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Your Imagination Station

With Miss Connie    Fall Conference was absolutely AMAZING ! I learned so much and now have a TON of new ideas for the library, and I can’t wait to share them with y’all. But, for now, let’s talk about what’s happened since we were…

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & Shauna    Where has the summer gone?! Who can tell me how we are already in September? I love this time of year though, because with it, brings the changing colors of the leaves, the cooler evenings, time to sit around a…

AND THEN AGAIN……. by Tamara Pettit

…….I felt an editorial bubbling up within me Sunday.  I hear you saying “Does she always have to be a drama queen?  Can’t she just say “I was moved to write an editorial” and leave it at that?   Nope, it doesn’t work like that.  I…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

So, who was Edwin McMasters Stanton, born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on December 19, 1814? Well we could say that he was the only person born around these parts who was maybe the Country’s most eminent trial attorney, who also served as the U.S. Attorney…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

…Play Ball???Now that Oak Glen’s field will be ready for play, players, coaches and fans are holding their breath that there are no more positive COVID tests on either Oak Glen or it’s opponent for the next home game.  Fans are now upset about the…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

Ohio is frequently referred to as the “Mother of Presidents.” As a state they claim eight. These would be Ulysses S. Grant of Point Pleasant, Rutherford B. Hayes of Delaware, James Abram Garfield of Orange Township now Moreland Hills, Benjamin Harrison of North Bend, William…

The Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce

Swaney Memorial Library will switch back to our regular hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays until Memorial Day of 2022.             Our good friends…

REFLECTIONS by Jeremy Alger

Something happened to me this morning that I walked away thinking, “I’m going to write about this.” But I instantly realized that there are two things from that one event that I want to write about, so this is sort of a double column. I…

Reflections by Jeremy Alger

One of my favorite Bible stories is found (among other places) in Matthew 14. It is the story of Jesus walking on water. That’s what we all think of it as anyway. So Jesus sends the disciples out onto the lake in their boat. He…