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The Red Cross deployed almost 30 emergency response vehicles to distribute food and relief sup-plies and more are on alert. Two Southern Baptist Convention kitchens and kitchen support trail-ers will join the relief effort with the ability to serve tens of thou-sands of meals a day.

Emergency aid stations will open where people can get food and snacks, mental health and health services and information about what help is available. The Red Cross is supporting fi rst respond-ers and working with local and state offi cials to make sure peo-ple get the help they need. Mean-while, the Red Cross continues to provide shelter in Shawnee and other parts of the Oklahoma City area following storms over the weekend.

SAFE AND WELL The Red Cross has several ways people can let loved ones know they are safe. They can register on the Red Cross Safe and Well website by visiting www.redcross.org and clicking on the “List Yourself or Search Registrants” link under “How to Get Help”. Those who can’t access a computer can call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) and a Red Cross op-erator can help them register. Disaster victims can also update their Facebook and Twitter status through the Safe and Well web-site or visit www.redcross.org/safeandwell on their smart phone and click on the “List Yourself as Safe and Well” or “Search for friends and family” link.

DOWNLOAD TORNADO APP. If someone has the Red Cross tor-nado app on their mobile device, they can use the “I’m Safe” but-ton to let loved ones know they are okay. The app can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for Android by searching for American Red Cross. It includes a high-pitched siren and tornado warning alert that signals when a NOAA torna-do warning has been issued, as well as also an all-clear alert that lets users know when a tornado warning has expired or has been cancelled. Content is preloaded so users have access to critical information even without mobile connectivity, including locations of open Red Cross shelters and the one-touch “I’m Safe” messag-

YMCA off ers summer mem-bership for College Students

Melissa Ramirez

For a limited time only, summer college memberships are available at the YMCA in

Avon.

French Creek Family YMCAWelcome your college student home with open arms and a 3 month membership to the YMCA For just $95 college students can spend the summer in the pool or trying out one of the many FREE group exercise classes at the French Creek Family YMCA. Spinning, Zumba, Bootcamp, Power Sculpt and so much more is available, including over 70 pieces of equipment and free wellness coaching.

Stop by today to get your student started with their summer of well-ness

Red Cross Helping Oklahoma Tornado Victims With Shelter, Food, Relief Supplies

The American Red Cross is work-ing around the clock to help peo-ple in Oklahoma after Monday’s devastating tornadoes with shel-ters, food, water and supplies, and more workers, supplies and equipment are moving into the area today.

“Our thoughts and sympathy are with all those impacted by these horrifi c tornadoes,” said Trevor Riggen, vice president of Disas-ter Operations and Logistics for the Red Cross. “Specialized Red Cross disaster teams are helping now and will be helping for weeks to come as people in Oklahoma recover from these storms.”

ing to let loved ones know they are okay through social media outlets. More than a million alerts were sent from the Red Cross tornado app with 340 separate tornado warning/watch notices on Sunday and Monday as torna-does hit in Oklahoma and other states.

HOW TO HELP Those who would like to helppeople affected by disasters like tornadoes, fl oods and other crises can make a donation to American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Peo-ple can donate by visiting www.redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word RED-CROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. These donations help provide food, shelter and emo-tional support to those affected by disasters.

BLOOD SUPPLIES The Red Cross stands ready to help meet the blood needs of patients in and around Oklahoma City if needed, and there is currently enough blood on the shelves to meet pa-tient demands. The Red Cross is a secondary supplier of blood products to hospitals in the affect-ed area in Oklahoma. People with type O negative blood are encour-aged to give blood when they are able. All eligible blood donors can schedule an appointment to give in the days and weeks ahead by calling 1-800-RED CROSS or visiting www.redcrossblood.org to help ensure blood is available when people need it.

CORPORATIONS HELP The Red Cross is able to respond quickly when emergencies like this happen with the help of cor-porations who are members of the organization’s Annual Disas-ter Giving (ADGP) and Disaster Responder programs. Program members pledge donations on an ongoing basis to allow the Red Cross to pre-position supplies and be ready to take immediate action when disasters occur.

Current ADGP members are: 3M; Altria Group; Aon; AT&T; Bank of America; BNY Mellon; Briggs & Stratton Corporation; Caterpil-lar Inc.; CHS Foundation; Cisco Foundation; Citi Foundation; The CloroxCompany; Community Safety Foundation funded by AAA North-ern California, Nevada and Utah Insurance Exchange; ConAgra Foods Foundation; Costco Wholesale Corporation; Darden Restaurants, Inc.; Dell Inc.; Dis-cover; Disney; Dr Pepper Snap-ple Group; Edison International; FedEx Corporation; GE Founda-tion; Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation; The Home Depot Foundation; Humble Bundle;

jcpenney; John Deere Founda-tion; Johnson Controls; Kimber-ly-Clark Corporation; Kraft Foods Group; Lowe’s Companies, Inc.; Medtronic; Meijer; Merck Co. Foundation; MondelÃ„“z Interna-tional; National Grid; Nationwide Insurance Foundation; Northrop Grumman; Optum; PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation; South-west Airlines; Sprint; State Farm; State Street; Target; Texas In-struments; The TJX Companies, Inc.; UnitedHealthcare; Universi-ty of Phoenix; UPS; US Airways; Walmart; WellPoint Foundation; Wells Fargo.

Disaster Responder members include: American Express; As-traZeneca; AXA Foundation; Del-ta Air Lines; Farmers Insurance; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Foundation; H&R Block; Ingersoll Rand; Morgan Stan-ley; New Balance Foundation; Northwestern Mutual and the Northwestern Mutual Founda-tion; PuroClean; Ryder Charita-ble Foundation; Starbucks Coffee Company and Starbucks Foun-dation; Sunoco; Tyson Foods, Inc.; U.S. Bank; Western Union Foundation.

About the American Red Cross: The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood;teaches skills that save lives; pro-vides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profi t organization that de-pends on volunteers and the gen-erosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more infor-mation, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.

Alcohol and Drug Addic-tion Services Board of Lorain County is Seeking Members

ADAS Board of Lorain County

The Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Lorain County is seeking members for its board of directors. Interested Lorain County residents can contact Elaine Georgas at 440.282.9920 or [email protected] for more information and to obtain an application for membership. The Board will assess programs and provide feedback to ensure that all services are of high quality, effi cient and effective in recovery and prevention.

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here in Lorain County.

The Lorain County Association of Realtors is one of more than 1,200 local boards and associa-tions of REALTORS nationwide that comprise the National Asso-ciation of REALTORS.

Members of the Lorain County Association of REALTORS care about the community in which they live, work and support.REALTOR is a registered collec-tive membership mark which may be used only by real estate pro-fessionals who are members of the National Association of REAL-TORS and subscribe to its strict Code of Ethics. Not all real estate sales agents are REALTORS. All REALTORS are members of NAR along with their State and Local Associations.

Neighborhood Alliance Sum-mer Enrichment Camp 2013

Neighborhood Alliance is host-ing Summer Enrichment Camp 2013! This fun fi lled summer day camp include weekly educational themes along with fi eld trips to a variety of different places includ-ing a Oberlin Heritage Tour, Great Lakes Science Center, swimming

Home Ownership Matters Chad Schneider 2013 Presi-dent, Lorain County Associa-tion of REALTORS

Chad Schneider 2013 LoCAR President

April 29, 2013 -- Home ownership has a signifi cant impact on net worth, educational achievement, civic participation, health, and overall quality of life. And, home ownership helps create jobs-lots of them-right here at home. The National Association of REAL-TORS has conducted numerous studies and surveys looking into why Home Ownership Matters so much. Here are some of the fi nd-ings:

Home Ownership Matters to peo-ple. Owning a home is one of the best ways to build long-term wealth. Historically, a home own-er’s net worth has ranged from 31 to 46 times that of a renter. Home owners are free to redecorate, renovate, and modify their homes as they wish. Home owners can typically deduct mortgage interest and property taxes on their feder-al individual income tax return.

Home Ownership Matters to com-munities. People who own homes vote more, volunteer more and contribute more to their neigh-borhoods. Home owners typically do not move frequently, providing more neighborhood stability. In turn, this stability helps reduce crime and supports neighbor-hood upkeep.

Home Ownership Matters to America. Sixty-seven percent of American households are own-er-occupied. America is a nation of home owners. Housing ac-counts for more than 15% of the national Gross Domestic Prod-uct, a key driver ofour national economy. Every home purchased pumps more

than $60,000 into the economy for furniture, home improvements and related items. Home owners pay 80 to 90% of federal individ-ual income taxes, contributing to federal programs that benefi t all Americans.

As the nation’s leading advocate for homeownership and housing issues, NAR knows that stabiliz-ing the housing market is key to the health of our economy and communities across the country.

REALTORS support plans to help America’s struggling hous-ing market and homeowners. Improving access to simple, low-cost refi nancing and streamlining the process will help hardworking families who have stayed current on their mortgage payments and will go a long way to helping keep more families in their homes. RE-ALTORS also support the reno-vation of homes in order to sell to owner-occupants.

Do your research and take ad-vantage of the many housing opportunities right here in Lorain County. We are fortunate to live in a region with such vast offer-ings. From big to small, country to city... it’s available in Lorain County! Our proximity to highway and freeway access provides great commute options both east and west! Contact your LoCAR REALTOR member today.

The National Association of RE-ALTORS is known as “The Voice of Real Estate.” NAR members are outspoken consumer advo-cates actively engaged in all ele-ments of the residential and com-mercial real estate industries. REALTORS support the Amer-ican Dream of homeownership while working to create stron-ger, more vibrant communities in which to live and work.

As an organization, NAR is lead-ing the drive for home ownership in many ways. NAR encourages all REALTORS to become ag-gressive advocates for success-ful housing opportunities for fam-ilies and businesses throughout the U.S. Remember, Home Own-ership Matters. Do your internet research, take advantage of the many housing opportunities right

and the Cleveland Zoo. Breakfast, Lunch, Morning and Afternoon Snacks provided at no additional cost. Neighborhood Alliance is a Ohio Department of Job & Family Services Subsidized Child Care Provider.Nord Center to Host Steak Fry to Benefi t Sexual Assault Ser-vices Th e Nord Center

Our supporters are our heros. We could not do this work without you.

On Friday, July 19, 2013 from 5:30PM to 10:00PM (serving until 8PM) The Nord Center will hold a Steak Fry at St. Peter’s Pavilion at 3655 Oberlin Avenue in Lorain. The event will benefi t The Nord Center’s Sexual Assault Ser-vices. The evening will feature a steak meal for adults, a hot dog meal for children with beverages and desserts included. The event will also featuremusic, a silent auction and a raf-fl e. Tickets are priced at $17.50 for adults and $5.00 for a chil-dren’s hot dog meal. A full list of sponsorship opportunities is available at http://www.nordcen-ter.org/steakfry2013.php.

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SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT RECREATION

Melissa RamirezFrench Creek Family YMCA

May 22, 2013 -- The French Creek Family YMCA is excit-ed to offer Summer Camp at El Centro in Lorain. Summer Camp runs 10 weeks beginning June 10th and ending August 16th; the program will be closed on 4th of July. Kids will go on 2 field trips per week and will swim at the French Creek Family YMCA every Thursday. Vouchers are accepted and scholarships are available. Where: El Centro So-cial Service Building 2800 Pearl Avenue, Lorain, OH 44055 Ages: Completed Kindergarten-Age 12 Cost: Full-time: $130 week Part-time: $95 week Contact: Jennifer Hrusovsky at [email protected] or 440-934-9622. Visit http://www.clevelandymca.org/camp/elcentrocamp.html for additional information. The French Creek Family YMCA is a branch of the Greater Cleveland Association.

Jim Ptacek Focus Gallery Open House this Thursday at MercyTrueNorth Cultural Arts

May 22, 2013 -- This Thursday May 23rd join TrueNorth Cultural Arts from 6:00-8:00pm at Mer-cy Health & Recreation Center (MHRC) in Amherst for a Meet & Greet Open House with artist Jim Ptacek. Jim’s Artist Focus Gallery is currently on display at MHRC, and is the first in a series of focus galleries throughout the year in the new MHRC gallery. Jim is a Cleveland native and a long time TrueNorth artist. He is famous for his glicees and prints that feature collages of famous landmarks in Cleveland and oth-er major cities. His work is avail-able for purchase in the True-North Art Gallery at the French Creek Nature & Arts Center the MHRC gift shop, and in other lo-cations around the country. The Artist Focus: Jim Ptacek Gallery will be running through mid June. Mercy Health & Recreation Cen-

ter is located at 47160 Hollstein Dr., Amherst 44001.

David Kalgren Honored by the National Football FoundationOberlin College Athletics

On May 7, Oberlin College senior David Kalgren was honored with a postgraduate scholarship by the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation at its 25th annual awards banquet. Kalgren, a native of Curwensville, Pennsylvania, was a First-Team All-NCAC selection and Sec-ond-Team All-Ohio honoree this past fall. Recently the athletics department also honored him as one of two Andrews Family Award winners. Kalgren departs Oberlin as one of the greatest defensive backs in school history. He is second on the all-time list with 14 career interceptions and finished fifth in the country this season with seven INTs, including two of which that went for touchdowns. He is graduating on Monday with a degree in economics and a GPA of 3.3

The Center for Orthopedics to Host 5th Annual Sports Phys-icalEvent EMH Healthcare

The Center for Orthopedics will host their 5th Annual Sports Physical event on Friday, June 7th, from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. This free event is open to all students who are required to receive a sports physical for various programs. Several area physicians will be donating their time to perform the physicals, in-cluding the six doctors based at The Center for Orthopedics. “Our physicians are athletes, and they have children who are involved in sports, so they are keenly aware of the need for this type of event,” said Sheila Tonn-Knopf, Director of The Center for Orthopedics. “We’re now in our fifth year, and each event is bigger and bet-ter than the last. We’re proud to give back to the community.” Last year, more than 700 stu-

dents from 25 schools received physicals. To participate, student athletes should download the OHSAA (Ohio High School Athlet-ic Association) physical form from their school’s web site, and bring it with them to the event. The stu-dent’s medical history forms that have been signed by a parent or guardian are required as well. Each student who receives a physical will also receive a “goody bag” and a free t-shirt, while sup-plies last. So, make your reserva-tion today! The deadline to RSVP is Monday, June 3rd. Please call (440)329-2860 to reserve a spot. The Center for Orthopedics is located at 5001 Transportation Drive in Sheffield Village.

The Steelheaders kick off Music Under the Stars this Friday at Lakeview parkTrueNorth Cultural Arts

This Friday May 24th at 7:30pm The Steelheaders will kick off our Music Under the Stars outdoor concert series at Lakeview Park , 1800 West Erie Ave. in Lorain. The Steelheaders are defining Americana music. Blending blues and folk with rock & roll, they tran-sition from one genre to the next without missing a beat. They mix a hard-driving rock sound with in-credible solos to create a fantastic listening experience! The combi-nation of Michael Grady’s intricate guitar work, Tim Quine’s gritty harmonica, and Cathy Miller’s rockin’ fiddle create a sound that is tight and unique. Drummer Ed Wheeler and Barb Withee on Up-right Bass provide a rock-steady base for the whole band to build upon. Add to that intense vocal harmonies between Michael and Cathy, and this is one band you don’t want to miss. They perform a mix of outstanding originals and unmistakably interesting takes on cover tunes. Their style is primar-ily Americana, with grooves rang-ing from a swaying folk-y sound to rock and soul. They can wail just as well on original and clas-sic blues tunes, combining tex-tures and rhythms to formulate an amazing sound. This concert is the first in the Music Under the Stars outdoor concerts which typ-ically occur 7:30pm the second Sunday of every month at Lakev-iew Park. In addition we’ll also launch the Arts in the Parks mu-sic series, which feature weekly concerts every Thursday evening from 6:30pm-8:00pm at French Creek Nature & Arts Center Mill-

er Nature Preserve, and Mercy Health and Recreation Center For a complete schedule of con-certs call (440) 458-5121 or visit www.metroparks.cc.

Calendar ContestFirst Federal Savings of Lorain

May 22, 2013 -- TIME IS RUN-NING OUT! This Saturday, May 25th at the close of business is our deadline for accepting photos for our annual calendar contest...so if you have scenic photos of our servicing area ( Lorain, Erie, Hu-ron, Ottawa, Seneca, Cuyahoga, Summit and Medina counties) please submit them. All winning photos will be placed in the 2014 calendar along with name of the photographer; the winner will re-ceive a $50 Visa or Mastercard gift card. So, if you have photos you haven’t turn yet in please get them in to any of our branch offic-es by Saturday. Rules and Regu-lations PHOTOGRAPHS: can be submitted by anyone - customers, future customers or employees. There is no limit to the number of entries you submit or the number of times you can win each year. Photos must be available in digi-tal form so that if chosen aswinners, they can be emailed or given to us on CD or thumb drive, to then be forwarded to the print-er for production. Must be sub-mitted for judging in sizes 3” x 5”, or 4” x 6” anything larger will not be considered for judging. Which contain an imprinted date can-not be used. Can be new photos specifically taken for the contest, or may be a favorite you already have at home. Again, they must be available in digital form if cho-sen as a winner. Must be submit-ted and in our possession no later than Saturday, May 25, 2013. The name, address, phone number and current email address of the person submitting the photo(s), along with a description of what the photo represents, must be written on the back of the photo. All correspondence for winners will be done via email so please make sure the submitted email is current. Can be dropped off at any First Federal branch office, or mailed to: First Federal Savings of Lorain Attention: Marketing Department, 3721 Oberlin Ave.,


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Labatt Blue Black RiverConcert SeriesThe Labatt Blue Black River Con-cert Series is back at the Black River Landing for the summer of 2013. All shows begin at 8:00 p.m. with the concessions open at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. June 1: Parrots of the Caribbean Jimmy Buffet Tribute - June 15: Almost Queen (Queen Tribute) - July 3: Port Fest 2013 Gates open t 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Hard Days Night (Beatles Tribute) - July 13: Hotel California (Eagles Tribute) August 10: Fayrewether - August 24: The Soul Men with Shady Drive - Blues Brothers Tribute.

Jet Express 2013Ongoing - Black River Landing Dock 2013 Jet Express Sched-ule Purchase tickets 10 days in advance and receive a $5.00 dis-count per ticket. Tickets will be available online soon. June 13: Wine Tasting 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. June 14: Great Lakes Brewery Tasting Cruise 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. June 22: Horseshoe Casi-no Cruise 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. July 3: Port Fest River and Har-bor Cruises 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Fireworks Cruise 9:00 p.m. July 12: Girls Nite Out 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. July 25: Wine Tasting Cruise 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. July 28: Horseshoe Casino Cruise 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. August 15: Wine Tasting Cruise 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. August 16: Great Lakes Brewery Tasting Cruise 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. August 18: Horseshoe Ca-sino Cruise 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. September 7: Horseshoe Casi-no Cruise 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. For all Island cruises and Casino Cruises there will be a $5.00 dis-count for purchasing tickets 10 days prior to the cruise.

Port Fest 20137/3/2013 - Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain, Oh 44052 A beautiful sunny day at Port Fest - Celebrate Lorains waterfront with the annual Lorain Port Authority’s Port Fest. Live music, childrens activities, craft vendors and your favorite festival foods are the norm at Port Fest. Our River Tours will be going on throughout the day. Take a boat ride on one of the Port Authority’s two shuttle boats for a tour upriver to see the hidden natural areas of the river along with the steel mill.

Great Blue Herons, bald eagles, cormorants are commonly seen along the river with occasional deer and beaver sightings. Light-house tours will also be available Festival Schedule 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Childrens Entertain-ment 5:15 p.m. The Bug Doctor’s Bug Lab in the Transportation Center 6:30 p.m. The Bug Doc-tor’s Bug Lab in the Transporation Center Musical Entertainment on the Stage 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Hard Days Night (Beatles tribute) 10:00 p.m. Fireworks Display 11:00 p.m. Festival Closes

Lorain International Parade & Festival6/28/0013 - Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain, Ohio 44052 - Festival goers - The 46th Lorain International Festival and Bazaar will be held at the Black River Landing June 28-30, 2013. Over 30 ethnic and Ameri-can food vendors have something for everyone’s taste buds. Non-stop entertainment throughout the festival keeps everything live-ly. Don’t miss the favorite festival in town! Visit www.loraininterna-tional.com for more information.

Friendship Baptist Church-2nd Annual Rib Burn Off & More Friendship Baptist Church-2160 Reeves Avenue, Lorain 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Booths are $30.00 10’x10’ space - sell whatever your like or if you think you have the best ribs please enter them into the burn off. There will be flag games going on and our bas-ketball tournament. June 1, 2013 Expected Attendance: 101 - 500 Venue: Friendship Baptist Church 2160 Reeves Avenue Lorain, Oh 44052 For additional information please email [email protected]

Juneteenth Festival on Tappan SquareSaturday, June 15 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Juneteenth Festival on Tappan Square Featuring John Cooper as Abraham Lincoln and members of the 5th United States Colored Troop, Co. C Visit our website at: www.juneteenthoberlin.com for up to minute details and Vendor informa-tion. June 15, 2013 Tappan Square Main & College Streets Oberlin, OH 44074 Sponsor: Juneteenth Oberlin, Inc. Additional Info.: Other Activities may include: Parade, Car Show, Mini-Kick Ball Tournament, Bike-

Trike-Wagon Decorating Contest, Caricaturist, Bicycle Give-A-Ways, Children’s Activities, Greens & Mac & Cheese Contest, Oberlin History Trolley Tours, Rock-Paper-Scissors Contest, Broom Jumping Ceremony, Magician, Traditional African-Amer-ican arts and crafts, Cake Walk, Marbles Tournament, Tug of War Tournament, Kickball for Kids, Pho-to Ops. Drum Troupe, Rock Painting Contest, Face Painting, etc., Bubble, Bid Whist & Spades Tournament, OB Jump, Food, Vendors, and music.

Festival of the FishAnnual Festival of the Fish held over Father’s Day weekend June 14 - 16. One of the largest festi-vals in the area. Every year the City of Vermilion celebrates on a grand scale with parades, boat parades, races, pageants, con-tests, food, entertainment, mar-kets and much more. On Friday young girls vie for the coveted title of princess or queen in one of the largest festival pageants in the county. Pet parade, kids games at the gazebo. Fireworks display off the breakwall at the mouth of the river downtown. On Saturday the day kicks off with a 5K run and 1-mile walk spon-sored by theYMCA and a Sand Castle Contest at Main Street Beach. Crazy Craft Races on the Vermilion River. Event open to all, so all you need is some imag-ination to build whatever kind of vessel inspires you. Lighted Boat Parade at dusk on the Vermilion River. Father’s Day Parade on Sunday. 440-967-4477 June 14, 2013 - June 15, 2013 Location: Downtown Vermilion Vermilion, OH Time: 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm-Website: http://www.vermiliono-hio.com

Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festi-val - Duct Tape Festival! JUNE 14-16 2013Celebrate everything Duck Tape® at the Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival. Free parking/admis-sion, scavenger hunt, live enter-tainment, rides, food, plus Duck Tape® fashions, sculptures and crafts. Parade 10am Sat. start-ing at Avon High School. Festi-val Jun 14 - 16, Fri 4 - 11pm, Sat 11am - 11pm, Sun 11am - 5pm. 866.818.1116 June 15, 2013 Lo-cation: Veterans Memorial Park 38975 Detroit Road Avon, OH 44011 11:00 am - 11:00 pm Web-site: http://www.ducttapefestival.com

The tenth annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival will kick off on June 14, 2013, just in time to celebrate Father’s Day. The festi-val will be an all-weekend event starting Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Avon, Ohio. This three-day event cele-brates duct tape, its enthusiasts and its wacky and fun uses. The festival also honors the history and heritage of the city that is proclaimed the “Duct Tape Cap-ital” of the world—Avon, Ohio—the home of Duck Tape® brand duct tape. From sculptures and fashion to games and a parade, everything at the festival revolves around duct tape and the won-derful city of Avon. Friday, June 14: 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm - Satur-day, June 15: 11:00 am to 11:00 pm - Sunday, June 16: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm - Parade: Saturday, June 15 at 10:00 am START LO-CATION: Avon High School

Honor Flight MovieBring family and Friends to this heart warming, award winning documentary. Four World War II Veterans share their Legacy and Honor Flight journey.May 28, 2013 Venue: Lorain Pal-ace Theatre 617 Broadway Lo-rain, OH 44052 Sponsor: Stein HospiceAdditional Info.: ADMISSION is FREE Show Times: 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for groups larger than 25 or special seating call 800-625-5269 or register online @ www.steinhospice.org

4th Tuesday in Downtown ElyriaFourth Tuesday May 28, 2013 Enjoy music through out down-town by local artists! Enjoy jazz, rock, and pop in Ely Square, in front of Moss’ and Donna’s. Con-tact Main Street Elyria if you are a performer and would like to particpate at 440-322-5000. Ven-ue Details Expected Attendance: 101 - 500 Venue: Ely Park Elyria, Oh 44035 Sponsor: Main Street Elyria Additional Info.: www.main-streetelyria.com

A Broadway CabaretLorain Community Music Theater presents ‘A Broadway Cabaret’, featuring Broadway show tunes by past & presents LCMT per-formers. The event is scheduled from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Tickets

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are $25 for adults and $10 for chil-dren (age 12 & under), and can be obtained thru any LCMT Board member, or by sending an e-mail to [email protected] June 1, 2013 St. Joseph Hall 200 St. Joseph Drive Amherst, OH 44001 Sponsor: Lorain Community Mu-sic Theater - A Broadway Caba-ret’ will include entertainment, a buffet dinner, cash bar, Chinese raffle and 50/50 raffle.

LaBatt Blue Black River 2013 Concert Series: Parrots of the Caribbean Concert is 8:00-11:00pm. Admission and parking are free. Concessions begin at 7:00pm. June 1, 2013 Black River Landing & Trans-portation Center 421 Black River Lane Lorain, OH 44052 Sponsor: Lorain Port Authority

Christy’s Car Show Elyria Re-lay For Life Fundraiser“Christy’s Car Show” June 1st 12:00-3:00 Where: 5081 Water-ford Dr. Elyria (Christy Jacobs State Farm office) Register day of event, for more details contact our office 440-934-6818 - June 1, 2013 Venue: Christy Jacobs State Farm Offices 5081 Waterford Dr. Christy Jacobs State Farm Elyria, OH 44035 All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society

“Champion of Faith Summer Fest” Pig Roast and AuctionFriday, May 31st, 2013 TIME: 5:00pm to 8:30pm (Auctions and Games) Meal Served from 5:30pm to 7:00pm Open Door Christian Schools 8287 West Ridge Road Elyria, OH 44035 MEAL: Pig Roast or BBQ Half Chicken 2 Side Items, Roll, Des-sert and Drink - Please join us as we celebrate the beginning of summer with an exciting evening of food, games, kids activities, bounce houses, face painting and bidding on many fabulous items such as: Trips and Excursions - Sports Memorabilia - Event Tick-ets - Gift Certificates For more information or to purchase meal tickets, contact the Open Door Christian Schools Athletic De-partment at 440-322-6386 or email [email protected]

EMH Relay For Life Flea MarketRELAY FOR LIFE FLEA MARKET is Saturday June 8 from 9am-3pm in the EMH parking lot on the corner of E.Broad & Park ave. $15.00 non refundable donation to the EMH Freedom Fighter’s Relay team reserves your space. Bring your tables * canopies and your sale items. Vendors needed. Call 440-284-5560 or message me for more info. Vendors can set

up starting at 7am. June 8, 2013 EMH Regional Medical Center 630 East River St. Elyria, OH 44035 Sponsor: American Can-cer Society Relay For Life

PETER MILLER HOUSE MUSE-UM SUMMER PROGRAMPeter Miller House Museum Com-mittee is inviting everyone tocome to the June and July Summer Programs which will be present. Tours of tmuseum will be at 6:30 p.m. and programs will start at 7 p.m. The admission is free and is open to everyone who is interest. It is a learning experience. Mon-day, June 10, 2013, will be the first tour at 6:30 p.m.and program at 7 p.m. Janet Bird from Lorain County Historical Society will present ,”A History of Valentines”. Peter Miller House Museum is lo-cated at 33740 Lake Road next to the Avon Lake Boat Landings and Miller Road Park.

Breast Cancer Support Group6:30 p.m. This program is free of charge and open to individuals di-agnosed with cancer, their fami-lies and loved ones at The Center for Body, Mind & Spirit at Mercy Cancer Center, 41201 Schaden Road, Elyria. Services are avail-able regardless of where patients receive treatment. Mercy Cancer Center is now affiliated with Uni-versity Hospitals Seidman Can-cer Center.June 10, 2013 - The Center for Body, Mind & Spirit at Mercy Can-cer Center41201 Schaden Road Elyria, OH 44035 Sponsor: Mercy Cancer Center

Black River Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals Business MeetingThe Black River Chapter will host its business meeting at the Elyria Country Club on June 12, 2013. Our keynote speaker will be President Nelson Torres and he will discuss “Understanding the Administrative Professional’s Changing Role in the Changing Workplace”. We will also be in-stalling the 2013-14 Board at this meeting. If you plan to attend, please contact Nelson Torres at [email protected] Re-certification Points will be given for this topic. ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND! Networking - 5:30 p.m. Program - 6:00 p.m. Busi-ness Meeting - 6:45 p.m. Installa-tion of Officers - 7:45 p.m. Dinner will be served during the meeting. Cost will be determined closer to the meeting date June 12, 2013 Elyria Country Club 41625 Ober-lin Rd. Elyria, OH 44035 Spon-sor: Black River Chapter

Lake Erie Crushers Profession-al BaseballLake Erie Crushers vs. the Flor-ence Freedom. $9 Home Box, $6 General Admission, $3 Parking 440.934.3636 May 30, 2013 Lo-cation: All Pro Freight Stadium In-tersection of I-90 and Route 611 Avon, OH Time: 7:00 pm Web-site: http://www.lakeeriecrushers.com

Lorain County Ironmen Base-ballThe Lorain County Ironmen vs the Slippery Rock Sliders in Prospect League play. Thirsty Thursday $1 Beer Night. 440.522.9549 - May 30, 2013 The Pipe Yard 2840 Meister Rd. Lorain, OH Time:7:00 pm Website: http://www.lcironmenbaseball.com

Music Under the StarsBring a lawn chair or blanket, watch the sunset on beautiful Lake Erie then enjoy an evening under the stars while you listen to the TrueNorth Jazz Ensemble. 440.458.5121 June 9, 2013Lakeview Park 1800 West Erie Ave. Lorain, OH 44052 7:30 pm-Website: http://www.metroparks.cc

Maltz Museum to Participate in Blue Star MuseumsAdam Teresi, Operations & Me-dia Coordinator, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage - The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is one of more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free ad-mission to military personnel and their families this summer in col-laboration with the National En-dowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of DefenseCleveland, Ohio (May 21, 2013) Today the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the Nation-al Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their fam-ilies from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The complete list of participating museums is avail-able at www.arts.gov/bluestar-museums. “Blue Star Museums is a collaboration between the arts and military communities,” said NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa. “Our work with Blue Star Families and with more than 1,800 museums ensures that we

can reach out to military families and thank them for their service and sacrifice.” “Blue Star Muse-ums is something that service members and their families look forward to every year and we are thrilled with the continued growth of the program,” said Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Dou-quet. “Through this distinctive collaboration between Blue Star Families, the National Endow-ment for the Arts and more than 1,800 museums across the Unit-ed States, service members and their families can connect with our national treasures with this unparalleled opportunity to visit some of the country’s finest mu-seums for free.” This year, more than 1,800 (and counting) muse-ums in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa are taking part in the initiative, including more than 450 new museums this year. Museums are welcome to join Blue Star Museums throughout the summer. The effort to recruit museums has involved partner-ships with the American Associa-tion of Museums, the Association of ArtMuseum Directors, the Associa-tion of Children’s Museums, the American Association of State and Local History, and the As-sociation of Science-Technology Centers. This year’s Blue Star Museums represent not just fine arts museums, but also science museums, history museums, na-ture centers, and 75 children’s museums. Among this year’s new participants are the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, Grand Traverse Light-house Museum in Northport, Michigan, the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, and the World Museum of Mining in Butte, Montana. About Blue Star Museums. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the Na-tional Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Depart-ment of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America. The program runs from Memorial Day, May 27, 2013 through Labor Day, September 2, 2013. The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Conven-tion common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as mem-bers of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Ser-vice Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps - and up to five family members. Please see the chart of the acceptable IDs (PDF). Some special or lim-ited-time museum exhibits may not be included in this free ad-mission program. For questions

on particular exhibits or muse-ums, please contact the museum directly. To fi nd out which muse-ums are participating, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. The site includes a list of participating museums and a map to help with visit planning.Museums that wish to participate in Blue Star Museums may con-tact [email protected], or Wendy Clark at 202-682-5451. This is the latest NEA program to bring quality arts programs to the military, veterans, and their fami-lies. Other NEA programs for the military have included the NEA/Walter Reed Healing Arts Part-nership; Great American Voices Military Base Tour; and Shake-speare in American Communities Military Base Tour. About Blue Star Families - Blue Star Families is a national, nonprofi t network of military families from all ranks and services, including guard and reserve, dedicated to support-ing, connecting and empowering military families. With our part-ners, Blue Star Families hosts a robust array of morale and em-powerment programs, including Books on Bases, Blue Star Mu-seums, Operation Honor Corp, Blue Star Careers and Operation Appreciation. Blue Star Families also works directly with the De-partment of Defense and senior members of local, State and Fed-eral government to bring the most important military family issues to light. Working in concert with fel-low nonprofi ts, community advo-

cates, and public offi cials, Blue Star Families raises awareness of the challenges and strengths of military family life and works to make military life more sus-tainable. Our worldwide member-ship includes military spouses, children, parents, and friends, as well as service members, veter-ans and civilians. To learn more about Blue Star Families, visit http://www.bluestarfam.org.About the National Endowment for the Arts - The National En-dowment for the Arts was estab-lished by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excel-lence, creativity, and innovation for the benefi t of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. To join the discussion on how art works, visit the NEA at arts.gov.Community Music School Cele-brates 10th AnniversaryCathy Partlow Strauss, Director, Oberlin Conservatory Communi-cationsThe Community Music School (CMS) at the Oberlin Conserva-tory will present a “Mega Musical Mash-up: A Festival of Communi-ty Music” on June 2. It will be the culminating event in a series of ten concerts and musical events put on to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the CMS. The

event will include performances by a variety of ensembles from Oberlin, including the Community Music School, the Oberlin Cho-risters, the Oberlin High School Concert Choir, and many others. There will also be family-friend-ly participatory music-making activities, such as a chance to make your own instrument, the opportunity to try your own hand at playing an instrument in the instrument petting zoo, and free ice cream. This free event will be from 3:00 pm to 5:30 p.m. in Tappan Square (or Warner Con-cert Hall if it rains) and is open to the public. The Community Music School, recently selected as Lorain County’s “Best Music Instruction” by Pulse magazine, serves as a major outreach pro-gram for the conservatory, and is successful partly due to its ac-cessibility. Music lessons can be quite expensive, but at the CMS students can get scholarships to fund their lessons and lending programs help students obtain instruments. The school has ex-panded greatly from its start with a few dozen students in 2002. About 240 students now receive instruction from 20 professional teachers from the Oberlin area.For the 2013-14 year, the Com-munity Music School plans to add adult chamber music instruction to its program. Also in the fall, the school is planning to begin a class on technology in music for middle school and high school students, especially geared to-

ward girls. Students would learn electronic composition and how to use synthesizers, micro-phones, and mixing techniques in cooperation with Oberlin Con-servatory’s TIMARA department and professor Tom Lopez. On similar lines, the school is explor-ing the option of creating a radio DJ workshop in collaboration with WOBC. All of this is made possible in part by the valuable support the CMS has received from the Kulas Foundation and the Nord Foundation. In addition, this coming year, an anonymous donor will match contributions to the CMS up to $7,500 with the goal of reaching this amount by May 2014. In addition to the fo-cus on outreach and accessibili-ty, the Community Music School is committed to “music as a vehi-cle of social activism,” as director Louise Zeitlin describes it—using the social connections provided by music and music education to work for the benefi t of society. This year’s program raised mon-ey to support local service orga-nizations, and in previous years the school has supported such worthy causes as tsunami re-lief in Japan, Harvest for Hunger and earthquake relief in Haiti. At the Mega Musical Mash-up, the CMS will ask for donations to aid Oberlin Community Services. For more information about the Com-munity Music School, visit the school’s webpage.

Sandra Kantelas Presented with Kevin C. Martin Leadership AwardEMH Healthcare

On Thursday, May 2nd, EMH Healthcare President and CEO Dr. Donald Sheldon presented EMH Director of Patient Care and Nursing,Sandra Kantelas, with the Kev-in C. Martin Leadership Award. Developed in 2005 as part of the overall EMH Rewards and Ap-

preciation program, this honor recognizes leaders who consis-

tently demonstrate the values that are essential to the orga-nization’s success. The award

was named for Mr. Kevin C. Martin, the late President and Chief Ex-ecutive Of-

fi cer of EMH from 1998 until February 2009, when he succumbed to can-cer.

As Director of Patient Care and Nursing for EMH, Ms. Kantelas is responsible for overseeing the inpatient nursing and rehabilita-tion functions for the hospital sys-tem. A registered nurse for many years, Ms. Kantelas has nearly 600 people reporting to her, in-cluding nurses; physical, occu-pational and speech therapists; administrative staff and more.

preciation program, this honor recognizes leaders who consis-

tently demonstrate the values that are essential to the orga-nization’s success. The award

fi cer of EMH from 1998 until February 2009, when he succumbed to can-

Kevin C. Martin Leadership Award winners are nominated by their staff members, which makes the recognition very special for the re-cipients. “I believe that we’re all in this together,” said Ms. Kantelas. “I’m honored to work alongside directors, managers and staff nurses to ensure we’re providing the very best patient care.” She continued, “For them to nominate me for this award is truly awe-in-spiring and I could not be more grateful.”

Ms. Kantelas worked with Kevin Martin for many years during his tenure as president and CEO of EMH Healthcare, and appreci-ates the signifi cance of the award named in his honor: “Kevin was an excellent role model. He was dynamic, thoughtful, professional and respectful of those he worked with.” She continued, “I remem-ber how passionate he was about his leaders developing their skills to be ready for the future. These things have stayedwith me and helped me as I have progressed with my career at EMH.”

A life-long resident of Lorain County, Ms. Kantelas currently lives in North Ridgeville. She has two adult sons and one grand-daughter.

About EMH HealthcareEMH Healthcare’s mission is to improve the health of our com-munity through safe, high-quality and cost-effective care. To fulfi ll this mission, EMH Elyria Medical Center, EMH Amherst Campus, The EMH Center for Health & Fitness in Avon, and a multi-dis-ciplinary medical staff provide services to meet the needs of the community. EMH Elyria Med-ical Center was founded in 1908 as a community hospital and is committed to providing expert care and exceptional caring to all. For more information, visit www.emh-healthcare.org.

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able fi xed interest rates with very favorable terms from its long-term banking partner. This fi nancing is a win-win for them.

June 7 Breakfast Speaker

Lorain Growth Corporation

5/18 -- Bryan Goldthorpe of the Lorain County Metro Parks is the speaker at Lorain Growth Corpo-ration’s June 7 breakfast meet-ing at Charleston Coffee House , 630 Broadway. Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

diverse, caring community, en-couraging individual lifestyles by promoting independence, con-tinuing learning, civic involve-ment with the wider community, social relationships and excel-lence in health care. The 302-unit facility currently consists of 223 independent living resi-dences (175 cottages, 48 apart-ments), 37 personal care suites (licensed in Ohio as “residen-tial care facility”) and 42 private skilled nursing beds. The Bor-rower, Kendal at Oberlin, is one of 14 retirement communities, which is affi liated with The Ken-dal Corporation. The communi-ties are located in 8 states with a total of 2,508 residential units, 489 assisted living/personal care accommodations and 484 skilled nursing accommoda-tions. Proceeds from the sale of the Series 2013A Bonds, togeth-er with other available funds, to (i) refund and retire the (A) out-standing County of Lorain, Ohio Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1998A (Kendal at Oberlin) and (B) a loan from Lorain National Bank to the Borrower in the principal amount of $2,380,000; (ii) pay or reimburse the Borrower for the payment of certain costs of acquiring, constructing, install-ing and equipping the Project, as hereinaf-t e r

defi ned; (iii) fund a portion of the debt service reserve fund for the benefi t of the Series 2013A Bonds; and (iv) pay certain ex-penses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 2013A Bonds. Standard and Poor’s assigned its ‘A-’ long-term rating to the Series 2013A Bonds with a stable outlook (up-graded from ‘BBB+’ on the re-funded 1998 bonds).

The Series 2013B bonds will consist of a bank direct place-ment by Lorain National Bank to fund future capital expenditures over the next three years. The Bank has a 13-year commitment through the fi nal maturity of the Series 2013B bonds. Kendal at Oberlin will also amend the existing Series 2009A&B Bank Qualifi ed bonds to match the bank’s commitment to the fi nal maturity of the bonds and to a lower the fi xed interest rate.

Ziegler is one of the nation’s leading underwriters of fi nanc-ing for not-for-profi t senior living providers.

Tom Meyers, Managing Director in Ziegler’s Senior Living prac-tice, stated, “Kendal at Oberlin is blending excep-tionally fa-vor-

Ziegler Closes $21.6 Million Ken-dal at Oberlin Fi-nancing

Kendal at Oberlin

Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, recently announced the successful closing of the $21,600,000 tax-exempt, fi xed-rate Kendal at Oberlin Series 2013A Bond issue. The Bor-rower is an affi liate of Kendal Northern Ohio, a supporting organization with Kendal at Oberlin Kendal at Home and Senior Independence as rec-ognized affi liates. It is also af-fi liated with The Kendal Corpo-ration. Kendal at Oberlin is an Obligated Group which owns and operates a continuing care retirement community in Ober-lin, Ohio. Through its residential programs and heath care facil-ities Kendal at Oberlin offers a full continuum of care. The con-tinuing care retirement commu-nity, founded on Quaker values,

fulfi lls its mission by offer-ing older people

a vibrant,

Lorain, OH 44053. Must depict scenes from the Lorain, Avon, Amherst, Huron, Sandusky, and Port Clinton areas, as well as their surrounding communities. Will be reviewed and judged by a Cal-endar Committee who will select the winning photographs, during the week of June 10, 2013. Win-ners will be announced the week of June 17, 2013. Please do not submit any negatives when you submit your photos. All winning photographers will be notifi ed by email the week of July 22nd. All photographs become the prop-erty of First Federal and will not be returned. If your photograph is selected for our 2014 calendar, your name will appear on the cal-endar recognizing your contribu-tion, AND you will win a $50.00 Visa or Mastercard Gift Card. If you have any questions con-cerning the photo contest, please call the Marketing Department at (440)282-6188, or toll free at 1-800-589-8850 if you live out-side of the local calling area

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Juneteenth Festival on Tappan SquareSaturday, June 15 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Juneteenth Festival on Tappan Square Featuring John Cooper as Abraham Lin-coln and members of the 5th United States Colored Troop, Co. C Visit our website at: www.juneteenthoberlin.com for up to min-ute details and Vendor information. June 15, 2013 Tappan Square Main & College Streets Oberlin, OH 44074 Sponsor: June-teenth Oberlin, Inc. Additional Info.: Other Activities may include: Parade, Car Show, Mini-Kick Ball Tournament, Bike-Trike-

Wagon Decorating Contest, Caricaturist, Bicycle Give-A-Ways, Children’s Activities, Greens & Mac & Cheese Contest, Oberlin History Trolley Tours, Rock-Paper-Scis-sors Contest, Broom Jumping Ceremony, Magician, Traditional African-American arts and crafts, Cake Walk, Marbles Tour-nament, Tug of War Tournament, Kickball for Kids, Photo Ops. Drum Troupe, Rock Painting Contest, Face Painting, etc., Bubble, Bid Whist & Spades Tournament, OB Jump, Food, Vendors, and music.

Port Fest 20137/3/2013 - Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain, Oh 44052 A beautiful sunny day at Port Fest - Celebrate Lorains waterfront with the annual Lorain Port Authority’s Port Fest. Live mu-sic, childrens activities, craft vendors and your fa-vorite festival foods are the norm at Port Fest. Our River Tours will be going on throughout the day. Take a boat ride on one of the Port Authority’s two shuttle boats for a tour upriver to see the hidden natural areas of the river along with the steel mill.

Great Blue Herons, bald eagles, cormorants are commonly seen along the river with occasional deer and beaver sightings. Lighthouse tours will also be available Festival Schedule 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Childrens Entertainment 5:15 p.m. The Bug Doctor’s Bug Lab in the Transportation Center 6:30 p.m. The Bug Doctor’s Bug Lab in the Transporation Center Musical Entertainment on the Stage 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Hard Days Night (Beatles tribute) 10:00 p.m. Fireworks Dis-play 11:00 p.m. Festival Closes

Lorain International Parade & Festi-val6/28/0013 - Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain, Ohio 44052 - Festival goers - The 46th Lorain In-ternational Festival and Bazaar will be held at the Black River Landing June

28-30, 2013. Over 30 ethnic and Amer-ican food vendors have something for everyone’s taste buds. Non-stop enter-tainment throughout the festival keeps everything lively. Don’t miss the favorite festival in town! Visit www.loraininter-national.com for more information.

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Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival - Duct Tape Festi-val! JUNE 14-16 2013Celebrate everything Duck Tape® at the Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival. Free parking/admission, scavenger hunt, live entertainment, rides, food, plus Duck Tape® fashions, sculptures and crafts. Parade 10am Sat. start-ing at Avon High School. Festival Jun 14 - 16, Fri 4 - 11pm, Sat 11am - 11pm, Sun 11am - 5pm. 866.818.1116 June 15, 2013 Location: Veterans Memorial Park 38975 Detroit Road Avon, OH 44011 11:00 am - 11:00 pm Web-site: http://www.ducttapefestival.comThe tenth annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival will kick off on June 14, 2013, just in time to celebrate Fa-

ther’s Day. The festival will be an all-weekend event starting Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Avon, Ohio. This three-day event celebrates duct tape, its enthusiasts and its wacky and fun uses. The festival also honors the history and heritage of the city that is proclaimed the “Duct Tape Capital” of the world—Avon, Ohio—the home of Duck Tape® brand duct tape. From sculptures and fashion to games and a parade, every-thing at the festival revolves around duct tape and the wonderful city of Avon. Friday, June 14: 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm - Saturday, June 15: 11:00 am to 11:00 pm - Sunday, June 16: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm - Parade: Saturday, June 15 at 10:00 am START LOCATION: Avon High School

Festival of the FishAnnual Festival of the Fish held over Fa-ther’s Day weekend June 14 - 16. One of the largest festivals in the area. Every year the City of Vermilion celebrates on a grand scale with parades, boat parades, races, pageants, contests, food, entertain-ment, markets and much more. On Friday young girls vie for the coveted title of prin-cess or queen in one of the largest festival pageants in the county. Pet parade, kids games at the gazebo. Fireworks display off the breakwall at the mouth of the river

downtown. On Saturday the day kicks off with a 5K run and 1-mile walk sponsored by theYMCA and a Sand Castle Contest at Main Street Beach. Crazy Craft Races on the Vermilion River. Event open to all, so all you need is some imagination to build whatever kind of vessel inspires you. Lighted Boat Parade at dusk on the Ver-milion River. Father’s Day Parade on Sun-day. 440-967-4477 June 14, 2013 - June 15, 2013 Location: Downtown Vermilion Vermilion, OH Time: 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm-Website: http://www.vermilionohio.com

Lorain County JVS Pre-en-gineering Student Receives Manufacturing Scholarship Lorain County JVS

Brian Krueger, CEO of HGR Industrial Surplus, Edward Bahle, MAGNET Director of Education and Training Judith Crocker

Edward Bahle, a student in the Lorain County JVS Project Lead the Way Pre-engineering Pro-gram is the recipient of the 2013 HGR Industrial Surplus Man-ufacturing Scholarship. Bahle, of North Ridgeville, is already attending Lorain County Com-munity College He plans to con-tinue his studies at LCCC while pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cleveland State University.

The $2,000 scholarship, of-fered in cooperation with MAG-NET-The Manufacturing Advo-cacy & Growth Network, was open to students pursuing de-grees in manufacturing-relat-ed academic areas at Lorain County Community College, Lakeland Community College or Cuyahoga Community College. Edward’s interest in mechan-ics and engineering goes be-yond strictly academic pursuits. He recently restored, and now rides, a 1947 Harley Davidson motorcycle.

“Because of my love of mechan-ical things, I would like to work on designing and fabricating parts that are needed for resto-ration work,” Edward wrote in his application. “Without these new manufactured versions of an old part, this type of restoration would be impossible.”

Edward is a member of the Na-tional Honor Society, North Rid-geville High School Key Club, volunteers at his local middle school for their Horizon af-ter-school program, serves as junior leader at his church’s va-

cation Bible school and remains active in his Boy Scout Troop as an assistant scoutmaster.

The Lorain County JVS Project Lead the Way pre-engineering program is offered on the JVS campus and at a satellite loca-tion at Lorain County Commu-nity College. For more informa-tion about Project Lead the Way, contact the JVS at 440/774-1051, 440/986-6601, [email protected], or at lcjvs.com.

Lorain County JVS Off ers Free Summer ExCEL Career Camp for Students Lorain County JVS

The Lorain County JVS is offer-ing a free, summer career ex-ploration camp for students en-tering the 9th and 10th grades from the following Lorain County school districts: Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Colum-bia, Elyria, Firelands, Keystone, Midview, North Ridgeville, Ober-lin, Sheffi eld-Sheffi eld Lake and Wellington.

The four-day ExCEL Career Camp is designed to give stu-dents a hands-on experience in a variety of career-technical pro-grams offered at the JVS. Stu-dents will also learn about many possible career options.

ExCEL Career Camp is held the mornings of Tuesday, June 11 through Friday, June 14. Stu-dents have the opportunity to explore one career area of their choice each day. Bus transpor-tation is provided to and from the students’ middle/junior high school; a nutritious lunch is also provided.

Students, families, associate school and community members are invited to attend the ExCEL Career Camp Kick-off Event on Thursday, May 23 at 6:00pm, where motivational speaker Har-vey Alston will inspire students

to “Be the Best.” Students who have not registered to attend the ExCEL Career Camp may regis-ter at the kick-off event. ExCEL Career Camp Kick-off Event registration is requested by call-ing 440.774.1051, ext. 2230.

Students, families, associate school and community members are invited to attend the ExCEL Career Camp Kick-off Event on Thursday, May 23 at 6:00pm, where motivational speaker Har-vey Alston will inspire students to “Be the Best.” Students who have not registered to attend the ExCEL Career Camp may regis-ter at the kick-off event. ExCEL Career Camp Kick-off Event registration is requested by call-ing 440.774.1051, ext. 2230.

For more information, contact the JVS at [email protected], or call 440/774-1051 (Elyria/Ober-lin), 440/986-6601 (Lorain), ext. 2245.

Lorain County JVS Business Student Takes 4th Place in Na-tional Contest Lorain County JVS

Sierra Floyd of Wellington.

Lorain County JVS Web and Graphic Design student Sierra Floyd took 4th place at the Busi-ness Professionals of America 2013 National Leadership Con-ference in Orlando, Florida the week of May 8th. Floyd, of Wel-lington, competed in the Graphic Design Promotion contest which called for her to create a design for the 2014 conference program cover. Floyd began her “JVS ca-reer” in the school’s preschool, which she attended when she was a toddler. Web and Graph-ic Design student Brooke Wee-borg (Columbia) and Offi ce and

Administrative Assistant student Natalie Stutler (Amherst) also participated in the conference.

“The conference was a culmi-nation of a year’s worth of busi-ness education and training with members of the local chapter of Business Professionals of Amer-ica at the JVS,” said chapter Ad-visor and JVS instructor Mary Dziczkowski. “It was an amaz-ing opportunity for these three students and we are so proud of them all.” The JVS students joined 5,000 conference dele-gates from across the nation to participate in national level busi-ness skills competitions, work-shops, general sessions, and the national offi cer candidate campaigns and elections. Busi-ness Professionals of America is a national organization for high school, college, and middle school students preparing for careers in business and infor-mation technology. The organi-zation’s activities and programs complement classroom instruc-tion by giving students practical experience through application of the skills learned at school.

Lorain County JVS Industrial Equipment Mechanics Team Ranks 2nd in State FFA Con-test Lorain County JVS

From left: Kyle Moe (Oberlin), Zack Jack-son (Firelands), and Jake Dovin (Welling-

ton)

A team of Lorain County JVS In-dustrial Equipment Mechanics students received second place in the Agricultural Mechanics Skills contest at the recent state FFA leadership conference in Columbus. The JVS team in-cluded Kyle Moe (Oberlin), Zack Jackson (Firelands) and Jake Dovin (Wellington). The stu-dents also ranked 4th, 5th, and 6th place in the state in their indi-vidual scores respectively. They competed against 60 of the top students in this fi eld from around the state. The contest involved demonstrating a variety of skills they learned over the past two years in their career-technical lab as well as diagnosing me-chanical and electrical problems in various types of machines and vehicles. The National FFA Organization is a career-techni


know she will do an outstanding job as she enters into the work-force.” Student John Browning, of Lorain, also attended the com-petition and participated in the post-secondary nail division.

For more information about the Cosmetology Program, or any of the programs at the Lorain Coun-ty JVS Adult Career Center, con-tact: 440/774-1051, ext. 2254, 440/986-6601, ext. 2254, or at lcjvs.com/adult, [email protected].

Cosmetology Students Win SELCCU ChallengeLorain County JVS

From left: Kaitlin O’Donnell, Mrs. Warner, Shannon Prem, Shellie Worcester, Markia

Boone

Cosmetology students won the JVS Challenge for referring 6 stu-dents to the School Employees Lorain County Credit Union to open new accounts. The students were Kaitlin O’Donnell, Shellie Worcester, Shannon Prem, Mark-ia Boone and Cosmetology In-structor Cindy Warner.

The SELCCU gave the cosmetol-ogy program $100 for their efforts which they will use to help pay for transportation for an upcoming field trip.

Lorain County JVS Students Compete in Heating and Air Conditioning Competition Lorain County JVS

Four Lorain County JVS Heat-ing and Air Conditioning students competed at the recent Air Con-ditioning Contractors of America contest.

From left to right in attached picture: Jaeger Shaffstall (Elyria) took 3rd Place in Electrical

Troubleshooting.

Seth Harrah (Elyria) took 3rd place in Sheet Metal. Ben Arnold

University, and Ursuline. Scho-lastic Games is presented on WEOL-AM by the Elyria Public Library System . Production of the program is made possible by funding from the Nordson Corpo-ration Foundation, the Nord Fam-ily Foundation and several funds administered by the Community Foundation of Lorain County The Frederick Family Fund, The Dr. Howard A. and Pearl L. Keiser Living Memorial Fund, and the Emma C. Miller Fund). The Elyria Ramada is providing recording venues for an eighteenth sea-son. Following broadcast, weol.com and standoutscholars.com offer the programs as “podcasts.” The producer, Jim Mehrling, has been a northeast Ohio broadcast-er since the 1970s when he was Chief Announcer at WEOL. After that he spent 13 years at Cleve-land’s WERE-AM and is now in his eighteenth year as Production Manager at Cleveland’s WCLV-FM. He is also a member of the Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Akron and Cleveland. Again this year, most programs are being followed by a talk feature, “Dia-logues in Education,” highlighting education success stories and hosted by award-winning journal-ist Bob Tayek.

Lorain County JVS Adult Student Wins Silver Medal in Cosmetology EventLorain County JVS

JVS Adult Career Center student, Lisa Lara (Oberlin). Lara was a Silver Medalist in the

recent SkillsUSA cosmetology event for post-secondary students.

Lisa Lara, a second year student in the Lorain County JVS Adult Career Center’s Cosmetology Program, took a silver medal at the recent state SkillsUSA Com-petition in Columbus. Lara, of Oberlin, competed in the Cosme-tology/Hair event designated for post-secondary students.

The purpose of the contest was to evaluate each contestant’s preparation for employment and to recognize outstanding excel-lence and professionalism in the field of hair styling. “We are so proud of Lisa,” stated Cosmetol-ogy Instructor Tina McCullough. “This is just the beginning of what is going to be a wonderful ca-reer experience for her, and we

cal youth organization designed to help students interested in ag-ricultural careers discover their passions in life and chart the courses for their educations and personal futures.

Olmsted Falls Defeats Elyria, Heads for Third Championship on Scholastic Games Radio Quiz

Mehrling Studios

The radio quiz program featur-ing academic teams from Lorain County high schools began its semifinals Monday evening as Olmsted Falls High School, the two-time defending champion, scored a 540 to 240 point victo-ry over Elyria The High School Scholastic Games of Lorain County, heard weekly during the school year on WEOL (AM 930) is sponsored by the Educational Service Center of Lorain Coun-ty with foundation support. The season will end with the show’s twenty-third annual county cham-pionship, to be heard on May 20th, following next week’s sec-ond semifinal between Midview and Avon Lake

The students representing Olm-sted Falls were Andy Nageotte, Zach Buchta, and team captain Marty Mendenhall, who was voted to receive the program’s weekly “Standout Scholar” award by judges and scorekeepers. This prize was his third this year, and his seventh in the last two years, one short of the all-time record, achieved by only two students in the broadcast’s 23-year histo-ry. Each award, presented to the student judged to have contribut-ed the most to his or her team, in-cludes a $50 cash prize. Elyria’s team consisted of Scott Behmer, team captain David MacCluskie, and Mary Scherer. Scherer is a former “Standout Scholar” honor-ee, and uniquely, has three sib-lings who have been on Elyria academic teams in previous years. Following the first round of competition the teams were tied with 50-50 scores. The chal-lenging Current Events Round followed, and Elyria took a 90-80 lead. The remaining rounds uti-lized buzzers instead of random number selections, and from the third round, the advantage goes to the team that was quicker with buzzers. That team was clearly Olmsted Falls, which had a 160 to 110 lead at the end of the third round and scored twice as many points in the final round, the only one in which points are deduct-

ed for incorrect responses. The fourth round, in which teams can earn up to fifty points for a single answer by a correct response to the first in a sequence of clues, was particularly interesting. The first answer was Williamsburg, Virginia, and clues yielded a 50-point buzz from Olmsted Falls to answer Jamestown, which eliminated the team. Elyria, more cautious, buzzed at 20 points to answer Fredericksburg, anoth-er incorrect response. The sec-ond answer was physicist Enrico Fermi. Elyria buzzed first with a 40-point incorrect response identifying Einstein, but Olmsted Falls scored on a “born in Rome” clue, earning 30. Then Menden-hall earned 40 points identifying Maria Theresa and a subsequent 50 points when he recognized the name Jean Henri Dunant (its international founder) and an-swered Red Cross. Finally, teams were faced with clues about a soldier and political figure born in Virginia (yielding at 50 points an incorrect “Robert E. Lee” from Olmsted Falls) and subsequently Congressman and Governor of Tennessee (yielding at 30 points an incorrect Andrew Jackson from Elyria). Both teams were elimi-nated before clues about Texas clearly described Sam Houston. The Olmsted Falls’ team hasperformed extraordinarily well in regional, state and national com-petitions as well as being Scholas-tic Games champions the last two years. Elyria’s score in opposition is the highest of any of their com-petitors in the local competition, and it is Elyria’s record of three consecutive championships, set in 1994, that Falls hopes to tie this spring. Avon Lake and Midview high schools meet in the second semifinal to be broadcast next Monday, and the winner will face Olmsted Falls in the May 20th championship. All teams heard on the broadcast are guided by faculty advisors, with Mr. Jeremy Secaur in that role for Elyria. Ol-msted Fall’s advisor is Ms. Rhon-na Smith. A noteworthy feature of the program is the plan by which each participating school will re-ceive at least one $500 credit to be given to a deserving student from an area college or univer-sity. Many additional credits will be awarded in coming weeks as schools as schools compete and win in playoffs. Over the years over $400,000 has been desig-nated to students through this program. Contributing institu-tions, many of which have partici-pated since the program’s start in 1990, include Ashland University, Baldwin Wallace, Case Western Reserve, Heidelberg, John Car-roll, Lorain County Community , Notre Dame College of Ohio, Oberlin , Ohio Wesleyan, Tiffin


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(Avon) took 2nd Place in Electrical Troubleshooting.

Alexander Ladina (Oberlin) took 1st place in Brazing and 3rd place in Soft Skills. The JVS HVAC program placed 1st overall in the con-test with the highest average score out of eight schools.

LCCC and Austen BioInnovation Institute Working Together to Accelerate Medical TechnologiesLCCC Media Relations offi ce

Lorain County Community College (LCCC) and the Austen BioInno-vation Institute in Akron (ABIA) are leveraging their complementary strengths to build a partnership to accelerate the commercialization of novel medical technologies that can advance economic growth, stimulate job creation, foster talent development, enrich patient care and improve community health in Northeast Ohio.

“At the national, state and regional levels, commercializing new technologies at a reduced cost and risk has been identifi ed as the crux to fueling economic vitality and competitiveness in the global innovation economy,” said LCCC President Roy A. Church. Nation-ally, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), created as a collaborative led by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cited the “missing middle,” as the gap between research and market, and as a primary barrier of moving new inventions to market and creating jobs.

“This partnership will seek to specifi cally address this gap in North-east Ohio to move additional innovations created here to the med-ical technologies market,” said ABIA President and CEO Dr. Frank Douglas. “Dr. Church and his team know that the process to bring ideas to life must be deliberate and this agreement allows us to fur-ther the interlocking of ideas, people and resources that will help fuel the economy.” The initial focus of the partnership between LCCC and ABIA will be to create meaningful economic impact by: Serving as an intermediary for enhanced technical solutions by leveraging the technical capabilities and expertise of the two organizations to develop and deliver industry-friendly “technical solutions” services that advance novel medical technologies from research to market. Together, the organizations will fi ll a need in the region for commer-cializing medical technologies through prototyping, testing, develop-ment, regulatory compliance and low volume production. Expanding access to capital to rapidly move medical discoveries to market by exploring the creation of a pre-seed fund, built on the success of LCCC’s founding of the Innovation Fund, to strategically and pro-actively foster the transfer of technology from the lab to the mar-ket as a start-up enterprise or open innovations solution for existing industry. The fund would provide capital to qualifying technologies developed through the research and development work of the two organizations. Delivering targeted business mentoring and support using the business support services of the Great Lakes Innovation

and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) and other partners in the re-gion’s entrepreneurial support ecosystem to assess marketopportunities for targeted technologies. Developing talent using Allied Health training systems like LCCC’s new Patient Simulation Learning Center and ABIA’s new simulation and product development facility to provide hands-on experience.

About Austen BioInnovation Institute in AkronThe Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) - an exceptional collaboration of Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron General Health Sys-tem, FirstEnergy, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Summa Health System, and The University of Akron - brings innovative minds together to create economic and personal vitality by inspiring patient-centered discovery and invention. The ABIA partnership accelerates the time from idea to commercial-ization of new technologies and solutions by bringing together world-class scientists, physicians, engineers, researchers and entrepre-neurs in the biomedical product and polymer science industries. ABIA works to secure Ohio’s economic future through its patient-centered product innovation, cutting edge workforce training and inclusionary approach to community health improvement. For more information about ABIA, please visit www.abiakron.org.

Lorain County Community CollegeLorain County Community College is part of The University System of Ohio, one of the largest comprehensive public systems of higher education in the nation. LCCC is one of Ohio’s fastest-growing com-munity colleges because of the variety of learning opportunities it pro-vides. LCCC offers an array of programs and services and is the fi rst college in the state to build an advanced technologies center for busi-ness and industry. The Aspen Institute named LCCC as one of the top 120 community colleges in the United States - and the only one in Ohio. LCCC’s Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) assists entrepreneurs with counseling and business-sup-port services. The Innovation Fund of the LCCC Foundation is a re-gional fund focused on supporting technology-based entrepreneur-ial endeavors and emerging technology-based businesses. LCCC’s Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems provides packaging, testing and simulation services and expertise for sensors/MEMS technologies in a wide variety of products and indus-tries. The SMART Center is a MEMS packaging, assembly and test development facility serving needs of industry and start-ups with a unique set of tools and expertise delivered in a shared use facility equipped with Class 1000 and Class 100 clean rooms. SMART’s ca-pability is complemented by LCCC’s Rapid Prototyping Center, the FAB LAB with 3D printing capabilities and services.

Lorain County JVS Students Succeed at State SkillsUSA Compe-tition Lorain County JVS

Gold medal winners advancing to the national SkillsUSA event are/from left: Alexander Ladina (HVAC), Zach Leighty (Plumb-ing) and Cassie Altomare (Plumbing).

The mission of the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Lorain County is to evaluate program quality and continuity of care, plan, coordinate, fund and contract for services to prevent, educate and treat alcoholism and other drug addiction that will

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Eye on ColumbusState Rep. Matt Lundy In the year 2013, there contin-ues to be a gender pay dispari-ty in Ohio and the United States. Recently our country recognized “Equal Pay Day” in April to call attention to the pay disparity that still exists between men and women in America.

This month I introduced HB 120 with my colleague, Denise Drie-haus of Cincinnati. The bill calls for the creation of the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force. We are urging lawmakers to work togeth-er with us to support a study that will lead to recommendations on eliminating pay disparity in our state.

A recent analysis of the wage gap, produced by the National Partnership on Women and Fam-ilies, and by the American Associ-ation of University Women, found that women in Ohio earn on av-erage 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man, amounting to a yearly wage gap of $10,430. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated a smaller wage gap for Ohio of 83.6 percent.

HB 120 will create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force which will be charged with determining

the ex-tent of the

pay disparity in Ohio, identifying the cause of such disparity, and developing recommendations to eliminate the pay disparity be-tween men and women in Ohio. I will keep you updated on the progress of this important bill.

Our next “Lundy Listens” town hall will be held June 1st at 11 a.m. at The Elyria Public Library on West River Road. If you have any questions or concerns about state issues, please contact me at [email protected] or 614-644-5076. I work for you and look forward to serving you.

Rep. Lundy Calls on Gov. Kasich to Release JobsOhio Staff Salaries Aft er Weeks of Controversy over Questionable Practices by the Agency

Alex HomanLegislative Aide to Rep. Lundy

May 9, 2013 -- State Rep. Matt Lundy (D- Elyria) sent a letter to Gov. Kasich today calling on him to voluntarily release the staff salaries for JobsOhio employees, and to clearly identify what cri-teria was used to set salary lev-els for staff. Recent news stories raising questions about the num-ber of former state employees hired by JobsOhio, their large raises, and questionable state-

ments made about JobsOhio not being “restrained by ethics laws” have only fueled controversy and questions surrounding the quasi public-private agency.

“The longer Gov. Kasich and JobsOhio refuse to disclose

information about JobsO-hio’s questionable practic-es the more concerning it becomes. This agency was created by an act of the legislature and is set to receive billions in state liquor profi ts over the next 25 years, and should be held to the same standards of trans-

parency and accountabili-ty as any other state agen-

cy receiving billions in state monies,” said Rep. Lundy. A

copy of the letter can be seen below. May 8, 2013

Governor John Kasich 77 S. High St. 30th Floor Columbus, OH 43215

Dear Governor Kasich, Recently, concerns have arisen about the transparency of Job-sOhio. These concerns have generated multiple news stories that have shed light on the lack of transparency of this quasi pri-vate-public agency, which was created by an act of the legisla-ture to replace the Department of Development. I write you to-day to express my deep con-cerns about this ongoing lack of transparency, specifi cally with regards to employment practices at JobsOhio. In your own words the Department of Development was a “black hole,” yet 82 per-cent of JobsOhio’s employees are former state employees, at least seven of whom worked for the Department of Development. This coupled with the fact that many received large raises and

59 percent of JobsOhio employ-ees make more than $100,000 a year only serves to add to these very serious concerns.

In the interest of public disclosure, I call on you to voluntarily release the staff salaries for JobsOhio employees, and to clearly iden-tify what criteria was used to set salary levels for staff. JobsOhio spokeswoman Laura Jones was recently quoted in a Dayton Daily News story as saying that, “Job-sOhio is quicker to respond to the needs of businesses, partially be-cause it’s not restrained by ethics laws that restrict state employ-ees from accepting or paying for meals, or from traveling to off-site meetings.” Statements such as these coupled with possible con-fl icts of interest by KPMG, and the ongoing refusal to disclose information about state funds re-ceived by JobsOhio, only fuels concerns of questionable practic-es within JobsOhio.

This agency was created by an act of the legislature, and will receive billions of dollars from state liquor profi ts over the next 25 years, funds that could have gone to our struggling schools and communities. As I am sure you are aware this leaves JobsO-hio ripe for criticism and possible corruption. I ask you to help re-duce these concerns and ques-tions by holding JobsOhio to the same standards of transparency and accountability as any other state agency receiving billions in state monies. The people of this great state deserve answers to why JobsOhio’s employees are receiving large raises and sala-ries when in the month of March, Ohio lost more jobs than any oth-er state in the country and Ohio’s unemployment rate has remained in the 7 percent range since last year.

I stand ready to work with you to put these issues to rest with full transparency of JobsOhio. Continued Success, Matt Lundy State Representative 55th House District Ohio House of Representatives


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