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Author: Randy Mills

The Most Barbaric Sound: Rock and Roll Bands and the Vietnam War Come to Oakland City College

January 2, 2021 Randy Mills

Oakland City College in the mid to late 1960s, despite its remote location and a mostly conventional student body, still…

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Posted in: News

Living with the General: How Irish Twins Made Peace

December 31, 2020 Randy Mills

To have a brother eleven months older than you, an Irish twin, is to have a constant companion and a…

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Unlucky in Love: The Forgotten Love Story of Oakland City College’s Ella Wheatley

December 27, 2020 Randy Mills

Randy Mills There are many unsung heroes who were deeply involved in the early nurturing of Oakland City College, but…

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“Just Making Myself Count”: A Vietnam War Christmas Story

December 9, 2020 Randy Mills

Tobey Herzog, in his book, Vietnam War Stories: Innocence Loss, believed there were lessons to be learned from Vietnam War…

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Posted in: Events, Human Interest, News Filed under: Christmas, Vietnam War

Our Woods

November 21, 2020 Randy Mills

Like the adult southern Illinois farmers who lived around us in the late 1950s, my older brother, Marshall, and I…

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Posted in: News Filed under: memoir, rural southern Illinois

Vote for the Jones Boy: How I Learned Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Politics

September 9, 2020 Randy Mills

My father’s people immersed themselves in local political affairs with the same fervor they showed when they were baptized in…

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A Wondrous New Word and What Followed

June 3, 2020 Randy Mills

It was in the grassless plot just outside our back door where we “played little” with our toy tractors and…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: family, family history

All the Candy and Ice-Cream You Could Ever Want

April 20, 2020 Randy Mills

Slipping through the door of Leonard Wilson’s General Store in the 1950s was to step into a place of community…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: family history, Keith Mills, mills general store

Don’t Miss This Book

February 25, 2020 Randy Mills

Don’t miss this! Book signing and presentation at Bluford High school,  Friday, February 28, 6-8 p. m. at Bluford High School.…

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Posted in: News Filed under: author interview, book, interview

That’s it! We’re going Home: The Story of my Family’s One and Only Vacation

February 21, 2020 Randy Mills

Funny how seemingly unrelated events can connect into undeniable cause-effect scenarios that when looked back upon, seem nothing less than…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: family, family history, family vacation, national park, rushmore, vacation, yellowstone

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