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Backyard Gardener: Spring flowering bulbs

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Halloween is Saturday night, so make sure you have plenty of candy for our local little ghosts and goblins. Many people have already selected the perfect pumpkin for carving up as a jack-o’-lantern. If you have not, here are a few tips to make your carved pumpkin last longer. When you carve a pumpkin, it exposes the insides, making it more susceptible to infection through air flow. The environment (temperature, sunlight, etc.) can also be a factor in the pumpkin’s quality. Thoroughly wash your pumpkin before cutting into it and ...

MOV Climate Corner: Dig Deeper

Oct. 6 marked the date of the officially finalized merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery into the mass media company Skydance Corporation, now co-owned by right wing billionaire, Trump acolyte, Oracle co-founder, and number one individual donor to the genocidal Israel Defense Forces, Larry Ellison, along with his son, founder and CEO David Ellison. This newly mutated Frankenstein of a conglomerate celebrated its unholy genesis by taking to social media with a nauseating video showcasing the eye-watering panoply of brands and companies that now fall under its ...

Living Democracy: Vote for the person, not the party

As you enter the voting booth, you may be tempted to vote for the party you always vote for. You may feel that you are being loyal to your family, your close friends, or your long-held beliefs. However, parties change over time, and your favorite party may not be acting in your best interest. A party’s primary goal is to gain and keep power. To get elected many politicians will tow the party line and make a good show for the primary election instead of considering differing views and delivering tangible results to keep their jobs after getting into office. Too many trust that the ...

Cracking the Code: Energy reality and opportunity

This week Shale Crescent USA President Nathan Lord and I did the opening keynote presentation at the Marcellus Power Conference in Pittsburgh. Our goal was to create an awareness of the Shale Crescent USA region for power producers and manufacturers. We told them about the permanent competitive advantages of locating in SCUSA. Like coal before it, when natural gas leaves the region, we only get energy jobs. Other states get the manufacturing and power jobs. When natural gas produces power here, we get energy jobs and power plant jobs. Manufacturing needs dependable, economical ...

The Way I See It: Ted Bauer served his country and Marietta well

Ted Bauer passed away Wednesday at the age of 104. Early in my career, Ted was wrapping up his long career at The Marietta Times. Before his time at The Times, he served his country as a bombardier in a B-17 over Europe. When I was in high school and working at The Times, Ted was the ...