Munroe Falls News

This is one of a series of columns on what local folks are doing to '' Make a Difference'' in the lives of others.

MUNROE FALLS: Their taste in vintage cars varies from Fords to Chevys to Buicks, and they will only agree to disagree on who has the hottest ride.

As today's holiday arrives, turfgrass is still growing lushly in Northeast Ohio, though some areas of Northwest Ohio already show some browning, dormant bluegrass already because of drier conditions there.

I could not agree more with the Beacon Journal's June 7 editorial . Drilling in state parks is, indeed, not worth the cost.

This is one of a series of columns about what local folks are doing to ''Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.

The politics of the dominant voices in our nation's capital are increasingly pointing to the obvious conclusion, in my opinion: that Washington, D.C., has become an insane asylum and the inmates - our legislators - are running the asylum.

Andrey Savvin wants to put his life on the line for a country that has been his for all of 24 hours.

A Munroe Falls man who was sent to prison in 2007 for stealing a van from the parking lot of a Cuyahoga Falls hotel and setting it on fire, killing the two showdogs inside, is now suspected of stealing another vehicle, which was wrecked in Portage County.

Movie buffs who go see the latest "Star Trek" movie will most likely be more engaged in the plot, drama and action rather than details such as how sets of prosthetic ears work in one scene or how well a Romulan forehead looks in another scene.

AKRON: Season swimming passes are available for Munroe Falls Metro Park on South River Road and Silver Creek Metro Park on Hametown Road in Norton.

"The projects and shows we did together made life better and happier for others and made us better people for having done it," said Frank Chaff IV, who directed his last performance at Tallmadge High School May 2. Chaff, a high school drama teacher, is set to retire June 30 after 43 years with the district in various venues.

AKRON Fun at lunchtime AKRON: Akron is offering downtown workers a ''recess from work'' weekdays at the city's Lock 3. From 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, fun activities will be offered.

STOW: The Stow-Munroe Falls school board is renewing its contract for nursing services with Akron Children's Hospital for the 2009-10 school year.

CUYAHOGA FALLS: A proposal to redistrict elementary schools has upset some Cuyahoga Falls parents.

A Stow police K-9 officer helped bring down a man suspected of taking part in a gas station robbery that ended with a clerk shot.

Stow-Munroe Falls' Mike Jefferson Archbishop Hoban's Lawrence Winn and Nordonia's Donnie Eatmon sprint to the finish in the 100-meter dash during a semifinal heat at the Reinhart Relays at Stow-Munroe Falls High School School on Saturday in Stow, Ohio.

STOW: The idea of turning a ranch house on Darrow Road into a senior center first came to Mayor Karen Fritschel two years ago while she was out on the campaign trail.

STOW: Stow-Munroe Falls High School has been recognized as a ''Best Community For Music Education'' by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation.

I'm sure everyone has heard of the recent piracy of an American ship off the coast of Somalia .

STOW: The Stow-Munroe Falls school board has agreed to cut more than a dozen administrative, teaching and support jobs to save $1 million annually from the district's budget.