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Getting ready for school

Those things that were important to us when our children were young have made some major changes since then. It is our duty to guide and teach them. It becomes our duty even before they attend school. Even though we are not educated teachers, the parents are the ones they come in contact ...

Hitting the Books: Note-taking in school

Note-taking is an important study skill that your child should possess, especially for the scholastic academic subject areas. Of course, it is also essential for success in college and technical schools. Unfortunately, many students have not received any formal instruction on how to take good ...

The Biblical standpoint on gender

Five-year-old children often believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. Adults indulge, sometimes even promote, these harmless childhood fantasies. Those same children may also dress in their parent’s clothes to play fantasy games. At that stage of development, boys ...

One of Ohio’s Most Beautiful Beetles: Dogbane Beetle

Dogbane Beetles (Chrysochus auratus) are truly Nature’s eye candy. The same beetle will present a kaleidoscope of colors when viewed at different angles to the sun. They are arguably one of the most beautiful beetles found in Ohio. Their light-blending artistry makes these shimmering ...

A Teaching Song

“We sing when we are happy, we sing when we are sad, We sing when we are falling in and out from day to day. There is singing in a shower as when we are getting in and out of bed. However, the song that rings within me is for learning English tongue instead. I heard it on a radio, oh ...

Newspapers’ journey starts in Canada

If you are reading this, odds are you are reading it on our paper edition. I thought it would be a good time to explain exactly how that paper came to have these words printed on it. The production of a newspaper requires just three raw materials. Paper, ink and content. These words are ...