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Cincinnatus League says thanks

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 - Letter to the Editor

Friendship continues uninterrupted

Some friendships require effort. Others sustain themselves. You know the ones I’m talking about, those friendships which can be disrupted by years and hundreds of miles but are renewed as easily as a conversation that has been momentarily interrupted.

For those in need, there is support

Tuesday, Nov.12, 2024 - Letter to the Editor

‘Zoo’ served to liven up a gray day

“I feel like I’m in a zoo,” I told my wife over a bowl of soup. It was Monday, and November had landed with an audible thud. Gone were the crisp blue skies of October. Gone too were most of the autumn leaves, stripped from their branches by Saturday’s gusty …

You’ll want to watch Winner this winter

In about 25 years writing about sports, this marks the first time I’ve written a column nine months in advance. That should say something about how I feel about the importance of the sentiments I’m about to express.

Will stories have a happy ending?

The road home wound through the Indiana countryside as Svetlana unwound stories from her life on the other side of the world. We’d first met in Kyrgyzstan, the land of her birth, in 2002. And now she was in the Midwest to take part in a panel discussion at a …

Fulfill duty and vote in the election

To the editor: “My vote won’t count, so I’m not voting.” Voting is a right, privilege and responsibility of citizens.

Project was not an improvement

Somewhere along the line I forgot a couple of the basic rules of do-it-yourselfing. First, you don’t know as much as you think you know. Second, it’s never as easy as it looks on television.

Nicknames are an odd phenomena

Editor’s note: This column is being reprinted from Oct. 14, 2009. Tracking nicknames can be an interesting endeavor. The origins of some are obvious, while others seem to be created out of nothing at all. Think about the nicknames you’ve had over the years as you take this trip down …

DeHoffs offer their thanks

To the editor: To everyone who has supported us following the death of our beloved Mark Lee DeHoff, we would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation.

Thank you for series support

To the editor: On behalf of the Arts Place Performance Committee, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who contributed to the fantastic success of our recent summer concert series.

Tournament is a special event

To the editor: Jay County had a busy weekend on Sept. 28 and 29 — a lot of things going on around the county; but the event we attended had a personal meaning for us.

Community weekend offered a lot

Professional hand-wringers love to decry the loss of community in America. They should have been around this weekend.

A new phone provided challenges

Maybe my old phone clued in my new phone. The old phone, which dated from about 2004, was one of those flip models. And it’s still in mint condition, largely because it spent most of its life turned off and sitting in the console of my car.

Corvette club was not a good fit

The vanity plates caught my eye. “AWHSUM” said one, with dubious spelling. “QCKNFUN” said the plate on the car in front of “AWHSUM.”
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