Community fund drives and school events seek volunteers and buyers
WAKEMAN Hartland Helpers ask for volunteers at Cedar Point on Oct 3 and 10 to raise funds for Hartland Elementary, needing 25 workers each evening and providing 419-668-2412 for calls. NEW LONDON lists Market Day frozen-food fund-raisers, paper drive Oct 4, meetings Oct 7, and two fundraisers for prom. Juniors sell wild cat cards and host a 50/50 raffle at home games, with winner Oct 31. An American Legion Auxiliary candidates night is set for Oct 1 at 7:30 p.m.
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Cedar Point
Hartland Elementary
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American Legion Auxiliary
North Olmsted uses grant to boost recycling info online
A $19 000 Ohio Department of Natural Resources grant funds expanding North Olmsted's website with recycling news. By July the site offered rules on plastics cans yard waste glass and newspapers plus guidance on recycling old computers and disks. The pages also serve as an economic development tool and include a Buckeye the squirrel learning game for students.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Eric Hensal
Hersal
Buckeye
Boehner shifts stance on congressional pay raise
Ohio congressman John Boehner, once a lead plaintiff against automatic COLAs, supported the 2.3 percent increase after private talks. He argued for a straight up vote on pay raises but did not plan to file a separate bill, while others urged clearer public discussion and voting on the issue.
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Dennis Kucinich
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Pete Sepp
National Taxpayers Union
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D-Mo
Steve LaTourette
Conference Committee
Senate
Zebra mussels spread to soft lake bottoms in Lake Erie
Ohio State University biologist Paul Berkman warns zebra mussels are colonizing soft silt rather than only hard surfaces in Lake Erie. The spread could double or more the potential population, with profound ecological effects and possible human health concerns as toxins move up the food chain.
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Lake Erie
Ohio State University
Paul Berkman
Ohio Lake Erie Commission
Berkman
Europe
Jeff Reutter
Ohio Sea
Grant
Reutter
Voucher program in Cleveland shows higher parent satisfaction
A Harvard led study of 2020 Cleveland voucher applicants finds 63 percent of voucher parents very satisfied with academic quality versus 29 percent among public school parents. The report, by Peterson with Stanford and UT, notes larger gaps than seen in prior studies and cites ongoing Ohio Supreme Court scrutiny of the program.
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Harvard University
Paul E. Peterson
Harvard
Ohio Supreme Court
Richard DeColbus
Cleveland Teachers Union
Peterson
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