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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.

    [email protected]

    Theyre coming back; be very afraidMERGE WRIGHT

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    4 Thursday, May 10, 2012