ORCHID: To Holly and Michael Guerrero for their 34th wedding anniversary this month and for their highly creative and definitively newsy methods of falling in love and furthering their romance. You see, Holly, ever so slyly, slipped her phone number into an edition of The Tribune Chronicle delivered to Michael’s family home in the mid-1980s. Michael took the bait, called her and romance blossomed, punctuated by his own newspaper-oriented proposal about eight years later. He took out a quarter-page ad in The Tribune, asking his beloved “Sport” for her hand in marriage and was on his knees proposing once Holly opened the paper to her special page. We at The Tribune are proud to have played key roles in their enduring romance and commitment to one another.

ORCHID: To the six noteworthy individuals who have been rightly honored with their upcoming induction into the Trumbull County African American Achievers Association Hall of Fame. The Class of 2026 inductees comprise Nakilia Adams, an enterprising entrepreneur for Bee & Bee Beauty; Porscha Bell, an account manager at 7 17 Credit Union; Pastor Alfie Lamont Burch, a former NFL player and now pastor of Anointed St. James Church of God in Christ in Youngstown; Frederick Allen Moore Jr., a county recorder’s office employee and owner of “Freddy’s No Sauce Ribs;” Regina Franklin Patterson, a longstanding and active member of the Warren Board of Education; and Jeffery L. Stanford, pastor, evangelist and executive director of ACTION. All six clearly merit inclusion in the annals of history among Trumbull County’s finest.

ONION: To operators of Belmont Pines Hospital in Liberty for their long history of failing to keep their behavioral patients under control. The most recent example of ongoing chaos at the behavioral health hospital for young people came last week, when three male juveniles and at least three female juveniles were arrested by Liberty police after a series of fights with staff broke out and vandalism of hospital property was reported. This time, Liberty needed the assistance of officers from Hubbard city and township, Brookfield and the Ohio State Highway Patrol to quell the disturbances. This comes on top of numerous reports of fighting and downright “riots” at the facility in recent years. It’s now long past time for a thorough investigation of Belmont Pines by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addictive Services.

ORCHID: To the ten honored members of the 24th class of Community Stars, sponsored by The Tribune Chronicle. The program, co-sponsored by Trumbull 100, celebrates volunteers who go above and beyond to make a measurable impact in the community and the lives of others. Detailed stories on each of them and their achievements will appear in an upcoming special section of the newspaper. The honorees comprise Kenneth Boring of Mineral Ridge, Sharah Hirt Buzulencia of Warren, Esther Gartland of Cortland, Molly Halliday of Cortland, Moriah McCorkle of Warren, Lorie Prokup of Howland, Mary Ann Raidel of Bristolville, Tom Smith of Girard, Ted Toles III of Braceville and Joe Warminski of Niles. Make plans now to attend the awards ceremony for the honorees April 15 at the St. Demetrios Community Center in Warren by calling 330-841-1696 or going online to sshafer@tribtoday.com.

ONION: To those unscrupulous con artists who take advantage of Medicaid, the nation’s health-care assistance program for the needy, by attempting to enrich themselves for services not rendered. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost last week indicted nine Medicaid health-care providers — including one from the Mahoning Valley — and one recipient of stealing a combined $478,000 from Medicaid. Most of those charged already have confessed to their greedy and lawless shenanigans. Once convicted, all should face the maximum fines and prison sentences. In addition, efforts to strengthen enforcement and penalties, such as through passage of the proposed STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act pending in the U.S. House, should proceed full steam. Ohioans should be proud of Yost’s staff’s aggressive pursuit of Medicaid bandits. As the Ohio AG noted last week when delivering news of the indictments, “”This February, remember: Love may be blind, but our investigators see just fine. If you flirt with fraud, your next date will be with a judge.”

ORCHID: To Trumbull County commissioners for their astute appointment of Scott Lynn to the Western Reserve Port Authority Board of Directors. Lynn brings stellar and needed credentials to his leadership on the governing board for airport management and economic development for Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Lynn, chief pilot for the Boardman-based DeBartolo Corp., adds needed aviation expertise to the board. As a previous board member, he also brings built-in knowledge of the duties and goals of the WRPA. As Commissioner Rick Hernandez said, “This resume is a perfect fit” for the appointment.

ORCHID: To Youngstown State University’s 517 student athletes for proving they collectively excel not only on the field but in the classroom as well. For the second consecutive semester, YSU athletes have achieved the No. 1 cumulative grade-point average among all NCAA Division I institutions of higher learning in the state of Ohio. YSU’s student athletes held the top spot in the fall with a cumulative 3.541 GPA. That superlative performance merits a hearty round of cheers!

To Lisa Frederick, an art instructor at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, for preserving the legacy of some of Youngstown’s grandest and most ornate churches through her photography exhibit titled ” “Sacred Landmarks: A Photographic Tribute to Youngstown’s Churches and Immigrant Heritage.” The photography exhibition that runs through April 25 at the Butler features images of 12 Youngstown churches — some still thriving, some now empty and two that have been leveled. As regular church attendance has fallen in recent years and more and more churches are shuttering, the former visual art instructor for Salem schools seized the opportunity to capture the grandeur of the structures for the ages and for all to see. Her next historic project is to ensure many of them become registered on the National Registry of Historic Places. Offer your help to her on this vital project at a reception in her honor at 1 p.m. March 1 at the Butler.