I love Akron's event. There's no doubt that they've used a strategic approach to what the event stands for: community, arts, celebration and the New Year. When all the components are running full tilt, it's a successful event.

There's no doubt they deserve their No. 5 ranking. They have a wonderful inside player in George, two great shooters on the outside and so many others who are so skilled one-on-one.

I doubt if the average Englishman felt himself as much oppressed by Charles I as by the plague; or if any colonial American was as much in dread of taxation without representation as of smallpox. And it may reasonably be contended that Walter Reed and William Crawford Gorgas brought to man freedom in a more happy sense and in a larger measure than any military or political leader.

I'm proud to be returning to the community where I got my start.

Please get involved in community,

We worked very hard to create an atmosphere where the idea was to celebrate community and cross boundaries.