Clarksfield resident Carol Gibson accused Huron County social workers of not doing their jobs appropriately and expressed concern about the foster home placement process during the county commissioners' meeting this morning. "I have a real concern about the foster program," said Gibson, who accused foster care coordinators of playing favorites. "People want children and they're not getting them."

About 18 6-inch small tortilla shells 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken

MILAN On April 28, Edison High School will present its annual dinner, dance and theater in the high school gymnasium. The event begins at 6 p.m. with a buffet dinner accompanied by piano dinner music. The dinner will be served by members of the show choir and is being catered by Blue Ribbon Catering of Norwalk. The dinner includes: pork, honey wine chicken breast, red potatoes, broccoli with cheese, cheesy au gratin potatoes, sauce grilled veggies, fresh fruit, tossed salad, rolls, assorted desserts and beverages.

Toast: Toast the Norwalk VFW for working to save the city's Fourth of July fireworks show. While the service organization makes no promises that it will be able to pull it off, it plans to try and raise the money (about $13,000) and gather the volunteers needed to put on the annual display. Whether they are successful or not, the VFW deserves a round of applause for its willingness to take on a daunting challenge. Roast: Roast developer KG&R for again failing on a project, this time in Chillicothe. KG&R made a bevy of broken promises to fix up the former Huron County human services building on Benedict Avenue and turn it into senior housing right up until the bank foreclosed on the property, which goes to sheriff's auction today for the second time. The developer continues to have trouble doing simple things like, you know, paying taxes this time in the southern Ohio city of Chillicothe. We hope their reputation will proceed them for a long, long time.

Retailers listen up: Gov. Strickland's proposed budget includes a proposal to increase the allowance for collecting and remitting the sales tax to 1 percent. However, the maximum a vendor could earn would be capped at $30 per reporting period. By enacting caps on the retail business it ends up being another unfunded government mandate. In a study done in 2006, it was determined that the average cost of sales tax compliance for retailers in 2003 was 3.09 percent.

As springtime remains on delay this year, I find that my vision of the perfect spring and summer hasn't changed much since about 1958. Here's what I have in mind again this year.

Hydrant flushing MONROEVILLE The village will flush water hydrants from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through April 27. Water discoloration may occur after flushing.

Peggy Howard believes her husband Dane would have done just as well if he chose to mastermind a kitchen instead of Huron County Sheriff's Office investigations. "He should have been a chef. He definitely could have made it as a cook," Peggy said. "He's a better cook than I am."

The state is investigating how the Huron County Department of Job and Family Services (HCJFS) handled an abuse complaint involving a Norwalk baby who died later from suspected shaken baby syndrome. The 10-month-old infant, Donavan Lykins, died Feb. 24 at an Akron hospital after being flown from Fisher-Titus Medical Center. Prosecutors said a neighbor had reported Feb. 11 that the boy had bruises on his body.

WAKEMAN - About 100 people filled the basement of the United Methodist Church Sunday afternoon to hear a talk by James Renner, author of "Amy: My Search for Her Killer" a book about the unsolved murder of Amy Mihaljevic. Mihaljevic was abducted from a public plaza in Bay Village Oct. 27, 1989, and her body was found Feb. 8, 1990 on County Road 1181 in Ruggles Township, not far from New London.