Joan Elaine Hall, age 88, of West Lafayette, Ohio passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Lafayette Pointe Nursing Home. She was born in Hemlock, in Perry County, Ohio on September 16, 1936, to the late Paul M. Williams and Mae (Fouts) Williams. Joan graduated from The Plains High School in Athens County in […]
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Mark’s Musings – March 29, 2017
You’ve all heard about green eggs and ham right? Well, spoiler alert here. There really are green eggs! Yes, I saw one last week when a friend of the family gave us some home grown eggs. Does that even sound right? Home grown? Hen raised, nurtured and hatched is a more appropriate phrase I think. […]
Mark’s Musings – March 22, 2017
According to my calendar, spring is officially here. For all of us that thought winter had left us behind and spring actually arrived in February – guess again. Will we still be wearing earmuffs in June? I hope not. Are the seasons changing or is this just a happenchance? […]
Mark’s Musings – March 15, 2017
Seven area wrestlers earned their way to compete at the OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament held in Columbus over the weekend. River View competed in Division II while Coshocton and Ridgewood competed in Division III. Ridgewood senior Colton Bethel capped off a spectacular wrestling career for the Generals and earned […]
Mark’s Musings – March 8, 2017
It sure seems like there is a lot to write about. Unfortunately, most of it is pretty heavy stuff. Hacking, wiretapping, name calling, accusations flying back and forth like the proposed flying car, last minute heroics-or not. Throw in a couple of technical fouls and that’s the only reason […]
Mark’s Musings – March 1, 2017
It seems there are mishaps just about everywhere one turns. The new administration is learning that while the folks in Hollywood just learned that too. I’m sure that everyone has heard about the biggest error in Oscar’s history by now. You can’t blame it on Warren Beatty and Faye […]
Mark’s Musings – February 8, 2017
Astonishing. Incredible. Fantastic. A Super Bowl to remember. It was certainly one for the ages. The 50 year old plus one event that spans the globe did not disappoint, unless you are an Atlanta Falcons fan. Like many of you I felt that the game was pretty much over […]
Mark’s Musings – February 1, 2017
We’ll start with Super Bowl LI. With no “local” favorites playing like the Browns, Bengals or Steelers, this should be a fairly non-controversial subject. I believe that there are enough matters floating around right now that are in the latter category. The Vegas odds makers have the Patriots as […]
Mark’s Musings – January 25, 2017
Is there too much complaining? Has anyone noticed an uptick in negativity? And it’s about lots of nothing sometimes. I am reminded of the second Ghostbusters movie – (I think it was the second) where the pink goo of negativity was running under the streets of New York City. […]