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Longtime columnist, retired house painter, teacher, smart aleck and reporter for the "East Aurora Advertiser" Rick Ohler writes about his hometown (pop. 13,000) and other stuff. Ask him if he's lived there all his life, he'll say, "Not yet."

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About Rick Ohler

Longtime columnist, retired house painter, teacher, smart aleck and reporter for the "East Aurora Advertiser" Rick Ohler writes about his hometown (pop. 13,000) and other stuff. Ask him if he's lived there all his life, he'll say, "Not yet."