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Time management for school homework assignments

I feel a strong need to discuss the significance of homework. There is nothing that irritates a teacher more than students who procrastinate completing their homework assignments. Throughout the remainder of this writing, I will offer ideas for doing homework. I am writing it specifically for students; therefore, it is imperative that parents share this important information with their school-aged children. Now let’s begin with the following athletic analogy. Coaches, first and foremost, want all their players to gain positive experiences from athletics. To accomplish this goal, ...

Should schools ban cell phones?

A few weeks ago the board for the second largest school district in the country, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to ban students’ cell phone use during the school day. Within days, the chancellor for the largest school district, New York City Public Schools, also announced that they are enacting a cell phone ban. When asked by local reporters from WNYW about this ban, Chancellor David Banks was quoted to say “They’re not just a distraction, kids are fully addicted now to phones.” The policies that these school districts are putting in place will fully remove ...

1749: The French Expedition and First Catholic Mass

Perhaps you’ve heard of the so-called “Celoron Lead Plates.” Or, maybe not. It’s a fascinating, if not well known, story. Pierre Joseph Celoron De Blainville, a French military leader, led an expedition down the Ohio River Valley in 1749. They buried lead plates at major ...

Area rivers teem with life

The area’s rivers have always been important for those living in the area. Native Americans frequently fished the waters, and hunted the game, such as elk and bison that came to the water edge. When the European settlers first arrived, they found the abundant fish and the game living nearby to be a valuable food source. Early writing about the area describes eight bison being hunted along Duck Creek during the winter of 1792. Some of the fish caught in area rivers were huge, including a 96-pound pike caught in the Muskingum in July of 1788. Those living in Ohio hunted much of ...

Be careful who you trust

When the government was ready to send out COVID checks, scammers sent out emails asking for account numbers and login information so that checks could be deposited electronically into bank accounts. Those who provided information to the scammers didn’t see any deposits, but they saw their accounts empty quickly. I know 2 lonely women who were caught up in online dating scams. They met someone online, messaged back and forth, and wanted to meet in person. Unfortunately, the man they wanted to meet lived several states away and was having a problem with some fraud on his bank account, ...

Rutabaga: Forgotten root crop

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! The heat continues in August as we continue to experience dry conditions with little rain. The extreme hot and dry weather is affecting crops and gardens here in the Valley. Even for those backyard gardeners who irrigate, many plants will suffer from the extreme heat. In some cases, plants will wilt during midday simply because the leaves are losing moisture faster than the root system can take up water. Drought stress has the most severe effects at or near the time of flowering or pollination of most fruiting vegetable crops such as sweet ...