Columns

The Marion County Knights’ basketball program has had its ups and downs over the 41 seasons it has been in existence. To start with, there have been 11 different head coaches, with the longest tenured head coach being Tim Davis who coached the Knights for 12 seasons in the 1980s and 1990s.
A quick look through history will show some of the reasons for the swings in the program’s history. 

The big day is near! The weather has certainly done its part to set the season’s mood and people, for the most part, have been…well…nicer.
I’ve heard more people say “excuse me” and “thank you” in the last couple of weeks than since our 2009 Christmas season.
Guess everyone is making a serious move to get on the “good boy/girl” list.
Homes and yards have gone from the dull gray shades of winter to the beautiful lights of the season.

Over the past two years, many of you have read the numerous columns and other sports stories written by Jesse Osborne.
Jesse has a special way of communicating his thoughts into words on a newspaper page, not to mention his passion to catch just the right photo to accompany them.
He has taken a full-time position writing in Springfield that will include news and sports. I hope he will be successful and do well in his new position.

This is it, folks. This is my last column with The Lebanon Enterprise. Hey, stop that. I can hear your applause from here. That’s not nice.
Seriously though, this is my last issue as a sports correspondent for this paper.
Many of you are probably already aware of this but I recently took a job with The Springfield Sun across the border. Hey now, stop that booing and hissing. It’s not polite. Yes, I have been called worse than a turncoat. Thank you very much.