Bill and I stopped to wash the car, when I noticed some junipers full of bagworms. Many mistake them for pine cones, but they’re actually a type of moth (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) that plagues many conifers, trees and shrubs. Larvae appear in May and June, from the bag where the eggs ...
On warm summer nights in Ohio, few sights feel more familiar than fireflies blinking over lawns, gardens and fields. When those flashes seem fewer than they once were, many residents wonder whether lightning bugs are disappearing. The answer, however, is nuanced. Ohio State University ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Diocese of Youngstown has announced the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has recognized the heroic virtues of the Servant of God, Mother Mary Teresa Tallon (1867-1954), foundress of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate. In June, Pope Leo XIV designated the New York-born Mother Tallon as “Venerable,” advancing her cause for beatification and canonization. Sisters from the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate have been actively serving the faithful at St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Warren since October 2022. Therefore, this universal Church milestone ...
7 17’s Financial Wellness Night rescheduled Because of ongoing air quality concerns, 7 17 Credit Union’s Financial Wellness Night at the Ballpark in Niles, originally scheduled for Friday, is being rescheduled. 7 17 Day will instead be celebrated at the Mahoning Valley Scrappers game July 24. All original tickets remain valid for the new date. Boardman Park event moved to Sept. 12 BOARDMAN — The Boardman Park Community Day/Celebrating America’s 250th, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed because of the potential for severe weather. The event has been ...
Ooooh, they really know how to push my buttons. I wish I could figure out how to push theirs. The stereotype is that older people fumble with technology. Screens freeze us. Robocalls confuse us. If a grandkid with a mean streak tells us we have to do the chicken dance to make our streaming services serve us, we ask if we need to cluck. Another ugly truth about seniors — we require a lot of supplements and medicines. Where do we get them? The pharmacy. The pharmacy is the one place that things still should be handled the old-fashioned way, with words and real people. And then ...
“The more you bounce, the more you will be bounced.” I will never forget hearing those words as I was learning to ride a horse when I was younger. At the time, the lesson was simple. If I bounced around in the saddle, the horse would bounce me right back. The less steady I was, the rougher the ride became. And the more pain I experienced. The instructor wasn’t trying to teach me a life lesson that day. She was simply trying to keep me from falling off. But years later, those words have become one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. Because they’re true. The more ...
