These are articles written by Clark County residents or about Clark County that we thought you would find interesting. We solicit your contributions to this section — all articles must be positive and uplifting and must be your original compositions. Contact us if you have articles to submit.

• Children Pay High Price When Economy Tanks - Submitted by Curt Gillespie - Posted August 8, 2009

• Not My Last Birthday - Submitted by Marla - Posted July 14, 2009

• Enon History - Early Inhabitants - Submitted by Lorri Jenkins, Brenda Sweet & Jessi DeVore - Posted July 12, 2009

• New Every Morning - Submitted by Marla - Posted June 28, 2009

• Sizzle Time - Submitted by Marla - Posted June 21, 2009

• Ten Commandments of Fatherhood - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted June 21, 2009

• Angels Among Us - Submitted by Marla - Posted June 14, 2009

• Success or Significance? That Is the Question - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted June 14, 2009

• Listening to Lola - Submitted by Marla - Posted June 9, 2009

• Winning The War Against Terrorism - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted June 6, 2009

• Pay It Forward - Making Lemonade - Sumbitted by Karen Martin - Posted May 18, 2009

• Shape Up! - A Moment With Marla - Posted May 18, 2009

• A Man I Will Never Forget - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted May 15, 2009

• Pay It Forward - Don't Touch It, It's Hot - Submitted by Karen Martin - Posted May 11, 2009

• A Moment With Marla - My Happy Mother's Day - Submitted by Marla - Posted May 10, 2009

• Memorial Day Story - Submitted by Brian Halke - Posted May 10, 2009

• Teens, Tweens and the Effects of Disconnect - Submitted by Curt Gillespie, LISW, LPCC, LICDC - Posted May 5, 2009

• National EMS Week - Submitted by Lt. Robert Wagner - Posted May 3, 2009

• A Walk Through God’s Gardens - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted May 3, 2009

• My Bucket List - Submitted by Marla - Posted April 19, 2009

• Springfield Tea Party Speech - Submitted by Greg Whitehead - Posted April 17, 2009

• Remembering Bill Grimm - Submitted by Marla Cross - Posted April 12, 2009

• Enon—A Speed Trap? - Submitted by Chief Troy Callahan - Posted April 10, 2009

• There Would Still Have Been an Easter - Submitted by Marla - Posted April 10, 2009

• Clean Out The Clutter - Submitted by Karen Martin - Posted April 10, 2009

• Be Careful Not to Skip the Most Important Page! - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted April 3, 2009

• No Fooling - Submitted by Marla - Posted March 30, 2009

• “They walked with HIM no more” John 6:66 - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted March 29, 2009

• Trying to Understand the Exodus from the Church - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted March 20, 2009

• There’s Just Too Much Sadness Here - Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted March 15, 2009

• Distress and the Mind/Body Connection - Submitted by James P. Perry, Ph.D. - Posted March 14, 2009

• National Social Worker Month - Submitted by Frank Lewis - Posted March 8, 2009

• Economic Crisis: Our Children Reaping What We Have Sown? - submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted March 7, 2009

• A Lesson From Michael - submitted by Marla - Posted March 7, 2009

• Pay It Forward - submitted by Karen Martin - Posted March 7, 2009

• The Exorbitant Cost of Adultery , submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted February 28, 2009

• Another “Al Capone’s Vault?” or God’s Guarantee?, submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted February 19, 2009

• Friendly Service, submitted by Jessi DeVore - Posted February 14, 2009

• Pay It Forward, submitted by Karen Martin - Posted February 12, 2009

• If Eternity Is Only a Heartbeat Away... , submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted February 10, 2009

• Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy, Submitted by Jessi DeVore - Posted February 1, 2009

• Volunteerism - What it Means to Me, Submitted by Lorri D. Jenkins - Posted February 1, 2009

• How to Swallow Bitter Chocolates , Submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted February 1, 2009

• The Beauty of Self-sacrifice , submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted January 25, 2009

• Enon Printed Over the Years, submitted by Jessi DeVore - Posted January 15, 2009

• Hidden Cameras: A Test of Character , submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted January 15, 2009

• Impossible To Please, submitted by Rick Shoemaker - Posted January 8, 2009

• New Carlisle History Began With The Indians, submitted by Bill Berry - Posted November 15, 2008

• Poinsettias, submitted by Earl Robinson - Posted November 14, 2008

• Senior Dream Center participates in RV Convoy for Honor Flight, submitted by Steve Temple - Posted November 12, 2008

• New Carlisle To Celebrate Bicentennial In 2010 — 200 Years Young, submitted by Bill Berry - Posted November 8, 2008

• What should I do when going through a receiving line at visitation when I only know one person in the line?, submitted by Frank Lewis - Posted October 23, 2008

• Navigating marriage when things are tough financially, submitted by Lavern Nissley - Posted October 10, 2008

• How long should someone grieve after a death?, submitted by Frank Lewis - Posted October 2, 2008

• A Quiet Evolution is Taking Place in Funeral Service, submitted by Frank Lewis - Posted August 28, 2008

• John Kunkel, 4th Infantry Division, 22nd Regiment, by Randy Ark - Posted August 6, 2008

• The Heart- Rehab Gang!, by Randy Ark - Posted August 3, 2008

• The Puzzle, by Randy Ark - Posted July 30, 2008

• Joe Henson — United States Navy, by Randy Ark - Posted July 23,2008

• My Thanks to God and To the Community Hospitals, by Randy Ark - Posted July 20, 2008

• John Kunkel Speaks at Oakwood, by Randy Ark - Posted July 16, 2008

• A Chance Meeting, by Randy Ark - Posted July 12, 2008

• A Reply To a Grieving Mother, by Randy Ark - Posted July 9, 2008

• Robert C. Henry, former Mayor of Springfield, by Katheryne Lindsay Ayers, submitted by Lisa Henry - Posted July 7, 2008

• Finding Jesse, submitted by Randy Ark - Posted July 5, 2008

• Harold Deane — WWII — 3rd Infantry Division — 10th Combat Engineers, submitted by Randy Ark - Posted July 4, 2008

• A Visit to John Kunkle's Room, submitted by Randy Ark - Posted July 4, 2008

• The Property Tax Vigilante, submitted by John Fleeger, posted March 1, 2008

• Gov. Ted Strickland Visits Springfield, an editorial, posted February 24, 2008

• LOCAL MERCHANTS IMPORTANT TO ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, submitted by Robert Kavanaugh, posted October 5, 2007

• CLARK COUNTY and THE CITY of SPRINGFIELD are we historically minded?, submitted by Robert E. Hulsizer, posted August 31, 2007

• Crabill Homestead, submitted by Erin Palli, posted April 3, 2007

• Guardian Angel, submitted by Erin Palli, posted April 3, 2007