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Are you confused, angry and sad about the mess at the U.S. Capitol last week? Me too.

While the Commander-in-Chief back in Washington, D.C. fantasizes about having his own military-themed parade later this year, here we’re too busy getting ready to launch our own year of parades. All of them honor our veterans with a lead-off color guard and salute but all our local seasonal and themed parades mostly honor our culture, traditions, our young people and our diversity. For the most part, they are more like peace parades than martial processions.

Nominated for a documentary Oscar, I urge you to see I Am Not Your Negro on the big screen. For it is that rarest of films—one which I want to see with a multi-ethnic, multi-age audience and talk about at the end.

This is always an exciting time of the year as we get ready to welcome our new kindergarten students. Kindergarten will be your child’s first step in school and it is a privilege to be a parat of that journey. At Mattie Washburn, we are committed to ensuring that all students receive a challenging academic program as they begin their school career. We have a balanced curriculum that combines hands-on, real life experiences with the basic skills needed for success. Our focus is on early literacy with the goal that all students will be fluent readers as they leave first grade.

As the first religious institution in the township, the Windsor Community United Methodist Church (www.windsorumc.com) has maintained a vital presence in Windsor for 165 years.