Month: May 2023

What’s New at Diplomacy Camp 2023

by Debbi Casini Klein, I Want to be an Ambassador Director The “I Want to be an Ambassador” camp is the only camp of its kind in Western Pennsylvania.  Our seven-day summer camp is designed to help teens master the …

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Ice Cream and Memories

by Dana Wineland O’Rourke, contributing writer Often an ordinary day becomes extraordinary. My two nieces and nephew spent a great deal of time at our house when they were growing up, much to the delight of my two sons who …

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Read Banned Books

  by Beth Dolinar, Contributing Writer “Wait…what? They killed Lennie?” They were the words of my daughter about the ending of “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck’s novella about migrant workers during the Depression.   “They didn’t have to kill him,” …

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Nature’s Hidden Treasures

by JR Martin, contributing writer On a long walk up the Laurel Mountains hiking trail, I come to an important place. It’s a huge rock formation with slabs of boulder lying one upon the other, stacked into what I see …

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