Oberlin resumes after-school program at Prospect building
Oberlin reopening after-school enrichment for K through 5th grade at Prospect Elementary, with 100 annual participants. The program runs Friday through Friday starting Aug 30, cost 100 dollars per child with sliding fees, bused from Oberlin Elementary to Prospect daily, and follows COVID 19 safety rules including masks and distancing.
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Oberlin Recreation
Ian Yarber
Yarber
Eastwood
Prospect
Oberlin
Cityofoberlin.com
Recreation Department
South Main St
Oberlin Elementary
Grafton Correctional staff donate backpacks to Vincent Elementary students
More than 100 Vincent Elementary pupils received new backpacks and school supplies from Grafton Correctional Institution staff. Officers delivered totes of themed bags, lunchboxes and headphones to kinder through fourth grade as part of a continued campus partnership dating to 2019.
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Lorain
Vincent
Grafton Correctional Institution
Grafton
North Ridge Road
GCI
Michelle Brillon
Brillon
Lynn Stark
Stark
Keith Foley
Clearview Schools
Foley
Carissa Woytach
Chronicle
Antoine Edwards
Dion Medina
Clearview
Connect to a Cause fundraiser and 9/11 remembrance events in Amherst
The Community Foundation of Lorain County plans the second Connect to a Cause 12 hour crowdfunding campaign to aid 65 nonprofits with a $250000 goal and a $42000 match from 20 plus Business Champions including The Mermaid's Tale owned by Judy Recknagel. In Amherst a Business Champion fundraiser runs 10 am to 5 pm Thursday and Friday with 20 percent of sales supporting participating groups. A separate The Amherst Station to Station run honors 9/11 victims with an 8:30 am memorial at the Amherst fire station and a 5K starting at 8:46 am, proceeding to the police station and back.
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Community Foundation
Lorain County
Community Foundation Board
Judy Recknagel
Amherst
Iraq
Afghanistan
Church St
American Airlines
World Trade Center
N. Lake St
Hermescleveland.com
Cuyahoga County Library System Masks Policy Enforced
The Cuyahoga County Public Library system with 27 branches will require all visitors age 2 and older to wear masks at every location due to community spread of COVID-19. Masks are available on site for those without them as the county reports a 28 percent rise in cases and 53 percent vaccination coverage.
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Cuyahoga County
Elyrian Chosen Council Chair for Ohio Lions
Kerry Parker of Elyria was elected council chair for the Ohio Lions. Her term starts July 1 for one year. She previously served as Lions district governor for north central Ohio from July 2020 to June 2021 and is a 1992 Elyria High School graduate.
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Kerry Parker
Elyria
Ohio Lions
Lions
North Central
Ohio
Elyria High School
Ohio Supreme Court to hear Elyria man's speedy trial appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear 29 year old Andre Sanford's appeal of his 2016 Lorain County aggravated vehicular homicide and DUI conviction. Sanford's attorney says the 9th District ruled the trial violated his client's speedy trial rights and he has remained imprisoned since 2018.
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Elyria
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Maureen O’connor
Andre Sanford
Giovanna Bremke
Sanford
9Th District Court of Appeals
Bremke
Supreme Court
Andre
Akron
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Avon Schools debates mask plan at board meeting
Avon Superintendent Ben Hodge outlined the Soaring Back to School Plan urging masking for unvaccinated staff and students and mandatory masks on buses. The plan keeps masks out of buildings, emphasizes social and emotional support, and adds a lunch seating option for high school students while hosting a public input session with roughly equal pro and anti mask voices.
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AVON
Avon Schools
Ben Hodge
Board of Education
Hodge
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Dominic Molina
Peoplewhocare.org
Elyrian
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