Average Joe Buckey Blitz Tour cont. (Still on my hometown pit-stop…) President Bush’s motorcade comes up I-75 here this afternoon, passing by Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,800), my hometown. To get a jump on Mr. Bush, I went campaigning at Bluffton’s … Continue reading →
“Average Joe” Buckeye Blitz cont. We’re back in our hometown of Bluffton, Ohio for a brief pit stop, before launching back out onto the “…back roads of Ohio.” And we believe we should be able to cover the whole state, … Continue reading →
“Average Joe” Buckeye Blitz Tour cont. Met with Ed and Dorothy Bailey in Blanchester, Ohio today. In their retirement, they did a stint with the Peace Corps in the Phillipines. They helped provide loans to small farmers. Ed said where … Continue reading →
“Average Joe” Buckey Blitz Tour cont. Met with Fred Treaster in Blanchester, Ohio today. Treaster, who is from nearby Midland, said he is a proponent of doing things naturally on the farm, as opposed to all the chemical fertilizers, pesticides, … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I met with J.W. Simpson today, curator of the Blanchester (Ohio) Historical Society Museum. He said sparks from a passing locomotive are said to have ignited a livery stable on a windy October day in … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I told the Brown County Press today that I’m your typical “average” father of three young children: “I cut my own grass, sit in the ‘cheap seats’ a the ball game and change my kids … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. We did a whistle-stop event on the square in Georgetown, Ohio today at noon. Just as the event started up, a stream of people showed up: for a Sheriff’s Auction. Never one to pass up … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. This morning I met with Bob Olsen who coordinates programs for Presentation Ministries in Peebles, Ohio. He was the “Voice of College Hockey” in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before feeling spiritually led to come … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckey Blitz cont. I met with William Smalley in Mineral Springs, Ohio today. He is the president of the Adams County Board of Health. He said schools are often “incubators for disease.” For instance, during flu season the … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. (Saturday afternoon). Up the road from where we’re staying in Peebles, Ohio, the Powered Parachute Wing Association was having a fly-in. Frank Parman from London, Kentucky, told me these ultra-light airplanes — with a multi-colored … Continue reading →