largely negotiated” “proceeding nicely” “largely agreed to” “gas prices will come down a lot” “We perhaps have the makings of a deal here” “In a few weeks” “within reach” “Moving Along Well” It might be interesting to keep a tally of these weasel words and see which ones are Trump’s favorite! DAVID ...