Don’t sweat — or eat — the small stuff
The dog puked on your new shoes. The car had a flat tire on a major highway. The in-laws showed up unannounced and the...
Vote NO on Issue 1
November’s Ballot will contain an important item for voters to consider, Issue 1. Issue 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would make several...
A little lesson for those who’ve forgotten
I’m baffled at times when President Trump takes particular actions. You know the actions to which I refer. I ask myself if perhaps he...
The promise of the Revitalization District
A few years ago, the Ohio General Assembly adopted legislation that provides the opportunity for a community to establish a revitalization district. As Sidney’s...
Preaching the Ten Commandments
Dud was out rambling around the other day, and was surprised to find the new preacher sitting beside an irrigation ditch. Dud plopped down...
How to be an overnight success
Dear Grandparenting: I have all the time in the world since my husband died last year, so I accepted my daughter’s invitation to spend...
There’s nothing shameful about hard work
First, Bill Cosby showed society his inner flaws.More recently, Geoffrey Owens — a co-star of Cosby’s on his eponymous hit sitcom from the 1980s...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything’
Colin Kaepernick is staring at you.It’s a black-and-white image, a portrait taken from a distance that feels painfully close, even intimate. Kaepernick, the reviled...
Tree Board’s annual tree sale underway
Earlier this year, Tree Board Member Anne Sharp and I graduated from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry Tree Commission Academy....
United we stand to help others
September is here. The temperatures are going to be getting colder and the sun is going to be going to bed a little earlier...