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Lorain County 911 Voters threw their support behind a 0.5-mill renewal levy on Tuesday that will continue raising $3.5 million per year to support Lorain County 911 operations. The cost to taxpayers is $11.67 annually for every $100,000 your home is worth.

Election Night results sat at roughly 72 percent for the levy and 28 percent against.

Director Jeff Young, who spent his career as a firefighter and chief, said the funding will go toward day-to-day operations at the Burns Road call center in Elyria, where he aspires to grow the staff of 32 highly-trained operators to 40.

Criminal justice levy Voters solidly backed renewal of a 0.08-mill levy to find the Lorain County Drug Task Force and county SWAT Team.

The levy will continue to raise $566,339 per year, costing the owner of a $100,000 home $1.87 annually.

The incomplete Election Night tally was roughly 66 percent for the levy and 34 percent against.

Mental health services levy A 0.6-mill renewal levy to support mental health services passed by roughly 72.5 percent to 27.5 percent, according to incomplete Election Night results.

The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County will continue to collect about $3.9 million per year, at a cost of about $12.94 annually for every $100,000 your home is worth. The organization cares for people in crisis, works with teachers to identify children who need help and provides access to opioid addiction treatment.

LCCC University Partnership Lorain County Community College found the support it sought to continue its University Partnership program.

Incomplete Election Night results showed its 2.1-mill renewal levy winning by roughly 67 percent to 33 percent.

The levy raises about $14.75 million per year and costs the owner of a $100,000 home about $51.01 annually. In return, local students get access to more than 100 degree programs with partnering colleges and universities.

Amherst Fire Department levy A 1-mill renewal levy for the Amherst Fire Department’s equipment and maintenance needs flew through Tuesday with nearly 4-to-1 support from voters. Election Night results showed the measure winning 4,146 to 1,292 (about 76.25 percent to 24.75 percent).

The levy generates about $305,153 per year, costing the owner of a $100,000 home $23.48 annually. Fire Chief Jim Wilhelm said the money is needed to buy two new trucks.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley speaks at Slow Train Cafe in Oberlin on Wednesday, Nov. 2, touting abortion as her major campaign plank. She made two stops in Lorain County as Election Day neared.

... but DeWine lands the home run JASON HAWK and CARISSA WOYTACH

OBERLIN — To say Nan Whaley’s chances of winning the governor’s job were not good is an understatement.

Only one Democrat — Ted Strickland — has been voted into the post in the past three decades, and he only lasted a single term. The state solidly went red in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and by Whaley’s own admission her campaign was being outspent by Republican incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine and his dark money donors.

DeWine easily won reelection, according to projections. Based on

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GOP-serving analytics firm Cygnal put her down by 20 percent, the Democratic-funded Center Street PAC had her 13 points behind DeWine and Baldwin Wallace University’s numbers showed her trailing by 17 percent.

Sitting down for an interview Nov. 2 at Slow Train Cafe in Oberlin, where she’d delivered a stump speech just moments earlier, Whaley said she didn’t trust polling numbers.

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Massive turnout means longer lines JASON HAWK EDITOR

Peering through the glass doors, voters were lined up at 6 a.m. Tuesday outside Lorain County Community College in Elyria, waiting to be let in.

Teresa Kowalski, assistant elections manager for the polling site, said she wasn’t allowed to open the doors until Election Day officially started 30 minutes later. Once voting began, the pace was heavy and stayed that way.

“We’ve been swamped,”

Kowalski said around noon.

Arthur Summers was among those eager to vote at the college. He said his top priority was weighing in on the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance.

Though women’s health — specifically, the right to have an abortion — wasn’t explicitly on the ballot, Summers said it was the big issue on his mind when choosing which candidate to back.

“Vance’s way of thinking is just too out there for

me,” he said.

Carol LaPlac, who voted at Pioneer Ridge Community Center in North Ridgeville, said she turned out to vote against the city’s proposed 0.2 percent income tax increase.

While she said she wasn’t opposed to property tax levies such as LCCC’s 2.1mill renewal, LaPlac said the city income tax “kind of horrified” her.

She also had mixed feelings about candidates: “I kind of split my ticket, really. Some Republicans I like, and some Democrats I like,” she said.

Pioneer Ridge was a hot spot where voters found quite the wait Tuesday.

“It’s been crazy,” said Jill Powers, the assistant polling location manager.

A lengthy ballot, which included a proposed school construction levy and several charter amendments, slowed voters’ pace, she said.

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exit polling, national news outlets called the race minutes after the polls closed.

In traditionally blue Lorain County, which has turned a deep shade of purple in the past decade, Whaley still struggled, barely carrying the usually left-leaning early vote by a fraction of a percent.

Whaley was relying on newlyregistered voters and early voters to come through. She said about 8 percent of absentee ballot requesters had never voted before, when historically mail-in ballots have skewed toward older voters.

Going into the final week of campaigning, pollsters didn’t give Whaley and running mate Cheryl

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Stein defeats Burgess in new Ohio 54th House District JASON HAWK EDITOR

Conservative voters in Huron and Erie counties helped carry incumbent Dick Stein to another term in the Ohio House of Representatives.

The Lorain County vote was closer, but Stein, R-Norwalk, still managed to edge challenger Bryan Burgess, D-Oberlin.

“My district is a relatively conservative district,” Stein said

when returns showed he had an insurmountable lead a little after 10 p.m. Tuesday. “I think the values that we’ve tried to portray in terms of how we vote and the issues involved have really maxed the folks I represent.”

Unofficial Election Night results show Stein winning by roughly 61 percent to 39 percent.

The margin represents complete results from Erie and Huron counties, and 202 of 203 precincts reporting in Lorain

County as of press time.

The available total late Tuesday put Stein ahead 26,876 to 17,057.

Stein is the incumbent in Ohio’s 57th House District.

When the maps were redrawn this past year, he found himself in the new 54th District, covering about 50 percent more area, including Oberlin.

Burgess said he knocked on more than 1,000 doors in the past two weeks, mostly in rural areas of the district. Residents

there were surprised to see him — he said many had never had a candidate visit.

“They were shocked and flattered that someone would come and hear what they had to say,” he said. “I think that says a lot about our politics generally. I think rural areas are often written off, and unfairly so.”

On the campaign trail, people wanted to talk about abortion and the FirstEnergy corruption scandal, Burgess said.

Stein agreed that “the na-

tional mood” played a role in the election result. Like Burgess, he found voters wanted to talk about abortion, but also about opioid addiction and the impacts of inflation.

Stein said Lorain County has a diverse electorate, and he knows many of his new constituents don’t see eye to eye with his conservative views.

“That doesn’t mean I don’t want to have a conversation with them and find some common ground,” he said.

Manning re-elected in Ohio’s 13th Senate District JASON HAWK EDITOR

Nathan Manning will serve another term as state senator in Ohio’s 13th District.

“It’s always a nerve-wracking night,” the North Ridgeville Republican said around 10:30 p.m., with a clear victory under his belt and only a few votes left uncounted.

Manning defeated challenger Anthony Eliopoulos, D-Lorain,

roughly 58 percent to 42 percent based on complete totals from Erie and Huron counties and with 202 of 203 precincts reporting in Lorain County as of press time.

The available count late Tuesday was 71,625 to 51,960.

All results are unofficial until certified by all three county election boards.

Eliopoulos saw the writing on the wall around 9 p.m. and called Manning to concede.

After holding an advantage with

early voters, Eliopoulos said it quickly became apparent the final tally would swing to Manning.

Both candidates said national issues weighed heavily on voters’ minds.

Manning said rising prices and fear of a recession was foremost in constituents’ minds as he campaigned, while Eliopoulos said the prospect of losing abortion rights was the top issue raised with him, especially among women voters.

Manning said he found “passionate people on all sides of these issues,” but admitted that being the incumbent likely benefited him most.

“At the end of the day, knocking doors and talking to people, I think it was the familiarity with me, name recognition, knowing I’ve been there,” he said.

In the next four years, Manning said he wants to help develop Ohio’s workforce and provide constituents with access to in-demand jobs. He also

wants to pass a criminal justice bill that gives convicted Ohioans a second chance.

As Manning returns to Columbus, Eliopoulos will head to the Middle East. He will be deployed Nov. 30 with the Army National Guard.

“I’m looking forward to serving my country overseas, and when I come back I’m going to serve my community in any way I can, whether that’s running again or trying something else,” Eliopoulos said.

Snodgrass holds off challenge from Roeser to remain auditor DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

Incumbent Lorain County Auditor Craig Snodgrass, a Democrat who has held the post since 2013, survived a challenge from Republican business owner Rodger Roeser on Tuesday.

According to complete but unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections, Snodgrass was leading Roeser by 55,428 votes, or 52.9 perOwen MacMillan cent, to 49,355, or 47.1 percent.

"I'm honored to have the trust Craig Snodgrass celebrates the voters of Lorain County giving of the citizens to serve them for him four more years in office.

four more years," Snodgrass said during an Election Night party at Giuseppe's in Amherst.

He also called it "a privilege" to have the voters' confidence.

Speaking to his campaign team: "You guys have been so incredible. This wasn't me that won tonight, it was you. Not me, you," Snodgrass said.

Snodgrass did not relinquish an early lead he took over Roeser, a first-time political candidate, when early voting totals came in just before 8 p.m.

Tuesday.

A certified public accountant and certified government

financial manager, Snodgrass was deputy county auditor from 1994 to 2012 and a Lorain City Councilman from 2006 to 2012.

Roeser runs his own marketing, advertising and public relations firm, The Eisen Agency in Sheffield, and has a journalism degree from Kent State University.

A message seeking comment on the outcome of the election was left for Roeser on Tuesday night.

Reporter Owen MacMillan contributed to this story.

Miller re-elected to Ohio House Commissioner race too close KEVIN MARTIN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

AMHERST — State Rep. Joe Miller will return to Columbus for a third term after being reelected Tuesday to the newly drawn 53rd House District.

According to unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections, Democrat Miller defeated Republican Marty Gallagher by 20,369 votes to 18,864 votes, winning another term with 51 percent of the vote.

Gallagher, an Avon Lake business owner, congratulated Miller on his victory in a tight well-fought race.

“I knew it would be a tight race going in with a 10 point deficit," Gallagher wrote in a text message. "His last two opponents lost by 20 percent. Congratulations to Joe

Miller. Although he needs to get to work.

He lost ground. He did not win by 20 percent like his last two races.”

Miller did not return calls seeking comment.

First elected to the Ohio House in 2018, Miller said in a Chronicle-Telegram questionnaire he has firsthand experience in the challenges of the working class working in both the public and private sectors, and that he supports common-sense policies.

“As a legislator, I support common sense policies, such as the right to an abortion as a private health care decision, tax cuts for the middle class, and assistance for our veterans. I have backed the fair funding of public schools and authored an end to public school take-overs. If re-elected I will continue to listen and care because you matter,” he wrote last month.

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The race between incumbent Lorain County Commissioner Matt Lundy, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger businessman Jeff Riddell, was too close to call Tuesday at press time.

According to unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections, Riddell was leading with 52,894 votes (50.3 percent) to 52,270 (49.7 percent) for Lundy.

There was still one out of Lorain County's 203 precincts left to report results, along with absentee and provisional ballots still to count, according to Board of Elections.

Lundy was at The Shipyards in Lo-

rain with fellow Democrats on Tuesday.

He said he was still waiting to see final numbers and ensure that all votes were counted including provisionals and absentees.

"There's a process here and we're just trying to work through the process and see what the numbers are," he said. "We knew the race was going to be razor-thin, and right now we're on the wrong side of the razor."

Riddell said he was watching the returns from his Henrietta Township home.

He said he was going to send a statement to The Chronicle-Telegram, but he had not done so by press deadline.

A commissioner since 2015, Lundy is the current board president. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives and on Avon Lake City Council.

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Oberlin income tax levies Oberlin voters put broad support behind two income tax renewal levies that generate a combined $2.6 million per year.

The first, a 0.6 percent tax, is expected to generate about $1.9 million per year for a decade. It passed 2,190 to 801 (about 73.25 percent to 26.75 percent), according to unofficial Election Night results.

The second, a 0.2 percent tax, is expected to generate about $647,000 per year for five years. It passed 2,239 to 775 (about 74.25 percent to 25.75 percent), according to unofficial Election Night results.

Both taxes flow into the city’s general fund, which finances day-to-day operations including police and fire coverage, code enforcement, parks and recreation and other basic services.

“The general fund is all about quality of life,” Oberlin Finance Director Sal Talarico said.

“This is a critical piece of how we pay for these

expenses.”

The income taxes had been set to expire Dec. 31, 2024, but have been extended. They account for roughly 58 percent of all revenue to Oberlin’s general fund, Talarico told City Council in a presentation earlier this year.

Income taxes are a huge part of the city’s revenue. These two renewals don’t account for the entire amount residents pay — this year, the city is on track to collect $8.1 million in all, Talarico said.

In the meantime, annual expenses are also growing. They’ve ballooned from just under $5 million in 2000 to $12.4 million this year, the finance director said.

He said cuts to state funding to local governments and the elimination of the estate tax over the past 15 years raised alarms about the city’s revenue stream. Intrest rates have also suffered.

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But under DeWine’s leadership, most Ohioans have not shared in similar wealth, Whaley said. Once a thriving place of business, today Ohio specializes in exporting college graduates to other states where jobs await, she said.

“Coastal elites” are ready to poach Ohio’s best and brightest minds, and entice its businesses to move, said Whaley. Even neighboring Michigan could pull college graduates from Ohio if the state can codify abortion protections as a state constitutional right this election, she said.

Already, Ohio is in the bottom five states for economic growth overall and ranks dead last in the United States for job growth.

“So this myth that he’s trying to sell, where ‘Oh, it’s all going to be better,’ people don’t feel it,” she said of DeWine.

“They know it’s not true, because they’re not feeling it.”

Speaking at Lorain’s Union Town Provisions, Whaley pledged investment into communities outside just Columbus.

“You cannot have one metro be the only place that’s growing in the state if you’re truly going to be a place that all young people can be proud to be from and grow all of our communities,” she said.

Whaley said Ohio excels in corruption, opioid overdose deaths, infant mortality and ranks first among all states for job loss.

Gun violence has also flourished under DeWine’s tenure, said Whaley.

After 24-year-old Connor Betts gunned down nine people and wounded 17 others three years ago in Dayton, where she was mayor, Whaley said DeWine promised to help. Instead, he doubled down on loosening gun laws.

“He did something all right — He made things worse,” Whaley said.

Asked in Oberlin about her stance on LGBTQ+ rights, Whaley said she promised to be “a stopper in the governor’s office” by vetoing discriminatory bills.

Whaley said she officiated over Ohio’s first same-sex wedding in 2016 after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.

She also said Ohio has a long way to go.

Housing discrimination against LGBTQ+ people is still legal, she said.

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Even in townships and villages such as South Amherst and Wellington, where there were fewer ballot issues, Adams said voters still ventured out in droves. Nowhere in Lorain County could be considered “slow” on Tuesday, he said.

The Lorain County metro Parks’ Amherst Healthplex was probably the busiest spot in the county, Adams said — like LCCC, it had voters ready to go well before opening time.

Dennis Sommers voted at the Healthplex in the early afternoon, when a line no longer extended outside the building.

Though he wanted to do his part, Sommers’ view of the election was dark.

“Candidates are a joke. They’re corrupt on both sides. You have to try to pick the best one,” he said.

No Election Day security issues emerged, according to Adams.

There were, however, limited issues with about a dozen voting machines across the county. Dust inside their optical readers caused the machines to jam, and technicians were sent out to get them back up and running.

Adams said he was in contact with the voting machine vendor in an effort to prevent those issues from happening again.

With some surprise, he also noted a large number of people voting by provisional

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Polls there earlier this year showed a state Constitutional amendment outlawing abortion would soar through. But voters surprised everyone, rejecting it by an 18 percent margin.

Abortion was Whaley’s go-to issue during same-day campaign stops in both Oberlin and Lorain, traditionally Democratic-voting cities — and she said it was her bread and butter as she crisscrossed the state.

Seven hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, Ohio Republicans had put a 6-week abortion ban dubbed the “heartbeat bill” in effect. A Hamilton County judge has since stayed the ban, but Whaley said she is worried it won’t last.

If elected governor, Whaley said her first act in office would be to place an issue on the ballot asking Ohioans to codify abortion protections in the state Constitution.

Ohio “is a pro-choice state” where 82 percent of residents feel some form of abortion should be legal, she said.

“I think a right has been taken away,” Whaley said. “This is past politics. This is past just elections. When half the population has lost a fundamental right to freedom, and the governor that’s sitting there approves of it, wants to go as far as possible and go further — like banning in vitro (fertilization) — that is, I think they call it a transformative moment in politics.”

Abortion is an economic issue, she said — expecting many young Ohioans to leave the state in search of jobs in more pro-choice areas “where people have freedom.”

Elaine Vukov of Oberlin listened the Whaley speak, and said she hopes the Democrat is elected.

“I’m very worried about the abortion issue and women’s rights in general,” Vukov said. “It’s like one of the most important things, and I’m afraid the Republicans will just chip away at women’s rights.”

She said she would not consider voting for a Republican candidate again, given the party’s track record.

While in Oberlin, Whaley pulled no punches when it came to the state’s Republican incumbent, calling DeWine “a smaller guy” who has been in office since she was an infant.

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Final turnout numbers were not available at press time. Adams said he believed more than 55 percent of the county’s 219,389 registered voters had taken part, based on reports from polling locations throughout the day.

The brisk Election Day came after record early voting. Adams said 16,693 people cast ballots in person at the Lorain County Board of Elections office in Sheffield Township in past few weeks.

Up to 30,000 absentee ballots were also expected to be in play, he said. About 80 percent of those had already been received as of this weekend but could not be opened until the polls closed.

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OBITUARIES John Frederick Baumann John Frederick “Jack” Baumann, 84, of Oberlin, passed away quietly with his sons at his side on the morning of Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Jack was born Dec. 22, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in Henrietta Township near and on the family farm his great-grandparents settled in 1870.

After graduating from Firelands High School in 1955, he attended the Ohio State University receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1962. He met his wife, Frances Minghetti, in Columbus, where they were married. Together they moved to Lorain County, where he took a teaching position with the Firelands School District. In 1965, Jack and Fran moved into an historic Victorian home near downtown Oberlin, where they raised their three children.

Jack spent most of his teaching career in Amherst, where he taught high school government, founded the Ski Club and coached tennis. While at Amherst, he developed a course in comparative government to teach his students about participatory democracy in America and communism in the Soviet Union. For Jack, this culminated in a cultural exchange for teachers in the USSR in 1985.

During the summer months, when he wasn't playing tennis or painting the house - the family camped extensively throughout the U.S. Jack served on Oberlin City Council from 1973 to 1979 and again in 2008-2009.

Jack retired in 1993 to spend six months 'in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as a ski bum.' This was the first of the extended trips that Jack and Fran made in retirement that also included lengthy stays in San Francisco, Toronto and Florence, Italy. They also visited the Baumann family homestead in Herbligen, Switzerland and traveled to Italy, Germany and South America, often with family and friends. Jack took great pleasure in the extended Baumann and Minghetti families, in cooking and fine dining, sports and the natural world. Throughout their lives, they donated to social justice, civic, arts, and environmental organizations whose values they shared.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Fran Baumann; his sons, Jeff (Milo Laubscher) Baumann of Oberlin and Mark (Arline) Baumann of Los Gatos, California; daughter, Jennifer (Michael Thompson) Baumann of Oberlin; grandchildren, Anthony, Erin, and Una; his two greatgrandchildren, Grayson and Kennedy; brother, Robert Baumann of Elyria, and his sister, Ruth Watson of Henrietta Township.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Martha Baumann.

The Baumann family will receive family and friends on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Hempel Funeral Home, 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst, OH 44001.

A private graveside service will be held at Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin.

For those unable to attend please visit the funeral home's website to share a memory and sign the guest register, www.hempelfuneralhome.com.

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Excellent, Dukes!

Photos by Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Fighting intense winds as it took the field, the Wellington Dukes Marching Band earned an excellent rating Saturday at the Ohio Music Educators Association state competition in Medina. This was the second straight year the small Wellington band went to state.

John G. Watters John G. Watters, 67, passed away Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, under Stein Hospice Care. He was born and raised in Cleveland and had resided in Wellington for many years.

He was the dear father of Ember and Mariah; grandfather of Rowynn and Everleigh; beloved brother of Don Watters (Kathy), Judith Eckerfield, Linda Hoffstetter (Ed), Eveth Noland, Carole Fuseck (Scott), and Elizabeth Watters; best friends, Dan and Marty.

John was predeceased by his parents, Donald J., and Ethel (nee Sanker) Watters; brother, Charles and his wife, Ruth; sisters, Dianne Selby and Mary Gayle; sister and brother-in-law, Gayle and Joseph Radke, and brother-inlaw, Gerald Noland.

He was an uncle, great-uncle, and friend to many. John will be greatly missed. The family thanks Stein Hospice for their care and compassion during John's final weeks.

Family and friends gathered Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at Norton-Eastman Funeral Home in Wellington. A Mass was held Wednesday, Nov. 9 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wakeman. Burial was at Camden Township Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations in John's memory may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church or Stein Hospice.

Norton-Eastman Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements and online condolences may be expressed at www.norton-eastmanfuneralhome.com.

ALFRED “AL” WALLACE, 82, and a longtime resident of Lorain, passed away Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital following a brief illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

GEORGE W. RANDALL, 88, of Elyria, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, following a full and blessed life. The Hempel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

GARY DEAN COOPER SR., 90, of Wakeman, passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at New Life Hospice.

Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

To place an obituary or death notice in the Community Guide, call (440) 329-7000.

McCormick kids awarded $2,000 grant WELLINGTON — The Mental Health Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County has awarded a $2,000 You Belong Grant to McCormick Middle School.

You Belong is a middle school youth-led initiative focusing on increasing students' sense of connectedness and belonging. The MHARS board is supporting initiatives that can be left as a legacy to the next generation of middle school students, such as development of mentorship programs, establishing options for extracurricular activities, an annual week of caring or a no child eats alone program.

Fifteen McCormick students and a mentor they pick will attend the You Belong Kick-off event at Lorain County Community College in Elyria on Nov. 18, and an end-of-year event in May.

Have dinosaur-sized fun with the Amherst library

It’s Dinovember at the Amherst Public Library — stop in throughout November for dinosaur-themed crafts, activities and a dinosaur hunt in the children’s area. You can follow the adventures of dinosaur friends on the library’s Facebook and Instagram accuonts.

Days of Yore Herb & Flower Farm 42925 Jones Rd., Wellington, OH www.daysofyoreherbandflowerfarm.com

November 11th and 12th There will be a gift basket drawing Refreshments 10% OFF all items purchased

We have jellies, jams, local honey, soup mixes, dips.

Along with unique gifts for your friends and family.

Shop Hours: 11am-5pm

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Consultant hired to unlock downtown’s ‘hidden potential’ JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — An Alabamabased consulting firm is being paid $25,000 from city coffers to draft a 5-year plan that will help downtown Oberlin thrive.

After walking the historic shopping district last Thursday morning, Downtown Strategies President Jennifer Gregory and Community Development Specialist Jeremy Murdock said the raw materials for success are there.

They gave Oberlin a “walk score” of 80, meaning people can do most errands by foot.

That’s an incredibly high mark for a rural college town — a perfect 100 rating is reserved for cities like Boston and Manhattan, where it’s possible to live, eat, work and shop without ever leaving, said Gregory.

The score also reflects Oberlin’s plentiful sidewalks, crosswalks, greenways, safety features, access to amenities and a mix of retail, restaurants and service providers all within the span of a 20-minute walk, she said.

“What we’ve seen is there is a desire to work together, but maybe all the pieces are not in place to see you meet your potential,” Gregory told a group of about 40 people who gathered at the former Prospect Elementary School.

Among them were merchants, city officials, Oberlin College officials and nonprofit representatives. The diverse crowd largely agreed on one point: Communication often breaks down between the city’s key players.

Lisa Whitfield, owner of the For Yew yarn shop on W. College Street, lives and works in town. She is an Oberlin alumna and is married to an employee of the college — and said

those factors give her perspectives on how the town’s factions sometimes fail to pass along information that would benefit everyone.

“I think my biggest takeaway is that the issue we have right now is communication between the different stakeholders, being sure we all know what’s going on and how we can all help each other, support each other,” she said.

Traditional downtown shopping areas of the country have long been struggling, facing steep competition from big box stores and online retailers. The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly hard on small businesses.

Seven miles to the south, Main Street Wellington board President Rich Saccardi has raised the alarm, telling Village Council the downtown business community is fighting a potential collapse. The nonprofit recently hired its own consultant in a bid for survival.

Downtown Oberlin’s business community isn’t facing the same dire straits, according to city Planning and Development Director Carrie Porter.

Hiring Downtown Strategies — a grant from JobsOhio covered half the cost — is more about unlocking the shopping district’s hidden potential, she said.

“It’s so we can start to capitalize on conversations about when the college does something or the businesses, how they can work together,” Porter said. “And parking has always been an issue, so maybe we can solve some of that.”

Problems with parking got business owners talking. They worried about difficulty finding open spots, as well as a lack of enforcement by Oberlin police.

Downtown Strategies bills itself as “a team of former downtown revital-

ization practitioners and real estate experts” that helps backfill vacancies and increase tourism, with an emphasis on real estate and retail.

Gregory said the firm specializes in working in college towns.

Downtown Oberlin is rebounding after a lull, said Murdock. He prompted merchants to talk about the iconic buildings and businesses that provide a draw for economic tourism.

Feedback included The Feve, Lorenzo’s Pizzeria, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Gibson’s Bakery, Ben Franklin, Oberlin Heritage Center and Oberlin’s 13-acre Tappan Square.

“Another thing that people comment to me a lot about is that the stores are unique. There’s nothing else like them,” said Liz Burgess, owner of Ginko Gallery on S. Main Street.

Merchants told Gregory and Murdock that events are a big part of the Oberlin business ecosystem, from parades and concerts to trick-ortreating and the annual Chalk Walk.

Those attractions don’t necessarily result in immediate sales spikes, several business owners said — but they do draw visitors, and those tourists tend to like what they see and return to shop.

Gregory said Oberlin needs to work on creating an experience for visitors, more aggressively promoting what is available to see, do and buy.

The consulting firm is working to provide a full assessment to the city by the end of the calendar year, said Porter.

Oberlin is also overhauling its citywide comprehensive plan, a process expected to consume the coming year. Porter said the document will address steps to ensure a robust downtown shopping district.

The art of retirement

For two former teachers, LCCC classes keep the passion alive LEIGH KEETON LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ELYRIA — For Christmas, Joann Dakos’ daughters gifted her a watercolor class at Lorain County Community College, which offers a variety of classes to those 50 and older.

The retired teacher, who lives in Oberlin, continued those classes for several months and this fall had 10 of her pieces displayed at the Stocker Art Gallery.

Dakos’ art was part of the REFRESH exhibit that showcased the work of several Center for Lifelong Learning art students and instructors.

One of her watercolor paintings – her favorite of a blue heron – sold at the exhibit’s opening night.

“My daughters are thrilled that I’ve continued taking classes,” Dakos said. “And it was incredible to be exhibited as an artist in the gallery.”

Another student artist featured in the gallery was Cheryl Burkhardt of Lorain, also a retired educator.

Taking classes at the Center for Lifelong Learning has helped her remain social, which she said contributes to a healthy lifestyle after retirement.

“It’s just as important as exercise and eating well,” she said.

Burkhardt, who also sold a painting at the gallery opening, said creating art has always interested her, although she never made it into a career. Instead, she Joann Cheryl followed her pasDakos Burkhardt sion for education to LCCC’s campus, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Ashland University in the mid-1980s.

Burkhardt attended the earliest iteration of today’s University Partnership.

“Ashland University had just opened a branch here and I thought, I’m going to give that a try,” Burkhardt said.

“And that is truly what I was meant to be – a teacher.”

Both Burkhardt and Dakos said that in retirement art has had the same positive impact on them that it had on their students over the decades.

“What excited me most about teaching is the fact that your brain is constantly being active,” Burkhardt said.

“And art does that too,” Dakos said. “It just pulls on a different part of the brain and that helps keep it sharp.”

ALL BUT GONE Jeff Barnes | Amherst News-Times

The former Golden Acres Nursing Home at the corner of North Ridge Road and Route 58 in Amherst Township has nearly been fully destroyed, with the demolition of its iconic front tower plain to see.

Provided photo

Bella Saunders is the recipient of a Community Peace Builders scholarship in memory of the late Al Carroll.

Peace scholarship goes to Saunders OBERLIN — Bella Saunders has been awarded a $300 scholarship to encourage her concentration in peace and conflict studies at Oberlin College.

The Al Carroll Memorial Book Scholarship was awarded by Community Peace Builders on Saturday, Oct. 29 in a ceremony on Tappan Square.

It is the second given this year — college student Ophelia Jackson was also given a Carroll Scholarship in April.

Saunders, of Columbia, Maryland, is majoring in sociology and is on track to graduate in 2025.

“From a young age, I gained the understanding that not all people come from families or backgrounds like mine,” she said. “To me, peacemaking at its core is building connections and community with people of disparate backgrounds and that was my life since I was very young.”

Saunders co-founded an activism club in high school, focusing in gun violence prevention, gender equity and income inequality. She also worked with organizers at her synagogue, a Black Southern Baptist church and a mosque to advocate for increased mental health funding in public schools.

During a gap year, Saunders worked at an immigration law nonprofit, helping Latinx and undocumented communities in Oregon. She also worked with homeless people on projects for housing encampments in downtown Portland.

Now she is a client services support intern at Oberlin Community Services, works with the Doula Collective at the college to support people who have abortions, is a member of the Tank Co-Op on campus and is an assistant in the peace and conflict studies concentration with professor Steve Crowley.

Saunders said she hopes to pursue a career in social justice, either in a nonprofit organization or as a public service lawyer.

The Community Peace Buidlers scholarship was presented in memory of Al Carroll, who graduated from Oberlin College in 1958 and moved to Kendal at Oberlin in 2003 after retiring from a career as a nuclear physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

He was a founding member of Community Peace Builders in 2004, and served as chair in the last few years of his life.

Carroll also helped establish the peace studies concentration at his alma mater.

CLASSIFIEDS LEGALS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO THE PARTIAL REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SIDEWALKS AT ADMIRAL KING, HAWTHORNE, AND GARFIELD IN THE CITY OF LORAIN LOR-LORAIN SRTS PID 113537 Sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, November 28, 2022, Lorain time, Law Department, Lorain City Hall 3rd Floor.

TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: 11:15 AM, November 28, 2022, Lorain time, City of Lorain Council Chambers, Lorain City Hall 1st Floor.

COMPLETION DATE: October 13, 2023 Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier's Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured.

Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at www.cityoflorain.org.

Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All federal minor-

ity business enterprise and women business enterprise requirements shall be met. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project.

Bidders must be listed on the ODOT pre-qualified list for highway construction. Bidders shall submit a list of available equipment, and labor shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Davis Bacon requirements for Lorain County, Ohio.

NO BID WILL BE OPENED WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATION OR THE ACCEPTABLE LETTER OF APPLICATION ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE AS DIRECTED. The Director of Safety/Service reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. No Pre-Bid meeting is scheduled.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service LCCG 11/3, 10, 17/22 20709037 PUBLIC NOTICE TO: MARNIE GRAY In the matter of: ESTATE OF MARY TAYLOR, aka MARY T. TAYLOR, DECEASED, LORAIN COUNTY PROBATE COURT, CASE NO. 2022ES01325 An application has been filed asking to be appointed as Administer of decedent's estate.

A hearing on the application will be held November 16, 2022 at 2:30 P.M. The Court is located at Lorain County Justice Center, 225 Court St., 6th Fl., Elyria, Ohio 44035.

You are one of the persons entitled to administer decedent's estate, and if you wish to be considered for appointment to

do so you must apply to this Court. If you do not apply, it will be considered that you renounce your right to administer the estate. The Court may appoint any suitable and competent person to administer the estate, giving due weight to relative priority of right to do so. Even if you decline appointment yourself, if you know of any reason why the above applicant is not suitable or competent, you should appear and inform the Court.

Zachary B. Simonoff, #0070088 Attorney for Applicant 124 Middle Ave. #500 Elyria OH 44035 L.C.C.G.10/27; 11/3,11/10 20710657 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised that Lorain City Council will host a public hearing on Monday, December 12, 2022 in the Lorain City Council Chamber at 200 West Erie Ave., Lorain, Ohio. The hearing will commence at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the following item: ZCA 7-2022 - An application to rezone PPN: 02-00-051-142038 @ 1390 Colorado Ave. from I-1 to B-2. Realty Income Properties 18 LLC is the applicant.

The Lorain City Planning Commission met on November 2, 2022 and recommended approval of the item above to Lorain City Council. Copies of all documentation related to this proposal will be on file for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk of Council, 200 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio. Please contact Breanna_Dull@cityoflorain. org for additional information. BREANNA DULL, CMC LCCG 11/10, 17/22 20711337

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BULLETIN BOARD Republican club meeting

A reenactor portraying General George Patton will appear at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 during a meeting of the Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club at Father Ragan Knights of Columbus Hall, 1783 Moore Rd., Avon.

In honor of Veterans Day, Living History Productions will present “Mr. Ohio History” Ken Hammontree, a teacher, author and historian. Snacks and refreshments will be available. The cost for guests is $5.

See the Cello Songs Project

Folk-pop songwriter Jonatha Brooke will bring the Cello Songs Project to Oberlin College with a free concert at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St. With Oberlin Conservatory graduate Rebecca Arons and guitarist Sean Driscoll, Brooke’s concert will mix folk, pop and string sounds.

The Lorain County Community Guide Bulletin Board is for local nonprofit and not-for-profit events. Items are published on a space-available basis and will be edited for style, length, and clarity. Send your items to news@lcnewspapers.com. of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Although “Mad” Anthony Wayne gained most of his fame in the 1790’s Northwest Indian Wars, he was a patriot who served in the American Revolution, and a founding father of Ohio. The event is sponsored by the Sons of the American Revolution, Firelands Bicentennial Chapter. The public is invited to attend.

Coping with holiday grief

Veterans and their families are invited for a morning of appreciation on Friday, Nov. 11 at McCormick Middle School, 627 N. Main St., Wellington.

Breakfast will be served from 8:30-9:15 a.m., sponsored by the Drew Guyer Memorial Foundation. A presentation by fourth, fifth and sixth grade students will follow at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Joe Saunders at (440) 6477428 or jsaunders@wellingtonvillageschools.org.

“Hope for Holiday Blues and Grief” will be held from 10:4511:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13 at First Lutheran Church, 1019 W. 5th St., Lorain.

The holidays are an emotionally charged season for many dealing with losses, including the death of a loved one. Pastor Jim Kulma, who served as a health care chaplain for 33 years, will present a session on the journey of grief, sharing stories of his work in providing grief support. Kulma recently retired as supervisor of spiritual care at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. His last year there included service in the COVID-19 intensive care unit.

Veterans Day in Oberlin

Amherst library meeting

McCormick honors veterans

The Oberlin City Schools, Oberlin College and city of Oberlin will host a Veterans Day ceremony from 10-11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11 at the Oberlin Elementary School gymnasium, 210 North Park St. The event is open to the public. Veterans and their families are encouraged to attend. The ceremony will feature a slideshow presentation with photographs of veterans. To submit photos of you or your loved ones who served, send a copy of the image to veteransdayceremony2022@gmail.com.

Veterans Day at Patriots Park

Amherst’s Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11 at Patriots Park and the city’s municipal parking lot on Park Avenue.

Fox 8 News personality Lou Maglio will serve as master of ceremonies. Eleven new paintings will be unveiled on the park art wall, which was dedicated last year. Retired Navy Captain Carol Shinsky and Chief Warrant Officer W3 Gail Shinsky will be the keynote speakers.

Test your trivia knowledge

The Oberlin Heritage Center will hold a community trivia night at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11 at the First Church in Oberlin UCC fellowship hall, 106 N. Main St. Round up a team or compete on your own to test your knowledge of pop culture, history, geography, animals and more. See if you can dethrone the reigning champions, The Arch Rivals.

The evening includes pizza, side games, basket and 50/50 raffles and prizes.

Advance registration is required. The cost is $13 for OHC members, $15 for non-members, $8 for kids ages 11 and under with an OHC member or $11 for those kids without an OHC member. Registration prices will go up $2 each for registering the week of the contest.

Register at www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/eventsnews or by calling Liz Schultz at (440) 744-7100. Team captains can register their whole team at once or advise their players to register themselves.

Teams this year will be strictly limited to up to eight people, whether they’re playing or not, to ensure distancing. Kids 11 and under don’t count toward the team limit but still need to register.

Attendees will be strongly encouraged to wear masks when not at their team tables.

Interested in Gen. Wayne?

David Lupien will speak about General Anthony Wayne at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Ritter Public Library, 5480 Liberty Ave., Vermilion.

Lupien is the Northwest District chairman of the Ohio Society

The Amherst Public Library board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 at the library. The meeting is open to the public.

Context for old documents

“What Is Unwritten” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 in a virtual meeting of the Lorain County chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

Michael John Neill will speak on underlying laws, statutes and cultural practices behind historical documents and how understanding them can further family research.

This free program is open to the public. Email meetings@ loraincoogs.org to receive a link to the meeting.

Swap out your plastic bags

A plastic bag swap will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Oberlin IGA, 331 E. Lorain St. To celebrate America Recycles Day, take three or more plastic bags and get a free reusable bag in return. Plastic bags that are collected will be reused to make sleeping mats for people who are homeless.

The event is sponsored by the city of Oberlin.

Indigenous earthworks talk

“Going High-Tech to Rediscover Ohio Indigenous People’s Earthworks” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in an Oberlin Heritage Center virtual program.

Archaeologist Jarrod Burks specializes in geophysical surveys for Ohio Valley Archaeology, a private firm in Columbus. One of his great passions is relocating ancient earthwork sites through geophysical survey. To that end he has surveyed several dozen of these earthwork sites in Ohio, making numerous unique discoveries, including finding previously unknown sites.

Advance registration is required for this free Zoom program.

Visit tinyurl.com/OHCearthworks.

Lewis book group meeting

The C.S. Lewis and Friends Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Amherst Public Library’s second floor community room.

Readers will discuss the essays “Man or Rabbit” and “God In the Dock.” For more information, contact Marcia Geary at mgeary@gearylawllc.com or (440) 988-9803.

Get ‘warm and fuzzy’

Warm up with a cup of hot chocolate and meet fuzzy friends from Our Little World of Alpacas at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the Amherst Public Library.

This event will be held outside but moved inside in the case of inclement weather. It replaces family storytime for the week.

Learn tax season basics

Simple or complex? Student or retiree? Not every tax return is the same.

Find out what your tax preparer needs to know for your situation, with a presentation at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Amherst Public Library, presented by O’Neal Tax & Bookkeeping.

Libertarians meet in Elyria

The Lorain County Libertarian Party will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 at The Foundry Kitchen and Bar, 525 Broad St., Elyria.

A talk will be given by Elyria City Ward 1 Councilperson and LCLP Vice-Chair Andrew Lipian on his cannabis de-criminalization proposal. This meeting is open to the public.

Fight hunger with Empty Bowls Empty Bowls by the Lake will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Avon Lake High School, 175 Avon Belden Rd. The cost is $20, $5 for children ages 6-12 who accompany a paying adult and free for kids ages 5 and under.

The event features unlimited soup and bread, and you can keep a bowl as a reminder of all the “empty bowls” in the world.

The Avon High School Electric Orchestra will perform. There will be a raffle for Cleveland Browns tickets and a 30-inch digital electric smoker, as well as a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Second Harvest Food Bank and local food pantries.

Empty Bowls by the Lake has raised more than $93,000 since 2012. For every dollar donated, Second Harvest Food Bank can provide seven meals.

Participating schools include Bay, Avon Lake, Olmsted Falls, Avon, Lake Ridge Academy, North Ridgeville, Vermilion, Elyria, Lorain, Midview, Put-in-Bay and Lorain County Community College.

‘Turkey Tango’ time

Prepare for Thanksgiving with engaging musical activities for ages 9 months to 6 years with music therapist Hannah Gonzalez at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Amherst Public Library.

Light Up the Village

The Amherst Historical Society will hold a “Light Up the Village for Christmas” ceremony from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 at the Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Ave. It will collect donations for Toys for Tots and Wreaths Across America. Village buildings will be open for tours and shopping.

The Young Marines will sell hot chocolate and doughnuts, and Santa Claus will be there to hear Christmas wishes.

Blood drive at McCormick

The McCormick Middle School Builders Club will hold a Red Cross Blood Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the school’s gym, 627 N. Main St., Wellington.

Register to donate blood at www.redcrossblood.org.

Discuss ‘Ranger Confidential’

The Wellington Reservation Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Lorain County Metro Parks Wellington Reservation Center on Jones Road.

The group is reading “Ranger Confidential” by Andrea Lankford during November. At the meeting, readers will discuss it and choose their next book. Light refreshments will be provided. New members are welcome.

A Henrietta Christmas

The first Henrietta Christmas celebration will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 at Henrietta Township Hall, 12050 Vermilion Rd. Kids can take homemade ornaments to hang on the township tree, which will be lit at 6:30 p.m. when Santa arrives. There will be crafts for children, hot chocolate and doughnuts.

For more information, email fourhands4@zoominternet.net.

Professional development day at Keystone draws 400 LAGRANGE — About 400 teachers attended professional development sessions Monday at the Keystone Schools, representing Wellington, Clearview, Keystone and the Lorain County JVS. Keynote speakers were author and educational consultant Andi McNair and educator, coach and educational consultant James Knight. Professional development sessions and networking opportunities were presented by professionals in education, as well as from the Educational Service Center of Lorain County, State Support Team Region 2 and NORT2H Instructional Tech Support.

“It is so important for educators to continue to learn and grow so that they

can best serve their students,” said Educational Service Center of Lorain County Assistant Superintendent Dave Kish.

Sessions focused on Ohio’s benchmark and checkpoint assessments, mathematics, literacy, wellness, reaching gifted and talented students and managing classroom behavior.

“Students today are very different.

If you tell them it’s your way or the highway, they will choose the highway,” McNair told educators. “They don’t need a teacher like we once needed a teacher. The first source of information is a teacher, then maybe a parent, but in reality, they have access Provided photo to the world.”

Teachers network during a professional development day Monday at Keystone.

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Should colleges use race in admissions?

Lorain County reacts to Supreme Court cases JASON HAWK EDITOR

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to ban colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s race when making admissions decisions.

If that happens, Claudia Jones said higher education could

once again become a privilege available only to wealthy white families.

“The Black students who would maybe rely on some of those admissions policies to let them in, it would definitely cut them out,” she said.

Jones is first vice president of the Metro Central Unit of the NAACP, which covers most of Lorain County. She said many local high-schoolers of color are the first from their families planning to attend college.

But if the conservative court overturns more than a half-century of affirmative action policies, she said money — not diversity — will prevail.

Two cases are being weighed

by Supreme Court justices. A group called Students for Fair Admissions has accused Harvard of violating the Civil Rights Act, and the University of North Carolina of violating the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The plaintiff claims Asian-

American college applicants are being penalized in favor of those who are white, Black and Hispanic.

An Asian-American male would have a 25 percent chance of admission at Harvard, but his chances would increase to 36 percent if he were white, according to an expert witness who testified on behalf of Students for Fair Admissions.

“It can’t reasonably be argued that in the name of diversity, the Asian-American daughter of a

UH breaks ground

working-class immigrant should be penalized in favor of the daughter of a successful white, Hispanic or African-American professional,” the group says on its website.

Harvard calls the lawsuit “politically motivated.”

It says it only has 2,000 open spots to fill, and some should go to racial groups that in the past were under-represented. “The large majority of the 60,000-plus ADMISSIONS PAGE B2

Oberlin College pledges to fully drop fossil fuels JASON HAWK EDITOR

Jeff Barnes | Amherst News-Times

Representatives from University Hospitals and ValueHealth, along with Amherst Mayor Mark Cotsilow, pose during a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at the site of a new surgical center and medical office building on N. Lake Street.

Surgical center being built on N. Lake JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — Silver shovels were used last week to ceremonially break ground of the new University Hospitals Beaver Creek Surgery Center on N. Lake Street.

But the real work was being done about 50 yards away, as excavators cleared huge amounts of earth within a stone’s throw of Route 2.

When complete in 2024, the campus will include a two-story medical office building and ambulatory surgery center.

Katherine Kirkwood, project manager for JeDunn Construction, said the surgery center will be take about 13 months to finish, and the office building will take about 18 months.

They will be separate buildings connected by a canopy.

Right now, there are just three to five workers on site. But at the height of construction, Kirkwood expects 50 to 100, depending on the

This concept rendering shows what the new University Hospitals Beaver Creek Surgery Center will look like. day.

Kili Preitaner, regional president for UH’s partner, ValueHealth, said it was exciting to see dirt moving.

The two new facilities will address increasing health care costs, and are “meant to be a beacon for employers and payers,” she said — the orthope-

dic center will ensure employees can quickly return to work after surgery.

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Fox runs state race with broken foot

OBERLIN — Oberlin College no longer has any direct holdings in the fossil fuel business, and has pledged to eliminate its indirect investments by 2025.

After meeting in October, the Board of Trustees said it would join 76 colleges and universities across the nation and more than 1,500 higher-education institutions worldwide that have divested in excess of $40 trillion from the fossil fuel industry.

That public statement was important “to make clear that fossil fuels are not a sustainable practice and we need to pivot,” said Molly Niles Cornell.

She is one of four members of the Class “This action of 1965 who sit on the will set a steering committee of the Oberlin Fossil Fuel powerful Divestment Working example Group. to other The student and alumni-led group called institutions in May for the college to of higher fully divest its fossil fuel holdings by 2025. learning.”

“We understand that Oberlin Fossil Fuel Oberlin’s existing inDivestment Working Group vestments in fossil fuel industries may be small and may be through indirect holdings,” it said in a prepared statement. “This does not change the importance of a clear and public policy. This action will set a powerful example to other institutions of higher learning.”

In 2016, Oberlin College directed the managers of its more than $1 billion endowment fund to avoid investing in companies that refuse to acknowledge the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

It no longer invests directly in fossil fuels, and less than 1 percent of the endowment still has indirect ties to the industry.

Cornell said she is thrilled by the steps the college has taken “to dial it down to zero.”

She said the use of coal, oil, and natural gas is not sustainable, and contributes to the rapid heating of the Earth.

Her alumni group also said fossil fuels place an “unjust burden” on “the world’s poorest people.”

John Petersen, professor of environmental studies and biology at Oberlin College, said divestment is an important milestone.

“The recent decision to make this divestment commitment formal and public sends a message to the world that Oberlin views a fossil fuel free global economy as central to the education and survival of future generations,” he said.

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WELLINGTON — Not bad for a guy with a broken foot.

Wellington High School sophomore Joe Fox set a personal best time Saturday at the state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park, finishing 45th of 185 runners.

Fox, 16, is the first Dukes runner in 21 years to advance to the state meet, according to Athletic Director John Bowman.

On Friday afternoon, he was feeling pressure to perform.

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ADMISSIONS FROM B1 applicants to Harvard College are academically qualified, requiring the college to consider more than grades and test scores,” it maintains on a site dedicated to the case.

It should be noted that some colleges and universities have already been barred from taking race into account. That’s because nine states have banned affirmative action: California, Washington, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Idaho.

Jeanine Donaldson, executive director of the Elyria/Lorain YWCA, said she believes colleges need to use more than just grades to decide who is admitted. Diversity is also important.

“What’s that campus going to be like?” she said. “We’ve been here before. So it’s going to look like that pre-civil rights era of an all-white America.”

Donaldson said ending affirmative action would not only impact Black applicants, but those who are Hispanic, Asian, Native American and women. None of those demographics are in any way inferior, she said.

But historically, white men have been given preference.

That’s also the assessment of the NAACP. In a statement earlier this week, it said Harvard and UNC started admitting students of color in larger numbers in the 1960s and 1970s, after more than 100 years of total or near exclusion.

“Race-conscious admissions policies” were central to integrating many of the nation’s most prestigious higher education institutions, the NAACP said in an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court.

“And it remains, in the view of numerous institutions of higher education, critical to ensuring an education that exposes students to the full range of experiences and perspectives,” the organization’s attorneys wrote.

The NAACP argued the Fourteenth Amendment wasn’t intended to impose color-blindness, but to end “the subjugation of racial minorities, especially Black people,” and provide equal opportunities for all.

The court’s six conservative

justices, who hold a majority, asked pointed questions during hearings last week about an “end point” to existing affirmative action policies.

Parris Smith, president and CEO of the Lorain County Urban League, called the justices’ responses “very concerning,” and said challenges still exist for minority and women in higher education.

“There is still much to do in improving the quality of education for our youth and removing affirmative action from admission processes does not seem like the right step forward in ensuring our students have college attainment,” she said.

Justices “have no concept of what diversity means or looks like and how it gets us closer to a level playing field,” she said.

David Arredondo, executive chairman of the Lorain County Republican Party, disagrees. He’s spent a long career in admissions and feels affirmative action “has to be ended.”

“I get this. I worked with students.

I recruited students, trying to enhance the diversity of Oberlin College and Lorain County Community College,” he said.

American was “extremely different” when colleges started using race as a factor in their decision-making process, said Arredondo. Today, after eight years with a Black president, he feels it’s not necessary.

At Oberlin, when admissions teams accepted a Black student who had lower test scores or class rank, “nine out of 10 times, those students didn’t finish Oberlin. They had to drop out because they couldn’t do the work,” he said.

Arredondo admitted that example assumes Black students didn’t perform as well as white counterparts.

When academics are equal, he said socio-economic status and race is a better factor to consider, and said diversity should be considered on a case-by-case basis via essays and cultural background.

In Lorain County, with an estimated population of 315,595, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 77 percent of people identify as white alone.

Nearly 11 percent identify as His-

panic or Latino, 9 percent as Black or African American and a little over 3 percent as mixed race.

David Hall is superintendent of the Oberlin City Schools, where students of color make up half the student body, according to numbers reported by the Ohio Department of Education.

He said that if the Supreme Court reverses affirmative action, it will mean big discussions with guidance counselors about how to help highschoolers apply for college.

“It will have an impact on our students and the country as a whole.

I think that would be a setback,” he said.

Four of five Lorain City Schools students identify as Hispanic, Black or mixed race, according to the state.

District Superintendent Jeffrey Graham said he believes affirmative action policies in higher education and the workforce “have immeasurably increased the likelihood that people of color have a path other than the one dictated by centuries of oppression. However, it’s clear there is still a great deal of work to be done, as racial inequities are alive and well in our country.”

It is difficult to say how Lorain Schools will respond to a sweeping change in federal law without first knowing how Ohio’s colleges and universities will respond, he said.

LCCC’s admissions process will not be impacted if the court reverses affirmative action, said Marisa Vernon White, vice president, enrollment management and student services.

“As open access institutions, community colleges are, by our mission, inclusive of all individuals regardless of race, gender, age or other socio-demographics,” she said in a written statement. “Lorain County Community College takes great pride in meeting every student where they are with personalized support and resources to help them achieve academic and career success.”

Oberlin College did not respond to a request for comment on how its admissions policies might be affected.

The Supreme Court is unlikely to rule this year on the Harvard and UNC cases.

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FROM B1 Hospitals chief operating officer for the west market.

University Hospitals Beaver Creek Surgery Center will include five operating rooms, a procedure room and six recovery suites, according to Dr. James Voos, chair of orthopedics for UH and head physician for the Cleveland Browns.

He said up to 800 joint replacement procedures will be done there each year — such as fixing torn ACLs and shoulders, as he’s used to doing.

Full joint replacement patients will be able to recover overnight in “stay suites” that “are more like hotel suites,” Voos said.

General spine, ear, nose and throat and pain management services will also be provided on-site, according to UH. Amherst Mayor Mark Costilow said UH worked with the neighboring American Legion Post 118 to make parking more accessible, procured access through the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Beaver Creek Reservation next door for storm water drainage and will have an impact on the adjacent road leading to the Amherst wastewater treatment plant.

“It’s going to be a great home for you and we’re really happy you’re here,” Costilow told representatives from University Hospitals and ValueHealth.

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opponents on the 3.1-mile state course.

“It’s out of shape from resting for a while,” he said.

“When it first broke, it got me more with breathing, cardio, falling behind. Luckily, the shoes I wear are really comfortable and they really helped with the broken bone.”

Fox has always loved stretching his legs. He recalls playing baseball at age 6, when running the bases was his favorite part.

In seventh grade, he followed when his friends all signed up for cross country. Soon, he was leading them.

On Friday, those friends and the Dukes Marching Band escorted Fox around the hallways of Wellington High School in a clap-out as he prepared to leave for the state meet.

Later that evening, they formed a car parade and drove by his house, shouting encouragement.

Fox said his goal was to make teammates proud, hoping to make the All-Ohio team and finish in the top 50 percent at Fortress Obetz.

So rather than dwelling on his foot pain, Fox said he planned to clear his mind and think of his friends during the race.

“I’m not thinking about the race while I’m out there,” he said. “I’m thinking about friends and what makes me happy. Sometimes I sing to myself in my head, which is kind of fun.”

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Dr. James Voos, University Hospital's chair of orthopedics and head physician for the Cleveland Browns, talks about the 800 joint reconstruction surgeries he expects to happen in Amherst every year.

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Halstead honored as Oberlin Rotary’s Senior of October The Oberlin Rotary Club honors a high school senior each month during the school year. These young people are recognized for character and positive attitudes. The Oberlin Rotary Club will donate $25 to a charity or project of the student’s choosing in their name.

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The Oberlin High School senior honored for the month of October is Audrey Halstead.

She has played volleyball for her entire high school career, receiving the Coach’s Award in her junior year and serving this year as co-captain. For her senior year, she revived her middle school interest in soccer and played for the varsity team.

Halstead served as class president in both her junior and senior years. Halstead said serving in the role for the senior class offered an opportunity to demonstrate service to her school community. In that position, she is working to improve the school environment for all students, and is dedicated to making sure that student voices are heard. She is looking forward to organizing the senior class trip this spring.

Halstead has been a member of Student Council. She has been an honor roll student throughout her OHS career and was recently invited to join the National Honor Society. During her sophomore year she was a member of ROX (Ruling Our Expe-

riences) for girls.

Halstead has also been a member of Drama Club, where her major accomplishment was playing the part of Suzanne in the production Audrey Halstead of “Psych.”

Not only was this a demanding role, it made Halstead step out of her comfort zone to play a character very different from herself.

Outside of school, Halstead has been dancing ballet and jazz since the age of three, primarily at the YMCA of Elyria.

She played Junior Olympic volleyball for Northern Ohio Volleyball for four years.

Kendal at Oberlin residents know Halstead as a dining room server. She said getting to know the residents, including their backgrounds and professional accomplishments, is the best part of the job. She is grateful for the interest residents have taken in her and their continuing support.

Halstead is working on college applications. She plans to apply to Oberlin College and Baldwin Wallace University and major in either psychology or journalism.

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LCCC Police Academy graduates 24 cadets ELYRIA — Twenty-four cadets graduated from the Lorain County Community College Police Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 11, prepared to begin careers in law enforcement.

In the past two decades, 696 cadets have completed the program at LCCC. “This academy is the best of the best,” college President Marcia Ballinger told graduating cadets. “As you each go forward to serve local communities, you will set the standard for safety and behavior, whether you are on duty or off. I know that each of you will rise to this responsibility while bringing security to the communities you serve.”

The majority of academy graduates find employment with local police departments. In the graduating class, 13 cadets are already employed by local departments, and many others are in the hiring process.

Included in that group is Brittanny Clink-Miller, 38, of North Ridgeville, who served as president of the graduating class.

A mother of six, Clink-Miller found her way to law enforcement by an unexpected route. She earned a bachelor’s degree in health sciences from Cleveland State University, and afterward worked as an oral surgery assistant with plans to continue her education in nursing.

That’s when things took an unexpected turn.

“I stumbled upon the Cleveland Mounted Unit that was hiring a trainer,” ClinkMiller said. “I am a horse owner and rider

Brittanny Clink-Miller with experience, so I applied.”

The position was a great fit, and by way of her love for horses, she was introduced to the world of law enforcement.

“I was able to ride the street with officers, and over time I developed the desire to become an officer myself,” she said.

She was hired by the Elyria Police Department, which sponsored her completion of the LCCC Police Academy.

She said she feels well-prepared for her career.

“I feel blessed to have been part of this academy. We set high standards for ourselves from the start and we achieved our goals,” Clink-Miller said.

Bill Long Foundation aids OHS BackPack program OBERLIN — Thanks to a donation from the Bill Long Foundation, the BackPack program at Oberlin High School was able to include extra offerings to students in October.

The school’s Interact Club, which supports the BackPack program was able to purchase energy bars. It will also offer each child an orange before winter break and another energy bar before spring break, said adviser Sarah Colson.

Based in Oberlin, the Bill Long Foundation provides grants within the city to support activities that address basic human needs or enrich cultural life.

“This afforded us the opportunity to provide a little something extra to our students,” Colson said.

Additional funds that supplement the BackPack program are provided by the Oberlin Schools Endowment Fund and Oberlin Rotary.

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Drew Wilburn, chair of archaeology studies at Oberlin College, shares a finding with fourth-graders tat Oberlin Elementary School.

Oberlin fourth-graders ‘dig’ into human history OBERLIN — Fourth-graders “dug” into study last Wednesday as Drew Wilburn, chair of archaeological studies at Oberlin College, shared what can be found in an ancient burial grounds.

Wilburn’s studies have taken him to ancient sites in the Mediterranean, including the Athenian Agora, Corinth, Tel Kedesh and Caesarea in Israel and Abydos in Egypt.

“It’s very interesting to show students what can be unearthed and then try to explain what it says about us today,” he said. “It also is important to see how it

expresses our identity.”

During a lesson for teacher Michele Peters’ class, he used a mock burial site with a skeleton to help kids visualize what a burial site have looked like thousands of years ago.

The display included jewelry, nuts and bolts, but it was up to the students to document their findings. Wilburn said it was up to students to draw conclusions about who the ancient people were, and why they might have buried specific items with their dead.

FOSSIL FUELS FROM B1 professor at Middlebury College, also hailed the decision.

"Oberlin has been such a standout in the field of environmental studies, and now it is walking the talk in a powerful way,” he said. “Many thanks to the students, faculty, and alumni who have persevered for many years to make this happen. That kind of persistence will be key in all the climate fights that lie ahead."

Oberlin College signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2006, becoming one of the nation’s first higher-education institutions to say it would become climate-

neutral.

That commitment is reiterated in the Board of Trustees’ divestment resolution.

The college is on track to balance its carbon emissions with the amount that can safely be absorbed into the atmosphere by 2025.

To hit that goal, the college is purchasing green electricity, installed a solar array, increased its building efficiency and stopped using coal as a campus power source.

It is also converting to geothermal heating and cooling, a $140 million project that will also save about 5 million gallons of water each year and improve campus energy efficiency by 30 percent.

LORAIN — Dr. Mita Patel, a breast surgical oncologist at Mercy Health Lorain Hospital, has received a grant for $45,362 to study cancer patients who consider having breast reconstruction.

The funding comes from Healthy State Alliance, an initiative between Mercy Health and the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It was awarded as part of a program to provide pilot funding for collaborative research.

Patel will work with Dr. Clara Lee, a plastic surgery specialist at Wexner Medical Center to evaluate the BREASTChoice Patient Decision Tool.

“BREASTChoice is a set of questions given to patients to help decide if reconstruc-

Dr. Mita Patel tion is the best option for them,” Patel said. “We want to educate patients prior to their cancer surgery so they understand all their reconstructive options.”

Researchers hope to reach patients with breast cancer who are making decisions about breast reconstruction after having

mastectomies. The goal is to determine how effective implementation of BREASTChoice will be on postsurgical outcomes, especially for racial minorities, post-menopausal women and those in underserved communities.

“The hope is this money will help lay the groundwork for a larger study to be put in place,” said Roderick Liptrot, Healthy State Alliance clinical research manager. “This gives them seed funding to get the framework together and ideally, within a year, they can submit for additional funding from the National Institute of Health or some other industry funding which will allow us to see how it really affects people.”

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Lorain County Veterans Treatment Court members and supporters set up flags on an overpass over State Route 2 in Amherst on Saturday.

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AMHERST — Motorists traveling on state Route 2 heading west through Amherst can see the American flag on display in Veterans Day tradition.

Organized by Lorain County Probate Judge James Walther, the display honors the sacrifices of veterans and is an annual tradition now in its fifth year.

Walther presides over the Lorain County Veterans Treatment Court, a specialized docket for veterans facing felony charges, providing treatment, mentoring and support.

The flags hanging across the chain link fence at the Oak Point Road interchange is done as a community service project for the Veterans Treatment Court and will stay up for about another week.

The newly hung flags join one flag that stays up all year in honor of Mike Groomes, a mentor for the court.

Groomes, died at age 66 on Nov. 14, 2020, only days after putting up a flag on Nov. 8 at the same chain-linked fence.

With support from the Amherst Mayor Mike Costilow, Veterans Treatment Court officials keep it up as an honor to him and his service to Lorain County veterans and as a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

“He found his place as a mentor in our program,” Walther said.

Walther said While the Groomes flag is a little bit tattered and has taken a beating, he carries zip ties in his car so he secure it when he drives by the area.

To his surprise, other good Samaritans passing by have done the same, with Walther noting some of the zip ties were different from those he used.

Chuck Shaffer, a probation officer for the Veterans Treatment Court, is a U.S. Army veteran said the project was a nice way to honor everyone who served.

“I just like to honor the vets, that’s the bottom line,” Shaffer said.

5.27 acres added to private Shupe Homestead preserve AMHERST — A nature preserve is growing along Beaver Creek where Jacob and Catharine Shupe were the first pioneers to build a log cabin in 1811.

The Historic Shupe Homestead on Cooper Foster Park Road, which is a private estate, has recently added 5.27 acres of woods and wetlands.

"The Historic Shupe Homestead has now grown to just over 20 acres of conserved land," said former Amherst Councilman Matt Nahorn, who has researched and manages his family's property.

The Shupes were among the Pennsylvanian families who moved west in the early 19th century. They established a sawmill,

gristmill and farm on Beaver Creek. The homestead originally encompassed several hundred acres of land, according to Nahorn.

He said the Shupes built the first frame house in Amherst, which is believed to be the oldest still standing on its original foundation in Lorain County. Construction started in 1812, and it is still used today as a private residence by the Nahorn family.

The additional 5.27 acres is in the process of being added to the conservation easement held by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy.

This means that the now 20 acres will remain in its natural state and in use as a private residence in perpetuity.

Habitat ReStore reopens AMHERST — Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore officially reopened Saturday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The event featured pastors Meka White and Cynthia Sain of Divine Destiny Christian Fellowship Church, and Greater Cleveland Habitat President and CEO John Litten.

Doors of the ReStore at 300 Rice Industrial Parkway were quietly closed earlier this year amid rumors that money was used inappropriately. The Lorain County Habitat for Humanity’s holdings have since been transferred to the Greater Cleveland organization.

Former Greater Cleveland Habitat President and CEO John Habat previously

declined to answer questions on the record about the circumstances that led to the ReStore’s closure and the departure of former Director Kelly La Rosa.

A complaint was filed in late 2021 with the Ohio attorney general’s office, alleging an employee used money and influence to get Habitat homes for friends. No charges or lawsuits have followed, however.

Habitat for Humanity International did terminate its affiliation with the Lorain County nonprofit this spring, though.

Now under new management, the site is once again selling new and gently used building supplies, tools, furniture and appliances. It is also welcoming donations to be dropped off at the reopened location.

Civil Air Patrol gives promotions The Lorain County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol promoted several cadets and senior members on Oct. 25.

Caleb Comito of LaGrange and Connor Johnston of Lorain were awarded the John Curry Achievement and promoted to cadet airman. The Curry Achievement is named for John Curry, who was the first national commander of the Civil Air Patrol and a strong

advocate for female aviators.

Micah Comito of LaGrange completed all the requirements for the Hap Arnold Achievement and was promoted to cadet airman first class.

The Hap Arnold Achievement is named for Hap Arnold, commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Stephen Fixx of Elyria was promoted from senior member to second lieutenant.

WELLINGTON — The Four Leaf Clovers 4-H Club had a great year at Lorain County Fair. Members showed everything from cooking and sewing to horses and cattle.

Some even showed at the Ohio State Fair and in livestock circuits and other county fairs. We are proud of all of the grade A judging ribbons our club members won and here are some of the special award winners: • Addison Beal – Lorain County Fair – Pygmy Goat – Grand Champion Pygmy Goat, Reserve Grand Champion Showmanship, 1st Place Pygmy Wether age 2-4, Pack Goat – 4th place Level 2 pack Goat, 6th Place Level 3 Pack Goat, Cat – 5th Place Showmanship • Caleb Bednar – Rabbit –Reserve Champion in Breed.

• Elise Bednar – Fancy Chicken Showmanship – 9th place • Jocelyn Bednar – Fancy Chicken Showmanship6th place, Sewing Dress Up Outfit- 1st Place, Rooster Crowing – 2nd Place • Matthew Bednar – Photography – Outstanding.

• Callie Finnegan – Lorain County Fair: Overall Grand Champion Sweepstakes Showman Large Animal. Dog Obedience- Champion Dog Showmanship Intermediate B, 3rd place Obedience Pre-Novice, Champion Agility Level 1, Pig – Class reserve champion.

Miniature Horse – Showman of Showmen, Champion junior showmanship, Champion Trail in Hand, 3rd Hunter Jumper, 3rd place Pleasure Driving, Honorable Mention Overall Miniature Horse Exhibitor. Saddle Horse (Piper) – 5th overall Versatility (5th in western pleasure, 4th in equitation, 5th in reining, 3rd in barrels), Reserve Champion Contest Showmanship, 3rd in barrels, 3rd in trail.

Saddle Horse (Preston) – Champion reining, 3rd in western pleasure, and 3rd in showmanship. Breeding Beef – 4th in showmanship, reserve champ senior heifer calf.

State Fair: Miniature Horse – 5th overall showmanship, 5th place pleasure driving, 4th place reinsmanship, reserve champion costume class, 5th place 13 year old skillathon, 5th place junior communications. Pig – 7th place pig skillathon.

• Julia Finnegan – Dog – Champion dog rally beginner A, reserve champion dog showmanship A junior, 3rd place dog obedience pre-novice A. Pig – Reserve champion junior showman, class type champ, 5th in class type, 4th place overall gilt. Saddle Horse (Heza Major Leaguer) – Champion Junior English Showmanship, champion trail, reserve champion pleasure, 4th in horsemanship, Miniature Horse

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ABOVE: Ellie Keets with her dog Amber won her showmanship division. BELOW: Julia Finnegan with the fourth place overall gilt named Peach.

(WCS Cinnamon Golden Kid) – Reserve champion trail, Reserve champion showmanship, reserve champion beginner driving.

State Fair, Horse3rd place 9 year old skillathon, reserve champion junior communications. Pig – 2nd place 9 year old skillathon.

• Jennifer Keets – Grand Champion Junior Beef Breeding Showmanship, Junior Fair Beef Breeding – Champion Junior Yearling Heifer, Open Beef Show – Senior Champion Female, Open Beef Show – Best Pair of Females, Open Beef Show – Breeders Herd, Open Beef Show – Grand Champion Hereford Female.

Ohio Jr. Hereford Premier State Show – Bred and Owned Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Ohio State Fair – Swine Skillathon 11 year old – 6th place • Ellie Keets – Grand Champion Junior Dog Showmanship, Reserve Champion Beginner Rally A 4th place Pre-novice Dog Obedience. Modern Beef Steer, Reserve Class Champion Junior Fair Beef Breeding – Champion Junior Heifer Calf, Beef Breeding

Showmanship – 3rd place Open Beef Show – Hereford Junior Champion Female.

Ohio Jr Hereford Premier State Show – 3rd place Peewee Showmanship, Ohio State Fair – Swine Skillathon 8-9 year old – 8th place.

• T.J. Logan – Pet Rabbit – 6th place in Showmanship, My Favorite Things – Outstanding for this project in which he collected toy tractors.

• Parker Maurer – Miniature horse – 5th place showmanship, 5th place trail in hand.

State Fair Horse – 7th place 9 year old horse skillathon.

Clover Buds • Carter Maurer – Open class horse – 5th place junior showmanship. 2nd place blueberry jam.

A special thank you to Jocelyn, Matthew, Elise and Caleb Bednar for their work on our club home economics booth.

We are proud of all of our members that completed their projects and proud of those that won special awards.

Thank you to the award sponsors and all of our livestock buyers and Breeder’s World Final Drive add-on donors.

LCSO grants to be used for traffic blitzes The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded $94,626 in federal grants for highvisibility traffic enforcement over the coming year. The are distributed by the Ohio Traffic Safety Office.

The first is $49,063 will be used to crack down on aggressive driving, speeding and distracted driving.

The second is $45,563, earmarked to get impaired drivers off local roads.

Sheriff Phil Stammitti said in a news release that the money will be used for enforcement

patrols during the year, particularly during the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns.

Enforcement efforts also take place during the holidays and around special events, such as prom and homecoming.

“We’d like to encourage everyone to drive sober,” Stammitti said. “We would also ask that every driver do their part to make our roadways a safer place by not texting and driving, watching your speed and avoiding aggressive driving habits.”

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Celebrating seniors

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Oberlin native Thamir Rimbert has been promoted to master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, where he has served for 17 years.

Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

The Phoenix honored senior team members prior to their final home game against Clearview. Pictured are coach Dominique Goodwin with William Shields, Devin Johnson, Kevyn Steen, Isaac Thompson, Nick Jaworske, Jordan Parker, Omario Hopkins, Justin Yarber, Chris Walker, Roman Robinson and Jazele Grady.

Rimbert promoted to master sergeant Thamir Lamar Rimbert, son of Ronnie and Renetta Rimbert of Oberlin, has been promoted to master sergeant (E7) in the U.S. Air Force.

Rimbert grew up in Oberlin, and was an accomplished wrestler for Oberlin High School in the late 1990s, winning numerous awards.

Today, his sons have followed in his footsteps and he is a high school wrestling coach in Alaska, where he is stationed until March 2024.

Rimbert enlisted in 2005, and after basic training was an airman first class.

He served at Mountain Home, Idaho, from 2006 to 2008. From there, he went to Kun San, South Korea; Spangdahlem, Germany; was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan; and in 2016 moved his family to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

From February 2016 to February 2017, Rimbert went back to South Korea, and since returning home has lived in Eagle River, Alaska.

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Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Oberlin volleyball seniors were honored in September. Pictured are Jacquelyne Grady, Gabbi Bowen, Brooke Anderson, Sanayah Wilborn, Audrey Halstead.

KIRSTEN FEHLAN of Wellington has earned a law degree from Georgia State University’s College of Law. The following Wellington students have been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2022 semester at Youngstown State University: • LINDSEY BOYD is majoring in criminal justice.

• SANDRA BRAGG is majoring in social work.

LEAH AULISIO-SHARPE of Oberlin has graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Ithaca College.

TYLER NEUHOFF and LINDSEY STUMPP of Amherst have graduated from Capital University.

Stumpp was also named to the president’s list for the Spring 2022 semester.

The following Amherst students have been awarded degrees by Miami University: • BRIANA BOWYER graduated with a bachelor of science degree in family science.

• ALEX KERNELL graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering, majoring in biomedical engineering.

• ANGELINA RIVERA graduated with bachelor of arts and science degrees in linguistics, speech pathology and audiology.

• JACOB SELENT graduated with a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in history and political science.

Michael Ciu | Studio Q Photography

Senior members of the Amherst Comets volleyball team include Nia Hall, Lindsey McConihe, Jules Gedling, Kendra Shimrock, Ava Haddix, Isabela Gotsis and Leah Koscho.

EMERSON FREAS of Oberlin has been selected as an education fellow at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Four-year fellowships are awarded each fall by Ohio Wesleyan’s Department of Education to first-year students with a high potential for success at the university and a stated interest in teaching at the pre-school, elementary, middle or high school level.

COLETTA CUNNINGHAM of Amherst was named to the president’s list for the Summer 2022 semester at Southern New Hampshire University.

JOSHUA ROUSE and TRACY DANESI of Wellington were named to the dean’s list for the Summer 2022 semester at Southern New Hampshire University.

The following Oberlin students graduated from Ohio University in Summer 2022: • ERICA MCFARLAND earned a bachelor of nursing degree.

• BRITTANY JOHNSON earned a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner degree.

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Amherst Comets girls soccer seniors honored at the end of the season this year are Catherine Turner, Charly Hicks and Hailey Salvagni.

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Each row of squares below has the letters of a word that can be found on this page. Read today’s Kid Scoop page and then try to unscramble them all.

1 - 3: Junior Hiker 4 - 7: Botanist 8 - 10: Dendrologist (Tree scientist)

CROOL Plants make food in a process called photosynthesis.

During summer, plants take water up from their roots to their leaves. They absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

These combine to make chlorophyll which makes plant leaves green.

Find the answer in the fall leaf border!

Start here. Then read every other letter as you move clockwise around the border.

Photosynthesis slows in fall as winter approaches. Trees and plants live off their stored food. The green chlorophyll disappears leaving red, orange and yellow leaves. The dry, brittle leaves soon drop from trees with the help of crisp autumn breezes.

All of the leaves at right have an identical twin— except one.

Can you find it?

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Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Find similarities and differences in common objects.

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

Have a friend try, too.

Fall Syllables

Find words in the newspaper that have the same number of syllables as the fall words below. Paste each word on the picture with the matching number of syllables.

Can you find at least five silly things in this fall scene?

Leaf

Who found the most?

Acorn

GYONEX

AVELSE

GENACH Harvested

Standards Link: Decoding and Word Recognition: Decode regular multi-syllabic words.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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FINISH Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Jack o’ lantern

LEAVES WATER SYLLABLES CARBON SEASON WINTER SCENE BORDER CRISP ACORN GREEN DISAPPEAR ROOTS FALL DAYS

Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level words correctly.

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Y S E L B A L L Y S

A T A L A R S V E R

D O S A S E C H A E

This week’s word:

R R N A C A R B O N

The verb absorb means to take in or swallow up.

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The sponge was able to absorb my spilled milk.

N R A E P P A S I D

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

G O O F V T A N C T

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

Autumn

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Eat Like a Plant

Find five words in the newspaper that describe the autumn season. Paste the words onto a sheet of paper. Write a sentence using each word. Decorate your paper with images of fall.

ANSWER: Climb a tree and act like a nut.

Standards Link: Grammar: Identify and use adjectives in writing.

Sentence Structure: Write simple and complex complete sentences.

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Would you like to “eat” like a plant—meaning have the ability to turn sunshine, water and CO2 into food through photosynthesis?

Why or why not?