Where Are You Now? Jerry Bowling III’s Story of Reinvention
Jerry Bowling’s Story Jerry Bowling has lived in McCook Field for nearly all his life and now holds the position of president of the neighborhood association. He has seen the neighborhood change, for...
View ArticleSharon’s Story: Pave the Way
Sharon Mitchell’s Story The bus will let them off in the back and they’ll come running in here with their little backpacks. You’ll hear them singing, and you’ll hear them talking, laughing. I met...
View ArticleA Grandfather’s Destinee
Les Hamilton’s Story I’m gonna give you some homework. When you get home, I want you to go on your computer and pull up swim-to-row. S-w-i-m, t-o, r-o-w. Just like it sounds. My granddaughter,...
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Mary Jo Dahm’s Story I was born in Old North Dayton to my fabulous mother and father. I have eight brothers and two sisters, so there were eleven of us living in a three-bedroom house with one...
View ArticleCory’s OND: A Town of Transition
Cory Ivory’s Story It was, for me, a very close neighborhood growing up. We would go to the neighborhood watering hole because my cousin lived next door; it was just down the street and I was always at...
View ArticleThey Still Call Me Coach
John Ivory’s Story I’m just glad to be from North Dayton an’ Dayton. Dayton’s been a good place. I lived in that house over on Troy Street, ya know, the one that’s still next to Evans Bakery. We lived...
View ArticleHeart and Home: The Story of Ray and Shelby
Ray and Shelby Deck’s Story Ray grew up in Dayton and has been here almost his entire life. Shelby moved here from Kentucky with her parents when she was eighteen. They have been married for...
View ArticleI Am Proud: Roma’s Story
Roma Stephens’ Story I have been to hell and back. I have seen the army tanks at the edge of my neighborhood in West Dayton. I have seen my friends be treated like animals. What I have witnessed has...
View ArticlePoliticized
Jacqueline Patterson’s Story I remember great Grandma taking me into the voting booth with her. She wanted me to see that she was voting for John F. Kennedy. She told me that she didn’t usually vote...
View ArticlePaying it Forward: Dion’s Story
Dion Sampson’s Story I have lived in Dayton my whole life. I love my community so much that sometimes the issues we have to deal with make me want to leave. Then my wife reminds me that no matter where...
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