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Martin Luther King Jr. and two Americas

On Thursday, March 14, 1968, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Grosse Pointe South High School in an affluent Detroit, Michigan suburb. The title of his talk was “The Other America.” It also said he gave the same title on April 14, 1967, at Stanford University. It is ...

The beginning of job creation in the area’s Shale Crescent

Last week Lynnda and I traveled to Florida for a short winter getaway. The weather forecaster on TV said, “Tomorrow will be a cold night. Our low will be 47 degrees.” That’s warmer than our high temperature in Charleston. This trip is primarily pleasure with some business mixed in. ...

‘The Final Kraut Down’ to some fun at home

There’s nothing quite like a good hamburger when you’re in the mood for one. My husband, Mike, and I know this. We don’t often go out for a burger at a restaurant, but we do really enjoy grilling fresh, locally raised meat during the warmer months, and burgers are no ...

We all have something to offer. What’s your purpose?

We visited our kids and grandkids last weekend in Maryland. On the way home Lynnda read me excerpts of a memoir, “Doctor Miriam” written by Miriam Daly, MD. Dr. Daly was a mentor for Lynnda beginning when she was a candy striper (hospital volunteer) at age 15 in Albion, Michigan. Lynnda ...

Tourism is big business for our area

Travel and tourism in Ohio and across the country are significant economic development engines, employing hundreds of thousands of people and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue. Locally, tourism is a strong component of our economy, and we work to continuously increase ...

Embrace the future as new year arrives

As 2022 slips into the past, it is a little challenging to look toward 2023 with a heart full of hope. Many of the same issues that have divided Americans for the past few years are still with us. COVID-19 has not gone away — in fact, it is raging across China, where it had been relatively ...