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Kiki’s Corner: Many reasons to be thankful

How was your Thanksgiving? It was a day that all of us gave thanks for what we have and hopefully we shared and helped others. I know it is easier to say than do, especially when we have so much going on those days with the majority having family coming in or you went to their house, I don’t ...

Cracking the Code: Be thankful for failures and disappointments

Thanksgiving was this week. We are thankful for our many blessings and successes. Did you ever think to be thankful for your failures and disappointments? They can be better teachers than success. Lynnda and I have been married for over 50 years. We are thankful for finding each other and ...

Giving thanks for what we have

Thanksgiving is a particular time, like the bright and shining poetic moments of Camelot, to express gratitude for our own particular circumstances. It has been my custom for several years now to share with you my own personal litany of Thanksgiving. Looking over these pieces for the last ...

The Way I See It: Millions are connected to the voyage of the Mayflower

Moving to a new area is always challenging. Moving to a whole different part of the world as the weather turns toward winter can be particularly difficult. That’s exactly what a group of 102 people did when they headed to what would become their home when they boarded the Mayflower and ...

Reporter’s Notebook: One governor at a time

Larry Pack has a good reputation as an accountant and businessman, having operated an assisted living company until selling it off a few years ago. He was an active member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He continues to be a respected Republican National Committeeman. He moved on to ...

Look Back: Letters from the front

HEARD FROM OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS The Parkersburg News, Sunday, December 8, 1918 Somewhere In France, Nov. 8th, 1918 My Dear Mother: I’ll write you while I have a chance. I haven’t heard from you yet. I’d give anything to hear from you. I haven’t heard from anybody. I just ...