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• ORCHID: To Hubbard High School students Chase Roy and Kennedy Evans, who each recently completed separate mission trips to Central America. Chase, a freshman, spent a week in Honduras installing water filters and community bathrooms, building a house and two libraries and more. Kennedy traveled with her church, Victory Christian Center in Coitsville, to El Salvador to work with an evangelism team, offering ministry in the streets and schools. She plans to move to Africa this summer to continue her work as a missionary. Bravo to both!
• ONION: To members of Warren City Council and their attorney, Law Director Enzo Cantalamessa, who went into a closed-door session recently to discuss possible disciplinary action against fellow Councilman Ken MacPherson regarding a derogatory comment he made during a council meeting. We previously used this space to note that Ohio law is clear that public bodies cannot hold executive sessions regarding disciplining elected officials. Last week, a judge issued an injunction on the matter, compelling council to comply with Ohio sunshine laws. The judge will hold a hearing to determine attorney fees the city -- i.e., the taxpayers -- must pay for the infraction. We think council members and their attorney should foot that bill.
• ORCHID: To Vienna trustees for agreeing to add a training center at the fire department and loaning $2,000 to get it started. Trustees said the center has been approved by the Ohio Emergency Medical Services Board and is in the process of being completed. Firefighters and emergency medical technicians can receive the needed training by attending the program in person and viewing videos broadcast on the large screens at the station.
• ONION: To Brookfield Trustee Ron Haun who continues to serve as a township trustee, despite spending a significant amount of time also living in Florida. While he states he is staying in touch with other township officials and traveling back and forth in order to attend meetings and handle township business, we wonder how he can possibly dedicate the amount of time needed to his constituents. He says after many sacrifices he's made in the name of public service, he now wants to spend more time with his family and grandchildren. We get that. But then, he should do the right thing and resign as trustee so someone who is in the township full time can better represent the constituency.
• ORCHID: To officials at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products mill, who this week broke ground on a $15 million investment and 13,500-square-foot expansion at the North Jackson specialty steel plant. Company President and CEO Dennis Oats this week spoke about challenges the Pennsylvania-based company overcame to grow the plant and demand for its products. The expansion will accommodate additions of two new arc re-melt furnaces, giving the mill seven. Oats said he is very optimistic about the company's future. We are, too.
• ONION: To all-terrain vehicle riders who apparently think it's perfectly fine to ride their vehicles dangerously on busy city streets. One rider was arrested Wednesday after police chased him driving recklessly on busy East Market Street. A police report indicates the motorist nearly struck a sheriff's cruiser. After he was stopped, the officer told him to turn off the ATV, but instead he took off. He drove on roadways, on the sidewalk and around buildings in the middle of the afternoon. And, it should be noted, these riders aren't kids! The man caught this week was 27.