Author Richard Conrath Contributed
SANIBEL, Fla. For award-winning author and Ohio Valley native Richard Conrath, his recollections of coming-of-age in Cambridge, Zanesville and Steubenville provide the backdrop for his crime fiction trilogy.
In February, the Florida resident released the final in the series, “A Cold Copper Moon,” the cover of which promises “Fans will be chomping at the bit to read this final installment!”
A news release, meanwhile, notes, “If you are a fan of tense, crime fiction with a touch of sarcasm and dry humor, these books are definitely for you.”
One of seven children born in Cambridge in the 1930s, Conrath was a Catholic seminarian (1951-59 in St. John Vianney Seminary in Bloomingdale) and became an ordained priest in the Diocese of Steubenville in 1963.
There’s nothing wrong with booking stays in hotels.
There’s nothing wrong with a bonus for work well done.
There’s nothing wrong with taking flying lessons.
There’s nothing wrong with any of those items as long as you are able to pay for them with your own money.
Monsignor Kurt Kemo, the former vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville, was reminded of that in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, when he admitted to diverting nearly $300,000 in diocesan funds for his own use, including the things mentioned above.
And, while stealing from his employer was bad enough, the money Kemo helped to divert had been donated to the church in good faith by its parishioners, including funds intended for various projects in the diocese and for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, an organization that serves missionaries and the poorest of the poor around the world. It also led to others who depended on the diocese for employment to lose their jobs and to auster
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MARTINS FERRY A challenge for the 4th Ward City Council seat in Martins Ferry is the only contested race in Belmont County’s primary election.
Voters will choose between incumbent Rick Rodgers and challenger Pamela Shrodes, both Democrats.
Rodgers, 70, has been a member of council for the past seven years and now serves as president pro tem. He also has served on the finance, audit, annexation, code administration and safety committees, the public relations committee and is currently the chairman of the street committee.
If re-elected, Rodgers said he plans to continue consulting with the city’s residents to ensure their voices are heard. He said he will serve the city to the best of his ability.
lharris@ehraldstaronline.com
MAKING CHANGES â The Diocese of Steubenville, was rocked by the discovery that a former vicar general and comptroller had diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for church projects and charitable endeavors into their own pockets. Bishop Jeffrey Monforton said it was âwas disappointing, it was discouraging â but at the end of the day, I have to remember what Iâm here to do as bish
STEUBENVILLE The past four years have tested the patience and faith of the 31,000 parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, still in recovery mode after the bishop’s second-in-command and a former comptroller stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in diocesan funds and dangerously understated its financial condition.