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Dan and Mike tour CHS -- August 15, 2006
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Chris Givens Interview on Podcast!
On July 11, 2006 Dan got a chance to sit down with Chris Givens and discuss Chris' plans for the future.  Click here to listen!
Remembering the "Great One"

Dick Routt. February 20, 1944 to June 24, 2006. He was adamant about historic dates and details.  The following is a brief walk through the time between those two dates.

I came to know “The Great One” early in my broadcasting career. What I know beyond what I’ve personally witnessed following 23 years of Chillicothe athletics, I can directly attribute to The Great One.

Chip Arledge encouraged me to pick the brain of “Great”. (Chip’s execution of word economy was impeccable. One knew exactly to whom he referred.)  As I cut my teeth on Cavalier play-by-play duties, it was The Great One that steered me in the right direction with facts. Friends labeled him “The Great One” because of his innate ability to state facts, due mostly because of his research work.

Acknowledging the achievements of the basketball Cavaliers under the guide of Tom Cuppett in the 1970s, it was The Great One that kept alive the memory of the Mighty Mights of the 1960s, that Ed Alexanis had teams that won 116 games, Earl Young 223 and how painful a district tournament loss was to Portsmouth.

My relationship with The Great One increased as the Cavs football program neared its 100th anniversary. He explained stories spanning beyond wins and losses. He relished in details of the first school’s first games, the Chillicothe faithful traveling by train to watch their boys in action, car headlights illuminating the grid iron, the first African American to handle the pigskin in the early 1900s.  Red Devils to Vikings, the Orangemen to the Cavaliers, he brought so much of Chilllicothe’s past to life.

He took on pet projects for the radio station. Digging through the Gazette archives to gain detail for our Bicentennial Minutes during the Northwest Territory celebration in 1996, which also were revived for the State Bicentennial in 2003. Then there were “Letters to Santa” from the 1800s and the early 1900s. In fact, a result of his research, one letter I read on the air was heard by a man in his 70s who called to thank me for reading one of the letters. It had been written by his son, 40 some years earlier, bringing back happy memories for the father. Some may not have known, The Great One delivered the Gazette from 1959-1962.

While not having experienced his tutelage at Mt. Logan, I can say I was one of his students outside the classroom. His passion for Chillicothe athletics likely paled in comparison to the impact he made on the young lives he helped shape on the city’s east end. Forgoing the opportunity to move to other locations in the system, his heart remained with those at Mt. Logan. Shouts of “Clear the halls!” still ring in the building, encouraging kids to get to their classes where their time would be better used.

I’ve met many a Cavalier fan who bleed Blue and White, but none ever to the depths as The Great One. I already miss our conversations, filled with anticipation of the coming football season. Monday mornings generally meant receiving a phone call preparing for the next Friday night conquest. If it were Dublin Scioto to Logan or Marietta, there was a story unique to the opponent, and The Great One knew it as if he’d lived it.

When faced with prostate cancer, he challenged it with the same fortitude as if he donned the team colors, not going down without a fight. God gave him more years than the doctors had, and he was grateful for every second of it. I thank the Lord for allowing Dick to be a part of my walk on this sod. I am looking forward to the day we can walk the streets of pure gold and chat again.

Today, June 24th, 2006, there is a void in Cavalier history. The man who recorded most of it is sorely missed. In my heart and many others, he will always be remembered, not just Dick Routt, but as “The Great One”.

 

(Joyce Atwood, Assistant Superintendent, Chillicothe City Schools and Bob Crabtree Principal Smith Middle School contributed to this essay)

Dan and Mike With Champion Bowlers
Dan and Mike got to hang out with some of the guys from the State Champion Zane Trace at Kroger on North Bridge Street.  Click here to see the photos!
A TOUR OF THE NEW CHS
MENTAL FLOSS???
November 30th, Toby Maloney of Mental Floss.com joined Dan & Mike to talk about a trivia game that's taking the nation by storm! Click here for details.

MURTON DOTS "I"



Vist the Band's website
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Chillicothe High School grad Alex Murton
dotted the "I" for TBDBITL 10-15-05.
Thanks to Dr. Lee Butler for the pics!






TAXI!
Robin Buskirk of the Ross County Chapter of the Blue Star Mothers sent us a photo of Chillicothe's Steve Chenault, SFC US Army in Afghanistan. Thanks for the photo.


DID I HEAR WHAT I THOUGHT....
A while back, an e-mail reached the Rush Limbaugh program regarding stuffed animals in Iraq. The story sounded remarkably like on of our bears from "Operation Teddy Bears" (see below). Click here for Dan's recount of the story.

PRESCRIPTION HELP THROUGH OHIO'S BEST RX
No insurance coverage? Try Ohio's Best RX. Spokesperson Carol Zimmerman joined Dan & Mike to explain. For more information, click here.

HURRICANE TRACKER FROM WPLG-TV MIAMI



To track the 2006 Hurricane season and see others of historic impact, click here.




OPERATION TEDDY BEARS
Last spring, the Scioto Valley donated nearly 5,000 pairs of socks for "Socks on Patrol". A number of grateful soldiers are ready for a new phase, "Operation Teddy Bears".
 
The Blue Star Mothers has collected more than 2,000 stuffed animals to send to the troops overseas. The troops are giving those teddy bears to children they meet every day. It's a mission that allows our troops to bring cheer to children in far away lands.
 
Teddy bears from across the Scioto Valley have been drafted into duty, than ks to you, our listeners. This is just the beginnig of joyful long-lasting relationships.
 
Thank you for donating teddy bears and stuffed animals to "Operation Teddy Bears" and for helping us help those serving our country.
 

FIRST MAILING HAS LANDED IN IRAQ!
 
The first wave of stuffed animals have safely landed in Iraq. Note the letter below from the US Army helping to train the Iraqi National Guard near Tikrit.
 
Hello and thanks for the generous assortment of stuffed animals.  This should keep us quite busy bringing smiles to many children's faces.  Thank for your support in helping us win the hearts and minds of Iraqi citizens and thank you for your concern for all of us serving here in Iraq.  Your support is always appreciated and your deeds reach further than you know.

MSG Moses Burrell
U.S. Army, 1st Infantry Division
 
More furry-troops are on the way. This first mailing took about two weeks to arrive, so more of our fuzzy-force will be in place soon.
 
Thanks again for supporting Operation Teddy Bears!!!

DAN, JR. MAKING BEST OF COLD IN USAF
Dan's son (Dan, Jr.) was recently caught on camera at Grand Forks AFB in the North Dakota cold! BRRRRR! Click here.

STUPID WARNING LABELS
With a lawyer in California trying to ban Oreo cookies because he says they help to make you fat, we felt that maybe they need a warning label. But stupid warning labels are everywhere. Click here to see some of them.

ARE YOU SCARED?


BEWITCHED

Dan and Mike always had a "thing" for Elizabeth Montgomery, the star of "Bewitched". They talked about a website that's all about the "Bewitched" TV show and Elizabeth Montgomery. It's bewitched.net.




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ON A ROCK IN RURAL IOWA
There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy. 25 in rural Iowa.

For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing it's character many times.

A few months back, the rock received it's latest paint job, and since then it has  been left completely undisturbed.

It's quite an impressive sight. Click on the link  below and see for yourself. There are multiple photos (all angles) of the rock.

Click here: On A Rock In Rural Iowa


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