After the recent primary election period, I think we could all use a break from politics for a bit. This is when I traditionally republish a Memorial Day column with some minor changes from year to year to keep the column relevant. In that piece, I write about the Memorial Day parade in my ...
I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking about Memorial Day as a happy occasion. There will be an extra day off work; swimming pools will open; there will be good food, parades … festive things. It’s the unofficial start of summer. Students are graduating high school or college and moving on ...
Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA) was proud to take part for the first time this year in the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation’s Give Local MOV annual day of giving. Our organization received $8,655 from 22 donors to whom we express our deepest and most sincere gratitude and ...
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” That verse is often understood in spiritual terms, but its wisdom applies far beyond religion. At its core, it asks a question about cost: What is sacrificed in pursuit of victory, and was the trade ...
Pretty much all the colleges are done for this year. It is hard to believe that the high school season is almost over and all our local high school seniors will be graduating next week. There is so much that goes on before and after the graduation, so much preparation for the family and of ...
