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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero – Josh Taylor: Once a Grey Ghost, always a Grey Ghost!

Oct 30, 2023 11:45AM ● By Brian L. Fislar

Growing up and living flush on the banks of the Illinois River, Josh Taylor was a young man whose journey from a star athlete in high school to the city of Angels is one that has been well documented.

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero — Janet Blew Culbertson: The Lady in the Garden • Her Impact on Others

Sep 28, 2023 11:54AM ● By Gary Sharp

Many are called, and some answer. In life, it is often found, that when benefits and tokens are so easily given for little or no effort, it could initiate a mindset of expected entitlements and when one has not felt the sting from sacrifice or shared hard work to achieve a common goal, how could this provide good morals and values that are so needed to build character and a strong work ethic?

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero — Donna Uebler, Teacher of Children

Aug 30, 2023 10:33AM ● By Gary Sharp

Farmers and teachers, are they alike? Most undoubtedly, they are. They both are planters of seeds—seeds that grow crops to nourish our bodies and seeds that stimulate our minds through the education of learners of today and tomorrow, and as it has been said many times, “ Life goes on.”

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero — Sid Crabel

Jul 26, 2023 10:43AM ● By Gary Sharp

Heroes don’t always wear capes but some wear many capes of differing colors without being asked to. And that my friends, is the true essence of the volunteer and public servant.

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Gosh, Dark, and Protectors of the Night — Badge 504 —

Jun 30, 2023 11:40AM ● By Gary Sharp

In the absence of daylight, very few of us give much thought to those who provide a measure of safety during the hours when we are most vulnerable. The story you are about to read is true, only a few names have been changed to protect the innocent.

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero – Brandon, A Tribute.

Mar 29, 2023 10:46AM ● By Gary Sharp

For 20 years, almost 21, a young man grew, blossomed, and matured into a personality that influenced his family and many friends in a positive manner and left his mark on their hearts that will never be dissolved from their memories in the river of time.

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero: BADGE 3907 — A Calling, Lawman, Family Man, Fireman

Mar 03, 2023 09:23AM ● By Gary Sharp

White plumes of smoke curled up from the old man’s pipe while he slowly recalled the days when he carried a nightstick, blackjack, and a 38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver as a part-time peacemaker for East Peoria in the late days of Truman and the early days of Eisenhower.

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero—Resilient, Competitive, Generous, Home.

Feb 03, 2023 10:04AM ● By Gary Sharp

Time is a great storyteller and absence makes the heart grow fonder. She left with her love and partner Phil when he was transferred to Iowa working on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1992.

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Chillicothe’s Hometown Hero—Ron William Hedden

Dec 28, 2022 01:39PM ● By Gary Sharp

What comes from the heart? Does compassion, caring and emotions simply result from previous experiences in our lives learned through pain or gratification?

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Chillicothe Hometown Hero—Jeremy DeVault

Dec 12, 2022 02:15PM ● By Gary Sharp

All across America each day ordinary citizens are afforded a blanket of protection provided by selfless dedicated first responders who in many cases put their lives and safety at risk to serve the multitude.

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