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Obstacles or opportunity

On a recent Friday the thirteenth, I had a jinx that was more than cruel. My computer was compromised by a hacker wearing the Apple brand. I had been online searching various college courses, when a simple click in a wrong box threw me to a warning announcement with the Apple 800 number. I called. I was violated. Having to immediately alter not only my bank and credit card accounts, I’m left maneuvering a new email account and passwords as well. While cleaning my computer, the technician found a small icon on said university’s website near their email check-in that I had ...

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Free meal offered at Tunnel church A free community meal (meatloaf) will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Tunnel United Methodist Church, located at Ohio 550 and Coffman Road. Handicapped parking is available in the upper parking lot by the church entrance. To request to have a meal delivered within a five-mile radius, leave a message at 740-374-5634. Election Day lunch in Barlow An Election Day luncheon will be on Tuesday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 at Barlow Presbyterian Church, Warrior Drive and State Route 550 in Barlow. Menu is stuffed turkey rolls, stuffed ham ...

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Saturday “Good Samaritan Free Meal and Clothing Giveaway,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., third Saturday of every month, at Faith United Methodist Church, 503 Seventh St., Marietta. Sunday Good News from Christ, radio program, 10 a.m., every Sunday, on WMOA-1490 AM; and on the church website: www.christumcmarietta.org. Monday H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Endure) — H.O.P.E. is a support group for those who have lost a family member, friend or co-worker to suicide; meetings are the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 5:30 p.m. at The River Family Christian Center, 19025 State ...

Waffle House regulars seek return to normal

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — He felt like an invisible force was drawing him into the parking lot, past the four new white crosses in the driveway, the balloons and the flowers, and the letters addressed to the dead. He felt it pulling him into his regular spot, the one where he had been sitting in his car when a stranger, three spaces over, stepped out of a truck carrying an AR-15. He surprised himself by walking into the restaurant and sitting down in his regular booth, which had always seemed like the most comfortable seat in the world — until all of a sudden it ...

Spring choral concert Sun.

The Parkersburg Choral Society welcomes everyone to its final concert for the season. The spring concert will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg. The concert will begin with There is Sweet Music Here. Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and music by Greg Gilpin. Next is Fresh and Fearless, Daniel Elder’s musical creation of the dynamic combination of life and darkness represented in Sara Teasdale’s poem May Night. The next selection is I Have Loved the Stars Too Fondly with words quoting The Old Astronomer by Sarah Williams with ...

Climate change classes

PARKERSBURG – Jean Ambrose and Giulia Mannarino, co-vice chairs of Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action and certified members of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, will present the second part of a two-part program on climate change issues and solutions for the adult religious education classes at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta on April 29. Hosted by the congregation’s Green Sanctuary Committee in recognition of Climate Justice Month, the class will meet from 10 to 10:45 a.m. in the church social hall. The class is open to the public and free of charge. Last ...