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Here is the transcript of Jim DeDad’s recommendation of a new form of government for Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania. These remarks were based on the findings of official audits of the township and were delivered at the Millcreek Township Government Study

Here’s an honest look at our Australia/New Zealand adventure.

(Friday, March 21, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Bits ‘n Bobs from Cam (and Ann): Our first stop on the way to Mount. Cook was Arrowtown, a former gold-rush town. It has a charming main street with many cute boutiques and coffee shops. There was also a historic Chinese village and high-tech toilets.…

(Wednesday, March 19, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Up and at ‘em for a 7:15 a.m. departure to Milford Sound/Piopiotahi, an estimated eight-hours total on the “coach.” Our tour information said that we’d soak in the “rugged  grandeur” of Hollyford Valley as we cruised through ancient beech forest via the Homer Tunnel on…

(Monday, March 17, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad It was cool, but the rain held off as we met with our group at 9:00 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Our coach driver took us on a sightseeing tour of the city with Guide Cam narrating. Here are some interesting takeaways: The Crown Promenade, where we…

(March 8, 2025) – by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad We enjoyed a delicious hotel breakfast at 7:00 a.m. and then met our group at 8:00 a.m. to take the coach down to Sydney Harbour (which we walked to yesterday). Cam was a great narrator on the coach and shared volumes of information with us,…

(March 5, 2025 to March 7, 2025) – by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad) After eight months of waiting, it was finally departure day for our March 5-24, 2025, AAA/Collette “Australia’s Outback to New Zealand’s South Island” tour. We slept until 7:30 a.m., because our plane wasn’t scheduled to leave until late afternoon. I made scrambled eggs,…

Dear Visitor: I thought you might be interested in reading a little about our recent trip to southern Germany. There were eight of us, including our guide, Derek, a German teacher at a local high school here in northwest Pennsylvania.

My writing friend, Sue Henninger, had a great idea recently to visit the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, for a break from the editing of our novels, neither of which are funny. She learned that the center has a new Carl Reiner exhibit that shares his creative process, career highlights, and also sketches the type of human…

Here’s an updated and improved index to William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader, published in February 2022. While the book is about a particular man who was born in upstate New York and spent his career in Erie, PA, the lives of the people he interacted with over the years are included in the book.