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Can you pass the test?

Information for this article appeared in the Wilmington News Journal on Wednesday, May 19, 1880. Each year a test was approved by the school board to be administered to potential teachers for the coming school year. Can you pass the test? No, I do not have the answers. I guess they did not have Google either. If you can prove the answers and score at least 60% on the test, please come to the Genealogy Society library. We have prizes! I did not include all of the arithmetic test as my limited typing skills do not do well on decimals, fractions, areas, etc.

Expanding childcare in rural communities

Parents should not have to choose between going to work to provide for their families and making sure their children are well cared for. Across Ohio, childcare is far too expensive and too hard to find – particularly in rural communities, where parents face unique challenges and have unique needs when it comes to caring for their children.

Working to close one of trade enforcement’s biggest loopholes

Unfair foreign competition is a massive problem for Ohio companies, particularly from countries like China, where the government much of the economy.

Conservatives win in the debt ceiling fight

For nearly 100 days, President Biden refused to even talk to Republicans about lifting the debt ceiling. Both publicly and privately, he demanded a “clean” increase to our national debt limit, rejecting even a conversation about spending cuts or reforms. Fortunately, President Biden relented and America won.

Launching 2023 summer manufacturing camps

Every summer for 11 years, my office has partnered with local companies and organizations across Ohio to host summer manufacturing camps for 4th through 8th graders. This summer, we will host at least 36 camps across 26 counties.

Making progress in the fight for rail safety

Last week, our bipartisan Rail Safety Act moved one step closer towards becoming law. On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee voted our bill out of committee with strong, bipartisan support.

Headlines and remembering

How did you feel when you opened your Wilmington News Journal June 29, 1978? Count the years! Forty-five years ago the article proclaimed Jack McCall leaving the Melvin service station and restaurant after 31 years. This means they opened in 1947. They saw many changes in Clinton County.

‘It feels good to be back’

I know it has been five months since I wrote my column. Sometimes life just happens. It feels good to be back in the writing groove.