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1 day ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Some crooks are not operating with a full deck. 1978- On several break-ins in Dade County, Florida, Ronald Bradley, 21, wore gloves. But he wore golf gloves — the kind that left his fingertips naked. He was sent to prison for three years. 1993- 24-year-old David Bridges stole a television set so he could watch the Dallas Cowboys. He was arrested when he went back a second time, to get a remote control.
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3 days ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
“Me Tarzan! You Jane!”Johnny Weissmuller holds no current world swimming records and by today’s Olympic standards, you might say he never swam very fast. But you can’t get anyone who ever saw him swim to say that he never was a greater swimmer. He set many world records and won five gold medals in two Olympics (1924 and 1928). He never lost a race in 10 years of amateur swimming in distances from 50 yards to 1/2 mile.
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3 days ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
The Napoleon Lions Club annually sponsors the Senior of the Month at Napoleon High School, and several of those students, along with some family members, were present at a recent Lions Club meeting. Recipients are chosen by the teaching staff each month. Pictured are (from left) Napoleon Lions Club President Dan Baer, Brock Bockelman (September), Zayne Schwiebert (October), Caroline Fedderke (November), Reagan Beilharz (February) and Alec Brillian Halley (April).
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4 days ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Baseball is in full swing, so let’s look back at some great baseball flicks:There are a few I have to sit down and watch whenever I see a rerun on the television. They include “Pride of the Yankees” (1942 — the story of Lou Gehrig), “Major League” (1989 — fictional story about the Cleveland Indians) and “Field of Dreams” (1989 — Kevin Costner’s building of his baseball field in rural Iowa).
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5 days ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Our weatherman predicts some hot days this week, but after our cool May, I guess we can take it. For a while, at least! I recently saw the following about June in Florida:Ah, June in Florida! The month when the sun decides to turn up the heat and remind us that we live in a giant sauna. You step outside, and it’s like walking into a warm, wet blanket. One that smells suspiciously like the last fish your neighbor tried to grill. That’s right, folks, June is here.
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6 days ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
It was a sports weekend for Ann and I. We drove to Pettisville Thursday night to watch great-granddaughter Etta play softball, and then we motored south to Holgate the next evening to watch her play once again. Saturday, Ann was working a funeral meal at church, so I headed south to Kalida to take in two games involving Etta’s younger brother Bo playing baseball in a Saturday tourney. I watched four victories (out of four games) over three days, so perhaps I am a good luck charm?
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1 week ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Ann and I had a bang-up day with our garage sale (although there some times that we sat waiting for customers), and we are still packing things up, trying to gain access to our garage once again. We made a trip to the senior center with many of our leftover items to donate to the center’s upcoming sale. Do you know someone who may have fallen asleep on the job? I am referring to the days of old, before the working-from-home procedure was developed.
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1 week ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Three members of the Napoleon Lions Club (from left), Jeff Mires, Kevin Milius and John Hammon, have become Melvin Jones Fellows. This honor is special because it represents the highest award available to members of Lions. This award was named after Melvin Jones, who was one of the original members of Lions Clubs International and was instrumental in creating the organization in 1917. The Melvin Jones Fellowship Program was established in 1973 in honor of Melvin Jones.
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1 week ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
It was on this date, May 29 in 1886, that American pharmacist John Pemberton began to advertise his patent medicine — Coca-Cola — in Atlanta, Georgia. Pemberton was a pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of the still-popular soft drink. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola. He suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April of 1865, during the Civil War.
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1 week ago | 
northwestsignal.net | Gene Grime
Some more lines from Mr. Mark Twain:“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.”“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”“All generalizations are false, including this one.”“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.”Albert Parkhouse worked for the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Co. in the early 1900s. The company had a lot of employees, but not enough hooks for everyone to hang their coats and hats.
