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From the manager’s perspective (Part 1)
(The author, David Smith, is Mt. Gilead’s new manager. He’s already held three public meet-and-greets in an effort to learn more about the town. Below are some of his takeaways, and he’s planning more columns: Part 2 – Trees and Beautification, and Part 3 – Parks and...
Field Notes: A kiss from Samantha
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I was intrigued by my fellow Paw columnist Beck Dill's piece last week on the "friendly" corn snake. Snakes and I go way back. Indeed, some of my very earliest...
Field Notes: If I had a million dollars
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In the third episode of the eighth season of the television series "The Office," the warehouse crew quits after winning a shared million dollar lotto prize,...
Field Notes: OCD in nature; good luck with that
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. A couple of weeks after my wife and I moved onto our first home, an old farmhouse midway between Bowling Green and Perrysburg, Ohio, I got up, went to the...
Field Notes: Dress your family in Naugahyde and flannel
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. It was traditional-ish for students at my high school to dress in costume for Halloween. More accurately, it was traditional for kids who were popular enough to...
Field Notes: Very superstitious
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Late night, a week ago Sunday, I watched Game 3 of the American League Division Series. The Boston Red Sox, a team I have been a fan of since Carlton Fisk's epic...
Field Notes: The dreaded P-word
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I use an online tool called Grammarly to help me with my writing. It checks my work for grammatical, spelling and usage errors as I type away. It's not perfect,...
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Field Notes: The best horror films from the past 20 years
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. What are you afraid of? It is a question that has haunted our kind since we first began gathering around communal fires in hopes of keeping the unknown at bay....
Field Notes: How Lilesville was way ahead of its time
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I grew up in a small "company" town in Ohio. Gypsum had about 200 residents, most of whom worked at the wallboard plant a half-mile down the road from the center...
Field Notes: Working on deadline
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I love a good documentary, especially one that details a scientist or researcher attempting to prove a weird or controversial theory. In 1972, I convinced my...
Field Notes: Joe in the snow
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Considering this column is published in a coffee house newsletter, it is perhaps a little strange that I have never written about coffee. The truth is,...