ONEIDA, OSWEGO, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES – While virtual exercise events have become popular over the last few years to encourage outdoor time and activity during winter months, one
Here in western NC we are lucky to have two species of hemlock trees. Both species serve a variety of important roles and are each found in a unique habitat.
Like a pack of tiny vampires, aphid-like creatures called Hemlock Woolly Adelgids clasp onto trees and feed on their sap, slowly killing them over the course of several years.
The Rev. Jane Schockey
TORONTO The Rev. Jane Schockey is the new pastor of Hill Top United Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
Schockey was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the end of December and installed as the pastor of Hill Top in mid-January.
A native of the Ohio Valley, having grown up in Bellaire, she pursued ministry following high school, obtaining her bachelor of arts degree in Bible and theology and began leading youth ministry at Calvary Presbyterian in St. Clairsville.
She went on to seminary to receive her master of divinity degree, returning to the Ohio Valley to lead Christian education at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, where she is employed part-time as its church administrator.