Holy Cow! History: The Titanic’s other casualties
Our ancestors were in shock 112 years ago. How could the RMS Titanic, the engineering marvel of its age, a ship designed with such exacting care that it was proclaimed “unsinkable,” be lost on its maiden voyage?
Jim Lippincott and a football dream fulfilled
For Lima Central Catholic 1967 graduate Jim Lippincott, the game of football has always consumed him. Despite his diminutive size at 104 pounds as a freshman, so small he remembers being told by a coach that, because of safety reasons, he wouldn’t play him, Lippincott was determined to make football his life’s work. A combination of his networking skills back before the term “networking” was in vogue, and a tireless work ethic made it happen.
Lori Borgman: Conversations are growing ear-resistible
My husband and I have experienced some hearing loss. The most frequently heard word at our house is “WHAT!?”
John Grindrod: Shakespeare, me and incompatibility
For many, including my Lady Jane, a past two-term president of the St. Marys Shakespeare Club, Tuesday of this week certainly was a special day, as it was William Shakespeare’s 460th birthday. All who have immersed themselves in his plays and sonnets and marveled at his considerable abilities with a quill in his hand may have spent some time thinking about the Elizabethan icon.
Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Max’s Mini Swap
Civic Center to host dance recital
LIMA — Steppin’ Out Dance Center is set to have its 31st showcase with two shows this weekend.
Baseball notebook: Shawnee’s Gallegos tosses gem in relief
OTTAWA – When the test of Carder Daily’s troublesome elbow didn’t go as well as hoped, Shawnee had an answer waiting in the wings.
Unemployment up in Lima area, but so is labor force
COLUMBUS — Allen County’s unemployment rate increased in March, but the labor force grew to its largest levels in a year and a half, according to data released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
Is Taylor Swift’s new album poetry?
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift has released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
FirstEnergy paid $300k to nonprofit tied to Huffman
COLUMBUS – At the height of its sweeping Statehouse bribery scheme, FirstEnergy secretly paid $300,000 over five checks to a dark money nonprofit its lobbyist explicitly associated with now-Senate President Matt Huffman, new records show.
