View From the Sideline

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Will you still be thankful next week?

Rick Holtz
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
One of my favorite weeks has finally arrived: Thanksgiving Week! It’s easy to be thankful on Thanksgiving. Family gets together. There is a feast of great food. All of your blessings are so apparent. But what about on Friday? What about next week? Will you still be thankful?
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Making memories for a new generation

Rick Holtz
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Hello friends! We are just a few short weeks away from Thanksgiving and it got me to thinking about some holidays from my childhood. When I was a kid my grandparents lived just a few towns away in northwest Indiana. We saw them all the time.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Looking back at a fun fall sports season

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
The fall sports season is in the books and there are only a few teams around the state still playing football and volleyball. Fullerton and Twin River completed a successful football, volleyball, softball, cross country and girls golf seasons.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Runners (and their fans) are a different breed

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Runners are a different breed. Last week I was able to check off the state cross country championships off my list of big events I have had the privilege of covering.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Charlie: Dad, I can’t wait for vacation . . .

Rick Holtz
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Sometimes I am left shaking my head after talking to my kids. Now I understand why that show “Kids Say the Darndest Things” was so popular. This was a real conversation with Charlie over the weekend. Charlie: I can’t wait for vacation.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Time to dust off the old Presidential Bingo Card

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
I don’t know about you, but I love politics. And I hate it. I love it for its entertainment value. But I hate what it turns people into. Gone are the days of old when two people could have a differing political opinion and they could still get along. Gone are the days of Election Day coverage.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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We have officially hit the fourth quarter

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Where has the time gone? Another month is in the books and we are one day closer to 2024. If you are like me you probably forgot to flip the page on your calendar, but when you do you will notice that we have entered the fourth quarter of 2023.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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New cooking column feature coming to the NCJ

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The Nance County Journal is going to be launching a new feature. Nancy Swanson Sizemore grew up in Nance County on a farm between Fullerton and Belgrade. She graduated from Fullerton High School and has since moved to Gulf Shores, Ala. She has had recipes published in Alabama Living magazine.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Monday morning quarterback: The voters got it wrong

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
You got it wrong. Last week voters had a chance to give the students in the Twin River school district a facility they can be proud of. Instead, 659 people said no. So now the district is stuck. They are forced to put more bandaids on a 1929 building that is falling apart. And why?
Rick Holtz is one of the coowners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Memories of a past life

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
They say that kids say the darnedest things, but they also ask some of the most interesting questions. Over the weekend we were driving to Penny’s first volleyball match. When we load the entire Holtz crew in the van, normally we will play some sort of a road game.