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‘Persian Gulf Adventure’ indeed turned into one when war threatened

Chuck Offenburger’s college pal Tom Bailey and his wife Hunter, of Charlottesville, Virginia, have been on a cruise ship in the Persian Gulf during the recent time of high tensions in the Middle East between the United States, Iran and Iraq. The Baileys have shared the following observations and photos. By TOM BAILEY STRAITS OF…

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January 10, 2020 in Guest Column.

“Senior fans” of Vandy baseball have had thrills beyond our dreams

By PAUL KURTZ OMAHA, Nebraska, June 16, 2019 — My friend of long standing (I think 50-plus years qualifies as “long standing,” right?), Chuck Offenburger, has graciously invited me to report my thoughts as I follow our “VandyBoys” competing for the NCAA Division I baseball championship in the College World Series now underway here. To…

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June 15, 2019 in Guest Column.

A senator’s new book on Birmingham bombing calls us all to seek justice

By CARYL P. PRIVETT BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 7, 2019 — Reading the new book “Bending Toward Justice,” written by my friend U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama), brings back so many memories for me. This book is focused on the last two trials of the perpetrators of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church here…

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April 3, 2019 in Guest Column.

Doug Bates’ status with the Methodist faith? Well, it’s complicated.

Douglas T. Bates III, great friend of Chuck Offenburger since their college years, was asked to preach the sermon on Sunday, Oct. 21, at the United Methodist Church in the middle Tennessee town where he was born, raised and now lives in semi-retirement. He’s not a member of the Methodist Church anymore, or any church,…

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December 30, 2018 in Guest Column.

“This cancer isn’t just about me; it involves our whole family, right?”

We Offenburgers have written many stories about our own cancer journeys.  We’ve read and heard the stories of many others in the “Cancer Club,” as we sometimes call it.  On Saturday, April 21, 2018, during the Greene County Relay for Life, we heard this tremendous cancer story, told by Lou Blanchfield, of rural Churdan, Iowa.…

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April 22, 2018 in Guest Column.

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