Posts Tagged ‘Charleston’

Looking Back: 2004 and 2005 Floods Changed College Preparedness

It was Friday Sept. 17, 2004. Remnants of Hurricane Ivan had just come through dropping almost five inches of rain over the Mid-Ohio Valley during the day. The Ohio River and its tributaries were already swollen due to three and a half inches of rain from the week before, when remnants of Hurricane Frances came through.

Early that Friday morning the National Weather Service in Charleston predicted that the Ohio River at Marietta would crest just above flood stage. Then later that afternoon, the National Weather Service called off the flood warning and said that the Ohio River at Marietta would crest more than a foot below flood stage.

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Arrangements Announced for Caleb White

From the Marietta Times Obituaries…

Petty Officer 3 Caleb Benjamin White, 21, of Marietta, died Sunday (Oct. 4, 2009) in Charleston, W.Va.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 8, 2009) at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home with military services immediately following in Muskingum Park. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Concerts for the Week Ahead

Kind of a slow week.  NOT.  Billy Joel and Elton John take over Columbus tonight, and some country singer by the name of Taylor Swift drops by the Burgh and give Columbus another great show.  If you’re into rock ‘n roll, Crue Fest comes to Blossom, and Nickelback invades Post-Gazette Pavilion.  Enjoy the list below, and look for House of Blues Cleveland to join the list of venues we track soon!

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Area Concerts This Week

This week there are a couple concerts that are coming to the area.

For those of you in Columbus tonight, head over to Lifestyles Pavilion for Counting Crows and Augustana.

In the Cleveland/Akron/Canton locale?  No Doubt and Paramore are playing at Blossom tonight.

The Fray and Jack’s Mannequin will be playing with Richard Swift at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater on July 1st.

For information on these concerts and more, check out the Regional Concert Guide, which has listings for 69 concerts at 13 venues in Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Charleston.

Regional Concert Guide Now Live!

Check out our new Regional Concert Guide for information about all the big concerts within 3 hours of Marietta.  We have compiled a list that includes 69 concerts at 13 venues, so check it out!

Rowing Invitational Saturday

Not much else to report past this PR from the College.  Go to the Muskingum River tomorrow if you’d like to watch Crew teams from around the country compete.  Here are the full details.

The Marietta College men’s and women’s rowing programs will combine to host the 15th annual Marietta Invitational Saturday (April 4) on the Muskingum River. Eleven crews will descend on the Lindamood-Van Voorhis Boathouse for the Pioneers’ lone home regatta of the season, making it the largest event in the history of the Invitational. [Directions to Boathouse]

Joining Marietta will be Charleston (W.Va.), Cincinnati, D’Youville (N.Y.), Grand Valley State (Mich.), Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.), North Carolina, North Park (Ill.), Northwestern (Ill.), Penn State (Pa.) and West Virginia.

There will be 11 events contested on Saturday. Women’s crews will compete in the Varsity 4+, Freshman 4+, Varsity 8+, Junior Varsity 8+ and Freshman 8+. Men’s crews will battle in the Varsity 2-, Varsity 4+, Freshman 4+, Varsity 8+, Junior Varsity 8+ and Freshman 8+.

Women’s Varsity 4+ time trials will kick off the racing at 8 a.m. Preliminary rounds will continue through the morning. The Finals are scheduled to begin at noon. Action will conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. [Complete Schedule (.pdf)] [Heat Sheets (.pdf)]

Race programs will be available at the Boathouse, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Results will be posted throughout the day.