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CHESTERLAND NEWS Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Staff Report A UPS driver was struck and killed exiting his delivery van on Mayfield Road in Chester Township July 30. Chester Township Police Chief Mark Purchase said officers responded to the area of Mayfield Road and Manchester Drive around 4:55 p.m. for a reported motor vehicle accident. It also was reported a person was lying on the ground. According to Purchase, a UPS driver, 28-year-old Collin Joseph Boothe, of Lake County, had stopped his delivery van in the westbound lane of Mayfield, just east of Manchester. As he exited the driver’s side to make a delivery, a car also traveling westbound and driven by Eugene Caserio, 61, of See Accident • Page 7
Kiwanis Summer Concert Series
Aug. 5, 12 and 19, 7 p.m. The 37th annual West Geauga Kiwanis Club Bandstand Summer Concert Series continues tonight at the gazebo in Chester Township Park with Tres Cervezas, featuring Chesterland’s own John Simonelli performing an eclectic mix of classic rock and modern country. The Aug. 12 concert features Ted Riser, aka the Music Man, who plays five instruments. The concert season closes out on Aug. 19 with FM77 performing music from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. In the event of rain, concerts will be canceled. Kiwanis encourages the standard Covid-19 precautions with social distancing and masks are recommended. Visit www.wgkiwanis.org to view the summer concert schedule.
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A protest organizer said over 80 individuals packed the corner of Chillicothe and Mayfield roads to show their support for law enforcement July 26.
Rally Packs Chester Corner in Support of Law Enforcement By Emily Crebs editor@geaugamapleleaf.com Flags, signs and people packed the corner of Chillicothe and Mayfield roads in Chester Township for a rally in support of law enforcement July 26. At its peak, the rally drew over 80 people, said Blake Thoreson, an organizer of the event. Only a week prior, the corner had seen its fifth Black Lives Matter protest. “I organized the event because nobody’s standing up for the police department. Not every cop is a great cop, but every other cop is an amazing cop,” Thoreson said. “Our community has amazing law enforcement and nobody’s standing up for them. Nobody’s standing up for America, which is giving everybody the right to do what everybody wants to do.”
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Rally attendees held “thin blue line,” Gadsden, Trump 2020 and United States of America flags and a range of signs, such as “We support our police,” “Law and order now!” and “Stop socialism, choose freedom.” Participants ran the
gamut in age and race. Some individuals and families passing by stopped to join the demonstration. Others heard of it by word-of-mouth. Bernadette Wheeler said someone contactSee Protest • Page 2
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