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Community County council members question future road projects. B4 Akron Beacon Journal www.ohio.com Informing. Engaging. Essential. Kim Hone- McMahan SECTION Monday, May 18, 2015 www.akronrubberducks.com Help us report on good things Recognizing great, uplifting in community to be focus of new feature I count the number of times been scolded: never any good news in the a sentiment often expressed around breakfast tables and in calls and emails to the Beacon Journal.

Frankly, not true. On any given day there are stories about folks doing good things, charitable works, entertainment and high school athletics. Of course, impossible for us to know about all of the good things that are happening in our area. why we are turning to you for help. Please tell us about good news that we should be featuring in the paper.

You might know someone who deserves recognition for helping others or overcoming adversity; you may get joy from our parks system, the arts scene, your place of worship, a favorite restaurant, or the goofy promotions at the RubberDucks games. Could be that you are simply grateful that warm weather is here following a harrowing winter. share your good news in an upcoming Sunday Life section. Some of your responses will be published as is; for others, a reporter may follow up to learn more. also hear from community leaders about what they think is good news.

Please email your letters to my boss, Features Editor Lynne Sherwin at thebeaconjournal.com, or mail to Good News, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, 44 E. Exchange P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309. No phone calls, please, and keep your responses to 500 or fewer words so we can share as many as possible. Thanks, gang.

tales Kirstein Howell of Kent has compiled an anthology, We Go On for veterans. Her father, William David Quinn, served his country in Vietnam from 1966-67, earning both a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. is true that many dream of meeting their hero, but I was raised by Howell said. long as I breathe, I will never get over all he sacrificed, and the welcome he never got. When you grow up the child of a veteran, you come to understand that what they went through you will never understand your luxury and their Howell worked with many authors who gave their time and talents to write stories and poems about life after war.

With so many great veterans charities out there, 100 percent of the proceeds from this anthology will By Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer Far-Less Food Market owner Harvey Nagra impressed when a customer pulled out a handgun Sunday morning and demanded that he empty the cash register. Nagra reached into his belt and pulled out his own handgun, sending the man fleeing out of his Akron convenience store and thwarting the attempted robbery. get said Nagra, who said he scared during the first robbery attempt at his East Buchtel Avenue store in a decade. He called the police as the man fled down the road and barricaded himself in an apartment in a house on McNaughton Street. A standoff with Akron police began about 11 a.m.

The man, described as white and in his 30s, surrendered peacefully after noon. Residents gathered outside to watch and complained about how rough the east side neighborhood has gotten with crime and drugs. They cheered the police as the suspect was led away. Store owner stops robber Proprietor pulls gun of his own after attempt at east side shop. Man flees to apartment, starting hourlong standoff with police F-a-M-E earned by local spelling bee girl Clara Mohler became national champ, brought attention home By Mark J.

Price Beacon Journal staff writer Clara Mohler was never at a loss for words. The Coventry Township eighth-grader had a large dictionary to memorize proper spellings. Through her mastery of language, she became a national folk hero and the pride of Summit County, laying the foundation for a satisfying career that took her around the world and transformed thousands of young lives. Teacher Cecile Baldwin led Clara, 13, in daily drills at Coventry Township School as the Beacon Journal district spelling bee approached in late April 1935. The honor student volunteered to stay after class to expand her vocabulary, correctly spelling 870 words for her teacher on the day before the Akron contest.

was impossible to spell Clara down, it Baldwin told the Beacon Journal. By Doug Livingston Beacon Journal education writer Years of fine-tuning rockets have reached new heights for physics teacher Robert Engels and his students at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. The engineering students took fourth place recently in the largest high school rocket competition besting the record 13th-place finish the school had posted in 2013.

St. V-M sent three of only nine Ohio teams that advanced to the finals of the annual Team America Rocketry Challenge in Virginia. Other qualifying teams included three from Minster High School in western Ohio, two from Northview High School near Toledo and a 4-H team from Newark. Engels thought about the proudest moment and it the fourth-place finish, which earned the students $10,000 cash and $1,000 for the school. It that the students said they plan to donate the money back to the rocket program, which has long been supported by Engineering students place fourth in Virginia, donate winnings back to school Rocketeers set record for Irish in national competition inals Guang Zhu (center) and Emma Noethen, members of St.

Vincent-St. Mary High team Alpha, load their rocket on the launch rail. Photo courtesy of Team America Rocketry Challenge Local history Please see Rockets, B2 Far-Less Food owner thwarted a robbery. PHIL Beacon Journal By Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer Michael and Kim Reitema have lived in Boston and Seattle, where they enjoyed spending time in vibrant city neighborhoods. why the Akron couple visited the North Hill neighborhood Sunday morning with their 2-year-old son, Roman.

They wanted to show support for the three-day Akron Better Block and Open Streets program, which involved pop-up businesses, food vendors, an art gallery, farmers market, live entertainment, games, bicycle lanes and temporary landscaping set up along North Main Street. is Kim Re- itema said as Roman played in the bocce ball court. makes you Lively time in north Hill Please see Open, B8 Better Block, Open Streets event celebrates diversity of neighborhood in Akron Kshitiz Lepcha 7 (left) and Zyerre Davis, 8, participate in Verb Wiggle Words program. PHIL Beacon Journal Sunita Baraily (left) and the Kirat Society of Ohio perform the Sakela dance. PHIL Beacon Journal Please see McMahan, B2 Please see Standoff, B3 Please see Spell, B3 Mohler.