HURON The BGSU Firelands free film series, "Man's Inhumanity to Man," concludes with an incredible act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Moses Kor, the development of the "Final Solution" and a special talk about "Native Americans in Film." All presentations are free and open to the public. At 12:30 p.m. Monday in the Firelands Room (115 West Building), BGSU Firelands presents "Forgiving Dr. Mengele," the story of Eva Mozes Kor, an Auschwitz survivor who had the courage to forgive the Nazi doctor who experimented on her and her twin sister, Miriam. The college will have a special encore presentation of "Forgiving Dr. Mengele," at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Firelands Room.

Last week a young lady who graduated from St. Paul High School in 1999 came back to see me and conduct an interview for a college project she was completing. She had just recently returned to college and is now pursuing a degree in education. I was so proud of her as she conducted her interview and also told me about her life as a young wife and mother. She related to me how important her St. Paul high school experience was in setting her foundations of faith and her desire to provide the same for her son. Catholic education has been an option for parents in the Norwalk area for more than 85 years. Why should parents pay tuition for an education when we have good public schools that are free?

Norwalk students of the month Here are the Norwalk Elk's Student of the Month program candidates

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The Member of the Month honor for February 2007 has been awarded to the Durable Corporation, located at 75 N. Pleasant St. in Norwalk. Durable was founded in 1923 and moved to Norwalk in 1941. The Norwalk Chamber of Commerce owned several parcels of land and built the original building. Since then Durable has purchased that property and continues to operate there today.

A Norwalk man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a computer while working for a carpet cleaning business, Huron County Prosecutor Russell Leffler said. John Keefe, 22, will be sentenced April 4 for burglary, a third-degree felony. The state dismissed one count of theft, a fifth-degree felony, in a plea agreement.

Army National Guard Pvt. James F. Barnett has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

Two Huron County men face initial appearances in Norwalk Municipal Court in connection with state authorities raiding the Bronson Norwalk Conservation Club, a social club which failed to have an alcohol license. "We can't comment on the amount of people there, because we don't keep track of that, but we did issue two summonses," said Scott Pohlman, deputy director of the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU).

MONROEVILLE It came down to a final routine and it had to be better than the one from the day before. The Monroeville cheerleaders were up to the task as they successfully defended their small varsity non-mount traditional division winter cheerleading championship, a competition sponsored by AmeriCheer.