The War Against Bugs By Rachel Mendell I know I’ll have to wage war again, but for now I have a small victory. The war against bugs in my house is ongoing: Spiders, ants, flies, Asian Beetles, yellow jackets, mosquitoes. But the most recent battle took an entire week to win. It started innocently enough with […]
The Galion Racist Snicker The gentleman stands up to speak during a city council meeting and tells everyone he thinks the city and its employees are doing a crappy job of fill in the blank. Tempers heat up and within five short minutes the room breaks out in colorful metaphors. Galion is better than that. The […]
By Rachel Mendell Ralph Mulberg was litmus paper. Wherever he was, you could tell the hearts of the people around him by what they said and did. I first saw Ralph when our family moved here in 1997 and I heard rumors about his history when I started writing for the paper in 2004. But I […]
On page 11 of our paper today you will find a small story about dirt. It seems that studies are now coming out in favor of dirt. Dirt is good for kids. There is a myriad of naturally occurring elements, including bacteria and minerals, that are good for kids, apparently giving their growing immune systems a […]
By Rachel Mendell This week we have been celebrating 4H week and I would like to share my reasons for cheerleading the program. Growing up in Phoenix, I had heard of 4-H, but had never known anyone in 4-H. I was raised Lutheran and was involved in a group called Lutheran Girl Pioneers which is […]
The deadline for submitting letters to the editor dealing with March 6 issues and candidates is March 1. Thank you. rmendell@galioninquirer.com
Attention all campaigning candidates! Once upon a time there was a reporter that would find out who all the candidates were from the Crawford County Board of Elections and call each one up for an interview. Alas, we are no longer staffed enough to do this. But, you can still get the word out in our […]
By Rachel Mendell Inquirer Editor Last Sunday, my pastor was preaching on how man can, indeed, with God’s help, change his life. Near the beginning of the message he said this: “Dr. Paul S. Rees, in his writings, tells of a widely read newspaper reporter who gave his readers a clear, cold, look at his own […]