While stumping in Wakakoneta, Ohio, I passed on a campaign card to a family from Canton, Ohio. Canton is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After recently watching the movie: Concussion, the name might well change to … Continue reading →
I’ve picked a 75-mile radius to campaign in on nights and weekends in Northwest, Ohio. [And we’re asking our supports to do the same in their areas.] Last Saturday I stopped, first, at a Pilot Truck Stop about five miles … Continue reading →
Yet still more catching up on the last few months… I’ve done a good number of articles for my wife’s magazines over the winter. For instance, I just interviewed a woman who volunteers at a Youth For Christ outreach to … Continue reading →
Still catching up on the last couple months… I write columns for our local newspaper, The Bluffton News. However in recent months, I’ve turned my attention to sports. I’ve been asked to write the boys varsity basketball stories, not because … Continue reading →
More catching up on the past two months… I volunteered at an outreach to the homeless in Cleveland on Christmas night, during a trip back to the city to see relatives. This is run out of St. Malachi’s Church on … Continue reading →
Catching up on the last couple months… It’s been a whirlwind of stuff in between house painting, parenting, writing, working on the campaign… We, for instance, have done a number of Facebook “…from the ladder” segments about such topics as … Continue reading →
I’ve gone to a series of Bible Studies at the local Lutheran Church the past month. The pastor, in referring to how crazy our spending in America has become, noted we spend $40 billion a year on lawn care — … Continue reading →
I attended a talk at Bluffton University today that was, in part, about Russian dissidents. BU History Professor Perry Bush noted that scores of Soviet Union “dissidents” (artists, writers, teachers, Christians…) were killed under Stalin — or sent to “labor … Continue reading →
With a shift in the El Nino pattern, things will be about 15 degrees warmer than normal in Ohio this next two weeks — which will afford me the opportunity to finish an outside painting job before winter sets in. … 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 →