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Kiki’s Corner: Making Christmas memories

Since mother nature is controlling the weather and was nice enough to let us have nice weather last week at least in our area for all of us and our families to have a safe and special Thanksgiving. But what a surprise it was last Tuesday waking up with everything covered with a white blanket ...

Cracking the Code: Look back, then move forward

Approaching the end of the year, it is a good time to look back at the current year. We know what we think our values are and what is important. The real measure is how we actually spent our time and money. Who did we spend time with? Who didn’t we spend time with and deserved more of us? ...

The Way I See It: Early hunting nearly wiped out Ohio’s wildlife

When hunters take to the woods of Washington County this year, they will be looking for white tail deer that can be found abundantly in our woods and sometimes on our highways. Prior to the arrival of the European settlers in the 1700s, the area had an incredibly diverse amount of wildlife ...

Life Through the Lens: Necessity is the mother of all invention

“In seeking life, I created death.” *** The year was 1817, and Germany was in dire straits … and not the rock band from the 1970s. Authentic dire straits of the direst kind. All of Europe had been in the throes of severe famine for years. Napoleonic Wars had ravaged the land and ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Bookends

I enjoy reading. I guess I wouldn’t be in this profession if I didn’t. When I was 5 years old, I told my dad he no longer had to read to me. From that point on, I slept with numerous books under my bed for convenience. I slept with a touch lamp on and didn’t sleep in the dark until I ...

Look Back: Road woes nothing new

Roads Wanting Improvements We have been requested to call the attention of the Road Surveyors of Union Township [District] to the almost impassable condition of the Little Creek road to Valley Farm [Valley Mills]. We have been over it and speak the language of despair as well as that of ...