POMEROY–Recently, my mom’s store, The Pirate Pit-Stop, was broken into. To get in, these vandals ripped the front doors out of its frame. What a surprise that was for me, and my mom, too.

It’s weird to see bad things happen in a little town like Pomeroy. Everyone I talk to or speaks of our community says we are so sheltered and nothing bad ever happens. That is true for the most part, but...