The feel is completely different because this year is about trying to build bridges and heal the community.

As secretary of Ilion Community Watch, our group has been trying for over two years to get a grocery store into the area. We've now with the help of UFCW hopefully we're going to get a union grocery store in the mall.

We wanted the building to fit in the fabric and history of this community. We also want it to express some of the things we want to tell in the new facility.

I see a little better grooming. Some might even be trying a little powder.

We have not solved that problem yet, even after hundreds of years of people ... trying to learn about deafness and how it impacts language learning.

Whatever you need, it's there. If you can't find it, you aren't trying.