Growing up in the country I was always around family and friends who loved hunting.  When my daughter married a man, Nick, who also loved hunting, it wasn’t anything new or unusual to me.  When he passed along his love of hunting and sportsmanship to my grandson, Owen, I wasn’t surprised.  Owen has proven to […]

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It’s that time of year again when a lot of families are hashing out their summer vacation plans. There are many choices:  beach, cruise, amusement and water parks, all-inclusive, maybe even a trip to a foreign country– for most families there is something for everyone.  But what to do when the family cannot come to […]

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Many of you may recall the news last year about the assassins’ game that many teams of high school teens join from our local high schools. This is a game where you are a target for a set amount of time.  If you get “assassinated” in that timeframe, you’re eliminated.  If not, you remain in […]

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Do you know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you are traveling and your car goes over a dip in the road? It doesn’t happen too often anymore because of interstate travel, but if you drive over the secondary roads down through the mountains of West Virginia you can still […]

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I remember hearing the slogan when I was growing up: “Reading is FUNdamental.” I couldn’t agree more.  Reading is a fundamental building block for a successful life and career.  But it’s also fun.  It should be a joy to read, not a drudgery!   That’s why my wife and I read to our daughters from a […]

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I like to think that I have learned a lot about life in the 58 years I have spent on this Earth. Like most of us, my parents taught me most of what I needed to know as I grew up:  the importance of kindness; the personal satisfaction that comes from hard work; and the […]

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Although my husband’s stroke was a catastrophic event in both our lives, we have learned to cope with the help of friends and each other and his wonderful caregiver, Terri. He has improved to the point that I can leave him totally alone for an hour or so to go to the store or to […]

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While a significant amount of oil and gas lease negotiations have been completed over the last several years, many individuals are only now learning the true extent of the oil and gas operations which will be conducted on or near their properties. Significantly, many people who do not own their mineral rights and could not […]

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My sister, who is nine years younger than me, will graduate from college this May. I can’t wait to see her walk at her graduation ceremony and claim her hard-earned diploma, and I’m sure many other local families are eagerly looking forward to watching their loved ones do the same.  While I’m sure I will […]

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Fifteen years ago, when I first moved to Wheeling, I had to go to Ohio to get a lot of the necessary things for my house, the one that I actually shared with Jamie Bordas when the two of us were bachelors. There were a couple of items that we could purchase at businesses in […]

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