Saturday morning local merchants and residents awoke to find two of the downtown planters defaced, and their evergreen trees stolen. The planters involved in this crime were located in front of Harrison’s and Community Services.
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM by Wendy Bauder Maura Patterson sat bolt upright in bed and swallowed back an anguished cry. Her pulse was racing. She had been dreaming about her son, Trent. It had been a little over a year since Maura and her husband, Glenn stood, numb with mourning, by the flag-draped coffin of [...]
THE BEST AND THE WORST YEAR by Lauren Brenner It was spring in Ohio, almost summer. Our story starts in a small town in Ohio on road Rt. 40. The famous National Trail. Down on Rt. 40, near the road sat a white, black-roofed house. It had a cement porch, and a small garage with [...]
FALLEN ANGEL by Madeline Bauder Aquania walked through the clouds, admiring the feathers of the Tanary birds as they glinted in the sunlight. The Tanary birds were metallic-feathered birds, common in Cloud Town. Aquania was new to Cloud Town, so she was exploring it. She looked up and saw the Cloud Tower spiraling up into [...]
DISCOVERIES by Kara Trimbach Sunlight burned down on me, almost blocking my view entirely. I pressed on, only shading the sunlight from me with my arm. The forest seemed endless, almost as if joking me to stop. The twigs snapped at me again and again, the rigid grass pulling on my legs as if I [...]
In a few short weeks you’ll be turning the calendar to a new year and writing 2010 on your checks. Another year will have passed and another set of News Year’s resolutions will be staring you in the face. The trouble is, the resolution you made last year to be more active fell by the wayside and those insidious pounds have crept up on you.
The Tipp City Area Arts Council has announced the winners of the first annual short story contest. There seems to be quite a few aspiring writers in the community. The Arts Council received 35 entries for the contest from all categories. Very impressive for the first year. There were four categories for the contest. 4th [...]
The holiday season is almost upon us and the obligation of family festivities dangles overhead like mistletoe. The family unit is a wonderful thing and most of the year we are free to pick and choose who we spend our time with, but the holidays have rules of their own. Preference is tossed to the curb like last year’s Christmas tree as the relatives of your worst nightmares arrive for a holiday dinner.
Those with adjustable rate mortgages (“ARMs”) who made it through what seems to have been the worst part of the recent Recession are taking a deep breath in thanks of maintaining their homes from foreclosure either within or without Bankruptcy. It is good news, to be sure. But before uncorking that champaign, bear this in mind. Many economic experts who study these things forecast that a second wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies on the near horizon.
TIPP TALK – STOP SIGNS AND WINTER’S GATHERING November 22 by Greg Enslen Clarification on Stop Signs and Traffic Lights in Tipp City. Here’s something I’ve learned just since I started writing this column – I’m incapable of writing my column and having a conversation at the same time! Last week my signals got crossed [...]
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