250,000 Hits - Dave's Midwestern Ohio Memories

Series of Guest Blogs by an out-of-state Fish Report reader originally from this area about fond memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s

250,000 Hits

Friday, the Fish Report Blog received its 250,000 hit. When checking early that morning, the counter was 9 short of the milestone, so I cheated by refreshing my browser until the counter showed the above screen shot. My first blog was in July of 2015, almost seven years ago. To date, 334 blogposts have been made with plenty of memories still churning for future posts. The feedback has been great from not only friends and family, but lots of people I do not know. Many thanks for all the positive comments. Most have an anecdote or two which the blog brought to mind that they shared. There are about 100 regular readers who have signed up for alerts to received the blog via email each Tuesday after it's published. If interested, feel free to sign up by clicking this link to send me your request.

Many readers have also commented about all the photos in the blog, wondering where I get them. Many are from family albums which my sister Lucy has archived over the years. She happily digs through them to find exactly the photo needed to make the blog hit home. Others sources are of course the internet, but one of the best sources is the Community Post accessible via the Minster Historical Society. I can pick a random issue from the archives and be reminded of some tidbit from my past to write about accompanied by the photo from the Post that spurred the idea.

Two local sport reporters, Dave Ross from the Sidney Daily News and Sonny Fulks from Press Pros, always have interesting articles about both current and past sporting events that also generate many blog ideas. Those guys are the best and also fantastic Fish Report supporters.

Fish Report founder, Craig Fiessinger, has been very supportive of my efforts over the course of those 7 blog years. Readers from around Russia and the surrounding communities are very fortunate to have such a fine on-line sports and information source, but equally as important is the linkage the site provides for those like me who no longer live in the area but still want to stay connected. Here’s a wonderful 2008 SDN article about Craig and the Fish Report:

By the way, a get-well shout out to Craig’s mother Linda, my high school classmate, who has been ill.

All 334 blog posts are archived on the site and are searchable at the bottom of each blog. Craig is amazing at designing the website and making access so seamless and intuitive. He's not only an outstanding IT expert and talented broadcaster, but also a skill businessman with Superior Aluminum in Russia. He’s quite a marketer as well given the high quality sponsors supporting his website and sports broadcasts.

Thanks for all the support, Craig! Much appreciated.

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