There is much to be desired when it comes to spending time alone. It’s only been in the last few years that the floodgates of voices have been…
The Scioto Brush Creek watershed is alive. This river drainage area hosts sport fish who call it their home.
This is part three in a series about my friend and fellow pilgrim, Tom. In the previous columns, Tom shared his insights about humility and pa…
Years ago, in the seventies, while living in another city, this writer worked at the nation’s first and largest minimum security correctional …
This is part two of a series about Tom and Faye. Tom is sixty-eight years old and was admitted to hospice with ALS, “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”. To…
Way back many years when I was a boy, my family consisted of my dad, mother and my three sisters. We lived on a farm on state Route 335 where …
COLUMBUS—State Representative Shane Wilkin (R-Hillsboro) has issued the following statement on local drug task force funding announced for Hig…
Tom was sixty-eight years old when he was admitted to Hospice with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). He was bedbound and required total care. Tom wa…
Christians are accountable to love and pray for their family, and friends, and against evil everywhere, but unfortunately, many have lost the …
Yellow butterflies are easy to see. Their bright color stands out. Even though many are common, most people would not be able to tell you thei…
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Another school year has begun. Between shopping for supplies and meeting new teachers, let’s take a moment to talk about Ohio’s education syst…
In a history note, it was mentioned in the May 29, 2022 Pike County News Watchman that on May 25, 1972, a C & O train bound from Russell, …
Many years ago when I worked at Landmark down behind Klinker’s Lumber in Waverly, I ran into an old friend of mine Johnny Cremeans. The weathe…
One beautiful spring afternoon my neighbor, Roger, and I had a backyard, over-the-fence, conversation, like “Tim the Tool Man“, had every week…
We will never rise above or go beyond what we believe and what we speak. It’s a spiritual revelation to comprehend that words have power and w…
During the regularly scheduled Commissioner’s meeting on Thursday, August 25th, 2022, MedCare Chief Operating Officer, Mike Perkins, informed …
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This is part three of a series about Loyal who was admitted to hospice with lung cancer. Loyal was slender-built with silver-gray hair combed …
Mike Milam saw a need. Low-maintenance landscaping would save time and money. It would combine an educational opportunity with a spot to walk …
This is part two of a three-part series about Loyal, who enrolled in our outpatient hospice service with end-stage lung cancer. Loyal was in h…
“Is this Heaven?...No, it’s Iowa”
This is part one of a three-part series about Loyal who enrolled in our outpatient hospice program with end-stage lung cancer. He was in his l…
Ohio has a humid continental climate. Climatologist Wladimir Koppen said so in 1900.