Local writers and stories
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker “I’m so Lonesome I could Cry,” “It’s Crying Time again,” “Cry me a river,” “Crying my Heart out over You,” “Crying,” “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” are all songs about crying. They are sad songs, lonely songs and heartbroken songs. Crying for me is almost like a…
When I think I about fall I think about selling apples. I’ve sold apples or cider nearly all of my life. Back in the day, seems like nearly everyone had an apple tree or two and were glad to get rid of the apples. At that time there were at least two cider mills where…
By: Ron Burt Attica Raceway Park has announced the official final point standings. The racetrack handed out $47,000 in point fund money to the top 10 in the track’s three weekly divisions for 2023. The 410 Sprint Car Champion is Cap Henry. He won the trifecta of local sprint car racing in 2023. He won…
By: Mark Holtsberry Forest McKinley Jenkins was born in Haviland, Ohio, February 5, 1897. The son of John Andrew born March 30, 1862 in Jeffersonville, Ohio and Susie May (Gunderman) Jenkins born October 20, 1872 in Franklin County, Ohio. This couple was married October 23, 1895 in Paulding. By 1900, this couple, John and Susie,…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Eat where it’s planted In many ways, my tastes have not changed over the years. You can’t beat eating summer sweet corn with melting butter on it, or picking…
By: Mark Holtsberry Burton Rowland Hoaglin was born May 21, 1891 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of George McClellan, born July 23, 1861 in Van Wert, Ohio, and Geneva C. (Schnorf) Hoaglin, born March 5, 1870 in Preble County, Ohio. This couple was married March 28, 1889 in Paulding, Ohio. By 1900, this couple along…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker In another previous column, I wrote about different funny bat stories. However, I did not know they were almost used in WW II. Any World War 11 veterans may recall what I am talking about. After the devastating Pearl Harbor attack, America was working on the atomic bomb,…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt The second mishap is the one that gets you It is so easy to give advice and so hard to remember your own advice you’ve given when it’s needed…
An estate plan is not just for high-net-worth individuals, it’s for everyone who is single, has a spouse, has a partner, has dependents, owns a business, has investments, has retirement funds, owns property, or has material possessions of value such as a car. An estate plan may reduce estate taxes and shield your beneficiaries from…
By: Ron Burt The past two weeks the weather has stopped racing for the year in our area. A few drivers took their cars to Kentucky and Tennessee for high dollar races. Some of the Sprint and Midget drivers are getting ready to race indoors for Midget and Micro races. The youth will have Quarter…
By: Mark Holtsberry Ulysses Hitchcock was born March 10, 1896 in Putnam County, Ohio. The son of John, born in May of 1856 in Ohio and Ida Madora (Barnard) Hitchcock born October 6, 1856 in Ohio. This couple married October 6, 1878 in Putnam County. By 1909, the Hitchcock family was living in Jackson Township,…
Day number: 1. Light (all energy) 2. The Earth, Land, and Sea 3. Plants 4. Stars, Sun, and Moon 5. Fish and birds 6. Cattle, (animals) and man 7. God rested 8. God created woman The weeks fly by. But this one was special. The first day God created energy, which includes light, heat, and…
