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Staying in Touch
| Lynda Bowers, Lafayette Townshp Trustee 1998 - 2013 |
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I believe the best way to represent you is to keep in touch, listening to your concerns, suggestions and opinions. Using this email format is a great way to keep those lines of communication open - delivering information in a more timely and less expensive way than the annual newsletter I still plan to keep mailing once a year.
Please consider forwarding this e-newsletter to your Lafayette Township neighbors and friends who
may not be on my email list. Anyone can opt into the mailing list by clicking on the link in this newsletter. My email list is for the sole purpose of keeping in touch with Lafayette Township residents and not released by me to anyone.
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Spring Clean up May 1
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 Our 11th annual spring clean up day is scheduled on Saturday, May 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Township Hall.
This is a convenience free to Lafayette Township residents. Proof of address is required. Excluded items are tires, batteries, paint, oil, antifreeze and chemicals. Workers will be available to help you unload.
This is a great time to consider neighborhood youth projects. Tidying up your ditches before the township begins summer ditch mowing helps prolong the life of expensive township equipment you help pay for.
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Lafayette Township Memorial Day Parade
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 Monday, May 31, starting at 2:00 p.m. Lafayette Township is hosting a Memorial Day Parade and Community Celebration. The Parade will step off from the Park District area on Deerview Drive traveling west on Wedgewood Road to the Township complex.
The event is being coordinated by Lafayette resident John Meliher, Major, U.S. Army, Retired. At the township complex tables will be set for a Pie and Ice Cream Social. John Freeze will honor the Township's war dead from the Gazebo followed by the inspiring story behind the lyrics of our National Anthem - like you have never heard it before - by Dane Hershberger. An honor guard will also present our Nation's Flag.
Township Veterans are encouraged to become involved. Please call John at 330-725-6176. The donation of pies for the event is being coordinated by Dorothy Feron 330-725-5945. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the afternoon with friends and neighbors.
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Tradition - What's Your Opinion
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 In small professional script by the driver's door, each of Lafayette Township's big red snowplow trucks are christened with a nickname chosen by it's regular driver. The decals are a personal expense of the drivers, not tax dollars.
This decades old tradition also exists in some neighboring townships including the one I grew up in. I never gave it much thought other than ensuring the names are in good taste. While it is not the elaborate artwork of WWII airplanes, the sentiment behind the tradition is just as strong - employee pride in their work mission and equipment. Climbing into those big cold trucks during a snowstorm in the middle of the night, I imagine seeing the name is good for morale.
There is no legal problem with the tradition but a resident has raised an objection. Trustees will be discussing the issue during our May meeting. What is your opinion? Should I vote to leave tradition alone or strip the names from the trucks?
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Whenever you have a suggestion, concern or a question, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely,
Lynda Bowers
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- NOT AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE -
Paid for By Lynda Bowers, 6440 Ryan Road, Medina, OH
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about FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
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Francis Scott Key had a friend, a physician in the rural Baltimore area, named Dr. William Beanes. Legend has it that Dr. Beanes managed to get himself captured and imprisoned by the British on one of their frigates that was engaged in a siege of Fort McHenry.
As was the custom, Key went to the officer of the ship and proceeded to bargain for the freedom of his friend. He managed to persuade the British to let him go, but only after the current battle was over. He was, therefore, on the deck of the ship when firing from the American held fort ended during the night. He waited and watched, with
the ultimate dawn bringing the revelation that the flag was still flying. The events of the night inspired the song that became our National Anthem.
Don't miss the Flag Ceremony at the close of the Lafayette Memorial Parade where our township's own Dane Hershberger will tell the inspiring story behind our National Anthem - like you have never heard it before!
EXERCISE
YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
Remember the primary election on May 4. Or, click the quick link to the Medina County Board of Elections to obtain an absentee ballot request form
There is a lot of power in the voting booth.
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