it s my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles to cwi. he spoke yesterday as you know. he spoke on george armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. he is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. this afternoon he is going to speak on another let s say misunderstood character in jesse james. jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that s focusing on guerilla warfare. you heard bart meyers yesterday. you met kim noe. they have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. we often see jesse james as being apolitical. that he is part of those bandits like bloody bill anderson. i think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is tha
Just ten years ago, Somerset had a few restaurants and bars opening, and, having just gone “wet” a year previously, many of us were still weighing whether bringing alcohol to
Just ten years ago, Somerset had a few restaurants and bars opening, and, having just gone “wet” a year previously, many of us were still weighing whether bringing alcohol to
ZBA OKs 4 requests, denies 1
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY At Monday’s Sidney Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) teleconference meeting, four requests were approved and one was denied. Also new board officers were elected at the meeting.
Mary Paulus was elected as the new board chair and Jim Fortkamp was elected the new vice-chair.
The first request OK’d by the board Monday was that of Brandon Johnson for a conditional use permit for an auto detailing business at 104 E. North St. The property is located in the B-5, Court Square business district.
The request was approved subject to the following conditions: