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Volume 8, Issue 49

Tribe repaid $600K for artifacts JASON HAWK EDITOR

The Nez Perce tribe has at last been repaid for the more than $600,000 it spent a quarter century ago to reclaim cultural artifacts once held by Oberlin College.

The 21-item collection includes 200-year-old beaded clothing, moccasins, an elk Courtesy of the National Park Service antler riding whip, a carved saddle, a bag in the shape of This bag was constructed from a deer a deer head, a cradleboard, head that was skinned, cured and buffalo hair rope and other decorated with glass beads. It’s one of the earliest pieces of the tribe’s material pieces.

They are the earliest docuhistory in existence.

mented items of Nez Perce material culture, according to the National Park Service.

“To us, these are not pieces of art or decor, they are pieces of us and they retain the spirits of our ancestors,” said Tribal Executive Committee Chairman Samuel Penney in a written statement.

Presbyterian missionary Henry Spalding shipped the gear in the 1840s to his friend, Oberlin medical doctor Dudley Allen, in exchange for supplies, according to Nez Perce National Park. After Allen died in 1893, the artifacts were donated to Oberlin

College, the college archives state.

The Spalding-Allen Collection, as it was once known, was never displayed at Oberlin College, according to the tribe. It was rediscovered and in 1942 most of the artifacts were handed over to the Ohio Historical Society for safekeeping — though they were never displayed there, either. They were deeded to the institution in 1979.

By that time, the Nez Perce had become aware of the artifacts’ whereabouts, and arranged for the collection to go on display at the Nez

Perce National Historic Park in Spalding, Idaho, where it stayed for two decades.

The tribe spent much of that time negotiating to retain permanent control of the items.

Penney said the relics are priceless, and it was worth paying any cost to have them again.

No federal protections existed to aid in returning the objects. The former leadership of the Ohio Historical Society agreed to sell them at their appraised value, and set a six-month deadline.

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Deer hunting is MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET popular as meat prices shoot up JASON HAWK EDITOR

Crossing roads in search of food and mates, deer have become easy to spot in Lorain County over the last few weeks.

That’s good news for hunters, who have turned out in force. Deer Gun Hunting Week in Ohio traditionally follows Thanksgiving, and opened with a bang last Monday.

“It’s a very busy week in the woods,” said Danny Reaser, vice president at Outdoor Product Innovations in Elyria, which sells Rhino blinds and tree stands.

Reaser, 29, of Sheffield Village, was among the many hunters statewide who took advantage of clear skies and a little snow, conditions the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said were perfect for tracking down deer.

Mating season for white tails happens in the first few weeks of November. Does tend to move around in search of bedding, so they’re easier to spot.

“It gets the bucks really, really turned on,” Reaser said. “They go day and night searching for any signs of a doe in heat, so you see a lot more activity, especially HUNTING PAGE A3 Classifieds, legals, display advertising, and subscriptions Deadline: 1 p.m. each Monday Phone: 440-329-7000 Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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School board meeting dates The Dec. 13 meeting of the Amherst Board of Education has been canceled. A special board meeting has been called for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Powers Elementary School, 393 South Lake St.

Free winter choir concert Join the Friends of the Amherst Public Library and library staff for an evening of festive music performed by the Marion L. Steele High School choir at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at Heritage Presbyterian Church, 515 North Leavitt Rd. A limited number of free tickets are available at the library’s first floor circulation desk. Tickets are required to attend. Attendees are also asked to take a small donation for the Heritage Presbyterian Church Food Bank.

Oberlin library meeting The Oberlin Public Library board will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9 at the library. A regular meeting will be followed by a 2022 organizational meeting. Both are open to the public.

OHS Drama Club presents “Coney Island Christmas” will be performed at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Oberlin High School auditorium.

Tickets can be purchased at the door. They are $5 for adults and free for school-aged students.

Family movie night Enjoy some holiday fun with a family movie night at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10 at Wellington First United Methodist Church, 127 Park Place. The event will include dinner, crafts and cookie decorating.

Herrick board meeting The Herrick Memorial Library board will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the library in Wellington. The meeting is open to the public. Masks are required.

OBITUARIES SANDRA J. EDDY, 82 of Carlisle Township, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, while at home in the care of her loving husband, Dean Eddy. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

HELEN JANE SUPER (nee Lingenfelter), 92, of Elyria, passed away Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at The Abbewood of Elyria following a lengthy illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

ELIZABETH 'BETTY' ANN WOHLEVER (nee Muska), 86, of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at Kingston of Vermilion. Hempel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

NIKI L. BUHSER (nee Kennedy), 78, of Elyria Township, went on to be with her beloved son, Eric and husband, Larry on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Hempel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

CAROL DIANE WAGNER (nee Williams), 82, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at UH Elyria Medical Center following a brief illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

MAGDALEN SHAFFER POTTS, strong, beautiful and the chief cornerstone of her family, was gathered into Heaven on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Amherst, at the age of 90. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

SONIA NANCY HORNING (nee Mudrich), 81, of Norwalk, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at her home following a lengthy illness. Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

PATRICIA ANN HEBERLING (nee Shaw), 90, of Amherst, passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at Cleveland Clinic of Avon, following a full and meaningful life.

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‘A year of adjustment’ Teachers grappling with changes in student behavior CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

For some educators in Lorain County, Thanksgiving break couldn’t come soon enough.

Between colleagues and students being out on quarantine, to changes in kids’ behavior as they return to in-person learning, the 2021-2022 school year has continued a trend of unprecedented times that started in March 2020.

Veteran Elyria Schools teacher Dawn Neely-Randall has spent 32 years teaching students, alternating between English and social studies.

But for a time, she thought this year might be her last.

“It's difficult to put into words what this year has been and it's a constant de-stressing and walking through it.

I've lost sleep over behaviors,” she said.

“I wake up thinking about students I'm worried about, and when I leave work, I'm thinking through different scenarios and how I handled them or what I should've done differently. I think about times when I was short-tempered and what caused that because it's just something that I've never experienced before.”

Some of her fifth-grade students at Eastern Heights Middle School exhibited behaviors she hadn’t expected. “A compilation of the kind of nightmares you have as a teacher,” of defiance and uphill battles to get control of classes, she said.

When she’s called their homes, some families are reporting the same concerns.

Some students are withdrawn, feeling an overall sadness or worry possibly stemming from the pandemic. Others are seemingly addicted to their technology, she said, using Chromebooks the minute they walk into class, the tech-savvy kids keeping games running in the background or getting around content filters on their phones.

Some have stormed out of her room and staff have to chase them back to class. When they talk, she said it sounds like she’s talking to an adult in a child’s body — parroting newsreels or YouTube videos.

“A lot of people across the country are making generalizations about what's happening, but the truth of the matter is we can't walk in anyone else's shoes,” Neely-Randall said. “If I would've still been teaching in an elementary school, I would be looking at it differently than I'm looking at it now, now that I have 140 (middle school) students. If I wouldn't have taught virtually last year and known how much effort went into that, I would have probably right now been blaming it on virtual learning.”

Elyria Schools social workers Chantille Jackson and Elisha Neely have seen students' and families’ needs increase this school year — while the district has added social workers to its roster, their workloads haven’t lightened.

They’re seeing students struggle with adjusting back to the structure of in-person learning, and dealing with the

conflicts that come with it, as well as the impact changes to students’ home lives are having.

“We know that there's a lot of financial change and Elyria's a super socioeconomically diverse district,” Jackson said. “So we can see where some of those students who have been struggling with living in poverty have had even more difficult situations and some of those students who were previously more of a middle-class background are trying to learn how to navigate dealing with some of these more poverty-based situations.”

They’ve encountered students and families experiencing homelessness, and they've worked to provide transportation and wraparound supports even if their living situation takes them outside the city, Neely said. They’d anticipated increased needs, given the impact the pandemic has had on the community.

For the past two school years, many students at Elyria Schools and districts throughout the county had the flexibility afforded during virtual school — some students thrived, able to complete tasks without the pressures to fit in socially or grapple with systemic issues, Jackson said. But others obviously needed the schedule, structure and guidance in-person learning provides.

At Clearview Schools, Superintendent Jerome Davis said they’re seeing an increase in inappropriate behaviors, but he was quick to note the last time freshmen were in the building without interruption was in their seventh grade.

Typically he’s seen a lot of growth in kids from eighth to ninth grade, but the class of 2025 hasn’t had that opportunity.

“They know how to get around (technology) a lot better than I do, a lot better than most of the adults,” he said. “We know the basics as adults. ... But kids, that's what they've been doing for a year and a half so they've learned how to weave and manipulate (technology).”

The pandemic pushed Clearview to become a one-to-one district, offering Chromebooks to every student. But tech-savvy students are able to get around Wi-Fi filters to access things deemed “inappropriate” for a school setting, Davis said.

“I don't want to say it's caused an academic disruption,” he said. “I think being out a year and a half has hindered some of the academics, so we have to move at a pace where we have to go back and reteach and bring them up to a level to where they really need to be.”

At Lorain’s Longfellow Middle School, English teacher Jenn Lynn said her building has been lucky — spared from the more destructive TikTok challenges like those that shut down some bathrooms at Marion L. Steele High School earlier this year after students stole soap dispensers and at least one toilet seat — but she’s still been caught off guard by how students have acted this year.

While a lot of the talking points about returning to school this year focused on combating learning loss, there were fewer discussions about the social-emotional impact on students, Lynn said.

“I'm not saying that Lorain's doing anything bad or wrong, I just don't think we were prepared for this. And the kids are good kids, I can't complain

about any of the kids, it's just they're not used to (in-person school); we're not used to it.”

As the school year has progressed, national headlines have touched on how behavior has changed. Like Elyria Schools hiring more social workers, and Lorain Schools continuously bolstering its wraparound services, districts are taking a less punitive approach.

Elyria Schools spokeswoman Amy Higgins said this is a year of adjustment, and growing pains were expected.

“We have lots of supports in place, fantastic services right on-site in all of our schools with guidance counselors and social workers and resource officers and teachers — they're all working very hard,” Higgins said. “The students overall are very glad to be back in the school setting, but everybody's relearning structure.”

Social worker Jackson expects the issues to work themselves out, and make students better in the end — able to self-motivate and stay on task from online learning, and verbalize their social-emotional needs.

Lorain Schools gave students, and staff, a reprieve going into Thanksgiving break with asynchronous lessons Monday and Tuesday. Elyria Schools did the same.

“Everything is just exhausting right now and people are emotionally exhausted and a lot of that is because they're trying to meet the needs of everyone,” CEO Jeff Graham said when the switch was announced.

Lynn said that break was really unheard of when first announced, but the pandemic has highlighted the need to do unconventional things to meet students’ and staffs' needs.

“Society says we care about socialemotional health, but I don't really think we know what to do about it.

People go from 'they need mental health' but mental health doesn't mean you have an illness — there's just a large continuum of the needs and I think we're trying to adjust to meet those.”

That exhaustion is what had NeelyRandall thinking of retirement at the beginning of the school year.

She and her colleagues have stretched themselves thin to cover when fellow teachers have been out on quarantine, she said. She thought she’d be out by Thanksgiving, ready to give up more than 20 percent of her retirement to leave before her 35th year.

But there have been highs in the roller coaster — breakthroughs with students whose behavior once disrupted entire classes now sending her notes telling her “goodnight, I love you,” or keeping engaged and on task.

That progress has given her hope.

“We have so many great students and they've come so far. So many kids come in and they're jumping through hoops — we're doing all kinds of positive reward-type things and they're thriving with that,” she said. “Those are also the awesome things, it's just that everything takes so much energy. Don't get me wrong, the extras we are doing are so worth the time and effort, it's just that time is limited and somehow, like other teachers across the nation, I need to start reclaiming my personal life back during the evenings and weekends so I don't burn myself out.”

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Gavin Ray represented Wellington High School at the Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association annual conference from Nov. 12-14 at West Virginia University’s Jackson’s Mill, a historic 4-H camp. He was one of 80 students and adults from the two states to attend the 100th anniversary of the conference, which promotes leadership, character, service, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.

Highlights of the event included an escape room team building adventure, awards ceremony and banquet, simulations of YLA’s Model United Nations and Youth in Government sessions, a karaoke night and hands-on service projects to support local communities.

Students and adults worked together to make holiday gifts for nursing homes, hospital patients, animal shelters and communities in need.

Harford named COO at UH Elyria ELYRIA — Todd Harford will assume the role of chief operating officer Dec. 1 at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center.

He has been interim COO since August and has for the past two years served as COO of UH Samaritan Medical Center.

Harford recently celebrated 27 years with UH. During his two years at UH Samaritan, he oversaw construction and opening of the UH Richland Health Center in Mansfield.

Prior to leading UH Samaritan, Harford served as chief nursing officer for UH Bedford and Richmond medical centers, campuses of UH Regional Hospitals.

“UH Elyria Medical Center has a distinguished history of serving the community for more than 113 years,” he said. “It’s an honor for me to not only lead this dedicated team, but also to work alongside them as we strive each day to be the health

care provider of choice in Lorain County and beyond.”

Harford earned an MBA from Lake Erie College in 2011. He also has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Kent State University Todd Harford and a bachelor’s degree in administration from Bowling Green State University.

Harford also brings considerable clinical experience to his new role, with more than 13 years at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, including three years handling strategic planning and clinical integration as system director of invasive cardiovascular services, and more than six years managing the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs at UH Cleveland Medical Center.

Genealogy meeting The Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society will meet online at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13.

Judy Russell, lawyer and genealogist, will present "Death By Undue Means — Coroner's Records.” She will discuss coroner’s records from colonial times to today.

The online program is open to members and the public. To be added to the invitation list, email meetings@loraincoogs.org.

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The Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1996 to reclaim what was theirs.

They renamed the once-lost artifacts the “Wetxuuwiitin Collection.” The name means “returned home after a period of captivity.”

“These healing steps — bringing the items home, providing a fitting name and now reimbursement — give our people hope and build on that connection that’s been missing for far too long,” Penney said.

In 2002, one more artifact was discovered at Oberlin College and returned to the Nez Perce. A twined root bag that had been lost for more than a century was returned by the Department of Anthropology, leading to an Oberlin symposium on the development of flat twined weaving in the 19th and 20th centuries, and panel discussions on museum collections and repatriation of Native American cultural objects.

This summer, the Idaho tribe of roughly 3,500 members celebrated the 25th anniversary of the main collection’s return.

Representatives of the historical society — which in 2014 was renamed the Ohio History Connection — attended the event, including Executive Director and CEO Burt Logan.

In a joint statement with the tribe, he said the celebration was “a painful reminder of the shameful mistreatment and marginalization of American Indians since the arrival of Europeans on the North American continent.”

In November, Ohio History Connection members returned to the Nez Perce Reservation to return the $608,100, which came from the Ohio History Fund.

“This summer we diligently sought to learn as much as possible, and to process what this means to our organization,” said Logan. “If the Wetxuuwiitin Collection was in the possession of the Ohio History Connection today, we would freely return these items to their rightful home,” said Logan.

Penney said the tribe was glad to see “this wrong corrected.”

Sunday, an Oberlin resident and director of the Cleveland American Indian Movement, said some museums and auction houses are starting to understand

This Nez Perce women’s highhorned riding saddle was built from cottonwood and willow and covered in rawhide. The Ohio History Connection recently returned $608,100 the Nez Perce paid in 1996 to acquire a trove of artifacts that includes the saddle. displaying, trading or selling indigenous artifacts as questionable practices.

“There is a heightened sense of scrutiny,” he said.

Many are asking questions about how indigenous items were obtained, he said — often, there is no record.

It’s a good sign, said Sundance, that such artifacts are on the minds of the people they should rightfully belong to.

Returning them is necessary for younger generations to form a proper connection to the past and their ancestral traditions.

“For people who are on the cusp of cultural genocide, these artifacts play a significant role in the cultural and ceremonial life of the people they were obtained from,” he said.

Nakia Williamson, Nez Perce tribal member and director of the Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program, agreed in a 2020 retrospective on the Wetxuuwiitin Collection.

“Something as simple as a buckskin dress reaffirms our identity, our lineage, our connection to the land and how it is connected to us,” he said. “It is a reciprocal relationship to us.”

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during the daytime.”

The Division of Wildlife reported 21,754 deer were harvested on opening day.

That’s a huge number compared to the past three years, when hunters have averaged a meager 13,349 deer on opening day.

“This fall has reaffirmed once again that Ohio is a top deer hunting state, thanks to decades of stable deer management practices,” said Division of Wildlife Chief Kendra Wecker. “This year’s weather cooperated for an outstanding opening day harvest, generating about 1 million pounds of venison and feeding Ohio’s families.”

Filling the freezer has been behind a surge in interest in hunting this year, according to Reaser. A typical kill can provide 50 to 70 pounds of venison.

“If you try to get that at the supermarket today, you’re going to spend a pretty penny,” he said.

The price of beef has shot up by 20 percent over the past year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices for meat, poultry and fish across the board are up 12 percent since October 2020, the government’s Consumer Price Index shows.

The pandemic hasn’t helped, but that trend was already in motion for beef, chicken and pork in early 2020. Supply chain issues and the increased costs of labor, feed, packaging and shipping have all contributed.

By contrast, an adult deer gun license costs $19 and a hunting permit costs $31, said Randy White, the ODNR’s wildlife officer for Lorain County.

Even with another $100 for the animal to be processed, and the cost of ammunition and other gear, he estimated a deer to provide venison at $3 per pound.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the price of ground beef in the Midwest at $4.46 per pound, beef roast at $7.24 per pound, sirloin steak at $11.10 per pound, pork chops at $4.43 per pound and chicken breast at $3.51 per pound.

So hunters are stocking up. They started in September with archery season, taking 79,538 deer as of Monday, Nov. 29; bow-

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Lorain County didn’t feature among the state’s top 10 for the 2021 deer gun season harvest on opening day. The top honor went to Coshocton County, where there were 850 kills. Ashland County ranked 10th with 504.

Others at the top of the list are mostly in the eastern half of the state — Ashtabula, Knox, Tuscarawas, Muskingum, Holmes, Guernsey, Carroll and Licking counties were hot spots. hunting continues through Sunday, Feb. 6.

Gun season is much shorter. It ended Sunday, Dec. 5 and will briefly reopen Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 18-19.

“We’re very impressed with the harvest numbers, but not necessarily surprised,” said Jamey Emmert, a spokesperson for the ODNR. She said this past spring wasn’t too wet or cold, which meant fawn survival rates were likely up.

It’s unclear how many deer roam the state — the ODNR doesn’t keep a count — but White said the deer population “is doing very well” based on the number of vehicle collisions reported.

Rob Dakdouk, owner of Chet & Fran’s Country Store in Huntington Township, said license and permit sales have rallied this fall and he’s seen families bring in big hauls.

Family bonds are a huge part of hunting culture, Dakdouk said. He welcomes the same brothers and cousins to his store each year, and takes pictures of grandparents and grandchildren with their trophies.

“It’s a lot of family bonding, fathers with daughters and sons or mothers with daughters and sons coming in to check their animals in,” he said. “It creates memories, it gives them the bragging rights.”

Many have taken larger animals than usual to be checked, he said.

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Physicians Speak series The Pathways Plate Program will welcome the community to its “Physicians Speak” series that will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Mt. Zion Fellowship Hall, 185 South Pleasant St., Oberlin.

Take control of your health and participate in a series of free health lectures by accredited physicians that will help you make healthier choices for an overall healthy lifestyle. Dr. Deon Regis and Dr. Brandy McKinney will be the guest speakers. Vendors will include Wholistic Whole Body Care, Scentsy, Green Leaf Smoothie, Vernita Warfield, chair massages by the Rev. Dorothy Kent and Lachelle Woods, author of “The Value of You!” There will also be door prizes.

Tree planting effort Oberlin College will spend the next few weeks planting trees on its campus and other nearby properties.

Workers will replace each of the nearly 100 trees removed this year during construction of its new geothermal heating and cooling distribution system. In some cases, more trees were planted than were cut down, according to Michael Ahern, senior vice president of project development for Ever-Green Energy.

“The college has been working with an arborist to develop a robust selection of trees that will beautify the campus landscape and also minimize potential future impacts of pests, disease and climate change that could harm the tree canopy,” said an email update from Ahern about the college’s geothermal project.

Work so far has targeted the southern portion of the Oberlin College campus. The second phase of construction will begin in the spring on the north side, including Lorain, Woodland and Union streets.

More trees will be removed and eventually replaced as part of phase two.

Amherst Democrats elect new officers The Amherst Democratic Organization has elected new officers for 2022.

Becky Harmych will replace Sharon Sweda as president. Vice president is David Janik, the treasurer is Sally Cornwell and Jeana Janik is secretary, the organization announced.

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Dozens of inspirational posters created by students line the walls inside McCormick Middle School in Wellington. They were made by kids in Megan Birchfield's fourth grade English classes after they read a book by Barbara Cooney. It tells the story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea and do something to make the world more beautiful. McCormick students began brainstorming how they could make the world a better place, too — each chose an inspirational quote and drew a picture to match.

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Holiday lights in LaGrange The Keystone Elementary School PTA will host a holiday lights drive-thru from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17 at 531 Opportunity Way, LaGrange.

The event is a food drive to benefit the LaGrange Lions Club, so take a canned good and your letter to Santa.

Volunteers needed United Way of Greater Lorain County’s ServeUnited volunteers and Free Tax Prep Coalition will host a “Volunteer Network Tour,” inviting the community to learn more about volunteering.

The event will be held from 5-6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9 at the local United Way’s office, 642 Broadway, Lorain. It will feature an interactive tour during which attendees will learn about the different types of volunteer service, including involvement in the Collect, Sort, Deliver Impact Initiative, the agency’s signature fundraiser, A Week at the Bee, and providing free tax prep services to local families.

From 6-7:30 p.m., the informational event will be followed by networking at Brass & Bronze Foundry Bar at 639 Broadway, a partner in the agency’s Small Business United Initiative. Participants can join either portion of the evening to learn about how to get involved.

To register for either portion of the event, visit www. uwloraincounty.org/volunteer-tour.

Snodgrass named association vice president

Photos by Kristin Bauer | Oberlin News-Tribune

The Cleveland Cavaliers held a basketball clinic Nov. 30 at Splash Zone in Oberlin for kids in the Junior Cavaliers league. It was led by (ABOVE) Bryson Haynes, senior manager of the youth sports outreach program, and Luke Toth, senior manager at the Cav's Academy. BELOW: Students from the Junior Cavaliers basketball league have a blast.

Lorain County Auditor Craig Snodgrass was installed Nov. 18 as vice president of the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio for 2022 at its annual winter conference.

The CAAO includes all 88 Ohio county auditors and fiscal officers. It was established to promote and protect the interests of the taxpayers of Ohio and to improve the administration of county government.

Among other activities, the association works with the Ohio General Assembly to offer legislative initiatives that assist County Auditors in carrying out their duties.

As vice president, Snodgrass will chair the CAAO Legislative Committee.

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$8.4 million Akron Children’s Hospital opens JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — After a year of construction, an $8.4 million Akron Children’s Hospital facility opened Tuesday at 47185 Cooper Foster Park Rd. The Amherst Health Center covers 23,000 square feet and has created 50 new jobs, Chief Operating Officer Lisa Aurilio said Friday during a tour.

Situated near the Oak Point Road exit from State Route 2, the location was chosen to put primary care and specialty pediatricians closer to families on Cleveland’s west side.

“We know when a family has a sick child, that’s already stressful enough,” and adding travel time to the doctor doesn’t help, Aurilio said.

Amherst-based pediatricians can help kids with preventative checkups and “sniffle visits” to sports physicals, ADHD, autism, developmental issues, chronic medical problems and life-threatening cases, said Dr. Wendy Millis.

The Akron Children’s Hospital name is associated with neonatal intensive care, but in the past 10 years its emphasis has changed to embrace the entire range of pediatrics, according to Chief Medical Officer Robert McGregor.

Treating the common cold and developmental disabilities under the same roof makes many families more comfortable, he said — it can also reduce the need for multiple visits, since primary care doctors

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RIGHT: Akron Children’s Hospital invested $8.4 million in its Amherst Health Center, which opened Tuesday.

ABOVE: Vice President Brian Lapolla talks about how the facility was designed to appeal to kids’ sensibilities. and specialists are right down the hallway from each other.

Akron Children’s Hospital started settling into Lorain County last year. Through a partnership with Mercy Health, its pediatricians have already seen about 6,000 patients in Amherst, Lorain and Oberlin and have also started working with agencies such as El Centro, Lorain County Children Services and the Lorain County Community Protection Team, said Millis. She expects full schedules for the site’s four primary care pediatricians.

Inside the center, visitors will find bright colors and large windows,

with student artwork and large murals decorating the walls. A kinetic ball machine sculpture is the center of attention in the main lobby.

There are of course the standard exam rooms, though sized a little larger to give pint-sized patients and their siblings room to move around. The Amherst Health Center also boasts a soundproof audiology room, X-ray imaging equipment and a workout room designed to help get young athletes back out on the field. There’s also a sensory room with swings and tunnels, and many spaces are designed with high ceilings so kids can throw weighted

balls and use other physical therapy equipment that requires space.

There’s even an indoor track where kids can run or ride bicycles and tricycles as they recover from injuries. Physicians at other Akron Children’s Hospital locations have ended up using hallways for many activities, so it made sense to dedicate hallways for just that purpose, said Brian Lapolla, vice president of facilities, planning, construction and public safety.

Most outpatient care can be done on site or with telehealth consultations. Specialties include cardiology, gastroenterology, material fetal

medicine, nephrology, neurology, orthopedics and vision.

A behavioral health specialist will begin seeing patients Monday, Dec. 13.

Surgeries will be referred to facilities with operating rooms, Aurilio said.

Akron Children’s Hospital operations at Mercy’s Amherst and Lorain locations are moving to the Amherst Health Center. Those at the Chuang Medical Center at Mercy Health Allen Hospital in Oberlin will remain in place.

Appointments can be made by calling (440) 960-6500.

Christ Church calls a new rector from Salem, Oregon OBERLIN — The Rev. Andy McQuery has accepted the call to be the next rector at Christ Episcopal Church, 162 South Main St. He currently serves as associate rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem, Oregon.

The selection of a new rector began in 2019 with interviews conducted by the diocese and a local five-member search committee. According to a news release from committee member Ross Peacock, nearly every active member of the church as well as friends and visitors took part in a “visioning and discernment” process that was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

McQuery will begin his tenure at Christ Episcopal Church in mid-December.

It will begin just days after the departure of Interim Rector Sarah Shofstall, who has served in the position for almost two years.

McQuery holds bachelor and master degrees in music from the Manhattan School of Music, a Master of Divinity from Yale University and a diploma in Anglican

studies from Berkeley Divinity School.

A classically trained singer, he has performed internationally in opera and concert, experiences that served him well as a coach in liturgical chant and The Rev. Andy in developing creative McQuery ways to worship with music.

Prior to ordination, McQuery worked in finance and administrative support at Nike, and at the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, a national organization that advocates for the full civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Christ Church was established in 1855 as the second church in Oberlin. Through the years it has been at the forefront of progressive social movements, advocating for the ordination of women to the Episcopal priesthood and espousing fair housing and equal employment practices.

Black River Schools get LMRE $5,400 pandemic relief grant WELLINGTON TWP. — Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative and CoBank have awarded a $5,400 grant to the Black River Schools.

As the school district adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic, some class sizes were reduced, which meant spreading out into new spaces. The grant will help Black River furnish the expanded spaces with tables, chairs and learning tools.

This marks the second time LMRE has partnered with CoBank to assist Black River Schools with funding during the pandemic. In 2020, the district was awarded $10,000 to help teachers buy supplies for their virtual classrooms and personal protective equipment to hold inperson classes.

“Concern for the community is one of our guiding principles, and

the schools directly influence the community through the interactions with the students and their families on a daily basis,” said LMRE Director of Communications Justis Clifford.

LMRE is headquartered on West Road. The not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative serves more than 13,000 members in Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina and Wayne counties.

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It didn’t take long for him to be proven right. A day after sitting down for an interview in his Lorain County Community College laboratory, the first American case was detected in California.

As a microbiologist who specializes in viruses and vaccines, the LCCC professor has been intently watching South Africa intently for news of the COVID-19 strain.

The latest coronavirus mutation has caused Japan to close its borders, Australia to delay its long-awaited reopening and the U.S. to restrict travel from several African nations. After cases were confirmed in Canada and Western Europe, Kestler said it was only a matter of time before U.S. cases were also reported.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said it could take weeks to understand what threat the new variant poses.

Omicron was first detected in South Africa, where it has spread rapidly.

Researchers there have few answers about the variant, according to the World Health Organization.

It’s not yet clear whether it spreads more easily than the delta variant or whether it causes more severe infections.

Symptoms seem to be in line with previous versions of the virus.

“Preliminary data suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa, but this may be due to increasing overall numbers of people becoming infected, rather than a result of specific infection with omicron,” said the World Health Organization last week.

In Kestler’s eyes, the more slowly information about omicron is revealed by researchers, the better. That’s because bad news travels fast, “so the longer they tell us to wait for answers, the better, because that means they’re not screaming the alarm,” he said.

What is interesting so far, Kestler said, is seeing how little virus is circulating in South Africa. About a quarter of its population has one dose of a vaccine, and maybe five percent of the population is infected.

If hospitalizations spike there in the next couple of weeks, it will confirm virologists’ fears, he said — early data, though, shows that people who are fully vaccinated will be “protected enough” against omicron, Kestler said.

In countries with low vaccination rates, COVID-related deaths are still rising along with case rates. Among wellvaccinated populations, cases are rising but the death toll has slowed.

The U.S. does not have herd immunity yet, but is pretty well vaccinated. Ac-

cording to the Mayo Clinic’s vaccination tracker, 70 percent of Americans have gotten at least one dose, and 59.5 percent are fully vaccinated. The most-vaccinated groups — ages 50 and up — are also the most vulnerable.

Kestler said he’s gotten a booster dose to strengthen his protection against COVID. Getting the shot is the best step people can take right now, he said.

“That’s going to be good for everybody, if we all do it together,” he said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree. Last week, the agency updated its official guidance to read, “Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot.”

The original COVID-19 vaccines are still working well to prevent severe illness, hospitalization and death, the CDC said, but public health experts are starting to see that armor chip.

Kestler wore a vaccine syringe pin on his lapel, and pointed to the injection site on his arm as he talked. The booster he received delivered a fresh set of instructions to his cells, reminding them how to attack the virus, he said.

“My immune system said, ‘Oh, that thing. I know that thing and how to fight it,’ and it started making more antibodies,” he said.

Antibodies are important because they attack the spiky arms of the virus. Without its spikes, COVID can’t latch on to cells.

They’re not the only weapon the body uses — cytotoxic lymphocytes “reprogram” their enemies to self-destruct.

COVID has changed over time, but Kestler said we’re lucky it doesn’t change faster. He’s watched HIV, for example, mutate on a weekly basis to evade a host body’s defenses, which is what makes it so deadly.

By comparison, COVID mutates very slowly and most of its variants have been duds. They’ve included iota, gamma, beta and mu variants — scientists are working their way through the Greek alphabet, and skipped “nu” because it could be confused with “new.”

A virus’ goal is to become “kinder and gentler,” since destroying its host body deprives it of a home. So Kestler said the most successful COVID variants have been the ones that learn to spread faster, not kill better.

That’s where delta has been king — though Kestler believes omicron could dethrone it and become the new dominant strain.

“We’ll see if this guy takes over,” he said.

Microbiologists expect COVID to stick around for the long haul, he said. Other coronaviruses have done so in the past, and today are mistaken for common colds.

“We will still have cases. It’s not going away. This is what we mean when we say it will be endemic,” Kestler said. “COVID-19 will be around for a long time.

It’s going to be seasonal. I wouldn’t be surprised if we all end up getting seasonal shots like we have for flu.”

Where to be vaccinated Sign up for any COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster shot at www. loraincountyhealth.com/coronavirus. Booster doses are available for adults only. Lorain County Public Health has appointments open for many clinics.

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Nordson Depot becomes a city park JASON HAWK EDITOR

AMHERST — A 116-year-old railway station has been gifted to the city by the Nordson Corporation.

The manufacturing company held a ceremony the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 30 to transfer ownership of the historic Nordson Depot on Franklin Avenue, along with 5.4 acres of land.

The site will become Amherst’s newest public park, and the Bruce Bishop | Amherst News-Times only one south of the Norfolk Nordson Depot on Franklin Street has been handed over Southern Railroad tracks that run to the city, and will continue to be set aside for community through town. use, said Mayor Mark Costilow.

“Our parks workers can’t wait to get in here and start trimming some trees, make sure everyone can see how beautiful it is,” said Mayor Mark Costilow, standing inside the old brick-walled depot building, which measures 30 feet by 50 feet.

Sunlight shines down through skylights onto the hardwood floors where passengers once disembarked from trains, and antique tools hang along the former station’s walls.

Built in 1905 by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, the station was used for passenger and industrial rail, according to Amherst historian and Fire

Chief Jim Wilhelm.

The depot serviced passenger trains until 1963, he said. It was purchased by Nordson in 1969 and opened to the public three years later.

Cecilia Render, executive director of the Nordson Corporation Foundation, said the company has allowed nonprofits to sign up to use the building as a meeting space over the years.

“We figured we’re not necessarily the best place to do that,” she said.

Costilow said the goal is to share the historic property with DEPOT PAGE B2

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Photos by Kristin Bauer | Oberlin News-Tribune

Scott Pember, Mercy Health Foundation president; Ed Oley, president of the Mercy Health Lorain County Market; Dr. Jeanne McKibben, retired physician from Oberlin at Mercy; and Charlotte Wray, president of Mercy Health Allen Hospital, stand for a photo in front of the newly completed history memorial at the hospital. The mural reflects the hospital's history in the community.

Todd Redilla stands with his wife, Dorothea, and their granddaughter Liliana, 4, in front of the Santa that he restored. The statue was put on display in front of Town hall at the Five Points intersection.

Amherst Santa Oberlin exhibit tells history of care statue restored for the holidays JASON HAWK EDITOR

OBERLIN — Afraid their stories would be lost to the mists of time, Jeanne McKibben has spent the better part of two decades researching the doctors and donors who have ensured Oberlin residents’ health for almost two centuries.

She beamed Monday, Nov. 29 as her work was enshrined on the Oberlin Medical History Wall at Mercy Health Allen Hospital’s Chuang Medical Center on State Route 511.

“I am so thrilled to have somebody take all of the research I did over the years and condense it in a way that’s both beautiful and informative,” said McKibben, standing in front of a timeline that details developments of the past 187 years.

They began when Oberlin’s first doctor James Dascomb, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, journeyed west in 1834.

Others followed, including surgeon and philanthropist Dudley Allen, who founded the Cleveland Medical Library Association.

Hurting for a hospital, the community banded together in 1906 to raise funds. The following year, an eightbed facility opened in a rented home on South Cedar Street.

After Allen died in 1915, his widow, Elisabeth Severance Allen, threw herself into medical causes and used their estate to help create a hospital.

World War I delayed the opening of the Allen Memorial Hospital opened to the public until 1925. It featured 25 beds as well as operating rooms and a dispensary.

Oberlin College managed the hospital until 1954, when it transferred ownership to the city. It grew through DOCTORS PAGE B2

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▲ An exhibit at Mercy Health Allen Hospital tells the story of its history in Oberlin. ▼ Dr. Jeanne McKibben, a retired Oberlin physician, snaps a photo of Charlotte Wray, president of Mercy Health Allen Hospital, speaking about the newly completed history memorial at the hospital during a Nov. 29 dedication ceremony.

AMHERST — You might say Todd Redilla is Santa’s personal handyman.

The Henrietta Township resident is responsible for disassembling the famous fiberglass Saint Nick that’s become an Amherst icon for decades, standing most years in front of Hot Dog Heaven on Cleveland Avenue.

Santa was in bad shape, so Redilla was commissioned “to make him strong again,” he said.

He’s an old hand at restoring classic cars, and has worked on quite a few older Mustangs.

“It wasn’t that much different from working on a car,” Redilla said — both involved welding, grinding and painting. “It’s more of a hobby, but I’ve been doing it SANTA PAGE B2 1960-2021

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FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Angelo Angel | Oberlin News-Tribune

The sixth candle is lit during the celebration of Hanukkah at Wilder Hall, Oberlin College, on Thursday, Dec. 2. The eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the second temple of Jerusalem began Nov. 28 and ended Dec. 6. The celebration in Oberlin included a dreidel-spinning competition.

UH Elyria receives a level III trauma care designation STAFF REPORT

LORAIN — University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center is now a level III adult trauma center.

The designation is the first verified by the state in Lorain County following an evaluation and recommendation by the American College of Surgeons, according to a news release.

Mercy Health Lorain offers Level III trauma care through a partnership with MetroHealth, but its certification is listed as provisional with a review in progress by the American College of Surgeons as of Nov. 8, according to state EMS data.

UH Elyria Medical Center’s designation comes after a multiyear process. It received its provisional designation two years ago.

A level III trauma center provides continuous surgical coverage — with four trauma-trained surgeons on staff — and is capable of handling the initial care of the majority of patients, have transfer agreements with level I and II trauma hospitals, provide outreach and injury prevention, and conduct education programs for medical staff.

Patients who need a higher acuity trauma center will be stabilized and transferred to a level I center in the network, such as UH Cleveland Medical Center or UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital for pediatric care.

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FROM B1 the following decades, with additions and a second story, emergency room, pediatrics department and birthing facilities.

By the new millennium, the hospital was facing financial crisis and nearly closed. It was saved by a pact between the city, college and Community Health Partners.

Ed Oley, who is now preparing to retire, was a young administrator at the time. He remembers how CHP first became involved with Allen Memorial 21 years ago this past week. When CHP rebranded in 2010, the Oberlin facility became Mercy Health Allen Hospital.

“I knew from the start this wasn’t just another hospital, just another community,” he said.

“This was something special.”

DEPOT Oley quickly befriended McKibben, who played her own role as a specialist in general internal medicine and geriatrics for a quartercentury. Most of her career was spent at the Oberlin Clinic, which competed with the hospital until forging a partnership that financially did not end well.

After 58 years in operation, the clinic was demolished in April 2020. McKibben said she cried when its walls came down.

The hospital’s long story is told over 25 linear feet, using infographics that feature newspaper clippings, photographs and illustrations.

While McKibben provided much of the source material — from oral histories to news articles to scrapbooks combed over the years

— project manager Julie Min and graphic designer Ryan Sprowl were tasked with distilling its essence down to fit on the wall.

Min praised McKibben’s energy for preserving the past, calling her “a force of nature.”

McKibben said doctors are nurses are there to help residents in their darkest hours, and it’s good to know they can always be relied upon, no matter the circumstances.

The hospital was “conceived in faith and imagination” to care for the town, she said, and dedicated to the vision that all residents deserve health care.

The wall is a physical remembrance of the risks taken in 1925 when the first Allen Memorial Hospital was constructed on the site, she said.

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FROM B1 the community: “As long as Amherst is here, we’ll make that happen,” he said.

The paperwork has been signed and the transfer is being processed, but many of the details of how the depot will be used are still being hammered out.

Costilow said there is a chance an Office on Aging employee will be assigned to operate the property on a regular basis. A pickleball court and playground are also possibilities, though “no promises,” he said.

Nordson and its foundation presented a check for $150,000 to the city to help develop the park.

Costilow said he hopes to iron out the process for reserving the meeting space by the spring. City park workers are already planning to build a small maintenance building on the site to store equipment.

Though its international headquarters are now in Westlake, Nordson was incorporated in Amherst in 1954 and continues to staff more than 500 people at its Amherst campus. The company employs more than 7,555 worldwide and reached global sales of $2.1 billion last year.

30 years, and I knew I had to get Santa done this year because people were worried he wouldn’t make it.”

Santa spent several months at Redilla’s home in Henrietta, where he has a restoration shop. The process started by removing the statue’s head — the space was just large enough for Redilla to crawl inside and separate Santa at the belt.

The old metal skeleton that supports Kris Kringle’s body was rusted badly, so Redilla built a new steel frame. He removed unsightly bolts, gave Santa a fresh coat of paint and crafted a new pen for the jolly old elf’s “naughty of nice” list, since the original has been missing for years.

The work will give Santa another 20 or 30 Christmases, Redilla estimated, and with further care the holiday statue can last indefinitely, he said.

Because Hot Dog Heaven remains under construction, Santa stands this winter in front of Amherst Town Hall at the corner of Milan Avenue and South Main Street.

He was erected this past Sunday. Because the statue weighs in the neighborhood of 300 pounds, it took six people to raise it into place, Redilla said.

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28. Take without asking 29. Gossiper, Yiddish 32. *Perseverance landing spot 33. Edible tuber

36. *Kabul’s organization in power 38. *The Nobel ____ Prize was awarded to Ressa and Muratov 40. Snoop around 41. Snowmobile brand 44. Give the boot 46. *”Stronger” by Cindy McCain, e.g.

48. Southwestern hut 49. Sushi restaurant staple 50. ____ gum, food additive 51. Leave out 52. Home to the Leaning Tower 53. Not in use 54. One in mattress 55. Spot for a facial 58. *Actor Liotta, star in “The Many Saints of Newark”

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Freas is named the Oberlin Rotary senior of November 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.

SARAH COLSON OBERLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Photos by Kristin Bauer | Community Guide

01: Sgt. Ray Santiago of the Ohio State Highway Patrol passes out trooper hats to kids as well as zero-proof drinks to raise awareness ahead of the holidays about drinking and driving.

Alcohol-free is the way to be to reduce holiday crashes JASON HAWK EDITOR

ELYRIA — Cheers went up every time someone threw back a “Declawed” shot last Thursday night at Lorain County Community College.

The non-alcoholic take on a White Claw hard seltzer, in lemon-lime and orange flavors, was served up by state troopers at the 20th annual Zero Proof Mix-Off. The event is sponsored by the Safe Communities Coalition of Lorain County. Spokeswoman Kat Solove said the goal is to reduce the number of deaths on local roads this winter.

As of Nov. 23, there have been 293 alcoholrelated crashes on Lorain County roadways in 2021, resulting in six deaths.

“Drinking and driving always comes with a cost — hefty fines, legal fees, missed work, death and grief for loved ones, car insurance rate increases, vehicle repair costs and medical bills,” the Coalition said in an announcement for the Mix-Off. “These consequences are completely preventable.”

Mixologist Sgt. Ray Santiago said the men and women of the Ohio State Highway Patrol see far too many deadly crashes due to drunk driving each holiday season.

“This time of the year, these incidents come from a variety of motivations.

Sometimes depression is in play. Sometimes it’s just partying,” he said.

“People find themselves at the bottom of a bottle, and that can lead to disaster.”

Made with sparkling water or club soda, simple syrup, and lemon and lime juice or orange juice over ice, the Declawed cocktail won the Best Taste Award.

Best Presentation went to “High Sobriety,” a lemonade, pineapple juice and Sprite concoction served in a martini glass by employees of the Lorain County Court of

The Oberlin High School senior honored for the month of November is Emerson Freas.

Freas has played tuba and clarinet in marching band since the eighth grade, rising to field commander in her senior year. She has played on the varsity soccer and softball teams all four years of high school, serving as captain of the soccer team her junior and senior years and has received All-Conference, All-County, and Greater Cleveland honors.

Freas has also been cheerleading since her sophomore year.

Outside of school, Freas has been active in 4-H, showing her horse, Carter.

She and Carter have won several awards, including Gymkhana County Award for Flags 2018; State Fair qualifier for Barrels and Keyhole 2018; and Best Essay in the Queen and Horsemen competition 2019.

You may have seen her on stage with the Olde Towne Hall theater group since 2016. She played the role of Sarah Brown in “Guys and Dolls (Jr.)” in 2020 and Elsa in “Frozen (Jr.)” this past summer.

She won the Excellence in Choreography Award at the 2020 Junior Theatre Festival for her work in “Guys and Dolls (Jr.).”

She recently traveled to Cleveland with her theater group to help build a community garden.

Believing in service, Freas has been a member of the Interact Club, the

Emerson Freas community service club of Oberlin High School, sponsored by the Oberlin Rotary Club. She served as club secretary for her junior and senior years.

She has enjoyed participating in all the club community service projects, especially the BackPack program and the Young Ancestors Memorial.

Freas is applying to colleges including Oberlin and Ohio Wesleyan.

Though undecided about a potential major area of study, she is interested in the humanities, philosophy and religion.

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Olivia Potts shows off her poster with her parents, Laura and Christopher Potts. The Amherst sixthgrader won the local Lions Club Peace Poster Contest and is moving up the ranks of competition.

Sherry Clouser, representing the Lorain County common pleas court, puts garnish on their drink, called “High Sobriety.”

Common Pleas.

It was designed for the high society designated driver, said Court Administrator Sherry Clouser, who wore a tuxedo Tshirt.

“The high class move is to be the one who decides not to drink so that everyone else can be safe,” she said. “The designated driver is the real hero, the class act of the night at any party.”

The big winner at the Mix-Off was Elyria Catholic High School’s “Candy Cane Delight,” made with blended vanilla ice cream, a splash of eggnog, milk, chocolate mint cookies, cinnamon and pumpkin spice, and garnished with crushed candy cane. It earned the People’s Choice Award from taste-testers who visited the Spitzer Conference Center and cast votes for their favorite mocktails.

They enjoyed entries like “Feelin’ Frosty,” which used blue Hawaiian Punch, Sprite, pineapple juice and vanilla ice cream to deliver a Christmas-in-the-islands flavor.

It was whipped up by the addiction recovery experts at Let’s Get Real, Inc., based in Lorain.

The only chocolate entry came from Firelands Regional Medical Center Counseling and Recovery Services. Supervisor Darci Tellep said anxiety, overdoses, depression and feelings of isolation increase every holiday season, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made those feelings more intense.

Many people turn to alcohol, but that’s not the right choice for everyone, she said: “They can learn they can still have fun without the stigma, without feeling different.”

The Safe Communities Coalition urges holiday drinkers to ask a sober friend or family member to drive, use a taxi or ride-sharing app or choose to be a designated driver — and if you see a drunk driver, call 911 or #677.

And if you’re hosting a party, feel free to use the Mix-Off’s drinks. See the complete recipes in the Dec. 16 edition of the Community Guide.

Oral history workshop The Lorain Historical Society and Oberlin College will host a training session for oral history collection Dec. 11.

From 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carnegie Center, 329 West 10th St., participants will learn from professor Gina Perez and historical society staff how to collect oral histories from community members.

Oral histories were included in the recent exhibit "Celebrating 100 years of Latinos" in Lorain. The workshop will provide examples of local oral history projects and allow participants to conduct practice interviews.

There is a $5 fee to cover the cost of materials that is payable at the door.

For more information or to register, call (440) 245-2563 or email info@lorain history.org.

Potts promotes peace AMHERST — Olivia Potts, a sixthgrader at Amherst Junior High School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Amherst Lions Club.

Her poster was among more than 450,000 entries submitted worldwide in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest, which emphasizes the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.

This year’s contest theme invited 11to 13-year-old artists to celebrate and visually express the things that keep us connected to each other, our communities and around the world — an important theme after a pandemic that kept billions isolated.

“I tried to show in my picture some of the ways we are connected,” said Potts, 12. “For example, the image of the mountains represents that we are environmentally connected.”

Her poster was one of 23 produced for the contest in teacher Staci Peltz’s art class at Amherst Junior High, and then given to Marion L. Steele High School art teachers Chad DiFranco and Tony Trunzo for judging on originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest theme.

Amherst Lions Club President Lori

Elswick said she was impressed by the expression and creativity of the students in Peltz’s art class.

“It is obvious that these young people have strong ideas about what peace means to them,” she said. “I’m so proud that we were able to provide them with the opportunity to share their visions.”

Potts’ poster will advance to the 10-county district competition, with winners moving to the state and international levels of competition, Elswick said.

One international grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be selected. The grand prize includes a cash award of $5,000, plus a trip for the winner and two family members to a special award ceremony. The 23 merit award winners will each receive a certificate and a cash award of $500.

“Our club is cheering for Potts as her poster advances in the competition, and we hope that her vision will ultimately be shared with others around the world,” Elswick said.

All 23 posters from the local contest will be available for viewing on the Amherst Ohio Lions Club Facebook page, including second and third place winners Bella Zagar and Maria Gargasz.

View past international grand prize winners at www.lionsclubs.org.

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Battle for the Oar returns Photos by Joe Colon | Amherst News-Times

Vermilion had the wind knocked out of its Sailors as Amherst opened play with a 25-8 period at the tail end of November. The Comets surged forward to a 75-47 win, gaining momentum in the third period. Andrew Hendershot was the only Sailor to break into double digits, with 14 points. Amherst’s Austin Bray and George Gotsis teamed up for a combined 35 points, and George Fayer contributed 11 more.

The game was christened the “Battle of the Oar” — teams fought for possession of an oar symbolizing a long rivalry between the two teams. One side is purple ABOVE: Austin Bray was the leading scorer with 18 points. BELOW: and the other green, The fabled oar. and the earliest date inscribed on it is 1967.

According to Principal Joe Tellier, it had been stashed in a math closet at Vermilion High School, and had almost been thrown out. When Tellier was hired as principal at Steele High, he brought the oar with him. It hung in his office until one day basketball coach Pat Bray saw it, and the pair decided to rekindle the battle for the oar between the two nonconference teams, which don’t play every year.

PHOENIX MAKE IT RAIN

Russ Gifford | Oberlin News-Tribune

Black River's Cayden Hinderman-Powell passes out of pressure from Oberlin's Andre Yarber and Marius Harrell. The Pirates fell 70-47 to the Phoenix in Lorain County League play. Oberlin jumped out to a 17-6 lead in the first period, and dominated the next two as well before easing up. Ty Locklear led the Phoenix charge with 22 points, including three from outside the arc.

Marius Harrell had 12 and Isaac Thompson had 10 points. Only Logan Clifford broke the doubledigit barrier for Black River, leaving the court with 11 points.

LOSS TO AVON

WRESTLERS HIT THE MATS

Joe Colon | Amherst News-Times

The Comets fell 58-27 to Avon to begin December. Kayla Ferancy was Amherst’s high-scorer with 9 points.

FORMULA FOUND Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Oberlin and Firelands each brought six wrestlers to the season opening Lorain Titan Classic. A number of Division 1 schools took home most of the hardware, but some local first year wrestlers got their initial taste of high school competition. Firelands with 17 points and Oberlin with 11 points did score several wins, but were unable to keep pace with some of the bigger schools with a full slate wrestlers.

ABOVE: Phoenix first-year Isaiah Jackson looks to complete a takedown.

BELOW: Firelands’ Isaac Bowsher held his own to secure a 6-3 decision.

Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Pirate Riley Kubitz drives past Columbia's Rachel Washburn in Black River’s 45-29 loss to the Raiders. While she finished with 5 points, Zoey Bungard led the Pirates with 11 points and Columbia’s Elise Champagne led all scorers with 13. While the Lorain County League opponents were neck-and-neck in the first half, the Raiders found the formula in the second, outscoring the Pirates 23-11.

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ROAD LOSS

Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Tori Paramore drives to the lane at Keystone, where the Dukes suffered a 46-39 loss.

Though Wellington tried to right the ship in the fourth frame, it was unable to overcome the damage done by a commanding Keystone offense that doubled up 16-8 in the first period. Amanda Spiekerman had a team-high 11 points for Wellington and Paramore had 10, while Wildcat Delaney Peters led all scorers with 13.

Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

Wellington's Jacob Weegmann knocks the ball free from Hillsdale's Nick Kandel. The Dukes lost to the Falcons 52-45 in non-conference play in a road game to Jeromesville.

WINTER CHEERLEADERS

PIRATES RALLY Erik Andrews | Oberlin News-Tribune

Oberlin's Sanayah Wilborn drives to the hole past Pirates' Teddi Vonderau for a bucket in early action. Oberlin briefly held a 9-6 lead in the Lorain County League opener with Black River last week — then the Pirates got their shooters on track, and pulled away for a 38-16 victory. Riley Kubitz and Zoey Bungard led the Black River attack with 12 points each. The Phoenix were led

by Sanayah Wilborn with 5 points.

Russ Gifford | Wellington Enterprise

The 2021-2022 Wellington Dukes varsity cheerleaders and their coaches pose after the boys basketball team’s win against New London in November.

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Chill out with this cool collection of brrrr-ain teasers. at rhyme with FREEZE. Cross out the words th

To reveal the answer, use the hints to fill in the empty boxes and create 3-letter words. The answer will appear by reading shaded boxes vertically.

GO ON KNEES “TREES YOU SQUEEZEAND I’LL BEES AHEAD KEYS PLEASE UND BREEZE.” JUST HANG SKIS ARO

How many snowmen can you find in this puzzle?

Whoops! This snowman lost his head. Can you find it?

Draw the snowman that should come next in each row to continue the pattern.

HINTS: 1. Frosty wears one on his head.

2. Taking a tiny drink of hot cocoa.

3. The opposite of the happy.

4. What’s left after a fire.

5. Timid 6. Movie stars do this.

7. A weak light, not bright.

8. To pull a vehicle with another.

9. The opposite of lose.

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.

Find the two identical snowmen.

Standards Link: Mathematical Reasoning: Complete patterns.

Winter Words

The kids on Holly Lane built these four snowmen.

Can you figure out who made each of these snowmen?

Kayla’s snowman is between Jordan’s snowman and Greg’s snowman. Sophie’s snowman is next to Jordan’s snowman. Greg’s snowman is not the largest.

Look through the newspaper for words that could be used to describe a cold winter. Use them in a sentence to describe the weather today.

Standards Link: Problem Solving: Use a varfiety of strategies, including logic, to solve problems.

Standards Link: Writing: Write sentences using descriptive details.

Aunt Artica likes lots of ornaments on her Christmas tree.

But she doesn’t have room for all of them. By adding the numbers on the ornaments, can you circle the ones she can use?

The total can’t be higher than 50 or less than 35. Then have a friend try. Who was able to use the most ornaments?

Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Calculate sums.

Hot and Cold

A player selects a picture from the newspaper.

Another player tries to identify the picture by asking questions that can be answered “yes” or “no.” Give clues like you are “hot” when getting close and “cold” when getting farther away.

Standards Link: Reading: Ask and answer questions; follow directions.

CHRISTMAS HOLLY SNOWMAN FREEZE FOOD WINTER COOL RIDDLE CHILL HOT COLD LOST SKIS COZY FIND

L D N I F K T H S Y

O K S I K S W A O L

S F S N O W M A N R

W Y F L E T C D L I

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

Some spaces have been filled in for you.

V L M O S Z T O H D Y L P I O R E L O D Z O R Z Y D U E W L

O H W I N T E R R E C H I L L D L O C F

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

No Money Gifts What can you give as a

Christmas present that doesn’t cost money to buy?