Gene Leroy Ditsler loved life and lived it to the fullest for nearly 88 years, from his birth on February 8, 1937 in Valparaiso, IN, until his death on November 7, in Granville, OH. Gene grew up loving sports, especially basketball, and though he wasn’t tall enough to play on the high school team, he […]
Mark Fortune
Mark Fortune, along with his wife Nancy, is the former owner and founder of The Coshocton County Beacon, the highest circulated newspaper in Coshocton County. He has over 40 years in the publishing business with sales, marketing, and journalism experience. After selling The Beacon to the AloNovus Corp., in January 2020, Mark has been a Business Development Strategist with the company. They publish a network of weekly news publications with almost a half million distribution weekly, a quarterly tourism magazine and a digital division. Mark enjoys
history, and has a passion for genealogy, currently researching and discovering his Fortune ancestry. He and his wife Nancy live on a small farm outside of Coshocton.
Mark Fortune's Latest Posts
We’re ready for the big game and more than ready for spring
Spring is less than two months away – in fact, if we use the date of this issue of The Beacon, Feb. 4, as the date to count “from” – we have a mere 46 days until spring. I am confident when I say this that all of us are ready and waiting for a […]
I can’t hear you through your megaphone
I think there are times when we need to press the “pause” button on sharing every single thought and criticism that dances through our brains just wanting to get out and play with others. The COVID-19 pandemic has put all of us in a different place, mentally, socially and in many cases, even physically. As […]
Moving in or moving out, let’s keep moving
Doctors and health professionals at all levels tell us that to keep our bodies flexible, healthy and retain some muscle mass – even as we age – we must keep moving. Walking, running, biking, swimming, choose your particular method of staying active for your own good. As we observe the inauguration of a new President […]
Giddiness dominates the day with Browns win
That was certainly an interesting week. Where do we go from here seems to be looking at things mildly, but I think taking a long-term view with a glass half full of optimism for the new administration is warranted and perhaps even necessary for where we are right now. Bringing the nation “back together” will […]
Reflect and remind ourselves of where we’ve been
Happy New Year! Hopefully you, like me, enjoyed giving the year of 2020 a swift kick to the scrapheap of years to forget. Yes, there were moments of happiness for many, and for others moments of sadness. For many, these feelings were mixed together with the addition of a new family member or the loss […]
A year to forget, a year to remember
It does seem somewhat ironic that the final column of this year would be in an issue of “The Beacon” dated Dec. 31, 2020. I tried really hard to come up with a headline for this week’s column that would be insightful and something you would remember. You know, one of those headlines that people […]
How should we celebrate the season this year?
As the year has worn on for all of us, many of my weekly columns have contained a paragraph or two about the COVID-19 pandemic. Lately though, I decided to focus on somewhat more mundane topics – figuring that you hear enough about the pandemic from other sources. Hopefully, those sources are reliable and informed. […]
If everyone just does their share – it helps all of us
The words “sharing” and “caring” are as commonplace with the holiday season as Santa Claus, reindeer and pecan pie. (well, maybe two of those three for most folks!) If there was ever a year where those words need to be more than just words, 2020 is certainly as much of a poster child as a […]
