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Around the world in three days

  • May 8, 2010
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I have been around the world in three days. Well, maybe not the whole world, though it seemed that way at times. I went on a whirlwind three-day tour of Washington, D.C. with my daughter’s eighth-grade class, and learned a lot along the way. On day one, we left Dalton and headed east for DC. I was impressed with how well the kids got along with each other in such tight quarters on the bus. The...

Take me out to the ballgame

  • May 8, 2010
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Baseball season. What a lovely time to enjoy the bats swinging and the balls flying. I am one of those moms. Armed with water bottles, extra change for the snack stand and the infamous fold-out lawn chair, I am a Baseball Mom. Now, before I get ahead of myself, I have to admit it, I think watching may be as fun as playing. Charged with energy and enthusiasm, being a spectator at kids’ ball...

Where have all the turkeys gone?

  • May 8, 2010
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I have already heard the comments this year from hunters in four different counties. The story goes the same way every year. There just aren’t as many turkeys as there were last year. They go on to say that last year on opening morning they called in four jakes, and two toms. That within two hours after daylight they had their 20-pound trophy. But this year there just weren’t any birds where...

Child support orders are terminated for many reasons

  • May 8, 2010
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Q: When are child support orders terminated? A: A child support order may be terminated for many reasons, including: the death of either the child or the person paying child support; the child’s marriage; the child’s deportation; adoption of the child; the child’s emancipation (for purposes of child support, a child is emancipated when he/she reaches 18 years of age and is not a full-time...

Songbird migration hits the peak this week

  • May 8, 2010
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May is here, which means it is the most exciting time of year for most birders. You can go out on any day and find newly arriving birds. Many of them are back for the nesting season here in Ohio, while others are not done with the journey northward but may stop and rest and re-fuel in our area. There have been a number of rare birds reported around the state in the last week or so. A Pacific...

Memories of Mom manifest themselves at the most mundane moments and in a myriad of ways

  • May 8, 2010
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If Mom had met Mick and Keith, a world of rock might have been different. The other day, for example, I was waiting for my wife to conclude her session on the computer so that I might check on the progress that my fantasy baseball team might have made. I busied myself, taking down the clothes from the line and installing the air conditioning unit in our bedroom window. It’s been beastly hot...

Treasures in the dirt

  • May 8, 2010
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A sweet story was shared with me the other day. A mom from the town where I grew up was telling me where her family now lived. They had moved into the house where she had grown up. I liked the story already. I had often wished that I too now lived in my childhood home just east of Smithville. Memories would easily turn into stories; I would hear the walls talk, the closets speak, and the floors...

Not everyone can tolerate gluten

  • May 8, 2010
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In the past few months, two of our friends have told us that they need to avoid eating wheat products, even though they said tests for celiac disease came back negative. Are there other reasons people would need to avoid wheat? It could be that your friends actually do have celiac disease, but the medical tests they took had indefinite results. If that’s the case, they would need to avoid all...

Sports card - Jack Dempsey

  • May 8, 2010
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At a recent baseball card auction, this great postcard of Jack Dempsey showed up, and on this card, he invited you to come eat in his restaurant where food and friendliness are knockouts. Jack sent a message to the boys - how to be a champ. Live clean, work hard, don’t smoke, get all the education you can, if you do this you can’t miss. Recent auction prices: two old bike fenders, $2; Boy...

Too much to drink

  • May 8, 2010
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Our town is still reeling (and getting tired of the related news) from a mid-April alcohol-fest (oh yeah, they call it “Springfest”): an almost-riot near the campus of the large university that threatens to overshadow our town. On the other hand, calling it a near riot elevates it to a social cause. This was no cause, just a drinking party gone wild. You can find the whole sordid thing on...