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Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Lions and tigers and pizzlies…Oh, my!

Climate change not only raises global temperatures, it impacts everyone and everything on our planet. As global temperatures rise, ecosystems and the species they harbor are changing in response. Many habitats are either shifting their boundaries polewards, or disappearing altogether - sending ...

Kiki’s Corner: Fundraiser promises ‘wild’ good time

Consumer Credit Counseling Service will hold its fifth Annual Mystery Dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. This year’s theme is “Murder at the Ghost Town Gala,” which promises to transport guests back to the Wild West for an evening of mystery, entertainment, and fun. It will be held at ...

Cracking the Code: Find your diamonds

This week Lynnda and I attended an economic development, climate and energy conference held in Oil City and Titusville, Pa., the birthplace of the commercial oil industry. For decades the world oil price was set at the building where we ate lunch on Monday in Oil City. I was the closing keynote ...

MOV Parent: Teach your children the value of money

“A penny saved is a penny earned” — “money can’t buy happiness” are two quotes that all of us have heard and are familiar with but the true classic saying is that “ money does not grow on trees “ which is used many time by parents to point out the value of ...

MOV Parent: Parental pressure

It is easy for us to say that children today “have more than we ever dreamed of having.” However, they also inherited some negative off-springs of today’s highly competitive society. The pressures of the modern world are more than many children can endure with the advent of increased ...