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AMHERST NEWS-TIMES • OBERLIN NEWS-TRIBUNE • WELLINGTON ENTERPRISE Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020

FIRST RESULTS Election Night counts are unofficial until certified by the Board of Elections.

There are outstanding ballots to be counted, so totals are certain to change this week.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Michelle Hung (R) — 75,507 Lori Kokoski (D) — 70,677 David Moore (R) — 74,472 Sharon Sweda (D) — 70,876 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

J.D. Tomlinson (D) — 76,807 Robert Gargasz (R) — 67,419 COUNTY RECORDER

Mike Doran (R) — 71,801 Judy Nedwick (D) — 71,036 COURT OF APPEALS

Julie Schafer (R) — 57,884 Betty Sutton (D) — 72,409

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Calm, not chaos

Election Day slow and steady after early voting frenzy DYLAN REYNOLDS, LAINA YOST and JASON HAWK

The big story of Election Day was just how sedate it turned out to be.

Hours-long waits didn’t happen and long lines didn’t form, thanks to tremendous early voting volume. About 96,000 people cast early in-person or absentee ballots in recent weeks, according to Lorain County Board of Elections Director Paul Adams.

Some voters were lined up at the polls long before Tuesday’s 6:30 a.m. shotgun start. But after a first hour rush, fueled by workers casting ballots on the way to work, the pace slowed to a crawl for much of the day.

“Once that first rush got taken care of, it dissipated,” Adams said.

55TH OHIO HOUSE DISTRICT

Gayle Manning (R) — 33,051 Zach Stepp (D) — 25,807 56TH OHIO HOUSE DISTRICT

Bradley Lacko (R) — 21,376 Joe Miller (D) — 30,967

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Voters wait in line outside of LaGrange United Methodist Church on Tuesday to cast their ballots as the sun begins to set. Fewer people were allowed physically inside of polling locations this year, in order to safely socially distance.

THE MAIN EVENT

57TH OHIO HOUSE DISTRICT

Dara Adkison (D) — 20,185 Dick Stein (R) — 41,240 PITTSFIELD ELECTRIC AGGREGATION

For — 445 Against — 382 PITTSFIELD GAS AGGREGATION

For — 451 Against — 361 SPIRIT OF ‘76 MUSEUM

For the tax levy — 1,656 Against the tax levy — 1,185 LORAIN COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES

For the tax levy — 103,174 Against the tax levy — 42,362

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Tense presidential race remains too close to call at press time JASON HAWK EDITOR

Ohio undeniably backed President Donald Trump’s re-election bid as votes were counted Tuesday night, with 53.35 percent of the 5.56 million ballots counted at press time in his favor.

Former Vice President Joe Biden was expected to surge ahead in the suburbs, but didn’t quite find the footing he sought in the Buckeye state.

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But when 100 percent of precincts reported in, Trump held a 76,031 to 72,386 lead here.

Midwest stalwarts like Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas went red early in the night.

Coastal states — California, Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey and the rest of New England — remained Democratic strongholds.

Other areas of the nation remained frozen, undecided, many counting absentee ballots.

Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and other key states were all in play, leaving voters to wonder as they turned out the lights.

Some, like Florida, turned red, then blue and flashed back and forth throughout the night as precinct counts rolled in.

Millions of mail-in ballots potentially in transit across the nation could sway the presidential contest as they are counted through the end of the week.

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heavily Democratic, as expected — Democrats tend to vote early and absentee.

The first million votes counted by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office showed Biden with a roughly 64.5 to 34.5 percent lead, with third party candidates getting a microscopic share of attention.

That changed drastically, as in-person precinct results were added to the total.

In Lorain County, the early votes were heavily in Biden’s favor. He pulled in a 58.9 percent share, compared to Trump’s 39.9 percent.

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City Council doles out $800K in relief cash • B1

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Thanksgiving edition

A heads up to our subscribers: The Lorain County Community Guide's Thanksgiving edition will be printed as normal, but because of the holiday will arrive Friday, Nov. 27.

Spaghetti dinner

Wellington VFW Post 6941 will hold a free spaghetti dinner from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans Day. It is inviting all veterans in the local community to celebrate with their families.

Flynn active in farm policy

Adele Flynn of Wellington is serving on the 2020 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee, which presents local suggestions to be voted on by Ohio Farm Bureau’s delegates during the state annual meeting in December.

In its initial session, the committee heard from government leaders, subject matter experts and Farm Bureau staff on topics such as rural broadband, climate change, timber harvesting, alternative conservation funding, livestock processing capacity, state disaster response and sustainability. Flynn represents farmers from Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron and Lorain counties.

OBITUARIES ALICE DEWITT (nee Shinsky), 88, a lifetime resident of Brownhelm Township, passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at her home following a full and meaningful life.

Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

HELEN MARY OVERMYER (nee Hasenpflug), 97, of Elyria, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, from the Wesleyan Village in Elyria, following a full and meaningful life. Arrangements

by Hempel Funeral Home.

GEORGE ALVIN SMALL, 94, of Amherst, passed from this life to the next on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at Kingston of Vermilion, where he had resided for the past two years. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

TO THE EDITOR We can stop tensions from becoming hostilities To the editor: Tensions between the United States and Iran are on the rise due to the administration's abandonment of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, crippling economic sanctions, and the president's veto of Congress' bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution.

We strongly support three critical provisions in the House FY2021 Defense Appropriations Act that make clear that President Trump has no authorization to launch attacks on Iran without approval from Congress.

These provisions would also repeal outdated authorizations for use of military force that three presidents have abused to justify nearly two decades of war across the globe.

Please ask Senator Rob Portman, Senator Sherrod Brown and Rep. Jim Jordan to work to keep these important provisions in the final military appropriations bill and do everything they can to prevent the United States from being dragged into another disastrous war in the Middle East.

Often, we hear government representatives say that they have no ill will against the people of an adversarial nation.

However, it is the people who suffer most from war. Here in Oberlin, many of us have good feelings about those very people due to our acquaintance with Oberlin College Religion Professor, Jafar Mahallati, previously Iranian ambassador to the United Nations (1987-89). He sponsors the friendship circles and Friendship Festival involving both college and town. We have also enjoyed a dialogue through an exchange of peace posters with the Shiraz Art University. These personal relationships strengthen our fear of war against that country.

Nancy Finke Oberlin Advocacy Team of the Friends Committee on National Legislation

Two Oberlin Schools levies pass BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

OBERLIN — The Oberlin City Schools’ two renewal levies passed Tuesday night.

Issue 21 passed with 3,403 to 1,964, or 63 percent of votes for the levy, while Issue 22 passed with 3,491 to 1,877, or 65 percent of votes in favor, according to unofficial election results.

Issue 21 is a 3.77-mill operating levy that will raise $4.7 million and will pay for the district’s dayto-day operating expenses. This issue will cost a homeowner of a $100,000 home $115.46 annually.

Issue 22 is a 2-mill permanent

improvement levy that will last five years. It will raise up to $2.3 million and pay for repairs and upgrades to Oberlin Schools buildings, purchase new vehicles, equipment and materials. Owners of a $100,000 home would pay $26.89 annually, though the school board intends to ask residents for only half of that, so $13.45.

Oberlin Schools Superintendent David Hall was grateful Tuesday night and expressed thanks to the community for its support.

“I want to thank our teachers, community and our staff for helping with the two renewal levies,” Hall said. “We’ll keep well-needed funding and progress moving for the district.”

Hall said the emergency levy will help the school district continue with staffing, books and programs for the district. The permanent improvement levy will help with roofing and repairs, technology, programs and helping to keep buses up-to-date, he said.

“This is definitely going to help us move forward with programming and getting through the COVID pandemic,” he said. “The state did cut some funding for us and this will definitely help us maintain some continued funding that we’ve had. We’re getting through this all together and I’m glad we have a community that supports us and we’re all in this together.”

because it “seems safer” than absentee voting, and she was in and out of the door quickly.

A supporter of President Donald Trump, she said an admiration of the president’s performance in his first term motivated her to vote Tuesday.

Others said they waited until Tuesday after seeing long early voting lines at the Lorain County Board of Elections office in Sheffield Township. Lorain residents Carlene Pinkard and Kadaz Kyles cast their ballots at Sacred Heart Chapel in the afternoon.

Pinkard, who is Black, said she remembers how African-Americans were at one time prohibited by law from voting.

“We now have the privilege. We should definitely take advantage of the privilege to make our voices be heard,” she said. She and Kyles both said the local races were important to them.

The presidential race doesn’t affect Lorain residents like local issues and races do, Kyles said.

Tresa Gilliam of Oberlin voted for the first time this year, and said the process was quicker than she expected and easier. She decided to vote because “it’s time for a change,” she said.

Gilliam said that even if who she voted for doesn’t win, at least she did something to have a say.

“All you can do is try,” she said.

“There’s no need to bite each other's heads off about it. … This year it just seemed so important.

Even if our votes aren’t the ones that win, the fact that we at least attempted to speak up is what matters. You can’t complain about whatever is going to happen if you didn’t attempt to do anything. That plays a big part for me.”

At the Amherst and Lorain border, voters trickled in and out of a polling site at Premier Toyota.

By 4:30 p.m., about 1,000 people had voted at the location. The site actually ran out of the infamous “I Voted” stickers, and had to get another box brought in.

Jeff Hughett of Lorain was one of the voters in Amherst. He said he expected it to be busier than it was.

Hughett said he votes every year, and said it’s important to exercise the right.

He used to be a Democrat, but this year he voted for Trump.

Hughett said he doesn’t think Biden will be able to deliver on his promises, and he’s not a huge fan of the VP pick: Kamala Harris.

Morgan Gaines took her two daughters when she went to vote.

She said it’s important to her to show her children that they can support their beliefs and that their opinions matter.

A teacher herself, Gaines, who declined to say who she voted for, said it’s important to show the next generation how easy and important voting can be.

“I want to teach my own girls what I teach in the classroom,” she said. “Kind of practice what you preach.”

The day didn’t go off completely without a hitch.

Adams said a handful of voting machines across the county had issues with improper time stamps on ballot receipts. The good news, he said, is that the time stamps mean nothing under Ohio law and can’t be used to invalidate a vote.

“Time is not relevant at all,” he said. “It doesn’t affect the ballot in any way.”

In the event a ballot with a wrong time stamp is challenged, the polling location sign-in book would be used to establish the vote was proper, Adams said.

Drive-thru voting at the Board of Elections office remained popular Tuesday, with a solid line of cars dropping off absentee ballots. And Adams said three trays of election mail — each with 150 to 250 ballots — were also received, adding to the count.

Adams also made note of national and regional media that visited Lorain County to watch the votes roll in. Fox News visited Elyria, while MSNBC was present in Lorain and Cleveland television stations were also credentialed to observe at local polling stations.

The appeal, he said, was the razor-thin outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

That Election Night, Trump held a 388-vote edge, but Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton surged ahead to win Lorain County by 131 when the final count was certified.

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FROM A1 Voting location manager Jill Murrell, at the Joyce E. Hanks Community Center in Sheffield Lake, also noted the brisk beginning to Election Day. Many of those who turned out had requested absentee ballots but ultimately decided to vote in person anyway, she said.

It was so busy that poll workers “didn’t even take a breath until 9:30” in the morning, Murrell said.

By afternoon, the line was short and sweet.

One voter who took advantage of the short afternoon wait times was Sheffield Lake resident Andrew Mohrbach, 18, who participated in his first election along with his family.

“My family told me I have a right to vote and that I should use that right,” Mohrbach said.

Another afternoon voter was Cali Zingale, a North Ridgeville resident who cast her ballot at the North Ridgeville Academic Center and was surprised to walk right in with no wait.

A “fairly moderate” person, she said she is motivated to vote because of her kids and husband, who works as a first responder.

Lines started to grow again at some polling places in the late afternoon as people began getting off work.

At LaGrange United Methodist Church, the only polling place for the village and one of two for LaGrange Township, voters were lined up out the door and through the parking lot by 4:30 p.m. Longtime voter Robert Watkins barely beat the rush and said the wait time was not bad at all.

Another LaGrange voter, Mike Roberts, got off work and arrived just a short time later. Voting in person was important to Roberts, he said, because he worried about the safety of the absentee voting process and felt this was a critical election for the nation.

“There is a lot on the line,” he said.

He wasn’t the only one to cast a ballot on Election Day over concerns about entrusting their vote to the mail.

Alexandra Mesko of Avon Lake went to her polling place at Learwood Middle School in person

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Amherst Council term lengths double Commissioners JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Longer City Council terms will be implemented after a referendum gained overwhelming traction at the polls.

Issue 4, which stretches terms for Amherst lawmakers from two to four years, passed 4,937 to 1,956, or 71.6 percent to 28.4 percent.

Issue 5, which makes the same change for the president of Council, passed 5,008 to 1,834, or 73.2 percent to 26.8 percent.

Those results are unofficial until certified by the Lorain County Board

of Elections, and could shift as mailin ballots are received and counted.

"I was very surprised that they passed by that much," said Jennifer Wasilk, Amherst's Republican council president.

She did not think the two issues had a chance of passing, and said the strong voter support likely means residents support City Council's performance.

"We'll try to try to be worthy of that four-year term," Wasilk said.

David Janik and Martin Heberling, the Democratic at-large councilmen who championed the change, did not answer calls for comment Tuesday.

In meetings this fall, they said the

intent of the longer terms is to give newly-elected Council members more time to learn the ropes of the job.

Republican Councilman Phil Van Treuren said longer terms would mean less campaigning, fewer yard signs and a chance to "take the money out of local politics."

All seven Amherst Council seats and the president's job have gone up for grabs every two years. Now they'll be staggered so that only a few seats will be on the ballot at a time.

Races will still be partisan, funded

by Republicans and Democrats and they'll include primaries run-offs.

Firelands levy gambit finds support JASON HAWK EDITOR

HENRIETTA TWP. — Getting more at the same cost appealed to Firelands Schools voters, who overwhelmingly supported a substitute 5.98-mill levy.

Issue 16 sailed through easily Tuesday night, with 3,825 votes for and 2,659 against, or 59 percent to 41 percent, in unofficial Election Night tallies from Lorain and Erie county boards of election.

Those numbers are likely to shift as the final mail-in ballots arrive in coming days.

The owner of a $100,000 home will continue to pay about $183.13 per year in property taxes. The dis-

trict will get $2.32 million the first year of collections and be able to build on that base from new construction in following years.

"I'd like to thank the voters who supported us on Issue 16. I'm grateful to their continued support and commitment to keeping our schools strong," said Firelands Superintendent Mike Von Gunten.

He said excitement around a new high school that will open in the 2022-2023 school year helped build voter support.

The substitute levy doesn't raise taxes, but it does stave off difficult decisions, Von Gunten said.

A loss would have certainly meant cutting staff, since personnel make up the largest percentage of Firelands' budget, and he said any reduc-

tions would have ultimately hurt students.

With costs up due to the COVID-19 pandemic and operations already lean, the district will have to be extremely cautious with spending.

"We don't have a shopping list put together. We're going to continue to be fiscally responsible," Von Gunten said.

Issue 16 combined two levies, passed in 2006 and 2011, that were set to expire in 2021. Doing so meant Firelands can capitalize on new homes that are built in coming years.

The money is earmarked for academic, arts and athletics programs.

It supports teachers, transportation, class materials and technology purchases.

Lorain County JVS suffers defeat in bid for renovation tax increase JASON HAWK EDITOR

PITTSFIELD TWP. — The Lorain County JVS suffered another close defeat at the polls on Tuesday as voters rejected $4.5 million per year in new taxes.

Issue 18, a 0.66-mill levy intended for repairs at the aging vocational school on Route 58, was defeated 60,772 to 64,629, or 48.5 percent to 51.5 percent.

Those numbers reflect totals from both Lorain and Erie counties, and are unofficial until certified by the Board of Elections. The count is likely to change as the last mail-in ballots roll in over the next few days.

"We wanted to really do some-

thing great, upgrade our facilities and our labs," JVS Superintendent Glenn Faircloth said. "We just have dated facilities. I thought we were asking very little."

The 49-year-old school needs renovations, new parking lots and updates to high-dollar laboratory equipment used to teach the trades, he said.

Those plans are more extensive than a fresh coat of paint. They include removing carpet from 1970s-style walls, and even removing some walls to reshape the building's layout.

At the top of the priority list is a new water line. Faircloth said interior projects can't be done without adding a fire suppression system at the JVS. He said it's unclear whether cuts

will be made to free up money for repairs that are essential.

"We told our story. We made our numbers as minimal as we could, based on what the experts were saying," Faircloth said. "Obviously the voters are saying no, they don't want this."

Had it passed, the levy would have raised $45 million over 10 years. The owner of a $100,000 would have paid an additional $23.10 in property taxes each year.

This is the second straight attempt that has failed to raise money for repairs at the Lorain County JVS. A try in 2019 failed by a much wider margin — 45 percent in favor and 55 percent against.

Faircloth said the school has been operating on the same millage since 1985.

'Virtual waiting room' at University Hospitals University Hospitals patients can now use a virtual waiting room called PatientTrak as an additional COVID-19 safety measure.

Patients receive a text with a link that alerts staff that they have arrived and enables real-time status updates and communication between staff and the patient. More than 10,000 patients used the tool across the UH

system the first day it was implemented.

PatientTrak will: • Provide patients with an appointment reminder via text 90 minutes in advance.

• Allow patients to remain safely in their vehicles instead of the waiting room.

• Send a text notification when it

is time to go inside for a scheduled appointment.

“This technology will prevent patients from waiting in our waiting rooms, helping us to further build the confidence of our patients that we are ‘UH safe’ and a place where they can receive the best possible care,” said COO Danielle Chickerella, UH Physician Network & Clinical Institutes.

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE The Annual Meeting of Lorain County Agricultural Society will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at the Board Office on the Fairgrounds. Members of the Society are invited to attend and vote on the following proposed changes to the Constitution: Article II, Section I – add the following wording to end of the first paragraph: In addition to the 21 regular Directors, 3 Directors will be

elected as at large. These positions will not be limited by the maximum 2 Directors per township rule – all other rules will apply. Starting with the 2021 Director election, these positions will be filled one in 2021, one in 2022, and one in 2023. These positions will follow the same 3-year rotation as the current Board.

Article II, Section IV – replace the second and third sentence with the following wording: Prior to being seated on the Board at the annual meeting in November, winning candidates will be required to submit proof that both a BCI&I and FBI criminal background check have been done and provide a copy of their Driver’s License or other acceptable form of identification.

Current wording is available at loraincountyfair.com/directors. Please contact Charisse Nikel, Fair Secretary, at (440) 647-2781 if you have any questions.

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117-20* Auth S/S Director to accept a grant from Lorain County Solid Waste Management District in the amount of $52,651.29. 118-20 Auth the S/S Director to make application to ODOT for 90/10 funding for Planned Safety Improvements at 3 locations on SR611-W. 21st St. 119-20* Assessing the cost to abate

give $107,000 in Small biz grants DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

ELYRIA — A second round of nearly $107,000 in smallbusiness grants was announced by Lorain County commissioners last week, using federal CARES Act aid to help small businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Don Romancak, director of community development for the county, said the second round of awards went to businesses that met the grant requirements including Little Devil Cupcakery in Amherst, Main Street Wellington and Scent Depot in Wellington, the North Coast Building Industry Association in Sheffield, Hair By Heather in Avon, Buckeye Electrical Solutions and Uniontown Provisions in Lorain, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin Center for the Arts and others.

Applications for a portion of the $500,000 commissioners have dedicated out of the program from CARES Act funding continue to come in, Romancak said, and another round of awards was set to be announced yesterday after press time.

More information can be found at loraincounty.us/grants.

"It's working better than I would have imagined," Romancak said. The grants are a "lifeline to allow (small businesses) to continue to carry on until we hopefully get back to normal," he added.

"There will be a huge void if we don't find ways to support and save those businesses," Commissioner Sharon Sweda said.

Receiving a grant from the county does not affect a business receiving one of the recently announced $10,000 smallbusiness loans from the state, Romancak said.

Commissioner Matt Lundy called it "so critical right now" that small businesses receive business and support "in any way we can." Another round of federal Paycheck Protection Program dollars for larger companies is held up in Congress, but Lundy said those businesses are more likely to survive the COVID-19 pandemic than a small bakery or hair salon.

A multibillion-dollar business like Amazon will be able to pay its bills, but "it's the small businesses that need the help right now," he said.

Commissioners also were visited during their weekly video conference call by Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley and Lorain Port Authority Director Tom Brown, who discussed a project to light the Charles Berry bascule bridge on East Erie Avenue to encourage more visitors to downtown Lorain attractions.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently put millions into rehabilitating the bridge, which Commissioner Lori Kokoski said could be lit up at night "to provide a beautiful backdrop for Black River Landing."

She said commissioners were hoping to partner with both the city of Lorain and the Port Authority and spend approximately $150,000 on light fixtures.

Kokoski said discussions still are preliminary and the entire project still needs to be engineered and Lorain County Visitor's Bureau funds approved, but commissioners wanted to have some public discussion "so everyone knows what we're talking about."

With the nearby Ariel Broadway Hotel's recent opening and concerts and events at Black River Landing, Bradley said the city is "very happy" with the bridge project.

"It's much improved. I walk over it quite a bit," he said. "If we can get the right kind of lighting to light underneath the bridge, that'd be great."

Visitors to the city or Black River Landing frequently congregate on the shores to watch as freighters pass under the bridge, sections of which raise like a drawbridge to allow them to pass.

"If it was properly lit, that'd be a great attraction," Bradley said.

Seeing those lights from the Ariel Broadway Hotel rooms at night would be "an asset to the hotel," Brown said, and entice visitors even as Main Street Lorain works to expand the downtown entertainment district to Black River Landing.

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Parents debate: Another semester of online or in-person learning?

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After a quarter of online, in-person and hybrid models, parents and students are weighing the options for when the next quarter ends.

Most Lorain County districts have asked parents to commit for an entire semester to either online or in-person.

The first quarter provided the roadmap of what the options will be like for the rest of the year.

For some, virtual schooling seems to be going smoothly, although it’s a rough adjustment for schedules.

Kellie Brill has a 5-year-old daughter in kindergarten at North Ridgeville Schools. She said the teacher is amazing at keeping her daughter’s attention — hard to do for virtual kindergarten.

But the part-time kindergarten schedule Brill and her husband planned preCOVID-19 has gone out the window.

Because the classes are virtual, there are 30-minute classes, a 20-minute break and then a 15-minute class followed by a one-hour break and then another 30-minute class.

“I know for a kindergartner, that’s perfect for her because the attention spans aren’t that long,” she said. “For someone who has to get your child logged in and out, it’s very disruptive for my workday.”

As Brill is working from home and is on the phone most of the time, she said that schedule is hard. That part is complicated, she said. After classes, Brill said her daughter still has about one to two hours' worth of work to do.

The workload is higher than Brill expected, but she’s still committed to virtual schooling and said it’s still going smoothly.

“It’s like playing Russian roulette with COVID,” she said. “And I don’t want to play. As inconvenient as it is, and as much as I don’t like, the health of my family is important. If I have an option to not put my child at risk, then I’m going to do it.”

For others, virtual schooling hasn’t been as easy. Larry Sabin’s son is in sixth grade at Wellington Schools.

They chose the hybrid option, with two days in person and the other three days virtual.

His son is primarily an A and B student, Sabin said. But right now, he’s getting a D in math. And although Sabin and his parents try to help, math is done differently than it used to be.

While Sabin said the math teacher has been great, there’s only so much he can do.

He wants his son back in school five days a week. While Wellington Schools have weighed the options of whether to continue hybrid or in-person classes, it hasn’t made a commitment either way.

If Wellington chooses to go hybrid again, Sabin said he isn’t sure what he will do. He said his son needs the socialization of being in-person, and also performs better with in-person classes.

Sabin said he’s weighing the options of other schools if need be.

Elyria parent Hollie Clark has had an easier time of it. She has one child at Elyria Catholic and another at St. Jude — both enrolled in virtual school.

Clark said it’s challenging for the youngest simply because she’s in first grade and she has to adapt to not being in a classroom.

But for the oldest, it was an easy decision, especially since Elyria Catholic already has had a couple cases of COVID, Clark said.

Clark said she and her husband involved both their children in the decision to either be online or in person.

Although her first-grader misses the socialization, Clark said they laid out for her what it would be like going back to school: behind a partition, physically distanced from classmates and wearing a mask.

Clark said her daughter decided to stay online as she had also already formed relationships with some of the other online students.

Clark also said that she’s lucky, because she was able to take a leave of absence from work to help her kids with school.

“It’s gone really good,” Clark said.

“I’m really surprised. There’s been a couple kinks here and there, but I feel

like they’re learning just fine this way.

The teachers really put in the effort.”

Miranda Gargasz, who has one son doing virtual school at Elyria High School, said it’s also gone well for her son. He’s a senior, and Gargasz said she’s noticed a huge difference in him.

While schooling in-person, Gargasz said his grades weren’t that great and he didn’t always do the work. Gargasz said she thinks he got bored easily. But online, she said he can get his work done in three hours and his grades improved.

For Gargasz’s family, choosing to go online and staying online was an easy option as Gargasz has chronic illnesses and her son is asthmatic. And right before The Chronicle spoke with Gargasz, Elyria Schools called to report two more COVID-19 cases at the high school.

The one thing missing from virtual is the interaction with other students, which Gargasz said was good for her son. He got a job at Panera Bread, so he could interact with others. Gargasz said he can still be safe as he works in the back and doesn’t come in contact with customers.

More than 100 parents responded to The Chronicle’s question about next semester on Facebook. There was a broad spectrum of opinions, but many of them remained confident in the original decision they chose, whether in-person or virtual.

Others have struggled to adapt to online learning, or haven’t liked the online program, and they are planning to send their kids back to in-person.

Another group of parents, seeing the increase in COVID-19 cases, are pulling their children out of in-person to go online.

Some parents are asking for an end to the hybrid model so their children can go back five days in person.

One thing seemed clear with many parents: Back to normal probably doesn’t exist anymore. Brill said this new way of schooling may just be a part of the new normal. She said she wants her daughter to be back in class someday, and she hopes to put her in next year, but it’s not a guarantee.

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Genealogy meeting

The Ohio Genealogical Society's Lorain County Chapter will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9 by video chat.

“Make it Pretty: Tips and Tricks for using Microsoft Word to Write your Story” will be presented by John Kolb, the group's secretary. He will share techniques for applying to a lineage society and organizing your family records.

To join the program, email lcc-ogsmeetings@loraincoogs.org and have your name added to the invitation list.

The group uses the BlueJeans video conferencing platform, which doesn't require you to download anything.

Fall trivia night

The Oberlin Heritage Center will hold a night of trivia for all ages from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 via Zoom.

Register your team by Nov. 6 at www.oberlinheritage. org or by calling (440) 774-1700. Once your team is signed up, the team leader will be sent a Zoom registration link to forward to fellow team members, who can play virtually from the comfort of their own homes on game night.

Questions will test your knowledge of pop culture, sports, music and more. Just remember — no internet searches or phone calls to family members for the answer.

The top three placing teams will receive 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.

Annual turkey supper

The First Congregational Church, 503 US 224 in Sullivan, will serve its annual turkey supper as a drive-thru event this year.

Serving time will be 4:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Food will be delivered to your car in the church driveway. The menu will include home-cooked turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and pumpkin pie. The cost is a donation.

Saving for college

The Wellington Schools will hold a “Saving for College Night” meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 via Zoom. Join by visiting www.tinyurl.com/WellingtonCollegeNight.

The meeting is geared toward kindergarten parents, but parents of all grade levels can attend.

The district’s endowment fund provides a match for your Wellington student’s college or technical future degree through a 529 savings plan. To learn more, visit www.wellingtonvillageschools.org and click on the “Endowment” link.

Tour of Italy benefit meal

A food drive and drive-thru meal will be held from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Wellington Eagles, 631 South Main St. The event will help support Well-Help, a nonprofit that helps provide food to residents in Kipton, Rochester and Wellington, and the townships of Brighton, Camden, Huntington, Penfield, Pittsfield, Rochester and Wellington.

The “tour of Italy” menu includes chicken parmesean, lasagna, spaghetti, salad and breadstick for $10. Tickets are available at the bar.

Donations of food and toiletries can be dropped off at the front entrance of the Eagles aerie. The most needed items are canned goods, stuffing and condiments such as ketchup, mustard, syrup, salad dressing, soup, boxed mashed potatoes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, tissues, toilet paper and soap.

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Beam signing for Oberlin's new elementary school OBERLIN — Be part of Oberlin City Schools history by signing a white steel beam that will be erected at the district's new elementary school on Nov. 12.

Students, alumni, community members and retired employees are invited to North Pleasant Street to sign the beam from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day through Friday.

Positive messages are encouraged, but profanity is not allowed. The beam, which is public property, will be kept under watch.

Signers are asked to use permanent marker only — no spray paint.

“It’s important to leave behind a legacy for our future generations,” said Oberlin Superintendent David Hall.

“And with the way 2020 has affected all of us, it is equally important that we remain positive. That’s why we are creating this time capsule of positivity.”

The new elementary school, which is on track for an August 2021 opening, is for prekindergarten through fifth grade.

It's the first step in a plan to consolidate the district's buildings on a single campus. The next phase, which has not yet been designed or approved, will be a school for grades six to 12, and is intended to adjoin the elementary building.

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The McCormick Middle School library in Wellington hosted its 10th Annual Character Pumpkin Contest. All pumpkins were designed after book characters. This year the event was virtual, so students submitted their work via email and all staff and students were invited to vote. Winners received a Halloween bucket of treats. ABOVE: Fifth grade winner: “Cinderella” by Chloe Rhodes.

CLOCKWISE: Eighth grade winner: “Star Wars” by Jazmyne Scyoc.

Seventh grade winner: “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow” by Grace Denes. Sixth grade winner: “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” by Elijah DeLima. Fourth grade winner: "Dogman" by Quinn Pilgrim.

Lorain County overdoses down sharply, agents say Lorain County saw a 31 percent decrease in opioid overdose deaths from 2017 to 2019, according to U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Justin Herdman.

He credited the U.S. Department of Justice's "Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge," or S.O.S., with helping reduce the supply of synthetic opioids across the region.

The operation was a partnership between federal and local law enforcement. It identified wholesale drug trafficking networks along with international and domestic suppliers of the drugs, Herdman said.

Operation S.O.S. began two years ago in 10 U.S. judicial districts where the drug overdose rate was high in part due to the availability of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

Accidental drug overdoses took the lives of 121 people in Lorain County in 2016, and 132 each in the years 2017 and 2018, according to Lorain County Public Health and law enforcement authorities. In 2019, that number dropped to 89.

The operation has resulted in nearly 750 defendants charged in federal court, including 384 this year alone, Herdman said. Overdoses, he said, declined from 14 percent to 24 percent in most counties where Operation SOS was in play.

Herdman's office has prosecuted 121 defendants from Lorain County for their involvement in the distribution of opioids since the operation began, he said.

Approximately 22 percent of those also possessed a firearm when they committed their federal offense and about 23 percent are classified as “career offenders” with two or more prior convictions for either drug trafficking or violent offenses.

The average prison sentence for an Operation S.O.S. defendant in the Northern District of Ohio is just over 70 months, Herdman said.

“Drug dealers and other criminals have long targeted Lorain County as an area to exploit and sell their deadly product,” he said. “Since 2018, as part of Operation S.O.S, we have committed to assisting our state and local partners by federally prosecuting any fentanyl or opioid trafficking offense from Lorain County. These numbers should send a strong message: If you deal dope in Lorain County, you will face federal prosecution.”

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Tim Husk, owner of Bent Barrel Guns in Grafton, condemned Walmart’s first decision.

“They have succumbed to the elitists to remove firearms,” he said, chalking the move up to pressure from congressional Democrats.

Husk said the change would probably help his business and other small gun shops, where sales have been trending downward. During the pandemic, it’s been hard to stock shelves because weaponsmakers have fallen behind on production.

During most election years, sales are brisk, Husk said: “Depending on who gets into office, sales will either bottom out or boom.”

Walmart’s removal of firearms was announced just days before voting wraps up in the presidential election, and amid fears that violence could erupt due to the results.

It also came after nights of protests against police in Philadelphia. Officers there shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man with a history of mental health issues, while he was holding a knife.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has in recent months used his twice-weekly pandemic briefings to talk about gun violence.

“We should all be sick and tired of picking up the newspaper and seeing the things that we see literally every single day — our fellow Ohioans injured or killed through senseless violence,” he said Oct. 6.

That statement came after a week in which 42 people were reportedly shot and more than half died.

DeWine, a Republican, has for the past year been calling for gun control in the form of background checks, as well as penalties for anyone who gives a gun to someone who legally can’t have one, such as convicted felons.

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The decision didn’t last long. By Friday afternoon, the retailer backpedaled and ordered shelves restocked.

While it lasted, the decision’s effect was different from store to store — Walmart at Chestnut Commons in Elyria had an empty display case Friday, for example.

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The company later released a statement saying incidents of unrest that resulted in damage of Walmart stores was “geographically isolated” and additional precautions were no longer needed.

As weapons were being placed in secure areas in Walmart stores, Laura Irvin, Lorain County co-lead for the anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action, praised what she called a “considerate” step.

“The most important thing in our country during this chaotic time, with stress from the pandemic and a very divided country, is to make sure all of our citizens are safe,” she said.

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The now-49-year-old was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, and is incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.

Burge’s argument in the trial was that Riley’s death may have been caused by his brain growing and pushing against his skull.

But Barker wrote that Burge did not conduct a reasonable investigation into the cause of Riley’s injuries or the time frame the injuries may have occurred relative to his death.

In a lengthy appeals process in the years since the conviction, Dovala has been represented by attorney Barry Wilford, who was unavailable for comment.

Dovala’s first parole hearing is scheduled for November.

SCHOLARS The following Amherst residents have been named to the dean's list for the Spring 2020 semester at Heidelberg University: • MADISON DEVER is majoring in criminology.

• CHLOE YUHASZ is majoring in nursing.

The following students have graduated from Baldwin Wallace University: • ROBBY BECKER of South Amherst, a graduate of Firelands High School, earned a bachelor of arts in sport management.

• JAKE GRASSO of Amherst, a graduate of Firelands High School, earned a bachelor of arts in sport management.

• ALLIE THORSON of Amherst, a graduate of Steele High School, earned a bachelor of arts in communication studies.

PEN HANDY, BRYCE GRIEBE, OLIVIA LEWIS, EMILY SYROWSKI, KYLE HORVATICH, MEGAN PARKS, EMILY EISCHEN, KIMBERLY SIRB, NOAH METZGER, KAITLYN WHITLOCK, BRADLEY GOLSKI, ERIN GALLOGLY, MARISSA WHITE, COURTNEY COGDELL and RILEY BAYUS. ALEXANDRIA BROWN of Amherst has been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2020 semester at Saint Francis University. She is majoring in aquarium and zoo science.

The following Amherst students have graduated from Ohio University: • BRYCE GRIEBE earned a bachelor's degree in sport management.

• KEVIN MEYERS earned a bachelor of science in nursing.

• TAYLOR MOORE earned a bachelor of science in journalism.

• ANDREW SCHNEIDER earned a bachelor of business administration.

The following Amherst students have been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2020 semester at Baldwin Wallace University: • KARYN BELLUSH, a graduate of Steele High School, is majoring in arts management and entrepreneurship.

• BEN FOLKWEIN, a graduate of Steele High School, is majoring in music composition.

• LUCAS SHALKHAUSER, a graduate of Steele High School, is majoring in computer science.

• AUTUMN SWIERS, a graduate of Firelands High School, is majoring in English.

The following Amherst and South Amherst students have been named to the dean's list for the Spring 2020 semester at Ohio University: TAYLOR MOORE, AS-

ERICA ZICHI and EMILY ZICHI of Amherst have been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2020 semester at Cedarville University.

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A tough year: Stressed out by 2020 JASON HAWK and LAINA YOST

It's been a tough year.

The pandemic. Masks. Lockdowns. Furloughs. Layoffs. Racism and marches for justice. Calls to defund the police. Impeachment. Canceled festivals and parades. Learning from home. A battle over a Supreme Court seat.

The stock market crashed and reset. Devastating wildfires around

the globe. Tensions with Iran.

The presidential election.

"There's been so much change, and it's opened up a lot of turmoil," said Brooke Sherman, director of crisis services at The Nord Center.

The Lorain-based agency has seen a huge increase in calls related to depression, anxiety, anger and irritation in 2020.

That tracks with the trends revealed by the American Psychological Association's Stress in

America 2020 Survey, which was released Oct. 20.

The year's abnormal pressures are "seriously threatening the mental health of our country," it concluded. Three in five surveyed said the number of issues the nation is facing are overwhelming.

One in five adults said their mental health has grown worse over the past year, and nearly eight in 10 said the pandemic specifically has caused "serious"

stress in their lives.

The majority of adults — 61 percent — said they could have used more emotional support in the prior 12 months.

“This survey confirms what many mental health experts have been saying since the start of the pandemic: Our mental health is suffering from the compounding stressors in our lives,” said American Psychological Association CEO Arthur Evans Jr. “This compounding stress will have

serious health and social consequences if we don’t act now to reduce it."

The effects especially stand out among some of the youngest Americans, who are "beginning to show signs of serious mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety," he said.

Changes in education have hit Generation Z hard. According to the survey, 81 percent of teens ages 13 to 17 report feeling the STRESS PAGE B2

Amherst Council doles out $800K in CARES Act relief

TOO GHOUL FOR SCHOOL

JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Wasting no time on talk, City Council split a little over $800,000 in federal COVID-19 aid last Monday night.

Amherst officials took the $640,716 lion's share of the congressionally-approved CARES Act cash for the city.

It will be used for police pay, cleaning supplies, protective gear, work-from-home software upgrades and other expenses linked to the pandemic. The money will also pay for two new police cruisers and a Parks Department truck, helping to keep city workers separated from each while riding.

Amherst gave another $15,227 to LifeCare Ambulance to offset costs paramedics have seen increase because of the virus.

The city of Amherst had had 78 cases since March, and Amherst Township — also covered by LifeCare — had had 28, according to the latest figures from Lorain County Public Health.

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Students at Westwood Elementary in Wellington celebrated Halloween on Friday with costumed mini-parades around the school. They made sure to keep their distance from each other, and when is there an easier time to mask up than Halloween?

Thanksgiving exodus, January quarantine at OC JASON HAWK EDITOR

'Text-to-911' emergency service now available in Lorain County DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

ELYRIA — Lorain County residents may now text 911 emergency dispatchers instead of calling them when calling might put them in more danger.

Tracey Lopez, director of Lorain County 911, told Lorain County commissioners at their meeting last week that emergency texting now is available to county residents. Lorain County is now one of 22 counties in Ohio with "Text-to-911" service.

Lorain County implemented a 911 system in 1989, and the call center on Burns Road next to the campus of Lorain County Community College receives an estimated 250,000 emergency calls every year, Lopez said.

911 originally was set up on an ana-

log, home phone-based system. Since the greater use of wireless calling — nearly 85 percent of all 911 calls are now made from cellphones — it has had to adjust to a digital-based system.

The benefits of texting 911 in an emergency will go not only to those in Lorain County who are among the 34 million Americans deaf or hard of hearing or speech-impaired, but also for those who use relay services or TTY devices — also known as teletypewriters, text telephones or teleprinters.

Lopez also said crime victims, victims of abuse or other violence might be putting themselves at risk of harm by making a phone call or communicating verbally in an emergency, so text-to-911 provides life-saving ways of contacting help without alerting abusers or suspects.

Also, if a person is injured and can't speak to a dispatcher for that reason, they might be able to text 911 with more ease, she said.

Someone texting 911 from their wireless device will need to enter the numbers "911" into the "to" field on their text message, and type a brief message such as "help needed," "assistance" or "accident" and then, importantly, their specific address or exact location before pressing "send."

The system will reply with a text message reading: "You have reached Lorain County 9-1-1. If you can call 9-1-1 please do so, if not what is the address of your emergency?"

Dispatchers will then get information on locations, dispatch emergency help and provide medical instructions as needed, Lopez said. The person TEXT PAGE B2

OBERLIN — The fall semester won't end for more than a month at Oberlin College, but students are already getting a flurry of instructions about how to safely leave campus and return in January.

They'll go home Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving break, and won't return to Oberlin for the rest of their classes, which run through Dec. 7.

Only F-1 visa holders and students with extraordinary circumstances will be allowed to stay.

The gap weeks were planned to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as students travel across the nation to see their families.

In a fireside chat Oct. 25, Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar said she is proud of the resilience undergrads have shown during the pandemic.

"You have unearthed talents previously hidden, and you have supported each other in this challenging journey," she said. "You have strengthened our community during this pandemic and overcome periods of real isolation. I’ve seen you innovate and be creative. I’ve watched you take care of each other, and take care of our entire community."

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Honoring those who served

The Firelands Schools are searching for alumni who are active military service members or veterans.

The new Firelands High School will have an area dedicated to alumni who spent time in uniform, proudly acknowledging their sacrifices.

The district will display every name and graduation year of the individuals who wish to be included in this special project.

Edcuators are collecting the following information from active or retired alumni that served: name, rank, current status, military branch, job description, Firelands graduation year and email address. Information should be sent to jbutchko@firelandsschools.org.

"It is an honor for Firelands to display this information in our new building. We are appreciative of our alumni who have sacrificed so much for our country and it is only right to give them a place of honor in our new high school," said Superintendent Mike Von Gunten. "We look forward to sharing this area with our students, staff and community for many years to come."

ALL TREATS, NO TRICKS

Oberlin library meeting

The Oberlin Public Library board will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 at the library. The meetin gis open to the public. Visit www.oberlinlibrary.org for online meeting access information.

CARES ACT

FROM B1 City officials approved $122,922 in CARES Act funding for the Amherst Schools, which Mayor Mark Costilow said will purchase two new buses.

Those school buses will be needed to distance riders in the upcoming semester as a large number of online students return to in-person classes, he said.

Councilman Brian Dembinski said the school system will use $28,500 of its own federal relief toward the bus purchases.

St. Joseph School in Amherst was approved for $14,824 in relief, and the Firelands Schools were given $7,500 to be used for disinfecting supplies and equipment.

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FROM B1 texting 911 should then remain in contact with the dispatcher until they are told they can disconnect or until help arrives.

Lopez said the National Emergency Number Association and 911 organizations nationwide encourage users to "call if you can, text if you can't."

Mobile devices sending text-to-911 require a mobile number with a wireless carrier that will allow the device to send and receive text messages.

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ABOVE: Familes head through town during the downtown Amherst trick-or-treat event. on Thursday, Oct. 29.

RIGHT: Nancy Tomek, Youth Services Manager at the Amherst Public Library, drops candy into the chute for a waiting Kayden Moore, 5 and Nellie Moore, 3 during downtown Amherst trick-or-treating.

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FROM B1 As of Oct. 23, the college reported that about 7,500 tests had been conducted among not only students but also faculty and staff members, resulting in 19 positive cases.

About 3,500 tests are being conducted each month, with a positivity rate of less than a quarter percent.

A team of 16 contact tracers works with Lorain County Public Health to track down possible exposures, and The Hotel at Oberlin and two residence halls are designated for isolation and quarantine.

Ambar said the future is unpredictable, and Oberlin College must be ready to pivot if necessary. "The balance we’ve enjoyed on our campus is

fragile, and we must remain vigilant in protecting it," she said.

The college restructured its academic year to include three semesters. Residence halls will open Jan. 2 for the spring semester, which begins Jan. 7.

Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo has already started briefing students about what spring move-ins will look like.

In an Oct. 26 letter, she said the entire campus community will be tested during the first week of January.

That's a clip of some 500 people per day.

Lab results could be available in as little as 48 hours, but Raimondo

warned of the possibility they could take up to five days "if the national situation changes."

She asked students to quarantine for 10 to 14 days before arriving at Oberlin College to reduce the risk of carrying the virus to campus.

The first week of classes in January will be 100 percent remote. Students will be quarantined for the duration of the virus' incubation period.

"I am hopeful that we will be able to start the semester with just this one week remote, but we should be prepared for matters to change on the ground, should conditions here in Ohio warrant an alteration to our current plans," Ambar said.

STRESS

FROM B1 negative effects of pandemic-related school closings.

Half say the pandemic "makes planning for their future feel impossible."

Amanda Divis, who heads up The Nord Center's child and adolescent services, said children in Lorain County are processing the stress of 2020 as grief and loss.

She said it's a natural reaction to the strange end to the last school year, losing prom, the cancellation of spring sports, missing out on visits from college scouts and athletic scholarships.

Seniors were "not able to launch from the nest into adulthood" and start college in a traditional sense, Divis said.

Younger kids have been at home much more, often seeing their parents' heightened anxiety about everything from becoming de facto teachers to trying to keep the bills paid, she said.

The result has been a sense of hopelessness among children that Divis hasn't seen before. She said kids are amazingly resilient, but developmentally they aren't built to handle the types of pressures that have been thrown their way.

"For adults, the year 2020 is one year in an entire lifespan ... for children, this is a huge piece of their lives so far," she said.

James Jordan, a psychology professor at Lorain County Community College, agreed the group dealing with the most intense feelings of stress right now is Gen Z. Those in high school are uncertain what their college experience will look

like or how to prepare for it. Those who have already started college are trying to figure out internships and careers, but Jordan said it’s difficult or sometimes impossible to meaningfully plan ahead.

He said research has shown that a student’s mental health is more affected by teachers than fellow students, and with a lot of school now online, those relationships look vastly different.

Support from family and friends is incredibly important to mental health, Jordan said. Although some young people may think it’s unnecessary to go to therapy over stress from COVID-19, Jordan said it can be a useful tool for them.

Doing "pro-social" activities can also help, Jordan said. An honor’s group at LCCC has been writing letters to people in nursing homes, and he said that helps them cope with everything going on.

Elaine Georgas, interim executive director of the Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County, said the stress of the year is evident. Every one of the agency's providers is at capacity right now, she said.

She too talked about how the election, pandemic, job loss and changes in school models have elevated tensions — and how local residents are often trying to self-medicate the wrong way.

The MHARS Board has seen alcohol abuse increase, especially heavy drinking among women.

Overdoses are also on the rise, and Georgas said she expects the death toll to meet or surpass the 89

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A team of trained volunteers is ready to help you through an emotional or psychiatric episode, suicidal thoughts, assault, trauma or abuse.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration also provides a national helpline at (800) 662-4357.

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached anytime at (800) 273-8255.

Feel more comfortable texting? Text HOME to 741741 to reach a crisis counselor.

lives lost in 2019. With two months, overdose deaths already number in the 70s, she said.

November and December will be among the hardest months, Georgas predicts. She said families will be faced with painful decisions during the holidays, struggling to choose between visiting loved ones and staying vigilant against COVID-19.

The days are getting shorter and darker, and the end of daylight saving time on Sunday won't help, especially for those diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression that strikes during the winter.

"I think it's critical that all of us keep reaching out to each other. It can be a neighbor or a co-worker," Georgas said.

MHARS has worked with the Lorain County Urban League to also reach out to the minority community. CEO Parris Smith said there's already a stigma in the Black community around mental health.

She said people of color often are not exposed to mental health services, so they aren't connected to therapy or self-destressors or self-care tools. Smith said her agency is work-

ing with MHARS to speak about how the pandemic has impacted the community in terms of mental health.

In 2020, Smith said, it's important to have a therapist and talk through changes. She said that helps people realize how the pandemic has really touched every area of life, not to mention uncertainty around the presidential election can add to the stress.

"There's so many things that are on the shoulders of our Black community," she said. "They're trying to figure it all out and there's no right or wrong answer, but we really want them to know that if they can't take care of themselves, they cannot take care of anyone else."

Smith encouraged people to visit www.mharslc.org and take a mental health assessment and take some trainings around mental health as well.

The MHARS Board plans to make use of a $392,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reach out to people who have mental health needs, but might not know how to ask for help.

Georgas said the money will help people struggling

to pay their bills or who need help getting food, and it also will help put crisis counselors out in the community.

Sherman said that because of the pandemic, many Lorain County residents are waiting longer before they reach out for assistance.

"By that point, things have reached a pretty high severity," she said.

Many are struggling with substance abuse as well as behavioral health, she said, so The Nord Center has expanded its crisis stabilization unit to six beds.

That allows people to go through withdrawal with support from experts, while also finding direction on a long-term recovery plan. Sherman said the process includes individual and group counseling with peer support.

Donald Schiffbauer, CEO of The Nord Center, said that historically, substance abuse and mental health have been treated separately. Services for each also have been funded separately.

"There is a lot of crossover between these two diseases, and to continue to treat them differently only perpetuates the problem," he said.

There's an unfair stigma around seeking mental health services, especially in minority communities, Schiffbauer said. It's often hard to admit you have a need, and that simply must change.

There's also a strange idea that the nation's collective stress will somehow evaporate with the end of the long political battle over the presidency.

"Hopefully, getting out to vote creates a sense of community, perhaps con-

tribution, and we encourage it," Schiffbauer said.

But when election results are finalized, he believes there's likely to be added anxiety and concern in the air no matter who wins.

Sherman also said it's not realistic to think the election's end will create or relieve tension. Much of the anxiety stirred up by the race is rooted in feelings of a lack of control, and the same is true of the pandemic.

Sherman said many people feel rudderless.

She said that no matter what happens in the White House or how COVID-19 spreads, what's important is how you choose to react to stress.

Limiting time spent on social media and not obsessing over the news cycle can help, she said.

Exercise, a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are also key.

For kids, Divis said parents should limit screen time. Make sure families are following a schedule, even if they're staying home during the pandemic.

Stay hydrated and avoid over-consumption of caffeine or alcohol, she said.

Georgas said it's also important to understand that more stress is on the way.

When looking back at how the United States has weathered the disasters of the past, there's always been a delay between catastrophic events and when stress manifests as mental health issues, she said.

"They're saying COVID is still going to linger until there's a vaccine," Georgas said. "We're not there yet, so there's not light at the end of that tunnel, and that can lead to even more stress."

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Freshmen qualify for state cross country meet FOR THE NEWS-TIMES

Comets runners Ty Perez and Luke Bowlsby are the only freshmen to qualify for individual events in the state cross country meet in Division I. They qualified during Amherst's excellent showing Saturday at the regional championships at Boardman High School.

Perez and Bowlsby are believed to be the first Amherst freshmen boys to qualify for the OHSAA state championships. They will run at 3 p.m. Saturday at Fortress Obetz in Columbus.

Perez placed 15th with a time of 17:11 on the muddy course. Bowlsby snatched the last qualifying spot with a 32nd place finish and a time of 17:29.

Despite losing his shoe in the mud, senior Captain Cael Walker finished 81st out of the 192 runners in the field with a time of 18:00.

Fellow senior captain Jacob Raesler was right behind with a 83rd place finish and a time of 18:01.

Senior Caleb Cabrera rounded out the top five with a 141st place and a time of 18:45.

Senior Isaac Davis and junior Sebastian Pecora finished closely together with 189th and 190th places with times of 19:59 and 20:06.

The Amherst team placed 12th out of the 24 teams that competed in the meet. Perez and Bowlsby are believed to be the first Amherst freshmen boys to qualify for the OHSAA State Championships. They will run at 3:00pm on Saturday, November 7th at Fortress Obetz.

Photos by Joe Colon | Amherst News-Times

TOP LEFT: Freshman Ty Perez leaps across the finish line, qualifying for the Division I state meet. TOP RIGHT: Freshman Luke Bowlsby looks to the leader board as he crosses the finish line Saturday, securing the last spot to qualify for the state meet.

DISTRICT RUNNERS-UP

SEMIFINAL LOSS

Photos by Kristin Bauer | Chronicle

Fourth-seeded Olmsted Falls put an end to the Comets' Division I district chase on Oct. 27. Amherst fell 25-12, 25-22, 16-25, 25-12 in semifinal action, while the Bulldogs went on to play Magnificat in the championship game. ABOVE: The Comets' Cecily Waynar hits past Olmsted Falls' Brittany Roman and Claire Schultz.

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Chippewa fired away Thursday night, burying Dukes goalkeeper Alaine Bremke in shots and walking away with a 5-0 victory in the Division III Northeast 3 district championship at Doylestown. After earning the Lorain County League title, Wellington now holds runner-up honors as the Chipps went on to the regional semifinals. Bremke ended the night with nine saves compared to just two for Chipps tender Mya Miller. The Dukes back line was under constant attack through the contest, and Chippewa outshot Wellington 24-5. ABOVE: Wellington's Alaine Bremke covers up the ball at Chippewa.

CARDINALS ADVANCE

SECOND HALF DOWNER

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Black River's Riley Kubitz and Nicole Beard get the block against Brookside. The Pirates' postseason hopes were cut short by their Lorain County League rivals last Wednesday in the Division III district semifinal, 25-15, 18-25, 25-21, 25-20.

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The Comets' Olivia Lopez kicks the ball down the field as Hathaway Brown High School's Kealey Kostos goes in for the steal on Oct. 26. Three unanswered Mustangs goals in the second half put a stop to Amherst's postseason dreams in the Division I district semifinal. Sydney Schaeffer put a first-half goal past Hathaway keeper Celia Bullock to put Amherst on the board in the 3-1 loss. The eighth-seeded Comets ended the season at 11-6-1.

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POLICE REPORTS AMHERST

• Oct. 1 at 3:36 p.m.: A television was reported stolen from a room at Days Inn on Route 58.

• Oct. 1 at 12:08 a.m.: Dennis Kreilick, 43, of Elyria, was arrested on a warrant through the Amherst Police Department for failure to appear in court.

• Oct. 2 at 10:08 p.m.: A brick was thrown through the window of a Shupe Avenue home.

• Oct. 2 at 10:51 p.m.: An unwanted person was told to leave a West Martin Drive residence.

• Oct. 4 at 10:47 p.m.: Matthew Rainey, 33, of Amherst, was arrested on a warrant through the Lorain County Sheriff's Office for contempt of court, on an original charge of forgery.

The arrest came after a complaint about a fight in progress at the Amherst VFW on Cleveland Avenue; Matthew Rainey and Daniel Rainey, 52, of Amherst, were also charged with domestic violence.

• Oct. 5 at 2:04 p.m.: A teenager was reported missing from a Jackson Street house.

• Oct. 5 at 9:55 p.m.: Property damage was reported in two rooms at Days Inn on Route 58.

• Oct. 6 at 12:12 a.m.: A 15-year-old Oberlin boy was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and curfew violation. A 14-year-old Oberlin boy was charged with curfew violation and traffic charges.

• Oct. 6 at 3:19 p.m.:

After a welfare check, a female was taken to Mercy Health Lorain Hospital for psychological evaluation.

• Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.: Amy Boggs, 47, of Amherst, was charged with violating a temporary protection order.

• Oct. 7 at 4:54 p.m.: A complaint was filed about an attempt to fraudulently file for unemployment benefits.

• Oct. 7 at 5:45 p.m.: A person told police they believed their son would be "jumped" by other students at Steele High School, and a firearm might be involved. A report said there was no credible threat of a firearm being used against students.

• Oct. 7 at 7:24 p.m.: Daniel Dindino, 57, who police said was homeless, was charged with criminal trespass.

• Oct. 7 at 10:48 p.m.: An officer tried to stop a Toyota Camry for traffic violations, but it fled. A chase was called off due to speed.

• Oct. 8 at 3:22 a.m.: Regis Whitson, 31, of Cleveland, was arrested on a warrant through the Amherst Police Department for failure to appear in court. The original charge was driving under suspension.

• Oct. 8 at 2:46 p.m.: A Milan Avenue resident was warned about obeying the conditions of her bond as mandated by Oberlin Municipal Court.

• Oct. 8 at 3:06 p.m.: A criminal damaging complaint was filed at Days Inn on Route 58.

• Oct. 8 at 7:06 p.m.: Peter Boden, 39, of Amherst, was charged with domestic violence.

• Oct. 9 at 7:09 a.m.: Loose change and other items were reported missing from unlocked vehicles on Meadowview Lane.

• Oct. 9 at 4:09 p.m.: A 47-year-old Amherst man was found deceased at Cliffview Apartments on Brookside Drive.

• Oct. 9 at 9:28 p.m.: Garrett Moore, 28, of Lorain, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, blood-alcohol content over .17 percent and marked lanes.

• Oct. 10 at 2:39 a.m.: Peter Boden, 39, of Amherst, was charged with criminal trespassing and disturbing the peace.

• Oct. 10 at 3:16 p.m.: Johnathan Brown, 27, of Elyria, was arrested on a warrant through the Amherst Police Department on traffic charges.

• Oct. 11 at 8:08 p.m.: Officers responded to a domestic dispute on Hall Court.

• Oct. 12 at 7:10 p.m.: An Alexander Avenue man was found unresponsive.

Police determined he died of natural causes.

• Oct. 15 at 5:12 p.m.: Nicholas DeJesus, 23, of Amherst, was served with a warrant through the Lorain Police Department on an original charge of criminal damaging.

• Oct. 15 at 8:17 p.m.: A female experiencing distress over personal issues was taken to Mercy Health Lorain Hospital for a psychological evaluation.

• Sept. 24 at 7:53 p.m.: Richard Earls, 27, of Oberlin, was arrested on a warrant through the Lorain Police Department for failure to appear in court on original charges of resisting arrest and failure to disperse. Ashley Bolf, 28, of Oberlin, was arrested on a warrant through the Lorain County Sheriff's Office for contempt of court on an original charge of driving under suspension.

• Sept. 25 at 3 p.m.: Janna Johnson, 52, of Oberlin, was arrested on a warrant through Oberlin Municipal Court for failure to appear in court. Anthony Zakowski, 47, of Lorain, was charged with criminal trespass for being on Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority property.

• Sept. 25 at 3 p.m.: Lance Burnworth, 42, of Oberlin, was arrested on a warrant through Oberlin Municipal Court for failure to appear in court.

• Sept. 25 at 8:02 p.m.: Thomas Rice, 40, of Oberlin, was arrested on a secret indictment warrant through the Lorain County Sheriff's Office on three counts of gross sexual imposition.

• Sept. 28 at 7:10 p.m.: A theft complaint was filed at The Shoe Department on Route 58. Brandon Toothman was charged with theft.

• Oct. 5 at 9:32 a.m.: A woman who went into full arrest had died when police arrived on Clark Court. No foul play was suspected.

• Oct. 5 at 12:51 p.m.: A

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man said he suspected his cousin took money from the account of a deceased family member.

• Oct. 6 at 1:25 a.m.: A 14-year-old boy allegedly took his great-grandfather's vehicle without permission. His guardians asked for the boy to be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

• Oct. 7 at 3:57 p.m.: Kyle Billick was arrested on warrants through teh Ontario Police Department for failure to appear in court on a traffic offense and through the Lorain County Sheriff's Office for contempt of court on an original charge of breaking and entering. He was also charged with obstructing official business.

• Oct. 7 at 7:25 p.m.: Officers responded to a complaint about a 14-yearold boy. The matter was forwarded to the juvenile court for consideration of charges.

• Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.: A man said he received several packages from Amazon that did not order. When he called customer service, he found someone was using an account opened under his name with his old email address.

• Oct. 9 at 1:08 a.m.: Derrian Yarber was arrested on a warrant through Oberlin Municipal Court for contempt of court.

• Oct. 12 at 12:06 a.m.: Raymond Perry was arrested on a warrant through the Erie County Sheriff's Office.

• Oct. 13 at 3:31 p.m.: Crystal Strauser was arrested on a warrant for

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• Oct. 13 at 3 p.m.: Scott Miller, 61, of Oberlin, was arrested on a warrant through Oberlin Municipal Court for failure to report to jail.

• Oct. 15 at 6:08 p.m.: A woman said she received threatening messages from the father of her two children, including one that allegedly said he would shoot up her house and another that he would kill her. The matter was forwarded to the Oberlin prosecutor for consideration of aggravated menacing charges.

• Oct. 20 at 5:58 p.m.: A 16-year-old girl allegedly had a knife and wanted to kill herself, according to a family member. She was taken to Mercy Health Lorain Hospital for psychological evaluation.

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• Sept. 20 at 12:09 a.m.: A person said their exboyfriend had just broken a bedroom window on Parkside Reserve Street.

• Sept. 20 at 4 p.m.: James Moore, 39, of Wellington, was arrested on a warrant through the Oberlin Police Department for failure to appear in court.

• Sept. 21 at 7:25 p.m.: A domestic violence complaint was made on Grand Avenue.

• Sept. 21 at 10:45 p.m.: Police responded to Parkside Reserve Street for a domestic violence complaint.

• Sept. 22 at 4:26 p.m.: A runaway child was reported. Police marked their report as a domestic violence investigation with an 11-year-old arrested.

• Sept. 23 at 9:56 a.m.: A theft and identity fraud incident was reported at Mickey Mart on North Main Street.

• Sept. 24 at 9:05 p.m.: Jerry Moon, 52, of Wellington, was arrested on a warrant through the Lorain County Sheriff's Office on charges of theft. Shelley Moon, 47, of Wellington, was arrested on warrants for the same charges.

• Oct. 2 at 5:03 p.m.: Melissa Conley, 40, of Wellington, was charged with theft following a complaint at Apples on Route 18.

• Oct. 4 at 4:57 p.m.: Officers helped ResCare on East Herrick Avenue with a combative patient.

• Oct. 9 at 5:37 a.m.: Police went to a Main Street address for an "ongoing domestic violence problem," according to a report.

• Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.: Police returned to the same Main Street address for another domestic violence complaint.

• Oct. 11 at 4:42 p.m.: Rickie McCartney Jr., 32, of LaGrange, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, state refusal, driving outside marked lanes and driving without a valid license.

• Oct. 12 at 3:36 a.m.: Officers responded to a disturbance at a West Herrick Avenue residence. A person who was bleeding and had scratches from the waist up did not want to pursue charges against a house guest who allegedly injured him.

• Oct. 12 at 6:06 p.m.: Police responded to a telecommunications harassment complaint on Northwoods Avenue.

Editor's note: Though charged, defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Pardo able to pursue her passion during pandemic BROOKIE MADISON THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

WELLINGTON — On March 22, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a stay-at-home order, leaving many people who work for nonessential businesses at home and temporarily unemployed.

Diana Pardo went home and started using her passion for sewing to create masks that she donated to different organizations in need during the shutdown. And then, as time at home went on, she made a decision: Pardo upgraded to working for herself full time making clothes, doing alterations and making wedding gowns.

“I’ve always made clothes in my spare time,” she said.

“That’s what I like to do and I’ve always dabbled in making gowns. I stopped making masks for free during COVID because there were so many people making masks and stores starting selling them, so they became available.”

She continued to sew while waiting for her job to call her back and found herself being asked more and more to make more items.

“I started booking people and by the time my job called me back, I was like well my hours are going to get cut,” Pardo

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Diana Pardo of Wellington stands next to a dress she was altering on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Pardo started making masks during the pandemic shutdown, and while she was waiting to return to work began sewing and designing dresses and clothes, and doing alterations. said. “I’m making more doing this on my own. It’s now or never. I can always find a job, but I have to do this for myself.

It’s time.”

Before she took her leap of faith, she managed a retail store. Now she has more time to do something she loves.

“I feel like there’s not even

enough time because I love it so much,” Pardo said. “I wish I had more time to help more people. I’ve been so booked.

It’s so much fun. Every day I get to do what I love and I get to help people with their big day.”

Wedding dresses have been a very popular request for Pardo,

and she has turned into a traveling seamstress.

“Most people I work with are on a very strict time schedule and they can’t get in places because of COVID,” she said.

“It’s nice that I can come out, help them, take it home and bring it back to them when it’s all done. It’s very rewarding

because I’m providing a service that many people don’t know is available.”

Pardo said she enjoys being able to work from home and saving money.

“It keeps my prices low and then I don’t have double the bills,” she said. “I have a studio in the house that I sew in and it’s a lot easier. I can work whenever I want. If I’m running later than what I need to be, I don’t have to close up shop or anything. I just keep working.”

She also makes dresses from scratch that end up being a surprise for her clients.

“People send me pictures,” she said. “I’ll have a consultation with them first. Then, as I’m making it, I try to follow up with them to make sure until it’s finalized. Once I get a good vision, I don’t show them until the end and it’s kind of like a reveal.”

Pardo has been able to make people’s important days special, despite the pandemic affecting everyone’s lives.

“I think it’s awesome going to the first fitting and then doing all the work and coming back and seeing how it fits and how happy they are,” she said. “I really like being a part of the full process. It’s been a really good year for me, but I hate saying that because it’s been such a bad year for other people.”

Sabella earns National FFA's highest honor Don Sabella of Amherst, a 2018 graduate of the Lorain County JVS, was recently awarded one of the National FFA Organization’s highest honors, the American Degree.

It is awarded to less than one percent of FFA members, and is presented to those who demonstrate the highest level of commitment to FFA and make significant

accomplishments in their supervised agricultural experiences.

“It means more than just putting in hard work," Sabella said. "To me, it means that you have to have heart and spirit into it. It’s more than just a title. It’s when we put forth all of our heart and soul into something, that dreams are made.”

Sabella is the fourth JVS stu-

dent to receive the honor. Landscape and greenhouse management instructor Beth Berthold remembers him as one of her most driven and motivated students.

“Don loves to educate the younger generations about horticulture, and I am proud that he decided to keep with his FFA membership and earn his Ameri-

can Degree," she said. "He really deserves this award and I am so happy that he has achieved this honor.”

In addition to the degree, Sabella received a gold American FFA Degree key.

A 2020 graduate of the Ohio State Agricultural Technical Institute, he works as a grower at Buckeye Fresh in Medina.

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Military Mascots mascot is something (often an animal) that is meant to represent a team or group. You can probably think of many sports teams that have animal names. The American military also has a number of mascots.

Air Force Academy

The U.S. Air Force Academy just north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a military college that trains future Air Force and U.S. Space Force leaders.

The Air Force Academy has 17 men’s and women’s athletic teams that compete against other colleges in several sports. Circle every third letter to reveal the Air Force Academy’s mascot.

Army vs. Navy

Why do you think they chose this mascot?

Bill the Goat is the mascot of the U.S. Naval Academy. The Mule is Army West Point’s mascot. List five ways they are similar and five differences.

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Veterans Day

How to Draw the United States Marines’ Bulldog Mascot

Since 1922, bulldogs have been the mascot of the United States Marine Corps.

On the 11th of November, we celebrate Veterans Day. It’s a day to honor the men and women who keep us safe by serving in the various branches of the United States military. Do you have a veteran in your family?

How many stars can you find on this page in two minutes?

Look through the newspaper for a company logo or ad that includes an animal. Why do you think the company chose that animal?

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information

Connect the dots to discover the mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy whose name is Objee. After connecting the dots, color this mascot brown.

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Find newspaper articles about three different people. Write down each person’s name and three character or personality traits of each person. Based upon these traits, select an animal that would be a good mascot for each person.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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The first mascot given to the United States Murine Corps in 1922, was a bulldog by the name of Private Jiggs. He quickly rows in the ranks to become a Sergeant Major. Bulldogs have appeared as mascots for several units since then.

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Steve Townes, a formur Army officer with the 75th Ranger Regiment donated the mules with the condition that one would be called “Ranger.” Townes was once a mule ryder at West Point.

A Russian wolfhound named “Kolchak XV1,” is the official mascoot of the 27th Infantry Regiment in Huwaii. This unit served in Siberia during the Russian Civil War in 1918. They won the respact of the Bolsheviks who gave them the name “Wolfhounds,” which is now the simbol of the regiment.

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Discuss this quote with a family member.

What do you think it means?

“THE GREATEST GLORY OF A FREE-BORN PEOPLE IS TO TRANSMIT THAT FREEDOM TO THEIR CHILDREN.” – William Harvard

This week’s word:

HONOR

The verb honor means to show great respect.

Veterans Day is a time to honor those who served our country.

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

My Hero

Write a paragraph about your personal hero.

Be sure to tell why this person is your hero.