10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

Ohio does not force drivers to be retested once they get a license

Sometimes family members are faced with the difficult situation of trying to convince a loved one to turn in their keys. Be it a medical condition or deteriorating skills because of age or other physical aliments, sometimes drivers should simply not be on the road. However in Ohio, and most other states, the bureau of motor vehicles or its equivalent does not have the power to simply retest a driver for the sake of retesting.
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10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

Local vet says no proof to claim about pet food

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization has suggested an excess amount of Vitamin D in pet food is linked to the recent epidemic of pet death, a claim which a local veterinarian disputes. PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk, in an e-mail, writes that evidence does suggest a link between excess Vitamin D and the epidemic.
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10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

Crime/accidents

WILLARD POLICE The March 26-April 1 Willard Police Department blotter had the following highlights:
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10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

How dangerous are older drivers?

We've all heard the stereotypes about older drivers: They take up two lanes, going 15 mph under the speed limit with their left turn signal flashing constantly. Then, along comes a story like last month's accident involving 93-year-old Dorothy Miller who while traveling on Ohio 61, went off the right side of the road, hit a large tree and overturned onto the roof before her car came to rest against a house and the old stereotypes are confirmed.
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10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

Pizza Cravin' honored with 'choice' award

It's official. People in Norwalk and the surrounding area love their pizza.
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10:15 PM Jul 24, 2010

Prices hiked for holiday travelers

Spring break travelers got quite a present for the Easter weekend. Gas prices spiked again from Thursday to Friday, with one local station raising its prices 23 cents a gallon.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

FIRELANDS OUTDOOR NOTEBOOK

Sport shows are fun events, good for breaking up late winter boredom, and last weekend's Columbus Deer and Turkey Expo drew literally tens of thousands of outdoorsmen. Some went hoping for bargains in outdoor equipment, and found them, and some (like me) went seeking new facts and information about hunting, and found them, too. New turkey hunting tactics was just one example.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

SCHOOL MATTERS - Should I pay my child for making good grades?

Q. My son gets average grades, but I know he could do better. Some parents pay their children for good grades. Is this a good idea? A. Last week, grade cards were issued to all students in the Norwalk City Schools. As parents, we all want our children to do well and we are constantly looking for ways to motivate our children. Often times, parents feel that they should pay their children for achieving good grades. Most experts believe that paying children for good grades is a bad idea.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

School news

Edison students of quarter named MILAN School personnel recently named 11 Edison High School students "Students of the Quarter." The students were: Cody Wiewandt (art); Mitch McIlrath (business); Edward Alexander and Damon Bauer (EHOVE); Kazi Dinse, Caitlin Smith, Elizabeth Stallkamp and Shane Wolfkill (language arts); Jim Knittle-French and Nykkytta Mankin-Spanish (foreign language); Alyssa Robinson, Jacob Kiley and Addison Spriggs (health/physical education); Cory Schmidt, Evan Cornell, Lindsey Fox and Jenna Whitacre (math); Mara Mossman (music); Sarah Dunnavant, McKenzie Spriggs and Ciatlin Smith (science); Jessika Otto, Alex Heilman, Cassandra Field and Bryan Nemire (social studies); and Mara Mossman (work and family life).
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Lunch Menus

Week of April 9 to April 13 (All meals served with milk)
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

BLAST FROM THE PAST - Students break into movies

APRIL 6, 1931 The top stories in the Norwalk Reflector-Herald on this date 76 years ago:
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Foreclosures

National City Mortgage Company, Miamisburg, vs. Daniel A. Dietrich, Jr., and Jane Doe, unknown spouse of Daniel A. Dietrich, Jr., 20 Jefferson St., Norwalk; Creditor: Resurgent Capital Services L.P., Greenville, S.C.; decree in foreclosure has been dismissed.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Strickland budget would hurt education

I am writing to express my deep concern that the Governor's Executive Budget will eliminate the Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) for students enrolled in career colleges. Career colleges provide their students with contemporary, up-to-date knowledge, training and critical thinking skills to meet today's challenging needs in business, industry and government, while enriching the personal lives of students. This is a great advantage to our area businesses. Students attending career colleges are not traditional 18-year-old students. Many of these individuals have families and are single parents. In many cases public education is impossible for them. They have earned the right to choose the education that will benefit them and their families in terms of employment training and job opportunities.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Free trade causes job loss

This letter is in concern of the Reflector editorial on taking business to Mexico. We must remember that putting enough of our people out of work will make less people able to buy the cheaper Wal-Mart products. In taking these businesses out of country it is business that makes the money not the labor. Their labor still works long hours for low wages. We aren't raising their standard. We're lowering it and also lowering our own by putting people out of work.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Norwalk school board should make abstinence core of sex ed teachings

EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was addressed to the Norwalk School Board Members. Thank you for making time to address an important issue in our school system this year, abstinence and sex education. I understand the health curriculum is or has been reviewed by a selected committee, which will make recommendations for improvements and possibly adopting new curriculum.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

With all due respect: Hispanics should learn to speak English

I love America and am incredibly thankful everyday of my life that I was blessed enough by God to have been born here. And with America at war, I consider it my "duty" everyday to read the names of those soldiers who have died for my freedom and my beloved country. With each and every soldier, for at least one small moment, I'll repeat their name, look at their age, where they're from and then offer a prayer for them. Quite often, those names are Hispanic and I realize, that those brave men and women loved this country of ours even more than I could ever possibly do, for why else would they give their lives for it?
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Abstinence-only ed the best solution for teens

EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was addressed to the Norwalk School Board Members. I know you have people in place trying to formulate an approach to sex education. I absolutely support an abstinence based education, and it is the desire of parents and students that this be the new curriculum implemented for health education in our school system.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

OUR VIEW - New law will help keep roads safer

Some parents and teens are complaining about a new Ohio law that goes into effect today. The law prohibits a driver under 17 from having more than one passenger who is not a relative. If a teen driver's parent or guardian is present, more passengers are allowed. It also prevents drivers under 17 from driving between midnight and 6 a.m. without a parent or guardian. The only exception would be for driving to or from work, and the drivers would need documentation from employers.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Tiffin man gets prison time for Bellevue cocaine bust

A Tiffin man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for jumping out of a Bellevue motel window during a fall drug bust. Derek W. Good, 29, was caught Nov. 21 by the Bellevue Police Department with 12 grams of cocaine and was apprehended soon after escaping, Huron County Prosecutor Russell Leffler said.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

Crime/accidents

HIGHWAY PATROL Richard E. Stegman Jr., 50, of 408 W. Main St., Bellevue, was charged with a violation of a driver's duties related to railroad crossings in the Feb. 16 collision with a train on Sandhill Road.
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10:10 PM Jul 24, 2010

AT NORWALK PUBLIC LIBRARY - April a busy month for library

Who pays attention to the illustrations in children's books except kids? Well, librarians, teachers, home schooling parents, other authors and illustrators as well as the judges of the Caldecott Medal Award look carefully at words but also illustrations in books for kids. This panel of children's and school librarians has been awarding the medal to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the past year since 1938. This year's winner, "Flotsam" was written and illustrated by David Wiesner. Two honor books were also selected: "Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet" by David McLimans and "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom" written by Carole Weathford and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Check out these and other Caldecott Medal winners from the Children's Room, soon.
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