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Avon Lake Eagles are Thriving!

We are happy to see that all three eaglets are thriving. The images show parents, Stars and Stripes, feeding lunch last week in the nest at Avon Lake Redwood School. Quite a feast inside the nest! Images courtesy of Avon Lake City Schools First eaglet arrived April 6 at 9:44 a.m, the second eaglet arrived 12 hours later at 9:53 p.m and the third eaglet arrived April 8 at 6:33 p.m. All the eaglets are thriving! Live feed link at Thevillagernewspaper.com.

A controlled burn of the Cleveland Metroparks Huntington Reservation field near the sledding hill took place Monday afternoon. The burn was conducted to eradicate unwant-ed species of plant life in the field and clear the way for growth natural to the area. Bay Village Mayor Paul Koomar, on the scene with Fire Chief Christopher Lyons and others, said the burn will be followed by a replanting of grasses ‘more indigenous to the locale. “It won’t take long for the new grasses to grow,” said the Mayor. “The grass will be indiginis to the area and attract more insect and bird activity there, bringing in things like monarch butterflies when they migrate.”

Avon Opens Story Time Trail

and History Walk

The 4th Annual Avon Fine Arts Extravaganza takes place this week at the Avon Isle. This is a district-wide art show and music event highlighting students from choir, orchestra, and band, as well as showcasing more than 300 pieces of artwork from students grades K-12. A packed house was on hand on Monday as Supt. Mike Laub and Police Chief Richard Bosley commended best of show winners from each grade.

Avon Fine Arts Extravaganza

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Controlled Burn in MetroPark Clears Space for Species

It was an exciting day for Allesandra Kimble, her mom Celina, and Aunt Heather Kaessen as Avon opened the new Story Time Trail and History Walk at Every Child’s Playground adjacent to

the Aquatic Center along Detroit Road.

The City of Avon celebrated the opening of its new Story Time Trail and History Walk at the site of the new ‘Every Child’s Playground’ adjacent to the Aquatic Center along Detroit Road the morning of Sat., April 14. continued on page 11

“Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Displayed at Westlake’s Community

West Foundation It is impossible not to feel a flood of emotions when seeing the sculpture titled, “Homeless Jesus”, the work of world-renowned Canadian sculptor, Timothy Schmalz, now displayed outside the of-fices of Community West Foundation at 800 Sha-ron Drive in Westlake. The sculpture represents Jesus as a homeless person lying on a bench covered by a blanket with wounds in his feet.

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‘Homeless Jesus,’ now on display at Community West Foundation.

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University Hospitals St. John Medical Center Honors Volunteers

“We can’t thank you enough,” enthused University Hospitals St. John Medical Center President & CEO Robert G. David as he welcomed the hospital’s 200 volunteers to their annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Avon Oaks Country Club the afternoon of Wed., April 18. “The work you do is incredible,” added David as he read from the program that listed volunteers who have literally lodged tens of thousands of hours at the hospital, from transporting patients, answering phones to assisting families whose loved ones are in for care. Special recognition went to Anthony Iezzi, PhD, who has logged 19,000-plus hours at the hospital, mostly helping in the radiology area assisting patients when they sign in. Professional, courteous and respect-ful of all, Dr. Iezzi is emblematic of the face the UH SJMC volunteers put on the organization daily as their work helps doctors and nurses to better focus on their mission of healing. “19,000 hours,” exclaimed David as he welcomed Dr. Iezzi and his daughter, Mary Feinkle of Hinckley, who came as a surprise guest. “That is the equivalent of ten working years,” said David of Dr. Iezzi’s contribution of time and talent. Special recognition went also to Joyce Holod, Karen Konko, Ann Kullik and James Stanton, who each received the President’s Call to Service Award presented to those who have donated over 4,000 hours of volunteer service in a lifetime. Congratulations to these Community Champions! 19,000 Hours - Anthony Iezzi, PhD, 12,000 Hours - Ardis Radak, 11,000 Hours - Jackie Borzecki, 7,500 Hours - Clarence Coder, 7,000 Hours - Marti Choban, 6,500 Hours - Carol Riordan and Marlene Witouski, 5,500 Hours - Teddi Gideon and Lois Wildauer, 4,500 Hours - Earline Andrey, Caroline Grahovac, Kathy Hall and Rosemarie Slaght, 4,000 Hours - Joyce Holod, Karen Konko, Ann Kul-lik and James Stanton, 3,500 Hours - Marian Bailey, Barbara Fuerhoff, Sig-rid Senko, Viola Stoiker, Gail Schenck and James Stanton, 3,000 Hours - Patricia Rust, Monica Schilkowski and Mary Thomson. In Memoriam: Ernie Miklavic

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You can all pat yourselves on the back as we’ve made it through, what was at times, a very long winter. Spring is right around the corner so enjoy the beauty while the trees and flowers start to bud.

During these challenging economic times, things have certainly changed for all of us. People are going through life changes that they might not have experienced in years, but especially if someone has lost their job.

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April (Osteen) Simons Speaks at Westlake Women’s ConferenceApril (Osteen) Simons, Pastor Joel Osteen’s dynamic

sister, is an “Encourager.” In a world filled with negativity and hopelessness, she brings an inspiring message of hope and life that helps people deal with the demands and chal-lenges of everyday living.

April will be speaking in Westlake at the Annual Brave Women’s Conference on May 4 & 5. The conference will be held at Church on the Rise, 3550 Crocker Road in Westlake. She will bring a powerful Word that you won’t want to miss. The early bird price for tickets is only $25, but will be going up to $35 soon! You can sign up online at https://cor.breezechms.com/form/6fe6c6 or go to the website www.ChurchontheRise.net. April will also be bringing a special message at Church on the Rise on Sun., May 6th at 9:30 and 11 a.m. services.

April comes from a family of encouragers; her late fa-ther, Pastor John Osteen and her mother, Dodie, pastored Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas for over 40 years. Her brother, Joel, along with her mom and brother and sister, continue the work by encouraging millions daily through television.

What is most impor-tant to April is her family. She has five kids; Chris-tiana, Gar-rison and his beautiful wife, Franch-esca, Savan-nah, Elliana and Arriella. Her newest addition is her beautiful granddaugh-ter, Penelope.

Her father always said, “Your first mission field is your family” and that’s a principle April truly tries to live by.

Pastor Joel Osteen and April (Osteen) Simons

This year the Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club will hold its plant sale on a new date and at a new location. Formerly known as the Annual Memorial Plant Sale, the new Annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale will be held on Sat., May 12 and will be located at the new Goddard School (formerly Wendy’s), 430 Avon Beldon Road from 10am to 2pm. As in past years, the sale will include plants carefully dug from the members gardens such as perennials, herbs, ground covers and many native variet-ies. Proceeds from this sale will help sustain the seven community gardens that the club maintains including the award winning Wildflower and Herb Gardens at the Miller Road Park.

Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club Plant Sale

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To meet the healthcare needs of Bay Village and the surrounding area, O’Neill Healthcare is pleased to offer a memory support unit located in Bay Village. O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village recognizes the education provided by the Alzheimer’s Association. In support of the “Longest Day” fundraiser, O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village will donate $5 for every tour given by May 31, 2018 of the memory support unit. Please contact Candy Sanson, LNHA, LSW at 440-871-3474 to arrange your personal tour.

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Scams against senior citizens lurk at every area of life these days! As a public service to educate the community on Scam protection, O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village host-ed a community presentation last week entitled, “How Did This Happen?”

Barbara Kornuc, Community Liaison, Stano Law Firm offered advice on protecting yourself and your personal in-formation from scammers and crooks.

“The internet is a lot smarter than we are!” said Bar-bara. “We have to be very careful as to who we give our information to.”

A coming scam that will be seen frequently this year will be associated with new Medicare Cards. Beginning April 1, Medicare began a year-long project to replace all current Medicare cards for beneficiaries to convert to alphanumeric ID numbers. Currently, the ID number is your social security number.

“All the new Medicare Cards will come in the mail,” advises Barbara. “You don’t need to request it or do any-thing. It will show up.”

Here is the new scam: Somebody from Medicare will (pretend) to call you to tell you that you are getting a new Medicare Card. But, until it comes you will need a tem-porary card (not true). Fee for the card is between $5-50. The scammer will want personal information, bank ac-count info or credit card so they can process the temporary card.

REMEMBER THIS: Medicare will never call you unless you ask them to call. They do all communication by mail. Ditto for anybody saying they work for Medi-care to make sure you get everything your entitled to. Scammer Alert!

Other Ways to Protect Yourself:

• Make a family password - a family password can be useful to make sure info you are getting from a purported source is legitimate. A family password will ensure that the info shared, or the person who shares it, is legitimate. Good for kids, too, who should be taught to ask a stranger who talks to them for the family password before trusting the person.

• Obituaries - leave birth dates off. Too much infor-mation can be gathered based on a person’s name and birth date.

O’Neill Healthcare Bay Village Presents “Protect Yourself Against Scams”

• Fraud in Family or Healthcare worker - Sad to say, much fraud occurs when family members or healthcare workers have access to credit cards or bank account infor-mation and it is used for unauthorized purposes.

• Contractors - Don’t pay until the work is done and read the fine print before you sign.

• Free Wi-fi - This makes your computer vulnerable when it is open in free wi-fi locations. Easy for crooks to access your computer info.

• Also remember that the IRS will NEVER call you up, let alone ask for a payment over the phone!

Your best bet? Screen all your phone calls with an an-swering machine, or simply do not answer a number you do not recognize.

Barbara Kornuc, Community Liaison, Stano Law Firm

Grace Baptist Church in North Ridgeville will be having a special Sunshine Sunday, May 6, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. This service will be an awards ceremony for the Sunshine Class and Honoring the Sunshine Class Workers. The Sunshine Class is a church class that is for the Physically and Men-tally disabled. The church is located at 38079 Center Ridge Road and is lead by Pastor Dennis White. All are welcome to attend this service.

Sunshine Sunday at Grace Baptist to Honor Sunshine Class

Rocky River City Schools Earns Music Education Award

The Rocky River City School District earned a 2018 Best Communities for Music Education award for its com-mitment to music education – the second consecutive award for the school district.

The Best Communities for Music Education designa-tion from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation is awarded to districts that demon-strate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. The award recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who make music educa-tion part of a well-rounded education.

To qualify, Rocky River answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class par-ticipation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music programs, and community music-making programs.

“It is important to us to provide quality programming for students in addition to the four core subjects,” said As-sistant Superintendent Elizabeth Anderson. “Our NAMM BCME recognition for a second year in a row verifies what many already know – music education is outstanding in Rocky River.”

Rocky River City Schools Earns Music Education Award

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• Are located in a vibrant and walkable neighborhood close to Cleveland Clinic hospital and rehab center, restaurants, golf, shopping, and recreation.

Also, learn about downsizing. Mike Ivan, from Caring Transitions, will be sharing tips about downsizing, and how to make a move with less stress and more organization.

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Do you have stress in your life! Yes, everybody does!Noted physician Casen DeMaria, DC, of The Drugless

Doctors in Westlake presented a special seminar on simple strategies to help you better adapt to life’s demands so that you can be happy and feel healthy!

Her presentation at The Belvedere of Westlake on

How to Decrease Stress in Your Life!April 17 encouraged listeners to combine several sensible strategies that form the basis of the chiropractic approach to set you body up to be the way it is supposed to be - self healing and self-adapting.

There are just a few steps Dr. DeMaria suggests:• SLEEP - It’s essential for healing as your body replen-

ishes its growth hormones dur-ing these hours. It is important to shoot for 8 hours, and don’t stay up too late! Hor-mone activity is highest between 10 p.m. - mid-night! Also, turn off that TV and sleep in a peace-ful place. “Set yourself up for success with a bedtime routine,” says Dr. DeMaria. Casen DeMaria, DC

• EXERCISE - Movement should be part of your life. Shoot for 20 minutes a day, even if it’s just walking, and help your body’s blood flow, oxygen levels, mental health and detoxification processes. Exercise should be fun - do things you enjoy!

• FOOD - Avoid inflammatory foods like gluten, dairy and sugar and focus on proteins and vegetables. Just watch out for pesticides! “It’s not the environment that makes you sick, it’s the environment on the inside!” says Dr. DeMaria.

• WATER - Most important of all, 85 per cent of your body is water! How much water should you drink? Here’s the formula: Take your body weight and divide it in half. The end number is equal to the number of ounces of water you should drink each day! So carry a bottle with you, and try to drink filtered water to avoid contaminants.

Breast Thermography is now offered at The Drugless Doctors. It is a simple way to assess breast tissue. It is a non-invasive that can see what is going on in your body

All these things will help you body adapt to stress, The Drugless Doctors will give you a courtesy Wellness Assess-ment. Just call them at (440) 471-4200. They are located at 2001 Crocker Road, Ste. 100, in Westlake. Please visit drug-lessdoctors.com

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Nightingale Centers for Regenerative Medi-cine provides solutions for people seeking to pre-serve or resume an active lifestyle. Why wait until a hip or knee becomes bad enough for replacement?

Time for a Body Tune Up!

We combine safe and effective treatments to help people get moving again without surgery or drugs. We’ve helped people with chronic joint pain and back pain eliminate the pain and get back to the life they love. One patient even got her first hole-in-one after undergoing neurostimulation treatment for back pain.

We use stem cell therapy to help patients get back to activities they love without sur-gery. Instead of waiting years for hips and knees to get “bad enough” for surgery, we can trigger your body to regenerate the damaged joint, allowing people to get back to the things they love quickly. One of our patients was facing hip replacement surgery. One injection and a few months later she took a walking tour of a foreign country without pain or limita-tion.

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The thought provoking piece of art is a visual repre-sentation of Matthew 25:40, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew’s words encourage us all to care for the least of our brothers and sisters in need.

Copies of the sculpture have started appearing in cities around the world, and now, the Community West Founda-tion has “Homeless Jesus” on display outside of its office building as a reminder of what the organization values.

“Homeless Jesus” reflects the core principle of the work and mission at Community West Foundation to care for the least of our brothers and sisters in need.

“We want to share this gift with our entire community,” said David T. Dombrowiak, President and CEO, Commu-nity West Foundation. “The relevance of “Homeless Jesus” reminds us to show love, care and compassion to our less fortunate neighbors.”

All are invited to take the opportunity and see “Home-less Jesus” at the Community West Foundation campus.

There is even space at the end of the bench to sit for a while, to pray and meditate. The Foundation plans to make the sculpture available for area churches to borrow and display for inspiration to their congregations.

About the Community West FoundationCommunity West Foundation is a local philanthropic

organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter and medical care to the most needy in our community, as exemplified by the SocksPlus campaign. Learn more at www.community-westfoundation.org

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“Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Displayed at Westlake’s Community West Foundation

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A Senior Resource Fair hosted at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center last week show-cased over 20 senior-centric businesses and orga-nizations dedicated to the care and wellness of the area’s Senior Citizen population.

Guests packed the crowded UH Elyria Medical Center cafeteria and they perused the many tables dedicated to a variety of service, from Independent and Assisted Living, to Memory Care, Home Care, Hospice Care, Skilled Nursing Care and even Elder Law!

The event was sponsored by the Westside Healthcare Organization, a consortium of senior care agencies dedicated to bringing together re-sources within the senior/healthcare industry to establish relationships, referral sources and com-munity philanthropy.

Guests had the opportunity to learn more about resources available to seniors within the community, but also received a free lunch from the UH EMH cafeteria, and enjoyed give-a-ways and gift card raffles.

UH Elyria Medical Center, Westside HealthCare Senior Resource Fair is a Hit!

The Communuty Outreach team from Uni-versity Hospitals welcomed guests.

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Save the date for Piper’s Legacy’s Rock the Challenge, an obstacle course for children ages 6-12 will be on Sat., June 9 at 9:30 a.m. The event will be held at United Church of Christ Methodist Church in Avon Lake. There will be field activities for all ages.

Piper’s Legacy is an organization dedicated to raising money to fund Ewing’s Sarcoma Re-search in memory of Piper Samuels.

Visit Piper’s Legacy Facebook page for regis-tration information!

“Nearly 300,000 kids every year are diag-nosed worldwide with cancer. One in 285 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer by the time they are 20 years old. Childhood can-cer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 19 in the United States, yet receives less than 4% of national cancer funding.

“In August 2016, Piper Samuels was diag-nosed with Ewing sarcoma, a form of bone and soft tissue cancer that effects approximately 200 children each year in the United States. Piper fought bravely and fiercely, always with dignity, grace, and her remarkable smile. Unfortunately, she passed away on August 13, 2017, just 12 months after diagnosis. She is the reason Piper’s parents decided that they must continue this fight.

For more information, please contact Piper’s Legacy at 4teampiper@gmail.com or (216) 224-1455.

Calling All Kid Ninjas! Save the Date for Piper’s Legacy

Rock the Challenge

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WEST SHORE BLUES: THE BEST Of THE BEaTSMan Threatens to ‘Shoot Up’ the Place at Dave & Busters

Westlake Police recovered a handgun in the car of a suspect who

reportedly threatened to “Shoot up the place” at Dave & Busters on April 1.

Police report that, “On 4/7/18 at approx. 1pm, WPD received a call from Dave and Busters reporting that a former employee was at the restaurant causing a disturbance and had threatened current employees including a text threat that he was going to “shoot up” the place.

The suspect had left before the officers arrived but was stopped in his vehicle a short distance away. Investigation revealed that the former employee, a 26yo from Elyria, had threatened harm to people at the restaurant. A handgun was also recovered from the suspect’s vehicle.The male was arrested for felony charges of Making a Terroristic Threat along with misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing and criminal trespass.

Psycho Yells “Active Shooter” at WestgateAn apparent psycho was on the loose at

Westgate Mall on April 5, impersonating as a fed-eral official with his passport and then yelling “Ac-tive Shooter” in the Target store.

On April 5 at 1811 hours the Fairview Park PD arrested the male subject for Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer and Resisting Arrest. He had entered the Marshall’s Store at Westgate Shopping Center and was approaching female cus-tomers inside the store, showing them his passport and advising he was a federal marshal. When the store manager confronted the male, the suspect advised the manager that he was a federal marshal and told him he was not leaving the store and would defend himself if he had to. He subsequently left Marshall’s and then went into the Target Store, which is next door to Marshall’s, and yelled “active shooter” inside the store.

The subject’s vehicle was impounded. No weapons were located in the vehicle or on the subject. He did fight with officers during his arrest. The 37 year old Avon Lake resident was charged with Impersonating an Officer and Resisting Arrest. He would not cooperate with booking officers, so was held overnight until he was able to see the judge via video arraignment. After finally cooperating with the fingerprint and pho-tograph procedure, he was released on bond pending trial.

It was later found that the subject had been in the police depart-ment approximately one week previous asking questions about their bul-let resistant glass in the lobby and as to whether officers wear bulletproof vests!

Bay Man Arrested in $250K Church Theft

Bay Village Police report that they arrested a male adult of Bay Village on charges of Aggra-vated Theft on April 20. This involved $250,000.00 illegally taken from the Bay Village Presbyte-rian Church. The case will be forwarded to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office.

$10K Missing From AccountOn 04/19/2018, at 11:12 hrs, a Longbeach Parkway resident re-

ported someone had fraudulently taken nearly $10,000.00 from her per-sonal bank account. Police are investigating.

Double TroubleOn 04/21/2018, at 00:21 hrs, an officer stopped a vehicle on Wolf

Road, near Forestview Road, for a traffic violation. Field sobriety tests were administered and as a result, the 36-year old male driver from Cleveland was arrested for OVI. At 07:14 hrs, a 33-year old Rocky River resident arrived at the station to give the male a ride home. As she was speaking to the officer at the dispatch window, he suspected that she had been drinking. Officers went into the lobby where the female admit-ted she had driven to the Bay Village Police station to pick up the male. After failing sobriety tests, she was arrested for OVI. Both persons will be facing charges at RRMC.

Out at the WheelOn 04/19/2018, at 06:17 hrs, a resident in the 26000 block of Lake

Road, called to report there was a single car accident. The homeowner had located car in her front yard, with the driver slumped over behind the wheel. Responding officers attempted to wake the driver and when that failed, broke out a window to gain entry. They discovered the female was highly intoxicated. Due to her level of intoxication and possible injuries from the accident, she was transported to the hospital. The 32-year old

female from Cleveland will face charges at Rocky River Municipal Court.

Heroin Arrests at Crocker Park

On 4/10/18 at approx. 6:15PM, a caller reported a possible over-dose in a vehicle at Crocker Park. A female was reportedly slumped over in the car that also had 2 other occupants. When officers arrived, all three occupants were awake but indicators of drug use were observed. The male in the car still had bleeding needle marks in his arm and one of the females said she was a “former” heroin abuser. Needles and sus-pected heroin were located in the vehicle. The three occupants, a 23yo female from North Ridgeville, a 24yo male from Amherst, and a 24yo female from North Ridgeville, all were arrested for felony drug posses-sion and possession of drug abuse instruments.

Spinout on I-90 OverpassOn 4/8/18 at approx. 10:25pm WPD received

a report of a 1 car MVA on Clague Rd at the I90 overpass. The caller said that the operator ap-peared to be walking away from the car toward Bay Village. With the assistance of Bay Village PD officers, the male was located just into their city.

The 26yo from Lakewood had injuries from the crash but said that he was only the passenger. When asked about the identity of the driver, he said that he “knew the male but did not know the male.” Upon further questioning, the suspect admitted he had been the operator. He was arrested for OVI and was transported to the hospital for treatment from injuries sustained from the accident. Later in the night, officers learned that the crashed vehicle had been reported as stolen out of Cleveland. Warrants for the male were obtained for felony receiving stolen property. He was later arrested when he showed up at Rocky River Municipal Court for his OVI court date.

Heroin ArrestOn 4/11/18 at approx. 9:37am WPD received a call from the Mc-

Donalds on Detroit at Columbia Rds indicating that a customer had passed out in the bathroom. The 26yo female from Bay Village woke before officers arrived and began to walk from the restaurant after refus-ing to identify herself to the 911 operator. Officers located her a short distance away and detected indicators of drug use. Suspected heroin, needles, and an apparent glass crack pipe were located on her per-son. She was arrested and charged with felony possession of drugs and misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments and paraphernalia.

Car Hits Fairview Park HouseA 9-1-1 call was received of a vehicle which

had crashed into a house on W 220 St. The ar-riving officer observed a heavily damaged vehicle amongst the wreckage of the porch of the resi-dence. A male was walking around near the car, having a large bump and bleeding from the head.

The male’s breath smelled of an alcoholic beverage and his speech was slurred. The officer had him sit in the police car after calling for an ambu-lance. The driver stated he was driving too fast on Hillsdale approaching W 220, and was unable to make the S/B turn. He lost control and jumped the west curb of W 220, before striking the porch of the residence. The homeowner stated that a female had also been in the car, but she was not on scene. Another officer began searching for her, locating her about a half mile away near Morton Park. The 17 year old Fairview Park female was taken back to the scene, looked over by paramedics, and turned over to her parents. The 18 year old driver, also from Fairview Park, was taken to the hospital where he was placed under arrest by the investi-gating officer. He refused to submit to a blood test when requested. He was charged with OVI, Reasonable Control, Reckless Operation, and No Driver’s License.

An innovative prison reentry partnership has turned into a unique program which places currently incarcerated women in charge of running a café in downtown Cleveland.

The Comeback Café is a product of the Chop-ping for Change program, which combines innova-tive culinary workforce development as a model of pre-release, focusing on minimizing the challenges that occur with reintegration. The café itself, located at the Virgil E. Brown Building, is helping to break down stereotype barriers in Ohio by introducing reen-try to the community in a different way. The program aims to reduce recidivism in the state.

Chopping for Change began in 2016 with the support of County Executive Armond Budish cheer-ing on the first graduating class. The program contin-ues to grow with an increase in participants, and now the opening of the Comeback Café.

“Providing people with a chance to improve their lives, learn new skills and to build a career pathway is one of my key strategic imperatives. I am pleased with this collaborative and supportive relationship between Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and Cuyahoga County,” said County Executive Armond Budish.

The café familiarizes every day citizens with the new faces of reentry. They are mothers who are near-ing the ends of their sentences and ready to get back home to their families instead of heading back to pris-on. Comeback Café is providing on-the-job training so they can find work upon release. In addition to the café, Marble Room is getting in on the groundbreak-ing reentry method by welcoming the women into their restaurant and trusting them to provide great service and food to guests. Participation from other restaurants is in the works.

The collaborative Chopping for Change pro-gram is an effort developed between the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry, Lutheran Metropolitan Min-istry and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Cor-rection (ODRC).

In addition to the existing partners, True Freedom Ministries signed on as a café partner and provides transportation to the women to and from the location. As part of Chopping for Change’s culinary education and job training, the women also receive wrap-around services at LMM, such as substance abuse and trau-ma therapy, to further increase reentry success.

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Congratulations to Ava Mitchell. The Avon East Elementary School second-grader is the win-ner of the Kids T-shirt De-sign Challenge for the Avon Eagle Run.

Ava’s design will be featured on the Kids Fun Run T-shirts.

Runner-up winners include Brooklyn Fagan (Avon East first-grader) and Catherine Biesterfeldt (Avon Heritage fifth-grad-er). Each received a certifi-cate and goodie bag.

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Avon Local Schools Superinten-dent Mike Laub presented Ava, 8, with the final design, certificate and goodie bag.

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Boomer Bash sponsors include The Normandy Senior Living, Greater Cleveland Volunteers, Max Strength Fitness, LaCentre, and 107.3 The Wave radio. Over fifty vendor tables will be onsite providing free information, samples, hearing screening, education and fun. Proceeds will benefit Greater Cleveland Fisher Houses.

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Mayor Bryan Jensen was joined by Rosie Parks of the Parks Foundation and other dignitaries to cut the red ribbon that inaugurated the Story Time Trail.

Children then gathered under a tent to have stories read to them. Rosie Parks read the first book, followed by stories from Kelsey DeCoste of the Avon Library Branch of Lorain County.

Land for the walkway and trail was donated by Parks, who said, “I grew up in Avon, so this is important to us!” as she joined Mayor Jensen as kids circled the trail for its first official lap of wooded fun.

Avon Opens Story Time Trail and History Walkcontinued from page 1

Rosie Parks (center) of the Parks Foundation joined with Avon Mayor Bryan Jensen and representatives from presenting sponsor Lowe’s as the ribbon was cut for the new Story Time Trail and History Walk now open adjacent to the Avon Aquatic Center.

Mayor Jensen was upstaged by an exuberant guest at his inaugural Story Time Trail and His-tory Walk on April 14.

Avon’s new Every Child’s Playground will bring plenty of great moments for families through the years

Rosie Parks of the Parks Foundation reads the first story at the new Avon Story Time Trail.

Face painting was one of the attractions at the grand opening event.

Families now have a great place to meet and play at Avon’s new, centrally-located Every Child’s Play-ground.

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Bay Middle School seventh-graders (from left) Frank Bird, Andy Mold and Jackson Schelzig, individual national leaders in the Continental Math League competition.

Bay Middle School seventh-grade Continental Math League team. Left-to-right, front row: James Chilton, Miya DeBolt, Norah Schlegel, Caitlyn Hartzell, Ella Tenerowicz, Josie Scholtz, Renee Duffy. Middle row: Jack Oster, PJ Sobczak, Logan Bennefeld, Jackson Schelzig, Nikolas Wassmer, Adam Tenerowicz, Joey Hinshaw, Iain Ray, Sheldon Coffman, math teacher Lauren Hill;. Back row: Ben Linson, Adriana Pirinelli, Anna Mayer, Adam Ward, Luke Nageotte, James Fowles, Ethan Jacobs, Frank Bird, Phoebe Sutherland. (Not pictured are Elise Kelley and Andy Mold.)

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