“One of the oldest social organizations in the Ohio Valley, the Centennial Chapter, National Society Daughters of American Pioneers, was founded in 1899. Its creation centered around the need to recognize a landmark date that fascinated the citizens of Wood County in 1899 — the centennial ...
* Veritas Classical Academy’s Aadhya Adhikari advanced through two rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, missing the third-round cutoff and finishing in the top half of the national field last week. Even better than her performance was the experience and confidence she says she is ...
From school sporting events and recitals to board of education meetings and awards assemblies, plenty of adults have set terrible examples for the kids in their lives by behaving badly. A recent example from Queen of Apostles School in Toledo is particularly bothersome. One parent has been ...
With all the schools that soon will be closing for summer, families are looking forward to vacation time. For many, vacation means being off work, and even if they can’t go anywhere, staying around the house and catching up on things that they couldn’t do while they were working. Others ...
December 1967, our family was watching TV when the phone rang. It was Uncle Joe, Dad’s older brother. Mom handed Dad the phone. Dad’s eyes got wet. Looking down, in a whisper he announced, “Austin (our cousin, Dad’s nephew) was killed in Vietnam.” I was in high school; death was no ...
Ever notice how ceremonial signings of high school athletes to college sports programs tend to feature lots of signage designed to promote the college, rather than the athlete who did all the work to earn the honor? (But at least the colleges and universities aren’t adding to the expense of ...
