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    Your voice matters: How to submit a letter to the editor or pitch an opinion column
    Thomas Suddes
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    Suddes: New year will begin with inaction agenda in Columbus
    CareSource and Dayton Foodbank partnered for a mass food distribution event on Thursday, Nov. 20 at Dixie Twin Drive-In Theater. SICSA also distributed dog and cat food to those with pets. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Ideas and Voices: ‘There is no greater feeling than helping a neighbor in need’
    Marianne Requarth is the director of development for The Dayton Foundation. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: Tax-smart giving in a season of need
    Barbra Stonerock is the vice president of Community Engagement for The Dayton Foundation. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: We rise together through giving
    Joshua Ward is the pastor at Omega Baptist Church. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: My childhood dream came true… I grew up to become a superhero. You can, too.
    Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose
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    Opinion: Why Ohio needed real reform in campaign finance enforcement
    Rodney Veal, Artist/Choreographer and Host of ThinkTV and CET CONNECT, The Art Show.
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    VOICES: Art has the power to change the world — but only if we are brave enough to give...
    Jennifer Santoro of Christ Church Bellbrook speaks in favor of book restrictions at a recent Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools meeting. Courtesy of Bellbrook schools.
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    Letters to the Editor: Readers react to school book ban, election information
    Diane Welborn is the Ombudsman for Dayton/Montgomery County. CONTRIBUTED
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    Ombudsman helps woman with Medicare Part B application
    Ray Marcano’s column appears on these pages each Sunday. CONTRIBUTED
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    MARCANO: For the fourth time, COVID, you can’t have me. Why can’t you take no for an...
    Tiffany Countryman is the Engagement & Learning Coordinator for the The Human Race Theatre Company. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: More than a wish tree: Dayton’s arts community steps up for military children
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: General Assembly members seem to think the people are supposed to serve...
    FILE - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives the State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on March 12, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Samantha Madar/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, Pool)
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    Letters to the Editor: Readers react to gun control legislation, veteran caregiving needs
    Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, left, Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher applaud after initialing a pact after an agreement was reached, Nov. 21, 1995, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after 21 days at the Proximity Peace Talks in Dayton, Ohio.The U.S.-brokered accord, reached in Dayton, ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war between rival Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Roman Catholic Croats, who clashed on the republic's future after the former Yugoslav federation fell apart. Milosevic is now on trial for war crimes in The Hague. Izetbegovic died of heart failure on Oct. 19, 2003, at the age of 78, and  Tudjman died in 1999.(AP Photo/Michael Heinz)
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    VOICES: Thirty years later, Dayton is an enduring symbol of peace
    Hon. Michael Newman is a United States District Judge in Dayton’s federal courthouse. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: Teaching about the Constitution and Bill of Rights is important
    Diane Welborn is the Ombudsman for Dayton/Montgomery County. CONTRIBUTED
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    Ombudsman intervenes to address woman’s ‘Catch 22′ Medicaid coverage issue
    Laura Mishne Heller is a full-time professional faculty member at UD, social worker, and social change agent. (CONTRIBUTED)
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    VOICES: Andy’s Law has noble intentions. Removing education from prisons isn’t one of...
    On Dec. 5, my daughter Angelica said goodbye to her husband of 17 years, Russell, who died from a rare genetic liver disease. He was 47. CONTRIBUTED
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    MARCANO: Grief is the price we pay for love. Over time, I hope to realize it’s a worthy...
    Jane Fernandes is president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: The courage to participate: Americans are choosing hope over fear
    The Montgomery County Jail in downtown Dayton. Brooke Spurlock/Staff
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    Montgomery County Jail deaths prompt calls for oversight, systemic reform
    Robert L. Gresham, is a civil rights lawyer for the estate of Christian Black. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: A $7 million settlement was only the beginning, but won’t fix a broken jail
    Mary McDonald is a Montgomery County Commissioner.
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    VOICES: ‘I am committed to honoring their loss through action.’ Read Montgomery County...
    As Congress faces a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act subsidies, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., meet with reporters about health care affordability, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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    Letters to the Editor: Readers react to potential ACA cuts, SB 52 and more
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