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Avon Safety Fairis a Hit

The 2nd annual Avon Safety Fair was a hit for the community under perfect spring skies on Sunday, May 3, at Avon High School.

The Fair brought together many elements of both city and county-wide safety, health and wellness re-sources.

Spectators had a chance to see a Police K9 dog demonstration courtesy of handler Chris Barton and the city’s top canine officer, Lennox. The Lorain County Bomb Squad and Lorain county SWAT unit were also there.Firefighter Mathias Burke helps a little

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Each spring, O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village awards four scholarships to local graduating high school seniors planning to pursue a career in healthcare.

The 2015 recipients are Maddie Voiers of Bay Village High School, who will be attending Ohio University; Amelia Conroy of Avon Lake High School, who will be attending the University of Cincinnati; Mary Chudy of Magnificat High School and Samantha Neumann of Westlake High School, who will both be attending The Ohio State University. All of this year’s winners will be studying nursing. Congratulations and best wishes to these very talented young women!

Students from Lutheran West High School got off

to a great Spring start last week with a ‘no donations’ car

wash at The Meeting Place on Detroit and Cahoon Roads, across the street from St. Paul Lutheran Church. The students were prac-ticing what Lutheran West and St. Paul are teaching their youth, to “Live Generously.”

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The Summer Day Camp is highlighted by field trips occurring twice a week includ-ing but not limited to the Rocky River Na-ture Center, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Kalahari, Hale Farm, and much more! Onsite activities will promote exploration through Bible time, explorative activities through the facets of science and engineering, and gross motor activities!

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The kids enjoyed a chance to climb on fire trucks, sit in police cars and big trucks from the Service Department.

Another highlight was the landing of the University Hospitals MedEvac helicopter. Inside Avon High, Cleveland Clinic offered health screenings, joined by tables manned by members of many community organizations like Christian Heritage Church, Lorain County 911, Lorain County Office on Aging and the Avon Senior Center. A great day for all involved.

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Members of Avon’s Christian Heritage Church show their community spirit.

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It’s finally almost summertime and that means lots and lots of weddings. I personally love weddings. After having married off three children, whenever I go to a wedding, I can now appreciate the amount of time, effort, and work that goes into making a wedding. It’s a real special day and everybody wants to make sure that things come out just right.

At every wedding, people try their hardest to be sure that their appearance is absolutely perfect, particularly the bride and groom. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cous-ins, and grandparents and everyone in the wedding party are all trying to look their very best. The pictures that are taken on that day are going to last a lifetime and we want to remember that occasion with all the specialness that it deserves. The gowns will be perfectly fitted and the tux-edos will be looking just fine, but what about your smile? Is your smile good enough where you will be able to give a great big broad smile showing a lot of teeth? Or are you ashamed of your smile and you will be barely smiling in these forever pictures? It’s not only the wedding pictures, but what about pictures that are taken of you every single day? Those pictures also last a lifetime.

Many people are going to remember you by the look of your smile. I remember someone once telling me that they had a wonderful aunt who was always remembered as being an unhappy person because she never smiled in any of the family pictures. She found out later in life that it was because the aunt was embarrassed of her smile. Imagine that – she could have been the happiest person on earth, but nobody knew it because she was afraid to smile.

It’s time to really do something about your smile so that you can tell the world how happy you are every day and particularly on those special occasions like weddings.

We’ve lots of ways to help you get a brilliant smile – teeth whitening is a great way to brighten all those teeth in a short period of time. Lumineers, the best and most conser-vative way to do porcelain veneers, and the newest addition to getting a great smile is the Snap on Smile. With only having to take an impression of your teeth, this removable, beautiful smile snaps on over your existing teeth for those special occasions and whenever you want a great looking smile. Many times people will want to try on a Snap on Smile before they do permanent Lumineers to get an idea of what their teeth can look like.

No matter which way you would like, it’s possible to have that great big smile ready for this summer. Call us to-day at 440-892-1810 for a free consultation for any of your dental needs or even for a second opinion. We’re here to make you smile!

The Lupus Foundation of America, Greater Ohio Chapter will host its monthly Westlake support group on Thurs., May 21 in the Westlake Porter Public Library at 27333 Ridge Rd. on Thursday, May 21 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

The support group is an open, small-group environ-ment that encourages discussion among lupus patients and their families. It is a place where persons with lupus can share their experiences and ask questions. Most dis-cussions focus on the “how-to’s” of living with a chronic illness. It is a safe place for people to learn, share and help.

Individual differences and confidentiality are re-spected. For more information, please contact the foun-dation at 440-717-0183 or visitwww.lupusgreaterohio.org.

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Bay Village Salutes Chief Fred DrenkhanLaw enforcement officials, community leaders and family members all paid tribute to the late Bay

Village Police Chief Fred Drenkhan Saturday morning as a long funeral procession that started at St. Raphael Church on Dover Center Road moved through the community.

The procession followed a route past the Drenkhan family home and also under a large American Flag posted atop a fire truck at Cahoon Park. The procession continued to St. Joseph Cemetery in Avon where Mr. Drenkhan, 88, was interred.

Mr. Drenkhan was best known publicly as the first responding officer to the scene of the Sam Shep-pard murder on July 4, 1954. In the community, Mr. Drenkhan was the total opposite of the drama the Sheppard story brought to the city. He was well-known as a soft-spoken, cordial community member who went on to become Chief of Police in 1965.

“Chief Drenkhan would always greet you with a smile and a handshake. He made it a point to in-quire as to how things were going at the police station and asked that you’d tell the Officers he said hello. He was a true gentleman and will be missed,” said a current Bay Village Police officer in remembrance.

SJMC and the Westside Healthcare Orga-nization will host their 2nd annual Commu-nity Resource Fair on Mon., May 18 from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. at St John Medical Center, 29000 Center Ridge Road in Auditorium A and B. Vendors will showcase services provide in home. Free admission, lunch and door prizes. Open to the Community and Professionals.

Westlake vs. North Olmsted Health Challenge

The North Olmsted vs Westlake Senior Health and Wellness Challenge will kick off at St John Medical Center on June 5. Stop in soon at either the North Olmsted or Westlake Senior Center to sign up and get more details!

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Bay Rockets Association and Easter Seals will be having a 2nd Great Closet Clean-Out beginning on Thurs., May 14 at Bay Middle School, 27725 Wolf Rd. and Bay High School, 29230 Wolf Rd. from 4 -8 p.m.

Additional drop off hours will be Fri., May 15, 4 - 8 p.m., Sat., May 16, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Sun., May 17, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bring bags of clothes, shoes and other cloth items to donate. Tax receipts and raffle tickets will be available during posted hours.

Four $50 prizes will be awarded. Items can be in ANY condition, NOTH-

ING is wasted. This event benefits Bay Athlet-ics and Easter Seals programs.

Last Fall, 18k pounds of cloth and cloth-ing items were donated, which raised $3,975!

Happy Spring Cleaning! Please help them fill those trucks!

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Dave Greenspan, Cuyahoga County Councilmember representing District 1, an-nounced today that he will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on May 28, at 7 p.m. at the North Olmsted branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library located at 27403 Lorain Road in North Olmsted.

This month’s Town Hall Meeting will update constituents on the new Cuyahoga County Department of Environment and Sus-tainability. The presentation will be led by the Director, Mike Foley.

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Join the mission of the Community West Foundation to advance the health and well being of our community.To learn more about the Community West Foundation call 216-476-7060 or visit www.communitywestfoundation.org

Serving the Needs of Our CommunityA Few of the Great Stories of Wonderful Work Being Done...

Community West Foundation has many great stories to tell about the wonderful and wide-spread work that is taking place in our commu-nity by our local nonprofit organizations. This past year we funded a portfolio of pro-

Paul Knott, of Neighborhood Alliance, has been delivering meals to homebound senior citizens throughout Lorain County for over 12 years. Part of his personal mission to make sure the over 80 seniors he serves daily re-ceive a hot meal, warm smile, and the comfort of a friendly visitor. The meal Paul delivers is often the only meal of the day for these seniors. Without it, many clients would be forced to choose between paying for food, or medica-tion and housing expenses. Through our partnership with Neighborhood Alliance, Community West Foundation provided a $50,000 grant for the Senior Home Delivered Meals Program to help seniors struggling with hunger and food insecurity. The Community West Foundation is pleased to partner with a network of agencies during a time when the need for food in our community has greatly increased. We have directed significant resources to The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, Second Harvest Food Bank (Lorain County), The Boys and Girls Clubs of Lorain County, The His-panic Senior Center, The Salvation Army, The Village Project, WSEM Food Centers and Rocky River Meals on Wheels.

Hunger Programs Help Serve Our Seniors

You can tell there is something special about Paul Knott by the smiles on the seniors’ faces when he knocks on the door. Paul is a real life superhero who is truly making a difference in the day to

day lives of our homebound seniors.

The road back to independence and self-sufficiency from homelessness is very difficult. We have a number of agencies that support people making that difficult journey. One of the most impressive is Community Service Alliance, lead by Executive Director Tim Gleason and Program Manager James Johnson, which is comprised of Procop House, Fulton House, and Sandy’s House. Since Community Service Alliance began nearly 10 years ago, they have helped more than 900 men. It is truly a place that is welcoming for these men to share their hopes, challenges, and dreams for a better future. We believe in the men emerging from these programs and have provided a grant of $42,500. Learn more about how you can lend your support to Com-munity Service Alliance at comservealliance.org. Community West Foundation supports a number of agencies that pro-vide shelter and support for our homeless population, including Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Providence House, Transitional Housing for Women, Joseph’s Home, The Metanoia Project, Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland Mediation Center/Homeless Prevention, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, and the City Mission.

Homelessness/Housing Programs Offer the Gift of Hope

We were moved by clients’ stories and their extraordinary resilience and determination. The hope and the self-worth these men found through the programs at Fulton House have changed their lives.

The Lakewood Community Services Center, under the leadership of Executive Director Trish Rooney, provides excellent services to over 2,500 clients each month. Our grant of $65,000 provided support for its programs, including the Emergency Food Pantry, Homeless Prevention and Shelter Programs, Case Management, Job Training and Placement Services, Mental Health Services, and a program, new in 2014 and especially important to Trish and her staff, a Summer Food and Enrichment Program for children. LCSC social workers have seen a large increase in the number of uninsured clients

in need of mental health services, available to them in Lakewood. Trish worked with Murtis Taylor Human Services System to develop a ground-breaking collaborative program to provide assessment and treat-ment at the center. It has proven to be a very successful program and Community West Foundation is proud to have been the initial - and continuing - funder of this critical service. Visit Lakewood Community Servic-es Center at lcsclakewood.org to make a donation. Our partners dedicated to pro-viding basic needs and outreach funded by Community West include St. Paul’s UCC

Community Outreach, May Du-gan Center, Avon/Avon Lake Community Resource Services, Domestic Violence & Child Ad-vocacy Center, St. Colman’s Out-reach, West Side Catholic Center, Lorain County Office on Aging, North Ridgeville Community Care, and Denison Avenue UCC.

Basic Needs/Community Outreach Programs Take Care of the Community

Trish Rooney, Executive Director, Lake-wood Community Services Center, hard

at work thinking of new and innovative ways to serve the community.

grams and projects to enable our partners to ad-vance their good works. Here are some terrific people who are service providers, leading with so much hope and inspi-ration for the future.

Community WestFoundation’s 2014

Annual Report is out! A big THANK YOU to everyone who gave with us last year. The uphill climb towards eliminating hunger and homelessness in the Cleveland area is nowhere close to over, but we can take this moment to recognize our past achievements. Community West Foundation re-ceived$3.5millionindonationsin2014,thanks to the tremendous generosity of donors like YOU! For a look at who your money has helped in the past year and beyond visit http://bit.ly/1PSEqqg.


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When was the last time you were excited to receive socks?

For thousands of Cleveland’s homeless, socks are a gift that’s never taken for granted. Socks are the #1 asked for item by those living outside.

Our less fortunate families in need, including our veterans who have served honorably, lack essentials like socks, boots and blankets

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The mission of Community West Foundation is to advancethe health & well being of our community.

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Mary’s Food Friends, a.k.a. St. Paul Lutheran Thrivent Hunger Ministry Service Team, has organized a special supplemented Hunger Campaign for donations received through May 15 to assist the Westlake Assistance Program.

This supplement is made possible by the Northwest Cuyahoga County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lu-therans’ Care Abounds in Community Program and will really help fill the cupboards of Westlake Assistance.

To donate money, write a check payable to St. Paul Lu-theran Church, mark memo: Westlake Assistance and mail to Hunger Ministry, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 27993 De-troit Road, Westlake, OH 44145.

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Retail growth in Avon is continuing at a rapid pace with three major players being added to the city’s roster of incoming businesses.

Cabela’s, Menard’s and Meijer are the Big 3, all slated to go into the Chester Road and I-90 corridor. The build-out will bring over 700 jobs to the Avon area, but will also mean the development of over 65 acres of vacant land. All are expected to open in 2016.

Cabela’s, known as the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear since 1961, has chosen Avon as their newest store’s home. It will be the company’s fourth store in Ohio.

The new Cabela’s store will be located on the south side of Chester Road, just east of the Wickens, Herzer, Pan-za, Cook & Batista Legal Offices. The store will be 81,000 square feet and will employ approximately 160 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. Cabela’s anticipates opening their new store in the fall of 2016.

The news comes just months after winter’s announce-ment that Menards, a big-box home improvement store, will build on 22-plus acres on Chester Road just east of Avon Crossings (Lowe’s-JC Penny Center).

Also coming to Avon is a new food retailer, Meijer. The food and houseware giant is expected to build a 23-acre, 24-hour superstore on the west side of Nagel Road south of the I-90 interchange. The store is reported to be bigger than Walmart and will carry gas station services. Meijers is a very popular Michigan grocery retailer with over 200 stores nationally and an excellent reputation for quality and price. The store is expected to bring 270 jobs.

Traffic concerns for the expanding Chester Road corri-dor are forefront on the minds of city officials. “To address

Avon Growth Brings Three Big Retailersthe comments of traffic and congestion, we are working on plans to alleviate those factors and make sure residents can get where they’re going safely and quickly,” says the City of Avon. “We are excited about the growth of the city but also understand the traffic issues that need to be addressed.

COMING SOON!

The Westlake Garden Club will hold their next meet-ing Wed., May 20, 11 a.m. at Don Mould’s Plantation, 34837 Lorain Road in North Ridgeville. Please bring a brown bag lunch. The topic will be “Fairy Gardens”. Materials for a fairy garden can be purchased there with a 25% discount for club members.

Westlake Garden Club

The Bay Village Garden Club will have a lun-cheon on May 18 at Bay Village Community House, 303 Cahoon Road. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $5 for guests. The program will be “But-terfly and Hummingbird Get-Away”. The speaker will be Noelle Akin of Pettiti Garden Center. Noelle will discuss how to make your garden an inviting paradise for hummingbirds and butterflies. Call 440-937-8125 or their website at bayvillagegardenclub.com. Guests please make reservations. All interested gardeners are welcome.

Bay Village Garden Club Luncheon

Westlake High School AP art senior Madeline Lee’s work, “Imagination,” was accepted into the Gov-ernor’s Exhibition. Lee’s artwork was one of 300 pieces chosen out of 12,000 entries. An awards ceremo-ny took place April 12 at the Columbus Atheneum.

Madeline’s “Cross-ing Westlake” piece also earned a National Silver Key Medal in the Scholas-tic Art & Writing Awards after earning a regional Gold Key award in the re-gional contest. This year 300,000 works were sub-mitted to regional Scholas-

Madeline Lee Earns Top Art Awards

tic programs, with 17,000 Gold Key works qualifying for national judging. Only 2,250 National Medals were awarded.


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Avon Track Teams Sweep Reynolds Relays Titles

With namesake Jim Reynolds looking on May 2, both the girls and boys track teams captured team titles at the 38th Reynolds Relays held on the Avon Schools track.

Avon’s boys rolled up 111 points to easily outdistance runner-up Rocky River’s 64 point total. The Eagle girls also rang up 111 points to take first over 80 from runner-up Rocky River.

Leading Avon’s boys were led by solid showings in all areas. Miler Sean Kane posted a memorable win as he outdueled Elyria’s James Hawks for first in the 1600 meter run in 4:34.4. Avon’s throw team posted 44 points out of a possible 50. Paul Sturm led the way with second’s in both the discus and shot put. Sturm took firsts in both in the Bulldog Relays.

For Avon’s boys, it was the first team win the Reynolds Relays since 2008. For the girls, the repeat championship reprised consecutive wins back in ‘00-’01.

In Olmsted Falls, high jumper Mitch Cooper turned in a solid win, clearing 6-0 to best the field. Chris Maxwell and Kyle Longrich added to the depth in the field events by winning the long jump and pole vault. Sprinter Jake Ritter

won the 100 meter dash in 11.5, while Michael Nose an-chored both the 4 x 200 and sprint medley relays.

Results of the Reynolds Relays are posted at: http://www.baumspage.com/track/avon/2015/2015%20Results.htm

Results for the Bulldog Relays are posted at: http://www.baumspage.com/track/trframe.php?path=./olmsted-falls/relays/2015

Avon’s Mitch Cooper clears 6-0 for the day’s best in Olmsted Falls.

Avon sprinter Jake Bitter takes the 100 meter dash at the Bulldog Relays.

Westlake hurdler Will Reilly with the win at the Bulldog Relays.Michael Nose of Avon anchored the winning 4x200 sprint medley relays for the Eagles.

Avon’s Erin Laird turns in a 5:25 1600 for first at the Bulldog Relays, with Michelle Appel of Westlake placing second.

Come to Rocky River United Methodist, 19414 Detroit Rd for the Loaves of Fun Fair, Sun., May 31, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. This will benefit the Lakewood Community Service Center and Rocky River Assistance Program. Be prepared to have a fun family day.

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The Event will include Bouncy Houses, Inflata-bles, Midway Games, Live Music, Fish Radio, Home Made Pie & Cookie Auc-tions, Bingo, Face Painting, Balloon Clowns and the ever-popular Dunk Tank. Grilled Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Sno Cones, Cotton Candy and Pizza will also be avail-able.

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The Avon High boys and girls track teams are on pace to meet the challenge are this week’s West Shore Conference Champion-ships to be held at the Avon Middle School Field.

Both the Eagle boys came away from the Kiwanis Bulldog Relays in Olmsted Falls last Friday with the team trophy, a week after both the Eagle boys and girls teams took championships at the 38th Reynolds Relays at Avon.

The WSC Meet will kick off Wednesday evening with field events and distance relays, while running finals will take place Friday, May 15.

Avon Track Team Looks- to WSC Championships

Avon’s Paul Sturm hoists the hardware as the Eagles celebrate after the Reynolds Re-lays awards presentation.

Avon’s girls with the Reynolds Relays first place trophy.Sean Kane sets the pace en route to the win in the 1600 meter run at the Reyn-olds Relays.

Nan Baker (R-Westlake) announced at her Kick-off on Thurs. May 7, her intentions to seek the Republican Nomination for the Ohio Senate, 24th District. joined by four West Shore mayors and before a crowded room of supporters at Behind the Woods Banquet Facility in Rocky River. Baker explained she will be term-limited serving her

Nan Baker to Seek State Senate Seat4th term at the Ohio House ending 2016. The 24th Senate District is currently served by Senator Tom Patton who is unable to seek re-election in 2016 due to term limits.

Baker’s current Ohio House District 16 represents Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Rocky River and Westlake. ‘It’s All About Jobs!’ she reports.


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