Thank you for Sternwheel 5K Run and Walk success

June 23, 2023

The 13th Annual Ohio River Sternwheel Festival Memorial 5K Run and Walk was held on May 27, 2023. The event was a huge success because of the many run/walk participants, business sponsors and assistance from local businesses, city government and other individuals. We are extremely grateful to Memorial Health System for their joint-sponsorship participation. We also thank the many participants who entered the race and participated in the day’s events. A very big thank you to our sponsors: Carol Goff and Associates Real Estate; Charles Wentz State Farm Insurance Agency; Discount ...

The Castle Museum grateful for participation in Historic Marietta Tour of Homes

June 22, 2023

The Castle Museum would like to acknowledge everyone for their participation in this year’s Historic Marietta Tour of Homes on Memorial Day weekend. First, a huge thanks to all of the homeowners whose generosity and willingness to share their beautiful homes with the public made this entire event possible. Thanks to Deana Clark and the Marietta-Washington County CVB for their ad buys and marketing assistance with other statewide resources. Thanks to Bruce Wunderlich for his beautiful photography that we used in our brochure and to the Ditchendorf family for sponsoring its ...

Response to Dr. Banziger

June 20, 2023

I read Dr. Banziger’s latest rail against the oil and gas industry over the weekend, and I’m calling BS. For years he has accused the oil and gas industry of causing every malady known to man while comfortably living off all the products and energy oil and gas provide. This week he was “saving” the Ohio state park flora and fauna from this evil intrusion. Has he ever stopped to think that without oil and gas, those public forests would not exist? They would have been neutered and burned for heat. Without fertilizer or fuel for mechanized farming, these areas would be required ...

Thank you for catfish tournament support

June 16, 2023

Little Muskingum Grange #2621 wishes to thank the sponsors of their Third annual catfish tournament and other events of the grange. The grange, founded in 1867, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, fraternal organization that advocates for rural America and agriculture. The grange has a strong history in grassroots activism, family value, patriotism, leadership, and community service. The Grange has been building rural and small-town America for over 150 years! Some of our community service projects are, but not limited to, repairing the Sitka Church, working at the Waterford Fair in their ...

Revisiting tobacco road

June 8, 2023

Looking into a rear-view, will hype for legalized marijuana (cannabis) and even fentanyl (which can be fatal even from exposure) follow the path of tobacco? After all tobacco was touted as cure for all of our neuroses, real or imagined, as well as being a fashion statement. After all smoke filled room looked so enticing let alone skillful blowing of smoke rings, as evidenced in the movies in silver screen. Will today’s cries for drug proliferation, with greater access to drug purchases on social media. Our children are at risk! Drugs of choice today include not only Marijuana, ...

Timing

June 3, 2023

What you say and how you say it matters. To respond to a precarious situation, one needs to engage one’s brain, not just offer the first thing that comes to mind. It was a glorious May in 1962. My husband Melvin was on an assignment from Marbon Chemical Company of his employment. He was attending a seminar as a representative engineer for Pilot Plant. Because it was a week’s assignment, he was encouraged to bring his wife. Detroit sounded like an exciting place to visit so I agreed to go with him. We were in downtown Detroit by 7:30 a.m. I made some mental notes of the ...