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Spring has started to announce its presence in our community with milder temperatures, longer days and the season of growth. Spring is also the embodiment of hope and brings the opportunity for all of us to grow our awareness of child abuse and neglect.

My grandma used to say she could forgive, but she couldn’t forget. This was always in reference to a comment made by a neighbor about pickles my grandmother had entered at the fair. The neighbor criticized the pickles for being sliced as rounds instead of spears, or maybe it was the other way around.

As a guy who’s tried to support local business whenever possible, when some health adversity arose a year ago after years of battling prostate issues, something that afflicts so many men as they age, I decided to stay with our local docs.

Washington, D.C. is the city that just keeps giving and giving, and giving some more, with taxpayer money of course. But now, it has taken things to an even higher level with its Strong Families, Strong Futures program.

I have a hard time keeping track of my cell phone, and of course most times my cell phone ringer is off. I tend to spend some time searching for my cell phone before I cave and resort to calling my missing phone in hopes of locating it quicker. I tend to carry multiple phones (a work phone and a personal phone), so I usually can use one phone to call the other phone without having to ask for someone’s assistance in locating my misplaced phone.

COLUMBUS GROVE — How do you explain to kids that finding nothing meant everything?

This April 8, Ohio will be one of the few states to experience a total solar eclipse. With a 124-mile-wide path of totality, Ohio is expecting an influx of tourism as people travel from all over the country to come witness this rare phenomenon.

(Jesus) said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” Peter answering said, “The Christ of God.” (Luke 9:20)

Jerry had a little lamb.

Pick up any American history textbook, and you’ll read about “the day that will live in infamy.” You know, Japan’s devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was Dec. 7, 1941.