The annual event was known as The Legacy, a golf tournament I put together to benefit The Abuse & Rape Crisis Shelter of Warren County.
I used it as an attempt to get guys together who may not have seen one another for a long time. It was a reunion. In that respect, it was a very successful tournament.
I've known Mitch Leisz since kindergarten, and was immediately in my eyes one of the best athletes in all of Springboro. I've also "known of" Rod Dillon since the early 70s, when he was the varsity quarterback for Springboro, back when I was just a pee wee quarterback. In the years since then, I had gotten to known really well -- we were teammates in the Springboro golf league for years. And Jim Sliger, who graduated from Mason in the early 70s, knew of both of these guys, mainly as he got to know some Springboro graduates who went to Miami-Middletown. That's how I got to know Jim, and he has been a great friend ever since. In fact, I regard both him and Rod as older brothers to me.
So this was a great day, even though I don't remember what we shot.
It was one of those days when I look around at all the great people, listen to the stories and the laughter, and then look up to say, "Thank you, God."
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July 25, 2004 -- Away At Camp
For Chloe, it was supposed to be an experience like Hallie and Annie experienced in the movie, "The Parent Trap." But at 9, she was a little too young to be away for a whole week at Butler Springs Youth Camp. Just a few years later, the whole thing was awesome for her. But, this first year, she couldn't wait to be home. And we were glad to have her.
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September 27, 2004 - October 1, 2004 -- No Way
The truck driver never saw him, though he was in his lane of travel and going the speed limit. Doesn't a truck driver have a responsibility to wait until it is safe to pull out onto a state roadway? I think clearly he does. This was our case in a wrongful death lawsuit our firm tried in Montgomery County for en entire week.
The trucker pulled out. And a man slid right into the side of his rig, killing him instantly. A wife lost her husband, and a daughter lost her father. How could a jury see it any other way?
They look at the blood-alcohol content of the driver who was killed -- 0.33%, more than three times the legal limit. They turned the focus from the driver of the truck to the driver of the other vehicle.
Verdict for the defense.
I understand the ways of the world. But that was wrong.