Pardon the weather-speak. I’m talking about the Blizzard of November 24-27, 1950. It was a POWERFUL storm with records that still stand. Snowfall was 27 inches for Marietta, 37 for Parkersburg. It was like a wintertime land-based hurricane. “Explosive cyclogenesis” means that the storm ...
Aldo Leopold, a man considered by many as the father of modern conservation wrote, “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.” That was around 1949, and I think that if Aldo could fathom what the world has become now, he would consider not only the cost to things natural, wild, and free, but also the welfare of mankind. Aldo’s world was shaped by events closer to his time like the passing of the ...
With winter comes cold, and with cold comes ice. Ice on our roadways adds danger to our daily commutes, it’s something that northern drivers learn to deal with, but it still causes havoc with our lives when it closes schools and cancels events. Ice on the rivers though, is a ...
We are on our January Florida vacation for the last two weeks, with some work mixed in. Shale Crescent is taking part in a U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow in Turkey in early February. We are making travel arrangements and scheduling meetings separate from the event with Turkish companies we are already working with. In addition, we continue to work with Canadian Roadshow and SelectUSA contacts, a dialog important to continue while we are in Florida. A couple Lynnda and I have known for decades is vacationing with us this week. Relaxing after dinner one evening, I asked everyone, ...
Dear Santa, Santa I have been a good girl I would like An LOL Doll A book A babydoll A snowman A Bluey puzzle A Bluey house A Bluey car A phone Love, Brooklyn Dear Santa, I want a Barbie washing machine, a Barbie sink, a Barbie broom, a Barbie mop, Barbie’s food, ...
Lanora Marie Mavis Walters was born Nov. 29, 2025, to Ariel Reese and Christopher Walters of Oak Hill. She was born at 8:41 p.m. at Marietta Memorial Hospital weighing 6 pounds and 13.8 ounces and measuring 19 and 3/4 inches. Lanora was welcomed home by sibling Salina Lynn Walters. Grandparents are Jeffery and Patricia Walters of Beaver, and Stacy Hammond of Oak Hill. Great-grandparents are Karen and Steve Adkins of Oak Hill.
