6 • The Beacon October 20 , 2022
Could they , will they , might they , should they ?
I ’ m referring to the newest miracle on the shores of Lake Erie . Certainly not the Browns . The Cleveland Guardians are the darlings of the diamond — having surprised everyone but themselves and their coaches and probably a few fans too . As I write this ( Monday morning , Oct . 17 ), the Guardians are headed to the Bronx to play their old-time nemesis , the Yankees , in a winner-take-all division series game five this evening .
When you read this , the Guardians will either be headed to points unknown for the winter or already playing what is arguably
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MONTANNA NOEL DUNFEE
She graduated from Columbus State University with a degree as a Radiologic Technologist . She is employed at Nationwide Children ’ s Hospital , in Hilliard , Ohio .
She is the daughter of Jim and Alice Dunfee and granddaughter of Gary and Dianne Kaufman , and Tobe and Sondra Dunfee . ( Both deceased ) Class of 2022
the best team in baseball — the Houston Astros — for the American League Pennant . They can do it because no one told this group of ( mostly ) rookies they couldn ’ t beat the Yankees . They might have — or they might not have — but regardless , it will be a season to remember , and next year will bring all that experience to bear . Despite having many successes at Cleveland , Boston and other stops in his
storied career , this could very well go down as Terry Francona ’ s best season as a manager .
Is it possible the college football season could come down to “ The Game ” between the Buckeyes and you know who ? Sure , same scenario as last year probably . If both teams go into that game undefeated , the loser is out of the playoff . It ’ s that simple . There are too many other teams stacked up behind them — at this point anyway . We will see , and that ’ s why they play the game .
Did the global pandemic change the way you think ? Act ? Make decisions ? I was not sure about
DAUGHERTY myself until the spouse and I ran into a bit of a household maintenance task on Saturday morning . A seemingly simple chore actually — change out a light switch ( with dimmer ) that appeared to not be working on a dining room light . Not difficult and something I have done many times previous . You do all the “ normal ” things , like use a multi-meter on the switch ( appeared to be bad ), turn off the breaker and grab a new switch — easy peezy .
Except the new switch did not turn the light on . Ah , come on man ! “ Now what ?” I thought to myself . It must be the light itself went bad . Probably corrosion ( who knows ?) or something like that . I was ready to tear into the light when the spouse said , “ Let me try something .” Sure enough , she turned the knob on the side of the light ( this is one of those multiple bulb lights ) and voila — lights .
So I said to myself , “ Self , you obviously don ’ t know how to use a multimeter correctly ( even with 100 videos on Google , of which none say the same thing ), and next time , try the simple thing first .” Lesson learned — maybe .
The point of the story is this : When faced with a challenge or setback after the pandemic , does your mind go to the worst possible scenario or do you start with easy ? The suggestion , of course , is to start with the easy . It ’ s less costly , time-consuming and oftentimes will solve your problem . Which was not a problem at all . This is where we are as we face empty store shelves , high gas prices , inflation and a seemingly unending torrent of bad news .
Here ’ s some positive news : Apple Butter Stirrin ’ is this weekend , the Fall Farm Foliage Tour is this weekend and the beauty of autumn is in full splendor across Coshocton County . Enjoy .
Museum offers discussion group
Meet Me at the Museum will be held Tuesday , Oct . 25 from noon to 1 p . m . at the Johnson- Humrickhouse Museum . Bring a lunch or get some snacks on the museum .
The next program will be about the Coshocton County Fair . The Coshocton County Fair has been in existence since 1851 . Do you
have special fair memories and memorabilia ? Have you ever won a ribbon ? Shown an animal ? Prepared a grange display ? Worked in a booth or an eat stand ? Bring your stories and join the program .
Joining the group for this discussion will be Emily Marrison , OSU Extension family and consumer sciences educator , who attended her first fair when she was 10 days old .
No registration is needed . This program is offered at no charge and made possible by the support of the Ohio
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Meet Me at the Museum will be held Tuesday , Oct . 25 from noon to 1 p . m . at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum .
Arts Council .
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is located in Historic Roscoe Village at
300 N . Whitewoman St ., Coshocton . Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p . m .
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