Christmas at the Open Arms Motel - Daily Advocate
Christmas at the Open Arms Motel By Hank Nuwer - Near Darke As our columnist enjoys the Christmas lights in Union City’s Harter Park, his thoughts are of an unexpected Silent Night 41 years ago. Photo by Malgorzata Wroblewska-Nuwer As a freelance writer in 1979, I accompanied a photographer to interview sheepherders out west. These hardy workers stayed with the flock six weeks, visited by camp tenders who brought food, radio batteries, mail, and a single bottle of Early Times to them. On Christmas Day I had an appointment to interview a female herder as she kept watch over her sheep in n...
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