I just did a newspaper story on Bluffton’s Allen and Diane Yoder. Each year for the past nine years, they have gone on “Road Scholar” learning vacations. The tour guides are local historians, college professors, and such. The Yoders just … Continue reading
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Continuing to catch up on last couple months… I recently interviewed Bluffton farmer Greg Probst at his “Century Farm” for a local newspaper article. He grows everything organically, has free-range chickens (no antibiotics), etc., etc., etc… He said he … Continue reading
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been reading the college text book: Essentials of Sociology. If you’re going to be president, understanding the “essentials” of sociological constructs would seem important, huh. Just sayin’. Anyway, this morning I was reading a … Continue reading
Our daughter Sarah is leading a missions trip to Haiti this week for her Spring Break. She’s been to Haiti twice now and Nicaragua once during her four years at college. Just yesterday, I picked up a Mary Knoll Magazine … Continue reading
On the Florida school shooting and “arming” teachers… I just read a post from a teacher who wrote that if we want to “arm” her: arm her with more teacher’s aids so she can give more individual attention to her … Continue reading
Have started another exterior house painting project (hoping to complete it before election day — because I could be quite busy after that). After giving a talk at Oberlin College a number of years ago, a professor there referred to … Continue reading
For the last month, a couple friends and I have been working on our campaign vehicle. It’s a 1984 converted Midas Motor Home. The roof had a leak, the carburetor had to be rebuilt, and there needed to be some … Continue reading
I recently did an interview for the local newspaper with our daughter Sarah, who went to Nicaragua with a group of Franciscan University students. She said the most poignant moment happened for her early on. The group had just gotten … Continue reading
I stumped in downtown Arlington, Ohio (pop. 1,455), today. While passing out campaign cards, I ended up in a conversation with a local, retired teacher. He said he was particularly flummoxed by Federal Education Department standards as they relate to, … Continue reading
Met recently with Dan Kremer in Yorkshire, Ohio. He is an organic farmer who is an absolute evangelist for Catholic Rural Life Association teaching. He grows organically because he believes the artificial herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers are bad for the … Continue reading