Because of the pandemic, you could say that she is joining the family business. Madeline Rasmusson performs with her grandfather Ralph “Razz” Rasmusson on Monday nights at The Chop House on Main. She treasures the moments. “It’s a really unique experience getting to perform ...
HERSHEY, Pa. — Jamestown native Catherine Hershey's legacy of philanthropy and commitment to education will continue far into the future, thanks to the recently-announced Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning. The Milton Hershey School revealed in January that the new school will ...
What is the difference between editing and revising? This question arises from time to time. Editing and revision are very similar, and both play a part in the writing process. The writing process, as I have written about in the past, may be either four or five steps: ¯ Brainstorming or prewriting ¯Rough draft or sloppy copy ¯ Revising ¯ Editing ¯ Publishing Some teachers and scholars may merge editing and revising, and that is OK because there is one less step, but the same amount of work is undertaken. So what is revision? In simplest terms, it may mean see it ...
I’ll admit as I have before. I didn’t read many novels in junior high and high school. It’s not because I don’t like reading. I love reading. During those years, I read more periodicals than books. I loved reading magazines and newspapers, and record jackets. Still do, but ...
Found in almost every classroom, the ubiquitous pencil can be used as more than just a paperweight. Yes, it’s used as writing utensil, but sometimes gets shoved aside when its cousin, the almighty pen makes his entrance. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but for education, artistic, architectural, construction, and everyday purposes, the pencil holds its weight. There are also a variety of colors. The best feature, unlike the pen, is when you need to mark something that won’t be permanent. And that’s where the pencil is king. For argument’s sake, say you are in a ...
The pocket. Often these words are mentioned in different contexts, all of which are valid. Talk with a baseball player and the pocket may mean the part of the glove where baseball sits best between the base of thumb and the base of the index finger. Because of hand size, different gloves have different pockets. In football, one can hear announcers say that the quarterback needs to stay in the pocket longer or the quarterback had to scramble because the pocket collapsed. A pocket for a quarterback is when he attempts a pass, and has defensive lineman rushing from left and right, ...
