Reflections: Searchlight from February 1987
I inherited a box of Searchlights from Evelyn Long’s house this past summer after she passed, and I intend to work my way through them over the next several months.
Accessible, attainable housing for Ohioans essential
In the wake of last week’s 2024 Ohio Chamber Housing Summit, we continue to focus on the issue of housing for all Ohioans. Every Ohioan should have access to safe, affordable housing, and this goal can only be accomplished if we work together.
Reflections: Christmastime in Cardington
Over the past decade, Christmases in Cardington have been magical. Thanks to the Friends of Cardington organizing the annual event of “Christmas in Cardington,” the village is dressed in red and green with wreaths hanging from the telephone poles (courtesy of the village’s street department employees) and inflatables placed throughout the town. The American Legion Village Park is strung with Christmas lights and decorations from the stage to the shelter house.
After the deluge comes drought
“The right to an attorney, although paramount, is sometimes in conflict with the right to have a timely resolution of a case. We’re really walking a tightrope between both needs.”
Girls basketball program has rich history
Basketball is most certainly my favorite sport. For the past 10 seasons, I have gratefully served as the announcer for the high school girls basketball program at Cardington-Lincoln High School. I have had the opportunity to see first-hand some of the greatest teams within the sport’s second lifetime. Prior to being resurrected in 1974, girls basketball was active until 1939 at then-Cardington High School prior to ending before Title IX protections were enacted in the early 1970s.
Supreme Court not immune from code of ethics
“The absence of a Code has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules.”
Faith comes by hearing word of God
The last time we visited El Salvador we invited a pastor friend of ours who has a healing ministry. I contacted several churches in El Salvador to arrange a week worth of meetings. Some days we had two services, but mostly the services were in the evening.
Letter: Recognizing signs of psychosis
Mental Illness Awareness Week is an annual national public education campaign led by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) intended to raise awareness about mental health and provide support and treatment options for mental health conditions. On the heels of October’s event, I’d like to invite your readers to learn more about psychosis and early psychosis intervention.
Trip back in time to Election Day 1933
This edition of my column is dedicated to the memory of Stan Sipe whose life was lost in a fire at his home on Oct. 29. His friendship to my predecessor, Evelyn Long, permitted “Reflections” to continue as he brought and researched stories for her. While I did not get the chance to meet Stan in person, his advice he gave me over a phone call about writing this column will not be forgotten by me.
Letter: Extra day off for Mount Gilead students
We have recently heard from the Village of Mount Gilead that there will be work completed in the village to repair water lines near the Mount Gilead School District buildings, which will require water to be shut off in the buildings for Tuesday, Nov. 21.