Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont… Stopped at the Spring Street Coffee House in St. Marys, Ohio. Owner Roger Beckett said he was a “moderate” when it came to politics. That is, he said he was basically a realist who believed … Continue reading
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Ohio District 4 House of Representative’s I attended a keynote speech at a Criminal Justice Education Conference at Ohio Northern University. Representative Robert Cupp said the House was working on a bill to make 4th and 5th degree felonies misdemeanors … Continue reading
Catching up on the rest of the month… For “Small Business Saturday,” I did a newspaper story on, well, small businesses in Bluffton. They are the backbone of our economy (some 70% of businesses are small businesses), and they are … Continue reading
The other night our Wednesday Bible Study group volunteered at Youth for Christ’s “Rally Point” outreach in Lima. The YFC building is situated in the heart of a quite hardscrabble neighborhood. And kids here, many of them, are in tough … Continue reading
Catching up yet more on the last couple months… I covered a National Day of Prayer event at Bluffton’s Town Hall for the local newspaper. Christians from all over the town, and nearby towns, converged on the building’s third floor. … Continue reading
There was a gang shooting a couple blocks from our home in Steubenville the other night. [We live near the border of a pretty hardscrabble Rust Belt area here. Let’s just say it isn’t Mar-a-Lago.] A teenage boy was killed … Continue reading
Some notes from my research the past few weeks: China has recently allocated some $360 billion dollars for the development of more green energy. Meanwhile, Scott Pruitt — who apparently has close ties to the fossil fuels industry — has … Continue reading
Did some more traveling on Ohio’s back roads last weekend… In Lisbon, Ohio, I stumped at the Steel Car Trolley Diner. I also noticed the menu featured a Cleveland Browns Burger, as it featured a Ben Rothils’burger’ (Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback). … Continue reading
We’re still in Cleveland for a pit stop. Tonight I took our kids up to play some football in a league at a neighborhood Rec. Center. When we arrived, there were four police cars and an ambulance in … Continue reading
Our sons played in a Rec. Center football game tonight in Cleveland. It was a hard fought game that was well coached, on both sides. The only thing that was missing was, well, much of an audience. … Continue reading