Joshua Keeran

COLUMBUS — Through Ohio State’s first four games, true freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith had been the talk of the town —and country — as he put up gaudy numbers in his first action at the college level.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day prepares to lead the Buckeyes out of the tunnel prior to Saturday’s game against Iowa in Ohio Stadium.

Talent will be abundant on Saturday when No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Oregon meet for the first time as conference foes. On both sides of the ball, each team poses a massive challenge its opponent hasn’t seen this season, and how the sides fare in those matchups could ultimately prove to be the deciding factor in the game.

Volunteer spots are going fast for Connections Volunteer Center’s Make A Difference Delaware County (MDDC) – the largest single day of volunteering in Delaware County – on Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to noon.

Delaware’s annual celebration of veterans is set to return on Sunday with the 2024 Delaware Community Veterans Parade, which will specifically honor veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and World War II just over a month shy of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our lives are always moving. What we think of as “The Big Thing” is never really the final thing. It’s simply the next thing. And there will be another next thing after that. Everything in this life is temporary. And if we set ourselves up with the expectation that this next transition is going to be the one that finally makes it all clear and settled, all we are doing is setting ourselves up for disappointment.

A vehicle exists the Delaware County Fairgrounds, one of the many polling sites within Delaware County, on Tuesday afternoon.

This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our lives are always moving. What we think of as “The Big Thing” is never really the final thing. It’s simply the next thing. And there will be another next thing after that. Everything in this life is temporary. And if we set ourselves up with the expectation that this next transition is going to be the one that finally makes it all clear and settled, all we are doing is setting ourselves up for disappointment.

This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our lives are always moving. What we think of as “The Big Thing” is never really the final thing. It’s simply the next thing. And there will be another next thing after that. Everything in this life is temporary. And if we set ourselves up with the expectation that this next transition is going to be the one that finally makes it all clear and settled, all we are doing is setting ourselves up for disappointment.

An Amur tiger shows off its canines and sticks out its tongue during a rainy day at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.