My thoughts for this Mother's Day do not run in the direction of flowers, cards or candy but toward shirts and pockets. The shirt in question was dirty, was for a medium sized boy generally to be found in the same condition, and the pocket on it was apt to contain fish hooks, dead earthworms ...
"Because I feel that, in the Heavens above / The angels, whispering to one another, / Can find, among their burning terms of love / None so devotional as that of "Mother"- Edgar Allen Poe It is our hope that Mother's Day 2022 will bring great joy to our readers about how moms have made and ...
American's as we're known today came about as a result of the great era of immigration. For most US residents our ancestors arrived here with expectations of a better life than they had in other countries. They came for a variety of reasons and in some cases to escape from danger. Many came to ...
It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. You meet all kinds of people through the course of your lifetime, but there's always that one person who sticks out above all the rest. Whether it's a lifelong friend, a school teacher, coach, or a family member, you can be sure it's ...
Not long ago, I happened to see a coal seam that had been exposed when the hillside was cut away to build part of the turnpike in the southern part of the state. The dark layer was deposited millions of years ago. It got me to thinking, before we were a state, explorers ventured into the ...
We live in the greatest nation the world has even known. We have freedoms most of the world could never imagine. The land of the free and the home of the brave, a great great nation built on the backs of hard working men and women who struggled through hard times, fought in wars for our freedom ...
New Martinsville Rotarians are gearing up for another day of coming together with Ohio and Marshall county Rotaries to do their part in fighting hunger around the world. Since 2005 Rotarian clubs have come together to package over 30 million meals for distribution to needy families and ...
There is a popular saying in sports that most of you have heard a time or two. “There is no I in Team.” It is a true statement and something we tell our young athletes often especially when they are just starting out in their chosen sport. Another well know reference to the same subject is, ...
The best way to make someone behave is to take something from them. Physical harm, destruction of property, all out war or invasions never has been the best choice and never will be. As children growing up the worse form of punishment was always having something you valued taken from you. ...
The Walrus said, “The time has come to talk of many things: Of shoes…and ships… and sealing wax… and the future of Wetzel County Schools. The first words in my opening are from a poem written in 1865 by Lewis Carrol. The last part that speaks of Wetzel County, is my words and my ...
