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Crazy days of me time, we time

Summer is finally here! Woot woot! So that means we get to go to the beach, lie around, read books, drink umbrella drinks, just...

Each child has its special spot

If you could see me at the moment, you would probably laugh out right.Tonight as I was getting ready for bed, I discovered that...

Saluting all dads, especially mine

My sister, brother and I lost our father when we were quite young, and now he’s been gone for nearly as long as he...

Compromise is essence of our democracy

You may not be ready for next year’s elections, but in political time, they’re coming up fast. Even politicians who aren’t running for president...

Woman was in a hurry

It was one of those mornings. A morning when the slight, cool breeze humming through the bedroom window, turning into a whisper that softens...

Combatting illegal fentanyl trafficking

Fentanyl is responsible for too many deaths in our state and too much of it continues to be trafficked into our neighborhoods from China...

‘Driving’ out anger, frustration

Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop … splash.That is the sound a golf club makes as it whirls from the shore into the deep, dark...

A day of valor forever

Our country just commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a momentous date in history when more than 160,000 Allied soldiers — mostly Americans —...

Trump taking farmers on a rough ride

Over the last year, President Trump has taken farmers on a roller coaster ride that’s finally gone off the rails.Escalating trade fights have kicked...

Trying to make hay: Tips to success

More planting progress was completed this week. Again we are more fortunate than some of our farming neighbors in other parts of Ohio. My...