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Honor, merit students listed in Westfield

WESTFIELD — Honor and merit students have been listed by Westfield Middle School for the third marking period. MERIT ROLL: Students earning an average of 85.00-89.499% are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Merit Roll. Sixth Grade: Mia Alfaro, Marc Bowen, Sophia Conley, Nolan Erhard, Jon Robinson, Mason Smith. Seventh Grade: Charlotte Babcock, Adalyn Conway, Maxwell Seehausen, Cade Smith, Landon Tessmer, Skyleigh Zeluff. Eighth Grade: Madison Bouquin, Taylor Burgess, Norah Clute, Taneka Donovan, Kailee Polk, Stormy Raynor, Odin Shields, Nicholas Thompson. ...

Top intermediate students listed

Dunkirk Intermediate School's Students of the Month for March were recently recognized. They include: Liam Pomales, Patrick Roach-Smith, Abigail Braunscheidel, Jiovanny Velez, Atlas Westbrook, Logan Robillard, Kelianys Matias Rodriguez, Ean Alicea Santiago, Jarielys Roldan, Gilmarie Rodriguez ...

Trip back in time: Old West mural brings extra meaning at Centaur Stride

What does it really mean to have “life skills”? At one time, life skills meant survival. Human beings needed food, water, shelter, clothing, and protection. Physical strength, adaptability, cooperation, planning, and ingenuity improved chances. Families grew and preserved their own ...

Getting past the noise for freedom

As anyone who has ever tried to escape reality can tell you, you’re more than likely to end up back in it. We can imagine things to be different. We can dream away the night, but when the sun comes up, it’s the same sun as yesterday. We find ourselves in the same material world at the same fixed place in time’s continuum. Despite our ingenuity and resourcefulness, we are still bound by natural laws. We can undergo joint replacement and cosmetic surgery, but we can’t stop aging. We can disown family members but we can't change our DNA. We can build B52 bombers, but we can’t grow ...

Dots have been connected, don’t look away

The simple minded and the uninformed can be easily led astray. And those who can not connect the dots look the other way. People believe what they want to believe when it makes no sense at all. Walk Tall — John Mellencamp 2004 I implore readers of this column to watch the village board workshop meeting of May 4. This meeting truly contains the good, the bad, and the ugly of village government. The good begins at approximately 44 minutes into the meeting when the mayor, the trustees, the LaBella engineers, and the DPW chief discuss replacing the village’s ancient water mains. ...

Fraternity assists with Greystone cleanup

The brothers of Delta Chi offered their work to Greystones Nature preserve (a non-profit, volunteer-run organization), which is their main community service experience as they have been for many years, to help Bill and Diane with necessary work for the season. The brothers started by helping ...