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Checking out self check-out
Here is a conversation starter more controversial than “Who did you vote for?” More timely than “What happened to Ohio State?”...
Joey Franchise is changing my mind
Except for a time from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, I have never been much of a Cincinnati Bengals fan. I have always rooted for them to some degr...
Glimpses of America, 1957
A couple of years ago, one of my sweet and gentle readers, Mary Crider, gave me a large stack of my favorite childhood magazine, Sports Illustrated, m...
Protecting Ohioans from surprise medical bills
For years we have worked to protect Ohioans from out of control surprise medical bills, and thanks to the No Surprises Act, which went into effect on ...
A former student scores again
Until the death of the president of Training, Solutions, Inc. in 2020 and the closing of the company, for decades I frequently taught courses in creat...
How did you learn how to drive?
It was a different time for sure, back in the years when I was learning to drive and my Dad and others would take me out on back roads where I could t...
Not cashless, but out of cash
A couple of bucks for a haircut was all I needed.When I looked in the ol’ billfold, I realized I didn’t have quite enough.The Bank of Dad ...
I’m the lie girl!
One of the granddaughters blurted out a funny confession recently.Jeshua and Megan have four children, three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is a bru...
The great escape
I was back in the hospital recently for an extended stay. For awhile, I was confused as to why I was there. I could not reach Terry by phone, and the ...
Wildcats slip past South Gallia, 49-47 OT
WATERFORD, Ohio — Some games just last a minute too long.The South Gallia boys basketball team led Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division host W...
