Remembering presidents' names: nonsense

My eighth grade Amer­i­can his­tory teacher, Mr. Simp­son, gave his stu­dents three non­sense sen­tences so that we could mem­o­rize all 36 U.S. pres­i­dents in the order they served. The first non­sen­si­cal sen­tence, com­ing in the form…

Taxes must be the same for everyone

Start­ing with the Tea Party and then with Occupy Wall Street, there has been a move­ment to con­sider both the eco­nomic dis­tri­b­u­tion of wealth and the amount of taxes that are paid. The Tea Party wants to…

Spring means berries are near

We can’t com­plain about our win­ter weather so far. It’s been a mild one. But I know we will get some snow even if we don’t want it. I can only hope for an early spring.…

There's no way to hide it in Oberlin

I love hav­ing been born and raised in Ober­lin. I’ve always loved being a small town girl, even with the inher­ent “every­one knows every­one else and tells every­one else every­thing” neces­sity that goes along with it. For…

Women's heart attack symptoms

Did you know that nearly five times as many women will die from heart attacks this year than from breast can­cer? One rea­son heart attacks are so dan­ger­ous in women is because they are dif­fi­cult to…

Fran Blank is a gar­dener who lives in Brighton Town­ship who occa­sion­ally sub­mits columns.…