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News of the past 30 days...

  • [30-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: Dogs may be prescription for struggling vets
    Frank and Jen DeLorenzo may not be in uniform, but they’re still soldiers.The DeLorenzos, founders of the Brecksville-based nonprofit Wags 4 Warriors train dogs to be companions to military veterans who suffer from post...

  • [28-05-2012] Autism can’t stop the music for Canal Fulton teen
    News of disco queen Donna Summer’s death was being announced on the radio as I pulled into Canal Fulton’s Northwest High School’s parking lot to attend its May Fiesta dress rehearsal.Imagine my surprise when I walked into...

  • [26-05-2012] Hope Walk brings in $50,000 for cancer center
    Three cheers for the nearly 500 volunteers, businesses, community organizations, walkers and their furry companions who participated in the recent Stewart’s Caring Place: Cancer Wellness Center’s sixth annual Hope...

  • [23-05-2012] Phyllis Cottle is again fighting for her life
    The phone rang. Dolores Juriga, a friend of Phyllis Cottle was on the other end. The news was not good. Jaw dropping.“Phyllis has been diagnosed with Stage IV cancer.”“But she’s in good spirits,” Juriga said...

  • [21-05-2012] Laughing to live longer
    Walkers, joggers and baby-stroller pushers must have wondered what the dickens was going on Sunday afternoon at Akron’s Hardesty Park.The 22 folks — men, women and children, some in funny hats — certainly drew their...

  • [21-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: Hot tea and cool beginnings
    A high tea party in a lavish setting, complete with glistening chandeliers and dainty floral centerpieces. That’s what last week’s invitation-only event at the Akron Woman’s City Club may have looked like to those...

  • [19-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: Andy Holcomb’s guitar to get paint job
    The good deed Jeff Lounds — a stranger from Lansing, Mich. — did a few weeks back for Andy Holcomb has so beautifully affected the hearts and minds of others.Lounds, after reading online about Andy’s desire to learn to...

  • [16-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: A proper salute for ‘The Purple Man’
    He would have been very proud of Tuesday morning’s performance. And extremely humble.The special salute to Akron’s late Earl R. Baker, aka “The Purple Man,” at Akron’s Miller South School for the...

  • [14-05-2012] Fire victim grateful for community support
    Kelly Coppinger has been on a nonstop emotional roller coaster since the Kenmore home she shared with her husband and four children went up in flames the night of April 30. They lost everything.“I’ve been going crazy and trying...

  • [13-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: Her blueprint for mothering began in Akron
    Lucimarian Roberts said the philosophy on raising successful children is pretty much the same today as it was when she was a young mother.Societal rules may have relaxed over the years, but that should never trump home, insisted the...

  • [09-05-2012] Wanted: Physicians with musical talents
    It’s that time of year again for area physicians who have musical talents to enter the not-to-be-missed United Way of Summit County’s annual Docs Who Rock physician talent show set for 7 p.m. Oct. 20, at the University of...

  • [07-05-2012] Rachel’s Challenge: Pay it forward
    In her short life, 17-year-old Rachel Joy Scott managed to make believers out of countless folks about the importance of spreading kindness in the hope it might become contagious.Even though Rachel no longer walks among us, her message...

  • [05-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: Community support grows for Kenmore fire victims
    After learning about Monday night’s fire that left a Kenmore family of six homeless, several Akron-area citizens have stepped up in “There but for the grace of God go I” fashion to help.That outreach, I’ve learned,...

  • [03-05-2012] Rick Parson always made life better for others
    Rick K. Parson, say his family and friends, was golden. Everyone — no matter their stature in life — who knew him felt it.They knew because every day of his life he practiced the Golden Rule: “Do to others as you...

  • [02-05-2012] Jewell Cardwell: McDonald’s worker celebrates 90th birthday
    Bah da bop bop baaaah! She’s loving it!Not everyone says that about his job. However, Helen Kukasky — a refreshing fireball in a black T-shirt — is quite the exception to that rule, and so many others.Helen, as she...

  • [30-04-2012] Rebuilding Together planting seeds of hope
    While some folks were grumbling Saturday about the cold and the rain, 14 area homeowners were literally jumping for joy at the boundless blessings raining down on them courtesy of Rebuilding Together Greater Cuyahoga Valley.Absolutely...