EDITOR’S NOTE: This Burt’s Eye View column originally was published June 21, 2015. Cole lovingly read snippets of this particular column in his eulogy to his wife, Terry, during her funeral last week. Terry Cole died unexpectedly June 18. Help! I’m being held captive in a thrift store! ...
“Let us know if there’s anything we can do.” It’s a beautiful, caring offer I heard umpteen times a day after my sweet Terry passed away last Sunday morning. I have no clue. I always asked Terry the hard questions. The day she died, Terry was scheduled to leave for a weeklong ...
We busied ourselves building a fort in the hayloft of the old barn. While Dale, Scott and Bill excavated a tunnel to another secret chamber, I nudged a block into place on one of the turrets. Hay bales are king-sized Legos for farm kids. “Throw me another block,” I hollered. Cousin ...
Aging changes one’s perspectives — including one’s perspective on when, exactly, old age begins. I’ll let you know when I find out. It’s not yet. Sure, there’s a glitch in my hip, a creak in my knees and a blinding lightening of my hair. Yes, we are required to file for a permit ...
James and Phyllis Walters celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, June 29, 2023. James and the former Phyllis Hobbs were married on June 29, 1963, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in McDonald. They have three children: Robin (Andrew) Friend of Newport News, Va., Jim (Patti ...
Edward S. and Janet R. Krempasky of Cortland celebrated their 50th anniversary on Friday, June 30, 2023. Edward and the former Janet Shook were married June 30, 1973. Ed worked for Wean United for many years until they closed. He was involved with the young engineers. Janet worked for ...
Thomas and Sharon Nutt of Lordstown celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, June 30, 2023. Tom and the former Sharon Chandler were united in marriage on June 30, 1973. The couple have two children, Robert (Dianna) Nutt and Sheila (Glenn) Meadows. They also have two ...
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital KOLAT, Ashley and Chad, of Hubbard, a daughter June 30 MAYES, Angel and Brandon, of Youngstown, a son June 30 VANGIESEN, Bryanna and Jackson Buzzard, of Lisbon, a daugher June 30 WITZEMAN, Haylee and Alan, of Youngstown, a daughter June 30 St. Joseph ...
We are all creatures of habit. This I know and really, have written about on more than one occasion. It’s been approximately 943 times. OK fine, I’m exaggerating. I’m a humor columnist though, so it’s sort of a license to “borrow ideas,” you see? In fact, allow me to ...
You know it, I know it and the American people know it. Or at least that’s what the late great Bob Dole, a World War II hero, senator and eventual Republican presidential candidate, used to always say. With respect to his legacy and memory, I say again: You know it, I know it and the ...
There are a lot of things that we old geezers do that today’s young whippersnappers would never comprehend. I don’t mean to dis millennials, et al; it’s just that some of these facts are, well, factual. • Writing letters to send in the mail. No, I don’t mean emails or ...
Recently, I felt the need to validate my love for the summer season. Oh, you winter lovers, calm down. I’ll give you top billing come December, a’ight? As always, I may or may not be using my friends’ and family members’ real names, just in case they offered something completely off ...
CENTENARIANS SOUGHT: The Trumbull County Senior Services Levy is seeking Trumbull County centenarians (100 or older) to celebrate on National Senior Citizens Day on Aug. 21 in downtown Warren. Send nominations by July 25, to: Diane M. Siskowic-Jurkovic, senior levy administrator, 2931A ...
It is another nice, sunny day, but we are in need of rain. Our grass is brown from the dryness. We have been keeping the garden watered. Son Joseph didn’t go to work today. He is going to power wash the porch and the basement entrance under the porch. That will refresh everything. ...
GRIEFSHARE 11: GriefShare Session 11: Lessons of Grief-Part 2, will be 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Family Life Center, Classroom 2, at Life Church, 610 S. Leavitt Road, Leavittsburg. For more information or to register online, go to www.GriefShare.org or call Life Church 330-898-1131. tops ...
Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Trumbull County Extension Office. For more information and a list, contact the OSU Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland, at 330-638-6783. Office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday. Veggies and ...
Admission will be free for all children ages 2 to 12 on Saturday at the Great Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland. It is the second of five free youth days funded through a gift from the Joan P. Wenk Charitable Fund over the next several years. Visitors can see the exhibition ...
Art BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “C. Robert Buchanan: Watercolors,” through Sunday; “Bloodline: The Art of John Mellencamp & Speck Mellencamp,” through Sunday; “Steven McCallum: Capista!,” through Aug. 13; 87th National Midyear Exhibition, ...
Opera Western Reserve received a $10,000 grant from the Frank & Pearl E. Gelbman Charitable Foundation. The grant is the first of a three-year commitment in support of OWR. The money will support is Nov. 17 production of the George Bizet’s “Carmen,” which will be staged at Stambaugh ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Playhouse will have auditions on July 10 and 11 for the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” the opening production of its 2023-24 season. Based on a low-budget 1960 Roger Corman horror / comedy film about a man-eating plant, “Little Shop” is a musical by ...