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ELECTION 2021 UNOFFICIAL

Volume 8, Issue 44

Halloween in the village

RESULTS

ISSUE 1: LORAIN COUNTY CRIME LAB A 0.3-mill levy to provide $2.3 million per year for five years FOR THE LEVY — 20,290 votes — 48.15 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 21,851 votes — 51.85 percent ISSUE 2: TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC A 0.06-mill health levy to provide $419,165 for five years FOR THE LEVY — 24,259 votes — 57.6 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 17,858 votes — 42.4 percent ISSUE 3: PUBLIC HEALTH A 0.5-mill levy to fund Lorain County Public Health with $3.5 million for five years FOR THE LEVY — 25,319 votes — 62.02 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 15,502 votes — 37.98 percent ISSUE 4: HOTEL BED TAX A 3 percent bed tax at Lorain County hotels to raise about $700,000 per year and fund a convention center FOR THE TAX — 14,058 votes — 33.83 percent AGAINST THE TAX — 27,491 votes — 66.17 percent ISSUE 7: KIPTON SEWERS

Photos by Angelo Angel | Amherst News-Times

The South Amherst Halloween parade was one of a few to return this year as vaccinations help get the COVID-19 pandemic under control. It rolled down Route 113 on Sunday afternoon under the changing autumn leaves.

A 2-mill renewal levy to raise $13,537 annually for sewer improvements in the village of Kipton FOR THE LEVY — 43 votes — 69.35 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 19 votes — 30.65 percent ISSUE 13: OBERLIN CHARTER A charter amendment that would allow City Council to meet virtually during emergency situations FOR THE AMENDMENT — 908 votes — 78.55 percent AGAINST THE AMENDMENT — 248 votes — 21.45 percent ISSUE 21: WELLINGTON CHARTER A charter amendment that would make planning and zoning personnel answer directly to the village manager FOR THE AMENDMENT — 442 votes — 66.17 percent AGAINST THE AMENDMENT — 226 votes — 33.83 percent ISSUE 22: WELLINGTON CHARTER A charter amendment that would create a Civil Service Commission if Wellington eventually becomes a city FOR THE AMENDMENT — 397 votes — 59.7 percent AGAINST THE AMENDMENT — 268 votes — 40.3 percent RESULTS PAGE A4

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Life after COVID

Adams ready to turn LCPH focus back to heart disease, infant mortality and… STDs JASON HAWK EDITOR

ELYRIA TWP. — Chlamydia, of all things, is on Mark Adams’ mind.

It’s an oddly antique disease, one that the Lorain County Deputy Health Commissioner didn’t suspect would ever end up so high on his priority list.

“I know, right?” he said Thursday, running down a list of public health threats he feels demand attention.

“Who’d have thought chlamydia would be the thing I’m looking at in this day and age?”

There will come a day — and it will be soon, said Adams — when COVID-19 is no longer be the all-consuming worry for Lorain County Public

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Mark Adams is poised to become Lorain County’s health commissioner, and has grand plans for moving his agency into a post-COVID phase.

Health, and the focus will shift back to more familiar but long-unsolved issues.

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staff at the agency’s Murray Ridge Road headquarters have been bunkered down, almost in wartime

mode, trying to stop the spread of the virus.

As of Friday, it’s killed 591 county residents, hospitalized 2,183 and infected at least 33,508 others. And that’s with the Spring 2020 lockdown, quarantines, masks and vaccines.

Without the small army of health workers who have been locked in overdrive since March 2020, running clinics and doing contact tracing, the coronavirus strain would have done far more damage.

Now LCPH is at a turning point.

The long grind is close to its end, Adams believes.

Following a fall surge, cases are cooling, hospitalizations are sloping off and no more dangerous variants

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Mobile home fire kills Westwood woman • B3

Major progress made in college geothermal project • B3

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted makes $1M LORCO visit • B5

OBITUARIES A2 • CLASSIFIEDS A4 • SPORTS B1-B2 • KID SCOOP B6

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OBITUARIES LEONARD RAY “DUDE” KNOTTS, 80, of Lorain, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, following a full and meaningful life.

EVELYN MCKINNEY (nee Adkins), 81, of South Amherst, passed away Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, at her home surrounded by her family, following a full and meaningful life.

FALL CLEAN-UP

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The Amherst Garden Club recently had a fall clean-up of the gardens at the Sandstone Village on Milan Avenue. Pictured are club member Cindy Bryda and her husband Jim working at the Quigley Museum.

Amherst library meeting

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

LETTERS Time for Council to take reins To the editor: I agree with City Council’s recent appointment of a subcommittee to review the charge of the Oberlin Underground Railroad Center Implementation Team.

The goals have not changed to preserve the historic Gasholder Building through a sensitive adaptive reuse, to develop a multi-modal transportation park and to tell the story of the Underground Railroad and Oberlin’s important role in that era.

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, the city received grants totaling $1.2 million in 2000 to establish a park-and-ride facility and interpretative center. In 2004, the Kenny Clark family generously donated the property to the city for that purpose.

In 2005, Council established a design team and because little had been accomplished by 2009 the city sponsored a strategic planning process with approximately 200 residents at the Zion Fellowship Center to reinstate that the property will be a tourist gateway and transportation hub and that the OURC shall celebrates Oberlin’s rich history in the anti-slavery movement and honor African-American heritage to promote a better understanding of the past and provide a pathway to our future.

Council then created the OURCIT to bring these aspirations back on track.

Get it open with little concern to appropriate historic renovation. Lately it seems some OURCIT members want a party center, not a facility to welcome visitors and tell the Oberlin story. Yes, it is time for City Council to take its rightful place to steer this long-term commitment back to the communities stated goals for the Oberlin Gasholder.

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Doctors talk about impact of COVID on NE Ohio hospitals JASON HAWK EDITOR

The worst of a fall wave in COVID-19 cases has passed. Now Northeast Ohio hospitals are wary of what the next few months hold.

Robert Wyllie, chief of medical operations at the Cleveland Clinic, said that at the start of October doctors were seeing 7,200 new patients each day.

That rate had dropped under 3,500 as of last Thursday morning, he said in a joint press conference with colleagues from University Hospitals.

There were still 426 patients hospitalized for COVID in Cuyahoga and surrounding counties, said Wyllie.

The trend appears positive, “but we’re concerned about what might happen as we look at the winter and deep winter surge that we had last year,” when people gathered indoors for the holidays, he said.

A repeat would be devastating. Health care workers are already tired and frustrated after a year and a half of crushing workloads, said Daniel Simon, chief scientific officer at University Hospitals.

About 18 percent of the nursing workforce has already left, he said. Another 15 percent or more are thinking about following the first wave out the door.

The result has been considerable staffing challenges. But doctors said their hospitals have been “load balancing” patients, transferring them around so

no single facility is overwhelmed.

Hassan Khouli, chair of the department of critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, agreed that employees have been under stress for a long time.

Nursing and respiratory staffing issues are not limited to Ohio, but are a national crisis, he said — and there’s no hint the situation will reverse anytime soon.

There is, however, what appears to be good news on the medical front.

Pharmaceutical companies Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics are seeking to release an antiviral drug called Molnupiravir to the market. It is in front of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization.

The treatment involves taking four pills in the morning and four more in the evening for five days — 40 pills in all. According to Simon, it’s been shown to cut hospitalizations from COVID by 50 percent.

And Molnupiravir does it at a $700 price point instead of the $3,000 or more it costs for monoclonal antibodies, Simon said.

The Merck pills also are effective against all variants, including delta.

The antiviral medication would help lighten the burden on hospitals.

Khouli said vaccines are also helping.

About 90 percent of patients hospitalized for COVID at the Cleveland Clinic are unvaccinated, he said. There are some breakthrough cases, but mostly among the very old and people with conditions

that make their immune systems vulnerable.

Neither the Cleveland Clinic nor UH require their employees to be vaccinated, however. Pressed on the question, doctors from the hospital systems said they would comply with mandates if they are put in place by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Wyllie said nearly 80 percent of Clinic caregivers are vaccinated, while Simon said UH’s rate among employees is in the mid-80s.

In intensive care units, Khouli said there has been a troubling trend of patients and their families demanding treatments that have not been medically proven.

The Cleveland Clinic’s focus is on evidence-based medicine, he said.

Claudia Hoyen, director of pediatric infection control at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, said doctors are now waiting for emergency authorization of Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5-11, which is expected in the next couple of weeks.

Cases among patients under age 18 in Northeast Ohio have been declining, she said. They had recently hit 10 times the number recorded in the late summer and early fall, crowding beds and stretching staff.

Children are far less likely than adults to have serious and fatal COVID infections, said Hoyen, but they should still be vaccinated.

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 8,300 kids in the 5-11 age range have been hospitalized and 94 have died nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“That is probably almost double over what would have died of the flu during that time. So when people say it’s much like the flu, it’s actually much more serious,” Hoyen said.

In the U.S., there had been 558 deaths among children up to age 17 in 2020 and 2021, as of numbers posted last week by the CDC. The flu killed 189 others and pneumonia killed 1,055.

The total number of children who died of any cause in the U.S. so far in 2021 is 25,992.

Clinical trials have found the 5-11 vaccine to be nearly 91 percent effective with minimal side effects as the body builds antibodies, said Hoyen.

She said none of the thousands of children in trial groups developed myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart. There is still a low risk such a case could be discovered as the vaccine is rolled out.

The survival rate is not the only factor to weigh when considering vaccinations. Rainbow Babies has been carefully watching a disturbing uptick in the number of “long COVID” child patients, said Hoyen.

After recovering from the virus, they continue to suffer from brain fog, cough, aches and pains and other persistent symptoms.

Health commissioner: Letting your guard down now may mean more COVID waves DYLAN REYNOLDS THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

As the number of new coronavirus cases reported locally and nationally declines, Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell is cautioning residents against letting their guards down.

“I know we’re going to continue to go down, and chances are we’re going to have a lull here for a little while. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go out and get vaccinated,” Covell said last week in a meeting of the county’s Community Protection Team.

The Community Protection Team is a group of officials from the local health, government and business communities that meets biweekly to discuss developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covell said it may appear the virus is “gone for good” if cases do continue declining, and increasing immunizations may cause waves of cases to be fewer and farther between.

But he cautioned that “this virus is going to be around a long, long time.”

With the COVID-19 vaccine potentially becoming available to children as young as 5 soon, Covell advised parents to seriously consider getting their kids vaccinated and to talk with their pediatrician about the decision.

Based on what he described as “pretty good percentages” of 12- to 18-year-olds who have received a COVID-19 vaccination in Lorain County, Covell said Lorain County Public Health is anticipating a substantial amount of interest in shots for younger kids.

“We really do think there is going to be a little bit less (interest) than the 12 to 18s, but still a pretty significant number,” he said.

Although data for the 12 to 18 age range Covell referenced is not available on the Ohio Department of Health’s website, data updated early last week showed 50.85 percent of Lorain County residents ages 12 to 17 had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared with 43.10 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds across Ohio as a whole.

Covell reported that Lorain County’s COVID-19 case count has been trending downward, which is

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consistent with what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeing across the nation.

Mercy Health — Lorain chief nursing officer Char Wray said the Lorain hospital’s COVID-19 patient numbers had slowed down since two weeks prior, when “we had a significant percentage of our acute care population in the hospital that were COVID-positive.”

Because COVID-19 hospitalization trends typically lag a couple of weeks behind case trends, Wray said the hospital is still busy.

“We’re still incredibly busy, but not quite as ‘crisis mode’ as it was a couple of weeks ago,” she said, adding that Mercy Health continues trying to recruit and retain health care workers, who are “at a premium right now.”

Dr. Rebecca Starck, president of Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital, also said the surge of patients has been on “a slower drop.”

“We do still have lingering patients with COVID, largely unvaccinated and people who were vaccinated several months ago with other comorbidities and (in) the higher age groups,” Starck said.

Drive-thru turkey dinner

A crew of Oberlin High School marching band students will offer leaf-raking services to Oberlin residents beginning Friday, Nov. 5.

The cost is a donation in any amount toward the band’s 2023 Florida performance tour, which has an estimated cost of $1,000 per student. To sign up, email your name, street address, phone number and estimated yard size to bandboosters@oberlinschools.net and a booster will reply.

Raking will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and may be limited due to student availability. For more information, call (440) 774-2629.

The First Congregational Church of Sullivan will serve its annual turkey supper from 4:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. It will be served drive-thru style again this year. The menu includes turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry relish and pumpkin pie. The cost is donation. The church is located at 503 US Route 224.

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Stretch of Oberlin Road being sewered for $248K JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST TWP. — Installation of a new sanitary sewer line will started Monday on Oberlin Road.

The $248,375 project will stretch 788 linear feet to the south of the new Hampshire Farms subdivision to Kay Drive.

“We have other properties that don’t have sewers on that road,” said Lorain County Assistant Engineer Bob Klaiber.

A tax increment financing district is being used to service Hampshire Farms, where 55 homes are being built on 25 acres.

Klaiber said it only makes sense to extend it now, since the county has been trying to find a cost-effective way to con-

nect other nearby residents for years. Ten homes on Oberlin Road will be connected to the new stretch of sewer.

While the first phase will look to the south, a future phase will connect more homes to the north, along the stretch that goes to State Route 2.

Tri Mor Corporation of Twinsburg has been awarded the contract for the job.

In a construction notice, Tri Mor Project Manager Jacob Smith said he expects work to last 30 days, during will mail and garbage collection will not be interrupted.

Residents on the southeast side of Oberlin Road will lose driveway access at times, however, he said.

Traffic will be restricted to one lane with flaggers for the duration of construction.

HERRICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY Read with Putter Putter the friendly therapy dog visits the Herrick Memorial Library in Wellington from 3:154:30 each Thursday to listen to children read.

This is a wonderful way for children to practice their reading skills as Putter listens to the stories. Call the library at (440) 647-2120 to sign up your child for a 15-minute time slot.

Library board meeting The Herrick Memorial Library board will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the library’s community room.

The meeting is open to the public and everyone attending will be required to wear a mask.

Play and learn Children up through age four and their

caregivers can enjoy unstructured play time from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays at the Herrick Memorial Library in Wellington.

A variety of fun and developmentally appropriate toys that encourage literacy and learning are available.

This is a great opportunity to socialize with other children and adults. No registration is required.

Gingerbread houses The holidays are coming and the Herrick Memorial Library wants to help decorate.

Children ages 4-11 can learn how to make and decorate a non-edible gingerbread house from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the library. Registration is required and can be done in person or by calling (440) 647-2120.

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That leaves LCPH eyeing the possibility of “demilitarizing” its COVID focus and returning to “peacetime” concerns.

Its top brass, Health Commissioner David Covell, is set to retire Dec. 10.

He’s said he never expected to spend the final round of his 35-year career steering 300,000 people through a full-fledged pandemic, and is ready to pass the torch.

Adams was hired a year ago to wait in the wings as his successor.

“That’s why they brought me here,” Adams said. “They wanted someone to take through what is next.”

His backstory leaves no doubt about why he landed in the public health field to begin with. Adams’ two brothers were each lost in tragedies he now fights professionally to prevent — one in a car crash and another to a drug overdose.

In 1987, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and spent just shy of 25 years in uniform. Adams’ duties there were heavily science-based, and by the mid-90s he had parlayed his skills into a job as director of the Canton City Health Department.

He went on to run the Henry County Health Department in the far northwest corner of the state, and has taught at Northeast Ohio Medical University, the University of Cincinnati and Kent State University.

Now Adams has big aspirations for the next several years, and a 0.5-mill levy on the Nov. 2 ballot to match.

If Issue 3 passes, the health department will get $3.5 million per year through 2027 to fund its efforts — that’s $16.01 per year for the owner of a $100,000 home.

Adams has already started planning how that cash can be put to use to help local residents. Few of them have to do with COVID-19.

That’s because LCPH has done about everything it can to combat the virus, he said.

There are just a couple of stages left: Combined booster and flu vaccine clinics begin Monday, and COVID shots for kids ages 5-11 are expected to roll out in mid-November, provided nothing derails emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Make no mistake — COVID is here to stay. It’s not going anywhere, said Adams.

But it’s approaching the point where it will be endemic, a low-level nuisance like so many other diseases that have raked the nation.

Those diseases, from measles to tuberculosis, still exist but don’t thrive because most people’s immune systems adapted either naturally or with help from vaccines.

With the future of COVID resting squarely on the shoulders of residents, Adams said it will be time to focus on other problems, like chlamydia.

Cases of the sexually transmitted disease, characterized by disgusting discharge

and intense burning pain during urination, have been increasing slowly and steadily in Lorain County for years, he said. We’re nowhere near a chlamydia crisis, but neither can it be ignored.

Other STDs have also been troublesome.

Adams said education is the only way to solve that problem, and he wants to work with school systems to reach students about prevention before it’s too late.

Diabetes is a fast-growing issue for the Lorain County population, he said. Heart disease is the big one — it is the leading cause of death in the U.S., causing about one in every four.

The best medicine to lower the rate of both is exercise. Adams said Lorain County has a wealth of resources such as the Erie lakefront, bike paths, metro and municipal parks, pools, splash pads, ball diamonds, hiking trails and other features that should be having more of a positive effect on the overall heart health of local residents.

They’re underused, though, he feels. Again, the answer is education, and Adams wants to promote those resources through education, even if it’s just to get folks out and walking — at 52, that’s his exercise of choice.

Infant mortality is another area where significant progress was being made before the onset of the pandemic, and is now backsliding. It was identified as a priority in LCPH’s two-year Community Health Improvement Plan released in January 2020, but efforts to address pregnancy-related issues and birth outcomes have been somewhat derailed.

“These are areas where we don’t want to go backward,” Adams said. “It is frustrating to see progress erased.”

Before it can make strides forward in many of these areas, Adams said LCPH needs to look in the mirror and improve itself.

Diversity — or a current lack of it — at the health department is a sticking point for him. “Almost everyone there looks like me,” he said.

But if health officials are to ever gain the full trust of the public they serve, not just the majority, they can’t all come from the same background and have the same ideas.

That’s a big lesson learned during the pandemic, when some communities did not feel comfortable opening themselves to largely-white LCPH, said Adams.

He said part of his mission as health commissioner will be to build bridges of trust to those who have expressed a lack of it. That goes not only for communities of color, but for skeptics who rejected the science behind COVID vaccines and masks, he said.

“We’re not going to be stronger until we’re all stronger,” said Adams. “That means listening to each other and learning from each other. It means learning to trust each other.”

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Chrissy Stonebraker-Martinez of the Interreligious Task Force on Central America and Columbia speaks about immigrants’ need for public transit as protesters hold up signs behind her.

Oberlin residents join rally for public transit funding STAFF REPORT

CLEVELAND — Oberlin College students joined with other groups on Sunday, Oct. 24 to march in demand of federal funding for public transit service.

Ralliers gathered in Cleveland’s Public Square and marched to the office of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Participants called on Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act. Among them were members of the youth-led Sunrise Movement that focuses on climate, which has a presence in Oberlin.

The White House bills the $3.5 trillion act as a plan to create jobs, cut taxes and lower costs for working families over the next 10 years by increasing taxes on the nation’s wealthiest corporations.

It’s not just about transportation — it aims to provide two free years of community college, lowered prescription

drug prices, child care credits, universal preschool, Medicare expansion and paid family and medical leave. About $10 billion is set aside for transit and another $10 billion is earmarked for high-speed rail.

Oberlin resident Claire Schmelzer said clean public transit is crucial to addressing climate change.

“If we’re not investing in public transit, we’re leaving hundreds of thousands of Ohioans behind,” Schmelzer said, “and failing to meet the crisis of climate change.”

The highly partisan fight over the bill has resulted in drastic cuts being proposed. With Republicans unilaterally opposing President Joe Biden’s agenda, Democrats need to convince every senator to get on board.

There are holdouts in the party’s ranks — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have been slow to side with Biden.

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UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS

Turnout drops through the floor

RESULTS

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ISSUE 30: HENRIETTA ROADS AND BRIDGES A 1-mill renewal levy to raise $53,700 annually for infrastructure FOR THE LEVY — 305 votes — 75.87 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 97 votes — 36.8 percent ISSUE 31: HENRIETTA FIRE LEVY A 0.75-mill renewal levy to raise $37,273 annual for fire services FOR THE LEVY — 306 votes — 76.12 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 96 votes — 23.88 percent ISSUE 36: HERRICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY A 1.25-mill renewal levy to raise $313,901 per year in support of the public library in Wellington (a small number of out-of-county votes were not available at deadline) FOR THE LEVY — 1,052 votes — 65.55 percent AGAINST THE LEVY — 553 votes — 34.45 percent AMHERST SCHOOL BOARD RACE Top three vote-earners win: • Amanda Messer — 1,869 votes — 18.8 percent • Teresa Gilles — 1,815 votes — 18.25 percent • Morgan Wachholz — 1,631 votes — 16.4 percent Valerie Neidert — 1,557 votes — 15.66 percent Mike Witte — 1,544 votes — 15.53 percent Ronald Yacobozzi — 1,528 votes — 15.37 percent OBERLIN SCHOOL BOARD RACE Top three vote-earners win: • Farah Emeka — 1,032 votes — 29.66 percent • Jo-Anne Steggall — 756 votes — 21.72 percent • Rosa Gadsden — 598 votes — 17.18 percent Ronnie Rimbert — 588 votes — 16.9 percent Samuel Baker — 506 votes — 14.54 percent WELLINGTON SCHOOL BOARD RACE Top three vote-earners win: • Jennifer Kazmierczak — 744 votes — 22.52 percent • Phillip Mohrman — 712 votes — 21.56 percent • Ayers Ratliff — 555 votes — 16.8 percent Brett Murner — 501 votes — 15.17 percent Mike Davidson — 454 votes — 13.75 percent Penny McClaflin — 337 votes — 10.2 percent WELLINGTON VILLAGE COUNCIL RACE Top three vote-earners win: • Gene Hartman — 424 votes — 25.31 percent • Keith Rowland — 390 votes — 23.28 percent • Gary Feron — 341 votes — 20.36 percent William Bogan — 297 votes — 17.73 percent Stephen Boham — 223 votes — 13.31 percent

Why ‘unofficial’ results?

Election Night tallies give a pretty good idea of the outcome of most races and issues. However, the numbers are not official until final certification by the Lorain County Board of Elections. The numbers can change after a rigorous review.

CLASSIFIEDS LEGALS PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on October 11 & 18, 2021. The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Nancy Greer @ 204-2050 (Nancy_Greer@ cityoflorain.org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/ approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

October 11-Ordinance 17821* Approving the MOU between the City of Lorain and telecommunicators effective 1/1/20-12/31/22 and repealing Ord. 172-21. 179-21* Auth the S/S Director to enter into an MOU between the City of Lorain and USW6621 and repealing 171-21.

October 18- Resolution 3921 Acknowledging October as national Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 4021 Accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and auth the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the County Auditor.41-21* Concurring w/ expenditure of $2,939,404.39 of the American Rescue Plan Act. Ordinance 180-21 Accepting grant money from the Nord Family Foundation to be used for the recovery court coordinator position. 181-21* Auth & approving the commencement of the process to create a shoreline special improvement district for the levy of special assessments for shoreline erosion control. 182-21*Auth the S/S Director to advts & enter into contract for a 2 year period w/ 2 optional 1 year extensions for street patching within the city. 183-21 Ratifying & approving the payment & provision of compensation & benefits to the person appointed to the HR Generalist for the

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184-21* Auth the S/S Director to request proposals and enter into a contract to conduct and preparation of a compensation survey for all non-bargaining unit employees. 185-21* Appropriation. 186-21 Repealing Ord. 69-16 and Ch. 1302 of

the Lorain Codified Ordinances “Registration of Vacant Commercial Buildings” & est new Ch. 1515. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

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JASON HAWK EDITOR

SHEFFIELD TWP. — Turnout at the polls was expected to be down a bit Tuesday, but not rock bottom.

With 276 candidates and 42 issues spread across ballots in Lorain County, only 43,290 voters took part in the fall election, either in person or absentee.

That may sound like a large number, but with 216,676 registered voters, turnout crawled in at just 19.97 percent.

“That really surprised me,” county Board of Elections Director Paul Adams said in an interview just after midnight.

Precinct 1A in Vermilion was among the hottest in the county, with 41 percent turnout as voters stepped

up to decide on a mayoral challenge — Jim Forthofer gets to keep his job after winning by more than a 35 percent margin, according to unofficial Election Night results.

But elsewhere voters were less motivated to show up.

A flood of absentee ballots were delivered Tuesday in the mail, just in time. Adams said his staff had only gotten back about three-quarters of the ballots requested, and the final rush raised that number to about 95 percent.

At the end of the night there were still 363 outstanding absentee ballots — they have seven days to arrive if they were postmarked Monday.

There were also 338 provisional ballots, said Adams.

And voters cast close to 2,000 write-ins across the county, with the bulk in the Elyria Board of Educa-

tion race.

“All of those write-ins have to be individually reviewed, and they all have to go before the board itself,” Adams said.

There was only one small hitch in the electoral process Tuesday: A smoke detector went off at the Board of Elections office in Sheffield Township, causing some alarm.

The malfunction was quickly resolved without any need for evacuation, Adams said.

“For a little while there, we had some firefighters in the building, but it looks like everything is OK,” he said.

Now comes the certification process. Workers will spend the next few weeks poring over the ballots to ensure they are all valid.

The numbers usually shift slightly as provisionals and write-ins are looked at closely.

With Pinskey, Democrats gain a seat on Amherst City Council JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Democrats now hold a 5-2 advantage on Amherst City Council after Tuesday’s election.

Stephanie Smith Pinskey shifted the balance further left. She defeated Republican Deborah LeSuer in the city’s Ward 4 race, flipping a seat currently held by Republican Matt Nahorn, who chose not to see re-election.

Pinskey won the ward 387-325, or 54.35 to 45.65 percent, according to unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.

After making a victory toast to about 25 support-

ers at a watch party at Ziggy’s Pub & Restaurant, she said she didn’t run in the spirit of partisanship.

“I’m looking forward to kind of bridging the gap in everyone working together,” Pinskey said. “I think we’re so politically divided nationally and in the county, and it seems crazy. It doesn’t need to be that way.”

A familiar face from the other side of the aisle made his return. Republican Chuck Winiarski was the top finisher in the four-way Amherst Council-at-large race with 1,493 votes or 28.4 percent.

He previously served on Council, but chose to bow out in 2017. At the time, he called the decision

“taking a break” and said he’d likely be back.

With the backing of voters, he now wants to spend the next four years putting long-range plans in motion.

“I like the notion of some subcommittees to look at some things that are forward-looking,” Winiarski said. “I’m talking 10, 20 years from now. What does Amherst have an appetite for that we need to grow?”

Democratic incumbents David Janik (1,342 votes or 25.53 percent) and Martin Heberling (1,291 votes or 24.56 percent) also made the cut in the three-seat race.

Republican Bradley Lacko — who has made several unsuccessful

Council bids now — was the odd man out, falling short with 1,131 votes or 21.51 percent.

Ed Cowger is the other lone Republican councilman in Amherst, keeping his Ward 2 seat after a challenge by Democrat Becky Harmych. Cowger won 360-344, or 51.14 percent to 48.86 percent.

Democrats Brian Dembinski, D-Ward 1, and Jake Wachholz, D-Ward 3, were unopposed on the fall ballot.

Republican Jennifer Wasilk was also unopposed to keep her role as Amherst City Council president another four years. The post is technically administrative — Wasilk is only allowed to vote to break a tie.

Landslides for Oberlin school taxes JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — David Hall didn’t start to relax Tuesday night until ballots in every Oberlin City Schools precinct were counted.

The results gave the Oberlin City Schools superintendent cash from two tax renewals to work with.

“I know we have the support of the community, but I always get nervous, never take anything for granted,” Hall said.

The first renewal was for 1.3 mills, or $300,369 per year. It will be used to pay for the district’s technology needs over the next five

years at a cost of $35.13 per year for the owner of a $100,000 home.

It passed in a landslide 1,047 to 608 vote, or 63.26 percent to 36.74 percent, according to unofficial results from the Board of Elections.

The second renewal was for a 0.75 percent income tax, which will continue to generate an estimated $1.8 million per year through 2027. It will be used to cover the Oberlin City Schools’ basic day-to-day operating expenses.

That measure also found heavy support at the polls, passing 1,007 to 653, or 60.66 percent to 39.34 percent.

Hall said the district would have tried and tried again had the two

measures failed on the first attempt. That money is too critical to the functioning of the district to lose.

“The renewals place us in a nice spot where we can look forward financially,” he said — that means attention can now turn to planning for the construction of a facility for grades six to 12 on the North Pleasant Street campus.

None of the money approved by voters Tuesday is earmarked for that project, said Hall. The school system plans to use property taxes from the NEXUS gas pipeline and “maybe some other funds coming in” without the need for an additional levy, if possible, he said.

Bed tax put to sleep by county voters DAVE O’BRIEN

THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

ELYRIA — A proposed bed tax on visitors staying in Lorain County hotels was soundly defeated by voters Tuesday.

Issue 4 proposed an additional 3 percent hotel bed tax the commissioners wanted to fund the creation of county convention board and convention center.

It went down to defeat by a nearly 2-to-1 margin at the polls, one of two countywide levies that failed to sway voters.

Two other countywide issues passed, both renewals related to health and safety issues.

With 201 out of 203 precincts reporting, the issue was failing with 27,096 votes against to 13,972 votes for, accord-

ing to incomplete and unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.

The proposed tax would have raised an estimated $700,000 by charging an additional 3 percent on the bills of guests who rent hotel rooms in Lorain County.

Commissioners David Moore and Matt Lundy, who had taken lead on the issue after receiving assistance from state legislators and who had investigated similar funding plans in the past, said more education was needed to convince voters the tax was needed.

"We didn't get out and educate the public," Moore said Tuesday.

"We'll take a look and revisit it."

"We've got a lot of work to do and we'll need to do a much better job of edu-

cating the voters with the hope they'll understand the importance a convention center will have with jobs and economic development and tourism," Lundy said. "It's going to require a more robust education process."

Officials said there are few places in Lorain County large enough to host conventions, auto or boat shows, gun shows or high school graduations. A convention center could do all those things, commissioners said.

An 11-member convention board would have been tasked with planning and promoting the convention center.

Lorain County already collects a 3 percent bed tax on hotel guests that benefits the Lorain County Visitors Bureau. It raises between $600,000

and $700,000 annually.

Moore said the county, which is in the midst of the 2022 budgeting process, will have a chance to look at its funds and go from there.

There was "not much education of the public as to what this was," he said.

Lundy admitted the language of the ballot issue was "a little complicated" but the tax also was something new.

"If there's going to be a tax, it's certainly best if people outside the county are paying for it," he said.

"We've got a lot of work to do on that issue ... I hope in the future the voters will see the economic development and job and tourism opportunities."

Commissioner Michelle Hung said she had no comment on the failure of the bed tax.

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The Wellington Firefighters Association’s 13th Annual Chili Cook-off will be held from 3-8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Wellington Eagles, 631 South Main St. The event raises funds and collects food donations for Well-Help, a nonprofit organization that provides services in the southern part of Lorain County. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for ages 17 and under.

Fall trivia night

After being canceled for two straight years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lorain International Festival and Bazaar will return June 2022.

“No one missed the Lorain International Festival the past two years more than the members of the LIA board,” board

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

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Learn what records are available for your 19th-century military ancestors via the Fold3 records database, and pick up some search strategies to narrow down what you’re looking for. This program is open to society members and the public. Those interested in watching the presentation should contact meetings@loraincoogs.org to be added to the invitation list and receive the online link.

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Last history walks of the year

Join Oberlin Heritage Center staff for the final outdoor tour weekend of the year.

History walks are open to the public as well as to Oberlin College campus visitors. They include: • The Civil War to Civil Rights History Walk at 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5.

• The Freedom’s Friends History Walk at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6.

• The Scholars and Settlers History Walk at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7.

• Self-guided tours of the Monroe House will also be offered throughout the weekend.

Visit www.oberlinheritagecenter.org for more on fees and starting locations. Advance registration is required online or by calling (440) 774-1700.

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President Chris Rewak said in a news release. “Lorain’s ethnic churches, foods and festivals are what makes it special. The board cannot wait to once again provide an event for family and friends to share memories, as well as pastelillo, gyros, pierogi and more in beautiful downtown Lorain.”

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The Oberlin Heritage Center will host a night of trivia for all ages from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 via Zoom.

Register your team by Nov. 8 by visiting www.tinyurl. com/OberlinTrivia or calling (440) 774-1700. The cost per team is $40.

Once your team is signed up, the team leader will be sent a registration link to forward to fellow team members, who can play from the comfort of their own homes on game night. Questions will be announced live and posted on slides for everyone to see. After announcing a round of questions, teams will be sent to their own virtual break-out rooms to confer and then text a photo of their answer sheet to an answer checker using a smartphone. There will be several rounds of questions and a final question.

Don’t worry—you won’t need to know everything there is about Oberlin to play. Test your knowledge of pop culture particulars, sports specifics, musical mysteries and much more. Just remember — no internet searches or phone calls to family members for the answer, unless they are on your team.

The evening will also include a 50-50 raffle, as well as raffle baskets to bid on prior to the event. The top three placing teams will receive goodie gift bags, and the winning team will have their name added to the OHC Trivia Champions plaque.

Proceeds support the ongoing work of the nonprofit Oberlin Heritage Center.

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Cleaning gutters used to be a dreaded part of homeowner maintenance.

A necessary but dangerous chore. For those that did not want to risk their lives climbing the ladder, the only options available were either hiring a neighborhood kid to do it (those days are long gone), or trying to install a gutter screen which would likely get clogged and eventually blow away. That was twenty-five years ago and boy have things evolved.

We now have smart phones, drones, self-parking cars.....and professional gutter protection.

Many home improvement companies such as roofers, window dealers and handymen may sell gutter guards, but the products offered may not be a permanent solution. They typically use gutter protection as a source of extra income to supplement their main business and the products offered are very similar to what’s available at the big box stores.

These are often screens and filters which in most cases, still need to be cleaned. This does not accomplish the goal of staying off the ladder. Don’t be fooled...ALL screens can clog.

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Deciding on a solution may be a little confusing at first, bu the main goal should be to choose the best performing product and have it installed by the right company.

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The Gutter Cover Company also offers a safe and effective way to stop big icicles and ice damming.

This is NOT the old-fashioned zig-zag roof wires. An optional add-on product called Heater Cap can be installed with or without Gutter Topper which gently heats the gutter area with a self-regulated heat cable. An aluminum plate then covers the cable which protects it, hides it, and helps spread the heat to a larger area.

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Austin Barnes, 8, and his sister Isa'Bella, 5, of Lorain, stop at Lorain County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tony Kovacs' cruiser on Friday evening 29 during the Cops and Community trunk-or-treat event held at Open Door Christian School. Law enforcement officers from all over the county took part in the event.

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Rollin, Groesser get it done for Pirates Photos by Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

The huge bulk of Saturday night’s playoff contest was played on East Canton’s half of the field. Black River’s defensive line refused to give up ground, leaving the Pirates’ Brandon Rollin to do his thing. He ran up 95 rushing yards on 21 carries, making a 1-yard trip into the end zone in the first quarter to establish a 7-0 lead with help from kicker Eric Groesser. A Groesser field goal made the game 10-0 at the half. When play resumed, the Hornets’ Brennan Betz was downed in the end zone for a rare safety, and Groesser split the uprights from 39 yards out to give the Pirates a 15-0 win.

East Canton’s performance was eclipsed by every metric — Black River won the rushing game 133-20 and the passing game 65-21. It was a messy game, however, with a combined 12 fumbles causing havoc on the rain-soaked field. Now the Pirates advance to take on No. 2 seeded Columbia. The last time the teams met, the Raiders won in a 40-12 blowout.

RIGHT: Black River's Brandon Rollin gets outside for yardage past East Canton's Nathan Cilona.

BELOW: Black River's Blake Hopkins brings down East Canton's Dylan Stoffer in the backfield for a loss.

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Photos by Thomas Fetcenko | Wellington Enterprise

The Dukes found themselves on the receiving end of a 33-6 beating Saturday night. Columbia dominated first-round playoff action, taking advantage of a steady rain to rack up big rushing numbers. Cody Davis opened the scoring with an 18-yard reception from Andrew Champagne to establish the Raiders as a threat in the first quarter. The second quarter is where Wellington was whipped — Columbia tied on 19 with short-yardage runs over the goal line by Marco Cirigliano and Champagne. Owen Menge took a red zone pass in the third to put the game out of the Dukes’ reach; Colton Campbell prevented a shutout with a short trip into the endzone in the fourth for the Dukes. Columbia ended the contest with 122 rushing yards to Wellington’s 19, and also won the passing game 149-105. Dukes quarterback CJ Polen didn’t have a bad night, with 149 yards on 14 completions, and Jon Brasee was the team’s star receiver with six catches for 89 yards.

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ABOVE: Wellington's Ty Moore looks to let the ball loose as Columbia's Carter Peabody hunts him down.

LEFT: Wellington's Hayden Fleming zeroes in on Columbia's Owen Menge.

BELOW: Coday Davis carries the ball while Drew Unangst goes in for the tackle.

CROSS COUNTRY • Amherst sophomores Ty Perez and Luke Bowlsby narrowly missed qualifying Saturday for the state championships. At regionals in Boardman, Perez finished 34th in a field of 188 runners with a time of 17:32.8 and Bowlsby was 41st with a 17:46.6 finish.

• Senior Marisa Del Valle finished 60th at regionals Saturday to pace the Amherst girls. She was followed by junior Catherine Turner in 67th. Aurora Wilson, Leah Gerke, Winter Carrell, Angelina Williams and Katherine Low all finished down the list for the Comets at Boardman.

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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE Photos by Russ Gifford | Amherst News-Times

Amherst stayed alive and competitive for an entire half against Avon, keeping the fourth-seeded Eagles in check 0-0 in last week’s district semifinal. Then came the pain. Under a barrage of shots, Comets keeper Liviya Fain dislocated her shoulder, and Avon beat up backup goalie Natalie Pleban to end the contest 6-0.

Photos by Angelo Angel | Amherst News-Times

The Comets rode over Westlake for a 3-1 victory this weekend to take the district championship title and advance to regionals. They won 25-18, 25-18, 14-25, 25-16. Laken Voss and Nia Hall led the way with a combined 49 kills, 43 digs and 34 serve receives in the contest. Ava Haddix continued to dominate in the assists category with 49. Amherst faces St. Ursula Academy tonight at 6 p.m. in Norwalk.

ABOVE: The Comets celebrate after scoring a point.

RIGHT: Amherst’s Sydney Hooks returns a volley.

ABOVE: Amherst’s Kamille Coleman sends the ball forward at Avon.

BELOW: Abbey Cooke sends the ball forward for the Comets.

OBERLIN CITY COUNCIL - CLERK’S OFFICE

CITY OF OBERLIN NOTICE OF BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE VACANCIES Oberlin City Council will be accepting applications to fill the following vacancies: City Records Commission (1) Civil Service Commission (1) Fire Code Appeal Board (1) Fire Fighters Dependents Fund Board (2) Historic Preservation Commission (1) Housing Renewal Commission (1) Human Relations Commission (2) Income Tax Board of Review (3) Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation (OCIC) (5) Planning Commission (2) Public utilities Commission (1) Recreation Commission (1) Resource Conservation and Recovery Commission (1) Underground Railroad Center Implementation Team (1) Zoning Board of Appeals (2) Persons interested in serving can contact: Oberlin City Clerk Belinda Anderson, MMC 85 South Main Street Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Phone#: (440) 775-7203 Fax#: (440) 775-7208 The deadline for applications will be November 8, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

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Victim in Amherst mobile home explosion dies JASON HAWK and DYLAN REYNOLDS

AMHERST TWP. — A 52-year-old woman whose Westwood Estates mobile home exploded the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 27 has died from severe burns.

Rebecca Squires was the only person home around 2 p.m. when a compromised natural gas line caused her home to burst into flames.

After being treated on scene

by LifeCare Ambulance paramedics, she was taken to Mercy Health Lorain Hospital with extensive injuries, said Lt. Robert Vansant of the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office.

She suffered burns over 92 percent of her body, said Amherst Assistant Fire Chief Brandon Dimacchia.

Squires was later driven by ambulance to the burn unit at MetroHealth Medical Center, where she died from her wounds in the early morning hours Thursday.

A couple of birds she kept as pets died immediately, Dimacchia said.

The incident happened at the mobile home part off Quarry Road.

Dimacchia said the first Amherst Fire Department unit on the scene began working on suppressing the fire.

Bruce Bishop | Amherst News-Times

Firefighters survey the scene at Westwood Estates mobile home park in Amherst Township, where an explosion sent one woman to the hospital last week.

“Additional units from Amherst fire and surrounding communities for mutual aid arrived and continued to extinguish the fire,” he said.

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office also responded.

By the time the fire was put out, the mobile home was entirely charred, with its walls bowed outward. Two vehicles in the driveway — a Toyota sedan

and Dodge pickup — also were burned, and damage was also reported at neighboring properties.

The state Fire Marshal’s office was asked to respond to Amherst Township because of the injury.

Columbia Gas and Ohio Edison secured the utilities at the property.

Columbia Gas spokesman Bill Loomer said the company's sys-

tem tested safe and there were no leaks in the immediate area of the mobile home. Columbia Gas owns "everything up to the house," he said, so it is possible a line downstream of what Columbia owns could have been to blame.

Dimacchia said Amherst firefighters found nothing suspicious at the scene.

“It appears faulty supply lines

in the area may be the cause,” he said.

One neighbor who lives near the burned mobile home recalled the moment he heard the explosion.

Vincenzo Battaglia’s residence is nearby on the other side of the street, and he said he was inside watching television when he heard the booming noise.

Battaglia said he knew who lived in the mobile home and described her as a nice lady.

No firefighters were hurt while battling the fire.

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office and Amherst firefighters offered condolences to Squires’ family.

“We also want to stress the importance of calling your local fire department should you smell the odor of gas,” Vansant said.

Dimacchia said it’s common for someone driving by to smell an odor and report it to the Fire Department — but in this case, residents and a garbage truck driver said they smelled something off and didn’t report it.

“We would have liked to have been involved prior to the emergency to determine exactly what was going on in the area,” he said.

All fire departments in Lorain County have the same gas detection meters Columbia Gas carries and will use them to check complaints of gas odor, Vansant said.

25K feet of pipe laid in Oberlin College geothermal project JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — The enormous trenches that were cut across Oberlin College campus this summer will be filled in coming weeks.

That work marks the end of the first phase of a $140 million effort to switch to geothermal heating and cooling.

About 25,000 linear feet of new pipe have been installed underground in the past several months, said Meghan Riesterer, assistant vice president of campus energy and sustainability.

“We have hot water heating on campus now,” she said Wednesday.

So far, 13 buildings on the south side of the campus have been converted from the old steam-based heating system, which was literally falling apart.

Riesterer said those buildings that have been changed over should be 30 percent more energy efficient this winter.

Through the end of the year, conversion of campus buildings will wrap up, walkways and landscaping will be restored and new hot and chilled water

Kristin Bauer | Oberlin News-Tribune

Trenches created during construction across the Oberlin College campus will be filled in the upcoming weeks. Crews are pictured working on covering them the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 27. piping systems will be tested, according to project managers.

Since work started earlier this year, nearly 10 miles of trenches have been dug so old steam pipes could be removed and new lines

could be run from geothermal wells.

The 8-foot-deep channels will be filled within four to six weeks, and disrupted areas will be reseeded.

The college also anticipates paving will soon

Heritage Center invites award nominations The Oberlin Heritage Center’s Community Awards program is accepting nominations of individuals, businesses and organizations whose accomplishments “preserve and share Oberlin’s unique heritage and to make our community a better place to live, work and visit.”

Anyone may submit a nomination. Award categories include: • Community Historian, to be given to a person who contributes to the knowledge of the history of the Oberlin community through research, writing or educating others.

• Heritage Guardian Award, to be given to an individual or group dedicated to the ideals of conservation and preservation and who serves the community as a leader in preserving Oberlin’s history, historical records or historic buildings.

• Community Teacher of the Year Award, to be given to an area educator who inspires his or her students to get involved in community service.

• History Teacher of the Year Award, to be given to an area educator who inspires his or her students to learn more about history.

• Keep Oberlin Beautiful Award, to be given to an individual, business or organization that

helps to enhance the aesthetics and appearance of the community.

• Oberlin Heritage Center Volunteer of the Year Award, to be given to a volunteer who makes extraordinary contributions of time and talent to the Oberlin Heritage Center.

• Business Leader Service Award, to be presented to a business that provided exceptional support to the Oberlin Heritage Center in services or other contributions.

• Youth Community Service Award, for a young person who makes extraordinary contributions of time and talent to the Heritage Center.

Previous awardees, current Oberlin Heritage Center trustees and paid staff members are not eligible for awards.

Downloadable entry forms, which include a listing of previous award winners, are available at www.oberlinheritagecenter.org.

The deadline for submitting a nomination is Feb. 1. Recipients will be notified in mid-February and will be invited to attend the Oberlin Heritage Center’s Annual Meeting on April 13 to receive their awards.

For more information, contact the Oberlin Heritage Center at (440) 774-1700 or members@oberlinheritage.org.

wrap up on Professor and Elm streets, where digging has interrupted the traffic flow.

Riesterer said Oberlin College is grateful to the community for enduring inconveniences caused by

the project.

There will be more in 2022 as the focus shifts to the northern end of campus. Residents can expect more road closures there, as well as the removal of additional trees.

The college is replacing each tree removed with two new ones, she said.

North-side buildings will be refitted to work with the new system, and about 1,100 shafts will be drilled down about 600 feet, where the temperature remains a constant.

The entire geothermal project will take four years to complete — so far, it’s on schedule and on budget, said Riesterer, despite supply chain shortages and cost increases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When finished, the geothermal system will be a major step toward achieving a carbon-neutral campus, she said.

Oberlin College is also undertaking a renovation inside the Mudd Center on the edge of Wilder Bowl.

The A-level is being converted to a student counseling and activity space, which involves a complete rebuild of the former Center for Information Technology spaces and changes to the lower courtyard.

Concrete is already being removed from the plaza to make way for a new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramp.

Flu shot clinic in Amherst

Lorain County Public Health will provide free flu vaccinations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Old Stone Evangelical Church, 553 South Main St., Amherst.

Walk-ins and appointments are welcome. To schedule an appointment, visit www. loraincountyhealth.com/flu or call (440) 284-3206.

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The pride of Westwood Elementary Photos by Kristin Bauer | Wellington Enterprise

Patty Kresila, a third grade teacher at Westwood Elementary School in Wellington, accepted a trophy from Batman on Thursday, Oct. 29. The man with the cape and cowl was none other than Mayor Hans Schneider, a huge Batman fan.

He visited for a little Halloween fun and to award Kresila for her classroom’s success with the Positive, Respectful, Integrity, Dedicated and Effort program — or PRIDE. Kids earned tickets throughout October by performing acts of kindness and demonstrating positive behaviors.

BOTTOM LEFT: Students Natalie Plato, Graciella Toth and Emma Holowatyj celebrate their PRIDE victory.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Third-graders Everett Barlow and Rylee Mihocik celebrate their class’ achievement.

WELLINGTON RECYCLES!

Did you know, everything you recycle in your green recycling tote is weighed and recorded? The village of Wellington receives grant dollars from the Lorain County Commissioners, and Lorain County Solid Waste Management District, because you recycle. The more you recycle, the more grant money the village is eligible for! Grant dollars have been used to purchase recycled content park benches, trash/recycling receptacles, crushed red brick for the ball fields at the Rec. Park, the sun shade at the splash pad, and playground equipment.

What to Recycle in your Green Curbside Tote • Glass Bottles & Jars (all colors) • Metal Cans: Aluminum, and steel cans and lids • Paper: Newspaper, magazines, cardboard, mixed office paper and envelopes, paperboard (cereal boxes), telephone books, and catalogs

• Plastics #1 -#7 (reattach lid): Bottles and jugs that have a small mouth and wider base, such as milk jugs, soda bottles, laundry detergent bottles, water bottles, and shampoo bottles • Cartons (paper fiber): Juice, Milk, Soy Milk, Soup and Broth, Cream, and Wine

Recycling Tips – • Mix all items together – no separation required • Empty and rinse all bottles, jugs, cartons, and cans • No Need to remove labels • For plastic bottles, empty, crush and reattach lids

• For cartons, remove plastic caps and straws • Never place medical sharps or needles in the recycling • Do Not use plastic bags

Not for Recycling –

No plastic bags, cassette tapes, bed sheets, hangers, metal chains, garden hoses, batteries, needles, syringes, electronics, polystyrene foam, buckets, car parts, food, yard waste, light bulbs, drinking glasses, ceramics, pots, pans, and scrap metal.

Hard to Recycle Items Lorain County Solid Waste Management District Collection Center

540 South Abbe Rd., Elyria, Ohio 44035, 440-329-5440 Hours of Operation: Wednesday 12 PM – 6 PM, Saturday 9 AM – 3 PM (Lorain County Residents Only) • Household Hazardous Waste (see website for accepted materials) www.loraincounty.us/commissioners-department/solid-waste-management/collection-center • Fluorescent Lamps & Ballasts • Papers to Be Shredded • Cooking Oils • Scrap Tires • Electronic Waste

Lorain County Habitat for Humanity –

If you have items such as new paint, used paint that is half full, construction or building items – you can donate them to the Lorain County Habitat for Humanity, www.loraincountyhabitat.org, 440-322-2355.

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Husted visits to announce $1M sewer project JASON HAWK EDITOR

WELLINGTON TWP. — A $1 million infusion of state funding will help fix sewage issues that have long plagued the communities of Cinnamon Lake and West Salem.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted visited the Lorain County Rural Wastewater District offices near the Ashland County line last Wednesday to announce the award of a large Ohio BUILDS Water Infrastructure grant.

“This money isn’t just going to come and go,” he said. “It’s going to be invested for the long haul.”

The $1 million will pay for two new raw sewage pumps, a maintenance building and 22,000 feet of piping, according to a release from the state.

The goal is to connect the Cinnamon Lake development to the village of West Salem’s treatment plant more than four miles away.

Doing so will avoid the need to build an all-new facility with a price tag of $5 million to $6 million, Husted said.

The Cinnamon Lake treatment plant in Ashland County is both outdated and over capacity, according to Eugene Toy, LORCO Executive Director.

The Lorain County agency expanded its service area to take over Cinnamon Lake’s sewers

Jason Hawk | Wellington Enterprise

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Lorain County Rural Wastewater District Executive Director Eugene Toy pose Oct. 27 after announcing a $1 million state grant to address longstanding sewer issues just south of the county. in 2017. The development has been looking for a way out of the sewer business, since its plant is about 60 years old and was never meant to service 1,430 residents.

Toy said the plant has surpassed its useful lifespan and has been penalized by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for issues related to its aging equipment.

“This will certainly help put that to bed,” he said.

West Salem, in Wayne County, has its own wastewater treatment struggles, according to Village Administrator Rick Witucki. It has also aged, but with more than 50 percent of the village’s population below the poverty line, finding a way to improve the plant has been next to impos-

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sible, he said.

Toy said the deal will about double West Salem’s customer base, vastly upping revenue.

“Who really won today are the customers of Cinnamon Lake and the customers of West Salem,” said Witucki.

Toy said engineering for the project was already done, and the project had been on hold in hopes

of getting state funding. With that now in hand, LORCO anticipates awarding bids in early 2022.

Husted and others in Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration are touring the state this week to spotlight $93 million in similar infrastructure projects.

The LORCO award was one of 54 announced in 60 counties, with more to be revealed in coming weeks, according to Husted.

The projects are meant to address critical needs such as replacing aging water lines, preventing sewer system backups and replacing failing septic tanks with dedicated sewers.

“These grants are about strengthening our future, our people, and our communities,” said DeWine. “We want our kids and grandkids to stay in Ohio, and clean water is essential to the health and future of our state.”

Husted said water quality should be high on Ohio’s priority list, from combating algae blooms on Lake Erie to contaminated drinking water and getting rid of lead pipes.

States in the western part of the nation are struggling to maintain enough water for agriculture and commerce, he said, “so we’ve realized this is not something to be taken for granted.”

Safe drinking water, fishing, boating and wildlife conservation are all on the line, he said, and economic development needs an adequate supply of water.

County fair annual meeting The Lorain County Fair board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the fair board office in Wellington Township. The annual meeting of the Lorain County Agricultural Society will begin at 8 p.m. All members of the society are invited to attend.

Newly elected fair directors will be sworn in, election of officers will be held and pass and ticket prices will be set for the 2022 fair. There will also be a vote to amend the constitution so that fair board of directors meetings would be held on the second Tuesday of each month except in August, when the board would meet on the first Tuesday of the month.

The 2022 fair has been scheduled for Aug. 21-28.

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Wright first to receive Champion of Children WELLINGTON — Retired Wellington High School secretary Karen Wright was honored Thursday, Oct. 21 with the Wellington Kiwanis Club Champion of Children Award.

Wright retired in June after 30 years with the Wellington Schools.

She opted to retire when Principal Tina Drake announced she was leaving for a new position in Cincinnati. Wright said Drake was the 14th high school principal she worked for her during career, and noted there have also been 15 superintendents during her tenure.

A graduate of Midview High, Wright was named an honorary alumna of Wellington High for her work with the Wellington Alumni Association.

Her high school associates said she was organized and knew the many ins and outs of the school’s everyday operations. She was an advocate for Dukes pride and traditions.

Wright told Kiwanians she the most challenging period of her career was the past two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She worked closely with Drake to make sure the Class of 2020 had a graduation ceremony, which was

held outdoors and was followed by a parade through town.

“The problem we faced was it seemed every time we made plans, things changed because of the pandemic,” she said.

Wright trained many office aides, teaching them the importance of customer service, phone etiquette, filing and taking and delivering messages in a timely manner. She said many students have returned and told her the soft skills they learned in the high school office are now valued in their professional careers.

The Kiwanis Club created the Champion of Children Award to honor a community member who donates time, talent or treasure to improve the lives of children in the Wellington community.

The recipient may initiate a program or event that improves the lives of children by providing services needed or enjoyed by children.

The club hopes to issue an award quarterly.

Recipients receive an engraved Champion of Children Yeti mug from Farm & Home Hardware in Wellington.

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Complete the quote below by replacing the missing vowels.

Use the lines below the quote to write what you think this quote means. Then, share what you wrote with a parent and talk about it.

INTRODUCING:

Throughout history, kids have often asked their parents for money— with limited success …

You need money?

Darn! Our money Oh, brother! tree just died!

Will he ever get tired of that same old joke?

With his amazing financial wisdom, he can overcome obstacles! He soars towards goals! And he stretches dollars into incredible dimensions!

Since parents don’t have an endless supply of money, they sometimes give their kids a weekly allowance—a small amount of money kids earn by helping out around the home!

Captain Allowance believes that having a fixed amount of money helps children to think about and make decisions about how to spend money.

Captain Allowance says, “Kids learn from both the GOOD decisions … and the BAD ones!”

Rats!

I blew all my money on candy!

Sometimes things kids want cost more than they earn. By learning to get through the tricky allowance gap, kids discover that with financial power comes financial responsibility!

Yay! I saved and got the fun game I wanted!

“It is g_ _d to h_ve m_n_y and the th_ngs that m_n_y can b_y, but it’s g_ _d too, to ch_ck up once in a wh_le and m_k_ s_re y_u hav_n’t l_st the th_ngs m_ney c_n’t b_y.”

Leonard has a goal. He wants to buy a pair of sneakers that cost $25. But he only gets $3 a week for his allowance.

Help Leonard make a plan to buy the shoes.

Each week, Leonard could save $

Leonard could work for extra money by doing chores at home and for neighbors. He could earn $_________ per week for doing extra chores.

Following your plan, how many weeks would it take Leonard to reach his goal?

weeks Make a plan to reach one of your goals!

Standards Link: Economics: Students understand that since people cannot have everything they want, they must make choices about making purchases of goods and services.

Imagine that you get $3 per week for allowance.

What would you do with your money?

Pretend you want to buy three of the items at right. Come up with a plan, like Leonard’s, that will help you reach your goal.

Flip Flops $5

Backpack Bear $4

Combo Crayons $3

Rubber Bracelet $1

Monster Pen $4 Video Game $29

Squashy Putty $2

Use the coin code at right to reveal the answer.

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Learn the definition of grade-level appropriate words.

Twenty Big Ones Look through the newspaper or your newspaper’s website for numbers that add up to exactly 20. Then write them out in order from largest to smallest.

Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word MONEY in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row.

Some spaces have been filled in for you.

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate numbers to 20.

ALLOWANCE OBSTACLES NEIGHBORS ENDLESS LIMITED SUPPLY CHORES WISDOM SHOES SOARS SPEND POWER ASKED EARN COST

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This week’s word:

OBSTACLE

A D C R W A Y P K I

The noun obstacle means something that is in the way.

S E R O H C N S A E

Lack of money was Hayley’s obstacle to buy new clothes.

O L T E N A T U S T R S H O E S E C B D E S M O D S I W E O

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

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

A penny saved is a penny …

ABCDad

Find words in the newspaper that start with each letter in your dad’s name (or an uncle, grandparent, or a friend’s name). Use these words to write a poem about that person.

ANSWER: It was money down the drain.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write in a variety of forms and genres including poetry.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step written directions.

How would you finish this sentence?