For me, having a birthday on a holiday is an extra special feeling particularly on the holiday I decided to make my entrance – ST. PATRICK’S DAY!! It was March 17, 1969 at 4:36 a.m. and there I was. I decided to let Wheeling know I arrived.   I was the first baby born at the […]

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If you have read more than a few of my blog submissions, you are undoubtedly aware of the very high regard in which I hold teachers, school administrators and school service personnel. I believe very strongly that the folks who are charged with the duty of educating and caring for our young people have the […]

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As Championship Week begins and Selection Sunday and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament approaches, I can’t help but think back to my time as a WVU Cheerleader during postseason action in March. In 2006, being only a freshman, I didn’t have the opportunity to travel to any of the postseason tournaments, but I definitely remember […]

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A few months ago, my daughter, Emily, came home from school with a Josten’s graduation packet. We went through the catalogue and picked out her cap and gown, her ornament for her tassel, graduation invitations, etc.—no biggie. Then, a few weeks later, we started preparing for her senior pictures (what outfits she wanted to wear, how […]

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Get Ready Ohio Valley. It’s Pothole Season Again. With the ice and snow melting, the potholes now love to eat our cars. Recently, as I traveled to my destination, without the ice and snow to fill in the potholes, I came to the conclusion that it is downright dangerous on our roads.  On one section of […]

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Last Friday was a normal typical work day for me, until I got in my car to go to work. My car started right up but would not budge.  That is when I noticed that my car tires were imbedded in approximately three to four inches of ice in my garage.  We have always gotten […]

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Bliss. Huh, my husband would not describe the last 36 years as that and I probably wouldn’t either, but there you have it.  Now, you have to know Tom.  He’s just not going to say anything is bliss.  Even a cold beer on a 90 degree day in mid-summer.  It’s just a beer.  As is […]

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I started noticing many years ago that, at some point, not long after the holiday festivities had passed and I started to “hunker down” for the winter that, despite all the activities/blessings in my life, i.e., work, family, children, friends, etc., symptoms such as irritability, fatigue, loss of enjoyment of my daily activities, low energy […]

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Like many of you, I have had enough of the cold and snow. But there are certain members of my family who can’t seem to get enough of it—my beautiful, sometimes stubborn and always energetic Siberian Huskies.  My love of this breed began 12 years ago when I found myself going through a sort of […]

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For many years, since 2001, in fact, here at our local Bordas & Bordas offices, we have had automated external defibrillator devices, commonly known as AED devices, on-hand.  AED devices are designed to aid in the Chain of Survival when Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) occurs.  The Chain of Survival was developed by the American Heart […]

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