I remember coming up on weekends and Charlie would be here working. He's made sacrifices to do his job and been very dedicated.

Charlie is an asset to Adams County and I truly understand his position on retiring. I was a little sad when Charlie told me, but him wanting to spend time with his family is completely understandable.

Down the road we may call Charlie for budget consultation. He is so familiar with the budget we may have to call him to help get the new person adapted.

History is a sly boots, and for a generation of blacks that cannot identify with the frustrations of Jim Crow, and for whites who cannot understand the hard deal that faces working-class blacks, it is difficult to reconcile Hughes's reputation as a poet-hero with his topical verse and uncomplicated prose.

We were trying not to underestimate them but we might have been looking ahead. Fort Myers can go as far as they want to go.

We made several runs but they had an answer for everyone. I hope that no one underestimates them the rest of the way. They're a good team. They play well together and they do all the things that good teams do. They rebound, they play defense, they shoot.