CHESTERLAND NEWS VOLUME 50 No. 5
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Lake County GHD Now Owns Local WIC Program Clinic Relocated to Huntsburg Community Center BY ANN WISHART ANN@GEAUGAMAPLELEAF.COM
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The Huntsburg Community Center, formerly Huntsburg Elementary School, is where the WIC clinic is now located in Geauga County.
In October 2016, the Geauga County Health District contracted with the Lake County General Health District to be the fiscal agent for its Women, Infants and Children program, said Rachel Sray, Lake County WIC program director. In February 2017, the Geauga board decided to make the arrangement permanent and have the LCGHD absorb Geauga’s program, she said June 28. The result is WIC recipients in Geauga County find themselves
traveling to the WIC clinic in the Huntsburg Community Center or to other counties ever y three months to get their WIC cards loaded and every six months to recertify, said Sray, who works out of the Mentor clinic. After checking the last three months, Sray said about 81 percent of roughly 650 visitors to the Geauga clinic are Geauga County residents. About a quarter are from the Chardon area and 35 percent from the eastern and southern communities. The rest come from Trumbull (9 percent),
April Brewster balances her strong sense for family connection with her passion for design by running her burgeoning interior design business from her home in Chardon Township so she has the flexibility to be available to her children. Brewster, 48, is a Purdue University graduate who is also a member of the Chardon Tomorrow Design Committee, an initiative formed to enhance the aesthetics of downtown Chardon while preserving its history.
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As she reflects back on how her career began, Brewster fondly recalls her budding enthusiasm for interior design during childhood — an interest largely inspired by her mom.
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A one-car accident on the afternoon of June 30 knocked out the power to most of the shops and offices at the Maywood Plaza at 8389 Mayfield Road.
Accident Knocks Out Electricity at Plaza BY PAMELA J. MOLNAR PAM@CHESTERLANDNEWS.COM
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Happy Tails Cat Sanctuary Hosts ‘35 Years of Rescue’ Benefit
“My home is a very happy place for me so I want other people to love where they live.” – April Brewster
Interior decorator April Brewster sits fireside in the foyer of DeJohn Funeral Homes & Celebrations Center in Chester Township, a 10,500square-foot facility for which Brewster served as interior decorator.
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Local Mom’s Decorated Career Flourishes BY KELLY MISCH EDITOR@GEAUGAMAPLELEAF.COM
Kobella Plumbing Heating Cooling Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary
A one-car accident on the afternoon of June 30 knocked out the power to most of the shops and offices at the Maywood Plaza at 8389 Mayfield Road, Chester Township. Kathr yn Wiegand, 25, of Russell Township, was making a
left-hand turn into the parking lot when she hit the pole guide wires leading up to a telephone pole. Her car, a 2016 Ford Escape, flipped onto the passenger side. According to the police report, Wiegand was not injured in the accident. The damage caused the electrity to the plaza to go out for nearly two hours.
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