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Volume 8, Issue 33

At 83, ‘Buster the Babe’ Gardner heads home JASON HAWK EDITOR

ELYRIA — He was the spitting image of the Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, the Behemoth of Bust.

Generations of baseball fans would see Willis “Buster” Gardner strut into ballparks in his pinstripe jersey, and swear they’d witnessed the second coming of Babe Ruth.

The former Oberlin resident, who had for decades toured the nation making appearances at Little League Games and collecting trophies at Babe Ruth lookalike contests, died Tuesday, Aug. 10 at Steve Manheim | File photo age 83.

“Today, my grandfather, Buster Willis “Buster” Gardner of Oberlin poses in 2007 with ‘The Babe,’ rounded third and his Babe Ruth memorabilia.

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headed home,” his granddaughter, Brandi Littlefield, posted on Facebook. “To know him, was to love him. He loved a good party, a stiff drink and a dirty joke.”

George Gardner said his father had been in declining health for more than a year. About a month ago, he was diagnosed with latestage pancreatic cancer.

“He taught me how to be a good person,” said George.

Father and son worked side by side for 36 years at Dunlap Towing in Carlisle Township. The elder Gardner was a fixture there for 45 years, going to work straight out of the seventh grade.

George said those who didn’t know Buster as “The Babe” always remembered him as the kindly man who showed up in the middle of

the night to pull their car from a ditch.

It wasn’t until midlife that one of his daughters, leafing through a TV Guide, saw a picture of Ruth and was struck by how much her father resembled the legendary Yankees batter.

George remembers his sister half-joking that Buster should start making appearances as the Bambino.

In 1991, he wound up as an extra in the John Goodman film “The Babe Ruth Story,” which was filmed in Cleveland. Buster can be spotted by keen eyes as a spectator in the stands.

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Ready for the fair?

JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — City Council will ask voters for permission to buck state law and hold virtual meetings if needed, with an eye on the again-booming COVID-19 pandemic.

Following an emergency meeting last Wednesday night, a charter amendment will go on the November ballot. If passed, it would allow Council members to attend meetings and cast votes remotely.

Neither are allowed under the Ohio Open Meetings Act. But the Ohio Supreme Court has decided voters can choose — only through a charter — to sidestep the prohibitions.

Emergency health orders also lifted those public meeting restrictions for much of the past year. They expired July 1, forcing local government bodies to return to in-person deliberations.

“Aside from the safety concerns presented by the current pandemic, there may be other reasons that may make it desirable” to hold virtual meetings, said Oberlin Law Director Jon Clark in a memo to Council.

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Rosa Flores-Reyes serves deep-fried Buckeyes at the last full Lorain County Fair in 2019.

Opening ceremony moves to Sunday JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — After being all but completely shut down last year by state decree, the Lorain County Fair is getting ready to make a comeback.

The opening ceremony has been moved up a day. The flag will be raised at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, followed immediately by the crowning of the 2021 Junior Fair king and queen, with music by the 4-H Band.

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Gov. Mike DeWine, and Junior Fair spectators were largely barred from the fairgrounds — she is watching climbing COVID case counts and crossing her fingers that the show will go on.

Fair fans are looking forward to eating fried foods, seeing their grandchildren, nieces and nephews, playing games and seeing farm animals up close, she said.

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Fair Secretary Charisse Nikel said the public is invited afterward to enjoy ice cream and cake in celebration of the fair’s 175th anniversary.

As it has been for many years, admission will be free Sunday, she said. Not all exhibitors and vendors will be primed and ready to go yet, waiting to open when festivities get underway Monday morning.

“Everybody’s excited and hoping we have good weather,” said Fair Board President Marie Waite.

After last year’s miss — the Senior Fair was canceled by order of

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Oberlin schools will require masks, offer online-only option JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — Masks will be required indoors for every student and staffer this year in the Oberlin City Schools.

The district is starting the fall semester with five-day instruction, and a lot of “prayer and hope” that this academic year will be more stable, said Superintendent David Hall.

“We’re going to take it slowly and not rush into anything,” he said.

On the advice of Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell, Oberlin’s schools will continue to practice 3- to 6-foot social distancing, encourage anyone who is ill to stay home, give extra attention to handwashing and sanitizing and will limit the number of visitors allowed inside school buildings.

Oberlin will also team up with the Educational Service Center of Medina County to offer a fully-remote learning option for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Those students will be expected to stay fully online for the entire year. The partnership will allow them to still have Oberlin as their “home” district.

Hall said he doesn’t believe safety protocols will disappear anytime soon, especially with COVID-19 cases trending sharply upward once more across Lorain County, Ohio and the United States.

He said he’s deeply concerned about the dangers posed by the virus’ delta variant, and is joining with public health officials in urging eligible teachers, staff and students to be vaccinated.

The rules may have to become more strict as the year progresses, or could be relaxed — how the pandemic will swing is anyone’s guess.

In the meantime, Hall said it’s important to give students the academic, social and emotional supports they need.

That’s the top priority, according to new Oberlin High School Principal Brent Betts: “We know that if kids are in a healthy mindset, learning can occur,” he said.

After the stress and confusion of last year, kids need to be “in a place that feels good” and fosters positive attitudes toward learning.

“We’re going to do this the right way. We’re going to create learning opportunities. Every kid matters,” he said.

To help students get on track, after-school tutoring will begin earlier in the year. Oberlin is using federal pandemic relief funding to hire four to five more staff members, including a social worker.

The first day of school for all Oberlin students is Monday, Aug. 30.

Oberlin, Lorain, Lake Ridge Academy and the Lorain County JVS will all require masks this year as COVID-19 cases once again surge.

OBITUARIES WILLIAM JOHN DAVIES III passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully at his home on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.

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DOROTHY JEWEL DIETLIN (nee Barens), 94, a lifetime Lorain resident, was called home Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, by her Lord and Savior, following a full and blessed life. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

On Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, DHONNA GAYE HALL, loving wife of Joe Thomas Hall and mother of three children, passed away at the age of 77. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

DOLORES LOUISE MANOFSKI (nee Petroskey), 78, of Amherst, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at her home following a brief illness. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

BETTY NEWBRAUGH (nee Stemple), 89, of Sheffield Township, passed away Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at her home, following a full and meaningful life. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

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Finishing touches are being put on the new Oberlin Elementary School, where doors will open to students for the new year on Monday, Aug. 30. The building is located next to Oberlin High School.

Teachers get to work inside new Oberlin Elementary School JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — With the keys to their new $17.7 million castle handed over Monday, teachers wasted no time moving books, posters, paper and pencils into Oberlin Elementary School.

Jim Eibel, operations manager for the Oberlin City Schools, said the building still needs some finishing details — lockers have yet to be installed, for example — but it will be ready for students’ first day on Monday, Aug. 30.

The school will be home to prekindergarten through fifth grade, and replaces the now-closed Eastwood and Prospect elementaries.

Monday was the first time teachers could step foot inside their new workspaces.

“It’s amazing. I wish every teacher, family and kid could have this experience of getting a brand new school,” said fourth grade teacher Felicia Christian-Webber. “It’s like the night before Christmas.”

Molly Bannick, a first grade teacher, was busy setting up brand new desks that fit together in a flower petal configuration. She said her students will have more space to move around, stretch out and work together in their new classroom.

“And the air conditioning is going to be nice,” Bannick said — Eastwood, where she previously taught for eight years, was infamous for being an oven in the late spring and early fall.

Kindergarten teacher Angela Padilla said she could hardly decide how to use the huge room she’s been given.

“It’s so much larger and so much more organized,” she said. “I thought I was organized before, but then I came in here.”

Padilla spent Monday afternoon spreading out her teaching materials on the floor, planning the layout of her new room. Compared to Eastwood, where she taught for 20 years, she now has much more space for dry-erase boards, phonics magnets and bookshelves.

On the building’s second floor, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders will also have much more room to work

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ABOVE: Angela Padilla says her new classroom is so large that it will open entirely new possibilities for her students. BELOW: Jenny Allen organizes board games in her classroom.

together. A common space there was being filled Monday with couches and tables.

“It almost feels like a coffeehouse, a cafe, a bookstore,” said Eibel, leading a tour through the new school.

Around every corner, the emphasis on flexibility was clear. The new art room provides more shoulder space, separate general music and band rooms will allow kids to spread out

and the gym boats a regulation-size basketball court, which was a makeit-or-break-it feature for the Oberlin Board of Education.

About 500 students are expected to attend Oberlin Elementary School this fall.

“There is a lot of work to be done, but we’re getting there,” said Eibel.

“We’re going to make it just fine.

Fingers crossed.”

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Oberlin signs opioid settlement THE BABE JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — Local officials raced last week to accept the terms of the $805 million OneOhio legal settlement, ensuring they will be compensated for hardships caused by the opioid epidemic.

Oberlin City Council was among those who scrambled to sign on to the deal before the Friday, Aug. 13 deadline.

The city isn’t looking at a huge payday.

Law Director Jon Clark estimated it will get $4,000 to $6,000 over an 18-year period — somewhere in the neighborhood of $90,000 total.

“Even though it seems like a small amount each year, every little bit can help when it’s put together to take action to address this serious problem, which has taken a back seat a little bit during COVID,” said Council President Linda Slocum.

The actual award will depend on how many governmental subdivisions statewide chose to get in on the settlement.

The goal, said Clark, was to have at least 95 percent do so.

The money can only be used to educate the public about the dangers of opioid drugs, and set up programs to fight addiction, he said.

All by itself, Oberlin can’t afford to operate and administrate those kinds of efforts, according to Clark. But he said The LCADA Way President and CEO Dan Haight has indicated the cash can be transferred to organizations that have the expertise to do so.

“We would be able to assist by making

those funds available to people who know what to do with it,” Clark told City Council.

Similar conversations took place throughout Lorain County.

Avon joined the OneOhio settlement last Monday, for instance, and Wellington called an emergency session on the topic last Thursday night.

Lorain County commissioners voted last Wednesday to accept what is estimated to be a minimum of $1.8 million. The city of Lorain could get at least $400,000 after signing last Monday.

The money is all part of a $26 billion nationwide settlement with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson.

Lorain County sued opioid makers in December 2017, joining many other counties and cities in the call for accountability.

Nearly 841,000 people have died since 1999 from drug overdoses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Across the country, opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,088 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

They have remained plateaued at that heightened level since. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, with opioids the most common type.

At the height of the epidemic, Lorain County was designated as a part of the federal government’s Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge area and a “high intensity drug trafficking area.”

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Kelly Hansen, frontman of the arena rock band Foreigner, performs at the Lorain County Fair in 2019. Storm clouds delayed the band's show for 25 minutes but then Hansen and company ran out on stage to blast favorites like "Cold As Ice," "Juke Box Hero," and "Hot Blooded" for a sold-out grandstand crowd.

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took off and he found himself in a ball uniform just about every weekend.

Later in 1991, he made a pilgrimage to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. While there, someone pointed at him and shouted, “The Babe is back!”

Two years later, he returned to Cooperstown and encountered Ruth’s granddaughter, Linda Ruth Tositti.

She’d never met her famous grandfather — she was born after the Babe died in 1948 — but on seeing Buster, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

“It was the thrill of my life to meet my grandfather who I never met,” she wrote on the photo they posed for together.

There were many other treasured moments over the years. George said his father enjoyed serving on a couple of occasions as grand marshal of the Woollybear Festival parade in Vermilion. He met movie stars like Billy Crystal, ballplayers such as Mets catcher Mike Piazza and politicians including

former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Buster visited schools, palled around with Cleveland television favorites Big Chuck and Little John and got excited about going to the Babe Ruth World Series youth tournaments across the nation.

But he especially loved handing out autographed photos of himself as the Babe to kids wherever he went.

“They were just in awe of him,” George remembers.

Even after he stopped making the rounds as Ruth a couple of years ago, Buster continued to carry those photos around, and anyone who wanted one got one, his son said.

Returning year after year to Cooperstown was a thrill for Buster and his wife of nearly 65 years, Cecile. George said they had wanted to go one more time this summer, but didn’t get the chance due to health complications.

“He was just an amazing person, and I know there are lots of people out there who will always remember him,” George said. “I am so proud of him.”

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FROM A1 In a follow-up interview, Council President Linda Slocum said virtual meetings could be invoked in the event of a disaster or renovations at Council Chambers, for example.

Clark said remote meetings could not be called on a whim, even if the charter amendment were to pass. Council would have to vote to pass an additional ordinance triggering the exception to the rule.

Nor would Council be able to lock residents out of the process, he said.

“Public access to all open meetings of Council is assured,” Clark wrote.

He elaborated in Wednesday’s meeting: “I’ve been careful in drafting the language to make sure the public would continue to have access, so there would be no secret meetings,” he said.

Executive sessions — closed-door talks allowed for a handful of special topics — would still be allowed, since they are authorized under state law.

A second proposed charter amendment will not go on the November ballot.

Council decided to hold off on a measure intended to clarify how emergency legislation is passed and when it goes into effect.

The problem in question is one of electoral math when Council is split on a decision about fast-tracking votes. In rare circumstances, a 5-2 majority can call for an ordinance to have emergency status and go into effect immediately; but if the final vote to approve is only 4-3, it would have to wait 30 days to become effective.

Councilwoman Kristin Peterson said Wednesday that issue is an amendment for another election.

“If it’s confusing to us at this point, I can only imagine how voters would react to it,” she said.

Councilwoman Mary Price agreed: “I don’t think that this issue is extremely pressing,” she said.

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FROM A1 with the last fling of the summer before school starts,” said Waite.

While the Lorain County Fair will be “back to 99 percent normal,” there may still be some differences, she said. Attendees are welcome to wear masks if they choose, although there will be no mandate, and the fair is asking the public to use hand sanitizer stations.

How many folks will turn out is a big question in Waite’s mind.

The Medina County Fair drew betterthan-average crowds, estimated at more than 100,000 throughout its week. That’s what Waite and company hope to see between Aug. 22 and 29 — “I’d be happy with 75 percent our regular attendance,” she said, “but of course we’d love to see it higher.”

Just over 117,400 people went to the Lorain County Fair in 2019.

The biggest factor most years, the pandemic notwithstanding, has historically been weather. Rain anywhere in the

county, not just at the fairgrounds in Wellington, can dampen turnout.

When it comes to entertainment, Journey tribute band E5C4P3 will kick off the schedule Monday evening. Tuesday night will feature a rodeo, followed by a performance by country band Post Road.

In Waite’s opinion, the can’t-miss highlight of the week will be Kids Day, celebrated Wednesday with special activities across the fairgrounds. There will be a take-home building project for children ages four to 10, an ice cream eating contest, Outback Ray’s Jungle Show and photo opportunities with a dinosaur and princess.

On Thursday, veterans and seniors ages 65 and up will get free admission with ID. Nikel said popular carnival rides and games will be available throughout the week, but not as many operators are able to attend this year. To boost options for visitors, the fair has brought in mini golf and inflatable laser tag.

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LORAIN COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE Saturday, Aug. 21 • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Dog Show — Barn 4 • Noon to 2 p.m.: Junior Fair Cat, Small Animal Judging — Barn 11 • Noon to 2 p.m.: 4-H Products and Still Life Judging • 4:15 p.m.: Wine Judging Sunday, Aug. 22 • 3 p.m.: Junior Fair Draft Horse Cart Show — Pony Ring • 4 p.m.: HTCS Harness Racing • 5 p.m.: Flag Raising Ceremony, Official Opening with 4-H Band, Crowning of the Junior Fair King and Queen — Pavilion 1 • 5:30 p.m.: Judging of Paintings and Drawings • 6 p.m.: Judging of Antiques, Arts and Crafts, Ceramics, Culinary Arts, Lapidary Art Monday, Aug. 23 • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Fowl Show — Barn 15 • 9 a.m.: Judging of Culinary Arts, Needlework, Honey, Hobbies and Collectibles, Spinning, Vegetables and Fruits, Boer Goats • 10 a.m.: Judging of Haflingers, Draft Horses and Draft Ponies — Pony Ring • 11 a.m.: Judging of Photography • 11 a.m.: HTCS Harness Racing • Noon: Junior Fair Draft Horse Halter Show — Pony Ring • 12:30 p.m.: Judging of Draft Horses — Pony Ring • 1-7 p.m.: Voting for Lorain County Agricultural Society Directors — Senior Fair Office • 3 p.m.: Junior Fair Sheep Show — Show Barn 4 • 4 p.m.: FFA and 4-H Special Awards — Pavilion 1 Stage

• 5 p.m.: Culinary Arts Bake Sale — Pavilion 2 • 5:30 p.m.: Junior Fair Boer Goat Show — Barn 9 • 7 p.m.: Concert by E5C4P3 Journey Tribute Band — Grandstand Tuesday, Aug. 24 • 8 a.m. Gates Open • 8 a.m.: Judging of Rabbits and Cavies • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Swine Show — Barn 9 • 9 a.m.: Junior Fair Miniature Horse Show — Ring A • 9 a.m.: Judging of Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Silage and Hay, Grain • 10 a.m.: Judging of Poultry • 2:30 p.m.: Junior Fair Cavy Judging — Barn 15 • 4:30 p.m.: Fowl Costume and Poultry Judging Contest — Show Ring, Barn 15 • 5:30 p.m.: Junior Fair Pack, Harness, Pygmy Goat Show — Show Barn 4 • 7 p.m.: A-BAR Rodeo, Followed by Concert

by Post Road — Grandstand Wednesday, Aug. 25 — Kids Day • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 9 a.m.: Junior Fair Dairy Goat and Market Dairy Goats — Barn 9 • 9 a.m.: Junior Fair Saddle Horse Judging — Ring A • 9 a.m.: Ponies and Stalled Hitch Classes — Grandstand • Noon: Judging of Flowers • 1 p.m.: Junior Fair Beef Breeding Show — Show Barn 4 • 1 p.m.: Junior Fair Rabbit Breed Judging — Barn 15 • 3 p.m.: Junior Fair Market Beef Show — Show Barn 4 • 6:30 p.m.: Canine Unit Training — Pony Ring

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Thursday, Aug. 26 — Senior Citizens and Veterans Day • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Rabbit Showmanship — Barn 15 • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Beef Showmanship, Market Steer — Show Barn 4 • 8:30 a.m.: Pony Pull — Grandstand • 8:30-11 a.m.: County Fair Kids Fun Show — Barn 9 • 9 a.m.: Dairy Goat Judging — Pavilion 2 • 9 a.m.: 4-H Open Mini Horse Fun Show — Ring A • Noon: Open to the World Draft Horse and Pony Hitch — Grandstand • 1 p.m.: Junior Fair Auction of Meat Chickens, Market Ducks, Market Goats, Market Lambs, Meat Rabbits, Turkeys • 2 p.m.: Pigeon Rolling and Homing Pigeon Demonstration — Barn 38 • 5:30 p.m.: Junior Fair Small Animal Sweepstakes Showmanship — Barn 9 • 6 p.m.: Junior Fair Dog Agility Show • 7 p.m.: Horse Pull — Grandstand

Saturday, Aug. 28 • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 8:30 a.m.: Junior Fair Livestock Auction of Market Beef and Market Hogs — Barn 9 • 9 a.m.: 4-H Open Saddle Horse Fun Show — Ring A • 9 a.m.: Tractor Pull for Lorain County Residents Only • 10 a.m.: Pony Fun Show — Pong Ring • Noon: Miniature Horse Pull — Pavilion 2 • 1 p.m.: Cornhole Tournament • 1:30 p.m.: Kiddie Pedal Pull — Pavilion 2 • 2 p.m.: Pigeon Rolling and Homing Pigeon Demonstration — Barn 38 • 3 p.m.: Draft Horse and Draft Pong Fun Pull — Pony Ring • 4 p.m.: Fiddle Contest — Show Barn 4 • 7 p.m.: Combine Derby and Pickup Truck Derby — Grandstand

Friday, Aug. 27 • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 9 a.m.: Junior Fair Dairy Judging — Show Barn 4 • 9 a.m.: Miniature Horse Judging — Ring A • Noon: Junior Fair Dairy Auction — Show Barn 9 • Noon: Rooster Crowing, Turkey Calling and Fowl Race — barn 15 • 4:30 p.m.: Junior Fair Large Animal Sweepstakes Showmanship — Barn 4 • 6:30 p.m.: NTPA Grand National Pull —

Sunday, Aug. 29 • 8 a.m.: Gates Open • 9 a.m.: Interdenominational Worship Service — Show Barn 4 • 9:30 a.m.: 4-H Saddle Horse Versatility Show — Ring A • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Spinners and Weavers — Pavilion 2 • 4 p.m.: Demolition Derby — Grandstand • 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Premium Check Distribution • 6 p.m.: Dismiss Entries • 7 p.m.: Release Commercial Exhibits Fair Hours: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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LINDSEY STUMPP of Amherst has been named to the president's list for the Spring 2021 semester at Capital University.

KARLY BRYNER of Amherst has been named to the honors list for the Spring 2021 semester at Mercy College of Ohio.

DANELL SEBASTIAN of Amherst has been named to the honors list for the Spring 2021 semester at Mercy College of Ohio.

MIRIAM MAKRUSKI of Amherst has been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2021 semester at Mercy College of Ohio.

MEGAN DOBOS of Oberlin was recently initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. She was initiated at the University of Toledo.

JESSICA QUINN of Wellington has been named one of two winners of the Zwerling-Sprince Scholarship in Occupational and Environmental Health.

Quinn is an industrial hygiene graduate student at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health. She served as president of the Iowa-Illinois Industrial Hygiene Student Association, the University of Iowa’s student local section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Her thesis research provided evidence that ultraviolet light may be a useful tool for the inactivation of virus on surfaces.

Lorain County Community Action Agency’s Summer Crisis Program is underway through Sept. 30 and continues expanded criteria and benefits created last summer in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

The program offers help staying cool for low-income residents who also meet one of the other eligibility requirements. The primary qualification for the program is a gross annual income at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty line, which is $46,375 for a family of four in 2021.

Residents at that poverty level qualify for help if they also meet at least one of the following criteria: • They are age 60 or over.

• They have a documented medical condition worsened by extreme heat.

• Their electric service has been disconnected or they have received a disconnect notice.

• They are trying to establish new service.

• They have been diagnosed with coronavirus in 2020.

• They are enrolling in PIPP Plus for the first time.

• They are an existing PIPP customer in default.

Customers of regulated utilities can receive up to $500 in assistance. Customers of unregulated utilities can receive up to $800.

Residents who have not received an air conditioner from LCCAA in the last three years can request a unit.

The cost of the unit will be deducted from the amount of assistance they receive. The remainder can be applied to their energy bill if needed.

Electric box fans will also be distributed. Residents who have received air conditioners in the past three years may be eligible for a fan. Distribution of air

conditioners and fans will be subject to availability.

Customers may request limited repairs to their central air conditioning units up to $500.

Appointments can be made right now and are required for this emergency program. All appointments must be made online and will be conducted over the phone. Schedule an appointment at www.tinyurl.com/ SummerCrisisLC. In-person services are being offered for seniors only in partnership with the Lorain County Office on Aging.

An LCCAA Energy Services employee is stationed at the LCOA office in Elyria from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Those 60 and over who are not comfortable making an online appointment may walk in during those hours.

Secure drop boxes are available at both the LCOA office at 320 Gateway Blvd. North in Elyria and at LCCAA at 936 Broadway Ave. in Lorain for required documents.

Required documentation includes: • Income information for all household members 18 years of age or older for the last 30 days; • Any member reporting “no income” must complete a no income form; • Social Security numbers for all household members; • Proof of citizenship for all household members; • Most recent electric and gas bills; • Proof of medical condition if applicable (documentation signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse practitioner).

Coronavirus stimulus checks do not count as income for this program.

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE LORAIN CODIFIED ORDINANCE UPDATES Lorain City Council passed Ord. No. 130-21 on 8-9-21 approving the replacement pages to the City of Lorain Codified Ordinances by adding, amending or repealing to conform with state laws passed by the Ohio Constitution and those of a general/ permanent nature passed by Lorain City Council through 6-30-2021 in order to comply with the current State of Ohio laws, in compliance with all legal requirements including O.R.C. Section 121.22 as follows: Traffic Code 301.183 Low-Speed Micromobility Device. (Added) 301.22 Pedestrian. (Amended)

301.51 Vehicle. (Amended) 331.37 Driving Upon Sidewalks, Street Lawns or Curbs.

(Amended) 335.04 Certain Acts Prohibited. (Amended) 371.13 Operation of Personal Delivery Device on Sidewalks and Crosswalks. (Added) 371.14 Low-Speed Micromobility Devices. (Added) 373.18 Motorized Bicycle Operation. (Amended) 373.19 Electric Bicycles.

(Amended) General Offenses Code 501.99 Penalties for Misdemeanors. (Amended) 505.071 Cruelty to Companion Animals. (Amended) 509.07 Making False Alarms.

(Amended) 513.01 Drug Abuse Control Definitions. (Amended) 525.13 Interfering with Civil Rights. (Amended) 529.01 Liquor Control Definitions. (Amended) 529.07 Open Container Prohibited. (Amended) 533.08 Procuring; Engagement in Sexual Activity for Hire. (Amended) 533.09 Soliciting. (Amended) 533.091 Loitering to Engage in Solicitation. (Amended) 533.10 Prostitution. (Amended) 537.02 Vehicular Homicide and Manslaughter. (Amended) 537.17 Reserved. (Previously “Criminal Child Enticement”)

541.04 Criminal Mischief.

(Amended) 541.05 Criminal Trespass.

(Amended) 541.051 Aggravated Trespass.

(Amended) 549.02 Carrying Concealed Weapons. (Amended) 549.06 Unlawful Transactions in Weapons. (Amended) 553.04 Railroad Vandalism.

(Amended) Copies of all documents are available to inspect or view in the Office of the Lorain City Clerk of Council during normal business hours at 200 W. Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio or by calling 204-2050 for assistance. The code is also available via City of Lorain’s website @ www.cityoflorain. org (City Council - Lorain Codified Ordinances).

Nancy Greer, CMC L.C.C.G. 8/19/21 20688092

PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on August 9, 2021. The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Nancy Greer

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

Ordinance 128-21* Auth the mayor to accept the material terms of the OneOhio subdivision settlement pursuant to the OneOhio MOU and consistent w/ the terms of the 7/21/21 National Opioid Settlement & to sign the OneOhio Subdivision participation form. 129-21* Levying special assessments for the improvement of Broadway from W. Erie to 10th Street by constructing a concrete sidewalk, drainage, curbing and handicap ramps together w/ other appurtenances. 13021* Auth a contract w/ Walter Drane & approving the current replacement pages to the Lorain Codified Ordinances through 6/30/21. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

L.C.C.G. 8/19-26/21 20688098

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No. 64-21 passed April 19, 2021, sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, Friday, September 10th, 2021, Lorain time, Engineering Department, Lorain City Hall 4th Floor.

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

SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE: June 30, 2022 Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier’s Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into, and a performance bond properly secured. Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted. The bid check/bond should be enclosed in the sealed bid, but in a separate envelope clearly marked ‘BID CHECK/ BOND’ with the bidder’s name & address on the bid check/bond

envelope.

A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held virtually at 9:00 AM on September 3rd, 2021.

Bidding documents will be provided via PDF downloads only. Hard copies will not be provided. Requests for bidding documents may be made by emailing info@coldwaterconsultants.com and providing name, email address, and company name.

There is no charge to download the bidding documents.

The document package will include an invite hyperlink to the non-mandatory prebid meeting, one full-size set of Construction Drawings, and a Project Manual which includes all Bid Submittal Forms. Reference documents will be included in the document package. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available. Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents. Bidders must acknowledge receipt of all items, including reference documents as part of their bid.

This project shall be subject to State Prevailing Wage Rates set forth by Ohio Department of Commerce as stated Section 4115 of the Ohio Revised Code. Attention is called to

the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages, as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project. Each bidder must ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project. Domestic Steel pursuant to ORC 153.011 shall be used.

The use of small businesses, minority business enterprises and women’s business enterprises is encouraged.

The Director of Safety/Service reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

By order of the Director of Safety/Service, Sanford Washington L.C.C.G. 8/19-26; 9/3/21 20688182

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tember 13, 2021 in the Lorain City Council Chamber at 200 West Erie Ave., Lorain, Ohio. The hearing will commence at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the following item: ZCA-13-2021 - Application to rezone PPN: 02-00-093-103004 @ 329 E. 21st St., Phillip Atkinson is the applicant.

The Lorain City Planning Commission met on August 4, 2021 and recommend approval of the item above to Lorain City Council. Copies of all documentation related to this proposal will be on file for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk of Council, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio. Please contact Nancy_ Greer@cityoflorain.org for additional information.

NANCY GREER, CMC L.C.C.G. 8/12-19/21 20687719

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PETITION TO VACATE A PORTION OF REGINA AVENUE (60 FT. IN WIDTH) FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF SUBLOTS 123 AND 303 OF THE FALBO SUBDIVISION NORTHERLY A DISTANCE OF 20 FEET. Notice is hereby given that

on July 16, 2021, Lorain City Council received a petition to vacate a portion of Regina Avenue (60 ft. in width) from the south line of sublots 123 and 303 of the Falbo Subdivision northerly a distance of 20 feet.

The signed frontage on the petition was certified by the Lorain City Engineer to represent one-hundred percent of the frontage between the points named and one hundred percent of the frontage owning lots in the immediate vicinity, and/or abutting the portion of the street prayed to be vacated or have an interest in said street.

As required by Chapter 723 of the Ohio Revised Code, Lorain City Council will hold a public hearing on this matter on Monday, August 23, 2021 @ 5 p.m. in Lorain City Council Chamber, First Floor City Hall, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio, The petition, maps and any other documention pertaining to this matter are on file for examination and inspection by the general public during normal business hours in the Clerk of Council Office, City Hall First Floor, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio.

N. Greer, CMC L.C.C.G. 7/22-29; 8/5-1219-26/21 20686588

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LORAIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Party heads react to call for Hung to step down JASON HAWK and DAVE O’BRIEN

ELYRIA — Lorain County Commissioner David Moore called last week for his fellow Republican commissioner, Michelle Hung, to resign based on what he said was her recent admission to having an affair with a county worker.

"After Michelle Hung's admission of an affair with a subordinate, 911 Director Harry Williamson and his ultimate termination, I felt she deserved an opportunity to speak with her family and weigh her options,” he said in a prepared statement. “I believed then and I believe now that the proper course is for her to gracefully resign her position as Lorain County Commissioner.”

"Unfortunately, it has become clear that Commissioner Hung has no intention of resigning. As a result, today, I am compelled to join others in publicly asking for her resignation. Her inappropriate behavior on county time with a county employee is both an embarrassment and a distraction to Lorain County and this board," he wrote. "It is past time for this to end and for the county to move forward with three commissioners whose ethics and integrity are beyond question. Unfortunately, Commissioner Hung does not fit those criteria."

David Arredondo David Arredondo, chair of the Lorain County GOP, said a decision to resign needs to be made by Hung, not her party.

That’s not to say there aren’t Republicans who would like to see her step down, he said — there’s been a great deal of conversation and debate about how the situation should be handled.

“Overall, there’s not an outcry,” Arredondo said.

“It seems to be, ‘Let’s see Anthony Giardini if there’s anything further.’”

But, Arredondo acknowledged, Hung’s relationship with an employee has caused “irreparable damage to the relationship” she has with Moore.

And Arredondo said he would not have been shocked if Hung announced her resignation last week at the commissioners’ weekly meeting. Nor was he surprised that she refused to relinquish her role.

Either way, he said it’s unlikely the scandal will cause lasting damage to the county Republican party’s reputation.

“I think people are able to see there’s a difference between our leadership in our party and an individual,” Arredondo said.

Hung is not a member of the Lorain County Democratic Party, so Chairman Anthony Giardini said his organization is not taking a position on whether she should resign.

For now, the scandal is “a purely internal issue” for the Lorain County GOP to handle, he said.

However, local Democrats reserve the right to change course as more facts come to light, he said.

Giardini also said he believes county Republicans would “immediately and unequivocally” call for resignations “and proclaim the sky is falling” if the situation were reversed.

Recall the case of former Commissioner Sharon Sweda, he said. She used her government email account to discussion her re-election campaign, and was defeated at the polls; then Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, barred her from taking a seat on the Lorain County Board of Elections.

Democrats have not been immune to scandal and wrongdoing, Giardini conceded. But when accused, former U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota and New York Rep. Anthony Weiner agreed to leave office.

And on Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation following allegations of sexual harassment, he said.

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County Commissioner Michelle Hung listens as Tia Hilton asks for her resignation during public comment on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

Hung ignores call to resign DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

ELYRIA — Facing a call to resign over an inappropriate relationship with a former subordinate, Lorain County Commissioner Michelle Hung remained in her elected post last Wednesday.

The first-term Republican commissioner was called upon to resign by her fellow Republican commissioner, David Moore, after the revelation that she and former Lorain County 911 Director Harry Williamson had been carrying on an intimate relationship while he was working for the county.

At last week’s commission meeting — this week’s happened after the Community Guide went to press — Hung said nothing about the ongoing scandal.

Instead, she read a brief public statement when it came time for her to deliver the weekly commissioners' report.

"I take the comments that have been shared very seriously, and regrettably I wish this had not happened and I am dealing with this matter with my family,” she said. “I would like to address all of your questions and comments, and I am committed to a response at a time in the near future. I want to share with the residents that I appreciate your consideration in allowing me time to have these important conversations carefully and considerately with my husband and family. Thank you."

Hung and Moore voted to hire Williamson on Jan. 4, and Commissioner Matt Lundy voting against hiring him.

On Aug. 3, Lundy and Moore voted to fire Williamson and Lorain County Job & Family Services Director Tim Carrion, with Hung abstaining.

In a joint statement Aug. 5, Lundy and Moore wrote that Hung had made "a public admission" of "a more significant and intimate relationship between herself and Director Williamson" than just a friendship, and that Williamson's firing resulted from that relationship.

It still is not known if Hung and Williamson, both of whom are married, were in a relationship prior to his hiring or if it started after he was hired by Hung and Moore to lead 911.

Video provided to The Chronicle on Aug. 5 shows Hung and Williamson kissing inside a county building in Elyria back on Feb. 26.

Hung's comments came after two Lorain County residents stood up at the meeting and delivered remarks referencing the scandal.

"I am coming to you today as a citizen that you represent, Miss Hung," said Tia Hilton of Amherst. "What you have done is not what you were elected to do. You were elected to represent the citizens of Lorain County. Since January all you have done is throw crybaby fits, bash people with rumors and destroy people's lives including your own."

She continued: "If you can't represent your family, how do you expect to represent the citizens of Lorain? You are a disgrace to the citizens in this county and the Republican Party. I am asking for your resignation today. Had we wanted a commissioner that only cared about putting her sexual needs ... over bettering our county, then we would have just did an ad on Backpage(.com) for a hooker."

Lundy interrupted Hilton's comments, saying he wanted "to make sure that we have a civil discussion today." Hilton then continued her attack on Hung.

"If you choose to stay in your position, I promise you one thing," Hilton said, addressing Hung again. "You will be a one-hit wonder and a one-term crap show. You have lost all trust of the citizens and you are no longer in any need to us. So I am asking you to do us all a favor and step aside and resign.

Leaders lead by example, not with their pants down."

"It's time to put your ego and your power trip aside and let someone with morals and integrity to step in," Hilton said. "I am also asking Mr. (Moore) and Mr. Lundy to remove her as president (of the commission) because presidents don't act as she has."

Hilton is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the city of Lorain over sewer fees that was filed in 2020 by attorney Gerald Phillips. Hung defeated Phillips in the Republican primary election for county commissioner in 2020.

Defending Hung, Williamson and Carrion was Aden Fogel of Sheffield Lake.

Fogel took Lundy to task, saying the commissioner "disliked Tim Carrion so much that he set out to destroy his career, assassinate his character and terminate his employment."

"Matt Lundy, not Michelle Hung, fired Tim, contrary to what some of the fake news that people are spreading on social media, some of whom are probably here today," he said.

"Michelle did not vote to fire Tim, Michelle hired Tim. Two different words with two different letters. She hired Tim because he was the best person for the job, and even went outside of her party," Fogel alleged. "This good deed did not go unpunished either, because the Democrats gave Tim a hard time because he was hired by a Republican."

Based on a number of complaints, Carrion was investigated by county officials and disciplined May 11 under a "last chance" agreement for giving unwanted hugs to subordinates at Job and Family Services.

Lundy and Moore said Aug. 5 that they fired Carrion after "multiple disciplinary warnings in connection with his employment" and "decided that it was in the best interest of Lorain County to make a change and go in a different direction."

Carrion has not returned several messages seeking comment both on the disciplinary matter and his termination, nor has Williamson responded to any messages seeking comment about either his firing or the affair.

Fogel also defended Williamson, who was present at Wednesday's meeting and sat in the back of the commission's meeting room.

Fogel said Williamson was hired "because he was the absolute best person to fix the situation at the 911 call center, that had fallen into shambles under Matt Lundy and the former commissioners.

The county lost two great assets because of the ridiculous nonsense being perpetrated by Matt Lundy and his RINO (Republican-in-name only) partners."

Hung briefly interrupted Fogel to defend Lundy, and Fogel replied: "Well, it's the truth."

"Dave Moore and (County Administrator) Tom Williams wouldn't even be mopping the floors at the Lorain County Dog Kennel if it wasn't for Michelle Hung. OK. This is how they repay her, by stabbing her in the back and leaving her to bleed out on the chamber floor.

Dave Moore, you should be ashamed of yourself. You spit right in the face of all Republican voters that voted for you.

You're a traitor and you're unloyal. You don't deserve another GOP vote ever again. 'No Moore in '24.'"

Fogel went on to say that "the whole situation has been blown out of proportion" and likened it to "a modern-day witch hunt."

"It's not like Michelle is Bill Clinton," he told commissioners. "She didn't perjure herself under oath. She told the truth and she owned up to the situation.

She's not an Andrew Cuomo. This was two consensual adults and what they do in their own personal lives is their own business. Leave these two alone and stop torturing these two beautiful families."

Hilton also posted on Facebook this week a photo she took that shows Williamson and Hung at the Margaritaville restaurant and bar in Sandusky the previous weekend. Hilton told a Chronicle reporter she had stopped there after attending to family business on Saturday, saw Hung and Williamson together and took a photo of the duo at the bar.

Asked for comment on the photo, Hung gave the following statement to The Chronicle: "The public is already well aware of this very private matter, there is no new news here. And it will continue to be a private matter," she wrote. "I want to make it very clear that I am committed to doing the best job for the residents of Lorain County and am dedicated to doing this work for the good of the public and in the public’s interest.

"As you heard at our Board meeting this morning, the Board and I are currently working on matters that are important to the residents, including today’s (opioid) settlement and how it affects our community. In addition, we are focused on economic development, infrastructure, and broadband expansion for our residents in the townships."

"The Board will soon take up the discussion on how we will spend the American Rescue Plan Act dollars ($30 million) that have been allocated to Lorain County. It is necessary that we meet certain upcoming deadlines regarding the spending of the Rescue Plan dollars. The Board has work to do quickly so that we don’t miss out on the opportunity to continue to help our community prosper and grow to get these dollars to the highest priority projects. This is my focus and will continue to be," Hung wrote.

Hilton also told a Chronicle reporter that Williamson harassed her prior to the start of last Wednesday's meeting and that video camera footage from the commission's meeting room would prove it. The Chronicle made a request for a copy of the video after the meeting.

Several Lorain County sheriff's deputies also were on hand as security at the meeting, the most well-attended since commissioners returned to in-person meetings in January.

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Barbershop offers free back-to-school haircuts DYLAN REYNOLDS THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

AMHERST — For many students returning to the classroom this month, looking good on the first day is a top priority.

The Ohio Exclusive Barber Salon in Amherst continued an annual tradition Sunday of giving free haircuts to area kids, making sure anyone could go back to school with a fresh cut.

“We started doing it because we thought it would be a good way to give back to the community,” said owner and barber Ralph Mercado. “You can really see the appreciation on a lot of the parents’ faces.”

He estimated between 50 and 60 free haircuts were given Sunday, a total down from the normal total of 100 or more.

Last time in 2019, a line wrapped around the end of the block when Ohio Exclusive opened for free cuts, but this year’s line only stretched to the end of the building.

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Many of the students who stopped by the shop said they were from Amherst and Lorain and will be attending school in those districts.

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A total of eight barbers and stylists worked to give kids the free haircuts at Ohio Exclusive on Sunday. Cole’s Public House and D'Tutanelli's Pizza provided food to the business as a thank you for what the barbers were doing, Mercado said.

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Public tours of the Weltzheimer-Johnson House resume this fall on the first Sundays of the month: Sept. 5, Oct. 3 and Nov. 7.

Presentations on the architecture and history of the property will be offered at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. on open house days. Admission is $10 for adults.

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Whether you want to take a quiet stroll to keep your blood pressure in check or just enjoy the outdoors, check out these Lorain County walking locations. Each has a free social walking group this summer: • Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. — Mercy Health Amherst HealthPlex, 47160 Hollstein Dr., Amherst • Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m — at Black River Landing, 421 Black River Ln., Lorain • Thursdays from 6-7:30 p.m. — South

Central Park, 7565 Avon Belden Rd., North Ridgeville • Mondays at 5:30 p.m. — Lorain County Metro Parks Splash Zone, 95 West Hamilton Rd., Oberlin • Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Akron Children’s to manage nursery

Starting in November, Akron Children’s Hospital will begin managing operations of the Mercy Health Lorain Hospital special care nursery.

Akron Children’s physicians will staff the six-bed unit 24 hours a day. A special care nursery is for premature babies. Mercy Health Lorain is the only Level II special care nursery in Lorain County.

Last August, Akron Children’s and Mercy Health Lorain partnered to bring Akron’s pediatric health care services to Lorain County.

The Akron Children’s Lorain and Amherst offices will relocate to a new outpatient health center in December. The building is at 47185 Cooper Foster Park Rd., Amherst.

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2020 U.S. Census results Lorain County’s population grows to 312,964 JASON HAWK EDITOR

VERMILION

Cities are swelling while rural areas struggle to keep up, according to the first detailed results of the 2020 Census.

The data, collected last year and released Thursday, Aug. 12, shows the United States now has a population in excess of 331 million, growing by about 22.7 million residents in the past decade — a more than 7 percent increase.

That may sound like a boom, but in fact the nation grew at its slowest rate since the 1930s, the Census Bureau said.

“Many counties within metro areas saw growth, especially those in the south and west. However, as we’ve been seeing in our annual population estimates, our nation is growing slower than it used to,” said Marc Perry, a senior demographer at the Census Bureau.

About 80 percent of all metropolitan areas grew in the past decade, but fewer than half of the 3,143 counties in the U.S. actually gained residents.

Looking at sheer numbers, Texas, Florida, California, Georgia and Washington gained the most residents. The fastest-

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LORAIN CO. 312,964 301,356 11,608 Ohio 11,799,448 11,536,504 262,944 U.S. 331,449,281 308,745,538 22,703,743

3.9% 2.3% 7.4%

1(includes portion of city in Erie County), 2(includes portion of South Amherst Village), 3(includes portion of the city of Vermilion), 4(Includes Kipton village), 5(includes LaGrange Village), 6(Includes portion of South Amherst Village), 7(Includes Rochester Village), 8(Includes Wellington Village)

SOURCE: Census Bureau

Despite a slight decline in Elyria’s population, the city diversified, seeing an influx in Hispanic and multi-race residents.

The city’s overall population dropped 3.4 percent, from 54,533 to 52,656, according to 2020 U.S. Census data released last Thursday.

Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield said the city is fortunate it wasn’t a sharp decline, keeping the city above 50,000 residents.

But he said city officials are going to work to reverse the trend, whether through better marketing, building more houses or annexations. Whitfield said there are about 400 new homes being built along the outskirts of the city that will raise the population.

He said city officials also want to work on attracting young families to Elyria and show them that this is where they can raise their children. Whitfield said declining populations are a state and national problem, but one he said Elyria is ready to handle.

The city’s Hispanic population almost doubled, from 2,649 in 2010 to 4,403.

Elyria Schools Superintendent Ann Schloss said the district is thrilled to see more diversity. When she first began in the ELYRIA PAGE B2

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Ohio’s population grew by a slim 262,944 people since the last census in 2010. That’s little more than a 2 percent increase.

Lorain County was one of the few in Northeast Ohio to see substantial growth. It went from

Increase Decrease 301,356 residents to 312,964 in 10 years’ time, a change of 11,608 or 3.9 percent.

Neighboring Erie, Huron, Ashland and Cuyahoga counties lost residents.

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North Ridgeville, Avon, Avon Lake see biggest census gains JASON HAWK EDITOR

A suburban boom has continued to reshape Lorain County’s east side in the past decade, replacing many of its last farms and country roads into housing developments and highways.

The most drastic change can be see in North Ridgeville, according to 2020 Census results released last week.

The city gained 5,815 new residents over a 10year period, going from a population of 29,465 to 35,280.

That’s an incredible growth of 19.7 percent.

“We’ve been fortunate over the years to be growing exponentially on the

residential side,” said Mayor Kevin Corcoran in an interview Friday.

He’s long suspected his city would cross the 35,000-resident threshold, thanks to new housing builds. Subdivisions such as Meadow Lakes, Waterbury and Mills Creek have propelled that expansion.

“I think a big part of it is we’re relatively close to the major highways,” Corcoran said. “They fuel the growth heading west out of Cleveland.”

Avon has experienced the county’s secondlargest gains, adding 3,654 residents — a 17.2 percent increase — since 2010, bringing its total to 24,847.

“We talk about it all the time here. Everybody

ON THE WEST SIDE

Hispanic population grows

Cities throughout Lorain County saw an increase in their Hispanic population, including Oberlin (5.2 percent), Elyria (8.4 percent) and Amherst (6.4 percent). Nationally, the Hispanic population grew by almost a quarter, and accounted for close to half of the overall population growth in the country.

Lorain 9th-largest city in Ohio Lorain is now the ninth largest city in Ohio, gaining more than 1,100 residents according to 2020 U.S. Census data released last Thursday.

Lorain saw a 1.7 percent increase in its population since 2010, bringing its total to 65,211. It surpasses Youngstown, which saw its population plummet by about 10 percent in 10 years to 60,068.

Safety Service Director Sanford Washington was surprised at the growth.

“I'm very happy about it as far as just looking at potential growth for the city of Lorain,” he said.

The International City now is the only one in Lorain County where non-Hispanic whites are in the minority, with the population at about 49 percent — down from 55 percent in 2010.

Lorain’s non-Hispanic, Black population decreased from 16 percent in 2010 to 15.2 percent in 2020.

Hispanic is an ethnicity and can include individuals of any race.

El Centro de Servicios Sociales Executive Director Victor Leandry was not surprised by both the city’s population increase, or the increase in Hispanic and Latino individuals calling it home. According to the data, 29.2 percent of Lorain residents identify as Hispanic.

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Growth on the west side of the county has been much more modest since 2010.

Lorain bucked expectations by picking up 1,114 more residents for a total of 65,211, an increase of 1.7 percent. Amherst, which is close to being built out but has a couple of growing subdivisions, added 660 people for a total of 12,681.

Oberlin has not seen significant housing expansion for many years. It grew by just 269 residents between 2010 and 2020, resting at 8,555.

The jury is still out on Wellington, which stands to become a city if it hits the 5,000-resident threshold. The village has been hovering just under the mark for a long time. The 2020 Census remains unclear about what its population is now, combining the village and township for a total of 6,140 residents.

Only two cities in Lorain County actually saw their populations drop. Elyria fell from 54,533 to 52,656 over the course of 10 years, a loss of 1,877 residents (-3.4 percent). Sheffield Lake went from 9,137 to 8,957 residents, a loss of 180 (-2 percent).

Grafton, which is a village and not a city, lost 741 residents, going from 6,636 to 5,895 (-11.2 percent).

Several townships also shrank: Amherst Township (which was lumped in with a portion of South Amherst by the census), Brighton, Camden (including Kipton), Carlisle, Elyria, Grafton, Henrietta, New Russia (which also included part of South Amherst), Pittsfield, Rochester and Wellington.

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Medina County surged ahead with a 5.9 percent population increase, which at around 10,000 more residents was still smaller than Lorain County’s gain.

The net increase makes Lorain County the 227th most populous in the United States, and the ninth largest of the 88 in Ohio.

It trails Stark County in eighth place at 374,853. Franklin County remains the state’s largest at over 1.3 million residents.

The census numbers released Thursday also show housing stock by county. In 2020 — as the pandemic got underway and before the market caught fire — there were 134,341 housing units in Lorain County, and 125,239 of them (93.2 percent) were occupied.

To look at socio-economic connections, the Census Bureau lumps counties into “core-based statistical areas.”

They are regions anchored by urban areas, as well as the counties that are tied to them by commuters.

Lorain County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria CBSA, which includes Cuyahoga, Medina, Lake, Geauga, Summit and Portage counties. It has

only grown by a minuscule amount — some 11,000 people.

The census results also show Lorain County growing, albeit slowly, more diverse.

The shift is likely due in part to changes in the census’ methods. Seeking more clarity about how Hispanic and Latino people self-identify, it moved to a two-question model.

“These changes reveal that the U.S. population is much more multiracial and more diverse than what we measured in the past,” the Census Bureau said.

The data shows 247,300 Lorain County residents identified as white.

That’s 79 percent of the county’s population, down from 86.2 percent a decade ago.

The next largest group was Black and African-American with 24,863 residents (7.9 percent). Only 3,623 people (1.2 percent) identified as Asian, and 920 as Native American (less than 0.1 percent).

About 10.5 percent of the population identified as Hispanic or Latino, which is an ethnic designation and not a racial one, and often overlaps with

other groups.

Here’s where it gets even more interesting: In Ohio, there is now a 40.4 percent chance that any two residents chosen at random will be from different racial and ethnic groups, according to the Census Bureau.

That’s higher than most of the Midwest, but ranks low compared to the nation as a whole.

The most diverse state in the nation is Hawaii, where there is a 76 percent chance. In the contiguous U.S., the most diverse state is California at 69.7 percent, and the least diverse state is Maine at 18.5 percent.

Overall, 204.3 million people in America identified as white alone or in combination with another group.

However, the share of those who said they are only white decreased by 8.6 percent since 2010.

Meanwhile, the multiracial population has gone from just 9 million people a decade ago to 33.9 million in 2020, an increase of 276 percent.

Those identifying as Hispanic or Latino — which can be of any race — grew to 62.1 million, an increase of 23 percent.

than in neighboring Cuyahoga County communities of similar size.

Don’t expect that growth to slow significantly before the next census in 2030. Corcoran said there is still plenty of buildable land, and it’s even possible that the right confluence of trends could see North Ridgeville shoot past Elyria to become the county’s second-largest city.

This year alone, it’s on track to add 360 more houses.

With three large subdivisions recently approved, Avon Lake has an additional 450 housing units planned for the next five years, said Zilka — but after 2026, the situation there is expected to cool significantly.

The city is coming close to being fully built out, with no remaining developable parcels. Zilka said he believes the population of Avon Lake will top out at around 28,000.

Likewise, the city of Avon should hit

its cap at or just below 35,000 residents, said Jensen.

That hasn’t always been the projection. He said at one time under former Mayor Jim Smith the expectation was to hit 45,000 — “That was too many people,” Jensen said.

In recent years, Avon Lake has put curbs on how closely homes can be built to French Creek and other areas with high potential for flooding. It’s also purchased land to set aside for parks, which keeps it from being developed.

All three cities are moving ahead cautiously. Too-rapid growth can cause issues, and the mayors said they want to be sure they can keep up with increased need for police and fire coverage, roads and sewers.

“We always worry that your growth outpaces your infrastructure. But we’ve been fortunate to keep up as we go,” said Jensen.

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FROM B1 moved out to Avon because it was more rural, but at this point the secret is out,” said Mayor Bryan Jensen.

Avon Lake saw an 11.6 percent increase, with 2,625 new residents.

That puts the city at 25,206 residents, according to the census — that’s a “magic number,” since at 25,000 it becomes eligible for larger shares of federal funds and grants, said Mayor Gregory Zilka.

All three mayors credited the pull of their highly-rated school systems, proximity to major highways and development of shopping areas for their growth.

Corcoran said North Ridgeville has also been consistently ranked one of the safest cities in Ohio, he said — last year, review site SafeWise named it the 17th safest city in the entire United States. Home prices are another draw, he said: Dollar for dollar, “you can buy a lot more home” in North Ridgeville BACK TO SCHOOL ACROSS 1. *____ mater 5. *Graduate degree, acr.

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Miller holds town hall on redistricting CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

LORAIN — State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, held a town hall last Wednesday evening, giving an overview on the state budget and redistricting.

Miller laid out what he considers the “good, bad and ugly” of the biennial budget’s policy changes.

The bright points include changes to school funding more than 20 years after it was declared unconstitutional, appropriations for small business loans and Medicaid expansion.

The Fair School Funding Plan included in the budget will fund districts on a more individualized level, taking into account the cost to educate each student. It raises the perpupil allocations for the majority of schools in the state and bases the local share for funding on property tax values and residents’ income.

Miller said the plan will be good if it is funded properly.

The budget allocated about $156 million for grants for small business, restaurants and entertainment venues affected

by COVID-19. It also expanded Medicaid coverage to new mothers for a year after giving birth.

He was less excited to see school voucher programs expand, tax cuts for high-earning Ohioans and about $7.36 million cut from the state’s public transit budget.

The worst parts of the budget, for Miller, included the medical conscience clause, which allows health care providers to refuse to perform specific services on the basis of their religious, ethical or moral beliefs.

He also disliked language barring local boards of election from working with private citizens to promote voter registration, calling it voter suppression.

With some census data released last week, redistricting was at the forefront of Miller and some attendees’ minds.

The state constitution has been amended twice to try to make sure districts represent Ohioans accurately, rather than grouping largely Republican or Democrat areas together.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission, which will oversee new maps of legislative and Congressional districts in the state, is on a tight deadline, with the first maps due Sept. 1.

Miller expects a demand for fair maps — rather than the oddly shaped outlines Ohio currently has.

“I actually believe there’s going to be a lot of people that will get out and say, ‘Enough, we expect to have fair maps,” Miller said. “‘And if you don’t give them to us, there is a senate race, there’s a governor’s race, there’s statewide races … all in 2022 and we will remember you if you do this to us.”

ELYRIA

FROM B1 Elyria Schools administration, Schloss said there were very few English Learners students.

Now there are 150 to 175. While not all of those are Hispanic, Schloss said the majority are. To go from under 25 English Learners students to close to 200 is huge, she said.

Whitfield said the influx in the Hispanic and Latino population means Elyria needs to rethink how its services are delivered.

He said during his time leading the Lorain County Urban League, the agency began to have more residents needing services in Spanish. Whitfield said the city has an opportunity to provide more services for its Hispanic residents as well.

— Reporting by Laina Yost

LORAIN

FROM B1 Lorain Schools CEO Jeff Graham said about 44 percent of the district’s students identify as Hispanic now, with 27 percent Black and 24 percent white, mirroring the city’s overall trends.

Graham was surprised the city’s population increased, as estimates the district received suspected it would continue to flatline.

But, like the city’s population, the district’s enrollment has increased -- despite projections. While the estimates the district received said its enrollment would continue to decrease from the 5,600 it was at for the 2019-20 school year, it is approaching 6,000 students enrolled for the upcoming school year.

— Reporting by Carissa Woytach

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Oberlin College graduate Yemko Pryor conducts DNA extraction at Emory University.

Photos by Angelo Angel | Amherst News-Times

George Priel, dressed as the Tyson Chicken, and Becky Fraley (ABOVE) direct traffic and greet incoming cars Saturday morning during a food giveaway in the parking lot of Amherst Junior High School. The company handed out 40,000 pounds of meat products to a long line of residents who pulled through a COVID-safe line, while answering questions about job opportunities at the Cooper Foster Park Road plant, where there are roughly 250 positions open.

Analysis: Race report shows gaps growing worse JASON HAWK EDITOR

Lorain County is becoming more diverse, with Black and Latino residents making up a growing portion of the population.

But using hard data, a report commissioned in early 2021 by the Amherstbased Nord Family Foundation determined conditions and opportunities aren’t the same for local residents of different races.

Worse, it showed disparities between life for minorities and white people growing worse, not better, said Emily Campbell, associate director of the Center for Community Solutions.

“We’re very concerned that we’ll see these gaps get bigger, not smaller,” she said last Wednesday in a virtual session to analyze the results of a six-month study.

Almost two-thirds of Black children in the county are growing up in poverty. That will have profound impacts in decades to come, since poverty is closely tied to just about every health, social and economic condition, said Campbell.

Latinos in Lorain County are 300 percent more likely to be living in poverty than white people, while the poverty rate for Black people is 400 percent higher, the study found.

The average income in white households is 170 percent higher than Latino households, and 200 percent higher than Black households.

Disparities start at birth, said Cambell.

From infant mortality to education, school discipline, involvement in the criminal justice system, employment, wealth, health and death rate, white Lorain County residents just have it better.

The report does not delve into why, neither making accusations or suggesting solutions. It was intended to be an audit of the facts that organizations can use to improve life in the county.

Campbell said it’s important to note that the data was compiled from publiclyavailable sources in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We know that a lot of things happened during 2020, both in terms of health, social and economic conditions, of course, but then also in terms of racial equity and understanding about the importance of race and racism in our communities,” she said.

While Lorain County is becoming more

diverse, it’s not doing so evenly. Rural communities and suburbs are still disproportionately white.

As may be expected, Lorain, Elyria, Oberlin and Grafton have much higher concentrations of Black residents; and Lorain, Elyria and Oberlin are also home to more Latino residents.

The kind of housing they have is also vastly different — 59 percent of Black households rent, compared to 24 percent of white households and 20 percent of Latino households. Black residents have by far the lowest home ownership rate, and Black adults are significantly more likely than other groups to be homeless.

Campbell also laid out striking differences in health facts and figures.

For example, white residents of Lorain County are more likely to have cancer, but Black people are more likely to die of it.

Black residents also have a higher mortality rate for diabetes, stroke, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and chronic lower respiratory disease.

“Really, just about any health condition we look at, we see worse outcomes for African-American and Black residents than we do for white residents,” Campbell said.

Similar trends are being found with regard to COVID-19.

Compared to their share of the county’s population, Black and Latino people appear less likely to contract the virus but more likely to be hospitalized and die.

They also have a significantly lower vaccination rate — although Black and Latino residents are starting to gain ground.

That data may be clouded, however, since the race of many patients is unknown, Campbell warned.

The report indicated there are clear correlations between varying conditions and opportunities in Lorain County and life expectancy. In some cases, there are wide disparities in life expectancy between neighborhoods just a few streets apart, it said.

Take downtown Elyria — the average lifespan there is 64.8 years, and the neighborhood is 22 percent Black and 8 percent Latino. In nearby Eastern Heights, the average lifespan is 80.2 years and the neighborhood is 87 percent white.

Black life expectancy is nearly five years less than white people’s in Lorain County, the report found. Latinos have the longest life expectancy, which aligns with national trends.

Oberlin science scholar explores ancient DNA YVONNE GAY OBERLIN COLLEGE

Yemko Pryor, a 2017 graduate of Oberlin College and a doctoral student at Emory University, has a long-term career goal that might one day help society scientifically understand the effects of racism and slavery on Black bodies.

Pryor is in Emory’s genetics and molecular biology graduate program.

The lab focuses on both molecular and computational aspects of ancient DNA research.

Researchers there are interested in investigating molecular traits that may inform changes in human population density, social stratification, adaptations in agriculture, local pathogens and changes brought on by European colonization.

Pryor is also collaborating on a project with Howard's Cobb Research Laboratory. The group is examining the genomes and epigenomes of individuals of African descent who lived between the antebellum and civil rights eras.

“I am very fascinated by the field of epigenetics and understanding how our environment impacts the way our genes are expressed,” Pryor said. “My goal is to understand how the legacy of slavery and racism in the United States may have impacted the epigenomes of Black Americans who are descendants of enslaved people, and how even today our bodies are working to help us adapt and respond to white supremacy.”

An early passion for biology and history was transformed into a biology and Africana studies double-major when Pryor was a student at Oberlin College.

While contemplating a career in medicine, she participated in the Oberlin Undergraduate Research (Symposium) and executed an honors thesis in Africana studies. The experience opened up a new side of expanded interests and helped solidify her goals of pursuing a career as an educator and a human genetics researcher.

As her interests in research grew, so did Pryor's involvement in the program. She worked in a neuroscience lab during her first summer in the Oberlin College Research Fellowship Program. As a leader in the Oberlin Workshop and Learning Sessions Program she worked with biology professors Yolanda Cruz, Michael Moore and Mary Garvin.

In her senior year, Pryor served as an OWLS coordinator, worked in Garvin’s disease ecology lab and served as secretary for the Black Scientist Guild. Pryor also supported her peers in the sciences as a registered tutor in beginning neuroscience and chemistry courses.

"I loved working with the OWLS

program and know that without OWLS, I would not have done as well in my STEM courses," she said.

Once at Emory, Pryor explored ways to connect the disciplines she studied as an undergraduate by pursuing studies in ancient DNA, which she hopes will lead to work in the field of biological anthropology.

Pryor met with Oberlin students at Emory University in 2020 during a Trip Through the Deep South group winter term project.

While she continues with her studies, Pryor is gravely aware of the lack of Black and Latinx women representation in the sciences, and encourages undergraduates to stay the course. She returned to Oberlin in 2019 to offer support by sharing her journey through STEM during a Black Scientists Guild symposium.

She also met with a group of winter term students from Oberlin at Emory in 2020.

“Make sure to prioritize building some sort of community/support system,” she says to women who wish to pursue a career in the sciences. “Find people who you are comfortable going to for help or encouragement and stick with them. Stay in touch with previous mentors and don’t be afraid to reach out to them for literally anything. Know that much of the selfdoubt you may be experiencing is likely due to imposter syndrome, and that you are way more qualified and capable than you may think.”

Pryor had many mentors in the Africana studies and biology departments at Oberlin, including Charles Peterson, Garvin, Meredith Gadsby, Pam Brooks and Cruz.

“Taking classes with these scholars and getting the chance to work with them and talk to them one-on-one just excited me in ways I never felt before,” she said.

Members of the CLEAR office also “showed me how to get into research and provided resources and opportunities to participate in research,” she said. “They offered additional support to me as a Black queer woman in STEM, which motivated me to persevere and find ways to engage both myself and my community in research and STEM.” Pryor is the recipient of several undergraduate awards that stem from her participation in the Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students while at Oberlin.

She also received awards for academic excellence, artistic and community achievements from the departments of biology and Africana studies. Most recently she was awarded the Laney Graduate School Centennial Scholars Fellowship from 2019 to 2024, and provided a grant from the University of Washington’s Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics.

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Urban League honors Black educators CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

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Elizabeth Szabo is a 2015 graduate of Marion L. Steele High School and now serves aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Amherst Native serves aboard the ‘Mighty Ike’ RICK BURKE U.S. NAVY

NORFOLK, VA. — An Amherst native is serving aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Szabo, a 2015 graduate of Marion L. Steele High School, joined the Navy five years ago.

“I wanted to travel the world, experience different cultures and have financial stability,” she said. “I wanted a job that required hands-on learning for something outside of my comfort zone.”

According to Szabo, the values required to succeed in the military are similar to those found in Amherst.

“I learned a hard work ethic by working two jobs while going to high school, and I was able to adapt to a new environment and surroundings that helped me accept change and be more positive and open-minded,” said Szabo.

“Mighty Ike” is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star Army general and hero of World War II who was elected the 34th president of the United States.

"President Eisenhower is remembered for his

enduring virtues of duty, honor, integrity and decency," said Capt. Paul Campagna, commanding officer of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. “We see these every day in the content of character and quality of work shown by sailors assigned to Mighty Ike as they keep this city on a ship operating safely.”

With a crew of 4,500 sailors, carriers are built to provide a formidable response to just about any global crisis. When the air wing is embarked, the ship carries more than 70 fighter attack jets, helicopters and other aircraft, all of which take off from and land at sea and can provide over the horizon and from the sea combat air power anywhere in the world within 12 days.

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.

“It's important to be a role model and a representation of America, as we are the first line of defense in protecting our country and families back home,” said Szabo.

ELYRIA — The Lorain County Urban League honored three Black superintendents in the county to earn doctorates, and several other educators at its Equal Opportunity Day luncheon last Thursday afternoon.

Honorees included educators Courtney Gardner, Jodie Johnson and Lynn Tolbert for their work as teachers and building principals, and superintendents Jerome Davis, Glenn Faircloth and David Hall.

Master of ceremonies Jacky Brown, principal leader at Cleveland Schools, noted those honored “are continuing to build strong children in a postpandemic world.”

“The truth of the matter is the pandemic is not over, the shutdown is,” he said. “So that means everybody’s coming back, with masks, without masks... a childhood can never receive a makeover. Everything we’re doing now is to address the physical, academic need as well as the socialemotional wellbeing of every student by our honorees.”

Before each superintendent spoke, a personalized video with congratulatory messages from friends, family, colleagues and former students played on the screen. All three are first-generation college graduates, each overcoming obstacles to earn a Ph.D., hoping to inspire their students. Only 21 public schools in Ohio have African American superintendents, with only five of those positions held by women.

Davis, who has served as Clearview’s superintendent for the past eight years, said he loves being an example for young people in Lorain.

“Growing up in Lorain, coming back to Lorain shows the community, shows the students that yes, there are people who look like them and grow up in poor areas like them and yes you can do it, you can make it,” he said.

Fellow honoree Faircloth, Lorain County Joint Vocational School superintendent, agreed. Growing up, he struggled with bouts of homelessness and spent time in foster care before joining the U.S. Army.

He recalled how lonely it can be not as a superintendent, but as often the only Black leader in the room.

“We have to change that if we want to change this community,” he said.

He implored those attending to have courageous, authentic conversations to begin to dismantle systemic racism and understand each other as human beings, he said.

Oberlin Superintendent David Hall thanked his family and friends for

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Oberlin City Schools teacher Lynn Tolbert, left, poses with Lorain County Urban League President Parris Smith at the group's Celebrating Black Excellence in Education luncheon last Thursday afternoon at Lorain County Community College. their continued support, acknowledging there is no room for error as a minority superintendent.

He told a story of having some of his former students do drywall work at his home. One of those former students was a young man he’d expelled from Lorain’s Longfellow Middle School every year. Expecting resentment from the young man, he found gratitude.

Hall said one of the former students told his wife that every time Hall suspended him, he talked to and inspired him.

“It’s those small things that we do and it’s the genuine love and understanding we provide for those students, it’s the ‘why’ we went into education,” Hall said. “We have to understand that success may not come today for some of our students, it may not even come tomorrow... we know deeply in my heart, I know someday it will. The one thing we say to them, may inspire them.”

Gardner is owner of educational consulting company Grammar Before Glamour LLC; she has more than a decade of experience as an educator and intervention specialist, Brown said and operated a preschool during the pandemic.

Johnson, principal of Elyria’s Hamilton Elementary, has been an educator for 17 years, returning to Elyria Schools in 2007. She is an advocate for equity, diversity, belonging and inclusion, Brown said, serving on the district’s equity in education task

force.

Tolbert teaches business education at Oberlin High School. She is also co-adviser of the Black Student Union and other organizations.

Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield said he’s worked with each of those honored Thursday, recognizing the impact they had on him and the community.

While Elyria is in a strong place, Whitfield said, it and the county as a whole has room to grow based on a recent report published by the Nord Family Foundation.

The report highlights disparities between Black, Hispanic and white individuals in the county, finding Black children are more likely to live in poverty and minority children are disproportionately disciplined and likely to fall behind in school.

After the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, Elyria hosted a listening session. There, young people in the city said one of the first places they deal with racism is in school, Whitfield said.

“What we recognize overall is a lot of our young people are in pain, not only due to these recent tragedies but the fatigue of being young, gifted and Black and being in a society that doesn’t necessarily value that,” he said. “I think it’s important to have these recognitions for our Black educators and take up the mantle to make sure all our kids are being served and cared for.”

PAINTING THE TOWN

School board reschedules

The Wellington Board of Education canceled its business meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 17 and rescheduled it for 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23. It will be held at the McCormick Middle School dining hall and via Zoom.

Harvest of the Arts

The Friends of the Herrick Memorial Library will hold their annual Harvest of the Arts fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19 on the village square in downtown Wellington.

The event will feature free admission, fine art, folk art and a quilt raffle.

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Artists rolled up their sleeves and put their brushes to work Saturday for Community Paint Day in Oberlin, where the Oberlin Business Partnership event drew crowds downtown. The public gave a hand with a new mural on the back of the Oberlin Bookstore on West College Street, and other artists created colorful canvases on the sidewalks. ABOVE: Katie Krueger works on her painting for the Oberlin Community Paint Day. LEFT: Duncan McDonough plays the guitar.

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GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER

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The Wellington Dukes Marching Band has been back at practice. Its musicians (ABOVE) are getting ready not only for the fall season, but also to run the Wellington Band Boosters doughnut booth at the Lorain County Fair from Aug. 22-29. BELOW LEFT: McCormick Middle School eighth-grader Kloey Helms. BELOW RIGHT: Wellington High School junior Kyleigh Johnson/

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SHEFFIELD TWP. — The Lorain County Board of Elections rejected six candidates Friday who failed to collect enough valid signatures to run for nonpartisan offices in the November general election.

Rejected by unanimous board vote were: • Sabrina Burrington, candidate for Eaton Township trustee. Burrington did not sign one of her part petitions and had only 19 valid signatures on her petitions; 25 were needed.

• Amy Sword, candidate for Wellington Township trustee. Sword had one front page and two back pages among her petitions; one of the pages was missing a circulator statement from the person who circulated her petitions and also the pages were not stapled together as required.

• Jessica Sen, candidate for Elyria Board of Education. Sen collected only 130 valid signatures, when she needed 150.

• Charmaine Williams, candidate for Lorain Board of Education. Williams did not sign one of her part petitions and collected only 127 valid signatures, when she needed 150.

• Mary Addi, candidate for Midview Board of Education. Several signatures on one of Addi's petitions were dated prior to her signing her statement of candidacy, a violation of the rules that left her with not enough valid signatures.

• Kelly Keith, a candidate for the Wellington Board of Education.

Keith used two different petitions, including one that was meant for a candidate seeking municipal office, not a school board seat. Her petitions also were not stapled together.

A seventh candidate's petitions were accepted on a conditional basis.

North Ridgeville Board of Education candidate Jeff Grigsby wrote in the number of signatures that were witnessed by a separate circulator after an elections clerk pointed out that it was missing on his petitions.

If Grigsby's petition is ruled in-

valid after board officials investigate further, he will have only 68 valid signatures, fewer than the 75 required for a candidate in that race.

Seven other candidates who had minor errors or problems with their petitions were accepted by the board after review.

Jeffrey Heathcote, a Republican candidate for an at-large seat on Elyria City Council, withdrew his candidacy Friday. That leaves eight candidates — four Democrats, three Republicans and one independent — running for four open at-large seats in that race.

Carl Nielsen, an independent candidate for Lorain's 2nd Ward Council seat, withdrew from that race July 7, Adams said.

Board President Marilyn Jacobcik said there seemed to be an unusual number of candidate petition problems, and urged potential candidates to "at least check in with us" at the board offices at 1985 North Ridge Road to get the proper paperwork.

The deadline for write-in candidates to file to enter the November general election is Aug. 23. So far, only two have announced their candidacy, Adams said: Judy Wiele for Kipton Village Council and Amy Schmitz for LaGrange Village Council.

The Board of Elections on Friday also put numbers to the 42 issues that have been approved for the ballot in November. A complete list can be found under the "Issues List" tab on the board of elections website.

New precincts New 2020 U.S. Census data also has increased the number of voting precincts in Lorain County by 10, the Board of Elections learned Friday.

The increase brings the number of voting precincts from 193 to 203, Director Paul Adams said.

Under the law, the number of active votes per precinct must remain less than 1,400.

The new precincts are Avon 1-F and 1-G; Avon Lake 1-E and 2-E; Lorain 8-G and 8-H; North Ridgeville 1-F; Henrietta Township No. 2; LaGrange Village South and Wellington Village

East.

LaGrange increased from one precinct representing the entire village to two precincts — North and South — while Wellington increased from two precincts to three — North, East and West, Adams said.

No polling locations will change as a result of the new precincts, with current polling locations able to absorb the additional precincts and their voters. Voters will be notified by mail in the next few weeks, Adams said.

In polling place news, Holy Spirit Parish at 410 Lear Road in Avon Lake is now a permanent polling location, replacing Learwood Middle School at 340 Lear Road. The change should make both access and voting easier, Jacobcik said.

Avon Ward 2, Precinct B's polling location has moved from the Avon Branch Library at 37485 Harvest Drive to the Knights of Columbus Ragan Hall at 1783 Moore Road, where voters in two other precincts in Avon Ward 2 already cast their votes.

New printing contract The board also opened three bids from companies seeking to become their ballot printing vendor for the next three elections: The November general election, and the 2022 primary and general elections.

Board members chose Integrated Voting Systems of Berea, which submitted a $70,090 bid including delivery of the ballots. The bid was accepted provisionally, pending review by the board's legal counsel, Adams said.

The highest bid came from Election IQ of Akron, which bid $86,372 for the contract.

The board's most recent vendor, Midwest Direct of Cleveland, bid $84,900 for the contract. Last year, the board had some concerns with Midwest Direct over late absentee ballots, and officials went to its Cleveland plant to investigate.

Concerns also were raised about the company's objectivity when a Donald Trump flag was flown over its Cleveland plant. Its CEO denied any wrongdoing or favoritism.

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Red Cross offers back-to-school time safety tips It’s back to school time, and the American Red Cross wants to make sure your student is safe as they get ready for the academic year.

“Parents and kids are both eager to get back to normal and return to the classroom as a new school year starts,” said Mike Parks, regional CEO for the American Red Cross of Northern Ohio. “But don’t forget to make safety a top priority.”

The nonprofit, charitable organization offers these steps to help make the trip back to the classroom a safe one: • If your student rides a bus, they should plan to get to their stop early and stand away from the curb while waiting for the bus to arrive.

• Students should board the bus only after it has come to a complete stop and the driver or attendant has instructed them to get on. They should only board their bus, never an alternate one.

• All students should stay in clear view of the bus driver and never walk behind the bus.

• Cross the street at the corner, obey traffic signals and stay in the crosswalk.

• Never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.

• If children go to school in a car, they should always wear a seat belt. Younger children should use car seats or booster seats until the lap-shoulder belt fits properly, and ride in the back seat until they are at least 13 years old.

• If a teenager is going to drive to school, parents should mandate that they use seat belts. Drivers should not use their cell phone to text or make calls, and avoid eating or drinking while driving.

• Some students ride their bike to school. They should always wear a helmet and ride on the right, in the same direction as the traffic is going.

• When children are walking to school, they should only cross the street at an intersection, and use a route along which the school has placed crossing guards.

• Parents should walk young children to school, along with children taking new routes or attending new schools, at least for the first week to ensure they know how to get there safely. Arrange for students to walk to school with a friend or classmate.

• In addition, parents of younger kids and those headed to school for the first time should also take a few special steps. Make sure the child knows their phone number, address, how to get in touch with their parents at work, how to get in touch with another trusted adult and how to dial 911. Teach children not to talk to strangers or accept rides from someone they don’t know.

• Drivers should be aware that children are out walking or biking to school and slow down, especially in residential areas and school zones.

• Motorists should know what the yellow and red bus signals mean. Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is getting ready to stop and motorists should slow down and be prepared to stop. Red flashing lights and an extended stop sign indicate the bus is stopped and children are getting on or off.

• Motorists must stop when they are behind a bus, meeting the bus or approaching an intersection where a bus is stopped. Motorists following or traveling alongside a school bus must also stop until the red lights have stopped flashing, the stop arm is withdrawn and all children have reached safety. This includes two and four-lane highways. If physical barriers such as grassy medians, guide rails or concrete median barriers separate oncoming traffic from the bus, motorists in the opposing lanes may proceed without stopping. Do not proceed until all the children have reached a place of safety.

• Prepare for emergencies. Know what the emergency plan is at your child’s school in case a disaster or an unforeseen event occurs. Develop a family emergency plan so everyone will know who to contact and where to go if something happens while children are at school and parents are at work. Details are available at redcross.org/prepare.

• Take a first aid class. The Red Cross First Aid App provides instant access to information on handling the most common first aid emergencies whether it be before, during or after school.

Download the app for free by searching for “American Red Cross” in your app store or at redcross.org/ apps. Learn and practice first aid and CPR skills by taking a course at www.redcross.org/takeaclass so you can help save a life.

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Tardigrades on the Moon In 2019, a small ____________ called Beresheet, crashed on the ____________ of the moon.

magine an animal that looks like a combination of a caterpillar and a teddy bear. Can you picture that?

Then you have imagined a tardigrade!

Beresheet was carrying a special “library.” This library had all kinds of ______________ about Earth, including some _________, tiny tardigrades.

Tardigrades, sometimes called water bears or moss piglets, are really tiny.

They’re microscopic—you need a microscope to see them.

Some scientists think the tardigrades may have _______________ the crash.

They can survive all kinds of ________ situations, including times with no water and no air. That’s just one ___________ they are often considered the toughest animals on Earth.

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Match each tardigrade with itsshadow.

Tardigrades live everywhere on planet Earth.

They live in the ocean and in every climate zone!

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Atardigrade’s tinyfeet have claws to help grip surfaces.

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When it is dry, tardigrades shrink into a little pill shape called a tun.

They slow their breathing and metabolism to a death-like state. They can survive like this, without water, for decades.

Once they get wet again, they come back to life in just a few hours!

Metabolism:The processesinplantsand animalsbywhichfood ischangedinto energy ortomakecellsand tissue.

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Tardigradeshave eight short, thicklegs.Thefirstpair of legs, closest to their head, is used forholding onto things.Theother threepairs are used forwalking.

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Tiny and tough both start with the letter “T.” Using words that start with the same letter in a description, is called alliteration.

Look through the newspaper for pairs off words that start with the same letter. What could your pairs of words describe?

Tardigradescansurvivehighradiation,boiling liquids, enormous pressure ofup to sixtimes thepressureatthe depthofoceans,andevena vacuum.

Standards Link: Language Arts: Understand alliteration.

Tardigrades really like to live in damp moss where they get all the food and water they need to thrive. Circle every other letter to discover the things tardigrades like to eat.

Decade Math

A decade is 10 years. Look through the newspaper for three numbers that are more than ten. Rewrite each one as decades and years.

For example, 54 is five decades and four years.

Standards Link: Mathematics: Undertstand base 10 place value.

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C R E A T H S R A H

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This week’s word:

RADIATION

E D A R G I D R A T

The noun radiation means the process of giving off energy in the form of waves.

I T E A H T M H B N

Solar radiation is the energy and sunlight that comes from the sun.

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

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

Ticket to Space Pretend you could win a ride into space on a rocket ship.

Write a paragraph telling why you should win this prize.