I sit before my TV entranced by the stunning spectacles unfolding before me. There are, however, troubling thoughts about how the 21st Century Winter Olympics appear to me.

Friday night as a guest, I attended Jackson Middle School's "Wizard of Oz." I was totally surprised at their  stunning rendition.

The Cluster Parishes of Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ, Queen of Heaven, and St. Paul, join in offering our sincere condolences to the parishioners of St. Francis de Sales Parish and the family of Father James R. Schleicher.

We have been residents of Springfield Township for over 10 years. During this span of time I have witnesses the decline of our community. The lack of school support, stagnant growth, and little to no family centered community events. As a young couple that desires to protect the integrity of our family we began looking to relocate to another city/township.

At the Jan. 11 Springfield Township School board meeting, Board President Mary Lou Dodson in presenting facts to the residents about the proposed 4.9 mill levy for a new school building, stated “the residents are astounded as to how little it is going to cost them for this building.” This proposed bond issue is for 38 years. 

Thank you for supporting the Polar Bear Jump.

Thank you to the Springfield Schools Academic Foundation.

Over and over again, through the years, I have had the privilege to witness the good heart and conscientious character of the Manchester community. Manchester is a great place to raise and educate children.

February is American Heart Month and it is in the spirit of increasing awareness, and reaching out to the growing number of heart patients struggling with recovery and lifestyle changes, that we write today.

In response to the letter to the editor from Dorathy Koopmeiners of last week regarding the possible closing of Lakeview School, it is important to understand that the goal of Coventry Schools for the proposed project that would close Lakeview School is not to just close the school.  

Thank You to Hartville Village. Many helped us to find our lost pug over the holidays, including the police. She was gone nine days before we got her back. With some frostbite and loss of weight, and minor emotional damage - she is safe and sound.

The financially strapped Coventry School District wants to close Lakeview Elementary School (which sits in Coventry Township), keep Turkeyfoot Elementary School (which sits in Franklin Township), and take out a million dollar loan to renovate the high school (which sits on Akron land) to make classrooms for the grade restructuring needed to move the Lakeview students.

I have been reading about and also viewing on television, stories about cruelty to animals (dogs) with pictures of starved and injured dogs that are saying, “What did I do to deserve this? What did I do wrong?” It is a heartbreaking sob story about cruelty to animals, but where does the real cruelty to these animals being.