Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker Christmas dinner does not have to be ham, potatoes and pies. For the past 3 years I have ordered Sub sandwiches with toppings and a cookie platter. Everyone brings something and it is not a formal deal, it is just simple and good. What we cook for the…
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Local writers and stories
MATT’S MISHAPS
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•“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Splattered at Sporting Events Growing up with in a small-town with no Major League Baseball team nearby, it seemed that most people had to go to neighboring areas…
Gingerbread Men
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•By: James Neuhouser Christmas has come and gone, as well as our annual gingerbread men sale. We gathered our ingredients together, found the recipe, and began baking. The recipe is a secret known only to a few older women. It originally came over from the old country. The kiosk was placed on a street corner…
MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY
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•By: Mark Holtsberry Irl Vernon Dindot was a young man born July 21, 1893 in Delphos, Ohio. The son of John Jenkins Dindot, born December 2, 1853 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Laura (Bayman) Dindot born in 1856. This couple married in 1878. By 1900, the Dindot family, John, Laura and ten children, Irl being the…
PICKING UP THE PIECES
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•Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitacker This was too good not to tell so am writing this and the author was anonymous. I was at TJ Maxx yesterday and heard a loud crash and something shattering. Being nosy, I walked towards the sound and saw some people whispering and looking back to the end of…
MATT’S MISHAPS
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•“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Y2K & Bath tubs Do you remember where you were at for Y2K? Remember? It was that great concern (that turned out to be nothing) for a cataclysmic…
MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY
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•FAMILY REUNIONS
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•MATT’S MISHAPS
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•“Serving overseas as a small-town boy in America has been intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Furry Christmas Gift I grew up shaking and checking my shoes that were stored outside in the garage, before putting them on during the winter time. Sometimes mice…
The Left Turn
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•INDOT prepares for winter storm, urges adjustments to holiday travel
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•The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing for a major winter storm expected to impact the state starting Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm warnings for much of Indiana starting Thursday afternoon through at least Friday, depending upon location. Blizzard warnings have been issued for counties bordering Lake Michigan. NWS is…
ODOT preparing for winter storm
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•BOWLING GREEN (Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022) – A winter storm is looming, looking to disrupt travel for the Christmas holiday. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews in District 1 and District 2, which includes 16 counties throughout northwest Ohio, are preparing by checking trucks and all equipment; and organizing full-time, auxiliary, and seasonal employees to…