Regatta: a sporting event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races. These Harry Fischer photos are from the Mid-East Regatta in 1928-1929. The regatta was a big deal for the small town of Marietta. Over 100,000 people are said to have viewed the races which had power boat and rowing ...
When World War II ended 80 years ago, the nation, and the Mid-Ohio Valley, quickly began converting to the peacetime production of goods needed both domestically and in war-ravaged countries abroad. Old factories would be converted back to their pre-war uses, and new facilities would be ...
Lynnda and I enjoyed a second honeymoon this week in Florida at Disney World. We had a special dinner and viewed the Magic Kingdom fireworks from the top of the Contemporary Resort Hotel. Time flies. It doesn’t seem like we have been married 50 years this month. I asked Lynnda if she expected to make it to 50 years. Her answer was the same as mine. The only question was, would we still be alive. We both had bouts with cancer. Lynnda was in a serious car accident and broke her neck. From the beginning both of us intended to keep our vows, “Until death do we part.” We weren’t going ...
The framers of the Constitution added ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to protect individuals’ rights from being infringed by the government. A democratic government is one in which the people hold political power and, in this country, exercise that power through elected representatives, also referred to as a representative democracy or republic. The First Amendment is arguably the most important to maintaining a democratic government. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging ...
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., had an op-ed published in the June 5 edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel titled “Pulling the plug on the EV mandate” that was absolutely farcical. The first comically absurd aspect of the piece was when Sen. Capito referred to “Congress’s constitutional and statutory oversight authority over federal agencies and unelected bureaucratic overreach.” When since Jan. 20 of this year have Republicans shown the slightest care or interest in “Congress’s constitutional and statutory oversight authority?” Capito herself has applauded ...
“Our next misadventure came about 11am on December 27, 1935.” This was the recollection of Captain E. Clare Carpenter from Meigs County. He was then on the crew of the sternwheel towboat ISTHMIAN (try to say it fast) on the Mississippi River. Life on a riverboat could be exhausting, ...
