About the Author, Jim Sayre |
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| Jim has authored multiple articles
that are included on this archives in addition to
serving as editor of the Shelby County Historical Society's monthly newsletter,
"Historical Highlights". In 1998, Jim was a recipient of a third-place award in
a creative writing contest sponsored by the English Department at Sinclair Community
college. Jim served as the Shelby County Historical Society’s first Executive Director in 1998 and 1999. As a volunteer, he now produces their newsletter, researches the "Out of the Past" column for the local newspaper and coordinates the Society’s membership efforts. Jim lives near Swanders in Franklin Township. Jim and his wife Karen lived in northern Virginia for 30 years, and he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a writer-editor before retiring and returning to Shelby County in 1993. A graduate of Anna High School and the Ohio State University, he was most recently employed at the Amos Memorial Public Library. Jim and Karen live in the farmhouse in which he was born and raised. The J.E. Wyatt mentioned in the last paragraph of the King's Road Guide article was his great uncle. |
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