We recently did a story on the Erie County Senior Center in downtown Sandusky and I had the opportunity to meet Iola Palmerson. Iola is the ping-pong champion of her age group in Erie County.
Sometimes my job as a photojournalist can take me to some crazy places. I've had my head out the top of the Tin Goose while taking photos, numerous rides at Cedar Point on Media Day and even the control booth inside the Sandusky Coal Docks.
For my son's birthday we bought him a step stool with a “Cars” theme.
We have two boys and at the time, only one stool.
You can guess how well that went over.
As Indians fans gear up for the team’s first home series of the season, it’s time to spare a couple of thoughts for the game’s least appreciated and most unloved participants — the umpires.
On Saturday, I went with five other Sandusky Register journalists to a Society of Professional Journalists conference in Columbus. It was our day off. The paper covered our registration fees, but we covered our own food, lodging, bar tab, etc.
I promised you updates on the eagles that set up their nest at the Old Dutch Tavern in Perkins Township and one was provided to me without me stepping foot over in that n
Mills Creek Golf Course hosted the Michelle Keegan Memorial Golf Outing Saturday. Michelle Keegan, 36, died almost two months ago after a sudden illness. She was a 1990 graduate of Sandusky High School with her twin sister Dana.
Maybe I'm easily influenced by what people say, and it seems ironic that I want to write this blog about the brother-in-law of the man who is suing me. But one man is not another, and the actions of one should not influence my thoughts of the other.
In case you haven't heard, Orlando Pace is now with the Chicago Bears. I really like the move as I was a big Bears fan in the 1980's. I think everyone was with Walter Payton, the Fridge, Jim McMahon and the Super Bowl Shuffle.
It is a truism that people overestimate what can happen in two years and underestimate what can happen in five. When you think about the web, it's really remarkable what's happened to it in the last five years. Facebook was a month old in March of 2004.
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