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4 Thursday, June 20, 2013 Springboro Sun
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I dont knowabout you, but everytime
I hear someone shout Get off your rock-
er, Im sitting outside Cracker Barrel
waiting to be seated for Sunday lunch.
Well, this is a whole nother way to cele-
brate with five guys that love southern
country, country, and rock.
R U thinking Lynyrd Skynyrd? I know
I am. Their philosophy is simple: We
believe people like to hear good music
they know andloveperformedwith talent
and skill, and thats us cause were OffR
Rockers. This is one of Cincinnatis top
cover bands in the genre of the aforemen-
tioned music styles. They do cover songs
only, so dont be asking for any balle t,
theater or rap music.
Wear your western hats, boots, shirts
(no spurs) and get ready to hoe down.
Horses and buckboards need to park in
the corral across the road. . Its gonna be
HUGE so get off your rockers and come
early forgood seating, bring a chair, blan-
ket, your picnic basket, and refreshments.
The Rotary Club will have the park
refreshment stand open at 6:30 p.m. A
15-minute break will occur between 8-
8:15 p.m. to give everyone a chance to
stretch their legs, grab a soda, snack, hit
the restrooms and get ready for the sec-
ond hal f. Danci ng i s per mitt ed and encouraged in front of the stage so make
sure you wear your dancing boots.
Sure hope they play some two stepping
music like Billy Curringtons Pretty
goodat drinking beer. Lucyand I loveto
two step. I ts next Tuesday, July 2 at 7
p.m., and theres no charge, thanks to our
great city of Springboro.
The July/August edition ofSpringboro
45066, the TV news magazine of our
community, willbeginairingon July 1 on
Time Warner channel 6 in the Dayton
South viewing area. And it will be avail-
able for streaming at www.mvcc.net .
Click on archived video, then
Springboro, then the July/August edition
to watch the show 24/7 anywhere in the
world. In this edition, we visit Lisa at the
librar y for updates for August and
September and I head out on a mission to
f ind a l ibrary visitor that can answer
some questions about libraries in the 21st
century.Very interesting piece. We stop at
Heatherwoode for a late summer golf
update and get all the news on banquets,
parties, etc. and then meet with David atthe Coffman Family Y for the latest info
on programs comingup this fall. I tracked
down an up and coming rock star that
lives right here in Springboro. Yes, she
was home for a couple of days and in
rehearsal. Meet Ashley Martin and her
band. Shes been playing all over the
country the last few months. Opening for
some large acts and rocking the house.
This young lady has enough energy to
power Springboro. On Meet Your
Neighbor Mayor Agenbroad chats with
local resident and business owner profes-
sional photographer Kerin Campbell of
Campbell Photographyand we take a tour
of the historic district in the good old
summer time. I haveto remark here that I
frequently run into people that l ive in
Uptown Springboro, the Settlers Walk
area, that had no idea we had a historic
district. Their children go to Five Points
and they work north, so the opportunity
to venture south on Main Street never
happened until. that day. They were
astounded and so amazed at how beauti-
ful it was and the businesses that existed.
Some are frequent visitors now at
Heathers Coffee and Caf and love the
ambience.
OK, heres a few air dates so set your
DVRs. Monday, July 1 at 11:30 p.m.;
Wednesday, July 3 at 11:30 a.m.;
Thursday, July 4 at 6:30 p.m. and
Saturday, July 6 at 1:15 p.m. The show
will air 30 times during July and August.
Future dates will appear in another col-
umn.
Heatherwoode Golf Club will be fea-
turing entertainment and great food on
the patio every Wednesday this summer
from 6:30 till 10 p.m. Its a very relaxed
andcomfortable atmosphere and thefoodis outstanding. Im hooked. And the third
Wednesday of each summer month
July/August/September, the K&W is fea-
turing karaoke and dancing right there on
South Main Street in the Historic District
from 6-9:30p.m., so bring your voiceand
dancing shoes for good times.
Yo u c an re ac h m e a ny time a t:
Off R Rockers at North ParkMERGE WRIGHT
By D
on Wright
Times
Columnist
The can
collectingcrazecontinues
While writing last weeks column on the Dixie Drive-In,
like you, it brought back many memories, including the
Sunday Paris Flea Market.
This is where, as a 14 year old kid, I began what would
become an obsession collecting beer cans.
Now if youre a guy around 50 or a gal that married a guy
that age, chances are as you were combining your things for
your new home together, Id
bet (in a box or three) he had
beer cans.For some reason, a teen
boy in the 1970s and early
80s collected them.
They had cool colors, dif-
ferent logos and the older
they were, the more money
they could be worth.
Yes, at one time a mint
condition Kruegers Cream
Ale can from the 1930s
could be worth thousands of dollars. Who knew?
Well my neighbor Joe, who is still my neighbor buddy, and I
decided we were gonna be collectors - which became a can
craze.
We started small and after my dad would grab a cold PBR
(Pabst Blue Ribbon), he had explicit instructions to open from
the bottom, leaving the pop top on; its more valuable that way.
Flea markets caught on to the craze and vendors would sell
them, but the Dixie Drive-In was a hot spot for teens to congre-
gate with friends since it opened in 1959 and of course like all
teens did, we would sneak beer in to the theater. (Heaven for-
bid!)
Well, one of my fellow collectors received a tip that on the
sides of the drive-in were wooded areas where empty beer cans
were pitched.
We hit a gold mine, for us at least.
We found all sorts of cans from the 60s and before
Ketterings Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top most of these
cans were flat tops, meaning you had to use a beer can opener.
Now they werent in the greatest shape, nothing a little naval
jelly couldnt fix.
Lots of these cans were tin, before the aluminum industry set
the standard, so naval jelly removed the rust and sometimes the
paint too, but for the most part it did the trick.
At that time, some of the breweries were on board with col-
lectors, sending out a nice package of their line of beers (minus
the beer of course) if requested.The Pittsburgh Brewing Company, maker of Iron City and
Old Frothingslosh Beer, would ship dozens to you with pictures
of Steelers and Pirate teams of the day.
Olde Frothingslosh Pale Stale Ale, with the foam on the bot-
tom, always had a picture of an extremely large woman in a
one-piece bathing suit with a banner draped over her shoulder
reading, Miss Olde Frothingslosh.
Eventually, Joe and I amassed over a thousand different cans
from breweries all over the country.
The neighborhood was crawling with collectors.
Hey, what would you take for the old Ortels Beer cone top
can? one collector asked.
How bout two Budweiser flat tops? wed respond.
And the wheeling and dealing continued.
After some trips to the library to peruse through beer memo-
rabilia books, we stumbled on a group of people that shared our
passion.
The Beer Can Collectors of America, the BCCA (nowknown as the Brewery Collectibles Club of America because
its now more than just beer cans), was founded in 1970 and
continues today.
We paid our dues and joined up.
Most collectors would have doubles of a brand or type of
can, so those were available to trade.
Before email, texting, etc., we would converse through mail
(remember that?).
Wed make a deal and ship duplicate cans to trade for the
duplicates we lacked and when the package arrived on this end,
it was like Christmas.
Another cool can to add to our collection.
My passion turned to obsession back at the Dixie Flea mar-
ket, when I bought an old Schoenling Beer neon sign for $25
bucks. That was a ton back then for a kid making $3 cutting
grass.
But, the beer signs were so cool.
With the advent of eBay, I ended up with a nice collection ofsigns too.
Now Im told my $25 initial investment for my first neon is
worth hundreds of dollars.
Its my personal 401-k!
Collecting was more than just displaying colorful cans; we
received valuable life lessons like how to negotiate, inventory
our collection and how to market our duplicates.
It was also a history lesson.
Before prohibition, breweries flourished here in the United
States. During prohibition, many closed.
When prohibition was repealed, many breweries reopened
and many did not.
The beer industry grew in the 1940s, 50s and 60s but by
the 70s, many of the smaller breweries were gobbled up by big
ones.
For a small brewery to compete they had two choices, merge
with a company that had cash flow or close.
Look at a comparison,
When one of the big guys is making 98 million barrels of
beer and the small guy 47,000, well you see the problem.
Now fast forward to 2013, microbreweries are in abundance.
The craft beer is on a roll and business is good.
As far as our collection, well Joe got married as did I, kids
came soon after and our collection obsession sorta took a back
seat.
Most of the 1000 plus cans ended up in boxes. We split them
up and like a divorce, he got half and I the other.
Most of our friends either sold theirs or threw them away
(that kills me).
But, Joe and I decided to hang on to a little of our childhood
(both halves in our respective basements).
You never know if the collecting craze will take off again.
And, if it does, do you think I can still find naval jelly?
Cheers, Buch
MORE BUCH: For more on the aforementioned beer mem-
orabilia group visit www.bcca.com
Much to the displeasure and
chagrin of the radical right-
wingers, evidence is showing
that the Affordable Care Act
(ACA) will be a huge success
for the vast majority of
Americans.
The ACA takes a three part
approach to healthcare reform:
First, no more exclusion based
on pre-existing conditions.
Second, the mandate you
must buy insurance even if
youre currently healthy. Third,
there are subsidies to make
insurance affordable for those
with lower incomes. This is the
approach taken in
Massachusetts, where it has
been successful and remains
popular, even if the former gov-
ernor responsible for theapproach, Mitt Romney, tried to
distance himself from it in his
recent loosing presidential cam-
paign.
The Affordable Care Act has
one major goal: increasing
access to affordable health care
for all Americans. One of the
prime mechanisms to accom-
plish that goal is a series of state
health-care exchanges, where
people without employer-pro-
vided insurance will be able to
buy coverage from competing
insurers.
The evidence from
California, our most populous
state, is now coming in. We are
now getting an important
glimpse at that exchange sys-
tem. Last week, California
revealed the bids from the 13
insurance companies participat-ing in its exchange, named
Covered California. They are
dramatically lower than expect-
ed. Premiums are averaging
$321 per month. That beats pre-
vious estimates that predicted
rates of at least $450.
Prices would vary signifi-
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For example, according to
KQED Public Radio, a 21-year-
old buying the least expensive
plan would pay $216 per month
or, with the most generous sub-
sidy, only $44. These low premi-
ums will be a major boon for
consumers that would allow
millions of Americans to enroll
in affordably priced healthcare
Insurance.
The lure of dramatically
increased market share has actu-
ally caused insurers to lower
their prices which is precise-
ly what President Obama said
would happen.
However there maybe prob-
lems on the horizon; f ive other
states states work under this
California model:
Massachusetts, New York,Oregon, Rhode Island, and
Vermont. Others work under the
clearinghouse model, which
allows health-care plans under
criteria that are much less strict
than the rules set by California.
States could replicate
Californias success, but some
wont for political reasons.
There are a number of states
where public officials have been
deliberately refusing to try to
make the new law work well,
and congressional Republicans
are also doing their best to try to
stymie implementation.
Residents of California, Oregon,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New
York, and other eager imple-
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gains from the new law than
residents of Texas, Florida, and
Alabama.
Since a very large share of
uninsured Americans live in
those red states, this will be a
real tragedy for their people.
This could also have major
political implications- as major
contrasts develop between states
like California and Texasemerge, the sheer mean-spirited-
ness of the healthcare reform
opponents will become more
obvious.
Here in Ohio we must hold
our state government account-
able to ensure that the ACP is
fully implemented, include the
Medicare expansion.
ACA needs to be fully implementedJohn
MurphyTimes
columnist
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