Archive for August, 2014
Aug 14, 2014

The Ohio Valley is filled with a variety of different people, all of whom have unique personalities. We all have different careers, stories and experiences. Although many of us may not know each other, there is one thing that we may have in common; a love for animals. Last year, an announcement was made that […]

Aug 13, 2014

October 19, 2014, will mark the second time that I will be running in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon/Half Marathon. When I decided to run the half marathon last year, I knew it was going to be both a physical and mental challenge. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure if I’d be able to […]

Aug 12, 2014

Hearing the news yesterday about Robin Williams (who, to me, will always be Mork) hit me right square in the face hard. Some of you may never understand what it is like to fight addictions or depression, and thank your lucky stars for that, but if you have ever watched someone go through these events […]

Aug 11, 2014

Bordas & Bordas has announced an attorney’s recent appointment to the Board of Directors of Harmony House Children’s Advocacy Center. John Artimez, who assists with complex personal injury and insurance bad faith litigation at the firm, has been selected to serve on the Board. Harmony House offers a comprehensive, child-focused program based in a facility […]

Aug 8, 2014

Sunday, August 10, 2014, marks the annual Mahrajan, an event held at Oglebay Park’s Site One. The Mahrajan celebrates the heritage and tradition of the members of Wheeling’s Our Lady of Lebanon Church. Now in its eighty-first year, the Wheeling Mahrajan began in 1933 as an effort to raise funds to rebuild the church which had […]

Aug 7, 2014

The Intelligencer recently reported on a poll finding that many Americans do not know how to tell if their doctor will provide high-quality care. Unfortunately, the article does not provide many solutions to help its readers discover the information that they need when it comes to making an informed decision on selecting a health care […]

Aug 6, 2014

Just weeks after the school year ended, I found myself back in the classroom a little sooner than I had expected. This year I decided that I was going to take advantage of my position on the Wheeling Park High School speech and debate team, and the time to prepare for the upcoming season was […]

Aug 5, 2014

Summer is a great time for trying new things and starting new projects. Recently I decided that I wanted to turn my small front patio into a cozier place to spend some time. Ideally, I wanted to have lots of greenery and flowers to give the patio some privacy since I live on a busy […]

Aug 4, 2014

The world-famous Johns Hopkins Hospital recently agreed to a $109,000,000.00 settlement with eight thousand patients of a doctor named Nikita Levy. Levy had been using a concealed camera to videotape gynecological examinations of his patients for an unknown period of time while working at Johns Hopkins. More than a thousand such videos were discovered on his […]

Aug 1, 2014

It is hard to believe that both the 2014 Jamboree in the Hills and the ItalianFestival have come and gone. Although I did not attend either event this year, I did my usual “drive by” of the Jamboree site on Friday and Saturday. As tradition in the Ohio Valley continues, the 17th Annual Debbie Green […]