Community groups rally for river cleanup and charity
Elyria Jaycees and civic volunteers mobilized to clean the Black River with over two thousand residents taking part. The Cleveland Orchestra and Lorain County Arts Council hosted a benefit with more than six hundred attendees raising over $800. The Telegram’s toy drive collected a record 2 460 items for Salvation Army distribution. A Lake Erie feature titled Is this Lake really dying? has been reprinted to meet demand for eight thousand extra copies. The Chronicle Telegram notes 35 youths and hundreds of spectators joined the annual derby with area Chevrolet dealers and Amherst Jaycees.