Kirtland Chronicle 10-7-22

Council Hears Updates on Comprehensive Plan Changes

By John Karlovec John@Karlovecmedia com

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Economic Development Co ordinator Eddie Eckart brought Kirtland City Council members up to speed on changes to the city’s comprehensive plan at their Sept. 19 meeting.

The City of Kirtland Charter requires the plan be updated every 10 years.

Eckart, of North Shore Associ ates, who was hired last year, said he would be following up with coun cil on the addition of Pace financing as an economic incentive.

“The cliff notes of that is that it’s financing for improvements to structures to help make them more energy efficient,” he explained. “Rather than being part of a busi ness’s capital stack when they are improving a structure, actually it runs with the property itself, so that frees them up to either have a smaller bank note or use that conventional financing for another purpose.”

Eckart added he would be shar ing additional details about how to implement such a mechanism in the coming months.

In addition, Eckart said they have been “barking up trees” to get more financing for the Old Town sewer project and to explore sew ers for state routes 306 and 6.

“Sen. (Sherrod) Brown’s office has been very helpful in facilitat ing contact, but as of right now, we don’t have any new developments,” he said.

Eckart also said they have had

Coffee with Council

Coffee with Council is set for Nov. 5, 10-11 a.m., at Kirtland City Hall.

more information, contact Joe Smolic at JSmolic@kirtlandohio.com or 440-487-8984

Hornets Unchallenged as Tough Pirates Walk Plank

By rich Kelly sports@Karlovecmedia com

This area has seen many pre mier football games as we move beyond the halfway point of the 2022 gridiron season.

One such contest was played between the powerful Perry Pirates and Kirtland Hornets

Sept. 30 at Rogers Field.

Perry showed a superb game plan early and had the Hornets on their heels for just about a full pe riod, scoring the last touchdown of the game as well.

But in between those mo ments, Kirtland displayed how it has destroyed everybody during regular season action the last few

11-Year-Old’s Candy Business Gears Up for Holidays

By donna l roBinson editor@Karlovecmedia com

When you think 8 years old, most likely “businessowner” isn’t what comes to mind.

But for Annalin Sullivan, that’s the exact word to describe where her life was heading in 2018.

The young entrepreneur started her business, Annie’s Sweets and Goodies, out of her home in Kirt land that November and now, at the age of 11, she’s still going strong.

“My mom has a video of me at 2 years old making chocolates. I

have made them since I was very young. When I was 8 years old, my friend made chocolate molds and I thought she was really special to have her own business. I asked my parents to help me create a busi ness because I knew I could learn a lot of life lessons,” Annalin said. “I also wanted to do something together with my family. It is very fun to be in our kitchen listening to music and making chocolates.”

Helping people is important to Annalin, so she donates her prof its to charities and said she loves

years – by totally taking control, throttling the Pirates, 36-16, in Chagrin Valley Conference Cha grin Division action.

The Hornets remain unbeaten on the season.

The teams exchanged punts on their first possessions. Perry has multiple offensive weapons that

Kirtland’s Rocco Alfieri ran the ball 23 times for 117 yards and a touchdown in the team’s 36-16 win over Perry, the Hornets 52nd straight regular season win. Kirtland plays Lakeside, Edgewood and Orange to end the season before the playoffs.

A Note from the Mayor

October is in full swing with community events, forums and opportunities for service. Beyond the Oct. 8 Bazaar Kirtland event at city hall, the community is invited to take part in a city-wide Trunk or Treat Oct. 26. Stay tuned as details and locations will be posted on the city’s website and Facebook pages.

Furthering our city effort to de velop collaboration and service op portunities, our civic organizations, area churches and members of our city government will begin a day of community service at 8 a.m. Oct. 22 at city hall. The day will consist of teams of volunteers performing yard cleanups for seniors and vet erans, as well as other projects around the city. Email Teresa at tszary@kirt landohio.com if you are up for joining me and assisting in the effort. Additionally, on Oct. 22, a professional paper shredding service will be available and onsite at the Kirtland Community Center, 7900 Chardon Road, from 8:30-11 a.m.

Residents of Old Town recently received a notice from Lake County Utilities inviting property owners to the Kirtland High School Gym at 7 p.m. for a formal public hearing related to the upcoming sewer project. All residents of the neighborhood are urged to attend.

Last but certainly not least, on Nov. 8, I am asking all registered Kirtland voters to strongly consider supporting Issue 6. The passage of Issue 6 will enable us to put the road funding question behind us and get on

with the business of continuing to make Kirt land one of the best communities in North east Ohio. Issue 6 is a requested City Charter amendment that would allow Kirtland City Council to raise the current income tax by 0.25%. This adjustment will not affect retire ment income and relieves our fixed income seniors from any additional finan cial burden.

The amendment is supported by all members of city council and if passed by our voters, stands to raise more than $30 million dollars over the next 30 years to fix and maintain our roads. The addition al ¼ percent will be paid not only by those of us that live in Kirtland, but also by those that live in oth er communities and work in our city. Based on the median Kirtland house hold income of $91,000, a family earning that amount would pay $237/year or about 63 cents a day. Another example might be an employed professor at Lakeland, earning $100,000/year, but commuting from Shaker Heights, would pay an additional $250 to the city of Kirtland for the use of our roads.

I am proud of the administration, our community and city council for working to gether over the last two years to discern and identify a funding mechanism to fund a road plan well into the future. I am also proud and thankful for the nearly five miles of road rehabilitation that has been completed over the last few years. Thanks to measured city budgeting, as well as one-time federal ARPA

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learning about work ethic, organization and time management.

“I donate to causes that mean a lot to me. My favorite charities I have donated to are cancer charities and children’s charities,” she said. “For example, this year at Easter, we do nated to Fostering Hope. They make Easter baskets for the children who are in the foster system. And, the American Cancer Society was one of the favorites that I donate to almost every year because my mom had cancer when I was 4 years old and I want to help anyone who is in need, especially cancer patients.”

Amy Sullivan, Annalin’s mother, was 37 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and is now in remission.

She and her husband had initially discour aged Annalin from starting her own business because they knew it would be a lot of addi tional work on everyone and both of them have busy careers, out-of-town family and vol unteer coaching positions.

“Yet, Annalin persisted and has continued to persist and show incredible responsibility in the growth of her business and her wanting to help others through her charitable contri butions,” Amy said. “Annalin has always been a unique and motivated child. She is very qui et, but her mind is always churning and she is constantly thinking of ways to make the world better. Her father, Michael Sullivan, is a business person and so he has helped her manage her budget, her profit margins, her inventory and her orders. We have seen costs of her supplies almost double recent ly, so that has been challenging because she tries to keep almost everything at $1 each,

but now, some things have increased to $1.50 each because of inflation.”

Annalin’s products include chocolate cov ered pretzels, Oreos, marshmallows, straw berries, potato chips, rice crispy treats, gra ham crackers and popcorn; sea salt caramels; chocolate molds; and peanut butter cups. She can also make milk and dark chocolate in any

color a customer wants.

“Personally, my favorite was the dark chocolate sea salt caramel,” she said. “But, when I got braces last year, I couldn’t eat those anymore, so now my favorite is the chocolate-covered Oreos. My most bought items are the chocolate pretzels and Oreos.”

Annalin takes special orders and recently made wands for a Disney’s “Frozen”- themed birthday party, and is creating witches’ fin gers and doing a black- and white-theme party in October.

Amy, a psychologist, helps Annalin work on her management- and customer-rela tions-skills.

“She is very quiet and so I wanted her to learn how to interact with others,” Amy said. “From my perspective, relationships are vital to success in any avenue and so by her inter acting with others, either through Facebook, at vendor events, through pick-up and dropoff’s of orders, she is learning how to engage with people. I also get her supplies for her when she needs new supplies. I am her run ner because she is years away from driving.”

Holidays are the busiest times for Ann alin, who sometimes works throughout the weekends to fill orders when she’s not play ing basketball, Amy said.

“In times like the fall, she puts in about four hours a week. She also does parties and a lot of teacher and company gifts throughout the year, but it is definitely not as busy as the holiday season,” she said, adding Annalin has done a good job balancing her schoolwork and business schedule.

“Annalin is a very motivated individual.

Her schoolwork always comes first, then whatever sport she is in … she is particular ly dedicated to basketball. After all of that is done, she schedules time for her business,” Amy said. “We are all so proud of her ‘giv ing heart.’ She is interested in people, re lationships and in helping others. To her, if she can contribute to someone’s happiness, she is satisfied with her work and feels good about herself. She has wonderful supportive friends, family and community who all know that her giving heart is part of who she is.”

Annalin’s twin brother, Michael, is her biggest fan and helps her often, Amy said.

“He is much more extroverted and so he helps her with deliveries and jumps in however he can,” she added. “My husband and I match whatever she donates because we also want our children to see the value in giving back and in helping those that need it. We are so thankful to live in a community where she can find her own path and is encouraged to succeed.”

Annalin ships her items anywhere in America, she said.

“The furthest place I have shipped my goodies to was to Iowa. We ship anywhere in the U.S.A. for $12.99 … we do it quite a bit,” she said, adding she also receives a lot of local support from the community and class mates.

Mayor Kevin Potter recently asked Ann alin to take part in the Kirtland Bazaar Oct. 8, so she will be there from 1-5 p.m. at Kirtland City Hll.

“Come and see me! I will have all of my chocolates out,” she said. “You can also find me on Facebook at ‘Annie’s Sweets and Goodies.’”

Candidates Night Oct. 19

The Kirtland PTA and the Lake County League of Women Voters will host their an nual Candidates’ Night on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.

The event will be held at Kirtland Ele mentary School, 9140 Chillicothe Road, in Hornet Hall Auditorium.

Local candidates are running Nov. 8 for the offices of U.S. Congress, state representative, 11th District Court of Appeal judge, Lake Coun

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ongoing discussions with two potential de velopers who are interested in Kirtland, but there is nothing “new or ground breaking” to share other than there have been several ad ditional meetings.

Meetings have been held with Team NEO and JOBS Ohio to discuss potential economic packages available, not only for sewer and in frastructure development, but also business attraction. Eckart added he is working with someone at Team NEO to make sure all avail able sites in the city are on Team NEO’s and JOBS Ohio’s radar.

Eckart said he would be looking into a new grant dealing with traffic infrastructure, including lights and signals.

Council members heard from Dione DeMitro, president of Dione DeMitro Facili tation & Consulting Services, who has exten sive professional experience providing mu nicipalities with strategic planning services.

She provided talked about her efforts to update the city’s comprehensive plan, includ ing her interaction with the Kirtland planning and zoning board.

DeMitro said they have looked at the city’s current comprehensive plan and compared it with the strategic plan the community did several years ago. In addition, a community feedback survey recently was completed.

Key areas of focus for planning and zon ing include historic Kirtland and its revital ization, ensuring zoning helps to retain “the

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funding, we were able to professionally en gineer and contract repaving for Billings, Loreto Ridge, Shadowbrook, both North and South Locust, Prelog and Springer Drive. In addition to paving and planned maintenance, Wisner Road saw a major improvement as the

ty commissioner and Lake County auditor.

Issues 1, 2 and 3 also will be discussed.

For those unable to attend in person, the event will be live streamed at: https://www. kirtlandschools.org/protected/ArticleView. aspx?iid=6Y2I220&dasi=3UY0

For more information, email Linda David son at linda.davidson@live.com or call/text her at 440-479-2110.

feel of Kirtland” while encouraging growth and development.

“There’s still going to be a focus on pro tecting natural resources,” including enforce ment of riparian setbacks and utilization of existing utility easements, DeMitro said.

The community will have a chance to give a “thumbs up or a thumbs down” on the key areas.

DeMitro, who was appointed in August as president and CEO of United Way of Lake County, said the comprehensive plan would spell out the details of its implementation.

In other business, Police Chief Brian Mc Callister informed council the radar on Bill ings Road collects all traffic data on the road, including time frames and speed.

He explained his department recently completed a similar assessment on Kirtland Chardon Road over a two-month period.

“What that traffic there revealed is less than 1% of those violations are what we would consider reckless. Ninety-six percent of the traffic on that road is driving within a desir able range, and the speeds that are in that mid-range are generally under the speeds that we would issue a citation for,” McCallis ter said.

Council President Jeffrey Ruple recog nized and thanked Councilman Joe Smolic for resurrecting Coffee with Council. Smolic said approximately 15 people attended the last coffee at which Mayor Kevin Potter and other city officials were present.

“A lot of conversation on roads and for the new item, Issue 6, coming up,” Smolic said.

pavement was recycled, repaired and double chip sealed.

With the passage of Issue 6, we can con tinue to implement a real road plan and build on the progress achieved over the last few years. Leading up to November 8, please feel free to call me or email me with any ques tions.

Thank you, Mayor Kevin Potter

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pose problems for everyone they face. Even a penalty on their second drive didn’t stop their express attack.

Starting from their own 12 yard line, the Pirates (5-2, 3-1 in CVC) marched 88 yards on 13 plays, capped by a two-yard pass in the left corner of the end zone from Walter Moses to tight end Owen McKoon. Both are sopho mores, so this Perry team will be a local pow er for a long time yet.

Forcing a punt on the next Hornet pos session gave the visitors a huge lift. Taking over on their own 37 early in the second pe riod, a trio of pass plays, two from the arm of Moses and another from Brayden Richards, put Perry on the Kirtland 32 yard line. Mo mentum was clearly in Perry’s favor.

After a four-yard run on the next play, Kirtland needed a big play, and they got it. Another completion for Moses took the ball inside the Hornet 5 yard line, but a jarring tackle by Rocco Alfieri turned the ball loose, and Phil LaVerde pounced on it at the 3 yard line to halt the drive.

Four running plays – Kirtland’s staple of fensively – and a big penalty on the Pirates pushed the ball to the 31 yard line.

Only a freshman, Hornet quarterback Jake LaVerde dropped back to pass and loft ed a high line drive pass down the middle of the field. Gino Blasini outfought a defender for the ball near midfield, escaped a tackle attempt, and was on his way to a 69-yard scor ing play.

Both those scores were capped by twopoint conversions, knotting the game at 8-8.

While Kirtland normally pounds oppo nents into submission under Coach Tiger LaVerde’s guidance, the team also has some tricks in its arsenal, and the next kickoff was one of those tricks.

A short squib kick went down the middle of the field, Luke Chuko recovered the ball on the Pirate 28, and everybody had to be wondering what happened so fast.

A Jake LaVerde pass was then picked off, changing momentum once again. Forced to punt again, Perry seemed able to dodge this bullet, but it didn’t work out that way.

With just under a minute left before half time, LaVerde found Blasini once again, this time for 41 yards, setting up an Alfieri eightyard run to paydirt just before the half to give the Hornets a 15-8 lead.

Kirtland took the second half kickoff and did what they do best the rest of the night to score three second-half touchdowns while forcing several mistakes from the potent Pirate offense, ensuring there would be no comeback.

third period, when a Moses pass was picked off. But on their last drive of the day, they showed grit in going 63 yards in six plays, with Moses finding Charlie Rockwell with just under four minutes left in the game for their second score.

Previously with the ball, Kirtland got a five-yard run from Jake LaVerde in the third period, a 10-yard dash from Tommy Gogolin, and a 43-yard dash from Phil LaVerde to blow the game open.

Perry Head Coach Bob Gecewich made no excuses after the game.

“We just made mistakes at tough times,” he admitted. “Kirtland doesn’t do it nearly as much, and that is what makes them Kirtland. You’re looking at one of the elite programs in Ohio in that team. Possibly if we had made a couple of plays in the game, things might have been different. Basically we just are not ready physically as a team yet to be consid ered an elite team.

“The top teams start getting ready for the season long before August, and while we are blessed to have some great players, overall we just need to push harder to be ready in our conditioning to get stronger. Kirtland is

stops the action.”

Tiger LaVerde, meanwhile, was pleased with how his team took control in the second half.

“You really need to know how good a team that Perry team is,” said the Kirtland coach. “They have some great players, and the coaching has them at a higher level, too. We got a couple of breaks late in the first half.

“That fumble inside the 5 yard line really gave us a boost we needed, and then our line took control in the second half and really did what we try to do all the time.”

Much of the game seemed to be a battle between the top Pirate, Brayden Richards, who does everything but drive the team bus to games, and Gogolin, one of many key Hor net athletes. Gogolin knew what had to hap pen.

“We knew coming in that Richards is just a super player who can do everything for his team. We were mentally prepared for just about everything he tried to do,” he added. “I just tried to stay in front of him as much as I could, and once our line established control in the third period, we slowed them down a lot.”

awareness in getting the ball deep to Blas ini, giving future opponents much to think about.

On his first scoring play, concentration was the key for the Blasini, a junior wideout.

“I just wanted to keep my eyes on the ball coming down,” he said. “I really wanted that catch, and then I got free and scored.”

The Pirate offense was held to just 260 yards on the night. Richards had blue uni formed company all night, usually Gogolin and Phil LaVerde at minimum, and gained just 61 yards on nine carries.

A key to the Hornet success was making sure Jaylen Studio, who has made big plays for Perry all season, was a nonfactor. He gained only 14 yards on just four carries.

Moses had a solid night throwing the ball, hitting on 13 of 23 passes for 157 yards and two scores.

Rocco Alfieri was the main hammer for Kirtland (7-0, 4-0 in CVC Chagrin) all night with 113 yards on 22 carries. With the offen sive line taking over in the third period, Phil LaVerde picked up the slack with 60 yards on six carries, and Gogolin was rock solid as well with 46 yards on nine tries.

Prosen Consulting Helps Take Technology Worries Away

By donna l roBinson editor@Karlovecmedia com

Ever since he was a young child, Nevio Prosen has loved computers and helping peo

technology issues.

This passion not only drove the course of his life for the past 20-plus years, it brought him across the pond from Slovenia to Ameri ca several years ago.

Owner and CEO of Prosen Consulting LLC, Nevio moved his business to Kirtland in 2018, focusing on helping companies with their technology, marketing, sales and cus tomer interactions.

“Around 10 years ago and before that, I had similar business back in Slovenia. I also worked for some big Information Technology corporations back in Europe and here,” he said. “Basically, I have loved computers since I was little boy and was always helping people resolve their problems. At first, everything was for free, but then I decided to monetize a little bit. From little things, big things hap pened. I also am volunteering for some non profit organizations locally.”

Nevio and his wife, Ursi, started their family in Lyndhurst, but decided to move to Kirtland because of the schools and commu nity, he said.

“We heard a lot of good things about Kirt land. Now, we have three girls that are going to the Kirtland Schools,” he added. “I was working from home most of the time, so it was easy to move my business to Kirtland. After a while, I needed the office space and there was one spot available behind the Kirt land Barber Shop, which was just perfect for my operation.”

Prosen Consulting supports and main tains companies’ computers, networking, internet, phone systems and cybersecurity, so the business can focus on their growth, Nevio explained, adding his aim is to take all technology worries away from business own ers.

“We are fair with pricing and we treat our clients well,” he said. “We are a professional, reliable and responsive.”

His business is a reseller and installer of

certificate of appreciation award on behalf of the Lake County Commissioners for being a valuable business for Lake County Sept. 1.

the voice over internet protocol systems.

“All big players like Spectrum and AT&T are moving to VOIP technology and we are just helping them to do that,” he said. “Most of our clients had old copper lines to use with their landline phone system. We basically convert that to digital VOIP. Over the past few years, there has been a big change in the business world … working from home is now almost the norm. This technology allows all businesses to remain flexible while staying connected with their workforce and custom ers. We offer a fully-integrated phone system, video, chat, file sharing, contact center and more.”

Nevio said every client and website is dif ferent, and his company works with the nu ances of each.

“We sit down and talk about client needs and what solutions we can bring to the table. The goal is to maximize the impact of our cli ent’s online presence,” he said. “We evaluate the effectiveness of a current website design,

structure and content and review search en gine optimization to make sure the website is in the best possible shape to attract visitors and keep them there.”

Prosen said his IT consulting services are the most beneficial to his clients/customers. While he helps them resolve IT issues, he prefers being their managed service provid er, so he can optimize their IT environment and help them avoid issues.

“The most important part nowadays are scams, phishing and ransomware,” he said. “As a managed service provider, we provide

industry leading on-site and cloud backups in addition to on-site continuous training for employees,” he said, adding 88% of all data breaches are caused by an employee mistake or human error.

His company has secured partnerships with AT&T, Spectrum and Microsoft, among others, he said.

“Big corporations like Spectrum and AT&T provide their service to their customers, but there is a big gap when it comes to the exe cution,” he said. “We have a good relationship

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Retired English Teacher/Author Returns to Kirtland

By magdalene pesch

Carol Fynn made a trip back to her old stomping ground in Kirtland to read her chil dren’s book, “The Sock Drawer Mouse,” at the Kirtland Public Library Sept. 24.

Fynn, a retired longtime English teacher for Kirtland Schools, is both the author and illustrator of her book, published in 2019, which was inspired by a real-life experience she had with a mouse.

“The story is based on reality because we had a little cabin and I found a mouse nest with the mother and babies,” recount ed Fynn. “When I opened (the nest) up, I thought she would run like crazy. But she just hid the babies and stayed put and looked at me like, ‘What ya gonna do about it?’ I didn’t know a mouse would do that. She would sac rifice herself, but she was not going to let me get to those babies. And so that’s kind of the way the story goes.”

Fynn taught numerous disciplines at Kirt land, including English and psychology.

“I taught in ’71 and ’72, then I left for two years, went around the world, came back, and taught from then on – 35 years,” said Fynn. “Hardly anybody got out of the school district, I think, without having me for something.”

She currently lives in Durham, N.C., and teaches for Duke University in the Lifelong Learning section. She also teaches watercol or painting from her home studio.

Fynn described creating the book’s wa tercolor illustrations.

“For me to do illustrations like this, I had to have people pose for me. Not necessarily in the setting, but if (my niece, who posed) just crouched down and looked astonished, then I could put the setting around her — the drawers and the bedroom and the school bus, whatever,” Fynn said.

Fynn explained the mechanics of creating a series of illustrations for publication.

“Once I’ve drawn something, maybe I would use that face, maybe I would take that and use it again in another picture and copy the drawing from there, just trace it,” she said. “But then, you still have to paint it from scratch, so some of the drawings … are more involved.”

She pointed to a spread in the book.

“This (illustration) was a pain in the neck because you have a little bit of perspective and you have all the surrounding detail, but

you want to make sure that you highlight the characters’ faces,” she said. “You try to keep the contrast elements in mind so that your focal points show up well.”

Fynn self-published her book, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying traditional publish ing avenues first.

“I actually went to New York first and said, ‘Look, I have a book. I’m the author and the illustrator.’ They said, ‘Forget it. We won’t even look at it because you’re not going to be a good enough artist and a good enough writ er. We won’t even look at it.’ That happened three or four times. They just automatically said, ‘Both illustrator and author? No.’”

Fynn sells copies of her book for $20 (hardback) and $15 (paperback), but readers can also order the book from Amazon, which reimburses Fynn $6 for each book sold.

“I probably invested about $5,000 to get the book published and buy a couple hundred copies. If I break even, I’ll be thrilled. It’s not going to be the way to earn your money,” Fynn said, laughing.

Attendees asked Fynn about any plans for a second book.

“I do have a book in my mind, written and it just depends if I want to go through the process to publish again because it is such a laborious task and it’s expensive,” said Fynn. “But really, I was so interested — it’s a lot of self-satisfac tion. I wanted to do that art and I loved the little

On Sept. 24, Carol Fynn, retired English teacher from Kirtland High School, read her children’s book, “The Sock Drawer Mouse,” and greeted well-wishers at Kirtland Public Library.

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From left, “Students of the Month” for October are KES fifth-grader Lucielle Linc, KMS eighth-grader Karlo Cubela and KHS 11th-grader Gianna DiFranco.

October Students of the Month

The Kirtland Kiwanis “Students of the Month” for October 2022 are fifth-grader Lucielle Linc, of Kirtland Elementary School, eighth-grader Karlo Cubela, of Kirtland Mid dle School, and 11th-grader Gianna DiFran co, of Kirtland High School.

The Kiwanis sponsors the “Students of the Month.” The principal and staff chose one student from each school to be recognized.

Each student has their picture taken, receives a certificate and a T-shirt that says “Student of the Month.”

Kiwanis Korner

By Jim porter

Kiwanis met this week at the Kirtlander to select club leaders for 2022-23.

Our Kiwanis president will be Mike Sams this year. Jerry Bartels, president elect, Vice President Kathy Talty, Secretary Rick Fox, Treasurer Chris Hesson and past President Julie Vickers complete the leadership team.

Members of the board of directors are Chuck Bickart, Jane Lyon, Jerry Hartigan, Tom Booth, Nick Angie, Mary Sams and one to be named later. Leaders of the Kirt land Kiwanis Foundation are President Mary Sams, Secretary Kiki Murdock, Treasurer Jay Bagdasarian and board of directors members David Fulton, Fran Raishart, Jeff Bailey, Ryan Ricart, Kathy Talty and Rob Skrbis.

With these leaders for 2022-23, the club and the foundation look forward to another

successful year of service to the community.

This week marks the completion of the play ground at the community center and on Oct. 22, the club invites you to a morning work party to clean the Kirtland Community Gar den and prepare it for winter. The garden had a very successful summer, with lots of produce grown and harvested by folks who tended the more than 25 raised beds. Many thanks to the Community of Christ Church that makes the garden available and the Gar den Club of Kirtland that manages it. Make plans to become a gardener next year. Re member, Kiwanis is a service club, not affil iated with any religious organization, whose members are men and women who enjoy working to make Kirtland a great place to live and raise a family.

For more information about joining them, call Sams, 216-244-7335.

Prosen

with a lot of partners. Spectrum and AT&T are just some of them, where they need us as a local partner for consulting and installation of their services. We have partnership with phone system companies, internet providers, backup providers, alarm companies and web site hosting providers. We do certify our staff with the certifications that those providers are offering. This way we keep ourselves upto-date with all the changes that are happen ing every day.”

Prosen Consulting serves companies lo cally, statewide, nationally and internation ally, Nevio said.

“With the website, we go all the way to Europe and Africa. With the phone system, we go nationwide and with the monitoring services, we do more or less in Northeast Ohio,” he said.

Lake County Commissioners recog nized Prosen Consulting with a certificate of appreciation Sept. 1, which meant a lot to Nevio.

“Thank you to Nevio and his team for being an important part of the Lake County business community,” said Commissioner John T. Plecnik, who presented the award.

Nevio said the feedback from the Kirt land community has been “fantastic” and he continues to strive to be the best in the business.

“My first goal was achieved when I hired Edward Mejac, who is helping me with dayto-day operations and projects we have,” he said. “He is a big added value to Prosen Consulting.”

Long-term, Nevio hopes to continue expanding his team and giving back to the community.

“We are different than other IT compa nies. We don’t just sit down at the desk, we show our faces in shops, offices, wherever our clients are located,” he said. “Our cli ents see us as a member of their team while they are part of Prosen Consulting family. They trust us and we trust them.”

For more information about Prosen Consulting, visit www.prosenconsulting. com, call 216-867-0692 or email info@ prosenconsulting.com.

Kirtland Public Library

The Kirtland Public Library is located at 9267 Chillicothe Road. Hours are Mon day-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday-Sat urday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information about any of these programs or to register, please call the library at 440-256-7323 or visit www.kirtland.lib.oh.us.

Library is a Passport Acceptance Facility

Apply for your new U.S. Passport at the Kirtland Public Library, an official Passport Acceptance Facility of the U.S. State Depart ment.

U.S. citizens planning on international travel may apply for their passports, by ap pointment, on Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The library can process new passports, and take photos for new or renewals.

It currently takes between 7-10 weeks to receive your new passport. Expedited ser vice is available at an additional charge.

If you want to make an appointment or have more questions, call the Kirtland Pub lic Library at 440-256-7323 and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.

Passport forms, passport fees, informa tion on how to apply and more can be found on the U.S. Department of State’s official website for passport and travel information, travel.state.gov.

Lapsit

Tuesdays • 10 a.m.

Bounces, rhymes, one book, scarves, and shakers, geared for families with children un der the age of 3.

Storytime

Wednesdays • 10 a.m.

Enjoy great books, rhymes, songs and surprises with your child. This storytime is geared for families with children age 5 and under.

LEGO Club

Oct. 8 • 10:30 a.m.

Families, spend an hour creating with the library’s LEGO brick collection. Once you have completed your creation with our bricks, we will place it in our display case for all to see. Please register.

Dinosaurs Rock!

Oct. 15 • 2:30 p.m.

Kids entering grades K-5 can become a paleontologist for the day. Join us for various dinosaur themed activities such as making a model fossil, and excavate one of them. Please register.

Meet Me at The Library

Oct. 28 • 10:30 a.m.

Families with children age 5 and under, meet in our library to try lots of fun activities. Come move those muscles, enrich your brain, and make new friends as you find out what fun awaits you this time. Please register.

Pumpkin Decorating

Oct. 28 • 3:45-4:30 p.m.

All adults and kids are welcome to create a festive pumpkin. Bring a pumpkin, either fake or real (cleaned out and ready decorate), and any decor you want to use. We will provide some paint, glue and some decorations. We are NOT carving pumpkins. Please register.

Adult Programs

Meet The Author

Oct. 12 • 7 p.m.

Local author Jennifer Boresz Engelking joins us to discuss her newest book, “Lost Lake County, Ohio,” which tells the stories of some of Lake County’s most interesting people and places. Copies of the book will be available for sale.

Ms. Engelking is the author of “Hidden History of Lake County Ohio.”

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Kirtland Public Library. It is free and seating is limited. Please register.

Cookbook Club

Oct. 18 • 6 p.m.

The Cookbook Club is starting up. This is a great way to try out new recipes, test your cooking skills and meet some new friends.

Please read a culinary mystery and pre pare a treat to share. There is a list of au thors and titles available at the Reference Desk.

For more information, call the library and please register for this program.

No Pressure Book Club

Oct. 24 • 12:30 p.m.

Join us to talk books! Tell us what you have been reading and gets some titles to add to your to-be-read pile. Meet in the Deloris C. Parsons Community Room.

Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion

Oct. 24 • 7 p.m.

Join us for a discussion of “The Women of the Copper Country,” by Mary Doria Russell. Meet in the Deloris C. Parsons Community Room.

Looking ahead to November…

Nov. 11 • 7 p.m.

Join Pat Bowman to learn cardmaking ba sics just in time for Christmas. You will make a lovely assortment of cards and tags to send out and use for the holidays.

The cost for this class is $12 per par ticipant and you will go home with a set of cards. Payment must be made at the door, preferably in the form of cash in the exact amount.

Please register for this program.

Meet Local Author Brad Ricca

Nov. 9 • 7 p.m.

Brad Ricca’s new book is “True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant.”

This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a rogue British nobleman, who after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called “most beautiful woman in the world,” headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant.

Like a real-life version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this incredible story of adventure and mystery has almost been completely for gotten today.

Ricca will talk about the research he did to write the book; there will be copies avail able for purchase.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Kirtland Public Library. It is free and seats are limited. Please register.

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