"He believed that there was nothing better for boys to do after the high school season than to play ACME baseball."  Coldwater's Lou Brunswick (above) was a founding father of ACME baseball in 1960. Read more in weekend Press Pros.....

For those who profess to love all God's creatures without reservation, some words about those willing to reconsider when the creatures come between them and their stomach. Former Press Pros outdoors columnist Tom Cappell provides this encore feature on Press Pros.

In the time it took for Belgium to undo a week's worth of talk about red cards, Flo Balogun, and unfounded journalism about US soccer being in the midst of world recognition, area sports came back in focus Monday with the reality that high school football (Versailles' Scot Broerman, above) and volleyball were just four weeks away.

There are no more beautiful examples of the men (and women) who've sacrificed everything than that which you can find in our American Civil War battlefield parks.  All you have to do is take the time to stop, look, and consider their story.

Does it have to be patriotic? Does it need to be a Sousa March?  Or does your list of American favorites simply qualify for them being a song that exemplifies the American standard for music?  Something for you to keep in your head...even hum...on this 4th of July. Read, listen, and enjoy......