Editorials

Last Saturday, during a yard sale stop, I got a taste of how the debate over federal gun control laws is affecting grass roots Americans.

The elderly man who had the sale had been a hunter all his life, evidenced by the impressive trophy mounts decorating the walls of his home. While showing me his rifles, he said he was surprised when a woman who had been there just before me bought all three of his handguns with no hesitation.

The longer the Benghazi story goes on, the more it looks as if this administration has something to hide.

After eight months of stonewalling by the Obama administration, we finally may get some answers when three high-level State Department officials with close knowledge of the terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Libya appear on Capitol Hill this Wednesday.

Panther Valley School Board still hasn't decided whether it will retain the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program at the high school.

Hopefully, the program won't be eliminated.

The main reason the board would get rid of the program is finances.

Business manager Kenneth R. Marx Jr. said JROTC net costs amount to about $109,000.

Board member Irene Genther is quoted at the recent school board member as saying:

Last Thursday night, a home was raided by borough police in Lansford and a suspected methamphetamine lab was found and dismantled.

When the raid occurred, a woman, Misty Nicole Hyneman, 30, was arrested on drug related charges. Inside the home with her were two small children in diapers.

A meth lab is dangerous. Not only are dangerous fumes emitted, but there is potential of an explosion. We don't know if drugs were actually being used inside this residence, but if so it certainly is another life-threatening danger for these little kids.