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Father, son charged in Jan. 6 insurrection DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

WELLINGTON — A second Lorain County man has been named by federal prosecutors and charged with being among the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when he is accused of assaulting five police officers while storming the home of Congress.

Federal authorities claim they have put a name to alleged insurrectionist No. 454: They say he is 41-year-old Michael Mackrell of Peck Wadsworth Road in Wellington Township.

Mackrell is facing felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S.

Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced March 10.

“His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election,” federal prosecutors said in a news release.

He is the second member of the Mackrell family so charged: Michael Mackrell’s son, 21-year-old Clifford Mackrell, also is awaiting trial for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Michael Mackrell’s charges include assaulting, resisting or impeding officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous

weapon; and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon.

He was arrested in Ohio on March 9, authorities said, and has an initial court appearance scheduled in Washington, D.C., today.

Five people died as a result of the Jan. 6 insurrection, including one shot by police.

Millions of dollars in damage was done to the Capitol building, and four police officers who were on the scene that day later died by suicide.

The insurrectionists allegedly wanted to stop Congress from counting the Electoral College votes that gave President Joe Biden the win over former President Donald Trump in the November 2020

presidential election.

Trump had claimed without evidence that the election was stolen by the Democratic Party. Following the insurrection and after he left office, he was impeached for a second time but acquitted when the U.S. Senate fell 10 votes short of the 67 required to convict him.

The final report of a bipartisan U.S. House of Representatives committee blamed Trump for the insurrection.

Michael Mackrell case A statement of facts written by an FBI agent and distributed with the news release identified Michael Mackrell in a photo taken from video near the Capitol

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Oberlin Council talks license plate cameras CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

OBERLIN — Oberlin may become the next city to implement license plate cameras in Lorain County.

City Council heard from Laura Holland, senior community affairs manager with Flock Safety, at its meeting March 6, discussing the potential for four cameras at main thoroughfares coming into the city.

Flock provides solarpowered license plate cameras to more than 2,500 cities nationwide, with 100 municipalities in Ohio using the service, Holland said. It takes photos of the license plate and identifiable features of vehicles passing by and stores it for a default of 30 days.

She said if there is an active investigation, local police departments must download their data and store it on a separate server — making it subject to the individual

department’s record retention policy.

Local ordinances can lengthen or shorten Flock’s retention time, she said, but suggested if Oberlin implements the program to start out with the 30-day time period as a test.

The data is made available to local law enforcement and can be shared with other departments, but logs when it is accessed, Holland said.

Most often, the data is used when there is an active warrant or stolenvehicle alert associated with a vehicle, she said, as well as Amber Alerts for missing or endangered children and Silver Alerts for missing or endangered senior citizens.

It also allows local departments to create “hotlists” for known vehicles associated with crimes, and alerts other law enforcement with Flock systems when that vehicle passes into their city.

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Lt. Gov. Jon Husted spoke at the Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club meeting on March 9 at the Knights of Columbus in Avon. He spoke about Ohio opportunities in high-tech manufacturing and Lorain County’s role in that vision.

Husted promotes deregulation, shares vision for Ohio, country OWEN MACMILLAN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

AVON — Lt. Gov. Jon Husted spoke to the AvonAvon Lake Republican Club March 9 about his vision for Ohio and the U.S., how social media and education impact young people, and America being in an “internal and external war,” among other topics.

Early in his speech, Husted, a Republican, told the roughly 160 people in attendance that he came to Northeast Ohio to talk about how social media and technology affect kids.

“We did a news conference earlier today in Independence about the effects of social media on our kids,” he said. “Companies like TikTok, that are

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Chinese companies, addict our kids, collect information on them and in many cases isolate them and lead (to) them seeing content about suicide, gender transformation, eating disorders and are really harming our kids.”

Transgender identity is not classified as a mental illness, nor spread by “social contagion,” according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Husted relayed the story of James Woods, a 17-yearold from Streetsboro who was tricked into sending inappropriate photos to a stranger and extorted using those photos.

Woods committed suicide in November.

Tamia and Tim Woods, James Woods’ parents, were present at the meeting

in Avon on Thursday night after also attending Husted’s earlier news conference in Independence.

At that conference, Husted spoke about the Social Media Parental Notification Act, which has been included in the executive version of the state budget and would require parental approval for use of some social media sites for those under 16 years old.

“We are up here today to talk about legislation that we’re trying to do to force these companies to the table to help protect our kids,” Husted said Thursday night. “We gotta protect our kids. That’s what brought us here today.”

Husted also described his vision for the economy of Ohio and the U.S., talking about his desire to bring

back manufacturing jobs while also making Ohio a leader in technology and automation.

He said that the U.S. needs to internalize its supply chain so as to not rely on other countries for necessary goods.

“We’re now realizing that we, for our national and economic security state, we can no longer make products in other countries and import them here and depend on it,” Husted said.

Specifically, Husted focused on computer chips and the need to build them in the U.S. He said there was a great opportunity for Ohio to become the destination for that type of high-tech manufacturing within the Midwest.

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School Board tours HealthPlex for preschool ● A3

Retired teacher wants to help kids learn to swim ● A4

Basketball season ends with County All-Star games ● A6

OBITUARIES A2 • CLASSIFIEDS A4 • CROSSWORD A7 • SUDOKU A7 • KID SCOOP A8

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Oberlin, Wellington power officials attend legislative rally

Representatives from Oberlin and Wellington public power departments, alongside officials from Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, rallied in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to support municipal electric systems across the country.

The American Public Power Association hosted the legislative rally from Feb. 27 to March 1.

Officials from municipal electric utilities, like those in Oberlin and Wellington, focused discussions on local control, grid security, supply chain issues, climate and regulatory activity and other issues, according to a news release.

HUSTED FROM A1

we make the things we need in America once again,” Husted said. “And Ohio is also rewriting that story. …

There are a lot of companies that left America and left Ohio, the industrial manufacturing base, but now hightech manufacturing is coming back. I said earlier, I want to go to a ribbon-cutting every year.”

In September, Intel Corp. broke ground on two computer chip plants in Central Ohio that are expected to bring 7,000 employees and expedite the development of America’s domestic chip production capacity.

Husted said that the major reason Ohio was receiving new projects like Intel or the expansion of the Ford Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake was a process of tax and business reform from Ohio Republicans.

He said that this deregulation and tax-cutting would continue under his leadership of economic development as lieutenant governor.

“One of the things I’m undertaking, we’re eliminating one-third of all the regulations in the state of Ohio and the administrative code to make it easier for you to comply,” Husted said. “Keep your business here. You don’t have to go to Columbus to go to meetings. You can do them on video. You don’t have to go to Columbus, you don’t have to sign paper forms. We can do it electronically. We’ll save tens of millions of dollars a year by doing it that way.”

The announcement of further deregulation comes as Ohio continues to deal with the cleanup of the East Palestine train derailment, a crash that critics such as Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, say occurred due to deregulation of the cargo train industry.

Near the close of his speech, Husted told the audience what he sees as the stakes in the U.S. today.

“We are in a war for our way of life,” he said. “There’s both an internal and external war, and maybe that’s too strong a word, so pardon me if it appears that way to you. But we have adversaries outside in the world.”

Husted pointed squarely at China, and a struggle for technological dominance, as the adversary on the international front.

He said the U.S. “cannot concede that ground” in competing with China on a global scale.

“There’s also a little bit of a battle here in our own backyards, sometimes it’s in our schools or colleges or universities,” Husted said. “What’s happening on a lot of our college campuses is they don’t want to hear a conservative point. They don’t really want free speech.

They want to do what I call viewpoint discrimination.”

Husted closed his speech with a call for unity among Republicans, saying they were together in their opposition to such things.

“You’re on the same team against all that,” he said.

“You’re on the same team against all that because this group of people has a lot more in common than they have … different from one another. And we all have to work together as people who are God-fearing conservatives who want to advance the cause of the Republican Party in this state and beyond.”

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FROM A1 Police Chief Ryan Warfield said Amherst, Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon and Avon Lake all have Flock systems.

He said he wants four cameras in Oberlin: one north of town on state Route 58; one south of town on route 58; and the others coming into town from Elyria.

The potential cost of the system was not immediately available at press time.

OBITUARIES Lauretta Mae (Lindsey) Wright

married until his passing in 2015. She never met a person she could not communicate with. Strangers would strike up conversations with her that were known to elevate into asking for and receiving advise on personal problems. She enjoyed puzzling, especially with her daughter and a glass of wine and had a passion for anything connected with the country western singer-songwriter, Alan Jackson. Lauretta loved her friends and family. Family was of the utmost importance to her. To say she will be missed by family and friends is an understatement. She hoped to be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, and loyal friend.

In addition to her four children; she is survived by three grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life service will be hosted at Olinger Crown Hill-Pavilion of Reflection, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2023.

William ‘Bill’ Robert Stanley

Lavonne ‘Vonnie’ Edith Wasem

Lauretta Mae (Lindsey) Wright, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, March 2, 2023 in Lakewood, Colorado. The 84 year old had been in hospice care for several days prior. She was born on August 10, 1938.

She was preceded in death by her second husband, Glen Fannin; grandmother, Laura Belle Lindsey; father, William C. Lindsey and her brothers, William and Robert Lindsey.

At the age of 14 she moved from Elyria to Wellington, where she was a 1956 graduate of Wellington High School. Just prior to her divorce from Maynard Wright, in 1967, she moved with her four children, Bill, Eddy, Laura, and Michael ‘out west’ to Colorado. The thinner air was believed to be beneficial for Eddy’s asthma condition.

Her working life was spent at JC Penny’s prior to hiring on as an overseas phone operator with AT&T. A position that transitioned her into other capacities within the Mountain Bell Phone Companies. She enjoyed travelling to the Northwest for work up until her retirement in 2001.

In 2007 Lauretta entered into a second marriage with former high school classmate, Glen Fannin. They were

William ‘Bill’” Robert Stanley, 57, of Lorain, went home to be with His Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at his home, following a sudden illness.

Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home.

Our condolences go out to families that have suffered the loss of a loved one.

To place an obituary or death notice in the Community Guide, call (440) 329-7000.

Lavonne ‘Vonnie’ Edith Wasem (nee Mueller), 90, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023. Vonnie was born August 26, 1932 in Amherst, where she lived all her life.

Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Jeffrey Moore

Jeffrey Moore, 63, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at his home.

Hempel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Lorain dance students practice with Oberlin College artists CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

LORAIN — With less than a year of lessons under their feet, dance students at Lorain High School already are training with artists from Oberlin College.

Lorain High dance teacher Emilio Noriega met Michal Schorsch and Jacqueline de Melo Silva, both with Oberlin College, during a dance jam in the nearby college town.

Noriega knew his students in Dance II at Lorain High would love contact improvisation — silent weight sharing between two dancers to keep both upright and moving.

“It’s the idea of trusting someone and how you weight-share and listen without using your voice. … Listening to your body rather than words,” he said.

“It’s a really cool form.”

From there, it was just a matter of asking Schorsch and de Melo Silva to come to the International City to work as guests with the students.

Lorain Schools started its dance program in the

JEFF BARNES | The Chronicle-Telegram

Jaqueline de Melo Silva instructs Lorain High School sophomores Hayley Carbary and Aliah Mathna during dance class at Lorain High School on March 10. fall, hiring new educators to have classes offered kindergarten through 12th grades. Noriega, originally from Arizona, had never even thought of living in Ohio when he first graduated from Southern Utah University with his bachelor’s in dance education.

But after interviewing with the district, he packed a bag and moved across the

country to teach modern dance to high schoolers.

Originally, the district hadn’t planned to offer Dance II until the 2023-24 school year, but enough students from Noriega’s first-semester course were advanced enough to force Lorain Schools to accelerate its plans, Assistant Superintendent Ross May said.

After watching Schorsch and de Melo Silva for a minute March 10, students quickly broke off into pairs and practiced with what they’d just absorbed.

Noriega hopes to be able to take some of his students to one of the jam sessions he’s attended at Oberlin to get the students on a college campus, and to further their improvisation skills.

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AMHERST — The Lorain County Metro Parks’ HealthPlex could soon be home to Amherst’s littlest Comets.

The Amherst School Board toured the HealthPlex, 47160 Hollstein Dr., March 7 during a special meeting, looking at the second-floor space to potentially house its preschool program.

The roughly 10,000-square-foot space was left vacant when Mercy Health moved out at the end of January. The hospital system chose not to renew its lease after a decade in space, instead moving its occupational and physical therapy to its Cooper Foster Park Road facility.

Superintendent Mike Molnar said the district’s preschool enrollment has been growing the past couple of years, sparking a search for a new home.

Currently, Amherst’s four preschool classrooms are at Powers Elementary School.

The program has about 109 kids, and this year had to expand to a fourth classroom, Assistant Superintendent Sarah Walker and Special Education and

Preschool Coordinator Corrie Roark said.

Walker said the former Mercy Health space could comfortably house the district’s current preschool program, with room to grow. But it may require staff to think outside the box, Molnar said.

The space on the HealthPlex’s second floor was once used for doctors’ offices and occupational therapy — leaving behind a large open footprint with oddly shaped offices scattered throughout the space.

Those larger rooms could be split up into preschool rooms, and the smaller offices used for storage, breakout spaces or other learning centers, Walker said.

The existing entrance off the elevators and stairwell would remain the same, and staff would accompany students from parent or bus drop-off outside up onto the second floor either via the stairs or elevator.

The office area would be open, but access to the preschool classrooms would be locked from the public, she said.

The meeting was a preliminary look at the space, allowing the board and some preschool staff to visualize what the space could be, Molnar said. The

district is able to continue operations in Powers Elementary next year, he said, but wants to be proactive to fill its community’s growing need.

Walker said they’ve seen an increase of about 20 to 30 kids in preschool each school year — necessitating the addition of a fourth classroom for the 2022-23 session.

Lorain County Metro Parks Executive Director Jim Ziemnik said the parks system and Amherst Schools had previously looked at partnering on the HealthPlex in 2010-11 to house the district’s athletics facilities. But after a levy failed, the Metro Parks entered into an agreement with Mercy Health.

He said the internal walls of the space are easily changed, and the Metro Parks had already planned to update some of its playground equipment outside.

The area has an outdoor, adaptive playground that was originally used for Murray Ridge students, as well as a splash pad.

Costs for the district to move into the HealthPlex space were not immediately available — with Ziemnik and Molnar noting the partnership must make sense for both entities if they are to move forward.

MACKRELL FROM A1 wearing an earth-tone camouflage jacket and baseball cap, green gloves, black pants, a green backpack, an American flag print neck gaiter covering his mouth and nose and walking with a dark-colored cane nearby.

Citing court records, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Michael Mackrell was caught on video in the upper west plaza of the U.S. Capitol at approximately 2:28 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021, “wrapping his arm around the neck of an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department and throwing the officer to the ground,” federal prosecutors said in the news release.

Additional footage caught Michael Mackrell near the Southwest Plaza stage about to push a second Metropolitan police officer. Bodyworn camera footage from other officers and the victim officer allegedly shows Michael Mackrell assaulting the officer.

Michael Mackrell then allegedly tackled a third police officer near the Southwest Plaza of the Capitol, and at approximately 2:31 p.m. “rushed and tackled a fourth officer,” a Metropolitan police sergeant on the West Plaza of the Capitol.

Finally, more body-worn camera footage shows Michael Mackrell, three minutes later, tackling a fifth police officer near the Southwest Plaza. Screen captures showing the assaults also were released to the media.

Agents from the FBI Cleveland Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Clifford Mackrell at his home on March 17, 2021. Michael Mackrell “was present during the arrest, at which time, agents were introduced to” him, according to the FBI statement of facts.

“These agents also had conversations with (Michael Mackrell) regarding his son’s arrest. These agents were present during the arrest and have since identified (Michael Mackrell) as

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Commissioners OK Sandstone development DAVE O’BRIEN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

The Lorain County Board of Commissioners approved several documents on March 10 as plans for the proposed Sandstone housing and commercial development in Amherst Township take shape.

The board approved amendments and tax increment financing agreements with developer Amherst Consolidated Properties LLC for Sandstone, a 264acre development south of the Ohio Turnpike, between state Route 58 and Oberlin Road and north of Route 113.

Commissioners voted last month to create two tax increment financing districts within Amherst Township. A TIF exempts the value of private property improvements from taxes, and property owners make payments in lieu to fund infrastructure.

The county already has installed sewers in the area and a connector road is being built to link Oberlin Road and Route 58,

opening the area to future development. Commissioners also approved a plat dedicating land for public streets or roads.

Township zoning officials gave the go-ahead in August for construction to begin this year.

In other business, the board gave the county Community Development Department permission to apply for a $204,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant.

Kelly Grospitch, an economic development specialist with the county, and Reese Dunton, county economic development coordinator, said the plan is to offer townships and villages the chance to use the money for feasibility studies on proposed land development. Several already have expressed interest, Dunton said.

At the March 7 meeting, Commissioner David Moore also said the board is considering getting an appraisal on the former Lorain County Visitors Bureau building in Amherst Township, and putting it up for sale.

Oberlin College, LCCC launch food studies collaborative OBERLIN — Oberlin College received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch a food studies program with Lorain County Community College.

The new program will connect students from both campuses with local nonprofits to “tackle urgent questions related to food justice,” according to a news release. Those questions include addressing historical and current barriers to high-quality food in Lorain County.

The grant will fund Oberlin College’s integrated concentration in food studies through summer 2026.

For Lorain County Community College, the partnership will strengthen its sustainable agriculture program, which allows students to contribute to

the production, distribution and marketing of locally grown produce through hands-on experiences with farmers and growers.

Early classes at the colleges will include an introductory course on food studies, a speaker series with local farmers, scholars and food-justice activists, a course on urban farming and a research project with Elyria focusing on neighborhoods with a lack of fresh, affordable produce.

The Mellon Foundation grant will also pay student interns for their work with Elyria and other organizations. A portion of the grant is also allocated for elder care, child care and transportation to help more students participate in the program

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Retired Oberlin teacher funds swim lessons, lifeguard classes in brother’s memory CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM

OBERLIN — Less than a year since Gloria Buxton started a campaign in honor of her brother, the effort has raised enough money to pay for 40 children to attend swim lessons.

“I Can Swim My Way,” hosted via the crowdfunding site IOBY — or In Our Backyards — has raised more than $2,000 to pay for swim lessons at Lorain County Metro Parks’ Splash Zone in Oberlin.

Buxton, of Lorain, established the fund after her brother, William “Billy” Otis Jordan, 60, had a heart attack while swimming at the French Creek YMCA. It was a hot summer and Buxton had loaded her granddaughter and her brother into the car to take advantage of Jordan’s recent approval for a scholarship to the YMCA, as he was on Social Security disability for schizophrenia, she said.

While sitting outside the pool with her 3-year-old granddaughter that June 2, 2022, morning, she saw people running around and asked one of the staff members to go check on her brother.

When the man came back, he told her Jordan had had a heart attack while swimming.

“From that moment, all chaos broke out for me,” she said.

While French Creek YMCA staff took her granddaughter to the day care, Buxton rushed to Cleveland Clinic Avon, where Jordan was pronounced dead.

“I just decided, I had lost my husband 10 years ago and I know volunteering is a way to walk through grief,” she said. “So I thought ‘Well, I’ve got to find some way to walk through this.’ And so ‘I Can Swim My Way’ started.”

Buxton and her family also set up a restricted fund at the French Creek YMCA in Jordan’s name, hoping to help offset swim lesson costs for children there.

But the more than $2,000 through

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William “Billy” Otis Jordan, 60, of Lorain, died June 2, 2022 after having a heart attack while swimming at the French Creek YMCA in Avon. Following his death, his sister, Gloria Buxton, established a crowdfunding called “I Can Swim My Way” to pay for children’s swim lessons. the IOBY fundraiser — with up to aquatic programs in Lorain County to $1,000 of it matched by the Lorain be able to pool resources and reduce County Community Foundation — costs for swim or safety around water will pay for children in Oberlin to programs. learn to swim this summer.

It’s also trying to eliminate financial Splash Zone facility coordinator and transportation barriers by looking Erica Rainey said the Metro Parks is to host programs in community pools in the process of training a few more — like Splash Zone, he said. swim instructors but will be able to Oberlin Schools, where Buxton accommodate beginner swimmers in taught until her retirement in 2013, is six or eight-week sessions starting in also on board. Buxton hopes students June. will be able to get physical education And since Buxton began reachcredit by becoming a lifeguard. ing out to the YMCA and the Metro Melissa Linebrink, the district’s Parks, the project has grown to supmarketing and communications conport lifeguard training and goes hand- sultant, said the swim classes, and the in-hand with a countywide aquatic potential for summer employment as initiative in the works. lifeguards, are resources the district John Carney, retired YMCA senior wants to let its families know about. director, said the Aquatics InitiaThe Metro Parks covers the $175 tive started before the pandemic instruction fee for lifeguards if they with three main components: the commit to working at one of its Safety Around Water program, swim aquatic facilities, Rainey said. classes, and lifeguard academies.

“I Can Swim My Way” is still acWith Buxton’s initiative helping cepting donations via its IOBY camfund swim classes, with an initial paign through March 31. To donate, focus on Oberlin youth, the countyvisit https://ioby.org/project/i wide initiative wants to connect -can-swim-my-way.

CLASSIFIEDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO PAWLAK PARK IMPROVEMENTS W. 14TH STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE, LORAIN, OHIO Sealed bids will be received by the Law Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, March 27, 2023, Lorain time, Law Department, Lorain City Hall 3rd Floor.

TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: 11:15 AM, March 27, 2023, Lorain time, City of Lorain Council Chambers, Lorain City Hall 1st Floor.

COMPLETION DATE: August 31, 2023 Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier’s Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured.

Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at www.cityoflorain.org.

Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All federal minority business enterprise and women business enterprise requirements shall be met. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project.

Bidders shall submit a list of available equipment, and labor shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Davis Bacon requirements for Lorain County, Ohio. The Director of Safety/Service reserves the right to

accept or reject any or all bids.

No Pre-Bid meeting is scheduled.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service LCCG 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/23 20716099 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO 2023 TLCI BEACHSCAPE WEST ERIE AVENUE ROAD DIET AND HAWK LOR-6-6.85 TLCI PID 116996 Sealed bids will be received by the Engineering Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio until: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, April 3rd, 2023, Lorain time, Law Department, Lorain City Hall 3rd Floor.

TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: 11:15 AM, April 3, 2023, Lorain time, City of Lorain Council Chambers, Lorain City Hall 1st Floor.

COMPLETION DATE: December 1, 2023 Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier’s Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured.

Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at www.cityoflorain.org.

Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All federal minority business enterprise and women business enterprise requirements shall be met. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project.

Bidders must be listed on the ODOT prequalified list for highway construction. Bidders shall submit a list of available equipment, and labor shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Davis Bacon requirements for Lorain County, Ohio. NO BID WILL BE OPENED WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATION OR THE ACCEPTABLE LETTER OF APPLICATION ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE AS DIRECTED. The Director of Safety/Service reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

No Pre-Bid meeting is scheduled.

By order of the Director of Public Safety/Service LLCG 3/9, 3/16, 3/23/23 20716593 PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION The following is a summary of legislation adopted by Lorain City Council on March 6, 2023. The complete text of each item may be viewed or purchased in the Clerk of Council Office @ Lorain City Hall, 200 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, during normal business hours or contact Breanna Dull @ 204-2050 (Breanna_ Dull@cityof lorain.org). The following summary of legislation passed has been reviewed/approved by the Law Director for legal accuracy as required by state laws.

Reso. 9-23 Strongly urging the Ohio Governor and members of the General Assembly to restore the Local Government Fund to pre-recession levels. 10-23 Concurring w/ expenditure of $995k of ARPA funds in the City of Lorain. Ord. 39-23 Auth S/S Dir to enter contract w/ Freedom Construction Services for the construction of the Black River Dredge Material Reuse facility entrance building. 40-23 Auth S/S Dir to make application to ODOT for 90/10 funding for planned pedestrian safety improvements at SR58 & Tower Blvd. 41-23* Assessing the cost of abating public nuisances

85 SOUTH MAIN STREET OBERLIN OHIO 44074 MARCH 16, 2023 BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING DATES ALL MEETINGS WILL BE Live Streamed @ http://oberlinoh.swagit.com/live MARCH 20, 2023 ....... REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 7:00 P.M. – COUNCIL CHAMBERS MARCH 21, 2023 ....... HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION – 4:00 P.M. – SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM - 69 S. MAIN STREET MARCH 21, 2023 ....... RECREATION COMMISSION – 7:00 P.M. – 36 S. PROSPECT ST. MARCH 22, 2023 ....... CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE – 7:00 P.M. – CONFERENCE ROOM 2

Andy White 419-651-2152 – Joseph Mast – Mary Hartley – Seth Andrews, Broker

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NOTICE: DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL 775-7203 OR E-MAIL: banderson@cityofoberlin.com NOTICE REQUIRED: TWO (2) WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING (48 HOURS) CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE.

by demolishing unsafe and vacant buildings throughout 2022 & 2023 (St. Joe’s Fence) 42-23 Auth & Directing the S/S Dir to enter into a sub-recipient agreement w/ the Lorain Port Authority n/t/e $995k for the Black River Landing Amphitheater. 43-23 Approving a sublease between the Lorain Port Authority and JATT Riverside, llc for the Riverside Park Marina building and certain adjoining grounds. (*Denotes legislation was passed as an emergency.)

C.T. 3/16/23 20716730 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO LOCAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ORC COMPLAINCE BIDS ROADWAY REHABILITATION FOR VARIOUS STREETS Sealed bids will be received by the Law Department of the City of Lorain, Ohio under the following schedule: TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIVING BIDS: UNTIL - 11:00 AM, Monday, April 3, 2023 Lorain time, City of Lorain Law Department, Lorain City Hall 3rd Floor.

TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: 11:25 AM, Lorain time, City of Lorain Council Chambers, Lorain City Hall 1st Floor. (There are 3 separate projects. They will be read sequentially.)

COMPLETION DATES: September 15, 2023 Bidders must be listed on the ODOT prequalified list for highway construction. Bidders shall submit a list of available equipment, and labor shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate as determined by the Ohio Department of Commerce for Lorain County.

NO BID WILL BE OPENED WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATION OR THE ACCEPTABLE LETTER OF APPLICATION ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE AS DIRECTED. Bids must be accompanied by Certified Check or Cashier’s Check or Letter of Credit equals to ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, or a bond for the full amount of the bid as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be entered into and a performance bond properly secured.

Should any bid be rejected, such instrument will be forthwith returned upon proper execution of a contract. Cash deposits will not be accepted.

Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin. All bidders must comply with the provisions of the American Disabilities Act. All federal minority business enterprise and women business enterprise requirements shall be met. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will to the extent practicable use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project.

Bid blanks and specifications may be secured at www.cityoflorain.org.

The Director of Safety/Service reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

By order of the Director of Safety/Service LCCG. 3/16, 3/24/23 20716805 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised that the City of Lorain will host a public hearing on Monday, March 27 in the Lorain City Council Chamber at 200 West Erie Ave., Lorain, Ohio at 5pm to discuss the plan of operation and governance for the energy aggregation program. Please contact Breanna_Dull@cityoflorain.org for additional information. BREANNA DULL, CMC C.T. 3/16, 3/23/23 20716920

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Lorain County teams end an ‘All-Star’ season All photos by THOMAS FETCENKO | The Chronicle-Telegram

With boys and girls basketball officially over in Lorain County, teams held one last friendly competition March 12 with the boys and girls All-Star Basketball games, with 3-point contests, a dunk contest, senior and rising star games.

The girls senior game saw athletes representing Dick Esser Plumbing defeat those representing HoopTech 71-41.

The boys’ Gene Legeza Cage Classic saw the home team, led by North Ridgeville’s Jake Boynar, win 155-127

RIGHT: Open Door’s RJ Penney (11) keeps the ball in play at the Lorain County Boys AllStar Game on Sunday, March 12 at Midview High School.

LEFT: Wellington’s Taylor Morris (2) rebounds the ball while guarded by North Ridgeville’s Grace Kingery (25) at the Lorain County Girls All-Star Game at North Ridgeville High School.

RIGHT: Avon’s Brooke Laub (3) guards Firelands’ Isabella Simmons (00) while at the Lorain County All-Star Game at North Ridgeville High School.

ABOVE: Black River’s Cayden Hinderman-Powell (35) reaches in an attempt to keep a ball in play while guarded by Vermilion’s Andrew Hendershot (4) at the Lorain County Boys All-Star Game on at Midview High School.

LEFT: Oberlin’s Isaac Thompson (23) takes the ball to the hoop during the “dunk contest” at the Lorain County Boys All-Star Game on at Midview High School.

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2023-24 Future Farmers of America Officers announced.

They are as follows: President, Gwen Dennison, Landscape and Greenhouse Management sophomore from Elyria; Vice President, Vayda Wiles, Industrial Equipment Mechanics sophomore from Firelands; Treasurer, Allison Dubber, Landscape and Greenhouse Management sophomore from Keystone; Secretary, Ethan Broz, Industrial Equipment Mechanics junior from Midview; Reporter, Emily McElheny, Landscape and Greenhouse Management junior from Amherst; Sentinel, Landon Kinas, Industrial Equipment Mechanics junior from North Ridgeville; and Student Advisor, Nathan Sword, Industrial Equipment Mechanics sophomore from Wellington.

Tax preparation

Oberlin Community Services will offer free federal tax help from 12-4 p.m.

March 21, 28 and April 4 at Oberlin Community Services, 85 S. Professor St. Families and individuals making less than $60,000 per year can file for free through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Those with higher income may qualify for AARP’s Tax-Aide.

This clinic is open to Lorain County residents by appointment only — appointments last about 30 minutes and can be made

by calling (440) 774-6579 during OCS business hours.

Amherst VFW Post 1662

165 Cleveland Ave. Amherst, OH 44001 (440) 988-8823 ● Fish Fry Fridays 03/10/23 - 04/7/23 EXCEPT 03/17/23 Serving 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. ● St. Patrick’s Day Dinner. Serving 3-7 p.m.

March 17 Corned Beef Dinner $12.00 Reuben Sandwich $10.00 Both events are open to the public, cash only, carryouts available. Call ahead to order.

Pancake breakfast

The Amherst Cross Country Girls team will host a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 26 at the Amherst Eagles Club, 1161 Milan Ave. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for youth ages 3-10 and children 2 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from any member of the girls team. Checks should be made payable to Amherst Athletic Boosters.

Pancakes are all you can eat.

Amherst Historical Society ● Norm Miller’s program, “My Civil War Ancestors and the Songs

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They Sang,” will be at 7 p.m. March 29 at the Amherst Historical Society, 113 South Lake St. Norm will tell stories about his Civil War ancestors and the songs they sang, as well as discuss his family’s history. Light refreshments will be served during this free community program.

Please RSVP by March 24th to (440) 988-7255 or office@amhersthistoricalsociety.org. ● Afternoon Tea is 1-3 p.m. May 21 at The Grange Hall in Sandstone Village. Please join us for tea and refreshments, enjoy beautiful wedding dresses on display, and tour the Village gardens maintained by the Amherst Garden Club. Tickets are $20 per person, $15 for members.

Please RSVP by May 15 to (440) 988-7255 or office@ amhersthistoricalsociety. org. Payments can be made by cash, check or card.

You can also register and pay by card using https://form.jotform. com/230463915767161 ● The Eggstravaganza is Saturday, April 1st from 1-4pm and will take place at two locations: The Easter Bunny, raffle baskets, food for sale, and more will be at the Amherst Historical Society, 113 S. Lake St. A balloon artist, face

painter, two petting zoos, crafting stations, trivia and egg scavenger hunt in the Historic buildings with prizes, and more will be at The Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Avenue, Amherst, Ohio 44001. ● The Sandstone Village Car and Bike Show will be June 4 with registration from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and the Car Show from 12-4 p.m. There will be a photo area, Village building tours, garage sales, a blessing of the cars and bikes, raffles, DJ, food court, and more!

Spectator parking will be at Amherst Junior High School with shuttle service to Sandstone Village.

Oberlin Business Partnership

Amplify Your Voice is designed to address this problem. It is tailored to help women discover the unique value of their voice and how to share their wisdom, passions, and ideas.

You will learn to unlock your potential and stand out in a noisy world.

Breakfast is 8:30 a.m., program 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

April April 18 at The Hotel at Oberlin Ballroom, 10 E College St. Tickets are $300 for a table of six, or $59 per

DOWN 1. Having the means 2. Land of Israel 3. *____-cutting, broadcast TV phenomenon 4. Opposite of alpha 5. Not owner 6. Something ____

Amherst Golf League

The Amherst City golf league has openings for players for the upcoming season. Two man teams or singles to play as subs or regulars are needed. This is a men’s league, mostly retirees, for fun with competition. We play Tuesday afternoons at Forest Hills.

Please contact Gregg at 440-277-7349 if interested.

Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef Dinner-To-Go cooked and served by Genuine Irish Leprechauns. $18 for Corned Beef Sandwich with Swiss Cheese on Rye; Kosher Dill Pickle, Cole Slaw, Horseradish, Mustard & Cake. Contact Pete at 440-465-4946/ pcatanese7@gmail.com or John at 440-725-7369 or john. pabin@gmail.com with #meals and pick up time from 4-7 p.m. March 17 at Father Ragan Hall, 1783 Moore Rd. Avon. Since only a limited number of meals are prepared, preorders are strongly recommended.

Avon Democratic Club

Join the Avon Democratic Club for our meeting on 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the Avon Senior Center at 36784 Detroit Rd. All are

welcome.

Candidates Geoffrey Smith and Wayne R. Nicol will discuss their campaigns for Municipal Judge of the Avon Lake Courts.

The Avon Lake Municipal Court serves Avon Lake, Avon and Sheffield Village.

Black River Audubon Society

The Black River Audubon 65 Year Anniversary Outstanding Speaker program will feature wellknown naturalist, author and birder Scott Weidensaul and his program “A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds” 3 p.m. March 25 at the Carlisle Reservation Visitor Center, 12882 Diagonal Rd., LaGrange.

This program is free for members, $10 for nonmembers. Pre-registration for attendees is required and tickets can be purchased at www.blackriver audubon.org.

NAMI of Lorain County

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Lorain County will host its family to family educational class from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through April 25. The free, program is designed for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions.

Each session is taught

by NAMI trained family members. To register, or for more information, call (440) 2408477 or email office@namilc.org.

Merit list

THEME: THE 2010s ACROSS 1. Necktie alternative 6. Finish line 9. Show of appreciation 13. Biotic community 14. Hula dancer’s necklace 15. House duty 16. Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone’s stage last name 17. International distress signal 18. Hogwarts professor, part werewolf 19. *”Avengers: ____,” secondhighest grossing movie of all time 21. *Annexed Black Sea peninsula 23. Santa ____, Orange County 24. Multicolored horse 25. *Rand Paul’s title, abbr.

28. Youngster 30. *Type of spinner popular in the late 2010s 35. Between duet and quartet 37. Newspaper piece 39. Pope’s court 40. Bohemian 41. *Tonya and Harley Quinn to Margot Robbie, e.g.

43. *Like Millie Bobby Brown and friends in “Stranger Things” 44. Prows 46. Vaulting prop 47. Fencer’s blade 48. *Animated story of Elsa and Anna 50. Greek salad ingredient 52. Make #26 Down 53. Look through a book 55. Good times 57. *Global surveillance whistleblower 61. *Swedish audio streamer 65. BBQ spot 66. Words at the altar (2 words) 68. Beneficiary 69. Anti-seniors sentiment 70. Ides mo.

71. Bone hollow 72. Prepare potatoes 73. Tide’s backward flow 74. City in France

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GRACE RANSOM, of Amherst, and a University of Findlay junior, was awarded the United States Eventing bronze medal at the Novice level riding UF’s horse Bright Prince.

Ransom achieved this award by finishing three events at three separate venues with a score of 45 or below. The events, along with her final scores, are as follows: 38.8 at the Genesee Valley Hunt Horse Trials in Avon, New York; 44.4 at the Jump Start Horse Trials in Lexington, Kentucky; 31.1 at the River Glen Horse Trials in New Market, Tennessee.

In addition, these scores have enabled her to meet the requirements to qualify for the American Eventing Championships in August 2023 in Lexington, Kentucky. She and Bright Prince are in eighth place on the intercollegiate leaderboard for the nation.

Ransom, the UF Eventing Team Captain, is double majoring in Equestrian Studies with an English Riding/Training emphasis and in Equine Business Management.

BAYA R GREGOROVIC, of Amherst, was included on Wichita State University’s dean’s honor roll for fall 2022.

To be included on the dean’s honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

7. Opposite of paleo 8. “Saturday Night Fever” music 9. Pal 10. Between trot and gallop 11. Operatic solo 12. Actor Sean 15. Healthcare facility 20. *Bill de Blasio, e.g.

22. England’s airforce 24. Recite rapidly (2 words) 25. Walking stick 26. Fielding mistake 27. Part of TNT 29. *BTS’ genre 31. *Home to Blue Devils, 2015 NCAA winners 32. Complain 33. Downy duck 34. Policeman’s shocker 36. Court of law opener 38. Mark for omission 42. Frame job 45. Not often

49. *Amal Clooney ____ Alamuddin 51. Naturally footless 54. Japanese cartoon art 56. Expressionless 57. Junk e-mail 58. Hindu serpent deity 59. Singer-songwriter Redding 60. Item on Santa’s list 61. Acidic kind of apple 62. A fan of 63. *Plant in Zach Galifianakis’ 2019 movie 64. Those not opposed 67. *Popular meme move

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These kids are facing a decision about spending money. What would you do?

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With a BLUE crayon, circle the coins that add up to the amount shown on the top coin purse. Then, use a RED crayon to circle the coins that add up to the amount shown on the bottom coin purse.

Have a family member check your work. You should have 5¢ left over if you circled the correct coins.

Which pair of sneakers should Kevinchoose? Give at least tworeasons toexplain your choice.

Which pair of jeans should Emma choose?

Give at least tworeasons for your choice.

Which is the best deal? The small can of fruit juice or the 64 ounce size?

BOTTLE: $3.50

The 64 ounce bottle contains 16 4 ounce cups of juice. The 12 ounce can contains three 4 ounce cups of juice.

CAN: $1.25

M O N E Y PUZZLE 1

How much money would you save if you put a nickel in a jar every day for a year?

Can you add up all the coins you see on this page?

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PUZZLE 2

How much money would you save in four weeks if you saved 5¢ a day the first week, 10¢ a day the second week, 15¢ a day the third week and 20¢ a day the fourth week?

PUZZLE 3

How much money would you save using the plan in Puzzle 2 and kept increasing the savings amount by 5¢ each week for 12 weeks?

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It All Adds Up PUZZLE 4

How much money would you save using the plan in Puzzle 3 and kept increasing the savings amount by 5¢ each week for 26 weeks?

Find four 4-digit numbers in the newspaper. Copy the numbers onto a piece of paper and add them together.

Repeat with 5-digit and 6-digit numbers.

Standards Link: Math: Addition.

Newspaper coupons are a great way to save money. Circle the coupon that offers the best deal on each product.

Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.

DECISION GENERIC THRIFT CHOICE NICKEL MONEY STORE JEANS FRUIT MONTH SAVE DEAL ZING PAIR COST

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M O N T H T F H D D E C I O H C R A E E

E M O N E R U C A Y

This week’s word:

J E A N S S T F S E

The adjective generic means not specific or limited to any brand name.

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Flu is sometimes used as a generic term for an illness caused by a virus.

Try to use the word generic in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Riddle Roundup

Best Food Deal

Use the grocery store ads to compare the cost of different food items. Find two or more of the same food items sold in different quantities. Figure out which is the best deal.

ANSWER: “Cheap! Cheap!”

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate info.

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