When I was a child, my dad planted a sweet gum tree in our Florida backyard. The tree grew quickly in the sandy soil and became a great tree to climb. The many branches provided easy-to-reach 鈥渞ungs鈥� on which I could climb higher than the house. Decades later I had my own house in ...
Gov. Patrick Morrisey chose Wood County this week for a ceremonial signing of House Bill 5438, which is meant to improve instructional programs and technology; and teacher and leader induction and professional growth. Among the highlights of the bill is the LETRS initiative. Language ...
Lawmakers just can鈥檛 help themselves when presented with an opportunity to exert more control over local decisions. Among more recent examples is a provision in Ohio Senate Bill 311, which 鈥淩egards the operation of public and chartered nonpublic schools.鈥� There is a lot in the bill 鈥� ...
THAT FISHNIC Editor Fish Department: Ralph Covert, Rev. A.D. Carlile and E.F. Reifsnyder, three very acute anglers, left this city last Monday afternoon on a fishing excursion up the beautiful Kanawha. They pitched their tents at an ancient village named Leachtown, on the right bank. There ...
* Wood County Schools has made progress in the effort to keep students safer online by implementing the Cyber SWAT (Safety While Accessing Technology) initiative. This is just another part of the district鈥檚 efforts to fulfill the requirements of the Children鈥檚 Internet Protection Act, ...
Spring is finally here and with bright and sunny warm days, all we need is to take the time to be grateful. Being grateful daily brings peace, happiness, and positivity into life and we need to appreciate what we have. Our minds become calm and satisfied. Every morning we need to take the ...
