Ron Hartman - Reporter

Ron is a copyeditor and reporter for The Chronicle, specializing in entertainment and sports coverage. Ron is a "hopeless hoopaholic" and enjoys watching basketball every March madness season. Ron also likes playing pool and even in his later years, still dreams of starting a band. Ron loves his job and feels lucky to hear live music, meet musicians and write about them. Email Ron at [email protected]

Joined: August 15, 2022
Articles: 307

Community

Blueberry Festival offers food, music and camels

At last report, Stephen Mason will NOT be running the hospitality booth during this Saturday’s 9th annual Adkins Farm Blueberry Festival Blues & Brews. He will be doing darn-near everything else, though. Mason is part of an acoustic guitar duo…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
July 16, 2020

Community

An extended celebration to last a lifetime of anniversaries

Archive image of Jean through the years, provided by Ron Hartman.Archive image of Jean through the years, provided by Ron Hartman. The following is an excerpt from my mother’s autobiography, “A Tennessee-Floridian’s Life Story,’ a year-by-year recounting of her first…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
July 4, 2020

Community

Wide, open spaces

The Huckleberrys are still performing after more than 50 years. SAGINAW — The thought of The Huckleberrys fading from the local music scene seems incomprehensible to some. But unless things change pretty quickly, that’s exactly what’s going to happen to…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
July 2, 2020

Community

Health clubs reopen

Now that health clubs have been given the green light to get going again, it has been full-steam ahead for members of the Emerald Fitness Club. Well, sort of. There’s no sauna, and no hot tub, either. Under Gov. Kate…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
May 28, 2020

Community

A safe course of action: Play golf, ’never interact with anybody’

Competitors from this weekend’s event keep their distance while warming up. CRESWELL – There’s absolutely no truth to the rumor that one of golf’s new COVID-19 era rules is that all players, after an errant tee shot, must now yell…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
May 21, 2020

Scene & Heard

Jack Maybe is looking for more monster performances

COTTAGE GROVE — Browse through the discography of The Jack Maybe Project and one thing quickly becomes obvious: This band has a lot of songs about monsters, and these particular monsters are animated caricatures who play musical instruments. “A lot…

Ron Hartman - Reporter
April 9, 2020

Community

Legendary artists succumb to virus

Ron Hartman You know the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting close to home when it starts claiming our stage heroes. Country artist Joe Diffie, who announced on Friday that he was being treated for coronavirus symptoms, died Sunday. He was 61. …