EAA Chapter 421 hosts Young Eagles rally
Gatling gun demonstration at Civil War Living History Weekend
Garden Club Flower Show selects winners
Schipfer is 2022 fair queen
OSU Alumni host send-off
Latest Updates
- EAA Chapter 421 hosts Young Eagles rally - 11:24 pm
- ‘Picnic on the Lawn’ is Aug. 28 - 11:19 pm
- Scramblin’ for bacon - 11:09 pm
- Top Jr. Fair exhibitors honored - 10:46 pm
- In the pink for a pig - 10:37 pm
- Fair winners - 9:10 pm
- Gatling gun demonstration at Civil War Living History Weekend - 9:00 pm
- Champaign County Fair winners - 10:02 pm
- Garden Club Flower Show selects winners - 10:01 pm
- ‘Free Range Day’ is August 20 - 10:01 pm
- AREA BRIEFS - 10:00 pm
- Schipfer is 2022 fair queen - 10:25 pm
- OSU Alumni host send-off - 11:57 pm
- Presbyterian church hosts music series - 11:10 pm
- PET OF THE WEEK - 8:57 pm
- Fair time is fun time - 8:56 pm
- David’s Place opens its doors - 9:14 pm
- ‘Summer Breeze’ benefits local cancer patients - 9:14 pm
- CLUB NEWS - 11:31 pm
- School supplies program returns - 9:37 pm
- Champaign Co. Fair opens Friday - 9:30 pm
- Barhorst wins 85th District GOP primary - 10:47 pm
- CT COMM seeking donations for Urbana City Schools Backpack Program - 9:14 pm
- Master Gardeners ready for fair - 9:14 pm
- Looking Back: Harness racing at the fair - 9:14 pm
NEWS
‘Free Range Day’ is August 20
Be sure to check out a free event on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at two of Ohio’s Public State Shooting Ranges that are within a 50-mi...
AREA BRIEFS
Cruise in is August 20SOUTH CHARLESTON - American Legion Post 176 will hold its 28th annual “Cruzin’ the Park” car cruise on Saturda...
Schipfer is 2022 fair queen
Danielle Schipfer of Mechanicsburg was chosen from 12 contestants to be the 2022 Champaign County Fair Queen. The contest is sponsored by Vernon Funer...
OSU Alumni host send-off
The Ohio State Alumni Club of Champaign County held its Summer Send-Off Picnic at Pretty Prairie Farm on July 31. Alumni and current students from Cha...
Presbyterian church hosts music series
First Presbyterian Church of Urbana is announcing its August schedule for special music:August 7: Jane Martin and Janet Ebert organ/piano duets;August...
PET OF THE WEEK
PAWS Animal ShelterMeet Nala!Nala is a very pretty 1-year-old black and white cat. She came to the shelter pregnant and had her four kittens in a fost...
SPORTS
UHS alumni game
The Urbana High School alumni boys soccer squad beat the current UHS team, 8-4, Saturday night. Pictured is alum Daniel Westcott battling for the ball...
NIL likely in Ohio prep sports
COLUMBUS – Doug Ute, the executive director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, believes name, image and likeness (NIL) is coming to O...
Parker wins wild Sceva Memorial at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway honored the memory of its most popular driver and his son Saturday night.The annual Neal Sceva Memorial unfortunat...
Shady Bowl to host Sceva Memorial
DeGRAFF – Saturday night, Shady Bowl Speedway will pay tribute to perhaps the most popular driver to race at the rural oval.It will be the ̶...
Racing postponed due to inclement weather
DeGRAFF – Heavy rains, high winds and lightning forced Shady Bowl Speedway promoter Rick Young to cancel Saturday night’s racing program.I...
Blackford Memorial tonight at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway will remember two drivers in a special program tonight.The Blackford Memorial, a 55-lap feature for the Dave Nagel...
LIFE
Burroughs, Henry engaged
William Whitt of Springfield and Heidi (Ty) Burroughs of St. Paris proudly announce the engagement of their daughter Kali Whitt to Tristen Henry. Tris...
Garveys celebrate 65th anniversary
John Frederick and Patricia Ann Garvey of Urbana will celebrate their 65th anniversary on May 21. They were married on that date in 1960 by the Revere...
Roberts, Profitt wed
Mallory Ranee Roberts of Urbana and Ryan James Robert Profitt of Fairborn were married by family friend, Josh VanNorstran, at 2:30 p.m. October 2, 202...
Looking Back – Douglas Inn Barbershop
First is a circa 1930 photo (#0207) of the Douglas Inn barbershop. The barbershop was in the Douglas Inn at 26 Monument Square, also pictured (#0048) ...
Free Maximizing Home Health Care Workshop for Family Caregivers: February 24
Maximizing Home Health Care is a free, small-group, online workshop from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, by presenter Kathy Kilpatrick. Reg...
OPINION
It’s all a Hodge-Pourri-Podge!
It is mid-July again, synonymous with mid-summer as far as I am concerned. During my teaching years, that was when I tried to unwind, knowing school w...
Just yesterday … several decades ago
On Sunday, trying to overcome protracted procrastination to write this week’s article, I checked Facebook one more time – and suddenly cha...
Working hard all summer long
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.Summer 2022 is just as ...
Living layer by layer
How does a girl celebrate her birth? With family photos, of course! Anna Joyce Passarelli was posing with Daddy David, Mommy Kelsey, and Brother Sam, ...
The very best summers
There has been no need to check the calendar to know that summer is now firmly in charge. With oppressive levels of heat and humidity waving around, I...
Books I have read by authors I know
Several years ago, during my early Boomer Blog days, I also had one of the seminal reading experiences of my life - I absolutely devoured Team of Riva...
