Articles by Ray Adler

Is Hamilton County happy?

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Since becoming President of the Hamilton County Election Board, I have taken a much greater interest in the election process. Some interest has been of…


Old-time wisdom still applies today

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler An interesting recent lunch topic concerned some of the old-time statements made by my father. He once said, “To get a corn crop, you have…


Memories of my grandfather

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Do you have memories of your grandfather? Mother was the youngest of a family of nine, and I was grandfather’s next to last grandchild. He…



A pegleg can’t hold you down

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Grandpa told me that he knew a certain man who had an indominable spirit and refused to acknowledge defeat. He was blind in one eye,…


Stories from the political front

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Having lived through several elections, experience has taught me that one cannot always tell jokes during the political season without having the joke misconstrued or…



Use the whole saw

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler As a young man growing up on a farm, my grandfather taught me how to use tools. He had been a contractor in Fort Wayne…