EXPERIENCE. DILIGENCE. INTEGRITY.
440.522.5677
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Submit items to news@LCnewspapers.com
Volume 11, Issue 03
Septic permit deadline extended LAUREN HOFFMAN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
The Lorain County Public Health Department said it will extend the deadline for septic permit fees for residents who are unable to pay by Jan. 31. Even though the details on the length of that extension have yet to be nailed down, the news came as a welcome reprieve for many residents who said they felt betrayed by the short notice. “What tonight showed is that we were here to hear our residents’ concerns and we want to
let them know that we heard them,” Public Health Administrator Mark Adams said during a Jan. 9 meeting. R.J. Heibel is one of more than 30 Lorain County residents who showed up to the Lorain County Public Health Department’s board meeting, when many expressed anger over the new Operation and Maintenance (O&M) program implemented by the Ohio Department of Health. “I feel blindsided by this and I think we all do,” he said. “I want to see the proper breakdown of this and I think I speak for all of us when I say this is not right.”
On Jan. 2, residents started to receive bills in the mail regarding the $120 permit fee tied to the program. The letter stated residents would be required to pay the fee by Jan. 31 or face a 25 percent penalty fee placed on their taxes. Many residents said the timeline was too short. “I know this is the first time you are hearing about this and that’s on me,” Adams said to the residents during the meeting Wednesday night. “But this is not something new, it has been around for some time and is being implemented now.”
In 2015, the Ohio Department of Health was permitted to regulate septic systems across the state following the establishment of Chapter 3701-29 in the Ohio Revised Code. The program was then passed down to county health departments to implement what included requiring homeowners to have a permit for their systems. The implementation process began soon after but hit a standstill in 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now four years later, Adams said the health department is picking up the pieces.
“We have been doing this since 2015 when it first began but we didn’t realize just how many septic systems are out there and we knew that we couldn’t get it done with just two people,” Adams said. To address the need, Adams hired three more people to the team. Up until that point, the program was funded by taking money generated by the department’s levy but the need kept growing. “This fee that people are paying is for us to administer the program from everything like SEPTIC PAGE A3
Most property tax bills going up DAVE O’BRIEN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
Scholastic Art Exhibit returns to LCCC JOHN BENSON FOR THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
It seems as though 3D artwork is all the rage among area youth artists. That’s what visitors can expect when touring the 56th annual Lorain County Region Scholastic Art Exhibit, which is open through Feb. 15 at Lorain County Community College’s Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery. “Every year the artwork ebbs and flows, but for this exhibit there’s a lot more 3D than usual,” Stocker Arts Center Operations and Gallery Coordinator Beth Bryan said. “I don’t have any idea why, but it’s really wonderful to see so much this year. It’s definitely more than usual and it’s really high-quality and beautiful.” Sponsored by Nordson Corp., the exhibit draws from public, parochial and private middle and high schools and home-schoolers (ages 12 to 18) from Lorain, Erie and Huron counties. The categories of art include SCHOLASTIC PAGE A3
BRUCE BISHOP | The Community Guide
MAIN: Liz Loczi a volunteer in the galleryat LCCC looks at the Scholastic Art Awards display at the Stocker Art Center on the campus of Lorain County Community College. ABOVE: This ceramic cow is a Gold Key winner by Hattie Rose Hobar an Avon Lake High School.
Most Lorain County property owners’ tax bills will increase this year due to new tax levies, according to the Lorain County Auditor’s Office. The largest increase is in the North Ridgeville School District, where Issue 16, an additional 6.26-mill bond issue that will raise $7.5 million per year over the next 37 years to build a new high school and transportation facility, passed in November. Homeowners will pay an additional $208.83 in property taxes per $100,000 of value on their home as a result, Lorain County Auditor Craig Snodgrass said. That’s slightly less than backers of the bond issue promised after three other North Ridgeville tax issues came off the books this year. Those included a substitute 0.022-mill school levy, a 0.8mill school bond issue and a 0.09-mill city bond issue, according to the county auditor’s office. Other increases were in the Amherst School District, where some Amherst and Amherst Township residents and some Lorain citizens can expect tax bill increases of more than $69 per $100,000 of value. That’s due to Issue 10, a continuous 2.5-mill replacement levy, that passed in November. Two other smaller school tax issues lapsed, TAXES PAGE A5
INSIDE THIS WEEK County
Oberlin
Wellington
Nonprofits to merge ● A3
BOE member sworn in ● A5
Snowball is Feb. 3 ● A4
OBITS A2 • CROSSWORD A7 • SUDOKU A7 • KID SCOOP A8
Page A2
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
OBITUARIES
‘Everybody’s mother’
Donna Hubbell helped raise Elyrians through slot car racing OWEN MACMILLAN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
When Donna Hubbell opened the Slot Shop in Elyria in 1964 with her husband, Paul, it was a hobby shop specializing in slot car racing. But over its nearly 40 years of operation, the shop would become much more than that, serving as a gathering place, training ground, playground and sometimes day care for generations of Elyrians. Donna Hubbell died on Jan. 2, at the age of 92. As her grandchildren Todd and Becki Hubbell sat in Becki’s living room on Monday recounting their grandmother, they were surrounded by a virtual mountain of news articles, memorabilia and awards recounting the history of not only their grandparent’s business and passion but of Elyria. The cousins said they were practically raised in the Slot Shop, but also that this hardly made them unique among Elyrians of their generation. “She raised half this town, I’m not even kidding,” Todd Hubbell said. Charlie Meldrum, Becki Hubbell’s fiancé who also spent much of his childhood in the shop, said many in Elyria called Donna Hubbell “everybody’s mother.” The group recounted how kids from across Elyria and beyond would walk or bike to the shop and spend their whole day there, buying time on the store’s eightlane, 100-foot slot car racing track, materials for slot cars, Pinewood Derby cars or other hobbies and snacks. Slot cars are small, primarily plastic-and-metal automobiles that are placed in a groove on a track and powered forward by electricity. They are raced with handheld controllers wired to the track, and are often designed to resemble real automobiles. Becki Hubbell said that whenever a new face showed up who seemed too timid — or to not have the money — to buy track time, her grandmother always had a smile and a half-hour of track use to share. “She took care of the world, you know?” Todd Hubbell said. “And some people, their home life ain’t that great, so they hang out with other people and maybe come by the Slot Shop. It was like a town of wayward orphans, more or less. They had their own families of course, but Grandma was always great about helping
anybody. “But she didn’t just give it to you. Nothing is a gift with my grandma, you worked for it.” Kids would be asked to wipe down a showcase for track time or clean up garbage in the parking lot for a bag of chips. And as for the grandkids, well they were already being “voluntold” to do all those things, Meldrum said with a laugh. “The things that they don’t teach you in school anymore we learned early, from 5 or 6 years old,” Becki Hubbell said. Becki, who had been the first daughter on the Hubbell side in generations, worked with her grandmother and learned how to run the cash register, take inventory and work with customers. The boys learned about soldering, electrical work, manufacturing and other hands-on work from grandpa Paul. Those same skills were shared with additional dozens, or even maybe hundreds, of young customers as well. Todd Hubbell recalled the time he took that technical knowledge a bit too far, tampering with his slot car to make it pull almost double the electricity it should have been able to and send it flying down the track. He was too young to do anything but make his cheating as
blatant as could be, and Todd Hubbell said it wasn’t long before he was caught. Todd Hubbell was booted from the race and never allowed to compete in an event again. “But at least after it was all over, Grandpa said, ‘That was pretty slick, where’d you learn that?’” Paul Hubbell died in 1989. The Hubbells are well known throughout Elyria because of the Slot Shop, which they opened in 1964 on Winckles Street. The shop would relocate to its better-known Cleveland Street site sometime before 1974, before the family sold it in 2001. But, the family’s history in Elyria goes back much further. The family said that their ancestor, Jeremiah Hubbell, was brought over to America directly from Wales by Heman Ely himself, to take part in the construction of his gristmill, one of Elyria’s founding institutions, in the early 1800s. “(Jeremiah) was the guy that built the old mill,” Todd Hubbell said. “It was in the Chronicle writeup of the 200-year anniversary.” The Hubbells also had a “great, great, great whatever” aunt who donated a large portion of Cascade Park to the city. Donna Hubbell, born Hembly,
BRUCE BISHOP | The Community Guide
Cousins Todd and Becky Hubbell talk about their grandmother and the impact she and her store had on their family and the community.
had her own connection to Lorain County history, as she grew up in the Mill Hollow House on the Vermilion River Reservation. “She grew up in the Mill Hollow House,” Todd Hubbell said. “When she was a little girl they lived there for several years. There’s no record of it because her dad was the caretaker, so they didn’t pay rent, he just took care of the grounds and they lived in the house.” But, that history is not what would draw people from across Lorain County, Northeastern Ohio and beyond to Donna Hubbell’s wake on Monday night. It was the profound impact
Donna and Paul Hubbell had on the hundreds of kids who came through their shop on Cleveland Street for which they would be remembered most. “It was just such a sense of community, it brought people together,” Meldrum said. Both Becki and Todd Hubbell said that the community their grandparents built shaped their youth and still leaves them with connections and friends over 20 years after their grandma closed up shop. When they were kids this renown sometimes annoyed them — Todd Hubbell said it was nearly impossible to skip school without word getting back to the Slot Shop. But, looking back, he recalls what the community his grandparents built truly meant. “Those same people telling on us for skipping school always helped us out in the end, ‘cause they just cared, ya know?” he said. “It made Elyria like Mayberry to us, ‘cause we knew everybody.”
LETTERS Letters to the editor should be: • Written to the editor. We do not allow open letters or those to specific residents, politicians, or groups. • Concise. There is a limit of 350 words on letters. • Polite. Letters that use crude language or show poor taste will be rejected. • Opinions. We reserve space for letters that share a unique perspective. Press releases are not letters and will be considered for publication in other parts of the paper. • Free of advertising, product or service endorsements or complaints, poetry, language that could raise legal problems, or claims that are measurably false. • Signed. Include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for our records. Up to two signatures. • The deadline to submit letters is 10 a.m. each Monday. They are used on a space-available basis. We reserve the right to edit any submission for length, grammar, spelling, and clarity, or to reject any submission.
SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD ON PAGE A7
SOLUTION TO SUDOKU ON PAGE A7
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GUIDE Classifieds, legals, advertising, subscriptions Deadline: 1 p.m. each Friday Phone: 440-329-7000 Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday
News staff: news@LCnewspapers.com Phone: 440-329-7122 Submit news to: news@lcnewspapers.com Deadline: 10 a.m. each Monday Send obituaries to: obits@chroniclet.com
Send legal notices to: afuentes@chroniclet.com Submit advertising to: chama@chroniclet.com
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY GUIDE (USPS 673-960) is published every Thursday, 52 weeks per year by Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company, 225 East Ave., Elyria OH 44035.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $40 for 52 weeks in Lorain County; $45 in Erie, Huron, Ashland, Medina, and Cuyahoga counties; $50 in all other Ohio counties; $55 outside Ohio. Periodical postage paid at Wellington OH.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Lorain County Community Guide, PO Box 4010, Elyria OH 44036.
Copyright 2023 Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
Page A3
Nord Center, LCADA Way to merge STAFF REPORT
The Nord Center and The LCADA Way will merge by July 1. The organizations announced the change in a joint news release last week. Recently the pair have “deepened their working relationship” in preparation for the launch of the county’s Crisis Receiving Center next year, according to the news release. Construction on the South Broadway site — near the current Nord Center in Lorain — began in December. The Nord Center and LCADA Way were originally going to run the facility jointly, but it sparked conversations about the potential merger.
The 29,000-square-foot space will provide 24hour access to behavioral health care and detoxification services, with 16 beds for those struggling with mental health issues, and 16 beds for those seeking help for addiction. Nord Center CEO Don Schiffbauer said the merger is a “big win for our community” by combining the expertise of the two organizations under one roof. “(It) will improve access to care through a groundbreaking ‘no wrong door approach’ to behavioral health care and substance use disorder in our community,” Shiffbauer said in the release. LCADA Way President and CEO Dan Haight agreed. “This new flagship
agency will be able to more fully leverage the financial and human resources to effectively and consistently deliver high quality and high-value behavioral health and substance use disorder care to Lorain, Erie and Cuyahoga counties and surrounding communities,” Haight said in the news release. The total workforce for the combined agency will be about 425 staff with an annual budget of about $45 million, according to the release. Specifics, including staffing structures, board composition and the new name and branding for the agency have yet to be announced. Schiffbauer will serve as CEO, while Haight will serve as chief operating officer.
Find Us On
Fligners/MeatUsHere
Ohio’s #1 Independent Grocery Store By Ohio Grocers Association JOIN THE CLUB For Up to The Minute Specials TEXT "FLIGNERS" TO 855-261-0566
1854 Broadway Lorain, OH (440) 244-5173
Message & data rates may apply. Text STOP to opt out or HELP for help.
Prices Good for These Days in JANUARY 2024
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 No Family Pack Required For Savings
ALL OUR FRESH MEAT IS CUT BY ONE OF OUR “ARTISAN MEAT PROFESSIONALS”
GROCERY HOME DELIVERY AVAILABLE NOW AT FLIGNERSMARKET.COM LET US DO THE SHOPPING FOR YOU! BONELESS
BONE-IN CENTER-CUT
BONE-IN
AMERICA'S CUT PORK CHOPS
PORK BUTT
2
1
PORK CHOPS
LB.
BEEF
TOP ROUND ROAST
CUBE STEAKS
4
5
$
99 $
LB. SLICED FREE FRESH
1
89 $
49 $
LB. BONELESS
STEVE MANHEIM | The Community Guide
We Honor All W.I.C. And EBT
FREEZER BEEF Hind Qtr. 180-200 lbs. $449 Front Qtr. 200-220 lbs. $429 Full Side 380-400 lbs. $409 Ohio Beef from Ohio Farmers
$
Sally Radabaugh, of Amherst Twp., speaks at the Lorain County Board of Health meeting at Lorain County Board of Health on Jan. 10.
OPEN Daily 8am - 6pm Sunday 8am - 2pm Flignersmarket.com
99
LB. BONELESS
NEW YORK STRIP STEAK
8
49 $ LB.
99 LB.
FRESH - NEVER FROZEN
GROUND BEEF
40 LB. BOX
LEG QUARTERS
BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST
SEPTIC
FROM A1 data management to field inspections, compliance inspections and more,” Environmental Health Supervisor Scott Pozna said. “It’s not to hold anybody accountable but rather acts like an umbrella to get the program done.” Going forward, both Adams and Pozna said that the first three years of the program will be spent mainly cataloging the systems within the county and finding which homeowners are compliant and which are not. “While we can’t delineate
the fee between compliant and noncompliant homeowners, the cost itself can change,” Adams said. “The moment we are done with this and know what’s out there, we can then start focusing on the bad systems and fixing the problem, and when you fix the problem you no longer need the staff for it.” Adams also let residents know that the health department is not making a profit from the fee and that the money can only be used toward the program. “I want to say again that
the most important thing these residents can do is go online to our website and see what we have on their system so that we can get the information that we need,” Adams said. “This program is exactly how we do that but we can’t complete it without the residents’ help.” For questions regarding the O&M program, visit loraincountyhealth.com/ sewage. A hotline for calls relating to the program is also available and all calls are to be directed to (440) 284-3240.
FROM A1
IF YOU GO WHAT: The 56th annual Lorain County Region Scholastic Art Exhibit WHEN: now through Feb. 15 (times vary) WHERE: Lorain County Community College’s Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery, 1005 Abbe Road N., Elyria TICKETS: free INFO: (440) 366-4040 or stockerartscenter.com
one piece versus a senior who might enter a welldone portfolio for a chance at a scholarship.” As for the influx of 3D work, Rainey concurred, while also noting this year’s show boasts exceptional quality. “The students’ paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography and digital artwork have all stepped up their game,” he said. The artists reception scheduled from 1-3 p.m. Sunday will be followed with the Gold Key Reception from 1-3 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Hoke Theatre and Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery. Unlike in 2023 when the exhibit boasted a record 1,600 original works of art
entered, with 650 pieces selected, an intended technological upgrade related to submitting art had the opposite effect. The end result this year was 1,500 entered pieces with 500 selected for the exhibit. “Scholastic rolled out a new website that was very glitchy,” Bryan said. “Some of the students and their teachers did not get to enter work, so this year is smaller than usual. It was very troubling. I feel very bad for the students.” Aside from hopefully a smoother operation next year, the gallery coordinator would like to overcome another hurdle that continually plagues the exhibit. “We could get more schools in the Lorain, Erie and Huron counties to participate,” she said. “We reach out every year, but it’s a lot of work for students and teachers, quite honestly, to get their work ready to put in the show. “There’s a lot of paperwork, there’s a lot of taking pictures. Some don’t feel it’s worth the time, but I wish they would rethink it and at least try it once.”
27
LB.
NEXT Thurs.,
1
60 $
January 25th,
CHICKEN PAPRIKASH CHICKEN • STUFFED CABBAGE DUMPLINGS • GREEN BEANS BREAD & UTENSILS TROYER
99 LB.
BORDEN'S
GALLON
11:00am-5:00pm
FRUIT DRINKS
5
$ 75 2/$
4
DINNER
ECKRICH
HAM OFF THE BONE
SCHOLASTIC architecture & industrial, ceramics & glass, comic art, design, digital, drawing & illustration, editorial cartoon, expanded projects, fashion, film & animation, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and senior art portfolio. The gallery during the exhibit is open additional hours — 4-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as 1-3 p.m. Sundays. “We just have a really super collection of great work this year,” Bryan said. Elyria High School Art Department Chair Mel Rainey said the annual exhibit inspires his talented pupils. “This is a chance for our art students to show the world what they can do and how it can affect the world around us,” said Rainey, who this year has three students showing work in the exhibit. “I hope they get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction for being able to enter a national art exhibition such as this. Some students may only enter
2
99 $
$
ALL MEAT OR GARLIC BOLOGNA
FLIGNER'S HOMEMADE
SANDWICH SPREAD
4 4 3 $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 3 4 3 $
99
$
LB.
CRACKER BARREL
PAN ROASTED OR HONEY TURKEY BREAST
LB.
4 POUND BAG CALIFORNIA
69 LB.
$
99 LB.
LAND O' LAKES
SMITHFIELD
PRE-SLICED SWISS CHEESE
HARD SALAMI
LB.
LB.
FRESH GREEN
LARGE HASS
SWEET ORANGES CABBAGE AVOCADOS
3 49 69 $ 99 $ 99 2 2 $ 99 $ 99 ¢ 4 1 69 $
99
3 PACK ANDY BOY
¢
¢
LB.
EA.
GREEN
3 LB. BAG ASSORTED
ROMAINE HEARTS BRUSSEL SPROUTS VARIETY APPLES
10 POUND BAG
JUMBO
CUCUMBERS
RUSSET POTATOES
LB.
Full Service Carry Outs
ATM Available Money Orders 59¢ Each
We Carry Ohio Beef From Ohio Farmers Play Ohio Lottery and Mega Millions Here
EA.
We Carry A Fine Selection of Beer, Wine & Tobacco at State Minimum Prices
We Carry Fligner’s Gift Cards and Gift Certificates
You Can Now Pay Your Gas, Light, Cable And Many Major Credit Card Payments At Fligners!
We Accept Debit, Master Card, Visa, Discover & American Express.
We Reserve the right to Limit Quantities Not Responsible for Typographical Errors
Page A4
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
‘She was a very good girl with a very bad problem’ CARISSA WOYTACH THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
ELYRIA — Jill Webb drives every day past the valley of trees where her daughter’s body was found. “I had no idea my daughter was down there,” she said, sitting in her kitchen on a cold January afternoon. Pictures of her daughters littered the kitchen table and were propped against a nearby window above the sink. On the northern edge of Cascade Park, off state Route 57 eastbound, Lorain County Metro Parks rangers found the body of Autumn Ball, 34, on Nov. 14. She was cold, lifeless, her feet bare, a pop bottle propped up between her knees and a cigarette lighter on her chest. A bottle of vodka was beside her on the ground, according to crime scene photos. She had been dead for several days, according to Elyria police. With her at the time was Bryan Fisher, 37, who told police Ball had died about a week before the rangers’ arrival. Fisher had a history of drug abuse and mental health issues, Elyria Police Lt. Bill Lantz said. The Lorain County Coroner ruled Ball’s death accidental, due to environmental hypothermia combined with intoxication, chronic alcoholism, hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) and generalized anxiety disorder. “Why didn’t he call somebody? Why didn’t he call me? Why didn’t (he) call an ambulance or something?” Jill Webb asked. “She was obviously very, very sick.” Fisher’s story changed several times, according to the Elyria police report. He and Ball had been staying in motels and then in the park near the bank of the Black River after they met in a rehab program some months prior. The pair fought over re-
BRUCE BISHOP | The Community Guide
Jill Webb holds a picture of her daughter, Autumn Ball, as a little girl. Ball died in November after years of struggling with alcoholism. turning to a detox program in Erie County, according to the report, and Fisher left Ball alone in Cascade Park, taking her cell phone with him. But he returned to check on her periodically, he told police, after charging her phone at the West River Library Branch. In another interview with Elyria police, Fisher had reportedly told his mother that he and Ball went to sleep one night in the park, and when he woke up Ball was dead. Cell phone records showed Fisher had used Ball’s cell phone after her death to look up warrants on him and view pornography. He was ultimately charged with failure to report a death. He remains in the Tuscarawas County Jail on an unrelated charge. “I was in line at the bank and I kept getting these phone calls over and over again,” Webb said of when she found out what happened to her oldest child. “… I just had a bad feeling. I came in, my mom’s sitting on the couch and they told me and all I could do was scream.”
Your Lorain CountY auto titLe & PassPort offiCes offer “Photo to finish” PassPort serviCes With no aPPointment neCessarY!
Elyria – 226 Middle Avenue, Elyria OH 44035 Lorain – 621 Broadway Avenue, Lorain, OH 44052
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL 440-329-5127 OR GO TO
LORAINCOUNTYOHIO.GOV/CLERK
Tom orlando
Lorain County Clerk of Courts
Homeless
When news of Ball’s death was first released, she was listed as homeless. But Webb said it couldn’t be further from the truth — her daughter had a home on Rockfern Avenue, with family ready and willing to take her back in and get her help. She was not out in the elements because her family had cut her off, Webb said, it was because she wanted to be with Fisher. “I knew if I did something like (cut ties with her) something bad would happen to her,” Webb said. She had left her home with her grandparents and mother about a month before she died, Webb said. The family had expressed concerns about Fisher and his impact on Ball’s sobriety, going so far as to kick him out of Ball’s room. Soon, Ball followed and the pair, according to the Elyria police report, were drinking in the woods, with Ball consuming more than a liter of vodka a day. Webb called Red Roof Inn in Elyria, knowing Ball and Fisher had stayed there before. The office put her through, she said, and Fisher answered the phone, but after a short, negative conversation, hung up on her. After work, Webb went to the motel, but the office would not give her the couple’s room number. The pair later went to another rehab facility in Findlay, Webb said. LCADA Way President
CLASSIFIEDS Q U A L I F I C AT I O N S STATEMENT FROM INTERESTED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, AND SURVEYING FIRMS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES The City of Lorain, Ohio
LORAIN COUNTY ABSOLUTE 105.5 ACRE FARM AUCTION 2 Parcels • Tillable • Wooded • Home
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7th | 5PM
Auction will be held at the Brighton Township Hall – 21451 State Route 511, Wellington, OH. Property is located at 19856 Gore Orphanage Road, Wakeman. Take 511 North to Norwalk Road then a right on to Gore Orphanage Road. Watch for RES signs. Parcel 1: 82.7 Acres • Parcel 2: 23 Acres Open House: The house will be open for inspection Wednesday, January 24th • 4-5PM. Pickup a brochure and walk the land at your leisure. SCAN HERE TO Private showings available through Andy White 419-651-2152. STAY UP TO DATE
Andy White 419-651-2152 – Joseph Mast Brock Rader - Drew Turner – Mary Hartley LIC # 2022000271
10% Buyers Premium
833-SOLD-RES / WWW.RES.BID
and CEO Dan Haight said addiction changes a person’s brain, making the substance they crave the only thing they can focus on. The LCADA Way serves individuals and their families struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. “They start to take all their basic values in life, so shelter, food, family, friends, and start hiding from those,” Haight said. “Because those are the ones that are going to then be confrontational with them, so they run from those particular values in their life.” He said it is why individuals will quit jobs or run from people around them, but he cautioned families cannot shut every door — there need to be limits and boundaries, but also second chances. He said relapse is part of recovery, as a person’s brain takes about six months to get rid of any addiction tendencies. LCADA Way has seen a huge increase in individuals seeking treatment for alcoholism since the pandemic, Haight said, as alcohol sales almost doubled during COVID-19 and the nonprofit saw the impact about a year later. He encouraged families of those struggling with alcohol or drugs to reach out to LCADA, including attending its free family education group, which provides support to families of those in treatment and in active addiction.
requests qualification statements from any interested professional engineering, architectural, and surveying firms to provide professional design, construction administration or field survey services. The purpose is to pre-qualify firms in the following areas for possible City contracts: Storm Water Improvements Sanitary Sewer Improvements Waterline Improvements Street Infrastructure Improvements Traffic Engineering Brownfield Environmental Architectural Improvements Wastewater / Water Treatment Plant Improvements Construction Administration and Inspection Field Survey Services Geotechnical and Soils Investigation Geographic Information Services (GIS) Other The Qualification Statements should include the following information: 1. A COVER LETTER INDICATING THE PREQUALIFICATION AREA/AREAS FOR WHICH YOU ARE REQUESTING CONSIDERATION. 2. A brief history of the firm. Please include information pertaining to major areas of expertise of the company. 3. Resumes for Key Personnel of the firm. 4. A list of clients and representative projects worked on in the last five (5) years per area seeking pre-qualification. 5. A list of other public
authorities that have deemed the firm prequalified. Include a listing of ODOT prequalification areas. 6. A description of the firm’s approach to managing workload, project scheduling, and deadline adherence. Include a list of available qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the services. 7. Provide any further information that may be helpful to the City of Lorain to determine the qualifications of your firm. Please submit one (1) hardcopy of the qualification statement and one (1) electronic version in PDF format on a USB Flash Drive. Any statement that does not include all the requested information will not be deemed responsive. Please limit the qualifications statement to 75 pages. The City of Lorain reserves the right to request additional or supplemental statements, as it deems necessary. Professional design firms must annually submit an update of its statement to maintain or modify its qualification status with the City. This request does not constitute a commitment on the part of the City of Lorain to award any contract to any prequalified firm. Submit your Statements of Qualification to Dale Vandersommen, PE, City Engineer, City of Lorain, 200 West Erie Avenue, 4th Floor, Lorain, Ohio 44052 by Monday, February 5th , 2023, at 3PM. 1/11, 11/18/24 20720158
‘She had a soul’
Ball was a bright student, her mother said. She graduated with honors from Lorain County Early College High School in 2008. She pointed out a teenage Autumn in a class photo on the table, the girl wearing a purple shirt with “algebra” written on it. She was a singer, Jill Webb said, with many friends, and as she got older, a deep love for her sister Aubrette’s children. “She was beautiful to people,” her grandmother Judy Webb said. After graduation, she said Ball took some more college classes and worked at Toys ‘R Us and Lorain Novelty. Where she suspects things took a turn was when Ball worked a summer at Cedar Point, staying in the dorms where there was pressure to drink and party. After that, Ball struggled with alcohol for more than a decade, her family said. “She was still this wonderful, likable person, but she had this disease that was taking a toll on her at the same time,” Judy Webb said. She lost her license after she passed out drunk in a car Judy Webb gave her. And from there, she seemingly went downhill, Judy Webb said. It took until early in 2023 for Ball to go into a treatment program, her family said, remembering they visited her there over
Mother’s Day. “I would talk to Autumn when she was sober and she would admit ‘I know, Mom, I have a bad problem,’” Jill Webb said. Something fed into it the family doesn’t understand, Judy Webb said. While the family was close, there are answers they will never have, she said. “There’s a lot of negativity and Autumn didn’t get there by herself,” Judy Webb said. “She had the gene of course and she fell in. … The point is, she was a body, she had a soul and we’re responsible to care for her every bit of the time she was here on Earth.” Jill Webb said she was angry at Ball for leaving, but that would never change her love for her daughter. And the way she died has left lingering questions, and a search for justice, for Jill Webb and her other daughter, Aubrette. Jill Webb questioned why Fisher did not die, but her daughter did — the temperatures that week dipped into the mid- to low 40s overnight. She questioned why Fisher was never charged with abuse of a corpse for allowing her daughter to lie outside, or why a lighter was thrown onto her child’s chest when Ball did not smoke. Or why a full autopsy was not performed. Elyria Police Lt. Lantz said an exam was performed, including toxicology. As for charges, he said there was not enough evidence to support charging Fisher with abuse of a corpse. He said he understands the family is looking for answers. Most of all she questioned why her child was so disrespected in death, and if things could have turned out differently. She was trying to get sober, Jill Webb said. The day Ball left the house she had originally planned to have someone take her to another rehab facility, she said. But Webb came home to a voicemail on her parents’ answering machine of that person calling to cancel and her daughter was already gone. “She was a very good girl with a very bad problem,” Jill Webb said.
State awards $1.6M to rehab local homes STAFF REPORT
Several cities in Lorain County received more than $1 million to rehab owner-occupied homes. The Ohio Department of Development announced nearly $22 million in grant awards through the Community Housing Impact and Preservation program. The program partners with communities to preserve and improve the state’s housing stock through home renovations and repairs, rental assistance and other programs. Amherst, North Ridgeville, Oberlin and
Sheffield Lake will split $1.6 million to rehab or repair 36 owner-occupied homes. Elyria will receive $250,000 to rehab three homes. All of the grants include a fair housing component. The CHIP program is funded by the Ohio Housing Trust Fund, the federal Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs. In a news release, Gov. Mike DeWine said the funding helps create environments where “every Ohioan can grow, succeed and build brighter futures for their families.”
Local homes helped by $45k in lead cleanup funds Three homes in Lorain County will benefit from $45,000 in lead cleanup funding announced Thursday by the state. The money, from the Ohio Department of Development, is part of $1.6 million in grants meant to remove toxic lead from 82 low- and moderate-income
households in 25 communities across the state. The awards announced Thursday will support abatement projects such as waterline replacement, window and door replacement, siding enclosure, soffit enclosure, porch component repair and lead cleaning efforts.
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
Page A5
Committee: 21 people killed in 20 crashes last year STAFF REPORT
Board member sworn in
PROVIDED | Oberlin Schools
New Oberlin Board of Education member Janet Garrett was sworn in to her four-year term on Jan. 9. Garrett was one of two valid write-in candidates on the November ballot seeking the seat. She carried more than 25 percent of the vote, according to the Lorain County Board of Elections official results.
TAXES FROM A1
according to the auditor’s office. Most tax bill increases were between about $7 and just over $58 per $100,000 value, according to numbers provided by Snodgrass. Columbia Township residents in the Strongsville and Olmsted Falls school districts also will pay approximately $69 more per $100,000 of property value thanks to school issues that passed in those cities. Snodgrass said this year’s changes are purely changes in tax rates. Later in 2024 will be property value reappraisals, which take place in Lorain County in six-year cycles. Increases in value also can increase tax bills, but when home values go up, the tax rates on voted bonds and levies can come down. Voters cast ballots on levies designed to collect a specific dollar amount, which doesn’t change
over the life of the levy. So as increased residential growth sees more taxpayers added to the tax rolls, property owners have a slightly smaller slice of the “pie.” The biggest tax savings will go to voters in the Clearview School District, where property owners could see double-digit decreases of as much as $52.15 (Sheffield Township) or $50.60 (Lorain city). That’s because two Clearview schools bond issues and a classroom facilities levy expired this year, according to the auditor’s office. Other smaller tax savings between $3.26 and $3.36 per $100,000 value will go to Huntington Township and Wellington residents in the Black River School District and Rochester Township residents in the Mapleton School District, according to the auditor’s office. Countywide, voters
approved a 911 levy that will increase taxes for all property owners, while a county Children Services levy resumed collections after a one-year break for taxpayers. Snodgrass said a presentation with documents and numbers on how property taxes will change this year can be found on his website, www.loraincounty. com/auditor. Most residential property tax bills decreased in 2023. In 2022, property tax bills went up in the majority of taxing districts, and all but one district saw property tax increases in 2021. Snodgrass said his office collected $6.4 million in real estate sales conveyance fees in 2023, down from the record $7.4 million collected in 2022. For every $1,000 of the value of a property sold or transferred, the auditor’s office collects $4. The auditor’s office also administers the homestead
exemption and owner occupancy credit programs to help property owners lower their property tax bills. Senior citizens, the disabled, military veterans, surviving spouses of qualified people and first responders killed in the line of duty may qualify for the homestead exemption. For more information or with questions, call (440) 329-5207, visit www.loraincounty.com/auditor or send an email to auditor@ lcauditor.com. Lorain County taxpayers may also appeal their property tax values to the Board of Revision in the auditor’s office through April 1. To learn more about how to appeal, call (440) 3295269 Also on Friday, county Treasurer Dan Talarek said that 153,454 real estate tax and special assessment tax bills will be delivered by the U.S. Post Office by Jan. 19 and are due back to his office by Feb. 9. Payments will be accepted in person, in a drop box in the lobby of the Lorain County Administration Building at 226 Middle Ave. in Elyria, by mail or online through the taxpayer’s financial institution. Taxpayers who pay by mail will be considered timely as long as their payment is postmarked on or before Feb. 9. Ohio law requires a 10 percent penalty on all payments postmarked after the closing date. Property owners with payment questions should call (440) 329-5787. Questions about property values should go to (440) 3295488. CAUV, owner occupancy and homestead questions should be directed to (440) 329-5212.
The Lorain County Traffic Fatality Review Committee recently reviewed five fatal crashes that killed five people in the county between July 27 and Nov. 4. They were among 20 fatal crashes and 21 people killed on Lorain County roads in 2023 through Dec. 7, according to Lorain County Public Health, which administers the Fatality Review Committee. In more than half (54 percent) of the crashes, there was no seat belt in use. Alcohol use was a factor in 40 percent of fatal crashes, while eight crashes involved a motorcycle and five crashes involved victims under the age of 24, according to the Fatality Review Committee. Half of the fatal crashes occurred in rural and urban areas of Lorain County. Twenty fatal crashes occurred, and 21 people died, on Lorain County roads in 2022. In 2021, 33 fatal crashes occurred, and 38 people died. In 2020, 15 fatal crashes occurred and 16 people died. “One death is too many,” Lorain County Health Commissioner Mark Adams said in a news release. “Safe roads depend on all of us. Make a plan to get home safely before celebrating this holiday season.” Coordinated through Lorain County Public Health, the Fatality Review Committee meets quarterly to review local fatal vehicle crashes, identify trends and develop possible countermeasures and interventions to prevent similar crashes. The Lorain County Safe Communities Coalition also uses crash data and feedback from its
partners to push community initiatives. It plans to emphasize the importance of wearing a seat belt, not speeding and driving focused and sober in 2024. The following factors contributed to the five fatal crashes between July 27 and Nov. 4: ● One crash involved alcohol. ● One crash involved drugs and alcohol. ● Three crashes involved high speed. ● Two crashes involved motorcycles, and both riders were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash. Ohio law does not require motorcyclists to wear helmets. ● Two drivers were under the age of 30. ● Three drivers were over the age of 50. ● Two crashes involved people who were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The Fatality Review Committee and the Safe Communities Coalition recommend Lorain County residents drive sober, and get a rideshare or find a sober driver if they are not, and to drive focused. It is illegal in Ohio to use or hold a cell phone or other electronic device with your hands, in your lap or with any other part of your body while driving. The Safe Communities Coalition partners with local Dunkin’ and McDonald’s locations at select times during the year. Unsuspecting drive-thru customers with a buckled seat belt may get rewarded with a coupon for a free cup of coffee. Unbuckled customers will get a reminder to buckle up from a member of Safe Communities. For information on traffic safety and injury prevention on the road, contact Lorain County Public Health at (440) 322-6367 or visit Lorain CountyHealth.com.
Your Hearing,
Our Passion p Expertise at Oberlin Hearing Care
440.776.8379 Joshua Bowyer, Au.D. Practice Owner & Proud Community Member 224 W Lorain St, Ste 400 OberlinHearingCare.com
85 SOUTH MAIN STREET OBERLIN OHIO 44074 JANUARY 18, 2024 BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING DATES ALL MEETINGS WILL BE Live Streamed @ http://oberlinoh.swagit.com/live JANUARY 22, 2024 ... RESOURCE CONSERVATION & RECOVERY – 5:00 P.M. JANUARY 22, 2024 ... RECREATION COMMISSION – 7:00 P.M. – 36 S. PROSPECT STREET - PURPOSE: GENERAL PURPOSES JANUARY 23, 2024 ... OPEN SPACE COMMISSION – 5:00 P.M. NOTICE: DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL 775-7203 OR E-MAIL: banderson@cityofoberlin.com NOTICE REQUIRED: TWO (2) WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING (48 HOURS) CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE.
Page A6
SPORTS
Lorain County Community Guide
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Send sports news to news@lcnewspapers.com. Deadline for all submissions is 10 a.m. each Monday. Printed as space is available.
RUSS GIFFORD | The Community Guide
TOP LEFT: Wellington’s Sean Whitehouse shoots over Clearview’s Jai Walton for two points. The Dukes hosted the Clippers and behind a strong fourth quarter got a 50-40 win. TOP RIGHT: Firelands’ Kendra Hardwick gets a layup past Elyria’s Kloie Troutman. The Falcons traveled to take on the Pioneers. After an early lead the Falcons fell behind in the second half. They regained momentum late in the game and won 49-40 in overtime. LOWER LEFT: Black River’s Johnny Kray gets past Open Door’s Job Pruitt for two points. The Pirates traveled to take on the Patriots but have a rough night on the court. The Pirates fell behind early and lose 86-62 in a one sided contest. MIDDLE RIGHT: Wellington’s Savannah Gundert intercepts a pass intended for Keystone’s Madyson Sokolowski The Dukes traveled to take on the Wildcats. The game was close the entire night. The Dukes trailed 31-30 with four seconds left in the game with the ball, but could not get a shot off before the clock ran out. LOWER RIGHT: Amherst’s Natalie Pleban drives to the lane past Elyria’s MyAsia Pendergrass. The Comets hosted the Pioneers and decided the game early on their way to a 57-34 win.
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
Page A7
BULLETIN BOARD Workshop Players
The Workshop Players’ run of “the Dining Room” by AR Gurney, directed by Dave Stacko, opens Jan. 25. There is one setting: a dining room. Actors take on multiple roles in a mosaic of interrelating vignettes, each a new scene with new characters and new emotions. Some are funny, some dramatic, some touching, but all reflect a disappearing tradition of gathering around the dining room table. In the cast are Kevin Boland, Kathy Dean-Dielman, Tim Hirzel, Melissa Lyle, Julie Marchand and Terry Smith Performances are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25-27; Feb.2-3 and 3 p.m. Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 at the Workshop Players Theatre, 44820 Middle Ridge Rd., Amherst. Doors open 45 minutes before show time. Tickets are $18.50 (includes all fees.) Group rates available. Purchase tickets online at workshopplayers.org or by calling the Box Office at (440) 634-0472.
Lorain County Beekeepers Association
● 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 24 - Intermediate Beekeeping Class Class offered by the Lorain County Beekeepers Association for 2nd or 3rd year beekeepers. Cost of this class is free to all 2024 LCBA members. Non-member cost will be $10 or $20 for a 2024 LCBA membership for the
rest of the year. Class will be held at Life Church, 1033 Elm Street, Grafton. ● 7-9 p.m. March 1, 8, 15, & 22 - Beginner Beekeeping Class Series of four classes offered by the Lorain County Beekeepers Association for those new to the hobby or who have struggled in the past with keeping bees. Cost of this class is $50 and includes a one-year LCBA Membership and a monthly email newsletter. Classes will be held at Life Church, 1033 Elm Street, Grafton,. ● 12:30 p.m. March 10 Ms. Honey Bee’s High Tea You are cordially invited to Ms. Honey Bee’s High Tea! Bring a friend and join the Lorain County Beekeepers Association (LCBA) for a delightful afternoon of music, food, raffles, door prizes, costume prizes, and of course, tea. $28/individual or $156/table of six. Advance ticket purchase required. Tea will be held at the Wellington Eagles, 631 S. Main St., Wellington. ● LCBA General Membership Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Friday of each month unless otherwise advertised at Life Church in Grafton. All meetings are open to the public. For more information on the group, or any program – including purchasing tickets, visit https://loraincountybeekeepers.org/
Nathan Perry NSDAR
The Nathan Perry Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s steak fry is
The Lorain County Community Guide Bulletin Board is for local nonprofit and not-for-profit events. Items are published on a space-available basis and will be edited for style, length, and clarity. Send your items to news@lcnewspapers.com. 5-9 p.m. Feb. 10 at the American Legion #30, 112 W. Erie Ave., Lorain. Attendees wil have the option to dine-in or pickup a steam meal, which includes steak, a baked potato, salad, dessert, coffee and iced tea for $25 per person. Reservations are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 5. Checks may be made payable to Nthan Perry Chapter, NSDAR and sent to PO Box 183, Vermilion, 44089 or at https:// nathanperrynsdar.wixsite. com/nathanperrynsdar/ activities-meetings Proceeds benefit veteran events, parts and nonprofit Path and Green.
Wellington Schools
● Wellington Schools Board of Education will have a work session at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 in the dining hall at Westwood Elementary School. The meeting will be to discuss the mid-year evaluations for the Superintendent and Treasurer. ● Wellington Schools Board of Education will have a business meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 20 in the dining hall at Wellington High School. ● Wellington Schools Board of Education will have a work session at 6 p.m. March 5 in the dining hall at Westwood Elemen-
tary School to discuss student handbooks. ● Wellington Schools Board of Education will have a business meeting at 6 p.m. March 19 at the Lindley Center.
Toni Morrison essay application
The Community Foundation of Lorain County’s 2024 Toni Morrison essay content is now open for submissions. The prompts to choose from are: ● “Make a difference about something other than yourselves.” ● “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Students in kindergarten through college may submit one essay in the following grade-based categories: Elementary school (k-5); Middle school (6-8); High school (9-12); or college. Essays must be 300 words or less, excluding the title and cover page. Essays may be typed or hand-written and pictures in the elementary category are acceptable. Entries may be submitted online, by mail or dropped off at the Community Foundation. Submissions must include the individual’s name,
THE GRAMMYS ACROSS 1. Moonshine maker 6. *Artist with most 2024 Grammy nominations 9. Not his 13. “Roots” author 14. That guy 15. Full of emotion (2 words) 16. Relating to #3 Down 17. Tarzan’s mom, e.g. 18. Caribbean island destination 19. *The Recording ____, voting organization 21. *”What Was I Made For?” movie 23. *”A Boy Named ____,” 1970 Grammy winner 24. Prickle on a wire 25. Drench 28. Waiter’s handout 30. *Grammy-nominated Lauper song, “True ____” 35. Amusement destination 37. Rachel Renee Russell’s “____ Diaries” 39. Extend subscription 40. South Korean boy band 41. Type of wrap 43. Italian wine region 44. Forearm length unit 46. Honey-producing facility 47. Saw incision 48. Nauseant 50. Fancy marbles used as shooters 52. U.S. Marine Corps gift recipient 53. EU currency 55. Aglet on a shoelace, e.g. 57. *____.com Arena 60. *Miley Cyrus’ Song of the Year nominee and popular romantic gift 64. Texas cook-off dish 65. *”In the ____ Tonight,” by Grammy-winner Phil Collins 67. Send, as payment 68. Safe place 69. Bird word 70. Leave out 71. Bookkeeping entry 72. Refrigerator sound 73. Scatter DOWN 1. Not Sunni 2. Baby powder ingredient 3. Pelvic parts
4. Shows the way 5. Aristotle’s school 6. One-horse carriage 7. Mailing “code” 8. Single-cell protozoan 9. *Grammy-winner, ____ Alpert 10. *Purse for the red carpet 11. Bumpkin 12. Pampering place 15. Bar ____, ME 20. Rewards, in the olden days 22. Pendulum’s path 24. Cantina staple 25. *Ice ____, Best New Artist nominee 26. Wooden ship caulking 27. Space exploration mission 29. *Grammy host for the fourth time 31. Plumbing problem
category, address, e-email or the student or guardian, phone number and school name. The essay must be original and unpublished, and plagiarized work will be rejected. Entries can be sent to: Community Foundation of Lorain County, ATTN: Toni Morrison Essay Contest, 9080 Leavitt Rd. Elyria, OH 44035 or essay@peoplewhocare.org The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Jan. 26.
Strategic plan
Lorain County’s strategic planning process will host two focus group sessions on several topics Feb. 7 and 8 at Lorain County Community College. The topics are: ● 9-10:30 a.m. Feb. 7 Government services: How is local government performing and where are the gaps? ● 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Workforce: Current status, challenges and ideas ● 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Countywide collaboration ● 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Industry, business and developmental potential ● 9-10:30 a.m. Feb. 8 Education: Opportunities and challenges ● 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 8 Transportation, housing and infrastructure For more information, or to register visit lab2. future-iq.com/lorain-county-strategic-action-planproject/
Oberlin Heritage Center
● Self-Guided Oberlin Origins Tours of the Monroe House : 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (last entry at 2:30pm). Currently, this tour is text-based, but OHC staff and volunteers are working on a video version that we hope will premiere this spring. ● Guided Oberlin Origins Tours of the Monroe House and the Little Red Schoolhouse – 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday ● Jewett House Tours: 1:30 p.m. first and third Friday of the month join us for a guided 45-minute tour of the Jewett House. ● Foiled Again! The Aluminum Mystery Experience: 2 p.m. second Friday of the month. If you are unable to join one of OHC’s scheduled offerings, this experience
can be arranged as a group experience by reaching out to the Museum Education & Tour Manager. ● Black business owners and entrepreneurship in Oberlin 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Oberlin Heritage Center’s Museum Education & Tour Manager, Amanda Manahan, will present a public program in the community room of the Oberlin Public Library, featuring several of Oberlin’s Black business owners of the 19th century through today. This updated presentation, which originally premiered in 2018, will highlight the long, remarkable history of these Oberlin residents, including their accomplishments, struggles, and the legacies they left behind. This program will include an opportunity for the audience to share their own memories and stories of Black businesses of Oberlin’s past and present.
Black River Schools
The Black River Board of Education will meet in the Black River High School cafeteria, 233 County Road 40, Sullivan, at 6 p.m. Feb. 15.
NAMI
NAMI of Lorain County is sponsoring a community connection event by covering tickets for ``The Dining Room,’’ by A.R. Gurney at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at Workshop Players Community Theatre, 44820 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst. Reservations are limited, and transportation is available. Call (440) 240-8477 or email office@nami-lc.org.
Amherst Historical Society
The Amherst Historical Society will be holding its annual Potluck Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sandstone Hall, 113 S Lake Street. The event is for volunteers, members and supporters of the historical society and guests are asked to to bring a potluck dish according to their last name. Last names A-E will bring a dessert, F-K will bring soup or salad, L-R will bring a vegetable side dish or casserole and S-Z will bring a starch side dish or casserole.
32. Early stages of illness 33. Reminiscent of the past 34. *”Anti-Hero” performer 36. Not purl 38. Pacific Islanders’ herbal drink 42. Handrail post 45. Neckwear decoration 49. Use scissors 51. Soft palate vibrations 54. House pest 56. Resided 57. Social media conversation 58. Bank of Paris 59. Big Bang’s original matter 60. Word on a gift tag 61. Arabian bigwig 62. Fair attraction 63. Hot pot 64. Denoted by symbol X 66. Debtor’s letters
SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE A2
SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE A2
Page A8
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Lorain County Community Guide
© 2024 byVickiWhiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 40, No. 7
Take a look at thislist of MLK, Jr. Day Service ideas. Then look at each picture.Number theproject you think eachkid chose in the circles. 1. Clearing anelderly neighbor’s sidewalk.
3. Help coachayoungerchild’s team.
2. Collectingcannedgoodsfora food bank.
5. Playagameattheseniorcenter.
Yourfamilyvolunteeredtohelpsweep aroundyourschool,butyou’llneedthe keytothesupplycloset.Canyougettoit fasterthanafamilymember?
4. Help aneighborwithsomeyardwork.
ervice was at the heart of Martin Luther King’s philosophy. He urged Americans to take action to improve the lives of others. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act to support efforts to make the King holiday a day of service. Since then, millions of Americans have honored the memory of Dr. King by making Martin Luther King Day as a “day on” instead of a “day off.” People across the nation spend Martin Luther King Day volunteering to make their communities better places. Some will plant community gardens, clean up parks or beaches, and others will read to children or the elderly.
School SignPainter Writeinthe missingvowelstocomplete thesesigns.
any communities have a place that helps volunteers find ways to help others. Write the letter that comes after each letter of the alphabet on the spaces at right to find a place you can call to see how you can be of service to your community.
Service Starts at Home
Sometimes the best place to be of service is in your own home. Make a list of five things you could do on Martin Luther King Day to help your mom, dad, a grandparent, brother, sister or neighbor. Look through the newspaper to find: An organization that helps others A person helping others Adjectives about helping Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events Standards Link: Civics: Know how various American holidays reflect values, principles and beliefs of Americans.
Trash BagTeam
Thesestudentshelpedwithaparkcleanup.Howmanybagsoftrash dideachstudent fill?Usethecluestocompletethechart. • The 4studentsfilledatotalof15 bags.
• No onefilled morethan 7bags.
• None ofthe studentsfilledthe same number of bags.
• Cassidyfilled 5bags.
• Owenfilled 3 less than Cassidy. • Sam filled the most bags.
Standards Link: Mathematical Reasoning: Use a variety of strategies to solve problems.
ACTION CLUES GARDENS GREAT HELPING HOLIDAY HOME IDEAS KING PROJECT MEMORY DAY READ SERVICE STUDENTS
S N E D R A G B Y H
T B G H N O I T A E
U C X T O R Y A D L D V L S L M T A I P E T W U E P E V L I
N A V M E R K I O N T E O J P S V K H G S R T S A E D I N J
Y G A C T I O N C X T C E J O R P G O E
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
ANSWER: It overslept.
Standards Link: Use the newspaper to locate information.
This week’s word:
VOLUNTEER
The verb volunteer means to work or help someone for no pay. The fourth grade students volunteer to read to the kindergarten students.
Try to use the word volunteer in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.
Make a Difference
Problemsin the News
Reading your local newspaper is a great way to learn how to help your community. Look through today’s newspaper and find one or more problems in your community. Is there something you could do to help?
Withhundredsoftopics,every Kid Scoop printableactivitypack featuressix-to-sevenpagesof high-interestextralearning activitiesforhomeand school!Getyourfree sampletodayat:
Write about how you make a difference in someone’s life within your family, your school, or in your community.