9/23/07
We traveled to Peebles, Ohio, where I talked with Fr. Paul Donohue who is a Comboni Missionary for the Catholic Church. He was stationed in Kitgum, Uganda for a time. When I asked him about the poverty he … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2007
9/22/07
During a campaign leg in California, I told CBS News in Monterey that to heal the country, you have to heal the family. I am a former counselor who worked extensively with family system dynamics. If a child … Continue reading →
9/21/07
We have stopped at Mark and Judy Hedge’s small farm in Jelloway, Ohio. Mark has put up an array of solar panels and is also the final stages of constructing a wind turbine. The farm is totally off … Continue reading →
9/20/07
I took some backroads into Bellville and Butler, Ohio, today. I put up a flyer in the IGA Store in Butler (pop. 500) then headed into Bellville where the editor of the Bellville newspaper told me someone had called … Continue reading →
9/18/07
average JoeOhio Tour cont: I gave a talk at St. Peter’s Church in Loudonville about abortion. I said we have to stridently work to end precipating factors leading to abortion. And one of these top factors would … Continue reading →
9/17/07
We have come to Loudonville, Ohio, where I wrote on one of our flyers: “Loudonville… get LOUD for Joe!” (I got a million of ’em.) We are staying at Rita and Chuck Henley’s small farm. The … Continue reading →
9/15/07
A story about our campaign appeared in the Lima News yesterday. It noted that we were trying to go to all 88 counties in Ohio (we’ve been to all 88 Ohio counties twice before in past election cycles).
Continue reading →9/14/07
Met with Phil Pinks in Dunkirk, Ohio. He said his grandaughter had an extreme case of Down Syndrome and was given virtually no chance of going to school, etc. However the extended family rallied around the girl and … Continue reading →
9/13/07
average JoeOhio Tour cont.: I traveled into Findaly, Ohio, where our campaign was recently featured in the Findlay Courier newspaper. Our campaign vehicle’s horn had gone on the blink recently, and Carl Stein of Traucht Electric here fixed … Continue reading →
9/12/07
average JoeOhio Tour cont: I went to Columbus Grove, Ohio, to stump. Got in a great conversation with a group of locals at “The Gas Station.” (Simple and to the point.) One of the issues that … Continue reading →