Thursday, May 17, 2012
We want your bird photos, your bird observations. Heck, we'd even like to see your birding videos!
Seriously, my favorite radio station is any public radio station and I often pester the editors with re-enactments of the stories I hear. So when WCPN featured The Cleveland Natural History Museum's Harvey Webster in a show all about birding I was inspired to reach out to you directly. In the program, Webster mentioned the Audubon Society's weekly bird watching events at parks across the region and several great local bird blogs. But I'll bet North Canton has some undiscovered bird bloggers. And I personally invite you to start your own blog and share your bird photos, observations, heck you can even post a video if you have it. Are you already blogging about birds? You can post your blog on Patch and reach a wider, local audience. …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Blogger Dominic Caruso lets us know what's happening this week at the Stark County District Library and its branch locations
Hoover scores early and often against GlenOak on Senior Night. Check out the gallery to see some game action and the seniors.
Monday, May 14, 2012
When a mother blazes a trail through hardship, there are miles to go before she sleeps ...
It was Christmas morning, 1978. She watched as her children opened their presents. The grandparents were there enjoying the kids — as much as they could — under the circumstances. Did the children sense their grief? About what was missing that morning, but more than that, about what had been forever changed? About the thing the children had yet to know? When the last present had been opened, she asked the children to sit on the sofa. It was time. Time to do what she did not know how to do, the hardest thing her 43 years on earth had ever required of her (even though she knew it would now get harder). Time to do the thing no mother ever wants to have to do. Certainly not on Christmas morning. Time to do that which she could not do on her …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Tweets about North Carolina's decision to ban gay marriage, the death of beloved author Maurice Sendak and more
Friday, May 11, 2012
Seventh grade students at NCMS completed flowers in oil pastel just in time for Mother's Day. They spent two weeks creating these works of art and learning a little about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
What do you think about this Service Employees International union president's open letter to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney?
Dear Mr. Romney: Your welcoming letter to President Obama felt a little sketchy to me. I remember, as I am certain my fellow Ohioans remember, you supporting actions, or in many cases inaction, which would have cost Ohioans their jobs, their homes and their rights. You, Mr. Romney, made it clear that you don't understand how average Ohioans live and support their families. That is why you did not support the auto industry bail out and in fact said "Let Detroit go bankrupt." Unlike you, President Obama understands that the auto industry is the backbone of livable-wage jobs for Ohio's middle class and without those jobs they could not feed their families or pay their mortgages. That is why President Obama bet on the America worker and as…
If marathon training hurts this much, why do so many people do it?
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Teamwork takes the Vikings to a win 5-4 over Crestwood at Canal Park
Monday, May 7, 2012
A final word to dads...
Prisons are full of men who did not feel affirmed by their fathers. Houses of prostitution are filled with men and women who had the same problem. Porn sites are easily accessible to our teenage sons and daughters who are curious about sexuality. Dads—for their sake, be MORE accessible. Approachable. Willing to answer and talk. Fight FOR your kids! You know what you were hungry for, where you went seeking fulfillment and why you “went there” in the past. Maybe you can save your son from choking down some of the rotten food you ate. An ancient quote goes like this: “What man is there among you, who, when his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” Our sons and daughters are crying out for bread, the kind only a father can give. If …
