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Stumbled into journalism by way of humor writing. Ended up in rural North Central Ohio so I could be close to the rivers I love and away from the cities I hate. Working for a pittance to hold me over from canoe trip to canoe trip. Canoeing's answer to a ski bum. One day I'll throw my shit in my canoe on the Mohican River and forget to stop. Maybe I'll visit my folks in Florida when I reach the Gulf.

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Irv Oslin: Beyond wit’s end – backstory of a storyteller

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By Irv Oslin Verified
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Erma Bombeck would have appreciated Susan Marie Frontczak’s quest to portray her. It was a process that required determination, persistence, a deep respect for the power of humor and good old-fashioned luck. Frontczak will portray the celebrated American humorist July 21st at Ashland Chautauqua. The Colorado-based storyteller and performance artist explained how, in 2018, she came to present Erma Bombeck to Chautauqua audiences, one of six women in her repertoire.
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Through troubled water – river advocate Casto continues to inspire

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By Irv Oslin Verified
| Ashland Times-Gazette Verified
Through troubled water – river advocate Casto continues to inspire Irv Oslin/Special to Ashland Times-Gazette Ashland Times-Gazette July 17, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET GREER, OHIO — Sunday morning, July 12, 2026. A gathering of the tribe on the Mohican River. It wasn’t just another paddle, drifting down the rain-swollen, coffee-colored stream, framed by nearly cloudless skies, mature summer trees arcing over the water, butterflies hovering above wildflowers on the banks.
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Irv Oslin: Mohican’s flash flood of 2006 made news — and history

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By Irv Oslin Verified
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ASHLAND — Suddenly the newsroom police scanners lit up, spitting out dispatches nonstop. Flash flood bearing down on Mohican campgrounds. Campers being evacuated from Mohican State Park. Calls for river rescue. Roads washed out. Stranded motorists. Red Cross summoned to set up emergency shelters. A few hours passed and things went from bad to worse. A tornado swept from Pleasant Hill Lake through Clear Fork Valley, cutting a swath into Mohican-Memorial State Forest.
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