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Up for the challenge of a love pop quiz
October 28, 2012 “Do you love me?” I asked Better Half out of the blue when we were driving home from an evening out of a little of this and that, a little of here and ther. more »»
Guest column/Steubenville voters urged to support renewal
October 28, 2012 The importance of Issue 3 cannot be stressed enough. more »»
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious does it
October 28, 2012 Disney’s Mary Poppins has a word for when you are at a loss for words. That word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. more »»
Guest column/Can you hear that giant sucking sound from Washington?
October 28, 2012 We seldom have a direct vote or voice in setting our levels of taxatio. more »» 
A festival and fundraiser weekend
October 28, 2012 Nothing is more wonderful than autumn weather, until the cold wind blows and rain drops come tumbling down at the same tim. more »»
Guest column/Mitt Romney is all wrong about coal industry
October 28, 2012 Mitt Romney says coal country is his country. He’s wrong. It’s our country. more »»
Guest column/Local BPW continues national group’s mission
October 21, 2012 The kickoff to national Business and Professional Women’s Week opens today with an ecumenical service in Steubenville with guests from our surrounding states, West Virginia and Pennsylvani. more »»
Different in sense-of-urgency department
October 21, 2012 “Oh, no!!!!” the shriek of those two words spilled out of me. more »»
A name is a very important thing
October 21, 2012 “What happened to good old-fashioned names like George and Helen?” —- my grandfather asked of my mom when naming me. A name can mean everything. It will be with a child for life. more »» 
Taking a step back in Algonquin time
October 21, 2012 For some reason, the Algonquin Mill Fall Festival was a well kept secret as far as the McCoys were concerne. more »»
Winning stuff can make me ‘smiech’
October 14, 2012 It makes me “smiech.” That’s Polish for laugh, the phonetic pronunciation sort of like this — “schmee-atch. more »»
So you think you know everything ...
October 14, 2012 Think you know everything? Try these facts from the Useless Facts website on for size. -- Frostbite Falls, Minn., was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. more »» 
Horses, baseball, buffets — road trip!
October 14, 2012 Horses, baseball, the making of fabulous glass pieces and lavish buffets were all part of the three- day bus tour taken by the McCoys with the Mingo Senior Citizens last wee. more »»
Beware big bright thing in night sky
October 7, 2012 I always know when there’s a full moon, even before I see it all big and round and bright in the night sky. I feel it. I get squinty eyes as if I’m in the midst of a sand storm. more »»
‘Tis the season for pumpkins, hoodies
October 7, 2012 Ahhh, autumn. It’s so good to see you. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? When I was growing up, I didn’t care much for autumn. It meant school was back in session. more »»
Sharing memories of special people
October 7, 2012 I know the agony of writing about a departed loved one and was so very touched when Joyce Wetherell sent me the tribute written about her husband, Ross, who died on Aug. 8. more »»
My relationship with the telephone
September 30, 2012 We were not what you’d call telephone people. more »»
Is it a baby brother or baby sister?
September 30, 2012 From the day I found out that I was pregnant, I started wondering what the gender of the baby would be. more »» 
Apple Festival memories
September 30, 2012 Another Apple Festival goes down in the record books with a little rain, a little wind, plenty of sunshine and plenty of great visitors to the 40th-annual event. more »» 
A work space brightened with bouquets
September 23, 2012 With words and a picture, I decided to devote today’s column space to acquainting you with my work space here at the Herald-Star. more »» |
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