This document is a newspaper called the Barberton Herald. It includes information about the newspaper such as contact details, staff members, subscription prices, and hours of operation. It also contains some short letters and opinion pieces submitted by readers on various local topics such as a bus stop blocking the sidewalk, a stranger paying for a student's meal, and complaints about noise from a nearby racetrack.

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Bridget McLaughlin
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Volume 92 – Number 41
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Signs stop for no one
Why is it that Metro is allowed to put bus stops in
the dead center of the sidewalks? Specifically on the
West Side, from Johnson’s Corners all the way back to
El Jalapenos. They stop people from using their bikes,
strollers and wheelchairs.
• No stranger to sports
I wanted to thank a stranger, who was at the restaurant
where my son and his group of friends were eating right
before homecoming. He approached the boys saying he
was such a fan of Barberton football, he offered to pay
half of their dinner bill, which was a little over $130. The
boys and girls thanked him for paying for their dinner.
It goes to show our boys are getting recognized all over
the place.
Rebel yell
Could you please tell me why a father is riding around
andlettinghissonridearoundinapickuptruckdisplaying
a confederate flag? Doesn’t he understand the problems
this has caused in the past and are causing now? I wish
someone would talk to him and tell him that it shouldn’t
be done. It’s distasteful to me.
Rest stop grilling, a lost art
Greetings from Groveport (near Columbus).
I am a Barberton alumni, high school Class of
1975. I still serve in the United States Army and
Army Reserve (regular Army 1975-79; Army Reserve
since 1979). In October, I will have 40 years of
service complete. For your information, I had a
weekly column in the Herald from 2003-2004 while
I was deployed to Iraq.
Here’s an observation to consider for the weekly
Hodge Podge column. Grills at rest stops in Ohio
are rapidly disappearing. They used to be common.
Families could stop at a rest stop along the Interstate
or State Routes and have a picnic. Because I travel
throughout the state and come home to visit
Barberton and Akron often, I noticed the grills
and cook-out stands are almost gone. I surmise
kids, and parents, stop to rest and start using their
iPhones instead of running around the picnic area
or cooking a meal? Just an observation about tradi-
tions that are disappearing. I read the Hodge Podge
column weekly and I noticed he mentions behaviors
and things that are common to baby-boomers that
are fading from our culture. My parents frequented
Hodges Cafe often over the years. I lost my mother
in 2014 and lost my Dad in 2000. I still return to
Barberton once a month or so. Thank you. I enjoy
your column.
Dave Johnson
Groveport
Sounds of the speedway,
music to my ears
It was great to hear the sound of the Barberton
Speedway over the weekend of Sept. 24. As I have
lived in Barberton all my life since June 26, 1953, it
was always nice to sit outside and hear the pleasant
sound of the race cars going around the track. Now
after two years the pleasant racing sound is back.Then
I read in the Herald (Oct. 1) about the noise caused
by the Barberton Speedway’s reopening at Norton
City Council meeting.
The people of Norton need to remember that this
is a racetrack and yes, noise comes from a racetrack.
What did these people listen to before the racetrack
was shut down for two years? Now that it is back
they cry with noise complaints to Norton Council
that the Speedway is the loudest it has ever been. This
I’dliketotakethisopportunitytowisheveryoneahappy
early Columbus Day!
IhopeyouwillcelebrateitintrueChristopherColumbus
fashion by breaking into a stranger’s home and claiming
you now own it! Or, better yet, you could use that day off
work or school to go shopping in remem-
brance of a man who committed atrocities
against indigenous peoples! We all celebrate
in different ways.
In grade school I learned that Christopher
Columbus was a brave explorer who discov-
ered the Americas after many dangerous
months at sea.
I was not taught that he enslaved and
raped natives or that he didn’t even land on
American soil…ever.
Upon arrival on what he thought was
an island off the coast of Asia, Columbus
promptlynoticedhowfriendlytheindigenous
people were and put them in shackles.
“With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make
them do whatever we want,” wrote Columbus in his 1492
captain’s log.
Columbus was obsessed with obtaining gold, so he
enslaved the native people and forced the them to work
in gold mines until exhaustion. Any who opposed were
beheaded or had their ears and nose chopped off as an
example.
He wasn’t brave or noble either, he was a pedophile.
Columbus rewarded his lieutenants with sex slaves and
remarked in a private letter to a friend that girls as young
as 9 could be used as currency:
“Ahundredcastellanosareaseasilyobtained
forawomanasforafarm,anditisverygeneral
and there are plenty of dealers who go about
looking for girls; those from 9 to 10 are now
in demand.”
Andifbeingaslaveowningpedophilewasn’t
enough, he didn’t even do the thing most
people credit him for; discovering America!
Columbus never graced the higher 48, but
instead landed in present-day Haiti and the
Dominican Republic.
You had one job, Christopher, and you
couldn’t even handle that!
Ironically, the Catholic Fraternal organization, the
Knights of Columbus, conceived the idea for Columbus
Day in 1930 because they wanted a Catholic hero.
Ah, yes, what a perfect choice, I’m so glad this sex slave
owning, mass murdering, faux-America discovering loon
hashisownFederalholidayalongsidetheranksofAbraham
Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Happy holiday!
Columbus Day is the worst
is not true because this Speedway sounds the same to
me now as it did before it closed two years ago. The
racetrack was here before most of us were born and
I hope it is here after we are gone. Love the pleasant
sound of the race cars.
Robert Augustynovich
Barberton
Potter and Ule commended
Two short years ago I used this forum to reflect on
my eight years of service with the Norton City Schools
Board of Education. I expressed hope the new board,
having a variety of expertise, would work together to
benefit our community.
With another election at hand I am compelled to
share some insight with voters. I came to the board with
many years of experience in education. I quickly found
there was much to learn and availed myself of training
offered by the Ohio School Boards Association, read
exhaustively and asked questions of teachers, admin-
istrators and other board members. Regardless I felt
it took me three of my four year term to benefit the
district. Jim Bennett and Jennifer Bennett already
have the experience the district currently needs.
The prospect of a board comprised of four members
with at most two years of experience handling contract
negotiations and perpetual budget issues troubles me.
I commend Ms. Potter and Mr. Ule for taking an
interest in serving our community. I hope they will
participate as citizens as Mr. Knight and Mr. Sams
continue to gain vital experience. I wholeheartedly
encourage all Norton voters to check the box for
Jennifer Bennett and write-in Jim Bennett.
Diane Farmer
Norton