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By Mark Wilmoth In The Whisper Test, Mary Ann Bird tells about her childhood: “I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated it. I was born with a cleft palate, and when I started school, my classmates made it clear to me how I looked to others: a little girl with a misshapen lip, crooked nose, lopsided teeth, and garbled speech. “When schoolmates asked, “What happened to your lip?” I’d tell them I’d fallen and cut it on a piece of glass. Somehow it seemed more acceptable to have suffered an accident than to have been born different. I was convinced that no one outside my ...

Real power is ability to lead

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By Greg Kozera We just celebrated the feast of the Three Kings (the Magi) also called Epiphany. The kings saw a star at its rising and followed it to find baby Jesus, the Savior. For some religions, Jan. 6, the feast of Epiphany, is bigger than Christmas because Jesus Christ was introduced to the Gentiles (the rest of the world, not just the Jewish people). The story of the Magi is one of our oldest son Corey’s favorite Bible stories. As a child, Corey liked stories before bedtime. The Magi visit King Herod in Jerusalem to ask where the new king is. “We saw his star at its ...

Snowbirds are onto something with annual migration

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After graduating college in the 1980s I worked for a short period in Mesa, Ariz. When I arrived, my co-workers told me I was just in time for the snowbird season to start. In my head I pictured some type of large white bird that would migrate from colder climates, something along the lines ...

Hazardous Duty

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How many 15 year-olds would run away from home to join the army? John Mathews did in 1780, serving in the Revolutionary War under his uncle, Rufus Putnam, with “remarkable fortitude and endurance.” His next adventure was life-changing: he left his native Massachusetts and joined the 48 ...

A deeper look into injection wells quells the surface-level misinformation

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By Daniel McKenzie Injection wells on the surface are easy to miss, just a pipe and a bunch of knobs. Beneath that simple exterior lies an intricately designed and heavily regulated engineering feat that you can’t see. Critics lob surface-level objections, missing the real story underground. Ohio is uniquely suited for this kind of drilling. Beneath our feet lies a geological setup so ideal that even the harshest skeptics would have to admit nature handed us a win. Thick sandstone, solid shale, and deep, stable formations create an underground structure tailor-made for safely storing ...

More place names

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It’s the middle of winter. Two more months of cold, dreary weather, but not to worry - days are getting longer. Here’s an easy, cost effective cabin fever relief idea: take a drive on local roads. You will see signs for towns, streets, and points of interest. As pointed out in an ...