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Making your voice heard — in a respectful fashion

Two decades ago, I took my oldest daughter, Elizabeth, on a perspective college tour. One of the visits was to Kent State University. When we parked our car, we noticed at the edge of the lot a bronze plaque. She asked me what the sign signifies. I shared with her on May 4, 1970, students ...

Column: Food is a blessing that brings us together

How does food become an item in our lives? We are a nation obsessed about either our intake of food or our avoidance of food for dietary reasons. What kind of food, what vitamins and minerals does it contain, to say nothing about the physical presentation and results in our intestines? Every ...

Man’s best friend

Dogs. They’re ubiquitous. “Man’s best friend” we call them. Why? Even their family counterparts – cats – can’t hold a candle to them over the years, as adored house pets. As children, we were like most families in town. Dogs had special names and came running when we called ...

When money gets tight

I recently had an “emergency meeting” scheduled at one of the online universities I work for. This took place on April 1st, that had me suspicious and on one hand I thought, “how fun, a place of employment that likes to joke and have fun”, and on the other hand, “oh crap we are ...

Column: Children deserve to learn love, respect

Been watching television and listening to the news, and yes, it gets depressing. The item that caught my attention was the mother and father of the Michigan school shooter both will spend between 10 to 15 years in prison, for buying the gun that the student used to kill fellow students in his ...

Ahmeek manufacturer aims to be good neighbors

My name is Matt Kero. I’m the Director of Engineering & Manufacturing at Neuvokas, a local company, otherwise known by the product that we make…GatorBar. We manufacture GatorBar within a revitalized and repurposed industrial building, what used to be the machine shop for the Number 6 ...