HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune Kassy Kova and Justin Ross practiced under the watchful eye of coach Wendy Smith at San Diego Ice Arena.

Kassy Kova and Justin Ross are gliding along effortlessly. Their red noses give away the temperature inside the San Diego Ice Arena in Mira Mesa. Their red cheeks give away the energy they expend as she twists and turns into him, as he lifts her, as they move in perfect unison. Kassy, 15 today, and Justin, 17, have been at it now for more than an hour and a half. It's 5:45 – a.m.

I remember being a Girl Scout. It was just something most girls did when I was growing up. It was a way to hang around with my friends after school. We all waited 15 minutes after the last bell, and then we'd walk over to the Girl Scout Hut on our school playground. That's what we called it. Of course, boys called it the Boy Scout Hut.

When Ileana Koupal got an e-mail from the Catholic diocese telling her she had tickets to go to the papal Mass in Washington, D.C., you'd have thought she won the Lotto. “I was jumping up and down here in the office,” the East County woman said.

Last week, we asked whether you'd leave a faith congregation if you thought the leader's sermons were divisive and wrong. You were decisive: You would not stay. Take a look.

Classics 4 Kids is “Going Green” with a family concert tomorrow at the Balboa Theatre, outside Horton Plaza at 868 Fourth Ave. With Earth Day near, the classical music program will celebrate the sights and sounds of nature.