Rev. George Hirst wrote a column in the Stark County, Illinois Reporter called "Sour Grapes and Saddle Sores", in which he talked about politics, agriculture, human rights, climate, human beings, and civic duty. Here are a few of his columns
Settling In August 2010
On Making a Move July 10, 2010
WyHi Center Looking for Volunteers June 11, 2010
Yes Wyoming needs a Community Center May 16, 2010
Erosion April 28, 2010
We Like Mean March 29, 2010
Thoughts on Taxes March 21, 2010
Bare Feet and Holy Ground March 4, 2010
Study of the Topography from Phoenix to LaJolla February 15, 2010
Not by the Numbers January 26, 2010
Road Smoothers January 12, 2010
Peace Makers December 29, 2009
From Wyoming to Phoenix Topography December 9, 2009
The Wonder of Beauty November 27, 2009
Private Person vs Community Person November 16, 2009
Rehabilitation Services October 29, 2009
Medical Emergency Team October 15, 2009
It IS About Others October 1, 2009
Conscious Contact September 10, 2009
Elected Not Chosen August 6, 2009
Vicissitudes of Life July 23, 2009
We Are What We Do July 6, 2009
Caring What Others Say June 16, 2009
Hairstylists June 4, 2009
About Capitalism May 21, 2009
Marshall and Stark County Wind Farm Visit April 23, 2009
Global Warming and Solar Cooling April 9, 2009
Restorative Justice Applied March 26, 2009
To be a Just People March 12, 2009
Tis the Season of Depression February 27, 2009
When No News is Good News February 12, 2009
The American Political Experiment January 29, 2009
Keeping Christmas in Real Time January 9, 2009
|Rehabilitation Services Undate 2009
The Chance to Make Changes December 26, 2008
Tuesday Club December 11, 2008
Thankful for Changes November 20, 2008
Now America First November 7, 2008
Civic Loyalties October 29, 2008
Blame and Pain October 9, 2008
Togetherness in Our Nation September 25, 2008
Expectancy in Listening September 11, 2008
Respectfulness in Expectancy August 28, 2008
Expectancy in Change August 14, 2008
A Matter of Energy July 31, 2008
Culture Among The Corn and Beans July 17, 2008
The Tough Get Going July 3, 2008
It is Not About Me June 19, 2008
Emperor's New Clothes May 22, 2008
2008 Winter Spring May 8, 2008
Living With Change April 24, 2008
Finding Common Sense April 10,2008
Doers of our Words March 27, 2008
Wyoming Depot Volunteers Seek Help March 13, 2008
Dennis Schaffer Friend February 28, 2008
Water Distribution System February 21, 2008
Republic or Democracy February 7, 2008
Good Neighbors January 24, 2008
Respecting Others January 10, 2008
The Gift of Christmas December 25, 2007
Developing System December 14, 2007
People in Transformation November 17, 2007
Field Repairs November 1, 2007
Public Transformation October 19, 2007
Living Peacefully October 4, 2007
God's Warriors September 6, 2007
The Way We Use Words August 23, 2007
Towards 21st Century Political Thought August 9, 2007
Making Things Better July 26, 2007
John and Jane Q. Public July 5, 2007
View from a Point June 14, 2007
World View in Political Life May 31, 2007
The Politics of Hope May 17, 2007
The Desire for Political Change April 26, 2007
Money Rules April 12, 2007
Doing Mission March 29, 2007
Citizens of the World March 8, 2007
Any Person for President February 22, 2007
Wells of Freedom February 8, 2007
Unfinished Civilization February 1, 2007
Visions of the Real World January 25, 2007
Collection of Memories January 11, 2007
Calm after the Storm December 14, 2006
Course Correction November 16, 2006
Do No Harm October 26, 2006
Linear Park October 13, 2006
Warts and All September 27, 2006
Game Theory September 15, 2006
Recycled Water September 7, 2006
Change the World August 27, 2006
Stark County Stereotype August 10, 2006
Pointing Fingers July 27, 2006
Vital Myths July 14, 2006
Modern Myths June 29, 2006
Bar Sinister Reunions June 16, 2006
Wet Cool Spring May 25, 2006
The Village of Modena April 28, 2005
Faces of Freedom March 25, 2006
Forming a Union March 16, 2006
Tribute to a Friend March 9, 2006
Taxation in the 21st Century February 16, 2006
Velvet Prison February 12, 2006
Government Upgrade February 2, 2006
Getting Things Changed January 27, 2006
Are We for Sale? January 12, 2006
People of Stark County December 29, 2006
Farm Visits December 22, 2005
Visit with Mark Rumbold December 14, 2005
Visit with Gene Gill December 8, 2005
Celebrations December 1, 2005
Toulon City Crew November 3, 2005
Essential People in A City October 20, 2005
Life is Real October 20, 2005
The Good Old Boys Must Go! October 13, 2005
Nor Lose the Common Touch September 29, 2005
Shoe Boxes, Bribes, and Promises September 22, 2005
But it ain't Broke September 15, 2005
Small Towns September 1, 2005
Lessons in Corn Growing August 25, 2005
Surviving a Dry Spell August 18. 2005
Precision Production Plants July 28, 2005
Bo/Gar Enterprises Inc. July 14, 2005
Lynda White, Postmaster July 8, 2005
The Lack of Rain June 30, 2005
Restraint June 23, 2005
Beginning of Aldrich Company June 16,2005
Aldrich Boiler Company June 9, 2005
Merchandising in Stark County May 12, 2005
He Owns Puckerbrush May 5, 2005
The Village of Modena April 28, 2005
Gary Hulin Visit April 20, 2005
The Hamlet of Stark April 7, 2005
Wady Petra or Stone Valley March 25, 2005
Speer, Illinois March 18, 2005
Indian Creek Watershed February 17, 2005
Geology of a Watershed February 3, 2005
How to Get Good Musical Programs January 27, 2005
The Dumbing Down of America January 20, 2005
The Gift That Keeps On Giving January 13, 2005
A Resolve For The New Year January 6, 2005
Seeing the Ordinary December 4, 2004
The Redrilling of Well #2 November 4, 2003
The Middle People October 3, 2003
Taken For Granted September 4, 2003 | Draft - Deep Well Care and Repair
Genetically Modified Organisisms May 1, 2003
Settling In August 2010
On Making a Move July 10, 2010
WyHi Center Looking for Volunteers June 11, 2010
Yes Wyoming needs a Community Center May 16, 2010
Erosion April 28, 2010
We Like Mean March 29, 2010
Thoughts on Taxes March 21, 2010
Bare Feet and Holy Ground March 4, 2010
Study of the Topography from Phoenix to LaJolla February 15, 2010
Not by the Numbers January 26, 2010
Road Smoothers January 12, 2010
Peace Makers December 29, 2009
From Wyoming to Phoenix Topography December 9, 2009
The Wonder of Beauty November 27, 2009
Private Person vs Community Person November 16, 2009
Rehabilitation Services October 29, 2009
Medical Emergency Team October 15, 2009
It IS About Others October 1, 2009
Conscious Contact September 10, 2009
Elected Not Chosen August 6, 2009
Vicissitudes of Life July 23, 2009
We Are What We Do July 6, 2009
Caring What Others Say June 16, 2009
Hairstylists June 4, 2009
About Capitalism May 21, 2009
Marshall and Stark County Wind Farm Visit April 23, 2009
Global Warming and Solar Cooling April 9, 2009
Restorative Justice Applied March 26, 2009
To be a Just People March 12, 2009
Tis the Season of Depression February 27, 2009
When No News is Good News February 12, 2009
The American Political Experiment January 29, 2009
Keeping Christmas in Real Time January 9, 2009
|Rehabilitation Services Undate 2009
The Chance to Make Changes December 26, 2008
Tuesday Club December 11, 2008
Thankful for Changes November 20, 2008
Now America First November 7, 2008
Civic Loyalties October 29, 2008
Blame and Pain October 9, 2008
Togetherness in Our Nation September 25, 2008
Expectancy in Listening September 11, 2008
Respectfulness in Expectancy August 28, 2008
Expectancy in Change August 14, 2008
A Matter of Energy July 31, 2008
Culture Among The Corn and Beans July 17, 2008
The Tough Get Going July 3, 2008
It is Not About Me June 19, 2008
Emperor's New Clothes May 22, 2008
2008 Winter Spring May 8, 2008
Living With Change April 24, 2008
Finding Common Sense April 10,2008
Doers of our Words March 27, 2008
Wyoming Depot Volunteers Seek Help March 13, 2008
Dennis Schaffer Friend February 28, 2008
Water Distribution System February 21, 2008
Republic or Democracy February 7, 2008
Good Neighbors January 24, 2008
Respecting Others January 10, 2008
The Gift of Christmas December 25, 2007
Developing System December 14, 2007
People in Transformation November 17, 2007
Field Repairs November 1, 2007
Public Transformation October 19, 2007
Living Peacefully October 4, 2007
God's Warriors September 6, 2007
The Way We Use Words August 23, 2007
Towards 21st Century Political Thought August 9, 2007
Making Things Better July 26, 2007
John and Jane Q. Public July 5, 2007
View from a Point June 14, 2007
World View in Political Life May 31, 2007
The Politics of Hope May 17, 2007
The Desire for Political Change April 26, 2007
Money Rules April 12, 2007
Doing Mission March 29, 2007
Citizens of the World March 8, 2007
Any Person for President February 22, 2007
Wells of Freedom February 8, 2007
Unfinished Civilization February 1, 2007
Visions of the Real World January 25, 2007
Collection of Memories January 11, 2007
Calm after the Storm December 14, 2006
Course Correction November 16, 2006
Do No Harm October 26, 2006
Linear Park October 13, 2006
Warts and All September 27, 2006
Game Theory September 15, 2006
Recycled Water September 7, 2006
Change the World August 27, 2006
Stark County Stereotype August 10, 2006
Pointing Fingers July 27, 2006
Vital Myths July 14, 2006
Modern Myths June 29, 2006
Bar Sinister Reunions June 16, 2006
Wet Cool Spring May 25, 2006
The Village of Modena April 28, 2005
Faces of Freedom March 25, 2006
Forming a Union March 16, 2006
Tribute to a Friend March 9, 2006
Taxation in the 21st Century February 16, 2006
Velvet Prison February 12, 2006
Government Upgrade February 2, 2006
Getting Things Changed January 27, 2006
Are We for Sale? January 12, 2006
People of Stark County December 29, 2006
Farm Visits December 22, 2005
Visit with Mark Rumbold December 14, 2005
Visit with Gene Gill December 8, 2005
Celebrations December 1, 2005
Toulon City Crew November 3, 2005
Essential People in A City October 20, 2005
Life is Real October 20, 2005
The Good Old Boys Must Go! October 13, 2005
Nor Lose the Common Touch September 29, 2005
Shoe Boxes, Bribes, and Promises September 22, 2005
But it ain't Broke September 15, 2005
Small Towns September 1, 2005
Lessons in Corn Growing August 25, 2005
Surviving a Dry Spell August 18. 2005
Precision Production Plants July 28, 2005
Bo/Gar Enterprises Inc. July 14, 2005
Lynda White, Postmaster July 8, 2005
The Lack of Rain June 30, 2005
Restraint June 23, 2005
Beginning of Aldrich Company June 16,2005
Aldrich Boiler Company June 9, 2005
Merchandising in Stark County May 12, 2005
He Owns Puckerbrush May 5, 2005
The Village of Modena April 28, 2005
Gary Hulin Visit April 20, 2005
The Hamlet of Stark April 7, 2005
Wady Petra or Stone Valley March 25, 2005
Speer, Illinois March 18, 2005
Indian Creek Watershed February 17, 2005
Geology of a Watershed February 3, 2005
How to Get Good Musical Programs January 27, 2005
The Dumbing Down of America January 20, 2005
The Gift That Keeps On Giving January 13, 2005
A Resolve For The New Year January 6, 2005
Seeing the Ordinary December 4, 2004
The Redrilling of Well #2 November 4, 2003
The Middle People October 3, 2003
Taken For Granted September 4, 2003 | Draft - Deep Well Care and Repair
Genetically Modified Organisisms May 1, 2003