Editorial

March Offers an Unpredictable Weather Pattern

Students attending the Propst School around 1916 were, from left, sitting, Dan Propst and Arthur Hahn, teacher; middle row, Irene Tusing Bowers, Ralph Cook, Clona Pitsenbarger Kiser, Beula Propst Mitchell, Essie Propst Snyder, Irma Snyder Simmons, Jennie Propst Fleisher, Julian Pitsenbarger Hoover and Eva Rader Simmons; and back row, Sudie...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Make sure to wear green on Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, or a person might get pinched. Two days later is the first day of spring. Don’t get one’s hopes up as Mother Nature can still wreak havoc of cold temperatures. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of...

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Times Past

10 Years Ago Week of March 13, 2014   SUGAR GROVE   Irish Blessings  Synonymous  With March 17    St. Patrick: He’s the reason it’s easy to be green. Some of St. Patrick’s life remains a mystery. Patrick was born to a wealthy family near the end of the fourth...

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Times Past

50 Years Ago Week of March 7, 1974   Fast Waters  Carry More Silt   whose woods are these . . .   (A Weekly Column of Wilderness Lore by The Woodlands and Whitewater Institute Staff Spruce Knob Mountain)   Perhaps it is premature to talk now of spring. Such...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Get ready to lose an hour of sleep as the clocks are moved up one hour Sunday morning. That will mean less daylight in the morning and the sunset will be later than usual. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins - Mary Mitchell,...

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Times Past

10 Years Ago Week of March 6, 2014   Entrepreneur,  Family Matriarch    Shirley Yokum...   Shirley Yokum is one of the most formidable and accomplished businesswomen not only in Pendleton County, but in this part of eastern West Virginia. With her husband, Carl, she created and then presided over...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Another month has gone by as March arrives on Friday. The winds will be picking up. There will be more daylight each day as spring will be here in a few weeks. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins - Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers,...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Spring is getting closer as the robins have been spotted. Plus, the Easter flowers are starting to come up through the ground. The burning law expires the last day of February. Just be careful as the winds are picking up. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of...

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