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While cruisin’ the Internet a while back, I clicked on eBay, an on-line auction site, where you can find all types of items for sale.

15 Years Ago

1997 – Judge Dennis Middendorff of Carlyle denied a motion filed by attorneys for convicted murderer Stuart Heaton that asked for new DNA tests on evidence from the 1991 murder scene.
WARECO employees Stacy Younker and Cody Miller prevented a disaster when they quickly extinguished a fire at one of the gas pumps at the station on West Gallatin Street.
Merle and Georgi Adermann of Vandalia were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

15 Years Ago

1997 – The Vandalia City Council voted to allow para-sailing at Vandalia Lake. The city would have five licenses, with the cost of a license being $500.
The Vandalia Main Street Program executive board held a public reception for its first program manager, Carole White.
Alvin and Georgia Meyer of Vandalia were observing their 50th wedding anniversary.
Lyda Ecke, a longtime resident of Vandalia, was celebrating her 100th birthday.

I enjoy reading first-hand accounts of what life was like for early Fayette County settlers.
Presley Garner Donaldson, who was born in Hurricane Township in 1839, is one of my favorite Fayette County storytellers. P.G., as he was called, self-published his down-home stories in 1908 under the title, “Life and Adventures of P.G. Donaldson.” The book was printed at the Jewett Printery in Cowden.
Following is one of his tales.