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Middlef ield Competing for the Fun of It All By Rich Kelly sports@karlovecmedia.com It isn’t often that our local newspapers get to cover junior high athletics. Space comes at a premium, so sporting coverage is usually reserved for high school events. But April 13 at Cardinal High School’s Richard A. Moss Field, the Grand Valley Mustangs and Berkshire Badgers seventh- and eighth-graders met with the Cardinal Huskies to celebrate the chance to compete in track and field, and it was a newsworthy event. As storms passed by, clearing the way for clear skies and warmer temperatures before evening storms, it was the kind of day athletes live for. Junior high athletes have not quite developed their competitive streak, though. So while we won’t cover much in the way of scoring, their efforts — almost always with big smiles on their faces, or grimaces — led to a spectacular display of sportsmanship, effort and promise. See Track • Page 6
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Cardinal eighth grader Landon Gallagher during a relay race April 13 at Cardinal High School’s Richard A. Moss Field against the Grand Valley Mustangs and Berkshire Badgers seventh- and eighth-graders.
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From left, Rotary Club of Burton Middlefield past president Jim Croup presents a $5,000 check to William Rice, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center development officer, with support from current Rotary president Beverly Goodridge. The check fulfills BMR’s $25,000 pledge in support of the hospital’s Seidman Cancer Center.
The Rotary Club of Burton Middlefield (BMR) presented a $5,000 check the evening of April 5 to William Rice, development officer at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center. “On behalf of our caregivers and patients at UH Geauga Medical Center, I want to thank you and the Burton – Middlefield Rotarians for fulfilling your $25,000 pledge in support of the Seidman Cancer Center at our hospital,” said Rice. The check represents the final installment of a $25,000 pledge made six years ago to obtain naming rights to two of the rooms in the state-of-the-art Seidmann Cancer wing of the hospital. It was in 2016 when then president Jim Croup initiated the donation, which was fully supported by the BMR club membership. Consecutively, presidents Jim Dvorak, Kathy Vatty, Mark
Zakrzewski, Larry Fox and current president, Beverly Goodridge led the club through fulfilling the promise. One of the rooms was named for the late Michaelean Pesek, the first woman president of the BMR club who was also a cancer patient at the hospital, and the second was named for John Gander, a long-time member of the BMR. John was an active member of the Geauga community and one of the longest serving members of the club with a 57-year perfect weekly meeting attendance record. The BMR club is honored to be one of the substantial supporters of the hospital’s addition. Since 1953, BMR has been a proud contributor to humanitarian projects throughout Geauga County using funds earned from annual pancake breakfasts at Berkshire High School and See Rotary • Page 11
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