Opinion
There’s no place like home
Home from vacation and glad to be in corn and wheat after enjoying a visit to grape country at the lake in New York. It is nice to experience a change...
A kaleidoscope topic
Darke County Center for the Arts’ 2019-2020 “Kaleidoscope” season for youngsters and their families gets off to a brilliant start on...
Deceit is personal
At some point in life everyone walks the line between honesty and deceit. Often we deceive ourselves with rationalizations; attempting to explain or j...
Their View An unspeakable disgrace
America’s war on children must stop.What’s happening on our southern border — migrant children in overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe...
Independence Day for some
In speaking of Independence Day, John Adams, vice president under George Washington, said, “It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliveranc...
Reader urges support for Coach Joseph
To the Editor:I commend the renewal of Coach Joseph’s contract. I was intimately involved with the boys basketball program these last four years...
A moving day decision
Moving day was coming up for our son and his wife.I considered the options. I could lift heavy boxes and tote them to or from a truck and then unload ...
Shoes of a different color
Hers didn’t match.In fact, one shoe wasn’t even hers. One belonged to Gabby’s friend. The girls decided that they would have a littl...
And just like that it’s JULY!
Are you sizzling in this heat? The Arcanum Public Library is a great place to cool your heels - read a book, a magazine or newspaper or use a computer...
Post-renovation spring cleaning
In my last column I told you that reconstruction of the damage done by the fire we had last month was nearly complete. At least the rebuilding necessa...
