Everyone has his own favorite spot on Lewis Creek, I guess. Some of us favor the swimming hole below Miller’s old place, with its rope swing and the kids who frolic there on hot summer days. For Doc and Dud, it’s the big race below the rocks where the huge lunker trout lives. All our efforts […]
We attended the wedding on Thursday of Matthew and Leanna. Daughter Elizabeth and her friend Timothy were witnesses at the wedding. Matthew is a brother to Timothy. The bride chose the color navy that the two girl witnesses and herself wore along with a white cape and apron. In this community the bride gets married […]
OTTAWA COUNTY EXPONENT: Volume No. 1 Issue of the Exponent dates back to April 27, 1871. So our newspaper has been in existence for more than 140 years. For most of its tenure the paper was owned and run by the Kramer family. For many of the early years, Judge J.K. Kraemer, was at the helm […]
By Phil Walton Social Security Manager in Toledo, OH April 22 is Earth Day. More than one billion people will celebrate Earth Day in one way or another. You could plant a tree, and recycle your plastic, glass, and paper, or use the back side of printer paper before tossing it. But what’s even better […]
Down at the sale barn Saturday, the think tank had coagulated there with coffees to go to celebrate spring. Doc and Dud had their dogs with them, while Bert and Dewey and Steve went stag. Dud tried to start a conversation, but the loudspeaker soon drove them outside, where they arrayed themselves on dropped tailgates and […]
WHO IS THE OLDTIMER? What is an Oldtimer? Where did the name Oldtimer come from? Every so often I like to answer these questions and give credit where credit is due. The original Oldtimer was George Bredehoft…a man who loved Oak Harbor as much as I do. George was a columnist for the Exponent many […]
WHY DO WE SAY…..(OR DO)? (a history lesson) GOSSIP? Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs and bars. They were told to “go sip some ale and listen to people’s conversations […]
It was the sun’s fault; that’s all we could figure out later. Well, that and the demise of Doc’s phantom squirrel. For a couple of days the sun had been warming our shoulders and making us smile. You know, whispering semi-forgotten things in our ears like “fly fishing … gardens … barbecue … swimming hole…” Normally, […]