Columns
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Bengals’ needs make NFL Draft interesting
By Garth Shanklin – News Democrat For the first time in a while, it may be a great week to be a Cincinnati sports fan. First, the Cubs have finally left town. The Reds don’t face them for two more months, and given how the first two series went, that’s…
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We just simply called it ‘plowing’
It always seemed to me that when the breaking plows were hitched up and the lime spreader hooked up and both were headed to a field, the new crop year had just arrived. Until the invention of no-till crop farming there just was no way to raise your crop unless…
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Making a difference By combating the heroin epidemic
At a recent town hall in Darke County, I asked those in attendance how many of them had family members or friends who had been impacted by addiction. More than half the hands went up. Sadly, I wasn’t surprised. It was just the latest example of how the abuse of…
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An incredible group of hired hands
When you give a farmer his money’s worth and maybe even more for a day’s labor, you will always be in demand. When I wasn’t working for my Dad, I was working for the farmers in our neighborhood to earn some extra pocket money and also to help those farmers…
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How about some soup beans and cornbread?
It seemed that in the winter months more than any other time of the year Mom made a meal that was basic and very good, soup beans and cornbread. There are some variations to preparing it but not many. Soup beans can usually be made from Navy beans or Great…
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When you’re wrong, you’re wrong
It is never a journalist’s intention to misquote any person. Any good journalist strives for getting the facts right as well as getting the words that someone spoke correct. While I’ll will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, when I make a mistake, I will do…
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Chatfield College receives $1 million gift from renowned surgeon/philanthropist Mary Lois Jung
Chatfield College in Cincinnati and St. Martin has received a bequeathed gift for $1 million from Mary Lois Jung – surgeon, Catholic nun and dedicated philanthropist. Dr. Jung’s gift is the largest testamentary gift received in Chatfield’s history and will create its largest endowed scholarship – one of 25 presently…
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A day so right, quickly goes wrong
It is safe to say that we have all had days where everything that could go right for you did. There just isn’t a feeling as good as that as far as I’m concerned. Those days are the ones that bring to our attention just how an average day or…
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How about a good game of Euchre?
Long winter days and stormy summer nights were always a time when a deck of cards would come out of the drawer and those interested and maybe not so interested gathered around the kitchen table and passed the time by playing cards. There are literally hundreds of games that can…
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Remembering the beauty of the barn
I know I say this an awful lot but just in case anyone missed it I was raised on a farm in the 50’s and 60’s in southern Clermont County and have always been so glad that I was. The reason was that I enjoyed the farm life and all…
