Bible says something
about gathering to pray
This is in response to the person who thinks people should exercise our “National Day of Prayer” at home or in their church.
Never has there been a time in our country that there is a dire need to pray. The safety and well being to enjoy our freedom is being compromised, and our children are dying because of the drug epidemic.
As a child of God, I feel it is my duty to remind one and all what the Bible has to say about gathering together to pray.
Matthew 5:16 says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” In Hebrews 10:24-25, “and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.”
Now more than ever, the churches need to band together and use the special “National Day of Prayer” to exercise our freedom and not be ashamed of whom we serve, but to show honor to our God in heaven for the word of God says in Matthew 10:33, “But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
God bless you all.
Kathy Miller
Kingwood
Fans, officiating at game
was cause for disgust
I was at the Clay-Battelle/Trinity boys varsity basketball game at Trinity, Jan. 8 and was totally disgusted at how the Trinity crowd was acting and the poor officiating of the game.
First of all a “mother” in the Trinity crowd was giving the
C-B fans middle finger gestures across the gym and sticking her tongue out at us. Finally C-B fans had enough and started pointing her out and wanted to go and escort her to the front door. However, our fan got escorted to the front door, for something Trinity fans started.
Our kids are just as good and proud as all the heroes here in town; and who never get any respect or credit from anyone. Instead, all they want to do is make us look like fools. That was a nice article in the newspaper for Trinity. If C-B would have won, we would have needed a search warrant to find the article. Just saying.
We love our sports out here in C-B country, just like we love our Mountaineers. Our kids work just as hard as these kids here in town in practice and academics. We are also very proud of our
C-B cheerleaders. We never hear anything about their state championship trophies in the paper.
Linda G. Barr
Daybrook
Restore prevailing wage
to stave off shortfalls
As West Virginia continues to fall short on revenue collections, Gov. Jim Justice said his budget proposal is “very conservative” in his State of the State Address. But Justice missed an important opportunity in last week’s speech to get ahead of budget shortfalls that would put students first, hire West Virginia workers and save taxpayers money.
Restoring the prevailing wage should be one of the tools state government uses to get West Virginia through the leaner times ahead. Since prevailing wage repeal, students have suffered from new schools not opening on time and with faulty school construction. This costs taxpayers, dearly.
Taxpayers have lost millions of dollars from the repeal of prevailing wage. Multiple new school facilities must be redone or fixed using our government dollars. Contractors who benefit their own bottom line with shoddy school construction built by unskilled workers from out-of-state, cost us local jobs and the state tax revenues from not having more West Virginians employed.
While taxpayers shell out money later this year to redo floors at two new schools in Fayette County, the governor and Republican leadership in the Legislature will be looking for ways to head off shortfalls with spending cuts.
But government leaders should also look at the positive impact of bringing the prevailing wage back. This law will employ more West Virginians to build our schools and eliminate wasteful spending from “do overs” caused by poor school construction.
Charles Parker
West Virginia State
Building and Construction Trades Council
Ripley
