Common sense: good sense in everyday affairs, practical intelligence. Not book knowledge, able to figure out the solving of a problem. Evil: morally bad, wrong, sinful, wicked, corrupt, harmful. The reason for my definitions at the beginning of this letter is so anyone can understand better ...
* It’s hard to beat traditions such as the annual Kootaga District Pinewood Derby, which brings Scouting families together in a competitive tradition that has been sustained since 1955. On Feb. 28 at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, this year’s even featured more than 50 Scouts and ...
As the United States of America celebrates 250 years of freedom, Look Back will, on occasion, continue highlighting important events of the Revolutionary War. Readers are asked to support the many local events that will also be offering remembrances of those who fought for, died for, supported ...
There are many firsts for me this legislative session. One of them has been the budget bill moving earlier than I or many other experienced Capitol dwellers have ever seen it move. The state Senate and House of Delegates came to a compromise on the budget bill on day 51. This was done for the ...
Every day, I work with communities that are ready to grow. A region with available land, capable workforce, and a determination to compete. What we often lack are the tools to move at the speed modern industry demands. That is why the West Virginia House of Delegates’ passage of House Bills ...
Fourth grade became a rough year for me when “Tex”, a big sixth-grader moved in. I was a scrawny fourth-grader. Tex was a bully who made me and my friends’ lives miserable. None of us told our teachers or parents. We were afraid of what Tex would do to us. One day walking home from ...
