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Look Back: Baseball season in the Mid-Ohio Valley

Parkersburg Is Spring Training Site Even though they may at times push themselves through a blanket of snow, “Easter flowers” have always been a harbinger of spring. And then, as if stirred by months of winter repose by the pretty yellow flowers, ballplayers, the knights of the diamond, ...

Editor’s Notes: Reforestation project has room to grow

If you drive long enough in West Virginia during the bare, gray winter months — when there is no foliage to obscure the view of mangled mountaintops and bare hillsides — you can’t help but notice humans and nature have taken their toll on huge swaths of land. Just a few days ago I was ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: No kings, no exceptions

Easter is the most important day in the year for Christians. It commemorates the state torture and execution of a political protester and agitator, Jesus of Nazareth, more than 2,000 years ago — and the disappearance of his body two days later. No one could have anticipated that minor event ...

Kiki’s Corner: Meaning, traditions make Easter a special time

This week is a special week for all of us. Easter is a very significant – in other words, a very important to be worthy of attention – holiday, and it has a true meaning: We celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. I love Easter and all the traditions that come with it. ...

Cracking the Code: How old is too old?

Did you ever wonder if you were too old to do something? I thought skiing was a young person’s sport until a ski trip to Colorado a few years ago. My daughter, Dannielle and I were skiing at Breckenridge. We took a break on top of the mountain for some hot chocolate and sat by a table full of ...

Backyard Gardener: ‘Easter Lilly’

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Happy Easter to all! I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of our spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. Every year at Easter, you will find the beautiful white flowers of the Easter lily, (Lilium longiflorum), gracing ...