Speak Up: Response to Sussex redistricting commentary

“As Sussex County Council begins the mandated process of redrawing the district lines based on the 2020 census results, now is the time to expand the council to include two countywide (at-large) districts. This can and should coincide with the November 2022 council election.”

• Experience shows that people will try to improve their lives at the expense of someone else’s. The “at-large” seats won’t be focused on the county as a whole. They will be focused on the most heavily populated parts, at the expense of the rural areas. — Charles Miller

• To be clear, this commentary is my personal view and not that of DelCOG (the Delaware Coalition for Open Government). — Keith Steck

Ross wins Delaware’s ‘best in state’ for raising nearly 10-pound cabbage

Almost 10 pounds … now that’s a lot of cabbage. It was enough green to help Hailey Ross, now a fourth grader at Clayton Elementary School, recently win the “best in state” prize for Delaware and a $1,000 scholarship in the Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program.

• Congratulations, Hailey Ross. Good job! — Ronnie Ponde

• Yeah, Hailey! So proud of you and your amazing family! — Stephenie Tatman

• Way to go, Hailey! — Faith Ballach Drobinski