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WELLINGTON — The heart of town will be shut down for three days starting Sunday, July 11 for filming of the Netflix movie "White Noise."

The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued a permit allowing the village's busiest intersection to be cut off at 6 p.m. that night. The closure will affect Route 18 between Prospect and Courtland streets, and Route 58 between Magyar and Taylor streets.

The roads won't reopen until 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 14.

Trucks will be detoured around Wellington on routes 511, 303 and 301 between Brighton and Penfield.

ODOT District 3 spokeswoman Kaitlyn Thompson called it "just a routine closure" using the same kind of special event permit that would be issued for a carnival or festival that spills into the roadway.

Deliveries can still be made to Wellington businesses, and passenger vehicles can still travel inside town, according to her agency.

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Packing up: Books boxed as Amherst library preps for construction project JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — A moving truck backed up to the Amherst Public Library early Friday morning, and workers got busy unloading pallet after pallet of cardboard boxes — 640 in all.

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It’s the second such load Brunswick-based Armbruster Moving & Storage has delivered in the last few weeks. Librarians have filled and stacked another 600 boxes inside.

“That’s just going to get us through phase one,” library Director Don Dovala said.

By the time they’re done, 30,000 items — mostly books — will be packed and shipped to a warehouse for safekeeping.

They’ll remain there while Turner Construction of Cleveland builds a $5.6 million addition on the Amherst library’s south face.

Originally planned at $5 million before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cost of materials to spike, that price tag could peak at $5.7 million, Dovala said.

The massive project will be carried out in three phases. Pre-construction setup began Tuesday with the erection of temporary fencing and removal of landscaping. Next week,

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demolition will get underway as workers jackhammer up six parking space to clear ground for the two-story addition.

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Library Director Don Dovala said about 30,000 items — mostly books — will be packed up and put in a warehouse during construction. He said about 600 boxes had already been filled as of Friday.

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Historical society sales

The Amherst Historical Society will hold "garage sales" from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, July 10 and 24 and Aug. 21 at the Sandstone Village long barn and Pine Tree Barn and art gallery, 736 Milan Ave. A wine and beer tasting fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 30 at the Amherst Historical Society tent, 150 Jefferson St., featuring hearty appetizers. The cost is $30 per person.

A Christmas in August sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7 at the Sandstone Event Hall.

Befriend a beekeeper

Join the Oberlin Heritage Center from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 10 to celebrate bees and pollinators.

Local beekeepers Randy and Brenda Leiby will be stationed on the green space near the Oberlin Heritage Center’s kiosk on South Main Street, just south of the post office. They will have information regarding local beekeepers, Wellington’s designation as a Bee City USA and honey production. The Leibys will also have a secure observation hive to show off some of their winged friends.

After visiting with these vital pollinators, follow the path down to the Oberlin Heritage Center’s campus, where you can see an essential part of a bee’s diet: flowers! An Oberlin Heritage Center staff member will be stationed by the new pollinator garden beds to chat about what native species are planted in the garden and why these plants are so important to many types of insects and animals.

This program is part of Oberlin’s Second Saturdays list of town-wide events.

DeWine encourages student athletes to get vaccinated Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently called on student athletes to get COVID-19 vaccinations so as to protect themselves, their teams and their seasons.

“We know that vaccine is our most effective tool to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and our ticket to get back to the way things used to be," he said. "For many students, that means getting back to playing sports or being involved in student activities with fewer restrictions. By getting vaccinated students will be protecting themselves and each other. The vaccine is our ticket to allow athletes to live up to their dreams and compete.”

Ohio High School Athletic Association Director Doug Ute is also encouraging young people to be vaccinated — it's the answer to frequent questions from coaches, parents and athletes about what the fall season will look like.

“I tell them we kind of hold the opportunity in our hand right now to go back to the way things were," Ute said. "I encourage everyone to get the vaccination so we can go back to life when kids aren’t 10 feet apart on the sidelines and athletes can high five and hug each other when they make a good play.”

Vaccinations aren't just a good idea for athletes, but also for students involved in the arts, theater, debate and other extracurricular activities, said Ohio Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Bruce Vanderhoff.

“We’re encouraging everyone that’s eligible to be vaccinated get vaccinated, he said. “It’s not just the way we are going to ensure we have the sports seasons, the band seasons or ensure we have a school play, it’s also because you will be protecting some of the younger students who right now can’t be vaccinated as well as vulnerable people in your community.”

To find a vaccination clinic near you or to schedule and appointment visit gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov or loraincountyhealth.com.

OBITUARIES PHYLLIS JEAN HOLBROOK (nee Webster), 86, of South Amherst, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Mercy New Life Hospice of Lorain, following a brief illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

RUTH LEE DUTTON (nee Pilkins), 80, of Amherst, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the Cleveland Clinic following a brief illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

School funding overhaul applauded by local educators, representatives CARISSA WOYTACH and LAINA YOST

Local school districts are praising the changes made to school funding in Ohio’s budget, while warning there’s still work to do.

The Ohio General Assembly approved its $75 billion budget last week and sent it to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk. Included in the budget are changes to how school districts are funded, 24 years after the state’s formula was declared unconstitutional.

DeWine can choose to veto individual line items.

The new formula sets a base cost for educating a student in Ohio, while also taking into account students who require additional support. It also evaluates a school district’s ability to raise funds based on its community’s property values and income levels.

The current school funding model relies heavily on property taxes.

State Rep. Gayle Manning, RNorth Ridgeville, called the move historic.

“I'm just very humbled to have been able to have voted for that,” she said, noting it was a No. 1 item on many legislators' wish lists for this budget cycle.

Dubbed the “Fair School Funding Plan” when first introduced, language was passed by the House in April.

It was the culmination of years of work by state Reps. Bob Cupp, RLima, and John Patterson, D-Jefferson, who met with educators, school treasurers and community members statewide for input on the bill before it was brought to the floor as standalone legislation before being folded into the budget.

The Senate stripped the plan from the budget in early June and put forward its own proposal, sparking “flocks” of people to contact legislators in dismay, Manning said.

“I think that played well with getting these things done,” she said.

In Conference Committee, the plan was restored to just two years of funding instead of the original six.

Under the deal reached with the Senate, new per-student calculations will be made in future budgets and won’t be arrived at through an automatic funding formula.

The funding formula would give

around $10.9 billion to education over the next two years, with districts receiving an average of $7,202 per pupil.

Avon Lake Superintendent Bob Scott said he’s excited to see where Fair School Funding ended up.

Although some compromises were made, Scott feels the plan shows the respect needed to be shown toward educators.

“I think there will always be that little caveat that it’s not perfect,” he said. “There’s some devil in the details, but I think the biggest part at this point is if you’re a superintendent or a school board member or for your school district in general, you’ve really got to be excited about this because it’s a step in the right direction.”

Scott said the funding plan is still something that’s going to need to be worked over the next two years. As long as the legislators in the House and Senate are willing to work with educators, then Scott said the details will get worked out.

There’s still a long way to go on issues like EdChoice vouchers, Scott said. But just to have a formula for school funding that is understandable is huge, he said.

School advocacy groups praised the inclusion of the Fair School Funding Plan in the budget. The All in for Ohio Kids coalition — consisting of multiple organizations in Ohio — said the next two years is a start to equitable funding for students.

However, they pushed for the funding plan to be made permanent after the two years are up.

State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, called the budget a “mixed bag,” but said there were some wins, including the Fair School Funding Plan.

“Many of us have long-supported the Fair School Funding Plan, a constitutional school funding formula that supports rather than penalizes children and their schools,” Miller said in a statement.

For Elyria Superintendent Ann Schloss, there still were some concerns she had with the budget.

The primary one was the EdChoice voucher expansion. The budget increases the maximum amount for vouchers to attend private schools from $4,650 to $5,500 for children in grades K-8 and from $6,000 to

$7,500 for high school students.

Although the number of Elyria students who use vouchers to attend private school varies each year, Schloss said it can have a big effect.

A new change is that the money to the private schools will be given directly from the state, but that still means less funding for public schools. The Ohio Democratic Party is pushing for DeWine to line-item veto the increased funding for school vouchers.

Columbia Superintendent Graig Bansek hadn't thought he'd ever see a major change to the state’s funding formula, but hoped the new iteration would be the start of something good for districts across Ohio.

“When you think about it, over the past 12 months, it's probably the first time in history that schools have had the opportunity to gain funding versus losing funding. In the 27 years I've been in education, the last 12 months have been the only time that's happened,” he said, pointing to COVID-19 relief funds, as well as Fair School Funding.

Still, he expressed concerns for the EdChoice provisions. While he doesn’t expect Columbia Schools will be hugely impacted, larger districts could be.

“I would say academic wise, I would rank us up with the top schools in Lorain County,” he said.

“But the larger school systems are losing a lot of money and they have good school systems with great teachers and they should not be losing kids to vouchers.”

The time limit on the changes to school funding means educators are going to have to keep fighting to keep seeing change, Schloss said.

“I don’t want to say I’m happy or sad,” Schloss said. “It’s a move in the right direction for some of it, but again, there’s a lot of work to do.”

It is still unclear how much individual school district allocations could change under the revised funding plan.

Alongside the funding overhaul, the General Assembly allocated $250 million for broadband access in schools and about $50 million toward busing.

The Associated Press contributed to the reporting on this story.

Community Foundations of neighboring counties part ways AMHERST TWP. — The Huron County Community Foundation has grown enough that it can finally part ways with its older "sibling."

It is ready to move forward, no longer tied to the Community Foundation of Lorain County, which is headquartered on Route 58.

The two nonprofits have been partners for 25 years, and the Huronfocused organization has always aspired to grow from an affiliate fund into its own, independent

entity, according to a June 28 news release.

“We are proud that we have been a supportive part of the story of the Huron County Community Foundation, and we look forward to the continued impact they will have in their community," said Cynthia Andrews, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Lorain County.

The Huron County nonprofit was established in 1997 when Judge Tom Heydinger

and attorneys Fred Waugh and Bob Wiedemann approached Malcolm Peel about helping Huron County start a body that could benefit the community through grants and scholarships.

Since then, the HCCF has awarded more than $1.7 million.

“We are deeply appreciative for the guidance and support we have received from both the board and staff of the Community Foundation of Lorain County,” said Dennis Camp, chair of

the Huron County Community Foundation. “The partnership has been invaluable in our growth and has enabled us to make this transition to our own 501(c)(3).”

The HCCF had intended to separate when it reached $3 million in assets but decided to extend the back-office relationship with the Community Foundation.

With the HCCF at approximately $6.8 million, the organization transitioned as of the end of June.

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ALL THE DOWNTOWN IS A STAGE

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A number of "new businesses" have sprung up around town ahead of filming of the Netflix movie "White Noise." Wellington Auto Parts has been reimagined as a blacksmith and hardware store. Addie's Antiques has become a 1980s-style record store. Windsong Realty has been done over as a comic book shop. Other downtown facades have been turned into a movie theater, a RadioShack and a laundromat. The intersection of routes 18 and 58 in the heart of the village will close Monday, July 11, and filming is set to begin the following day. Based on the 1985 novel by Don DeLillo, "White Noise" stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, and is directed by Noah Baumbach.

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FROM A1 Wellington Village Manager Steve Dupee said police will route vehicle traffic around the downtown area on residential streets during the three-day filming window.

It's unclear how close to Willard Memorial Square people will be able to venture on foot, he said.

No filming will be done on Sunday, July 11, according to Dupee. The "White Noise" crew will spend that day setting up equipment.

Filming on Monday will be limited to a "walk-and-talk" scene on the north side of East Herrick Avenue, from Dimitri's

Corner Restaurant past where a colorful rock 'n' roll mural has been painted on the side of Addi's Antiques.

The movie will move across the street to Willard Memorial Square for a much more comprehensive shoot Tuesday, he said.

The cast and crew plan to use First United Methodist Church next to Town Hall for costuming and other preparations.

Village offices will remain open, as will the police station located on the square. Dupee said officers will respond to emergencies as fast as possible, even if it disrupts the shoot.

His advice, though? "People

should just avoid the area if they don't have specific business during filming," Dupee said.

Jenny Arntz, director of Main Street Wellington, said most downtown business plan to close shop during filming.

A few that have rear entrances hidden away from view, however, intend to remain open, she said.

A representative from Netflix has been in Wellington since mid-May, talking to businesses about what to expect, she said.

"No one is being forced to close," Arntz said. "But as it's being explained, it may be very challenging for your customers

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She said Wellington is likely to have a much larger on-screen presence in "White Noise" than it did in "The Marksman," the Liam Neeson action-thriller that filmed a few brief scenes in town in October 2019.

And the village has also seen much more of a transformation in the lead-up to the Netflix movie, she said — business owners will have the choice of keeping murals or having cleanup crews paint over them.

Arntz said she's been told that after filming wraps, Netflix workers will remain behind at least a week, removing facade

work they've done to make Wellington over as a fictional town.

Additional filming is scheduled to take place in Oberlin.

Forest and Cedar streets, which are residential, are tentatively scheduled to be shut down July 15 and 16.

"White Noise" is based on the 1985 novel of the same name

by Don DeLillo. Billed as an action-comedy, it tells the story of college professor Jack Gladney's flight from an environmental disaster.

The film stars Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren in the of "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, and Greta Gerwig of "Lady Bird."

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LCCC to expand medical assisting certificate program at county JVS Lorain County Community College is expanding locations for its medical assisting certificate program, now partnering with the Lorain County JVS to offer the program beginning this fall at the vocational school in Pittsfield Township.

With classes held in the evenings at the JVS, this program is an option for students of all ages, including working adults looking to change career paths.

To learn more about this certificate program, attend one of these upcoming informational sessions: • Monday, July 12 • Wednesday, July 21 • Monday, July 26 • Wednesday, Aug. 4 All information sessions are held at 5 p.m. at the JVS, 15181

State Route 58. Register at www. lorainccc.edu/health/medical-assisting.

Medical assistants may focus on clinical tasks such as taking medical histories and vital signs, assisting during examinations or procedures and collecting or preparing laboratory specimens. In other practices, medical assistants deal with the administrative end of the office by answering telephones, scheduling appointments, handling insurance forms and billing, purchasing equipment and supplies and more.

LCCC’s medical assisting certificate program has a high employment rate and many graduates find job placement before completing the program. The future employment for this field is projected to grow by

19 percent by 2029, with a median salary of more than $35,000, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Students in this program will earn American Heart Association Basic Life Support provider and First Aid and Safety cards. Additionally, upon competition of the medical assisting certificate program, students will be eligible to sit for examination to become certified medical assistants.

In addition to the new location at the JVS, LCCC’s medical assisting certificate program may also be completed at the LCCC Community Learning Center at Lorain High School.

Learn more or register for an information session at www.lorainccc. edu/health/medical-assisting.

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State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, poses with retired Judge Martin Heberling and his wife, Patricia, on Sunday, June 20.

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AMHERST — After 70 years of marriage, a retired municipal judge and his wife got a surprise visit commemorating their milestone anniversary.

Martin Heberling, 88, a retired Oberlin Municipal Court judge and former Amherst law director, and his wife Patricia, 90, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 30.

On June 20, state Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, visited the couple in their Amherst home to present a proclamation celebrating the pair’s longstanding relationship.

Their grandson Martin Heberling III reached out to Miller to request the commendation. He said he wanted to surprise them

with it and waited until Father’s Day to “try and make it special.”

Martin and Patricia were set up on a blind date by a friend while Patricia worked in Pittsburgh as a secretary. Martin was in the Navy and stationed in Washington, D.C., but he kept up the long-distance relationship by writing to her every day.

“I never met someone so persistent in my life,” Patricia said.

After all the decades together, the pair agreed being married to someone you love and admire makes the difficult times easier.

“Commitment requires you to let go of selfish tendencies,” Martin Heberling said. “That is what is liberating about marrying someone you truly love.”

Second Saturdays in Oberlin

Oberlin Business Partnership's Second Saturdays series will continue July 12 with family fun in the city's downtown district.

It will begin with the Oberlin Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon in the City Hall parking lot.

In the East College Street courtyard, experience origami with James Peake from 10 a.m. to noon. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be activities by OberlinKids and KidSpeak. From 11-11:30 a.m., enjoy Bruce's Big Storytime courtesy of the Oberlin Public Library and Slowtrain Cafe.

At 11 a.m., a guided "Civil War to Civil Rights" history walk will begin at the First Church in Oberlin.

Other events happening downtown include sidewalk sales, musical entertainment, Friends of the Library booksales, sa visit by Volkswagen buses, a musical instrument scavenger hunt, an Oberlin Fire Department obstacle course on Tappan Square from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., children's IDs by Oberlin police officers, historical children games and more.

Paper shredding day

The Friends of the Amherst Public Library will hold “Shred-It day” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 in the library parking lot on Spring Street.

There is a limit of five boxes or bags per vehicle.

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▲ Renderings show how the Amherst Public Library main entrance on the building’s south face will look once a new addition is complete.

FROM A1 Street, and construction workers will park at the former Amherst Board of Education offices on Forest Street.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21.

The first phase of work — the addition itself — will continue through the end of the year. Visitors will still be able to use parts of the existing building, but will only have access to about half the Amherst library’s collection.

“This whole area needs to be vacated so they can break through the walls and do their work,” Dovala said, waving at the fiction section on the ground floor. The children’s and nonfiction sections on the second floor will also be closed, though access to computers and other materials will remain.

Phase two is expected to begin in early 2022. The second floor will be closed off to the public for renovation and items will all be migrated to the ground floor.

The situation will eventually be flip-flopped to finish up.

There may be a time during the final phase — February or March — where the library will only be able to offer curbside service, said Dovala.

Librarians would still run books, movies and games out to patrons’ vehicles like they did during the depths of the pandemic.

“It’s kind of a chess game as we move all the pieces,” Dovala said.

The goal is to stay as functional as possible for the next nine or 10 months, he said. They may be fewer books and less programming than normal, but the library isn’t going away — it’s just scaling back, with plans to return in full force with a grand opening next spring.

The finished product will boast new features, such as meeting rooms, an outdoor deck and a drive-up book return. But the most marked difference will be how space is set aside for different age groups, Dovala said.

Workers from Armbruster Moving & Storage of Cleveland deliver hundreds of boxes Friday for Amherst librarians to pack up materials as construction of a $5 million addition gets underway.

“This library, up to now, has the challenge of having the children’s section next to the adult area,” he said. “Now we’re going to have a

top floor that’s just for young adults, kids and families. Kids can be kids without worrying about disturbing anyone.”

“We are trying to match the 1976 building as much as possible. It was important for us not to have three distinct, different parts. We want the new to be fresh and dynamic for people, but we also don’t want to take away from the original Carnegie portion.”

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New principal hired, former union Progress on tax rep voices complaints against Weber district plan JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — John Telloni was hired last week to serve as the new principal of McCormick Middle School.

After being extended a three-year contract by the Wellington Board of Education, he was welcomed with a round of applause.

Telloni started his career as a seventh-grade social studies teacher in 2005 with the Jackson Local Schools in Stark County.

In 2016, he was named an associate principal at Claggett Middle School in

Medina.

At McCormick, he will fill the role vacated by Principal Nathan Baxendale, who resigned in May amid friction with Superintendent Ed Weber.

According to public documents, Baxendale was relieved from his duties and escorted out of the middle school before the end of the year. He was accused of "failure to comply with disciplinary procedures, removal of records, insubordination, dishonesty and other professional conduct."

At the same meeting in which Telloni was hired, recently retired Wellington

High School secretary and union rep Karen Wright expressed concern about "the lack of leadership at the top" and the trajectory of the district.

Wright put Weber in her sights, saying he has "created a climate of hostility and distrust" and that staff morale is at rock bottom.

"Ed treats us terribly. Everyone is at their breaking point," she said.

Among her complaints were legal bills incurred since Weber's arrival in Wellington, which Wright said largely stem from arbitration that could have been avoided.

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ident Brett Murner said he appreciated Wright's comments, but denied their validity.

Decisions have been made to improve the education of children in the district, and have been carried out in the best manner for taxpayers, he said.

"All decisions are made within that lens," said Murner. "And if there's things that need to go to arbitration, if things need to be litigated, then that's what happens."

He said he feels staff are working together a "moving toward the right thing.

But certain things are going to be at a friction."

Second Harvest salutes National Guard as food mission wraps up DYLAN REYNOLDS THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

LORAIN — After the Ohio National Guard lent a helping hand to Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio for more than a year, the food bank showed its appreciation last Thursday as the Guard wrapped up its mission.

Members of the Guard received wheat-shaped medallions, symbolizing the military’s connection with Second Harvest, while the Guard returned the favor with special patches for the food bank.

The Ohio National Guard and State Defense Force had been called upon statewide during the coronavirus pandemic to assist food banks and warehouses amid great need of food assistance.

“I really want to just express our sincerest thanks again. Know that you did something that is going to be forever remembered, and you’ve created some very deep and sincere bonds with every-

body here that works at Second Harvest,” said Ron Cocco, Second Harvest executive committee chair.

“I hope that you’ve come away with that same feeling of deep appreciation for what you’ve accomplished and you never forget it. We’ll never forget it,” he told members of the Guard.

They have helped the food bank in a number of capacities during the pandemic, including unloading and distributing food at drive-up events held throughout the county.

Between March 2020 and the end of June 2021, Second Harvest distributed 18.6 million pounds of food and served 172,000 unique individuals with the help of the Guard, said President and CEO Julie Chase-Morefield. She described the 18.6 million pounds of food as extraordinary and an amount so high it may have seemed unattainable before.

“With all those trunks you loaded, and all the boxes that you packed, and all the work out in the warehouse and driving in the trucks, I hope you understand how much, not only it meant to us to be in

it with us, but also to everybody in the community,” Chase-Morefield said.

Representatives from multiple elected officials attended Thursday’s sendoff to offer their congratulations to the Guard.

State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, attended in person and spoke about a resolution in the Ohio House that would recognize the Guard’s efforts across the state.

“You kept the peace, you kept the calm. A lot of people were hungry, they were scared and you brought a presence during that difficult time,” Miller said.

Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley presented a medallion to Staff Sgt. Daniel Vujicic with the Lorain seal on one side and “coronavirus 2020-2021” on the other.

Only 100 medallions were made, Bradley said.

Mark Ballard II, the Elyria mayor’s liaison and Second Harvest board member, read a proclamation from Mayor Frank Whitfield thanking the Guard for their role in helping feed area residents during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.

Calling all superhero and Star Wars fans The Lake Erie Crushers are planning an epic teamup with Neighborhood Alliance to help vulnerable families in Lorain County.

They've invited the actors of Super Heroes to Kids in Ohio and A Galaxy United to portray comic book heroes and Star Wars

characters from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 in front of Mercy Health Stadium, 2009 Baseball Blvd., Avon.

Drive through with your camera at the ready, and be a hero yourself by donating items that will help local people in need.

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to pay for Oak Point overhaul JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — An at least $10 million plan to rework the Route 2 interchange at Oak Point Road is moving ahead.

The Amherst Schools have signed off on the creation of a Tax Increment Financing district that would pay for reconstruction of roadways and sewers on the city's northwest corner.

Now City Council is inching toward approval of the TIF, with a preliminary vote Monday night.

The goal is to relieve traffic congestion while literally paving the way for more businesses. If finalized this fall, the deal would divert additional dollars created by new development and use them to pay for infrastructure.

"The schools are going to be very close to being held harmless," Mayor Mark Costilow told Council members. "They're giving up a little bit of funds in these things, but I think they realize the importance of developing this area in the long term."

There are 187 parcels in the proposed TIF zone. All property owners were notified of the potential change by certified mail, and a public hearing on the issue was held in May. Costilow asked Council to hold another public hearing before casting a final vote on creation of the TIF, "just in case there's been any properties that have switched hands in that amount of time."

That hearing is tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, July 26, before a second reading of the TIF ordinance. That date could change, however.

One property owner — a church — has asked to be exempted from the TIF zone. Costilow told Council that should be easy, provided Law Director Tony Pecora has no objections.

Councilman David Janik said another constituent went to him with concerns about how potential widening of Route 2 ramps could affect his nearby business.

Plans are still in the very early stages, Costilow replied, but as it stands there is no intention to take property through eminent domain to make the project work.

Still, he admitted there is a "slight possibility."

Lorain County commissioners have also been notified of the TIF effort, though they don't have a vote in the matter. The Lorain County JVS has also been notified, and due to pre-existing agreements would get a cut of revenue from the tax zone.

In a phone interview, Costilow said Amherst is working with the city of Lorain on traffic studies, and has meetings planned to discuss improvements with the Ohio Department of Transportation.

He anticipates it will be about a year before engineering is complete, and about two years before any dirt is moved near Route 2 and Oak Point. That's much sooner than the original three- to four-year timetable floated last year when the TIF was first put forward.

"We're really preliminary on it. We're working with Lorain, and there's a lot of impact on their side, so we're doing what we can to do what's best for all of us," Costilow said.

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CLASSIFIEDS LEGALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the South Lorain County Ambulance District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on their proposed financial budget for 2022, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 6:45 p.m. at 179 East Herrick Avenue, Wellington, Ohio.

BY ORDER OF THE SOUTH LORAIN COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Amy Szmania, Fiscal Officer L.C.C.G. 7/8/21 20685889

LEGAL NOTICE Village of Wellington Notice of special assessments You are hereby notified that the Council of the Village of Wellington, Ohio, has introduced legislation authorizing the Finance Director to certify the expenses of weed and grass removal as a lien on the tax duplicate for collection in the matter provided for real estate taxes. To avoid a lien on your property please contact the Village of Wellington Finance office immediately.

By order of the Council of the Village of Wellington Vanya Pfeiffer Finance Director L.C.C.G. 7/8/21 20685804

LEGAL NOTICE Nora Everett, Defendant, whose last known address is 4070 Abbe Rd. Sheffield Village, Ohio 44055 ADDRESS, is hereby notified that Rollin Everett Jr., Plaintiff, has filed his Complaint for Divorce on DATE, captioned Everett vs. Everett, CASE NO. 21DR088943, against her in the Court of Common Pleas,

Domestic Relations Division, Lorain County Justice Center, 225 Court Street, Elyria, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio, asking for Divorce, on the grounds of INCOMPATIBILITY. Said Defendant is required to serve upon the Plaintiff, a copy of an answer to the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after service of the publication of this notice. Your answer must thereafter be filed with the Court within three (3) days after the service of a copy of the answer on Plaintiff and that the case will be set for hearing on or after the 1 th day of September, 2021, at 10 o'clock A.m.

Rollin J. Everett Jr. L.C.C.G. 7/8-15-22-29; 8/5-12/21 20685682

INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids for a 53' INSULATED MAN LIFT/ MATERIAL HANDLER AERIAL TOWER MOUNTED ON TRACK CARRIER WITH APPROPRIATE TRAILER, herein after called AERIAL LIFT will be received at Oberlin City Hall, 85 South Main Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074, until 10:00 a.m. on July 23, 2021 at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Specifications and bidding documents may be obtained free of charge from the office of Oberlin Municipal Light and Power, 289 South Professor Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. Bid documents may also be obtained on the City of Oberlin's website at www. cityofoberlin.com, under Quick Links and RFP and Projects out for Bid. All bids shall be signed and submitted on the forms found in the contract documents. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "BID FOR AERIAL LIFT". Each bid

must be accompanied by a Bid Guaranty, in the sum of ten percent (10%) of the price bid, which shall be either a certified check payable to the City of Oberlin, or a bid bond satisfactory to the City, All bidders must comply with the provisions of Ordinance No. 951 AC CMS (Equal Employment Opportunity Reports) and with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

The estimated cost is : $223,000.00 The City of Oberlin reserves the right to, to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities in the bids received, and to purchase that equipment which, in the sole judgment of the City, will best suit the City's needs.

Doug McMillan, OMLPS Director L.C.C.G. 7/8-15/21 20685690

PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on June 7 & 21, 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.

6/7/2021-Resolution 21-21 Recognizing and celebrating Juneteenth in the City of Lorain. 22-21 Concurring w/ the expenditure of $342,933 reallocated from CARES Act funding. 23-21 Concurring w/ the plan for redevelopment of 1200 Long Ave (Stoveworks Property). Ordinance 87-21 Recognizing & commemorating Sgt. Samuel Felton Jr. by renaming Central Park "The

Samuel L. Felton Jr. Central Park". 88-21 Auth Lorain Muni Clerk of Court to enter into a contract for document scanning services. 89-21 Amending Sec. 15.3.3 of Ord 47-18 establish positions for employees in Clerk of Court Dept. 90-21* Auth S/S Director to enter into a contract for repair work to be done to a water main w/o formal bidding. 91-21 Auth donation of $10,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Lorain County. 92-21 Repealing Ord 107-09, 10-18, 33-20 & 14-14 and Ch. 1537 of the Cod Ords "Rental Dwelling License Code" and estab new Chap 1534-Rental Dwelling License Code" 94-21 Appropriation. 95-21(A) -Approving a revision to the final dev plan from the Crossings at Martin's Run. 6/21/2021- Resolution urging State Senate & House Reps to enact legislation allowing jurisdictions to retain control over possession, discharge and sale of fireworks.

25-21* Concurring w/$260,000 expenditure of ARPA Funds.

26-21* Declaring it necessary to levy an additional tax to supplement the GenFund for providing capital improvements, maintenance and operations of city parks. 27-21 Declaring it necessary to construct sidewalks and requiring abutting property owners construct the same. 28-21 Accepting the donation of $39,604.83 from Mercy Health for feasibility study on renovating/relocating City Hall. Ordinance 9521 (B) - Auth S/S Director to enter contract for professional services related to design of PQM plant improvement project. 96-21 Auth S/S Director to enter into a contract w/ GPD for prof services for design of LOR-611 3 intersection safety improvement project. 97-21 Approving the proposed CBA between the City & USW6621.

98-21 Amending Section III of Ord 68-21 (correction). 99-21* Auth Auditor to pay invoice for LFD which invokes the Then & Now exception process. 10021* Auth S/S Director apply

for/accept grant for installation of cameras and WIFI at S. Lakeview Park. 101-21 Accepting plat of Nau-Blanden subdivision. 102-21*Auth Auditor to pay invoice for IT Dept which invokes the Then & Now exception process. 103-21* Auth S/S Director to advts bids for provision of trash & rubbish collection for 1, 2, 3 bedroom homes. 104-21* Auth S/S Director to enter into sub-recipient agrmt w/Neighborhood Alliance to provide senior nutrition/home delivered meals.

105-21* Auth S/S Director to enter into sub-recipient agrmt w/ CHN Housing Capital to admin Down Payment Assistance Loan Program. 105-21 Auth Clerk of Court to enter into contract for professional accounting services. 10721* Appropriation (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

L.C.C.G. 7/1-8/21 20685228

LEGAL NOTICE ROBBIE BAINES, Defendant, whose last known address is 1850 E. 33RD Street, Lorain, Ohio 44055, is hereby notified that CHERIS GLINSEY, Plaintiff, has filed her Complaint for Divorce on March 26, 2021, captioned CHERIS GLINSEY vs. ROBBIE BAINES, CASE NO. 21 DR 089127, against him in the Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, Lorain County Justice Center, 225 Court Street, Elyria, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio, asking for Divorce, Spousal Support, Mutual Restraining Orders, on the grounds of INCOMPATIBILITY. Said Defendant is required to serve upon the Plaintiff's attorney, Tiffany Catherman, or upon the Plaintiff if Plaintiff has no attorney of record, a copy of an answer to the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after service of the posting of this notice.

Your answer must thereafter be filed with the Court within

three (3) days after the service of a copy of the answer on the Plaintiff's attorney and that the case will be set for hearing on or after the 26th day of May, 2021, at 9 o'clock a.m.

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LEGAL NOTICE KEITH WILLIAMS, Defendant, whose last known address is 3034 Clifton Avenue, Lorain, Ohio 44055, is hereby notified that DONNA WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, has filed her Complaint for Divorce on March 12, 2021, captioned DONNA WILLIAMS vs. KEITH WILLIAMS, CASE NO. 21 DU 089005, against him in the Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, Lorain County Justice Center, 225 Court Street, Elyria, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio, asking for Divorce, Spousal Support, Mutual Restraining Orders, on the grounds of INCOMPATIBILITY, GROSS NEGLECT OF DUTY AND EXTREME CRUELTY. Said Defendant is required to serve upon the Plaintiff's attorney, Tiffany Catherman, or upon the Plaintiff if Plaintiff has no attorney of record, a copy of an answer to the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after service of the posting of this notice.

Your answer must thereafter be filed with the Court within three (3) days after the service of a copy of the answer on the Plaintiff's attorney and that the case will be set for hearing on or after the 25th day of May, 2020, at 9 o'clock a.m.

Tiffany Catherman Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney Registration #0098140 P.O. Box 1744 Elyria, Ohio 44036 Tele:(440) 225-0843 Fax: (440) 999-8813 L.C.C.G. 6/3-10-17-24; 7/1-8/21 20683528

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AMHERST TWP. — Pure joy painted Jason Lowery's face as he tinkered lats Thursday with three fermenters in his basement.

"This is serious business," he laughed, checking over the stainless steel machines.

Inside the canisters, three types of beer were brewing: a New England IPA, a West Coast IPA and a lager.

Even though he's relatively new to the craft, Lowery clearly knows what he's the doing. An air traffic controller by day, the 42-year-old Amherst Township resident spends his off-time winning awards for beer-making.

In June, the American Homebrewers Association crowned him king at the National Homebrew Competition. Judges awarded Lowery three silver medals, as well as the Samuel Adams Ninkasi Award — that's the prize given to competition's highest overall points-earner.

“This coveted award is something to be proud of and a symbol of success for truly pushing the envelope for the homebrew industry," said AHA competition manager John Moorhead.

The competition was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Lowery wasn't even able to watch as winners were revealed. Instead, he was with his son, Lucas, at a baseball tournament in Newark, Ohio.

Because of bad phone reception at the Licking County venue, Lowery said he didn't know about his huge victory until that night, when a flood of messages suddenly popped up on his cell screen.

"I was in absolute shock," he recalls. "I was speechless."

The Ninkasi Award is no small deal. It's gone in years past to big industry names such as Gordon Strong, president and highest ranking judge in the Beer Judge Certification Program, the man who has literally written the book on beer judging.

And since Lowery didn't start making his own brew recipes until 2019, taking the Ninkasi home made him an overnight star.

Drinking craft beer is one thing — Lowery said he's enjoyed it since the early 2000s — but it wasn't until 2017 that he got to see the brewing process up close.

That's when his friend, Ben Northeim, invited him to tour Collision Bend Brewing Company in Cleveland.

"It was cool seeing it, but it was also overwhelming, because it was just such a massive operation," Lowery said.

When Northeim invited him to see his homebrew operation, Lowery said he immediately felt much more comfortable with the smaller scale.

Since he was looking for a hobby "to pour 120 percent of myself into," he went full-tilt. He bought his first fermenter and kettle, then another. And another.

Anyone can hop online and find beer recipes, and that's how Lowery started.

Building a recipe from scratch is something entirely different.

It starts with water tests, and understanding how the levels of calcium, magnesium and acidity will affect taste. Amherst's

National homebrew champion Jason Lowery of Amherst Township has been making his own beer recipes only a short time, making his success in competition stand out all the more. water, according to Lowery, isn't a bad starting point, but neither does it contain any magic, award-winning special components.

Ingredients make all the difference, he said. So does cleanliness, since even the smallest smudge on the inside of a fermenter can change a batch's flavor.

Lowery said his success is the result of being more than just a little obsessive: Once he dives into a hobby, he's all in.

That meant poring over books on water chemistry, studying how yeast works, using special software to experiment with recipes and talking to every brewer he could find in Northeast Ohio.

"I think about brewing all the time," he said. "It's not like an alcoholic thing — it's the process of doing everything. You put your heart and your soul into making this beverage. You meet the farmers, the hopgrowers. Everyone along the chain has put their whole effort into it, the best of their ability."

The first original recipe Lowery brewed on his own was finished in February 2019.

Just a few months later, his entries won silver at the Lorain Brewfest Waterfront District competition and gold at the Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers Son of Brewzilla competition.

The National Homebrew Competition didn't take place last year — another victim of the pandemic — and Lowery said he jumped at the chance to submit his beer for judging in 2021. The AHA received more than 4,400 entries from 2,037 brewers in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and 13 countries.

Lowery said he hopes his success encourages others to try their hand at the craft, too. He wants to see the alreadybooming Lorain County brewing community grow even more.

"Everyone wants to help each other.

That's what I've learned in just a few years in the industry,"he said. "It's funny how something as simple as a liquid can bring people together."

Jason Lowery of Amherst said he’s enjoyed sipping craft beer since the early 2000s, and only in recent years started brewing his own at home. His goal is to eventually open his own brewery in Lorain County, with the name Steele City Brewing Company.

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School renamed for Black Oberlin luminary very appropriate that a school, a place of education, will bear her name," said Elizabeth Schultz, director of the Oberlin Heritage Center. "She worked so hard to leave that legacy behind."

School names "are a reflection of our collective values" and should cultivate a sense of pride while ensuring all students, staff and families feel respected, the board said in an April presentation.

That's something Jackson — the seventh president of the United States — can no longer

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Fanny Jackson Coppin

A South Philadelphia school has been renamed in honor of Oberlin College graduate Fanny Jackson Coppin, one of the first African-American women to receive a higher education degree.

The Andrew Jackson School was given a new name effective Thursday, July 1 as the result of a unanimous vote by the Philadelphia Board of Education.

"I think it's wonderful and

do, the board signaled in a late June statement. He left behind a legacy that doesn't align with the district's core values, it said.

The former president owned 95 Black slaves, and during his time in office he "ordered the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans in the American South in order to open up more land for whiteowned plantations that enslaved and brutalized Black people," the board said.

He championed and signed into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which by conservative esti-

mates caused the deaths of 5,000 Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole people.

The South Philadelphia community has discussed changing the school's name since 2018, when 800 residents signed a petition. The movement picked up steam last summer after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked racial unrest across the nation.

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Charlie Coleman of Wellington rounds the tackle in a September 2007 game against Brooklyn.

Former Dukes football star slain in Virginia JASON HAWK EDITOR

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The action was wet and wild in Wellington during Main Street's First Friday event on July 2. In a salute to safety forces, some of town's top brass braved a dunk tank, with proceeds going to the nonprofit Well-Help. ABOVE: Mackenzie Saunders tries to knock Police Chief Tim Barfield into the tank. RIGHT: Fire Chief Mike Wetherbee gets plunged into the water.

OC grad nominated to federal bench STAFF REPORT

Jennifer Sung, a graduate of Oberlin College, has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Joe Biden.

The White House announced her nomination last week as part of Biden's fifth slate of federal judicial nominees, bringing the

number announced to 32 since January.

"President Biden has spent decades committed to strengthening the federal bench, which is why he continues to move at an unparalleled speed with respect to judicial nominations," the White House said in a prepared statement. "His first judicial nominations announcement was made faster than that of any new president

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If confirmed by Congress, Sung will sit on the appeals court that has jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and the state of Washington. It is headquartered in San Francisco.

She will also be the first

Asian American or Pacific Islander judge from Oregon to sit on the Ninth Circuit.

Sung worked at Altshuler Berzon LLP in San Francisco and then was a partner at McKanna Bishop Joffe LLP in Portland, Oregon, until being appointed to the Oregon Employment Relations Board in 2017.

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A former Wellington Dukes football star was found shot to death the night of Sunday, June 27 in Virginia.

Charlie Coleman, 31, was discovered lying behind an apartment building with multiple gunshot wounds just after 8:30 p.m., according to the Martinsville Police Department. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide investigators believe Coleman was involved in an argument with another man that turned into a physical fight. A statement from the department asking for leads from the public said the second man pulled out a handgun and started firing.

Wearing No. 21, Coleman was a playmaker for the Dukes under the Friday night lights before graduating from Wellington High School in 2008. He was a big-yardage receiver under longtime coach Matt Stoll.

He had moved to Virginia several years ago to be close to his father, according to Tina Stanislawski, the organizer of a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for funeral expenses.

Donations can be made at www.tinyurl.com/Charlie Coleman.

Fix approved to nix flooding at Steele High JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — After flooding nearly destroyed the Comets' gym floor in early June, the Amherst Board of Education voted last week to spend $83,700 to beef up its storm sewers.

Irvin's Lawn Care & Snow Removal of Amherst was hired by unanimous vote to upgrade the drainage system under Marion L. Steele High School's south parking lot.

The company will replace 8-inch storm pipes with 12-inch ones, and will also replace three catchbasins.

"We have to do something, because right now it's not working," said district Building and Grounds Supervisor Chuck Grimmett.

A torrential downpour June 8 caused water to wash into Steele's south lobby, he said: "The water just came so hard and fast that the sewers couldn't handle the volume."

Luckily, maintenance workers were in the school. They grabbed wet/dry vacuum hoses and held the rising water at bay. Their work "saved the gym floor and the lobby, and

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Deputy Sgt. Anthony Pluta of the Lorain County Sheriff's Office caught four bicycle riders wearing their helmets Sunday, June 17 in Amherst Township's Hidden Valley subdivision. They weren't in trouble — Aliza Myers, Alania Youngblood, Mason Mitchell and Landon Mitchell were given "helmet smart" citations for wearing the proper protective gear and were rewarded with free ice cream cones courtesy of Dairy Queen on Route 58 in Amherst.

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FROM B1 school, we have an opportunity to celebrate an important historical figure in our neighborhood who has long gone under-recognized because she was a Black woman," the Philadelphia Board of Education wrote. "It is one small step in the work of dismantling white supremacy."

When talking about civil rights and education in the Civil War era, few figures loom larger than Coppin, according to Shultz.

Born into slavery and freed at age 10, Coppin enrolled in 1860 at Oberlin College, which has long celebrated its role as the first in the United States to accept both Black and female students.

She broke another barrier the following year, switching from the "ladies' course" to the baccalaureate program, which had previously only been for men.

"I never rose to recite in my classes at Oberlin but I felt that I had the honor of the whole African race upon my shoulders," she wrote in her autobiography.

"I felt that, should I fail, it would be ascribed to the fact that I was colored."

She did not fail. Quite the opposite — Coppin became the first Black student to teach a course for others. And in 1865, she became the second Black woman to receive a bachelor's degree from Oberlin, following in the footsteps of Mary Jane Patterson.

Coppin continued as the first Black teacher at Oberlin Academy, a preparatory school at the college.

Moving to Philadelphia, she served as a teacher and then principal for 37 years at the Institute for Colored Youth. She also founded a home for girls and young women,

and in 1897 because vice president of the National Association of Colored Women.

"Oberlin helped her on the path, but she is the one who had the drive," said Schultz.

Coppin was not the only person to be considered as the new namesake for the South Philadelphia school.

On the short list were Acel Moore, who became the first Black reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize; William Still, known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for financing Harriet Tubman's work ushering escaped slaves to safety; and Barbara Rose Johns, who at age 16 led a strike over conditions at her all-Black school. The ensuing court case later spurred the NAACP to take on Brown v. Board of Education, which ended school segregation across the U.S.

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19. *”Tastes So Good, Cats Ask for It by Name” 21. *”The Quicker Picker Upper” 23. Duke of Cambridge to Prince of Wales 24. Blood vessel 25. The Jackson 5 1970 hit 28. Plural of velum 30. Havanese or Pekingese 35. High school formal 37. What the phone did 39. Abrupt increase 40. *____ John’s: “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.”

41. Working shoelaces 43. Island east of Java 44. Shockingly graphic 46. Hurtful remark 47. Design detail 48. Canine’s coat 50. Law school prerequisite, acr.

52. a.k.a. Tokyo 53. Muscovite or biotite 55. Uber alternative 57. *”Let’s Go Places” advertiser 60. *”Can You Hear Me Now?” advertiser 64. On the fritz 65. Wharton degree 67. Upholstery choice 68. Bell-bottoms bottom 69. Emergency responder, acr.

70. Prenatal test, for short 71. Medieval Northern European 72. Be obliged 73. Reconnaissance, for short DOWN 1. Part of a flute 2. Marine eagle 3. What malevolent and levorotary have in common 4. Jellicles’ cries 5. Isaac of science fiction fame

Kids can get basic tennis instruction and play games from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday, July 15 at the LCCC Wellington Center, 151 Commerce Dr. The event is co-hosted

by USTA Midwest-Northeastern Ohio. Call (440) 2337240 to register.

License reinstatement forum

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Judge Chris Cook will hold a forum on having your driver’s license reinstated.

It will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 15 at Visiting Judge’s Courtroom #409 at the Lorain County Justice Center, 225 Court St., Elyria.

There is no cost to attend. The event is intended to help residents who have lost their driving privileges to either get an Ohio license, renew their license or obtain limited driving privileges.

See ‘Godspell’

Sandstone Summer Theatre of Amherst has announced performance dates for its production of “Godspell” under the direction of Jennifer Ludwig, with music direction by Nina Fisher.

Performances will be held at the Vermilion River Reservation Amphitheater, 51211 North Ridge Rd., Vermilion.

They are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, July 9-10 and 16-17; and 2 p.m. on Sundays, July 11 and 18.

Tickets can be purchased at sandstonesummertheatre. com.

Amherst library meeting

The Amherst Public Library board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 12 at Amherst Beaver Creek Reservation Metro Park, 913 North Lake St. The meeting is open to the public.

COURT

FROM B1 Her private practice specialized in labor, employment and constitutional law. According to the White House, she represented labor organizations and employees in arbitrations, administrative proceedings and civil litigation in state and federal courts.

She is no stranger to the workings of the federal bench.

Sung was a law clerk for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher on the Ninth Circuit appeals court from 2004 to 2005.

Fletcher was only the second woman appointed to the Ninth Circuit appeals court, and remained on the bench until her death in 2012.

Before law school, she was a union organizer for the Service Employees International Union.

Sung received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1994 and a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School in 2004.

FLOODING

FROM B1 helped save the district tens of thousands of dollars," said Assistant Superintendent Michael Molnar.

Grimmett said the gym floor had to be replaced six years ago due to flooding, and was threatened again about three years ago.

Changing weather patterns are causing larger heavier rainfall, and the district needs to act before "another biblical flood" results in a huge bill for taxpayers, he said.

Grimmett said the goal is to better divert water to an underground retention site on Washington Street — that will slow down groundwater accumulation during storms so the storm sewer doesn't get overloaded.

The project is expected to take about three weeks to complete. Grimmett called it "a good, solid fix."

The city is repaving Washington Street this summer.

Utilities Superintendent Ron Merthe said it is getting new catchbasins and curbing as well.

That work is not tied to Steele's flooding issues at all, however, according to Merthe.

Grimmett agreed. He said that while much of the water comes from Cleveland Avenue and Axtel Street, and flows downward toward the school, the issue is the drainage system on the district's property.

6. Burnt metal residue 7. India pale ____ 8. Annapolis frosh 9. Leo or Virgo, e.g.

10. Sign above a door 11. Count on 12. Before, poetically 15. Floras’ partners 20. Apathetic 22. Crude fuel 24. Flavoring from Madagascar 25. *”Think Different” advertiser 26. Former Milwaukee Brewer All Star Ryan 27. Dried coconut meat 29. *”Betcha Can’t Eat Just One” advertiser 31. Drinking establishments 32. Blind alternative 33. Checked out 34. *”So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It” advertiser

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56. Biotic community 57. Story “of Two Cities” 58. October stone 59. Nomad’s round house 60. Flower holder 61. Dietary mineral 62. Medley 63. Ne 64. *”It’s Finger Lickin’ Good” 66. *”The Ultimate Driving Machine”

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Celebrating Independence Day in Wellington Photos by Angelo Angel | Community Guide

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that was certainly true of Wellington's Fourth of July celebration. After all the cancellations caused in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sunday's patriotic bash was a welcome return to normal. People lined South Main Street for the Independence Day parade and partied on the village green throughout the afternoon.

▲ Drummers and a fifer re-enact "The Spirit of '76," the famous Revolutionary War painting by Wellington artist Archibald Willard. ◄ Grillmaster Tim Smith knows how to get a burger just right. ▼ Pattie Roush serves slushies to help keep customers cool in the summer heat.

▲ Jacob Poiner holds up his niece, Alexandra Goble to see the parade as it passes. ◄ The Lorain County 4-H Band performs in the parade.

85 SOUTH MAIN STREET OBERLIN OHIO 44074 JULY 8, 2021 BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING DATES ALL MEETINGS WILL BE Live Streamed @ http://oberlinoh.swagit.com/live JULY 13, 2021 .................PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – 4:30 P.M. CONFERENCE ROOM 1 JULY 14, 2021 .................OCIC – 8:00 A.M. - CANCELED JULY 14, 2021 .................OUCIT – 3:00 P.M. - CANCELED

▲ Ed Campbell hands out candy to waiting children on the parade route.

NOTICE: DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL 775-7203 OR E-MAIL: banderson@cityofoberlin.com NOTICE REQUIRED: TWO (2) WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING (48 HOURS) CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE.

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FFA REPORT Where does food come from?

ALAINA COLLINS WELLINGTON FFA

WELLINGTON — The Wellington FFA chapter hosted a Food for America event for Westwood Elementary students on June 2. FFA members showed animals and exhibits such as a dairy heifer, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and even a camel and a zebra.

There were 16 stations in all. FFA members prepared presentations and posters to teach kids in kindergarten through third grade about agriculture and where food comes from, as well as how Ohio fits into each category.

FFA members then led the students around to each station and gave them a goodie bag complete with a carton of milk and fun items from various organizations.

Both the Westwood students and the FFA members had an amazing experience.

Opioid threat hasn't gone away, say LC health experts STAFF REPORT

A 20 percent increase in deaths from opioid overdoses has triggered alarms at Lorain County Public Health.

The rise is seen when comparing deaths between January and April 2020 to the same time frame in 2021.

Fentanyl is also flooding the market in Lorain County, the health department warns.

An opioid-related overdose death has been happening every 2.5 days on average in Lorain County. Health officials say family members, friends and coworkers of people known to abuse drugs should carry naloxone — often known by the brand name Narcan — to help prevent overdose deaths and promote recovery.

Naloxone is a medication that if used in time can stop and reverse an opioid overdose. People who spend time around someone who uses opioid drugs should have a naloxone rescue kit on hand, as should anyone in recovery from an opioid problem.

Get a free rescue kit mailed to you by getting training and submitting a request at www.loraincountyhealth. com/opioids or by visiting Lorain County Public Health, 9880 Murray Ridge Rd., Elyria Township, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to get training and pick up a kit.

Call (440) 322-6367 to make an appointment after hours.

“Saving someone’s life with Narcan provides a chance for that person to seek recovery,” said Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell. “Getting support from others helps a person with addiction seek and reach recovery.”

To help prevent opioid abuse, store your prescription pain medications safely. Medication safes keep your controlled substances and prescriptions stored with a combination lock or lock and key. Disposal bags "deactivate" prescriptions so it's safe to throw them in the trash. Visit www.loraincountyhealth.com/opioids or call (440) 322-6367 for a medication safe or disposal bag.

To help prevent an overdose death, share the “Never Use Alone” line at (800) 484-3731 — an operator stays on the line and contacts emergency services if the caller becomes unresponsive.

In 2020, Lorain County Public Health distributed 932 naloxone rescue kits to local residents to prevent opioid overdoses. Reports show that those rescue kits saved 140 people — all someone's daughter, mother, father, son or friend — from dying from an opioid overdose.

In 2020, 138 loved ones lost their lives because of an accidental overdose.

OHC Summer Grounds Day

Join Oberlin Heritage Center staff members anytime between 9 a.m. and noon on Saturday, July 24 to help spruce up the nonprofit's grounds for visitors.

Projects include trimming, weeding and general yard clean up. Tools and supplies will be provided, or volunteers are welcome to take their own. Park in the lot behind the Monroe House, off of Vine Street.

Masks are not required outside. For more information or to sign up, contact Liz Schultz at director@oberlin heritage.org.

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The whole 50 yards Carroll completes mowing challenge JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Joe Carroll doesn't mind rolling up his sleeves and doing some hard work, as long as it helps others.

The Amherst 17-year-old has put his lawnmower to good use since March 2020, sweating through the pandemic by working through the We Are Raising Men Lawn Care 50 Yard Challenge.

That's 50 lawns trimmed, for free to build character. Carroll finished up his final yard May 30.

"I thought it would go pretty quick," he said. "But I just kept going. I didn't want to stop... It was important to me because I did it for other people."

Rodney Smith Jr. of Huntsville, Alabama, started the challenge in 2016 after seeing an elderly man struggling to mow his lawn. He offered to finish the job, and was inspired to start cutting grass for veterans, people with disabilities, older folks who need a hand, single parents and essential workers.

Today, Smith travels all over the nation, "making a difference one lawn at a time," as he puts it. He also visits young men and women who take up his challenge to spread kindness through lawn care, raking leaves and shoveling snowy sidewalks.

Some 1,850 kids in eight countries and every state in America have answered the call, including 123 in Ohio. As a result, We Are Raising Men boasts more than 15,000 lawns have been mowed for free.

Smith visited Carroll Saturday, June 26 in Amherst to congratulate him for completing all 50 lawns.

Carroll said he is proud to have stayed the course, and doesn't mind mowing a few more for the new friends he's made along the way.

"I did it for everybody," Carroll said. "I loved it because it was easy, and it was cool to cut grass and feel different tools to use."

The Amherst teen, who will be a senior this fall at Marion L. Steele

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Joe Carroll of Amherst shows the new tools he was given as part of the We Are Raising Men Lawn Care 50 Yard Challenge.

High School, was rewarded with a new mower, leaf blower and trimmer.

"He has the ability now to have his own little lawn service," said Carroll's grandmother and guardian, Jean Dombrosky. "I just can't believe how far this has gone for Joe." She said her grandson's accomplishment is even more inspiring because he has disabilities, including being developmentally delayed and having Tourette syndrome.

"If he can do it, anybody can," Dombrosky said.

Kids ages 7 to 17 can sign up for the 50 Yard Challenge at www. weareraisingmen.com — but Smith and company warn that as a small nonprofit, We Are Raising Men can

only take on so many submissions at a time.

Those who are able to sign up have no time limit to complete their community service. They can mow the same lawns more than once, but are encouraged to spread their kindness to as many homes as possible.

Challengers are asked to take pictures of their work and submit them as proof of a job well done.

Each will be sent a white shirt, safety glasses and earplugs in the mail — and for every 10 lawns mowed, they'll get a new color shirt, working up from orange to black.

For other kids are thinking about taking on the 50 Yard Challenge, Carroll has some advice: "Go for it."

Young athletes thrive in summer camps FOR THE NEWS-TRIBUNE

OBERLIN — Throughout June, words like “strike zone,” “pop-up,” “baseline,” “tackle” and “spike” were heard in gyms and on fields as volunteer coaches gave their time to Oberlin’s student athletes during the district's first sports summer camp.

On opening day, June 7, there were 65 third- through eighth-graders who showed up to the Phoenix baseball diamond and softball field.

“For us to have 65 students sign up for the first session is great,” said Oberlin City Schools Athletic Director John Carter.

Athletic Administrative Assistant Leann Anderson said the district has all the makings for successful youth camps, from baseball and softball to basketball, volleyball, football and soccer.

“During the sports summer camp, the students and parents saw knowledge and coaching skills our volunteer coaches can offer to the youth in our community,” said Anderson. “Providing opportunities for our youth is a key component to the building of our athletic programs.”

As the second week began, 35 young basketball players took to the court on June 15. Gym shoes squeaked as the young athletes ran from baseline to baseline, waiting on Phoenix head coach Kurt Russell’s next drill.

The third and final week saw student athletes learn the basics of football, volleyball and soccer.

On June 22, 19 boys showed up to toss footballs on the field under the direction of Oberlin head football coach Mike Akers, coach Dave Payne, volunteer coach Clay Anderson and athletic trainer Dave Dury.

"It's nice to see this interest in football," Akers said right before the students broke into groups to practice

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Phoenix football coach Dave Payne shows a student how to hold and pass a football. either being a quarterback or wide-end receiver.

Inside the Oberlin High School gymnasium, 26 boys and girls practiced passing and setting the volleyball as head coach Katie Schade looked on.

Soccer players took to the field during the evening hours to learn basic foot skills and positions.

Summer sports camp attendance

topped out at 90 participants on June 22.

“This shows me, and the district, that our student athletes want to learn, and they want to engage in sports," said Carter. "This is exactly what we hoped the sports summer camps would look like — we wanted kids who maybe never threw a baseball, caught a softball or held a basketball to see what it’s like to be a student athlete.”

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Bright streaming fireworks, popping firecrackers, marching bands, and flag-waving crowds. Sounds like a perfect Fourth of July, right? Not for your pets! Today’s page tells you how to keep pets safe and happy on the Fourth.

Which doesn’t belong?

Use this code to reveal some incredible Independence Day facts:

ach year, bright lights, crowds and painfully loud noises cause cats and dogs to become frightened, lost, or even sick. Some run away and hide, some cry and strain on leashes.

This year, keep your pet in a quiet room during the festivities of the Fourth. Very nervous pets may need help from your vet.

Numberofhot dogs that areeaten byAmericansonIndependenceDay: million

Amount of money spent on watermelon forthe July 4th holiday: $

million

How many things can you find wrong with this picture?

How many different squares can you find in this Fourth of July popper? Careful!

There may be more than you think!

, Dear Kid Scoop What do I do if my pet gets lost?

10 - 15: Sizzler 15 - 20: Poppin’ 21 - 25: Firecracker Over 25: Dynamite!

Sincerely, Worried

Dear Worried,

Make sure your pet has an I.D. (identification) tag that has your current phone number. You can also have an I.D. chip injected under your pet’s skin by your veterinarian.

If your pet does get lost, check the neighborhood and call the animal shelter as soon as possible.

Remember to keep your pets indoors on the Fourth of July.

Onomatopeia

Dash through today’s newspaper to find the letters that spell the words on the firecrackers.

Spelling an entire word “defuses” the firecracker.

Can you stop them all in under five minutes?

Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level words correctly.

Where are these? Find each of these items hidden on today’s page.

To find out, circle every other letter in the rocket’s trail.

ou might know of Benjamin Franklin as a brilliant and creative man, a Founding Father of our nation and one of the most important inventors of his time.

Imagine that Ben had a friend who was a mouse. What would this mouse be able to tell us about Ben and his life and times?

Unscramble the title of this great book.

Then, check it out at your local library!

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

This means a word formed as it sounds— a word like buzz or hiss. Look through the newspaper for words that are spelled like the sounds they describe.

Also look for words that simply describe sounds, words like loud, soft, blaring, quiet, booming, hushed.

Use all the words you find in a poem or paragraph about sound.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Use literary devices in writing.

FIREWORKS FOURTH ERUPT PETS CROWDS PAINFULLY LOUD HIDE IGNITE LOST MOUSE POEM KEEP SOFT SCARE

Percentage of Americans who own an American flag: %

Estimated numberof professional July 4th fireworks displays around the country: , Sources: History.com, WalletHub.com

H A T S O L P P F Y E D I H T F O I O U T E R T S E R U P T I R T R D E P H D F

This week’s word:

NERVOUS

N A O U W S E F J O

The adjective nervous means easily upset or excited.

I S R F R O K B E S

The nervous dog jumped in the air when he heard a loud noise.

G C U O O U E L Y S

A K F E C M E O P Y S Y L L U F N I A P

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

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

Pets Bill of Rights

Sizzzling Synonyms

Select five words from the headlines on the front page. For each word, search through the newspaper for a synonym—a word that means the same or nearly the same thing.

ANSWER: Yankee Poodle!

Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Recognize synonyms.

Number of people whosigned the Declaration of Independence:

What rights do you think pets should have? Make a list of five or more pets’ rights to create a Pets Bill of Rights.