The Coshocton County Beacon June 10, 2020 | Page 10

6 • The Beacon
Have we kicked COVID-19 to th
Last week’s column
started out in a bit of a revolutionary
tone — that is a
play on words of course as
the wording was from the
beginning of Charles Dickens’
“A Tale of Two Cities.”
There is nothing quite as
alarming as that word —
not Charles Dickens — but
“revolutionary.”
Hopefully folks will
come to their senses and
even more so by the time
you read this column — and
the destruction of property
will have ceased. I have
no problem with people
peacefully protesting, as
most Americans that truly
understand the principles
Mark
Fortune
Mark’s Musings
upon which our great nation
was founded. “You have
the right to assembly.” That
is close if not on the mark
— I did not research it for
the exact phrase — but can
we stop destroying other
people’s livelihoods?
As if businesses did not
suffer enough from the global
pandemic and ordered
quarantining over the past
few months, the protests
that turned into property
destruction in major cities
across the country is just not
necessary, nor should it be
tolerated. Where exactly is
the National Guard in situations
like this? Are the various
governors afraid to call
them out for fear of escalation?
Could be. Again, I am
writing this without the benefit
of researching this too
deeply. I can do that; I just
chose not to. My brain is
tired of all this just like you.
That does not mean we
can hide under a rock though.
We shouldn’t. Speaking of
that, as mentioned earlier
in this column, I am writing
this on Friday — that means
Buehler’s offers online sho
Buehler’s Fresh Foods
now offers online grocery
shopping at its Coshocton
store. Customers can now
choose to order groceries
online for curbside pickup
or delivery or shop in-store
if they prefer.
With the addition of
Coshocton, Buehler’s now
offers online shopping at
these locations: Wooster
Milltown, Medina River
Styx and Forest Meadows,
Canton, New Philadelphia,
Dover, Portage Lakes, Ashland,
and Wadsworth, providing
shoppers with a way
Call 740-622-4237 for more info.
Wish her a
Happy Birthday
with a
Warm Fuzzy
ad in
The Beacon!