Ian David Jones was born on Nov. 30, 2023, at 8:44 a.m. at Marietta Memorial to parents David and Destiny Jones of Waterford. He weighed 8 pounds and is 18 inches. Ian has three siblings named Ava, Ella and Otis Jones. His grandparents are Tom and Doddi Jones of Waterford and his great-grandparents are Fave Farmer of Waterford and Betty Wise and Popeye McMannis of Waterford.
If you had told me years ago that it is better to give than to receive I would not agree with you. When you are a child you want all the toys in the stores and remember taking my children into stores and how they wanted so many different things they saw. They would always find things they wanted “right then” and many times I had to say no to them just to teach them that we can’t always buy something when we go into a store. Kids are clever however and they would run to their grandparents and of course they would purchase what they were wanting. I am sure you all remember the ...
There are four levels of comprehension or understanding: literal (stated facts), interpretive (implied facts), critical (making judgments), and creative (evoking an emotional response or forming new ideas). Now we are going to explore the area of interpretation (often referred to as “inference”) because your child deals with this level of understanding very often in school. Let me repeat; applying inference skills involves the interpretive level of comprehension. Often a textbook author does not literally state information. Thus, it is up to the students to infer such implied ...
NEW MATAMORAS — Frontier High/Middle School senior Emily Collins and junior Amara Geese are helping their fellow students with various needs through a community supply closet at the school. “(The Cougar Closet) is a room in the school that has clothes and toiletries for students. They can ...
“MANY A TEAR HAS TO FALL, BUT IT’S ALL IN THE GAME…” Those bittersweet words set to music are probably familiar to those of us who are old enough to remember one of the biggest hits of the 1950s. But did you know that this classic American tune was written by one of Marietta’s ...
STEUBENVILLE — Nearly 82 years after the death of Navy sailor Stanley Casmier Galaszewski during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the service member’s family will finally put him to rest in his hometown of Steubenville. Galaszewski, a seaman 2nd class who served on the USS California during ...
