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Digging Into Ohio’s Forgotten Past

FLUSHING — As the Underground Railroad Museum prepares to move from Flushing to its soon-to-be home, the Black Horse Inn in Morristown, museum Director Kristina Estle and board member Anthony Atkins have been planting the seeds of a new exhibit. Behind the scenes, the duo recently completed ...

Women’s golf

Monday Night Ladies League HOOKSTOWN, Pa. — The women of the Monday Night Ladies League played the back nine Monday at Ponderosa Golf Course. Top finishers were Laura Froehlich, first; Neysa McCart, second; and Brenda Hartley, third. Tammy Koutskey took the prize for long drive of the evening on No. 12, and Erin Ankrum took the prize for closest to the pin on No. 14. McCart had the lowest putts of the evening. Cadiz Women's Golf League CADIZ — The Cadiz Women's Golf League on June 10 was hosted by Tracy Amos and Melissa Leach. The Play of the Day was Find the ...

Ancient Heroes Camp brings history to life

STEUBENVILLE — Students at the Sycamore Youth Center are spending this week traveling thousands of years into the past through stories of legendary heroes, ancient civilizations, and hands-on learning activities as part of the center's Ancient Heroes Storytime Camp. The camp, which is ...

History in the Hills: Free at last

This year we have a lot of events happening at Historic Fort Steuben, specifically because it is the 250th anniversary of our nation. At the fort for this anniversary, we have a lecture series examining historic topics that are relevant to our history. Our next lecture will be Aug. 20 with Alan Fitzpatrick, who will be discussing the American Revolution in the Ohio Country. I am really looking forward to that discussion. As we know, this past Friday was Juneteenth, a national holiday which commemorates the moment when, "on June 19, 1865, some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, ...

The importance of a father’s love

The last twelve months have been something unique and special. In the last number of years certain things have been shaping my life. I found out what it is to be an orphan. In South Africa where I am blessed to minister, anyone whose parents are deceased is considered an orphan. It does not matter the age of the child, if they are 5 years old, or 50 years old. If both of their parents are deceased, they are an orphan. In American culture we limit it to being an adolescent or young age of 18 years old or younger. My mother died when I was sixteen and my father died when I was forty-six. ...

Remaining faithful to the church

Yes, we are to be faithful to our local church and all that entails. Thank God for the sweet and uplifting fellowship of our dear brothers and sisters. How awesome to worship together, sing praises, share testimonies and hear the Word of God proclaimed under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. There are a myriad of blessings that are the result of being joined together as the Body of Christ by the redeeming grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In addition to the edification of fellowship, we also find opportunities to serve one another and learn how to let our gifts grow into ...