10/4/05

In Marion, Ohio today we did a whistle-stop event in the downtown area. Holding a banner that reads: “Average Joe” for President — imagine that!, we waved to passing motorists and passed out flyers to people on the street. One … Continue reading

10/3/05

I was interviewed by The Daily Cheif-Union in Upper Sandusky, Ohio today. I told the reporter in the first 100 days as president, I’d start a drive to: end world hunger. “Our adminstration would be one that would not be … Continue reading

10/2/05

We happened across the Creston (OH) Carving Festival yesterday. Thinking it was going to be a laid back, quiet Saturday afternoon thing, we went to the park to see some hand carved pieces, some knife carving demonstrations, etc. Silly me. … Continue reading

10/1/05

We traveled south to Seville, Ohio where we stopped to have breakfast at the American Heritage Restaurant. The walls were a cornucopia of, well, American Heritage. There was a picture of a 1932 Plymouth convertible Coupe, price: $595. That’s right, … Continue reading

9/29/01

Spent yesterday working on a third book about Bluffton, Ohio titled: America’s Best Town 3. Some say it would be hard to write one book about a town of 3,877 people, much less three. However, Bluffton merits it. If there … Continue reading

9/27/05

We’ve traveled to Findlay, Ohio where we had some electrical work done on our motor home. Carl Stein at Traucht Electric here donated his time to replace a spent cylinoid and rewire a master thingamabob, or something. (Our Joseph, 8, … Continue reading

9/26/05

In Bradford, Ohio today, I interviewed Richard Brogden who was back visiting his mother here. Brogden currently lives in Israel and is pastor of the Narkis Street Congregation there. He said trouble continues to brew in Isreal, despite the giving … Continue reading

9/25/05

We traveled to Xenia, Ohio where I interviewed Tom Griffis who helps co-ordinate Habitat for Humanity projects here. He told me one of the Habitat house initiatives in Xenia the year before pulled together 12 churches to help. Besides making … Continue reading

9/24/05

Last night we took the kids to a town park in West Mansfield, Ohio. In the park is a restored “Flatwoods Schoolhouse.” An historical plaque here says descendents of slaves who may have eached Ohio through the Underground RR formed … Continue reading