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The first ballots have been cast Lines form for in-person early voting at Lorain County Board of Elections JASON HAWK EDITOR

SHEFFIELD TWP. — At 74 years old, Janice Beckler of Lorain said the 2020 election could be her last chance to vote.

That's why she showed up bright and early last Tuesday as one of the first Lorain County residents to cast a ballot.

"It's an important election in an important time," said Beckler.

She wasn't alone in that sentiment as early voting began.

People showed up far ahead of the 8 a.m. opening of the polls at the Board of Elections office in Sheffield Township, according to Bruce Miller, who has been hired to direct traffic through the voting season.

"We had people out here at 6 o'clock this

morning," he said. "I knew it was going to be big, but not like this."

The line formed early and didn't shrink throughout the morning. By 11 a.m., there were about 65 people waiting to get inside, spaced along the sidewalk to prevent transmission of COVID-19.

Voters were eager to talk, especially about the heated race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

"I think we probably need a better leader than what we've got already in the office," said B.J. Noble of Avon, who planned to support the Democratic nominee.

She was also worried about voting by mail, which because of the pandemic is expected to be incredibly popular this fall,

Bruce Bishop | Chronicle

Voters form long lines early for the first day of early voting at Lorain County Board of Elections in Sheffield Township. Some didn't wear masks as they FIRST BALLOTS PAGE A2 waited in line, but there weren't any issues inside where they were required.

Wellington police welcome new K-9 BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

WELLINGTON — Max, Duke, King or Sam are the name considerations for Wellington Police Department’s new K-9 officer, who was introduced Friday morning outside of the station.

Village residents were able to stop by and meet the new dog, a German shepherd, and his partner Sgt. Jeff Brookie Madison | Mecklenburg, who said havChronicle Telegram ing a new dog will be benSgt. Jeff Mecklenburg eficial for the community. pets his new partner.

“I’m trying to make it a work dog, but a public relations dog,” Mecklenburg said. “My prior dog before him, we worked eight years together. I used him as a (connection) to the community. There are people who are afraid to talk to police but they’ll come up and talk POLICE DOG PAGE A2

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AMHERST — For the third or fourth time in as many minutes, Joe Miller pulled his head away from the phone to hack and cough.

"I'm so sorry," he said, gasping for air.

He cleared his throat, then wheezed once more before starting to talk.

"As long as I don't try to push myself like crazy going up and down the steps, or out in the yard, I feel like I have enough oxygen," Miller said in an interview Thursday.

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saw each other through the windows or on video chat.

The rest of the family tested negative for the virus, but still has to quarantine, Miller said.

That's been particularly rough for his boys. Joseph, a freshman at Marion L. Steele High School, has had to miss the end of the cross country season, while Jordan, a seventhgrader at Amherst Junior High, had to step away from football just as the Comets were on a roll.

"I miss these kids," Miller said. "I feel like the worst dad ever."

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The sounds his lungs made while he chatted didn't agree. He stopped to cough again, and added another apology to the count.

Miller, D-Amherst, represents parts of Lorain County in Ohio's 56th House District, and is running for reelection against Amherst Republican Bradley Lacko.

With the election just weeks off, Miller announced Oct. 2 that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was quarantined at home. He was mostly confined to his den, where he set up a makeshift office space, and wasn't able to have direct contact with his wife or sons for a week, though they

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OBITUARIES Blair B. Hodgson Blair B. Hodgson, 81, of Wellington, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus after a long battle with bladder cancer. Blair was born in Sandusky on Oct. 6, 1938, to the late Chester and Marie (nee Williams) Hodgson.

He was a graduate of Vermilion High School. For the past several years, Blair along with his wife, Carole owned and operated the Hemlock Cottage in Wellington. Prior to their furniture store, Blair was employed at the former O'Neils at Sheffield Centre working in the furniture department, had been employed at Kaplan's in Elyria and was a store manager at the former May Company at Great Northern Mall.

Blair loved Wellington and his only wish was that he would have moved there sooner. In the years he owned and operated the Hemlock Cottage which he loved, he took joy in meeting so many people with whom he made lasting friendships. Everyone that knew him liked him as he was a special man.

Survivors include the love of his life, his wife, Carole A. (nee Bires), to whom he was married 58 years; their beloved daughter, Julie Duensing of North Ridgeville; his wonderful grandchildren, Corey and Carter Duensing and Sophia Duensing and his great-granddaughter.

In addition to his parents, Blair was preceded in death by his sister, Phyllis Hillis and brothers, Gayle and Ned Hodgson.

At Blair's request, there will be no visitation or service.

Betty Brownson Jones Smith

Betty Ilene Brownson Jones Smith, 96, of Wellington, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, at home surrounded by family. Born July 14, 1924, in Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Ruth (nee Brown) Brownson.

Betty was a 1942 graduate of Ashland High School and a 1945 graduate of Mount Sinai School of Nursing. Following graduation, Betty served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. Betty's nursing career included working at Crile Hospital in Cleveland, Kettering Hospital in Loudonville, Wellington Hospital, Weber's Nursing Home, Private Duty Nursing and Lorain County Board of MRDD group homes. She owned and operated Smith Haven Group Home along with her husband, Pete, for many years. The Del-Bee Root Beer Stand was a fun venture at county fairs for several years.

Family and especially babies, were everything to her. Betty enjoyed her many trips to Mississippi for Jones reunions to spend time with much loved family Leona (Lewis) Grigsby, there. She also loved her trips to visit her many Amish 70, received her heavenly friends. Betty enjoyed feeding large groups and was reward Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, famous for her chicken and noodles, molasses crinkles in Oberlin. She was born and Mrs. Henley's Cowboy Cookies. She enjoyed Sept. 24, 1950, to Kenneth giving away her crocheted dish cloths folded up with and Beulah Lewis in PittsFrench mints inside. Her greatest joy was helping burgh, Pennsylvania. She anyone she could, whenever she could, in any way she moved with her husband, could. She spent her last 18 years living back in WelMeredith, to Oberlin, where lington at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, she was a friend, neighbor Laura and Tim Butti. and community volunteer She was an active member of the Wellington First through her last days.

United Methodist Church and a former member of the Leona led a life of love Ohio Eastern Star. Betty was a Gold Star Mother, a and service to all who came girl scout leader, and a realtor. to know her. She attended She leaves behind her children, Teara Buren of West Rust United Methodist Church and was a member of the Salem, daughter-in-law, Patti Jones of Ashland, Trudy Choir and many internal committees. She served on the (Jim) Frames of Ashland, Angelia Daves of GreenOberlin Public Library Board at the time of its remodel. wood, Mississippi, Tonya (Bryan) Smith of HomerHer career stands as testimony to her servant's heart: 20 ville, Susanne Rollins of Wellington, Debby Riffle years as a preschool teacher and more than 20 years as of Newport News, Virginia, Leslie (Tim) Simonson a sign language interpreter. She taught her students with of Wellington, John (Jane) Jones of Shelby, Laura the same love, care and concern she showered on her (Tim) Jones Butti of Wellington and Philip (Caroline) children, Robin and Lee. A lifelong learner, Leona graduJones of Troy, Virginia; 30 grandchildren; 46 greatated from Tiffin University with a Bachelors of Science grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Betty in Business. She was honored to interpret for President is also survived by a brother, Walter (Edith) Brownson Barack Obama on several occasions and the Oberlin Colof Ashland and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins lege commencement ceremony for many years. and 'adopted' family.

Left with love and memories are her son, Lee (Gwen) She was preceded in death by two wonderful husGrigsby of Washington D.C.; granddaughters, Taylor bands, Eslie Jones in 1966 and Delbert 'Pete' Smith in (Drew) Randleman of Houston, Texas and Jordyn Grigsby 2002; sons, Davis and David Jones; daughter, Bonnie of Washington D.C.; great-grandsons, Drew II and Zion; Jones; granddaughter, Megan Butti; great-grandsons, sister, Jan (Robert) Elliot of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Hunter Moherman and Pierson Riffle; sons-in-law, brothers, Walter Lewis and Marty (Cindy) Lewis of Don Buren and Charles Daves and siblings, Robert Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a host of nieces, nephews, (Louise) Brownson, Miriam Brownson, Mary Lou cousins and friends.

Spicer and James (Peg) Brownson.

Her family will be honoring her memory with a private A private family graveside service was held at ceremony due to the pandemic.

Greenwood Cemetery. A webcast of the service is Online condolences may be made to www.cowlingfuavailable at www.eastmanfuneralhome.com. A public neralhomeoh.com. memorial service will be held at a later date.

Donations in Betty's memory may be directed to VERONICA 'COOKIE' HELEN SMITH, 81, of The First United Methodist Church of Wellington, Elyria, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at her home.

Well-Help, Inc. or the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

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The family wishes to extend sincere gratitude to the New Life Hospice team, Dr. Mistry and staff and PasFor information about placing an obituary or death tor Paul Wilson for their compassion, care, kindness notice in the Community Guide, call our customer shown towards them and Betty. She was also blessed service staff at 440-329-7000. with many wonderful caregivers, especially granddaughter Liz Gugliemotto who was by her side for many years providing dedicated, loving care.

Condolences for Betty's family can be given at: www.eastmanfuneralhome.com.

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The Vitalant bloodmobile will be parked at the Oberlin police station, 85 South Main St., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Appointments are preferred and masks are required. To make an appointment, visit www.vitalant.org/OhioDonorPortal and use the group code 2352.

A different kind of run

The 21st Annual Skeleton Run 5K will be held Monday, Oct. 26 — but this year it will be a virtual event.

Runners can use any 5K course, and send times to www.hermescleveland.com/.../events/skeletonrun.asp by Monday, Oct. 29. The same link is used for registration.

The cost has been reduced to $20, Proceeds benefit RunAmherst.com, which provides free exercise and wellness opportunities to the youth of Amherst.

FIRST BALLOTS

FROM A1 especially among liberal voters.

"I felt it would be better to come in person than to send it in the mail, because I see they're already having a lot of problems with the Postal Service," she said.

For some, early voting was a matter of practicality. Take Bob Wiersum of Amherst, who wanted to cast his ballot before leaving for Florida.

Like Noble, Wiersum said he didn't trust the post office with his ballot.

"I just feel more confident in the process in person. I've always voted in person," he said.

Chris Boyd of Lorain, another Biden supporter, said he wanted to vote on the first possible day to avoid the late election season rush. "I just want to make sure my vote is counted," he said.

Annette Taphous of Columbia Station echoed those words. Also not willing to wait, she said she opposes voting by mail and supports Trump.

"I just want to save my country," she said. "If we lose our country, there's nowhere else to go... And the other way, we lose our country to socialism and we're no different than Venezuela or Cuba."

Sharon Flesher of North Ridgeville said she was "hoping to see the results we need" — in her mind, that's a win for Trump.

"I believe in him. I don't like the mockery about him since the first day he was in office, when the Democrats were all against him," she said.

Flesher said she doesn't understand much about politics and tends not to get involved, but wanted to make sure her beliefs are represented.

The biggest issue for Elbert Squires of Carlisle Township was climate change, which is why he threw support behind Biden.

"We've got to look to the future for our kids and our grandkids," he said. "The way the earth is going right now, it's not going to be around much longer."

In-person voting runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, Oct. 16.

Hours extend to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. the week of Oct. 17, and weekend hours begin Saturday, Oct. 24.

For a full calendar, visit www.voteloraincountyohio.gov.

POLICE DOG

FROM A1 to the dog. It opens a gap.”

In June, the department lost its K-9 officer, Argos, due to cancer.

Mecklenburg said that he and his new partner are training together.

“He’s had some training over in Germany, but he’ll adapt to whatever I want because it’s all fun and games to him,” he said. “K-9 is all about teamwork. It’s trusting your dog and your dog trusting you. We leave this month on the 19th and we’ll come back certified on patrol on Nov. 24.”

The dog and training were estimated to cost $12,900 back in August when a memorandum of understanding was discussed by Village Council about bringing in a new K-9 officer.

In the memorandum, Mecklenburg said that he would pay for training and the dog, as long as he is able to take the dog with him if he were to leave the department.

Police Chief Tim Barfield also said that the department is looking forward to the help the K-9 will provide.

“The benefits to the community proved itself when we had the dog before our last one passed away,” Barfield said. “Drug seizures were up. The dog is obviously a good asset to the community. People like to have the dog around.

We’ve had our problems needing to track people, so all of those things are a huge advantage to the village.

Barfield said the department is counting on the community’s help to name the new officer.

To vote on a name, send an email to k9name@villageofwellington.com. Voting will continue until next Friday, when the winning name will be determined.

MILLER

FROM A1 It's hard to say exactly where he contracted the virus, or whether Miller could have done more to protect himself.

He's narrowed it down to a couple of possibilities: a lunch with a lobbyist — "It was a big table, but maybe not big enough," he said — or the Ohio Statehouse, where many members of the General Assembly don't wear masks, in defiance of a statewide order.

Knowing for sure would do nothing to lessen the symptoms Miller has experienced. The worst is a severe headache unlike any he's had before, coupled with congestion of the chest and head and a dry cough that just won't go away.

There's been no signature COVID-19 fever, no chills, vomiting or diarrhea and not much of a runny nose, he said.

But Miller, used to burning the midnight oil, said he's felt exhausted and can't keep his eyes open.

"It really does feel like getting a cold or flu symptoms, but just with a kick," he said.

"I feel like I got the moderate version, that I haven't been hit with what other people are hit with."

On his doctor's advice, he's been drinking a lot of fluids to try to prevent the onset of worse symptoms.

Those symptoms, along with his vitals, are reported at 5 p.m. each day to Lorain County Public Health via an online form.

Miller said his doctor is on standby if symptoms worsen or he suddenly can't breathe — and if he loses consciousness, there are standing orders to get him to an emergency room.

So far, all has gone well and indications are Miller is on the mend. He said he was cleared to leave isolation Friday, but would remain quarantined an extra day to protect his family.

"I'm not taking any chances with them, no way," he said.

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Sophomore Isaac Thompson catches a pass into the end zone for a twopoint conversion. Brookfield found a 57-22 victory in the playoff game Saturday night, using size and speed advantages to rush out to a 28-0 lead after just one quarter. This was Oberlin's first appearance in the football playoffs since 1985, when it was defeated in the first round by Black River.

The Phoenix (0-6) will close out their season on the road against Brookside at 7 p.m. Friday.

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Amherst's George Gotsis, right, celebrates his touchdown in the fourth quarter with quarterback Tyler Brezina. The celebration was short-lived as the previously-winless North Royalton Bears broke triple overtime Friday with a field goal to go up 48-45, ending the Comets' playoff dreams.

Torre Witherspoon and Alden Steele each had two touchdowns for the Comets, including a 74-yarder from Bezina to Steele. Jonathan West punched one in from the three yard line, and Gotsis took a Brezina bomb 89 yards to the end zone. Adam Henderson capped it off with a field goal — but the Bears' Zadan Abuhamdeh upset the fragile balance with a three-yard run to end it.

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Raiders freshman Marco Cirigliano took the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown Saturday night, and the rest was history. Black River, coming off three straight wins, found a third quarter TD from Andon O'Neal on a one-yard run, but lost the first-round playoff game to Columbia 47-7.

Penalties killed the Pirates, who were set back 105 yards on 12 calls. But rushing was the real weak spot — the Raiders' Joe Governale picked up 127 yards on 15 carries, while Lukas McKee ran for 51. Five other Columbia players racked up more than 30 yards on the ground. ABOVE: Black River's Tyler Mrakuzic tries to get past Columbia's Carter Peabody.

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Last week at the Vermilion Invitational, everyone improved their personal records quite a bit."

The Dukes race this Saturday at Black River High School for the Lorain County conference meet.

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Fifteen years — that's how long it had been since the Wellington Dukes cross country team last hosted a race.

The dry spell ended Saturday when Oberlin and Clearview visited town.

With many of the big invitational meets canceled or scaled down due to the pandemic, coach Jeff Hook saw an opportunity to race in Wellington once again.

"I have been wanting to host a home meet ever since I took over as coach," he said. "Luckily, I found two similarly sized teams also looking for somewhere to run this weekend."

Unlike most area courses with repetitive laps, the Dukes were able to clear an extensive network of wooded paths, offering runners a unique 3.1-mile experience.

Junior high runners began the meet, and eighthgrader Joe Fox crossed the finish line in first place at 13:26. Jonah Stump finished in second place for the two-mile race at 15:42.

High School 5K • Christina Capek 27:45 • Hunter Legg 30:27 • Scott Hook 21:39

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Senior Christina Capek runs under a canopy of colorful leaves that made for a spectacular fall race Saturday.

In the high school race, Wellington freshman and captain Scott Hook placed first in the boys' 5K with a time of 24:01. For the girls, senior Una Laubscher-Baumann of Oberlin finished in first place.

The Dukes elementary team ended the event with a one-mile race, which included students from

grades two to six. First place finishers for the Dukes youth team were Brynn White (8:20) and Max Hook (7:56).

First year assistant coach Patty McClain was proud of the team's improvements. "Everyone has cut a lot of time off their records for this year," said she said.

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Junior High two-mile • Mallory Pickering 15:30 • Alyssa McClain 15:41 • Harper Flemming 18:36 • Joe Fox 13:04 • Zach Barnes 14:45 • Jonah Stump 15:06 • Elliot Barlow 16:24 • Robert Barnes 18:16 Elementary one-mile • Brynn White 8:20 • Sophia McCloskey 8:38 • Finley Saysack 8:50 • Hadley Flemming 8:55 • Kaelyn Pickering 9:05 • Fynlee Morris 9:38 • Madelyn Kohler 9:44 • Dakota McClain 10:43 • Max Hook 7:56 • Chase McCloskey 8:20 • Hunter McClain 9:11 • Austin McClain 9:27 • Everett Barlow 10:25

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WELLINGTON —The village will receive an additional $177,000 in CARES Act relief funds.

Village Manager Steve Dupee said the funds will be used for reimbursement for public safety costs due to pandemic response efforts..

"Really both the fire and police did a lot of work early in the pandemic as far as response activity and we feel like that’s the best use of those funds," Dupee said. "Some of those funds may get used for past expenses like continued PPE and sanitizing that we continue to need to do at our recreation park and other village facilities that continue to need to be cleaned and sanitized. Funds will continue to go to PPE related to masks."

Village Councilman Gene Hartman also brought up the village's noise ordinance after seeing comments on social media in regard to noise problems.

"Some of the things that I read had to do with the hour of the evening, later in the evening with noise and what the position of the village was on noise abatement and noise control," Hartman said. "Having seen those comments, I just asked that we take another look at the noise ordinance and see if in fact there was anything we can do as far as enforcement or clarification to the community of what the ordinance contained."

Council reviewed the ordinance during a meeting last week.

"Basically, there are three areas: one is people who have music and other things within a home and business and it shouldn't be heard outside, people who have radios and things in their car, and then there’s a fixed noise part of the ordinance that deals with manufacturing facilities and things in close proximity to residences," Hartman said.

Council decided to review the ordinance and work to make the text more clear and understandable.

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All in accordance with specifications now on file at the Engineering Department.

Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier's Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured. Should

any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted. The bid check/bond should be enclosed in the sealed bid, but in a separate envelope clearly marked 'BID CHECK/ BOND' with the bidders name & address on the bid check/bond envelope.

Each bidder must ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, handicap, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American with Disabilities Act. Bidders shall be required to comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations concerning these matters.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at the Engineering Department (440) 204-2003. Bidders are required to use the printed form which will be available upon application.

The Director of Public Safety/ Service reserves the right to make separate or combination awards and to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bids received.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service.

L.C.C.G. 10/8-15/20 20671282

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO PURCHASE OF WATER METERS 2021 Sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, Friday, October 30, 2020 Lo-

rain time, Engineering Department, Lorain City Hall 4th Floor.

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

(WORK) Enter into a contract for the purchase of water meters for use by the Lorain Utilities Department for a one-year period with one optional one-year extensions.

All in accordance with specifications now on file at the Engineering Department.

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

Each bidder must ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, handicap, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American with Disabilities Act. Bidders shall be required to comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations concerning these matters.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at the Engineering Department (440) 204-2003. Bidders are required to use the printed form

which will be available upon application.

The Director of Public Safety/ Service reserves the right to make separate or combination awards and to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bids received.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO SALE OF CITY PARCEL 401 IDAHO AVENUE The City of Lorain will be accepting bids for a City owned parcel of land located at 401 IDAHO AVENUE, LORAIN, OHIO PP# 0200051116001. Parcel is sold in as-is condition. The bidder is responsible for all costs. These costs include but are not limited to: transfer costs, survey, title fees, closing costs, recording fees and all other costs associated with the deed preparation and title transfer.

Bids are due October 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM to the Engineering Department, Lorain City Hall 4th Floor. The opening of the bids will take place October 15, 2020 at 11:15 AM in the City of Lorain Council Chambers. In the event no bids are received for the individual parcel prior to 11:00 AM on October 15, 2020, then the bidding process shall remain open for the parcel and the City may thereafter, at its sole discretion, accept or reject any bid received for the parcel after October 15, 2020.

Any materials or objects that are found on the parcel will become property of the bidder and be the bidder's responsibility. The City is not liable for any materials or objects that may be found on the parcel property.

All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the bidder's name and contact information on the outside of the envelope and be accompanied by a certified check on a solvent bank, drawn and made payable to the City of Lorain, Ohio, in the amount of 10% of the total bid in good faith. Should any bid be rejected, such check will be forthwith returned to the bidder; and should any bid be accepted, such bond or check will be returned upon proper execution and securing of the contract.

Bid forms and specifications may be obtained by contacting the City of Lorain Engineering Department at 440204-2003 or at 200 West Erie Avenue, City Hall- 4th Floor Lorain, Ohio 44052. All bids shall be subject to the additional items and conditions set forth on the bid forms.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service

L.C.C.G. 9/17-24; 10/1-815/20 20669734

PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on Oct. 5, 2020.

The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Nancy Greer @ 204-2050 (Nancy_Greer@cityoflorain. org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

Reso. 35-20 Commending the Lorain Steelmen 12U Baseball Team on securing the title of "Silver Division State Champions." Reso 36-20 Accepting the amounts & rates as determined by the Lorain

County Budget Commission & certifying them to County Auditor; Reso. 37-20 Concurring with the expenditure of $1,636,202.54 of Cares Act Funding from the State of Ohio; Ord. 104-20 Auth S/S Director to enter into a contract for professional services related to the design of the Black River WWTP digester Improvement project; Ord. 105-20 Assessing the cost to abate nuisance by removing litter, etc.; Ord. 106-20 Approving the Chief of Police through the Mayor to to accept the award of IDEP grant for Ohio Dept. of Safety; Ord. 107-20 Ratifying a contract the Clerk of Courts entered into with the law offices of R. A. Shuerger Co. on Feb. 18, 2019; 108-20 Auth S/S Director to enter into an MOU between the City of Lorain and the USWA 6621 (Article 34 of CBA); 109-20 Amending Section 15.3.6 of Ord. 168-19 establishing the compensation, benefits and terms of employment for the Law Department; 110-20 Auth the S/S Director to enter into an MOU with FOP Lodge #3; Ord. 11120 Auth the S/S Director to enter into a lease with Lake Erie Warhawks for use of the Pipeyard; Ord. 112-20 Auth the S/S Director to enter into a contract fo the sale and option of real property located in the Colorado Industrial Park; 11320 Appropriation of funds; Ord. 114-20 Amending Chapter 1539.04 of Codified Ord. - Certificate Required Prior to Sale.

L.C.C.G. 10/15-22/20 20671630

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO Black River WWTP Primary Clarifier Rehabilitation Sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until:

TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: Bids shall be received until Friday, October 30, 2020, 11:00 AM local time.

Bids shall be received at the following location: ATTN: Guy Singer Lorain City Hall, Engineering Department, 4th Floor 200 W Erie Avenue Lorain, OH 44052 TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: Bids shall be opened on Friday, October 30, 2020, 12:00 PM local time, in the Lorain City Hall, Council Chambers, 1st Floor.

Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier’s Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured.

Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted. The bid check/bond should be enclosed in the sealed bid, but in a separate envelope clearly marked ‘BID CHECK/BOND’ with the bidders name & address on the bid check/ bond envelope.

Drawings and specifications may be obtained at the City of Lorain website at no charge. www.cityoflorain.org/bids/aspx This procurement is subject to the EPA policy of encouraging the participation of small business in rural areas (SBRAs).

The Director of Utilities reServes the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

By order of the Director of Utilities

L.C.C.G. 10/15-22/20 20671634

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GIRLS PLAY TOUGH

THREE FOR ANDOLSEK

Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Junior Anna Fritz carries the ball upfield in a win against Keystone. Oberlin played tough this past week, dropping a 5-2 tilt to Brookside before topping the Keystone Wildcats 2-0. Against the Cardinals, both Pippa Brandt and Fritz scored, but it was not enough to keep up with the high octane Brookside attack, which peppered goalkeeper Katlyn Streator all afternoon. Against Keystone, Oberlin was at its best early in each half, converting on a scramble in front of the Wildcats net in the first minute when Tessa Newson tapped it home, and again in the third minute of the second half when Anna Fritz tickled the twine with to lift Oberlin to its second win of the year.

ONE TIE, ONE WIN Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Phoenix junior Korey Russell maneuvers with the ball at midfield. Oberlin finished the week with a win and a tie against two of the top teams in the Lorain County League, landing at 5-2-2 in conference play and 6-5-2 overall. Against Brookside, the Phoenix pulled ahead 1-0 when senior captain Syncere Shahid converted a penalty kick midway through the first half. However the Cardinals tallied the equalizer in the second stanza, knotting the contest knotted at 1-1. Neither side could break through late, resulting in a draw.

At home against Keystone on Saturday, Oberlin put two markers in the books early, one each from Shahid and Kieran Thornhill. Jack Page recorded seven saves, only giving up a single late score to the Wildcats.

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Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Wellington’s Connor Norton battles Columbia’s Sergio Garibotti for the ball. Derrick Andolsek collected a hat trick last week in a 5-1 Dukes victory over Columbia. Wellington's Connor Norton and Gabe Horoshcak each had one goal. Max Herhuth put one past Dukes keeper Jay Roberts to get the Raiders on the board. Roberts had four saves, while Columbia goalie Connor Lind, under intense pressure, had 20.

CONFERENCE CHAMPS Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Lauren Alley and Nadia Greer each scored twice, and Savannah Gundert piled on another goal to lead the Dukes to a 5-2 Lorain County League championship title. Rachel Washburn and Regan Gallaher scored for the Columbia Raiders, but consistently trailed, falling further behind as the Dukes piled on three goals in the second half.

The Wellington girls, after clinching the conference, paraded through the village with an escort of sirens to celebrate.

RIGHT: Wellington's Lauren Alley takes a shot at Columbia.

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Oberlin College professor, former diplomat under fire for role in Iran’s 1988 mass killings JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — He is known for preaching peace and friendship.

But now Oberlin College religion professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati has been accused of taking part in crimes against humanity.

A letter sent to college President Carmen Twillie Ambar on Wednesday, Oct. 7 calls for Mahallati's termination.

It is signed by 626 people, including former political prisoners in Iran, the families of prisoners who were executed and human rights activists.

Mahallati, who now serves as the Nancy Schrom Dye Chair in Middle East and North African Studies at Oberlin College, was Iran's ambassador to the United Nations from 1987 to 1989.

The letter said his role was to "obfuscate and lie to the international community about mass crimes perpetrated by the Iranian regime" — specifically, the killing of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.

That year, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered political prisoners to be subjected to sham trials by so-called "death commissions," according to Amnesty International.

"Based on no more than a few questions about their political or religious beliefs, prisoners who had already faced (albeit inadequate) trials and sentencing, who had served several years in prison, and who had been subjected to gruesome torture were sent by the Death Commission to hang," the letter said.

Iranian authorities have treated the killings as state secrets, and rare leaks over the past three decades have resulted in reprisals, according Amnesty International.

In a written statement, Mahallati said he was in New York working toward peace between Iran and Iraq and was not briefed about the killings.

“I feel deeply for the ongoing suffering of family members of the victims of violence against political prisoners,” he said.

“Summary executions are horrible acts and are indeed crimes against humanity wherever they happen.”

Lawdan Bazargan, a graduate student who teaches classes at California State University of Fullerton, said her brother Bijan was one of those put to death.

In 1981, at age 22, he was charged with supporting a communist group, selling its newspaper, taking part in its gatherings and donating pocket money.

A protege, he left Iran to study medicine in England at age 16 and later returned to help his family, Bazargan said. "He wanted to help people. And he had these ideas that the Islamic government didn't like," she said.

She remembered Bijan playing with and caring for his sisters, buying toys for them instead of spending money on himself.

One day, he was called to meet a friend and never returned.

Bazargan said the Iranian government arrested Bijan, convicted him in a minutes-long hearing without family or lawyers present and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

In the six years that followed, Bijan was denied adequate food, lived in cramped quarters. He didn't have fresh air, hot water or access to outside information.

In July 1988, prison visitations were halted. According to testimony from Bijan's friends, he was hauled in front of a panel on Aug. 27 and asked, “Do you believe in god? Do you pray? Do you believe in Imam Khomeini?”

Bazargan said her brother responded, “I will not answer to the inquisition, and the inspection of my beliefs.” A few minutes later, the 29-year-old was hanged to death.

"We were preparing ourselves for his freedom, but instead, a few months later, the prison officials told us that they had killed him," Bazargan said.

Months later, after repeat visits to the prison, Bijan's parents were told by prison guards that their son was an apostate, and had been killed.

"My dad said, 'Give me his body or show me his grave so we can have a proper mourning ceremony for him,'" Bazargan said. "They said, 'We told you that he was a heretic, so he can not have any mourning ceremony, and we will not reveal his grave. You cannot have any ceremony for him.' My dad came back home, looking 20 years older."

She said her mother died of cancer this past May, still searching for answers about why the Iranian government killed Bijan, and why it refuses to confess to the mass executions.

"I have this book about Oberlin

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Professor Mohammad Mahallati, Presidential Scholar of Islam at Oberlin College speaks in 2011 about the death of Osama Bin Laden and the likely fallout in the region as well as the possibility for a new relationship with the US. fighting injustices and advancing social movements, and knowing Oberlin was anti-slavery," Bazargan said. "That a city like that is home to Mohammad Mahallati is just not acceptable."

The letter sent to Oberlin College accuses Mahallati of failing to use his position at the United Nations to draw attention to the massacre.

It also claims he denied the killings during a meeting with the U.N. Special Representative on human rights in Iran.

Amnesty International also said in 2018 that Mahallati was among the senior officials and diplomats who "were actively involved in denying the mass killings in media interviews and exchanges with the UN to shield those responsible from accountability."

Mahallati categorically denied any knowledge or responsibility for the deaths. “There was not a single communication from Tehran to Iran’s UN embassy informing Iranian diplomats of those incidents,” he wrote.

He said United Nations and media records “unequivocally demonstrate that in encouraging peace between my country and Iraq, I went beyond my mandate and was the very first Iranian official who publicly announced Iran’s acceptance of UNSC Resolution 598 for peace.”

Bazargan quoted a statement issued by Amnesty International: “All former and current officials who continue to treat the mass killings as state secrets effectively stand with those who have blood

on their hands.”

She said Mahallati, 32 years ago in interactions with United Nations officials, “blamed the victims and called them ‘monafeqin’ (religious hypocrites) or ‘mohareb’ (one who wages war against God).”

Mahallati said his accusers “fail to provide a single solid document as evidence of my actual knowledge of these incidents. With no concrete evidence, they infer that I must have been informed and intentionally denied these atrocities.”

Attorney Kaveh Shahrooz, who with Bazargan sent the letter to Oberlin College, said his uncle was among the prisoners hanged to death by the Khomeini regime after sham trials.

“As word got out about the killings, Amnesty (International) and other groups began to send letters, telexes, and other correspondences to Iranian officials,” he wrote in a long Twitter thread about Mahallati. “So, there’s simply no way to believe that Iran’s Ambassador the UN was unaware that this was happening.”

He said “we know” Mahallati was aware of the killings because he’s quoted about them in UN reports. “He effectively misled the international community so the killings could continue,” Shahrooz wrote.

He cited a UN report that said the Iranian permanent representative on Nov. 29, 1988, denied the mass killings had happened, and said many had actually occurred on the battlefield following the

invasion of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the National Liberation Army, a militant group that opposed Khomeini’s government.

Shahrooz also shared a quote attributed to British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, who was hired by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center to form a legal opinion based on testimony and other evidence about the executions.

“Mahallati is said to be living in the US, where he may be liable to civil action for aiding and abetting torture under the Alien Tort Claim Act,” Robertson wrote.

“In considering the complicity of professionals in crimes against humanity, there is no good reason to exclude diplomats who, knowing the truth, nonetheless lie about them to UN bodies to whom they owe a duty of frankness,” the report said.

Mahallati said his accusers overlook his peacemaking efforts, which he risked his ambassadorial position to achieve.

In the three decades since, Mahallati has dedicated his life to researching, teaching and writing about the art of peace.

He joined Oberlin College in 2007 and has become known as the "professor of peace."

Mahallati founded the annual Oberlin Friendship Festival, developed a religion course called "Ethics of Friendship: Perspectives in Religion, Politics, Economics and Arts" and launched the Oberlin Friendship Initiative to promote international, interfaith and intercultural justice and peace. He has also been a regular part of peace protests held at noon each Saturday on Tappan Square.

"What is really normal is friendship," Mahallati said in an April 2019 talk at Kendal at Oberlin.

"What is totally (not) normal is hatred, indifference and war."

Mahallati has also taught at Princeton, Georgetown, Yale and Columbia universities as well as Kerman University in Iran.

Oberlin College issued a brief comment via Director of Media Relations Scott Wargo: “Professor Mahallati is a tenured professor and has been a teacher at Oberlin since 2007. We received the letter on October 8 expressing concerns about his statements during a meeting with United Nations representatives more than 30 years ago. We are in touch with Professor Mahallati to gather additional information.”

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$147K in nonprofit pledges 'pulls at the heartstrings' JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST TWP. — When times got tough, more than 1,000 donors stepped up to give $147,000 to the nonprofits that help local residents in need.

The Community Foundation of Lorain County has released the results of its 12-hour Connect to a Cause web-a-thon, streamed Sept. 17 on Facebook Live.

The numbers exceeded all expectations, according to Marketing and Communications Officer Brittany Lovett. "It pulls at the heartstrings," she said.

Callers made pledges to 56 nonprofits that provide food, clothing, health, education, emergency relief and other services.

The Community Foundation board added $40,000 to the total. It also awarded $10,000 bonuses to the Lorain County Community College Foundation for raising the most money, and Main Street Amherst for rallying the most donors.

The college was the single-biggest earner during the 12-hour fundraiser, pulling in $25,502.72 for its Advocacy and Resource Center, which helps students by providing access to food, counseling, financial assistance and other resources.

That kind of assistance is desperately needed during the pandemic, said Community Foundation President and CEO Cynthia Andrews.

“Considering how COVID-19 has impacted our community, we are amazed by the generosity of our community,” she said. “Seventy percent of our donations were given by people who donated $50 or less and will be distributed right back to our nonprofits to continue doing great work right here in Lorain County.”

Lovett said she was touched by the show of support for groups like Elyria-based Echoing Hills, which helps people with disabilities. "It's really powerful listening to what I call the 'feet on the street,'" she said — people who have dedicated every day to helping others, many of whom haven't taken time off since the pandemic started in March.

Oberlin Community Services, which provides food, rent and utility assistance to people living in the southern half of the county, raised $8,069.27.

Executive Director Margie Flood said the donations are welcome. Need dropped off in May, June and July but has skyrocketed again this fall.

Now evictions are back in swing, utilities are starting to get shut off and people who lost their jobs or are dealing with furloughs have exhausted their savings, she said.

Drive-through food distributions run by OCS last Monday and Wednesday were good indicators of increased need. "Both were really high numbers for us. It didn't quite break the record, but close for any one day distribution," Flood said.

Kathy Burns, client services coordinator at Oberlin Community Services, said her casework numbers are up 20 percent for the fiscal year. Close to 100 people asked for help with rent and utilities in August and the same in September, she said.

"It's just been this constant stream of people calling... I've seen a lot of people who have never been here before, people who I saw maybe once back toward the end of the recession," Burns said.

She said they are "people who own homes just trying to keep their heads above water," people who are elderly, restaurant wait staff, workers who lost their once-stable jobs after 15 to 20 years, single moms and parents who have had to quit work to stay home with children.

Lovett said the Community Foundation has been putting the majority of its financial assistance — more than two-thirds — toward nonprofits that help in the health and human services and youth and education sectors.

A main goal, she said, is to help those organizations that haven't been able to hold regular fundraisers because of the pandemic.

"We're not washing our hands, we're not letting them go," she said. Connect to a

Cause is expected to return in 2021.

The Foundation relies on "everyday philanthropists" to give, whether it's $10 or $10,000, Lovett said.

A party is planned for Connect to a Cause participants at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Lakeview Park in Lorain, where checks will be awarded. Social distancing and marks will be required.

Fundraising totals • 100 Women Who Care About Lorain County — $5,128.86 • A Dementia Friendly Life — $918.64 • Avon Lake City Schools Foundation — $3,013.07 • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County — $748.74 • Blessing House — $ 10,752.68 • BOFE Lupus Foundation — $435.34 • Boy Scouts of America, Lake Erie Council — $265.58 • Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio — $2,907.92 • City Fresh — $5,323.35 • Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center — $204.84 • Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress — $69.13 • Common Ground-The Cindy Nord Center for Renewal — $1,561.25 • Community Congregational United Church of Christ — $1,436.46 • Echoing Hills — $3,094.40 • Effective Leadership Academy — $236.71 • El Centro de Servicios Sociales — $4,676.78 • Elyria Arts Council — $412.09 • Firelands Association for the Visual Arts — $1,829.87 • Foundation of the Lorain Public Library System — $1,912.72 • French Creek YMCA — $1,410.31 • Friendship Animal Protective League — $3,189.11 • Girl Scouts of North East Ohio — $848.09 • Grafton-Midview Public Library — $3,250.67 • Leadership Lorain County — $6,116.41 • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland — $438.79 • Lorain County Community College Foundation — $25,502.72 • Lorain County Free Clinic — $4,560.18 • Lorain County Habitat for Humanity — $733.68 • Lorain County Historical Society — $4,683.61 • Lorain County Imagination Library — $2,229.37 • Lorain County Joint Vocational School — $184.76 • Lorain County Metro Parks — $13,611.19 • Lorain County Urban League — $6,661.92 • Lorain Historical Society — $1,157.69 • Lucy Idol Center — $253.29 • Main Street Amherst — $13,773.50 • Main Street Vermilion — $1,912.04 • Main Street Wellington — $5,819.72 • Mighty Goliath Productions — $3,002.50 • Neighborhood Alliance — $8,637.06 • Nord Center — $4,195.33 • Oberlin Business Partnership — $2,181.97 • Oberlin Choristers — $315.74 • Oberlin Community Services Council — $8,069.27 • Partners with Paws of Lorain County — $721.43 • Salvation Army of Lorain County — $1,189.67 • Save Our Children — $2,071.00 • Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio — $6,048.88 • Southern Lorain County Historical Society — $1,750.85 • Teen Leadership Corps — $756.32 • The LCADA Way — $998.22 • The Mary Lee Tucker Fund — $1,141.64 • United Way of Greater Lorain County — $2,076.25 • Voices for Children — $477.40 • We Care We Share — $525.37 • YWCA Elyria — $1,910.30

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© 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 45

Are you an eagle-eyed reader?

Circle the seven errors in the article below. Then, rewrite it correctly.

Throughout the day, the oshun tide rises and falls. A tidal range of about 10 foots is large enough to produce energee.

here are two kinds of energy that create the electricity we use every day. One is renewable energy and the other in non-renewable.

Energy: Which is Which?

Look at the picture of each kind of energy. List each kind of energy in the correct box.

This Energy is NOT Renewable

Think about it – when your family car uses up the gasoline in its tank, you have to get more gas. Gasoline is made from oil. Oil and coal are burned to make energy.

Once they are burned, they are gone, and more is needed to make energy.

GASOLINE

Ocean wayves create tremendous energy and ways to capture this kind of energy are a challenge for the scientists and inventors of the future.

SOLAR

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy comes from sources that don’t get used up in the process of making energy. The five main sources of renewable energy are:

WIND OIL

water or hydropower geothermal wind solar biomass (includes wood, methane, ethanol, biodiesel)

NATURAL GAS Can you put this paragraph in order?

HYDROPOWER: A hydroelectric dam harnesses the energy produced by moving water. Hydropower is the least expensive form of renewable energy.

reservoir dam long distance power lines

How it works:

• A dam is built on a river creating a reservoir.

Water pushes against turbines from both directions with the incoming and outgoing tides.

There are only six tidal power barrages operating in the world but the potential for energy is be developed.

COAL

Oil and coal are non-renewable sources of energy.

Non-renewable means NOT renewable. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever.

generator

Energy Scavenger Hunt

sluice gate

• Water in the reservoir collects behind the dam wall. Dam operators control the flow of water with a sluice gate.

• When released, the water pushes through a pipe (called a penstock) beneath the water’s surface.

penstock

• This turns a turbine that then rotates a generator to produce electricity.

The refrigerator is one of the biggest electricity-guzzling appliances in your house.

Use the code to thaw out the missing parts of the Frigid Fact.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Renewable Energy Sources

Find a newspaper article about renewable energy. What are the benefits and shortcomings of this energy source? Make a chart showing the benefits and shortcomings.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newsaper to locate information.

A dam, or barrage, can be built across an inlet. Sluice gates control the flow of water and allow the tidal basin to phil when the tide comes in and empty when the tide goes owt.

outflow turbine

What things in our community need energy to work?

Look through the newspaper for five things that need energy. Name the kind of energy each needs.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

RENEWABLE GASOLINE BIOMASS ENERGY GRAINS WHEELS SOURCE WATER SOLAR POWER RIVER WIND COAL TURN OIL

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L E Y G R E N E E E

The noun source means a place, person, or thing from which something can be obtained.

G A S O L I N E S R

Oranges are a good source of Vitamin C.

A R V A O P O W E R R T U R N G N N L E

G W Y S S O U R C E

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

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

Energy Saving Tips What tips do you have for kids on how to save energy?

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Wellington Schools eye return to five days in person JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — After a rocky start with 22 percent of students learning from home, the Wellington Schools have started talking about how to eventually go back to in-person classes five days a week.

Many parents, especially those with young readers who need

a lot of help, are asking about returning to traditional school, according to Superintendent Ed Weber.

In a special meeting last week, he told the Board of Education that the situation wasn't helped by early problems with Edmentum, a company hired to help provide online schooling this fall.

"There is some chatter out there in regard to things that aren't going as smoothly as they can be,"

Weber said.

Some families struggled to get the platform to work through the first three weeks of school, he said. Elementary students have had the hardest time.

In an effort to be flexible, Wellington approached the COVID-19 pandemic with a tiered system tied to the red, orange and yellow coding the state uses to track the virus' spread in each county.

Students began classes Sept. 14 under orange alert, with buildings open four days and virtual learning on Wednesdays. Half of students attend in person on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the other half on Thursdays and Fridays.

The plan had been to go to five days when the county was stable at yellow. But Weber said Lorain County is expected to bounce back and forth from orange

to yellow weekly — possibly even red at some point — and it doesn't make sense to change the district's attendance model that often.

When it comes to the spread of COVID-19, Wellington is among the best-insulated communities in the county.

Mayor Hans Schneider said the village had gone three weeks IN PERSON PAGE B2

Sweepstakes cafe plam folds after location objections JASON HAWK EDITOR

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Appellate Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is surrounded by her law clerks in the early 1980s, including Jonathan Entin, who stands in the top right corner.

Former law clerk remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — It was the summer of 1980, and Jonathan Entin was a young Northwestern University law student feeling out his future.

Then he received some life-changing news — a well-respected profes-

sor had been nominated to the bench in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Entin applied to clerk for her, thinking the worst that could happen was a rejection letter.

But professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg showed interest, and a little after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, Entin knocked on her door for a job inter-

view.

Ginsburg had just gotten off the phone after being confirmed, and the interview was repeatedly interrupted by congratulatory calls.

Years later, in 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

OBERLIN — The odds were not in favor of a proposed internet sweepstakes cafe last Wednesday afternoon.

Anand Patel of Seven Hills asked the Oberlin Planning Commission for a permit to run a 2,000-squarefoot operation for ages 21 and up only, with seating for 60 people.

The red flag for Police Chief Ryan Warfield and others: The gaming space would be located next door to the Child Garden daycare center on the corner of US Route 20 and State Route 58.

"I think that's a recipe for disaster, having 21 and over adults in and out of that place," commission member Eric Gaines told Patel. "I don't know what your numbers are, but I don't think that is a wise move."

In a memo, Warfield wrote that he opposed the cafe because he has been part of a task force that raided several similar establishments in Lorain County.

Like commission members, he was concerned about the cafe opening next to the daycare, which also offers preschool and kindergarten classes.

Patel said daycare management didn't have a problem with the proposed cafe.

But commission member Bryan Burgess said that wasn't true — he spoke with the Child Garden administrator, and she had been under the impression that the new business would be the type of cafe where people could surf the web over a cup of coffee.

"She is adamantly opposed, adamantly opposed to having an internet casino operate next to the Child Garden," Burgess said.

Internet cafes, also called sweepstakes cafes, are gaming halls that use "skill-based amusement machines."

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But it also had a hard edge — nearby were signs that read "Columbus was a murderer" and "Celebrate indigenous resistance."

"Honoring Columbus Day celebrates a legacy of genocide of indigenous people and perpetuates

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By My Lantern's Light

The Amherst Historical Society will hold its "By My Lantern's Light" spooky Halloween storytelling event on Saturday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 25 with a Crown Hill Cemetery walk.

Tours begin every 15 minutes from 3-5 p.m. Meet some of Amherst's historic spirits who will share their stories from days gone by. Advance reservations are required by calling 440-988-7255.

Tours are $5 per person and free for kids ages five and under. Children will not be admitted without an adult.

Meet at The Gallery at the Amherst Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Ave. Buses will take tour-goers to the cemetery. Because of COVID-19, tours are limited to groups of 10. Refreshments will be offered at The Gallery following the tour.

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“What’s Cookin’ Wednesday” will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 140 South Main St., Wellington. Enjoy a carry-out chicken paprikash dinner served with spaetzel, tossed salad and a dessert, delivered to your vehicle. The cost is $10 per person, no prepurchase required. For more information, call 440-6473308 or 440-864-0149.

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FROM B1 without a new case until Oct. 7. It was Wellington's 19th since March — that represents less than a thousandth of all the cases in Lorain County, though the statistic makes two COVID-related deaths in the village no less tragic.

Still, Schneider said he has reservations about schools returning to five-day instruction. He said it may be too early to make changes, especially with flu season on the horizon.

"Me and my wife are still for the most part self-isolated," he said. "That's our preference... The more you can limit your interactions, the better."

Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell said he's started talking with superintendents about making changes in 2021, but not in 2020.

"So far the plans have been going well in the schools.

Let's keep moving down the road with those plans for now, with small tweaks," he said.

It's true that as a more rural area, Wellington is likely to see the virus spread less than more densely-populated parts of the county, such as Lorain and Elyria, Covell said.

But it's also important to note that across Ohio, rural communities that fared well in the spring are now being hit harder by COVID-19, he said. Covell's also worried about spread increasing during the upcoming holiday and flu seasons.

Weber said Covell has advised that a vaccine is coming, but not quickly, and the state of emergency will remain in effect for months.

But he also looked east to Cuyahoga County, where health officials are saying a yellow alert status for four weeks, along with a less than three percent positive rate in COVID-19 tests, is a good benchmark for returning to school buildings.

Wellington school board member Ayers Ratliff said he strongly supports going back to five-day, in-person classes as soon as possible, because younger children are struggling with online learning.

Board President Brett Murner took a more conservative view, saying decisions have to balance education and safety.

"It's difficult to make these decisions. The data's always changing, the situation's always changing," he said.

Murner said that Wellington needs to continue providing a fully-online option to parents through the entire school year.

"I personally don't see a model that I can be behind that completely takes the online component off this school year. I don't see that happening," he said.

SWEEPSTAKES

FROM B1 they are required to deliver a small prize with a wholesale value under $10 on every play.

Cafes aren't casinos. The Ohio Constitution allows only four "full" casinos, and they are limited to Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati and Columbus. There are also seven racetracks where betting is allowed, called racinos.

All such establishments, including sweepstakes cafes, are regulated by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

Patel told city officials he had applied for licenses from the commission and was waiting for a response.

He said he is a partner in a couple of internet cafes in North Carolina, and planned to provide surveillance cameras at the Oberlin location.

"Also, if necessary, I could have security in there as well, but I don't think it should get to that point. It's a very quiet environment. It's not loud, it doesn't get too crazy." Patel said.

Oberlin Planning Director Carrie Handy said she talked to a state casino commission investigator who lives in Lorain County and learned there have been issues with internet cafes here.

Cafes across the county were raided in August 2018, resulting in indictments against 10 people for allegedly running illegal gambling houses and laundering money.

Gaines advised Patel to withdraw his conditional use permit application, and warned that if he didn't the Planning Commission would likely deny the request.

Seeing the cards on the table, Patel said he has other investments in the Cleveland area and doesn't need to open the Oberlin cafe. He withdrew his application.

He expressed interest in locating the business in other parts of the city where Handy said it would not require approval to open.

While an internet cafe would not be permitted in a light commercial area, like Oberlin's historic downtown, it would be allowed "by right" in a C-2 district without a Planning Commission vote. A sweepstakes cafe could also open in a light manufacturing zone, but that would mean applying for a conditional use permit.

Jason Hawk | Amherst News-Times

First responders were out at the scene of a two-car crash on state Route 2 Saturday afternoon. One car rolled over and another — possibly a work van or utility van, a witness said — was left in a ditch in the westbound lanes of the highway, just west of Middle Ridge Road.

Sheriff's Office gets traffic safety grants Three grants totaling $100,464 have been awarded to the Lorain County Sheriff's Office for Fiscal Year 2021, which starts today.

They include: • $37,858 for a traffic enforcement program that focuses on curbing aggressive driving, speeding and distracted driving.

• $51,537 to help get impaired drivers off the road.

• $11,068 to target drugged driving between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sheriff Phil Stammitti said the grants will help pay for highvisibility patrols throughout the year, including the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" and "Click It or

Ticket" campaigns.

"We'd like to encourage everyone to drive sober," he wrote in a release. "We would also ask that every driver do their part to make our roadways a safer place by not texting and driving, watching your speed and avoiding aggressive driving habits."

clerks as professionals and would keep private her opinions about the lawyers who appeared in her courtroom, at least until she was behind closed doors.

"That captures the essence of what made Justice Ginsburg such a wonderful boss," Entin said.

Ginsburg always had incisive questions that got to the heart of each case, he said, describing her as "a brilliant lawyer and a shrewd strategist."

Today, Entin is the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University.

He's enjoyed his own distinguished career teaching constitutional law, administrative and regulatory law and speaking on civil rights. Entin also served nearly eight years as associate dean for academic affairs at Case Western.

Over the years, he kept in touch with Judge Ginsburg — and then Justice Ginsburg — through correspondence and annual reunions with former clerks.

As a justice, he said Ginsburg was primarily responsible for a great transformation in the court, especially in civil rights cases that involved

gender discrimination.

"Not only did she make creative and ultimately persuasive legal arguments, but she also devised a brilliant litigation strategy," Entin said.

She worked slowly and steadily over time to persuade male Justices "that traditional notions of gender roles affected men as well as women," he said.

Ginsburg wrote more than her share of opinions for the court, including key cases on redistricting, procedure and jurisdiction and copyright law.

Perhaps most notably, Entin said, she wrote for the court in the United States v. Virginia, the landmark 1996 case which struck down the male-only admissions policy for the Virginia Military Institute, often called "The West Point of the South."

In written comments provided by Kendal at Oberlin, Entin said Ginsburg's death marks the end of an era when people who had a distinguished public career outside of the federal judiciary could end up on the Supreme Court.

“I’m sorry that we don’t have her anymore for a lot of reasons," he said. "I’m disappointed for the court and for the country. There is not another Ruth Bader Ginsburg out there."

GINSBURG

FROM B1 After a long career that reshaped the face of civil rights in America, she died Sept. 18 at age 87.

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a unique figure in American history. If she had never served on the Supreme Court, she would still have been a person of historic stature," Entin told a crowd that listened virtually last Thursday night during a talk sponsored by Kendal at Oberlin, where he is now a resident.

"She was a leading legal scholar.

She was also the architect of an amazing litigation campaign that resulted in a series of important Supreme Court decisions that fundamentally changed the law on gender discrimination," he said.

Entin clerked for Ginsburg from 1981 to 1982, and was accepted into her inner circle.

He recalled for the Kendal at Oberlin audience some of the jurist's mannerisms — she was never a morning person, was rarely seen before 10 a.m. and tended to work late into the night.

In Ginsburg's office, there were few rules. Entin said there was no dress code, and the judge didn't care when clerks came and went, so long as their work was completed.

She was not a "schmoozer," treated

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By a vote of City Council, Oberlin has not officially observed Columbus Day since 2017.

That year, it became the first city in Ohio to officially renounce the federal holiday in favor of Indigenous People's Day. In a proclamation issued Oct. 9, President Donald Trump painted such efforts as the work of "radical activists" who seeking to undermine Christopher Columbus’ legacy.

"These extremists seek to replace discussion of his vast contributions with talk of failings, his discoveries with atrocities, and his achievements with transgressions," Trump wrote.

"Rather than learn from our history, this radical ideology and its adherents seek to revise it, deprive it of any splendor, and mark it as inherently sinister."

The same proclamation boasts of steps to "promote patriotic education" and "root out the teaching of racially divisive concepts from the Federal workplace, many of which are grounded in the same type of revisionist history that is trying to erase Christopher Columbus from our national heritage."

W.D. Williams-Derry, a first-year student at Oberlin College, said historical accounts show Columbus was a murderer and slaver.

"To celebrate Columbus is explicit white supremacy," they said.

Native activist Robert Roche, who lives in Oberlin, agreed, calling Columbus a "barbarian" and blasting Trump's view.

"Whatever he says is really non-

Jason Hawk | Oberlin News-Tribune

Isabel Tadmiri, a fourth-year student at Oberlin College, takes part in a "smudging" ceremony with Sundance. The practices uses the smoke from burning plants to symbolize spiritual cleansing. sensical to me," he said. "He's not playing with a full deck."

Columbus' ships sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and arrived lost in the Caribbean, Roche said. They didn't discover the Americas, but stumbled on fully realized native cultures and proceeded to decimate them for profit.

Simon said Columbus laid the groundwork for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Today, native people are still reeling from the effects, she said — it's felt in high poverty, unemployment, incarceration and high school dropout rates, shorter than average life expectancy and violence, especially against native women.

Sundance said his focus for many years has been on changing sports

mascots that use native imagery, from "despicable Wahoo" to the "exploited Indians team name."

He said studies increasingly show that such mascots cause harm to the native community, especially its children, who experience lower selfesteem and self-worth.

Sundance said native mascots are also harmful to non-indigenous kids, who grow up thinking it's OK to take part in "culturally abusive behavior."

Since July, alumni from three Ohio school systems have reached out to ask for guidance on changing their Native American-based mascots, Sundance said.

"We are here, we are doing the work and we are seeing a change, especially in Ohio," he said.

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Steel Magnolia going from food truck to restaurant BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

OBERLIN — Oberlin native and chef Shontae Jackson will be taking her passion for cooking from her food truck to a restaurant, located at 65 East College St., with a soft opening Oct. 21 and a grand opening in November.

Steel Magnolia, which consists of Jackson, her 76-year-old mother, Sarah, and her 18-yearold daughter Tanzania, got its start in Lorain when Jackson first purchased her truck from an attorney.

“Now we’ve been all over Northeast Ohio: Huron, Avon, Amherst, Grafton, Cleveland and Destination Cleveland invited us out this year,” Jackson said.

Jackson found her passion for the food industry while in high school and has been doing it ever since.

“When I was in high school, I went to JVS for cosmetology,” she said. “I didn’t follow through with it. I fell in love with food.

It was my first job as a busser. I remember when the servers came out and tipped me that night, I was like, ‘Oh, I get paid today?’

I was like I’m sold, you got me.

Ever since I was 14, from Kendal all the way up to now, I’ve done the food industry.”

In terms of her restaurant, Jackson said that they had enough support to get the restaurant, which was always a goal of hers and that it was almost turnkey.

“This is a place that I’ve wanted ever since I was little,” she said. “I would look at it and be like ‘Ooh, that would be a good place to turn into a restaurant.’

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Steel Magnolia, which started as a food truck, is becoming a restaurant. From left are manager Jerry Herman, executive chef Shontae Jackson, baker Sarah Jackson and sous chef Tanzania Hildreth.

Now it’s even better. It’s more than what my mind can consume because the condos are upstairs, the layout is beautiful, I’m right on the corner and everyone can see in and see how warm and welcoming it is.”

For the soft opening, Jackson plans to offer lunch for those who have supported her from the beginning and have dinner open for her Oberlin neighbors and community.

“Lots of people have stopped by the window saying ‘Hello, welcome to the neighborhood, thank you for bringing your food truck from 511 to here,’ ” she said. “It's been an amazing experience. We want them to feel safe. We’re COVID safe. Every-

one has a mask. It’s a little slow walk through.”

Jackson said that the food truck's bestseller is the signature jerk chicken bowl.

“Now that we can actually plate it up, we’re going to put a spin on that,” she said. “But that is the most popular dish.”

She also said that COVID-19 hurt her business really hard this year.

“Our whole calendar was booked,” Jackson said. “The whole calendar got cleared out.

There were no festivals, no Rockin' on the River, no catering and events that we had booked.

Some we even had to give money back for down payments. COVID really did affect our business.”

With the pandemic and all that it has brought, Jackson believes in the community support that she has and that people will still want to dine out.

“Even before the pandemic when I was thinking about my career choice, the one thing that I noticed was that people always want to eat and they always want to look good,” she said. “Cosmetology and the culinary industry goes hand in hand. So, when I selected what I wanted to do, I just believed that this too shall pass.

Steel Magnolia is going to be a mark for other people who want to venture out into the culinary field.”

Her business has given her an opportunity to help others.

“I’ve had people who want to open food trucks come and sit and talk to me and ask me questions,” she said. “The vision and goals that people have don’t stop just because of a pandemic.”

Jackson said the advice she would give to other small businesses and entrepreneurs is to write out their vision, make it plain and turn it into a business plan.

“I’m a spiritual woman, so what I do for myself is pray about everything that I do,” she said. “If someone isn’t a spiritual person, make sure you dot your I’s and cross your T’s. There are so many entrepreneurs out here that want to help you. They want to keep the system of small business going because we are the forefront of big America. Utilize your local SBA offices. Utilize the guild and your community by asking them what they want.

When you have a vision, dream or a product, ask people if they want that product where you are thinking about selling. Be hands on. It’s a lot about doing your due diligence and finding out the demographics.”

Jackson also encourages people to not be afraid to share their ideas.

“You don’t have to share everything, like your secret recipe, I wouldn’t share that,” she said. “But share that you're interested in learning more and people will open up the door for you. I’ve been blessed that way.

From teachers to coworkers and people who believe in me because I shared just a little bit of what I wanted to do. Don’t be afraid to share your vision or your goals. What’s for you is for you.”

New family owned eatery The Arb opens in Oberlin BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

OBERLIN — The city's newest eatery opened Monday, Oct. 5 on West College Street.

“The concept of The Arb is essentially a tribute to Oberlin and all of its beauty,” said Morgan Smith, operations manager of Oberlin’s latest smoothie and sandwich shop.

The Arb at Tappan Square, 25 West College St., aims to be a place welcome to both Oberlin College students and the Oberlin community, she said.

Smith and her father, Henry Smith, run The Arb. Both are lifelong Oberlin residents.

“We wanted to make this a place to hang out for family, friends and customers to come and have fun,” Morgan Smith said.

“We’re specializing in sandwiches, smoothies and salads,” Henry Smith said. “We’re catering to the lunch crowd. That's faster service and we are catering to the college. We want to bring that bridge back from the townspeople and the college. We want to give a home feeling in our restaurant.”

The eatery has a lounge, TVs, candy and snack shelves, a dart board and a jukebox, to name a few things.

Henry Smith said that the lounge is set up as a study place for students to be able to come and get away from campus.

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Demetria McCulloh and Henry Smith help serve a customer at The Arb in Oberlin.

“We have free Wi-Fi, so they’d be able to plug into that. It’s a relaxed atmosphere,” he said.

This isn’t Henry Smith’s first time bringing an idea to life, as he used to own another business in Oberlin years ago.

“My first business, I owned a record store downtown Oberlin that was in the early 2000s,” he

said. “With the change going from records to CDs, iPods and stuff like that, it just shut down my business. So, with this we wanted to bring the community back together.”

Morgan Smith said they secured the building in February, but received pushback at that time due to the coronavirus pandemic and

Mazzone named Kiwanis Lt. Governor of the Year JASON HAWK EDITOR

played down his roll in the service club's success, instead singing the praises of Kiwanis leaders who have worked together.

"I always feel 80 percent of life is just showing up, and that's what I did," he said. "I did what I was supposed to do when I was supposed to do it, and so did our other great district leaders. So I'm honored, surprised, and this is great for Ohio

WELLINGTON — Terry Mazzone of Wellington has been named the Ohio Kiwanis District Lt. Governor of the Year.

He said he was stunned and grateful to be recognized for the growth Lorain County's eight Kiwanis club chapters in Division 13 have seen in the past year, Terry Mazzone including the launch of new clubs in Vermilion and Lorain.

"We're probably one of the fastest grow- Kiwanis." ing divisions in the state," Mazzone said.

The big goals for the coming year will "... We're not the fastest, but we're right in be readjusting to community needs shaped the top two or three." by the pandemic, and spreading the word But Mazzone, who serves as vice that Kiwanis exists to help children, he president of the Wellington chapter, also said.

the town basically shutting down.

“We didn't know what would happen,” she said. “Our plans drafted and changed as local safety and health regulations changed.

For the most part, it took a lot of planning. We had a pushback due to updated health and food codes here.”

With all of the delays and

months of planning, she said she is happy to be open.

“It makes me happy to know that we are an establishment that is up to code, especially seeing so many restaurants and establishments close down in that time period,” she said. “To be one that is open and thriving means alot to me.”

In their first five days, Morgan Smith said that the support has been amazing in store and online.

“We’ve had a lot of people sharing our original post and we’ve had a lot of people recommending and saying that the food is good and the service is great,” she said.

Emily Troiano and her family came to check out the new eatery Friday afternoon.

“I’m so excited that people are able to open restaurants now and during the pandemic,” Troiano said. "I'm relieved for Oberlin.

I'm excited to have a takeout sandwich spot.”

Henry Smith said that they plan to enhance their menu, perfect their operations and provide excellent service for our community.

“We hope to be here for many years and be able to provide a service for Oberlin and surrounding communities and we thank everyone that is supporting us,” he said.

The Arb at Tappan Square is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

85 SOUTH MAIN STREET OBERLIN OHIO 44074 OCTOBER 15 , 2020 BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING DATES ALL MEETINGS WILL BE Live Streamed @ http://oberlinoh.swagit.com/live

OCTOBER 19, 2020.....REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 4:30 P.M. NOTICE: DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL 775-7203 OR E-MAIL: banderson@cityofoberlin.com NOTICE REQUIRED: TWO (2) WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING (48 HOURS) CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE.

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OBERLIN CITY COUNCIL CLERK’S OFFICE

NOTICE OF CITY OF OBERLIN BOARD AND COMMISSION OPENINGS OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE Vacancies on city boards, commissions, and committees offer Oberlin citizens opportunities to serve their community. There are a number of vacancies on City Boards, Commissions, and Committees.

ELIGIBILITY Candidates must be residents and registered and qualified electors of the Municipality at the time of their appointment.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Five-member commission conducts practical and impartial examinations, provide a list of eligible employees and arrange for promotions to positions within the Classified Service and hears appeals on disciplinary matters involving Oberlin municipal employees. Meets the first Thursday of every other month, at 5:30 p.m. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS Five-member board hears appeals of decisions rendered by the Fire Chief or Municipal Fire Safety Inspector pertaining to the City of Oberlin Fire Prevention Codes. Meets on an “as needed” basis. The board shall consist of the members that comprise the Housing Renewal Commission. The terms of the members of the Fire Code Board of Appeals shall coincide with such member’s term on the Housing Renewal Commission. There are currently 2 vacancies.

FIREFIGHTER’S DEPENDENTS FUND BOARD Five-member board authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations for the handling and processing of claims which may be submitted to it due to a volunteer firefighter’s death or becoming totally and permanently disabled while discharging his/her duty. The board shall perform all such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of Ohio Revised Code Chapter 146. Meets on an “as needed” basis.

There are currently 2 vacancies.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Five-member commission protects and promotes the historic character of the City and oversees the appearance of construction and renovation projects, as well as make recommendations to City Council regarding the designation of landmarks and historic districts. Meets the third Tuesday of every other month at 4:00 p.m. (Staggered Term, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 3 vacancies.

HOUSING RENEWAL COMMISSION Five-member commission hears and decides appeals resulting from any order of decision made by a city administrative office in enforcing housing ordinances. The commission may also authorize variances, provided they do not conflict with the public interest. This board also fulfills the charge of the Fire Code Board of Appeals. Meets on an as needed basis. (Staggered Term, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Five-member commission works toward a wholesome attitude of mutual respect and understanding among all people and organizations within the City. The commission may enter into any alleged disputes, disagreements, misunderstandings or acts which involve the unlawful or unfair infringement upon basic human rights or freedoms guaranteed by law and investigate them, presenting reports, facts, findings and recommendations to Council, and serves in an advisory and consultative capacity to the City and to the City administration. Meets the first Tuesday of each month, at 5:15 p.m. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

OBERLIN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION (OCIC) Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation is a non-profit corporation formed under Chapters 1702 and 1724 of the Ohio Revised Code for the sole purpose of advancing, encouraging, and promoting industrial, economic, commercial and civic development within the City of Oberlin. Meets the Second Wednesday of every other month, at 8:00 a.m. There are currently 3 public vacancies and 1 private vacancy.

OPEN SPACE AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION) Five-member commission serves as an advisory body to City Council and shall cooperate with all other City, County and State agencies which are active in the area of open space development and preservation. Meets the Fourth Tuesday of each month, at @5:00 p.m. There are currently three vacancies.

PLANNING COMMISSION Five-member commission holds public hearings pertaining to the plan, design, location, removal, relocation, widening, extension, and vacation of streets, parkways, playgrounds and other public places and approves plats for subdivision of land; and the zoning of the City for any lawful purpose. In addition, the Commission formulates plans for the future physical development of the City. Meets the first Wednesday of the month, at 4:30 p.m. (Staggered Term, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Five-member commission serves as an advisory body to the City Council on any and all questions concerning the maintenance, operation and improvement of the public utilities serving the City, both privately and municipally owned. Meets the second Tuesday of every month, at 4:30 p.m. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

RECREATION COMMISSION Five-member commission serves as an advisory body to the Council on any and all questions concerning the operation and improvement of City recreation programs. Meets the third Tuesday on a bi-monthly basis (excluding summer months), at 85 S. Main Street in Conference Room 2 @ 7:00 p.m. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY COMMISSION Five-member commission reviews proposed rules and advises City Council regarding the City’s refuse, recyclable materials and yard waste collection program. Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month, at 85 S. Main Street in Conference Room 2 @ 6:30 p.m. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 3 vacancies.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Five-member board hears and decides appeals resulting from any order or decision made by a city administrative officer in enforcing zoning ordinances. The board may also authorize zoning variances, provided they do not conflict with the public interest. Meets on an “as needed” basis. (Staggered Terms, Full Term 3 Years). There are currently 2 vacancies.

APPLICATIONS

Persons interested in serving may request that an application be mailed to you, download or complete the online version by visiting the City’s website at:

https://www.cityofoberlin.com/application-to-serve-on-a-board-commission-or-committee/ Feel free to contact the Belinda Anderson, the Oberlin Clerk of Council for assistance with the online application via phone at 440-775-7203.

Hard copies of applications can also be scanned and emailed to banderson@cityofoberlin.com or mailed to Attn: Belinda Anderson, Oberlin Clerk of Council, 85 S. Main Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074.

The deadline for applications will be Friday, November 13, 2020 @ 4:30 p.m.

85 S. Main street • Oberlin, Ohio 44074 • (P)440-775-7203 • (F)440-775-7208 • (E)banderson2cityofoberlin.com

McCormick debt refinancing could save $100K annually JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON — Debt owed for the construction of McCormick Middle School could be refinanced for a big savings.

Michelle Hillstrom, managing director of Stifel Investment Services, advised the Wellington Board of Education on Tuesday to take a hard look at the numbers.

Her firm, Stifel, was the underwriter when the McCormick Middle School bonds were issued in 2013.

Just like a homeowner might refinance their mortgage, the school system could buy new bonds to replace old ones at a better interest rate, said Hillstrom.

After briefly spiking this spring due to the COVID-19 crisis, today's rates are near historical lows. The all-time low was Aug. 7, and as of Sept. 24 the rate is 1.58 percent, she said.

That means the Wellington Schools could save an estimated $2 million or more in interest between 2021 and 2042 — about $100,000 per year.

"No one would look twice if you refinanced these bonds," said Hillstrom.

Board of Education President Brett Murner said the school system should be wise when it comes to saving money, which includes minimizing debt.

Refinancing is a decision he wants the school board to weigh in on "sooner rather than later," he said.

Walmart changes intended to streamline time spent in-store OBERLIN — Walmart on US Route 20 has finished a huge remodeling project, meant in part to protect employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Nearly every department in this store was refreshed in one way or another and our customers will immediately notice the exciting updates when they walk through the door,” said manager Frank Erhard. “While the renovations offer a fresh new look, our customers tell us how the latest innovations are major time savers and make shopping easier.”

New interactive displays allow customers to try out electronics before buying. The grocery department layout has been changed, bathrooms have been updated and there is new signage, lighting and flooring throughout the entire store for better line of sight and easier navigation.

There's also new shelving and lower fixtures for improved store flow, and an increased number of products in home, pets, sporting good and hardware sections.

Walmart is also putting an emphasis on pick-up and delivery options.

The innovations are intended to help customers save time while inside the store, or to choose an alternative to shopping inside, according to Walmart.

LETTERS Vote no on Issue 18 To the editor: Our taxpayers currently pay $14,126,165 each year in property tax to support the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The JVS is asking our tax payers for a property tax dollar increase on Nov. 3 of $4,526,928. This $4,526,928 is more than a 32 percent tax increase in our local property tax support for the JVS. In 2020, our taxpayers cannot afford a 32 percent increase in our property tax support. We have to look out for our families. Please vote no on Issue 18 on Nov. 3. Our taxpayers cannot afford a 32 percent increase. This massive increase in property tax is not fair to our taxpayers.

Everyone should vote no on Issue 18 on Nov. 3.

Ayers R. Ratliff Lorain County JVS Board Member from Wellington

Why vote for Firelands Schools Issue 16?

To the editor: Throughout the years, we have put on two emergency levies, both needed to run operations of our schools and both due for renewals.

Our treasurers in the past and currently have done a great job in balancing and protecting our finances. We are not a district of unnecessary wants, but a district of needs for our students and staff.

As a school board and district, we feel our students deserve the best opportunities to succeed and our staff the tools to provide those opportunities. Issue 16 will combine both emergency levies into one substitute levy. It will not raise your taxes, but will give the district continued financial support from the Firelands community for the next 10 years. It will give our students and staff the confidence to know the Firelands community supports them, and the district will continue to have the finances to support their interests to help lead them on a path to success.

Please vote yes on Issue 16.

Mike OKeefe President, Firelands School Board

CORRECTION Family members can drop off each others' absentee ballots at the Lorain County Board of Elections.

The Oct. 8 story "Absentee voting Q&A with Lorain County's top elections official, Paul Adams" contained incorrect information.

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Wellington shops survive pandemic to celebrate anniversaries BROOKIE MADISON

THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

WELLINGTON — Resilience is a word that many small-business owners talk about and had to have when bringing their businesses into fruition.

Often, new businesses don’t make it but that was not the case for three businesses in Wellington that are celebrating their one year anniversary. That's right: They have survived this past year — a year unlike any other with the COVID-19 pandemic devastating the economy and businesses everywhere.

Scent Depot Scent Depot, Truly Simple Boutique and Mad Batter Pastry Emporium all survived a first year in which they were ordered closed for a time by Gov. Mike DeWine and saw finances divebomb for many as they were out of work.

Scent Depot, 132 West Herrick Ave., had its business anniversary on Oct. 4. Co-owner David Arcuri said that this first year has been interesting, filled with support and has been a good first year in general.

It was in October 2019 while on vacation from his regular job when he decided that he didn’t want to be part of the workforce anymore.

“I wanted to do something for myself,” Arcuri said. “My wife and I discussed it and we decided to do this. We brought in my business partner who we are friends with and we thought it would be a good idea. It was spur of the moment, kind of, actually. We wanted to do something that would contribute to the community.”

Scent Depot sells home, bath and body products like bath and shower bombs, natural soaps, candles, wax tarts and bath salts, to name a few things.

Arcuri said he and his business partners wanted to do something that wasn’t in Wellington.

“There's' really nothing around like this,” he said.

“We wanted to give the community an opportunity to use products that could help relax and rejuvenate.

We settled on the products that we carry to help with that idea.”

He said that the pandemic was a big uncertainty and that there’s always an uncertainty when running a business. Arcuri said he doesn’t think he’s ever been concerned whether they would be successful because it’s Wellington.

“The community supports each other,” he said.

“We just don't let ourselves get down and we handle each problem as they come and rely on our friends and community to get us through.”

Arcuri said that the support from the community has been awesome from the get go when they did craft shows in town through Main Street Wellington and even when they opened the storefront.

During the shutdown, Scent Depot closed for two months.

“We were able to really push our online and ship stuff out,” he said. “We instituted no-contact delivery. When we did open our doors back in May, we instituted curbside pickup.

You could order online and we’ll have it ready.

We were able to get by. We were able to sell hand sanitizers when a lot of places didn’t have it.”

A new product that Scent Depot offers is mask refreshers, for those who

Kristin Bauer | Chronicle

David Arcuri, co-owner of The Scent Depot in Wellington, holds the store's new shop cat, a stray kitten found by a customer that the store is keeping and taking care of. have to wear masks all day.

“As of last week, we started carrying loose leaf tea,” Arcuri said. “We have wine slushies that turn your wine into a frozen drink.

We try to stay in that lane of relaxation and rejuvenation and that kind of fits.

We’re instituting our fall scented products and we’ve added some therapeutic bath bombs to help with breathing, muscle soreness and detoxification of your skin.”

As far as working for himself, Arcuri said that he has found his business to be less stressful.

“I did delivery for various companies most of my career,” he said. “ Even though I'm not quite 50 yet, my body is kind of shot. So it helps physically. Mentally, I get to do something for myself and I get to support and help the community. It’s something I want to do. It’s not just about making money. It's about helping the community and offering a service.

It’s not even a product.

It’s a service and it goes back to relax, rejuvenate and refresh. Everyone needs that. It’s a fast paced world. We try to relay to people to take 20 minutes or 30 minutes in a bath, or make your car smell nice with our room spray. Little things like that add up to where people have a better mental outlook.”

Arcuri said the advice he would give to other wouldbe business owners is to recognize when there is an opportunity to do something different.

“You have to be willing to step out there and do it,” he said. “You have to be cognizant, open minded and willing to step out there and do what’s best for your business. I always say, right or wrong, make a decision and follow through with it. That’s really what it takes. People are going to make mistakes, but if you're confident in what you’re doing 99 percent of the time.,it’s going to be successful.”

Mad Batter Mad Batter Pastry Emporium, a family-owned bakery, made it to its first year last Monday.

Owner Sasha Ford said the business was busy its first three months due to the holidays and even through the beginning of 2020 with Valentine’s Day. Due to the pandemic, it closed in March and didn't reopen until mid-May. “When we did open, we were welcomed back,” Ford said. “We’re still open three days a week. We were only open two days a week when the pandemic happened. Us being open the three days has us really busy.”

Ford and her mother, Carlota Derifaj, run the business with help from family members here and there.

“I started the business because since she was young, she wanted to bake,” Derifaj said. “Her dream was to have a place that she can bake. So, when she found out about this place, she goes, “Ma, I really want this place and I really want to start my business here.’”

Ford said that she learned and enjoyed baking with her grandparents from both sides of her family.

“My grandpa was a bak-

er,” she said. “He would always make cannolis and cassada cakes because he’s from Sicily. We got into baking with him a lot and my mom grew up around it. My grandma actually owned restaurants in Peru.

I learned a lot from my dad’s mom. We would always make all the Christmas cookies and different cakes.”

Married and living in Italy, Ford said that was when she started getting into pastries and fruit tarts and practicing her craft.

Once she found a place, she convinced her mom to help.

“She probably hates me because she’s always there at night and throughout the day,” she said. “We love it, we have a lot of fun doing it. It’s a lot to enjoy and we’re doing what we like to do.”

One of Ford’s concerns and challenges with Mad Batter was being pregnant and keeping everyone safe.

“I literally wasn’t front facing any customers, which I was doing all the time before,” she said.

“With the hours, it was just

me and my mom baking.

So I was baking and lifting heavy dough things all the way until I was eight months pregnant.”

Because they were only open a few days, she said she couldn’t hire anyone outside of the two.

“So, you can’t hire help or have help when you’re trying to pay rent even through the pandemic because the people who owned the building still had to pay a mortgage,” she said. “There was no stopping. We had to open back up because if we didn't, we wouldn’t have made it.”

Ford and her mother installed screens, kept up on disinfecting, limited hours and allowed customers to pick up orders.

“We were lucky because people wanted their doughnuts still,” she said. “There weren’t places offering homemade doughnuts locally that you can order. So when we’d open up, people were really forthcoming and they would place orders like every week. We weren’t even open more than six months before everything happened.”

They donate any remaining food to places like the police station and to Kipton Community Church.

The bakery's best-selling items are the fruit tarts and cassata cakes. And soon, Mad Batter will be offering a new item and will have a different menu for Sweetest Day. “We just got an ice cream cabinet and we’re getting local homemade ice cream,” Ford said. “We’re going to be offering ice cream sandwiches made out of doughnuts, cookie sandwiches and we’re going to make funnel cakes and caramel apples for Sweetest Day. We have some new things we’re bringing to the bakery for the fall to drive business."

Ford said that she is really trying to do more with weddings, which also were affected by the pandemic.

“We still have some weddings,” she said. “Our numbers kind of cut down from large weddings to 25 people.”

Some advice Ford said she would give to other small-business owners and individuals with ideas is to stay organized, plan ahead, market yourself and go for your dreams.

“Plan it and have a good business plan when you go to do it, but also take it as it is,” she said. “Anything we got critiqued on we would change and any ad-

vice that we got we would implement in our structure.

It never kicked us down.

It’s all a learning process.

Give it your all, go for your dreams and hopefully it turns out great, but if you work hard for what you want you will achieve it.”

Truly Simple Boutique Truly Simple Boutique, which offers women’s clothing, accessories, purses, personal shopping and styling, went from online to a brick and mortar right in the midst of the pandemic.

“I opened the brick-andmortar location just a day after the governor gave the go ahead and was pleasantly surprised to see people out and about,” owner Meegan Bischoff said.

Bischoff said that the pandemic was tough to navigate, especially when it came to getting inventory.

“Production schedules were completely thrown off,” she said. “Things still have not recovered and gotten back on track and shipping is a nightmare.

There’s no guarantee when anything will be delivered, so I’m unable to plan accordingly. This is still an issue and will continue to be for some time. Otherwise, I used social media to grow my business while we weren’t able to go anywhere and I continue to use it a lot.”

She said that one of her concerns always will be the stability of the economy.

“You really never know what is going to happen in the world that could throw it off,” Bischoff said. “I’m a worrier, so concerns are always there but I just tackle them as I go since there’s not much else I can do.”

Bischoff also said that her website will be getting a “facelift” with new features.

“There are tons of products up and some online exclusives,” she said.

“There is also a wish list feature that will be useful for buying gifts this holiday season.”

A few things Bischoff said that she learned in her first year being open is to always trust her gut and that there are still good people out there.

She also said that consistency is important.

“Consistency and building relationships are key, whether it’s being open the same hours every week, posting on social media each day or just lending an ear for someone that needs it,” she said.

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Lorain County JVS seeks money for updates, repairs JASON HAWK and LAINA YOST

The Lorain County JVS is going for its second attempt to pass a levy to repair its building.

Issue 18 is a 10-year, 0.66 mill permanent improvement levy. It would cost the taxpayer with a $100,000 home $23.10 a year, or $1.92 per month. That would generate about $4.5 million per year.

JVS Superintendent Glenn Faircloth said the school has been operating on the same millage levy since 1985. He said school officials stretched the money as best as they can, but now the 49-year-old building needs repairs that reach into the millions.

“We’re the last school in the books in our county to get a significant renovation,” Faircloth

said. “We’re the last ones, and we belong to the county.”

Lorain County JVS first put the levy on the ballot in last year’s general election, but it failed with 55 percent against to 45 percent in favor, or 27,657 votes to 22,374 votes.

Roof repairs for the school would cost several million, he said, as would air handlers. Updating the labs for students would cost several hundred thousand.

Faircloth said students need updated equipment and labs to be able to continue learning at the JVS. Parts of the parking lot have been closed off to staff and students because Faircloth said it’s become too dangerous to be able to park there.

The majority of the buildings also don’t have a fire suppression system, or sprinklers. In order to

do some renovations, like knocking down walls, Faircloth said the buildings must have fire suppression system in place because it’s code now.

Faircloth said it doesn’t make sense to fix the old ceiling tiles and light ceiling fixtures without first putting in a sprinkler system.

Galvanized piping is used throughout the building, which has caused the JVS to block off certain sinks and toilets because the water pressure isn’t good enough. And Faircloth said the building is just plain outdated.

Some walls still have carpet on them.

“We just have a gamut of issues,” he said.

Ayers Ratliff, who represents Wellington on the JVS board, has opposed the past few levies to support the vocational school.

He is against it again.

"Because it's too much additional tax money that they want so that they don't have to use some of the general fund,'' Ratliff said.

Ratliff said he would back a request for a lesser amount — roughly half the $4.5 million per year the JVS is seeking.

The school has about seven months of operating cash on hand, far exceeding the state's three-month standard, said Ratliff, and ended the fiscal year with a $1.2 million budget carryover.

"You can't overtax the taxpayers, because all your feeder schools have to be taken care of, too," he said.

The $4.5 million a year would generate enough over 10 years to pay for the repairs, Faircloth said. That would be cheaper than tearing the building down and

building new, which Faircloth said would cost well over $100 million.

“The framework is sturdy and strong,” he said. “We’re not asking for a new facility. We did a cost analysis and we’re not asking for that. But these repairs are significant and are in the millions and our general fund isn’t enough to hold that.”

These days, Faircloth said schools are hard pressed to operate on the same millage they have been for years.

“We’re asking the community for help,” he said. “This is our JVS. We’re the only county school outside of the college. I think it’s our responsibility to make sure we have it for another 50 years. It will take all of us. We provide a great return on investment. Many of our students go back in the community.”

Firelands Schools hope voters OK a combined levy CHRISTINA JOLLIFFE FOR THE NEWS-TRIBUNE

SOUTH AMHERST — School officials hope to increase revenue from new construction in the district by combining two expiring levies into one without increasing the cost for residents.

Currently, the district has two emergency levies on the ballot that generate $820,000 annually and

$1.5 million annually. Both levies expire in 2021, but instead of renewing the levies and remaining stagnant, the board decided to combine them, which allows the district to collect on new construction.

If the substitute levy passes in November, it would generate the same $2.32 million for the first year, but over time, that amount would increase based on new development.

“This will capture additional

funding from new construction in the district,” Firelands Schools Superintendent Mike Von Gunten said. “Unlike other communities, like North Ridgeville or Avon, we don’t have 50, 75 and 200 home developments going in. But there is new construction.”

The amount of money the levy will generate based on new development is unknown at this time.

But the new property owners would be taxed at the same rate as current

property owners.

And Von Gunten wants to stress that the substitute levy is not an increase for current homeowners.

The district already has been collecting these levies since 2006 and 2011 with the money being used to help fund the district’s academic, athletic and arts programs. It is used to purchase class materials and technology, as well as supports the transportation department and teachers.

“It’s money we have been receiving for several years,” Von Gunten said. “If it did not pass in November, we would be losing $2.3 million annually. We certainly couldn’t sustain losing $2.3 million year after year, and that would trigger many, many cuts.”

Although Von Gunten said talks of cuts are a long way off, if the levy does not pass, the district would have to go back to the voters.

Lorain County Children Services seeks 1.8-mill renewal DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

ELYRIA — Lorain County Children Services is asking voters to renew its 1.8-mill operations levy on Nov. 3 so it can continue to provide for abused and neglected children and foster families.

The owner of a $100,000 home will continue to pay $49.84 annually to support

the levy, which is Issue 24 on the ballot and will last for five years.

The levy will not raise taxes and will continue to provide $12.3 million annually, or about 54 percent of the agency's annual $21 million budget.

Another 35 percent of the agency's funding comes from federal sources, 11 percent from the state and less than 1 percent from elsewhere.

Children Services investi-

gates claims of child abuse and neglect, provides services to foster families, places children with family members if their parents are unable to care for them and provides those family members with monthly payments so children can stay with family members and not enter the foster care system.

It also supports adoption services, programs for families dealing with addiction and assists teens aging out of foster

care.

The number of newly licensed foster families has risen since last year, and the need for adults to foster children surpassed the number of foster parents who retired last year, agency Director Kristen FoxBerki said earlier this year.

The agency has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Families since 1999, and it is regularly reviewed for compliance by

federal, state and local organizations.

"Our commitment to quality and continuous improvement is only surpassed by our commitment to the abused and neglected children we serve," FoxBerki said in June. "We want to do the right things right the first time, every time, on time, one child at a time."

Lorain County commissioners threw their unanimous support behind the levy in June.

Kipton natural gas consumers could form buying group DYLAN REYNOLDS THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

KIPTON — A ballot issue would authorize natural gas consumers in Kipton to form a buying group with the intention of securing better energy rates and better terms due to

buying in bulk.

“If the community decides to go with natural gas aggregation instead of them buying it as an individual property owner, it would be the property owners that were part of the aggregation trying to purchase natural gas as a group,” said Kipton fiscal officer Christie

Homer-Miller.

If the issue passes and gas purchasing becomes aggregated, residents who do not wish to participate would have the ability to opt out.

It was decided at a village meeting July 6 to put the issue on the ballot following a unanimous vote

by Village Council. This came after a Feb. 3 presentation by representatives of the Northern Ohio Public Energy Council, also known as NOPEC, regarding the potential benefits of aggregation.

“There are many companies out there that will do aggregation. NOPEC is a nonprofit, while

many of them are for profit. That’s something to consider when you’re doing aggregation,” Homer-Miller said.

If NOPEC achieves savings above what it expected, it provides grants to the member communities rather than pocketing the difference, she added.

Pittsfield trustees could negotiate rates for power and gas CHRISTINA JOLLIFFE FOR THE NEWS-TRIBUNE

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Far from a tax levy, these issues could actually save taxpayers money.

Some residents could see a decrease in their utility bills, if Issue 11 and Issue 12 pass in November.

The issues, which appear separately on the ballot, give trustees

permission to negotiate with aggregate buyers for electric (Issue 11) and natural gas (Issue 12) services.

However, not all residents will benefit. Those who are serviced by the Lorain-Medina Rural Electric co-op are not eligible because co-ops are exempt and, of course, residents who do not have natural gas service would not benefit either.

But there are still plenty of resi-

dents who could save.

Trustee Mark McConnell said since individuals cannot negotiate with aggregate suppliers on their own, if approved, these issues would allow trustees to do just that.

“We can’t do anything until we put it on the ballot,” McConnell said of negotiations. “In most situations where other townships have done this, it just provides an option

for residents.”

McConnell is one of those residents who would not benefit from either issue. He does not have natural gas services and he has Lorain-Medina Rural Electric.

Still, he sees it as a good opportunity for others.

“Our people would possibly benefit from it,” he said. “If it passes, then we would negotiate with aggregate suppliers, pick one, and

then the residents have the ability to choose.”

It’s too early in the process to say how much residents might save, McConnell said.

One thing is certain, though: No one has to change electric or gas providers if they don’t want to change.

“This is just a potential service we can facilitate, if voters want it,” he said.

Green named Oberlin City Schools Driver of the Year FOR THE NEWS-TRIBUNE

OBERLIN — Driving large vehicles is in Ann Green’s blood.

She has driven commercial vans, tractors and even a bulldozer. There isn’t a vehicle she's afraid to drive.

“I have always been interested in driving big vehicles ever since my father was a truck driver,” Green said.

Watching her father drive a truck, coupled with her love of the school bus is what prompt-

ed Green to transport children to and from the Oberlin City Schools.

“I became interested in driving a school bus when I was in elementary school and I saw my own bus driver being in control of a large vehicle on the highway,” she said.

Recently, Green was named the Oberlin City Schools Driver of the Year.

The district is holding K-12 classes entirely online this year, but that doesn't mean Green has been sidelined. She continues to transport students who use the Boys & Girls

Clubs virtual learning center at Eastwood Elementary during the school day, as well as sports teams traveling to and from competitions.

Oberlin City Schools Operations Manager John Carter said Green’s safety and overall concern for school children is what made her the perfect candidate for Driver of the Year.

“She generally loves driving the school bus, and there isn’t a driving job she will turn away,” he said. “Mrs. Green came to Oberlin Schools with more than 40 years of experience behind the wheel, work-

ing for five different districts, helping out wherever she could.”

Driving the school bus to school isn’t her only passion.

She also loves sports, and has coached volleyball and softball.

Green said she is always looking for opportunities to drive a bus — so when the opportunity presented itself to drive for the Oberlin City Schools, she was more than happy to change direction.

“I have found a home with Oberlin, even though I always wear Keystone gear,” she said.

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Ann Green was recently named the Oberlin City Schools Driver of the Year.

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Amherst City Council terms could be doubled in length JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Should voters choose their local lawmakers every two years, or every four years?

That's the question being asked in Amherst, where City Council has placed a referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot seeking longer terms.

The goal, according to Councilman David Janik, D-At Large, is to give newly-elected members

more time to "learn the ropes" of the job.

"We felt a four-year term would be more aligned with how exactly we move forward in terms of ensuring folks get enough time to adjust to the position," he said.

Councilman Phil Van Treuren, R-At Large, said longer terms would mean having to campaign less often, hold fewer fundraisers, place fewer yard signs and "take the money out of local politics."

Every two years, all seven

Amherst Council seats go up for grabs — one for each of the town's four wards, and three at-larges that represent the entire city.

That schedule would also change if Issue 4 is passed. It would stagger Council elections so that three members would appear on the ballot one cycle and four the next.

As a result, there would never be a risk of seven brand-new Council members being elected at one time. That scenario hasn't happened in living memory.

But it is a concern for Councilman Jake Wachholz, D-Ward 3, "because if we had a completely new Council come up, it would be very difficult for all the new members to really get a handle, and if we're staggering, we at the very least have people that are able to help and guide others."

The proposed change would keep races partisan. There would still be Democratic and Republican primaries in each, and the ward and at-large system would

not change.

A second by related referendum also appears on the fall ballot as Issue 5.

It would increase the length of the Amherst City Council president's term from two to four years.

The president isn't technically a member of Council but an administrator — they do not take part in committees and cannot vote except to break a tie, but do decide what proposed legislation goes to the floor.

Spirit of '76 Museum asks for $36,000 per year renewal BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

Voters are being asked to fund the Spirit of '76 Museum’s renewal levy this November.

Issue 13 would raise the $36,000 a year to run the museum’s operations and pay for utilities.

The levy would last for five years and would cost a $100,000 homeowner $7.46.

“This tax levy is the only money that we ever have coming in,” Treasurer Barb Leiby said. “I try to locate grants to be able to pay to do things or else we wouldn’t be able to do some of our major projects.”

“Lately, we’ve been getting in-

volved with some grant situations to help fund our projects up there, so we’re trying not to abuse the taxpayers money,” Scott Markel, the museum’s project manager said. “It’s for their benefit because it’s for museum display and for the latest and greatest that we have up there.”

They have recently received a

60/40 matching grant from the state of Ohio and have done a project that was more than $30,000 to restore an Archibald Willard mural that is 10 feet by 13 feet.

“It’s the largest piece of artwork that Archibald Willard is known to have done,” Markel said. “We now have it on display. It is in phase one of three.”

Leiby said that the museum brought in 1200 people last year, as they do school and bus tours.

“The museum has been there for 52 years in the same building,” Leiby said. “We are a nonprofit.

We do not charge. We do accept donations of items or if people want to donate to the museum they are welcome to.”

Oberlin Schools renewals intended to keep district rolling JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — From buying masks to providing kids with computers, the unexpected costs of the COVID-19 are taking a toll on the Oberlin City Schools.

But even without those added costs, the district would still need voters to back Issue 21, a 3.77-mill operating levy renewal that appears on the Nov. 3 ballot, said Treasurer Robert Rinehart.

"To keep the district going, it's definitely a need," he said.

The Oberlin school system is

asking voters to keep $940,000 per year flowing in. The money covers the daily costs of education, from teacher salaries to No. 2 pencils, lunches, utility bills and gasoline.

Rinehart is preparing a state report that maps out the district's finances for the next five years, due in November. He said that as long as the levy is renewed again this fall, Oberlin's books will stay in the black.

Board of Education members and Superintendent David Hall have worked hard to avoid a deficit, he said, and that work has paid off. As of June, they had come in $200,000 over the year's financial projections.

"They've done a great job of cutting expenses and keeping everything in check," he said.

But failure at the polls isn't an option. Rinehart said losing nearly $1 million per year in funding on top of cuts already handed down by state legislators would be a disaster.

Also on the ballot is Issue 22, a 2-mill permanent improvement levy renewal. PI levies can't be used for paychecks and other operating expenses, only for investments in physical purchases that last for five or more years — school buses, desks, heating and cooling units, football helmets and so on.

Rinehart said he expects some of

that money to go toward repairing or replacing computers the 700 used by students for remote learning this fall due to the pandemic.

Another $200,000 will be set aside to purchase two new school buses, which will replace very old models.

At the moment, there are no pressing emergencies such as badly leaking roofs or broken boiler systems, but the district needs money on hand to handle surprise problems. "Right now, financially we're pretty sound. But if we lose four boilers at $120,000 apiece, that's funds we don't have budgeted," Rinehart said.

The PI renewal would in theory generate $445,922 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $26.89 per year.

But here's where it gets a little tricky: As a thank you to taxpayers for funding construction of a new elementary school, the Oberlin Board of Education intends to collect only half the millage on the ballot.

If voters approve the 2 mills, the board intends to vote each year to collect only 1 mill, or $13.45 for the owner of a $100,000 home.

That vote isn't guaranteed to pass each year, however, since new board members could be elected.

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