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By: Ron Burt Race fans you can log onto Ohio Sports Blitz on Facebook for more tracks, detailed information and pictures. I cover Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan tracks, asphalt and dirt. I have full updated coverage of The Dream at Eldora, Indiana USAC Midget Week, and Ohio Sprint Week. Last week was a big night…
By: Mark Holtsberry Dr. John Charles Miller was born February 8, 1866 in Lagrange, Indiana. The son of Christian Henry born March 10, 1825 in Ohio and Julie Ann (Sowers) Miller born October 16, 1827 in Pennsylvania. This couple was married April 13, 1848 in Ohio. By 1870, living in Lagrange, Indiana, they became the…
Father God, I pray over every meeting, conversation and activity I engage in today. I pray that all my steps be ordered by you, that my heart and my mind always respond in obedience to your directions. I pray that I choose the way of righteousness when faced with many paths of judgment, that I…
By: Ron Burt Memorial weekend racing in the tri-state didn’t disappoint racing fans. Friday night McComb’s, Rusty Schlenk dominated the 40 lap, Valvoline American Late Model Iron Man Series and drove the #91 to victory and his 41st career win at Attica Raceway Park. He took home $5,000.00. Finishing behind Rusty was Kyle Moore, Seth…
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…
