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Thomas Fetcenko | Chronicle Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife Fran pose for a photo with Daniel Wallace of Wadsworth while the pair walked through the Lorain County Fair on Saturday afternoon.
WELLINGTON — Gov. Mike DeWine made a trip to the Lorain County Fair during a series of cam paign stops throughout Northeast Ohio on Saturday afternoon. The Republican incumbent and his wife, Fran, walked the grounds, stop ping at the Lorain County Republi cans booth and WEOL for an inter view before visiting with family and hitting the trail again.
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He’s been going to the fair all his life, but didn’t get to see the Budweiser Clydesdales when they last appeared there in 2011. The same went for Mi kayla Habeck of Huron, who showed animals at the Junior Fair as a girl. “I just didn’t get to see them last time,” she said — she was on the grounds back in 2011, but missed the horses.
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“I found fairs are just great places to see people, talk with people — people are very casual,” he said. “They don’t hesitate to come up and tell me what they think, so it’s always good.”Before stopping at the Wellington Band Boosters' annual doughnut sale, DeWine noted Ohio is moving for ward, with old manufacturing coming back and new sites coming into the Buckeye State.
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way infield. Two opened to reveal mobile stables with a team of eight giant horses inside, while the third held an ornate wagon. A crowd gathered to mar vel at the enormous ani mals as they were hitched. Each Clydesdale stood at least 18 hands high at the shoulder — that’s 6 feet — and weighed at least 2,100 pounds.“It’samazing how big they are and how powerful. They’re just beautiful ani mals,” said Robert Bidlake of Wellington.
“We’re seeing companies that want to come to Ohio because our business climate is good, we’ve got water, we’ve got electricity, our taxes are reasonable, regulations are reason able and we’re located in the heart of the country. … This is really our time
WELLINGTON — The Elyria YWCA’s Lorain County Anti-Hate Task force encouraged its supporters to return to the Lorain County Fair last week when it became clear the Confederate flag was nowhere to be found. In a news release, the organization said its members “scouted” the fairgrounds and found no sign of Confederate flags for sale. Since 2015, the group has actively cam paigned to ban the sale of the flag “and watched as attendance dropped each season in the thousands.”
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Kate Golden of Wel lington took her daughter, 4-year-old Elizabeth, and 11-year-old niece Lily Gancos to see the Clydes dales.The Goldens have a miniature horse and two quarter horses. The largest stands about 15 hands tall. “These are on just a little bit of a different scale,” HAWK EDITOR Clydesdales, decades,
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vendor(s) chose not to return on their own or if the fair board followed their policies and did not allow controversial items to be sold at the Fair,” YWCA Executive Director Jeanine Donaldson said she was satisfied in returning. “The result is the same: Lorain County residents can attend the now family-friendly fair without fear of encountering America’s most endur ing symbol of hate,” Donaldson said. David Ashenhurst, a task force member and a member of the Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County who volunteers at the fair for the MHARS board, said he was pleased that the MHARS board has returned to the fair after a hiatus due to the flag controversy. “Everybody (other organizations) is back, but it better not be under false circumstances because I’ll raise holy hell if it is,” Ashenhurst said. In 2021, longtime vendor Rus sell Bissett of West Virginia did not attend the fair, with then-fair board President Marie Waite stating he had retired due to financial hardship. “He decided he was going to quit,” she said. “He’s gone, so hopefully it won’t be brought up anymore,” Waite said at the time.
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BRENDA SUE TERRY (nee Tolson), 69, of Huron, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.
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If you want to know what someone is all about, watch what they do, not what they say. Actions are parading down Oberlin’s Main Street at high noon while words are still thinking about getting dressed. All summer long, while Oberlin College President Carmen Twil lie Ambar made grand pronouncements about the importance of access to reproductive health care, the institution she leads had removed a substantial part of it from its Student Health Services. In August, Ambar had much to say during a roundtable discussion with Vice President Ka mala Harris and other uni versity leaders. They were summoned to discuss how the rollback of abortion rights would affect college students. She had a lot to say in June when the U.S. Supreme Court is sued its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Orga nization decision, which established that women no longer had a right to an abortion.Ambar issued a campus bulletin reiterating the col lege’s pledge to support students’ rights to health care access. “I believe that being free to make decisions about one’s own reproduc tive healthcare and being enabled to access that care reflects the values of this institution,” Ambar said at theHeadytime. talk, from a rarefied position. This is Oberlin College, after all. It was the first college in America to go co-ed, ac cepting women alongside men in 1837 and opening its doors to African-Amer ican students in 1835. It's an icon for liberation, for equality.Butthis is summer 2022. When Oberlin College makes headlines these days, it’s not for making profound historic leaps of leveling the play ing field. So, let’s look at Oberlin College’s actions as of late instead of Ambar's glossy words. Just days before Ambar issued that June bulletin, the six-member staff of the longstanding Student Health Services was told to vacate their jobs after years of serving students. What Ambar also failed to mention is that by the time classes resume this fall, students seeking out a common form of repro ductive health care — the pill — will find it harder to obtain. Wanting the pill simply not to endure an unwanted pregnancy will no longer be acceptable enough reason on Ober lin’s campus to get it. That's because, as of Aug. 1, the college hired Harness Health Partners to take over the student clinic, attending to all health needs from com mon colds to Pap smears. Harness isn’t new to the college, exactly. The agency handled the col lege’s COVID testing through the toCenterablethatwerecontractinweekreleasedrespond.questions,forandties,CatholicHealth,offerent.ServicestalshiredtoOutsourcingpandemic.wasn’tnewtheclinic,asthecollegeUniversityHospitorunStudentHealthlastyear.ButthisyearisabitdifWhy?HarnessisasubsidiaryBonSecoursMercywhich,likeotherhealthcarefacilifollowstheEthicalReligiousDirectivessuchagencies.WhenIstartedaskingAmbardidn’tInstead,sheavideothispastto“thecommunity,”whichshesaid:“WhenwesignedthewithHarness,weintentonensuringtheservicesavailatourStudentHealthwerecomparablethoseprovidedinthe
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Both can be filled at re tail pharmacies, she said. That is not “compa rable” to the services students used to receive, but repeated questions as to why went unanswered by the college. I imagine this will be quite the surprise for the 2,900-member student body returning to classes today.Formany years, the clinic was staffed with women’s health special ist, nurse practitioner and midwife Aimee Holmes, who solely treated female patients. She cludedcentdevices.anddispensedgynecologicalperformedexams,birthcontrolremovedintrauterineApproximately40perofstudentvisitsinsexualhealth,said Erin Gornall, who worked as a registered nurse and clinical coordinator at the facility for about seven years.Anonsite pharmacy al lowed students to receive birth control pills for free or nominal fees, and emergency contracep tion — available without a prescription — was given out at no cost. Gornall said many birth control medications were stocked at the clinic because trans portation was a barrier for students. Many did not want to use their parents’ insurance plans to get birth control medications. Another part of Gor nall's job was working with nonbinary students, administering testosterone injections for students with Telegramtothistheywomen’sCitystoryciallyOberlindeal,fromloved"Theystudents,"tails,dentsbecauseHarness/Mercystatement.directormedicalreceivethestaffacian.”belogicalizedrequiresbelievesprescriptions.physician-issuedRobinsonsaidHarnessthattypeofcare“highlyspecialmedicalandpsychosupportandshoulddirectedbyaphysiStill,whenaskedifphysicianwouldbeonattheclinic,shesaidHarnessteamwouldsupportfromadirectorandaofnursinginaIwastoldthechangetowasmadeit’swhatthestuwanted.WhenIpressedfordeIgotcrickets.“Honestly,IlovedtheHolmessaid.lovedus,andtheythecaretheygotus.ThisisabigespeciallyforliberalCollege.EspewhenIsawthatfromtheOberlinCouncil,supportingrights—andhavenoideahowfarhasgone.”HolmeswasreferringastorytheChronicle-andCommunity
Fall travel expected to be higher Labor Day typically marks the end of summer road trips and vacations. However, many people will continue to travel during the fall months, according to research from AAA. An online survey conducted in early August found that about 32 percent of Americans will travel for Labor Day weekend. Of those who plan to travel, the vast majority — 82 percent — will go by Accordingautomobile.tothose polled: • 73 percent plan to take a leisure trip after Labor Day • 52 percent will take a road trip • 30 percent will fly somewhere • 7 percent will take a cruise “Travelers can take advantage of some great savings right now, whether it be a trip to see fall colors or a cruise to warmer destinations,” said Bevi Powell, senior vice president of AAA East Central. “There is a lot of pent-up demand for travel, so the best advice is to work with a trusted travel advisor and get those plans for future adventures in place as soon as possible.”
RITA MAE ANGELO (nee Walker), 91, of Brownhelm Township, passed away Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Mill Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements by Hempel FuneralHome.Lois Jean Auble (nee Bon ner), of Wellington, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at age 86 after a long illness. She was born Aug. 9, 1936, and grew up in Wakeman. Lois married Delbert Au ble in 1958 and spent most of her years in Wellington. She was a 50 year member and secretary of the First Congregational Church in Wellington, secretary to the mayor, treasurer of WellHelp and managed several rental properties. Lois enjoyed her plants, reading, and one-fourth cup of ice cream every night. She is survived by her husband, Delbert; her three children, Duane (Laurie) Auble, Darlene (Steve) Kalman, Dave (Pam) Auble of Hiram; brothers, Bob (Sue) Bonner, Bill (Becky) Bonner and Mike Bonner; brother-in-law, Carl Smith; her six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and cousin, Joanne Thompson. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Elizabeth Bonner; dear sister, Mary Smith and sister-inlaw, Barb Bonner. Family and friends were received at the First Congrega tional Church in Wellington, 140 S. Main Street, Welling ton, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, from 2-3 p.m. with services beginning at 3 p.m. The Reverend Dr. Cheryl Lindsay will officiate and burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Well Help, 127 Park Place, Wellington, OH 44090 or the Congrega tional Church in Wellington.
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To the editor: Bless President Donald Trump for choosing life and appointing constitutionally conservative Supreme Court judges to correct the mistake of 1973; to save millions of babies’ lives; to help Americans abandon the barbaric practice of killing developing children for efficiency and economy; and to lead us toward a culture of life and fol lowing God’s plan.
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The Chronicle has not been able to independently confirm Bissett’s retirement.TheAnti-Hate Taskforce, formerly known as the Fair Minded Coalition, has hosted alternative events in pro test of the Confederate flag's sale. Donaldson said she planned to attend the fair Saturday to visit the train car owned by the YWCA, which is part of the Lake Shore Railroad Association train operating from the Togetherfairgrounds.withtheLake Shore Rail road Association, the YWCA hopes to use the car to tell Lorain County’s Underground Railroad history while the railroad association operates excursion runs from Wellington to Oberlin.Lorain County Fair Board Presi dent Rick Ternes declined to com ment on the announcement.
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KateAidanlaughed.Christner, a brand ambassador for Budweiser, told onlookers that the famous horses used in Anheuser-Busch marketing for decades come from a 300-acre farm in Missouri.Oneofthree teams touring the United States, these Clydesdales travel up and down the East Coast 10 months of the year, he said. To make the team, the draft horses must not only meet height and weight require ments, but also bear the distinctive white legs and blaze down the center of their heads, Christner said. After allowing hundreds to press close and greet the horses, he ushered the ani mals onto the fairway, where they marched to the beer garden and then trotted to the livestock arena. Along the way, they paused for photos and fair workers handed out about 5,000 magnets bearing the Clydesdales’ image. The fair also sold Budweiser Clydesdale baseball caps to commemorate the rare visit.Lorain County Fair spokesman Kim Meyers said many people drove an hour or two to see the iconic horses. Starting at 8:30 a.m., a steady stream of people stopped by the fair board office to ask when the Clydesdales would arrive and where they would set up. Traffic was backed up in both directions waiting to get into the fairgrounds at 12:55 p.m., he said. That’s rare — traffic usually doesn’t get heavy until just before 7 p.m. when people are getting ready to see fair concerts and motor events. “It’s overwhelming. It’s even a lot larger than I ever expected,” Meyers said, look ing out over the crowd. Friday and Saturday are always the highest attendance days at the fair, but with all the buzz about the Clydesdales’ visit, Meyers said there was a good chance Thursday could take this year’s title. “We think it will probably be one of the biggest Thursdays we’ve ever had,” he said.
“If I have kids, I want them to have a nice show ring, and it’s just good to give back,” he said. Lukas said the key to his champion animals was starting out slow after the lottery program, feeding them corn, protein pellets and hay. His grand champion brought $6 per pound purchased by K and L Processing for a total of $7,746 — meaning $3,873 was donated to the Fairs Forever fund. His reserve champion brought $5.25 per pound purchased by Ross Environmental, bringing him $7,292. For the market hogs, Emily Kiser’s grand champion brought her $23 per pound, or $6,164. It was purchased by Saylor, K and L Processing and ForkasShadrachFarms.Dvorak’s reserve cham pion sold for $18 per pound to Wel lington Eagles, bringing him $4,518.
Jason Hawk | Wellington Enterprise Richard Douglas of Coolville leads his team in the horse pull, dragging 6,500 pounds of cinder blocks on the dirt track at the Lorain County Fair.
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After months of waking up at 5 a.m. to work in the barn, skipping out on social events, and washing and blow-drying the calves every day, she said the sale was worth it. “My motto is to just breathe, just have fun,” she said. “That’s how I always get through things — I just walk in the show ring and act like I already won. It’s just me and the judges."Lukas Kowalski, 14, of Grafton, also swept the lottery steers top two spots, but instead of taking home all the winnings, decided to donate half of the sale price of his reserve champion back to the Lorain County Fair Board’s Fairs Forever project. The Fair Board’s goal is $8 million to build a 45,000-square-foot com munity center at the fairgrounds.
“It’s mostly about training, but it’s also about desire. You can have a lot of horses that just don’t have it in the heart,” he said. Wellington resident Mike Schaffer has been watching the horse pull all his life. His father was the fairgrounds’ caretaker for 30 years, and raised draft horses, so Schaffer grew up around them. He said this year’s pull competitors were high quality, no doubt about it. But Schaffer also had reservations about changes to the event, which was moved from its traditional nighttime slot to early afternoon.“Ifeellike there was a little bit better pulling at night,” he said, watching from the infield. “Right now, it’s real hot for the horses, and I think it’s hard for them to compete to the best of their abilities.” Clemson went on to win the heavyweight division, and Jim Young’s team won the lightweight title. Bill Cole’s team won the pony pull.
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inHehistory.”saidpart of companies coming back to the Midwest is an understanding that America needs to make more things itself rather than relying on easily disrupted sup ply chains from overseas. "I think that’s among Republicans and Democrats alike — I think everybody sort of gets it. We’ve got to make more things,” he said. Intel's upcoming groundbreaking outside Colum bus will be a major boost, he said, but it also sends a signal to other businesses that Ohio is a good place to doIndustriesbusiness.are now creating jobs faster than the state has people to fill them, leading to a push to make sure no one gets left behind, he said. As young Ohioans graduate from high school, there has to be a pathway to a job, he said, be it through col lege, the trades or career centers. “We’re giving our career centers additional money per student if that student is studying a career that we have a shortage of people in that career — so that is channeling more of these courses into these career centers,” he said. His administration has not only focused on the younger generation, but also created Tech Cred, which pays back employers who help older workers gain new certifica tions and skills. That allows older workers to stay sharp in their skills and gain industry-recognized credentials without costing the employee — or the employer — money.Since its inception, more than 40,000 people have taken advantage of the program, he said. “Our goal every day should be, as Ohioans, to make sure that no one’s left behind, to make sure every Ohioan has the opportunity to live up to their God-given potential.”
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Reserve champion Patrick Finnegan, 13, of Amherst, netted $3 per pound for his 1,562-pound steer purchased by Keller Farms. The Firelands eighth-grader took home $4,686 for his animal. “I’ve never gotten that high of a price before,” Patrick said. “I’m very thankful for it. It’s a lot of money.” Patrick is a member of Pickfork Pals, and like Mezurek, will set his earnings aside toward his college fund.Daisy Bockmore, 13, capped off her third year in a row with a cham pion modern beef steer — sweeping the top two spots for the class. Her champion steer got $5.75 per pound from Bremke Insur ance, bringing home a cool $7,687, while her reserve champion got $5 per pound from PRC Construction, netting $7,100 for the Wellington eighth-grader’s college fund.
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The Midview freshman said he wanted to support the fair, not just for his future, but for his future chil dren’s participation in junior fair and other programs.
Smaller roster, bigger weights at Lorain County Fair horse pull
WELLINGTON — Steve Andrews knows work horses, and he liked the muscle he saw last Thursday
Teams have three chances on each load to hook up to a “stone boat” — a rig loaded down with cinder blocks.Thegame is all about who can pull the most weight the longest dis tance.Lorain County Fair Board President Rick Ternes, who is in charge of the horse and pony pulls, said he expected this year’s heavyweights to top out at between 10,000 and 12,000Poniespounds.hadalready sur prised the morning crowd, maxing out at 11,000 pounds. Built lower but with more massive chests, the ponies are often under estimated by casual specta tors, Ternes said. Genetics maketh the best draft horses, he said. But training is just as impor tant.“They’re basically ath letes,” he said. “And just like any athlete, you’ve got to build the muscle, you’ve got to keep the muscle, feed them Andrewsright.”agreed.
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Thomas Fetcenko | Chronicle Brighton Buckeyes 4-H club member Daisy Bockmore, of Wel lington, won the grand champion modern beef award and the reserve champion modern beef award on Saturday.
That means education, early childhood programs, prenatal care, and fulfilling a 60-year-old promise to provide resources to those with mental illnesses, DeWine said.“Back in the '60s, this country promised that we would develop a mental health system in every community. … We haven’t done it,” he said. "We’ve done some things, but we’ve not done what we need to do. So we need to do that. So we’re putting the resources into it. We have a long way to go but we’re going to continue to focus on that because that also affects people’s ability to live up to their potential.”
WELLINGTON — Months of early mornings and late nights paid off for several Lorain County Junior Fair participants Saturday morning. Breaking a record he set last year, Chance Mezurek’s grand champion dair steer sold for $8.75 per pound, netting the 14-year-old Buckeye High School sophomore more than $15,000 toward next year’s project and his college fund. “It’s just a lot of work, time. I don’t really have a life outside the barn,” he Chance,said.ofGrafton, is a member of the Lorain County Steer Club, and plans to continue showing livestock until he ages out of the Junior Fair. This year was his eighth year with theHisprogram.prize-winning steer isn’t the only animal he’s shown — Chance regularly travels to show livestock, including an upcoming trip to Kan sas. He plans to continue his family farm, Mezurek Livestock, includ ing raising calves for other 4-Hers' projects.Hissteer was purchased by a group of buyers, including Jaaon Services, Zimmerly Livestock, Heffelfinger’s Meat Market, Jones Livestock and Mount Hope Auctioneer.
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Whitfield grew up in Philadel phia and attended Oberlin Col lege, where she studied viola at the conservatory of music, gradu ating in 1990. She returned to the city 14 years ago to make her family’s home. She said her goal in opening For Ewe is to welcome people of all backgrounds with the same love her grandmother, Gladys Berkley, showed everyone she met. “My grandmother was my first real example of unconditional love. And she was also a master seamstress,” Whitfield said. For Ewe would make Grandma Gladys proud, she said. While the store has been up and running for a few months, a grand opening and ribbon-cutting cer emony has been planned by the Oberlin Business Partnership for 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. “If you ever wanted to learn to knit of crochet, get in touch and learn, because a love of crafting lasts a lifetime,” she said.
Amherst police Sgt. Brian Griffin said officers went to Dairy Mart on Cleveland Avenue just before 6 p.m. Wednesday after a report of a suspicious man speaking with two 12-year-old boys. According to witnesses, one of the children had briefly entered Margolis’ small red convertible, then left it as worried bystanders approached.
"Phillip Tucker's legacy will always be that he is a murderer," she said, telling Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski's courtroom that Tucker "should be glad he is safe in prison" because she wanted to strangle him. "I will never forgive you. I will always hate you," she told Tucker. "May complete darkness and pain be yours the rest of your life. And I hope you suffer every day in your prison hell. Amen." Tucker, 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, theft and related specifications in Lorain County Common Pleas Court on Friday in connection with his role in the September 2018 murder of 38-year-old Barry Spreng Jr. Betleski sentenced Tucker to 20 years in prison. A firearms specification and a school zone specification, totaling three years, will be served first and are mandatory prisonDefensetime.attorney Anthony Nici said he and his client
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DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM AMHERST — A 77-year-old man allegedly tried to lure to young boys into his car last Wednesday evening and now faces a first-degree misdemeanor charge.Donald Margolis, 77, of Amherst, was charged with criminal child enticement and was taken to Oberlin Municipal Court.Atan arraignment the following day, he pleaded not guilty plea and was released on $1,000 bond. Judge Thomas Januzzi ordered Margolis to wear a GPS monitor and placed him on house arrest, according to court records.
The car remained parked during the entire incident and the boys said Margolis did not touch them, Griffin said. A trial is set for 11 a.m. today.
“The really important thing for me is most of the yarn and other things in the store are from small companies, women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ com munity,” said owner Lisa Whitfield. Recognizing creators from those walks of life is important, because often they are marginalized, she said.
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Whitfield said a man once told her Black people “have no tradi tion of fiber arts because there are no sheep in Africa.” She was astounded.Andshedecided to prove him wrong.“You can’t say there are no people of color dying yarn if you have yarn dyed by people of color in your shop,” she said. “That’s just the way it goes.” Whitfield said the fight for rec ognition is personal. She is Black and has two mixed-race children, one on the autism spectrum and the other who belongs to the LG BTQ+ community. “So diversity is my life. It is my everyday life,” she said. “And it’s important to me not only that di versity is represented in my shop, on my walls, but that a person like me can run a business and thrive.”
HENRIETTA TWP. — An after-Labor Day start date makes Firelands students among the last in Lorain County to return to classes this fall — only Midview has a later open ing, and only for kinder garten.Classes will begin Tues day, Sept. 6 for grades 1-6 and 9, and Wednesday, Sept. 7 for grades 7-8 and 10-12.Kindergartners will be gin Friday, Sept. 9. The staggered start was intended to let kids in sixth and ninth grades get ori ented, since they’ll experi ence a big shift in learning, said Superintendent Mike Von Gunten. “We’re excited to wel come all our students back, but especially the kids at the middle school this year who have moved and the students going into our new high school,” he said. Of course, teens and teachers alike will share the experience of settling into the brand new, $23 million Firelands High School, which opens this year.Over the summer, district staff worked to move equipment and supplies from the former South Amherst Middle School, which has been sold to a developer. A large number of student workers were involved in the exodus, too.“They worked tirelessly this summer. Many of them haven’t had a day of
OBERLIN — Walk into the new For Ewe craft shop at 181 W. Col lege St., and you’ll see skeins of yarn, needle holders and kits for knitting socks and hats. What might not be as apparent right away is where they come from, and why.
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Margolis denied offering a ride, according to Griffin: “He denied he was going to do anything with them, and said the kids wanted to look inside the car.”
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Phillip Tucker looks over as Brenda Spreng, mother of his murder victim, reads her victim statement during sentencing. Murder victim’s mother confronts his killer in court
Griffin said the boys were headed to the Amherst Public Library and told police Margolis offered to give them a ride.“Thankfully we had some bystanders who jumped in and stopped anything from happening,” he said.
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The mother of murder victim Barry Spreng Jr. of Ober lin lashed out at one of her son's three killers in court Thursday morning, telling the court she wished she could "place my hands around his little neck and pay him back for killing my son." "Phillip Tucker's only excuse for killing my son is that he is pure evil with no regard or respect for human life," Brenda Spreng said. "To me, Barry Spreng Jr.'s mother, he is a waste of human flesh and I have here to convey that message to Phillip Tucker because my son can't.
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Zya Miranda, 8, of Lorain, was more interested in a cross-section of a beehive behind glass. “I found it! I found the queen!” she yelled, pointing to a longer and shinier bee crawling across the honeycomb. Randy Leiby, a trustee with the associa tion, estimated there are 10,000 bees in the display, which has long been a popular draw.Aqueen can lay 1,500 to 2,000 eggs in a day, he said, so the display is always buzzing.Thebee population in Lorain County is “OK, but just OK,” Leiby said. Varroa mites are infesting hives, and he fears they can’t be stopped. That’s a big problem, if true, since honey bees are responsible for pollinating crops. Leiby got into beekeeping as a hobby after retiring, “and it’s become a big hobby” with a lot on the line, he said. He now has 28 hives and this year started raising his own queens to make the colony“Haveself-sustaining.Ibeenstung? I’ve been stung every once in a while, but it doesn’t bother me. I don’t even swell up anymore,” he said.Zya didn’t seem worried at all about being stung, instead enjoying straws of fla vored honey that are a perennial best-seller at the association’s fair barn. “I just think bees are cool animals be cause they could sting you but they usually just crawl around and mind their own busi ness,” she said.
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Mark Light, who heads up a statewide 4-H STEM initiative for Ohio State Uni versity, parked a big bus in front of the grandstand and let kids hop aboard. Armed with devices donated by Apple and a two-year grant from the Ohio Department of Education using federal COVID relief dollars, the Mobile Design Lab is a traveling classroom. Its mission is to deliver the kind of hands-on activities many younger students didn’t get at school “because they missed so much during the pandemic,” Light said. “What we’re trying to do is move kids from being consumers of technology to becoming creators of technology,” he said. Inside, kids can grab a screen and get a lesson in robotics, or instead of just playing a game they can learn to write the digital soundtrack for a game. Other Kids Day fun was less educational — there was a Dippin’ Dots ice cream eat ing contest, gem panning, appearances by Cinderella and Snow White, a magic show, stencil painting and prizes. The fair has always celebrated Lorain County’s agricultural heritage, and that was on display inside the Lorain County Beekeepers Association barn. Members there handed out coloring sup plies for Kids Day and watched as children rushed through a bee maze.
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WELLINGTON — Wielding a hammer with the greatest of ease, Serenity Gar riott looked like a pro last Wednesday as she tapped nails into wood blocks at the Lorain County Fair. The 9-year-old Wellington girl’s project quickly took shape — a small birdhouse to take home. “I just think it’s fun to make things,” Se renity said, her voice nearly drowned out by thumps and thwacks as dozens of other tiny builders tried their hand at woodcraft ing.Reaser Construction provided enough supplies for 150 birdhouses. Marketing Director Amanda Reaser said the handson activity was all about “building the future.”“It’sso good to get the kids involved and see what it’s like to take something from nothing and build something,” she said. “We need more kids engaged in the trades, and this is just one way that we can show them how exciting it is to be a carpenter and build things.” Kids Day has been a mid-week tradition for years at the fair. For 2022, many of its attractions centered on science, technol ogy, engineering and math, or STEM.
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WELLINGTON — Barb Smith of LaGrange wasn’t afraid to order the cala mari.While others dined last week on burgers, sausages, pizza or ribs, she was ea ger to try one of the Lorain County Fair’s more daring entrees of the year — fried squid.“My daughter was here the other night and said, ‘Mom, you’ve got to try it.’ So here I am,” Smith said, handing over bills to Mike Wuensch of Strongs villeCalamariSeafood.was a popu lar fair week choice for younger customers, Wuen sch said. But the hottest seller was cheese curds. Sizzling cheese sticks and Wellington Band Boosters doughnuts are always in high demand, no matter the year, and elephant ears and funnel cakes remain go-to treats. Newcomers worked to break into the fair market with more exotic offerings. Sassy Shay’s Twisted Mac & Cheese, for example, had a rush for its buffalo mac, while Korean pulled pork tater tots were all the rage at Cheeky’s Twisted Eatz, both additions to the fairway loop this year. Erica Borges of Lorain, who runs Cheeky’s, said eggrolls, loaded tots and crab rangoon were all also strong sellers. “I think people are looking for what’s most unique,” she said. “They’ve had Italian sausages, and they want something that blows their minds.”Some fair favorites never go out of style, though. Danielle Ragle of Canton was busy in her freshsqueezed lemonade booth, going through a case and a half of lemons each day. “There’s something nostalgic about lemon ade,” she said. “We have grandparents who come up and tell us they’ll always remember what it tasted like to drink lemonade at the fair when they were kids.”Ribbon fries and deepfried Oreos were the big movers at Harmon’s Con cessions near the Junior Fair barns, and “cookie dough explosion” sundaes practically flew out the window at The Funky Fla mingo near carnival row. Clam strips were the fa vorite order at Surf & Turf Cafe under the grandstand, and just a stone’s throw away pancakes were mov ing like, well, hotcakes at the North Eaton Christian Church booth. While fair portions tend to be super-sized, it’s hard to ignore that this year’s prices were too. Among the most expen sive menu items was the $17 LeBron double-decker corned beef sandwich, the premier offering at The Cleveland Gournmet Corned Beef Company booth.Owner Lisa PadillaDorsey billed the business as “the only corned beef on wheels in the entire country,” and said people weren’t afraid to shell out big bucks for a giant sandwich.“Theypay because it’s quality food and it comes with fries,” she said — her booth netted about $2,000 onNotMonday.everyone was doing so well. Business was slow at Jesse Meighen’s cinnamon roasted nuts stand, and with overhead on macadamias, pecans and walnuts sky-high due to inflation she was just breaking even. The cost of consumer goods has risen by 8.5 percent since last summer, according to the U.S. De partment of Labor. While gas prices have dipped down a little in recent months, food has contin ued to Tiffanyskyrocket.Sipe,third gen eration owner of DiRus so’s Real Italian Sausages, said her sales were hot during the 176th Lorain County Fair, better even than in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other ven dors, DiRusso’s took a couple of years off during the global health crisis and is now making a come back.“Ithink people are just ready to get out of the house,” Sipe said. “People know things are expen sive, because everything is expensive. But I also think that being back to the fair is good enough to justify theMikeprice.”Rutana, owner of Rutana’s Hot Apple Dumplings, has been serv ing fair crowds for more than a quarter century, starting when he was 12 years old. He’s seen bad years and good years, but said nothing will ever compare to the demand in 2021.“Last year was the best year anybody’s ever had (at fairs),” he said. “Every body had COVID money to spend, and no one had been to a fair in a while, so they were excited to get back out and spend.”
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Jason Hawk | Wellington Enterprise Serenity Garriott, 9, of Wellington, hammers away on a birdhouse as part of Reaser Construction’s “Building the Future” activity for Kids Day at the Lorain County Fair.
Jason Hawk | Wellington Enterprise Erica Borges of Lorain serves up an order of Korean pulled pork tater tots at Cheeky’s Twisted Eatz at the Lorain County Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
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Oberlin dropped its first home match of the young season 3-0 to Elyria Catholic, going 25-10, 25-11, 25-7. The Phoenix are 1-3 so far and return to action this evening, hosting Wel lington at 6:30 p.m. ABOVE: Senior Jacquelyn Grady sets the ball.
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The Comets took down North Ridgeville in straight sets last week, going 25-12, 25-19, 25-18 over the Rangers. Nia Hall had 13 kills and 9 digs, Ava Haddix had 27 assists and Cecily Waynar had 5 block kills. Haddix and Kendra Shimrock each had 2 aces. Nia Hall picks up a kill.
Several local area teams kicked off the cross country season at the Keystone Icebreaker, run at the Lorain County MetroParks' Carlisle Res ervation Equestrian Center. On the boys side, Keystone ran to a fifth place finish, while Fire lands and Wellington checked in at 11th and 12th places respectively. On the girls' side, the local schools were topped by Oberlin with a 10th place finish, followed closely by Firelands in 12th. Some teams were short on numbers for this early season meet but gained valuable competi tion experience, including the Keystone and Wel lington girls, and the Oberlin boys teams.
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Russ Gifford | Amherst News-Times Ty Stillman gets bragging rights again at family dinner. The Firelands athletic director held on to the “Stillman Cup” when the Falcons took home a 9-1 win Saturday over Vermilion, where his brother Andy is AD. The Falcons strikers went on a 3-goal rampage in less than a minute and a half. Senior captain Bella Simmons and freshman standout Kylie Sutorius each scored twice in the rout. LEFT: Firelands’ Ariannah Floyd makes a move.
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Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise The Dukes grabbed a 27-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-21 win over Open Door on Monday to improve to 2-0. The Patriots dropped to 2-1. ABOVE: Wellington's Morgan Lehmkuhl gets the point. 3-1 WELLINGTON VICTORY
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