It was like a test I hadn't prepared for in a class I wasn't taking
Fall’s funny down here, not ha-ha funny, more like peculiar funny. I got my first indication we were no longer in Ohio in November 2000 when my wife and I discovered “fall foliage” wasn’t a reality but more of a hint, a seasonal suggestion. I remember raking leaves all afternoon on our first Christmas Eve and realizing there would be much more work ahead in the New...
It's important to be humble and kind
On a Sunday afternoon one beautiful summer day, the kind where it wasn't too hot, I was at my girlfriend's house, and I asked her if she would like to sit out on the enclosed porch. She agreed to my request, and we made our way out to the porch. Her family porch didn't have air conditioning or heat, so one couldn't really enjoy it in the mid summer or winter that much. But fall and spring...
Why fear when Jesus is in your boat?
"Now when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But he was asleep. Then his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We are perishing!' But he said to them, 'Why are you so fearful, O you of little faith?' Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a...
Decorate before it gets too cold or wet
It all begins with jack-o'-lanterns on the front steps. Once Halloween is over, the jack-o'-lanterns turn around and become decorative pumpkins sitting on a mat of colorful fall leaves. When Thanksgiving is past, the pumpkins go away and are replaced with lights on a little tree, perhaps a Santa and elves cavorting about on the front porch. Our house just loves the holidays because she gets...
We've allowed our game to be shaped by elitists
I recently caught a podcast on which I was interviewed over the summer about the state of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer team in its preparations for next year’s World Cup in Russia. In it, I said the Americans would likely be par for the course — that qualification and advancing out of group play would be sufficient for a successful World Cup run. Yet here, more than 30 days since...Applications being accepted for scholarship program
Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative Inc. announced to area high school students that applications are being accepted for its 2018 scholarship program. The member-owned electric utility will award 10 cash scholarships in all, totaling $15,000. Students will compete in two divisions (boys and girls) for scholarships of $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $1,000 and $500 in each division. The cooperative...
Local writing workshop is open to anyone in the community
"You never know when you take a stab in the dark to do something that might help someone, then years later others have picked up the cause and moved on with it and it's still going," Joanne Lehman said. Currently an instructor at Wayne College, Lehman was a community relations specialist with NAMI Wayne and Holmes Counties 17 years ago when she started an informal writing group. Lehman,...
Christmas concert features multiple choirs
"Love's Pure Light" is the theme of the Coshocton Community Choir's Festival Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. The concert is under the direction of Charles R. Snyder and will feature the 100-voice adult choir, The Coshocton Singers, as well as singers grade 4-8 and the Coshocton Youth Chorale, high school-age singers. Pianists Dickie Barrick and Mark Wagner will be joined by the...
Safe Sitter training course offered in Orrville
Aultman Orrville Hospital will offer the Safe Sittertraining course for adolescents age 11 and older on Saturday, Dec. 16 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Aultman Orrville's community room. Safe Sitter training provides an up-to-date curriculum including hands-on practice in life-saving techniques that prepare babysitters for emergencies. Training includes basic first aid and infant and child...