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Abigail Garcia, a seven-year-old from Westlake, OH won the U8 Mid Atlantic Elks Soccer Shoot on Saturday, March 4, 2017 in Frederick, Maryland. Abby earned a high score of 42, beating out girls from New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, and the combined Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia. Miss Garcia earned the right to represent the state of Ohio by ... Read More »

Lee Burneson Middle School seventh-grade student Mantas Viazmitinas is advancing to the state You Be The Chemist Challenge contest. You Be the Chemist is an interactive academic contest sponsored by the Chemical Education Foundation that encourages 5-8 students to explore chemistry concepts and their real-world applications. All seventh- and eighth-grade science students participated in a timed interactive question and answer ... Read More »

The final score was Avon Lake 440, Firelands 320, on the Scholastic Games program, heard on WEOL (AM 930), in its weekly pairing of Lorain County high school academic teams. It was the annual wildcard program on Monday, April 10th, which offers a second chance at playoff eliminations for the highest-scoring losing teams. Both teams lost with final scores higher ... Read More »

Westlake High School junior Kyle Yu is heading to the 2017 United States Geography Olympiad (USGO) in Arlington, Virginia, on April 21 for the second time. Kyle took the challenging written qualifying exam with gifted specialist Anne Dill in early March. To qualify for the USGO, students must finish in the top half of students on the National Qualifying Exam ... Read More »

Seven students from Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) were named to the All-Ohio Community College Academic Team, which comprises top students at the state’s two-year schools. The All-Ohio Academic Team recognizes student excellence in academics, leadership and community service. Fifty-one students from across the state were selected for this year’s team on the basis of their outstanding records. Tri-C had more ... Read More »

Unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV), or drones, as they are often called, are being utilized more and more frequently in the aviation industry along with other new and innovative related technologies. Sponsored by Rapid Prototype and Manufacturing LLC (rp+m) in Avon Lake, students in the Westlake High School Technology & Engineering department participated in a UAV Design Contest to learn about ... Read More »

The Avon Lake City Schools Foundation will host its Annual Indoor Art and Craft Sale Fundraiser on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Auxiliary Gym at Avon Lake High School, 175 Avon Belden Road. Come shop for spring garden items, bakery, unique repurposed items, one of a kind handmade items and more! Back by popular demand ... Read More »

It’s not too late to register for preschool. The Lorain County Early Learning Center, part of the Educational Service Center of Lorain County, 12079 LaGrange Road, LaGrange, is currently accepting applications for preschool enrollment. The Early Learning Center is a preschool program designed for children ages 3-5. Several openings are available in the morning and afternoon sessions. The program serves an equal mix of typically developing children and children with special needs. The typically developing children, ... Read More »

The Avon Garden Club will be hosting its annual perennial plant sale on Saturday, May 20, 2017, from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. at the east end of the city property next to the Avon Senior Center, 36786 Detroit Road, Avon, OH 44011. These “tried and true,” sturdy plants have been grown by members, potted up, and are ready to ... Read More »

The North Coast Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America is having its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 26, at the Westlake Porter Library, 27333 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, at 6:30 – 8:45 p.m. The group will be making yo-yos taught by one of our members. Please join us to meet fellow stitchers and to have fun. For additional information, please call 440-835-5183 or 440-734-2383. Read More »