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“The People’s Choice”: A Classic Story of a Small Town Indiana Basketball Team

November 18, 2020 Roxanne Mills

In the late winter of 1967, an iconic Hoosier dream of basketball success was unfolding in the small town of…

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Posted in: News Filed under: 1960s high school basketball, Charlie Brauser, Hoosier basketball history, Indiana high school basketball, Oakland City acorns

How My Dad and the 1961 Oakland City High School Football Team Saved Johnson’s Restaurant

July 25, 2020 Roxanne Mills

For almost three decades, Johnson’s Restaurant in Oakland City, Indiana, was a favorite place to go, to eat great food,…

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Our Love Won’t End: The tragic death of Corvette keyboardist Mike Blythe

July 29, 2019 Roxanne Mills

Oakland City Indiana’s very own rock band, The Darndest Things, as well as most other area garage bands in the…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1960s, Corvettes, local band, Mike Blythe, music, Oakland City College

The Darndest Things: How a local band in the 60s rocked our lives

July 2, 2019 Roxanne Mills

Like many baby boomers, my husband Randy and I often listen to the “oldies” while traveling.  A few years ago,…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 60s rock, Carnaby Street, dance, street dance, The Darndest Thing

Nobody is Going to Fight for Us

October 25, 2018 Roxanne Mills

While Randy and I have written two books and several articles together about Hoosiers in combat, there was one story…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: Howard Trockman, Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Thomas Boyd, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Recent Posts

  • Held in High Esteem: The True Story of Two Midwest Outlaw Brothers who came to Hide in the Horse Creek Region of Southern Illinois.
  • My Blow-Out Team: A Story about Oakland City College Intramural Basketball in the Early 1970s
  • The Most Barbaric Sound: Rock and Roll Bands and the Vietnam War Come to Oakland City College

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  • Held in High Esteem: The True Story of Two Midwest Outlaw Brothers who came to Hide in the Horse Creek Region of Southern Illinois.
  • My Blow-Out Team: A Story about Oakland City College Intramural Basketball in the Early 1970s
  • The Most Barbaric Sound: Rock and Roll Bands and the Vietnam War Come to Oakland City College
  • Living with the General: How Irish Twins Made Peace
  • Unlucky in Love: The Forgotten Love Story of Oakland City College’s Ella Wheatley
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