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

By Randy Mills | September 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Vote for the Jones Boy: How I Learned Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Politics

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

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

By Roxanne Mills | July 25, 2020 | Comments Off on How My Dad and the 1961 Oakland City High School Football Team Saved Johnson’s Restaurant

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

A Wondrous New Word and What Followed

By Randy Mills | June 3, 2020 | Comments Off on A Wondrous New Word and What Followed

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

The Season of the Summer Plague: One Family’s Story

By Andrea Turner | April 30, 2020 | Comments Off on The Season of the Summer Plague: One Family’s Story

In the first week of September, in 1937, my father became an unexpected statistic, the state health department noting that…

All the Candy and Ice-Cream You Could Ever Want

By Randy Mills | April 20, 2020 | Comments Off on All the Candy and Ice-Cream You Could Ever Want

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

Twenty-Six Bones

By Andrea Turner | March 10, 2020 | Comments Off on Twenty-Six Bones

There are 26 bones in the human foot (28 if you include the sesamoid bones at the base of the big toe). The Basic Book of Human Anatomy…

Don’t Miss This Book

By Randy Mills | February 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Don’t Miss This Book

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

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

By Andrea Turner | February 21, 2020 | Comments Off on That’s it! We’re going Home: The Story of my Family’s One and Only Vacation

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

Bluford Book Signing

By Andrea Turner | February 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Bluford Book Signing

You won’t want to miss Randy Mills as he speaks about and signs copies of his latest book, An Almost…

Book Signing

By Randy Mills | January 24, 2020 | Comments Off on Book Signing

One of the things I look forward to sharing at the book presentation and signing next Wednesday, January 29, involves…

Waltonville is counting on you to do Great Things

By Randy Mills | January 15, 2020 | Comments Off on Waltonville is counting on you to do Great Things

The Story of how our Mother found her Vocation This January marks the seventh year of our Mother’s passing. She…

In a Class of his Own

By Randy Mills | December 17, 2019 | Comments Off on In a Class of his Own

It was my recent privilege to write an article for the fall 2019 issue of the Indiana Basketball History Magazine…