I was a devoted listener to Paul Harvey for more years than I care to remember often listening to the same broadcast on two different radio stations so I wouldn't miss a word. I don't think Paul would mind me passing along his message once more, just so you don't forget the rest of the story.
Message by Radio Personality, Paul Harvey
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.
For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about hand-me down clothes and home made ice cream and left over meatloaf sandwiches. I really would.
My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. I hope you have a job by then. It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a Disney movie and your little brother wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him.
I hope you have to walk up hill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride I hope your driver doesn't have to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a Slingshot, I hope your dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use those newfangled computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get razzed by your friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flag pole. I hope you get sick when someone blows cigar smoke in your face. I don't care if you try beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa and go fishing with your uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and the joy of holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster of Paris mold ofyour hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
Are we friends or are we not?
You told me once but I forgot.
So tell me now and tell me true.
So I can say..."I'm here for you."
Of all the friends I've ever met,
you are one I won't forget.
And if I die before you do,
I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
By Paul Harvey, newscaster.
One of the things I love about fishing is every day is a new day. I moved my boat from Marblehead OH to Vermilion OH where I'll spend most of my time on or near the Sand bar which runs from a few miles off of Vermilion up to the Canadian line.
Sometimes the most beautiful things are in our own backyard. In one of Dean's posts on the Denied website, Dean writes "If you only go fishing to catch fish you are missing so much." The quote may not be exact but I'm sure you get the meaning. If you don't, take a child with you on your next fishing trip, watch as he/she enjoys the bait fish, thrills as a gull screeches down to pick up a discarded bait, or stares intently at the horizon and you can only imagine what they are thinking. There is so much more to fishing than just catching fish.
Excellent walleye results of a one man trip on Wednesday, we finally quit after throwing quite a few back and picking many drum, white bass, yellow perch etc. Larry's retired and his arm got tired. 
Saturday was a beautiful day on Lake Erie, fishing with Dewey on the left and Rob on the right, these are just a few of the three tickets we pulled off of Vermilion. We started off the NE side of Kelleys close to the old "C" can picking a 25" walleye within the first 5 minutes of fishing. Off to a great start but then a dry spell. Worked east until we hit the mother load.
Larry with the first walleye of the day, beautiful day to be on Lake Erie although the wind died late morning and it got rather warm but all in all a great day, who could ask for more?
Kevin and a real nice walleye, drift and cast was the ticket for todays tickets while fishing with "Just One More" Lake Erie Fishing Charters. www.JustOneMoreFish.com
Mike on the left and Thomas the Walleye King, hold Thomas's first Lake Erie Walleye. The excitment of a youngster catching his first walleye is priceless.
One of the things I love about fishing Lake Erie is you never know what you are going to catch, you can target perch and catch the Ohio state walleye record or fish for walleye and catch a fresh water drum as pictured here. You may catch white bass, white perch, yellow perch, catfish etc, etc. Hey, it's all good! Enjoy your days on the lake.
I really enjoy late afternoon/evening charters, the sun is casting long shadows, the lake normally lays down, very little boat traffic, most fishermen have gone home and we often have the lake to ourselves. Life is good. 
Greg with a 2 year old walleye, the large school continues to hang out west of Green Island, been there for a couple weeks now. www.JustOneMoreFish.com
This young man loves to fish and was rewarded with his first Lake Erie Walleye.
I love it when we get doubles on, these two nice 23' beauties hit the reef runners within seconds of each other. These reef runners have become my favorites and are often part of my trolling spread. We are so spoiled by the great fisherie we have in Lake Erie where 23 inch fish are common, anywhere else in the country 23" walleye are wall hangers.
Kenny and the first walleye of the day, caught throwing gold mayfly rigs off Kelleys Island Long Point.
The boat, 27'x10' loaded and ready to fish, drift and cast or troll she's always ready for fun.
5-29-09, Sundown over Mouse Island, wind and waves started to kick up a bit but another beautiful evening on Lake Erie. I feel so lucky to be able to enjoy this magnificent lake everyday.
