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First Hispanic judge remembered JASON HAWK EDITOR

LORAIN — The Honorable Gustalo Nunez, who broke ground as the first Hispanic judge in Lorain County and only the third in the entire state of Ohio, died Monday, March 14 at age 87.

Colleagues described him as fair but tough, down to earth and unwavering in his convictions.

“It’s a story about a local kid

making good,” said attorney Anthony Giardini, who worked with him decades ago in the Lorain law director’s office.

As a child, Nunez shined shoes.

After serving in the U.S. Navy Reserves and then the Army as a radio operator in Germany, he earned an electrical engineering degree and went on to graduate from the Akron School of Law in 1962.

Former Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ed Zaleski said they were fraternity broth-

ers together at Ohio University. When Nunez returned to his hometown, Zaleski helped him get a job in the prosecutor’s Gustalo office.

Nunez Over the years, they shared office space and even bought a building together. He

remembered Nunez was always early to work, showing up at 6 a.m.

“Gus had a great sense of humor. I’d always get a kick out of him in the office,” he said.

In nearly a half-century of friendship, they often vacationed together and played golf. “Wasn’t very good at it,” said Zaleski, getting one last crack in at his old friend.

Giardini said he remembers the first time, nearly 40 years ago at a wedding reception, that he laid

eyes on Nunez, whom he said was “a handsome dude” with immaculate black hair.

“I remember saying to myself, ‘That guy is a lawyer and he looks like a lawyer.’ To me, very impressive,” he said.

He learned that Nunez wasn’t born into privilege and fought to make his way in the world.

When Nunez was elected to serve as judge at Lorain NUNEZ PAGE A3

Volunteers Winter warriors Teacher fight JVS shortage foundation brewing suspension JASON HAWK EDITOR

JASON HAWK EDITOR

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Trustees of the Lorain County JVS Educational Foundation, which awards scholarships and endowment fund grants, have been suspended. Their meetings have been canceled and their future is uncertain.

Now some are fighting back, penning a March 14 letter to Superintendent Glenn Faircloth, JVS board President Deborah Melda and others who sit on the vocational school’s Board of Education.

“With tens of millions of dollars in open needs highlighted on the school board’s planning wall, it is in the best interest of our students, staff and facilities that we work together” to improve the grant-making process while dramatically increasing fundraising, said the letter signed by 10 Foundation trustees.

Bob Pogorelc, a retired instructor who served as president of the Foundation board until its suspension, said no explanation was offered for the decision to FOUNDATION PAGE A3

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Jiovanazzo stepping down as Nord Middle School principal

Kubasak’s contract renewed for three years at Westwood

AMHERST — Jill Jiovanazzo, who has served the past five years as principal at Nord Middle School, is making a return to the classroom.

She will step down at the end of the school year and take on a teaching position at Powers Elementary School, Amherst Schools Superintendent Steve Sayers said last week.

Jill “Jill’s been through some tough Jiovanazzo times personally with the recent passing of her father,” he said, explaining the reason for the change. Sayers commended Jiovanazzo for the work she’s done leading the Lincoln Street school since taking over for former principal Bill Miller in 2018. She’s been a “very, very hard worker, committed to Amherst” and to children’s needs, he said.

Janet Kubasak’s contract to serve as principal at Westwood Elementary School was renewed March 15 in a unanimous vote of the Wellington Board of Education.

“She’s been doing spectacular work,” said Superintendent Ed Weber.

Hired in 2020, Kubasak has led teachers in increasing student literacy Janet scores, improved engagement with the Kubasak youngest learners’ families and made character education a priority, he said.

She’s also taken on the fall Back-to-School Bash as her signature project.

Kubasak is “the real deal,” Weber said. “Her work is good, her dedication and devotion to the students of Wellington is great.”

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Teachers nationwide, exhausted from the pandemic, are leaving the profession at an alarming clip to either find other jobs or retire.

At the same time, there are far fewer Ohio college students making education their major, and Franco Gallo of the Educational Service Center of Lorain County sees a crisis brewing.

“We know that there might be a teacher shortage in the next couple of years,” he said Friday.

The writing is already on the wall in other states such as Indiana, California, Texas and Nevada where teacher shortages are at critical levels.

Gallo said Ohio is in the middle of the pack when it comes to pay and work conditions, so it’s been somewhat insulated — but the trends suggest education is going to take a hit here soon, too.

There are already 567,000 fewer educators in the United States now than before COVID-19 struck, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Conservatory professors raise cash for Ukraine relief • A5

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OBITUARIES A2 • CLASSIFIEDS A4 • CROSSWORD B2 • SUDOKU B2 • KID SCOOP B6

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Be safe at park entrance

AMHERST — Updated signs and lighting have been added to the crosswalk at the North Main Street entrance to the Beaver Creek Reservation Metro Park near Sunrise Drive.

Police are asking drivers to be careful there, slow down and watch for pedestrians crossing. People walking and biking have the right-of-way when in the crosswalk.

OBITUARIES Jane T. Blodgett Jane T. Blodgett, 89, of Oberlin, passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.

A public service of memorial will be held Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 2 p.m. at the First Church in Oberlin with a reception following in the First Church Fellowship Hall.

All are welcome.

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Dennis Lee Stump Dennis Lee Stump, 90, of Pittsfield, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022, at New Life Hospice in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Gassaway, West Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1940 with his dad, his three brothers and a sister. He lived, grew up and married in the Oberlin/Wellington area.

Dennis owned and operated several gas/service stations in the Lorain County area from 1957 to 1971 before taking a job at Ridge Tool Company as an automatic screw machine operator. He retired from Ridge Tool as a security guard in 1989. Retiring early, he couldn't just sit at home and he and his wife, Jane became vendors at Jamies Flea Market. He worked at Farm and Home in Wellington, was in charge of maintenance for Pittsfield Community Church for 11 years and served as Deacon for three years.

Because he always knew what was happening in the community and where to get things done, he held the unofficial title of 'Mayor of Pittsfield', where he and Jane lived for 40 years. He enjoyed his friends and being 'a wealth of information.'

Dennis is survived by daughters, Denise (Roger) Johnson of Elyria and Maria (Bill) Fox of Baltimore, Ohio; sister, Clara Mae Welch of Newark, Ohio; brothers, Frank Moss, Darrell Moss, Dale Moss of Elyria and Jerry Moss of Arizona; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Jane Golden (Welch); sons, Jeffery Lynn and John Ira Stump; daughter, Julia Ann; father, Shirley Lewis Stump; mother, Mabel Moss; sister, Jean James; brothers, Johnny Moss, James Glenn and Bernard Stump.

Friends and family will be received Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Pittsfield Community Church, 17026 State Route 58, Wellington, from 11 a.m. until the time of services beginning at 1 p.m. The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Cheatham will officiate and burial will follow at Camden Township Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared online at www. eastmanfuneralhome.com.

CARL BALZER JR., 83, of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at his residence following a lengthy illness.

Our condolences go out to families that have suffered the loss of a loved one.

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Three juniors who attend the Lorain County JVS were recognized by the Wellington Board of Education on March 15 for their success at the Business Professionals of America regional competition. Joseph Danesi placed first in the PC servicing and troubleshooting event, while Sadie Willis placed second and Autumn Dudziak placed third in the fundamentals of word processing event.

Ayers Ratliff, who serves on both school boards, said his New Year’s resolution for Wellington is to more frequently praise Dukes who attend the JVS. “We hope you remember that you’re still Wellington Dukes and we love you guys,” he said.

Neighbors ask Amherst Council to tear down Jackson ‘hoarder house’ JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Neighbors say they’ve dealt with awful smells, rodents and trash coming from a Jackson Street “hoarder house” for nearly a decade.

They begged City Council last week to finally take action and end what they described as a public nuisance by tearing it down.

“We’re very concerned about a health hazard,” said Susan Conkle, who lives next to a home that since 1989 has been owned

by Sherwood Smith.

Conkle and Kelly Post, a realtor whose parents live on Jackson Street, showed Council a series of photos of the long-vacant property’s overgrown yard, trash stacked in a cellar and piled-up garbage visible through the windows.

One revealed a caved-in roof on the rear portion of the house, and neighbors also said the rear door was long ago kicked in. They said water pours in, and

cats and rats come and go freely.

A half-dozen black garbage bags could be seen sitting on the driveway last Monday night, and a notice from the city commanding the owner to mow the lawn was posted on the door.

“It’s bad,” said Councilman Martin Heberling, D-at Large, who ventured to Jackson Street last summer in response to residents’ complaints.

He said he was shocked by the condition of the house, and vouched for claims of the smell, which at first he thought must have been exaggerated.

“It was very noticeable and you did not have to be right next to the house,” Heberling said.

Jackson Street resident Linda Turley, who formerly served as Amherst’s Council clerk, alleged that several laws have been broken by Smith and labeled the home a fire hazard that poses danger to houses on each side.

She said Smith has been

through Oberlin Municipal Court several times, and electronic records back up her claims. With each violation, Judge Thomas Januzzi has ordered Smith to pay relatively small fines laid out by the law, but Turley said they haven’t convinced him to clean up the property.

Complaints have also been filed with Lorain County Public Health, but city officials said they were unaware of what actions have been taken by the agency.

Mayor Mark Costilow said the property recently went up for auction by the Lorain County sheriff, and he’d hoped that would solve the issue. But Smith paid thousands of dollars to prevent foreclosure and the sale was canceled, records show.

The city has been looking at the problem from several angles, Costilow said, including the possibility of getting receivership of the house.

The money is there for abatement.

But Amherst can’t just declare the house a nuisance and have it demolished, said Law Director Tony Pecora — doing so would violate the Constitution and common law and result in a suit in federal court, he said.

Since Smith is current on his taxes, the house is not legally “abandoned” under Ohio law, Pecora said.

Neither can the city blight the property and seize it via its land bank, even after a decade of complaints.

Pecora said Oberlin Municipal Court’s power to order remedies is also limited by statute and the Constitution. No matter how bad the situation gets, the city can only tear down the structure with a court order.

He said he’ll seek a declaratory judgment from Januzzi that the house is a public health and safety hazard, criminally enjoining Smith from exercising his rights to the property.

As private property owners, neighbors can file their own suits, Pecora said.

Black River Audubon program features Lights Out Cleveland The Black River Audubon Society will welcome Courtney Brennan for the program “Lights Out Cleveland” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5 at the Carlisle Reservation Visitor Center, 12882 Diagonal Rd., Carlisle Township.

Light pollution and reflective building materials confuse migratory birds, lead-

ing to collisions with buildings. Each year, millions of birds migrate through Ohio where lights on tall buildings can disorient them and cause them to strike windows or circle the buildings until they fall from exhaustion.

Lights Out Cleveland is part of a growing international movement to

protect migratory birds endangered by city lights. Brennan, a BRAS board and Lights Out project member, will speak on the progress being made to reduce crashes and how everyone can become part of the solution.

This program is free and open to the public.

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Fencing goes up at college’s geothermal work zones

OBERLIN — Crews are mobilizing to build the next phase of Oberlin College’s $140 million geothermal heating and cooling system, setting up fencing for several work zones.

Staging is underway at the southeast intersection of Woodland and Union streets, at the Central Services Building parking lot and on the western edge of the college soccer fields, according to an announcement from Michael Ahern, senior vice president of project development at Ever-Green Energy.

Workers are beginning to prefabricate underground water pipe sections for the geothermal project, which is entering its second year. Target areas for 2022 are on the north side of campus, clustered around Woodland Street. Ahern said contractors plan to install geothermal water pipes from the Central Services Building on Route 511 to the north practice fields, routing them along the east side of Mercy Health Allen Hospital.

“Please be aware that heavy equipment is active and on campus throughout the day,” he said. “Safety is our highest priority, and we ask for your help to ensure everyone is paying attention and alert while walking through campus.”

NUNEZ FROM A1

Municipal Court, it was an incredible mark of pride, Giardini said.

In mourning his death, the Lorain Historical Society posted an excerpt from an August interview with Nunez for the Latino Lorain History Project. The former judge said he had a good childhood.

“And a lot of drawbacks,” he said. “Would I want to do it again? Probably not, but I’m glad I went through something like that. Because when I was prosecutor and ended up being a judge – I was able to walk right into a case and talk to people. I knew no matter what level of life they were in, I could talk to them in their language.

I knew what they went through, and so that helped me out quite a bit.”

Nunez never forgot where he came from, and was a compassionate judge because of it, said Giardini. “You couldn’t buffalo him and say ‘Woe is me,’ because nobody grew up in tougher conditions than he did,” he said.

“Nothing was handed to him, and he made it.”

The Lorain Historical Society praised Nunez’s long career of service to the community, and recognized him for receiving the Distinguished Mexican American Achievement award from the Mexican Mutual Society.

According to his obituary, Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 1305 E. Erie Ave., Lorain. Private burial with military honors will be at Calvary Cemetery in Lorain.

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FROM A1 “This is a five-alarm crisis,” National Education Association President Becky Pringle said in February. “We are facing an exodus as more than half of our nation’s teachers and other school staff are now indicating they will be leaving education sooner than planned.”

An NEA survey released last month showed 55 percent of its members across the country planned to leave the professional entirely or retire early.

Many said the pandemic left them feeling burned out. Others are fed up.

Pringle said teachers have had to fill in for sick colleagues. They’ve been forced to give up class planning time and lunch times.

She called it “an unprecedented staffing crisis across every job category” that prevents educators from giving students the one-onone attention they need.

In Ohio, the sector has shrunk by some 13,000 jobs since 2019, according to Scott DiMauro, president of the Ohio Education Association.

That’s a 5 percent slide from 291,000 jobs to 278,000 statewide.

Now it’s starting to level out again — “We’re kind of holding our own,” DiMauro said — but there are still a huge number of unfilled positions not just in teaching but for bus drivers, cafeteria workers, substitutes, custodians and other support personnel.

There was an expectation that federal COVID relief funds would be used to rebuild school staffing, he said. Instead, many districts have invested that money in nurses, counselors and social workers.

Meanwhile, he said, districts across Ohio are still struggling to fill teaching positions for subject areas that have long had shortages: advanced math and science, special education and foreign languages.

It’s even becoming difficult to fill elementary school teaching spots, which historically have had a strong supply of candidates, said DiMauro. He noted that Lorain County is among the places seeing that change.

Survey data from OEA members shows COVID isn’t the only factor that’s pushing people away from the education field, he said — standardized testing, continued uncertainty over state funding and political attacks are all taking a toll.

“We see the angry people at local school board meetings. We see legislation like the bills that would censor content, curriculum and require teachers to post their lesson plans,” and teachers feel like they have to constantly look over their shoulders instead of just teaching, DiMauro said.

Many stick with education regardless, because they believe in helping kids. Still, “More and more people are saying, ‘I think I’d like to get out early,’

and express that frustration,” he said.

The issue is part of larger patterns. Beginning in early 2021, the nation was swept up in the Great Resignation as millions left their jobs to seek new opportunities, go back to college, become stay-at-home parents or just take a breather. Many people decided they wanted a change, or were sick of long-term problems at their workplace. Others went in search of better pay.

At the same time, there’s been an enormous spike in retirements as baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 — that’s ages 58 to 76 — bow out of the workforce.

In the third quarter of 2020, about 30 million boomers decided it was time to retire. Another 33 million were marked by October 2021.

About 3,700 Ohio school employees retired between July 2020 and 2,021, state figures show.

Gallo, who previously served as superintendent at the Keystone Schools, said it was typical to see two or three retirements a year.

Now that number has risen considerably.

He said classified workers are also leaving for other jobs. Take bus drivers, for example — for many, it’s hard to resist the allure of $15 to $20 per hour at Amazon, Gallo said.

North Ridgeville is a district getting squeezed from both sides, according to Gallo. At the same time it’s

trying to replace retirees, it’s also growing by leaps and bounds as its subdivisions expand, which means hiring additional workers, too.

The Educational Service Center is trying to make job-hunting within Lorain County as easy as possible for those workers who want a change, without having them leave schools completely.

It’s consolidating listings for local openings at www. loraincountyesc.org. Bus driver positions are the No. 1 type of job opening found there, followed by substitute teachers and then food service workers, Gallo said.

Substitutes have been incredibly hard to come by the past two years. That’s largely because so many were retired teachers who were older, and more vulnerable to the virus.

Now that COVID cases have fallen off steeply, Gallo said he believes substitutes will rebound.

There is some concern that they’ve found other steady employment in the meantime, though.

DiMauro said the OEA is doing everything it can to cultivate a crop of future teachers, from encouraging middle-schoolers to think about teaching as a career path to offering scholarships to woo more into the field.

It will be a slow recovery, said Gallo.

“If we’re going to do anything about it, it’s going to take three or four years,” he said.

FOUNDATION FROM A1 suspend the trustees, and it was unclear whether it would be permanent. He’s not sure whether he still has any role there.

“We’re trying to figure out what that actually means,” he said Wednesday. “I don’t understand any of it, why it was done the way it was done.”

Nor did Trustee Tom Stannard of Wellington understand the turn that led to what appears to be a dissolution of the Foundation board. But he said he suspects a lack of term limits for trustees were one motivation behind the change, since many board members have served for two decades.

Melda, who also served as the JVS board’s representative to the Foundation, said the intent is to restructure it so that it is a superintendent’s committee and not a board committee.

That falls in line with how other school systems operate, she said.

“We know that the endowment board has always done a good job. This is in no way about that.

This is just a restructuring plan,” she said.

According to Melda, the JVS board “directed” Faircloth to look into ways to restructure the Foundation, but there was never a vote to suspend its trustees.

No such vote is necessary, according to Treasurer Cory Thompson. He said the JVS board already voted in February 2013 to

LUNCH DEAL

“I can tell you right now that I don’t know what’s going on at the JVS, and I’m a board member there.

I’m ashamed to say that.”

JVS and Wellington Board of Education member Ayers Ratliff

dissolve all its committees and allow the superintendent to instead run them administratively.

Faircloth said the restructuring is needed to bring new ideas to the Foundation, confirming Stannard’s comments about term limits.

The Foundation trustees didn’t represent all 13 school districts under its umbrella, he said — every public district in the county save Lorain — with the heaviest representation from western and southern reaches of the county.

Neither did it include Black or Hispanic members, or anyone from the LGBTQ+ community, Faircloth said.

“The climate has definitely changed in those many years,” he said in an interview. “I don’t know any organization that runs the same playbook for 20 years or more.”

Two of the prior members were retired teachers who now live in Cuyahoga County, he said.

JVS board member Ayers Ratliff had different ideas about Faircloth’s motivations when he told the Wellington Board of Education, to which he is elected, about the situation last week.

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He said he’s been denied access to multiple contracts for public officials, or forced to pay for copies of items he is asked to vote on.

“The superintendent wants to be in control of everything,” Ratliff alleged in a follow-up interview. “He has control of the (JVS) board. Apparently, he’s getting rid of the board of trustees of the Foundation. I think the problem is Dr. Faircloth doesn’t know where his boundaries are as an administrator that’s trying to help carrying out the wishes of the Board of Education and other people’s input.”

This is far from the first time Ratliff has taking aim at Faircloth personally. He has also opposed back-to-back levy attempts by the vocational school, which then went on to fail at the polls.

He took up that sword again last week, telling the Wellington school board that he loves the JVS and its kids, but does not believe passing another multi-

million-dollar levy will solve JVS’ problems.

“It’s a battle for control,” Ratliff said.

Outside the meeting, he said he feels Faircloth is trying to exercise more control over the Foundation’s endowment funds, and implied the superintendent wanted to use them for facilities repairs and upgrades.

“It doesn’t work that way,” Faircloth said. “There’s no truth to that.”

Thompson said the JVS can’t use Foundation money for capital improvements — it couldn’t repave a parking lot with those funds, for example, unless it established a specific account that donors could pay into for that purpose.

Those rules are set by the Community Foundation of Lorain County, which technically owns the money once it’s donated, Thompson said. The JVS has no control over those rules.

In the meantime, JVS Foundation trustees are still asking for answers. They said their dismissal violates the bylaws established for the group in 2011, and requested an ad-hoc commit-

tee be formed to determine what to do next.

“I’m a slow learner, but I can see the writing on the wall. They don’t want us,” Pogorelc said.

Both Stannard and Pogorelc said there are issues that do need addressed.

The biggest is that the Foundation is not spending all of the interest it makes from its endowment, Pogorelc said. The total endowed is $1.3 million, with about $290,000 waiting to be used.

“We’ve been struggling to spend the money,” he said.

Plans to invest in several capital projects fell through, he said, including renovations for the culinary arts program.

The Foundation has increased scholarships to students, and extended held to others who could not afford to cover fees related to their studies.

Yet teachers seem to have lost their enthusiasm for donating to the endowment through payroll deductions, said Pogorelc.

“We told them the money is theirs. If there’s something the school can’t pay for or won’t pay for, ask us,” he said. “It’s yours.”

Faircloth said he plans to appoint new Foundation trustees by the start of the next school year.

“We’re not even saying everyone on the Foundation is done,” he said — some of the former trustees may be asked to return.

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Talk with mayor, candidates

Coffee with the Mayor will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Bread-N-Brew, 100 South Main St., Wellington.

Talk with Wellington Mayor Hans Schneider. Guests will include Melissa Kobasher and Kim Meyers, candidates for Lorain County Court of Common Pleas judge.

School carnival returns

After a long pandemic hiatus, the Duke Pride Carnival will return Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Wellington High School with fun and games for all ages. It will include a free breakfast from 8-11 a.m.

Registration open for 5K

Runners can honor the memories of five law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medics from Wellington who died in the line of duty. The Remember the Fallen 5K run and 1-meter walk will be held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, starting in front of Wellington Town Hall.

Registration is now open. The cost is $25, which includes a finisher medal for all participants. The first 100 registrants will receive a T-shirt. There will be medals for the top three finishers in each age category. Proceeds will be donated to Well-Help and to the Wellington Firefighters Public Caring Fund.

Register at www.tinyurl.com/Remember5K.

Easter Bunny to visit Oberlin

Police officers and firefighters will escort the Easter Bunny through Oberlin from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, April 9.

It will wind through the city’s neighborhoods, and around 10:30 a.m. will pass along the southern edge of Tappan Square on West College Street. Find the route at www.cityofoberlin.com.

Spring brush collection

Oberlin residents can put out brush to be collected from Monday, April 11 to Sunday, May 15.

Brush must be cut to less than 6 feet long, with limbs no larger than 6 inches in diameter, and stacked neatly in the same direction at the curb. It must be free of wire, metal, stone, nails, rope and other foreign materials. Brush from major tree removal or trimming projects will not be accepted. Nor will Japanese knotweed, grapevines, stumps, root balls, rose bushes or non-woody yard waste.

Easter Bunny and pancakes

A pancake breakfast with the Easter Bunny will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 3 at the Marion L. Steele High School cafeteria in Amherst.

Sponsored by the Comets girls cross country team, the event will include all-you-can-eat pancakes. Carry-outs will be available on request. There will also be baskets for raffle. Be sure to take a camera for photos with the Easter Bunny. Tickets can be purchased from any member of the team. They are $8 for adults, $5 for ages 3-10 and free for kids ages 2 and under.

Join the ‘Egg’-stravaganza

The Amherst Historical Society will hold its inaugural Easter ‘Egg’-stravaganza from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Sandstone Village, 736 Milan Ave., and at the nearby Sandstone Hall, 113 South Lake St. It will feature a scavenger hunt and trivia rally, petting zoo, pony rides, mini-games, Easter Bunny photo ops, chocolate sale and basket raffle. There will also be “family fun prize packs” with the top prize of a seven-day vacation to your choice of select timeshare destinations. To reserve a spot in the trivia car rally, call (440) 988-7255. The cost is $50 per car for non-members and $40 per car for members.

Republicans host Blystone

The Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club will meet for breakfast and socializing from 8-9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6 at Sugar Creek Restaurant, 5196 Detroit Rd., Sheffield Village.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Blystone will speak.

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Amherst Council praises teen for quick-thinking, life-saving actions JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Bella Dellipoala’s bravery was celebrated Monday, March 14 by Amherst City Council with a resolution in her honor.

The 17-year-old Marion L. Steele High School student was also given a formal proclamation by Mayor Mark Costilow for helping to save the life of 83-year-old Connie Cook.

The older woman slipped and fell into the snowy bushes outside her Cornell Avenue home on Jan. 21, and Bella rescued her from freezing to death.

Council thanked Bella “for her bravery and willingness to act quickly and calmly,” and for using what she had learned in her medical technology class at Steele to help Cook until medics arrived.

Kim Haney, who teaches the medical-prep course at the high school,

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Bella Dellipoala smiles at her dad, Sal, as he records the praises that Amherst City Council bestowed upon her March 14 for aiding an elderly woman in need. attended the Council meeting to see her student honored, and briefly had the spotlight turned on her.

“For years, she’s not only been teaching these students… but she also teaches them how to care

and helps them shape their ethics and values,” said Councilman David Janik.

Amherst police Chief Mark Cawthon and Officer Jacob Waryu were also in the crowd Monday night to support Bella.

“She did a phenomenal job that day,” Cawthon said, handing the teen an envelope with an award from an anonymous donor.

“We appreciate you being such a good citizen,” Council President Jennifer Wasilk told Bella.

Facing charges, Adams resigns from Lorain County Fair Board DYLAN REYNOLDS THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

WELLINGTON — A director on the Lorain County Fair Board who was charged with importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor has resigned from his position on the board.

Thomas Adams of Camden Township is facing the charges in Fremont Municipal Court.

Fair Board President Rick Ternes said Adams’ resignation letter was emailed to the fair board secretary and presented to the entire board at a meeting Monday, March 14.

He said Adams submitted the letter voluntarily, and his duties will now be

taken over by several other directors.

“The biggest reason was he did not want to be a distraction from all the good that the fair board and the fair does for the county,” Ternes said.

The Lorain County Fair Board is tasked with overseeing the annual fair in Wellington. There are typically 21 directors on the board, with seven voted each year for three-year terms.

Adams, 53, was arrested in Fremont on March 2 after he allegedly traveled to a prearranged location to engage in sexual conduct with a police officer posing online as a 15-year-old female.

Police wrote in a report that the officer posed as the girl on a social networking platform, and Adams initiated contact with the officer’s

social media account.

The report stated that while at the Fremont Police Department following the arrest, Adams told police he had “traveled to the city of Fremont to talk some sense to the girl.”

Adams passed FBI and BCI background checks when he ran for the fair board in 2020, Ternes said previously.

Attorney Paul St. Marie, who is representing Adams in Fremont Municipal Court, declined to comment on the case when reached by phone.

Court records state that Adams was released on a recognizance bond at the state’s recommendation, on the conditions that he remains law abiding and has no contact with any minor children not related to him by blood.

First steps taken to replace aging jail DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

With the Lorain County Jail aging and developing significant drainage and environmental problems, Lorain County commissioners took the first steps last week toward building a replacement.

The board unanimously approved advertising for a needs assessment study for the jail.

"No question, we need to put this on the radar screen, do our research and see what path there is forward," Commissioner Matt Lundy said.

Sheriff Phil Stammitti told the board members that the original jail building at 9896 Murray Ridge Rd., built in 1977, is 45

years old — but he said to multiply that by three because it's a 24-hour operation that sees constant wear and tear.

"That building has aged three to one," he said.

An addition was built in 1998 that added 206 beds for inmates. That also has aged quickly, Stammitti said.

Collapsed outdoor drains and shower and plumbing problems round out the facility's issues, he and Sheriff's Capt. Jack Hammond told the board.

Rooftop heating and cooling units have reached capacity and are being repaired "constantly," Hammond said.

"It's really nickel-anddiming us to death," he said.

Stammitti said he has

been working with Lorain County's legislators in Columbus, but 87 other sheriffs, some of whom guard jails dating to the 1800s, also "have their hands out" for a piece of the budget pie at the state capital.

At times, additional maximum security cells are needed. Lorain County has more than 26 defendants in custody awaiting trial on murder charges, most of whom are housed separately from other inmates due to their propensity for violence, Hammond said.

Many inmates have substance abuse and mental health disorders, and while the Sheriff's Office works with the Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain

County and county judges to create and run programs to help them, "they're not going away," Stammitti said.

"The idea is not to put more people in jail," he said. "The idea is to keep people out of jail" while keeping employees and inmates safe.

There is no exact dollar figure on what a new jail would cost, but Lundy estimated it would be between $50 million and $60 million.

And while the county has American Rescue Plan Act dollars on hand, the U.S. Treasury Department has made it clear they can't be used to build more jails.

"That we find very troublesome. We had hoped it would be an option but it's not," Lundy said.

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Resolution 14-22 Supporting the people of Ukraine and condemning the invasion of the democratic independent coun-

try of Ukraine. 15-22 Designating the first Monday of March as COVID-19 Victims & Survivors Memorial Day. Ordinance 31-22 Auth the S/S Director to apply for, accept & enter into a WSRLA Agreement for the construction of the 2022 Lead Service Line Replacement Project. 32-22 Auth the S/S Director to enter into contracts w/ the lowest & best bidder for the rehab of certain roadways in connection w/ OPWC Round 35. 33-22* Appropriation. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

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Lorain County commissioners voted unanimously last week to reject all bids received for the demolition of buildings on the former Golden Acres property at 45999 North Ridge Rd. in Amherst Township.

The best of eight bids for demolition was $203,000, commissioners announced in September.

Commissioner David Moore said when the county approached interest-

ed bidders to get the work started, the bidders said their costs had gone up and "nobody would honor their bids."

A company that did honor its bid was ENVI Environmental of Elyria.

The board voted to pay the company nearly $135,000 to abate asbestos and other dangerous materials at Golden Acres.

The county will re-advertise for bids.

Welcome bluebirds into your life

The former nursing home was taken over by the county in 2013, closed in 2015 and plans to put a substance abuse recovery center in it were defeated by voters in 2018.

It has sat empty ever since, with the county spending many thousands of dollars in upkeep.

The property has been valued by the Lorain County Auditor's Office at more than $1.5 million.

Penny and Fritz Brandau, members of the Black River Audubon Society and the Ohio Bluebird Society, will present “Bluebird Basics” at 3 p.m. on Saturday April 2 at the North Ridgeville Public Library, 35700 Bainbridge Rd. The program will focus on choosing the right bluebird habitat, nest box and monitoring your nest box, and will cover bluebird predators and competitors.

Class size is limited. Register by calling (440) 670-3684 or emailing pennybrandau@gmail.com.

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Darren Hamm, Elisia Hersh and Heath Rosenberger speak during a panel discussion on resettling refugees across the state during the Ohio Summit on Ukrainian Refugees, held March 17 at the Grand Hall in Parma.

Ohio plans for Ukrainian refugees CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

PARMA — Ohio officials are planning for refugees from Ukraine.

Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder and representatives from Northeast Ohio resettlement agencies gathered last Thursday afternoon at St. Vladimir Grand Hall in Parma to brainstorm how to make it easier for displaced Ukranians who may soon call Ohio their home.

“We are gathered today because we are concerned about the people of Ukraine. We are concerned about families who have been forced out of their homes, their neighborhoods and their country because of the unprovoked, brutal invasion of Ukraine

by Vladimir Putin and his military,” DeWine said. “But we are here to get started, to plan, to get ready and to brainstorm so we are prepared if, as a state, we are asked to help support those families.”

There is a significant Ukrainian population in Parma, but also in Lorain, drawn to the area by the steel industry, according to the Lorain Historical Society.

Ukrainians established St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, both on the city’s south side. While both churches’ congregations have dwindled, or drawn from a larger geographical area — bringing in congregants from Sandusky and other western communities — they still hold strong cultural ties to the city.

Since the start of Russia’s attacks, St. Mary’s V. Rev. Dmitri Belenki has expected refugees to come to the area.

DeWine expects Ohio will be one of the states the federal government looks to to resettle Ukrainians in the coming weeks and months.

“Ohio welcomes, and will welcome, any refugees who come from Ukraine,” he said. “We are a welcoming state, we’re a welcoming people.

We’re a nation of immigrants. We’re a state that was built by immigrants.”

Jennifer Johnson, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services state refugee coordinator, said Ukrainians do not have refugee status yet, but what normally happens is a displaced per-

Gov. Mike Dewine speaks about the state’s plans for relocating refugees to Ohio. son or family goes to a refugee camp run by the United Nations and, if they are U.S.-bound, will be screened

by Homeland Security before going through the resettlement process with the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of State and local agencies — the closest of those being in Cleveland.

Resettlement agencies help connect refugees with housing, employment, schooling and transportation.

One of the biggest challenges is housing, said Darren Hamm, executive director of the refugee response in Cleveland. With $1,000 granted to their name, a refugee must stretch that to cover their security deposit, first month’s rent, furniture, groceries and other necessities, he said.

Coupled with a 90 percent occupied rental market, nonprofits are sometimes left resettling families on a short-term basis until an apartment or house opens up.

Culturally, being a refugee is one of loss, said Heath Rosenberger, Cleveland Catholic Charities Office of Migration and Refugee Services program director.

“You can only start to imagine what it would be like to lose everything, to completely start over, start your career over,” he said. His organization, and others represented Thursday, help those coming to Northeast Ohio learn about local history, resources and emergency services, and focus on short- and long-term goals.

Elisia Hersh, resettlement programs manager at US Together Inc.,

said those cultural orientations are continuous, with case managers and volunteers fielding questions as they come up.

Afghan refugee Bakht Zaman Moqbel explained his experience coming from Kabul in August on a Special immigrant visa. The U.S. Embassy contacted him, arranging a special flight for him and his family where they eventually settled in Cleveland.

Volunteers and case workers helped enroll his children in school and get his wife into English classes.

He joined the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants as an aide before being quickly promoted to case manager.

His family, thanks to the help they received, is living a very happy life on Cleveland’s west side, he said.

He noted as people come from other countries, including Ukraine, it is important to remember they are talented people and need help getting appropriate or professional jobs.

Marta Kelleher, president of the United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, went to Ukraine’s western border and saw generations fleeing into Poland.

“Frankly, it was a bit surprising and it was surreal. They look like you, they look like me,” she said. “The people were at work one day, they went to bed, their cities or villages were bombed and now they’re fleeing the next day … and leaving their husband and other (family) behind.”

She said many passing through that border had hope of returning to Ukraine, hoping to reunite with the husbands or sons. She said some individuals may circumvent the refugee process altogether, coming to the U.S. on tourist visas without knowing what help is available. Her organization, along with groups like Global Cleveland, will be ready to assist those people as they come to the area.

The urgency of the situation was highlighted Thursday as Joe Cimperman, president of Global Cleveland, picked up his phone during the panel discussion. A text flashed across his screen: a mother and her 10-year-old child had just landed in Brook Park, and they needed a translator and other services.

“I don’t know what status this family has but as we work together we can do something regardless of the status they come through with,” he said.

Conservatory profs play relief concert JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — A concert raising relief funds for Ukraine was held last night with performances by about 20 Oberlin Conservatory of Music faculty members.

Staged after press time at First United Methodist Church on South Professor Street, it raised cash for UNICEF Ukraine, Red Cross Ukraine and Razom, a Ukrainian-American human rights nonprofit.

Cathy Partlow Strauss, director of communications for the Conservatory, said she’s been horrified to see news footage of the Russian military attacking Ukraine, and was particularly upset by the story of a Ukrainian ballet dancer who died of injuries after a bomb strike.

“Ukraine is certainly a place where the arts thrive,” she said, later add-

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Cellist Dmitry Kouzov, who teaches at Oberlin College, is seen in a previous performance. ing that “it’s tragic to see these one-of-a-kind artists suffer.”

Dmitry Kouzov is cellist who was a soloist with the National Symphony of Ukraine before teaching at the Oberlin Conservatory.

He was born in Lenin-

grad, Russia, which was renamed Saint Petersburg after the fall of the Soviet Union, and lived there until age 16. His wife, Yulia Fedoseeva, was also born there and now teaches piano at Oberlin. Both performed Wednesday.

“Oberlin has a long history and tradition of not tolerating any injustice. I think the people here are very sensitive to matters such as this and try to do whatever they can to try to help people who are suffering,” said Kouzov in an interview Friday.

He said he is torn apart knowing that the country where he grew up is waging “an unjustified and brutal invasion” of its neighbor. It is painful to see places where beautiful art has flourished for thousands of years destroyed.

“Anybody who has a heart right now, watching the news from Ukraine, I believe is horrified,” Kouzov said.

He has invited longtime friend and award-winning cellist Andrei Ionita to perform in the benefit concert.

Ionita is Romanian, and his nation is embracing hundreds of thousands of refugees escaping the Russian onslaught.

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Cam Mazzone, a sales employee at Great Lakes Honda West, helps unload a shopping cart of supplies with Xavier Pepple, general manager at the dealership.

Great Lakes Honda asking for relief help JASON HAWK EDITOR

ELYRIA — Blankets, baby formula and food are flooding into Great Lakes Honda West on Leona Street, where two storage pods are being filled to go to Ukraine.

The dealership has no connections to Eastern Europe, said General Manager Xavier Pepple, nor does he personally. But he said it’s impossible to do nothing after seeing images of mud-soaked refugees fleeing their bombed neighborhoods.

“You wake up in the morning comfortable in your house, and there are millions of people who don’t,” he said.

Pepple said he woke about three weeks ago to crashing sounds coming from his kitchen. It was his wife grabbing canned goods from the cabinets to go to a relief drive at the Westlake Police Department.

As of early last week, the auxiliary there had collected more than 17,000 pounds of donations.

Inspired, Pepple decided to leverage Great Lakes Honda’s resources to help.

He arranged for two storage pods at the Elyria dealership and connected with Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmsted, which is coordinating efforts to get relief goods to Savannah, Georgia, to be shipped to Poland.

When word spread on social media, Pepple said the outpouring was immediate. So many people pulled up with bags of food, medical supplies and clothing that the dealership had to get a grocery cart to help unload it all.

“People are coming from all over to drop off things for these people who are displaced,” he said. “It’s so heartwarming to see we can use our gift of social outreach to help someone in another country that has no options.”

Like those who are giving, Pepple said he is gutted by tales of the Russian military bombing Ukrainian maternity wards and targeting apartment buildings.

When he sees news footage of elderly people walking through the grime with everything they own in a small bag, it breaks his heart. “That could be our grandma or grandpa,” he said.

It’s no surprise that people are running from their homes without suitcases as the sound of explosions fill the air, he said. Suddenly homeless after the attacks, they are likely to spend months or years living in tent encampments, cooking over a fire.

Great Lakes Honda is at 823 Leona St. It is collecting supplies through April 11.

It’s asking for first aid kits, over-the-counter painkillers, diarrhea medicines, fever-reducers, bandages, catheters, antiseptics and other medical supplies.

Canned food, coffee, tea and other nonperishables are a big priority, Pepple said. While clothing helps — it can be reused over and over — food is gone once consumed.

The dealership is also accepting adhesive tape, flashlights, batteries, candles, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, empty sandbags, large thermal underwear and socks, shoes, fleeces, knee pads, mittens and other goods that may be of use.

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County elections workers briefed on the possibility JASON HAWK EDITOR

SHEFFIELD TWP. — Mailing of overseas ballots for the May 3 primary has been halted at the Lorain County Board of Elections office as Ohio’s battle over gerrymandered political maps continues.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose has ordered all overseas ballots to be held until Ohio Supreme Court cases are resolved.

The situation has lasted longer than anyone expected, with proposals for congressional and General Assembly district maps being thrown out as unconstitutional.

Otherwise, county elections director Paul Adams said preparations are continuing as normal, even though no one knows whether there will be one or two primaries.

“I think we’re in the same boat as everyone else. We’re just waiting to see what happens,” he said Monday.

He held a morning meeting with department heads to make sure they’re prepared “for the worst-case scenario” of holding two separate primaries if needed.

In Adams’ opinion, that possibility is a 50-50 toss-up — it’s impossible to tell what will happen as state Republicans, ignoring Democrats’ objections, provide map after map. So far, all have been rejected by the Republican-majority high court, with Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor tipping the balance.

“As this process plays out, it seems it’s getting more contentious, not less,” Adams said.

Aaron Ockerman, executive director of the Ohio Association of Election Officials, said separate primaries for local races and state and congressional races would be bad news.

“It is our sincere desire that we find a way to move all the contests to sometime in the future instead of bifurcating the primary,” he said in a phone interview Monday.

Early voting is set to begin April 5. If that date comes without a resolution to the Supreme Court cases, all contests — even local ones — should be pushed to a later date, he said.

Ohio Democrats have already put for-

ward June 21 as a possibility.

“That’s a fine date, and nothing wrong with that,” unless the court fights drag into the beginning of June, said Ockerman.

Two primaries would cost Ohio taxpayers an additional $20 million to $25 million, he estimated. According to Adams, the average Lorain County primary costs $350,000 to $400,000 and the last thing he wants is to double that price tag.

Doing so “would be an incredible waste of money,” he said.

The second concern, according to Ockerman, is that primaries are already lowturnout elections. Splitting them would be “abysmal” for voter participation, he predicted.

Another concern: Almost every county across the state is already have trouble getting enough poll workers, due to uncertainty about what will happen, said Ockerman.

Thanks to supply chain issues, there’s also a national paper shortage, he said.

Boards of Elections across Ohio have enough of the special damage- and tamperresistant paper to hold spring and fall elections, but adding a third to the mix would be a stretch.

Timing would also be a headache, said Adams.

After the unofficial Election Night results are tallied, it usually takes the elections board two or three weeks to formally count and certify ballots, then complete any recounts that result. The state also requires an audit of each election, and officials must then prepare voting machines and electronic poll books, assign polling locations and finalize voter lists before the next election can be held.

Doing all that between May 3 and June 21 would be a rush, Adams said — and rushing increases the potential for error.

“The greatest enemy of any election official for any election is uncertainty,” said Ockerman.

Given enough time and clear rules, trained officials can pull off an election, he said. But put those rules in question as they are now, and it creates a lot of anxiety for both officials and voters, he said.

Route 18 house fire caps busy weekend for WFD JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — A suspected electrical fire destroyed a vacant home Sunday on state Route 18, just west of the village limits near Fairgrounds Road.

Heavy smoke was pouring from the attic when Wellington firefighters arrived around 11 a.m., and flames were eating through the living room ceiling, said Assistant Fire Chief Bill Brown.

The good news is that no one had lived in the older house for several weeks, he said.

The last was a tenant who was evicted, and all furnishings had been removed from the home.

The second floor was consumed, and there was extensive water damage to the first floor, so Brown said the structure is considered a complete loss. He estimated the financial damage at $75,000.

Flames around a ceiling fan led investigators to believe the cause was electrical. Brown said the cause is unlikely to be known for certain.

There is no evidence of arson, he said.

The blaze capped off a busy weekend for Wellington firefighters, who were toned out to six active fires starting at noon Friday.

The first was a detached garage fire on

Smith Road in Penfield Township, which was quickly extinguished.

A few hours later, a man working in his basement on Pitts Road in Pittsfield Township dropped an acetylene torch, catching a pool table on fire, said Brown. It “smoked the place up,” but was out before emergency crews arrived, he said.

A washer-dryer unit caught fire around noon Saturday, smoking up a Lincoln Street house in Wellington. Brown said it was “not too bad, though.”

Then at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, an electrical box caused a detached garage on state Route 511 in Brighton to catch fire, burning the side of a barn. Again, Brown said the flames were knocked down fast.

It was the most action the Wellington Fire District has seen over the course of three days for a long time, he said.

“It was kind of unprecedented,” he said, later adding that “everybody’s a little tired” but there were no injuries.

Every mutual aid partner from the surrounding area was pulled in to help over the course of the weekend. They included fire departments from Spencer, Oberlin, Wakeman, Rochester, Camden, Litchfield and LaGrange as well as South Lorain County Ambulance District.

Boys and Girls Clubs receive $6.8M donation The Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio received a $6.8 million donation last week.

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated the unrestricted, multi-million dollar sum to the Northeast Ohio nonprofit, with similar donations throughout the country totaling $281 million.

For Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio, which includes clubs in Lorain County, the funds will help the organization kickstart its plan to double the number of children it serves to 20,000 by 2025, according to a news release.

The goal was part of the organization’s strategic plan prior to Scott’s donation.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio Jeff Scott – unrelated to MacKenzie Scott – said the award was unusual not only in its size, but

that it was not the result of a request from the nonprofit. He said MacKenzie Scott’s team contacted him about the group’s work in Northeast Ohio and, after answering some questions, informed him of the sizable award.

Scott's wealth comes from her 4 percent ownership of Amazon, which was founded by her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos. She has given away billions in the last few years to a broad swath of charities and organizations.

BGCNEO, which provides safe, fun places for kids ages 6-18 after school, now has 40 sites and about 10,000 members in Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain and Erie counties. It was formed by the 2019 merger of Clubs in Cleveland, Akron, Lorain County and Sandusky.

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A look back at the winter season Photos by Joe Colon, Russ Gifford, Erik Andrews, Angelo Angel, Kristin Bauer and Thomas Fetcenko

The 2021-2022 winter sports season has come and gone. For Lorain County athletes, it was a much more productive season than others in recent memory, with COVID-19 restrictions largely lifted, fans back in full force and crowd noise filling gyms and arenas for the first time in two years.

Here’s a look back in photos at our districts’ stars!

Amherst's George Fayer takes the ball to the hoop while guarded by Elyria's Ryan Walsh.

Oberlin's Josiah Bowen-Pride fights through traffic against Brookside.

Amherst's Gavyn Cumberledge takes the puck down the ice against Benedictine.

Gabby Miller gets a shot off as the Dukes fought against Columbia.

Oberlin's Katlyn Streator looks over her options.

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Comets state standouts get board praise JASON HAWK EDITOR

Firelands' Riyley Etherton heads for the lane at Keystone.

Wellington’s Sean Whitehouse gets fouled at the basket at Black River.

Wellington's Jeremiah McKee picks up a win against Avon Lake.

GARDENING ACROSS 1. Betting probability 5. Once headed by J. Edgar Hoover 8. Formally surrender 12. Gravy holder 13. Nile dweller, for short 14. More certain 15. Tiny bit 16. a.k.a. Bruce Banner 17. One who plies one’s trade 18. *”Days to ____,” on a seed packet 20. Big-ticket ____ 21. Apartments, e.g.

22. *Plumerias are often used in this Hawaiian greeting 23. Scrooge’s visitors 26. Digging into 30. What Carl Lewis did 31. Bestow 34. Month before Nisan 35. Dress with a flare 37. Choler 38. On a store tag 39. Central points 40. Paul Reubens’ Herman 42. Mother lode stuff 43. African bloodsucking pests 45. Salty dogs 47. Current tense of #30 Across 48. Retches 50. Bovine cries 52. *Like an aggressive weed 55. Frustration, in a comic book 56. *Holds a plant stem to a support 57. Type of hot sandwich 59. One born to Japanese immigrants 60. Urban legends, e.g.

61. Check out 62. Shakespeare’s “at another time” 63. “The ____ Who Loved Me” 64. *Flower’s location after a garden?

DOWN 1. Kimono closer 2. Banish to Hades 3. Crunched numbers 4. Facebook’s update feature

AMHERST — Comets athletes of incredible prowess, and who experienced tremendous success in the winter season, were honored last week by the Amherst Board of Education.

Ethan Belak is a four-time state qualifier as a diver, and also earned one trip to Columbus as a swimmer.

He is a school record-holder, breaking records set two decades ago. Belak set the 6-meter record this year in a dual meet with Olmsted Falls, and the 11-meter record at district competition at Bowling Green State University.

Belak won the Southwestern Conference diving championships in both his junior and senior years.

“I’d like to congratulate Ethan on a tremendous career, and we’re sure going to miss having him around,” said Comets Athletic Director Casey Wolf.

The Amherst boys bowling team was also recognized after finishing second at the North Shore Conference Tournament for the third straight year and ending the season with a 19-2 record.

After finishing third at districts, bowler JP Gregory qualified for state and rolled a 510 series in Columbus.

The Comets girls bowling team won the North Shore Conference title for the third straight year, and ended the season still on a 50-match winning streak.

The girls are the SWC champions for the second straight year, and finished ninth in state competition.

Senior Makayla Velasquez topped the team’s leaderboard this season, and won the individual Division I state title. She is a two-time state qualifier and four-time SWC girls bowling MVP. “I find it hard to believe that in any other sport across the Southwestern Conference anyone has been four-time conference MVP,” Wolf said.

Also earning the school board’s congratulations were the Comets cheerleaders, who won the SWC title in November and went on to win Amherst’s first state championship in February in the Division II non-building small division contest.

State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, an alumnus of Marion L. Steele High School, returned to his alma mater to award those who won at OHSAA state competition.

“You have achieved something that has made not only yourself, your parents, your family and of course your community proud, made many of us who call ourselves alumni proud,” he said.

State champs were invited to the Ohio Statehouse on March 30 to accept a General Assembly resolution in their honor.

The Comets’ Kristen Kelley pushes past the Falcons defense in a tight game between neighboring schools.

5. *Seed plant’s harvest 6. *Goes to seed 7. Rotten and stinky 8. *Plant variety 9. Famous canal 10. Hold as a conviction 11. Make a blunder 13. Church service oil 14. Salesman’s speech, e.g.

19. Loosen laces 22. Tennis do-over 23. *Splice, to a gardener 24. Nimbi on ikons 25. In the cooler (2 words) 26. Former Saint Brees 27. “Pulling my leg,” e.g.

28. Mother-of-pearl 29. *Kind of thumb 32. Pizzeria output, pl.

33. “____ you kidding?”

36. *N in N-P-K 38. Sneaked glances 40. Slammer 41. “The Shawshank Redemption” theme 44. Served raw 46. Isaac of science fiction 48. This Dogg can rap 49. What Elton John tickles, sing.

50. Street in Anytown, USA 51. Guesstimate phrase (two words) 52. Bodily disorders 53. Lope de ____, Spanish playwright 54. Building extensions 55. Nurses’ org.

58. ____ time in golf

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Bowman: Dukes’ spring sports numbers surging JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — Kids are clamoring to play for Dukes teams this spring, Athletic Director John Bowman told the Board of Education last week.

About 70 had signed up for track and field, by far the most popular sport this season, he said.

It’s a big year for Wellington runners, who will host four home meets at the Dickson Street track — by far the most in many years.

Another 31 students have signed up for Dukes baseball, Bowman said. The school board also approved $7,211 for new uniforms for the team last week, due to increased participation.

The district’s softball program is struggling, with just 14 signed up for varsity play, Bowman said.

Wellington’s not alone in that regard, he said. Other Lorain County League teams are also experiencing sluggish softball numbers.

The Dukes hope to boost the program by getting more girls

involved at the junior high level, he said.

Wellington enters the spring season on a high note, after several of its winter athletes found huge success.

Wrestler Jeremiah McKee made his third consecutive trip to the state meet, placing eighth this time around.

Bowman said his name will go up on the Dukes Wall of Fame. McKee is the first state placer since 2011, and the 30th in school history, and broke the Wellington High’s record for all-

time wins, which was also set in 2011 by Justin Bockmore.

Four other Dukes wrestlers went to districts: Cayden Conrad, Derrick Andolsek, Sam Smith and Devan Diedrick.

In sectionals this February at Medina Lanes, senior Brandon Rutkowski and sophomore Whitney Kirschner each qualified for district competition.

In basketball, Brooke Lehmkuhl and Jay Roberts were named 1st Team All-Lorain County League and 1st Team All-County, and 2nd Team All-District.

Firelands’ Niko Gotsis goes up for the block over his cousin, Amherst’s George Gotsis.

Tori Paramore was named 2nd Team All-Lorain County League and 2nd Team All-County. Jacob Weegmann was named 2nd Team All-County and received an LC8 honorable mention.

Teddi Harbody received honorable mentions for the LC8, county and Defensive Team. Amanda Spiekerman also received an All-County honorable mention.

Luke Vannucci and Drew Unangst had All-County honorable mentions. Vannucci and Weegmann had All-District honorable mentions.

Wellington's Taylor Morris hits a three at Smithville.

Amherst’s Caleb Crawford puts Findlay’s Tyler Barnes in an awkward position at Elyria High School.

Wellington's Ryan Cantu wrestles against Columbia.

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Oberlin winter sports awards The Oberlin Phoenix have announced award winners for the 2021-2022 winter season:

Oberlin head coach Kurt Russell fist pumps with his team before the end of a timeout under the bright lights at Rocket Mortgage Field House in Cleveland.

Boys Basketball • MVP — Ty Locklear • Coaches Award — Korey Russell • Most Improved — Josiah Bowen-Pride • 1st Team All-District Northeast Lakes D3 — Ty Locklear • 2nd Team All-District Northeast Lakes D3 — Isaac Thompson • Honorable Mention All-District Northeast Lakes D3 — Marius Harrell, Andre Yarber, Josiah Bowen-Pride • 1st Team All-Lorain County D3/D4 — Ty Locklear and Isaac Thompson • 2nd Team All-Lorain County D3/D4 — Marius Harrell and Andre Yarber • Honorable Mention All-Lorain County D3/D4 — Josiah Bowen-Pride and Dayvion Witherspoon • Coach of the Year — Kurt Russell • 1st Team All-Lorain County League — Ty Locklear and Isaac Thompson • 2nd Team All-Lorain County League — Marius Harrell and Andre Yarber • Honorable Mention All-Lorain County League — Josiah Bowen-Pride Girls Basketball • Phoenix Award — Emerson Freas • Coaches Award — Elizabeth Canseco • Most Improved — Karen Martinez • 1st Team All-Lorain County Defense — Emerson Freas • 2nd Team All-Lorain County D3/D4 — Elizabeth Canseco • Honorable Mention All-Lorain County D3/D4 — Emerson Freas • Honorable Mention Lorain County League — Elizabeth Canseco Wrestling • MVP — Conner McConeghy • Most Improved — Isaiah Jackson • Clinton Sonner Award — Aaron Rottenborn Cheerleaders • MVP — Emerson Freas • Coaches Award — Mariah Thompson • Most Improved — Kalissa Clawson

Black River's Joe Dennis maneuvers his opponent in the 106-pound weight class.

Wellington's Cayden Conrad picks up a win at districts. He finished fifth in the 157-pound weight class.

Oberlin's Clara McCown pulls up for the three-point attempt against Columbia.

OBERLIN CITY COUNCIL CLERK’S OFFICE

NOTICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS VACANCIES

Wellington's Luke Vannucci gets past Oberlin's Isaac Thompson.

The following City commissions have vacancies for terms expiring on the dates provided below. Applications for interested parties are available at the Clerk of Council’s office, located at 85 South Main Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074, or by submitting a form via the City’s website, at https://www.cityofoberlin.com.

Applications will be received until filled.

# OF CURRENT VANCIES

DATE TERM EXPIRES

Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation

1

12/31/2023

Resource Conservation and Recovery Commission

1

12/31/2023

Underground Railroad Center Implementation Team

1

Unlimited

BOARD NAME

Wellington's Drew Unangst battles for a rebound with Columbia's Vince Berardi.

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ON TOP OF THINGS

Black River's Evan Ladina hits a jumper against Clearview.

Kristin Bauer | Wellington Enterprise

Wellington's Jeremiah McKee wrestles Avon's Ty Daugherty in the 132-pound weight class at the 40th Lorain County Wrestling All-Stars event on March 16. He defeated Daugherty by fall in 4:01 to take first place.

DEVELOPING FUTURE PLAYERS

Dayvion Witherspoon drains a three for the Phoenix.

Photos by Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Ball players from the Oberlin city recreation leagues got some expert instruction last week during a clinic put on by the Phoenix at Oberlin High School. The school district has been partnering with city leagues, hoping that getting kids interested in sports at a younger age will lead to stronger varsity rosters down the line.

Wellington's Amanda Spiekerman drives against East Canton in the season opener.

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© 2022 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 38, No. 16

Choose a story about a person in this newspaper. Write or paste the headline in this box.

HARD WORK

magine being told you couldn’t do something just because of the color of your skin. That’s what happened to Dorothy Butler Gilliam.

Photo: Harry Naltchayan / Washington Post

Dorothy wanted to be a reporter at a major daily newspaper. When she first applied, she wasn’t hired.

But that didn’t stop her from trying again.

Reciting a Famous Poem

In 1961, she became a trailblazer as the first African-American woman to work as a reporter at The Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers in the United States.

Years later, when she began to attend Ursuline College, = R she got a job as a secretary at the same newspaper. Use the code to discover the paper’s name.

=F =I

=S

=L

=U

=M

=V

Number these lines in order to read the paragraph.

INFORMED

Fill in the missing vow els in this quote by Do rothy:

“My _w_r_ness of the n h_ving it in our h_m_, _wsp_p_r, through that g_ve m_ the c_ _r_was one of the th_ngs secretarial j_b at a n_w ge to _pply for a sp_p_r.”

Career Start

ADVENTURE

Stories of Africa

After graduating from Columbia University Dorothy received a scholarship to travel to Africa. An editor at The Washington Post, was interested in her trip. Few Americans, black or white, had ever traveled to Africa. He asked Dorothy to write articles about her experience.

Because her articles were interesting and well written, she was offered a full-time job at the newspaper.

PERSEVERANCE

Opening the Front Door

Replace the missing words. The Washington Press Club __________ Dorothy with a

Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Being the ________ black woman reporter at The Washington Post wasn’t easy.

When Dorothy arrived at a wealthy Washington woman’s ________ to report on her 100th birthday party, the doorman told her she couldn’t _________ through the front door. “The maid’s entrance is around the back,” he said.

“I am not a maid, I am a _________________ for The Washington Post,” she replied.

What’s a great way you can help someone today?

She was determined to go to school. She walked a half mile to catch a bus to a school for black children.

Schools in Kentucky were segregated—they did not allow white and black students to attend the same school.

Find the way to Dorothy’s school.

Character Counts For each of the following character traits, find a person in the newspaper who shows that trait.

• Hard Work • Courage • Perseverance • Commitment Standards Link: Understand the imporatance of character in a community.

JOURNALIST NEWSPAPER REPORTER DOROTHY ABILITY AFRICA TRAITS CHURCH WRITE HARD WORK MAID TRIP BUS JOB

T E C F J E D P O T

R T H R T U I R R M A I U I K R O W A N I R R C T T S I J H

T W C A H A D U O L

S I H Y T I L I B A J O U R N A L I S T

R E T R O P E R S T Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading/Writing: Draw evidence from informational text.

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This week’s word:

TRAIT

The noun trait means something that makes a person, animal or thing different from another.

Hard working and determined were two of Dorothy’s traits.

Try to use the word traits in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Good Leadership

ANSWER: They’re always looking for scoops.

Standards Link: Summarize main ideas in informational text.

What other questions would you ask this person?

R E P A P S W E N D

Memorize It!

Imagine you are going to report the news orally—like a video news reporter! Read an article in today’s newspaper and summarize it.

Memorize your summary and present the news to your class from your memory.

What questions did the reporter ask to find out all about this person?

orothy’s father became ill when she was 14.

Their family moved to a small house in the country with no running water.

COURAGE

Starting at the R, move clockwise around the circle and write every third letter on the lines to find out something you can do today to help someone.

WHO is this story about?

d in being informed about the commun ity and the world.

He read two newspapers every day.

Newspaper Delivery

= N At 9 years old, Dorothy sold and delivered the local = O newspaper to people in her Kentucky neighborhood.

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Dorothy was born in 1936. She recited the poem in church in 1942. How old was she then?

1942 – 1936

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D E T E R M I N AT I O N

=D

When Dorothy was a young girl, she memorized and recited the entire poem ’Twas The Night Before Christmas at a church service. It took both the ability to read and hard work to accomplish that.

What are the qualities of a good leader? Who do you know that is a good leader? Why do you think of that person?