Growing up with "Sesame Street" in the early 1980s, I found pieces of myself in Cookie Monster's sweet tooth, Big Bird's gentleness and in Grover, who was outgoing and always willing to help others, even though he made a lot of hilarious mistakes. There was even a lady named Maria who was Puerto Rican, just like my family ...Friendship. Perseverance ... .
Alderfer becomes the first wrestler in school history to earn a state medal. Conwell-Egan’s Ryan Kelly and Palisades’ Ben Haubert were eliminated Friday ....