Lorain County Community Guide - Sept. 22, 2022

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The ALA is tracking news reports of book-banning efforts far and wide, including in Florida, New Hamp shire, Texas and Wyoming.

Staff at a Montana library resigned last month after finding several books in a return box, blasted by gunfire. A GOP congressional candidate in Virginia tried to criminalize libraries distributing LGBTQ+ books to

Each year, it evaluates the performance of every district and school building

Asking questions about books isn’t a problem. Trying to get them pulled from shelves — well, that’s another story, said Cheryl Grizzell, chief operating officer of the Lorain Public Library System.

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The graphic novel is aimed at teens, and answers questions about puberty they might not feel comfortable posing to parents, Griz zell

Thetests.Ohio Federation of Teachers, which represents some 20,000 members statewide, said this year’s report cards demonstrate what many teachers have already observed.

In Lorain County, Avon Schools scored the high est, with a total of 24 stars across five categories.

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AMHERST — Kristen Kow alsick died immediately.

“The report card is a snapshot in time and ours shows better than expected progress in key measures,”

“Our students need more support to fully bounce back from the pandemic and remote learning disrup

in the state based on how students fare on standard ized

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Nothing about the morning was real. Teachers, firefight ers, medics and heavily-armed officers from law enforcement agencies across Lorain County all were briefed on what to expect — they all had roles to play and knew the script.

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The organization said it supports intellectual freedom and “a parent’s right to restrict reading materials for their own child but not for all.”

State report cards roll out star ratings

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A Honda "crashed" through the front doors of Nord Middle School. Police staged it there with soft but realisticlooking shards of glass as part of an active shooter training drill.

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“From the time the car first came through to when the first officer came, it felt like an eter nity,” she said.

Janet Hollingsworth, Herrick Memorial Library

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With a police escort, Amherst firefighters haul a “wounded” person out of Nord Middle School on Monday morning. The effort was part of a mass shooter drill that involved a range of agencies from across Lorain County.

Earlier this month, the ALA put out a call to action, asking for people to show up at school and library board meetings to oppose censorship.

tions in the last few years,” said President Melissa Cooper.

“Places everybody, places,” Amherst police Lt. Dan Mak ruski announced at 9:11 a.m., and an eerie quiet settled in. A few minutes later, Ohio National Guardsman Michael Valentine drove the Honda up

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It earned five stars for student test score achieve ment, graduation rate, early literacy and “gap closing,” which shows how much students who are disadvan taged or had fallen behind

A nonfiction book titled “Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships and Being Human” has attracted attention in the last couple of weeks at the North Ridgeville Branch Library.

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The special education teacher was the first victim Monday morning when a blue Honda coupe “crashed” through the front door of Nord Middle School and a gunman jumped out, popping off shots in an elaborateRoll-playingdrill. as a deceased student, Kowalsick lay in a puddle of fake blood at the en trance. Her job was to be found by police and medics as they looked for survivors.

‘It felt like an eternity’

““It’s going to be a fight if they try challenge.to I believe shouldeverythingbeforeverybody.”

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A five-star rating system has replaced the old A-to-F letter grades on this year’s Ohio school report cards, which were released last week by the Ohio Depart ment of Education.

caught up. It received four stars for “progress,” or how well all students do in gain ingLorainground.City Schools scored lowest, picking up just 11 stars across all categories.

“What people can be offended by is so subjec tive, and someone else might want that informa tion," Grizzell said. "We have to keep it there for everybody.”Attemptsto ban books at public and school libraries have been on the rise across the nation in the past year and a half. The Ameri can Library Association attributed the trend to conser vative activism, and said titles with LGBTQ+ themes and sexual content are challenged the most.

Atsaid.least one person has asked for and been given a form to challenge its place on the shelves, but that form had not been returned as of Friday.

Amherst drill tests emergency response to fake school shooting

SOLUTION

Jennifer Winkler, manager of the North Ridgeville branch, said staff always consider feedback, but they won't bow to pressure.

R-rated DVDs showing male nudi ty have sometimes raised eyebrows, but female nudity in the library’s collection is never questioned, he said.From time to time there will be a suggestion that a young adult graphic novel should be moved to the adult section. In one case, McDonough’s staff agreed and made theAboutchange.15 years ago, a mother checked out the audiobook ver sion of “The Wind in the Willows” and was upset the word “ass” was used to describe an animal, said Janet Hollingsworth, director of the Herrick Memorial Library in Wel lington.Staffdidn’t agree then to pull it from circulation. Hollingsworth said she decided to move the children’s classic to the teen section, since it had a higher reading level anyway. She believes a rush of book chal lenges is inevitable, given the politi cal climate in the United States: “It’s a sign of the times,” and unlikely to fade away, she said.

“This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, direc tor of the ALA’s Office for Intellec tual Freedom. “Readers, particularly students, are losing access to criti cal information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing theirInfantejobs.”said librarians “are here to provide it all,” and will always champion First Amendment rights.

“Everybody has that right, and I wouldn’t want someone to tell my child what they should or couldn’t read," she said. "I should be able to make that decision as a mother or a parent."

She is concerned that “toxic polar ization” is making people unwilling to accept there are points of view that differ from their own. Many

Infante said there are periodic comments about depictions of sexu ality in books, but lately she’s not had any official challenges.

The money will be used as “last-dollar” funding, mean ing LCCC will tap other sources of funding such as Ohio Means Jobs or state tax credits before using Oberlin’s ARPA funds, she said.

Oberlin put forward its funding as part of its goal to im prove social equity, leveling the playing field for residents from all walks of life.

minors. In the same state, a chap ter of the right-wing activist group Moms for Liberty has been trying to get 14 books — a number of awardwinners among them — pulled from a school library, saying they have sexually explicit themes.

The tuition assistance is being offered as part of a oneyear pilot program that Council President Bryan Burgess said he hopes will prove effective and be renewed for years to come.

Employers help design the programs. Popular courses include medical coding, emergency medical technician training, networking and computer programming, while others range from accounting to robotics.

Oberlin withworkforcelaunchespilot$51Kstart

The ALA tracked 729 challenges to materials in public, school and university libraries last year — 1,597 books in all.

The Herrick Memorial Library has added titles in its LGBTQ+ collec tion, she said. It’s a reflection of changing society — there are a lot of kids in southern Lorain County who belong to the demographic and deserve to have materials about it, sheHollingsworthsaid. said she fully ex pects friction over the titles, and is prepared. She’s been teaching staff how to professionally take com plaints.While she hasn’t received a chal lenge during her short tenure as director of the Elyria Public Library System, Jennifer Starkey said she also expects LGBTQ+ materials to draw fire, along with titles about changing bodies, health and sex.

“We are finding, though, that some books are missing,” she said. A number of fiction titles that could be considered controversial by some have mysteriously wandered away from the stacks, which she suggested was “somebody’s way of saying they don’t like that book.”

OBITUARIES

The Lorain County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a scam that has attempted to take advantage of victims.

"Over the past several days, the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from citizens stating they have been contacted by 'Capt. J. Hammond' in regards to failing to report for federal jury duty," the sheriff's office said in a news release last week.

The most common challenge is to unrated movies, she said. Sometimes parents believe that means they’re

Once students are through the first semester, the col lege will work help them prepare resumes and practice for interviews. Kushner said the goal is to help them land jobs so they can earn while continuing to learn.

Kushner said the ARPA funding could pay for 50 resi dents to receive a $1,000 gap scholarship each.

“We don’t purchase these in a vacuum. We’re trained profession als,” she said.

Some training is offered at the LCCC Wellington Center or the Lorain County JVS.

The sheriff's office "will not make any calls to citizens in regard to federal jury duty," it said in the news release.

They are all preparing to fight to keep diverse titles on the shelves.

important asset — public schools,” said Cheryl Ryan, director of board and management services. “Your efforts reflect a true commitment toward public education and the importance you attach to your role as a school board member. Thank you for your dedication.”

Of the more than 3,400 board members in Ohio, only five will receive the Master Board Member honor in 2023. Melda has been a member of the ESC governing board for three years. She also serves as president of the Lorain County JVS board.

“Thankfully, we have not had a problem,” he said.

Closer to home, the Ashland Public Library has endured a monthslong fight after a request to remove three books from the juvenile nonfiction section.InaSept. 9 news release, the library board and director said they would not move “Puberty Is Gross, But Also Really Awesome,” “Own Your Period” and “Making a Baby.”

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is “very attractive for adults who could not imagine going to college for two years or three years or even a whole year,” she said.

SOLUTION

Local challenges are rare — so far

Addressing complaints

“It’s going to be a fight if they try to challenge. I believe everything should be for everybody,” Holling sworth said.

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FastTrack is a way for students to get a foot in the door of an industry and begin on a path of advancement, she said.Some courses are offered completely online; others are in-person or a hybrid, she said. Most don’t require all-day attendance, just a couple of days a week.

"This is obviously an unscrupulous attempt to scam citizens. Please remain vigilant when receiving calls of this nature," the release said.

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The majority of students who enroll are 24- to 35-yearold women from Lorain and Elyria, and Black and Latino residents are strongly represented, Kushner said.

It is given to board members who complete the STAR Awards Program in a three-year period. STAR stands for “ser vice, training, aptitude and recognition.

At least not recently. The release of “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” both brought loud protests from a small minority of residents, Rutger said.

In an emergency vote Monday, it set aside $51,000 of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to help pay tu ition and fees for the FastTrack program at Lorain County Community College.

Deborah Melda, vice president of the Educational Service Center of Lorain County’s governing board, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Ohio School Boards Association Master Board Member Award.

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The 16- and 32-week courses award industry creden tials, preparing students for in-demand jobs, said Cindy Kushner, LCCC’s director of school and community partnerships.Theprogram

Darren McDonough, director of the Oberlin Public Library, said he’s also had materials stolen, but it’s been many years since a challenge was brought forward at his facility.

Oberlin Councilman Ray English stressed that the tax payer dollars approved Monday will allow residents with financial need to attend at no cost.

“I think it’s going to cool off," he said. "I don’t think there’s enough people who believe in it for it to get any traction."

Banned Books Week is being ob served across the nation through Sat urday. The theme this year: “Books unite us, censorship divides us.”

Libraries across the county have policies in place for taking and reviewing complaints. The process is used once or twice a year at the Grafton-Midview Public Library, Director Adele Infante said.

“I think people have opinions, and opinions should be shared and heard. But because the book is on the shelf doesn’t mean it has to be taken out,” said Jennifer Black, director of mar keting and public relations for the Lorain Public Library System.

Avon Lake Public Library Direc tor William Rutger used to work at the Ashland Public Library. He’s been tracking developments there, and said conservative Christianity is behind the push to remove books.

The American Library Associationsponsored event is held every year. Libraries use it to champion titles that historically have been placed in the crosshairs, from George Orwell’s classic dystopian warning “1984” to “The Catcher in the Rye,” J.D. Salinger’s thesis on angst, alienation and loss of innocence.

Kushner said many of the employers LCCC partners with are transitioning to work-from-home models, an arrangement she feels may be attractive to people in rural parts of Lorain County.

LETTERS

Parents are the most likely parties to raise objections. Overwhelmingly — 82 percent of the time — chal lenges are aimed at materials that include references to or depictions ofOtherssex. are deemed “obscene,” include profanity, are allegedly “woke,” explore racial injustices or support the LGBTQ+ community, according to the ALA.

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Directors of every library system in Lorain County told The Chronicle that challenges are rare, but they’re expected to become less so.

Melda honored for dedication to education

Americans can no longer talk or learn about their differences con structively, she said.

The emergency vote was cast to meet registration dead lines, he said. The FastTrack program is set to begin Oct. 30, and LCCC needs time to recruit students.

“You deserve formal recognition for the time, talent, hard work and dedication you devote to your community's most

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appropriate for all audiences, and that’s just not the case.

Some people are open-minded, though. Starkey said the Shelf Awareness book group in Elyria specifically picks books that have been the target of bans, and explores why the content was considered objectionable.Libraryheads convene every other month to discuss issues and com pare notes. Amherst Public Library Director Don Dovala said the bookbanning movement was the hot topic this month.

“There is always something that someone might take issue with,” he said. “But libraries are open to the entire community, and we serve our entire community, which means we have something for everyone.”

CURTIS HICKS, 82, of Amherst, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

The Ashland library “affirms the individual rights of patrons to free and open access to library materials and services and its role as a protec tor of intellectual freedom in a free society,” the release said.

Sheriff’s office: Beware of fake 'federal jury duty' scam

Banned Books Week

OBERLIN — Forget loans. City Council wants to send Oberlin residents to college at no cost at all.

The most-challenged books were “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan Evison and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson. All three were chal lenged because of LGBTQ+ themes and sexually explicit content.

The Ohio Department of Education said in a news release that report card data is intended to guide improvement, but shouldn’t be considered the only measure of suc cess for school systems.

Weber said it would be helpful for lawmakers and the Ohio Department of Education to settle on a list of core values it wants to foster, and give schools time to work on them.

Changes are being phased in over the next several years to the report cards. Next fall, expect to see overall star ratings for districts and half-stars added to the mix, and a new category for how well students are prepared for life after graduation.

Across Ohio this past spring, there were 134,807 graduating seniors. The state report cards didn’t grade districts on their preparedness, but supplemental reports showed it deemed 44,930 — that’s two-thirds — to be unprepared for college, the workforce or military service.Italso said 78 percent of graduates needed reme diation due to SAT or ACT scores, while about 18 percent earned honor diplomas.

“It takes institutional changes, almost a decade, to really get a culture going, or if you’re embed ding a new curriculum to really get the teachers proficient,” he said. “It takes a couple years to learn it and a couple more to get good at it — the longer we can stay with a central core of measure ment, the better Ohio schools can do.”

Students are capable of so much more than what appears on paper, she said — and the report cards don’t reflect impor tant developments such as learning to dribble a basketball, the quality special education services orSchlosssafety. cast doubt on the reliability of standard ized testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

REPORT CARDS FROM A1 Ohio ReportSchoolCard2022 DISTRICT OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRESS GAP CLOSING GRADUATION EARLY LITERACY Amherst No rating      Avon No rating      Avon Lake No rating      Clearview No rating      Columbia No rating      Elyria No rating      Firelands No rating      Keystone No rating      Lorain No rating      Midview No rating      RidgevilleNorth No rating      Oberlin No rating      SheffieldSheffield Lake No rating      Vermilion No rating      Wellington No rating      SOURCE: Ohio Department of Education Lorain CountySCHOOL DISTRICTS

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letter grades is a positive step, but Schloss said she is still not happy with how report card ratings are calculated. She feels it’s “hard to rely o the report cards as a valid measure” of what happens at school.

“It was almost like they had these secret formu las,” he said.

Oberlin wasn’t at the top of the pack. But with 18 stars of 25 possible, Hall said he was pleased with how teachers have made strides since the strang est days of the pandemic, especially in the area of literacy.“Wealways have work to do, but it seems like we’re achieving, we met state standards,” he said.

When the tests were taken, some students were entering Elyria Schools buildings for the first time in 18 months and had nev er even met their teachers in person, she said.

The 2022 evaluations are “more fair” and “less about the haves and have nots” than in previous years, he said.

“Talking with parents, neighbors, students and graduates; browsing school and district web sites; or visiting schools and meeting educators can provide a more complete picture of students’ edu cational experiences,” it said.Oberlin City SuperintendentSchoolsDavid Hall said he feels the fivestar rating system not only provides a clearer view of what is happening in classrooms, but has actu ally leveled the playing field.

said Superintendent Jeff Graham. “Our Academic Improvement Plan em phasizes student progress and gap-closing and we received high scores in those areas. I want to thank our staff and com munity for all of the work they put into creating and supporting the plan.”

Bob Scott, superinten dent of the high-perform ing Avon Lake Schools with 23 stars, said Ohio’s report cards were never meant to rank districts against each other, but to give educators an idea of how they should improve.

In the two areas he cited, Lorain City Schools earned four out of five stars, indicating that stu dents grew past the state’s expectations. Graham noted that geometry, biol ogy and American govern ment students at Lorain High School received the highest progress ratings possible.“Weknow we are mov ing in the right direction with our communitydriven and state-approved Academic Improvement Plan,” he said, “however, we know we still have a lot of work to do and we are all working very hard every day to provide the best possible educational opportunities and student care for the children and families we serve.”

The new report cards with their star ratings aren’t perfect, but they are “without a doubt” an im provement over the old A, B, C, D and F grades, he said. In years past, it was often difficult to figure out why a given district received its grade.

Wellington Schools also showed gains, which Superintendent Ed Weber said continues a steady trend for the morebestSchoolMcCormickdistrict.Middlehadperhapsit’syearinadecadeor—itgainedsomuch

ground that Weber was surprised.Buttheyardsticks by which the data is judged keeps changing, so much so that it’s become a joke among district leaders.

Ohio legislators set the standards, and routinely put forward bills to tweak them. Ohio House Bill 82 was responsible for the most recent changes.

Scott said he is not a fan of relying on high-stakes standardized testing. Neither is Elyria Schools Superintendent Anne Schloss.“They’re still having these students take tests… That concept alone is wrong,” she said.

About 40 minutes into the exer cise, she opened her eyes to talk about what she had learned.

Teachers think about the possibil ity of an attack all the time, and how they’d respond. The worry never fades, and Kovach said she makes a point of knowing the exits at all times.“You can prepare for it, but when it happens there are going to be splitsecond decisions,” she said. “Do you stay or do you go?”

Not far away, a “dead” Valentine lay facedown for a long time with a police guard nearby, rifles up.

“Definitely a different scenario,” he said. “It’s not something you do very often,” he said. “But with all the chaos, it can be pretty over whelming.”

There have been 122 such inci dents since the outlet started count ing them in 2018.

▼ Joseph Kale of the Cleveland Clinic applies a touch of fake blood to teacher Holly Miller’s face. for the transfer of real property to the Lorain Port Authority. 149-22* Auth the Auditor to pay invoices submitted by the Clerk of Council & Safety/Ser vice Departments that invokes the Then & Now Certification Exception Process and to pay for said invoices. 150-22 Ap propriation. 151-22* Ord est. the position of Parks & Recre ation Superintendent. 152-22 Auth the Safety/Service Direc tor to enter into an amendment for the professional services agreement made w/ Wickens, Herzer, Panza the Law Firm for the provision of profession al legal services. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.) BREANNA DULL,CMC LCCG 207083929/15,22/22

There were also critical short falls that needed to be addressed in debriefing, mostly with com

Dressed in a purple T-shirt, jeans and ball cap, Valentin ran loops through the single-story school, go ing outside and returning, empty two magazines worth of blanks from a 9mm pistol.

Moving in pairs, officers halted to apply tourniquets and help those who could walk to limp out.

Then Amherst school officer Ryan Lamb came barreling down a hall way, chasing Valentin. Both disap peared around a corner and rapid-fire gunshots rang out, followed by a longThesilence.intruder lay “dead” for a long time in a short corridor near the Nord cafeteria. Eventually other Amherst police officers came, slowly edging down the hallways, check ing around corners and counting the wounded.“Helpus,” screamed some of the teachers. From all corners of the building, their voices rose: “My friend’s been shot.”

His instructions were to keep moving, to cover as much ground as possible before police intervened.

SWAT, police and Lorain County Sheriff’s deputies didn’t breathe easy when Valentin went down. They swept the entire building three times looking for other hidden threats. In secure parts of Nord Middle School, medics moved in.

waiting ambulances.

Among them was Beth Kovach, a fifth-grade intervention specialist whose husband is a Lorain police officer. She lay on the east side of the building with a fake bullet hole painted on her head.

In overturning the two landmark cases, 1973’s Roe v. Wade and 1992's Casey v. Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court set the decision in individual states’ hands.

“In your mind, it’s not if this is going to happen, it’s kind of like when is it going to happen,” she said.

Hours later, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the state’s six-week abortion ban under the "Heartbeat Bill" was in effect after a federal court judge dissolved an injunction blocking the law.

When that diagnosis is given, some can travel out of state, but many cannot, he said.

Lifting his head from the floor, covered in splotches of gooey red corn starch, he said his goal had been to “provide as realistic an experience for the teachers as possible.”

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Amherst firefighter and paramedic Brian Wood tended to 15 to 20 wounded before the scenario ended. Firefighters were given an armed es cort into the hallways to judge who was most critically injured and when it was safe to take them outside to

He said police could have gone overboard with special effects, but realistic gore was hardly the point. The drill was designed to test the ins-and-outs of a full-scale response, not the ability to use movie-quality makeup and props.

Moderator Karen Kasler, Statehouse bureau chief for Ohio Public Radio and Television, fielded questions between the three panelists during the Zoom session, touching on the effects the high court’s decision could have on fertility treat ments and other reproductive procedures.

Dr. Rebecca Flyckt, a reproductive endocrinology and infer tility specialist, said the issue of abortion and in vitro fertiliza tion, or IVF, are close cousins. There is a difference between conception and implantation in the uterus in terms of preg nancy, she said, and laws that look to define life at the start of conception could have massive consequences for IVF services. She was concerned upcoming legislation may limit the abil ity to screen embryos for genetic disorders that compromise quality of life or affect their viability altogether, or for patients to be unable to discard embryos when there are multiples, which come with higher risks for complications.

The intercom system squawked to life: “Intruder in the building,” a staffer announced, initiating a lockdown.Therewere no students within the walls — they had the day off — but teachers portraying kids were ush ered into classrooms and doors were locked and barricaded.

Unlike everyone else involved in the drill, his role hadn’t been to learn, but to cause chaos. His route through the middle school had been mapped out in advance for maximum carnage, looking for easy targets and weak spots.

There have been 30 school shoot ings causing 87 injuries or deaths so far this year across the United States, according to tracking by Education Week, a news outlet providing cov erage of kindergarten through 12th grade schools.

Two medical doctors and a professor of law from Case West ern Reserve University spoke earlier this month on the impact of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade during a panel hosted by the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland, sponsored in part by the organization’s Oberlin chapter.

Dr. David Hackney said people can have opinions, but ideally abortion should be nonpartisan health care, and those opinions should not interfere with a doctor-patient relationship. And the medical care itself should not be criminalized, he said.

A motion was filed with the Ohio Supreme Court stating the state constitution protects residents’ right to abortion even if the federal constitution doesn’t, but the Ohio Supreme Court denied the request, she said.

Voter advocates hold ‘post-Roe’ talk

A few long minutes dragged by.

Getting everyone on the same channel, cutting through chatter and stopping everyone from talking at once was “the tough part,” he said. Makruski, who organized the train ing session, said a lot was learned during the exercise. He praised Lamb’s response, said officers suc cessfully took command and cleared the building and set up a safe place to evacuate casualties next door at Marion L. Steele High School.

Other victims didn’t make it. They sat in the hallways with bloody makeup to indicate fatal injuries.

When Lamb first ran into the school, radios were not working, he said — that left a lot of confusion about what was happening inside. When contact was re-established, there were more issues, Griffin said. Normally, fewer than 10 Amherst officers are involved in a police response, but this time more than 100 people were all trying to share information.

munications.“Ithinkwhat we do here is about as close as we can get to the real thing within reason,” Makruski said as the drill wound down.

The most recent happened Saturday, when two people were shot during a homecoming tailgate party outside the T.W. Josey High School football stadium in Au gusta, Georgia.

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Case Western Reserve University professor and attorney Jessie Hill said prior to the Dobbs decision, abortion was legal in Ohio up to 22 weeks of pregnancy — as an injunction had been granted against the 2019 “Heartbeat Bill,” but even that was overturned.

Hackney practices high-risk obstetrics and there have been cases of fetal anomalies where the pregnancy cannot be ter minated in Ohio since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, he said. Ohio's law has exceptions allowing abortions to protect the health of the mother, but not for fetal birth defects, including lethal ones, or in cases of incest or rape.

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“I think because I knew it was coming I’m OK. But if it every hap pened in real life, I’d never come back to teaching,” said Kovach.

“The best we accomplish with an exercise like this is first pulling the Band-Aid off and everybody realiz ing it could happen here,” Makruski said.Amherst has no magical protec tion against a violent attack, he said, a sentiment that Kowalsick agreed with.No amount of training can prevent a shooter from attacking a school, she said. That truth haunts teachers every day, and especially when news spreads after deadly attacks like the one this spring in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 people were killed by a gunman.Kowalsick said she assumes it will happen one day in Lorain County.

▲ Officers help a “wounded” teacher out of the building early in the training exercise, just after a shooter was downed.

◄ exercise.shootertheduringtonWashingfieldfootballpracticebystandshelicopterLifeFlightCenter’sMedicalMetrointheonStreetactive CLASSIFIEDS PUBLICLEGALSNOTICE To UNKNOWN FATHER, whose last known address is unknown in Lorain County, Ohio, you have been named as a Defendant in the legal action entitled Patricia Wright, and Mother, Angela Horvath, et al. This action has been as signed Case No. 22 JG 63349 and is pending in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas, Elyria, Ohio with the Honorable Judge Sherry Glass Thepresiding.object of the Complaint filed in the above-captioned case is for paternal grand parent, Patricia Wright, to be granted custody by their Complaint for Legal Custody of minor child, K. H., born You01/18/2013.arerequired to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publica tion of this Notice, which will be published one day pursuant to Rule 16 of the Ohio Rules of Juvenile Procedure. The last publication will be made on the 22nd day of September, 2022. Your time for answer will com mence on that date as service of process by publication will be deemed complete as of the last date of publication. In the event of your failure to answer or otherwise respond within the time allowed by Ohio law and the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by de fault will be rendered against you without further notice for the relief demand in the Com LCCGplaint.” 8/18,25; 9/1,8,15,22/22 20706825 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised that Lorain City Council will host a public hearing on Monday, October 17, 2022 in the Lorain City Council Chamber at 200 West Erie Ave., Lorain, Ohio. The hearing will commence at 5:45 p.m. to discuss the following ZCAitem: 4-2022 - An application to rezone PPN: 03-00-103-116060 @ 1007 East 39th St. from R-3 to R-2. Peter Tower is the Theapplicant.Lorain City Planning Com mission met on September 7, 2022 and recommended ap proval of the item above to Lo rain City Council. Copies of all documentation related to this proposal will be on file for pub lic inspection in the Office of the Clerk of Council, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio. Please contact Breanna_ Dull@cityoflorain.org for additional information.BREANNA DULL,CMC LCCG 207083929/15,22/22 PUBLICATIONLEGISLATIONOF The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lo rain City Council on July 5 & September 6, 2022. The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or con tact Breanna Dull @ 7/5/22requiredDirectorreviewed/approvedoforg).(Breanna_Dull@cityoflorain.204-2050ThefollowingsummarylegislationpassedhasbeenbytheLawforlegalaccuracyasbystatelaws.Ord.102-22Amending Codified Ord. Chapter 511: Noise Control; Section 511.05Mechanical Apparatus. 9/6/22 Ord. 124-22* Auth a contract w/ Walter Drane Co. (American Legal) & approving current re placement pages to the Lorain Codified Ordinances. 125-22 Repealing Ord. 104-22, rec ognizing & commemorating Celestino “Cel” Rivera by re naming Oakwood Park. 12622* Auth the Mayor to accept One Ohio settlement funds and directing the City Auditor to maintain said funds in a separate account. 127-22 Auth the Lorain Muni Court to ac cept the award from the Nord Family Foundation to fund the position of Recovery Court Co ordinator, services & expenses and execute all things inci dental to acceptance of said grant. 128-22* Auth the Safety/ Service Director to enter into a contract for the replacement of the Apparatus Bay and Hose Tower Roof area at the Lorain Central Fire Station. 129-22* Authorizing an inter-local agreement of funds between the City of Lorain, Elyria, and Lorain County as approved by the 2022 Byrne Justice As sistance Grant (JAG) Program Award. 130-22 Auth the Chief of Police, through the Safety/ Service Director to accept the award from the 2022 Byrne Discrectionary Community Project funding/Byrne Discre tionary grants program. 13122* Authorizing the Safety/ Service Director to enter into an MOU with the United Steel workers, Local 6621 to create the position of Environmental Landscape Crew Lead for the City’s Engineering De partment. 132-22* Amending Ord. 145-21, Section 1, auth the S/S Director to enter into contract for the purchase of 7 Ford Explorers & applicable backroom system components with all emergency equipment installed through State Pur chasing w/o bid not to exceed $511,619. 133-22* Auth the Safety/Service Director to en ter into a contract w/ the high est rated/ranked Engineering firm for professional services related to the preliminary en gineering and planning of im provements to the Jaeger Rd. pump station. 134-22 Auth the Safety/Service Director to pur chase w/o competitive bid, a valve turner for Water Distribu tion Dept. 135-22* Auth Safety/ Service Director to enter into contract for professional ser vices related to the construc tion of new waterline infra structure related to the East Lorain Waterline project. 13622* Auth Safety/Service Di rector to auth the purchase of services for concrete improve ments at the Sewer Depart ment. 137-22* Auth the Safety/ Service Director to enter into an amendment to the con tract previously entered into w/ HDR Engineering for the Lorain Water Treatment Facil ity Phase1 Environmental Site Assessment and general plan. 138-22* Auth the S/S Director to accept and enter into an agrmt w/ the Dept. of the Army for construction assistance for Section 549 City of Lorain Environmental Infrastructure Project. 139-22* Amending Ord 41-22, auth the S/S Di rector to enter into a 1-year software maintenance agrmt w/ Tyler Technologies for Lo gos Software System. 140-22 Auth S/S Director to apply for, accept & enter into an agrmt w/ ODOT for reconstruction of right turn lane & traffic signal at Henderson Drive & Colorado Avenue. 141-22 Auth Safety/ Service Director to enter into a Memorandum of Understand ing between the City of Lorain and the International Associa tion of Firefighters Local 267 to approve payment of expenses for an on-duty claim. 142-22* Auth the purchase of a new Sutphen Pumper for the fire department through the State of Ohio Cooperative Purchas ing Program for an amount not to exceed $633,000.00. 14322 Auth the Mayor & S/S Direc tor to enter into a cooperative agrmt w/ the City of Amherst for the preliminary engineering for the Leavitt Road Traffic Im provement Study. 144-22 Auth S/S Director to accept the do nation of $1,299 for purchase of 1 bench for South Lakeview Park from Pansy Dixon. 14522 Auth the S/S Dir to accept the donation of $3453 for the purchase of 2 swing benches and 1 bench for Marie Bona minio Memorial Garden Park from Jim & Joan Bonaminio. 146-22 Auth the S/S Director to accept the donation of $734.13 for purchase of concrete for the “Lorain” sign at the NE Corner of Broadway & West Erie Avenues from Andrea Neal. 147-22 Auth the Trea surer to enter into a contract w/ the Ohio Attorney General for the collection of delinquent debt owed to the City. 14822*Auth the S/S Director to enter into a disposition agrmt

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Working out those lines of com munication is an area that needs improvement, said Amherst police Sgt. Brian Griffin, the department’s media spokesman.

to the front doors — he didn’t really smash them, but police scattered realistic-look glass shards made from a squishy gel.

“I think when these things really do happen, (shooters) aren’t thinking about being stealthy,” Valentin said. “Their main focus is about inflicting harm, as much as they can in a short amount of time. That’s kind of the mindset I had.”

“When it’s a fire, it’s strictly your scene. Here, everybody has shared responsibilities,” he said.

When responding to a house fire, car crash or gas leak, firefighters are usually on their own. Wood said it’s rare to need to work hand-in-hand with multiple police departments, the coroner’s office, the U.S. Bor der Patrol, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, LifeFlight, Cleveland Clinic and others who provided aid during the drill.

The Lorain County Board of Com missioners authorized the purchase of the Ford Sheriff'svehicles.Capt.Daniel Ashdown told the board that the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortage of electronic compo nents like microchips made purchasing replacement vehicles more costly and

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During the restoration process, it took 23 buckets of plaster to do the base coat and an additional eight to 10 buckets to do the finish. In the 1830s and 1840s building materials likely would have needed to be acquired from Michi gan or New York, taking some time to get to Lorain County let alone Pittsfield.

Even with the increased federal funding available in early 2023, delays in the order and delivery pro cess mean Second Harvest probably won’t start seeing the benefits until

“By matching this $50 million in vestment by USDA with $50 million in the state of Ohio’s ARPA funds, Gov. (Mike) DeWine and members of the Ohio General Assembly can ensure that the Ohioans hardest hit by the pandemic and ongoing eco nomic uncertainty can count on us for the help they need in the future,” the Ohio Association of Foodbanks said. “Immediate ARPA funds will prevent a bleak holiday season, as well as help our network reinforce its storage and distribution capacity for the months ahead and support Ohio agriculture.”

Historic preservationist Shawn Godwin speaks about the history of Pittsfield Township's District 3 School on Sunday, Sept. 11. The fully-restored building dates back to the 1840s.

Chase-Morefield said in the mean time food banks are asking state legislators to use American Rescue Plan Act money to bridge the gap until federal money is available.

The cost of outfitting the vehicles with additional police equipment went up from $10,000 to $12,000

Pittsfield celebrates restored 19th century schoolhouse

USDA approves $1.5B for food banks

each, he said. Police agencies trying to order new cars for the rest of this year are now on a waiting list, he said.

The grants will help LCCC provide emergency aid to students in crisis, offer more intensive advising, offer gas cards to those with financial hardships and take other steps to prevent the skilled workers of tomorrow from “spinning out” before graduation, she said.

SHIP — The Pittsfield Township Historical Society welcomed the community Sunday, Sept. 11 to take a peek at the res toration efforts of its 19th century aschoolwasthere,”1850.,makingsyrupcanofwasbuildingearlytakethefieldbuildingPittsfieldingingdecade,thetorationtoricinwoodbeSchoolhouseknowntheDatingschoolhouse.backtothe1840s,one-roombuildingastheDistrict3isbelievedtooneofthelastremainingframedschoolhousesthestateofOhio.ShawnGodwinofHisPreservation&ResServiceshasledprojectformorethanaoriginallyidentifythebuilding.Godwinsaidwhileworkonanotherprojectinhenoticedtheacrossanopenandafterspeakingtoownerhewasabletoalook.“IcouldtellitwasanNewEngland-styleandintheattic,itfullofallofthehistorythatfarm,everythingyouimaginefrommaplebuckets,thecheeseequipmentfromtheYouknow,itwasallGodwinsaid.Oneoftheearlycluesitoriginallyusedasawasthepresenceofblackboard.Workingwithlocal

historian Ralph Hayes, the historical society was able to positively identify it through documentary evidence. Godwin said they located fragments in a wall of documents of the State of the Union addresses for U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren that were submitted as part of the congressional record and printed as part of a pamphlet for constituents. The congressional re cords of this time period would also include all cor respondence from the prior year.Because the school likely would have been one of the few public buildings in Pittsfield, they likely ended up being delivered there.

“ManyBallinger.ofourstudents are under-resourced, and it’s our goal to get them to the finish line,” she said.

That puts LCCC in the top 10 percent of most af fordable colleges in the nation. It also ranks as the most affordable community college in Ohio.

Over the past decade, LCCC has positioned itself as a place to seek training in the microchip and semiconductor industries, she said. It’s a key part of the plan to provide a skilled workforce to sup port Intel’s $20 billion investment in a new plant in Licking“ScientificCounty.research is critical for creating jobs and improving our economy,” Brown said in a state ment on the National Science Foundation grants. “We unleash more American innovation when ev eryone is able to participate and we nurture all Ohio talent.”Oberlin College was also among the recipients. It will get $45,000 to support a programming languag es mentoring workshop.

Since late February, Second Har vest has seen a 50 percent drop-off across its food sources, including the

“All of these things together are creating huge challenges,” ChaseMorefield said.

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was part of $1.47 million in National Science Foundation awards announced by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

March, she said.

The building followed the New England tradition of education bringing those values to the Western Re serve with a classroom that was a dedicated building forThelearning.project dates back to 2009 and the historical society moved the school house to its present loca tion on the Pittsfield Town ship maintenance facility property on state Route 58 where it will serve as an exhibit.Theschool was con structed around 1846 and possibly as early as the late 1830s serving families in the rural neighborhood of what is now state Route 58. It is the only surviv ing first- generation school in Pittsfield and was built with a hand-sawn timber frame in the Greek-revival style.According to the his torical society, the school was used stands.schoolwasusecenturythroughoutintermittentlythemid-19thuntilitfelloutofaroundthe1870sandreplacedbyabrickbuilding,whichstill

difficult.Threecomparable bids were received for the 2023 model year vehicles: Two from Ford and one from Chevrolet, AshdownProductionsaid.dates "no longer line up with state contracts," Ashdown said, and manufacturers have started to limit the number of police vehicles they pro duce because they get less revenue.

But LCCC will use the money to “bust barriers” and promote a “culture of caring,” said President Marcia

Chase-Morefield said Second Har vest, which is an Ohio Association of Foodbanks member, is still seeing huge crowds turn out at pantries, hot meal programs and mobile give aways. So far this year, Second Har vest has fed 91,400 people — that doesn’t count repeat customers.

In the meantime, Chase-Morefield believes the fall could be difficult for Northeast Ohio. The food Sec ond Harvest received in August was about half the normal amount, and she expects grocery store prices to get more expensive going into the holidays.TheThanksgiving food stock could be sparse, she warned. Bird meat is in short supply, and ChaseMorefield believes turkeys could be hard to come by.

in Georgia and there was a letter from the French ambassador in French. And so they just glued them on the walls to decorate the building. And then a few years later, when they had the time or money to fin ish plaster, they did that,” Godwin said.

LCCC gets nearly $750K to help retain poor students

“We believe that any residents who desires to get a higher education should have that opportunity avail able,” she said.

They were aimed mostly at funding scientific research projects and increasing participation in sci ence, technology, engineering and math studies.

LORAIN — Nearly $1.5 billion in funding for emergency food pur chases will be provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2023, helping to feed Americans who are struggling to make ends meet.

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Lorain County commissioners have already granted funds to Second Harvest to buy turkeys for its annual Thanksgiving distribution, she said. There are about 2,000 frozen in the nonprofit’s warehouse right now, and another 1,000 on the way.

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The sheriff's office was going to recommend purchasing nine new cruis ers but lowered its request to eight, Ashdown said.

The presence of the docu ments in the wall, Godwin noted, tells historians that the building was likely in use for some time before the plaster work was completed.

In a presentation last week to the Kiwanis Club of Wellington, focusing mainly on LCCC’s request for voters to renew a 2.1-mill levy for the next 10 years, Ballinger said the average cost to attend the college for a year is $4,000.

The USDA relief is a step in the right direction, but “it does not solve all of our problems,” she said.

ELYRIA — A $749,693 federal grant will help Lo rain County Community College keep low-income students on track for graduation, whatever the odds theyTheface.infusion

Many students choose to attend LCCC because they can’t afford to spend $20,000 or $30,000 per year at another institution, Ballinger said.

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“And the teacher prob ably took these congres sional record documents and said, you know what, these are really boring. It’s talking about a canal

The Baumhart Road-based nonprof it has seen its food budget explode. In 2018, it spent around $600,000 to stock its warehouse, and today that amount has grown to $2 million.

Sheriff's office buying 8 cruisers

About $50 million is expected to come to Ohio, where food banks have seen record-breaking demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We’retrying to feed more people with less food. That equation just doesn’t work out,” said Julie ChaseMorefield, president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio.

At the same time, donations from food manufacturers and retailers has plummeted, Chase-Morefield said. Companies have been hit by material shortages and worker shortages, mov ing donations down the priority list.

They’ve struggled with less card board to make boxes and less alumi num to make cans. They’ve been hit by avian flu and high gas prices.

Ashdown said if the sheriff's office didn't lock in its order and have it on "hold" by Oct. 1 this year, "we wouldn't getTheany."sheriff's office's fleet insurance policy gives a reimbursement of $300 per cruiser if they have rearview backup cameras, and Ashdown said his of fice tries to find cost savings anywhere it Thecan. last of eight new sheriff's cruisers purchased in 2021 was delivered Mon day, Sept. 12, he said.

Last week, the Ohio Association of Foodbanks issued a joint statement in response to the USDA’s plan to relieve shortfalls.

USDA, she said. It’s the same sup ply chain nightmare that is plaguing school cafeterias.

ELYRIA — The Lorain County Sher iff's Office got permission last week to purchase eight new police cruisers to replace eight aging vehicles at a cost of almost $514,000.

“For many months, our foodbanks have been strained nearly to a break ing point,” it said. “Some are operat ing in deficit budgets, purchasing food just to keep enough balanced products on the shelves for our hunger relief partner organizations and the people we serve together. We have been buying more privately purchased food than ever before, at recordExecutiveprices.”Director Lisa HamlerFugitt said the network has pro vided take-home groceries nearly 10 million times since the start of the pandemic. USDA foods are an espe cially important lifeline for rural and under-resourced communities where poverty and hunger rates are higher.

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The Brownhelm Historical Association’s 8th Annual Cemetery Walk will be held from 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3025 North

purchase. For more information, call (440) 714-7290 or (440) 308-6351.

Pancakes for the parks

Herrick fall storytimes begin

Members will meet at 5 p.m. Friday at The Hotel at Oberlin, and on Saturday for dinner at Steel Magnolia restaurant. Sign up by emailing northsho@ix.netcom.com or by messaging the Oberlin High School Class of 1972 page on Facebook.

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The day of the swap, canned goods and other nonperishable food items will be collected to benefit a local food bank. While a donation isn’t required to take part, those who give will have the first chance to “shop” at the swap.

Ron Kaminski will present the “The Politics of Climate Change in America.” Attendees are responsible for their meals.

Author and veteran sports writer Marty Gitlin will discuss and show videos of the greatest and most interesting players, teams, events and moments since the Browns were born in 1946, including the years of perennial championships in the AAFC and NFL through the 1960s. Watch the exploits of such superstars as Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Paul Warfield. Relive the Kardiac Kids and Dawgs of the 1980s. Lament and learn more about the loss of the fran chise when Art Modell hijacked the club to Baltimore, as well as the struggles after their return throughout the twenty-first cen tury. A question time will follow.

Dinner and Civil War talk

Local historian Matt Nahorn will talk about those who called his Cooper Foster Park Road house their own home 200 years ago, while uncovering a connection to mysterious plans over a century ago for the land around nearby Oak Point Road. Discussion and tips on how to research your own home and property will also be provided. The event is sponsored by the Pittsfield Township Historical Society.

Learn about paranormal research and “haunted” locations in Ohio. A question-and-answer session will follow the ORBS presentation.Registration is requested at www.amherstpubliclibrary.org.

Superhero Saturday

Fall storytimes will run through Oct. 26 at the Herrick Memorial Library in Wellington.

A Special Wish car show

They are designed as interactive programs, teaching parents and their children how to integrate books and reading into their lives. Registration is required and can be done by calling (440) 647-2120. Offerings include:

The cost is $20 per person. Payment must be received by Monday, Oct. 3 at Spirit of ‘76 Museum, P.O. Box 76, Wellington, OH 44090.

The wine social will support Lorain County Health & Dentistry. All proceeds will be used to provide primary medical and dental care to vulnerable people in the community.

Registration is by donation. All makes, models and years are welcome. Dash plaques will go to the first 100 vehicles. There will be a 50/50 drawing, music and food available for

Shupe homestead history

Byrider and A Special Wish of Northeast Ohio will hold the charity’s annual car show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7550 Leavitt Rd., Amherst.

OHS 50th class reunion

The Friends of Metro Parks of Lorain County will hold a fall harvest breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Carlisle Reservation Visitor Center, 12882 Diagonal Rd., Carlisle Township.

Proceeds benefit the Lorain County Metro Parks.

Trustees call special meeting

Hear paranormal researchers

Historical figures at cemetery

Allen will portray Sarah Jane Leary Evans and share stories of her family and their home still standing at 33 E. Vine St. Each free mini-performance will be ticketed to ensure social distancing. OHC Trustee Brian Wilbert will give an antique phonograph demonstration; there will also be a display of vintage cameras arranged by OHC Communications Coordinator Steven Rice. Visitors can also take self-guided tours of the 1866 Monroe House.

The purpose is to review requests for quotes for a zoning resolution update. The meeting is open to the public.

Amherst library meeting

Historical society cruise-in

Relive Browns history

Tickets are $85 each or $150 for a pair and can be purchased at www.lorainhealth-dentistry.org. Each ticket includes a selec tion of fine wine, beer, soft drinks and hors d’oeuvres by Taste of Excellence Catering. There will also be auction baskets and a mystery wine pull.

RidgeMeetRd.eight early Brownhelm residents in costume that will share their life stories from the 1800s. This year’s walk features six new Parkingpeople.ison the road and in the lot on the north side of Brownhelm Cemetery using the north drive. Enter on Sunnyside Road and exit on North Ridge Road.

The entertainment schedule includes outdoor music by Parsh, a band featuring Tom Somsak, Craig Zacharyasz, Dave Mann Wolf, Rick Hetsko and Dave Parsh. From 1:30-2:30 p.m., there will be a “Storytime with Mrs. Evans” in the Little Red Schoolhouse.CamilleHamlin

Republican club meeting

The event itself is free to attend. Attendee parking is available at Federated Auto Parts next to Byrider.

For sponsorship, ticket sales or to make a donation, call Ruby Nelson at (440) 233-0160.

• Family story times at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays are for families with children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old. These sessions will have stories, crafts and education.

Calling all superheroes! Create your own super cape, perform fantastic feats of strength and enjoy fun music and activities from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Amherst Public Library.

The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes served with sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, tea, orange juice or milk. The cost is $8 per person for ages 11 and up, $4 for ages 3-10 and free for kids ages 2 and under. Cash only.

The walk is family-friendly and free. Tours run every 10-15 minutes starting at 3 p.m. The last tour leaves at 5:15 p.m.

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Byrider’s involvement with A Special Wish is personal. Brianna Gornek, daughter of the store’s operations manager, Christina Allen, is a childhood cancer survivor and recipient of several wishes during her victory over cancer.

New Russia Township trustees will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 46300 Butternut Ridge Rd.

Princess party at the library

The Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club will hold a break fast from 8-9 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Sugar Creek Restaurant, 5196 Detroit Rd., Sheffield.

Spend a spine-tingling afternoon with members of Ohio Researchers of Banded Spirits at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Amherst Public Library.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The menu includes beef tips with noodles, turkey breast with dressing, green beans with almonds, whipped potatoes and dessert. John Perry will speak on the life of a Civil War soldier in the Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade.

Crafting supplies swap

The new Tabletop Game Time club for teens and adults will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at the Amherst Public Library.Everyone is welcome. The club is recommended for ages 12 and up. Drop in to play games. A variety of 2-6 player card, strategy and party games will be available at meetings, includ ing Settlers of Catan, Bohnanza, Sagrada, Splendor, Azul, For Sale and more.

Fall prime rib dinner

• Lap-sit story times at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays are for par ents and babies, ages birth to 2 years. These sessions will help parents introduce books, rhyming, singing and socialization skills.

The Oberlin High School Class of 1972 will hold its 50th reunion celebration on Sept. 23-24.

Mail checks to Father Ragan Hall, P.O. Box 224, Avon, OH 44011 payable to Father Ragan Charitable Foundation. For reservations, contact John Pabin at (440) 725-7369 or john. pabin@gmail.com; or Rudy Breglia at (440) 930-0251 or rudy breglia@gmail.com by Sept. 18. Include your name(s), number attending, phone number, email address and check.

Learn about the accomplishments of one of the most storied franchises in the NFL at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Amherst Public Library.

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There will also be a 50/50 raffle, raffle baskets, door prizes and a dunk tank.

Drop off new and gently used craft supplies to Community Room A during library open hours from Tuesday, Oct. 11 through Friday, Oct. 14. Donations will not be accepted before Tuesday, Oct. 11.

This free, family-friendly event will feature live music, a histor ic portrayal, old-fashioned games, exhibits and root beer floats forWhyeveryone.rootbeer? Throughout most of its history Oberlin was a “dry” town, meaning you couldn’t buy alcohol within the city lim its. Times have changed, but a fondness for this summer treat hasn’t. The floats will be provided by Oberlin IGA, while free popcorn will be made possible by the Oberlin Athletic Boosters Club and Bethany Hobbs.

Membership dues for 2022-2023 must also be paid by Friday, Oct. 14.

The Oberlin Public Library board will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

Registration is required and each child should be registered separately. Visit the calendar at amherstpubliclibrary.org or call the library at (440) 988-4230 to register.

A “Fall Fortune” reverse raffle and prime rib dinner fundraiser for student scholarships will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Knights of Columbus Father Ragan Hall, 1783 Moore Rd., Avon.

The South Amherst Historical Society’s first Fall Classic Cruise-In will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the former South Amherst Middle School, 152 W. Main St.

The Oberlin Heritage Center will hold “Root Beer and Yesteryear” from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 20 W. Vine St.

Tickets are $65 each or $480 for a table of eight. They include dinner, an open bar with beer and wine and one big board ticket for a chance to win a $2,000 grand prize. Side boards are $2, $3 and $5.

This event is recommended for ages 10 and under. Registration is required for this program; kids must each be reg istered separately at www.amherstpubliclibrary.org.

Flex your board game skills

The Southern Lorain County Historical Society’s annual din ner meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Wellington Eagles, 631 S. Main St., Wellington.

Wine tasting for LCH&D

“Wine Down by the Water” will be held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 at Sunset Terrace at Lakeview Park in Lorain.

A party fit for a princess will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Amherst Public Library. Craft your own crown and tutu, and enjoy music and fun activ ities while you party like a princess. This event is recommended for ages 10 and under.

Here’s a chance for crafters to clean out their closets. The Amherst Public Library will hold a craft supply swap from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15.

There is a $10 per vehicle entrance fee for the car show, pay able on-site. All vehicle makes, and models are welcome, with a 150-vehicle cap. Prizes will be awarded for various catego ries, including Best of Show, Best Classic, Best Hot Rod, Best Truck, Kids’ Choice and more. The first 100 vehicles entered will receive a dash plaque.

The Amherst Public Library board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

A free program on the historic Shupe homestead in Amherst will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Pittsfield Township Hall, 45934 State Route 303.

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VFW members were joined Friday evening by Boy Scouts and repre sentatives of military branches for a dedication ceremony before the Dukes varsity football team took the field against Keystone.

“Especially along the lake, they use the trees to roost and wait out the weather,” she said.

Jonathan Post of Boy Scout Troop 414 holds the American flag close during a dedication ceremony for the Wellington Schools’ new POW/MIA chair of honor.

The $4,839 rotating door was purchased by THRIVE! Southern Lorain County with help from the Wellington Women’s League.“It’sa safe place for your legs, your feet. Anyone can come and enjoy it and ben efit from it,” said THRIVE! spokeswoman Carol Burke.

Millions of orange and black monarch butterflies are migrating to warmer climes in Mexico, and the Lorain County lakefront is proving an ideal place to see the iconic but tragically endangered species.

Superintendent Ed Weber

Jason Hawk | Wellington Enterprise Christine Matusik-Plas of the United Way of Greater Lorain County, Wellington school board member Ayers Ratliff, Carol Burke of THRIVE! Southern Lorain County and district Superintendent Ed Weber cut the ribbon.

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Turnstile opens Dukes’ home track

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WELLINGTON — A “soldier seat” now rests in a position of honor at the Dukes’ football stadium on Dickson Street, a reminder of those who never returned home from combat.

Before that, the stadium was in bad shape, said

day. Weber said the turn stile is part of a “quest to give back to the commu nity” along with restoration of the track and installation

There are good signs, though: A survey by the World Wildlife Federa tion this past winter found a 35 percent increase in monarchs wintering in Mexico’s forests, compared to the previous year.

The black chair is affixed to the top of a brick column on the west side of the field, a memorial to Unit ed States military service members taken as prisoners of war and those deemed missing in action.

After making the long, hard flight across Lake Erie, the butterflies rest in Avon Lake, Sheffield Lake, Lo rain and Vermilion, said Rachel Kalizewski, a Lorain County Metro Parks naturalist.

Scott Lambert of American Legion Post 8 in Wellington, talks with friends before the dedication of the POW/MIA chair at the Dukes’ stadium Friday night.

of new bleachers in 2019.

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Photos by Bruce Bishop | Community Guide Monarch butterflies rest off Lake Road in Avon Lake. They are making their annual migration to Mexico, where they will lay eggs to continue the lifecycle.

That includes 73,515 who served in World War II, 7,841 from the Korean War, 1,626 from Vietnam, 126 from the Cold War and six from conflicts since 1991.

and Christine Matusik-Plas of the United Way.

Lakeview Park in Lorain, Miller Road Park in Avon Lake and the treeline at Main Street Beach in Vermil ion are all good spots to look for them, she said. So is Sandy Ridge Reservation in North Ridgeville, where milkweed and other wildflowers provide a good source ofIronweed,food. goldenrod, wingstem brown-eyed Susans,

The quarter-mile track will be open to the public from dawn to dusk each

They make a 3,000-mile journey south from Canada each fall to winter in the Sierra Madres — what the Ohio Department of Natural Resources calls “one of the most impressive migrations in the animal kingdom.”

About 75 percent of those missing are somewhere in the Asia-Pacific, the DPAA says. More than 41,000 are presumed lost at sea.

Developing the project took months of work, Lawson said. Her husband’s company, Do-It-All Masonry, provided the labor for free, while football players and

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Her collaborative, backed by the United Way of Greater Lorain County, aims to improve residents’ health, reducing metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes andBurkestrokes.grabbed a pair of giant scissors last Thursday afternoon to help cut a rib bon on the turnstile, joined by Wellington Schools

“This increase marks a sign of recovery — albeit a fragile one — and gives some reason for hope against a backdrop of several decades of decline for the iconic species.”Kalizewski said she’s personally spotted a lot more monarchs than usual this fall.

Holding back tears, she said the creation of the POW/MIA chair was a personal quest. Her father, Walter Opperman is a Vietnam veteran, and her brother Matthew Opperman is on active duty in the Marine Corps.

“To me, this is honoring our broth ers and sisters who have fallen, that are missing in action, that just didn’t come home,” said Brant Smith of VFW Post 6941, who served in the army. “We owe them such a great deal of gratitude. This is just one way we can repay them and their families.”Since1979, POW/MIA Recogni tion Day has been observed each year on the third Friday of Sep tember. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of nearly 82,000 Americans have never been found or recovered.

Mass migration of monarchs hits Erie shoreline

Amanda Lawson, vice president of the Wellington Fullbackers Club, said it was important to her that service members and not civilians were the backbone of a dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting.

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WELLINGTON — Jog ging on uneven sidewalks or in the street may not be the safest options. Now walkers and runners are welcome to use the Wel lington Dukes track on Dickson Street, where a turnstile has been installed to give the public access.

The most easilyrecognizable butterfly species in North America, its population used to number in the billions, according to the nonprofit Monarch Wings Across Ohio. Over the course of the last 20 years, it’s seen a 90 percent decline.

Joan Perch of the Fire Fish Festival wears a monarch butterfly hat.

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Kalizewski said she loves monarchs and likes to shining a light their plight will convince people to help save them.

Monarchs can travel 50 to 100 miles per day, alone or in vast groups. They face incredible hazards, said Kalizewski. Chief among them is climate change, which has interfered with monarchs’ intuitive knowledge of when to migrate.

Planting pollinator gardens is also a huge help, the agency says. They boost insect populations that are ben eficial to the state’s agriculture, including more than 140 butterfly species that call the Buckeye State home.

Those types of native species were planted in April 2017 at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s 62-acre Oberlin Reserve on West Hamilton Street. Spokesman Jared Saylor said the former soybean farm is being rehabilitated as prairie land to help pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

The Lorain County Metro Parks work each year to help milkweed rejuvenate, since it’s so important to the ecosys tem, she Residentssaid.can foster monarchs by gathering milkweed pods in the early fall and planting the seeds, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Western monarchs, which journey from California through the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, are at the great est risk of extinction, the IUCN said. Once numbering around 10 million, that species fell to 1,914 in 2021; they have reported rebounded to around 200,000 now.

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“I chose LCCC and UP because it had a great reputation for the computer science and engineer ing program,” Cheng said, “and a high rating for the professors who taught the classes.”

“Randy definitely found the right major,” Aguilar said. “And I think that being back home, having the support of his family and the close-

He’s now helping transmit files to and from the business and its ven dors. Cheng has long-term goals with the company.

“It is difficult to watch monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration teeter on the edge of collapse, but there are signs of hope,” said Anna Walker, a member of the IUCN Butterfly and Moth Specialist Group. “So many people and organizations have come together to try and protect this butterfly and its habitats. From planting native milkweed and reducing pesticide use to supporting the protection of overwintering sites and contributing to com munity science, we all have a role to play in making sure this iconic insect makes a full recovery.”

The Dukes track team went years without a home track, which meant no home meets, and that hurt morale, heNowsaid.Ratliff said he wants the sta

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“We’re making it possible that the entire community can use this facility and our beautiful track that was put in with their tax dollars,” he said.

knit environment that the CSE University Partnership offers, he was able to thrive.”

Randy Cheng found a new career path at LCCC

While Cheng said the transi tion from high school to four-year university was rough, he had a completely different experience at LCCC and in the CSE program.

Adrienne Aguilar, associate di rector of the program, noticed a change in his demeanor, which helped lead Cheng to academic success.

The water-resistant marks are hunted down by research ers in Mexico and reported back. Semroc said the process has been used for years, providing a good look at popula tion trends.

The plan is to add more pavers each year, hopefully one day going around the perimeter of the stadium.

They also tend to congregate on peninsulas as they look for the shortest distance across open water, gathering along shorelines to wait for gentle breezes that can lift them across, the Forest Service says.

Biologist Judy Semroc spent last Wednesday at the lake front finding 27 monarchs and affixing them with tags in an effort to see how many make it to wintering spots in Mexico.

shasta daisies and New England aster are all native spe cies that monarchs like, said Kalizewski.

Early cold weather and summers that drag on are both threats, she said. So is the destruction of open fields due to housing and commercial developments.

But earlier this summer, migratory monarchs were declared an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It listed logging and defores tation along with the use of pesticides and herbicides as major contributors to the problem.

Wellington Board of Education member Ayers Ratliff.

Butterflies are too small for the sort of electronic trackers biologists use on large animals. Instead, Semroc attaches to their wings small, sticky dots about the size of a hole punch.

Monarchs stand alone, though, as the only butterflies that make a two-way seasonal migration like many birds, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

their parents chipped in to lay memorial pavers at the chair’s“Theybase.were out here glu ing paver spacers at mid night,” Lawson said.

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"It was a real banner day," she said. "They were all over a couple of the plants that are very, very sought-out by them."

The journey is an arduous one. Monarchs only travel during the day, often roosting for the night in cedar, pin or fir trees with thick canopies that protect them from swings in temperature and humidity.

“Whereas we see the eagle went the other way, now we’re seeing the (monarch) butterfly declining instead of getting better,” she said. “… My prediction, my hope, is that it’s going to be better now that we now what their future holds.”

Kalizewski said monarchs must fly farther than ever now to find the flowers they rely on for nectar. Freshcut lawns look nice to people, but they’ve hurt butterfly populations.

dium to be used as much as possible.

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In 2014, President Barack Obama issued a directive to support monarch migration. It spurred cooperation by wildlife groups and government agencies across the coun try to focus on restoring monarch habitats.

Randy Cheng’s family always told him he had an engineering mindset.Soat23, when he left a four-year university after a pathway toward pre-dentistry didn’t work out, he decided to take his family’s in sightsCheng,seriously.aNorth Ridgeville High School graduate, enrolled in the University of Toledo’s computer science and engineering program through Lorain County Community College’s University Partnership. He had taken several College Cred it Plus courses at the college.

“But if you see it today, you will know that it has changed a great deal, and our community deserves that,” he said. “Our children de

Gary Primuth, chaplain of VFW Post 6941, is part of an honor guard in front of the Dukes’ new POW/MIA chair Monday night.

To mark the dedication of the POW/MIA chair, Wellington football play ers took the field Friday in special camouflage jerseys — they were outfitted by the Ohio National Guard, which sent an envoy to the game. Cheerleaders also donned drab green army shirts.

Milkweed was an especially important ingredient in that mix, he said — it’s the monarch’s favorite food source. When colder nights cause milkweed to wither away, it triggers the monarchs’ mass migration, said Kalizewski.

“As technology continues to evolve, I plan to keep up with the ever-growing world of computer science and programming,” Cheng said. “I am hoping to transition into a software development role.”

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Cheng also landed co-op oppor tunities at Green Circle Growers in Camden Township and after gradu ating in May 2022 with a bachelor of science degree, was offered a full-time position as a system inte gration analyst.

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ABOVE: Quarterback Cole Norris hands off to Bishop Fryson. RIGHT: Amherst’s Josue Bires gets positive yardage, while Fryson picks up the block on Midview's Anthony DiFranco.

Hopkins gets the W for Black River

A 2-point conversion with just 1:10 remaining in regulation gave Black River a 29-28 victory over Clearview in a Lorain County League thriller Friday — the first W for the Pirates this season.

The Dukes may have been wearing special camo jerseys Friday night, but the Wildcats’ Ryne Shackelford was a one-man army. The Keystone senior scored three touchdowns, the first from 33 yards out and the second for a gain of 52 before taking a 1-yard toss from quarterback Konner Rod ick. A.J. Stroud ran up the score with a 33-yard reception and a 43-yard interception return. Wellington’s sole bright spot in the 33-6 rout came when quarterback Landon wright landed a 50-yard pass to Josh Nocella — though that celebration was short-lived at the ‘Cats blocked the PAT.

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BELOW: Keystone receiver Ryne Shackelford hauls in a one-handed touchdown catch in front of Dukes defender Connor Sheppard just before the end of the first half. RIGHT: Wellington's Nathan Patfield knocks the helmet off Shackelford during a run.

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From the jaws of victory

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The Falcons had no trouble dissecting Oberlin’s defensive line Friday night, literally running up a 65-0 shutout in Henrietta Township.Theyplayed it safe, mostly keeping the ball on the ground and getting all the traction needed.Weston Strader led the Firelands attack with touchdown runs from 49 and 8 yards out. Evan Tester rushed 11 yards to the goal line. Collin Scott punched one in from the 4 yard line and Eli Simmons carried the ball in from the 1 yard line.

Falcons quarterback Jim Aunspaw also found success with touchdown passes of 22 and 11Theyards.game was an all-around success, with a special teams TD by Cory Ransom on a 45-yard punt return, a safety and a pick-6 from Tristan Born.

Seth Gaspari punched in the fourth-quarter touchdown on a five-yard run to give Black River the option of overtime or gamb ing on the 2-point try. Blake Hopkins secured the win with the conversion.Itwasthe last scoring play of the night for Hopkins, but defi nitely not the first. He racked up touchdowns on a 9-yard run, a 42-yard pass from Eric Groesser early in the game and a 30-yard flick from Groesser in the third quarter.

Photos by Joe Colon | Amherst News-Times Marc Reed spoiled what could have been Amherst’s first win of the season. The Midview quarterback threw a 58-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 21, then scrambled for 2 yards with just 9 seconds remaining on the clock to give the Middies a 28-21 win in Southwestern Conference action. Reed led all players rushing with 92 yards on 20 carries, besting the Comets’ Bishop Fryson, who racked up 83 yards on 22 attempts. Reed also connected for 205 yards in the air, while Amherst’s Cole Nor ris netted 110 yards.

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FALCONS GO 3-0

Photos by Russ Gifford | Amherst News-Times Addyson Wright sank three goals into the back of the Berea-Midpark Titans’ net last week as the Comets cruised to a 4-0 victory in Southwestern Conference action. Ashley Grapes scored in the first half for Amherst. Keepers Maddie Gates and Jillian George ensured the Comets’ shutout.

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Firelands’ Grace Tansey stretches to keep the ball alive. The Falcons went 25-16, 25-16, 25-22 for a 3-0 win over Black River in Lorain County League play last week.

Wellington’s Brooke Lehmkuhl gets the block on Black River’s Riley Kubitz. The Dukes slid past the Pirates 3-0 in Lorain County League action, with wins of 25-23, 25-18 and 25-17.

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Firelands' Ty Griebe does a flip throw onto the field during play Saturday against the rival Vermilion Sailors in non-conference play. Playing on their home turf, the Falcons secured a 3-2 win with goals by seniors Alec Ur bansky and Garrett Yakunovich. Keeper Nathaniel Duke had four saves.

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ABOVE: Amherst's Paige Miller shields the ball from Berea-Midpark's Kristina Hoon. BELOW: Amherst's Abbey Cooke starts a run against Berea-Midpark's Kendall Hoon.

Medina’s Paige Nosse, Olivia Sipsock and Kayla Perfect shared scoring duty Saturday as the Bees rolled over Amherst 4-0. ABOVE: Amherst keeper Natalie Pleban gets enough on this shot attempt to keep the ball out of the goal.

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She is the great-great granddaugh ter of Wilson Bruce Evans, who was born in North Carolina in 1824,and 30 years later moved north due to increasingly difficult conditions for Black people in the South.

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The Dukes’ Joe Fox placed first for the boys with a time of 17:24.79 at Welling ton’s cross country home meet with Clearview and Oberlin. Bella Watters rep resented the Dukes with the top finish for the girls, with a time of 22:48.80.

Wellington’s Taylor Morris applies glitter to Bella Watters before their race.

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His family found a place the thriving interracial community of Oberlin. Wilson and his brother Henry built an Italianate house and became involved in the city’s abolitionist politics.

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LEFT: Wellington celebrated its two senior cross country runners, Estella Ohley and Hunter Legg, for Senior Day.

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Now they are guided by archi tects at Robert P. Madison Inter national and by Naylor Wellman Historic Preservation Consulting.

OBERLIN — The Wilson Bruce Evans House has received $283,250 from the National Park Service’s Save America’s Trea sures program to help transform the East Vine Street building into a museum.Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997 by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, it is a rare, surviving example of a residence built and occupied a Black aboli tionist and Underground Railroad operative. Only about 2 percent of the 2,600 federally-recognized landmarks are primarily associated with African-American history.

Tiago Ramos Reilly scored twice for the Phoenix and Justin Chambers added one more for a 3-1 victory over neighboring Wellington last week. Henry Abram put in the Dukes’ single goal. Oberlin pressured Wellington goalie Connor Norton, who made nine saves, while Adam Freas had four on the opposite side of the field. LEFT: Oberlin's Asa Rosen-Jones brings the ball under control at Wellington. CENTER: Wellington's Kahleb Caswell and Oberlin's Kaden Thornhill battle for the ball. RIGHT: Wellington’s Max Schatz intercepts an Oberlin through ball. REILLY

Evan Amerine, an employee of Pavement Maintenance of Ohio, paints the stop bar at Forest Street and Park Avenue in Amherst. The company is painting all the city’s intersections — some 5,000 feet of stop lines alone.

Last year, Evans’ heirs part nered with the Oberlin AfricanAmerican Genealogy and History Group, the Oberlin Heritage Center and retired Oberlin Col lege faculty to form the Evans

The matching grant will cover the cost of rebuilding the rear wing of the building, masonry repairs and restoration of the interiors.Ofthe80 projects funded this year by the Park Service, the Ober lin site is the only one in Ohio.

Once full rehabilitation is complete, the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society will open the building to the public. It will be used to tell the story of the Evans family and of America’s fight for racial justice and equality. will help restore abolitionist’s home

Stories passed down through the family tell how Wilson hid freedom-seekers in his house. Both brothers were jailed for their role in rescuing escaped slave John Price from a U.S. marshal in Wellington in 1858. During the Civil War, Evans enlisted in the Union army.

$283K National Park Service grant

Additional grants from the Nord Family Foundation, the Nordson Corporation Foundation and the Bill Long Foundation are funding a new roof, re-installation of elec tric service and a new heating and cooling system. A grant from the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office will fund restoration of a Civil War-era stoop and entryway. And a grant from the National Park Service’s Underground Rail road Network to Freedom will fund the creation of access for people with disabilities.

Home Historical Society, which took ownership of the property and began its rehabilitation.

LEADS THE WAY

Photos by Russ Gifford | Oberlin News-Tribune

joy,” said Doris Hughes-Moore, president of the Evans Home Historical Society.

RIGHT: Braydon Dobos finished first for the Phoenix

Total cost for 10 cups of lemonade: $2.00

You will need to invest a little cash to get started. Visit or call a local store to find out the cost of the items you need. Add up your costs to determine your price and profit. Here is what the math looks like:

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Do you plan how to use your money wisely for spending, saving, investing and donating? But how do you get money to put in the bank?

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contribute. DONATE

Try this to earn some money: Ask the neighbors on your block If you can take their pooches For a nice long

But what if we did? It might look something like this. How much money can you nd growing on our silly money tree? (Each “leaf” is a $1 bill.)

The Big Question box for a There’s money to be made From lemons, water, hard Just ask a parent if you can help By weeding in the

ways you could earn some money?

12 lemons cost ...............................

Standards Link: Comprehension:ReadingFollowwrittendirections. Look through the newspaper for pairs of words that rhyme. Can you find five or more pairs in a short time?

donate a large sum of money to the school’s fundraiser.

PROFIT :

It might be nice if people would just give you money. But most people get money by earning it That means they do some sort of work in exchange for money This is called income

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Can you think of three more

This week’s word: of jobs do you do?

word donate in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

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On a hot day, you might sell 100 cups of lemonade! How much money would you earn?

1 3/4 cups of sugar cost ................. 10 paper cups cost .........................

Maybe someone that you know, Maybe even right next door, Would pay you a buck or two To pick up something from the

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Follow this “recipe” and start a lemonade stand of your own!

10 cups of lemonade at 50¢ each ... $5.00

How do you earn money? Do you do chores? What kind

A lemonade stand can be just a box or a portable table. Remember to smile and say “Thank you!” to every customer.

Make a big sign to attract people to your stand. If it is OK with your neighbors, put up several signs to direct people to your stand.

(The money you make after covering your expenses) ................. $3.00

The verb donate means to make a gift of or

Grow on Trees”? The sad truth is, money does not grow on trees. We have searched the world over and can’t nd one anywhere.

If you have some old toys Here’s an idea that will not fail: You can make yourself money By having a garage