I have been writing weird stories in the “Hometown Press” for years. That’s quite something when you realize I have no writing skills at all. I was educated through the eighth grade and got horrible grades. I was never good at anything in school except for time spent in the principal’s office. But I have...
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From the Kitchen: Olicia Smothers
With summer temperatures heating up, there is no place like home for this week’s featured cook, Olicia Smothers. Olicia, along with her husband, Patrick, and son, Trent, love lake life at their home at Lake Ponderosa, just outside of Montezuma.
“We spend a good portion of the summer boating,” said Olicia. “We don’t stay in the...
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Press INKlings: Watermelon is a fruigetable?
In 1989, Lee Wheelis set the world record by spitting a watermelon seed 68 feet and nine and one-eighth inches. Today (Aug. 3) is National Watermelon Day, try a slice and don’t forget to see how far you can spit a watermelon seed. There are actually You Tube videos about the correct method!
If summer had...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 7-27-17
Driving a car has always been fun for me except when I look in the rearview mirror, and it is full of red flashing lights.
This, unfortunately, has happened to me several times.
I remember when I first started driving an automobile. I was 12 or 13 years old. Our home was about a block from the...
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From the Kitchen: Miranda Paskach
This week’s featured cook, Miranda Paskach, makes sure that mornings start off on a nutritious note for her family.
“The kids and I love making our morning shake together!” said Miranda, who has shared the recipe with readers this week. “We send one off to work with Daddy and share the second one together. They think...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 7/20/17
I’ve had the chance to meet a lot of people in my life. I have made a few friends but more enemies. They all have personalities.
A personality that comes to mind first would be the principal way back when I was in high school. I detested this man, and he detested me. He had the...
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Hello Beautiful: Salon owner’s passion helps others feel beautiful and fulfilled
When Jeana Fisk of Searsboro started work in the cosmetology industry 18 years ago, she never would have imagined her job of making people look and feel refreshed would become a passion that has become the driving force behind a second chapter of her career.
Straight out of cosmetology school in 1999, Jeana went to work...
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