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What they studied

Songs, memories, reenactments, biographies and sometimes parents and grandparents occasionally talk of bygone years of school. Occasionally, there are calls to have only the three Rs on the …

Hungry for busy hunting season

Growing up in a family with hunters, the fall season leading into winter was always a busy time. From the day the small game season opened until the deer hunting season closed, there was usually some …

Sports on the farm

I could go on and on about the activities that kept us busy on the farm as kids, but individually and collectively, none used up our time as much as sports. This past weekend, the Zierden family …

Avon’s avenue pattern varied

Looking at a map of Avon, one sees a variety of naming patterns. Early maps show a tendency, still followed, of giving streets numbers. That pattern is seen on one of earliest plats of the town, …

The business of bowling

“Do you want to bowl with us?” Linda Athmann asked me Thursday night as Melrose Bowl and Schif’s Bar & Grill filled up with bowlers while I and fellow Melrose Riverfest committee members …