Dear Miss C, My boss is horrible! He pretty much has it out for me all of the time. If he would just care more about what we the employees need, he would be a better boss. But we can’t talk to him about it because, I am sure he would just find a reason…
Category: Columns
Local writers and stories
“The Cell Phone Craze, and other Happenings” – Stan Jordan
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The Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan We are going down to the area of Duren Germany, one of their better middle size cities. This city has been bombed time and time again and is pretty much destroyed. But it is still a big, busy railroad yard. This place is well guarded by automatic anti–aircraft…
Recovering From Betrayal in a Marriage – Dear Miss C
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Dear Miss C, My husband and I have been married for almost 6 years, two of those years were happy, hopeful, and stress free. The rest of them, well not so much. We fight about money, about how to raise our children, and about what to have for dinner. Sometimes I think the main problem…
“Sam Williamson and his Success” – Kimberly Smith
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By: Kimberly Smith It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of making mistakes and learning from them, it was Sam Williamson and his high school achievements. Who is Sam and why is he memorable? He is a cross country and…
Break Away From Routine
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The Nurturing Well By: Jill Starbuck We require many basic daily needs in order to live healthy and comfortable lives. These include such things as food, water, exercise, companionship, communication, and more. But one thing that often gets put on the back burner for many of us is a break. While fitness junkies and workaholics…
Adventures Around a Bonfire and Assorted Stories – Stan Jordan
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THE LOBO TANK BUSTERS By: Stan Jordan We four P51D’s were in flight to around the Duren, Germany area. My wing man was off to my left and back a little bit, the other two pilots were to his left a little bit. I sure like this plane. I crawled into it and closed the…
“More on Medical Marijuana”, and Assorted Stories – Stan Jordan
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THE LOBO TANK BUSTERS By: Stan Jordan On today’s mission, we went north up to southern Belgium. This is fall now and most of the leaves are gone from the trees and the Germans are fighting hard against Patton’s troops as they are nearing some German soil. The German border in this area is close…
“Perfect Potato Salad” – Miss C
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Unsolicited Advice from Miss C Greetings Fair Readers, What is the best life advice you have ever received? I remember sitting in my Gram’s’ trailer, I was 11 or 12 years old. I was crying over a lost friendship. My best friend had just given a letter explaining why she didn’t want to be my…
Schedule Fitness Competitions for Accountability
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The Nurturing Well by: Jill Starbuck Did you know that thousands of fitness events exist around the world each year? It doesn’t matter what type of fitness routine you prefer, some sort of special event focuses on your particular fitness preference. Whether you are into Zumba, running, biking, weight lifting, CrossFit, or obstacle courses to…
Some Football History of AHS – Stan Jordan
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By: Stan Jordan The above picture is of the Antwerp High School Football team in the fall of 1938. We were undefeated, untied and un-scored upon – the only team in the state of Ohio with a record like that, for that year. I remember after we were un-scored upon in the third game, Coach…
Don’t Wait for Reunions to Reconnect With Classmates
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The Nurturing Well by: Jill Starbuck A few weeks ago, I took my first kayak trip with a group of friends. These friends were a special group of people. They were some of my high school classmates. I can’t help but think that this trip was extra special because of the company. While the morning…
International Love – Dear Miss C
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Dear Miss C, I met a girl last year when I was on vacation in Germany, she lives in Russia, 1500km from me, I am in Hungary. In Germany, it began like adventure, but when we come home, we started texting and a kind of long distance relationship. It was hard, but after a year,…
Wacky Weed – Stan Jordan
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The Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan On today’s mission we had a ball in the area of Renanange, France! We came upon a convoy of old German tanks. I think they were used Rommel in North Africa, maybe called the M10. They were in a column retreating towards Belgium. These tanks only had about…
