Each afternoon during the school year, students walked into Club Vandy at Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg — not just for supervision, but for support, enrichment, and connection. Through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, we were able to turn that ...
As always the Fourth of July comes with a big bang! And a day all Americans should celebrate … This important day deserves to be honored and celebrated by one and all, “The Day of American Independence!” I hope all of you had a great day Friday with lots of quality time with your ...
Perception is your reality, but not necessarily THE reality! Or, said differently: What we believe to be true isn’t always the truth. On June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth), the last of the slaves in the USA were freed. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but there ...
West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. Today, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day, President Trump is set to deliver on that ...
The Mid-Ohio Valley is home to Parkersburg, where a 20,000-foot wall and levee hold back any potential flood, and Marietta, where rising waters flow through the streets whenever the rivers decide to leave their banks. The wall in Parkersburg was built following the 1937 flood. Constructed ...
“Nothing means anything, and everything is funny.” *** Human history has provided us with a pretty small list of “great thinkers.” We are overloaded with shallow and unfiltered thinkers; they are a dime a dozen. The great ones, though, they span the ages and inspire ...
