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Wastin’ Time: A Mancini learns to live with nature. Mostly.

All I can remember of the infamous cat incident at the Mancinis’ was it was about 6 a.m. on a Friday and I could hear dad getting ready for work. I was maybe 10 years old and upstairs in bed. Dad, who worked at Sterling Faucet, must have been putting on his work boots when I heard him ...

The show goes on: The Smoot marks 100 years in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG — For much of its hundred-year history, the Smoot Theatre operated alongside other local theaters to bring first vaudeville and later movies to residents of the community. The Smoot, on Fifth Street between Juliana and Market streets, opened Oct. 18, 1926. The theater was ...

Annual quilt show in November

PARKERSBURG – The 22nd annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. Admission to the show is the price to get in the museum, $4 for adults and $2 for children 4-12. The ...

Backyard Gardener: Hard frost marks end of growing season

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Most likely we will say goodbye to the growing season this weekend in the Valley as frost is in the forecast. Any late squash, tomatoes or other vegetables need to be harvested quickly. Don't forget to move houseplants back indoors before they get ...

Fall Shop Hop Saturday in Marietta

MARIETTA – The Fall Shop Hop in downtown Marietta, hosted by Marietta Main Street, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. More than a dozen businesses will participate and can be recognized by the balloons outside their entrances. Each business has donated a gift card or item toward a prize basket, and every purchase at participating shops will earn a raffle ticket for the drawing. Clutch Collective will be collecting good used books for its Adult Book Fair on Sunday. The seasonal Shop Hops bring the downtown retailers, all independently owned, a much appreciated boost in ...

Life Through the Lens: Reality vs. Response

“Words are perception, and perception is reality.” The older I get, the more I ponder the significance of “reality.” There is an unrelenting black-cloud entitled “reality” that everyone cowers underneath. “Reality” is used to execute and excuse. It is wielded to redeem and ...