Remember (THE) Maine and Bah-Ha-Bah
This week’s column is a little late, as the Warners were on the road in the northeasternmost state of the good old USA, the...
Fall Sports and the NCAA strikes again
We hosted good friends from Athens, Georgia, and Hudson, Ohio, over the weekend as they returned to West Central Ohio for The Great Darke...
The Fair, a Long Boot, and Little League
It’s that time of the year here in Darke County, as the annual ritual since 1853, known as the Great Darke County Fair, once...
Baseball, Bristol, Butter, and Bahama Mamas
Baseball is a funny game. How many of you were watching the Reds-Braves game Thursday night when Atlanta broke a 3-3 tie in the...
Fall sports, football, and frustration
Hard to believe that high school fall sports start practice this week after what always seems like a short summer break (why do June...
Odds and Ends
Odds and Ends from the weekend and who knows where—
According to the Dayton Daily News, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has sanctioned a...
Net action, diamond doings, and pigskin divisions
Although I’m not a die-hard tennis fan, I always enjoy watching The Championships at Wimbledon, particularly the men’s and women’s finals. This year’s ladies'...
Tragedies, State Finances, and the Marlboro Men
There were a lot of disappointed folks around Darke County with the cancellation of the Greenville fireworks program that was scheduled for Sunday night...
Aunt Betty, The “Cobra”, and Ben Franklin
Kathy and I just returned from a four-day trip to Memphis to celebrate my Aunt Betty’s 97th birthday, along with my six Tennessee cousins...
Thunder and Lightning and a few reunions
Can you believe that the days are getting shorter already? It seems that summer just arrived, didn’t it, albeit with a vengeance, 90-plus degrees...
