Where’s the treasure? Vicki Butera of North Olmsted has a good time during Butternut School’s pirate dress-up assembly May 5. The children celebrated “Right to Read” week at the assembly. (Photo by Larry Bennet)

Knoble says what could be
last goodbye to employees
ROCKY RIVER — The mayor, who is being forced to retire after an indictment for improper use of a public office, says residents and volunteers have made the city great and that such service would continue in his absence.

Secretary hopes bus trip
gets citizens on drug plan
WESTLAKE — The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services stopped in Westlake Saturday to promote Medicare's new prescription drug program and sign people up before a May 15 deadline.

Lees throw strikes against leukemia
BAY VILLAGE — Cleveland Indians pitcher Cliff Lee and his wife, Kristen, say they're more than willing to use his celebrity status to help advance research and people’s awareness of leukemia, which their son, Jaxon, was treated for.

Religious expression central
to America’s heritage, Blackwell says
WESTLAKE — The power of prayer can overcome any historical obstacle, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told a National Prayer Day gathering Thursday in Westlake.