Lorain County Community Guide - July 20, 2023

Mudd Center gets new statue

OBERLIN – A new stone carving outside the Mudd Center will hopefully be a part of Oberlin College traditions moving forward, the college’s library director said Tuesday.

The Friends of Oberlin College contracted with stone carver Nicholas Fairplay to create the “Oberlin Reader,” a 2-ton Indiana limestone slab inspired by its existing marble statue of “The Reading Girl,” by sculptor John Adams Jackson.

Fairplay’s “Oberlin Reader” features a pair of nongendered, tennis-shoed feet poking out of a ball chair while reading, an homage to the sneaker college students placed on one of “The Reading Girl’s” bare feet.

The Reader is on the back of the statue, with the front featuring the anonymous quote “read to learn, read to enjoy, read to forget, read to remember, read to know others, read to find yourself.”

Fairplay donated the Indiana limestone to the project, he said, as it was left over from another piece he’d worked on. It is the same type of limestone as is on the front facade of the building.

Fairplay has been creating stone carvings for 50 years, after starting an apprenticeship at 16. A European-trained artisan and master carver, his work has been included at

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Lorain County Metro Parks seeks replacement levy

The Lorain County Metro Parks will look to voters this November to approve a replacement levy to help fund its increased parkland and programming throughout the county.

From 2014 to 2022, the parks district added 2,000 acres through land acquisitions and donations, according to the district’s new strategic plan, shared with The Chronicle-Telegram on Monday.

Director Jim Ziemnik said it takes time, money and people to keep those greenspaces up.

Adding land has meant adding staff and programs throughout the county, Ziemnik said, and without the replacement levy giving the parks district the additional funds it would “be in a pickle in a couple years.”

The district now has 77 full-time employees, 14 part-time employees and more than 180 seasonal workers.

“We certainly wouldn’t be able to do a whole heck of a lot of new stuff, whether it’s land or a trail if we did a strict renewal,” Ziemnik said.

The replacement levy the park district plans to put before voters would bring its current 10-year, 1.6-mill levy up to current property valuations, increasing its revenue by about $3 million annually.

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Paulie Sorokas-Waller, 6, raced his cars down a track while his father, Paul, watched at Experience Oberlin: Summer in the City event on July 15. They attended the event as representatives of Cub Scouts Pack 460.

The current tax levy, first passed in 2014, brings in about $11 million annually and costs the owner of a $100,000 home $50

a year. The replacement would bring in about $14 million and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $56 a year.

If the issue fails in November, the district will be able to put it back on the ballot in the spring.

During a meeting with The ChronicleTelegram, Ziemnik, Park Commission Chairman Kenneth Lieux and Metro Parks Assistant Director Jennifer Bracken highlighted the parks’ accomplishments during the past decade, including renovations to Cascade Park in Elyria.

“Obviously Cascade was a big part of our last strategic plan and the last time we went before voters,” Bracken said. “We’re very, very proud of Cascade, reclaiming that park, embracing its unique natural resources — it was a lot of public input, a lot of public meetings and it really is a park for everyone.”

The Metro Parks, via Burgess and Burgess, conducted a survey ahead of its new 10-year strategic plan to get the community’s input on what its focus should be for the next decade.

Those goals include acquiring and preserving habitats, with the group setting its potential sights on land in Columbia Township and along the lakefront at the former Avon Lake power plant.

The park district has about 11,000 acres spread throughout Lorain County, from Vermilion’s Cassell Reservation and Lorain’s Lakeview and Century parks down to Charlemont Reservation in New London.

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Stone carver Nicholas Fairplay created the ‘Oberlin Reader’ for Oberlin College

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Nicholas Fairplay, center, and contracted workers unload Fairplay’s work “Oberlin Reader” outside the Mudd Center on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Fairplay was commissioned by the Friends of Oberlin College to create the carving for the Mudd Center’s new Contemplation Garden.

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‘Humble postcard’ offers glimpse into Lorain’s past

As a seventh grader at Masson Elementary School in 1970, Jerry McCoy hadn’t thought of Lorain as a city with a history.

It wasn’t until his class was studying a booklet titled “Lorain: Our International City,” that everything changed.

The 92-page, softcover spiralbound book had the history of his hometown, from shipbuilding to the steel mill and beyond.

“I was immediately fascinated that any local community, no matter how big or small, could have its own history that was worthy of being preserved in written form or through the preservation of historic buildings,” McCoy said.

It was a fascination that would carry into adulthood, shaping his career path to become a special collections archivist at District of Columbia Public Library in Washington and spurring his collection of more than 150 Lorainthemed postcards he hopes to share with future generations.

That 1970 illustrated booklet had reprints of a couple of postcards highlighting Lorain’s industrial giants, he said. He realized as a kid that those old postcards were still out there somewhere — prompting him to spend his weekends and summers biking to Broadway to sift through the Salvation Army and AmVets shops to start piecing together his collection.

After visiting Masson Elementary School as an adult, a former teacher gave him a copy of the 1972 edition of “Lorain: Our International City,” which is now a cherished part of his collection and received a dedication in a book on Silver Spring history McCoy wrote.

He said his parents didn’t share his love for collecting, having a very sparse, midcentury modern decorating style while McCoy was the “pack rat” of the family. But the interest in history segued into historic preservation — taking him to D.C. for college, and keeping him there and in Silver Spring, Maryland, since the 1980s.

He said in the mid-’80s his mother kept threaten-

ing to throw away his collection from the attic, so he made sure to get up there and rescue it before it could meet the trash bin.

And since then, it’s grown into a priceless collection of local history, including postcards of the 1924 tornado, personal notes between relatives and friends, and — McCoy’s favorite — the illuminated fountain at Lakeview Park.

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The 1930s Work Projects Administration-funded fountain is a popular subject for postcards new and old, McCoy said. As kitschy as it is, he has a love for Lakeview Park, the fountain, and its accompanying Easter basket thanks to summer trips to the beach with his parents and brother, he said. Postcards used to be like instant messenger, he said. Letter carriers would visit homes multiple times a

day delivering the cardboard-backed notes, so a number of the cards in his collection have messages on them inviting friends to dinner that evening.

“You would never think of the humble postcard as a means of communication,” he said, as nowadays they’re something picked up on vacation for a few dollars and stuck in a scrapbook or mailed back to loved ones to

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LEFT: Jerry McCoy, of Silver Spring, Maryland, collects antique postcards from his hometown of Lorain. This card, featuring the old post office on Broadway, has a stamp from July 1, 1971 with the inauguration of the U.S. Postal Service. McCoy, then 13-yearsold, went to the Broadway Post Office to buy the commemorative envelope for $0.08.

LOWER LEFT: McCoy has shared several of his postcards on Facebook, including a realphoto postcard mailed in 1910 by “H.R.” to Iona Abrams of Walls, Pennsylvania. H.R.’s house, in the background of the photo, still exists at 1826 E. 31st St., Lorain.

This early 20th century card includes a felt pennant that could be printed with a town or city name on request and accompanied by a caricature or saying.

The postcard was not mailed, but includes a message from Ivy to her aunt for her birthday.

show up several weeks later.

Alongside his collection of Lorain postcards, he also collects historic cards for Gassaway, West Virginia, where his parents are from, and Silver Spring, Maryland, where McCoy currently lives.

The most important ones are those that have been used, including canceled stamps with dates, he said, but those are getting harder, and more expensive to find.

McCoy doubts postcards will make a comeback. There’s too much competition with instant gratification: why pay for postage and wait for the card to show up two to three weeks later when you can snap a picture on your phone in front of a tourist

attraction and send it to a loved one instantly?

As the era of the postcard ends, McCoy hopes his collection can serve as a historical record for future generations. Now 65 years old and finally at a point where he is ready to let go of things, he plans to see if the Lorain city or the county historical society would like his collection.

“I’ve always thought of the humble 3.5 x 5.25 as this window to the past,” he said. “And in many cases, that image that you’re looking at no longer exists. Right there, that’s probably the primary importance of a postcard as primary source material: It’s showing you a place that no longer exists.”

“I’ve always thought of the humble 3.5 x 5.25 as this window to the past. And in many cases, that image that you’re looking at no longer exists. ”

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With fish health improving in Black River, officials recommend deregulation

Citing improved conditions in the Black River Area of Concern, the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are planning to recommend to the U.S. EPA to remove a regulation regarding the health of fish found in the waterway.

“For decades, the Black River AOC was affected by industrial pollution, including sediment that was heavily contaminated with metals and chemicals that caused tumors in the river’s fish populations. Conditions in the area have improved as a result of cleanups and site restoration along the river, along with regulations and limitations on industrial discharges following the Clean Water Act,” the Ohio Lake Erie Commission said in a news release.

A beneficial use impairment, or BUI, identifies problems with bodies of water that affect water quality. The commission and Ohio EPA are proposing to the U.S. EPA that the BUI for fish abnormalities such as lesions and tumors be removed from federal regulations, according to the Ohio Lake Erie Commission.

People can fish in the Black River, said Lynn Garrity, Lake Erie Program administrator for the Ohio Lake Erie Commission, and “this milestone just demonstrates that conditions continue to improve for activities like fishing,” she said Thursday.

Don Romancak, chairman of the Black River AOC Advisory Committee, said when he first came to Lorain County, people were advised to not even touch the water of the Black River, which flows north into Lake Erie.

There has been major progress since. Twenty years later, he said, the Black River was host to a national walleye tournament.

That’s a testament to the work that environmental advocates, the city of Lorain, Lorain County and others have put into education, cleanup and restoring wildlife habitats, Romancak said.

Environmental regulation, cleanups, habitat restoration, water quality and recreational projects and educational plans all contributed to the improvement of the river, he said. Industries got better at protecting natural resources.

“It’s really improved the quality, the health of the river,” he said. That the public has access to the water and recreational activities on it means that the partnerships between Lorain, the county, the

Lorain County Metro Parks and other groups are driving improvements.

“The more people can see it, the more eyes are on it, the more people have an investment and interest in improving it,” Romancak said.

According to the U.S. EPA, the Black River was once nicknamed the “river of fish tumors.” The nickname came about because of the river’s “long history of industrial, agricultural and urban uses, which led to poor water quality, loss of biodiversity, habitat degradation and sedimentation,” according to the U.S. EPA.

The Black River was first designated an “area of concern” in 1987.

BUIs “recognize various examples of significant environmental degradation,” according to the U.S. EPA.

“As restoration and cleanup projects make progress, monitoring at the site can show recovery in environmental health.”

BUIs can be removed as an “area of concern” recovers. A BUI for “restrictions on dredging activities” was removed in 2022, the fourth since late 2017.

“Once fish tumors or other deformities monitoring results confirm the rates are no higher than non-AOC control sites, this BUI can also be removed,” according to the U.S. EPA. When the final four BUIs are removed, the process can start for the Black River being delisted as an area of concern, according to the U.S. EPA. At a summit last year, officials said the Black River AOC is on track to be delisted by 2030.

In his February 2022 stop in Lorain, President Joe Biden made the health of the Great Lakes a part of the focus as he touted a $1 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

The money was dedicated to accelerating cleanup in 22 of the 25 remaining areas of concern on the Great Lakes, areas that had long been polluted by indus-

trial sites where waste was dumped into or allowed to flow into rivers that feed the lakes.

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Ohio EPA officials are seeking input from the public on the newest recommendation before submitting it to federal authorities.

A summary of the proposal can be found on the Ohio EPA website. Written comments on the proposal should be emailed to Hannah Boesinger, Northeast Ohio AOC coordinator, at hannah. boesinger@lakeerie.ohio. gov. Comments will be accepted through Aug. 3, the Ohio Lake Erie Commission said.

Romancak encouraged the public to review the recommendation and comment, “be it positive or negative or if they have concerns about what is going on with the report and the delisting.”

The Black River is “Lorain County’s river,” he said.

“And it’s important that the people take opportunities when they have a chance to learn and let the Ohio and U.S. EPAs know what their thoughts are,” he said.

There’s still more work to be done, “and to make sure we don’t backslide as well,” Romancak said. “Clean water is important for all uses, and as we improve the Black River not only ecologically will the river improve, but economically we’ll be able to take advantage of the river as a resource in a positive way.”

When fishing, Garrity said anglers should still pay attention or refer to the annual Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory from the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio EPA to figure out how to safely eat fish caught in the state, including Lake Erie.

“That just always makes sure people know what they’re catching and fishing safely,” Garrity said.

$10M study being done on Ohio’s future transportation needs

The Ohio Department of Transportation will be conducting a $10 million study into the state’s future transportation needs, Gov. Mike DeWine’s office announced July 11.

DeWine put funding into the state’s recent transportation budget to allow ODOT to look at the state’s transportation needs “now and into the future,” according to a news release.

A consulting team has been selected and the study will launch in August, DeWine said. The study, planned to be completed in late 2024, will be led by Cambridge Systematics, a national expert in transportation analysis, along with the consulting team.

ODOT, the Ohio Department of Development and the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation are analyzing statewide and regional demographics, investigating economic development growth oppor-

tunities, examining current transportation systems and capacities, and forecasting passenger and freight travel needs over the next 10, 20, and 30 years.

This effort will begin with a “stress test” look at the transportation system. It will analyze existing and future conditions for safety, congestion, condition, reliability and resilience concerns. It will also consider changes in population and economic development.

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The Black River shown on July 13 at Black River Reservation Bur Oak Park.

Wellington: Clay Street named for Forest City Technologies CEO

WELLINGTON — Soon, residents and visitors will be walking on Cloud Street in honor of a longtime businessman.

The Village Council voted June 10 evening to rename a portion of Clay Street between Barker Street and the railroad tracks for John Cloud, CEO of Forest City Technologies Inc.

Cloud just celebrated his 50th year with the company, Mayor Hans Schneider said, and the manufacturing business is traditionally one of the village’s largest employers. During a public hearing on the name change Monday evening, Cloud said he’s gotten calls, letters and emails trying to get him to

move the business out of Wellington, but has always turned them down.

School board member

Ayers Ratliff said the village couldn’t be recognizing a better person than Cloud, noting the CEO has long supported Wellington Schools.

He said Cloud is generous and kind and said, “If John doesn’t make (it to) heaven, I’m going to split hell right open.”

He said Cloud donates annually to the district’s K Kids, Duke Pride Carnival and other student groups.

Council President Gene Hartman said Wellington is a special place because of people like Cloud.

“You decided to stay here in Wellington,” he said, “and for that, we are grateful to you for making that commitment.”

Lorain County GOP promotes voting ‘Yes on Issue 1’ in August

The Lorain County Republican Party is making a push for voters to say “Yes on Issue 1” and approve in the August special election an amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution.

Critics of the proposed amendment, who are encouraging “no” voters on Issue 1, say the issue will make it harder for Ohioans to amend the state constitution in the future and is an attempt by Republicans to undermine the passage of a reproductive and abortion rights amendment that will appear on the November ballot.

If Issue 1 passes on Aug. 8, it would change the law to require a constitutional amendment be approved by 60 percent of voters, rather than a simple majority — in essence making the state’s governing document harder to amend.

The Lorain County GOP invited potential Issue 1 supporters to join Chairman David Arredondo at the Lorain County Board of Elections on North Ridge Road in Sheffield Township to cast the first ballots on the first day of early voting

July 11.

Arredondo, who said he tries to make a habit of casting the first or second ballot in person each election, said it was a successful turnout.

“We achieved what we wanted to, which is to make a statement that we want Issue 1 passed,” he said.

The party, which has been canvassing in-person and by phone, encouraged early and absentee voting through Aug. 8. It will also put up two digital billboards, one each in Elyria and Lorain, and conduct a social media campaign.

Arredondo praised the coalition of Republican and right-leaning groups that came together under the umbrella of the “Committee for Yes on Issue 1.”

That includes the AvonAvon Lake Republican Club, Lorain County Right to Life, Lorain County Young Republicans, Lorain County TEA Party, and other volunteers, Arredondo said.

Why change the way the Ohio Constitution gets amended? Arredondo said it comes down to standards: It takes two-thirds of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, and three-fourths of state legislatures to amend the U.S. Constitution, and Ohio should have similar high

standards, Arredondo said.

“It doesn’t just come from the masses voting 50 percent to change the Constitution. We need to elevate the level of our amendments in Ohio. We’re not asking for 66 percent or 75 percent, we’re only asking for 60 percent,” he said.

Issue 1 will also require gathering petitions from all 88 counties, and eliminate the “cure” period. That’s the short time petitioners have to “cure” the problem of not having enough signatures by gathering more and resubmitting their petitions to elections officials.

“This raises the standard to ensure we don’t have special interest groups from outside the state to come in to say ‘We want legal marijuana, open borders, climate change provisions,’” Arredondo said.

Both Issue 1 critics and the state’s top elections official, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, have said the intent of the amendment is to make it more difficult for a proposed reproductive and abortion

rights amendment on the November ballot to pass.

LaRose has said so publicly: At a Seneca County Lincoln Day dinner on May 22, he told those present that “This is 100 percent about keeping a radical proabortion amendment out of our constitution. The left wants to jam it in there this coming November.”

The “One Person One Vote Campaign” on Tuesday also launched a TV and digital ad campaign and campaign by mail against Issue 1 titled “Don’t Be Silenced on August 8th. Vote No on Issue 1.”

Lorain County Democratic Party Chairwoman Sharon Sweda on Tuesday said she, too, was excited for the start of early voting in the Aug. 8 election.

“I received numerous calls from folks who couldn’t wait to tell me that they voted ‘no’ today,” she said. “This is one of those rare elections where many are coming together to put a stop to the hypocrisy from Columbus lawmakers. Voters are angry that tax dollars are being spent because lawmakers are desperate to strip voters of their rights.”

Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, Sweda said, all have told her they “agree that it is time to say no to lawmakers who want more government control and hope to strip us of our constitutional rights when things don’t go their way.”

“The fear for lawmakers lies in the fact that voters won’t just stand idly by. Sadly, the wasted time and money can never be regained, but the lesson will stand. Lawmakers were way out of their lane on this,” she said.

Sweet corn season off to a good start despite drought

Telegraph Road, Elyria, said the drought left an impact on the first round of the crop.

Sweet corn season has started again, with local stands and farmer’s markets beginning to pick and sell their crop of this beloved summer treat.

Fenik’s Sweet Corn, at 6413 Lake Ave., Elyria, has been open since Sunday, and owner Pat Fenik said sales have been good since that first day.

“Business was really good, it was brisk,” he said. “We have a lot of community support and we have had a very good first few days.”

A brief, late spring drought had some farmers and experts worried about Lorain County’s summer crops such as sweet corn.

Interestingly, Fenik said that dry conditions can actually make a sweet corn crop taste even better.

“Production went well and as a matter of fact, whenever you have drought conditions, it kind of makes the corn even sweeter,” he said. “Because when there is less water available, there is less water in the kernel to actually dilute it.”

Fenik’s is open every day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. “until Halloween.”

Brett Fowl, of Fowl’s Farm Market at 43655

“(Drought) definitely affects the crop,” Fowl said. “It slows it down and just kind of delays everything. Part of that is the early crop is going to be a bit smaller, the ears will be a bit shorter than what people expect.”

Fowl said that the recent rains would have the later crops looking bigger, and Fowl’s Farm Market would be well supplied with sweet corn until the fall.

Fowl’s only started picking sweet corn on Tuesday and selling it Wednesday, but it will be available every day of the week between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. An even more recent opening in the sweet corn market was Grobe Fruit Farm, which began selling its crop on July 13.

Grobe Fruit Farm, like Fenik’s and Fowl’s, sells a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and other food items like jams along with sweet corn.

The Grobe location in Elyria at 48375 Telegraph Road is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, and the LaGrange location at 13111 Lagrange Road is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Produce ready for pickup in LaGrange through the KEY Collaborative and partners

Lorain County Public Health will take part in a produce pickup at Keystone-LaGrange Library, where bags of fresh, locally grown produce will be available for purchase on a reservation-only basis at bit.ly/KEYProducePickUp.

Bags of produce are sold for $12 and payments are made during pickup

via cash, credit card or Venmo.

Produce will vary based on local harvest availability.

Sign up at bit.ly/KEYProducePickUp for the next produce pickup, which will be today from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Keystone-LaGrange Library, 133 E Commerce Drive in LaGrange.

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From left: John Cloud III, John Cloud Jr., John Cloud and Mayor Hans Schneider pose together following Village Council’s vote to rename a portion of Clay Street to Cloud Street in honor of John Cloud, CEO of Forest City Technologies.

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Early voters head to the polls at the Lorain County Board of Elections to vote on Issue One, the group gathered before the polls opened.

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BRUCE BISHOP | The Community Guide Pat Fenik and his son Adam Fenik packing bags with a dozen ears of corn each. The roadside stand at 6413 Lake Avenue is normally one of the first places in the area with corn.

QR codes highlight work done in Black River watershed

EATON TWP.— Visitors to several nature preserves in Lorain County can keep an eye out for QR codes for more information on wildlife and restoration efforts.

The new website and accompanying codes link visitors to LoCoBROH.com — or “Lorain County Black River Ohio” — and provide details on the work done in the Black River watershed, said Lyn Ickes, Lorain County stormwater outreach and maintenance manager, on Tuesday morning ahead of a tour of the Margaret Peak Nature Preserve.

The Margaret Peak Nature Preserve and Fortune Ditch in Eaton Township have the first of the QR codes, greeting visitors with its Lorain Countyshaped sticker at the preserve’s first sign, followed by 13 others scattered on poles throughout the site.

Scanning the code brings up information about flowers visitors may see in bloom — including Black-eyed Susans, goldenrod and New England aster — or wildlife cataloged in the area.

She said when getting ready for the tour Tuesday morning she saw two green herons in the area — the small, skittish cousin of the great blue heron.

Lorain Storm Water Manager Kathryn Golden said there are a total of 19 codes throughout the county, including at Black River Landing, the Heron Rookery, Martin’s Run wetland complex and Parker Marine Inc. in Sheffield.

The QR codes and posts were paid for with portions of federal restoration grants, and highlight the work done to remediate the environmental impacts on the Black River watershed due to heavy industry in Lorain and farming in Eaton Township.

The Margaret Peak Nature Preserve was a longstanding farm off Butternut Ridge Road deeded to the township in the early 2000s.

Returning the area to a wetland from what was once a soybean field has helped improve water quality in the Willow Creek watershed, and helps reduce flooding in the area, Ickes said.

Efforts also included a prairie pollinator field behind the wetlands on the site, Ickes said.

Oberlin bakery owners rebuilding after house fire

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The owners of an Oberlin bakery are trying to rebuild after a fire tore through their Sullivan Township home.

Leo and Wendy Boes, owners of Blue Rooster Bakehouse, were on vacation in South Carolina when they received a call on July 10 that their home had caught fire, Wendy Boes’ sister, Katie Cram, said.

Cram, speaking on behalf of the family, said the fire’s origin has been ruled inconclusive.

“They left to come home to nothing,” Cram said. She said her sister’s Amish neighbors saw the fire and flagged a passing motorist down to call 911.

Leo and Wendy Boes and their children Brenda, 25, and Charlie, 18, are staying in a hotel while working through the insurance claim, Cram said. Leo and Wendy Boes adopted Brenda and Charlie from Guatemala as babies, Cram said, and the only home the pair has known is the one in Sullivan Township.

“The dust still hasn’t even settled,” Cram said. “It’s hard just to think a day ahead — we haven’t sat down and talked about the plans.”

Cram created a GoFund-

Me account to help raise money to help the family replace their belongings and cover incidental costs — working to help her sister all the way from Alaska.

“When I got the call, it was just a light switch like, ‘What do I need to do?’” she said. “They get that news and at that point, they’re just robots. They couldn’t think. I just started making phone calls.”

The Boes opened Blue Rooster Bakehouse in Oberlin about eight years ago, bringing the Southern hospitality instilled in Wendy Boes by her grandmother to the college town. “The two of them in the bakery is the cutest thing you could see,” Cram said of her sister and brotherin-law.

Leo and Wendy Boes are “givers,” and initially didn’t want to accept the fundraiser she started, but it’s time for the universe help those who gave so much, she said.

She said since contacting the Oberlin Business Partnership, the community has stepped up.

As of Monday evening, the GoFundMe page had raised more than $26,500 of its $50,000 goal. Donations to the GoFundMe may be made at tinyurl.com/3b27yjhd.

Willow Creek eventually flows into the Black River and out to Lake Erie.

Restoration of the preserve included helping turn the straight, silt-filled Fortune Ditch into a meandering creek.

“This particular project was engineered within an inch of its life … there are structures that allow for the floods waters to go into the wetlands and flow out,” she said. “The number of birds and species that were never in this creek are astounding — we have muskrats, we have snails, we have darters.”

Chip Wendt, water resource specialist with Coldwater Consulting, said the stream flows into the floodplains of the wetlands, with catch basins to regulate how fast water recedes back

Rochester Mayor won’t run for another term

Rochester Mayor Cindy Kurpely is hanging up her mayor’s hat.

She told Village Council on July 10 that she won’t be running for another term as mayor of the southern Lorain County village.

Kurpely’s term expires Dec. 31. She was on Village Council for eight years and mayor for the last eight, she said Wednesday.

Kurpely said she has been traveling for work at least two weeks out of every month recently, “so I just don’t have the time to give it like I used to.”

“So if I can’t do a good job, a job I would be proud

of, I need to let someone else step up and give it the attention it needs,” she said.

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Kurpely still is the president of the Rochester Historical Society and secretary of the Rochester Rod N Gun Club, she said, and won’t be stepping out of public service completely.

“I’ll still give my time to whatever people need

to Fortune Ditch. The area also has ridgelines left behind by former banks of Lake Erie — the same as the ridges that now house North Ridge Road, Sugar Ridge Road and other thoroughfares in the area, he said.

Ickes said the QR codes are meant to give visitors a better idea of what they’re looking at when visiting different restoration sites.

Much of the remediation was paid for via federal grants, including funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. For more information on Black River remediation

me to do, I’m just not in a position to take responsibility and say, ‘Look, I’m the guy to get everything done that needs to be done,’” she said.

Whoever steps up to run for her office, Kurpely said she’d be around to hear their ideas and help guide the way until they get used to doing the job on their own.

“I’ll support them 100 percent,” she said.

Sixteen years “is a good run,” Kurpely said.

“I’m not dying,” she said with a laugh. “I’ll still be here, I’ll still be doing stuff.”

and restoration efforts, or work done at Margaret Peak Nature Preserve, visit locobroh. com.

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The first QR code at Margaret Peak Nature Preserve in Eaton Township. The QR codes were unveiled TJuly 11 in an effort to highlight work done to remediate problems in the Black River watershed, and teach visitors about the wildlife and plants in the area.

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The provided map shows Black River remediation and restoration efforts in Lorain with QR codes on site to give visitors more information on work done on the sites, and wildlife or plants visible in the area.

Leo and Wendy Boes, pictured with their children on a Gofundme page started by Wendy Boes’ sister.

7-district county government plan goes to voters

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It will be up to Lorain County voters to decide whether to increase the Board of Commissioners from three members to seven after the current three-member board voted unanimously on July 14 to put the measure on the November ballot.

Based on a proposal by the Citizens for Equal Representation for Lorain County, Republican Commissioners Michelle Hung, David Moore and Jeff Riddell voted to let the people decide the future of their representation in county government.

The plan has its basis in state law, namely Ohio Revised Code sections 302.01 to 302.24.

Under the plan first presented to the board by Brian Hoagland and Homer Taft on June 30, the county would be split up into seven districts of approximately 45,000 residents each. Each district would then elect one representative to the Board of Commissioners.

All other elected offices in the county would remain unaffected.

The proposal calls for seven part-time commissioners making $56,000 each — about 60 percent of what each current commissioner makes — to sit on the new board. That board would then choose an appointed county executive similar to the current position of county administrator.

The three current commissioners are all elected at-large, and each represents the approximately 300,000 residents of Lorain County, Moore said.

“We’re voting today on the map and precincts” drawn up by the Citizens for Equal Representation “and whether or not the public can then decide what they want,” he said prior to the vote.

Moore, who said he was involved in previous attempts to expand the size of the board through a charter, said there are tax savings to be had by having more representation “because you have to go back to the people you represent and tell them why you did what you did.”

Proponents of the plan say it would improve the representation of underrepresented Lorain County residents in county government, allow for greater diversity of races and backgrounds in county government, lower the cost of running for public office, and ensure that more than two votes are needed for a resolution or an issue to pass muster with the

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Opponents criticized the unknown cost of the measure, questioned how many more county government jobs in total would need to be created, why commissioners have decided to take this step now, the way the seven-district map was drawn and created, and questioned whether it would reduce representation by allowing a minority of voters to control a majority of seats on the seven-member board.

The party with the most to gain, critics said, is the Republican Party.

Hung said the Citizens for Equal Representation “spent tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of work to get here today, and their dedication has not gone unnoticed.”

She said she has always been a proponent of putting the issue on the ballot “and letting the voters decide” based on their own research and due diligence.

Despite voting in favor of putting the issue on the ballot Nov. 7, Hung said Friday she still had some reservations about public input and financial matters.

“I would like the public to have additional time to review,” Hung said, with voters being included in discussions and presentations at public hearings so they can ask questions, gather facts and figure out the “ramifications related to their vote.”

“If it’s a great plan, and the financials have been properly vetted, it will stand the test of time; thus far it hasn’t been properly financially vetted. This checks off the box for no, the public does not have access to the costs of this ballot question,” she said. “At this time, I don’t believe the public is being afforded access to investigate and/or being provided the fixed costs at inception and the future projected costs on the ballot question.”

Riddell said campaigning for Lorain County commissioner “is twice as hard as doing this job.”

“I don’t regret the campaign because it got us here, but it truly prohibits many good people from serving because of budget and the time it takes,” he said. “If you look at the (seven-district) system, it’s about representation. If we’re serious about making Lorain County a better place, we need to find the money in a $73 million budget, not over-spend, spend prudently, to get it going in the right direction.”

Public comment

Lawrence Hall, an Elyria

Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament in London, Windsor Castle in the United Kindom, and St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York.

Valerie Hotchkiss, Azariah S. Root Director of Libraries for the College, watched as Fairplay and several workers hoisted the statue up over the bike racks outside the Mudd Center and placed it in the Contemplation Garden. The Contemplation Garden itself is a recent addition, Hotchkiss said. The area was overgrown, but recently was cleared and has been home to yoga every Wednesday afternoon.

The area will include a bench carved by Fairplay alongside the “Oberlin Reader.”

Hotchkiss hopes the new sculpture will spawn a tradition for students to seek luck from the Reader before exams.

“We hope it will be a place where students will come and have their picture taken with the statue on graduation day,” she said. “Maybe they come here before an exam for good luck. We try to get a few charming traditions going.”

RIGHT: Stone carver Nicholas Fairplay, right, and workers unload Fairplay’s work “Oberlin Reader” outside the Mudd Center on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

Township resident, called the proposal “a terrible idea that will disenfranchise voters.”

“The creators of it are unelected and unappointed and completely unaccountable,” he said. “Why do they get the power to shape our future? We did not ask for this. Why do they get to draw the districts without our input?”

Some of the backers of the seven-district plan financially supported the election campaigns of Hung, Moore and Riddell, Hall said.

“Letting people who gave you money create a whole new system of government creates at least the perception of a conflict of interest,” Hall said, “and the districts they created just happen to favor one party 5 to 2.”

Five out of the proposed seven districts are majority Republican, according to the Citizens for Equal Representation’s own numbers, despite Lorain County having only a small, single-digit percentage majority of registered Republican voters.

Hall said the plan would not increase representation, but “strip power from the voters.”

“If you truly believe a district plan is the way to go, stop ramming this

plan so quickly down our throats. Create a nonpartisan, independent commission of people who have not previously donated to your campaigns. Let these people draw districts in a public process where they are accountable to the people. Or just give up the idea altogether,” he said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Chuck Brooky, an official with Laborers Union Local No. 758 in Amherst, and Brian Baker of Brownhelm Township both questioned where the money would come from to pay for the four new board members and additional administrative staff for them.

“Are we going to have to impose a new tax to pay for this, for all these new employees?” Brooky asked the commissioners. “I just want to make an informed choice when I go to vote on this.”

“We gotta educate people on what it’s gonna cost,” and not give the county an “open checkbook,” Baker said. “For 200 years we ran this kind of process (three commissioners). Now we’re going to spend” money to increase it, he said.

Riddell said Baker’s comments were an assumption based on things

represented;” and Robert Heflin of Elyria, who said that “you are either part of the problem or part of the solution.”

“You (commissioners) are part of the solution,” Heflin said. “You are to be applauded.”

Kathleen Beyer of Vermilion, a Republican former candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives and former chairwoman of the Lorain County Young Republicans, said she was excited to vote on the plan.

“I don’t think equal representation is a political issue,” she said. The job of county commissioner is a part-time one, Beyer said, adding that she is fine with paying more money for government if government is more transparent.

“I’m OK with that. Absolutely fine,” she said. “I’m really excited to vote on it, and I think it should be the decision of the people.”

Moore said he also got three emails from county residents: One, whom he identified as Brian Miller of Lorain, was against the seven-district plan.

Wellington Mayor Hans Schneider and Amherst Township Trustee Neil Lynch both wrote Moore in support of the plan, he said.

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“not yet in evidence.”

“We’re going to have an opportunity to reallocate some other resources should this thing pass. We have to fund county government, so we’ll fund seven commissioners instead of three. It’s not an increase in the cost of the county budget, it’s just money from somewhere else, that comes here,” he said.

“Currently we have 30some employee slots not even filled because of the labor market, so finding (those) resources we’re not going to have to increase total employment. We’re just going to reallocate some people to do what has to be done.”

Moore said it would be up to the new board to create new positions if it wishes to. State law allows it, but doesn’t require it, he said.

Other speakers at Friday’s meeting lauded the commissioners for taking the step, including Mike Bokulich, an Amherst business owner, who thanked commissioners for “putting your self-interest aside” and putting the issue to the voters; Sharon Givler of Avon Lake, who said she was in favor of the ballot measure because there are “areas in Lorain County that need to be

Reading from Lynch’s email, Moore quoted him saying the plan “presents many positive aspects” including diversity in race, ethnicity, rural, urban, conservative and progressive demographics.

Both Lynch and Riddell have long backed alternative government for Lorain County. Lynch lent $2,000 to the Citizens for Equal Representation back in 2013, and Riddell gave the group $2,000 in 2017, according to campaign finance reports obtained from the Lorain County Board of Elections as part of a public records request by The Chronicle-Telegram.

Previous attempts at creating a charter form of government in Lorain County failed three times for various reasons. Chief Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor Dan Petticord told the board the Ohio Supreme Court has handed down several decisions over the past eight years dooming future attempts at county charter forms of government.

“In my professional opinion … it would be impossible to draft a charter petition that would survive a constitutional challenge” or make it past the Ohio Supreme Court, Petticord said.

Outside legal counsel agreed with that assessment, Petticord and Hung both said.

A map of the proposed seven-districts to be created if the proposed initiative by Citizens for Equal Representation for Lorain County is placed on the November ballot.

Oberlin, Wellington

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Oberlin, Wellington Electric customers can recycle appliances

For a limited time, Efficiency Smart is offering Oberlin Municipal Light & Power and Village of Wellington Utilities customers a $100 reward for responsibly recycling an eligible refrigerator, freezer, window air conditioner, or dehumidifier.

Oberlin and Wellington electric customers can schedule a free pickup of their appliances through September 30. All units must be in working condition to be eligible for pickup.

In addition to the $100 reward for each unit responsibly recycled, residents will also save on their electric bill from no longer running an older appliance.

Oberlin and Wellington electric customers can schedule their free pickup by calling Efficiency Smart at 877-889-3777 or by visiting www.efficiencysmart. org, choosing their community, and selecting “Appliance Recycling Rewards”.

United Way of Greater Lorain County

United Way of Greater Lorain County is calling on the community to support its annual Fill the Bus school supply drive campaign to provide essential supplies to local schools.

Donations are being accepted at the United Way's downtown Lorain office, 642 Broadway Ave.,

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or through an Amazon Wishlist link that can be found online at uwloraincounty.org/fillthebus, through July 28.

The United Way will distribute the collected items to schools in the first week of August.

The effort "aims to ensure that children have the tools they need for academic success and to alleviate the financial burden on teachers who often purchase supplies out of their own pockets when students don’t have their own supplies," the United Way said in a news release.

Last year's Fill the Bus drive saw nearly 30,000 school supplies distributed to 11 school districts in Lorain County, made possible by 47 businesses hosting collection drives and individuals donating from the community.

Firelands Genealogical Society

The Firelands Genealogical Society will host a summer field trip to tour the Milan History Museum, 10 North Edison Dr. at 6 p.m. July 24. Admittance is $6. Ann Basilone-Jones, author of the book "Milan: Images of America", will be our host for this special event. Afterwards we will retreat to the Milan Wonder Bar & Grille for refreshments off the menu. Guests are welcome to join us

Pittsfield Community Church

Rummage Sale: Aug.

2-5. Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday 9

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a.m. to 1 p.m. with reduced prices. Household items, books, pictures, puzzles, games, jewelry, Bedding, clothing for adults and children, toys and small furniture will be available.

Lorain Community Music Theater

The Lorain Community Music Theater, now in its 45th year, will present GODSPELL at 7:30 p.m. July 27-29 and 2 p.m. July 30 at the Lorain Performing Arts Center, 2600 Ashland Ave., Lorain. Tickets are available at loraincommunitymusictheater.org or at the door. Adults are $18, students and seniors are $16. Online tickets are subject to a handling fee.

Nord Center

The Nord Center will host its third Mind over Miles race on Sunday, Aug. 13 at Black River Reservation Bur Oak, 6150 Ford Rd., Elyria. The 5K walk/run is $25, the 1-mile walk is $20.

Amherst Public Library

● The Amherst Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting at the library on Monday, 5:45 p.m. Aug. 14. The meeting is open to the public.

● 7/27 - Alcohol Alternatives Tasting

● 7/28 - Summer Singing in the Library

● 7/29 - Adapted Storytime

● 7/31 - Couponing/ Savvy Shopper

Amherst Historical Society

● The Amherst Historical Society is having a 50th anniversary celebration 1-4 p.m. Aug. 5 at Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Ave. Enterance is free, and the event includes hands-on history and trades displays, baked goods, crafters, animals, balloon artists, face painting, raffle baskets, a 50/50 raffle, shaved ice and tours of the historic buildings. For more information, contact the Amherst Historical Society at (440) 988-7255 or office@amhersthistoricalsociety.org

● The Quigley Museum is open for tours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays in July. The museum is at 702 Milan Ave., Amherst, with the parking lot entrance off South Lake Street.

Herrick Memorial Library

Registration is required for most programs. Call (440) 647-2120 to register or for more information.

● READ to PUTTER

from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays.

● Summer reading program through July 31

● Family story times are 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays

Baby lap-sit story times are 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays

● School-age programs are 11 a.m. Thursdays

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● Open Tech Help is 1:30-3 p.m. July 12

● Glass charms craft is 6 p.m. July 18

● Intro to Canning is 6 p.m. July 20

Avon Democratic Club

Join the Avon Democratic Club for its annual baseball fundraiser at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 at Mercy Health Stadium, 2009 Baseball Boulevard, in Avon, as the Lake Erie Crushers face the Washington Wild Things. Tickets can be purchased by going to: https:// secure.actblue.com/donate/ adcbaseball2023

Proceeds will benefit the Avon Democratic Club, local Democratic candidates and voter outreach.

NAMI Lorain County

NAMI of Lorain County will host its miniature golf outing 5:30-9 p.m. Aug. 3 at Sportsville in North Ridgeville. Check-in for the outing kicks off at 5:30 pm with play beginning at 6:00 pm. The participant fee is $25 for a single player, while the fee for a foursome is $100. Registration fees include food, beer and wine, and a fun time!

Oberlin Heritage Center

The Heritage Center’s summer camp registration is now open.

● Architecture Camp is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 7-11. It is for children ages 8 to 13.

Members (including children and grandchildren of members) $110

Non-members $125

● Atronomy and antiquity camp is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 14-18. It is for children ages 10-15.

Members (including children and grandchildren of members) $110

Non-members $125

For more information, please email our Museum Education and Tour Manager at tourinfo@oberlinheritage.org or register online at oberlinheritagecenter.org

● The Oberlin Heritage

Center presents its pitcher perfect event at ESP Brewing in Amherst at 6 p.m. July 25. The event is $35 per person, and includes two drinks and food. As part of the evening’s festivities, Mark Lesner, architect of the former Lorain County Visitor’s Bureau building and 170 Pyle South Amherst Road in Oberlin, will take guests for a walk around the outside of the visitor’s bureau building and answer questions about its construction and design. Additionally, there will be a 50/50 raffle and prize baskets.

● This July, OHC is offering its downtown Architecture walking tour on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Enjoy a leisurely stroll on this 1 hour-long tour which explores Oberlin’s architecture with a focus on such individuals as Walter Blythe, Cass Gilbert, and Minoru Yamasaki. This walk provides an opportunity to view an array of historic buildings that feature various styles, including Gothic Modernist, Neo-Classical Revival, Romanesque, Late Victorian, and Queen Anne Revival. The tour is $6 for adults and free for children, students, or members. Advanced registration is strongly recommended.

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Public Library

The Oberlin Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting at the library at 5 p.m. Aug. 10. The meeting is open to the public.

Oberlin Farmers Market

The market season will run on Saturdays through Oct. 14, starting at 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The market specializes in seasonal fresh farm produce, fruit, farm raised meats, natural sweeteners, an assortment of baked goods, such as pies, breads, cookies, flowers, plants, jams, sauces, crafts and more. The market is located in the parking lot of Oberlin Public Library and Oberlin City Hall across from the post office at 69-85 South Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Westwood Cemetery

Stone cleaning at Westwood will be 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. the first Saturday of the month, May through October.

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71. Christmas Eve visitor

72. Keats’ works, e.g.

73. *Major road, abbr.

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2. Turkish money

3. One on drugs

4. Run off to Vegas?

5. Sold on eBay, usually

6. Short for “and elsewhere”

7. Hammurabi’s code, e.g.

8. Plural of fundus

9. Porto____, Italy

10. Got this!

11. Sodium hydroxide

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25. *Famous road from Beatles

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26. Actress Watts

27. Minute parasite

29. *Spare one

31. “If all ____ fails”

32. Sarpa ____, coral reef fish

33. Tiny purses

34. Olden day phlebotomy instrument

36. Waterproof canvas

38. Clothing line

42. UAE’s most populous city

45. Close the fastener, e.g.

49. Epoch

51. Between 90 and 180 degrees

54. E-wallet’s content

56. Very, in music

57. Japanese zither

58. Author Bagnold

59. Goes with interest

60. Great masters’ medium, pl.

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63. Solemn promise

64. Surveyor’s map

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acob wants to earn $38to buya house for his dog, Jacob Junior.Heiswilling to work,but wants to do jobs that keep him wetand cool on hot summer days. He only didthe jobsonthe list below that includedwater in thework. Check off the jobs he did. Did he raise his$38?

HINT: Underline eachword thatgivesa cluethat thejob includedwater

Washed Mr.Thompson’s car

WateredMrs. Toya’s houseplants

Rinsed Grandma’sporch offwiththe hose

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Returned mom’sbooks to the library

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Whatshape doesthe watertake? Repeat threetimesand find the averagenumber of drops the penny can hold.

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Thedome shape is causedby surface tension

Surface tension is caused by the grouping of molecules. Under the surface of the water, each water molecule attracts and is attracted to molecules on all sides of it.

The largest hailstone everrecovered in the UnitedStates,a seven-inch (17.8centimeter)wide chunk of icealmost as largeasa soccer ball, was found in Aurora, Nebraska.

Repeatthis experiment withcold waterand thenwith hot water. Doesthe temperature of the waterchange the number of drops that fit on the penny?

Add adropofsoapto the water.Doesthis change the number of drops thatfit on the penny?

Trythissame activitywith differentliquids such as cooking oil, rubbing alcohol, liquid detergent,salad dressing, etc. Compare how many drops of each liquid fit on thetop ofapenny

Standards Link: Nature of Science: Students understand the nature of scientific inquiry (using tools, making observations, recording notes).

The surface molecules are attracted to the moleculesbelow and to the sides.But there is nothing above the surface molecules to pull upward. The surfacemolecules pulltogether and act like a“skin” on thesurface of thewater

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Standards Link: Physical Science: Students know that matter has different states (i.e., solid, liquid, gas) and that each state has distinct physical properties.

Lookthrough the newspaperand find:

Standards Link: Research: Understand that the newspaper has an organizational structure.

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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simplewritten directions.

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This week’sword: Look through the newspaper for three examples of news articlesrelated to science.Tell which science(s) the article relates to. For example, a weather story is related to the science of meteorology

ScienceNews Standards Link: Scientific Enterprise: Students know that although people using scientific inquiry have learned much, science is an ongoing process.

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The noun molecule means the smallest unitofa substance thathas allthe propertiesofthat substance.

Tryto use the word molecule in asentencetoday when talkingwith your friendsand familymembers.

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