It only takes one person to ruin the fun for everyone else.

The football stadium offers the community a free place to exercise on the track and play games on the turf, as the doors are open to the public. These luxuries may be taken away or restricted, due to someone abusing these privileges.

    On the morning of May 9, spray paint was found in the stadium, applied upon parts of the track, turf and bleachers along the student section. The graffiti contained vulgar language, illustrating a degrading opinion towards the school and the community of Stow.

The vandalism in the stadium was subsequent to the bomb threat that canceled school the day before. Whether the two cases could have any coherence with each other is up in the air, as questions are still being asked.

Removing the spray paint could be as simple as waiting for the heat to dissolve it, or as costly as reapplying the damaged material.

Acts like this leave the school no other option but to make changes. It would be of no surprise if a more strict policy of allowing people access to the stadium was put into place.

With that said, those with intent to harm the stadium, such as the spray painters, can hardly be stopped. Locking the gates and denying access only brings vandals to jumping fences.

While motives and suspects may seem obvious, conclusions should be kept contained until investigations sort out the details.

A bomb threat was called in to the high school a little after 11 in the morning Fri., May 8.

Stow Resource Officer Barry Smith called Stow Police and notified them of the bomb threat; meanwhile, students and staff were directed via an announcement from Principal Chris DiMauro to evacuate immediately to the football stadium, where they were later dismissed for the day.

K9 police from Kent State and the Stow Police department searched the building for any potential bombs but did not find any trace of explosive devices.

Students and teachers were later allowed to re-enter the building until 5 p.m. to obtain their belongings.

The threat was called in during the end of the AP United States History exam and approximately a half hour before the AP European History Exam. All students taking the AP U.S History Exam must retake the exam, and those who were supposed to take the AP European History exam will retest at a later date.  All student activities were also cancelled for the evening.

Keep checking Stohion.com for further updates on AP testing.

By Morgan Walko

The Kindness Week events continued on Thursday and Friday of this week. HAPPY put together two more events for the last two days.

Thurs., April 29, students were encouraged to wear their “Live and Let Live” gear. They could add their fingerprint to the Live and Let Live mural outside the auditorium during their lunch period.

HAPPY members were giving out hugs and Hershey Kisses as well. They did this during the three lunch periods.

On Fri., April 30, post-it notes were posted around the school. These post-it notes had positive messages and advice written on them.

In addition to the post-it notes, it was also a Stow spirit day. Students wore their stow gear and attended the pep rally to end kindness week.

HAPPY put together many events to make others feel good throughout the week. Kindness Week was successful and made many students feel happy.

Read what happened Monday through Wednesday here.