In April of 1983, my brother, Jack, and I were beginning a 10-day archaeological survey of the banks of the Current River in Southcentral Missouri. In the middle of the night, a steady rain began. By 4 a.m., we decided that, with the first rays of light, an evacuation was in order. With ...
From local reports Copper Leaf Interior Design of Marietta recently earned its 10th Design Excellence Award at the Ohio South/Kentucky chapter of the American Society of Interior Design (ASID) annual design competition. This group is the oldest and largest professional association for the ...
From local reports The Washington Electric Cooperative board of trustees has appointed Jeffrey M. Triplett as the cooperative’s general manager/CEO. He succeeds Jack Bragg, who has accepted a position as president and CEO of Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc., in northern Kentucky. Triplett ...
From local reports Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. celebrated the completion of its South Olive substation rebuild project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 26. AEP Ohio, AEP Ohio Transmission Company Inc., Buckeye Power, and Washington Electric reached an agreement in 2014 to ...
As an anthropologist, my brother, Jack, has always been interested in the stories of people, especially those of his own family. For several years, he urged Mom to write her stories. Each time she dismissed his request and did nothing to document her stories. Finally, in 1988, Mom wrote a ...
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/store/products/category/books/The Marietta Times is publishing two books this fall that showcase Marietta's past with hundreds of photos. More than 600 photos are presented in "Around Town" and "Picturesque Past," hard-back books showcasing the people and places ...
In 1997, my brother Jack and I were in transit to San Jose, Costa Rica, when the plane was abruptly redirected to Panama City, Panama. After the plane landed in Panama City, the airport and ground transportation were not ready for 208 people arriving unexpectedly. It took about an hour to ...
My family moved to Malaga in 1961. The old farm house only had three bedrooms so sleeping arrangements were cramped at times. Mom and Dad claimed one bedroom upstairs and Joe and I had separate beds in the other upstairs bedroom. Sylvia and Jack slept in the downstairs bedroom. Jack was 5 and ...
A number of years ago, my nephew, Adin, expressed an interest in learning how to make an arrowhead from my brother Jack. Jack learned how to make stone tools (flintknapping) 40 years ago. In the late 1970s, there were not a whole lot of people who knew how to flintknap. My brothers and I had ...
The barn is the hub of activity for any farm. I spent my share of time there playing with the cats. Twice a day at milking time they all gathered around the feet of the cows and begged for some milk, which they always got. The young ones soon learned to sit although impatiently until I directed ...
When I was a boy, the air of early August days were filled with the screams of the cicada and the wail of the katydids. Around football practices, our days were consumed with harvesting and selling sweet corn. Dad and we boys planted and cultivated about five acres of sweet corn. Several times ...
While a production foreman in an underground coal mine, I had to mediate a conflict between two crew members. I had two roof bolting machines on my section. The scoop car man, who supplied the bolting machines, and the roof bolter operators were aggravated with each other because the scoop car ...
Marietta Main Street announced today that Executive Director Cristie Thomas has accepted a new position, with her final departure coming mid-September. “I absolutely love Main Street and am proud of our board, our committee volunteers, and our collaborative partners for the work we’ve ...
Coal mining throughout most of the 1970s was filled with various types of strikes. Wildcat strikes were the most unpredictable. The actual signal to strike or not to strike often occurred at the elevator doors. A strike leader would emerge who had the confidence of the union members. This ...
Board certified in addiction medicine Raymond Bruce Henthorn, M.D., was recently awarded board certification in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. The newly recognized Board of Addiction Medicine began physician board certification process in 2017 and Dr. ...
The Workforce & Business Development Program, a division of the Community Action Committee of Pike County and OhioMeansJobs-Pike County are partnering with the OSU Endeavor Center, the Small Business Development Center, and the OSU Extension Agency to offer a one-day business summit, ...
One morning a couple of weeks ago, as my wife, Carol, was walking out the door for work, I heard a thump on the sliding glass door. I jumped up and saw a female cardinal lying on the deck. This accident is not uncommon and nine out of 10 of the birds that fly into the glass doors survive to fly ...
PARKERSBURG - The new president at West Virginia University at Parkersburg understands the value community colleges have as he got his start at one. President Chris Gilmer has been on the job for a few weeks. He succeeds former President Fletcher Lamkin, who left last fall, and interim ...
From local reports Solvay Specialty Polymers employees celebrate service anniversaries: - Tracey Courson recently completed five years of employment with Solvay Specialty Polymers. Courson joined Solvay in 2013 as a deputy site HR manager. She resides in Beverly with her husband, ...
Klingensmith earns CPRIA certificate Peoples Bank announces that David Klingensmith, insurance advisor, received the Chartered Private Risk and Insurance Advisor (CPRIA) Certificate, completing an intensive, 18-month program designed to enhance the knowledge of professionals who serve high ...