photo by Joe Catching up on the Summer of 2026 (continued): FIFA World Cup. I had a chance to watch a few of the World Cup matches this summer with my daughter, Sarah, who was back in Bluffton for a … Continue reading →
History Museum football helmet, circa the 1950s. …photo by Joe Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 4)…. I wrote a newspaper article this summer about a local man who played football for Cincinnati University in the 1950s. He … Continue reading →
I just wrote a newspaper column on the heels of a tremendously violent helmet-to-helmet hit on Texas Cowboy QB Andy Dalton Sunday. While he got a severe concussion from it, it could have snapped his neck. I note in the … Continue reading →
While other presidential candidates are jetting from state to state across the country for rallies, media spots, and such; I’ve zeroed in on Northwest, Ohio, where I’m driving my work van around about a 75-mile radius to campaign at nights … Continue reading →
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 stopped at Ada, Ohio, (pop. 6,052), home of the Wilson Football Factory. They make the “official” NFL footballs here… While in downtown Ada, I met a woman whose husband had had a fatal heart attack during the middle of … Continue reading →
The campaign rolls on… While the more high-profile candidates jockey for position on the national stage, we went to: Ada, Ohio (pop. 6,052), this week. I stumped at the Sawmill Restaurant, a small locally owned eatery in the center of … Continue reading →
I took our sons Joseph and Jonathan to a football practice in North Creek, Ohio, last night. Joseph played split end and had a couple nice catches. Jonathan, the youngest one, was like a little Brian Uhrlacher (Bear’s middle linebacker) … Continue reading →
photo by Joe Bluffton’s Annual Classic Car Show this June featured, well, all sorts of classic cars — like this Mustang. Part of our platform is to ask Americans to consider going back to a time in America when the … Continue reading →
ELF bicycle car …photo by Joe (Catching up on the last couple months, cont.) Bluffton, Ohio has been recently named the 2nd most bicycle friendly town in Ohio. This is, in no small part, because of the Bluffton Lions Club, … Continue reading →