Lessons learned from sunflowers
As I have mentioned before, I love to garden. It is a passion I have, and I enjoy seeing a tiny, seemingly lifeless seed blossom into something incredible that bears fruit for us to enjoy. Something in my garden stood out to me recently. It had such a striking parallel to a real-life situation that I felt compelled to write about it. The picture shown depicts two different sunflowers...
There is a lot to be said for wood floors
Our current house has wall-to-wall carpet in most of her rooms. They are warm in winter, soft under foot and keep the house quieter than wood floors. They do not, however, do very well with pets and spills. Keeping them looking good requires weekly vacuuming with a very loud machine that terrifies our dogs. When it’s time for the annual carpet shampooing — with an even noisier machine —...
7 brides and a father's love create a dream come true for the Shelton family
March 27 should be about spring, the renewal of life and of great things to come as the earth awakens from its winter slumber. Instead that was the day Willie and Cheryl Shelton and their seven daughters' lives changed forever. That was the day Willie, who had been struggling with headaches and diabetes-like symptoms, went to his doctor and received the devastating diagnosis of terminal brain...
A new Wayne Center for the Arts program draws on seniors' creativity
Wayne Center for the Arts new senior outreach had its seeds several years ago when the center's community engagement and special events coordinator Sharon Tomassetti began working with a family member who had Alzheimer’s. "It was hard to get her to try art projects," Tomassetti said. "It became a mission to me to reach out to seniors and the elderly and help them get more involved in the...
Health talk to focus on gut flora
Pomerene Hospital’s upcoming Health Talk will take place at Keim Lumber in Charm on Monday, Oct. 23 from 6-7 p.m. The talk, titled “What’s In Your Gut? Gut Flora: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” will be presented by Pomerene internal medicine physician Loren M. Kirchner. In this introductory talk on gut flora, Kirchner will discuss what it is, where it comes from and what it...
Prosecutor supports candidate
Letter to the Editor: You would not hire a podiatrist to do heart surgery, so neither should someone with little or no criminal justice or criminal jury trial experience be elected to be a judge who hears a predominantly criminal caseload. There are three candidates running for Municipal Court judge, but only one has the right relevant experience: my Chief Criminal Prosecutor Mike Rickett,...
Fredericksburg Merchant Day: A community tradition
Driving through Fredericksburg on Oct. 21, visitors will see cornstalks, mums and other signs of autumn. Merchants are dressing up the town in fall splendor to welcome residents and visitors to this year's Merchant Day event. An 11-year tradition marks a change this year. Instead of shopping a small booth in town, merchants invite visitors to their stores for much wider selections and big...
See Zoar in a different light
Spaces are limited for Historic Zoar Village’s annual Lantern Ghost Tours Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 27-28. Costumed living history interpreters will lead visitors by lantern light through the 200-year-old town and several of its buildings, sharing staff and visitor tales of supernatural encounters. Tickets are available for the following start times each night: 6:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7 p.m...
Halfmoon to speak about Native Americans
Fort Laurens’ next Free Speaker Series event will be Saturday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. in the Fort Laurens Museum auditorium. Presenter Stacey Halfmoon, director of American Indian relations at the Ohio History Connection, will discuss the history of Native Americans in Ohio. Halfmoon holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma. She previously worked as the...