WINTERSVILLE — Indian Creek High School is taking the initiative when it comes to boosting student attendance through a new incentive plan. The kickoff coincides with National Attendance Awareness Month and will continue throughout the school year and beyond. ICHS Assistant Principal Matt ...
STEUBENVILLE — A book by Franciscan University of Steubenville President Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, about a 500-mile pilgrimage through Spain has been reissued 20 years after he made the journey. “Hiking the Camino: Stories and Lessons from Walking 500 Miles with Jesus” recounts Pivonka’s 2006 pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient route leading to the tomb of St. James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela. Pivonka made the monthlong pilgrimage with his friend and fellow Franciscan, Father Joe Lehman, TOR, to mark the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the ...
I am sure that most of you dear readers will know by now that there is going to be a new business coming to downtown Steubenville soon. If all goes to plan, next year we will be enjoying drinks at the new OYO Brewing Company on Market and S. Fourth St. This brewery will be the first in Steubenville since about 1919 but our brewing past goes back to our very beginnings as a community. I thought it would be interesting to look at our brewing heritage here in town. A number of years ago I purchased a book called Brewing Beer in the Ohio Valley by Dr. Robert A Musson. This book is part of a ...
Follansbee Council to hold special meeting FOLLANSBEE – Follansbee Council will meet in special session at 5:45 p.m., Monday, in council chambers to discuss the purchase of the football field located behind the Bluewave Center. Second Saturday canceled WEIRTON – The planned Second Saturday event scheduled for this weekend has been canceled in anticipation of weather. Officials with the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau are working with the bands and vendors to see if it can be rescheduled for a later date. rant funding available for Appalachian Ohio ...
In Jim Collins’ and Jerry Porras’ book, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, their research showed that the most successful companies were those that had a set of unchanging core values. Their products may have changed over the years, but their values were without compromise. Think about the core values of … The U.S.: Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, common good, popular sovereignty, democracy. The Constitution: Rule of law, separation of powers, representative government, checks and balances, freedom of religion, freedom of speech. The Army: Loyalty, ...
WINTERSVILLE — The Upper Ohio Valley Camera Club held its annual competition Sept. 1 at Two Ridges Presbyterian Church. Each member was able to enter two photographs in each of 16 categories. All entries were judged by a panel of three professional judges before the meeting. Each entry was ...
