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Simple bill makes a huge difference

The Ohio House has been very busy during the month of December, passing several pieces of legislation that cover a wide range of subjects....

Mark calendars for Extension meetings

Have you got all your stockings filled with care? Have you been good or bad? I guess the real question have you even gone...

Climate change and island communities

Islands are especially subject to the devastating effect of global warming and rising levels of the ocean. Estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Marine optimistic about economy, air park

Local businesses and residents of Wilmington and Clinton County have been knocked down a few times since I started my first automobile dealership here...

Counting blessings and giving thanks

From a distance, you could tell he was struggling.Each step along the sidewalk took an effort. He was headed westbound toward Wendy’s restaurant. I...

A home, two Ohio families, and Pearl Harbor

I miss a man I never met. Howard Keniston. He had two sons. He lost two sons. On the USS Arizona on December 7,...

Foster care reforms: Improving youths’ future

Under current Ohio law, the latest a person is eligible to receive foster care or adoption assistance, such as payments, is at the age...

Calibrating, managing precision ag data

Agriculture has sure changed and it will continue to change with technology. Our tractors will steer themselves, we can get our yields from the...

Sometimes you are God’s angel

We were talking about angels.Specifically, we were talking about angels in the Christmas story during the children’s message at church on Sunday when the...

A season of wishful thinking

Another version of the Weiss Thanksgiving has again come to an end. The tipping of the scales has concluded, our stretchy pants have been...