Grandma of 9 goes hi-tech Jessica Shawley 08.MAY.08 Florence Urbick grew up writing a lot of letters. She was around to see telegraphs. She owns postcards that feature one cent stamps and pictures that display horse and buggies. She spent a dozen years teaching school in a one room schoolhouse before she decided to get married and raise a family. Her husband served in World War II, her father in World War I. She was 35 years old before it was acceptable for women to wear pants. [read more]
Mitigation leads to wetland restoration Jessica Shawley 08.MAY.08 Nearly a dozen Ashley employees worked diligently last week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to plant over 6,000 trees at a wetland mitigation site just a few miles outside of Arcadia, in French Creek. [read more]