Highland County man expresses creativity with wood Story and photos by Tim Colliver Story and photos by Tim Colliver In a little woodworking studio just north of Buford, Dwight Thomas can take an ordinary chunk of wood — maple, black walnut, hickory — and in a matter of weeks he’ll transform that lump of lumber […]
Column by Kay Frances Your dog wakes you up at 4 a.m. and needs to go out. You aren’t able to go back to sleep until 10 minutes before the alarm rings. You hit the snooze button a couple of times, then finally get up. You wonder how you’re going to get by on four […]
Ohio Glass Museum features museum, studio Story by Sarah Allen Photos courtesy of Ohio Glass Museum Story by Sarah Allen Photos courtesy of Ohio Glass Museum The past can be a delicate thing — and nowhere is that more true than at the Ohio Glass Museum. The museum was originally created when the area’s visitors […]
Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin Despite being an internationally acclaimed and award-winning heavy metal sculptor, Mac Worthington doesn’t intentionally seek to convey messages, themes, nor bring causes to attention with his art. Worthington is more focused on the space, color and design of his pieces. “People […]
Story by Joshua Keeran What’s your favorite vacation spot and why? We have been going to Hilton Head Island off and on for about 12 years. It is a wonderful family-oriented vacation spot. We try to visit other places every other year and some of the more memorable trips have been to New York City […]
Story by Gary Budzak A Sunbury woman is successfully running a licensed home bakery and promoting her products on social media. Marna Cakes has attracted a following on Facebook and Instagram for custom cakes, cupcakes and cookies. Word-of-mouth raves had led to classes and videos, as well. She even supplied cookies for swag bags at […]
Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin Despite being an internationally acclaimed and award-winning heavy metal sculptor, Mac Worthington doesn’t intentionally seek to convey messages, themes, nor bring causes to attention with his art. Worthington is more focused on the space, color and design of his pieces. “People buy for two big reasons — color […]
Staff reports SIDNEY — The Sidney Daily News has announced its annual cooking contest, which will be followed by the distribution of its 35th annual Harvest Holiday Cookbook. The popular cook-off to determine the contest winners will be Oct. 5. Home cooks and bakers may submit recipes in six categories for inclusion in the cookbook, […]
Trail makes it easy to visit sites Story by Jane Beathard Virginia calls itself the “mother of presidents.” But Ohio has fathered nearly as many of our nation’s chief executives. For anyone who doesn’t remember grade school history, presidents Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft and […]
Story by Adrienne McGee Sterrett Photos courtesy of OSU Extension Highland County Clinton County native Brooke Beam recently began her first professional job at OSU Extension Highland County, just finished with school. She studied ag communication at OSU and as part of that, she took some courses in the theater department and on the topic […]