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Do you know where your children are?

As parents, where our children are and what they are doing is always a concern. Of course it depends on the age of the child as to how you can control and guide the child. If they are young and in grade school it is much easier to guide and monitor what your child is doing and you can tell them when to be home and what time etc. plus you will usually find them where they were told to be. It is very Important from a young age that they know you make the rules in the house or they will be grounded and punished in some respect. If you do not carry through with your wishes and rules they ...

Just my type – letters make a difference

The written word has preserved the thoughts of humans for thousands of years. The first example of writing was in the Middle East around 4,000 years ago. Early writing depended on humans called scribes to copy important texts. Type that could be rearranged would come much later, as would ...

Cool and refreshing mint

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! Wow! The summer is flying by as the Fourth of July weekend came and went. Fireworks, cookouts with family and friends and the summer heat all go along with this great American Holiday. Nothing says summer like a grilled hot dog (coleslaw, onions and mustard of course). Working outdoors in the lawn and garden is a great way to get exercise and to grow, harvest and enjoy nutritious food. This has already been an extremely hot summer. Remember to drink plenty of water when working outside, wear light colored clothing and don’t overexert ...

Battle of the Muskingum

Mississippi River Valley Late 1806: A national emergency was brewing, and Marietta was at ground zero. Former Vice President Aaron Burr was about to begin a military action that might remove states from the Union and start a war with Spain. Burr’s goal was creation of a new empire in the ...

His path for a run at the White house started in Marietta

The upcoming presidential race is certain to be hotly contested as Joe Biden and Donald Trump duke it out to see who will lead the country for the next four years. A century ago, our area played a role twice by having men on the major party tickets twice in a span of eight years. Charles Gates Dawes, was from Marietta and was vice-president under Calvin Coolidge from 1925 until 1929. Less than a decade later Alf Landon would become the Republican nominee for president in 1936. Alf Landon moved here as a small child. His dad, John Landon worked for the Union Oil Company and ...

Cross to bear — do more, give more, be more

Jesus said in Luke 9:23 (NIV), “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Some folks consider the hardships of life to be their cross. Dealing with a health problem, don’t have enough money to make ends meet, raising a handicapped child or caring for an aging parent, that’s your cross, right? Well, many people do collapse under the burdens of life. Writing in Psychology Today, Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College, wrote of “declining student resistance,” which causes college age young people to be ...