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Hot Dog Heaven revived after fire JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Nineteen months after a grease fire destroyed the old Hot Dog Heaven, the new-and-improved restaurant is open once more.

It officially threw open the doors at 466 Cleveland Ave. on Monday morning, but a lucky few got a preview Friday night when owner Chris Russo invited friends and family to stop by.

Inside, they found the layout almost exactly how generations of Marion L. Steele

High School alumni remembered it.

“The whole objective was to make it look like it was always here, like it was always the same house,” said Russo, giving a tour around the dining areas.

There are some changes — the entryway is a little larger, there’s more seating on two floors and a drive-thru is still being installed on the outside, where there’s far more parking than the original Hot Dog Heaven ever had before that fateful fire almost two years ago.

One wall is decked out with 110 years of Amherst history.

It starts with photos of the old Cleveland Avenue Mobile gas station in the 1930s and shows Comets helmets and jerseys down through the years, ending with pictures of the burned-out restaurant being demolished.

Hanging in the stairwell is the old scoreboard from the Steele gym, and the top floor’s walls are covered in banners proclaiming Amherst’s conference title glories back to 1939.

“Hot Dog Heaven is here because of the school,” said Russo. “Its success is due

Photos by Angelo Angel | Amherst News-Times

Kaleb Nichols hands over heavily-loaded trays to customers during HEAVEN PAGE A2 the soft opening return of Amherst’s Hot Dog Heaven.

Duke Pride Carnival returns

Photos by Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

The Duke Pride Carnival made a triumphant return Saturday, after being canceled for two straight years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There were plenty of smiles to be seen, with most folks now lowering their masks, and as well as a whole lot of prizes won!

LEFT: Olivia Ramierez and Grace Knapp smile with their prizes. ABOVE LEFT: Lucas Card plays a ball game.

ABOVE RIGHT: Paige Bremke and Estella Ohly show off their animals in the petting zoo.

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Court upholds Gibson’s ruling DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

AKRON — The 9th District Court of Appeals in Akron has rejected appeals by both Oberlin College and Gibson's Bakery over the results of a 2019 civil trial.

The court unanimously upheld all of Lorain County Common Pleas Judge John Miraldi's rulings in the bakery's long-running civil case against the college, stemming from student protests regarding alleged racist behavior by the business on West College Street in Oberlin in November 2016.

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new trial and that his rulings on the amount of damages and attorney fees owed the Gibsons were appropriate.

The Gibsons also appealed the damages award, saying it didn't sufficiently punish the college for its behavior. The appeals court also rejected that argument.

Through the trial and a more than two-year appeals process and the deaths of both David and Grandpa Gibson, the Gibson family persevered, attorney Lee Plakas said.

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A jury awarded the bakery and its owners, the late David and Allyn W. "Grandpa" Gibson, more than $44 million in damages in June 2019.

Miraldi lowered that to $25 million to conform with state law, but he also awarded more than $6.2 million in fees to the Gibsons' attorneys. The monetary award has been stayed pending the appeals process.

In a 50-page ruling on the dueling appeals filed by the college and the Gibsons, Judges Donna Carr, Jennifer Hensal and Betty Sutton overruled three arguments made by the college and one by the bakery.

The court said Miraldi was right to deny the college's request for a

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OBITUARIES Lynn Larry Gray Lynn Larry Gray, 85, of Wellington, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2022, under New Life Hospice Care in Lorain. Born on Feb. 17, 1937, in Oberlin, he was the son of the late Mary (nee Chadwick) and Lynn Gray.

Larry attended Wellington High School and Oberlin School of Commerce.

Following graduation, he joined the U.S. Air Force and proudly served from 1956-1960. Larry retired from WS Tyler, formerly known as Wedge Wire.

He was a member and past president of the Wellington Eagles. In his spare time, he enjoyed spending time outdoors, gardening and tending his flowers, feeding and watching the birds, and camping trips with family. Most importantly, he treasured time with his children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Doris (nee Layer) Gray; children, Lynn (Betsy) Gray of Oberlin, Rosanne (Tom) Storrow of Wellington, Jerry Gray of Wooster, Garry (Amanda) Gray of Sullivan, and Julianne (Tony) Vestal of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee; stepchildren, Ed (Peg) Ruth, Patricia (Kirk) Gott and Michael (Pam) Ruth; 19 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 10 stepgreat-grandchildren and a sister, Linda King of Texas.

Larry was preceded in death by his infant daughter and grandson, Travis.

A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 12, 2022, beginning 11 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Wellington with military honors.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Lynn's memory may be made to the Wellington Eagles Charity for Diabetes, 631 S. Main Street, Wellington, OH 44090; or New Life Hospice, 3500 Kolbe Rd., Lorain, OH 44053.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.nortoneastmanfuneralhome.com.

Donald Lowell Sheffield March 6, 1944 - Jan. 21, 2022

Ann Williams Craig

Ann Williams Craig, 88, died March 11, 2022, at Donald Lowell Sheffield, Kendal at Oberlin, in the 77, of Buckhannon, West presence of family. She Virginia, died Friday, Jan. suffered from a neurological 21, 2022, at the United Hosillness (progressive suprapital Center in Bridgeport, nuclear palsy) for many West Virginia after a courayears, yet always kept her geous battle with prostate calm and was amazing at cancer. He was born March greeting everyone by name 6, 1944, in Oberlin, Lorain almost to the last.

County, to Willard Earle and The daughter of United Phyllis Campbell Sheffield.

Methodist missionaries, In addition to both of his Annie Lee and Melville parents, Don was preceded Williams, Ann was born in death by his brother, Wilin Suzhou, China on April 9, 1933, living in Suzhou and lard E. (Bill) Sheffield.

Shanghai until she was seven. After teenage years in He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carol Jacobus Leonia, New Jersey, she met her future husband, Norman Sheffield (married December 27, 1958) and their two Craig, the summer before enrolling at Oberlin College. children, Eric Heath Sheffield of the Cleveland area Ann graduated in 1955 in history, married Norm that and Robin Avery Sheffield of Buckhannon. Don is also summer, and joined him in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In survived by his older brother, Philip (Carole) Sheffield of 1957, she completed an M.Ed. from Harvard School of Elyria and several nieces and nephews and their families. Education, and they moved back to Oberlin.

Growing up in Wellington and influenced by an exAnn taught elementary school at Pleasant School before tended family and friends heavily involved in both welcoming their first child, Julie. Mary and David soon coaching and playing athletics, Don absolutely loved all joined the family. Ann collaborated with other mothers to things sports, especially football, basketball and baseball. form playgroups for their children, and she enjoyed hostPlaying 'flies and grounders' at the Dickson Street athletic ing dinners as a faculty wife and as part of an international field, competing in impromptu touch football games and foods group. jumping into pick-up basketball games with friends and In 1968, Ann took a leading role in facilitating town cousins out in the cold, dimly lit driveway, at what later meetings, gathering people across Oberlin to envision became McCormick Middle School, or at the Town Hall a fairer, more inclusive community. As one outcome, courts was how he spent most of his free time as a young participants identified the need for targeted interventions boy. Once he reached junior high and high school, it was in Oberlin schools to support children struggling with the all about his Wellington Dukes school teams, playing curriculum. Inspired, Ann trained at Oberlin College and football, basketball and also track and field.

Kent State University to teach elementary school children After graduating from Wellington High School in 1962, with learning disabilities. She worked as a tutor and then Don went on to earn his B.B.A. from Ohio University, led a resource room for math and reading, first at Pleasant where he was also an active member of the Phi Delta Theta and then at Prospect School, retiring in 1997. fraternity. Don was then accepted into and received his J.D. Ann was a devoted choir member at the First Church in from the University of Akron School of Law. He spent his Oberlin, also serving as church moderator, among other career working in Healthcare Administration in both Ohio roles. She shared her gift of luminous presence as a hosand West Virginia. Additionally, he was involved with a pital visitor and host for families experiencing homelessnumber of different community organizations, including ness. She brought her beautiful singing voice to Oberlin serving on the Board of Directors of Head Start.

Musical Union and Oberlin Chamber Singers for many Don had an extraordinary ability to make those around decades. him laugh with his strong and unique sense of humor.

Ann's passions for gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting, Joan Marie Weber Wise Whether it was at the traditional long weekend of nonstop and jewelry-making live on in her children. She offered passed away peacefully three-handed pinochle, food and memorable storytelling loving care to her parents when they moved to Oberlin in Thursday, March 31, 2022, and laughter with his brothers, with past classmates at retheir later years and to her grandson Simon and his family in her home surrounded by unions, or with family, friends and coworkers, Don always during his difficult journey with terminal neuroblastoma. her family. She was 66. She made people smile with a joke or a funny story.

He also Ann is survived by her children, Julie (Ralph), Mary was born April 15, 1955, took the time to stay current on the athletic careers of the (Markus), and David (Jocelyn); grandchildren, Margot to parents, Robert and Eva children of family and friends, showing genuine interest (Kris), Claudia, Nathan, Eliza, and Miriam and the ex(Camp) Weber in Oberlin, in their successes and encouraging them in their journeys. tended Williams and Tabbutt families. and graduated from WelHe was a lifelong Ohio State Buckeyes and Pittsburgh She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman lington High School with Steelers fan, attending yearly Buckeye football games Craig, in 2021; parents; grandson, Simon Vodosek and the class of 1973. with his brother, Phil and going over pregame reports and brother, George Melville Williams.

Joan worked as a waresolving other world issues every Saturday morning on the Her children recognize and thank the caring staff at house manager for PV phone with his brothers.

He enjoyed his quick trips to see Kendal at Oberlin.

Communications until family in Ohio, doing house chores and taking walks with A memorial service will be Sunday, May 22, 2022, at retirement and afterward Robin and watching old movies. the First Church in Oberlin, 106 N. Main Street. Those began working at Chad's Automotive Repair.

A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. interested in joining in person or online may contact First A few things Joan enjoyed in her free time were campChurch in Oberlin for details. ing, boating, and quilting. She also loved to bowl at MoArrangements were in the care of Dicken Funeral Home hican Lanes and her late-night golf cart ride at the camp& Cremation Service, Elyria. ground. Joan will be remembered for her positive outlook For online condolences, visit www.dickenfuneralhome. on every situation, her wittiness, her creativity, and her Kurt E. Zimmerman, 62, com. love for spending time with her family and grandkids. formerly of Oberlin, died She is survived by her husband, Chad Wise; her chilThursday, March 17, 2022, dren, Traci (Rob) Ebey, Greg Morris, and Jessie (Heath) after a two-year battle with EDWARD RAY FRIEL, 80, of South Amherst, passed Porter; her grandchildren, Bethanie (John) Brader, Troy cancer. away Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at his home following Ferrell, Selena Morris, Brigette Morris, Emberlynn Teter, He was a graduate of a lengthy illness.

Adison Morris, Vada Betts, and Amelia Mai Porter; her Oberlin High School. He brother, Mike Weber; her brother-in-law, Mark Rosemark; worked 22 years at Norsdon her father and mother-in-law, Larry and Ruth Wise and before helping his wife, Our condolences go out to families many nieces and nephews.

Michele, run Presti's in that have suffered the loss of a loved one.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by Oberlin.

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LEFT: Karen Wagner serves a customer at the reopening of Hot Dog Heaven in Amherst on Friday.

FROM A1 to the school. Anybody who came to Steele knew to turn at the light at Hot Dog Heaven, and kids have been coming here before school and after school for decades.”

He wants to build on that tradition by offering breakfast. The menu will include wraps, bagels and coffee, but the adventurous may want to brave the breakfast hot dog topped with scrambled eggs.

RIGHT: Lex Benson has the right idea, wasting no time biting into a dog.

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where high above us, Grandpa and Dave Gibson are smiling to know that the truth still matters."

The unanimous appeals court decision "shows that the judges recognized the importance of the case on both a regional and national level and methodically and insightfully dissected the evidence and the record which supported the verdict," Plakas said. "I was very impressed with the judges' command of and reference to specific evidentiary portions of the very large record that confirmed, even to the judges, that in fact truth does still matter."

In a statement provided to The Chronicle-Telegram last Thursday, Oberlin College said it was "obviously disappointed that the appeals court affirmed the judgment in its ruling earlier today."

"We are reviewing the Court’s opinion carefully as we evaluate our options and determine next steps," it said. "In the meantime, we recognize that the issues raised by this case have been challenging, not only for the parties involved in the lawsuit, but for the entire Oberlin community. We remain committed to strengthening the partnership between the college, the city of Oberlin and its residents, and the downtown business community. We will continue in that important work while remaining focused on our core educational mission."

The ruling The appeals court noted the "significant local and national media attention" around the case, and how much of the outside focus "has been on an individual’s First Amendment right to protest and voice opinions in opposition to events occurring around them locally, nationally and globally."

The appeals court did not take those arguments into consideration, Carr wrote.

The appeals court "must emphasize, however, that the sole focus of this appeal is on the separate conduct of Oberlin and (former Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith) Raimondo that allegedly caused damage to the Gibsons, not on the First Amendment rights of individuals to voice opinions or protest," she wrote.

Oberlin College, and media rights and free speech groups that filed briefs on its behalf, argued that a finding of

defamation "could have a chilling effect on students' rights to free speech at colleges and universities across the country."

Miraldi agreed, but that wasn't the issue at hand, the appeals court said. Instead, "the Gibsons' libel claim focused solely on whether Oberlin had disseminated false,

tory," Carr wrote, and that he focused "on the statements about the Gibsons and their bakery having a history of racial profiling and discrimination toward students and residents and the statements about an 'assault' of a student by an owner or owners of the bakery."

Miraldi "found that al-

going beyond all bounds of decency and considered intolerable in a civilized society" causing "psychic injury" or "mental anguish beyond what a reasonable person would be expected to endure," according to the law.

The appeals court said any statements of alleged libel were not protected

more than $11 million in compensatory damages and $33 million in punitive damages, for a total of $44 million that Miraldi reduced to $25 million under Ohio law.

It was up to Oberlin College to demonstrate that Miraldi made mistakes in his rulings on capping monetary dam-

“The Gibsons fought the good fight, as the family has done for over 130 years. Somewhere high above us, Grandpa and Dave Gibson are smiling to know that the truth still matters.”

LEE PLAKAS, ATTORNEY FOR GIBSON’S BAKERY IN OBERLIN

written statements of fact that caused the Gibsons significant harm," the appeals court found.

In one of three "assignments of error," Oberlin College argued that Miraldi improperly denied its request to dismiss the case in its favor or overturn the jury's verdict.

It argued that the Gibsons failed to prove that the college libeled them or the bakery and that any alleged libel was constitutionally protected opinion.

Students protesting the arrest of three of their number gathered outside the bakery for two days in November 2016. They passed out flyers saying the bakery had a long history of racist discrimination and profiling.

Raimondo also was there and the appeals court said testimony at the trial was that she and other college employees actively passed out flyers and assisted students who were protesting.

Allegations that bakery employee Allyn D. Gibson — the son and grandson of the owners — "assaulted" a student for shoplifting in an incident that was the catalyst for the student protests were on the flyers. The allegation was repeated in an Oberlin College Student Senate resolution that was posted on campus.

The college argued the flyer and senate resolution were simply opinions, "but it has focused its arguments throughout this case on statements alleging merely that the Gibsons were racists," Carr wrote. "Despite Oberlin’s arguments to the contrary, the potentially libelous statements in this case include much more than calling the Gibsons 'racists.'"

In fact, Miraldi found "that both the flyer and the Senate Resolution were not statements of constitutionally protected opinion but were defama-

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legations of an assault, if untrue, were defamatory per se and Oberlin has not raised a timely or proper challenge to that ruling by the trial court," Carr wrote.

A "reasonable reader" of the flyer and resolution could be led to believe that the Gibsons "had a verifiable history of racially profiling shoplifters on that basis for years," even though no such testimony was offered or allowed in court.

And "a reasonable person could conclude that Oberlin (College) took actions to directly publish and/or assist in publishing the flier," Carr wrote.

The Gibsons called multiple witnesses to testify that they had never experienced racism while working at or patronizing the store, while Oberlin College employees who tried to testify they had heard reports or rumors of racial profiling or discrimination had their testimony rejected as hearsay.

The college "did not call witnesses to testify about their personal experiences with the Gibsons. Instead, the defendants sought to have Oberlin administrators testify about 'what Oberlin heard' about the Gibsons from community members," Carr wrote.

"Oberlin’s excluded evidence was hearsay, while the Gibsons' evidence on this issue was not."

Oberlin College also argued the Gibsons had no claim against Raimondo for interfering with the business relationship between the bakery and the college, but the appeals court rejected that argument.

David Gibson and Allyn W. "Grandpa" Gibson were required to prove at trial that Oberlin College intended to cause, knew or should have known that it would cause serious emotional distress, and that its conduct was "extreme and outrageous,

by the First Amendment.

The Gibsons were not public figures, for whom the rules are different when it comes to allegations of libel, the court ruled.

The Gibsons presented evidence that when the college learned "that the student allegations of assault and racial profiling might be false," it started doing business with the bakery again but refused to correct the statements in the flyer or the Student Senate resolution.

"The Gibsons also presented evidence that they had been continually taunted and harassed for many months, that their business and property had been vandalized, and that Grandpa Gibson had broken his back after an encounter with someone he believed was trying to harass him or break into his apartment," Carr wrote, adding that the appeals court "cannot conclude that reasonable minds could only conclude that this conduct failed to rise to the level of extreme and outrageous."

Oberlin College had also requested a new trial, a request Miraldi denied.

In its appeal, it argued Miraldi gave the jury bad instructions about libel, improperly excluded evidence and should have reduced compensatory damages.

The appeals court disagreed, saying Miraldi properly instructed the jury.

Oberlin College failed to cite any legal authority to support different jury instructions, didn't give Miraldi grounds for its objection and forfeited its right to raise the issue in a motion for a new trial or on appeal, Carr wrote.

Miraldi also properly kept testimony about the shoplifting incident that led to the protest out of the civil trial, the appeals court ruled.

The jury originally awarded the Gibsons

ages — which the appeals court ruled it did not.

The appeals court "will not make an argument for Oberlin" on that matter, Carr wrote.

The Gibsons' argument that punitive monetary damages didn't go far enough toward punishing Oberlin College for damaging their reputation and the reputation of the bakery was flawed because the family didn't establish a constitutional right to "a particular degree of punitive damages."

The Ohio Supreme Court has held that defendants subject to punitive damages also have a right to fairness "which requires that they receive notice of the severity of the penalty the state may impose for their conduct," Carr wrote.

The Gibsons "failed to establish" that caps on punitive damages "infringed on their constitutional

rights," she wrote.

The five-week trial in 2019 was extended by a sixth week for arguing motions, involved 33 witnesses, 32 depositions taken by the college, and 33 motions by the college that the Gibsons and their lawyers had to respond to, according to the bakery's attorneys.

The Gibsons' attorneys spent 14,417 hours on the case, at an average hourly rate of $290, according to testimony in the case, and Miraldi ordered the college to pay them more than $6.2 million in fees.

His calculation also was based on the skills of the attorneys involved, the time and labor involved and the difficulty of the issues in the case, he said, and the appeals court agreed.

Plakas said David Gibson, who died in November 2019 after battling cancer, had worried the college would wait him and his father out until they died. Grandpa Gibson died Feb. 12.

Plakas said he also was concerned but "recognized that for the judges to give it the attention it deserved, it would take longer than usual" for a decision to be made on the appeals.

"Ultimately the decision of a court generally outlives all of us and I think the Gibsons, as I indicated, are looking at this decision somewhere from a place high above us. In that regard, I'm glad the judges took the time the case deserved," Plakas said.

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LEGALS PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on March 7, 2022.

The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Breanna Dull @ 204-2050 (Breanna_Dull@cityoflorain. org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

Resolution 16-22 Rec & commending the Longfellow Middle School Robotics team for their success at the Vex Robotic Competition. 17-22 Rec, celebrating & declaring March as “Irish Heritage Month”. 1822 Rec & declaring April as “Fair Housing Month”. Ordinance 34-22 Denying the recommendation of Planning Commission to rezone 1154 W. 17th St from B-2 to R-3.

35-22 Approving the Chief of Police to accept the award from the 2021-2022 Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor Grant from Ohio AG. 36-22 Approving the Chief of Police to accept the award from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, Ohio Dept of Public Safety. 37-22* Auth the S/S Director to enter into an agrmt to purchase 2 Daikin Chillers, installed w/o bid n/t/e $87,030.

38-22 Amending Ch. 1701.05 of the City of Lorain Codified Ordinances. 39-22* Auth & directing the S/S Director to procure park pavilions from Snider Recreation to enhance community parks. 40-22 Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract w/ highest rated & ranked prof engineering firm for prof services related to E 36th St rehab project. 41-22* Auth & directing the S/S Director to enter into a 1-year

software maintenance agreement w/ Tyler Technologies for Logos Software System 42-22* Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract for the provision of Engineering services w/ Osborn Engineering to conduct a structural hazard assessment of the St. Joe’s Parking Lot. 43-22 Auth the S/S Director to enter into a professional services agrmt w/ Wickens, Herzer, Panza for legal services. 44-22* Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract w/ Vasu Communications to purchase 60 portable radios, 2 multibank chargers & 15 spare batteries for LPD. 45-22* Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract w/ Vasu Communications to purchase & install radio communication system & infrastructure upgrades. 46-22* Auth City to submit request to State Transportation Bond fund program for issuance and sale by the State of OH bonds in max amt of $5.5M to refund bonds for street improvements. 4722* Appropriation. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

L.C.C.G. 3/31; 4/7/22 20699453 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO THE REPLACEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE CITY OF LORAIN WATER DISTRIBUTION PARKING LOT Sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, April 15, 2022 Lorain time, Engineering Department, Lorain City Hall 4th Floor.

TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: 11:15 AM, April 15, 2022 Lorain time, City of Lorain Council Chambers, Lorain City Hall 1st Floor.

COMPLETION DATE: July 15, 2022

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port for the courageous Ukrainian people and protested Putin’s authoritarianism, legislators are close to passing a bill that seems ripped from his own playbook. House Republicans approved HB 109, an anti-protest measure, on Feb. 16. The legislation mirrors how other Republican-controlled states have responded to the rallies ignited by George Floyd’s murder in 2020.

While its authors suggest that their measure would not limit speech or assembly, the Ohio bill bears an uncomfortable resemblance to those measures now being used to arrest protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

If this seems like an exaggeration, consider what the legislation, now in committee in the Ohio Senate, would do. As in Russia, the bill increases the long-term consequences for a number of vaguely defined protest activities.

It targets “unauthorized” demonstrations and turns “petty hooliganism” into a serious crime. The measure would authorize the seizing of assets and shutting down organizations for those who engage in constitutionally protected speech, while allowing police to bankrupt people who make “false complaints” against them without specifying who decides what is “false.”

HB 109 also creates a cluster of new protestlinked felonies including “riot assault,” “riot vandalism” and “bias motivated intimidation,” while heightening existing criminal penalties for offenses including disorderly conduct and vandalism.

“Disorderly conduct,” for example, would become a felony if it occurred during “a riot.” And what, exactly, is a riot? According to the Ohio Revised Code, if four people, for example, block traffic at a demonstration,

it can be labeled a riot.

Protesters would then be subject to felony charges which, as in Russia, can carry life-long consequences impacting everything from voting rights to finding employment.

Most alarmingly, the measure could transform protesters into terrorists, targeting not only protesters but also those who knowingly provide “material support or resources” intended to support the carrying out of a riot, a provision normally used against terroristic activity.

It remains unclear how this law would be applied once passed. It is its very vagueness, with its emphasis on draconian consequences, which calls attention to the bill’s actual intent: to discourage protests and protesters, not necessarily to win at court.

As Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas School of Law, recently noted

regarding similarly radical legislation flying through Republican legislatures across the country, “What’s ominous and scary is that if they work even a little, even the fact that they're part of public discourse, they've done a ton of damage to our constitutional system."

Ohio already has laws on the books designed to punish violence and prevent property destruction. We’d be wise to oppose additional measures that, under the guise of defending speech and public safety, would end up making Columbus feel more like Moscow.

Steven Volk is professor of history emeritus at Oberlin College. In 2011 he was named U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support for a heartbeat bill To the editor: With all that is going on in the world, we cannot lose sight of other important issues, like life.

The Texas Heartbeat Act allows a private civil lawsuit, for damages with a minimum of $10,000 plus costs, to be brought against anyone who encourages or aids in an abortion when the baby’s heartbeat or cardiac activity is detectable or at about six weeks of baby development.

The Texas Heartbeat Act represents a novel, clever and far-reaching pro-life approach that has been allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court to become effective and has already substantially decreased the number of abortions performed in Texas since Sept. 1.

The recently introduced Ohio House Bill 480 that is currently in committee mirrors the Texas Heartbeat Act and passage now would have a dramatic effect on the 20,000 abortions that are routinely performed in Ohio each year. To save as many children’s lives as possible, Ohio legislators need to be encouraged to enact HB 480 or similar legislation now and take timely advantage of this new approach regardless of what eventually happens months from now when a Supreme Court decision is made on Roe vs. Wade. Save the children!

Tomie Patton President, Avon/Avon Lake Republican Club

What to do about gas prices?

States the effort to develop alternative sources of energy won’t really be accelerated until the oil dries up and the Saudis place solar cells all across their desert and then sell us the electricity.

Joe Bialek

Put Kobasher on the bench To the editor: Melissa Kobasher is the best choice for voters in the Democratic primary election for judge in the General Division of Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Currently, all of the Judges in this division are men but with an open seat, it is time to consider a woman to help balance the bench.

Fortunately, Mellissa Kobasher is the best-qualified candidate. Melissa has earned valuable experience, serving as a magistrate in the General Division for over five years.

The attorneys who practice in this court gave Melissa the highest score for this race in an independent poll of the Lorain County Bar Association membership.

As a working mother of two, Melissa knows the importance of being firm but fair, while keeping our neighborhoods safe.

I became familiar with Melissa’s work before I retired as a magistrate two years ago and was always impressed by her work ethic and her collegiality. Please consider Melissa Kobasher for judge. Balance the bench.

Jack Kilroy, attorney

To the editor: What is the difference between what a public non-profit utility company provides and what a private for-profit oil company provides? After all they both sell energy to all United States citizens.

The difference is that natural gas and electricity are sold in the form of a public good whereas oil is sold in the form of a private good. Accordingly, on the grounds of promoting national security, Congress should convert all oil companies to utility companies. This would eliminate the windfall profits and force the oil industry to earn just enough income to cover operating expenses just as natural gas and electric utility companies are required to do.

The resulting drop in gasoline prices would further stimulate the economy and lighten the energy stranglehold upon the United States by the Middle East. It would also eliminate the influence of the oil lobby. In this case, desperate times call for deliberate measures.

But as pathetic as the energy policy is in the United

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Queen of parades For 51 years, Rice has made Memorial Day memorable JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — As a kid, Gerri Rice rode her bike each year in the Amherst Memorial Day parade organized by her father, World War II veteran Mort Plato.

When she turned 16 in 1971, he handed his daughter the keys to a car and drafted her into service, chauffeuring veterans who had a hard time marching.

“That was the start,” Rice said. “There was no question about it — I could drive, so I was helping.

And I’ve loved it ever since.”

Plato turned over much more than just the keys in 1999. He tasked Rice with carrying on the Memorial Day parade tradition, and she’s organized it for the

Gerri Rice 23 years since, bringing her total involvement past the half-century mark.

Amherst City Council gave Rice an ovation on Monday, March 28 for her decades of service, and unanimously approved a resolution naming her the recipient of the 2022 Community Service Award.

“Amherst is very fortu-

nate. I know we all appreciate the level of volunteerism that exists,” said Councilman Chuck Winiarski, who has been part of Rice’s parade street team each year since 2008.

He praised her for managing a small army of helpers that help not just veterans, but also thousands of summer baseball and softball league players line up and make the trek from the city’s historic Cleveland Avenue cemetery to Town Hall each May. “It’s all about heart. She honestly loves this city, and her heart is in everything she does here,” said Mayor Mark Costilow, adding that Rice also fills in at his office when administrative assistant Jami Anderson is away.

Over the years, Rice has also run parades for the Main Street Amherst’s annual Miracle on Main Street celebration, as well as the long-gone Old Time Jamboree.

About two decades ago, she was also behind Amherst’s sesquicentennial parade as the city marked its 150th anniversary, said Winiarski.

He said Rice has also maintained the sandstone bandstand in front of Town Hall.

“I don’t think there’s a municipal building anywhere here that hasn’t benefited from her expertise,” he said.

The Memorial Day parade, sometimes featuring 300 vehicles, is by far the largest undertaking.

Rice said it takes an entire year to plan the line-up, honors for those who died defending their country and keynote speakers.

“Once you do one of these parades, you’re in it for a long, long time,” she said. “It’s a great city to work in and be part of. And I plan to stay here for a long time until somebody takes it away from me.”

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She is concerned about the numerous fruit orchards found in the Amherst area, and has asked owners to conduct checks on their properties to protect apples, pears and berry crops.

Chanon said there are also tree-ofheaven stands spread throughout the Lorain County Metro Parks, which are taking steps to protect their trees.

Metro Parks Director Jim Ziemnik has been through gypsy moth and emerald ash borer infestations, and said he’s taking this situation seriously, too. He has ordered park managers to be on the lookout for suspected lanternfly eggs.

That process starts at the Beaver Creek Reservation and Hollstein Reservation in Amherst, but includes all other parks across the county, he said.

“This thing can be pretty aggressive. Once it gets in there, it’s hard to control,” said Ziemnik.

Tree-of-heaven “is pretty expendable,” he said. If evidence of the lanternfly is found, he said rangers will skip chemical spraying and cut down those trees, which themselves are considered invasive.

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Amherst Easter egg hunt

The Amherst Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, April 16 at Maude Neiding Park on Cleveland Avenue.

The event is sponsored by the Amherst Lions and Leo clubs. The Easter Bunny is scheduled to arrive at the park at 10:30 a.m., with egg hunts beginning at 11 a.m. for children ages 10 and under. There will be separate areas for toddlers to age 3, ages 4-6 and ages 7-10.

Parking at Maude Neiding is limited, so plan to either arrive early or park nearby and walk. Used, unwanted eyeglasses will also be accepted by the Lions for recycling.

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The Firelands Band Boosters’ annual pancake breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 17 at the South Amherst fire station. The band will do the cooking. There will be a 50-50 raffle and basket raffles, with all proceeds going to the Firelands instrumental music department.

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The Amherst Garden Club will meet Thursday, April 7 at the Amherst Historical Society, 113 South Lake St. A social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a presentation on house plants at 7 p.m. The evening will include plant sale planning. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call Gina Welch at (440) 759-2314.

Main Street Amherst will hold a basket bingo fundraiser Sunday, April 10 at the Amherst Eagles, 1161 Milan Ave. Doors open at noon and the first game will be at 1 p.m.

There will be 13 games, including a Chinese raffle, 50-50 raffle and instants. There will also be lunch and a cash bar.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased at Olde Town Pizza, Sandstone Candle Works, by Venmo at @ MSAmherst #2933 or at www.mainstreetamherst.org.

JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Tests have confirmed that egg masses found along the railroad tracks that run through Amherst belong to the spotted lanternfly, a pest that destroys grapes, fruit orchards and any number of tree species.

That makes Lorain County the third in Ohio behind Jefferson and Cuyahoga where infestations of the insect have been discovered.

Looking like muddy clumps, the egg masses were discovered in an Amherst tree-of-heaven patch in midFebruary, according to Ann Chanon, agriculture and natural resources educator at the Ohio State University Extension Office in Elyria.

Officials had hoped the eggs would be duds, she said — “Unfortunately, they all hatched.”

About 50 spotted lanternfly egg masses were discovered at the initial site. Ohio Department of Agriculture workers spread out, searching a tenth of a mile at a time, looking for more.

“The good news is that it appears it’s fairly limited,” said Chanon.

Spotted lanternflies are native to Asia, and were first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014. Since then, they’ve spread to Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia and now Ohio.

They first made their way into the state two years ago at Mingo Junction on the West Virginia border. Chanon said it’s believed they were carried by a train carrying trash from New Jersey.

Railways have been the main way the insects have spread in Ohio, she said, calling them “good hitchhikers.”

Others were found at rest stops along Interstate 70.

Now the state is targeting Interstate 71, Interstate 77 and the Ohio Turnpike for trapping this year to try to control the spread, she said.

“We are most concerned with our grapes as a host, because they can kill

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Egg sacks look like small clumps of mud, and blend in well against wood, rocks, rusty metal, fences, vehicles, train cars and walls. They can be laid on just about any flat surface, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

After hatching the spotted lanternflyy goes through stages in which it first appears black with white spots, and gradually morphs to be red with white dots and black stripes before going to its full moth-like phase.

They feed on a stems and leaves, bleeding sap and killing trees within a couple of years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has labeled them “a serious economic threat” to the grape, fruit tree and timber industries. Ohio law designates them a “destructive plant pest” and puts restrictions on anyone traveling from an infested county with items such as branches, nursery stock, firewood, logs and other outdoor items.

Anyone who finds a suspected egg cluster is asked to call the Ohio Department of Agriculture at (614) 728-6400 or make an online report at www. tinyurl.com/SpottedLanternflyLC.

Amherst police have announced that their once-annual Bike Rodeo and Safety Awareness Day will make a comeback this year after being canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 18 at the south parking lot of Marion L. Steele High School on Washington Avenue.

Join police staff and their friends from the Amherst Fire Department and LifeCare Ambulance to learn about bike safety, take part in an obstacle course and sign up for a chance to win a new bike. Be sure to take your bike and proper safety equipment, including helmets, knee and elbow pads. For more information, call Sgt. Jacob Perez at (440) 988-2625.

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The Rotary Club of Oberlin’s 2022 All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 at Oberlin Elementary School, 210 North Park St. The cost is $6 per person. Kids ages 5 and under eat free.

Tickets can be purchased at the door; by check to the Rotary Club of Oberlin, P.O. Box 123, Oberlin, OH 44074; or via VENMO. Proceeds will support the new Oberlin Safety Town, which is being built in collaboration between the school system, Lorain County JVS and Rotary Club.

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They called for an independent audit of the college’s finances, and questioned why some faculty are struggling when the institution has a $1 billion endowment.

“We see this issue as a communal fight because it affects all of us,” said Izzy Sanchez of the Oberlin Student Labor Action Coalition.

The group’s members took turns reading a long list of demands. It ranged from the enforcement of anti-harassment policies to ending outsourcing, expanding financial aid for low-income students and beefing up staffing from the dining hall to classrooms.

Students were especially critical of the college’s Board of Trustees, saying it acts secretively and demanding full transcripts of its meetings. They also said students, faculty and staff should have elected representation on the board.

As each demand was read, cheers rose from a crowd that gathered in front of Wilder Hall. It included several professors that stepped forward to give their opinions, including Yveline Alexis, associate professor of Africana studies and comparative American studies.

She thanked SLAC for talking about “how we’re all mistreated, all overworked” and said other colleges are “paying people for their overwork during the pandemic.”

“We’re going to shut this s*** down,” Alexis told students through a megaphone.

“We will get paid.”

Matthew Senior, chair of the French and Italian department and president of Oberlin’s American Association of University Professors chapter, alleged that austerity measures were deliberately designed to lay off 108 union workers at Oberlin College in 2020 and to weaken the bargaining position of remaining staff.

The AAUP is fighting to keep class sizes small and hire the best professors possible, but does not have the college’s cooperation. He called Ohio a “battleground state” and said Oberlin is a “battleground college” in the fight for academic freedom.

“The news unfortunately right now is we’re on the brink of failing,” said German professor Peter Woods.

Faculty are leaving and the college isn’t

offering enough in terms of compensation to win new hires, he said, claiming many departments are understaffed.

Woods said he hasn’t gotten an offer letter yet to return next year, and wonders whether he is also on the chopping block.

Those fighting for better conditions on campus are not against the college, but for it, said Woods. They are fighting hard because they want Oberlin to be a better place to learn and work.

English professor DeSales Harrison said students shouldn’t have to worry about faculty and staff salaries: “It’s beautiful that you do,” he told the crowd.

“It would be a huge relief to the trustees if you would just shut up and do your job of being students,” he said.

Also throwing its support behind college employees was the board of the 1833 Just Transition Fund, an alumni group held back $170,000 in donations that would have gone to the college. Instead, the group sent that money to custodial and maintenance workers who lost their jobs in 2020.

“We have watched in dismay as Oberlin’s board and administration have turned away from the college’s historical dedication to social justice and turned toward austerity and corporate values,” said a letter from the 1833 Just Transition Fund that was read by SLAC members. “We have seen Oberlin betray the foundational values that led so many of us to come here and to continue to support it financially.

That financial support is in question for many of us.”

The Oberlin Student Labor Action Coalition said the rally was meant not just to support full-time workers, but to fight for what student employees deserve.

That includes a $15 per hour campuswide minimum wage for students.

Sophomore Dani Jimenez said she has been a teaching assistant at $9 per hour and a piano teacher at $8 per hour for the college, and neither rate was enough.

“The pay is not sufficient for it to be worth the hours you have to put in,” she said.

Oberlin College Director of Media Relations Scott Wargo declined comment on the student demands.

He referred to a March 23 statement that announced a compensation study “that will help ensure compensation that is competitive, equitable and financially sustainable for the long term.”

In the past four years, the college has given raises of 2 percent and 3.25 percent, as well as a 2 percent non-base increase, it said.

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LaMacchia challenges WHS Class of ‘77 JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — Dan LaMacchia has gifted $5,000 to The Spirit of ‘76 Museum, and he’s willing to double it if his classmates also come through.

He’s issued a patriotic challenge to fellow members of the Wellington High School Class of 1977: Raise another $5,000 by the Fourth of July, and he’ll match it.

If they’re successful, the local history museum on Angelo Angel | Wellington Enterprise Route 58 will have $15,000 toward restoration of muBecky Norton of The Spirit of ‘76 Museum shows a picture of Ray LaMacchia shaking rals created by famed 19th century artist Archibald hands with President Gerald Ford in 1976 Willard. for the country’s bicentennial.

Secretary Barbara Leiby said LaMacchia has been good to the Southern Lorain County Historical Society, which operates the museum.

Now a Columbus area financial advisor, LaMacchia grew up in town, she said.

His father, Ray, was president of The Spirit of ‘76 Museum during the nation’s bicentennial, and proudly took several Willard paintings on a tour across the United States.

The “New Spirit of Wellington” tour showcased the museum’s namesake painting, which shows Revolutionary War drummers and a fifer on the march across a battlefield.

Becky Norton, who serves as vice president of today’s

museum board, said the elder LaMacchia ended up with the collection in Washington, D.C., where he shook hands with President Gerald Ford. A photograph commemorating the bicentennial meeting with Ford is prized to this day.

Dan LaMacchia recently saw several videos Norton posted online about the restoration of three murals Willard made circa 1874 and 1875, as America was preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary. They were commissioned by the Bellefontaine Masonic Lodge about the same time Willard was painting ‘The Spirit of ‘76,’ she said.

He wanted to help pay for the stabilization and

framing of a mural showing King Solomon’s temple.

“It got him thinking about his dad and how important the museum is to him,” Norton said. “This is a way of honoring his dad and the work he did for the museum.”

So LaMacchia set the July 4 deadline — an appropriate date for the occasion, said Leiby — and challenged his high school classmates to help preserve local history.

Anyone can donate via PayPal using a link found at www.thespiritof76museum. org or by sending checks to The Spirit of ’76 Museum, P.O. Box 76, Wellington, OH 44090, with “Class of 1977” in the memo line.

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Larry Amato of the Lorain County Veterans Service Commission speaks to those gathered during a ceremony at the Lorain County Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Pain of Vietnam remains fresh JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Thirteen of Gary Garner’s classmates from Brookside High School never returned home from Vietnam.

Tears slowly rolled down his cheeks last Tuesday afternoon as the U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade veteran stood on North Lake Street in Amherst, in front of the memorial to the 98 Lorain County men who died in the war.

“It doesn’t help to try to block it out,” Garner said. “The more you come out and talk to other veterans about what you went through, the better it is. It still doesn’t make it easy, though.”

Hundreds joined in quiet reflec-

tion in front of the county memorial to observe National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Established by Congress in 2017, it is celebrated each March 29. The holiday marks the date almost a half-century ago in 1973 that the last combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam.

“We are compelled to never forget that while we enjoy our daily pleasures, there are those who have paid the ultimate price,” said John Gelenius of Amherst American Legion Post 118.

In addition to the names on the Lorain County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, there are others whose lives were cut short because of the war.

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OBERLIN — The former Eastwood Elementary School may be rezoned, paving the way for it to be purchased by Oberlin College.

The city’s Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to recommend changing the 2-acre property on East College Street from R-1 to R-2 zoning.

That would keep the land residential, but allow it to be used for office, classroom and storage space.

“I suggest what’s in the best interests of Oberlin is to have the school occupied,” said Planning Commission member Deb Barman. “And even if that’s 10 years, 5 years, that’s a better situation for everybody than to let an asset, a public asset, sit there.”

It doesn’t take long for vacant buildings to deteriorate, she said.

Commission member Bill Miller said Oberlin College needs “swing space” during its $140 million geothermal conversion project. As buildings are converted to the new heating and cooling system, it will need to temporarily relocate staff and classes.

But there’s nothing temporary about plans to occupy Eastwood, said city Planning and Development Director Carrie Porter. Citing Oberlin College Chief Facilities Officer Kevin Brown, she said the old school would be in use for about a decade.

Unclear about the scope of the college’s plans, Miller asked Law Director Jon Clark whether the city could grant R-2 zoning for only a short window before it reverts.

“There’s really no such thing as a temporary rezoning,” Clark said.

R-2 opens the door to the college, but also to hospitals, private clubs and lodges, nursing homes, doctor offices, professional office buildings and two-family housing, per Oberlin’s zoning codes.

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PITTSFIELD TWP. — A 14-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister were arrested after a lockdown at the Lorain County Joint Vocational School on Friday afternoon.

At 2:16 p.m., the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by school resource officer Deputy David Walker about a 14-yearold Pathways to Success student who may have had a handgun in his backpack.

Walker met with the student already on the bus with his 12-year-old sister. Walker said the boy resisted Walker’s attempts

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to search his backpack, and while the pair struggled, the sister attacked Walker and had to be restrained by the school principal. She then began assaulting the principal, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Once both students were detained, Walker searched the boy’s bag and found a .22-caliber firearm. It was not loaded, but ammunition was in the backpack, along with suspected marijuana.

There are 27 students at Pathways to Success on a given day, and none of them reported to staff that they were threatened or saw the gun, according to the release.

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Camp Invention coming to Lorain County

VIETNAM

FROM B1 Among them is Mike Benge of Sheffield Lake, who ran gun trucks for the Army in Vietnam. He was Garner’s classmate at Brookside, and Garner stood as best man at his wedding — not long after, Benge went to the hospital.

Just weeks later, Benge died of Agent Orange poisoning. Doctors said there was nothing they could do to save his life.

Garner, who worked on Huey and Cobra gunship choppers in 1970, said he was also exposed to the herbicide the military used to defoliate forests in hopes of rooting out Viet Cong forces. He lost a kidney and his prostate, and suffers any number of horrific side effects.

Though Garner was medical cleared just recently, he said he believes Agent Orange will ultimately be responsible for his death.

“I believe sooner or later, it’s going to get me,” he said, and after a long pause added, “I don’t dwell on it.”

For now, he’s keeping busy by offering military rites for fallen broth-

ABOVE LEFT: The Rev. Rick Young sings the National Anthem.

ABOVE RIGHT: Mike Simpson of the Disabled Veterans of America offers up a prayer. ers and sisters in arms; these days, there are too many, Garner said.

In recent years, he’s escorted the remains of close to 100 service members to their final resting places, including Navy Fleet Marine Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton Soviak of Berlin Heights, who was killed last September in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan.

As chaplain of Avon Lake American Legion Post 211, he planned to travel Wednesday morning to Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman to see another veteran laid to rest.

Larry Amato, who served as a senior chief petty officer in the Navy, is now deputy director of the Lorain County Veterans Service Commission. In a speech, he paid tribute to all the men and women who served in uniform during the Vietnam era, whether at home, in Germany, aboard ship or in the thick of the fighting.

Amato said he’s tried hard to

understand what it was like to serve during the war that divided Americans like no other.

“I can only imagine how difficult it would be to navigate some of those issues and challenges,” he told Vietnam veterans — many were drafted, and few were welcomed home with gratitude.

When he returned from deployment in the Middle East, Amato found ranks upon ranks of veterans waiting to greet his plane, he remembered.

“I knew they wanted to make certain we received what they didn’t,” he said.

Garner was among those warned not to wear their uniforms when returning from Vietnam. He said he took the advice and wore civilian clothes to avoid protests.

That’s a reason why today he volunteers to meet veterans flying in, and make sure the first faces they see are friendly ones that understand exactly what they’ve been through, and what they’ve sacrificed.

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Children in kindergarten through sixth grade can tap into their natural curiosity this summer and use their creativity to solve problems at Camp Invention.

The nonprofit enrichment program is coming to several area schools: • Nord Middle School in Amherst the week of June 6-10.

• Black River Elementary School the week of June 6-10.

• Vermilion Elementary School the week of June 6-10.

• Firelands Elementary School the week of June 13-17.

A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.

It also aims to help kids build confidence, leadership, perseverance and resourcefulness and encourages entrepreneurship — all in a fun and engaging environment.

This year, offerings will include: • Robotic Aquatics — Children will dive into cutting-edge ocean research as they adopt their own aquatic animals, design and patent aquatic plants and take their new friend home in a mini tank.

• The Attic: Campers will combine science and art to build their own robotic artist, engage in design thinking, make spin art and learn how inventions can change the way people create.

• Spacecation: Children will discover real space exploration technology when they create spacepacks and astro-arm devices, mine an asteroid and observe erupting ice volcanoes.

• Marble Arcade: Campers will experiment with the fun of physics, engineering and gaming as they design, build and test their own mega marble arcades.

All local Camp Invention programs are facilitated and taught by certified educators who reside and teach in the community.

For more information or to register, visit invent.org/camp.

Oberlin library board meeting

The Oberlin Public Library board of trustees will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

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FROM B1 All of the surrounding parcels are zoned R-1, which only allows for single-family homes, public parks, public schools, houses of worship, agriculture and accessory buildings.

The Oberlin City Schools have no further use for Eastwood after opening the new Oberlin Elementary School on its Prospect Street campus this past fall.

Treasurer Robert Rinehart said most of the 38,483-square-foot building’s contents have been auctioned off, and the school has been emptied of all but “a few old chairs.”

He’s been working on a deal that would gives Oberlin College the former Eastwood in exchange for another unspecified property. If City Council now follows through on the Planning Commission’s rezoning recommendation, it would help seal the deal, Rinehart said.

City staff have already conducted a site inspection of the property and had no objections, according to public documents.

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Pathways to Success and the Lorain County Joint Vocational School was briefly on lockdown while the situation was cleared. Pathways to Success, a separate school run by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County, leases a building on JVS property and shares buses with JVS students.

In a statement, Lorain County JVS said its staff were contacted by Pathways staff to report a rumor that a boy on the Avon bus had a weapon.

The boy was charged with inducing panic and carrying a concealed weapon, both third-degree felonies; assault on a police officer, a fifth-degree felony; and possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor.

The girl was charged with assault on a police officer, a third-degree felony; assault, a fifth-degree felony; and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.

Both were taken to the Lorain County Detention Home, pending a hearing with a juvenile magistrate.

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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.

Earth Day 5K is April 16

Photos by Angelo Angel | Amherst News-Times

The Comets girls cross country runners served up pancake breakfasts Sunday morning to hungry fans at Marion L. Steele High School in their annual spring fundraiser, which featured an appearance by the Easter Bunny.

TOP: Angelina Williams and Kathrine Low serve up pancakes and sausages. LEFT: Michael and Jamie Giurbino hold their granddaughter, Sophia Cintron, as she reaches for the Easter Bunny’s nose.

‘There’s a whole world out there’

The city of Oberlin’s 2022 Earth Day 5K will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16 on Tappan Square.

The run is open to all ages. Registration is $20 before April 14 and $25 the day of the race. To sign up, visit www.tinyurl. com/2022EarthDay5K. There will be awards in all divisions. T-shirts will be given to the first 100 registrants.

See ‘Night Town’ at Lindley

The Wellington High School Drama Club and Community Theater will present “Night Town” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 7-9 at the Patricia Lindley Center for the Performing Arts, 627 North Main St., Wellington.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased at the box office. They are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors or students. Cash or check only.

The story: Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the living room of her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. Her husband tries to comfort her, but when he steps away for a moment Elaine screams as she sees the body of a dead man in the window across the way.

But with no evidence and no one who believes her, the suspense deepens in this mystery-thriller.

Wellington celebrates Easter

An Easter egg hunt will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 on the Wellington village square. In the event of rain, it will be held inside Town Hall.

The event is sponsored by Main Street Wellington.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visit with the Easter Bunny at Cherished Creations, 105 East Herrick Ave. An egg decorating contest will be held at First United Methodist Church.

Spring rummage sale

The annual spring rummage and bake sale at First Congregational Church in Sullivan will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 8 and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 9.

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Amherst students kayaked, zip-lined and visited rainforests on a spring break trip to Costa Rica.

Steele teens visit rainforests on trip to Costa Rica during spring break JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — What is the loudest land animal in the world?

Kendra Shimrock and Aiden Workman know the answer is the howler monkey, because they got up close and personal with the little primates over spring break.

The junior and freshman were part of Marion L. Steele High School’s 12-student expedition to Costa Rica, where they explored rainforests, soaked in hot springs, visited Arenal volcano, rode horses in the mountains and experiencing the country’s food, language and hospitality.

Lisa Volzer, chair of the foreign language department, said the nine-day cultural exchange was a first for the Amherst Schools.

When she asked Principal Joe Tellier to allow an international trip, he jumped at the chance.

“I wanted them to find that outside of Amherst, outside of Cleveland, there’s a world out there,” Volzer said.

Costa Rica was chosen because it’s in the same hemisphere, many of its residents speak English in addition to Spanish, the U.S. dollar is widely accepted, it is considered extremely safe and has both a rich history and

an abundance of natural resources.

Some 25 percent of the country — nearly 20,000 square miles — is either national park or protected reserves.

Amherst students visited three rainforests, where they heard the howler monkeys shrieking. They also saw toucans, snakes, iguanas, macaws, squirrel monkeys, poison dart frogs, coati, crocodiles and basilisks.

A highlight of the trip for Shimrock was planting her own avocado tree, “just to help the rainforest.”

Her favorite part of the experience was “just stopping and listening to the sounds, it was so beautiful.

You heard all the animals, the birds,” she said.

At a mile above sea level, the Santa Elena Cloud Forest wrapped students in mist, said Workman. He talked reverently about seeing so many types of animals and vegetation under the canopy, all competing for sunlight.

He was awed by the continental divide at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, the clear line where on one side weather patterns and plant life depend on the Caribbean Sea, and on the other the Pacific Ocean.

Workman was also struck by how many Costa Ricans live. The country is comparable in size to West

Virginia, and its population of 5 million is centered in the capital, San Jose.

It was there that Workman, a big soccer fan, got to hear cheers coming from the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica as the national team defeated Canada 1-0 in World Cup qualifying action.

Workman said he saw that Costa Ricans are extremely hard-working during the day. But at night, especially when there’s a futbol match, the streets become a big party with singing and instruments.

Amherst students didn’t spend long in any one spot — they hopped around the country, zip-lining, kayaking and enjoying the food.

A memorable experience was riding a public bus with standing room only, said students, and they commented on the nation’s many gravel roads, winding up mountainsides.

They also noticed that Costa Ricans tend not to have home addresses — mail is typically delivered to “the yellow house down the way from the corner” instead of a street number.

Shimrock said her one regret was not being able to venture inside a school to see how Costa Rican students learn. COVID-19 restrictions, which are much tighter there and have proven much more effective, prevented a school visit.

“We had to be very care-

ful and keep them safe, more than ourselves,” said Shimrock, reflecting on the nation’s ubiquitous maskwearing policy. “I think they showed a little more care for their people.”

The spring break trip was planned in 2019, said Volzer. Two days before students were supposed to depart in 2020, the world closed as COVID reared its head.

After a two-year wait, she said the adventure lived up to every expectation.

“Traveling opens your eyes to everything,” Volzer said. “It was just fun to see (students) learn and realize the world out there is so much more.”

A Fourth of July organizational meeting will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 11 at Main Street Wellington, 118 West Herrick Ave. Organizations, businesses and community members interested in helping put on Wellington’s July 4 events are welcome to attend. Main Street is coordinating the 2022 Independence Day celebration after the dissolution of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, which previously planned and collected funding. An ice cream social and Patriots Symphonic Band concert are being planned for July 3, with fireworks the next evening.

“Many of us have struggled the past two years with the COVID pandemic and are now challenged by inflation,” said Jenny Arntz, director of Main Street Wellington. “Despite the loss and pain, we have seen the beauty of collaboration and resilience of the community that has helped others in greater need. What better way to celebrate the positives than on the 3rd and 4th of July with music, fireworks, games, food and fellowship?”

Quilters to hold annual show

The Penfield Quilters will hold their 9th annual quilt show from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 at the LaGrange municipal building, 301 Liberty St. View the many colorful quilt created by club members, including those that were worked on as a group. A boutique offering quilted and sewn items will be available. There will also be a handmade quilt raffled; tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Veterans attending can also enter a drawing for a valor quilt made by Julie Ferriman.

Attendees can take their own quilts to show off. Be sure to attach a label with information about the creation.

Admission is free. Donations to Well-Help’s food pantry will be accepted at the door. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Penfield Quilters Lap Quilt Ministry, which provides comforting quilts to people in the community.

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Learn to use newspapers to trace family histories

The Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society will meet online at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 11.

"Using Newspapers in Genealogy" will be presented by Diana Crisman Smith. She is a researcher, speaker, writer, teacher and a lay librarian at the Westlake Ohio Family History Center.

The event is open to members and the public. Those interested in watching the presentation should email meetings@ loraincoogs.org to be added to the invitation list and receive the online link.

Republican office-holders and candidates to appear

The Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club will hold a Leaders’ Night meeting on Thursday, April 14 at the Father Ragan Knights of Columbus Hall, 1783 Moore Rd., Avon.

U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, state Sen. Nathan Manning, state Rep Gayle Manning and Rep. Dick Stein will be available starting at 5 p.m.

Candidates will also appear, including John Adams for secretary of state, Kirsten Hill for state senator and Sarah McGervey and Marty Gallagher who are running for the Ohio House.

The cost is $5 for guests.

Relief concert at Warner for Ukraine children

A concert to benefit the children of Ukraine will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 at Warner Concert Hall, 77 West College St., Oberlin.

It will feature performances by Oberlin Conservatory of Music students and singers from Oberlin’s choral programs.

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Recession coming? Economic forum at LCCC forecasts a tough 12-18 months JASON HAWK EDITOR

ELYRIA — Recession looms in the short-term, with the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the United States at the same time the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing new damage to supply chains, according to economist Ned Hill.

The next year to 18 months will likely be hard, said the professor of economic development at Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

His analysis was delivered last Thursday at the Lorain County Economic Forum, held at Lorain County Community College’ Spitzer Conference Center.

The event went forward with increased security, even though classes have gone online through Sunday due to a recent string of bomb threats.

Hill, the forum’s keynote speaker, said the U.S. economy is in a bind.

“Employment and the job market is the hardest we’ve seen since before the Great Recession,” he said, and employers are having a hard time recruiting and keeping workers.

The country braced for a major economic blow in 2020 due to lockdowns in the early phase of the pandemics, but escaped. Inflation has caught up, increasing by 8 percent over the past year as of Feb. 1, with inflation on consumer goods even higher at 12 percent.

“Inflation’s real,” Hill said. “It’s here.

And the scary part is the longer it stays is the more it’s going to build itself into wages.”

Restaurants, tourism, hotels and entertainment took the brunt of the hits during the worst of the COVID crisis.

Now sky-high lumber, appliances and gasoline prices are all examples of how families are being hit hard, Hill said.

He didn’t lay $4.11 per gallon prices at the feet of President Joe Biden, but said gas companies capped production, fearing their profits were going to be slammed, and the short supply is instead

the culprit. Those companies didn’t expect the economy to recover as fast as it has and were caught off guard, so now demand is far outpacing supply.

Prices on meat, dairy and eggs have also all jumped at the grocery store, Hill said. The few producers that control the industry haven’t been able to keep workers, and drought in the West has complicated their situation.

Nor have auto makers been able to keep factories rolling at a pre-pandemic pace, with supply chain problems and worker shortages again taking a toll.

Hill said that’s resulted in new car prices rising from around the $30,000 mark closer to $50,000 — which means used cars, also far more expensive, are the only viable option for many buyers.

Housing demand has also outpaced supply, in large part because builders haven’t been construction enough new homes for the past new decade, Hill said. Cities, especially large urban centers, are going to have to consider increasing residential density and try to revive older neighborhoods where property values are lower, he said.

The richest Americans have gotten richer during the pandemic, and federal stimulus checks have helped the lowestincome earners, too, according to Hill.

But he said the middle class is hurting, and that trend has to be reversed.

“Our economic future is up to us. And our economic future is all about playing the long game,” he said — that starts with investing in community development to attract people to Lorain County with better parks, roads, schools and safety.

Economic development will follow once towns attract a workforce, Hill said.

Successful companies will strategically build back better supply chains, lean ones that rely more on domestic production and digital manufacturing, he said.

Sean Richardson, regional president of Huntington National Bank’s Cleveland market, said Lorain County is well-positioned to grow jobs. He labeled it one

of the most vibrant and best-performing markets in the state.

“What’s really driving that, we find, is small businesses,” he said. “It is the backbone of our economy.”

Small businesses are responsible for generating nearly two-thirds of the nation’s net new jobs, and half its economic activity, said Richardson. That’s why Huntington is investing in a new partnership with LCCC to provide loans and training to entrepreneurs.

“We have realized over time that just providing the capital is not enough,” he said.

LCCC President Marcia Ballinger’s eyes are on Intel’s pledge to invest $20 billion in microchip plants in Ohio. It’s expected to bring $100 billion to the state in the next five years in the form of supply and support businesses, she estimated.

“It’s all about the ripple effect,” Ballinger said.

A decade ago, LCCC began preparing for the coming of Ohio’s high-tech economy. The school created its Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center to begin training students in microsystems production-related fields so there would be a workforce for companies such as Intel to tap into.

Ballinger said the digital revolution that started around 2008 was as profound a step as the invention of the printing press. In little more than a decade, it’s completely transformed manufacturing.

Hill said the United States is on the verge of a second Industrial Revolution.

It’s not without its challenges, however. Intel’s move to Ohio is a reaction to earlier missteps, he said.

The price of microchips declined to the point it didn’t make sense to invest more in U.S. plants, so many tech companies moved their operations overseas. Now there’s a microchip shortage.

He sees the situation as evidence of the market at work, and said Ohio will be the beneficiary.

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LORAIN – You could say the Rockin’ on the River concert series is a fast machine and owner Bob Earley keeps the motor clean.

“Quite frankly, last year was the most successful Rockin’ on the River we ever had,” Earley said. “It wasn’t even close. I think a lot of it was the fact that people wanted to get out.

“I also think it’s the fact that the brand Rockin’ on the River has good value.

People know it. They trust the entertainment. You know what you’re going to get.”

The newly announced upcoming 18-date season — featuring gigs by plenty of familiar faces, as well as new acts — was one of the hardest to book due to competition among venues

looking for talent.

“It was very tough,” Earley said. “Our wish list is probably 40 bands that travel the country who are the best of the best. We have to book the headliners

by November at the latest.

It’s really a science.

“Out of everybody that was going to be out this year, one band I’m going to miss is Hollywood Nights.

That’s our Bob Seger band.

We just couldn’t afford them. While that makes it tough, we got just about everything we wanted.”

On the 2022 Rockin’ on the River schedule are Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan Tribute with The Caliber Band on June 10, as well as Slippery When Wet, The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute on July 15.

However, the big announcement for this summer is a star-studded show Earley personally helped create. That would be “A

Night of Music Royalty” scheduled for Sept. 2.

“It’s the biggest show we’ve ever done,” Earley said. “We’re going to call it ‘A Night of Music Royalty’ with tributes to Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Prince. Because there are two bands, it’ll be a nonstop production with no breaks. Just four hours of superstars with six dancers.”

Earley, alongside Lorain Port Authority Board Member Brad Mullins, executive director Tom Brown and assistant director Tiffany McClelland announced the festival’s much-anticipated lineup to a packed room at the Port Authority on March 23.

It was a celebration of the “real” first day of spring in the International City, Brown said, with the second sign of changing weather when the top of the stage goes up in the

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next couple of months.

Looking to 2022, for the second straight year Northeast Ohio’s popular outdoor event kicks off Memorial Day weekend with popular Dirty Deeds Xtreme AC/DC tribute act performing May 27 in downtown Lorain’s Black River Landing.

Each show last year averaged roughly 7,000 people in attendance with Wish You Were Here, The Sight & Sound of Pink Floyd, Queen Nation and 7 Bridges — The Ultimate Eagles Experience attracting more than 10,000 music lovers.

Despite the fact Rockin’ on the River is getting bigger and bigger in Lorain County, Earley said attendees won’t be gouged. All prices, including beer, will stay the same, he told fans.

“We didn’t raise prices on anything for this year’s Rockin’ on the River,” Earley said. “The one thing we always want to make sure we do, kids are always free at our events.”

Gates for Rockin’ on the River series at Black River Landing open at 5:30 p.m.

The first band goes on at 6:15 p.m. with the concert ending at 11 p.m. The cost is $7 per show (unless otherwise noted).

Calling Black River Landing home for the better part of the last decade, Earley said the popular spring and concert series is in the perfect location – thanks to the heart in the city and county.

“I tell people all of the time, I just love Lorain County because it supports us so well,” Earley said. “Whereas it’s like everybody in the country is fighting and everybody hates everybody, at Rockin’ on the River it’s just people who have big hearts. It’s so nice to be welcomed.”

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15 minutes with Makayla Velasquez JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Bowling is in Makayla Velasquez’s blood.

“I grew up in a bowling alley,” the Amherst Comets star said. “My mom and dad both bowled, so it’s a bowling family on both sides.”

When the Marion L. Steele High School senior won the state championship in March, her father shed tears of pride,

COMETS BASEBALL

she said. It was vindication for the long hours they’ve spent together over the years — four or five days a week — ruling the lanes.

Velasquez and her teammates, along with the Comets cheerleaders, who are also state champs, were honored last Wednesday on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, presented them with a resolution for their outstanding winter seasons.

Now Velasquez’s high school career comes to an end and she is setting her sights on attending Lorain County Makayla Community Velasquez College.

She plans to follow in her mother’s footsteps and study radiology.

Collegiate bowling is not part

TURN AROUND

of the picture, however, due to a hip injury that started causing pain two years ago.

Velasquez plans to have surgery in June to repair a torn hip labrum, the rubbery tissue that connects the ball joint. It will keep her off the lanes for four months.

“I had offers, but the surgery is a setback,” she said.

The tear may have been caused by pitching as a softball player, she said, or hard contact with the ground as a soccer goalie.

Velasquez said she plans to continue bowling in adult leagues. She also hasn’t ruled out competing in the Professional Women's Bowling Association, and could potentially qualify for a tournament in May before her surgery.

With graduation on the horizon, Velasquez is leaving her teammates with some advice: “Even if you don’t want to practice, practice. Even if you’re in pain, practice,” she said.

HARDOBY BOWS OUT

Amherst dropped its season opener 10-6 to Southwestern Conference foe North Ridgeville last week. George Gotsis had an RBI and 2 runs to lead the Comets. Cam Gendics, Christian Gendics and Giles Little had RBIs and runs came from Chase Mayer, Seth Lopez, Jordan Koury and Martin Polonkay. The Rangers were just too hot to handle, though, with a performance led by Brendan Gipper and Troy Duke’s RBIs. The Comets went on to best North Ridgeville 9-7 in a second game, with Gotsis again shining with 3 runs, a pair of doubles and a stolen base. Polonkay topped the stats list with 4 RBIs and a run; additional RBIs came from Lopez (2), Little and Koury.

Strongsville delivered a 7-4 defeat to round out the week. Jonathan St. Peter, Gotsis, Christian Gendics and Mayer all had consolation RBIs and Polonkay, Lopez and Christian Gendics had runs.

DUKES BASEBALL Led by Drew Unangst on the mound, the Dukes shut out Mapleton 10-0 Saturday.

Six first-inning runs clarified that Wellington was in control from the start.

Unangst kept the Mounties muted with six strikeouts, allowing just one hit. Max Schatz threw two innings in relief.

In the second game of a double-header, the Dukes allowed Mapleton to score 5 runs in the opening frame, but Wellington responded with 6 of its own in the fourth, gaining a momentum that couldn’t be stopped.

Thanks to his fielders, CJ Polen pitched the win in the second game; though he recorded just one strikeout, he allowed no runs on three hits across three innings.

Relief pitcher Braden Hamer was called in to wrap up two innings.

COMETS TENNIS Amherst lost 3-2 to Brunswick. Comets wins included: • Reid Opel at first singles, 6-1, 6-2 • Liam Taliano and Grant Gabrie at second doubles, 6-4, 7-5 Amherst defeated North Ridgeville 4-1. Comets wins included: • Reid Open at first singles, 6-2, 6-0 • Laken Voss at second singles, 6-0, 6-2 • Camden Hunter at third singles, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 • Liam Taliano and Grant Gabrie at second doubles, 7-5, 2-6, 10-6

Joe Colon | Amherst News-Times

The defending state champions tanked opening day for the Comets, as Keystone took home a 10-5 win.

That triumph wasn’t cemented until late in the contest, though — Amherst had the game tied up in the bottom of the fifth, and it wasn’t until the wildcats scored 4 runs in the seventh that a Comets victory was pushed out of reach. Cassidy Kettleman had an outstanding day, with 2 RBIs, 2 runs, a double and a triple. Kristen Kelley and Brianna Sadler notched a run apiece.

Amherst turned the ship around for a 5-0 rout of Brookside, in which Kettleman again set the gold standard with 4 RBIs, 2 runs and a homer. Sierra Dorobek was the winning pitcher, striking out four and holding the Cardinals to 5 hits.

Thanks to Dorobek, the Comets girls went on to outpace Willoughby South 13-5. This time, Rachel Miller had 4 RBIs, 2 runs and a pair of doubles, while Eliza Marcano had 4 RBIs and 3 runs. Kettleman chipped in an RBI and 2 runs.

Wellington enjoyed a big 11-6 win over Elyria Catholic. Teddi Hardoby led by going 5-for-5 at the plate with 5 RBIs. Against Strongsville later in the day, a Lily Oswald run allowed the Dukes to tie up the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second, and that’s where the Mustangs left them in the dust. Strongsville ruled the rest of the innings, going on to a 10-3 victory in non-conference action.

The Dukes beat Mapleton twice Saturday, first coming back from 5 down to top the Mounties 9-5, then winning 11-4. Mallory Pickering pitched five scoreless innings in the first game and Maile Oswald was the winning pitcher in the second. The game was the last of Hardoby’s high school career; the senior was sidelined by a nagging injury and will require surgery that will bench her the rest of the season.

ABOVE: Brianna Sadler gets a slap single against Keystone.

ABOVE: Wellington's Mallory Pickering scoops up a Strongsville ground ball.

Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

ONE LONG DAY Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

It took 10 innings, but Black River walked off the diamond last week with a 4-3 non-conference victory in the softball season opener. Mandy Hopkins and Jordan Bradford each went 3-for5 at the plate to lead the Pirates.

LEFT: Black River's Kendall Gaspari attempts a bunt at Cloverleaf.

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Are you an eagle-eyed reader?

Read the articles below and correct the nine spelling errors you find.

The first one is done for you.

Worm Grunting Worm grunting is done buy

The world just wouldn’t be the same without worms.

What can we learn from a worm?

Worms are master recyclers!

While we are quiet and shy, we are good to have around. We don’t have eyes, ears or legs, yet we provide an important service.

them up for bait.

Why do the worms come up?

Researcher, Ken Catania of Garbage is for worms! You might think it is gross, but certain kinds of worms think garbage is yummy. Instead of tossing leftover salad, melon peels and apple cores into the trash or disposal, build a worm bin and start raising worms to eat your garbage.

worm grunting is similar to the vibrations moles make as they

digg through the ground. Moles

away from the mole.

Every Arpril, the citizens of

Sopchoppy, Fla. hold a one-day Worm Grunting Festival. In

addition to dancing, eating good food, a hula hool contest and

other games, the festival includes a Worm Gruntin’ Contest and the crowing of a Worm Grunter King and/or Queen.

Replace the missing vowels to learn more about earthworms.

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Standards Link: Life Science: Know that all organisms cause changes in their environments and these can be beneficial or detrimental.

Standards Link: Research: Students use the newspaper to locate information.

explanation. He believes that

to get out of the ground and

Standards Link: Number Sense: Solve addition problems.

Look through the newspaper for names and addresses of agencies involved in recycling.

Make a poster encouraging students to recycle and list where different items can be recycled. Post this in your school.

Nashville, Tenn. has an

feel those vibrations, they scurry

How strong are earthworms? They can push things up to times their own weight. That would be like you being able to push four refrigerators at one time!

Recycle Poster

Vanderbilt University in

eat wormz, so when the worms

How many different kinds of earthworms are there?

Standards Link: Science/Investigation: Follow instructions for an investigation.

bullfrog-like grunting sownd.

ground, where fishermen gather

This waste is called worm castings. Castings are dark and fertile and enrich the soil. Each day an earthworm produces its weight in castings. That’s a lot of recycling!

If you put an earthworm on a clean, dry sheet of paper and listen very carefully, you will hear a little scratching noise.

This noise is made by the eight small bristles an earthworm has on nearly every segment of its body. These bristles help earthworms move.

across the top. This creates a

earthworms crawl out of the

mbers u n e h t Add up cover each to dis wer. ans

Do you think you can hear an earthworm move?

and pulling a flat metal rod

Within minites, hundreds of

As earthworms burrow or dig into the ground, they swallow soil. They eat rotting plants and leaves. As this debris passes through the worm’s body, it is ground up by tiny stones in the worm’s gizzard and leaves the body as waste.

How long was the longest earthworm ever found?

driving a stake inta the ground

RECYCLERS DISPOSAL GARBAGE SERVICE STRONG DEBRIS STONES BURROW WASTE WORMS GROSS COVER SOIL DARK DIG

Scientists must be observant, watching things very carefully.

Try this game to improve your powers of observation.

1. With a partner, pick a newspaper picture.

Study it for one minute.

Standards Link: Writing: Edit work to check for correct spelling.

Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word WORMS in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row.

Some spaces have been filled in for you.

2. Cover the picture and write down everything you remember about it.

Who can remember the most details?

Standards Link: Science/Investigation: Follow instructions for an investigation.

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W D I V A I Y E T S

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

This week’s word:

COMPOST

The noun compost means a mixture of decaying leaves, vegetables and other plant products that is used to improve garden soil.

Vivien spread the compost over her vegetable garden.

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

Cutest Animal on Earth

What do you think is the cutest animal on earth? Why? How would you try to convince others?