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‘Now I’m just excited’ Focus moves to teen vaccinations in Lorain County LAINA YOST and JASON HAWK

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FEMA aid is available for grieving families JASON HAWK EDITOR

Thousands of dollars in federal relief is now being made available to families that have experienced the death of a loved one due to COVID-19.

Up to $9,000 is being offered to people who lost a single family member, with a maximum of $35,000 in households that suffered multiple deaths.

The money is available to help pay for funeral costs. It will be disbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the American Rescue Plan.

The aid will definitely be welcome, said Charlie Duke, co-owner of Duke Funeral Home in Grafton and president of the Lorain County Funeral Directors Association.

"We've had a lot of people struggling with costs they didn't expect," he

LORAIN — Lorain High School senior Nicholas Torres didn’t feel nervous to get the COVID-19 vaccine until he sat down in the chair.

He was one of hundreds of high school students getting vaccinated in Lorain last Wednesday, and said he got the vaccine for his grandparents, but also to help better his community.

Torres said that as a person of color, he wants to show people in his community that it is safe and OK to get the vaccine. He attends Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain and said he wants to keep everyone in his church safe, too.

Last week, there are about 500 minors signed up to get their shots at county-run clinics, Health Commissioner David Covell said. About 200 of those were scheduled for April 7 at Lorain High School.

Any nerves Torres had when getting the vaccine quickly went away. It was just a pinch; he barely felt it.

He felt good, he said. He was ready to go play basketball.

“The relief sunk in after I sat there,” Torres said. “Now I’m just excited.”

Covell said he intended to talk with Lorain County superintendents Friday about whether in-school clinics should be held for students who want

vaccinations.

There is no push to make vaccinations mandatory for students, he stressed.

With COVID-19 vaccines, the priority always has been on the oldest residents since they have the highest risk for hospitalization and death.

"In general, children just don't have as bad a health outcome — that's just the way it is," Covell said. "But they can still spread it. Vaccinating 16-, 17-year-olds can slow the spread."

In fact, more children die each year from the seasonal flu

than have died of COVID-19 in the United States, he said.

But teenagers are active, mobile and social, he said. That means they have the greatest chance of spreading the virus around, even if they don't have symptoms.

Those factors have led to sports team quarantines, for example, throughout the year. But Covell said the bigger concern is that young people would take the coronavirus home to mom and dad, grandma and grandpa.

For now, only the Pfizermade vaccine has been approved for use with teens 16

and older. Lorain County Public Health deals mostly with the Moderna vaccine, so doses for teens are limited. Moderna is only authorized for those ages 18 and older.

Pfizer is also running studies to see whether its vaccine can be used for ages 12 and older.

Covell said the key is getting the dosage right, which for child vaccines always takes longer.

Those older teens who do get vaccinated now probably will have sore arms and feel extremely run down afterward as TEENS PAGE A3

“In general, children just don’t have as bad a health outcome — that’s just the way it is. But they can still spread it.

Vaccinating 16-, 17-year-olds can slow the spread.”

David Covell, Lorain County Health Commissioner

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Lorain High School senior Nicholas Torres, 19, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Lorain County Public Health volunteer and nurse Aurelie Higgins during a vaccination clinic Wednesday, April 7 at Lorain High School.

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No carnival, but Dukes raise big cash JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — For the second straight year, the Duke Pride Carnival has become a victim of the pandemic.

That doesn't mean the Wellington community has turned its back on the decade-old fundraiser, which raises cash to feed the hungry.

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Ratliff said the community recognizes many of its members are struggling, and refuses to let them go without food.

"Families still are hurting," he said. "Our goal in Wellington is to make sure no child has food deprivation. We want them at lunch or breakfast or whenever they need to have things to eat."

Working with Well-Help, Ratliff said he and carnival committee members Nancy Fisher, Cindy Reynolds

and district Superintendent Ed Weber plan to send letters to all Wellington Schools students that normally qualify for free and reduced-price meals. Their families will be able to get grocery vouchers to use in June, July and August at Village Market on North Main Street in Wellington.

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Ratliff said donors have still still come through to give more than $31,000 in the name and spirit of the carnival.

"We could not believe the generosity," he said. "It shows that our community really wants to take care of our own."

The one-day festival would normally be held in mid-April with a free breakfast and party-style game booths, with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Well-Help.

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ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM EVENTS The following virtual programs will be offered for free by the AMAM in Oberlin: Learn about African carvings Thursday, April 15 at 3 p.m.

Madi Goetzke, an art history major at Oberlin College, will give a talk on an African carving, likely from Togo or the Republic of Benin, in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Wooden figures such as these were used to protect a family compound and bond spouses from going astray.

An audience Q&A will follow this program, which is titled “Emotion Become Form: The Allen Memorial Art Museum’s Fon Bocio.”

Register in advance at amam.oberlin.edu/events.

Mindful meditation Thursdays, April 22 and May 27 at 3:30 p.m.

Clinical therapist Libni Lopez of the Oberlin College Counseling Center leads a group in a meditation centered on a different work of art from the Allen’s collection.

Register at amam.oberlin.edu/events to receive the Zoom link.

Focus on the Capitol Thursday, May 6 at 5:30 p.m.

There are many paintings, murals and sculptures at the U.S. Capitol. The Allen Memorial Art Museum will present “Caring for the Art of the Capitol” with Barbara Wolanin, who will describe the conservation of works she oversaw as curator for the Architect of the United States Capitol, including murals by Constantino Brumidi and the Statue of Freedom atop the dome.

Register in advance at amam.oberlin.edu/events.

OBITUARIES

Hotels are overdose hot spots, Lorain County analysis shows JASON HAWK EDITOR

An analysis of 2020 overdose deaths is showing "hot spots" in Lorain County where more must be done to save lives.

There were a recordsetting 138 deaths caused by drugs last year. But that number could have been much higher, the Lorain County Overdose Fatality Committee determined when it met last Thursday.

The panel found that 140 people were revived from overdoses through the use of naloxone, also known as Narcan.

It also found that the lion's share of deadly overdoses — 54 of them — happened in Amherst and Lorain, which were counted together.

Hotels have been identified as a place where drug activity leads to issues, said Elaine Georgas, interim executive director at the according to the Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County.

Specifically, Motel 6 and Days Inn on Route 58 on

the Amherst-Lorain border, and the now-closed Days Inn on Route 57 in Elyria, have been problem spots, she said.

Georgas said health experts are in talks with hotel owners across the county about placing Narcan on the premises, so it's available in the event of an overdose. Hotel zones are also being targeted with billboards and other messaging about where people can get help.

The data may be a little misleading, said Dan Haight, president and CEO of The LCADA Way. Just because a drug overdose happens in one city doesn't mean the user lived there.

People from smaller communities like Grafton and Wellington tend to travel to Lorain and Elyria to buy drugs, because that's where they are available, he said.

Users won't always return home to ingest drugs, he said. They'll often pull over in parking lots right away, or along the route home.

"It kind of skews those communities that say they don't have a problem. But

they do," said Haight.

Georgas also stressed that opioid overdoses are not an urban problem, but are actually quite prevalent in rural settings.

"Addiction doesn't discriminate. It doesn't have a geographic boundary," she said.

That Fatality Committee's analysis is also helping to understand what kind of drugs are out there.

Toxicology results showed cocaine and fentanyl are the top problems for Lorain County The problem is that "cocaine isn't just cocaine anymore," said Faight — assume every drug out there, from pot to meth, is laced with fentanyl.

There's a movement underway to get fentanyl testing strips out in the community, in the same way Narcan has been distributed, he said. That way, if drug users won't get treatment they'll at least be able to steer clear of the most deadly mixes.

Faight and company are also trying to come up with a "spike plan." It would allow them to put out word by social media

and text alerts if a bad batch of fentanyl-laced drugs is found.

There's also been a significant increase in the amount of methamphetamine floating around the county, he said. That makes Faight nervous, because the damage meth causes in the brain is irreversible.

"It's like pouring gas on a Styrofoam cup and lighting it on fire," he said.

The opioid problem isn't going away in 2021, either.

The year started with 13 more overdose deaths in January and 13 in February, according to MHARS Board numbers.

Faight said federal stimulus money, intended to help families through the COVID-19 pandemic, is having unintended consequences.

"Any time you give money to someone with a substance abuse issue, and they don't know how to use it, you're asking for trouble," he said.

Faight said he knows of several cases when a person with addiction left treatment after receiving stimulus funds.

Miller aims to repeal Ohio's new ‘no duty to retreat’ firearms law JASON HAWK EDITOR

KAYE 'KAY' FRANCES FAIGHT, 80, of South Amherst, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021, at her home, following a lengthy illness. Arrangement by Hempel Funeral Home.

JUDITH ANN GILKESON, 83, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, following a brief illness. Arrangements

by Hempel Funeral Home.

WILLIE JEAN CRAFT, 86, of Sheffield Lake, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain following a full and meaningful life. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

LYNNE ANN FLEMING (NEE SMITH), 57, a lifetime resident of Lorain, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, April 9, 2021, at University Hospitals Main Campus, following a brief illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Ohio's new "stand your ground" law went into effect last week, and was met with a call for repeal by state Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst.

The statute removes a licensed gun owner's duty to first retreat from danger before opening fire in self-defense. Miller characterized it as a "shoot first" law.

“As a gun owner and supporter of our Second Amendment myself, I firmly believe that when citizens carry their weapons in public, they agree to do so responsibly," he said. "This means that you do not shoot first if you feel your rights are infringed."

He said Democrats in the Ohio Legislature are preparing a repeal bill, which he plans to cosponsor.

Republicans passed the stand your ground law in a party-line vote

in December.

As for a The reasoning: repeal, Stein If attacked, said he does not law-abiding believe the ReOhioans should publican caucus be free to use has received deadly force to any information protect themthat would lead selves. to a majority Miller said vote to overturn Rep. Joe Miller the law. using lethal force for selfState Rep. defense has long been Gayle Manning, R-North allowed under state law, Ridgeville, did not return and "now is not the time a call for comment. to replace fair and just Both Stein and Manning punishment under the law voted in favor of the stand with a 'Wild West' mental- your ground law. ity."

Oberlin City Council State Rep. Dick Stein, passed a resolution in DeR-Norwalk, whose district cember asking Gov. Mike extends into southern DeWine to veto the new Lorain County, said there law before it took effect. are a lot of passionate Councilman Kelopinions on the new law, ley Singleton, the most and he personally believes outspoken member of the it provides an option for group, expressed anger on defending yourself or a April 6 that DeWine did loved one. not step up after at first "Potential deadly force signaling he would veto. is never an option anyone "It's obviously bad law, wants to see in a lifeand I cannot figure out threatening situation, and what is the benefit. Who no matter the outcome does it benefit? It doesn't all lives involved will be make anyone safer," changed forever," he said. Singleton said. "It should

be repealed. It's garbage legislation passed by a garbage State House and signed by a garbage Republican governor."

Upon signing the measure, DeWine said it fulfilled a campaign promise to ambiguity in Ohio’s self-defense law.

He also said he was disappointed that Republicans in the state Legislature did not include what he called "essential provisions" DeWine proposed that would have made it harder for criminals to illegally possess and use guns.

In addition to stronger penalties, the governor had asked for a stronger state background check system that showed whether potential buyers had prior convictions, active protection orders or open warrants.

Those checks would be common-sense reforms with broad support from law enforcement, gun store owners and the National Rifle Association, DeWine said.

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FROM A1 their bodies go into overdrive producing antibodies.

But Covell said there is no evidence to validate fears vaccines would lower fertility — only "a lot of nonsense on the internet."

Older teens should consider getting the COVID-19 vaccine this spring, he said. That's because high school juniors and seniors who plan to attend college will have to get other vaccines prior to the fall, and they can't be done too closely together.

Lorain High School Principal Pat Coleman said a parent or guardian accompanied anyone under 18 in last week's clinic. Many used that as an opportunity to get vaccinated themselves.

The district is encouraging students who go to prom to first get the vaccine, but Coleman stressed it’s not a requirement.

Lorain is not yet on spring break, so students were still in the building during the clinic. But students who got vaccinated were given the option to go home afterward, Coleman said.

Students were feeling a mixture of emotions, he said. They’re grateful to be vaccinated but a little apprehensive about the process.

“It’s a little surreal,” Coleman said.

Lorain High senior Grace Arendt is terrified of needles, but her nerves ended up being worse than the shot itself.

Arendt’s brother is a Type 1 diabetic, so he’s high risk which is why Arendt said it was so important to her to get vaccinated. She also has an older family, and a great-grandpa who is in a nursing home.

The pandemic was tough for Arendt.

She’s been a soccer player since she was a young child and her final season got taken away.

“It means a lot to me to have the vaccine now,” she said.

Joe Tellier, principal at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, said it's hard to gauge how many juniors and seniors may want the vaccine. It's not exactly a topic teachers and administrators are comfortable broaching.

"My guess is that the majority will say, 'Yes, sure, sign me up,' but that's just a gut feeling," Tellier said.

Even if students want the vaccine, it's ultimately a decision parents are likely to make.

There have been three clinics held so far at Steele High for adults, so Tellier said holding one for teens would be feasible. However, he said thought

would have to be given to handling waivers giving parental permission for students to receive shots.

"If Lorain County Public Health says it's a good idea, then logistically we can do it and we'll follow their advice," he said.

Ed Weber, superintendent of Wellington Schools, said a vaccine clinic at Wellington High School would be "extremely feasible," especially with Lorain County Public Health nurses on the district's staff this year. He suspects many students would jump at the chance to get their shots.

"I'm optimistic and excited to offer as much as they allow us to," he said.

Elyria Superintendent Ann Schloss also didn’t know quite yet what vaccines would look like for students. But she emphasized that a vaccine would be the parents' choice.

She plans on bringing her team together this week to discuss possible options before talking to Covell.

Avon Lake Superintendent Bob Scott said the district wants to be able to provide the same opportunities for students that it provided for parents.

“We’re very, very interested because we want people to feel comfortable now, but especially in August when they come back to school,” he said.

FUNERALS buying a casket or urn, a burial plot or cremation niche, marker or headstone, paying clergy or other officiants, use of funeral home equipment and staff, costs associated with producing or certifying multiple death certificates and additional expenses that are required by state or local law.

The funding can be applied to funeral expenses for people who died of COVID-19 dating back to Jan. 20, 2020.

There are some restrictions: The death must have occurred in the United States or its territories, and the applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or qualified aliens.

And most importantly, the death certificate must specify that COVID-19 was the cause of death.

That will be a problem, because there were no tests for COVID available from January to at least March, and they were in short supply for a time after, said Lorain County Coroner Frank Miller.

Plastic Bag Swap

The Oberlin Recycling Program will hold a plastic bag swap in observance of Earth Day from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 22 at Oberlin IGA. Take three or more plastic shopping bags to the event and they’ll be swapped out for a reusable bag.

For more information, contact Oberlin Recycling Coordinator Lori Sprosty at (440) 935-0096 or recycling@cityofoberlin.com.

Quilt show in Penfield

The Penfield Quilters 8th Annual Quilt Show will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28 at the LaGrange Municipal Building, 301 Liberty St., LaGrange.

View group and personal quilting projects as well as old favorites, and take your own creations to show off.

Be sure to attach a label to your quilt with information that you wish to share.

Masks and social distancing will be required.

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said. "A lot of folks were laid off and out of work.

That didn't make things any easier."

Duke has handled 15 funerals this year for people who died of COVID-19.

All but three were cremated as families sought less expensive and safer ways to honor the departed.

Duke said a typical funeral at his business costs between $6,500 and $7,000.

Prices elsewhere can run a lot higher — $15,000 isn't out of the question.

The United States average in 2019 was $7,640, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.

But there are many other costs associated with funerals that need to be considered, said Duke. Cemetery lots, flowers, obituaries and headstones inflate the price very quickly.

The FEMA money can be used toward funeral services, as well as either burial or cremation.

They will cover the cost of transferring remains,

The Brownhelm Historical Association is bringing back its popular Grandma’s Attic Sale fundraiser for 2021.

Multiple mini-sales will be held throughout the summer featuring donated goods and treasurers.

Each sale will feature a specific category or categories of items.

The first of these sales will be held April 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Historic Brownhelm School, 1950 North Ridge Rd., Brownhelm Township. It will feature items for a garage or "man cave" and garden and yard equipment.

He worries there will be a flood of requests to correct death certificates. There is no legal requirement to do so, but Miller said he'll help as many residents as possible.

Death certificates signed

by Miller and former Coroner Stephen Evans will be correct, he said.

They "either do or do not list COVID on them for a reason," said Miller.

But the vast majority of local death certificates are not signed by the coroner.

They are signed by doctors at Mercy Health, University Hospitals or the Cleveland Clinic.

There will also be "looser" cases where the exact cause of death will be in question. Miller said they include people who were never tested and died at home.

There is no way to go back and review those cases with 100 percent accuracy, he said. Some records will simply be lacking the required information.

"We're going to miss

some that aren't going to get paid because there simply wasn't the history there," he said.

Officials will also be on guard against fraudulent claims, Miller said.

FEMA also is acknowledging the potential for Funeral Assistance Program scams.

"FEMA will not contact anyone until they have called FEMA or have applied for assistance," its website says. "Do not disclose information such as the name, birth date or Social Security number of any deceased family member to any unsolicited telephone calls or emails from anyone claiming to be a federal employee or from FEMA." In Lorain County alone, there have been more than 400 deaths attributed to the virus. Nationwide, the death toll has surpassed 560,000.

Families can apply for FEMA relief by calling a dedicated line at (844) 6846333.

The Lorain County Beagle Club will hold a spring flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 15 at 24147 Gore Orphanage Rd., New London.

There will be more than 20 vendors, inside and outside, offering crafts, antiques and more. Breakfast and lunch will be available.

CARNIVAL

FROM A1 from $35 to $50 each to give families just a bit more purchasing power.

Three companies — Forest City Technologies, RPM International and PC Energy — each contributed $5,000 to the carnival fund for Well-Help, and according to Ratliff there were several other bigdollar donors.

But a surprisingly large chunk of the cash was received as small donations of $10, $25 and $50 that added up in a big way, he said.

Raab said Wellington residents are coming through in other ways, too. A food drive at Westwood Elementary, for example, just greatly helped restock the pantry shelves at Well-Help, she said.

It's difficult to predict the level of need the community will have through the summer months, she said. Demand for Well-Help assistance has gone up and down throughout the past year, and is now on a downswing again as the weather warms.

Last summer, demand flattened as pop-up food pantries gave families a lot of options for food assistance, Raab said. And now federal stimulus checks are expected to provide relief.

Wellington residents can get information on food assistance provided by Well-Help by calling (440) 647-2689.

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SCHOLARS MIKAILA JENNINGS of Amherst, SARAH RITTER of Amherst and SAVANNAH STARKEY of South Amherst have been named to the dean's list for the Fall 2020 semester at the University of Findlay.

HANNAH KARDAR of Amherst has been named to the dean's list for the Fall 2020 semester at Grove City College. A 2018 graduate of Open Door Christian School, she is the daughter of Peter and Cindy Kardar of Amherst.

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LEGALS PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on April 5, 2021.

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 Nancy Greer @ 204-2050 (Nancy_Greer@cityoflorain. org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

Ordinance 40-21 Modifying the recommendation of the Planning Commission and reclassifying 760 Oberlin Avenue from R-3 to B-1. 41-21* Amending Ord. 47-18, Sec. 10.2 & Ord. 48-21, Sec. 11.2 for all managers and professional employees and unclassified, non-bargaining employees.

42-21*Auth the S/S Dir to enter into a participation agreement with ODOT to purchase sodium chloride from vendor awarded the 2021/2022 winter contract. 43-21* Assessing the cost of abating nuisance by removing litter and deposit of garbage, rubbish, junk, etc. during the current calendar year. 44-21 Vacating E. 39th Court, 50’ in width, beginning at the right-of-way line of Globe Ave. and proceeding West 156.60’. 45-21 Approving the Chief of Police to accept the award from FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG grant. 46-21* Auth the S/S Dir to enter into a contract w/ the highest ranked engineering firm for construction admin services for the BRWWTP Primary Clarifiers Rehab project. 47-21* Auth an inter-local agrmt of funds between the cities of Lorain and Elyria and Lorain County for funding as approved by the 2020 Byrne JAG grant. 48-21* Auth the S/S Dir to purchase 5 new GM vehicles for various utility depts. w/o competitive bid, pursuant to ORC 125.04 not to

exceed $191,500. 49-21 Auth the S/S Dir to apply for, accept and enter into a supplemental water supply revolving loan account agrmt for rehab & construction for the Red Hill Boosted Pressure Zone. 5021 Approving the Chief of Police to accept the award from the FY 2018 Edward Byrne JAG grant through the DOJ. 51-21 Auth the S/S Dir to enter into a contract w/ the lowest/ best bidder for the 2516 East Erie Ave. Storm Water Outfall Improvement Project. 52-21* Auth the S/S Dir to purchase 1 Kobelco excavator from Southeastern Equipment w/o bid through State Purchasing not to exceed $33,531.57.

53-21 Amending Ord. 168-19, Sec 15.3.5-Judges, est the comp, benefits and terms of employment for classified & unclassified non-bargaining employees (Process Server).

54-21* Auth the City of Lorain to enter into a CRA Tax Abatement agreement w/ 400 Broadway, llc. 55-21* Auth the S/S Dir to advertise for bids for the leasing of the building at 1050 Reid Avenue. 56-21 Replacing Ord. 77-11 to regulate the opening of pavement within right-of-ways in the City of Lorain. 57-21* Auth the S/S Dir to enter into a contract for the purchase of 5 properties on Long Ave. 58-21 Auth the S/S Dir to enter into an agrmt between the City of Lorain, Lorain Rotary and ODNR for a grant for reimbursement of drilling work performed for the Sunset Pier Project. 5921* Appropriation. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised that Lorain City Council will host a virtual public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2021 @ 5:30 & 5:45 p.m. to discuss applications to rezone 1605 Broadway Avenue from I-2 to MU, Zachary Johnson & Milton Velazquez, Applicants (ZCA-

#4-2021) and 2148 E. 30th Street from B-2 to MU, Miguel & Rose Castro, Applicants (ZCA 6-2021) To join this virtual meeting please visit www. cityoflorain.org, Government Tab, City Council, City Council and other Board’s Meetings.

The Lorain City Planning Commission met on April 7, 2021, and recommend approval of both items to Lorain City Council. Copies of all documentation related to this proposal will be on view for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk of Council, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio. Please contact Nancy_Greer@cityoflorain.org for additional information.

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Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All federal minority business enterprise and women business enterprise requirements shall be met. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project.

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J&J vaccine temporarily shelved after rare blood clots reported JASON HAWK EDITOR

Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was paused nationwide Tuesday as health officials looked into a possible connection to blood clots.

Six women who have received the single-shot vaccine have experienced a rare type of blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a joint statement.

The women were between the ages of 18 and 48. They experienced symptoms starting six to 13 days after vaccination.

Shortly after the CDC raised the alarm, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud ordered a temporary hold on the use of Johnson & Johnson shots statewide.

It will be in place while the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices conducts a review. That body was set to meet in emergency session Wednesday after deadline.

The review may wrap up within 24 hours, said Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell — or it could take much longer.

"It could be a week. It could be a month. It could be forever," he said. "They could say we're not using that vaccine anymore, period."

The review could show there is no connection at all between the vaccine and blood clots, he said. Or it could result in new recommendations about steering women of a certain age toward other vaccines.

"It's important to let that process happen over the next few days and see what comes down," Covell said.

County health workers have received just two shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine since it

Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell

was approved for use in late February.

That's just a few hundred doses.

With Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in heavy use, more than 112,000 people have at gotten at least one shot so far.

Covell previously said an April 21 mass vaccination clinic in Avon, with about 2,000 people signed up, was expected to be the first where large numbers of Johnson & Johnson shots were used.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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“It could be a week. It could be a month.

It could be forever.

They could say we’re not using that vaccine anymore, period.”

is the brand Covell chose to get in mid-March to build public confidence in its use. But the singledose shot has been mostly reserved for people who are homebound or homeless.

Lorain County Public Health had planned to give the first shots to homeless residents on Tuesday.

Those plans were scuttled after the CDC's advisory.

There is no danger that unused vaccine doses will go bad during the CDC review, said Covell. They have a six-month shelf life in refrigeration, "so it's no problem."

Nor should anyone who already received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Lorain County start to worry, he said. Only six people out of 6.8 million who received the vaccine have also reported blood clots, and it has yet to be determined for certain whether the two are linked.

There are many medications used widely that have a much higher rate of serious side-effects.

Birth control pills, for example, increase a woman's risk of developing a blood clot by two to four times, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Clots block veins and cause pain, redness and swelling. But if they break off and get to the lungs, it cause cause pulmonary embolism, and even death.

Still, Covell said the potential risk posed by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine shouldn't be downplayed until the CDC completes its review. Let's let them do their good work," he said.

The CDC and FDA also stressed that the cases involving blood clots have been extremely rare.

People who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should contact their physician immediately if they develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination, the agencies said.

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In an attempt to increase its income tax base, Oberlin has been seeking since early 2013 to absorb the vocational school land from Pittsfield Township into the city limits.

The situation dates back 50 years to 1971, when the school was built at the corner of US Route 20 and State Route 58. The city signed a contract agreeing to provide sewer service, and in exchange it required the JVS to become part of Oberlin when the city's border eventually expanded south far enough to reach the school.

When that time came decades later, the JVS Board of Education tried to change the terms of the long-standing deal. In June 2015, Oberlin City Council rejected a bid by the JVS to have just 98 of the school's 133 acres of land annexed.

The issue has been embroiled in litigation ever since.

The heart of the debate is what type of annexation is required, according to Oberlin Law Director Jon Clark.

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The city of Oberlin has been embroiled in a lawsuit to absorb the Lorain County JVS into the city limits. a Type II annexation, which under state law would bar the city from collecting income taxes from school employees or contractors unless they happen to live inside Oberlin.

That flies in the face of an existing annexation district Oberlin formed with Pittsfield Township trustees in 2006, Clark said. "(That) annexation agreement is very clear, and expressly states that property that is annexed to the city from within the district comes into the city for all purposes, including taxation," he said.

The court ordered on March 22 that Oberlin Council pass an ordinance stating what services it would be willing to provide the JVS if the land is annexed.

That's where it gets dicey — Council unanimously cast an emergency vote saying it won't agree to provide any services if it can't collect JVS employee income taxes.

Clark said that doesn't mean it won't continue to provide sewers or extend other benefits to the school.

It just means Oberlin is formally objecting on the record to the terms of the JVS' Type II petition.

Failure to make such an objection with regard to the court case by April 9 would have been the same as giving in to the JVS' demands, he said.

The litigation's final outcome will be sent to the Lorain County commissioners for approval, then go back to Oberlin City Council for a final vote.

Doughman Award nominations open The Community Foundation of Lorain County is accepting nominations for the 2021 Jim Doughman Community Service Award.

Its namesake began his career with Nordson Corporation in 1966, and in 1976 was promoted to director of public affairs.

Doughman was "an exceptional community advocate, exemplifying Nordson’s philosophy of 'giving back,'" according to a release from the Community Foundation.

"One would be hard-pressed to find a nonprofit that wasn’t impacted by Jim’s care and concern," it said.

Doughman died in December 1997 after a long career of nurturing nonprofit organizations. The following year, an award fund was established in his honor through donations. The fund provides for a biennial award presented to an outstand-

ing individual for exceptional leadership in making a difference in the lives of those who live in Lorain County.

The recipient will receive $1,000 to donate to the public charity of their choice.

Nominees must live in Lorain County or be an organization whose primary service area is Lorain County; have made a significant impact on a recognized need in the county; have shown outstanding personal commitment in dealing with this need; and have exhibited leadership skills.

Diversity will be considered when selecting honorees.

Nomination forms are available at peoplewhocare.org. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, May 7.

The winner will be announced at the Community Foundation’s annual meeting on June 16.

Racism complaint filed over Oberlin cemetery JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — A formal complaint accusing the city of using racist policies at Westwood Cemetery has been filed with the Ohio Department of Commerce.

Oberlin resident David Brunberg is asking the Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing to force the city to allow upright, above-ground gravestones in a "swampy" section of the cemetery on Morgan Street.

He said families with plots there — all of them AfricanAmericans — were never told about restrictions that require only flat gravestones to be used.

It is clear, he said, that African-Americans were deceptively steered toward the wet section of the cemetery. "(One hundred) years from now, when we all will have long passed away, my parents deserve to have a passerby notice their gravestones, perhaps read their names aloud and wonder who they were," Brunberg said in remarks to City

Council in September.

Those markers are "essentially desecrated" by being run over by lawnmowers, leaving them covered in debris and mud, he said.

A reply penned by Council President Linda Slocum in October said allowing above-ground memorials in the cemetery section in question would require a change in city code, and she had no intention of placing such an item on Council's agenda.

"A governmental body

does not overturn regulations and decades of practice lightly," she wrote.

Now Oberlin Law Director Jon Clark is preparing a response to Brunberg's complaint.

Last week, City Council authorized paying him $150 per hour to draft the document. It did not put a cap on the amount it would pay out, but Clark said he does not believe the cost will be significant.

"I'm hopeful it's not going to proceed beyond the response," he said.

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Oberlin vows to protect fair housing JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — Affordable housing is at a premium, and Oberlin City Council committed last week to making sure everyone has fair access, regardless of their background.

Council President Linda Slocum lent her signature to a proclamation calling

for residents to "reacquaint themselves with their civil and human rights" when it comes to housing and mortgage opportunities.

April is National Fair Housing Month, and it's worth noting house values are soaring.

Oberlin home values are up 7.9 percent over the past year. The typical Lorain County home value is $172,884 and values here

have risen 9.2 percent since Spring 2020, according to real estate service Zillow.

When it comes to housing, the entire United States is a seller's market right now, with the pandemic helping to push prices upward. That means many low- to moderateincome buyers are being squeezed out.

Liz Burgess of the Oberlin Community Land Trust

thanked Council for recognizing fair and affordable housing issues.

Her nonprofit's vision is to see single-family homes in every neighborhood, appraised at the same value as surrounding homes but available to working families at two-thirds to threefourths the market rate, with low down payments and low-cost mortgages.

The goal is to keep

neighbors in Oberlin, their taxes in the city and their children in the local school system, Burgess told Council.

If families can't find affordable homes, or if seniors can't afford to stay in theirs after retiring, the population becomes less stable and less diverse, she said.

Oberlin has a regrettable history with housing dis-

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crimination, denying loans and using deed restrictions to keep generations of Black families from home ownership, Burgess said.

That's prevented many families from building up wealth and passing it on to the next generation.

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Summer school for everyone?

Wellington wants more kids to play catch-up because of pandemic JASON HAWK EDITOR

Courtesy of Amherst Consolidated Properties LLC

Located just east of Route 58, south of the Ohio Turnpike and north of Route 113, the Sandstone development’s 770 homes and large commercial area is going to change rural Amherst Township.

Hampshire subdivision just the start of transformation plan for rural area

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AMHERST TWP. — Expect to see ground broken later this year for 55 new homes in the Hampshire Farms subdivision on Oberlin Road.

The development will be located on about 25 acres between State Route 2 and Kay Drive.

Lorain County commissioners helped pave the way for the project on Wednesday, agreeing to issue $714,000 in bonds to build sewers.

"We definitely need to get lots in the ground by the fall," said developer John Eavenson.

He said Hampshire Farms will feature homes in the $220,000 to $250,000 range, and they could

go on the market as early as September.

Amherst Township Trustee Neil Lynch said more than half the property will be marked for conservation, helping to provide a buffer between new homes and existing residents.

"A lot of the trees will be left up, plus they're going to put up additional screening, so it will turn out real nice," he said.

There is much more development to come in Amherst Township in the next few years.

Eavenson said Hampshire Farms was a "testing ground" for larger investment.

He's referring to what for now is being simply called the Sandstone development, which was pitched in 2019 as 600 new multiple-family homes and 500

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A fight over zoning sent those plans to court. A settlement was finalized just this week, allowing for a slightly scaled-down project.

Now Eavenson, under the name Amherst Consolidated Properties LLC, plans to build 770 new homes there.

The initial plans for 1,100 units was simply too much to ask, he said in hindsight: "It was a surprise to the residents that we'd be moving forward with those kinds of housing numbers."

Lynch agreed: "The township wasn't real accepting of some of that with the high density, and

the incursion on the existing residents," he said.

After negotiation, Eavenson agreed to forego building the multi-family units — apartment buildings — on one 30-acre section and is planning to move ahead with single-family homes, town homes, condos and rental units targeted toward seniors.

The settlement calls for larger lot sizes along the perimeter of the development, sets up stormwater management requirements and calls for an 8-foot-wide paved trail built in cooperation with the Lorain County Metro Parks.

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But just try convincing kids to spend their summer at school playing catch-up.

"The idea of a summer school in and of itself is not going to inherently excite kids," McCormick Middle School Principal Nathan Baxendale said in a public meeting last week.

He hopes rebranding off-season learning as an activity-filled day camp will help throw off the stigma and get more kids to buy in, beyond only those who are at risk of failing.

"When you say 'summer school,' it has a negative connotation and people steer away from it," Superintendent Ed Weber agreed.

Janet Kubasak, principal at Wellington's Westwood Elementary, said she's even had a handful of parents ask why she wants to "punish" kids by offering summer school.

That's not at all what is intended, she said. Like districts all over the nation, Wellington is trying to recover from the havoc caused by jumping online for large chunks of the year.

Students have not only struggled with grades, but standardized test scores and attendance. In the past few months, many education officials across Lorain County have reported kids haven't been engaged as they've dealt with anxiety, depression, isolation, family income loss, the deaths of loved ones and other pandemic-related troubles at home.

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Local deaths pass 400

Deaths from COVID-19 in Lorain County surpassed 400 this past week, according to data from the local health department.

On March 31, Lorain County Public Health had reported 384 deaths here. When the total was updated April 7, the number had peaked to 401. With other deaths that were probably due to COVID-19 added, the count stood at 467 as of Friday.

Due to the process used to confirm coronavirus deaths and the irregular schedule on which some other states send death certificates to the Ohio Department of Health, delays in reporting can occur. That means the deaths reported in any given week didn't necessarily happen that week.

State health department data ranks Lorain County 10th of Ohio’s 88 counties in terms of most deaths from COVID-19.

Lorain County did not budge from its long-held designation as a Level 4 “red” county this past week.

Fifty-two counties remained at the second-highest tier on the Ohio Department of Health’s advisory map, as the statewide infection rate remained at 183.7 cases for every 100,000 people.

That’s nowhere near the 50 per 100,000 rate Gov. Mike DeWine has been angling for before he is willing to lift all COVIDrelated restrictions, including Ohio’s mask mandate.

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OBERLIN — Public transportation should be cleaner, more available and if possible free.

That was the message Wednesday when members of the youth organization Sunrise Oberlin and like-minded groups delivered more than 100 letters to the Cleveland office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.

"I think busing is definitely a big priority," said Courtney Horner, a first-year student attending Oberlin College.

She is concerned about greenhouse gases. In the United States, transportation generates 28 percent of greenhouse emissions, edging out electricity production as the nation's number one source.

Over the past year, public transportation has been a growing topic of conversation in Oberlin and the rest of Lorain County, said Horner. There's a problem with access to the more rural parts of the county.

Investing in busing, car-sharing and light rail would create manufacturing and transit jobs, she said, and "if we have affordable and reliable transportation, it will help people get to work and to school."

That's where Brown comes in.

Sunrise is part of a coalition asking him to champion $60 billion in annual public transit funding, and to support the Freedom to Move Act, a bill that would eliminate public transportation fares.

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Members of the Sunrise youth movement, including those from Oberlin, join at the Cleveland office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown to call for more robust investment in public transit. real point in having buses at all, said Horner.

The groups also want Brown's support for the Build Green Act, which if passed would electrify buses and rail. Supporters claim it would create some 900,000 jobs nationwide.

“Good, reliable public transit would create union jobs in our communities, improve the daily lives of millions of Ohioans and give us a chance to take on the climate crisis,” said Emma Dilavore of Sunrise Case Western. “We need Congress to go big.”

Labor has long been a focus for Brown, D-Ohio. He has pushed hard for reforms that would increase worker pay and empower unions.

On Wednesday, for example, he

called on U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to essentially give millions of workers a raise for the work they're already doing.

It would do so by making some 4.6 million people nationwide eligible for overtime pay.

"Even before the pandemic, our nation's weakened labor standards, including an out-of-date federal minimum wage and inadequate overtime pay standards, left too many workers unable to earn enough to provide for themselves and their families," he said in a joint letter also signed by U.S. Reps. Mark Takano, D-California, Robert Scott, D-Virginia, and Alma Adams, D-North Carolina.

"The pandemic has only underscored and exacerbated these conditions.”

neighboring cities would annex the Sandstone development land, he said.

It will take time to get plans lined up. Eavenson said that by April 2022, he hopes to have all necessary permits in place, then start looking at final designs.

By mid-summer 2022, he hopes to see construction vehicles rolling.

Lynch said he believes the Sandstone development will be the longawaited catalyst for commercial development along Route 58 south of the Amherst city border.

When the Ohio Turnpike built its new Amherst interchange on Route 58 back in 2004, it was heralded as the start of an economic revolution along the highway.

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“Music education is a vital part of each student’s curriculum as it allows them to express themselves in unique and creative ways,” said Director of Curriculum William Baylis.

Oberlin City Council voted April 5 to sell 230 Lincoln St. to the highest bidder.

In this case, that was an investor going by the name of 60 North Park LLC, which paid just $9,500 for the 26,000-square-foot parcel near the Oberlin Arboretum.

The residentially-zoned lot was signed over to the city a year ago due to tax delinquency. Oberlin spent a little more than $11,000 to have a home there demolished, according to Planning and Development Director Carrie Handy. The property was put up for auction. Of the two bids received, $9,500 was the lowest, she said.

other stores. He envisions it as a smaller version of Westlake's Crocker Park.

"Obviously until we finalize the marketing plan and go out to the corporations, companies that might be interested, we won't know for sure what will go there," he said.

The township stands to gain about $750,000 per year in income taxes, if Amherst Consolidated Properties builds out a commercial area estimated to generate $20.6 million each year in taxable income.

Another $750,000 in income tax could be shared with the cities of Amherst, Elyria, Lorain and the village of South Amherst, if the JEDD is established.

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Permitting fees for the development are expected to generate at least $125,000, according to the settlement. The agreement creates a new township parks and recreation fund to use that cash.

Eavenson will get a 10-year, 75 percent tax incremental finance agreement for the installation of the main road through the development. In turn, Amherst Township will be allowed to form a Joint Economic Development District with bordering communities to share income taxes.

That's potentially a lot of money — Eavenson said there are 44 acres set aside on the site for commercial use, in hopes of building a hotel, restaurants, medical facility, small grocer and

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"We know ultimately this will grow beyond this development," he said, predicting increased traffic will be a magnet for even more stores near the Route 58 and Route 113 intersection.

He said Amherst Township will look some of its identity as a rural community. But with the suburbs expanding every outward from Cleveland, that was always inevitable, he said.

The Sandstone development is a compromise, he said. It will allow property owners to make use of their land while also keeping the township from eventually being eaten up, piece by piece, by neighboring cities.

"To say that's never going to change, that's not even reasonable. That's a fact of life," he said.

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community," she said. "Access to affordable housing can help Oberlin build and maintain the diverse community we call ourselves."

The city also has a 60-year history of trying to atone for its sins by opposing housing discrimination based on race, creed, nationality, sexual orientation and gender identity.

The fight goes back to January 1961, when 550 residents demanded a ban on segregated neighborhoods. By the end of that year, Council had passed a fair housing ordinance — just the third in the entire nation.

In 1965, it became the very first to withstand a legal challenge in a state supreme court. Three years later, Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act.

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"Nobody's coming in with the kind of readiness that a full school year would provide," he said. "They have some of it, but they didn't get a full year of schooling."

Gov. Mike DeWine asked districts to provide "learning recovery plans" by April 1, and local schools are riffing on a template provided by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County.

A popular option is vastly expanding summer school options, and disguising them as fun and creative day camps.

Wellington High School Principal Tina Drake was not present for the discussion, but Weber said she is planning a "credit recovery" push for students who need certain credits to graduate.

Baxendale's day camps for grades four to eight will run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in two sessions: June 21 to July 2 and July 12-23, also with backup from the Boys & Girls Clubs.

He said the focus there will be on language arts and math, the subjects in which McCormick students have struggled the most during the past year.

The camps will also be a "soft opening" for McCormick's new STEAM focus, with classes in an array of subjects from coding and robotics to music appreciation.

Baxendale said he's also been in talks with the Cleveland Indians, Akron Rubber Ducks, Great Lakes Science Center and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for field trips, if pandemic protocols have been lifted by then.

He anticipates the program drawing 25 to 50 students.

For preschool through third grade, Kubasak is billing her program as "Westwood Summer Warriors," running classes four days a week during July and August. It will focus on reading, but will include outdoor activities, art and virtual field trips.

The Boys & Girls Clubs will also be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on summer school days to support families that need child care.

Kubasak said she's planning for 50 to 60 kids to take part.

The low numbers had Wellington Board of Education President Brett Murner angry — he told principals he was "a little unimpressed" with their plans.

"Listen: Every single kid in this district is behind in everything," he said, raising his voice and pounding his hand. "I don't care who they are, where they are, where they are on (testing). We've got all this extra money, and we've got all these things. It just seems like we could make it bigger."

Weber said he wants as many students to take part in summer learning as possible — no one will be turned away — but with very few exceptions, he can't force anyone to take part in summer school.

While Murner insisted that Wellington families are "begging" for summer education, Weber said he hasn't encountered the same level of demand.

School board member Kevin Stump said there's only so much time to get students back on track, and he hopes parents embrace the opportunities the Wellington Schools are offering. "A lot of people already have their minds made up. But if a kid needs help, we need to not sugarcoat that," he said.

As for how it will all be paid for — Treasurer Mark Donnelly said Wellington has received roughly $561,000 in state and federal pandemic relief, and about half is earmarked for summer schools over the next two years.

Weber said $120,000 — $40,000 for each of the district's buildings — has been budgeted for Summer 2021.

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After each team notched a run in the opening inning, Amherst ran away with a 7-2 win Saturday over Medina, drumming up six unanswered runs before the stunned Bees could score again. Chalk the win up to pitcher Kate Kastelic, who retired 18 consecutive Medina batters, with six no-hit innings under her belt. At bat, Cassidy Kettleman led the Comets with a home run, two RBIs and two runs.

ABOVE: Amherst Cassidy Kettleman watches as she hits a home run against Medina. RIGHT: Amherst senior Lindsey Reavis makes a play from her shortstop position.

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Keystone has been without a volleyball coach since February, but that position is no longer empty. It has been filled by one of the top names in coaching in Ohio.

Wildcats athletic director Jonathan Bailey tweeted that pending school board approval at their April 19 meeting, former Amherst coach Laurie Cogan will be hired.

“It’s extremely surreal to be able to hire someone like Coach Cogan,” Bailey said. “She is a Hall of Fame coach for a reason, she is elite and she is everything that we want in a teacher, coach and a leader of our volleyball program.

“We couldn’t be more pleased at this opportunity that came both our ways in reality. We’re extremely excited about her hire and can’t wait to get the ball rolling. Everything happens for a reason, so when you put the work in, school districts will be lucky enough to get these kinds of people.”

Keystone nearly missed out on hiring Cogan as she said she was 24 hours away from accepting another coaching position.

“The night before I was going to accept a coaching position, I got a call from Keystone in reference to their open position,” Cogan said. “That call led to another Keystone administrator inquiring about my availability.

“Keystone was very aggressive. They had people common to them and myself calling me trying to pitch their program. I had not accepted another position, so (Keystone was) within 24 hours of me having to tell them I accepted another position.

“I would have had to turn them down on their

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by Amherst volleyball coach Laurie Cogan for winning the 2015 Miss Volleyball award. Cogan, who stepped down as the Comets' coach, will take the reins at Keystone. offer, because once I make a commitment, I am true to my word and there is no going back. I will do what I say I am going to do.”

So just what is Keystone getting this fall?

In Cogan’s 30 years at Amherst, she won more than 550 games, captured 14 Southwestern Conference championships, won seven district titles, eight district runner-up trophies and was named the SWC Coach of the Year 11 times.

It’s certainly not every day that a school can hire a coach with such an amazing resume, but that opportunity came about for Keystone after Cogan resigned after a meeting with Amherst administrators just a couple weeks ago.

Shortly after Cogan’s departure, Amherst promoted junior varsity coach Felicia Sanchez.

Cogan isn’t exactly taking over a struggling program as Keystone has gone 11-3 and finished

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The cupboard may not be empty, but Cogan isn't sure what to expect during her debut season next year. “(Keystone is) in a conference that I am not overly familiar with and I’m going to a program that I really know nothing about,” Cogan said. “I kept up with the program when Dave Cross was the coach because we were good friends, but I can’t say I have followed them since then.

“I know that my goal every fall when I walk into the gym is to always compete for a championship. Whether or not we succeed depends on a lot of things, but it’s always going to be our goal even with a different team.”

Now that the Keystone position has been filled, that leaves Oberlin and Avon Lake as the only county programs still looking to fill their volleyball coaching positions.

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Oberlin College's Darien Knowles, a St. Edward alum from Amherst, takes an atbat. After more than a year's absence due to the pandemic, the college’s teams are back on the field. A limited number of athletic events, with no spectators allowed, are being held this spring. Oberlin baseball, softball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s tennis teams are permitted to schedule up to five dates of competition with a majority of those events taking place on Oberlin’s campus.

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Wellington spent a lot of time at the plate against Oberlin in their 33-3 win on April 8. The Dukes never trailed and pounded out 22 hits off Phoenix pitchers.

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Amherst’s Blake Kendall narrowly avoids getting tagged out at Steele High School on Saturday. Starting with a seven-run first inning, the Comets ran up a 15-0 victory over Lorain. Kendall had four RBIs, a double and a run.

Graham Solak had a grand slam, four RBIs and three runs. Also scoring for Amherst were Alex Jones, Jake Mantin, Dylan Bailey, Caleb McGee and Jonathan St. Peter. Alden Steele and George Gotsis had RBIs.

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Phoenix pitchers had difficulty finding the rhythm as they issued 18 walks on April 8.

The Dukes picked up the 17-0 run-rule win behind one-hit pitching from Maile Oswald.

Casey Amato led off the home half of the first with a triple, but it would be the only hit of the day for the Phoenix. On the Dukes' side, mixing in some hitting with free passes, Kennedi Benko, Payton Regal and Amy Greene each collected a base hit. ABOVE: Catcher Sanayah Wilborn takes a cut. RIGHT: Senior Casey Amato confers with Assistant Coach Leann Anderson prior to her at-bat.

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In rugby action, Amherst suffered a 94-5 loss Sunday at the hands of Medina.

ABOVE: The Comets’ Hailee Bukovac tries to avoid a tackle.

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Jessica Chapman and her Wildcats had a great day April 6 in play against Wellington, as Keystone delivered a devastating 11-0 loss to the Dukes. Chapman had four hits for a double, triple, two RBIs and two runs, along with a stolen base. The Dukes simply could find any rhythm, with just four hits the entire game. ABOVE: Wellington's Amy Greene gets a hit against Keystone. BELOW: Keystone's Madi Herrington slides into second base before Wellington's Tori Paramore can collect the throw.

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