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For Christian American readers of this blog:


I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Thx Jim! Portsmouth OH nostalgia by my brother, Jim K

Jim Kegley

12:11 PM (3 hours ago)


to Scioto
High Notes 07-24-2014
 
I saw the most amazing demonstration on my computer recently…it is a (skin-spray) gun with which researcher’s are spraying badly-burned skin, with the victim’s own stem cells and the burns are taking mere days instead of weeks to heal.  The demonstration was with a man who was accidentally burned when another man threw a cup of gasoline onto a burning neighborhood bonfire.  The man suffered second degree burns over the top right portion of his body, including the right side of his face neck and shoulder.  The video stated that the man was treated on a Friday, and the skin was healed by the following Monday.
I get a regular website entitled “Big Greek Daddy” with funny and interesting videos, and this information was part of the Monday, July 21, selection.
 
Oh, I failed to report that Brian Estepp, the glass-marble specialist, and Morphy Auction House of Pennsylvania executive, was in the Rosemount area visiting his Mom and Dad, Bob and Carolyn Estepp over the Father’s Day holiday back in June.  The family drove down to see Jack Lewis, the gunsmith/antique dealer, owner of the Shawnee Diner just east of Buena Vista, and they met with Mr. Lewis’ son-in-law, Gary Taylor, to discuss and view some of Taylor’s marble collection.  Brian telephoned me and told how he enjoyed meeting the family.  He was already acquainted with Jack’s oldest son, also named Jack Lewis, who is the firearms specialist with Cowan Auctions, in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Les Cowan, the owner of the Cincinnati firm, appears often on the Antiques Roadshow which airs on PBS tv. 
The other Cincinnati firm which I’ve written about recently, is Wiebold Studios, an art and antiques restoration company in the Queen City.  I wrote about Richard (Dick) Shy who retired from the U. S. Marines and eventually utilized his artistic talent and now works part-time restoring artwork.  He is a fellow 1957 graduate of Portsmouth High School.  Wiebold has a message appearing in conjunction with their support of the Antiques Roadshow, and I always think of Dick Shy when the hand appears to wipe dirt and grime from the picture.
 
Although I moved away from my early interest in antiques and collectibles when I began my long newspaper career, I maintain an abiding interest in the business.  At one time I had a small antique shop located on the east end of Lucasville, in property owned by Charles Scaff. 
I originally became interested in antiques, as a 14-year old and became acquainted with James and Florine McConnell, owners of Hilltop Antiques on Kinney’s Lane.  They were the parents of Linda McConnell, a new summertime friend I met while selling flavored crushed-ice snowballs from the Park Shoppe Snowball stand on 17th Street.  Linda and Peggy Fairchild, another Lincoln Grade Schooler, would walk home from Dreamland Pool, and stop at my stand.  I remember that I trumped up some excuse to close the stand early one evening, and the girls waited around and Dave Otworth and I walked them the rest of their way home through Greenlawn Cemetery.  That was the beginning of a wonderful friendship with the girls and the McConnell family.  Linda, now last name Noel, is the widow of longtime Portsmouth fireman, Jack Noel, and Linda lives on Forest Avenue, in the duplex next door to my lady-friend, Nora Netzer.
 
This coming weekend, July 25, 26 and 27, 2014, there is to be a Native American Artifacts show in Manchester, Ohio.  Val Minch, now of Hickory, North Carolina, is a long-time friend and fellow relic collector, and he will be visiting for a few days so we can attend the show.
 

Redneck love poem ... Oh my Dr. H ... it is a funny re-cycle

Redneck Love Poem


This actually earned a poetry prize in West Virginia in 1912.

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Old Glory saluted in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ... Thx Pidge F!

Old Glory saluted in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

Acuity Flagpole Project

Standing 400 feet tall, the new Acuity Insurance Flagpole is the tallest flagpole in North America (#tallestusflag).  Located on the Acuity Insurance headquarters campus in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, along Interstate 43 between Milwaukee and Green Bay, the pole supports a 60-foot-wide by 120-foot-long American flag.  Located at the base of the flagpole is a brick paver patio featuring the names of Sheboygan County residents killed in active duty.

Flagpole Facts:
  • 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds
  • There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag:- 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions- 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather
  • Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide
  • 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation
  • Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole
  • 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top
  • Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration
  • Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42°F

For more videos, images, and information visit the Acuity Flagpole project page.
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