Local writers and stories
Dotting My Teas By: Marlene Oxender One of the greeting cards in my gratitude journal is a card I’d received from my friend Cassie Baden. She was a phone buddy of mine, and I miss her and her encouraging ways. Although Cassie’s hands were crippled with rheumatoid, she managed to write beautiful, inspiring words in…
By: Ron Burt Local racetracks are starting to open. Attica Raceway Park is getting ready for Friday night, March 14th. This will depend on the weather. The first night of racing will feature 410 wing sprints, UMPdirt Car Late Models and 305 wing sprints to start the 2025 season. Don’t let early spring cool temperatures…
By: Mark Holtsberry Louis Charles Schmunk was born on February 21, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, Louis Charles Schmunk was the son of Peter Schmunk Sr., born on February 26, 1871, in Germany, and Minnie (Albright) Schmunk, born on January 13, 1876, in New York. Peter and Minnie were married on June 14, 1894, in Chicago,…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker There are a lot of myths and old beliefs which has been around for years, but are they true? My Grandma had some old sayings and beliefs, but the ones you are about to read about, maybe you already knew. Are these true? If they are not true, they…
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 the Holy Spirit and He desires a body/vessel to live in and operate through. Since He created us in…
By: Mark Holtsberry Oswald Theodore Schmidt was born January 3, 1899, in Oregon, Lucas County, Ohio, Oswald was the son of Rev. Edward Johannes Karl Schmidt, born July 9, 1866, in Detroit, Michigan, and Elisa Katherine (Schmitt) Schmidt, born November 27, 1868, in Columbus, Ohio. The couple married in 1893. By 1900, the family was…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One of the worst tragedy’s happened on April 15, 1912. We have all heard stories, saw movies and documentaries about the doomed Titanic, the ship which was the world’s largest and supposedly unsinkable was carrying over 2,200 passengers headed for New York. Spirits were high, drinks flowed on board and those…
I am reigning in life by Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17) I am not looking at the things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen (Il Corinthians 4:18) I am walking by faith and not by sight (II Corinthians 5:7) I am casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself…
Dotting My Teas By: Marlene Oxender My ten-year-old grandson Deano recently walked past my desk while I was finishing a story about fruitcakes. I’d wondered if he’d ever tried a bite of fruitcake, so I asked him if he knew what a fruitcake is. He looked at me with a serious face and answered, “I…
By: Mark Holtsberry Vernon Clarence Saylor was born in McGill, Paulding County, Ohio, on May 28, 1900. The son of Wilson B. Saylor, born in June of 1858 in Kentucky, and Pheby Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor Saylor, born July 14, 1858, in Kentucky. This couple was married on January 13, 1885, in Harlan County, Kentucky. Pheby…
Jesus tells a story and the first verse gives the moral. We are always to pray and never to lose heart or give up. The story is about a widow that was being wronged in some manner. It doesn’t tell exactly what was happening, let’s suppose somebody was stealing from her. She went to the…
Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker Sometimes we look forward to a day to celebrate love. We ladies wonder, “What’s my love going to get me to celebrate this occasion?” “Will he get me chocolates or a piece of jewelry? Maybe dinner in a fancy restaurant?” Through the years I recall Valentine’s day clear…
Father, I praise You that I dwell in the secret place of the Most High and that I shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no foe can withstand]. I will say of You, Lord, “the Lord is my refuge and my fortress, my God; on Him I lean…
