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Legendary Franco Harris always remained gracious

On a shelf in my home is a football bearing the logo of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It also bears a simple autograph: “Franco Harris 32.” I must openly admit I committed a grave sin of professional journalism in getting that ball autographed many years ago. It was the only time in my career that I’ve done that. The legendary Pittsburgh Steelers running back, along with his counterpart Jim Brown from division rival Cleveland Browns, paid a rare visit together to a Warren Steelworkers Union Hall on a rainy Saturday morning several years ago. They were stumping as part of a political ...

Brown facing uphill 2024 re-election bid

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the lone statewide officeholder elected as a Democrat, has a target on his back. Brown, D-Cleveland, is up for re-election in 2024 in a state that has swung significantly in favor of Republicans in the past decade and particularly since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. There is already talk of a number of Republicans lining up to challenge Brown including Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who said he isn’t running for the Senate, said, “Ohio is becoming a more Republican state and as long as we ...

Self-care isn’t selfish

Self-care isn’t selfish. So why do so many of us feel guilty when we attend to the things we require for our personal well-being? In a recent webinar, “Soar with Self-Care: Refuel Your Well Being,” hosted by Advocates for Human Potential Inc., the facilitators led the participants to re-evaluate where they stand with self-care and well-being. First, let’s look at what “self-care” actually means. It’s how you take care of yourself on a daily basis, the things that you need for good health and well-being. Do you fuel the spiritual side of yourself? What do you do for ...

Ohio ballot proposal creates a big backlash

A proposal that would make it harder for citizen-initiated amendments to the Ohio Constitution to become law is drawing opposition from several organizations. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, and state Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, recently announced they would seek to get the GOP-dominated state Legislature to approve a resolution in the final weeks of this year’s session for the ballot proposal. It is on the fast track to be passed. It would require citizen-initiated constitutional amendments to get at least 60 percent support from voters to be approved. Those ...

Your attitude of gratitude is good for you

Do you feel appreciated? What does that mean to you? How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m working on my attitude of gratitude”? What are they saying? What has happened to our world that has so adversely affected so many of us? Appreciation: Recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. Attitude of Gratitude: the habit of expressing appreciation, not just special things, but the little things that don’t seem to matter much and the bigger things that do. It’s thinking about others before self, or as some of our moms used to say, “If you ...

Older adults at particular risk of food poisoning

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published July 4, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the Salem Visiting Angels office have created this series of articles to keep our older population and their families informed and to offer some practical advice for meeting the challenges faced by seniors and those who care for ...