Life

Grow beyond the need for revenge

Features April 18, 2026

Brett Blair tells about a Swedish woman whose husband dumped her and took up with a younger woman after 17 years of marriage. In his divorce filing, the man claimed the downtown apartment where they had been living. His soon-to-be ex-wife agreed to give up the apartment, but asked for 3 days to pack and move out. She hired movers and cleared her things from the apartment. Then she sat down with a glass of chardonnay and a pound of raw shrimp and celebrated being rid of that jerk. After finishing her snack, she took some of the shrimp shells and put them inside the hollow core of each ...

Cabbage, a great addition to a spring garden

Features April 17, 2026

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Summer is here, if only for a few days. This second week of April feels more like June. It's been a beautiful week as we look forward to the growing season for 2026. I see many gardeners preparing the soil as we get closer to Mother's Day and the last chance of frost for our area which is around May 12. If you're completely new to vegetable gardening and want to enjoy your own homegrown produce this year, there are several things you can do to make your garden more successful. Choose raised beds and containers if you have clay soils. If you ...

Spung 60th Anniversary

Anniversaries April 11, 2026

Don and Bellva Spung will be celebrating their 60th anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. April 19, at Waterford Methodist Church, 370 Main St., Waterford. The couple was married at Waterford Methodist Church on April 17, 1966. Don is the son of the late Helen and Elmer Spung and ...

The Way I See It: Titanic sinking continues to captivate the public 114 years later

Features April 11, 2026

When the great ocean liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the north Atlantic on April 15, 1912, it set off a media frenzy and a public obsession that still rings true today. The lack of reliable communications proved to be not only a factor that hindered recovery efforts, but also led ...

How does your Heavenly Father think of you?

Features April 11, 2026

Reuben Gonzales is simply known as “The Legend” in the world of racquetball. Back in 1985, in the early days of Gonzales’ career, he was playing Max Hogan in a best of 5 series. With the series tied at 2 games each and at match point in the deciding game, Gonzales hit a forehand kill shot that the referee called “good” and awarded the serve and momentum to Gonzales. But Gonzales confessed to the referee, saying, “It skipped” and yielded the game and match to Hogan. Afterward, when reporters asked why he had been so honest when the referee’s mistake would likely have made ...

The last men

Features April 11, 2026

I've often read stories about the "last person killed" in a conflict. If only they hadn't been present at that time and place, their families must have thought. So it was with two early settlers, both named Sherman. One warm, humid June day in 1794, Abel Sherman went out to find his missing ...