Jeff Windle Centerville 1. Yes 2. No doubt, that’s politics. Democrats, Republicans are dividing us up here. 3. That’s a good question right there. I don’t think the new leadership, or how this election turns out, is gonna make any big difference. We all got to get together. That’s a tough question and I don’t […]
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Sidewalk Talk: COVID-19
Western Wayne News went to the streets to ask questions about COVID-19. The following questions were asked: 1. Have you or anyone you know been impacted by the Coronavirus? 2. What are your thoughts about a vaccine, and do you plan to take it when it becomes available? 3. We are all tired of it. […]
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Sidewalk Talk: Confidence in voting
Western Wayne News went to the streets to ask questions about voting this upcoming November. The following questions were asked: 1. How long are you willing to stand in line to vote? 2. Are you confident every vote will be counted? 3. Have you encouraged others to vote? Jane Greene Richmond 1. Half an […]
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Sidewalk Talk: Ways of Voting
https://youtu.be/ybP_WyNQ1-g Western Wayne News went to the streets to ask questions about voting this upcoming November. We asked the following questions: 1. Have you, or do you plan to vote this year? 2. How are you planning to vote (mail-in, absentee, in-person)? 3. Do you have any concerns on voting this year? Kenny Stockton 1. […]
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Make time for a visit
Last week I told you about the farm auction we attended and the perspective it brought to my life. But I wanted to share something more. My Grandma Jean ((Moyer) Shafer) spent some time at The Springs, an extended care facility in Richmond, over the winter and early spring. We made regular visits when Grandma […]
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Farm Auction
On Saturday the kids and I went to a farm auction. It was just south of where I laid my head for 18 years, at a farm that I closely associate with my childhood, as I spent many days there playing with the granddaughter of the occupants. I paused while pushing the double stroller up […]
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Camel Ride at the County Fair
I took our two small children to the Wayne County Fair last week. The county fair always feels like going home. Except we don’t keep our fat rabbits in cages; ours apparently like to set up camp in the garden. When I was in 4-H, a week at the fair was spent exhibiting our livestock […]
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Alexa: Plug Your Ears
My niece, nine-years-old and pretty as the day is long, emerged from my old bedroom at Mom and Dad’s farmhouse not long ago. “Alexa, what time is it?” she asked. Not a sound followed, except my mom shuffling through cattle registration papers downstairs. Marlee stretched and raised her voice. “Alexa, what time is it?” Again, […]
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Mowing the yard
I’ve seen many houses with “Family Rules” signs hanging on their walls. Some of those family rules are things such as: Always tell the truth Pay with hugs and kisses Do your best Keep your promises I have yet to see one that reads, “Don’t bother me on the lawn mower unless there is blood,” […]
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Down the aisle
My younger cousin got married last weekend in one of the more elaborate weddings I’ve been to. This, of course, coming from someone who used a pair of tree pruners to cut branches off her favorite tree at the farm to create her wedding bouquet. So when my cousin, Joan, asked Caroline to be the […]