It is 10:15 PM in Dornoch, Scotland. The sun is just setting. The temperature is a cool 58 degrees. Today’s high was in the 70s with no rain for the first time since Lynnda and I arrived in Scotland last Saturday. This is a pleasure trip, of golf and sightseeing with our daughter, Dannielle, ...
Last week I had the privilege of being invited to take part in a monthly tradition. A group of Olin employees and their beautiful wives gather each third Tuesday inside the old Hannibal Grade School. Retirees from the rolling mill plant gather to share a meal, and catch up on any news of ...
It is 10:15 PM in Dornoch, Scotland. The sun is just setting. The temperature is a cool 58 degrees. Today’s high was in the 70s with no rain for the first time since Lynnda and I arrived in Scotland last Saturday. This is a pleasure trip, of golf and sightseeing with our daughter, Dannielle, ...
When Lynnda and I returned from Scotland we learned there had been an accident in our neighborhood over July 4th weekend. “According to Kanawha County Dispatchers, the Pinch VFD, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office and ambulance crews responded to an ATV rollover. Two people were reportedly ...
People have come from all over the world to see the World Cup hosted by the USA. Many are first time visitors. We hear from them how special our county is. They love things we take for granted like ranch salad dressing, barbeque, the American people, and our freedoms. We can learn from them to ...
In 2000 we had a new millennium. An event that only happens every 1,000 years. A time for celebration, almost. Do you remember Y2K? Because of a possible computer glitch, we were told our power could go off. Airplanes could fall from the sky, and other terrible things would happen to worry ...
This week we had a video call with a company from Europe we met at SelectUSA. They are looking for a site in the USA for a major project that will create several hundred jobs. The CEO said they wrote off Texas but were impressed with Alabama. The discussion turned to state economic incentives. ...
December 1967, our family was watching TV when the phone rang. It was Uncle Joe, Dad’s older brother. Mom handed Dad the phone. Dad’s eyes got wet. Looking down, in a whisper he announced, “Austin (our cousin, Dad’s nephew) was killed in Vietnam.” I was in high school; death was no ...
The hardest person to teach is the one who knows everything, or thinks they do. One of the most important lunches of my life was at the WVU Towers cafeteria in the second semester of my freshman year. It was an unusually late lunch for me. The cafeteria was almost empty. I sat at a random table ...
On Monday, one candidate for West Virginia House of Delegates stood on a street corner holding up his campaign sign, typical for candidates before an election. This candidate had an assistant who held up a “No Data Center” sign. There are currently no plans for a data center in our ...
