Local writers and stories
By: Mark Holtsberry David Rube Myers was born November 9, 1879 in Emerald, Paulding County. The son of Frederick born 1853 in Ohio and Margaret Romana (Ankney) born 1856 in Ohio. This couple was married February 8, 1874 in Paulding. By 1880, this couple, along with children Edward born in 1875, Olive born September 13,…
Penny for your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker I remember years ago I was singing a song with my grandma in church. All of a sudden I looked down at her hands and I got tears in my eyes. I knew the work my grandma did with those hands and knew hard work and love were…
Where the roses never fade. Listen… I hear Jimmy singing: “I am going to that City. Where the streets with gold are laid And the Tree of Life is blooming Where the roses never fade” My mind can’t conceive what heaven will be like but I like to think what our life might be like.…
Do you know that God is for you? That He loves you? That He is in you? We often see God as some outside force that is separate from us, but the fact is, God is a Holy Spirit and He desires a body/vessel to live in and operate through. Since He created us in…
By: Ron Burt After 2 races on asphalt half mile tracks the USAC Silver Crown cars headed to their first race on dirt this year. Belleville, KS is one of the nation’s top dirt tracks. Most race fans thought national points leader and winner of the first two Silver Crown events Kody Swanson would have…
By: Mark Holtsberry Don Randall Mell was born November 12, 1891 in Oakwood, Ohio. The son of Peter, born May 1836 in Ohio and Cyntha (Good) Mell born January 1847 in Ohio. This couple was married in 1869 in Ohio. Peter served with Company C. 151st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. By 1880,…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Was I braver when I was younger or did we just live in different times? I remember when I was 20 (long time ago) I had a husband, 2 little girls at home, worked 6 days a week in a restaurant and went to Ft. Wayne on Saturdays where I…
Where the roses never fade. Listen… I hear Jimmy singing: “I am going to that City. Where the streets with gold are laid And the Tree of Life is blooming Where the roses never fade” My mind can’t conceive what heaven will be like but I like to think what our life might be like.…
Walking along this narrow path of our Christian journey, we can often be made to feel like we’ve wandered off the path, or if we’re on the right path at all. Sometimes the road is rough. Sometimes the road is tough. Sometimes the hills are hard to climb. There’s one thing that I know for…
By: Ron Burt We are very early into the 2024 racing season but in the UMP DIRTcar Late Models, veteran driver Rusty Schlenk is making everyone take notice. Last Friday at Attica Raceway Park he led the first 20 laps of the rained out make up feature from last week before his radiator hose broke…
By: Mark Holtsberry Charles George Lucas was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, October 22, 1892. The son of Joseph L. born June of 1864 in Ohio and Anna (Buckhart) Lucas born 1865 in Wood County, Ohio. This couple was married October 13, 1891 in Wood County, Ohio. By 1900, this couple were living in Carryall Township…
Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker They usually say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, in today’s world we live in it’s customary to grab a Pop Tart or a protein bar and go. I love my coffee in the morning and oh how coffee pots have changed. Grandma had one that she set…
As Christians we often find that our greatest battles are with the flesh. Scripture tells us in (Galatians 5:17 N.L.T.) “The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just opposite of what the spirit wants. And the spirit gives us desires that are opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are…
