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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 2017
Page
4
The Athens Messenger established 1825 serves Athens Ohio with Route 33 North and Johnson Road address. Contact details include (740) 592 6612 and email info athensmessenger.com. Community notices and letters to the editor are directed to Monica Gaporte Race.
An Athens editorial laments Hoffa’s Records closing on West Union Street after decades of casual, light filled browsing. The author imagines reopening as Hoffa’s Music & Art Museum with tours by professors and curators, offering nostalgia rather than sales, while preserving beloved items like a Herman’s Hermits album priced at one dollar.
Dear Readers share woes about junk ads cluttering doors and lawns and how a no solicit sign fails. A reader recalls how to ask without a ring and to involve a jeweler later. he proposed plans and they married 54 years ago.
In a caustic online critique, a campaign ad analysis targets Betty Sutton, former Saint Lawrence Seaway administrator and Ohio congresswoman candidate. The piece decries the hardhat worker trope, questions her exposure strategy, and contrasts it with broader civic issues such as healthcare, education, and labor.
The passage argues humans are replaceable parts, with bodies as vessels and brains as slow computers. It notes prostheses and medical tech, likens life to a chemical lab of drugs, and tests views on identity from physicalist to dualist, suggesting bodies are temporary outfits for our imagined selves.
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