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Resource Fair guides residents toward a hand up

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GoPacks’ Community Resource Fair in Marietta helped connect local families with resources ranging from food to physicals Aug. 23. GoPacks is well known for making sure students in Marietta and the surrounding areas have access to nutritious food as it works to connect families with resources to fight food insecurity. But there is more to health and well-being than food, and the resource fair brought together Memorial Health System, Marietta City Schools, Washington Morgan Community Action, the Washington County Family and Children First Council, House of Hope, the American Red Cross, ...

Cracking the Code: Dolly’s example to follow

Local Columns

The USA lost an icon. The world lost a one-of-a-kind talent with the death of Dolly Parton. The media has done an excellent job of reminding us how talented Dolly was, all she accomplished and how she cared about people. As I write this, we have the story of Dolly’s career playing on TV. I did not know the song “I Will Always Love You” was written and first performed by Dolly Parton. I remember Whitney Houston singing that song in the movie “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner. Dolly has given everyone an example of a life well lived we can all follow. Dolly Parton grew ...

Small business success must be just the start

Editorials

Some public officials in West Virginia have understood for years that we need to expand and diversify our economy -- and that maybe the best way to do that is to start small. Efforts to help people start and sustain small businesses here have strengthened to the degree that a study conducted by Franchise Opportunities has named the Mountain State the leading state for new business survival. That's a big deal. Plenty of small business owners will tell you it is easier to start one than to keep one going. Franchise Opportunities chose a five-year period that included the Covid-19 years ...

The Way I See It: Marietta was booming in 1900

Local Columns

As the new century began in 1900, the area went through phenomenal growth with several large building projects being completed within a few years that continue to shape life in the area 125 years later. A new courthouse, Catholic church, high school and Ohio River bridge all took shape ...

Backyard Gardener: Chicory, the roadside wildflower

Local Columns

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! We are slowly drying out from the weeks of wet weather. Fall will soon be here, and this year may be a great time to plant trees and shrubs. We should have plenty of moisture and give plants some time to establish roots before the first frost. This week I want to talk about a plant in bloom this time of year, chicory (Cichorium intybus). In the late summer months of July and August, you may notice a sky-blue flowered plant along county roadsides or in pasture fields in the valley. Chicory has also been called blue sailors, coffee weed, ...

Don't give Columbus more control over college education

Editorials

Students across the country have already showed what they think of the government-mandated “intellectual diversity centers” popping up in some states. Further, voters’ rightful displeasure with such a blatant attempt at government overreach has been evident. Yet calculating politicians just can’t help themselves. Ohio Sen. Jerry Cirinio, R-Kirtland, has introduced Senate Bill 461, Enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act, which would give the Salmon P. Chase center for civics, culture and society — a purportedly independent unit within Ohio State University — “all the ...