Dear Residents of Clayton,

As the new year approaches, I wanted to take this time to wish you and your family, relatives, and friends best wishes this upcoming year.  Looking back on this past year, I personally had one of the best years of my life although it was filled with a lot of scariness and really hard times.   My wife Devin gave birth to our first child, Lydia Kay, and Lydia is absolutely wonderful as is my wife as always.  However, Devin became really sick …

Aly Raisman made history this year at the London Olympics. As part of the “Fierce Five,” she won a gold medal for the Team competition last week. It was the first time since 1996 the USA Women’s Gymnastic Team had won gold in team competition. The team’s captain then surprised everyone with the bronze and gold medal performance in the balance beam and floor exercises respectively. Her bronze was the most interesting of all three.

The bronze medal came from the individual balance beam event. She …

ESPN headlines recently have been bombarded with new developments of the New Orleans Saints “bounty system.” The most up to date news is that NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit against the NFL in Federal Court for violations of the arbitration agreement negotiated by both parties. The NFLPA filed suit on behalf of three of the players accused of participating in the bounty system. Another fourth player brought suit against the league and the Commissioner, Roger Goodell, separately.

The suit lists a number of breaches of …

Car insurance protects you and other drivers from unexpected damages associated with driving. In an accident, the responsible party’s insurer may pay for damages to that person and his car but is also obligated to pay (up to a limit) the damages to other parties involved in the accident. These claims can be very large, particularly if somebody is disabled or killed as a result of the accident. It is because most people cannot pay for these sorts of damages out-of-pocket that most states require …