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Volume 9, Issue 31

Chasing a Senate seat

Tim Ryan sits down with local teachers JASON HAWK EDITOR

Graphic by Jason Hawk

Back-to-school prices soaring JASON HAWK EDITOR

Like a lot of parents across the nation, Molly Pellerite is spending the last weeks of summer hunting for bargains, using coupons and hoping to keep back-to-school bills under control.

Looking at sandals last week at Target in Avon with her daughter, 9-year-old Addison, Pellerite said she’s been comparison shopping online and trying to to beat brick-and-mortar prices.

“We’re just trying to gauge savings where we can,” she said.

A few aisles away, Caitlin Siracusa was loading up a shopping cart with classroom supplies for her three kids. “I think I like markers better than crayons,” said her son, 9-year-old Grayson, who planned to ask Mom for the biggest pack he could find.

Siracusa said she knew school shopping would cost more this year, with the prices of American goods skyrocketing by 9.1 percent since last June — that’s the biggest 12-month increase in four decades.

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AMHERST TWP. — While other candidates dream of arenas filled with screaming fans, Tim Ryan asked to meet Monday with just a handful of teachers.

Nor did he go for spectacle. Instead of an expensive suit, the Democratic congressman walked into the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Apprenticeship Training Center on Route 58 wearing a T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes.

“We’ve got to rebuild the American middle class,” he told about two dozen teachers who came together from all over Lorain County.

For more than an hour, they talked about how their students’ families all too often live in poverty, battle addiction and are fearful of violence.

Those worries resonated with Ryan, whose wife is a first grade teacher.

Ryan has served in Congress for 19 years. Now he’s on the campaign trail, hoping this fall to win the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Rob Portman, who chose not to seek a third term.

Ryan’s competition is Republican J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” which recounts the economic and social problems he saw growing up in southwestern Ohio.

Polls have the race in a dead heat, and in the past month both candidates have made increasingly frantic

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Tim Ryan, candidate for the US Senate speaks to a group of educators at the Bricklayers Union Hall in Amherst. requests for donations to lift their campaigns.

While Vance has veered far right with his rhetoric, Ryan’s ads rarely mention anything about being a Democrat, his views of President Joe Biden or the party’s goals.

Instead, they attempt to brand Ryan

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as a centrist who is less interested in politics than creating jobs and putting “Americans first.”

Ryan said Monday that he’s trying to reach across the political divide because the country is “coming

Wellington Police Department

This frame from Wellington police officer Allan Geitgey’s body camera shows fellow officer Kayla Chrosniak using a stun gun in attempt to stop Scott Bakker, who approached with a knife.

WELLINGTON — Scott Bakker, who was shot the evening of Saturday, July 23 during what Wellington police described as an apparent mental health episode, has been released from the hospital.

The 37-year-old has returned home from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland and is recovering from a stomach wound, Capt. Richard Bosley of the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday.

Because Wellington

police officers Kayla Chrosniak and Allan Geitgey were involved in the shooting, the sheriff’s office is handling the investigation.

Having a separate law enforcement agency step in after an officer-involved shooting is standard procedure.

Bakker was interviewed by deputies before being discharged from the hospital, Bosley said.

Chrosniak and Geitgey had not spoken to investigators yet, he said; deputies were trying to coordinate a meeting with their attorney.

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INSIDE THIS WEEK Affecting Lorain County

Wellington

First-responders learn about reducing addiction stigma • B1

Beekeepers raise $52,000 for new headquarters • B1

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Lorain County Community Guide

Tax-free weekend coming

To help out families a little, the state of Ohio will have a sales tax holiday from Friday, Aug. 5 to Sunday, Aug. 7.

The Ohio Department of Taxation said sales tax will not apply to clothing priced at $75 or less, school supplies priced at $20 or less and instructional materials priced at $20 or less.

Items used in a trade or business will not be exempt during the tax holiday.

Get free school supplies

The 6th Annual Jaqui Willis Back to School Drive is being held once again for Oberlin City Schools families.

Sign up at www.oberlincommunityservices.org/backto-school by 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5. Supplies can be picked up from 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18 at Oberlin High School, 281 N. Pleasant St. Registered parents will receive a pick-up time via email.

Food, drinks and literacy kits will be available on pick-up.

Little Free Library moves

The Brownhelm Historical Association has relocated its Little Free Library to the east side of the parking lot at the Historic Brownhelm School and Museum, 1950 North Ridge Rd.

OBITUARIES George W. Johnston Jr. George W. Johnston Jr., born Nov. 30, 1936, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, with his family by his side.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Ruth (Anderson) Johnston; children, George 'Butch' Johnston III of Elyria, Carma Lee Freeman of Lorain, Douglas Johnston of Wellington and Tonya Bollin of Decatur, Indiana.

Grandchildren, Brandi (Russ Godsey) Hatfield, Sean (Jessica) Freeman, Erin (Nate) Messer, Tim (Jolene) Johnston, Christopher (Katie) Bollin, Brandon (Amanda) Sauer, Braeton Bollin and Jayce Bollin; and ten greatgrandchildren. Brother-in-law Allan (Cathy) Anderson; many nieces and nephews; and his Beloved boston terriers, Hudson and Maya.

He worked at Spitzer's in Grafton as a mechanic before working at Larson's Foundry in Grafton in Maintenance for over 30 years.

A lover of all cars, he could be found at car shows with his 1936 Dodge Ram that he rebuilt along with friends and family, and going to car races. After retirement, he was a regular at Wellington Lawn and Garden, where in between cups of coffee and donuts with his friends, he could be found helping fix lawn equipment.

Proceeded in death by parents, George and Maria (Kaiser) Johnston; siblings, Robert, Mary, Charlie, Donald, Ronald, Harold, Eva, and Kathleen; father-in-law, Lawrence (Archie) Anderson; and mother-in-law, Marguerite Anderson. Brothers-in-law, Raymond Anderson and Robert Anderson; and grandson, Joshua Freeman.

Friends and family were received Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at Norton-Eastman Funeral Home, 370 South Main St., Wellington. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Wounded Warriors Project in honor of his grandsons who are currently serving our country, or the Friendship Animal Protective League.

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

THELMA JEAN ALLSOP (nee Mathes), 95, of South Amherst, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

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

To place an obituary or death notice in the Community Guide, call (440) 329-7000.

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FROM A1 The Siracusas are lucky, though, she said. This year’s class list doesn’t seem as long, and they don’t plan to buy a ton of clothing until later in the fall.

Pellerite said she’s also looking to make school supplies stretch more than she has in past years.

“We are going to go through old stuff and we’re not going to buy a new pair of scissors,” she said. “The things we can reuse, we’re going to reuse.”

The National Retail Federation’s annual back-to-school survey shows these moms aren’t alone. Responses from some 7,000 people show 47 percent of families plan to switch to cheaper alternatives to everyday necessities, school supplies and clothes included.

“How are consumers reacting to consumer prices? Well, they’re doing all the things you’d expect them to do,” said NRF Vice President Mark Mathews.

“They’re switching to cheaper alternatives, they’re looking for coupons and sales more often, purchasing store brands and shopping at discount stores.”

Inflation has passed COVID-19 as the No. 1 worry on consumers’ minds, he said. A whopping 40 percent said they will have to cut back in other areas to afford back-to-school necessities. For a large majority, that means dining at home more often, and one-third said they are postponing or canceling vacations.

“They’re also telling us they’re dipping into savings as well as going into debt to afford these purchases,” Mathews said.

Almost a third of low-income families said they have to go into debt to finance back-to-school necessities, which he said is definitely a problem. Only 15.7 percent of those surveyed said they won’t change their spending habits at all.

Back-to-school prices for kids in prekindergarten through grade 12 have jumped 40.6 percent since 2019, according to NRF calculations.

The group predicts the average house-

hold in the United States to spend $864 this year to send kids back to school.

That’s a collective $36.9 billion — The cost is even higher for families sending college students back. The NRF said the average college household will spend $1,199, or $73.9 billion nationwide.

The biggest expense for the younger set is electronics, which have become just as important as backpacks and pencils, said Katherine Cullen, senior director for industry and consumer insights.

On average, households are likely to spend $293 on computers, calculators, printers, phones and other gadgets they feel will give kids a leg up. Electronics are driving about half the increase in this year’s expected spending, said Cullen.

Clothing and accessories aren’t far behind at $264, plus $168 for shoes.

Even with families looking for deals, this year’s back-to-school spending is expected to come close to last year’s record $37.1 billion, the NRF believes.

The average family plans to spend about $168 more for back-to-school than they would have before the pandemic, Cullen said.

The nonprofit Junior Achievement USA said it is concerned about the stress of much-higher prices on families.

It commissioned a survey of 1,004 teens that found 33 percent said their parents are concerned about the cost of back-toschool supplies, and 37 percent said they won’t be able to get every item they need.

About 34 percent of teens said they have depended on teachers, community donations and other sources to get supplies in past school years.

"Each back-to-school season, we hear about families who don't have the means to provide all of the supplies their students may need for the school year," said Lori McCleese, president of Junior Achievement USA for North Central Ohio.

"Rising costs and supply chain issues may make that especially hard for families this year. We encourage everyone who can to donate school supplies this year to help young people in your community."

FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL • Amherst — Thursday, Aug. 25 for grades 1-12; staggered start for kindergarten on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 30-31 • Avon — Thursday, Aug. 25 for grades 1-12; Monday, Aug. 29 for kinAdergarten • Avon Lake — Tuesday, Aug. 23 for grades 1-12; Thursday, Aug. 25 for kindergarten • Black River — Tuesday, Aug. 30 • Clearview — Wednesday, Aug. 24 for grades 1-12; staggered start for kindergarten on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 29-30 • Columbia — Wednesday, Aug. 31 for grades 1-12; Thursday, Sept. 8 for kindergarten • Elyria — Wednesday, Aug. 24 for grades 9-12; staggered start for kindergarten through grade 8 from Aug. 24-26 • Firelands — Tuesday, Sept. 6 for grades 1-6 and 9; Wednesday, Sept. 7 for grades 7-8 and 10-12; Friday, Sept. 9 for kindergarten • Keystone — Monday, Aug. 29 for grades 1-12; Tuesday, Sept. 6 for kindergarten • Lorain — Wednesday, Aug. 17 • JVS — Monday, Aug. 29 • Midview — Tuesday, Sept. 6 for grades 1-12; Monday, Sept. 12 for kindergarten • North Ridgeville — Thursday, Aug. 18 for grades 1-12; Tuesday, Aug. 23 for kindergarten • Oberlin — Monday, Aug. 29 • Sheffield-Sheffield Lake — Thursday, Aug. 25 for grades 1-12; staggered start for kindergarten Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 30-31 • Vermilion — Thursday, Aug. 25 • Wellington — Monday, Aug. 29

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FROM A1 Both officers remain on paid administrative leave, said Wellington Mayor Hans Schneider.

Bosley said he expects a grand jury to be presented with the case in the next few weeks.

“I’m hoping that we’ll have this wrapped up very shortly,” he said.

Lorain County Prosecutor J.D. Tomlinson declined to talk about the case Friday. He said he will decide how to proceed and offer comment after receiving a complete report from the sheriff’s office.

Initial incidents reports released Friday show the perspectives of several deputies who responded to 419 Courtland St. in Wellington after Bakker was shot.

On arrival, two deputies helped South Lorain County Ambulance District medics who were trying to keep Bakker conscious. To allow medics to concentrate on their patient, one deputy drove the ambu-

lance to the Lorain County Fairgrounds, where a LifeFlight helicopter landed.

Others secured the scene with crime tape, looked for evidence and canvassed for witnesses.

They found two spent shell casings and took the handgun Chrosniak used after Bakker advanced on her with a 12-inch knife in hand, according to the reports.

In footage from Chrosniak’s body camera, she was seen first using a ranged stun gun to try to stop Bakker. But when he shrugged off the electric shock and turned on her, Chrosniak immediately switched to her firearm.

Geitgey’s body camera video was released Friday at the Community Guide’s request, showing his view of the incident.

The new footage also has much clearer audio, making it possible to hear Bakker yelling from inside the house that he has a knife before the shooting.

“You guys have got to

protect yourselves, because I’ve got to protect myself from you,” he said.

The video shows Geitgey interacting with Bakker, then backing away when Bakker started aggressively moving toward him.

As the situation escalated, Geitgey raised a handheld weapon that appeared to be his sidearm, not a Taser.

“Put the knife down, Scott,” Geitgey yelled before Chrosniak opened fire.

In the new video, a neighbor can be seen running up with a towel that police used to control Bakker’s bleeding.

“I wish this could have gone differently,” Chrosniak told Bakker, holding the towel to his abdomen.

“Me too,” he replied quietly.

Schneider said the police officers acted appropriately and compassionately, especially Chrosniak, who consoled Bakker as he lay on the ground.

“To go from where

you’re being threatened and then administering not just aid but offering prayer, I’m still astounded by that,” Schneider said.

One witness told investigators that throughout the afternoon she’d heard glass breaking, screaming, piano keys being pounded and rap music coming from Bakker’s house, and recounted watching the altercation with officers play out.

She alleged that Bakker has mental illness and does not take his medication.

Wellington police previously said they had been to Bakker’s home 19 prior times since October, mostly on calls involving mental health crises.

“Police are often called to respond to mental health calls, which often resolve themselves by a party being transported to a hospital,” but it is common for those patients to be released quickly, Wellington police Chief Tim Barfield said in a press conference last week.

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“I think we have to recognize that we have to represent the exhausted majority of people, which is Democrats, Republicans and independents who are exhausted by what’s going on in the country, and find practical solutions on how to reform our government,” he said.

Neither Democrats nor Republicans are right on everything, said Ryan — they have to work together to make “a better product” that appeals to voters.

With that strategy, he’s been striking into more rural areas and finding support.

Ryan has been outraising and outspending Vance, making the race a dead heat in a state that solidly sided with Trump in 2020.

Ryan said his economic message cuts across political lines, while Vance is focusing on “the very extreme culture wars.”

“I’m way more Ohio than J.D. Vance,” he said when asked about the tight race.

“He went to California. He doesn’t have a lot of ties here.”

Supporting manufacturing, building a stronger workforce, protecting worker rights and raising the minimum wage have all been core to Ryan’s platform.

He opposes trade policies that have gutted the Ohio job market and has repeatedly targeted China for what he’s labeled unfair trade practices. He also supports tax cuts for small businesses and wants to invest in aerospace, automotive and clean energy industries.

Ohioans shouldn’t have to work 12 to 15 hours a day, six or seven days a week to make a living, he said. Nor should they have to miss their kids’ birthdays or Little League games.

Education is key to getting the economy back on track, said Ryan — which is why he wanted a roundtable to listen to their concerns.

“They’re on the front lines, and I want to do a lot more listening than talking,” he said. “I think part of the problem with our politics today is politicians want to talk and not listen.”

And teachers wanted to be heard. They voiced frustration over being vilified as “woke” agents who teach critical race theory and subvert values, they told Ryan.

CRT is a graduate-level approach not taught in grade school, but has become a firebrand issue for conservatives. Ryan told teachers that “extremists” must “stop dragging our kids into some culture war you guys want to wage to score political points.”

Teachers were also raw that they aren’t trusted to teach appropriate curriculum, but would be trusted to carry firearms in the classroom under a new Ohio law.

Some school boards — Lorain and Firelands, for example — have already said they won’t allow teachers to be armed. But some across the state are open to the idea.

Steven Cawthon, who teaches social studies at Lorain High School, said the idea is “insane” and that police also believe arming school staff is unsafe. He is the brother of Amherst police Chief Mark Cawthon.

Lorain City Councilwoman Victoria Kempton, D-Ward 2, said children are terrified of being killed in violence at school.

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“They don’t feel safe in schools,” she said. “Ask them.”

Martin Heberling, who teaches sixthgraders at Longfellow Elementary in Lorain and is also an at-large on Amherst City Council, said concerns about guns in schools are a huge issue right now.

After working briefly as a part-time police officer and auxiliary deputy, Heberling said he’s confident in his ability to carry a firearm. But he works with teachers who are staunchly against allowing their peers to be armed.

Ryan later said he was struck by teachers’ frank discussion of how traumatized their students are, both by the prospect of shootings as well as situations at home, where money is often scarce and drugs are taking a toll.

Teachers told him kids carry those burdens into the classroom; it’s unrealistic to expect them to leave their worries at the door.

He was also surprised by a clamor for the return of shop class and other classes that can prepare students to work in the trades instead of going to college.

More kids should graduate “job ready” to work at Intel and other manufacturers, he agreed.

“I know that one of the dumbest things we’ve done in this country is tell everybody they have to go to college,” Ryan told teachers. They need more options for high-paying, in-demand skills that can be taught in high school.

At the same time, Congress needs to make college more affordable, he said — when federal PELL grants started in the 1970s, they covered a majority of the cost, and many people got out with debt at all.

Now student debt is big business. College debt grew to a record $1.7 trillion last year, and the average American owes $37,693, according to the Federal Reserve and Federal Student Aid. Ryan said he wants to see legislation that would allow student debt to be renegotiated down.

On the other end of the age spectrum, his platform also includes expanding Medicare by lowering the eligibility age to 60 and allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription costs for seniors. Ryan has said he’ll fight efforts to privatize Social Security and Medicare, and wants to make sure retired seniors get benefits increases that keep up with the cost of living.

He also supports women’s health, voting to codify the right to abortion access and opposing efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. Ryan also backs expanded protections for LGBTQ+ Ohioans.

But he said Monday that too many Democratic programs have been in place for decades without accomplishing much.

They need to be scrapped and replaced with programs that work, he said.

An example: To combat a high infant mortality rate in Youngstown, Ryan backed a $1 million program to teach impoverished mothers about nutrition, breastfeeding and safety. That program is much like one that Lorain County Public Health runs, and has reaped positive results.

If he wins, Ryan will join Sherrod Brown in the Senate. Both are Democrats.

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Help cops ‘cram the cruiser’

The Amherst Schools PTO and Amherst Police Department will hold a “Cram the Cruiser” event to collect school supplies for kids in need.

It will run from 4-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at a Park Avenue booth during Main Street Amherst’s Walkin’ on Wednesday event in the city’s downtown shopping area.

Supplies will be donated to the Amherst Schools. Items that are needed include pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, glue sticks or bottles, highlighters, pocket folders, kid’s scissors, colored pencils, crayons, markers, loose leaf paper, spiral notebooks, index cards, three-ring binders, sharpeners, calculators and backpacks.

Restaurant collects supplies

Hot Dog Heaven is collecting school supplies for Amherst students through Friday, Aug. 19 at 493 Cleveland Ave. Take in any donation and receive 10 percent off your food bill.

Suggested items include crayons, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, markers, dry erase markers, glue sticks, kid-safe scissors, two-pocket folders, construction paper, notebook paper, pencil boxes, backpacks, tissues, paper towels and sanitizer wipes.

Gas prices continue to decline

The average price of gasoline across Northeast Ohio fell 22 cents in the past week, retreating by a total of 82 cents per gallon over the past month, according to AAA. This week’s regional average is $3.90 per gallon compared to $4.12 during the week of July 25. The average price for the week of Aug. 1, 2021, was just $3.00.

That national average has also fallen 14 cents over the past week and is 63 cents less than a month ago. Gasoline is now less than $4 per gallon at nearly half the country’s gas stations, AAA said.

Gore Orphanage bridge work

Lorain County commissioners approved advertising last week for bids to replace the Gore Orphanage Road bridge at a cost of more than $3.6 million, including repairing a failed retaining wall.

The bridge is currently closed. The County Engineer’s Association of Ohio, which administers projects using federal funds disbursed to the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Lorain County Engineer’s Office will pay for the project.

Sign up for adult co-ed softball

The 2022 Oberlin Co-ed Softball League will play from August to November at the West Hamilton Street recreation complex, with Wednesday night double-headers.

The season includes 10 to 12 games and a single-elimination tournament, with adult teams for ages 18 and older.

Registration is a $225 fee per team and a $10 umpire fee before each game. To register, contact the Oberlin Recreation Office at (440) 775-7254 or recreation@cityofoberlin.com.

Free lunch applications

The Amherst Schools have announced their 2022-2023 policy for free and reduced-price meals.

Parents of students who are unable to pay full price meals served under the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs are encouraged to fill out an application. Families must meet federal income eligibility guidelines. Eligible families may also qualify for Ohio’s Healthy Start and Healthy Families programs.

For more information or to request an application, call (800) 324-8680.

CLASSIFIEDS LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE City of Lorain - Water Main Replacement Program Year 2 - Various Locations The City of Lorain intends to contract for engineering, surveying, and construction administration services in connection with the replacement of water mains on various streets including: • Eastman Drive - From Leavitt Rd to end • 1st Street - 18" Steel transmission water main from vault east to Hamilton and Hamilton south to West Erie.

• West Erie - Kolbe Ave to Beavercrest Dr • Valleyview - Brookview Dr to Sherwood Dr • Sherwood - W 21st St to Meister Ave • Boreman's Farms - Cooper Foster Park Drive to south of State Route 2.

Railroad crossings at: • Missouri at Norfolk Southern RR Crossing - (between Garfield and "G" St) • Long Ave at Northfolk Southern RR Crossing - (between W.11th St & W. 12th St) • Rt. 58 (Leavitt Rd) at Norfolk Southern RR Crossing - (between W.20th St & Edith St) Engineering, Surveying, and Construction Administration firms interested in being considered for a contract to provide the required services should reply with a statement of qualifications no later than August 11th, 2022. Statements received after this deadline will not be considered.

Statements of qualifications should include information regarding the firm's history; education and experience of owners and key technical personnel; the technical expertise of the firm's current staff; the firm's experience in designing similar projects; project cost containment, availability of staff; the firm's equipment and facilities; project approach, references; and any previous work performed for The City of Lorain.

Statements of qualifications should be transmitted to: The City of Lorain Office of the City Engineer 4th Floor 200 West Erie Avenue Lorain, Ohio 44052 3 statements of qualification packages are required.

As required by Ohio Revised Code §153.65-71, responding firms will be evaluated

and ranked in order of their qualifications. Following this evaluation, The City of Lorain will enter contract negotiations with the most highly qualified firm. The preliminary project description is as follows: Project Name: City of Lorain - Water Main Replacement Program Year 2 - Various Locations (see above) Description: Provide engineering, surveying, OWDA funding requests / application processing, and construction administration / inspection services in connection with the replacement of water mains as defined.

Project schedule: Anticipated dates for design start/completion: September 14, 2022 / January 14, 2023 Anticipated dates for construction start/completion: April 1, 2023 / Oct. 1, 2023 By order of the Director of Safety/Service C.G. 7/21-28/22 20705416 PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on July 18 & July 25, 2022. The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Breanna Dull @ 204-2050 (Breanna_Dull@ cityoflorain.org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

7/18/22 Resolution 32-22 Recognizing & commending Nancy Krasienko, an advocate of fighting and education people about the opioid crisis. 103-22 Recognizing & commemorating former Chief of Police Cel Rivera by designating Broadway between West Erie & West 1st Street the honorary name "Chief Cel Rivera Way".

104-22 Recognizing & commemorating Celestino "Cel" Rivera by renaming Oakwood Park "The Celestino "Cel" Rivera Oakwood Park".105-22 Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract for the purpose of improving various traffic signals.106-22* Amending Ord. 96-19, agreement A-19-034, w/ Coldwater Consulting, LLC for professional services related to the Lower Black River AOC Remediation & Restoration program. 107-22* Auth S/S Director to enter into an agrmt for grant funding w/ Ohio Dept of Development Brown-

field Remediation Program for Stoveworks Brownfield Revitalizations project. 10822* Ratifying the acceptance of grant funding from the Ohio Dept of Development Brownfield Remediation program for the Lorain Pellet Redevelopment project. 109-22 Auth S/S Director to enter into an agreement w/ Verdantas for professional services related to the Pellet Terminal Redevelopment project. 110-22* Amending Sections 1 & 3 of Ord. 190-21, auth the S/S Director to enter into contracts for the purchase of materials/ supplies for the Pub Prop Dept by increasing amount to $965,358.33 111-22* Auth the operation of under-speed vehicles in the City of Lorain. 11222* Auth S/S Director to enter into contract w/ the highest rated/ranked engineering firm for prof services related to the implementation of Cityworks, asset management software in Util. Dept. 113-22* Auth S/S Director to enter into contracts w/ TKE Company for $82,138 for upgrades to both City Hall elevators w/o bid. 114-22* Amending Section 1 of Ord. 189-21, purchase of gasoline, fuel, oil & other petroleum products needed for various depts. by increasing dollar amount to $1,175,000. 115-22* Amending Cod. Ord. Chapter 557: "Weeds", Section 557.01 "Notice to Cut Weeds or High Grass". 116-22 Auth S/S Director to make application to ODOT for 90/10 funding for planning safety improvements at SR611- Henderson & Colorado Ave. 117-22* Auth S/S Director to apply for the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) Planning Grant administered

by HUD w/ LMHA. 118-22* Amending Ord. 2-22. 119-22* Appropriation.

12022 Auth S/S Director to enter into MOU between the City & Lorain FOP #3 in accordance w/ the provisions of Article 40, Section 40.4 of the CBA. 12122 Auth S/S Director to enter into MOU between the City & Lorain Prof Firefighters IAFF Local 267 in accordance w/ the provisions of Article 20, Section 20.3 of the CBA. 7/25/22 Ordinance 122-22* Amending Section 16.4 of Ord. 93-21 by establishing the position of Office Manager for the BHP Dept. 123-22* Auth S/S Director to enter into an agrmt w/ Civic Plus for a citizens' response system for the Public Properties & BHP Depts. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

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Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022

PRIMARY ELECTION

Miller and Gallagher advance JASON HAWK EDITOR

Incumbent Joe Miller and challenger Marty Gallagher will fight this fall for votes in Ohio’s 53rd House District, the newly drawn legislative territory that bisects Lorain and stretches east along the lakefront.

Miller, of Amherst, has represented the state’s 56th House District since 2019. With more than 99 percent of the vote, he topped Democratic write-in challenger Dan Ramos of Lorain 2,902 to 24 in Tuesday’s primary, according to unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.

Ramos held the seat from 2011 to 2018, when he was unable to run again due to term limits.

The district has changed shape and composition since then. The newlydrawn 56th is larger by some 30,000 people, and Miller said he wants to convince more of them to turn out for this fall’s election.

A major focus in the months to come will be state funding to local governments, which the General Assembly has repeatedly slashed in the past decade.

“You’re not seeing the impact as bad over the last two years because

there’s been a flood of federal money that’s going to dry up soon,” he said — but if the economy falters, local tax revenue will be hit hard. Miller Joe said he worries Miller cities like Amherst, where he previously served on City Council, could be back in the same pinch there were in going into 2020.

Miller said his goal as a candiMarty date is to send a Gallagher message to peers in Columbus “that we need to stop focusing on all the divisive social issues and put the focus back on the economy and recovering, getting people money in their pockets.”

Ramos didn’t go home emptyhanded. He was unopposed for a Democratic state central committee seat.

On the other side of the aisle, Gallagher won the Republican nomination by besting opponent Sarah McGervey 2,610 to 1,528, or 63.1

percent to 36.9 percent.

Both hail from Avon Lake.

Like Miller, Gallagher has money on the mind. He said promising to fight the effects on inflation will be a key part of his campaign.

Sportsmanship will be as well, he said, proud of avoiding mudslinging.

Gallagher said he plans to run cleanly against Miller, whom he respects.

“I’m hearing that the parties are pretty tough right now on each other,” he said. “People want unity.

That’s a real big thing. We have to get past this bickering between the two parties.”

Miller, 52, is an Amherst Steele High School graduate with degrees from Bowling Green State University and Ashland University.

He was previously associate director of planning at Design Build Firm, general manager in a print production facility, a social studies teacher at Firelands High School and adjunct instructor of political science at Lorain County Community College.

Gallagher, 58, attended Cuyahoga Community College and Dyke College. He worked at Ultraviolet Resources in the early to mid-1980s, and has worked at Suntan Supply since 1987.

Manning defeats Hill in GOP primary DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

Incumbent state Sen. Nathan Manning, R-North Ridgeville, survived a primary challenge for his seat from state Board of Education member and Lorain County TEA Party chair Kirsten Hill of Amherst on Tuesday.

According to incomplete and unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State's office, which compiled results from three county boards of elections — Lorain, Erie and Huron — Manning had 8,865 votes to Hill's 4,482 votes in the Senate District 13 race as of 10 p.m.

That gave Manning more than 67 percent of the vote to slightly more than 32 percent of the vote for Hill, according to incomplete and unofficial results.

With all of Lorain County reporting in, Manning had 7,771 votes to Hill's 3,658, according Election Night results.

With all of Erie County reporting in, Manning had 576 votes to Hill's 362, according to complete but unofficial results there.

With all of Huron County reporting, Manning had 518 votes to Hill's 262, according to complete but unofficial results there.

Manning said the race was "interesting" because it was the second primary in Ohio this year and low turnout was expected.

But "we ran it like we run any race," he said.

"I’m really proud of the work we put in and the results show that."

Manning will face first-time Nathan political candidate Manning Anthony Eliopoulos, a Lorain Democrat who was unopposed in the Democratic primary and who has secured the endorsement of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Anthony Manning said Eliopoulos he would start campaigning for the November general election immediately.

"This is a tough general election as well," he said. "We need to keep working."

"The people we're engaging with might change but the work doesn't," Manning added.

"I’m really appreciative of all the people that helped us, appreciative of the voters and I’m always surprised by the amount of the support we’re able to get but at the end of the day," Manning said. "There’s some great people in Lorain, Huron and Erie count(ies) and at the end of the

day I'm happy to represent them."

Hill said she ran as a team with Mike Witte, who at press time appeared to have bested incumbent Republican State Central Committeeman David Arredondo and challenger Pete Aldrich in that race.

She said she also supported likely winner Marty Gallagher of Avon Lake, who defeated Sarah McGervey in the Ohio 53rd House District Republican primary.

"I think that the motivation to come out and vote wouldn't have been as high if I hadn't filed to run," Hill said. "I'm glad to see how well the others did, that turnout was motivated by me running and we got the conversation going here in Lorain County.

She noted that Manning brought in state Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted in the past several weeks to stump for him "so there must have been some fear" in Manning's camp, Hill said.

She said her supporters were "just wonderful."

"People really stepped up from making donations to the campaign to helping with voter outreach and just getting the vote out at the end here, so I'm humbled by the amount of support we got across our supporters," Hill said.

Reporter Carissa Woytach contributed to this story.

GOP Rep. Stein easily wins nomination DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

Incumbent state Rep. Dick Stein won an easy victory over write-in challenger Kathleen Beyer in Tuesday's Republican primary, clearing the first hurdle on his way to a possible fourth term in the Ohio House of Representatives.

The Norwalk Republican won the Republican nomination for representative to Ohio's 54th House District, which covers Wellington, Oberlin and surrounding townships in southern Lorain County.

Stein took the lead when the first round of absentee ballots were counted and never lost it, according to incomplete and unofficial

results from the Lorain County, Erie County and Huron County boards of elections that were compiled on the Ohio Secretary of State's website.

Dick Stein received Stein a total of 3,748 votes across Lorain, Erie and Huron counties, or 97.5 percent of the vote.

Beyer received 94 write-in votes overall, or 2.4 percent of the vote.

Stein will go on to face Democrat and Oberlin City Council President Bryan Burgess in November. Burgess was unopposed in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

"We appreciate the support of

Bryan Burgess

those that voted for us today, look forward to the November election and showing a contrast between us and our opponent, and look forward to the next few months before the elec-

tion," Stein said.

Stein said "we will continue on the same path we've always done."

"We'll just continue to get out and visit the folks in our district and hopefully gain the support for November," he said.

A message seeking comment was left for Beyer but had not been answered as of press time.

Hospice seeks volunteers Volunteers are needed at Hospice of the Western Reserve.

It is seeking new volunteers to serve patients and families in hospice and palliative care programs throughout northern Ohio. Various opportunities are available and may vary by location; there are also virtual and non-clinical opportunities to serve.

To start the process of joining the team, visit www.hospicewr.org/volunteer or call (216) 255-9090.

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BULLETIN BOARD Police give anti-fraud talk

Learn to identify and protect yourself from scams with a seminar at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4 at the Amherst Public Library.

Amherst police Sgt. Brian Bowers will talk about common scams and provide tips for protective yourself from fraud, as well as how to proceed if you think you have been a victim of a scam. The event is free and open to the public.

Church rummage sale

A rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Aug 4-5 and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Pittsfield Community Church, 17026 State Route 58.

Look for household goods, books, pictures, games, bedding, clothing for adults and children, toys and small furniture.

Saturday will be bag day.

First Fridays in Wellington

“Summer Is Floatin’ By” is the theme of Main Street Wellington’s First Friday event from 4-7 p.m. on Aug. 5 in the village’s downtown.

It will include free face painting, live music, frisbee games and business spotlights, plus chances to enter to win prizes.

THRIVE! anniversary bash

THRIVE! Southern Lorain County will celebrate its sixth anniversary with a party from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5 at the south end of Howk Memorial Park, 118 W. Herrick Ave., Wellington.

THRIVE! is one of several community collaboratives powered by United Way of Greater Lorain County. Its mission is to provide affordable opportunities for healthy eating, active living and social and emotional support. The goal is to decrease risk factors for metabolic syndrome including obesity, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Participants can enjoy throwing disc games, free healthy snacks and a chance to meet representatives of the area’s leading support organizations such as The LCADA Way, LIFE: A Dementia Friendly Foundation and the Educational Service Center of Lorain County. There will be a grand raffle prize and smaller prizes.

Dave Lengyel and his band, the Front Porch Swatters, will perform an original birthday tune for THRIVE!, as well as their own songs from 5-7 p.m.

Learn to play pickleball

Two sessions of pickleball classes will be offered on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Wellington Community Park at the end of Johns Street.

Invented in 1965, pickleball is an emerging paddle sport that plays like a cross between badminton and table tennis. Karen Fisher, a retired physical education teacher, and Teresa Bosela, a South Lorain County Ambulance District paramedic, will lead the classes.

The first will run from 9-10:30 a.m. and is for families and children ages 10 to 16. The second class will run from 1-2:30 p.m. and is for ages 17 and up.

To sign up, call (440) 987-9182 or email thriveloraincounty@ gmail.com.

Women’s history tour

The “One Step More” Oberlin women’s history walking tour will be offered at 11 a.m. on Saturdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27.

The Oberlin Heritage Center tour highlights struggles for women’s rights in the city’s past as well as important local figures who led the fight.

Admission is $6 for adults and free for children, students and OHC members.

Register in advance at www.tinyurl.com/OberlinHeritage or by calling 440-774-1700.

Libertarians to hold elections

Local Libertarians will have two chances to vote for the party’s District 5 central committee members: • Saturday, Aug. 6 from 1-4 p.m. at the Wakeman Elevator Craft Beer and Wine Barn, 16 Hyde St., Wakeman.

• Tuesday, Aug. 9 from 7-9 p.m. at Black River Tavern, 1100 Gulf Rd., Elyria.

Amherst library meeting

The Amherst Public Library board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

Fair housing seminar

Tenants, landlords and future homeowners interested in learning about Ohio’s Fair Housing Law are invited to attend a free seminar being put on by the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research, Lorain County government and the county Community Development Department from 6-8 p.m. on Monday,

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Aug. 8 at the Oberlin Public Library.

Topics that will be covered include federal, state and local fair housing laws, protected classes, additional protections for people with disabilities, prohibited acts, emerging issues and the goals of fair housing.

Registration is free but required. To register, visit thehousingcenter.org/events. Questions may be emailed to education@ thehousingcenter.org.

Digitizing slides and negatives

state legislatures can propose and activate amendments to the U.S. Constitution under Article Five. Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, candidate for reelection, will also be available.

The cost is $5 for guests.

Second Saturdays in Oberlin Second Saturdays will be held Aug. 13 in downtown Oberlin.

From 9 a.m. to noon, stock up on fresh vegetables and fruit at the Oberlin Farmers Market in the City Hall parking lot. Activities for kids will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon in the East College Street courtyard. A guided “Freedom’s Friends” history walk related to the Underground Railroad will begin at 11 a.m. at First Church.

A character meet-and-greet will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in the downtown area, and a caricature artist will be there from noon to 3 p.m. Enjoy music on the sidewalks and discover sales and promotional events at shops. Local nonprofits will be on Tappan Square from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Lorain County chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet online at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8.

President Margaret Cheney will present “Making Your Negatives Positive.” Learn about scanning slides and negatives to your smartphone or computer to create pictures that can be shared and used digitally. She will also cover several easy editing programs.

This virtual program is open to members and the public.

Contact meetings@loraincoogs.org to be added to the invitation list and receive the online link.

Back to School Bash

Amherst mini cheer camp

The Lorain County Composite Squadron, a local union of the Civil Air Patrol, will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Lorain County Regional Airport, 44050 Russia Rd., New Russia Township.

Members of the squadron will be present to explain the air patrol’s missions. CAP offers programs for anyone ages 12 and up with a focus on cadet programs, aerospace education and emergency services.

For more information, visit oh003.cap.gov or call public affairs officer Capt. Lisa Blair at (614) 937-1177.

A mini cheer camp for Amherst Schools children in kindergarten through sixth grade will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Aug. 8-10 in the north gym at Marion L. Steele High School.

Participants will cheer during the first quarter of the Sept. 9 varsity football game versus the North Ridgeville Rangers.

The cost is $65 per child. Kids will learn cheers and dances from Comets cheerleaders. Each will receive a T-shirt and spirit stick. Be sure to take water and a packed lunch each day. There will be a showcase of the cheers at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 10 for families of mini cheerleaders.

Register at www.tinyurl.com/MiniComets. Checks can be made out to Comet Athletic Boosters.

For more information, email mlscheerleading@gmail.com.

Watercolor pencil lessons

An art workshop covering watercolor pencils will be offered at noon on Mondays, Aug. 8 and 22 at the Amherst Public Library.

Mary Jo Clark will teach the sessions for all skill levels.

Students will need a set of watercolor pencils, pink erasers, a #8 round Taklon brush, a natural sponge, a half-inch foam brush and an ultra-fine Sharpie or .02 micron pen, and 140-pound watercolor paper.

These classes are intended for adults and registration is required for each session. Register by calling (440) 988-4230.

Learn to ID problem plants

A seminar on how to identify and eliminate unwanted plants will be offered at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at the Oberlin Public Library.

Dr. David Benzing will speak on how to identify weeds in your garden and landscaping and the best strategies for minimizing problems caused by them. The event will conclude with a short walking tour around the library to identify local weeds.

Attendees are encouraged to take specimens for identification.

The event is presented by the city of Oberlin.

Oberlin library meeting

The Oberlin Public Library board will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

Cross country fundraiser An Amherst Comets boys cross country benefit dinner will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11 at the Amherst Eagles Hall, 1161 Milan Ave. The menu includes either flame-grilled steak or a half lemon herb bone-in chicken with green beans, red potatoes, salad and desserts. The buffet will be open from 6:30-8 p.m.

The cost is $25. Only advance tickets will be sold, with an Aug. 7 deadline to order by calling (440) 864-4654 or visiting www.pogiescatering.com.

Republican club meeting

The Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11 at Father Ragan Knights of Columbus Hall, 1783 Moore Rd., Avon.

It will present on the “convention of states,” where votes of

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The Wellington Schools’ Back to School Bash will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13 at McCormick Middle School, 627 N. Main St. The free event is for Wellington students entering kindergarten through 12th grade. Kids and their families are invited to celebrate the start of the school year with giveaways, activities, informational booths and more.

Air patrol open house

Revisit Beatles’ concert

Take a journey into rock music history with Dave Schwensen, author of “The Beatles at Shea Stadium” and “The Beatles in Cleveland.”

He will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15 at the Amherst Pulbic Library.

Schwensen will explore the Beatles’ legendary 1965 performance at New York’s Shea Stadium. The first modern outdoor stadium rock concert, a capacity crowd of 55,600 watched John, Paul, George and Ringo perform on a hot August night.

Celebrate this pivotal moment in rock and roll history on its 57th anniversary.

Learn about the making and restoring of the television special, view concert films and hear rare live recordings and details about a “secret” Beatles recording session. A display of Beatles memorabilia will be available for viewing 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the program.

Copies of “The Beatles at Shea Stadium” and “The Beatles in Cleveland” will be available for purchase at a library discount at a signing after the program.

Registration is suggested for this program. Visit www.amherstpubliclibrary.org or call (440) 988-4230 to register.

Learn about cancer treatments

Mercy Health Lorain Hospital will host an evening of education and conversation with Dr. Mita Patel, a breast surgical oncologist.

The event will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17 in Ross Conference Rooms 1 and 2 at 3700 Kolbe Rd., Lorain.

COVID-19 safety measures will be in place, and masking is required. Registration is not required.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, with nearly 340,000 new cases expected to be diagnosed this year. Patel will discuss breast health along with the latest advancements in treating breast cancer. Following her presentation, there will be a question-andanswer session.

Shupe homestead history

Learn about a historical mystery in a program at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Amherst Public Library.

Historian Matt Nahorn will talk about those who called Amherst’s Historic Shupe homestead their own home, including a connection to plans for the land around nearby Oak Point Road. Discussion and tips on how to research your home and property will also be provided.

The event is free and open to the public.

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eashells you find on the beach were once homes to small, soft-bodied creatures called mollusks. Hard shells protect the soft bodies inside. When the mollusk dies, its shell washes up on shore.

Read each statement and choose.

Then check your answer by doing the math.

A true statement will have a math problem that adds up to an even number. If the math problem adds up to an odd number, that statement is false.

Mammoth Mollusk

The giant clam can weigh 440 pounds (200kg) or more!

When healthy, they can live up to 100 years.

1. Seashells were the first money!

A small white shell called a cowrie was once used as money worldwide.

Long ago, people thought giant clams could eat people. The truth is that a clam moves its shell way too slowly to trap a person inside. Circle every other letter to see what giant clams eat.

TRUE

6 + 10 + 4 = 2. The ancient Greeks used crushed seashells to clean their teeth.

APDLRAKNWKBTJOYN

TRUE

3. A giant clam can kill people.

TRUE

21

FALSE

7+3+9= 27 22

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have unique structures that aid in survival.

Mollusks with shells keep them their whole lives. But not all mollusks have shells. Unscramble the letters to discover a familiar mollusk that doesn’t have a shell.

FALSE

9+9+4=

Mollusks and Their Shells Do the math to label each of these shells.

3 + 3 + 4 = Clam 15 + 6 + 7 = Triton 17 + 2 + 3 = Oyster 11 + 11 + 7 = Whelk 15 + 5 + 7 = Periwinkle 3 + 6 + 6 = Cowrie 9 + 2 + 2 = Cone 14 + 1 + 6 = Nautilus

FALSE

28

4. A shell’s color is determined by the food the animal eats and things in the water where it lives.

TRUE

FALSE

6 + 10 + 4 =

15 29

5. Conch shells have been used as trumpets by people for thousands of years.

TRUE

FALSE

8+8+8=

Finders Keepers A few days after baby mollusks hatch from tiny eggs, they start building their shells, layer after layer.

When a mollusk dies, its soft body disappears but its shell remains.

Sometimes other animals, like hermit crabs, move in. Other empty shells wash up on the beach.

They mix salt and minerals from the sea with other ingredients from their own bodies to build their shells.

Pretty Irritating

When a mollusk grows, it needs a bigger shell. That’s no problem! A mollusk adds to its shell every day.

Scientists can tell the age of a mollusk by counting a shell’s rings!

When a bit of sand gets inside an oyster shell, it scratches and bothers the oyster. To protect itself, the oyster covers the sand with the minerals it uses to make its shell. Over time, it forms something that humans use for jewelery. Unscramble the letters to find out what it is.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.

Even and Odd

Look through the newspaper and circle all even numbers in red. Circle the odd numbers in blue.

Make a graph to show how many of each you found.

Standards Link: Math: Identify even and odd numbers.

6. The official name of a shell collector is a “conchologist.”

TRUE

FALSE

14 + 2 + 2 = 7. Clams have no eyes, ears, or noses, so they cannot see, hear, or smell.

TRUE

FALSE

16 + 7 + 3 = 8. The giant clam can live more than 100 years.

TRUE

FALSE

13 + 13 + 2 = 9. Giant clams can snap their shells closed very quickly.

TRUE

FALSE

11 + 1 + 1 = How many clam shells can you find? Have a friend try, too.

Who found the most?

Game: What’s Missing?

Cut out a newspaper photo. Then cut out a piece of that photo. Give the picture with the missing piece to a friend and have them ask you “yes or no” questions to figure out what is missing.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.

PLANKTON MOLLUSK PEARL SHELL CLAM SHORE BEACH RINGS LAYER TRAP GIANT SEA OYSTER CONE SAND

Standards Link: Math: Calculate sums and differences up to 30.

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This week’s word:

MOLLUSK

R E Y A L S U Y O K

The noun mollusk means a soft-bodied animal.

N Z T C T M Y O C O

Snails and squids are both members of the mollusk family.

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G Y K U H E T L R N S G I A N T R V B E

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

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

Shell Story

While walking on the beach, you find an unusual seashell.

Write a paragraph describing it and whether you will keep it or throw it back into the ocean.

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‘The brain is hijacked’: Breaking stigma of addiction JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — Lisa Goodwin was open last Wednesday night about her family’s history of drug use.

As a child, she remembers her father choosing to enter a 90-day treatment facility instead of losing his children.

“I come from a long line of addiction in my family,” she told emergency responders, nurses

and social workers who gathered at the Lorain County Community College’s campus in Wellington and remotely to learn about substance use disorders.

Goodwin, who works as a prevention specialist at The LCADA Way, aims to change the way people think about addiction, especially when it comes to opioids.

Addiction is a chronic brain disease that, like any disease, needs to be treated medically.

Some 20 million Americans are

symptomatic. The disease also affects their families, which means more than one in 10 people in the United States are coping with the shame and guilt that are saddled with addiction.

In Lorain County, one in four people are directly affected, Goodwin said.

Trying drugs is a choice, but addiction is not. Goodwin said addictive drugs damage neural pathways, rewiring the brain and impairing the ability to make responsible decisions.

“The brain is hijacked. It’s taken hostage,” she said.

That’s not how the U.S. public views the situation. A majority — 76 percent — believes addiction is a moral failing, according to a 2014 survey published in the journal Psychiatric Services.

That’s due largely to how addiction is portrayed by those who talk the loudest. In 1969, President Richard Nixon declared drugs were America’s No. 1 enemy, and politicians have embraced “tough on crime” rhetoric

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Rather than punishing people for their disease — you’d never punish someone for having diabetes or cancer — the focus should be on supporting their recovery, said Goodwin.

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Ryker Markovich, 6, of Lorain, and his cousin Benson Gerth, 5, of Amherst, explore under the surface of the Anna Mohr Schmauch Memorial Pool at Maude Neiding Park in Amherst on Thursday, July 28.

$52,000 has ‘bee’n raised for new Lorain County Beekeepers HQ JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — The buzz around town is that the Lorain County Beekeepers Association has a new hive in mind.

Its members have raised $52,000 toward construction of a headquarters to serve as a classroom, meeting space and apiary.

“We’ve got some steam and momentum, and it’s really starting to show itself,” said Building Fund Director Sheila St. Clair.

There’s more than honey at stake when it comes to the bee population.

According to the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the number of bee colonies across the state has plummeted in the last three decades, from around 300,000 to just 50,000.

Habitat loss, pesticides, the spread of parasites, climate change, disease and loss of food sources have devastated the bee population.

One in four bee species are at risk of extinction, according to The Bee Conservancy, a nonprofit formed in 2009 in response to the insects’

Sports betting kiosks go live beginning Jan. 1, 2023, and more than 1,000 businesses statewide want to cash in.

In Lorain County, 30 companies have expressed interest and been pre-qualified to apply for a Type C Sports Gaming Host license, according to a list released by the Ohio Lottery Commission.

But that doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed to get one.

They must first pay $1,000 to the Ohio Lottery Commission and be recommended for approval by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

John Teel, owner of Big M Pizza in Avon Lake, said the application fee is small compared to the business he expects a kiosk to bring to his sports bar.

“The trend in gambling across the country has opened up a lot. So many more places have sports books,” he said. “... A lot of people like to bet.”

Keno is already big business for Big M Pizza, he said.

So are pull-tabs, which Teel called “cardboard crack.”

But sports betting has the potential to change the game. Teel said it used to be limited to Las Vegas and sullied by the specter of corruption, but the state’s blessing is putting it in a whole new light.

Patti Rebman, owner of the Rebman’s Recreation in Lorain, also believes kiosks will give her bowling alley a little Sin City flavor.

“All these places out in Vegas, look how they built these sports betting parlors,” she said.

She still has questions about the nuts and bolts of how payouts will work. Provided the Casino Control Commission provides agreeable answers, she plans to apply by the Aug. 15 deadline.

Teel said he sees getting a kiosk as an experiment, and the application fee is a small amount to gamble.

“I look at it as an enhancer. If it makes money great.

If it doesn’t make much, fine,” he said.

Rebman said her business, in its 77th year, has survived a lot and is still bouncing back from the pandemic. But she doesn’t see betting kiosks as the savior that will put all her worries behind — they’ll be supplemental income, an added draw for her existing customers.

“Obviously, we’re all about entertainment, and anything we can do to get people in the door, we’re doing,” she said.

While businesses see an opportunity to earn, Tonya Birney sees the potential for trouble.

As director of prevention services at The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County, she believes problem gambling is poised to explode.

“That’s going to put a lot of individuals at risk for problem gambling behaviors… It’s going to be a big issue,” she said.

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“This is not a cookie-cutter disease. Each person is going to have their own set of circumstances… so we can’t treat everybody the same,” she said.

All too often, though, families try to keep their loved ones’ addiction secret. Goodwin said they fear being judged, shamed and distrusted, but the sooner family members intervene by getting loved ones to treatment, the better the outcome.

While there is no cure for addiction, it is a treatable disease, she said. Yet only one in 10 people ever seek treatment, and many who start don’t continue it.

Willpower alone isn’t enough to break free of addiction’s hold, said Goodwin: “I have never met a person going to treatment for heroin who wanted to put a needle in their arm.”

The good news is that across the U.S., about 23 million people are living in recovery from addiction, she said.

Increasing that number takes everyone’s help. When Lorain County’s opioid overdoses spiked several years ago, residents demanded a change and service agencies banded together.

Among them were Goodwin’s employer, The LCADA Way, and the sponsor of last week’s training, the Rural Response Network, which focuses on fighting substance use in southern Lorain County.

Lorain County is leading the way in Ohio and even nationally when it comes to the way organizations have come together to provide services, Goodwin said.

Education on substance use disorder is also making a difference — so is naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan.

Freely distributed to people who use drugs, the nasal spray can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose before it causes death.

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Carnival games and crafts awaited kids the evening of Wednesday, July 20 at the Amherst Public Library, where a celebration was held for the end of the summer reading program. Kids got to explore the newly-remodeled and expanded library, win prizes and chow down on food. ABOVE: Andrew Gordon, 9, of Amherst, uses an inflatable ball to knock down oversized bowling pins.

AMERICAN HISTORY 101 ACROSS 1. Frill on a blouse 6. Consumed 9. Toothy freshwater fish 13. *Site of famous Texas Revolution battle 14. “Losing My Religion” band 15. Opposite of crazier 16. Marine polyp 17. “____ Te Ching”, book 18. Gastric woe 19. *First Catholic President 21. *Underground Railroad conductor 23. Knot-tying vow (2 words) 24. Cold transmitter 25. Definite article 28. Popular fairy tale beginning 30. Woody tissue 35. X-ray units 37. Women in habits 39. It follows eta 40. Quantity of measurement 41. Crosswise, on deck 43. Old flames 44. Carryalls 46. Pavarotti’s song 47. European money 48. Hairy, of plants and animals 50. Charitable contribution 52. Wrath, e.g.

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55. Life story, for short 57. *Louisiana Territory’s previous owner 60. *Infamous 1995 Oklahoma City event 64. Olympic torch, e.g.

65. Toni Morrison’s “____ Baby” 67. The press 68. Fake duck, e.g.

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6. Bohemian 7. *1773 cargo overboard 8. Bring character to life 9. Rodeo Drive tree 10. Machu Picchu builder 11. Hiking sandals manufacturer 12. Make a mistake 15. Hand over 20. Ritchie Valens’ 1958 hit 22. Modern address 24. *Grant, Patton or Sheridan 25. *”Ain’t I a Woman?” speaker 26. Capital of Vietnam 27. Marks on a manuscript 29. *Bay of Pigs location 31. Clarified butter 32. Connection in a series 33. Wombs

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As of the end of 2021, the state had 9,879 apiaries registered, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

It said those bees produced more than a million pounds of honey, averaging 64 pounds per colony.

But far more importantly, said St. Clair, been pollinate other plants, which is important for flowers and crops.

Wellington is an epicenter of beekeeper activity, largely because of the association’s efforts at the Lorain County Fair. Two years ago, it started a pollinator garden at the fairgrounds, and sunflowers have done well there.

The village of Wellington was also named a Bee City USA in 2020, one of just 162 communities across the nation to earn the designation. The title recognizes efforts to conserve native pollinators by providing them with a habitat that is rich in native plants while protecting bees from pesticides.

St. Clair said her preference would be to build a headquarters at the fairgrounds. LCBA Trustee Randy Leiby said the association has not yet approached the fair board with a proposal to do so, opting instead to start with fundraising.

He said the Wellington Eagles have been big contributors so far, while St. Clair said VFW Post 6941 just gave $500 and the Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative recently awarded a $3,500 grant.

St. Clair said she’d be open to negotiating naming rights with a company willing to contribute a large amount toward the $100,000 goal.

The goal, she said, is to have a modern building to carry on the legacy of the people who founded the Lorain County Beekeepers Association in 1919.

“It’s not just a private beekeepers’ vision we have, it’s a community,” she said. “The people who started this a century ago are gone, but their vision isn’t… Someday we’ll be gone, too, but we want to leave something behind. It’s important.”

For information on membership and donations, visit www.loraincountybeekeepers.org.

Members of the association will be available to answer questions on all things bees during the Lorain County Fair, Aug. 21-28. They can be found in Building 27 on the east side of the fairgrounds.

They’ll return to the fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 24 for the annual End of Summer Classic. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be activities, crafters, vendors, food, games and raffles.

Susan Cobey, an authority in the field of instrumental insemination of honey bees, will speak at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Kim Flottum, past editor of Bee Culture Magazine and author of many books, will speak at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and free for kids ages 13 and under.

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57. What refugees do 58. Speed test 59. Crazily 60. Actor Pitt 61. “____ of March” 62. One of Jonas brothers 63. Gangster’s pistols 64. *The New Deal Pres.

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Three resign from roles with Greenwood Cemetery board JASON HAWK EDITOR

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Kevin Daviduk of Amherst, Xander Blaylock of Midview, Kaylie Blank of North Ridgeville and Haylei Ready of Elyria pose in front of the U.S. Capitol during a trip to the FFA’s 2022 Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

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PITTSFIELD TWP. — Four students from the Lorain County JVS joined thousands from across the nation this summer at the FFA’s 2022 Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. They are Kevin Daviduk of Amherst, Haylei Ready of Elyria, Xander Blaylock of Midview and Kaylie Blank of North Ridgeville.

“This conference allows

our students to meet other students from around the country and network and learn from them,” said FFA adviser Beth Berthold.

“Students work on communication, leadership and teamwork skills.”

The capstone of the event is a hands-on civic engagement activity where students apply what they learned. The Lorain County students gave back at the Meals of Hope organization, where they packed food for people in need.

The four students also explored the history of the nation's capital at Arlington National Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Ford’s Theater, the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol, among other locations.

“I learned so much about the history of my country,” said Daviduk. “I also learned what it takes to be to become a great leader, and the steps to get there.”

Cleveland Clinic sites to get charging stations LORAIN COUNTY — Some Cleveland Clinic locations in Lorain County will get electric vehicle charging stations installed with support from a $3.25 million grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, according to a news release.

The grant, announced last week, will affect 22 locations across Northeast Ohio, with Avon among the first set of installations this summer.

The Ohio EPA offered a one-time $3.25 million grant in 2020 to support the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in 26 Ohio counties through resources from the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Fund.

Lorain County locations set to receive charging stations are: • Amherst Family Health Center • Avon Hospital • Avon Lake Family Health Center • Avon Pointe Family Health Center • Elyria Family Health & Surgery Center • Lorain Family Health & Surgery Center Cleveland Clinic applied for all eligible hospitals and family health centers. The Ohio EPA selected 22 of the 40 Cleveland Clinic sites that best met grant criteria to re-

ceive up to 62 ports for 124 electric vehicle charging spaces last year, the release said.

This initiative supports Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to clean air and healthy communities. Electric vehicle chargers will be publicly available for patients, caregivers and visitors. They will be compatible with all current models of electric vehicles.

A Cleveland Clinic team conducted site visits with local electric utilities and the installer, Blink Charging, to determine the best locations for the new charging stations.

Cleveland Clinic now has 14 charging spaces at four locations in Northeast Ohio.

These level two charging stations produce 80 amps of output, providing up to 65 miles of charge in an hour. Level two chargers are the most prevalent type of charger in the United States and can be found in many public locations.

The first wave of installations is expected this summer at Avon, Euclid and Medina hospitals, Mentor Family Health Clinic, Strongsville Family Health Center and Willoughby Hills Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy.

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of mental health partners to be ready for a surge in gambling addiction.

Gambling is “a secret addiction,” said Birney. While it’s possible to game responsibly, many people quickly find themselves spending their life savings on slots and horses and aren’t able to see the problem until it’s too late, she said.

Mental health professionals are ramping up training on gambling addiction, she said. The LCADA Way already provides preventative programs in schools and offers treatment options for victims, but efforts need to be redoubled, Birney said.

If you’re dealing with gambling addiction, call the National Problem Gambling Helpline at (800) 522-4700 or The LCADA Way at (440) 989-4900.

Sports wagering was legalized by Ohio House Bill 29, which was approved last year by the General Assembly.

Betting is allowed online and at licensed brick and mortar locations. The bill imposes a 10 percent tax on sports gaming receipts, which is expected to raise several millions of dollars per year once players warm up, according to an analysis by the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.

The bill also legalizes electronic instant bingo run by charities.

Up to 20 “self-service terminals” — kiosks — are allowed in establishments that are licensed lottery sales agents. They must also have a certain liquor permit: either D1 for beer only, D2 for wine and mixed drinks or D5 for a full bar.

Licenses will only go to for-profit businesses, meaning American Legion, Eagles and VFW posts won’t be able to get them.

Four types of betting will be allowed: over/under, money line, spread and parlay.

Players can wager using cash, debit, credit and electronic accounts.

The Casino Commission indicated it will continue accept license applications after Aug. 15, but businesses that apply later may not be ready to go on Jan. 1.

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These businesses expressed interest and have been pre-approved by the Ohio Lottery Commission for sports betting kiosks. They must still be awarded licenses by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

• Cedar Pub in Amherst • Russ Inn Bar & Grille in Avon • Big M Pizza in Avon Lake • Game on Avon Lake • Dogg House Bar & Grill in Avon Lake • The Quarry in Avon Lake • Mallard Creek Golf Club in Columbia Township • Dawg House Bar & Grill in Elyria • Dan & Sandy’s Settle Inn in Elyria • Chris’ Place in Elyria • Just One More! In Elyria • Sidelines Sports Grille in Elyria • Mahd House Bar & Grille in Elyria • Rubin’s Deli & Restaurant in Elyria • The Nest at Grey Hawk Gold Club in LaGrange • Olde Towne Charleston Social Club in Lorain • Derby in Lorain • Game on Lorain • Offshore Pub and Grub in Lorain • Rebman Recreation in Lorain • Mutt and Jeff’s Restaurant & Bar in Lorain • Gameday Tavern in North Ridgeville • 83 & Chestnut Pub and Eatery in North Ridgeville • C Mulligans Pub in North Ridgeville • Zip Thru Beverage in North Ridgeville • Brickyard Bar & Grill in Oberlin • Amber Oaks Restaurant in Sheffield Lake • Whiskeyville Still N Grill in South Amherst • Trainwreck Tavern in South Amherst • Pence lake Erie Lanes in Vermilion

WELLINGTON — Two members of the Greenwood Cemetery Board, along with its treasurer, have resigned effective Aug. 1.

An emergency meeting was called last Thursday morning to accept the resignations of Gerald Fishbaugh, who served the past year; Helen Dronsfield, who had represented the village on the board for 20 years; and Josie Boone, who had been bookkeeper and secretary since January.

“I’ve got too much on my plate,” said Fishbaugh, whose wife died in December after a stroke.

He said he may return to the board in the future. “I love the cemetery. I’m still going to help out when you guys need help,” he told board member Bill Spreng and Sexton Ed Levitt.

The departure of Dronsfield and Boone — who are sisters — was due to “personality conflicts,” according to Spreng and Levitt.

“They’re wonderful. There’s certainly no issue between the cemetery and them,” Levitt said. “.. They’re both good people.”

But Boone said personality had nothing to do with it.

“There was a feeling of untrust within the group,” she said.

At the cemetery board’s last meeting, there was a falling out that led to the “possibility of litigation,” said Boone.

Rather than quarrel, she and Dronsfield felt it was time to leave.

Spreng said the disagreement was over whether the board followed proper voting

procedures. “There was no falling out on my end,” he said.

The board voted to hire Sonja Beat to serve as treasurer.

She currently works in the Lorain County Auditor’s Office as a tax settlement specialist and as treasurer for the Lorain County Fair, according to her resume. Beat also previously worked as a finance associate for the village of Wellington.

Boone, who taught accounting for three decades at the Lorain County JVS, Oberlin City Schools and Wellington Schools, said she planned to turn over all cemetery financial records on Friday morning.

She said she worked hard to balance the books and expected a smooth transition.

Dronsfield, who serves on Wellington Village Council, could not be reached for comment.

Mayor Hans Schneider said the plan is for Councilman Gary Feron to be appointed to represent the village on the cemetery board.

A third member will be appointed

by Spreng and Feron to replace Fishbaugh. Spreng said no village or township resident had expressed interest in the role when the emergency meeting was held.

In other business, the board voted to double the charge for weekend burials at Greenwood Cemetery, effective immediately.

The cost is $1,200 for residents, $1,250 for nonresidents and $800 for cremation burials.

Levitt said that without the increase, the cemetery would lose $40 on every burial done on Saturdays. No burials are done on Sundays.

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ELYRIA — The Lorain County commissioners voted last week to use more than $8.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to replace revenue lost by the county's general fund due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

ARPA dollars are allowed to be used for "revenue recovery," county Budget Director K.C. Saunders said.

The county is replacing lost revenue estimated at $2.2 million for 2020, and more than $6.5 million in 2021, he said.

Lorain County government received slightly more than $60 million in ARPA funds.

The commissioners have used ARPA funds in other ways, such as when they voted in April to spend $1.5 million on small-business grants of between $5,000 and $20,000 to businesses that applied.

The grant application process ended in May, and Community Development Director Rob Duncan said there ended up being "well over" 500 applications.

Every application had to be read individually, and his office is "working diligently" on them, Duncan said. He said the approved applications will be brought before commissioners in the coming weeks.

The board also voted in June to give $1 million in ARPA funds to the Lorain County Office on Aging and $500,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio.

The first payment from the OneOhio opioid settlement also has been deposited in Lorain County's accounts, according to the commissioners.

The first $115,000 has been received, and the balance of the almost $1.89 million going to the county will be paid over a period of 18 years.

Chief Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor Dan Petticord told commissioners there is still "complicated" litigation going on against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Lorain County, its cities, villages and townships will receive more than $3.35 million total. The money must be used for public health purposes such as providing drug addiction resources, officials said.

Amherst City Golf League standings Results from July 26 at Forest Hills: Ted Svenson took low gross honors with 36.

Low net was shared by Al Putnam and Ted Svenson with 30. League prizes went to Wally Cipo and jamie Jacoby. Mike Sutton and Paul Peterson of Team 8 lead the league second half with 92 points.

Standings: 1) Team 8 — 92 2) Sons of the American Legion — 79

3) Star Builders — 77 4) Dr. Stocker Optician — 76 5) Team 11 — 69 6) Amherst Sportsmen Club — 66 7) Team 1 — 61 7) Team 7 — 61 9) Steve Polansky's Meat Market — 60 10) Olde Town Pizza — 54 11) Hempel Funeral Home — 52 12) Team 12 — 45

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$3.35M in opioid Why is Aug. 6 important to us today? settlement cash coming to county COLUMBUS — The first payments from the OneOhio settlement with national opioid distributors have been made to local governments, Gov. Mike DeWine announced.

More than $3.35 million is going to Lorain County, its cities, villages and townships.

The Board of Commissioners will decide how to disburse nearly $1.89 million from the settlement. Its members said last year that a portion of the settlement cash is likely to go toward the Lorain County Crisis Stabilization Center being built in Lorain, to help provide crisis services for people with addictions or in mental health crisis.

Commissioners, who first sued opioid manufacturers and distributors in December 2017, voted to accept the terms of the OneOhio settlement in August 2021.

The city of Lorain will receive nearly $400,000, Elyria will get nearly $372,000, North Ridgeville will get more than $155,000 and Avon will get almost $103,000.

All the remaining awards to Lorain County communities were less than $100,000 and are listed below: • Lorain County — $1,888,532 • Lorain — $399,503 • Elyria — $371,996 • North Ridgeville — $155,072 • Avon — $102,900 • Avon Lake — $93,507 • Oberlin — $73,787 • Vermilion — $60,942 • Sheffield — $54,066 • Amherst — $48,614 • Wellington — $23,263 • Amherst Township — $18,951 • Sheffield Lake — $15,971 • Grafton — $9,434 • LaGrange — $7,649 • Carlisle Township — $6,551 • Columbia Township — $6,276 • Sheffield Township — $5,507 • Grafton Township — $3,186 • South Amherst — $2,856 • Rochester Township — $1,909 • New Russia Township — $1,181 • Elyria Township — $1,085 • Henrietta Township — $658 • Eaton Township — $632 Payments to villages and townships that were less than $500 went directly to the county. Those included Camden Township ($439), Kipton ($137), Brighton Township ($27) and Rochester village ($27).

Local governments must use OneOhio funds consistent with the settlement agreement, according to the governor's office.

Smaller political subdivisions like townships and villages whose payments were redirected to the county "are encouraged to work with their county's leaders and related organizations to ensure that abatement efforts in these smaller subdivisions are addressed," according to DeWine's office.

A complete list of payments made to eligible and participating political subdivisions may be found at nationalopioidsettlement.com/states/ohio.

The majority of the many lawsuits filed by Ohio counties and cities were consolidated in federal court in Cleveland.

Lorain County is part of Region 19 of the settlement agreement, which also includes Ashland, Erie, Huron, Medina, Richland and Wayne counties.

DeWine's office said local governments "will determine how to use the payments, totaling more than $8.6 million, to best combat the opioid epidemic in their own communities."

"Following these initial payments, governments will continue receiving payments from the settlement over the next 18 years," the governor's office said in Friday's statement.

When he was Ohio attorney general in 2017, DeWine sued opioid manufacturers and distributors "for their role in flooding the market with massive amounts of highly addictive opioids," his office said.

"Ohio's families and communities have been hit hard by the opioid epidemic," DeWine said. "While nothing can make whole the losses sustained by Ohioans who have been affected by opioids, it is welcome news that the first payments are going out this week to local governments."

Additional funding for the benefit of all communities in Ohio will also be available through the OneOhio Recovery Foundation. The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is divided into 19 regions and is designed to allow communities to take a regional approach to abating the opioid epidemic.

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Americans born after World War II — which is most of us — likely don’t know much about the significance of Aug. 6 and 9.

But we forget these dates at our peril.

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Three days later, another atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki.

These dates ushered in the end of World War II, but also the beginning of a world-wide nuclear weapons arms race.

The two atomic bombs, which were small by today’s standards, killed an estimated 213,000 people and left more than 650,000 survivors. They endured lifetimes of suffering from radiation-related injuries and diseases such as cancer and genetic anomalies.

After World War II ended, the United States and Soviet Union began to build larger and more deadly nuclear weapons.

At its peak, the number of nuclear weapons worldwide was around 64,000, the vast majority in the United States and the Soviet Union.

This was a staggering number. Scientists such as Carl Sagan said even a limited nuclear war could destroy the world many

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times over and create a “nuclear winter” that could destroy the earth’s climate.

The nuclear arms race sparked a global movement. In the 1980s, an international nuclear freeze campaign resulted in demonstrations around the globe to highlight the danger of nuclear weapons. Bowing to worldwide pressure, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals.

Many countries became “nuclear weapons-free zones.” Latin America, the South Pacific, Africa, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and southeast and central Asia all became “nuclearfree,” vowing not to build or harbor nuclear weapons in their territories.

Even little Oberlin voted to declare itself a “nuclearfree zone.” In 1985, all nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants were banned within the city limits.

Although largely symbolic, the city ordinance (521.11) is still on the books in Oberlin today.

In July 2017, an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations adopted a landmark global agreement to ban nuclear weapons, known officially as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It entered into force in January 2021. But some nations – including the United States and Russia – have not signed it.

The United States and Russia together still have about 5,000 nuclear warheads. Nine countries have a total of nearly 13,080 nuclear weapons, including China, India, Pakistan, France, Great Britain, North Korea and Israel.

Others, such as Iran, are striving to create their own nuclear weapons.

Today, the remaining survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, called hibakusha, have dedicated their lives to telling the world about the dangers of nuclear weapons. They don’t want anyone else to suffer as they have.

Several of these survivors have come to Oberlin. In September 2001, Etsuko Nagano of Nagasaki accompanied an exhibit at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts gallery and gave a talk to a crowded hall of Oberlin College students and residents. The next day, Sept. 11, as she spoke to Langston Middle School students, terrorists destroyed New York’s Twin Towers, and the United States went to war.

“We all hate war,” she said.

In October 2017, Oberlin College and community members planted a ginkgo sapling tree on Tappan Square that had sprouted from seeds that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Tomoko Watanabe, co-founder of the Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative and a secondgeneration survivor of the atomic bombing, gave several trees to Oberlin.

If you look around the southwest corner of Tappan Square, you can see the ginkgo sapling growing, a symbol of the message of Hiroshima and our hopes for world peace.

Diana Roose is a retired Oberlin College administrator and a lifelong peace activist. Carry on the conversation at community peacebuilders@aol.com.

Will Jan. 6 hearings change any minds?

In July of 1973, a young, preppy-looking lawyer named Gordon Strachan appeared before the Senate Watergate Committee and acknowledged his role in the cover-up of America’s most consequential burglary.

When he finished, a senator asked 29-year-old Strachan if he had any advice for young people interested in public service. “Stay away,” he said.

“It may not be the type of advice you could look back and want to gsaive, but my advice would be to stay away.”

I was among the millions of Americans glued to the television that summer, a gangly teenager with dreams of working some day in politics. The Watergate hearings changed the nation’s perception of President Richard Nixon, laying the groundwork for his impeachment.

The hearings, and the role played by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Nixon administration’s corruption, inspired a generation of young people to become investigative journalists. I was one of them.

In a cosmic twist, this month’s House hearings on the Jan. 6 attack coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. (For history buffs, the precise date the hapless team was caught trying to break into the Democratic Party’s headquarters was June 17.)

Many commentators have argued that given the current fractured political and media culture, Nixon would not have left office had the crimes of 1972 and 1973 taken place today; he could have been confident that 34 senators of his own party would stand by him, regardless of the evidence.

I’m not so sure. It’s certainly true that the major television networks broadcast gavel-to-gavel coverage on what amounted to nearly all channels available in that precable period of our nation’s history. It would be decades before the creation of a network that would deliver an alternate reality in which an event like the Jan. 6 hearings could go mostly uncovered.

But the view that the America of 2022 is divided

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as never before ignores the staggering level of popular support Nixon enjoyed. His reelection in 1972 was one of the biggest landslides in American history, nothing like the knife-edge presidential races we’ve experienced over the past two decades.

George McGovern, the Democratic candidate, ended up 18 million votes behind Nixon and carried only one state — implacably liberal Massachusetts — and the District of Columbia. The map on election night was a coast-to-coast sea of red.

As the facts about Watergate came to light after the election, minds changed.

Strachan, the witness whose testimony made such an impression on me, testified that he was the courier who delivered cash from a White House safe to a Nixon campaign official.

Strachan acknowledged that he “became more than a little suspicious” when the official put on gloves before accepting the package.

Nixon had his defenders in Congress, some of whom stayed with him to the bitter end. I still remember my anger in watching Rep. Charles Sandman, a New Jersey Republican, aggressively deny that Nixon had played any role in the crimes traced to every one of his closest aides.

The evidence ultimately prevailed. Sandman and the other Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee abandoned the president after the release of the “smoking gun” tapes in which Nixon directed the CIA to block an FBI investigation of Watergate on national security grounds. By then, Nixon’s

approval rating had fallen to 24 percent.

The question that hangs over the Jan. 6 hearings is whether the emergence of similarly damning facts or documents will move either the Republican base or its leaders in Congress. The prevailing wisdom says no, and there are plenty of reasons to argue that a strikingly large portion of former President Donald Trump’s base will dismiss any disclosures by the media or members of Congress as “fake news.”

After initially condemning the attacks on the Capitol, a range of prominent Republicans took roughly that tack. Some likened the mobs to tourists on a rowdy visit.

The Republican National Committee declared that the attacks were “legitimate political discourse.” Those assertions stood in stark contrast to the videos we assembled from the Parler app, which showed the violence of Jan. 6 from the perspective of those who filmed and posted it. Similar video evidence played an important role in the first night of the Jan. 6 hearings.

In an early hearing, the committee focused on a line of inquiry that our reporters explored this year: the willingness of “Stop the Steal” advocates to push theories they knew were disproven or dubious. That story took readers inside the small group that honed such arguments as the bogus ability of Dominion Voting Systems machines to “flip” votes from one candidate to another.

The committee released testimony from Trump aides who said the president had embraced claims about stolen votes without any regard as to whether they were accurate or even plausible.

William P. Barr, the former attorney general, said in taped remarks that he feared the president had become “detached from reality if he really believes this stuff.”

“When I went into this and would tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were,” Barr said.

Over the years, the effects

of congressional inquiries have been decidedly uneven.

The investigation into illicit support of the anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua by the administration of President Ronald Reagan turned the White House ringleader of the operation, Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, into a rightwing celebrity. I covered those hearings as a young reporter, and their main value, from my perspective, was the Republicans’ dissenting report that asserted presidents have every right to defy Congress on foreign policy issues. That document, written under the direction of then-Rep. Dick Cheney, turned out to be a valuable blueprint for how Cheney, as vice president, and the administration of President George W. Bush would deal with Congress in the post-9/11 era.

On the other hand, the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings ended the demagogic power of Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican who used congressional investigations as a weapon against left-leaning government officials. In a fascinating link in the chain of history, those hearings focused on the conduct of Roy Cohn, McCarthy’s chief counsel and a lawyer who would come to school a young Trump in the scorched-earth approach to political and legal opponents. As president, Trump famously asked, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” when he felt White House lawyers weren’t sufficiently aggressive in defending his interests.

All of this is to say one should be cautious in predicting the effect congressional investigations will have on public opinion. Learning that Trump’s advisers were divided between Team Crazy and Team Normal, and that Team Crazy clearly had the upper hand, might disturb a fair number of voters. I’ve seen congressional hearings change minds, including my own.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Stephen Engelberg is ProPublica’s editor-in-chief.

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COVID rampant in Lorain County as school start nears JASON HAWK EDITOR

COVID-19 is running rampant in Lorain County as the start of the school year approaches.

For the week ending July 27, there were 881 new cases reported here, along with 43 hospital admissions. That leaves COVID patients in 4.2 percent of the county’s staffed inpatient beds, according to the most recent data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New numbers are released on Thursday nights.

The summer surge is accelerating as Lorain students prepare to return to class Wednesday, Aug. 17 and North Ridgeville kids get ready to return Thursday, Aug. 18.

Lorain County Health Commissioner Mark Adams said he believes the surge will break soon, though. That’s because he is watching trends in New England, where cases started to rocket upward about a month before they did in Ohio.

Adams is predicting tonight’s numbers will show another week of rising case numbers here before they suddenly drop off.

He said it’s likely that in midAugust the county will suddenly downshift from red to green for low spread, skipping yellow entirely.

Adams said he planned to meet with the county’s school superintendents to go over recommendations for the fall.

Mandatory masking will not be among them.

“If the adult side is not masking at the same time, having the kids do it isn’t going to curtail the spread,” he said.

The upswing in cases is on the same trajectory as in November and December 2020, when schools closed across Ohio. Yet it’s nowhere near as bad as the spread seen when the omicron variant took over this January.

One in every 5 Lorain County residents getting tested for COVID is positive for the virus.

While spread is higher, Adams said vaccinations have help vastly reduce severe outcomes.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This CDC map shows Lorain County and much of Ohio marked red for high spread of COVID-19 as the start of the school year approaches.

Yellow counties have moderate spread and green counties have low spread.

The BA.5 variant is less deadly, but far better at spreading than earlier forms of the virus.

COVID is still very much a threat for people with weakened immune systems, and those who have factors that put them at

risk, including but not limited to obesity, asthma, cancer, diabetes, HIV, physical inactivity, pregnancy, substance use disorders, dementia, depression and heart conditions.

The good news is that COVID has been contained in nursing homes, where some of the most vulnerable Ohioans live, said Adams. Controls put in place there have halted outbreaks.

Rapid spread of the virus is keeping Lorain County firmly in the red on a CDC heat map showing the situation across the nation, however.

The entire southern part of the state is also red. In Northeast Ohio, Cuyahoga County went red this week, joining neighboring Erie and Huron, while Medina and Ashland counties have stayed yellow with only “moderate” spread, according to CDC tracking.

New England is now almost entirely green with the exception of New York City and New Jersey. But the entire South is afire with cases, and the virus has found a foothold not only

Amherst DORA scrapped as mayor says process needs complete restart JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — An effort to allow outdoor drinking in a special downtown Amherst zone has been scrubbed, and will start from scratch.

At Mayor Mark Costilow’s request, City Council killed legislation to create a “designated outdoor refreshment area” where drinkers would be able to carry alcohol between bars, restaurants and stores during approved festivals.

It's been a subject of intense interest from Amherst residents in the past two months. Costilow had given health and safety guidelines for the DORA to Council’s Ordinance Committee on Monday night.

But he said that he — along with Building Official David Macartney and Safety Services Director John Jeffreys — saw problems as they walked the boundary of the proposed zone.

As drawn, it would have encompassed the entire historical commercial district, Costilow said. But the area would have lumped in several houses and “weird corners,” he said in a follow-up interview.

Signs marking the DORA would have been “hard to do and didn’t serve the purpose the DORA was meant for,” Costilow said.

The zone’s shape needs to be simplified so it’s easy and intuitive for drinkers to know where they are allowed to carry alcohol — and where they can’t, he said.

“So as much work as we’ve done and as important as this is, I hate to ask, but I really would like to ask you to kill this as it stands and let me revisit it come the first of September,” Costilow told Council on Monday.

“Let’s start completely over. Let’s redo the zone. Let’s get it right this time. Let’s go through all the proper steps again,” he said.

Starting over means holding another

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public hearing to get feedback from business owners and residents. That date has not yet been set.

The Ordinance Committee voted 6-0 to kill the DORA legislation. Councilman Ed Cowger, R-Ward 2, was absent.

Councilman Chuck Winiarski, R-at Large, called the move a learning experience.

“There’s no shame. In fact, I’d describe it as wisdom in backing off of something if we’re not 100 percent comfortable with it,” he said.

Amherst City Council is unlikely to meet until after Labor Day, unless special meetings are scheduled.

In July, the owners of Cole’s Public House said they were wary of competition that could take their customers if the DORA were created.

Robert Lucas and Brandon Wheeler voiced their concerns in a public hearing: “The worst thing that could happen to us is to set up a beer truck right outside our door,” Wheeler said.

Council had largely supported the DORA proposal, looking to similar setups in nearby Lorain and Sandusky, which are among the 70 Ohio cities that have already put DORAs in place in their downtowns.

Amherst’s drinking zone would be limited to special events by permit only, with approval by the mayor or safety services director.

Costilow had said the DORA would be “very limited in scope” and permit approval would require plans for police presence and trash removal at the event organizer’s expense.

“We’re really just hoping that this gives an opportunity for brick and mortars that are already here to sell an extra beverage when people are on the way out of the establishment,” he said.

The intent is to boost downtown bars and restaurants’ ability to turn a profit, not to hurt them, Costilow said.

Wheeler said he doesn’t oppose a DORA, but there are already 15

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“We would not want that,” said Councilman at-Large Martin Heberling, who repeated that helping existing businesses is the primary purpose.

A 2018 ordinance passed after a great deal of debate all but bars food trucks from operating downtown, due to fire regulations that require them to park away from buildings on private property.

“The reason you don’t see them is because we have a very restrictive ordinance,” said Council President Jennifer Wasilk. Those rules would remain in place even with the DORA, she said.

Main Street Amherst, the nonprofit that promotes the city’s business community, is behind the push for the drinking zone. Director Teresa Gilles is seeking to use it for monthly Walkin’ on Wednesdays mini-festivals through the summer months.

“We don’t want this to be a Mardi Gras,” she said, addressing concerns that customers could get tipsy and out of control.

“Anybody that knows me knows that I’m born and raised on Put-inBay, so I know the good and bad that comes with public intoxication,” Lucas said. “So I just want to make sure that we’re putting ourselves to really make this successful and not a detriment.”

Costilow repeated his claim from earlier meetings that if the DORA were to cause disruptions, he and Safety Services Director John Jeffreys would be the first to call for it to be dissolved.

State law requires city councils to renew their DORAs every five years, but officials don’t have to wait, Costilow said — the zones can be shut down anytime.

in populous Pacific states but is gaining in the rural Midwest.

Adams said people with risk factors, who haven’t been vaccinated or who haven’t had COVID in the last few months should understand the risk of traveling, especially to the South.

Everyone should think twice about international travel, he said. Americans who contract COVID while in another country will be barred from reentry until testing negative.

The CDC advises people in red counties to wear a mask while in public indoors settings, get tested if you have symptoms and stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines.

Adams said you can better the odds of keeping your family safe by being vaccinated and being careful when getting together with others.

That doesn’t mean canceling your social life, he said. But when gathering, think about spreading out, moving the party outdoors and wearing masks if the situation calls for it.

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