Medina County blotter highlights week of June incidents
A week of Medina County activity includes warrant service leading to an adult arrest on Westland Drive Medina, several private property vehicle crashes in Lodi and Valley City, fraud case forwarded to detectives, a recovered stolen vehicle, multiple traffic stops, missing person and threats calls, and citation or summons issued for two no injury crashes on Hubbard Valley Road Seville and Sharon Copley Road.
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Avon Lake Road
Lodi
Medina Road
Detective Bureau
Norwalk Road
State Road
Litchfield Township
Lake Road
Seville
Grafton Road
Valley City
Hubbard Valley Road
Sharon Copley Road
Almanac notes key events and birthdays on June 25
The almanac lists milestones from 1938 to 2016 including the Fair Labor Standards Act, Eisenhower’s command role in WWII, Anne Frank’s diary publication, Korea War outbreak, Supreme Court school prayer ruling, Watergate testimony, Little Bighorn Battle, right to die ruling, Kim Campbell’s premiership, and Pope Francis visiting Armenia. It also notes birthdays of June Lockhart, James Meredith, Eddie Floyd, Barbara Montgomery, Carly Simon, Jimmie Walker, Sonia Sotomayor, and Dikembe Mutombo.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bremen
Germany
Anne Frank
Amsterdam
Korea
South
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
White House
John W. Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Richard Nixon
George A. Custer
7Th Cavalry
of the Little Bighorn
Montana
Kim Campbell
Canada
U.S
Saudi Arabia
June Lockhart
James Meredith
Eddie Floyd
Barbara Montgomery
Carly Simon
Jimmie Walker
Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
Dikembe Mutombo
Medina County founders honored with new MCCF award
Medina County Community Fund co founders Nobby Lewandowski and Jack Holland received the first MCCF Founders Award for their service since 1994 when they created the fund with Akron Community Foundation. They helped grow assets to over 1.1 million and fund grants across education arts health and services in the county.
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Medina County Community Fund
Nobby Lewandowski
Jack Holland
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Lewandowski
Holland
Medina County
Akron Community Foundation
MCCEF
Barbara Dzur
MCCE
Dzur
Holland and
Sara Crawford
Kimberly Bolas Miller
Erika Branch
United Way Day of Action draws 300 volunteers in Akron
United Way of Summit and Medina organized its annual Day of Action on June 17 in Akron. Three hundred volunteers from across Summit and Medina counties helped 22 local nonprofits by spreading mulch painting fences packing reading kits building decking and more. The event totaled 1500 hours of service with praise from Jim Mullen president and CEO noting volunteers’ passion and impact.
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Summit
Medina
Akron
United Way
Jim Mullen
Medina County Park District Nature Events This Sunday
Explore mink habitat and adaptations at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard Valley Park as part of Natural Discoveries for ages 7 to adult. Free, no registration. Photographers of the Parks meet at Oenslager Nature Center 3–5 p.m. Sunday for nature photo enthusiasts and more. Open house by Liverpool Township Historical Society 1–4 p.m. Sunday at 6615 Center Road. Contact medinapotp gmail com for details.
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Hubbard Valley Park
Oenslager Nature Center
medinapotp@ gmail
Liverpool Township Historical Society
Center Road
Valley City cigar trade and frog jump origins profiled
A roundup explores Valley City's history of cigar making and selling, traces the origins of the famous frog jump, and shares firsthand memories from Pete Berger, Valley City's former fire chief, reflecting local heritage and lore.
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Valley City
Pete Berger
Road closures across county for culvert and rail work
Sharon Township will close Boneta Road from Monday until July 27 between Sharon Copley and Ridgewood roads for a culvert replacement about 900 feet north of Sharon Copley Road. Questions directed to Bob Turek at (330) 239-2031. Erhart Road linking Litchfield and York townships will close for CSX rail repair at the crossing near Elyria Road.
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Sharon Township
Sharon-Copley Road
Ridgewood Road
Bob Turek
Erhart Road
Litchfield
York
CSX
Elyria Road
Impacts of Route 18 reconstruction with closures
Seven day closure on Octagon Drive to build pavement at the entrance and driveway. Tuesday and Woodland Drive between Route 18 and Damon Drive stay closed for pavement work. Detour is Route 18 to North Spring Grove Street to Weymouth Road to Woodland Drive. Pavement work to finish by July 5. Also staff report invites all ages to meet a mermaid named Gem at Seville Library today at 10 30 a.m.
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Octagon Drive
Woodland Drive
Damon Drive
North Spring Grove Street
Weymouth Road
Gem
Seville
Woven with Promise opens clothing ministry for women and children
The Brunswick group led by Walsh and Mohr focuses on women and children escaping abuse. The open house introduced the ministry to the community, highlighted donations drop offs on Tuesday and Thursday, and outlined future events and volunteer needs.
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Walsh
Kathy Mohr
Woven With Promise
Clothing
Brunswick
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