Where to write to oppose parole of Steven Masters

Where to write to opposeparole of Steven Masters
EDITOR:
Since the media coverage on the one single recommendation for parole-release for Steven Masters, the murderer and arsonist of our daughter, Jodi Thomas Masters, we, her family, have been flooded with requests for an address where objections can be sent.
The proper letter-heading and the mailing address of the Ohio Parole Board is as follows, and we thank all who wish to send their objections to the board.
Heading: RE: Steven T. Masters, Inmate #A 157923 Pickaway, Orient, Ohio
Address: The Ohio Parole Board, Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, 1050 Freeway Drive N., Columbus, OH 43229 Attn: Mr. Gary Croft, chairperson.
JOY and BILL THOMAS and daughters
Canfield
One person's 'terrorist' isanother person's teacher
EDITOR:
She's older now, much older. Her hair is gray, her back is bent and she moves slowly, sometimes in pain. After 30-plus years, she's thinking seriously about retirement.
Much has changed since she first stepped into a classroom: the kids, education, teaching and society in general.
Teaching is harder now, much harder, and she doesn't attribute it just to her age. Where she once saw the classroom as a challenge, she now sees it as a battlefield. She feels alone and frighteningly paranoid.
Every agency that once supported her and hailed public education as the best way to achieve the American Dream is now attacking her and the institution to which she has dedicated her life.
What happened? What went wrong? And the children ... always the children. So many broken homes, so many drug problems. Neglect. Lack of direction. So many insolvable problems. Whatever will become of them? How will they survive?
She tries not to let her mind see what her eyes see. To think of the future and to be afraid, is this old age? Is it time to retire?
Her thoughts and feelings are still directed outward. Empathy is still her major emotion as it is with all good teachers. She still wants to improve the quality of life for all.
There are too many in hunger, in poverty, deprived of the simple necessities of life. There are too many reasonable, unfulfilled wants in this world. There are too many living in ignorance still worshiping ghosts and devils. There are too many children in need of education and guidance.
She is a teacher. Retirement?
She reads a passage from Robert Frost and smiles. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."
Note: Education Secretary Rod Paige called this woman and her fellow teachers "terrorists." The thousands of children with whom she shared her life called her teacher.
DONALD H. EVANS
Austintown
For the sake of Youngstown,don't limit police manpower
EDITOR:
This is in reference to the city of Youngstown making the change from two-officer staffed police cars to single-officer cars.
This is a typical city decision that will most likely put us back to the high crime rate that we had in the early '90s. The police department has done an outstanding job to reduce crime in the city, and it seems like things are starting to finally turn around.
A police car with two officers in it serves as a deterrent to crime in the city and ensures a fast response, when seconds count in responding to serious crimes in progress. The mayor and police chief need to realize this and reconsider their decision before it is too late and the city slips back to where it was 10 years ago.
LANA CALVARESE
Hubbard