Speak Up: Did Coach Bossard help you improve your game?

A familiar face in regional college football coaching is being mourned. Delaware State offensive coordinator Bryan Bossard passed away recently. A standout Dover High athlete, he also made his mark at Delaware State, the University of Delaware, the University of Maryland and Army, among others. What are your memories of Coach Bossard?

• When I moved to Dover in 1974 at the age of 9, Bryan knocked on my door one day and asked me if I wanted to come out and play. We instantly became great friends, and he taught me my greatest life lesson I’ve ever learned, that skin color means nothing. — Rick Reed
• Well said. Loved it when we all played Little League together. Sure do miss those days. — Bobby Brooks

Answers to county improvement question

“Cool projects” underway in the First State were highlighted at the recent Developing Delaware Conference. Included in the conversation were the Vacant Spaces to Livable Places program and the New Castle County Hope Center; new Kent County businesses, USA Fulfillment and National Vinyl Products; and Miller Metals and CP Cases, recent businesses now located in Sussex County. What would you like to see built or moved into your county to make it more livable and to increase business?

• Mass transit for southern Kent County. A fitness center/YMCA and a diner in Felton. — Crystal Hamilton
• All of the Democrats replaced with Republicans. — Mark Schmalhofer
• Public transportation in lower Sussex. — Colleen Mooney