Dateline Dayton — I, like hopefully many other fathers, enjoyed an outstanding Father’s Day.

Pauline and I started the day with church followed by her taking me out for breakfast.

In the early afternoon our two sons and daughter, along with their families, came for a cookout. What really made the cookout nice was that our son Bill brought most of the supplies. Best of all, he did the grilling. The hamburgers were great, as was everything else.

Earlier in day, our son from Florida called and while we were enjoying our food, our daughter from Michigan called. It was so nice to have family at the house and to hear from those who couldn’t join in the festivities.

I have to admit we spent most of the day in front of the television, switching among the Cincinnati Reds, the NASCAR race and the golf match. The baseball game ended first, with the Reds winning 2 to 1, on a home run.

Now we only needed to switch between the race and golf. After the race was completed, golf took over sole possession of the television. I must admit I’m not much of a sports fan. However, my wife and brother-in-law enjoy the Reds, our son Jon, is a NASCAR fan and Bill enjoys golf. My real interest in the golf match was seeing if this young man McIlroy could hold onto his outstanding lead

Rory Mcllroy appears to be a fine example and has the makings of becoming the star of golf. I just hope he doesn’t fall into the same trap as Tiger Woods. Rory has the potential of making golf interesting for many years.

While watching the golf match, I did take many breaks; however, that didn’t keep me from seeing what I found to be one disturbing commercial from Federal Express. It showed a man putting his golf clubs in the back seat of his car, buckling them into his child’s car seat. Then the scene flashed to his wife and child, with a line like, “If you want to protect what’s important to you, ship your clubs by FedEx.

Personally, I believe this sends the wrong message. Your wife and child should be much more important than a set of golf clubs. Admittedly, I may have misinterpreted the advertisement. But my gut reaction was, protecting your golf clubs is the first priority, so ship them by Federal Express.

Dressing for Success?

Now for an “I Can’t Believe It” story.

In this day when casual dress is the acceptable attire, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) is instituting a dress code for employees, and it could be considered, a strict one.

Starting last Monday, men must wear ties. However, the story didn’t state whether shirt and trousers were required. Women have more options, but are limited to dresses, blouses, sweaters with slacks, skirts or dressy capris.

Banned: Jeans, shorts, T-shirts, miniskirts and flip-flops as well as visible tattoos and facial piercings. I can see the American Civil Liberties Union coming to support those employees with tattoos and facial piercings.

Causal dress, tattoos and piercings have a place. But moderation is required in your place of employment, church, funeral homes and other public settings. I can’t believe what some people wear to church. And how appealing is it to have a server at the restaurant with piercings all over his or her face?

I give the Cuyahoga County Administrator credit for trying to make his staff look professional, but he will need a lot of luck.

Mr. Hennessey may be contacted at pmhenn@sbcglobal.net