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Tips For Keeping Trees Alive

WHEELING — The final Public Garden Lecture, “Keeping Trees Alive,” will be held on Monday, Aug. 28, at the Schrader Environmental Center within Oglebay Park. This lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. Last Spring I purchased a redbud tree. I planted it following all of the advice that the ...

The Water Is Calling

There is a saying that if you want to see your neighbors during the summer, just head to the beach. At least that is the thinking of a lot of West Virginia folks. It’s true. Just visit Myrtle Beach, Ocean City, Hilton Head or any other seaside town on the Atlantic Ocean in July, and you ...

Book Bags Are Getting Heavier

Fourteen items, that’s how many are listed on the average back-to-school supply list to send a public grade schooler back to class for the 2023-24 school year. I was just curious as to what my kids would need to start the new year, and I was a bit surprised at that list. Items on the list ...

What Really Matters

If there is anything that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us is that there is nothing more important than the people you love and who love you. Like many families, we were separated from loved ones for weeks and months that rolled onto years. Birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms, births, ...

Take The Picture Already!

When I was a child, we were taught that it was not polite to stare at someone. As kids, we developed a saying to handle such incidents. You probably said it, too. We would look at the person who was staring at us and say, “Why don’t you take a picture. It lasts longer!” That usually ...

Enjoying The Simple Pleasures

As an experienced grandparent, I have learned that there are so many simple pleasures that can only be enjoyed with grandchildren. I have learned that as grandparents, our expectations are so distant from that which we required of our children. It’s probably not fair. It’s just the way it ...