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MOV Climate Corner: Standard of Living - Questioned

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Aldo Leopold, a man considered by many as the father of modern conservation wrote, “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.” That was around 1949, and I think that if Aldo could fathom what the world has become now, he would consider not only the cost to things natural, wild, and free, but also the welfare of mankind. Aldo’s world was shaped by events closer to his time like the passing of the ...

Honoring the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.

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For those preparing to enjoy a three-day weekend in observance of this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it is important to also honor the memory of a civil rights leader who died working toward a dream that in many ways still has not been fulfilled. Honor King this weekend by looking around — at your community, at your state, and at this country — and doing some honest thinking about how far we have to go. We are approaching 60 years now since King was murdered for believing that one day “my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color ...

Icy rivers should be enjoyed from a distance

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With winter comes cold, and with cold comes ice. Ice on our roadways adds danger to our daily commutes, it’s something that northern drivers learn to deal with, but it still causes havoc with our lives when it closes schools and cancels events. Ice on the rivers though, is a ...

Explosive Cyclogenesis and the 1950 Blizzard

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Pardon the weather-speak. I’m talking about the Blizzard of November 24-27, 1950. It was a POWERFUL storm with records that still stand. Snowfall was 27 inches for Marietta, 37 for Parkersburg. It was like a wintertime land-based hurricane. “Explosive cyclogenesis” means that the storm ...

Learn from questions

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We are on our January Florida vacation for the last two weeks, with some work mixed in. Shale Crescent is taking part in a U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow in Turkey in early February. We are making travel arrangements and scheduling meetings separate from the event with Turkish companies we are already working with. In addition, we continue to work with Canadian Roadshow and SelectUSA contacts, a dialog important to continue while we are in Florida. A couple Lynnda and I have known for decades is vacationing with us this week. Relaxing after dinner one evening, I asked everyone, ...

Better cities, better lives

Editorials

“Bike paths, it’s a fact that they make communities a better place to live.” Sam Skinner, president of Beverly-Waterford Growth and Revitalization, couldn’t be more right, as local residents who take advantage of other bike and walking paths in our communities can attest. It is a wonderful thing to be able to safely get out and enjoy nature in your own backyard. With plans for a new multi-use trail in Beverly to be built this year, residents there should soon have the same opportunity. A $1.2 million grant from the Ohio Department of Development’s Appalachian Community ...