Vermilion High 2025 Graduates Celebrate Future at Commencement
Vermilion High School held its 134th commencement as Class President Joseph Webb urged resilience and self belief. Class speaker Ava Bennett urged graduates to be bold and true to themselves while Principal Bengele honored top students and military enlistees. Mathematics chair Devon Snook recalled core memories and lessons from daily school life.
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Vermilion High School
Joseph Webb
Webb
Ava Bennett
Vermilion High
Bennett
Jennifer Bengele
Devon Snook
Lorain Catholic Parishes Unite in Eucharistic Procession
In Lorain seven parishes joined a Sunday Mass and public Eucharistic procession through downtown to St. Mary Church. Angela Bak of Nativity parish praised wide participation and the event’s unifying effect amid the Feast of the Ascension. Police blocked streets as mourners walked 15th Street and Reid Avenue with an old style canopy and candle torches.
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Lorain
Angela Bak
Reid Avenue
St. Mary Catholic Church
Bak
15Th Street
Zelek
St. Peter
Sacred Heart Chapel
St. Mary Church
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Roman
Area Food Drives and Pantries Schedule in Lorain County
A compact notice lists multiple drive-thru mobile pantries at Longfellow Middle School Black River Landing Brookside High Ely Stadium Oakwood Park and more with dates in June and July. It also notes community meals pantries at St Andrew’s St Elizabeth Center LifeSpring Church and First United Methodist ElyriaLorain locations with contact numbers and hours.
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Longfellow Middle School
Drive-Thru
Louisiana Ave
Lorain
Black River Landing
Black River Lane
Ely Stadium
Middle Ave
Elyria
Oberlin Road
Oakwood Park
Drive-Thru Mobile Pantry
East 36Th St
Heather Campbell Reich
St. Andrew’s Church
Third St
Wesley United Methodist Church
Seventh St
Kiwanis Elyria Strawberry Social and Community Events
Kiwanis Elyria hosts a strawberry social June 18 from 4 to 7 PM at St Marys Church Hall Elyria with 8 dollar tickets at the door or from members eat in carry out drive thru available. Music and Memories event in Oberlin features 3 Birds and the Wire with raffles and a charcuterie box drive. Storms Angels kitten shower runs 2 to 6 PM in Avon asking for cat food litter toys and treats. Race for Kids charity run by Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio plus VFW post 1662 brick sale and Elyria Evening Lions flagpole fundraiser with telescoping poles.
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Kiwanis Club of
Elyria
St. Mary’s Church Hall
St. Mary’s Way
Kiwanis
Wellington
Eagles
S. Main St
Oberlin
3 Birds
the Wire
Elyria Evening Lions Club
Kerry
Elyria Lions Club
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Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Garrett Looker
Glocker& Chronicler.com
Brookside High School
Harris Road
Sheffield
LaPorte United Methodist Church
Grafton Road
Mother Cabrini Food Pantry
Homewood Drive
LifeSpring Church Food Pantry
Lester
Valley City
Locaa Produce Center
W. 10Th St
Lorain County
Sccaa.net
St. Elizabeth Center
Caroline Ave
First United Methodist Church
Holly Lane
Dlife.org
Storm’s Angels
Renwood Blvd
Avon
Stormsangelsrescue.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Northeast Ohio
St. Jude Church
Poplar St
Darlene
Darlauffer
Gmail.com
Gerri
VFW Post
Cleveland Ave
Amherst
Elyria-area
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Elyria Kiwanis
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