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     With Thanksgiving only a few days away, many of us are getting ready for out-of -town guests.  We have 3 grown children and 9 grandchildren.  They all live several hours aways from us.  Matt is in St. Louis, MO, Martha is in Columbus, OH, and Jonathan is in Ashburn, VA.  We don’t get to…

     Yesterday I spent 71/2 hours waiting in a hospital waiting room while my husband had a knee replacement.  Patience may be a virtue, but it isn’t my area  of strength, unless it’s regarding children.      I am grateful that the surgery went well and now we begin his rehab.   But, that was one long,…

     Can it be true that in this land of promise and plenty there actually are people who do not get enough to eat?  Statistics show that one out of every six people are hungry.  One out of four are under the age of six.  I don’t mean that they are starving, but they are…

     Now that Halloween is over, let’s be getting ready for Christmas.  The stores are already decked out in Christmas style.  As the Halloween items go on the clearance racks, the Christmas goodies come out.  Around here some stores had Christmas stuff  out right after their ‘back to school’ sales. Don’t get me wrong, Christmas is…

     Halloween is a time when ghosts and goblins roam freely across our nation.  Most people have little or no knowledge of how it started or what they are celebrating.  We know it is called Satan’s holiday.   It has always been about the dark side of things.  With all the scary costumes, horror movies, haunted houses, and…

To the far right of the jail garden lies their pumpkin patch.  They call it The Pediatric Pumpkin Patch because of what they do with it.  This is the largest plot of land , except maybe the sweet corn, that is used for only one crop.  The big orange pumpkins fill the field with color…

When an individual chooses to break the law in Sandusky County, I’m sure they are not imaging themselves planting cabbage and snapping string beans.  That is  not typical behavior for someone incarcerated.  However, Kyle Overmyer is not your typical sheriff. The jail garden serves as more than a food supply for the inmates.  Many of…

To the far left of the garden we found a chicken coop and run.  The inmates have been raising their chickens and butchering them in 2010.  Last year the chickens produced 600 pounds of meat.  The inmates don’t get much red meat or pork.  Because of local donations, the garden and chicken programs have been…

Behind the building that houses the Sandusky County jail stands a big fence.  It’s very tall and topped with barbed concertina wire.  You definitely know you are at a prison. My husband and I went out to take a look at the  jail’s garden.  When Sheriff Overmyer unlocked the gate, we found a huge garden…

Kyle Overmyer is the youngest sheriff in the state of Ohio.  He is only 38 years old, but that doesn’t mean that he lacks motivation or wisdom.  When he took office he was told to “trim” the budget.  He found a creative way to do just that.  In 2009, the food budget for the Sandusky County…
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