By Gregg WendorfAdvance News JournalThese days, I’m always on the lookout for good news to counter all the bad I see around me. It takes work these days to remain an optimist. You know what I’m talking about. Already this year, in my case, I’ve lost three friends to cancer, so it takes work … to remain optimistic about life in general.On the local front, we need rain, bad; on the national front, who even wants to go there? World affairs? No thanks. Too depressing if you let it get to you. Yet, some people sit around watching political news ...