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Field Notes: Baseball realignment not quite a homerun

Field Notes: Baseball realignment not quite a homerun

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  Die-hard baseball fans have known for a couple of years that a significant restructuring of the minor leagues was coming this season, pending a renegotiation of...
Field Notes: Freedom, but not much sleep, by night

Field Notes: Freedom, but not much sleep, by night

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  For most of my elementary school years, my father worked second shift, what he called “three-to-’leven,” at the U.S. Gypsum plant down the road from our house....
Field Notes: The confounding case of Elisa Lam

Field Notes: The confounding case of Elisa Lam

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  The human brain has a fantastic ability to find patterns and connections in seemingly unrelated things. This ability has given us mathematics and engineering,...
Field Notes: Personal challenges

Field Notes: Personal challenges

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The inclement weather the past couple of days relegated me to working in the garage, so I decided to “tune up” my bicycle for the spring. I replaced...