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CHESTERLAND NEWS Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Judicial Candidates Say Experience Matters Klammer, Trapp and Rambo Address Geauga Democrats Women’s Caucus By Gwen Cooper editor@geaugamapleleaf.com
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From left, judicial candidates Mary Jane Trapp, Matthew Rambo and Darya Klammer met with the Geauga Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Aug 16.
The women’s caucus of the Geauga County Democratic Party hosted three judicial candidates running on the Nov. 6 ballot at its Aug. 16 meeting held in Newbury Township. Attendees contributed a total of more than $500 to the party’s judicial fund. The candidates, including Mary Jane Trapp and Matthew Rambo, both residents of Russell Township, and Darya Klammer, a resident of Lake County, educated
attendees on the various courts that operate in the local and state government. Trapp and Klammer are running for open seats on the 11th District Court of Appeals, which covers portions of five counties, including Geauga. Rambo is running for an open seat on the Geauga County Common Pleas Court bench. “From the local mayor’s court to the Ohio Supreme Court, the judiciary is the least understood branch of government,“ said Trapp, a former twoSee Candidates • Page 6
Summer Fun at Parkside Park
County Line Road Work Scheduled In Russell
By Ann Wishart
ann@geaugamapleleaf.com
About three miles of County Line Road will undergo major work beginning this fall, Russell Township Trustee Gary Gabram said at the Aug. 15 trustees meeting. The township has been working with Hunting Valley Village officials to plan the project, since the road straddles the Geauga-Cuyahoga county line. Gabram said the township has been setting aside money for a couple of years for its part of the project, estimated at $1.37 million, that will be partially covered with a $350,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission. In addition to the expense of repaving the road will be removal of trees, ditching and work on driveway aprons, some of which are brick, he said. Tree removal and stump grinding will start in the fall and bids for the roadwork will be the next step, Gabram said. “We hope to open bids in November or December,” he said, adding the project plan calls for curves along County Line to be See Russell • Page 5
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Members of Girl Scout Troop 70379 pose with the FM77 band following the band’s performance at the Chester Township Summer Concert Series at Parkside Park on Aug. 15.
LaTourette Visits Metzenbaum, Talks DD Policy Staff Report As the Ohio General Assembly moves toward a new two-year budget process in early 2019, Ohio Rep. Sarah LaTourette (R-Chester Township) met Aug. 15 with Geauga County Board of Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Don Rice and Portage County Board of Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Gina Brown at Metzenbaum Center on Cedar Road to discuss disability policy. According to a statement from LaTourette’s office, support for Ohioans with developmental disabilities is funded by a combination of local, state and federal dollars, which the portion of state funding decided every two years
during Ohio’s biennial budget process. “Serving our state for over 50 years, Ohio’s system of county boards of development al disabilities has an outstanding record of meeting the needs of individuals within the developmen- LaTourette tal disabilities community,” LaTourette said in the statement. “I am greatly appreciative of the Geauga County Board of Developmental Disabilities at the Metzenbaum Center for taking the time to help me learn more about such a vital
community resource.” At Metzenbaum, Rice and Brown spoke about state funding for DD programs and the ongoing statewide shortage of direct service professionals to care for people with developmental disabilities in home- and community-based settings. “It was a pleasure to share my knowledge with Sarah regarding the different resources that county boards are able to offer individuals with developmental disabilities,” said Rice. “Everyone at the Metzenbaum Center is so passionate about the work we do and the individuals we serve, and it was great to be able to share that passion with our state representative.”
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