Divided We Fail
      (John J. Castellani is a member of the Business Roundtable and a leader of the multi-organizational Divided We Fail campaign) America spends more on health care than any other country in the world. And yet our care is worse than that in many other developed countries, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund.
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Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
BY HOWARD 'MAC' MCDONALD
      A little rural post office in Texas had a sign up that read, "In God We Trust." Someone complained about it and they had to take it down. Word about this has spread, along with a suggestion that on every piece of mail you send, you should write, "In God We Trust.
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Potter County's Finest!
      Finest! To the editor: Many thanks to those who donated to the Potter County Commissioners' gift basket for the Pa. State Association of County Commissioners' conference in Valley Forge, namely: Gail Ayers, Nani Bell.
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Old Growth Forest Tours
      To the editor: An "Auto Tour of Old- Growth Forests" is located primarily in the northcentral part of Pennsylvania. Some 20 sites on the tour represent many different ecosystems, not only deep classic big- tree forests. Most of the sites are within the Pa.
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Government Efficiency
      To the editor: Recently I heard the governor insinuate that government is a business. He is wrong. Government produces nothing. It is, and always will be, an expense. The perception that government creates anything is a mistake. Ultimately, excessive government spending and taxes are destructive to any economy.
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Gas Drilling Threats
      To the editor: Recent advances in deep well drilling, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have made gas extraction from deep wells practical and economical for gas companies. Hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracturing, is a technique that creates long fractures in rock and coal to release gas from the shale formation to wells to be collected.
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