CHESTERLAND NEWS VOLUME 49 No. 25
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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West Geauga Superintedent Writes Open Letter to Residents
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Noah is one of the horses Rescue Village is helping this year.
Rescue Village Celebrates National Help a Horse Day BY GWEN COOPER NEWS@CHESTERLANDNEWS.COM Rescue Village hopes to educate horse owners and horse lovers in an April 20 seminar from 6-8 p.m. The seminar will feature several speakers and is part of festivities planned for National Help a Horse Day. The animal shelter is also planning a family-friendly event noon to 3 p.m. April 23. Both events are open to the public free of charge, but registration is required for the seminar. Executive Director Hope Brustein and Humane Agent Christian Courtwright hope to avoid situations such as those over the past few years that have resulted in the
Dear West Geauga Residents: I am sending this letter to you as a response to persistent chatter regarding the recently-ended consolidation study of the West Geauga Local School District and the Newbur y Local School District. That study began in June 2016 and ended prematurely in March 2017. Despite its termination last month, the study remains the topic of ongoing comments by the Newbury board and administration in emails, public meetings, and the press. The West Geauga board and administration were deliberately
quiet on the subject of projections were consolidation talks shared without underwhile the information standing of limitations gathering phase of the and inaccuracies at study was being underNewbury board meettaken. In recent ings. months, the Newbury Correspondingly, board and administrathe West Geauga board tion chose a different and administration path. Thus, according have been hesitant to Richard Markwardt to multiple public respond to recent pubWest Geauga sources, Newbury resilic allegations once the Superintendent dents’ concerns related decision to end the to consolidation were voiced, study was reached. Given the objections to consolidation were opportunity, I would prefer to heard and in some cases encouraged, and preliminary financial See Superintendent w Page 10
Interurban Historical Society Rides The Tracks of Time in Chester
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BY JENNIFER TURKOC NEWS@CHESTERLANDNEWS.COM
Wolverines Grind Out LateInning Win on Road
Imagine Chester Township without the steady stream of traffic going down Mayfield Road. Yes, there was a time when Chester Township was nothing but dirt roads, often impassable, and farms — farms with no easy way to get their produce to the city. The Chesterland Historical Village, at the corner of Caves and Mayfield roads, recreates this bygone era. And on April 2, the village held an open house from 24 p.m., with the focus on the
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BY BRIAN LAVRICH SPORTS@GEAUGAMAPLELEAF.COM
Jack Dorsky came in early in relief against rival Chagrin Falls. The Tigers beat the Wolverines 13-3 in six innings.
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Historic photo of the Cleveland and Eastern Electric Railway.
Wolverines Shut Out Twice by Rival Chagrin Falls
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The Chagrin Falls baseball team showed its depth and dominated from the beginning as the Tigers finished off a sweep of rival West Geauga with a 13-3 win in six innings Thursday at West Geauga High School. The Tigers sent eight batters to the plate in the first inning as they continued their hot start to the season, improving to 10-1 and 5-0 in the Chagrin Valley Conference. The Wolverines fell to 2-8, 2-3. Nick Paros started for the Wolverines and had a rough time as he faced only five batters. He gave up two hits, walked two and hit a batter while giving up four runs before being replaced by Jack Dorsky. The big blows were RBI
singles by Erik Wilson and Colin Kennedy. Wilson finished 2-for-3. “I got down 0-2 early (in the count) and I’ve been struggling recently,” Wilson said. “He threw a curve and hung it. It was nice to see a line drive. “It does a lot for your confidence. When one guy swings it, the whole team swings it.” Kennedy had an excellent game as he was 2-for-3 with two RBIs to go along with a superb start on the mound. Chagrin Falls coach Michael Sweeney was happy to see the early lead. “That’s our phrase, get them early and often,” Sweeney said. “We got them early, but not often.” Kennedy (2-1) pitched all six innings, giving up three runs on See Baseball w Page 5
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