MyRA can help jump-start retirement savings
Question: I am approaching 30 and don’t have any retirement savings. I work retail and my job doesn’t offer a retirement plan. I don’t...
Keeping Ohio’s government open and transparent
Since the passage of Ohio’s first open records law in 1963, our state legislature has gone to great lengths to open the doors of...
Boomer Blog: Today in Champaign County History
NOTE: When I was young, the subject of history seemed like a long list of wars and treaties within and between the countries of...
Our mental health: Care for the youths
May is Mental Health Month and nearly one in five, almost 20 percent, of Ohioans experience some type of mental illness or emotional disturbance...
Why food safety is vital during pregnancy
Question: Why are pregnant women at greater risk of foodborne illness?Answer: When a woman becomes pregnant, she undergoes all sorts of physical changes that...
Boomer Blog: Out of the books for babes
Many of us relish reading aloud to the munchkins in our lives. Rhythm and word choice in some books make them downright entertaining to...
Medical marijuana bill has problems
While I am not against the use of medical marijuana if it is used, dispensed and administered the proper way, there are problems with...
Boomer Blog: There’s a first time for everything
There have probably been no more “firsts” than usual lately, but somehow I have noticed a string of them. My almost five-year-old grandniece spent...
How to help your child eat a healthy diet
Question: Our toddler has a sweet tooth. Should we let him indulge, or is it time to start restricting snacks?Answer: Guidance from the Academy...
Boomer Blog: A sprig of lilac
It seems appropriate this week to quote my favorite lines from Walt Whitman’s poem “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d.” The 151st anniversary...