Another season of sharing new pillows and blankets with several elementary schools, Head Start, Community Cupboard and a church, is now complete. There were many people involved each year in this project, and they all deserve a big “Thank You!” Among them are the Senior Stitchers at Bolts ...

I am sure we all have seen the billboards with Dolly Parton saying “Find the good in everybody.” I know what she means by that, but the truth is, there is no good in anybody. The Bible says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” Romans 3:10 KJV. We are born with a ...

I am writing about what the state of Ohio refers to as Class II injection wells. In the oil and gas business we call them disposal wells. These wells are injecting the waste from high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, that is, fracking, most of it coming to our area. This brine waste contains ...

Dear Ms. Myers (executive editor of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel) Your “TSA travel takeaway” is very prudent considerate of fellow travelers on this planet Earth whom are planning to travel by airplane. Many parents and other gift givers, indivertibly to please their loved ones with ...

This past Sunday at a church service, I witnessed something I have never experienced in my 82 years — a children’s secular Christmas song played at the traditional worship service by a young man. “Frosty the Snow Man!” What an unexpected blessing! I told the young man I’m sure Jesus ...

Because it’s getting close to Christmas and preparations for my 55th high school reunion are being made I thought of an old friend. She was my maid of honor over 53 years ago. The last time I called her she had forgotten who I was because she was/is suffering from dementia. I thought if I ...