100 years before Kamala, there was Victoria
The Community Guide
LORAIN — More than 100 years ago, the first woman ran for president and her story is finally coming to the big screen.
“Victoria Woodhull: Shattering Glass Ceilings” will premiere Sept. 15 at the Lorain Historical Society. Woodhull, born in Homer, Ohio, in 1838 was not only the first woman to run for president, she was also the first female stock broker on Wall Street, according to womenshistory.org.
“We’re excited to have it here and to be able to show it to everyone.”
“Considering we missed the 2020 women’s suffrage act anniversary, which we were aiming for, to have this announcement hit the same day as the news about Vice President Kamala Harris is pretty amazing,” said Bette Lou Higgins, producer and researcher for the project.
IMPLOSION LIGHTS UP THE SKY
Woodhull eventually joined the suffragist movement and in 1872 was nominated to run for president for the Equal Rights Party.
“With everything going on with the presidential race now, I can’t help but wonder ‘what would Victoria Woodhull think,’” Higgins said.
“I think she’d be thrilled.”
Just before 6 a.m. last Wednesday, a series of loud bangs reverberated across the Beach Park Station shopping plaza on Lake Road in Avon Lake as a portion of the former power plant across the street was imploded. A dust cloud then began spreading out from the site, heading northeast across the shore and over Lake Erie. The cloud appeared to dissipate within 20 minutes. A crowd of about 30 onlookers — many wearing masks — watched along with the Avon Lake police and fire departments and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Although residents has expressed concern, the implosion went off safely and successfully, officials said.
Hot, dry summer worries farmers
Richard Perrins
The Community Guide
Almost all of Lorain County has been abnormally dry this summer, which could threaten crops. The vast majority — 99.71 percent — of the county falls under the U.S. Drought Monitor’s D-0 category, meaning it’s classified as abnormally dry.
Ralene Campbell, a meteorologist for the Cleveland branch of the National Weather Service, said one of the biggest factors that set abnormally dry conditions into motion were stretches of heat in June. While there were intermittent thunderstorms, the heat
rapidly evaporated any brief increases in soil moisture. Rainfall that’s localized, rather than providing relief to the whole area, has also compounded the issue, she said. While localized rainfall is typical, convection currents haven’t been able to sustain the rain.
“All of our convection this summer has been very spotty,” Campbell said. “Every now and again, we’ll get a heavy rainfall with a line that progresses through the Midwest. But this year, a lot of them have just dissipated before they’ve made it to us.”
Brad Lacko, who owns a small farm in LaGrange
Township and is a board member of the Lorain County division of the Ohio Farm Bureau, said farmers who planted corn and soybeans are most susceptible to dry weather.
Lacko said many bigger farms planted corn in the first week of May. While he said those farmers might still depend on wetter conditions moving into August, he said farmers who planted past that window missed out on a lot of rain.
“I planted my corn on May 26 and it looks awful,” Lacko said. “It came up out of the ground pictureperfect, and I was pretty proud of that, my corn was
Pot goes on sale in county
Owen MacMillan
The Community Guide
Ten months after Ohioans voted in favor of full marijuana legalization, sales of non-medical cannabis hav begun in Lorain County.
FRX Elyria Craft Cannabis Medical Dispensary, 709 Sugar Lane, Elyria, one of three dispensaries in Lorain County, was open for business Tuesday.
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control will issue the first set of dual-use certificates of operation to 98 eligible dispensaries in the state, including three in Lorain County.
Dual-use permits are
being distributed only to dispensaries that already are licensed to sell medical marijuana. Though 133 dispensaries have received provisional licenses, they may not begin the sale of marijuana to residents until they receive the certificate. In addition to FRX, The Citizen by Klutch, 5152 Grove Ave., Sheffield Township; and RISE Medical Dispensary, 1920 Cooper Foster Park Road, Lorain will get certificates of operation. Klutch intends to begin
off to a great start. And then we went into that dry spell in June, and it carried into July.”
Lacko said it’s still too early to tell whether the dry weather would be significantly detrimental to farmers’ crops. Many farmers buy crop insurance to cover for potential losses — he did not.
“This would have been a good year for me to have
bought crop insurance, because I’m not looking at a failure but I’m definitely looking at losing money or breaking even, or not getting a good crop,” Lacko said. “But if (other farmers) didn’t have crop insurance, it could be a total loss.”
Lacko’s family has been farming in Lorain County for more than a century. He said the county has ups and downs with dry weather,
and while this year isn’t the driest he’s experienced he said many farmers’ crops would be dependent on more rain in August. Campbell said future rainfall should be just as scattered as it has been throughout the summer. The Climate Prediction Center said below average precipitation and above average temperatures are expected to continue.
The documentary, “Victoria Woodhull: Shattering Glass Ceilings,” includes interviews with historians and reenactments by Kate Luke of Oberlin, portraying Victoria; 9-year-old Aspen Bott, portraying a young Victoria; and Debra Rose of Oberlin, narrating.
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On A2: Elyria dispensary to open despite city’s moratorium.
OBITUARIES
Raymond Dean Keener
Raymond Dean Keener, 90, of Wellington, died Friday, August 2, 2024 at home. Born June 14, 1934 in Albian, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harlan and Nedra (nee Arnt) Keener.
Keener
Dean grew up in the Sullivan area and was a graduate of Sullivan High School. Following graduation, he joined and proudly served in the United States Army. Dean worked as a lineman and then as a meter tech for Lorain Median Rural Electric. He was a member of the American Legion Post 8 and was a past president of the Wellington Eagles Arie #2051. Dean was skilled at fixing things and enjoyed restoring mowers, reupholstering furniture and wood working. He also enjoyed spending time outdoors, hunting, taking fishing trips to Canada, and traveling in his RV. Dean liked to play golf and bowling in his younger years.
Survivors include his loving wife of 52 years, Linda (nee Ison); children, Cindy Young of Shelby, Ken (Beth) Keener of Ashland, Denney Dawson of Ashland; stepchildren, Angela (Daniel) Phillips of Wakeman, Dewayne ‘Frank’ (Chong) Christian of Georgia, and Debbie Christian of Cleveland; 14 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild; siblings, Gary Keener and Joyce Rouse.
Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Harlan Keener and Nedra Luce; and a brother, Alvin Keener. Friends and family will be received Friday, August 9, 2024 from 11 a.m. until the time of services beginning at 2 p.m. in Norton-Eastman Funeral Home, 370 South Main St., Wellington. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery with Military Honors.
Expressions of sympathy may be shared online at www.norton-eastmanfuneralhome.com
CANNABIS
From A1
selling non-medical marijuana at its facility in Sheffield Township as well as in Canton as soon as it gets its license, Vice President of Compliance and Communications Pete Nischt said.
“It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally here,” Nischt said.
A representative at the RISE facility in Lorain confirmed over the phone on Monday that the facility would also begin selling recreational cannabis when it opened Tuesday.
In June, Elyria passed a moratorium on nonmedical marijuana sales to last no more than one year, but Law Director Amanda Deery told City Council on Monday that FRX planned to go forward with making non-medical sales Tuesday anyway.
The deadline for the state to begin authorizing dispensaries to make nonmedical sales was Sept. 7. In the release shared on Monday, the Division of Cannabis Control said it would award all remaining eligible dispensaries their certificate of operation later this week.
“A big reason we were able to get to this point ahead of the Sept. 7 deadline was due to the foundation laid through the state’s existing Medical Marijuana Control Program,” DCC Superintendent James Canepa said in the release.
“Since existing licensees had already met stringent requirements of that program, we anticipated this process to be rather smooth. They had already undergone many of the comprehensive checks as part of that process.”
To purchase recreational marijuana Tuesday, Ohioans must be 21 years old and present a valid ID. Though Tuesday will mark the first retail sales
Nord Center, LCADA merge
Carissa Woytach
The Community Guide
ELYRIA — Two mental health and addiction care providers announced a merger into a new name and brand.
The Nord Center and The LCADA Way are now Riveon Mental Health and Recovery, combining their missions as service providers for those struggling with addiction and mental illness.
The merger was effective July 1. It had been announced in January.
Don Schiffbauer, formerly CEO of The Nord Center, and Dan Haight, formerly CEO of The LCADA Way, lead the new organization as CEO and chief operating officer, respectively. The pair unveiled the nonprofit’s new branding during an event at Lorain County Community College’s Spitzer Conference Center on Thursday evening.
Schiffbauer said the merger came about after a conversation over breakfast in LaGrange two years ago. At the time, the pair were
The LCADA Way and The Nord Center joined to form Riveon Mental Health and Recovery.
discussing how to split responsibilities and treatment at the new Lorain County Crisis Receiving Center. The 29,000-square foot space split its 32 beds between those struggling with mental health issues and those seeking addiction treatment — with each organization originally running a separate floor.
“We looked at each other … and we’re like this is impossible, it’s not sustainable,” Haight said, sparking conversations with their respective boards on merging the two organiza-
tions.
Both men recognized they were already often treating overlapping clientele — as those in addiction recovery often have mental health diagnoses and vice versa.
Haight said during the past seven years, mental health and addiction care have shifted from a siloed approach to a holistic one.
“When we look forward into the future, we are going to be doing certainly whole health care, we’re going to make sure that the person is served by our
partners and make sure that it’s just not about their addiction or their mental health,” Haight said. “We’ve got to think about their physical health care, we’ve got to think about their employment, we’ve got to think about a lot of things that go along with them, that prevent them from healing and recovery.”
Riveon’s name reflects the new organization’s approach to care, with the goal to provide treatment when someone comes to the door — rather than a lengthy intake process or multiple calls back to get an appointment with a psychiatrist or counselor, Schiffbauer said.
“We’ve learned from our physical medicine colleagues that people want care when and where they need it,” Schiffbauer said. Riveon is in the process of combining records. The merger also allows it to reduce some overhead costs like human resources and records systems, which allows more funding to go toward wraparound services like patient transport.
of non-medical cannabis to individuals, non-medical sales have been ongoing on a larger scale for several weeks.
Starting on July 19, Cannabis Control began to provide certificates of operation to cannabis cultivators, processors and testing labs.
According to the division, those certificates were provided earlier so that dispensaries could begin to acquire non-medical cannabis and build up supply ahead of receiving their own final approval.
One of those certificates went to Farkas Farms of LaGrange Township, a marijuana cultivator that became the first certified non-medical cannabis business in the county last month.
The Division of Cannabis Control was created along with the legalization of non-medical marijuana when Ohio Issue 2, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, passed with over 57 percent of the vote in November.
With its initial mandate to get recreational sales off the ground complete, the division will now be tasked with monitoring the growth of the non-medical cannabis market in the state and determining when and where to approve additional applications.
“As required by the initiated statute, come September 2026, the division will evaluate demand and access data to determine incremental growth and locations for additional licensees in the state,” Canepa said in a release.
“Our division is committed to continuing our work in developing and proposing rules to help ensure the cannabis industry in Ohio remains safe and secure.”
Contact Owen MacMillan at (440) 3297123 or omacmillan@chroniclet.com.
Elyria dispensary will sell pot despite moratorium
Owen MacMillan
The Community Guide
ELYRIA — A marijuana dispensary in the city is planning to move forward with non-medical marijuana sales Tuesday despite the city’s moratorium on such sales.
FRX Elyria Craft Cannabis Medical Dispensary, 709 Sugar Lane, Elyria, was set to receive its certificate of operation from the state Division of Cannabis Control, which will allow the company to begin selling non-medical marijuana.
In June, Elyria passed a moratorium of no more than one year to prevent existing medical marijuana dispensaries from beginning recreational sales.
At a City Council meeting on Monday night, Elyria Law Director Amanda Deery said that she spoke with representatives from FRX who said they planned to begin sales in violation of the moratorium.
“They do intend to make (non-medical) sales,” Deery said.
“We have made our position known based on the moratorium; we have provided that to them. They
have indicated that they have talked to their legal counsel and they believe the state law permits them to go forward.”
Councilwoman Donna Mitchell, D-6th Ward, asked if ignoring the city’s moratorium would actually be considered an illegal act.
Deery said she disagreed with FRX’s attorneys and would argue that ignoring the moratorium was illegal, but would not take any legal action against FRX unless directed to do so by Council.
“I would certainly make the argument that it is not legal under our codes, but until and unless I get the go-ahead from my clients (Council) to take action, my intention is that I will not take action,” she said.
Council did not instruct any action to be taken against FRX, so it appeared as of Monday night that the company will begin nonmedical sales this morning unhindered.
Cannabis Control, which falls under the Department of Commerce, has begun to award dual-use licenses which allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries,
cultivators and processors to begin selling non-medical cannabis as well.
Elyria had passed its moratorium on adult-use sales not to block them in Elyria per se, but rather to give itself time to sort out how to fit non-medical cannabis into its zoning code.
In a strategic planning meeting in July, Council voted to move forward by applying the same zoning regulations used for medical marijuana facilities to the new non-medical use.
In that meeting, Councilman Phil Tollett, D-AtLarge, suggested the city lift the moratorium on the two existing marijuana dispensaries in the city: FRX and Nirvana Center Dispensaries at 914 Cleveland St. Nirvana is in the process of being approved for nonmedical sales as well, but it was not included in the list Cannabis Control released on Monday of facilities that would receive their certificates of operation Tuesday.
Deery argued that though she did not agree with the contention of FRX, the city was already moving toward allowing non-medical sales so a legal battle over when
they began would become a moot point.
“I am not of the opinion necessarily that we should go into a protracted legal challenge, basically to prove a point when … we’re trying to get our legislation up to par with the realities of what the state law is and to allow these entities to be in compliance with our zoning code anyways,” Deery said. “We’d be going through formalities to get back to the same place.”
The zoning code to allow non-medical cannabis sales as a permitted use will need to go before Planning Commission and then be approved by Council. Deery said her office has already drafted the legislation to go through that process.
“I think there are probably a number of cities in the state that are at the same juncture point, where the state has decided (and) so much of this whole process has been last minute stuff,” Councilwoman Mary Siwerka, D-3rd Ward, said. “We’ll just work on our rezoning as fast as we possibly can.”
and improper handling of a firearm.
Thursday, July 11
8:25 p.m. — North Leavitt Road, traffic stop; citation issued for turning at intersection. Sunday, July 14
7:56 p.m. — Caesars Circle, unwanted person reported; a citation was issued for intoxicated disorderly conduct.
Monday, July 15
4:30 p.m. — 221 Church St., report of a business broken into and damaged; detectives are investigating. No time given — 2000 block Cooper Foster Park Road, a manager of LorMet Bank reported that on July 11 two unknown men attempted to manipulate the building’s automated teller machine with a screwdriver; detectives are investigating.
7:20 p.m. — North Ridge Road, traffic stop; driver and passenger were taken into custody on active warrants and released to deputies.
Tuesday, July 16
2:22 a.m. — Cleveland Avenue, group of juveniles ran when they spotted a police car; two juveniles, a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old from Elyria, were located and reunited with their parents, with a curfew summons.
5:17 a.m. — 100 block Cooper Foster Park Road, report of a 57-year-old woman in cardiac arrest; lifesaving measures were taken but she did not survive. The coroner was called to the scene.
Wednesday, July 17
12:21 a.m. — North Main Street, 15-year-old from Amherst was cited for curfew and underage possession of tobacco. No time given — 100 block Walnut Drive, elderly woman found deceased in home.
Thursday, July 18 11:05 p.m. — North Main Street, traffic stop; citation issued for speeding.
Friday, July 19 1:32 a.m. — 934 N. Leavitt Road, report of a disturbance at Days Inn; Rachael M. Spaulding, 42, and Justin R. Thomas, 39, Lorain, each charged with domestic violence. Thomas also was charged with violating a protection order, possession of a controlled substance and intoxicated disorderly conduct.
10:34 p.m. — Amherst Plaza, report of a suspicious person; police took Edwin Castro-Ortiz, 31, Lorain, into custody on an active warrant and took him to Lorain County Jail.
Saturday, July 20 1:53 a.m. — state Route 58, reckless operator reported; vehicle was located and driver was cited for fictitious plates.
6:33 p.m. — 500 block Jackson St., disturbance reported; Jason Hill, 45, Amherst, charged with
domestic violence, strangulation and obstructing official business.
Sunday, July 21 3:11 a.m. — Lorain County Jail, warrant served.
10:34 p.m. — 46000 block Middle Ridge Road, a resident reported suspicious conditions at his home; no one was located.
Monday, July 22 1:01 a.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; citations issued for driving under suspension.
2:22 a.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; driver taken into custody on an active warrant and released to Ohio Highway Patrol and citation issued for driving under suspension.
Tuesday, July 23 No time given — 704 N. Leavitt Road, report of an unruly juvenile; the youth was charged with domestic violence and unruly juvenile.
3:28 a.m. — 934 N. Leavitt Road, report of verbal argument; parties separated for the evening.
8:09 a.m. — state Route 2, traffic stop; citation issued for speeding.
7:57 p.m. — 1955 Cooper Foster Park Road, report of theft of a cell phone.
Wednesday, July 24 9:15 a.m. — 100 block Sunrise Drive, report of unresponsive man; it was determined the 61-year-old died of natural causes.
11:03 a.m. — police department, fraud reported.
1:53 p.m. — police department, report of fraud among family members
10:53 p.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; citation issued for display of lights.
Thursday, July 25 3:17 a.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension and expired tags.
8:44 p.m. — High Meadow Road, dogs at large; citation issued.
10:53 p.m. — North Ridge Road, assisted a resident with transport to hospital for evaluation.
11:22 p.m. — no place given, traffic stop; driver was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Friday, July 26 10:47 p.m. — 800 block S. Main St., complaint of a neighbor’s excessive trash in front yard.
9:25 p.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
Saturday, July 27 No time given — 799 N. Leavitt Road, Caleb Cortes, 18, and Anthony Olivencia, 19, and a 15-year-old, all from Lorain, cited with theft and underage possession of alcohol. Landon Plumb, 18, Amherst, cited with complicity to theft.
1:38 a.m. — Chestnut Lane, juvenile complaint; a 15-yearold Amherst girl was charged with unruly juvenile and curfew violation.
Monday, July 29 9:17 a.m. — state Route 58, traffic stop; citation issued for speeding.
10:45 a.m. — 799 N. Leavitt Road, report of theft in progress; an investigation was conducted and restitution was made to the business.
12:49 p.m. — no location given, welfare check requested; person was fine. No time given —900 block Cleveland Ave., domestic disturbance; parties separated.
Tuesday, July 30
1:40 a.m. — Church Street, attempted traffic stop; charges are pending for the driver.
3:10 p.m. — Spruce Tree Lane, warrant served.
2:35 p.m. — 100 block Harris St., warrant served.
3:55 p.m. — 8000 Oak Point Road, shoplifting reported at Target. Luis Mario Curbelo Cardona, 43, Elyria, taken into custody on active warrants for theft through other agencies and was taken to Lorain County Jail. Charges for the incident at Target will also be forthcoming.
10:38 p.m. — 4400 block Yorktown Court in Lorain; witnesses contacted regarding a previous reported domestic disturbance.
11:01 p.m. — state Route 2, traffic stop; Kenneth Marrero, 47, Lorain, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, open container, marked lanes and improperly handling a firearm.
Vermilion police
Friday, July 5 11:33 a.m. — 200 block Berkshire Drive, domestic violence reported. Kevin Flash Proctor, 19, Vermilion, charged with domestic violence and taken to Lorain County Jail.
2:34 p.m. — 300 block Nantucket Place, domestic dispute reported; no arrests. 11:32 p.m. — 3500 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
Saturday, July 6
1:41 a.m. — 4100 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
5:20 p.m. — Jackson Street; complaint of solicitors going door to door; they were located and told how to obtain a permit through the city.
8:26 p.m. — 4500 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension. 9:15 p.m. — Lake Erie, the Marine Patrol Unit was dispatched for a report of an unresponsive 64-year-old woman aboard a sailboat 600 yards from the Vermilion River; the boater was brought to the shore for
medical treatment.
11:38 p.m. — 4600 block Liberty Ave., minor one-vehicle accident on private property.
Sunday, July 7 10:24 p.m. — 4500 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
10:48 p.m. — 300 block Berkley Drive, suspicious person complaint; citation issued for driving under suspension.
Monday, July 8 4:49 p.m. — 300 block Morton Road, theft of jewelry from a residence reported.
9:38 p.m. — 900 block Vermilion Road, vehicle struck deer.
11:15 p.m. — Oak Point Road, an off-duty officer was traveling home when he was almost hit head-on by another vehicle. The officer requested assistance from the Lorain Police Department, which located the driver, who was found to be under suspension, had active warrants and allegedly had narcotics in the vehicle. The driver was taken into custody.
Tuesday, July 9
3:51 p.m. — 4800 block Northview Drive, assisted in a neighbor dispute regarding firework debris in a person’s yard and on a neighbor’s vehicle. An agreement was reached to clean both the yard and vehicle without any charges issued.
Wednesday, July 10
12:30 p.m. — 5500 block Liberty Ave., Granny Joe’s reported fraudulent bank transactions; an investigation is pending.
5:40 p.m. — Sunnyside Road, minor two-vehicle accident; citation issued for driving under suspension.
9:19 p.m. — 4600 block Liberty Ave., trespassing complaint; the person left without incident.
9:29 p.m. — 5500 block Ohio St., property damage reported from a tree branch falling on a vehicle due to high winds.
Thursday, July 11 12:13 p.m. — 3900 block Hilltop Road, neighbor dispute.
12:35 p.m. — Main Street, minor two-vehicle accident.
2:21 p.m. — Liberty Avenue, warrant arrest.
5:23 p.m. — 4400 block Liberty Ave., menacing complaint.
Friday, July 12 2:16 p.m. — 3400 block Liberty Ave., minor private property accident.
4:11 p.m. — Liberty Avenue, minor one-vehicle accident.
4:19 p.m. — 4200 block Liberty Ave., an elderly person in a local business appeared to be confused. Officers located the individual, returned the person to their home and released them to family members.
5:07 p.m. — 600 block Sunnyside Road, report of a dog attacking another dog.
Saturday, July 13
11:46 a.m. — Liberty Avenue, minor two-car accident.
12:53 p.m. — 900 block West River Road, disturbance reported.
8:46 p.m. — 5800 block Haber Road, a deceased 63-year-old woman was discovered by a friend, who contacted the police; the cause of death was determined to be suicide.
Sunday, July 14 1:38 a.m. — 4800 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; Gary Allen Joeright, 41, Cleveland, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
11:48 p.m. — 4200 block Liberty Ave., traffic stop; citations issued for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and expired license.
Monday, July 15
8:55 a.m. — Liberty Avenue, traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
8:59 a.m. — 3100 block Jerusalem Road; dog at large; the owner was cited.
3:50 p.m. — 200 block Berkshire Road, civil complaint regarding property.
9 p.m. — 400 block Main St., parking complaint.
Tuesday, July 16
12:34 a.m. — Sanford Street, parking complaint.
1:09 p.m. — 1500 block Vermilion Road, caller reported a runaway juvenile; the juvenile was later located and returned home.
2:03 p.m. — North Ridge Road, non-injury vehicle accident.
4:45 p.m. — 4900 block Mapleview Drive, unruly juvenile complaint; referred to Juvenile Court.
5:03 p.m. — Lake Erie, Marine Patrol Unit located an abandoned personal watercraft; returned to the port and the owner was located.
6:35 p.m. — 5700 block Liberty Ave., found debit card turned in; the owner was located and advised to pick up.
7:03 p.m. — 100 block Harcourt Road, trespassing complaint; person was advised not to return.
11:29 p.m. — 300 block Overlook Road; Paul Matthew Carrion, 38, Lorain, arrested on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and obstruction. Police said Carrion struck other units first, sustaining disabling damage, before hitting the residence and then leaving the vehicle on foot. He was located, arrested and taken to the hospital following his arrest.
Wednesday, July 17 9:09 am. — 300 block Delamere Road, civil complaint.
10:39 a.m. — 4900 block Mapleview Drive, unruly juvenile complaint referred to Juvenile Court.
9:19 p.m. — Helen Drive, traffic stop; citation issued for driving under suspension.
Judge delays murder trial
Attorneys removed from shooting case
Owen MacMillan
The Community Guide
The murder trial of Roosevelt Benton of Oberlin, which originally was set to begin Monday, has been pushed back after Benton successfully petitioned to have his attorneys removed from the case.
Benton, 19, is accused of murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Nicholas Tubbs of Grafton in the parking lot of the
Elyria Walmart Supercenter, 1000 Chestnut Commons Drive, last year.
A jury trial in the case was scheduled to begin on Monday before Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Melissa Kobasher, but last week Benton succeeded in having his attorneys Deanna Robertson and Antonio Nicholas, both of Cleveland, removed.
Benton attempted to file a pro se motion for new counsel on
Wednesday of last week, but because he already had legal representation Kobasher was unable to accept the motion, according to court records. A status hearing was held in Kobasher’s court on Thursday in which the motion could be heard, and Robertson and Nicholas were both withdrawn from the case.
Kobasher canceled the jury trial and set a date for another status hearing on Aug. 23. Court records said that a new trial date would be selected at that follow-up hearing.
This was not the first time that Benton has changed counsel, as
Elyria Municipal Court Judge Robert White initially appointed Oberlin attorney Anthony Rich to serve as Benton’s public defender. Rich was withdrawn when Benton retained Robertson and Nicholas as his counsel. As of Monday afternoon, court records did not indicate that a new attorney has been appointed or retained to represent him.
Elyria police were called to the parking lot of Walmart on Nov. 2, 2023, after a reported shooting and discovered Tubbs there, wounded by a gunshot.
Tubbs was taken to University
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Oberlin Dems open new HQ
Richard Perrins
The Community Guide
The Oberlin Democratic Party has new headquarters.
The office, on the lower floor of an office building also housing Huntington Bank on Main Street in Oberlin, held a grand opening Saturday afternoon where volunteers and candidates shared their visions for what they said will be a critical election season.
More than 100 people packed the room, which was adorned with campaign signs for Democratic candidates across the county and QR codes for ActBlue donations, to listen to candidates introduce themselves and encourage enthusiasm.
Ann Pilisy, co-chair of Oberlin Democrats, said the party tries to have a space for candidates and volunteers to call home every election season — this year’s office is the same one the party used in 2016, she said.
Every Democratic candidate seeking office in November can use the space for campaigning purposes, Pilisy said.
“This event is to get all candidates aware that they’re welcome to the space,” Pilisy said. “We’re just hoping to get the energy going.”
Michael McFarlin, chair for Oberlin’s 8th Democratic precinct, took the microphone at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday to introduce the Democratic candidates in attendance — 11 candidates spoke, each emphasizing the importance of participation up
and down the ballot in November.
The candidates present at the event
were:
n Lisa Forbes, Ohio Supreme Court
n Rich Resendez, Lorain County sheriff
n Donna Freeman, judge for the county Court of Common Pleas
n Dan Petticord, judge for the county Court of Common Pleas
n Brian Baker, county commissioner
n Tom Orlando, county clerk of Court of Common Pleas
n Daniel Talarek, county treasurer
n Genevieve Flieger, Ohio House of Representatives (52nd District)
n Brenda Buchanan, Ohio House of Representatives (54th District)
n Keith Mundy, Ohio’s 5th Congressional District
n Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, Ohio
House of Representatives (53rd District)
In his speech, Miller recognized the need for party headquarters and the work of Oberlin Democrat volunteers to make it possible and also for their campaign and fundraising work.
“Thank you for opening this office and being a part of the democratic process that we’re trying to save right now,” Miller said. “When I make decisions in Ohio’s general assembly, it will be for every Ohioan because we’re going to work together to make sure that Ohio and the rest of America is a just society for every person.”
Miller encouraged attendees, many of whom were Democratic volunteers or members of regional Democratic organizations, to support and volunteer for candidates
across the ballot.
“We will win and we will turn this state around,” Miller said. “We need to turn around the hateful attitudes of people. … There is no place for (hateful rhetoric) in Oberlin, there’s no place for it here in Lorain County.”
Three Democrats in Lorain County will be delegates at the Democratic National Convention, which starts Aug. 19 in Chicago. Miller and Lili Sandler, founder of grassroots Democratic organization Lorain County Rising, were both elected as delegates and said they would be finalizing their selection of Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.
But Sandler said the effort to elect Harris and other candidates, including Sen. Sherrod Brown, DCleveland, and the candidates in the room, would need to be collaborative. Sandler said every person in the room could and should contribute what they can so they don’t regret not getting involved in the case of unfavorable results in November.
“If you don’t do every single thing you can between now and Nov. 5, you don’t get to say a word,” Sandler said. “People have been talking at you forever, and you’re still here. I feel the energy in the room. So please, please do everything you can between now and then, and we are here to help in any way we can.”
Contact Richard Perrins at (440) 687-5172 or email rperrins@chroniclet.com.
Hospitals Elyria Medical Center and later to UH Cleveland Medical Center for treatment, but he was pronounced dead the next day.
Elyria police investigated the shooting and arrested Benton the day after the shooting, Nov. 3. Benton is charged with murder, felonious assault, improperly handling firearms in a vehicle and carrying a concealed weapon.
Benton is currently being held in the Lorain County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Contact Owen MacMillan at (440) 329-7123 or omacmillan@chroniclet.com.
Oft hit house nearly struck by car again
Rini Jeffers
The Community Guide
ELYRIA TWP. — Less than two months after a car slammed into the chimney of a West Ridge Road home, another vehicle wrecked in the home’s yard.
Just after midnight Aug. 31, a 2011 Kia Optima traveling south on West Ridge Road just north of state Route 113 failed to negotiate a curve, went off the right side of the road and hit an embankment, according to the State Highway Patrol.
Homeowner Bryan Baus said the car went airborne, clipped the guy wires of a utility pole and came to rest 15 feet from the side of his house.
The driver, Melanie G. Candelario, 27, of Lorain was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, the patrol said. The crash is under investigation.
For homeowners Bryan and Linda Baus, it was a jarring replay of the last crash on their property.
On June 7, a driver did the same thing — missed the curve down the road from their house, hit an embankment, and went airborne.
The vehicle took out branches in a treetop before slamming into the second story of the chimney that anchors the end of their family room, sending a wall of rubble and rock thundering over a couch where Linda Baus usually sleeps for her bad back.
That night, she and her dog, Sophie, had just gone upstairs to sleep when they heard the noise. They found the car pinned up against the chimney, nose pointing down, with a woman inside.
The driver, Holly Houle, 46, died at the hospital. Troopers said alcohol and excessive speed were believed to be involved.
On Wednesday morning, the driver also went
airborne after hitting the embankment but then hit the ground and left tracks crossing the side of the property, leading up to the house — the same wall that is still covered in plastic while it is undergoing repairs.
The car came to a stop just 15 feet from the side of their home.
Bryan Baus said he heard his generator kick on — because the crash blew out the transformer — and woke up to lights filling his yard again. Then a call from a tow truck driver: There’s another car in your yard. You better get out here.
The close calls are putting too much stress on them, he said. The fatal crash in June could easily have taken Linda’s life, he said, and the inside of that room is still bare, waiting for the bricks to be delivered to rebuild.
“My wife, she’s been to the ER once with high blood pressure. They said it’s all this trauma. Every time she walks in the living room, it stares her right in the face,” he said.
They say they have been asking for help from officials, but they’re not getting anything yet.
They built their home in 1979 and this is the fifth crash there, they said — two of which have hit the house. A spokesman for the State Highway Patrol said in June the agency wasn’t aware of previous crashes at the site, but said the available records only go back seven years.
“We’re an island over here,” Baus said.
Part of the road is within the city of Elyria’s limits, dating back to when it annexed the property where the Nelson Stud Welding Inc., is located at 7900 W. Ridge Road, said Elyria Township Trustee Rick Hutman. Then it becomes Elyria Township, he said. Farther down, the 45mph road becomes county property.
“The boundaries get murky over there,” Hutman said.
Just north of Baus’ home is Old West Ridge Road, which used to connect to state Route 113, west of the present-day Artesian Springs building. It is not lit in that area.
There are a number of factors on the road just before Baus’ home.
Drivers come over railroad tracks and what Hutman describes as a “long, gentle curve” and a pitch to the road, a “good 15-foot rise” before reaching Old West Ridge Road. Hit it just right, and it can launch a car, he said.
Benton
State Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, speaks at the opening of the Oberlin Democratic Party head-
“Folks from as far as North Carolina, New England, Michigan and all over came out to celebrate with us.”
‘It was like a family reunion’
Historic First Congregational United Church of Christ celebrates 200th year
Christina Jolliffe
The Community Guide
WELLINGTON — Congregants of the First Congregational United Church of Christ are enjoying the rest of summer following a yearlong celebration of the 200th anniversary of the historic church.
Events kicked off last Fourth of July as church members marched in the annual patriotic parade and just kept going from there, culminating in a weekend of joy and reflection this summer.
“We’ve done a lot of different things,” said the Rev. Cheryl Lindsay. “One of the big things was renovations and repairs around the church — repairing plaster, stripping floors, painting, sandblasting the exterior.”
The church was working so hard, there was even scaffolding and plastic around when participating in the Wellington tour of homes last fall, another of its celebratory endeavors.
“It was really nice for folks to see that process,” Lindsay said.
Another facet of the celebration was digging into the history of the church and updating the church’s history, which hadn’t been done since 1999.
“We had been doing research on the history of the church to find the official opening date in 1824,” Lindsay said.
“Throughout our research, we discovered the first service was held on April 20, 1824, which happened to be Easter Sunday that year.”
The 200th anniversary celebration took place in June with a dinner and program on Saturday and a church service on Sunday. A historical display was set up with church artifacts for congregants to enjoy and tours of the church were given.
“It was a wonderful time,” Lindsay said.
“A lot of former pastors were able to be a part of the service and attend the weekend. I did a video interview with one of the pastors who couldn’t make it, which premiered the night of the dinner.”
Mayor Hans Schneider spoke at the dinner, offering the church a key to the city.
On Sunday, the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, president of the United Church of Christ
The church culminated the celebration of its 200th anniversary this summer with a weekend-long event, including a Sunday service led by several guest pastors.
for the entire country, helped to deliver the service.
And longtime organist Gordon Black, who played for the church for 26 years, returned to his seat on the organ bench to perform.
“Folks from as far as North Carolina, New England, Michigan and all over came out to celebrate with us that weekend,” Lindsay said.
“It was like a family reunion in the end. Everyone had a great deal of pride for how far we’ve come, but also there was a sense of responsibility to continue the
LCCC get $2 million for factory training
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Lorain County Community College and partners $2 million to launch the Industrial Assessment Center.
The award will go to LCCC and Ohio TechNet, a higher-education manufacturing and technology organization that LCCC facilitates. The IAC, which will be located at LCCC, will provide manufacturing and clean energy job training, particularly for electric vehicle, battery, charger and semiconductor manufacturing.
The IAC is one of 21 projects receiving funding from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which set aside $24 million for such projects.
The IAC will train students in advanced manufacturing roles and energy performance and will provide technical and talent needs assistance for small and mid-sized manufacturers in the region.
“Processes that help small and mid-sized business(es) save money,” LCCC President Marcia Ballinger said.
traditions.”
Those traditions include coming together in times of adversity to do more for the community.
“One of the unique things I learned being a part of this church early on is that they had split over abolition,” she said.
“But they came back together. The DNA of this church is the ability to be respectful of differences and be more curious than antagonistic, which is a really wonderful characteristic of this church.”
Now, church leaders and con-
gregants are able to relax for a while, but definitely not for long.
“We’ve had the opportunity to come together to celebrate what UCC is all about, but it has also instilled in us a sense of the future with renewed hope,”
Lindsay said.
“We have a desire to move into the future while being faithful to our predecessors and mindful of the times. We are looking forward to what is to come.”
Contact Christina Jolliffe at ctnews@chroniclet.com.
Grafton organizes adult softball league
Christina Jolliffe
The Community Guide
GRAFTON — If you live in Grafton, but haven’t heard of The Grafton Grapes, The Weekend Warriors or The Misfits, you will.
They are just three of the 10 teams that make up the newly formed Grafton Midview Adult Softball League.
“It started with an idea,” said Adam Murawski, one of the slow-pitch softball league’s organizers. “A lot of us are parents with kids who play Hot Stove. A couple of the parents play in other cities and we have open fields. It just kind of came together.”
The league is made up of those 18 and older, mostly from the Midview and Grafton areas.
“We’re just a bunch of moms and dads coming together at the end of the Hot Stove season to play slow-pitch for eight weeks,” Murawski said. “We want to have everyone come together and for sure have fun, joke and laugh with each other. We’re not highly competitive.”
Teams are taking it seriously though with practices and scrimmages already taking place in advance of the first games on Sunday.
The inaugural game sees the captains from each of the 10 Grafton Midview Adult Softball League teams taking on Grafton’s first responders.
Games will take place each Sunday at noon and 1:10 p.m. for eight weeks
with playoffs and a championship game scheduled for Sept. 29. The winning team will take home a trophy, and of course, bragging rights.
“We just hope to get people involved and get the community there to watch,” Murawski said.
Murawski and his wife, Melissa, are members of the Flaming Thunder Flamingo Lizards.
While he played Hot Stove as a kid, Melissa was a college softball athlete at Muskingum University, and is team captain of the Flaming Thunder.
“It’s been a really long time since I played in college,” Melissa said. “I love getting back out there, playing softball. I love being back on the field.
“And I love being able to show these guys who’s better,” she joked.
The Murawskis, both 37, have an 8-year-old son who plays Hot Stove.
“We’re a community-based league and we’re looking to have fun as a local community and talk about it with one another afterward,” Murawski said.
Murawski, a construction manager by trade, lives in Grafton with his family.
“We’re just getting it going and getting the idea going,” Murawski said.
“We hope after word of mouth gets out that we will grow 50 percent next year.
“Of course, none of this could have happened without Grafton Midview Hot Stove, especially Stephanie Rivera.”
Contact Christina Jolliffe at ctnews@chroniclet.com.
Richard Perrins
The Community Guide
Avon’s improvement project for state Routes 83 and 254 will start construction in spring 2025.
Ryan Cummins, the city’s engineer, announced the timeline for the project at a public comment session for the plan before Avon City Council’s work session and special council meeting on Monday evening.
Cummins was joined by Jim Shea, professional traffic operations engineer for Chagrin Valley Engineering, a firm the city contracts with, for the comment session.
Cummins and Shea gave Council an overview of the project, which Cummins said started with the Ohio Department of Transportation approaching the city in 2017 for a traffic safety study at the intersection of the two state routes (Center Road and Detroit Road).
The study determined the intersection did not have sufficient room for traffic to safely maneuver, prompting a project that would widen the roads and add turning lanes.
On July 9, Council voted to approve an ordinance that detailed the construction project.
The ordinance authorized Mayor Bryan Jensen to execute an agreement that designates the city as the contractual agent for the project and to proceed with construction at the earliest possible date. Typically, ODOT is responsible for maintenance and construction on state routes. But for local projects like this, ODOT can designate a public agency like the city of Avon and its agent Chagrin Valley Engineering to be the contractual agents.
Cummins said Monday that ODOT granted $4.6 million in safety funding for the project. The July 9 ordinance estimated it would cost a total of $10.9 million.
A further $1.9 million of the total cost will come from earmarked federal congressional funds, while the city will be responsible for the remainder — $4.8 million.
The project includes adding several through lanes on Detroit and Center roads and a right-turn lane in all directions. But the project extends farther — it will range from Healthway Drive to Pickering Hill Farms on Detroit Road and from just south of the entrances to Interstate 90 on Center Road to just south of the lot currently housing Winking Lizard.
Cummins said certain lane expansions would not be financed by ODOT’s safety funding, meaning the city would be responsible for their costs.
Those expansions include a new eastbound through lane near Healthway Drive — while ODOT recommended a through lane be constructed going west for safety reasons, the eastbound lane would be expanded for capacity reasons.
Dennis McBride, Council member for Avon’s 2nd Ward, said he was concerned by the absence of an eastbound through lane as it wouldn’t solve the traffic congestion, but Shea said it would succeed in making the intersection safer.
“Most people just aren’t good drivers,” McBride said. “I see that as an accident area moving forward.”
Cummins said Chagrin Valley Engineering completed radar and archaeological studies on the cemetery at the intersection of Detroit and Center roads to ensure the project wouldn’t disturb any graves.
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The Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, president of the United Church of Christ for the U.S., and the Rev. Cheryl Lindsay pose together. Thompson was one of several pastors to lead a celebratory service.
the Rev. Cheryl Lindsay of the First Congregational United Church of Christ
Browns’ ‘old guy’ hitting his prime
Myles Garrett gets teased but better with age
BEREA — Myles Garrett pushes back at the suggestion he’s become a grizzled veteran, reminding reporters “I’m still a young guy on this team.”
At 28 years old, Garrett is correct. He should be in the heart of his prime after winning NFL Defensive Player of the Year for the first time last season.
But Garrett has some miles on the tires. He’s entering Year 8, and the young bucks on the defensive line are quick to remind him.
“I’m getting the nickname Unc and OG and crap,” the five-time Pro Bowl end said early in training camp.
They’re mostly terms of endearment and reflect the growing leadership role Garrett has assumed. It includes being a captain last year and speeches to the team, but also individual attention in a variety of forms.
“Oh, man, just seeing the growth from my first year to now, it’s unbelievable to me,” thirdyear cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. told The Chronicle-Telegram recently. “Very selfless guy. Put the team first and he’s Defensive Player of the Year.
“That’s what we need to build a championship defense, and a big salute to him because we wouldn’t be here without him.” Garrett, the No. 1 pick in 2017, said early in his career everything was new and it “just didn’t feel real.”
“Everything just seemed like I was part of someone else’s story,” he said. “And finally the last four or five years I would say it’s kind of settled down. And even more recently feeling more comfortable in that leadership role, taking that platform and use it to empower my teammates, continue to encourage them and make them better, but also give them the courage to speak up and make them become leaders when the time calls for it.”
Much of the tutelage from Garrett is reserved for young defensive ends Alex Wright, Isaiah Thomas and Isaiah McGuire. Wright made a big jump in his second season a year ago and is slated to be No. 4 on the depth chart, while the others are competing for a roster spot.
“He’s done a lot so far in his career as an individual and for this team, and he has so much knowledge and so much success that he’s so comfortable with passing that knowledge on in ways that we can apply it to our game,” Thomas told The Chronicle. “Obviously he’s one of one, a freak of nature, but things that
he can do that we’re able to possibly replicate in our own way, he helps out a lot.
“For example, (Wednesday) we had a team activity. Then after the team activity, Myles just randomly asked me did I want to go to dinner with him. It was just us just out there, just in a restaurant, just eating, just talking for about two hours, just having a good time, just asking questions. So little things like that that he goes out of his way just to make sure the young guys are getting everything they need to be the best that they can be.” Garrett can be introverted and
needed time to get comfortable in the leadership role expected of someone with his talent. His experience and success make it easier.
“I felt like in the past sometimes guys who were close to me in age or I wasn’t that much older than, but kind of view it more as competition or I was trying to maybe be conceited or looking down on them,” Garrett said. “It feels more like the guys are looking up and saying, ‘Yo, bro, just give me something. How can I improve here? What’s your thought process here? How are your steps.’
“And I give my answer wholeheartedly. ‘This is what you’re doing, this is what I see, this is how I feel like you can improve, change your game.’ And they’ve been really receptive. I continue to be a better follower, as well.”
Garrett practiced Sunday for the first time after tweaking a hamstring on the final day of minicamp in June. He spent much of the downtime coaching the defensive linemen.
“Even when I’m practicing with the guys, I’m playing with the guys, I’m always watching what they’re doing,” he said. “I’m trying to see if I can either
help, offer some advice, give ’em something that I’ve been seeing that makes their move improve or maybe shorten their steps or their time to the quarterback or to ball carrier. Or trying to take what they’re using and put in my arsenal. I’m always locked in seeing what guys are doing on the field.”
Wright said Unc — short for uncle — is used for anyone with six years in the league and meant to keep things light. In his third season, Wright has come to rely on Garrett’s advice.
“It’s every time. He never shies away from coaching everybody,” Wright told The Chronicle. “It’s like everybody has their own world of knowledge in football. Why not mix it together?”
Thomas was a seventh-round pick in 2022, had a sack in 10 games as a rookie and spent last year on the practice squad. As he tries to solidify his place in the NFL, he leans on Garrett.
“One thing that Myles harps on a lot is master what you’re good at,” Thomas said. “Don’t try to be too good at everything, because then you’ll end up just being OK here, OK there. Focus on what you’re good at so you can be great at it. Then you can work on the other stuff.”
For Thomas, that move is the long arm — using an extended arm to lock into the tackle’s chest and get him off-balance. When he watches Garrett use it, he marvels.
“His pad level, it stands out the most because the leverage that you can get on an offensive lineman is so valuable because most of your offensive tackles are 6-5 and taller and while they’re kick-setting, they’re rising up,” Thomas said. “So if you stay lower than their helmet, get underneath their pad level, long arm, walk ’em back. It’s a thing of beauty when you get it.” Garrett has 88.5 sacks in 100 career games. He can get in the weeds of hand placement and footwork, but the lessons that resonate with teammates are universal.
“Don’t think, just go,” Wright said. “You find your move and you perfect that move and you do it to the best of your abilities and don’t stop till you can’t get it wrong.
“But my main thing from Myles is just be yourself. Don’t try to be somebody you’re not.”
Contact Scott Petrak at (440) 329-7253 or spetrak@chroniclet.com. Like him on Facebook and follow him @scottpetrak on X.
CC Sabathia left big mark on Cleveland
Does “chubby” apply when the subject stands 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds?
Those were the dimensions of the 20th pick in the first round of the 1998 MLB Draft. They belonged to an 18-year-old left-handed pitcher from Vallejo, California. In those days such a specimen might be more politely referred to as “husky” rather than “chubby.” Carsten Charles Sabathia was both. He was chubbily husky. There was plenty of him, OK?
Especially when he launched one of his major
league-ready fastballs on innocent, overmatched high school fodder.
“We will take him,” Cleveland officials announced when the 20th pick in the first round of the 1998 draft arrived. That selection raised some eyebrows among other competing teams who were apparently much more wary than Cleveland of, shall
we say, Carsten Charles’ ampleness. Too bad for them.
Over a quarter of a century, 251 wins, 3,093 strikeouts, 3,577 innings pitched, six All-Star selections, 26 postseason appearances and one Cy Young Award later, Carsten Charles is in the Cooperstown waiting room. His phone hasn’t rung yet, but eventually it will, because, well ... his trophy case is chubbily husky. He will, however, gladly make room for the Cooperstown plaque that seems almost certain to eventually come his way. Unfortunately, the bulk
of the Big Man’s hardware and decor will not have been won while toiling for the team that drafted him. That honor will, of course, go to the Yankees, who pretty much get whatever they want, and keep it until they are done with it.
From 2001 to 2008, Cleveland starters Sabathia and Cliff Lee had a combined record of 176-102 and two Cy Young Awards: Sabathia in 2007, Lee in 2008. In those eight years, with two of the best pitchers in the league, Cleveland reached the postseason just two times: losing 3-2 to Seattle in the 2001 Division Series and 4-3 to Boston in
the 2007 ALCS. But instead of reloading, Cleveland unloaded.
On July 7, 2008, Cleveland traded Sabathia to Milwaukee for (please hold your applause) Rob Bryson, Zach Jackson and Matt LaPorta. There was also a player to be named later, who turned out to be Michael Brantley, which salvaged what was otherwise a Sabathia giveaway.
At the next year’s trade deadline, on July 29, 2009, Cleveland traded Lee to Philadelphia for Carlos Carrasco, Jason Knapp, Jason Donald and Lou Marson.
So, in depressing hind-
sight, Cleveland gave up two Cy Young Award winners, at the peak of their careers, in exchange for Brantley and Carrasco, who were still just prospects at the time, but became key players for a team, however, that, starting in 2008, would reach the playoffs just once in the next eight years. Sabathia was 27 when Cleveland traded him to Milwaukee, and Lee was 30 when Cleveland traded him to Philadelphia.
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Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, shown in action against Houston last season, has become a veteran leader for Cleveland while still being young and in his prime.
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Wellington plans 41st Harvest of the Arts
Wellington’s 41st annual Harvest of the Arts will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 15.
There will be about 60 fine art and folk art vendors, a handmade quilt raffle and lunch in our Friends Cafe.
Come visit us in historic Wellington at 101 Willard Memorial Square. Free parking and admission.
For more information, call 440-647-2120. This is a fundraiser for community programming at Herrick Library. Fresh produce at Keystone-LaGrange Library
The Keystone Empowers You Collaborative will host a pop-up produce stand at the Keystone-LaGrange Library, 133 E. Commerce Drive, on the second and fourth Thursday of August and September from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Reserve a bag of fresh fruits and vegetables online at bit.ly/KEYProducePickUp.
If you do not have internet access, you can leave a voicemail for your reservation at (440) 409-7460.
Bags of fresh fruits and vegetables are $12. You may pay ahead via Venmo (@Donna-Pycraft), or pay upon pickup with cash or Venmo.
Fruits and vegetables are provided by Pycraft Farm Market and availability will vary based on what is in season.
Keystone Empowers You (KEY) is a community-based group funded in part by the United Way of Greater Lorain County, and facilitated by Lorain County Public Health. New trail at Findley State Park
The Dorothy and Corbett Walker Memorial Trail is named for the couple that lived on the 125-acre “Walnut Valley” farm.
Corbett Walker served on the Wellington school board, was a founder and first board president for the Lorain County Joint Vocational School and held a role in the Rural Lorain County Water Authority. He also served on the Herrick Memorial Library Board and the Wellington Recreation Board. His wife supported him throughout his endeavors.
The trail also holds historical significance, traversing land that once belonged to notable local figures, Charlotte Gunn and Benjamin Wadsworth, who had ties to the Underground Railroad. The Walkers’ son, Terry, initiated the project by donating land to create the trail.
Paleography for Genealogists
Amie Bowser Tennant, a professional genealogist, speaker and blogger , will share valuable tips and techniques to decipher old handwriting, antique documents, and even Old Style calendars.
Join us for an enlightening presentation on paleography—the study of old handwriting. This free ZOOM program will be hosted by the Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society Monday at 7 pm. Request a
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20. TV classic “Happy ____”
21. What hoarders do
22. Speech-preventing measure
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48. Oodles
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57. Burkina Faso neighbor
58. Opera solo
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60. Oil org.
61. Review a service
62. Say “No!”
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School organizes mobility safety event
Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst will host a free Safety in Mobility event Aug. 17-18.
The event, hosted by Ford Philanthropy, the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Ohio Traffic Safety Office, is open to parents and teenagers aged 13 and older.
Consisting of eight one-hour training sessions, the event focuses on vulnerable road users like pedestrians, cyclists and scooter uses, according to a press release. Participants will experience the perspectives of drivers and vulnerable road users through practical lessons and virtual reality, the release said.
The training sessions will take place at the high school at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18.
For more information and to register for the event, visit drivingskillsforlife.com/training/hands-on-training.
Amherst Library has August scavenger hunt
A scavenger hunt sponsored by the Amherst Public Library started Thursday and will run through the end of the month.
From Thursday until Aug. 31, people of all ages can pick up an entry form on the library’s second floor and search for Morse codes at local businesses around Amherst.
Participants must bring the codes back to the library and solve a puzzle to receive a prize. All correctly completed entry forms will be entered into a grand prize drawing, and must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31.
Those wishing to participate can visit www.amherstpubliclibrary.org or call (440) 988-4230 for more information.
Peck-Wadsworth closed for three months
The Lorain County Engineer’s Office announced that Peck-Wadsworth Road will be closed between Hawley and West roads in Wellington Township for about three months for a bridge replacement.
The closure will start at 8 a.m. Aug. 12, and work is expected to be done by Nov. 15, weather permitting. Elyria’s Third Thursday wraps up next week Ely Square will host its final Third Thursday event of the summer on Aug. 15.
Third Thursdays is an annual series of festivals with music, shopping, food and activities in downtown Elyria, hosted by the Elyria Community Partnership.
FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS
of the month and 6-8 p.m. the following Tuesday at 510 N. Main St., Wellington. Sandstone Community Church food pantry, 9-10:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday at 201 W. Main St., South Amherst. Call (440) 986-2461. Firelands school district and/or Amherst residents only.
Oberlin Community Services drive-up service, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 500 E. Lorain St., Oberlin. Indoor choice pantry 1:30-4:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 1:30-3:30 p.m. each Friday. Call (440) 774-6579. The Friendship Animal Protective League pet food pantry, 1-3 p.m. the second Saturday of the month at the garage of Friendship APL, 8303 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria. Patrons must wear masks and practice social distancing. Friendship APL asks that patrons of the pet pantry fill out a form with their information and their pet’s information at the time of arrival. For any additional information, email shelby@ friendshipapl.org or call (440) 3224321, ext. 229. Pet Pantry of Lorain County, 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday of each month at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 300 Third St., Elyria. Contact (440) 721-7531 or ThePetPantryOfLorainCounty@ gmail.com.
Black River Landing drive-thru mobile pantry, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday at Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain. Call (440) 960-2265 for more information.
Brookside High School drivethru mobile pantry, 4:30-6 p.m. Aug. 14 at Brookside High School, 1662 Harris Road, Sheffield. Call (440) 960-2265 for more information.
Lorain High School drive-thru mobile pantry, 4-5:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at Lorain High School, 1600 Ashland Ave., Lorain. Call (440) 960-2265 for more information.
Oakwood Park drive-thru mobile pantry, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 22 at Oakwood Park, 2047 E. 36th St., Lorain. Call (440) 960-2265 for more information.
Ely Stadium drive-thru mobile pantry, 4-5:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at Ely Stadium, 1915 Middle Ave., Elyria. Call (440) 960-2265 for more information.
LCCAA Produce Center ordering windows are open 8 a.m. Monday through 11 p.m. Sunday or until all appointments are full. Pickup is Wednesday and Thursday, 204 W. 10th St., Lorain (former LCCAA
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