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On The Cover:Ginny Rice addresses functions of a home computer during a class at Rhodes State College.

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FEaturEsComputer courses . . . . . . . . . . 12By Adrienne McGee

Down on the corner . . . . . . . . . 18By Adrienne McGee

Helping seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20By Christina Ryan Claypool

dEpartmEntsEvents calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Seasonings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Sports Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Your Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17At Our Age Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CommEntaryOn My Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3By Adrienne McGee

Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6By Jill Campbell

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I haven't been in a classroom for a while, sad to say. While I love classroom learning, I often don't have the luxury of extra time and money for such things.

And you know as well as I do that often — not every time, but often — you spend your time and money on something you take very seriously and you're surrounded by people who are not doing the same.

I am glad to say that I was encouraged on a recent visit to Rhodes State Campus. I visited a classroom to talk with people who were taking a course to boost their computer skills. In some cases, those skills were nonexistent.

I am of the special age range — pushing old, in my mind — where computers were not a part of life. I remember when computers started coming into my high school, but the Internet was really just a toy. We weren't required to do anything with them.

By the time I got to college, it was a different story. I remember receiving a login and password — highly novel ideas to me. My first page-design class was a trip. The professor knew she was dealing with some people like myself who didn't have a lot of computer experience and went very slowly. It seems so odd to look back on that today.

But what I remember most was fear: Fear of being the only person in the classroom who didn't get it.

That’s why the visit to Rhodes State was so great. The classroom was filled with people paying attention to the instructor, helping their neighbors, and really just celebrating together that they were learning. Nowhere was there an attitude of intimidation or "I'm better at this than you are."

Those people left that classroom that day with the tools they needed to catch up, so to speak, with so much of the world that is computer based now. One woman mentioned she wanted to buy an iPad.

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June 1American Legion Fish Fry, 5 p.m., American

Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $6. 2012 Relay For Life of Paulding County, 6

p.m., Paulding County Fairgrounds, Fairground Dr, Paulding.

Fountain Park Summer Music Series, 7 p.m., Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 State Hwy. 118, Van Wert. Peony/ArtRageous Festival Concert with The Bronx Wanderers.

Public Night Sky Viewing, 8:30 p.m., Schoonover Observatory, 670 N. Jefferson St., Lima.

June 2Ottawa Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m., Ottawa

Area Farmers’ Market, Oak Pkwy, Ottawa.Putnam County Fly In/Drive In Pancake

Breakfast, 9 a.m., Putnam County Airport, 10218 Township Road 5h, Ottawa. Rain date June 9.

Equestrian Therapy Volunteer Orientation/Training, 9 a.m., Equestrian Therapy Program, Bowsher Rd, Lima. .

Ride for the Paws, 12 p.m., The Porter Pub, 318 N. Main St., Lima. $15 per bike/$5 per car passenger. Ride or drive to benefit the Allen County Humane Society. Sign-in at 9:45 a.m. Raffles, $7 dinners. Military dogs honored at 11:45 a.m.

Lima Astronomical Society Meeting, 7 p.m., Schoonover Observatory, 670 N. Jefferson St., Lima.

Free Comedy Night, 9 p.m., Louie’s Nite Club, 518 N. Main St., Lima. (419) 222-4971. With Stu McCallister and Joe Deez.

Midnight Movie Series, 11:50 p.m., Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum, 500 Apollo Dr., Wapakoneta. $1. Science fiction movies in the Astro Theater. Refreshments available. Doors at 11:30 p.m.

June 3St. Gerard Alumni and Friends Mass, 11

a.m., St. Gerard Catholic Church, 240 W. Robb Ave., Lima.

Teen Nite @ The Mall, 7 p.m., Lima Mall, 2400 Elida Rd., Lima. (419) 331-6255. A drug/alcohol/bully-free event. Open to all Allen County incoming freshmen and sophomores.

June 4Community Health Professionals Golf

Scramble, 12 p.m., Hickory Sticks Golf Course, 12083 US 127, Van Wert. $55 per player. (419) 238-0441.

Town Square Prayer, 7 p.m., Lima’s Town Square, N Main St. and W Market St., Lima.

June 5Book Sale, 9 a.m., Ottawa Elementary

School, 751 E. Fourth St., Ottawa. By Friends of the Putnam District Library. Also includes office furniture, bookshelves, attic treasures.

Parents and Friends of Lesbians/Gays (PFLAG), 6 p.m., OSU Lima/Rhodes State, 4240 Campus Dr., Lima. In Public Service Building.

Financial Literacy Workshop, 6 p.m., YMCA Annex, 136 S. West St., Lima.

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsals, 7 p.m., Marimor School, 2500 Ada Rd., Lima. . . Weekly rehearsals.

June 6Book Sale, 9 a.m., Ottawa Elementary

School, 751 E. Fourth St., Ottawa. By Friends of the Putnam District Library. Also includes office furniture, bookshelves, attic treasures.

Car Show, 12:30 p.m., Allen County Council on Aging, 215 N. Central Ave., Lima.

June 7Rummage Sale for Missions, 8:30 a.m.,

Pandora United Methodist Church, 108 W. Washington St., Pandora.

Yesterday’s Treasures Garage/Bake Sale, 10 a.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 137 N. Pratt St., Ottawa.

Book & A Movie Night @ Lima Public Library, 5 p.m., Lima Public Library, 650 W. Market St., Lima. (419) 228-5113. Watch The DaVinci Code and talk about it afterwards.

Bluegrass Cafe, 7 p.m., Famous Old Time Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta. $5. (419) 568-1220.

June 8Rummage Sale for Missions, 8:30 a.m.,

Pandora United Methodist Church, 108 W. Washington St., Pandora.

Yesterday’s Treasures Garage/Bake Sale, 9 a.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 137 N. Pratt St., Ottawa.

American Legion Fish Fry, 5 p.m., American Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $6.

Public Night Sky Viewing, 8:30 p.m.,

Schoonover Observatory, 670 N. Jefferson St., Lima.

June 9Indian Lake Fireworks FUNd Ride, 8 a.m.,

Old Field Beach, State Highway 235, Lakeview. 15, 30, & 60 mile bike ride, begin and end at Old Field Beach.

Ottawa Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m., Ottawa Area Farmers’ Market, Oak Pkwy, Ottawa.

Allen County Rummage Sale, 9 a.m., American Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $1. Benefits Veterans Food Pantry.

Laura Joy, 12 p.m., The Meeting Place on Market, 220 W. Market St., Lima. (419) 222-0985.

Grassp Suicide Support Group, 2 p.m., Partnership for Violence-Free Families, 658 W. Market St., Lima.

Indoor Bluegrass Concert, 4 p.m., Famous Old Time Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta.

Allen County Libertarian Party, 6 p.m., Allen County Sanitary Engineer’s Office, 3230 N. Cole St., Lima.

June 11Look Good Feel Better, 4 p.m., Van Wert

Manor Nursing Home, 160 Fox Road, Van Wert.

Ottawa Country Music Jam, 6 p.m., Highwater Building, 210 S. Oak St., Ottawa. No electric instruments.


June 12Westinghouse Sundstrand, 11:30 a.m.,

Western Sizzlin, 2721 Elida Rd., Lima. (419) 331-6644.

Senior Social Luncheon Series, 11:30 a.m., Bradfield Community Center, 550 S. Collett St., Lima. Open to the first 50 seniors (60 years and older) who register at 419-228-7766.

Lima Garden Club, 1 p.m., Shawnee Community Methodist Church, 2600 Zurmehly Rd., Lima.

Healing Memories Bereavement Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Grand Lake Health System Annex, 1122 E. Spring St., St Marys.


Events calendar


Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsals, 7 p.m., Marimor School, 2500 Ada Rd., Lima.

June 13Lima Area Civil War Study Club, 7 p.m., New

Creation Church, 2701 Allentown Rd., Lima. Trinity Chapter Order of The Eastern Star,

7:30 p.m., Lima Masonic Center, 2165 N. Cole St., Lima.

June 14Bluegrass Cafe, 7 p.m., Famous Old Time

Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta.


Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $6. Designer Purse Bingo, 6 p.m., Van Wert

County Council on Aging, 220 Fox Road, Van Wert. $20.



Area Farmers’ Market, Oak Pkwy, Ottawa. All Church Garage Sale, 11 a.m., St. Paul

AME Church, 1103 W. Spring St., Lima. Benefits renovation of historic St. Paul AME Church.

June 17Father’s Day Train Special, 1 p.m.,

Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, Inc., 11600 Township Rd. 99, Findlay. Free for fathers, $2 adults, $1 for 12 and younger. Quarter-scale steam train rides. Also, toy trains, model trains, and museum.

Bluegrass at Memorial Park, 7 p.m., Memorial Park, 100 S. Chestnut St., St Marys. With Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass.

June 18Guys Movie Night @ Lima Public Library, 5

p.m., Lima Public Library, 650 W. Market St., Lima. (419) 228-5113. “Independence Day.”

National Alliance on Mental Illness, 6 p.m., Challenged Higher Club’s Drop-In Center, 407 N. Franklin St., Van Wert.


June 19Lima UOAA Ostomy Support Group, 12 p.m.,

St. Rita’s Medical Center, 730 W. Market St., Lima.

West Central Ohio Chapter of

Compassionate Friends, 7 p.m., Lima First Assembly of God, 1575 E. High St., Lima.


June 20Community Fellowship Meal, 5 p.m., St.

John United Methodist Church, 205 N. High St., Columbus Grove.

Korean War Veterans, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall, 130 W. Elm St., Lima.

June 21Amputees in Motion, 6 p.m., Bethel Baptist

Church, 630 Powers Ave., Lima. Support group for amputees and their families.

Healing Hearts, 6:30 p.m., Community Health Professionals of Tri-County, 803 Brewfield Dr., Wapakoneta. Bereavement support group.

Bluegrass Cafe, 7 p.m., Famous Old Time Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta.


Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $6. 2012 Relay For Life of Hancock County, 6

p.m., Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017 E. Sandusky St., Findlay. (419) 429-7344.



Area Farmers’ Market, Oak Pkwy, Ottawa. Gene Autry Days, 10 a.m., Hardin County

Fairgrounds, Fairground Road, Kenton.Trains Tour, 12 p.m., Northwest Ohio

Railroad Preservation, Inc., 11600 Township Rd. 99, Findlay. $6 adults, $4 for 12 and younger. Quarter-scale steam train rides and museum on site. Then follow map to private layouts of HO models, Lionel toy trains, Garden Scales railway and others.

Chicken Dinner Benefit, 4 p.m., C of F Hall, 14570 Landeck Rd, Delphos. $7. With band. Benefits school supplies.

Appalachian Opry, 7 p.m., Famous Old Time Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta.

June 24Gene Autry Days, 10 a.m., Hardin County

Fairgrounds, Fairground Road, Kenton.32nd Annual Prehistoric Artifacts Exhibit,

1 p.m., Mercer Historical Museum, 130 E. Market St., Celina. “Protect our Native

American Heritage in Western Ohio,” hosted by the Mercer County Indian Relic Collectors. Participants can bring artifacts.

June 25Ottawa Country Music Jam, 6 p.m.,

Highwater Building, 210 S. Oak St., Ottawa. No electric instruments.


June 26Senior Social Luncheon Series, 11:30 a.m.,

Bradfield Community Center, 550 S. Collett St., Lima. .Open to first 50 seniors (60 years and older) who register at 419-228-7766.



June 27Trinity Chapter Order of The Eastern Star,

7:30 p.m., Lima Masonic Center, 2165 N. Cole St., Lima.

June 28Free Community Meal, 5 p.m., Elm Street

Church of the Brethren, 619 E. Elm St., Lima. Also, free clothing and personal care items are available.

Bluegrass Cafe, 7 p.m., Famous Old Time Music Company, 20322 State Route 33, Wapakoneta.


Legion Post 96, 711 S. Shore Dr., Lima. $6.Fourth of July Family Camp, 6 p.m.,

YMCA Camp Willson, 2732 County Rd. 11, Bellefontaine.



Area Farmers’ Market, Oak Pkwy, Ottawa. Lakeview Car & Craft Show, 10 a.m.,

Downtown Lakeview, State Highway 235, Lakeview.

Gospel Singing in the Park, 12 p.m., Ada Park, 115 N. Park Dr., Ada. Also, $7 chicken barbecue dinners for sale. Bring lawn chair.

Movie on the Beach, 9 p.m., Old Field Beach, State Highway 235, Lakeview. With big screen at beach, so come by car or boat.

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Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Born March 8, 1962, Bob Wardle was raised in Washington, Pa., 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. (He happens to be a Steel-ers fan). Washington is a town rich in history and is the

county seat of Washington County the first county in the United States to be named in honor of President George Washington.

“I was raised in an all American home,” says Bob. “I had a great mother and father who taught me good principles and moral ethics. My dad was a union glass worker making such items as Ball/Mason canning jars, and my mother was a bank teller.

As a child, Bob enjoyed playing baseball, football, cowboys and Indians, army men, and rode his bicycle around the neighborhood. In high school Bob was a letterman on the swim team and received scholarship offers for swimming.

In his later teens and early twenties, Bob became entangled in a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol.

“The title of my testimony is God saved me from a life of drugs and alcohol,” explains Bob who became a Christian in 1984; and affirms, “God gave me instant deliverance.” In the late ‘80s, Bob attended Bible College in Baton Rouge, La. In 1987 Pastor Bob Wardle began evangelizing while finishing his schooling through correspondence courses.

By 1990 Bob became pastor at his first church in Binghamton, N.Y., the year the first of his two sons was born. Later he would preach at churches in Morgantown, W.Va., and Waynesboro, Va. — all mountain churches. It was in Waynesboro, while serving at a church on the edge of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Skyline Drive, that Bob would go through a divorce as pastor of a church. “This was devastating to my life and the ministry,” said Bob who eventually ended up leaving the scenic area.

When it comes to talking about ministers or anyone who suffers a divorce, Pastor Bob understands, one person under a marriage cov-enant cannot save a relationship. He says, “Divorce is a devastating experience, but it never changes your calling. It never changes God’s plans for your life. God will stick with your life plan through thick

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and thin. As Christians we are more than conquerors according to Romans 8:28 ‘And, we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.’”

Later Bob would preach at a church in Cumberland, Md., for six months then resign his position and go into evangelism as a single man. In a response to sending out flyers, he would be asked to preach at Harrod Christian Church leading him to Lima in 2004.

“I decided to start a work in Lima from the ground up, so a few people got together to form New Life Assembly in 2007,” said Bob. The church is planning to relocate and remodel a building on Calumet Street during the late spring and early summer this year.

Determined he would probably remain single, a woman from church arranged a blind date at Olive Garden where Bob met his wife Donna a registered nurse. The couple mar-ried in 2007. “It is funny how the church can look down on divorce, yet a church member set me up for a date,” laughs Bob.

When it comes to Christians and divorce, Pastor Wardle says, “The statistics are just as high inside the church as outside, but it all comes down to how the Christian handles it. Divorce is not holy, so we end up being judged. Divorce can label us like a scarlet letter. We have to come to Christ, our only source, who helps us work through things.” Pastor Wardle is reminded of the scripture in John 6:68 where Simon Peter asks Jesus, “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words to eternal life.” The enemy and the world can challenge our destiny, but they cannot change it.”

New Life Assembly church began with 20 members and has grown to 50. Pastor Wardle looks forward to the church growing greater in numbers by motivating people and get-ting back to the core of the Bible. He wants to fulfill the great commission by providing a place where people can worship God, reaching the lost and developing disciples to build God’s kingdom.

Pastor Bob Wardle wants every individual to realize their God given destiny because he knows everyone has one according to Psalm 139: “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.”

Pastor Bob Wardle stands behind the pulpit at New Life Assembly Church in Lima.

• photo by Jill Campbell


Seasonings

HoneycombWhat it is and how to use it

It’s time to think beyond the bear bottle.Because honey comes in way more forms than just plas-

tic squirt bottles. My favorite? Honey in the comb, pure and simple.

And yes, the comb is totally safe to eat. People have been keeping bees — and eating the honeycomb — for several thou-sand years. But first, some honey 101. No, honey is not bee spit. But bee saliva does play a role.

When bees gather nectar from flowers, it is stored in a honey sac inside their bodies. During storage, the bee’s saliva mixes with the nectar, which (shocker!) is made mostly from sugar. Enzymes in the salvia convert those sugars into honey.

The honeycomb comes into play when the bee gets back to the hive. The comb itself — a network of hexagonal cylin-ders — is made from the waxy secretions of worker bees. As these cylinders are filled with honey, they are capped with yet another layer of wax.

The bees do all this to create food for themselves. In fact, for every pound of honey gathered by people, the bees make and consume another eight.

Honey processors typically gather these wax combs, crush them and run them through a centrifuge to extract the liquid honey. But increasingly, you can find tubs of unbroken honey-comb at grocers and farmers markets. It’s golden and waxy and sticky and the easiest way to extract it from the tub usually is a fork or spoon.

Honeycomb is totally worth seeking out. Kids love it. It looks cool. It tastes great. And you get to amaze the little ones with facts such as the distance a bee would fly to produce just one pound of honey (three times around the Earth).

But after you’re done dazzling your kids with honey trivia, why bother with honeycomb when you could just squirt the liquid stuff from a plastic bear?

The answer is part textural, part versatility. Let’s start with the latter.

Honeycomb can go places honey can’t. While drizzling honey over a salad seems odd, topping a salad with crumbled goat cheese and hunks of honeycomb is a simply heavenly way to eat more vegetables.

Honeycomb also has a completely different texture than liq-uid honey. It’s not like chewing on a candle. Rather, the wax gives the honey a pleasant body, transforming it from some-thing merely absorbed by the other ingredients into something that stands on its own to contrast and enliven the rest of the dish.

Like liquid honey, honeycomb can be stored at room tempera-ture for long periods. If you have a choice at the market, opt for darker colored honeycomb (and liquid honeys), which tend to have deeper flavors.

Ready to give it a try? For more ideas for using honeycomb, check out the Off the Beaten Aisle column over on Food Net-work: http://bit.ly/JPXhCW

Bees fly around one of the racks at Slide Ridge Honey, in Mendon, Utah. Slide Ridge Honey products go beyond just the classic case of the sweet stuff — their bees make honey to be used in lip balm, lotion, jams, jelly and vinai-grette.

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Honeycomb and Brie English Muffin PizzasThis recipe calls for just a touch of heat under the broiler. It’s

just enough to soften the brie and honeycomb, one of the most splendid food combinations.

Start to finish: 15 minutesServings: 41 tablespoon olive oil1 medium red onion, thinly sliced1 clove garlic, minced1/2 teaspoon dried thymeSalt and ground black pepper4 large whole-wheat English muffins6 ounces brie, thinly slicedHoneycombHeat the oven to broil.In a medium skillet over medium-high, heat the olive oil. Add

the onion, garlic and thyme, then saute for 5 minutes, or until the onion starts to get tender. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.

Split each English muffin in half and arrange cut side up on a baking sheet. Set under the broiler just long enough to lightly toast, about 1 minute.

Top each muffin half with a bit of brie, then spoon a bit of the onion mixture over each. Place under the broiler for another min-ute.

Transfer the halves to serving plates, then top each with a spoon-ful of honeycomb. Serve immediately.

J.M. Hirsch is the national food editor for The Associated Press. He is author of the recent cookbook, “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking.” His Off the Beaten Aisle column also appears at FoodNetwork.com. Follow him on Twitter http://twitter.com/JM—Hirsch.

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When I left you last month, the record album of baseball’s first 100 years that a co-worker asked me to tape had almost wrapped up the 1930’s memorable moments and players.

Narrator Jimmy Stewart had flipped the narration ball to legendary broad-caster Curt Gowdy to take the discussion home after the Roaring Twenties’ baseball moments were recalled.

I was interested to hear some of the original sound clips from the very first induction ceremonies to Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 1939. I couldn’t help but think of some of the modern players who’ve cheated the game through their use of performance-enhancing drugs as I listened to the opening remarks of Major League Baseball commissioner Kenesaw “Mountain” Landis, “May this museum forever stand as a symbol of clean play and good

sportsmanship.”There were other sound clips from the likes of Connie Mack, whose 53

years managing in the Majors, from 1894 through 1951, will certainly never be approached; from the greatest shortstop ever, Honus Wagner; and from Babe Ruth, a player so good, baseball experts agree, that he could have made the Hall of Fame as a pitcher had he not left the mound for the outfield once it became apparent he had prodigious power when it came to hitting homeruns. As a hurler, in consecutive seasons, Ruth won 23 and 24 games and compiled a career 94-46 won-loss record to go along with an ERA of 2.28.

Several more sound clips were from play-by-play broadcasters of the 1940s and 50s. While I wish Gowdy, one of those play-by-play men himself for the Boston Red Sox, would have identified all of the broadcasters, I had no trouble identifying the unmistak-able voices of Yankee mike man Mel Allen and Dodger broadcaster Red Barber.

Gowdy then spoke Joe DiMaggio’s phenomenal streak of hitting in 56 straight games in 1941, the same year that Ted Williams became the last man to hit .400 over an entire season. Then it was on to the World War II era, a time when many of MLB’s greatest stars answered the military call, men like Bob Feller and Ted Williams, both of whom would also interrupt their careers yet again in the early 1950s for the Korean War.

Of course, Gowdy also covered the event that changed the face of baseball forever, when, in 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line and became the second man of color to ever play professional baseball. You’ll recall last month I told you of the first, Moses “Fleetwood” Walker, who caught for the Toledo entry in 1884 in the American Association.

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There were also sound bites from several World Series games, such as Enos “Country” Slaughter’s mad dash home all the way from first in Game 7 in the ’43 Fall Classic as Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky held onto the relay a bit too long while all of New England wept..

I heard the famous sound bite of Babe Ruth, afflicted with throat cancer and dying as he addressed a Yankee Stadium crowd on a day thrown in his honor in 1947. At the age of 53, he would be dead the following year.

Gowdy then spoke of the dominance of the great Casey Stengel-led Yankee teams of the late 40’s and early 50’s, a team so good it won five straight World Series from 1949 through 1953.

It was in the 1950s that baseball and that new medium TV got together. Gowdy spoke of that as well as Willie Mays’ amazing catch in the ’54 Series of a drive off the bat of the Cleveland Indians’ Vic Wertz.

Amazingly, however, there was no mention of Don Larson’s perfect game when the Yankee hurler allowed zero Dodgers to reach base in the ’56 Series.

There was a sound bite of a Henry Aaron homerun, one in which his clout clinched a Mil-waukee Brave pennant in ’57 and also one of the unmistakable voice of play-by-play legend Ernie Harwell, then a Baltimore Orioles announcer before his many years broadcasting for the Detroit Tigers.

Gowdy began the final decade, the 1960’s, of baseball’s first 100 years with his own 1960 call of Ted Williams’ final at bat of a brilliant yet unfulfilling career (since he never played on a World Series winner), when, on a 1-1 pitch from Baltimore’s Jack Fisher, he homered deep into the Boston bullpen in the eighth. Amazingly, since the Red Sox sell out almost every game nowadays, there were less than 11,000 people at Fenway to see the final at bat of Boston’s greatest player.

The next sound bite was Phil Rizutto’s “Holy Cow” call of one of my boyhood idols, Roger Maris’ 61st homerun off Boston’s Tracy Stallard to break the single-season home-run record, a record in the minds of many that still stands since only players like Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, all either admitted or strongly suspected ste-roid users, have hit more in a season.

Another sound bite was Vince Scully’s 1965 call of one of Sandy Koufax’s no-hitters, a perfect game. Amazingly, Scully called Dodger games in 2011, nearly a half century later.

Gowdy continued to set up sound bites of famous announcers, like Ray Scott, more widely recognized as the voice of the Green Bay Packers in the Sixties but also a Minnesota Twins’ play-by-play man who called the Twins’ pennant-winning moment in 1965, and Ernie Harwell, the Tiger announcer who called the Don Wert hit that plated the pennant-winning run in 1968.

Ironically, there was no mention of Denny McLain’s ’68 season, when he became baseball’s last 30-game winner, perhaps ever.

Despite my wondering how certain iconic moments in baseball history were excluded, I thought the compilers of the record did a commendable job. Certainly from the thousands and thousands of games played, how difficult it is to cover 100 years of baseball’s greatest moments and players.

Next month, as the NFL’s training camps open, I’ll switch gears and get you ready for football by profiling Chris Spielman, one of the Buckeye State’s hardest nuts to crack.

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The conference room was set up with computers at each chair — and a rapt student at each station.

The Rhodes State College Every Citizen Online train-ing project is in its second year, a grant-based program which allows for free coursework for people who don’t know how to use a computer. The class includes training on computer basics and email basics.

Something as simple as emailing a photo to a friend isn’t simple at all if you have no experience.

“The more you’re familiar with it, it’s second nature,” said Ginny Rice, adjunct instructor in the IT department at Rhodes State College. “It’s why seniors don’t text. It’s why kids don’t cook.

“And we kind of get stuck in, ‘I can’t do this.’” she said.Instead of giving up, the people in the classroom recently

were those who were tired of not getting it.“It’s the real trooper that comes out and says, ‘Doggone it,

I’m going to do this myself,’” Rice said. “You feel the exite-ment amongst the people here when they get it.”

Monetta Lloyd, of Gomer, was one of those people. “I am 83 years old, but I still want to learn it,” Lloyd said.

“But there’s just so many things I didn’t understand about it.”After class, she said she felt much more comfortable. She

compared it to when she taught school through the Lima schools’ STARS program — the children’s faces would light up with understanding.

“And that’s the way I felt today,” Lloyd said.Her friend, Betty Fogt, of Gomer, came along to understand

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fix the problem instead of explaining.“It’s done for you, and I need to learn to do it myself,” Fogt said.

“You need to use your mind. You either use it or you lose it.”Marge Garin, of Lima, attended because she needed to catch up.“I came because I started in a new business, and I need

computer skills,” said Garin, who is 76 years old. “In order to make a living, I’ve got to learn the computer.”

Donna Green, of Lima, also has a computer at home but admits she was frightened of viruses or doing something to really muck up the whole works.

“Sometimes I get stuck,” Green said, who is 45 years old. “(Rice) showed me what to do, and I got it. It was exciting.”

Rhodes State College Every Citizen Online training is free and gives six hours of hands-

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As we head into the second half of our warmer months, so many of us forget the howling winds of winter and actually com-

plain of being too hot. But, there is that small win-dow of time coming up in a few short weeks when I simply don’t hear anyone complain abut the weather. Fall not only seems to appeal to all, but I can per-sonally attest it’s also a wonderful time to travel.

Sure, I’ve always been a sucker for the brilliant hues of autumn that our deciduous trees exhibit, but I think there’s a deeper reason why I love traveling at this time of year.

You see, I’m a former high school English teacher, and while I certainly found my 32 years in the pro-fession worthwhile, I also often yearned to travel in the fall for the simple reason that I couldn’t take a week to wander away at the same time the school bells summoned me back.

So, periodically, I gazed out my classroom window as my stu-dents filed in and daydreamed for just a bit about traveling during the first couple months of a new school year.

Over the next several installments I’ll give you my experiences traveling the Northeast during the first week of October, a trip that would take me into five of the six New England states (only Rhode Island I neglected) and also beyond our border into New Brunswick, Canada.

It was the classic road trip, 2,700 miles in all, when Jane, my special lady, navigator and travel partner, and I finally pulled back

into town. In the next several months, I’ll tell you about Ken-nebunkport, Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine, all places, I think, you’ll want to see.

The former includes the residence of President George Walker Bush and his first lady, Barbara. The middle is a vibrant city, once home to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the Fireside Poets, about whom I once taught school lessons, a city which has one of the most interesting harbor districts I’ve ever seen. And, the latter area includes the splendor of Acadia National Park.

Then, we’ll head across the border into New Brunswick to check out a couple of Canadian Saints, St. John and St. Andrews and the majestic Bay of Fundy.

To show you that wending your way home on a road trip doesn’t have to be full of depressing thoughts about the trip’s

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Off Route 1, which runs from Maine to Key West, Fla., a classic lobster-clam shack.

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coming to an end, I’ll give you a pretty good look at the rustic and exceedingly historical Massachusetts twin towns of Lexington and Concord, Jane and my extemporaneous side trip which was so worthwhile.

This was the second time Jane and I decided to preload a Visa vacation card to pay our expenses along the way, and I must say that it worked out exceedingly well. Of course, before we decide on a new travel plan, like all of you, we make sure there is expendable income to sate our wanderlust.

So, we thought, why not again seed a Visa travel card with our upfront money, this time, $2,000 dol-lars, and use it for gas, food and lodging? Except for tolls on the New York State Thruway and the Mas-sachusetts Turnpike and a few incidentals, we used the card everywhere, and not once, with the univer-sally recognized Visa symbol, was the card ever not accepted. Check with AAA for how to obtain such a card, and I don’t think you’ll regret it.

It’s kind of like free money. When you pay as you go, instead of using a conventional credit card, there is no nagging thought every time you pull it out that, sometime, after you arrive home, there will come a day that a huge bill for your fun will arrive.

Why the idea, I think, appealed to me the first time I used this approach on a European vacation months earlier had its origin in a travel experience many years ago, when my kids were little, and we took a trip to Disney World, using a pre-paid plan to obtain a card that was swiped for all attractions and all meals in Orlando. I remember the relief whenever we pulled the card out that what-ever we spent, it had already been paid for.

By the time our travel was over, even with all the gas and eight days’ worth of lodging and food, there was still money left, almost four hundred dol-lars, which we left on, as a foundation for our next trip. The money was safe, and there was no second service charge when we added more money to the card before we packed our bags again for a later trip a few months later. I wholeheart-edly recommend you try this approach.

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While these organizations are a great place to start, it is always important to consult an elder law attorney before making decisions that could have lasting financial impact. For example, while a pri-mary residence does not count against the $1,500 asset test to qualify for Medicaid in Ohio, there are estate recovery provisions that allow the state in some circumstances to recover some health care costs by placing a lien on the home. Work with an experienced elder law attorney to make sure your family can keep your home without exposing it to potential recovery by the state.Be creative

The expansion of Ohio’s popular Passport program, which provides seniors with Medicaid-funded home-based care has helped to more than quadruple the number of seniors receiving care at their homes since 1993. Securing funding for home care as an alternative to assisted living facilities or nursing homes is one way to ease the per-sonal and financial burden on aging seniors and their families.

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The corner across Main Street from the Allen County Court-house was once a quiet block, but Lima’s growth changed that forever.

Its story begins with Dr. William McHenry, who was born May 31, 1812, in Pennsylvania. He grew up the son of poor Irish immigrants but decided to study and work hard to become a doc-tor. As a young man, he heard the new Lima was selling lots for

houses on a rela-tively cheap basis — a real estate market was really just begin-ning, as the town was just beginning — so he set off by horseback from the Xenia area for Lima.

According to “Behind the Gauze Curtain,” a medi-cal history book

by Dr. Donald W. English, McHenry came to Lima in May 1834 and at his arrival was Lima’s second physician. He stopped at Daniel Tompkins’ store downtown to inquire about lodging, and Tompkins invited him to dinner, according to a 1944 edition of a historical newsletter published by the Allen County Historical Society. At this dinner, he met Tompkins’ sister Malvina, and they were married Dec. 17, 1835. English’s book reports McHenry con-tinued his medical education by attending lectures in the tri-state area. He was the first doctor with an industrial contract in the county. He was hired to attend to the men digging the Miami & Erie Canal in Delphos at a fee of $20 a trip, and he visited twice a week. McHenry bought acreage north and east of Main and North streets (later McHenry’s Addition) and built a house at the corner of those streets, facing Main street. It was a large home, well-built of brick and stately as it rose on a high lot. The four-bedroom house was heated with fireplaces and woodstoves. There were the remains of an orchard there, said to be planted by Johnny Apple-seed.

But later, he sold his home to James O. Ohler and bought another east of there also on North Street.

Ohler had plans for that corner. In 1889, Ohler started building

the Metropolitan Block there, a large brick structure that would hold both offices and apartments. The McHenry house was in the way, so Ohler decided to move it just east a bit and turn it to face North Street.

“The old McHenry residence yesterday started on its journey to its new foundation on East North Street. The old brick moves slowly but surely and safely and went about 15 feet yesterday. It will take three or four days to get it to its new location,” a news-paper story from March 29, 1889, reported.

“It was considered a great engineering feat when it was moved back to the present site, in order to make room for the construc-tion of the new block on the corner,” a 1915 story reminisced.

The Metropolitan Block would take up the corner, and the

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McHenry house would be tucked right in beside it and would have a new front added to make it appear more businesslike.

“As soon as the weather settles in the spring, Mr. Ohler will begin the erection of a handsome pressed brick stone trimmed block, eight stories high, which will have all the latest imporve-ments and conveniences. It will be one of the handsomest blocks in the city and add much to the appearance of North Main Street,” a Jan. 11, 1889, reported.

The Metropolitan Block didn’t quite make it to eight stories, but it did have five — and an elevator, which was such a newfangled device that some scoffed Ohler would never be able to rent the top floors because people wouldn’t want to ride in the contrap-

tion. The McHenry house was

named Hotel Ohler. It later became known as the Paine Block, which was Ohler’s wife’s maiden name. The hotel opened in 1889, and an advertisement published in 1892 reports a ticket for 21 meals went for $3.50. By 1894, Ohler was remodeling. It doesn’t appear, accord-ing to news reports, to have been a terribly popular or grand place.

In 1915, the hotel was sold.

“The Paine building is thus, in part at least, one of the oldest structures in the city. For years after it was built it was called by the wags of the city ‘Hotel de Ohler.’ It was in the old McHenry house that the directors of the Pennsylvania railroad held their meetings when they visited Lima in the early ‘50s as the now famous rail-road was being constructed through Lima, the first to open this city to the outside world,” a newspaper story reported Feb. 2, 1915.

Ohler moved to California in 1918 to pursue a better climate for an ill child and was hailed as a Lima real estate marvel at his death in Los Angeles in 1930. The Metropolitan Block had been home to many businesses

over the years like Stippich Hardware and has generally been suc-cessful — attracting renovation help in the 1990s from American House and recent talk of redevelopment — but the Paine Block fell more and more into disrepair.

In 1962, a bar at that location was cited for delinquent sales tax, and the building was razed in 1967 to make room for a parking lot.

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When Judy Jacomet was young, she went to college to pursue her dream of becoming an elementary teacher. But through a serendipitous event, she has spent the past 35 years advocating for seniors by working at

the Allen County Council on Aging. Her story begins in Detroit, where she was born 65 years ago. After graduating

from high school, she obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Detroit. Judy “taught in the Catholic school for awhile, but I couldn’t control the children well enough,” she said honestly. This prompted her to “get a degree in guidance counseling” by attending graduate school.

“After I hadn’t taken many classes, I got hired by the state of Michigan as an employment counselor helping people that were looking for work,” she said. She finished her master’s at Detroit’s Wayne State University, while continuing in her position as an employment counselor.

The woman moved to Lima in 1976 when she married her first husband, who was transferred here for work.

“I left my job then. It wasn’t very long ... after we were married my [former] husband told me that he didn’t want to be married or have children,” she said.

Despite the heartbreak of divorce, Judy Jacomet “liked Lima so much, I stayed

Lima’s Judy JacometA journey of helping seniors for 35 years


here,” she said.She worked at Lazarus and procured an apartment. In the fall of 1976, Judy attended a tea for new members for the

League of Women Voters, which would change her path forever. There she met the first director of the Allen County Council on Aging who asked her if she would consider volunteering for the newly formed organization.

The energetic senior believes this was a divine appointment. “God wanted me to be in this kind of job,” she said. Not long after becoming a volunteer, the director moved away, and a then 29-year-old Jacomet applied for the position.

For about a dozen years, she served as the director, while the non-profit grew tremendously. Then over two decades ago, Judy became the information and referral specialist there, a position which allows her to assist seniors personally. “I prefer working directly with the people than in administration,” she said.

In the beginning, Judy’s staff consisted solely of a volunteer secretary, an outreach worker, and volunteers. Today the agency employs 26.

“I get to meet new clients, and help people learn about other services in the community like housing, meal programs, and finan-cial assistance,” said the senior advocate. She also is involved with special events, gives talks, and other outreach work.

The silver-haired Jacomet admits she had hoped to have chil-dren, but didn’t. However, she did get a second chance at love with second husband, Steve Jacomet. The two met when he was the volunteer coordinator at the Council on Aging. They became friends, and then after he left the agency they “started dating.” The couple married in 1983. “I knew I could trust Steve Jacomet,” she said smiling.

During their 18 years of marriage, her spouse struggled with severe diabetes. Then tragically in 2002, he had a series of strokes and died when he was only 53. “We got along well. We helped our parents [by becoming] caregivers as they got older. We had foster children,” said Judy.

She was only in her mid-50s when she was widowed. A true sur-vivor, she made it through.

“I had work. My dad was still living. I had friends. I volunteer for different things, so I had a lot of social connection,” she said. Her cats kept her company, too.

Judy Jacomet seems to possess an incredibly cheerful disposition, despite some rather negative past circumstances. “I feel so young, and my health is good,” she said. But during difficult days, the Lima lady clings to the promise in the 23rd Psalm, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”

She does her best to assist her clients, but she trusts that some-one greater is in control.

“My faith has grown over the years, and I trust God more to take care of myself and other people, too,” she said.

Last December, she cut back to a four-day work week to have additional time for the activities she enjoys including: walking, reading, playing the piano and volunteering. She also teaches Sun-day school at Lima’s St. Rose Catholic Church and volunteers in the spiritual care department at St. Rita’s Medical Center. As for eventually retiring, she’s not making any plans yet, but “God will tell me when it’s time,” she said.

Christina Ryan Claypool is the author of the book, Seeds of Hope for Survivors. Contact her through her website at www.christinaryanclaypool.com.

Judy Jacomet has worked at the Allen County Council on Aging for 35 years. The most rewarding part of her work is listening to the unique stories of seniors. “They have gone through so much and made it through,” she said.

• photo by Christina Ryan Claypool

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provide proof of your U.S. citizenship (if you have not previ-ously established it with us) or immigration status. You’ll need to show us evidence of your legal name change by showing us documentation of your old and new names. Such documents could include a court order for a name change, marriage cer-tificate, divorce decree, or Certificate of Naturalization. Finally, you’ll need to show us proof of identity. All documents submit-ted must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. Visit our website about your Social Security card and number at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber where you can get more information and fill out your application. Or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).

Q:Recently, I was told I shouldn’t be carrying my Social Security card around. Is that true?

A: We encourage you to keep your Social Security card at home in a safe place. Do not carry it with you unless you

are taking it to a job interview or to someone who requires it. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, and the best way to avoid becoming a victim is to safeguard your card and number. To learn more, visit our Social Security number and card page at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ ssnumber.

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Q: I just started my first job and my paycheck is less than I expected. Why am I paying for retirement ben-efits when I have a lifetime to live before retirement?

A: Besides being required by law, you are securing your own financial future through the payment of Social Security and

Medicare taxes. The taxes you pay now translate to a lifetime of protection, whether you retire or become disabled. And when you die, your family (or future family) may be able to receive survivors benefits based on your work as well. Aside from all the benefits in your own future, your Social Security and Medicare payments also help today’s retirees. To learn more, visit our web-site at www.socialsecurity.gov.

Q: My father receives Social Security retirement ben-efits, and I will be in charge of his estate when he dies. Should that occur, do I need to report his death

to Social Security or will benefits automatically stop?

A: When your father dies, please notify Social Security as soon as possible by calling us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY

1-800-325-0778). Another person, such as a spouse, may be eli-gible for survivors benefits based on his record. Also, we might be able to pay a one-time payment of $255 to help with funeral expenses. We suggest reading a copy of our online publication, How Social Security Can Help You When A Family Member Dies, at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10008.html.


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Q: I have been getting Social Security disability ben-efits for many years. I’m about to hit my full retire-ment age. What will happen to my disability ben-

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A: When you reach “full retirement age” we will switch you from disability to retirement benefits. But you won’t

even notice the change because your benefit amount will stay the same. It’s just that when you reach retirement age, we consider you to be a “retiree” and not a disability beneficiary. To learn more, visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME

Q: My 15-year-old sister has been blind since birth. I think she should apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), but my parents think because she’s a

minor, they’re responsible for her and she won’t qualify. Who is right?

A: To qualify for SSI, an individual must meet certain income and resource limits. Since your sister is a minor,

some of your parents’ income and resources will determine whether your sister is eligible for SSI. Once your sister turns 18, their income and resources won’t be considered when deciding her eligibility and payment amount. Tell your parents they can check at any Social Security office to see if your sis-ter qualifies. To learn more, visit our website at www.socialse-curity.gov or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).

Q: I’m on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and live with my two brothers in an apartment. My SSI payment is cut by one-third because the Social

Security office says I don’t pay enough of the household expenses. How much of the expenses must I pay in order to get the full SSI rate?

A: Under the rules of the program, you must be paying an equal share of the expenses. Because there are three of

you in the household, you must pay one-third of the expenses. If you are not paying an equal share of the rent, utilities, gro-ceries, and other household expenses, your SSI payment must be reduced. To learn more, visit our website at www.social security.gov.

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A: You can get your Medicare card replaced without leav-ing your home. Just go online to http://www.socialsecurity.

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