State officials protecting bureaucrats, not hardworking citizens

February 4, 2023

After reading the article in the newspapers that the state of Ohio is closing all Ohio Dollar General stores because of what they say are infractions. This “they” would be a group of bureaucrats who work for the DeWine-Husted administration in Columbus. These people would rarely, if ever, go to a Dollar General store but would drive ten miles to buy coffee at Starbucks. Or they may show up at a Dollar General ribbon cutting along with every other local bureaucrat and elected official and never return after that. Dollar General stores are in rural and urban areas where many people ...

Thanks for strategic planning input

February 3, 2023

Thank you to the more than 130 individuals thus far who have participated in the launch of our strategic planning process. We are already hearing common themes in the feedback provided both during the first input sessions on Jan. 26 and through our public survey. But we know that the success of present and future Tigers will rely on staff, student, parent and community buy-in. Whether you’ve worked behind the scenes for us for many years or have long since graduated from these halls, please consider taking advantage of the opportunity to shape where we go from here. The questions in ...

Another reason to love Marietta

January 28, 2023

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proved by example that thriving communities where citizens help one another and strive to live happier and more productive lives are possible. Through their volunteerism during the 2023 National Day of Service, the Marietta College Baseball Team demonstrated another reason why we love Marietta, Ohio. Marietta College Head Baseball Coach, Brian Brewer, and assistant coaches Chad Langley and Mike Mulvey set the standard of service as they and the nationally recognized team of forty student-athletes cleaned and organized inside and outside the Children’s Toy ...

The world around us

January 24, 2023

How one sees the world around us and how things really are may be quite divergent from what is conceived as the norm. The values seem to shift with one’s surroundings. People may be driven by fear, by comfort, by indifference or just choosing to fit in or be politically correct. In the midst of war and turmoil when people are thrown together into nearly impossible circumstances, therein develops a value system, that is quite unlike in times and places of abundance with little threat to life and limb. As we were relocated to Germany and drifted from place to place, with very few and ...

Often attitudes are caught

January 21, 2023

As children grow, their outlook on the world is thought as well as caught. Whether by a parent, teacher, or someone else it becomes part of their attitude. Attitude can be taught as well as copied. What children see they imitate. Oh yes, the present culture as portrayed in movies is often acted out. One must admit that movies seeking shock value have become extremely violent and bizarre. People used to go to the movies to be entertained and perhaps educated. Many movies strive to scare and disorient the viewer in today’s world. They call it shock value. Or is it? It is not fair to ...

How could it happen here?

January 11, 2023

How could it happen here? Having been raised in this Blessed Country, the United States of America, since the age of 12, it seems surreal to experience such disarray. In 1987 while we were living in the Netherlands. Borg–Warner, the Company Melvin, my husband was working for, had sent him on an assignment. We had an opportunity to visit Latvia which was under Soviet Communism, domination. Latvia is the country of my birth. I still had some of my relatives living there. Our visit showed us up close just what Soviet Communism had done to these peace-loving industrious people and ...