“On the long drive back Father’s Day evening, we stopped in Ashland to have an early dinner with a friend. Ashland, whose city motto is “Where Accent on the Individual is a Tradition,” is also home to a small private college; but unlike other liberal arts schools in Ohio, Ashland University is a religious school. There are thus more KFCs and Grandpa’s Cheese Barns than Panera Breads and Starbucks.
I met up with “Mike” at the local Bob Evans, a Heartland staple, founded by the eponymous farmer from southeastern Ohio. Mike is a Republican through and through. I knew this, but also wanted to pick his brain on a town like Ashland, which sits nearly halfway between Cleveland and Columbus in the Cuyahoga Valley.”
Just to clarify…’Where Accent on the Individual is a Tradition’ is not the city of Ashland’s motto, is it Ashland University’s motto.
And like the monied Democrats of Beechwood, our “historical district homes” mostly carry Obama signs in the front yard.
We are a red county. More than once, and in fact, just last week (Biden), candidates will pass right through undetected on their whistlestops in Wooster and Mansfield. Most everyone is ok with that. We don’t need face-time or fanfare.
Strong values and corn-fed tradition teaches us to think for ourselves, and understand the difference between right and wrong.
