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Paula sits down with Wayne Lamberth, lifetime Portland area resident and Portland Banker for over 40 years. Mr. Lamberth tells his story of growing up around Portland and working in Portland all his life.

Long time resident of Portland, Wayne Pruett, sits down with Paula and Anita to discuss his childhood, growing up playing sports and how some of the youth sports got started.

Long time enthusiast, workers, and leaders of Portland Little League, Beverly and Ray Dean Eidson, sit down with Paula Shannon and Anita Lamberth to talk about their time both past and present with the league.

Long time Portland educator Jackie Wilber and former mayor of Portland Ken Wilber sit down with Anita Lamberth to tell their story of growing up in Portland.

Allen Haynes sits down with Paula and Anita and talks about growing up in Portland and his life. Including, working at Boeing at the Mississippi Test Facility, testing the first stage of the Saturn 5 rocket, after being in the Air Force. Mr. Haynes…

Mr. Jim Calloway is interviewed by Paula Shannon and Anita Lamberth on August 15th, 2019. Jim talks about growing up in Springfield and then moving back to Portland his freshman year of high school. Jim taught in Portland a couple of times over his…

Mrs. Barbara Russell, former library director, sits down with Paula and tells about the ghost that made its presence known, how libraries are always changing and what a great time she had working at the library for over 30 years.

Ms. Paula Shannon sits down with Mr. Larry Hinton at the library to talk about his life in Portland.

Mr. Larry Hinton tells the story, as told to him by his family, about the shooting of the only deer known to be in this area in 1925.

Carl and Bonnie Fussell talk about coming to Portland and their careers as teachers and Carl's time as the girls basketball coach at the high school.