Local writers and stories
“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 Overplanning life One day my college roommate asked me, “Do you record the day and time you plan to clip your fingernails this week?” Since my youth, I…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Whether you laugh with a tee hee or a gigantic belly laugh, it is a noise we commonly love to hear. They say I have a distinct laugh, a sound of its own. Have you ever found something so hilarious you laughed so hard that you cried? Or…
By: Mark Holtsberry 369th “Harlem Hell Fighters” I know this is not a Paulding County unit, but this unit caught my attention. This World War 1 unit was originally the 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment, a National Guard unit. June 2, 1913, a bill authorizing an all black National Guard regiment finally passed the…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Throughout our lives, there seems like there is always something we are concerned or worried about. That’s everyday life. Even as little children we may have not liked a certain playmate. Then if you both got mad at one another, you may have cried or worried about it.…
“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 Silent Shabbiness It is not uncommon in any place in the world to be annoyed at times by how a property next door is being kept up. The neighbor’s…
By: Mark Holtsberry Hosea Gerald Hummell was an Antwerp boy who joined the Navy to serve in World War 1. Hosea was born January 25, 1897 in Antwerp, the son of LeRoy, born November 27, 1872 in Ohio, and Catherine Doyle (Fox) Hummell, born December 1874 in Ohio. LeRoy and Catherine were married in Paulding,…
“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 Red & White Remember ever getting tingling, painful sunburn on your neck or back? I remember those years in Indiana where it seemed like spring weather would never come…
Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker I have watched TV shows on the Discovery Channel about people with strange addictions. Aren’t we all secretly addicted to something? Do we call collecting something a hobby or an addiction? Now, when I was little, my Grandpa Anderson collected pens and pencils. I remember he had a huge trunk with…
By: Ron Burt Mother nature played havoc last weekend at several Midwest racetracks I cover. Two weeks in a row Oakshade was rained out but Lorain, Attica and Montpelier got their races in. Because of the county fair, Fremont changed their race date to Monday and will ran 305 Sprints and Vintage Race Cars. Races…
By: Mark Holtsberry Weldon Aldrich was born in Paulding, Ohio, May 2, 1895. He was the son of Thomas W., born in 1863 in Ohio, and Nancy E. (Hoover), born February 4, 1865 in Ohio. Thomas and Nancy were married June 24, 1886 in Paulding, Ohio. By 1900, Thomas, Nancy and eight children, a ninth…
Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker I have watched TV shows on the Discovery Channel about people with strange addictions. Aren’t we all secretly addicted to something? Do we call collecting something a hobby or an addiction? Now, when I was little, my Grandpa Anderson collected pens and pencils. I remember he had…
“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 Smelly Good Luck “Good luck” is seen differently by different people and different cultures. Despite horseshoes and rabbits’ feet, most small-town Americans are not excessively motivated or concerned about…
By: Ron Burt The 2022 Knoxville Nationals didn’t disappoint race fans that took their annual pilgrimage to the Hawkeye state. Future National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Donny Schatz had to work every lap to get the victory over David Gravel, the 2019 event champion that finished 2nd, after Schatz passed him with 6 laps…
