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CHESTERLAND NEWS Volume 55, No. 11 • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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Joyce Asks to Rename Post Office To Honor Fallen Marine Staff Report
The United States Postal Service office on Chillicothe Road in Chester Township could soon be named in honor of U.S. Marine Sgt. Wolfgang Kyle Weninger, after U.S. Congressman Dave Joyce (R- Bainbridge Township) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to dedicate the building. In a press release, Joyce said upon passage of the bill, the USPS will install a plaque in the post office lobby in memory of the marine,
who died at 28 following a training on in his community and the postal accident on June 16, 2020. The fa- facility would serve as a reminder to the residents of Ohio’s cility would be officially District 14 of the sacrirenamed the Sgt. Wolffice service members gang Kyle Weninger and their families, like Post Office Building. the Weningers, make for “Sgt. Weninger made our country every day.” the ultimate sacrifice for Weninger, who went his country and his memby Kyle or Wolf, was a ory should be honored, graduate of Kenston particularly in the com- Weninger High School and a local munity where he grew hockey legend in Geauga County, up,” Joyce said. “With the passage of this bill, Kyle’s legacy would live See Marine • Page 3
WANTED: Geauga County’s #1 Dog for 2024 Staff Report Geauga County Auditor Charles E. Walder continues the mission to find the #1 Dog in Geauga County for 2024. To kick off the 2024 dog registration, the Geauga County Auditor’s Office is having a “#1 Dog Contest” for all fourth- and fifth-graders in the county. Students are asked to submit a short essay to Auditor Walder’s of-
fice, or emailed to 2023FirstDog@ geauga.oh.gov, by Nov. 3 explaining why they think their dog is the #1 dog in Geauga County. Representatives from the Geauga and Burton public libraries, and the Geauga County Auditor’s Office will judge the essays on or about Nov. 6. The winner will receive the #1 dog tag for 2024, and, in addition, they will receive a lifetime dog tag from Auditor Walder on Dec. 1.
For more information, go to the auditor’s website at https://auditor. geauga.oh.gov/dog-services/1-dogcontest/ Information also is available at all public libraries in Geauga County or by contacting the auditor’s office at 440-285-2222, 564-7131 or 834-1856, ext. 1614, or directly at 440-279-1614. Good Luck and remember, “Next to our owner, a license is a dog’s best friend.”