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Marshall Memo: Happenings in Cameron; Grand Marshal; and Turkey Trot

Students in Cameron’s Design and Fashion Class, taught by Holly Pettit, recently donated mastectomy pillows to the WVU Medicine Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital. The class came up with the idea for Breast Cancer Awareness Month both to help bring attention to the fight again the disease and ...

A Number of Real and Important Truths About Israel

I read “The Gathering Storm” by Andrew Napolitano in the Sunday, Oct. 22 issue of the News-Register. He begins with the age-old canard about Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, that Zionist militias forced 750,000 Palestinians out of their homes, villages, and ancient homeland. When ...

Justice Has Trump Card To Play in Senate Race

In the game that is the 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Gov. Jim Justice was finally able to play his trump card, literally. The Trump card I speak of is the man himself, former Republican president Donald Trump, who announced on his own social media platform last week that he ...

World Should Run Away From War and Back to Prayer

When I was growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, there was a very nice elderly Jewish couple that lived next door to us. At the time we moved to this suburb from the inner city of Cleveland, there were very few minorities, especially African Americans, in the community. They said we moved ...

Defending Pope Francis’ Stance on Climate Change

In the October 12 edition of The Intelligencer, Stephen Moore wrote a scathing criticism of Pope Francis’ recent pastoral letter, Laudate Deum (Praise God) on climate change. I offer a different response. First, contrary to Mr. Moore’s impression, Pope Francis does not claim to be ...

Marshall Memo: Violins of Hope, Peter Pan, a Halloween Party and Cruisers

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra hosted a special school presentation in honor of Violins of Hope this past week in the John Marshall High School Center for Performing Arts. Violins of Hope is a national organization that brings together an exhibit of beautifully restored violins and other ...