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Winter weather arrives at Stratford

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Winter weather began in earnest at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road on Friday, Jan. 12. The temps dropped, the wind blew strongly, and there were heavy squalls of rain. The wind had been strong all week, and every day the popular Sugar Shack and Creek Trails were inspected to spot any fallen trees. Cold temperatures, occasionally in the single digits at night, continued the following week with a few snow showers.

Famous mouse is now on the loose

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“Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.”

Preventing rising electric bills for rural Ohioans

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Right now, electric cooperatives provide more than 380,000 homes and businesses in Ohio with affordable and reliable electricity. It’s why I’m working to stop federal red tape that would make it harder for these co-ops to stop electric bills from going up.

Galileo’s work disproved Ptolemaic system

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We briefly discussed Galileo and his relationship to the Catholic Church a few weeks ago. Galileo was an advocate of the Copernican system. He argued that the sun is at the center of the cosmos and that Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.

Model trains to take over library

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All aboard! The Delaware County District Library Winter Train Display is back again this year with fun for all ages at the Delaware Main Library. Drop in anytime this Saturday, Jan. 20, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to explore model train displays that feature seek-and-find challenges, interactive play, and railroad safety.

Letter: Both parties are destroying America

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A state of war currently exists on the southern border … and all the speaker of the house and GOP do is take a trip to the border for photo ops. Where are the impeachment resolutions for the VP, president, and all of his cabinet. Treason is afoot, among other impeachable crimes, and the GOP’s answer to the dissolution of America is to take a vacation on the border.

Donut thief tries to evade police

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“If you’ve got any sweet leads or krispy CCTV footage, donut keep it to yourself!”

Letter: Brown is strong bipartisan leader

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In the Jan. 10 issue of The Gazette, Delaware County Treasurer Donald E, Rankey Jr. wrote: “Ohio’s sanctimonious Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown “prattled on about his efforts to protect Ohio from fentanyl trafficking.” He said, further, that “the primary reason that we have a fentanyl epidemic in this country … is our porous southern border.”

Riding in elevators can be scary for some

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Ever since I can remember, I have had a fear of getting on an elevator. Back in the ’50s, when I had a dentist appointment in the office above the bank on Sandusky and Winter, I had to ride an elevator to get there. I’m not sure which floor it was on, but just one floor up was too much.

Telescopes can only do so much

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Learning to use a telescope is more than inputting some numbers into a tracking system and letting the telescope do all the work.

Weather

Delaware
overcast clouds
30.7 ° F
31.9 °
29.1 °
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