Those around the minimal age of senior discounts can still remember a day and age of life without computers, chat rooms and hi-tech entertainment. “Way back then” games, yes, genuine board games, often occupied social outings and taught valuable lessons in the real game of life.
In the early morning hours of August 31, 1997 Diana Spencer, former Princess of Wales, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash at the Place de l’Alma in Paris, France. Also in the car with her were her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed, French chauffeur Henri Paul, and English bodyguard Trevor Reese-Jones.
Ohio is in the middle of the worst drought our state has seen in over a century. It’s been particularly bad in Southeast Ohio, but Ohioans all over our state are feeling its effects.
CLEVELAND—Dennis J. Kucinich, former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and 2008, now running as an independent for Congress in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, issued this statement in light of reports that the ‘White House is finalizing plans to expand where Ukraine can hit inside Russia.’
At 7 p.m. on December 21, 1988 PanAm flight 103 disintegrated over Lockerbie, Scotland. A small explosion in the forward luggage hold had ripped a 20-inch hole in the fuselage and sucked the oxygen out of the pressurized cabin.
Over a lifetime, many of those who know me have been stunned to discover that I was “stranded,” especially with a broken down car. Take, for example, the day when I was “stranded” in a small library because I was told by a mechanic that some type of “damper thing” was malfunctioning and would take a couple of hours to repair.
COLUMBUS—Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement on Monday, September 16 following the Supreme Court of Ohio’s decision on a lawsuit challenging the Ballot Board’s approved summary of State Issue 1: “This decision is a huge win for Ohio voters, who deserve an honest explanation of what they’re being asked to decide,” said LaRose.
COUMBUS — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the following statement on the sentencing of William Curlis, who was previously charged in federal court with wire fraud after an investigation assisted by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office of Public Integrity found he had stolen nearly $1 million from campaign accounts: “I’m glad justice has been served in this case, but I’m disappointed in the sentence compared to the crimes this person committed,” said Secretary LaRose. “The sentence sends a message that you can willfully defraud victims and get away with a relative slap on the wrist. Hundreds of Ohioans had their money stolen by a greedy con artist, and the Public Integrity Division of my office worked hard to assist with his conviction. The penalty falls short of the crime on this one, but we’ll continue to enforce the law and hope that future convictions serve as a stronger deterrent to election- related crime.”
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Sometime ago I was visiting an elderly gentleman in the hospital at meal time. We were chatting when he stopped and said, “there, I’m going to get a chance to use that word.” Apparently, his meal, though diabetically appropriate, didn’t quite meet his fancy.