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Dear Savvy Senior,
The school year is underway across our state, and over and over I hear the same thing from parents, students, teachers, and community leaders:…
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Dear Savvy Senior,
Procrastination is destructive. The word procrastination is not in the Bible. One of the best definitions for procrastination is delaying. Deu…
None of us chooses our own name (at least not the original one.) Let that sit for a moment. You might be John or Steve or Julie or Lisa, but n…
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Dear Savvy Senior,
The U.S. Postal Service is an essential institution in our country. It’s not a partisan institution – in fact, it brings us together. The post…
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In my 13 years as the President and CEO of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, I have repeatedly witnessed the unyielding kindness of the peo…
I’ve never paid much attention to politics — until recently.
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Growing up in Texas we experienced a great deal of severe weather, so we practiced tornado drills in school. I remember going into the hallway…
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