Natural History

Cleveland Museum of Natural History collecting acres of swamp near Geneva (The Plain Dealer)

7 Sep 2008

Geneva -- Jim Bissell has this fantastical space-time machine. Really. Here's how it works: You drive 50 miles east of Cleveland to Geneva, go about a half-mile past the train tracks north of town, turn left into a 400-acre bog and find yourself right back in Cleveland -- more than 200 years ago.

Documenting the history of Lawrence's mill workers (The Eagle-Tribune)

7 Sep 2008

LAWRENCE — History and preserving old buildings are dear to Lorre Fritchy's heart. Now, she is combining her two loves to tell stories on film as a writer, director and independent filmmaker. Presently, she is working on "Millies," a feature film about a group of mill workers who return from the Strike of 1912 to help a present-day mill owner who is going bankrupt.

Wise decisions help Natural Resource Partners steadily grow to billion-dollar company (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

7 Sep 2008

HUNTINGTON -- When Nick Carter's employees at Natural Resource Partners are making decisions about buying coal property for the company, he always tells them the same thing. "I want everyone here to manage their job as if they own the property themselves," he said. "I always ask, 'What would you do if you owned it?' And we make decisions based on that."