Ohio
Letters: Ohio lets dogs get away with murder. Dangerous dog laws outrageous.
Ohio lets dogs get away with murder
Re “Ohio’s dangerous dog laws look at animals’ behavior, not breed,” Oct. 22: The article about Ohio’s dangerous dog laws had me floored.
“If a dog is already deemed vicious, gets out and kills a SECOND person (emphasis mine), the judge must order euthanasia.”
So, if someone were to shoot and kill their victim, they could go free until they killed a second person? Why would our laws not mandate removal or euthanasia after the FIRST person being killed?
Unbelievable!
Sandra Schlaudecker, Columbus
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Fact it, Trump’s a Hitler fan
Let’s cut to the chase on this issue of Donald Trump praising Adolf Hitler.
- Did Ivana Trump tell her lawyer that her husband received Hitler’s book, “My New Order” from his friend, Martin Davis of Paramount Studios?
- Did Davis confirm that he did give this book of Hitler’s speeches to Donald?
- Do the former president’s actions and style of speaking reflect der Führer’s own methods as printed in this book?
- Does Trump’s rhetoric include the same brainwashing techniques used by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels in their destruction of Germany’s democracy?
Trump promises to snatch away our right to vote if he is elected. He also promises to be a dictator for a day. Where in history does any dictator voluntarily quit after only one day on the job?
Patriotic U.S. citizens need to act on George Santayana’s warning that those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Vote against every Hitler wannabe; vote to support democracy.
Stanley D. Krider, Delaware
Shame on Harris
Kamala Harris has openly compared Donald Trump to Hitler.
Her words were some of the most despicable ever uttered in American history. What she did was to put out a call for assassination on a man who is detested by some because of his personality. In order to believe Mr. Trump is as evil as she states, then give us examples of the harm he caused during his first term.
Shame on her and shame on those who listen and agree with her hateful banter.
Michael J. Loehrer, Dublin
Republican shouldn’t vote for Moreno
Re Moreno should leave jokes to comedians, abortion to women, Oct. 24: Linda Smith, your column in the Dispatch was clear, concise and was a wonderful piece detailing how Bernie Moreno should not be elected.
Well, you left out the most important part: Are you going to vote for Sherrod Brown?
It isn’t enough for Republicans to complain about how deeply their party has fallen into anti-democracy. To take real responsibility, you need to vote for the Democrat.
Otherwise, Bernie has a real chance of being elected, no matter your moral stance.
Nancy Schleich, Bexley
Americans, you must think
It seems a great many Americans have lost the ability to think critically, especially when told so many lies by both political parties and their candidates.
Why is this?
People on both sides of the aisle seem to believe literally anything a politician says no matter how outrageous and obviously untrue. With only a slight amount of investigation, these lies can be proven blatantly false.
Voters need to verify their chosen candidates’ statements and promises and then make their decision on who to support.
Sometimes the truth hurts.Chet Ridenour, Sr., Worthington
Out of prison, Indiana’s caviar king back on Ohio River to find fishing holes taken
David Cox, of English, Indiana, says once he began setting his nets again after a two-year prison sentence and a three-year ban on commercial fishing, all of his once-secret spots were taken.
Can you eat fish from the Ohio River?
In 1975, future presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts, bet 20 pounds of New England cod that the Red Sox would defeat the Reds in the World Series. If things went south for Boston, Ohio governor James Rhodes promised to send Dukakis 10 pounds of Lake Erie perch and 10 pounds of Ohio River catfish. The Reds ended up winning and the cod was sent to the Convalescent Home for Children, in Cincinnati.
At the time, people were still eating catfish from the Ohio without too much concern. The fish were also served at several restaurants along the river.
There were warnings in 1977
But two years later, in 1977, The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission released the results of a study of contaminants found in the tissues of Ohio River fish. They warned anglers in cities such as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Wheeling and Gallipolis that man-made chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, had been discovered in the river fish. Later, high concentrations of mercury were discovered in the fish, too.
Thanks to the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the environmental regulations that followed, the river is now cleaner than it was in the seventies. And it’s still teeming with a variety of fish, including catfish, striped bass, drum and black bass, among other species.
But even though PCBs were banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, they are still found in fish, since they remain in the sediment in the bottom of the river. “Organisms live in the sediment and fish feed on them,” Rich Cogen, the executive director of the Ohio River Foundation told The Enquirer. Mercury is also a big problem, according to Cogen.
So the question is: Can you eat fish caught in the Ohio River?
The short answer is yes. But it depends on what species you are eating and where along the river you caught it.
There are also very strict limitations on how frequently you should eat them, according to the web site for the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory, part of the Ohio Department of Health.
In areas of the river between the Belleville Lock, located 204 miles downstream from the river’s origins in Pittsburgh, to the Indiana border, the advisory agency currently recommends consuming Ohio River fish no more than once a month max. That area includes Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hamilton, Lawrence, Meigs and Scioto counties.
Here’s where to check
Recommendations change throughout the year, but you can keep up by visiting the Ohio Department of Health’s Sport Fish Consumption Advisory page, which provides updated information on when certain fish, usually bottom feeders such as carp, are deemed too dangerous to eat at all.
Here’s who should take a pass on Ohio River fish
The agency also warns that people who are more likely to have health effects from eating contaminated fish, includingchildren younger than 15 years old, pregnant women and women who are planning to become pregnant to avoid Ohio River fish altogether.
Just because you have to limit the amount of fish you eat, doesn’t mean the river is a bad place for fishing, as long as you limit your intake or do catch-and-release fishing. Just make sure you have a proper fishing license before casting your line.
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It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the case for both the UCLA Bruins football program recruiting and for quarterback Brady Edmunds. Edmunds is currently committed to head to Ohio State but he took a visit from UCLA offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy earlier this week.
Kennedy met Edmunds on Thursday despite the fact that the quarterback has been committed to the Buckeyes since December of 2024 but could the UCLA Bruins be making a run at flipping the quarterback?
Edmunds has only had an official visit with Ohio State but could UCLA heave a heat check on the 6’5” quarterback? New UCLA head coach Bob Chesney is off to an unbelievable start to his recruiting with the Bruins and flipping a recruit of Edmunds’ caliber would be his most impressive move yet.
247 Sports has Edmunds as the No. 16 quarterback in the class, which would give UCLA a clear predecessor for Nico Iamaleava whenever the Bruins current starting quarterback decides to head to the professional level.
It’d be a full circle moment for the Bruins, as Edmunds was originally recruited to Ohio State by former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly, who bailed on UCLA to go run the Buckeyes offense. Ohio State is a great spot for a developing quarterback, as the Buckeyes produce tons of NFL talent, especially at the wide receiver position, which would help Edmunds put up some gaudy numbers in Columbus.
Chesney and the Bruins have geography on their side, Edmunds attends Huntington Beach High School in Southern California, which could potentially become a factor if Edmunds views UCLA as a program on the rise that’d be much closer to his friends and family than out in Ohio.
Time will tell if Kennedy’s visit will make a difference but UCLA’s recruiting has made waves in the first offseason under Chesney and the new regime.
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