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Greetings ladies on your special
day! It has been twelve years
since my precious little Mom
went to be with the Lord. It seems like
only yesterday that she was guiding and
pushi ng me in the right direc tion, not to
mention scolding, teaching, mentoring,
testing, challenging and above all express-
ing her love day in and day out. Thats
what all you wonderful mothers do!
There is not a single day that goes by, no
matter where I am or what I am doing that
I do not think of her. She touched my life in
so many ways and I just wish I could say
thank you one last time. When they are
with us physically, we have a tendency to
think they will always be here.
When they have departed, we
have to rely on the spiritual
contact, co-mingled with our
preci ous memori es, and I have
so many of them to be thankful
for. This is my sixteenth year of
writing a Mothers Day message and its a
great feeling to be able to reach out to
Mothers everywhere to let them know how
truly special they are; I hope my letters put
into perspective how much our Moms mean
to us.
We just returned from a business trip in
Memphis, Tennessee and my wife had the
opportunity to go with me. Naturally you
cannot go to Memphis without visiting
Graceland, the home of the King of Rock
and Roll Elvis Presley. While we were at
Graceland, I could see my Mom in so many
ways, and this is one of those memories. I
had paper routes when I was young, deliv-
ering the Journal Herald before school and
the Dayton Daily News after school. Mom
felt comfortable letting me deliver papers
after school by myself, but in the morning
when it was still dark and she drove me
from house to house. After delivering
paper s on Saturd ay, we went to a family
restaurant and had breakfast for less than
$2.00. Can you believe that! We put money
in the jukebox and played f ive Elvis songs
for a quarter. Mom would say he treats his
mom so wonderful and has a big heart for
everyone else. She would also say that his
music will live on forever even though he
has an illness with drugs and no one seems
to be able to help him. Well, my little Mom
was right as always.
Happy Mothers Day ladies! May you
have a wonderful day and many, many
more to follow, God Bless!
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COMMENTARY
By William H.
Wild
TimesColumnist
Lucky Eddies
story is
Americas story
It was one of my jobs years ago to read
and edit the usually impeccable writings
of Laurence (Larry) Newman Jr., then
an associate editor of Daytons Cox newspa-
pers.I remember his reflections on the life and times
of Edward G. Breen when Larry got particularly
agitated at the state of local politics. Somehow,
though, we never got time to explore much of
what Larry knew about the man called Lucky
Eddie.
Fortunately for me, a friend not long ago
loaned me a copy of a family memoir, Lucky
Eddie The Life, Times and Family of former
U.S. Congressman, Edward G. Breen by his
son, Edward Focke Breen. Some of Larrys
observations and musings about Lucky Eddie
are in it.
The elder Breen died in 1991, well after
Larry (who died in Maine last year) had
retired to Connecticut and then his family turf
in Maine.
But reading the memoir stirred my ownmemories, including recollections of astonish-
ment, at Larrys insistence that the Breen
example was an important one for Dayton to
remember.
Whether Larry realized it or not, the Breen
world of politics was undergoing some of the
kinds of wrenching changes that Larrys
world of journalism was just then encounter-
ing.
That makes the E. F. Breen memoir rather
more meaningful to me than just another fam-
ily story. If youre interested, copies are still
available at the Air Force Museum and
Carillon Historical Park.
Two Breen items from the Newman writ-
ings are in the book. One is the moment
Breen declared for Congress, the other recol-
lections of good times on Mt. Desert Island inMaine.
The former was written when Larry set his
jaw in a stubbo rn line to make a point about
local politics.
This is the quote:
Its worth remembering that [the Breen]
sense of principle was such that when he
declared his candidacy for Congress, he
resigned as mayor in view of the fact that
Daytons municipal government is non-parti-
san so that neither I, personally, or the
office represented can be embarrassed at any
time by the impropriety of partisan indul-
gence.
The words may have sounded lofty, but
they told us a lot about the mans character.
The current Ed Breen teaches at Stivers and
recently made a last foray into politics.Never again, he says.
Hes started writing about Mt. Desert, and
even though the world of books has turned
turtle like newspaper journalism and politics,
well, its a labor of love like his fathers story.
It is especially worth noting that the Breen
and Focke families share an immigration
backg round (detai led in the book after fasc i-
nating and painstaking research).
Its a story of America that should be an
example for us today amid the immigration
debate. Ed Breen recently arranged a
replacement in Calvary Cemetery of a statue
of 8-year-old Clement Focke who drowned in
1888.
The statue was stolen in 1995. Was it melt-
ed down?
Does it adorn some fraternity house faraway?
The replacement was installed by crane so
is unlikely to be carted off.
Its too bad that the kind of character Lucky
Eddie exemplified and Larry Newman cele-
brate d could nt be instal led by crane to resis t
theft as well.
A big thank you from the mayorGUEST COLUMN
By JohnArgonbroad
Springboro
Mayor
Debtors prisons are making a come-
back. Its been on the internet, in
the papers and on TV. And guess
what? Ohio is one of five states that has rein-
stated the concept.
Chis piece might sound a bit Orwellian. My
hope is that its just satire and nothing else.
The headline reads Millions of jobs lost toChina and other countries are returning to the
U.S. Why? Ten million unemployed who are
behind on their credit cards, mortgages, car
payments, medical bills, taxes and more will
be tried, convicted and sentenced to anywhere
from a year to ten years in newly formed
debtors prisons at select industrial locations
around the country. Huge bunk houses are
under construction for the convicted to sleep
in when theyre not toiling seven days a week
to pay off their debts and help rebuild the
economy working in refineries, assembly
plants, manufacturing industries, and coal
mines.
Yes, America, slave labor is returning under
a new guise Rebuild America. Outstanding
receivables with huge interest add-ons will be
collected first from those convicted as theytoil at $1.50-2 per hour. Workers will receive
three squares of ramen noodles each day, one
bar of soap per week and one towel for bi-
daily showers. Reimbursement to the corpora-
tion for necessities will be through a bank loan
at release. Miss a payment and your return
will be quick. Family visits on certain holidays
will be allowed and in many cases whole fam-
ilies will be in prison to speed up repayment.
A family of four working seven days a week
could cut a 10-year sentence to just 2.5 years.
Its hoped this new concept will eliminate any
necessity of Wall Street, the auto industry and
others ever having to borrow from the govern-
ment again. To head the operation big busi-
ness has selected Bernie Madoff to oversee
financials from his prison office. Bernie still
has 148 years left on his ponzi scheme sen-tence and is a natural to coordinate (but not
touch) the monies. If your more than two
months behind on home, car, credit card, med-
ical bills right now you can turn yourself in at
your local police department for transporta-
tion to an industrial site in your geographic
area. Lets just all meet down at the police sta-
tion tomorrow right after lunch (no ramen
noodles) the quicker we get working the soon-
er well be free againright?
The May/June edition of Springboros TV
news magazine 45066 is now airing on
Time Warner Cable in the Dayton South
Viewing Area. Mayor John Agenbroad and I
have put together another excellent edition for
our first show of our 11th year. The mayor and
I met with Marsha Kelly, owner of ImageMark It; Darren Dulsky, owner of Carmelas
Pizzeria; Gene Lolli, our departing superin-
tendent of schools; Terry Baver, former editor
of the Springboro Star Press and Springboro
Sun; and Tom West, general manager of
Heatherwoode Golf Club. Marsha Kelly
talked with David Thompson at the Coffman
Family Y and Lisa at the Springboro Librar.
The mayor met with Bob Dimmit, the former
police chief of Clearcreek Township for the
Meet Your Neighbor segment. Gene Lolli
introduced us to two outstanding teachers.
The show airs 30 times during its two-
month run at various times. If youre as busy
as Lucy and I, youll need to set your DVR to
catch it so you can view it at a convenient
time. Heres the next 10 air dates: Thursday,
May 10 at 11:30 a.m.; Friday, May l1 at 12
a.m.; Saturday, May 12 at 11:05 p.m.;
Wednesday, May 16 at 8:30 p.m., Thursday,
May 17 at 6:30 p.m.; Friday, May 18 at 10
p.m.; Saturday, May 19 at 11:30 a.m.; Sunday,
May 20 at 2:30 p.m.; Monday, May 21 at 1:15
p.m.; and Wednesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. You
can also view it streaming on the internet 24
hours a day anywhere in the world. Heres
how: Go to www.mvcc.net, look to the bottom
right youll see Archived Streaming, click
on it then click on Springboro All CityFeature Programs then click on May/June
edition of Springboro 45066, sit back and
enjoy the show.
Make a note now to plan on attending our
17th annual Memorial Day parade, service
and picnic. It all starts on South Main Street at
State Route 73 and goes to Wade Field behind
the Intermediate School at the end of the his-
toric district.
The parade starts at 2 p.m., service at 2:30
p.m. and picnic at 2:55 p.m. Our grand mar-
shal this year is Springboro resident Dr.
Berkwood Farmer. Dr. Farmer was a member
of the U.S. Army from 1960-71. He served as
a commander in Viet Nam for two years where
he received the Bronze Star for Valor. In 1968,
he joined the faculty of the US Army Military
Academy at West Point, where he taught forfour years receiving the Army Commendation
Medal for leadership.
Farmer received his doctorate degree from
North Carolina University and retired this
month as the Dean of the Raj Soin College of
Business at Wright State University. Also on
stage will be our special guest Mr. Walter
Hurtt born in 1921 and raised here in
Springboro that was a member of the 507th
parachute regiment, 82nd Airborne that para-
chuted into Normandy on D Day. Our guest
pastor this year will be Wayne Botkin of the
South Campus of Christ United Methodist
Church. Plan to be with us for the music, the
stories, the prayers and a wonderful picnic of
Carmelas pizza, IGA soft drinks/water and a
piece of cake. Its all about those that gave us
the freedoms we enjoy today. In the event ofrain the service will be in the gymnasium.
Please join us.
Theyre coming back; be very afraidMERGE WRIGHT
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y Don Wrigh
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Times
Columnist
4 Thursday, May 10, 2012