7/31/2019 Golf Played Under Chilly Conditions

1/1

This past weekend we

were taught a lesson

by a teacher who

has anything but an exempla-

ry record over the past few

years. Tiger Woods, profes-

sional golfer and household

name for his entire profes-sional career won the Jack

Nicklaus Memorial Golf

tournament and tied

Nicklaus own PGA record at

73 career tournament wins,

with Woods at the young age

of 36 and Jack ten years

older when he made his mark

back in 1986.

It sure looked like the

Tiger Woods of old made a

comeback in Dublin, Ohio.

I wont rehash Woods infi-

delities that cost him his rep-

utation, his family and for a

while it appeared his career.

There are many, I am finding

out now, who never did likeWoods personally. They say

he was always arrogant and

snobbish.

Perhaps they watched tour-

nament wrap-ups that I never

saw but I got the distinct

impression he was anything

but aloof.

Whether youre a golf fan

or not or a Tiger fan or not,

you cant deny what must

have been a personal bottom-

scraping in his life following

an auto accident in 2009,

separation and eventual

divorce for infidelities and

his self-imposed absence

from the game hed played

since he could walk. Those

who suggest he did it to him-

self would be telling the truth

and Im sure Tiger would

acknowledge that as well.But in my view, as a spec-

tator and fan of the game, he

has paid his debt. He has

been struggling just to make

cuts the past couple of years.

The name Woods didnt show

up on many leader boards, or

competition entries for that

matter. And when he did hit

the ball, it was not with the

old Woods authority.

That changed this past

week. As if this were the

match hed been awaiting, theTiger Woods of the past took

to the Nicklaus designed

course where Tiger had domi-

nated in four previous

appearances taking top prize

in each. He was determined,

sick for two days of play and

driven to show his stuff to the

fans that were ready to wel-

come him back.

Say what you will about

the cause of the huge bumps

in the road he encountered,

we can all learn from the

Woods of today. Once Tiger

decided to step back into the

arena he has called home as

long as he can remember, hisregimented practice sched-

ules and workouts allowed

him to hone in on the skills

many wondered if he could

ever master again. And he

did; and in style.

The lesson is simple; no

matter what hurdles you face

in life, or whether you

brought them on yourself or

they just happened, if you put

your mind, heart and soul

into getting past it, you can

come back to be as good as

or better than before.Say what you will about

the thirty-something former

child prodigy, he has shown

us a quality with his win

Sunday we could all use at

some point in life.

Thanks Tiger, and wel-

come back!

N N N N N

Mike Scinto is a 35 year

veteran talk show host serv-

ing locally, statewide and

nationally behind the micro-

phone. For the past dozen

years he has authored this

award-winning column. You

may have also seen him offer-

ing his unique insights of FoxNews Channel. Friend

Mike at

www.facebook.com/mikescin-

toshow or visit mikescinto-

columns.blogspot.com

OPINIONCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of

speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

- The First Amendment to the United States Constitution

1836 West Park Square, Xenia, OH 45385 - 937-294-7000

To contact the Springboro Suncall the extensions or

numbers listed below.

LOUISE D. PHELPS

Acting Group Publisher, Ext. 101

publisher@xeniagazette.com

DOUG SKINNER - Editor, Ext. 155dskinner@tcnewsnet.com

MERRILEE EMBS

Managing Editor, Ext. 126membs@tcnewsnet.com

DEBB WILDER

Business Manager, Ext. 157dwilder@tcnewsnet.com

ADVERTISING POLICYNo responsibility is assumed by the publisher for

omission or errors occurring in advertisements, but

correction will be made in the next issue following

when attention is directed to them.

DON YEAZELL

Assistant Advertising Director, Ext. 162dyeazell@tcnewsnet.com

TAMMY TOOTLE

Classified Advertising Director866-212-7355 or 937-372-4444 press 2

ttootle@tcnewsnet.com

CIRCULATION CUSTOMER SERVICECirculation department hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday and 8-10 a.m. Saturday.

Call 937-294-7000.

SHERRIE RITZ

Circulation Director, Ext. 122

sritz@xeniagazette.comSUBSCRIPTION RATES

Home deliveryYear - $40, 26 Weeks - $2413 Weeks EZ Pay - $10*EZ Pay is automatic withdraw from

credit or debit card. Minimum of 3 months.Yearly mail out of county - $50Yearly online only - $20Monthly online - $3

Ohio Community Media, LLCCopyright 2012, all rights reserved

Published every Thursday 50 weeks a year, except New

Years and Christmas days.

Periodicals postage paid at Dayton, Ohio. Postmaster:

Send address changes to Xenia Gazette, 1836 W. Park

Square, Xenia, Ohio 45385.

The publisher shall not be liable for damages out of

errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for

space actually occupied by that portion of the advertise-

ment in which the error occurs, and there shall be no lia-

bility for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the

amount paid in advance for such advertisement.

This newspaper is environmentally friendly. It

is printed in recycled fibers and soy-basedinks, with the exception of some supplements.

The Springboro Sunencourages readers towrite letters to the editor:

Letters should be

typed, or printed legibly,signed and include currentaddress and daytimephone number of theauthor. We will publish onlythe name of the authorand city, or organization.Full addresses will not be

published. Form letters willnot be accepted.Anonymous letters will notbe printed.

Letters to the editormust be 350 words orless. Deadline for letters is

9 a.m. The Friday beforepublication. Letter writershave a limit of one pub-lished letter every 30 days.

Letters will be verifiedby the newspaper via tele-phone. The newspaperreserves the right to editfor length, style and gram-mar and to limit the num-ber of letters on a specifictopic.

If content is libelous ormisleading, letters will notbe printed. For letters thatinclude claims that are nota matter of public record,the burden of proof of theclaim(s) fall upon the letter

writer. Election letters will be

published prior to the elec-tion, but not the week

before the election, thatissue is reserved for thenewspapers endorse-ments.

Opinions of letter writ-ers or columnists are thoseof the author only. They donot represent the opinion

of the staff and manage-ment of the TimesCommunity NewspaperGroup. Send letters to1836 West Park Square,Xenia, OH 45385 or dskin-ner@tcnewsnet.com.

Letter to the Editor

The political season (Oh,

have younoticed?)

mightbe a good time

forpreachersto offer someadvice

onthe dangers of envy. TheBible

hasplenty of advice about envy,

notleast inProverbs whereit isde-scribed as the rottenness of the

bones.

What were hearing a lotof in

what passes for political debate is

thatit somehow isntfairfor some

peopleto be rich andothers poor.

Economistsargue aboutthe in-

comegap either betweenall

wage earners or men andwomen.

Is it someones fault, or simply

capitalism and thewhims of the

free market? If so,whatcan you

doaboutit?

TheOccupy movement basical-

lysaysthatthose who havemust

giveto those who havent. Itis all

rather vague andrevolutionary

unfocuseddiscontent.The goalofmany in thepolitical class, there-

fore, isto offerfocus. That means,

Give meyourvoteand I willdo

whatever it is thatyou want,

maybe.

Somerecent bookshave exam-

inedthis situation. OneisThe

Tyranny of Cliches:How Liberals

Cheatin theWar of Ideas byJon-

ah Goldberg. Thatsoundslikea

tough indictment,but trueliberals

should not be dismayed because

Goldberg is reallyaddressing folks

whocall themselves progressive

andbelieve thatutopia is just be-

yond thenextconservative road-

block. His book closely examines

thecall for social justiceand

findsthatwhilemany advocateit,

few candefinejustwhat itis.

In a recent National Reviewar-

ticle describing hisbook,Gold-

berg givesus a long listof words

andphrases thatare clichs which

express feelingsrather thanpre-

ciseideas, suchas thecenter,

sound science, unityand

what works.Andhe adds:

Pragmatism andideology have

themselves become clichs.Liber-

alsaresmartand realistic because

they do smartand realistic things;

smartand realistic things are the

thingsliberalsdo. Conservatives,

meanwhile, are ideologues who

dont live in thereality-based com-

munity;the things theydo areby

definitionideological because

conservatives do them.

Equality hasbecome a clich,

too, because inthe mindsof some

itmeans taking from those who

earn much togiveto thosewho

dont. It easilybecomes an inva-

sion of personallibertyas Kurt

Vonnegutwrote in Harrison Berg-

eron. He imagined a regime where

nobody could be smarter than

anyoneelse,betterlooking, more

talented,stronger, quickeror ath-

letic. Its a thought-provokingshort

storythat thepurveyors of equali-

tyshould be requiredto study.

None of this should suggest

thatthe clich folks arent well-meaning.Mark E. Levins new

book,Ameritopia:The Unmaking

ofAmerica, discusseshow the

ideaof mankindachieving utopia

hasexistedfor many centuries

fromPlatos Republic to Karl

Marxs CommunistManifesto.

Theproblemwith all(yes, all)

utopianexperimentsis thatthey

collapseinto tyrannybecauseof

human shortcomings. He suggests

thatwe arelulled into a sense of

securityby nice-sounding words

andphrases (those clichs)that

hidewhat Levin says is happening

toAmerica now. He writes:

Tyranny, broadlydefined, is

the useof power todehumanizetheindividualand delegitimize his

nature. Political utopianismis

tyrannydisguised as a desirable,

workable andeven paradisiacal

governing ideology.

This iswhythe skepticsof

utopianism andallof itslovely-

soundingwordsandphrases think

thattrue individual liberty and a

lotless government are best.

We may notbe able tobanish

envyand sin, butfreeingus allfor

ourbesteffortshas given us a

prosperous history beforeand can

doso again.

Fairness and

social justice:

all in the mind

of the thinker

COMMENTARY

By WilliamH.

Wild

TimesColumnist

Ohio

bans texting

while driving

Governor John

Kasich signed

House Bill 99

into law last week outlaw-

ing text messinging while

driving. Both local State

Rep. Jim Butler, R-

Oakwood, and Rep. Terry

Blair, R-Washington Twpdid not support.

According to the Ohio

Legislative Service

Commission analysis, the

law prohibits driving a

vehicle while using a

handheld electronic com-

munications device to

write, send, or read a text-

based communication and

makes the violation a sec-

ondary traffic offense with

ten exemptions, including

using the device for emer-

gency purposes, a person

driving a public safety

vehicle who uses such a

device in the course of thepersons duties, and using

a device for navigation

purposes. This will be a

secondary offense.

Additionally, the law

prohibits a p erson under

18 from using, in any

manner, an electronic

wireless communications

device while driving, with

three exemptions: (1) use

in an emergency, (2) when

the persons vehicle is sta-

tionary and is outside a

lane of travel, and (3)

using a hands-free naviga-

tion device and if the per-

son does not manipulatethe device while driving.

This will be a primary

offense. Also, the law pro-

vides that for the first six

months after the effective

date of the bill no ticket,

citation, or summons may

be is sued for a v iolation of

both prohibitions estab-

lished by the bill, only a

warning that provides

information about the pro-

hibitions.

The law does require the

classroom portion of dri-

vers education to include

instruction in the dangers

of driving while using an

electronic communications

device to write, send, or

read a text-based commu-

nication.

From a legal perspec-

tive, the law will be very

difficult for law enforce-

ment to enforce and some

serious constitutional issue

will arise from its enforce-

ment.

N N N N N

Rob Scott is a Kettering

resident and a practicing

attorney at Oldham &

Deitering, LLC. Scott is

the Chairman of the

Montgomery County

Republican Party and the

founder of the Dayton Tea

Party. He can be c ontacted

at

rob@oldhamdeitering.com

or www.gemcitylaw.com.

COMMENTARY

ByRob

Scott

Times

Columnist

Mike Lee from Fifth Third

Bank and I have been guard-

ing the third hole at Heather-

woode for years in case someone gets a

hole in one. We have to be eye witnesses

and sign documents so the lucky guy or

gal can collect their $10,000 check. The

Hole In One prize is sponsored by Wade

Insurance each year in the Springboro

Chamber of Commerce Annual GolfOuting.

Weve been lucky until this year. For

the last six years the weather was great,

sunny, light breeze and not too hot. This

year showed up with a (heavy rain)

delayed start time of 10 a.m., not the

usual 8 a.m. Then light rain during the

first hour, winds of 21 mph and tempera-

tures settling in to the mid 50s.

Mike and I sit behind the hole with our

eyes on the green for five solid hours to

capture that evasive hole in one that

maybe someday someone will make.

Teresa McCurley from LCNB came by

asking if we needed anything and Mike

screamed, I need a blanket and hurry. I

held a huge umbrella to break the wind on

the windward side of the golf cart andwhen the blanket arrived Mike who was

wearing shorts, no socks and sneakers

wrapped up like a mummy. I was dressed

for the weather including a hoodie I had

pulled tight around my face.

When we returned to the clubhouse

shortly after 3 p.m., we were so happy to

be in a wind free zone with prime rib,

chicken, and all the fixins waiting to put

smiles on our faces. Earlier at 7 a.m.,

when I was doing check in, handling

Mulligans, Skins and other things, I

bought one raffle ticket and tossed it in

the basket to win an office Keurig single

cup coffee maker. Lucy wanted one real-

ly bad this could be it. I never win any-

thing, never have, never will so I usually

dont enter anything anymore. I have wontwo items over the last 50 years when

other people left an event and tossed me

their ticket and said, Don, heres my tick-

et if you win keep it. So I won on their

ticket not mine. When Jim Hough started

calling off raffle ticket numbers I grabbed

my lonely ticket and waited till he got to

the basket for the Keurig coffee maker

and two boxes of coffee. Then slowly he

read the numbers he had drawn and yes,

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..I won, I couldnt

believe it, I won on my pidley dollar tick-

et. To me it was Merges hole in one day.

Lucy would be thrilled.

I was talking to my brother out in

Sacramento, Calif. on Memorial Day

weekend, telling him how hot it was here

in southwest Ohio. He said, How hot is

it? I told him it was so hot I put my

beach towel over my easy chair, fixed

myself a 64 ounce Root Beer float, put on

my Speedo bathing suit and watched a 6

hour Ice Road Truckers marathon with

the air conditioner set at 65. I hadnt had

that much fun since the blizzard of 78

when I was scuba diving in the Caribbean

drinking NA Mai Tais and listening to

Jimmy Buffett talk me into a Cheese

Burger.in Paradise.

Chad Ochocinco had his wallet stolen

out of his automobile last weekend. He

wasnt upset until he found out his

Starbucks Gold Card was gone. Drivers

license, credit cards all taken care of

immediately but the Starbucks Gold Cardhad him really upset. He posted a video

on the internet and Starbucks came to his

rescue issuing him a new card with all the

perks he had earned. Would Krogers do

that for us regular folks. I sure hope so.

Their new deal gives you $2 off per gal-

lon if you spend $2,000 a month on gro-

ceries and other goodies. Krogers is fast

becoming the new Wal Mart.

One final thank you to Berkwood

Farmer our Memorial Day Parade Grand

Marshall for an outstanding speech at the

service at Wade Field after the parade and

to Walt Hurtt (91) born on the Kesling

Farm here in Springboro our Honored

Guest from WWII. Special thanks to

Darren Dulsky, Owner of Carmelas

Pizzeria for providing 100 mixed 18 inch

pizzas that were out of this world deli-

cious for our picnic, and the great people

at IGA for providing the soft drinks,

plates and more, Wendys for the cups,

Drug Mart for the ice water and potato

chips, Cakes by Kati, The Cake Ladies,

Frost Cup Cake Bar and Robin Revels

from American Legion Post 805 for head-

ing up an outstanding team of volunteers

to handle the picnic inside the air condi-

tioned comfort of the Intermediate

School. The Springboro High School

Marching Band was terrific, the JROTC

re-enactment team, our color guards, 21

gun salute team, fire and police depart-

ments, our memorial day committee andour Committee Chairman, Mayor John

Agenbroad. Kudos to everyone for a

great job.

mergewright@yahoo.com

Golf played under chilly conditionsMERGE WRIGHT

B

y Don Wr

i

g

ht

Times

Columnist

Mike Lee braves the chilly conditions.

Welcome back, Tiger Woods

COMMENTARY

By Mike

Scinto

TimesColumnist

4 Thursday, June 7, 2012