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Relay for Life teams raising money in many ways

From staff reports BELPRE — Team members have been raising money for the 2024 Relay for Life of Washington County since last fall, but those efforts will continue during Saturday’s event. In addition to the Sips Coffee, Rhododendron Ice Cream and Chick-fil-A food trucks that will be set up in Civitan Park for the event, some teams will have edible items for attendees to enjoy. The Cancer Crush Team will be selling brats, Slawsa and hot dogs, while the Sorelle di Lotta team will have tacos in a bag and fruit and Marietta Memorial Hospital will offer watermelons. Folks can get ...

MOV Parent: Challenges of parenthood

As I was driving the other day and thought it was time for me to submit my article for my monthly parent publication two things came into my mind. First, I love children and second I love cooking and wondered how I could combine these two subjects together in an article. Being a mother of three and grandmother of eight I have developed a great love for children and motherhood is one of the greatest things in the world just to create a human being to love and cherish. Cooking is my second love and very similar to molding a child. For example when a person is ready to prepare a dish you ...

MOV Parent: Fact vs. opinion: A critical reading skill

Parents, many of your children believe that what has been published or seen on social media must be the “gospel truth.” Basically, they lack the critical thinking skills to know the differences between fact vs. opinion. With that said, I will now explain what can be considered as factual material and what can be questioned as an opinion. The following are clues that demonstrate the difference between fact and opinion: Factual Clues If a statement concerns facts, it will pass one of the following three tests of truthful information: 1. Can it be observed? Example: Last ...

How writing skills enhance achievement

There is absolutely no doubt about it; research has demonstrated that developing writing skills can definitely assist your child to become an even better student in the classroom. Even though he or she may think that the art and science of writing as an ability only associated with the English composition curriculum such is, without question, not the case. Teachers in all the content areas will expect him or her to display textbook and course understandings through the medium of written documents, be it homework reports or essay test questions. Actually, there are four very sound ...

Don’t take away my streaks!

I have three stories to share. First story: A mother is concerned about her 10 year old daughter who has seemingly overnight has become irritable, easily tearful, and often checking whether mommy was angry with her. This mother had a rule about limiting phone and iPad use, and some days would not allow her daughter to use these devices. The mother found out, however, that the daughter was sneaking into the parents’ bedroom and using the iPad to access her BeReal account. BeReal is a social media platform that encourages its users to take an impromptu picture of themselves when they get ...