…..The beginning of buck season coinciding with Thanksgiving has always perplexed me. With no hunters in my family, I didn’t encounter deer hunters until I worked at Weirton Steel. The workers looked forward to deer season with the anticipation of young children looking forward to…
……..The latest poll in a local daily paper was interesting. It asked the question “Do you think Joe Manchin should run for president” and 64% of the respondents said yes. Yet poll after poll indicates Gov. Jim Justice would beat the pants off of Manchin…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the ten years since we founded the paper I’ve always written about my experience with breast cancer, October is almost over and Shannon is waiting for the column. She feels a real social responsibility about these things “You…
…….Monday is Labor Day and we often forget why a day was declared to honor our workers in 1887. Two of the biggest unions, the Knights of the Labor, and the Central Labor Union, declared a day where union workers would be off work; have…
…..My Mom used to say she could feel fall in the air. Don’t know what she meant, maybe it was the smell of woodsmoke. I know for me it’ll be the sound of the Oak Glen Bears on Friday nights. From my side porch, I…
Joe Manchin has always defied labels and those of us who served in the West Virginia legislature with him often conjectured about what label to put on him. Was he a D (Democrat)? The unions thought so until they didn’t and turned on him. …
CARLA TROY WHERE ARE YOU? I have a mystery on my hands and I need you to solve it! Like many little girls I had an alter ego in girl-mystery series. Nancy Drew was probably the most famous, but she just didn’t fit with me. …
………….June’s property transfers in today’s edition reveal some interesting transfers. Ohio River Corridor, which Bryce Custer heads, owned the property upon the old Globe Brick facility ,was located. . The property was sold for $600,000 to Industrial Construction Initiative (ICI). ,,,,,Custer said he did not…
………..I had forgotten a basic principle in my adjustment to being alone again and in my quest to alleviate my sadness. “Just cause you can do something doesn’t mean you can do it well.” We’re talking about painting. I’ve been looking for projects and my…