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Organized vs. disorganized

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2010 - 3:48pm

By the age of 53, you would think I'd learned the fine art of organization. But maybe it has nothing to do with age. Probably it's genetic. Here's where I get to blame my parents for something -- my tendency toward disorganization. It's all their fault.

So here I am...married to Mr. Organization himself. I'd hoped that after 30 years of marriage, I'd have gained some of his skills through osmosis. Nope. Hasn't happened.

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Joanne Niswander: Talk about it

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2010 - 11:41am

By Joanne Niswander
As some of you know, my husband Dean passed away just after the first of the year. It wasn't unexpected. He had been in Mennonite Memorial Home for the past 15 months.

In addition to physical problems that kept him in a wheelchair, he had Alzheimer's disease. And that is what I want to talk about.

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Bluffton's 2010 appropriations by the numbers

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2010 - 7:41am

Bluffton's council recently approved its 2010 appropriations. A breakdown of where spending will occur this year follows:

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1-21-10 Winter frost

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2010 - 11:05pm
1-21-10 Winter frost

THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKINS, TOO

Fickle Ohio winter weather. One day it's freezing, the next day is in the 40s, the next day it frosts. Here's Ohio on a day with the frost is on the trees. Sunny skies, however.

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This plate has a ring to it

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2010 - 6:27pm
GMDE

Greg Ring doesn't make it easy to take a photo of his license plates. He covers the plates with some sort of protective devise. It really causes a glare when you take a photo with a flash. Greg ought to know better. GMDE stands for Greg, Mary, Don and Ethan Ring.

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Ron Lora: A country boy reflections on water

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2010 - 5:50pm

By Ron Lora

A Country Boy Reflects on Water

I grew up on a farm in good country. A creek ran through the southwestern corner of it. A creek is a natural waterway larger than a run but smaller than a river. In romantic lore, poets have celebrated the rivers of the earth - the Rhine and Danube, the Volga and Don, the Tigris and Euphrates. In Allen and Putnam counties it's the Riley, the Blanchard, the Auglaize and Ottawa of which natives speak. So close to home, those small waters seldom rise to the level of romance.

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