Yes, friends...winter weather has arrived. Just look out the window.

As a friendly reminder...check your wiper blades, check your headlights and tailights, keep that snow and ice scraper handy.

And remember as you head out in this stuff...when it starts sticking...slow down (just not overly slow for conditions, in other words, use some common sense here), and keep proper distance between you and the car in front of you.

And you can depend on hearing any delays or closings tomorrow morning on AM 1290 and 95.7 FM, News Talk Radio, WHIO.

A wise man once said:

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could, and should do for themselves."

The Great Emancipator, President Abraham Lincoln was a pretty smart guy...

Tuesday, voters across Dayton, the Miami Valley, the state of Ohio and across the nation get to exercise their constitutional right to vote. That is, of course, if you haven't early voted or voted absentee.

I will not attempt to share any of my own personal political views here...this is not the time or the place. But, I will ask you to vote. I don't care for whom you vote, nor will I tell you what to vote on the issues. Just...go...vote.

And here's my own personal prayer...that regardless of how the election goes, I pray we get it right. God help us, our nation, our kids and future generations if we screw it up.

Yep...it's that important.