Outsmart the summer heat
The hot weather causes serious risk for older adults. The National Safety Council promotes guidelines to outsmart the sun’s heat. The advice offsets the...
Farewell to a friend
Editor’s note: The subject of this column, Kevin O’Boyle, worked as sports editor of the Urbana Daily Citizen in the late 1980s. He went...
Supporting Ohio children through a pandemic
Right now, families and young people are dealing with unprecedented financial stress, social isolation, and abrupt changes to daily life. Child welfare agencies are...
I heard it on TV!
A few bars of a golden oldie are all I need to be totally transported to a previous time in my life. The mere...
Don’t bleach food to protect against COVID-19
QUESTION: I’m really worried about COVID-19 and want to keep my family safe, so lately I’ve been rinsing my fresh fruits and vegetables with...
Is your goal to be youthful or useful?
Recently at an online conference, Ken Dychtwald, founder of the Age Wave, gave a presentation on Fatherhood. Ken’s suggestions applied to men and how...
My own personal greats and grands
Lately I seem to have been retreating from the regular rhythms of life. There are, of course, the general health concerns surrounding the pandemic,...
Expanding broadband internet access
This pandemic has been the Great Revealer. It’s exposing so many inequities in our society, and it’s affecting nearly every aspect of our lives.One...
Still celebrating after all these years
For 244 years now, we have been celebrating a brash idea committed to paper in Philadelphia and signed by 56 Founding Fathers, more than...
Respond to the 2020 Census
The 2020 census is underway and our efforts to count every single Ohioan will not stop because of the pandemic. Ohioans can respond to...
