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School of Thought: Balanced

STUDENT INTRO: Parkersburg South High School sophomore Sonnet Napier shares the importance of a nutritious, healthy lifestyle, diet and exercise in “Balanced,” Sonnet is an active member of Student Council, an avid reader, and a ferociously competitive debater. She also enjoys sketching and ...

Look Back: Oil industry comes and goes

OLEAGINOUS [meaning: having to do with the production of oil]! Some Local Reminiscences of the Petroleum Reign Refined oil has never been lower than it is at the present. Crude has sold as low as fifty cents [a barrel]; the quotation of yesterday gave the price at 71 cents. Manufactured oil ...

Op-ed: Orthodox Christianity – offices

This is the third in a three-part series. The first part was published Sept. 24. The second was published Nov. 26. *** During the years I attended Protestant Churches, I remember seeing basically one person, the preacher, apparently in charge of everything during the services. In those ...

Lessons learned

During our recent trip, Lynnda and I were returning from a business meeting in Tampa and stopped to see some old friends from Elkview who now live in Plant City, Fla. Our kids grew up and were in Scouts together in Elkview. Al is struggling with some health issues since we last saw them two ...