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In addition to quilting, many quilters have another passion: Using their craft to make the world a better place. Regarding their passion for quilting, they love to talk shop about fabrics and patterns. They even organize trips to fabric shops in other locales just to stay on top of what’s out there. However, their other passion manifests itself in brightening the lives of foster kids, military veterans, domestic violence survivors and newborns.

Family photos taken when I was growing up were never organized. Most ended up thrown loose into boxes. Later, they were scattered between my sisters and myself during mother’s last years. But I still see the picture in my mind.

In the latest issue of Columbus Magazine, read about new mayor Mary Ferdon’s plans for the city, the history of Jonathan Moore Pike, meatless food options around town and the Bartholomew County Humane Society and Columbus Animal Care Services.

Volunteers at the Bartholomew County Humane Society come from various walks of life, but they share a common passion. They believe all dogs and cats belong in families and they aim to find them safe homes.

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Once upon a time, I was in eighth grade and a book most adults didn’t want kids to read was passed around and read surreptitiously by me and most of my junior-high classmates. Several dog-eared copies of a now largely forgotten novel, “Candy,” authored by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, were circulated among my fellow students. We kept it buried in desks and read it hidden behind textbooks when we were supposed to be paying attention to things like English, math and history. When one kid finished, it was secretly passed on to the next middle-school doofus who wanted to read it.

The miniature black horse poked its snout through the hole in the fence, sniffing with curiosity.

By Hannah Webster

A lot of people talk about having not only a mission in life but one informed by values like faith, family and community. Joe Lohmeyer is an example of someone who follows through on that.

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