“The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.” –Anita Hill Giving testimony as a fact witness at trial or a deposition need not be a life-altering experience, and it doesn’t have to be terror-inducing, either.  What it must be is truthful. How a witness conveys that truthful testimony has a lot to […]

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Maybe you are sitting in traffic or on your front porch and there he or she is right in front of you…that person who does everything right or maybe he or she has a real smooth way of pulling things off. And then you start to question yourself. That’s probably not going to help boost […]

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Pennsylvania, like 28 other states, has a “filial support” or “filial responsibility” law, which is a concept used to describe an adult child’s obligation to a parent. 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 4603 provides the following: (a) Liability. (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), all of the following individuals have the responsibility to care for […]

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I recently read an article discussing a group of men who stood outside of the Republican National Convention with their guns in holsters on their hips. The men took this action to draw attention to their Constitutional right to carry a gun, show that guns could be handled responsibly and in case they needed to […]

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Dear Friends, Gretchen Wilson, who I attend church with on a regular basis, sent me the following statement that was made by Minister Joe Wright who opened the new session of the Kansas Senate with the following prayer. I thought that whoever you are, if in fact you believe in God, you would appreciate these […]

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I live two miles from the I-70 East exit to the Ohio Valley Mall. I will freely admit — I am a mall person.  I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me, “There is nothing for me at that mall”.  Well, I love our mall.  I am addicted to Auntie Anne’s […]

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When my husband and I moved to St. Clairsville in 1974, things were pretty dull around there. We moved to St. Clairsville from Upper St. Clair, Penn., which is within walking distance of South Hills Village.  The area was in the middle of an energy crisis and, as the saying goes, St. Clairsville “rolled up […]

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Oh, but it is. In June, my son Casey took part in the 11th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) at Green River, Utah, representing the West Virginia University Experimental Rocketry Team. This year’s competition involved 52 U.S. and international colleges and universities. Casey, along with six other members of the rocketry team, traveled across the […]

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In an effort to assist areas impacted by flooding in the southern part of West Virginia, I was blessed to be able to go and deliver much needed supplies to the Kanawha Animal Shelter with Barb, president of Marshall County Animal Shelter board and Janie, volunteer fundraiser for the MCAS. We delivered donations from Marshall […]

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Do you find yourself kinking up rather easily these days? Memory not what it used to be? As I lie in bed in the middle of the afternoon on a rather rainy Fourth of July, I got to thinking.  Was I actually going to lounge around on a national holiday because of the weather? Where […]

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