Ashland Times Gazette
On Feb. 19, the Ashland Times-Gazette highlighted some local teachers in a story that showed how they educate students about Black history ( How educators teach amid racial reckoning ).
It mentioned Mark Conduit, Oliver Warren, Justine Baker, Melanie Ferguson and Nick Gerber.
I would like to thank these and all teachers for the hard work they do in educating curious minds.
I also learned a lot about Martin Luther King by reading his letter from Birmingham jail.
Dr. King was a man with a very strong faith in God and his faith helped him do great things!
I encourage everyone to read his letter.
As the nation reckons with issues of racism and social justice, area high school students curiosity about American history and current events, along with their openness to engage, has piqued significantly, social studies teachers say. They re drawing parallels between the civil rights struggle and present-day issues, said Mark Condit, who teaches AP U.S. government and politics to 11th and 12th-graders at Ashland High School. Just the other day, students were debating The 1619 Project as we were learning about the March on Washington and Martin Luther King s movement. They re bringing in outside sources not part of the curriculum, and they come ready to discuss difficult topics.
Investigators say they seized an array of drugs and guns after executing a search warrant at a Cleveland County home Tuesday.
The search warrant was served at a home in the 5000 block of Hawthorne Lane, Shelby, by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office narcotics division.
Investigators say they seized from the home:
25 grams of methamphetamine, with a street value of $2,500
19 grams of heroin, with a street value of $1,900
5 grams of marijuana valued at $50
Several items of stolen property
2 handguns
Five people were arrested, all of whom lived at the home. Those charged include:
Preston Emmett Shipley, 27, of Shelby, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance, $10,000 bond.
Replace violence with love, and impatience with peace.
That was the message from the Rev. Kevan Franklin of United Trinity Church as the Wooster-Orville chapter of the NAACP held a rally Saturday in response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
It was a crisp 24 degrees when Oliver Warren, emcee and NAACP first vice president, began introducing the six featured speakers. Where do we go from here? asked NAACP President Juanita Greene. It s time for us to stand up and take responsibility, Greene said. We ve got to make sure our family, our friends and our neighbors take this seriously . . We all have complaints about America: Black people and people of color are not treated equally, women don t get the same pay as men. But we don t have a dictatorship, we have a democracy.