It wasn’t your normal bowling lane. But employees of St. John Medical Center picked up a frozen turkey and rolled it down a makeshift bowling alley last week on the hospital cafeteria patio to raise funds for a good cause. The cause was The Hope Fund, a short-term assistance program that helps SJMC employees in times of financial emergency. First ... Read More »
The City of Avon Lake has lost a majestic “honorary resident.” The large Piebald Buck that has lived in the city for approximately six years was found dead on Tuesday, Dec. 2, near one of his favorite haunts in Avon Lake. The Avon Lake Police Department, in agreement with the Mayor, has donated the Piebald Buck to Love-A-Stray Rescue. Love-A-Stray, ... Read More »
Westlake Schools CFO/Treasurer Mark C. Pepera was one of six new members appointed to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). Pepera will serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2015, and represents the Association of School Business Officials International. The appointment was made by the board of trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which is responsible for the oversight, ... Read More »
The Youth Challenge Dance and Drama program will kick off the season with a Holiday Show on December 14 at Magnificat High School’s Performing Arts Center. The event will include a Volunteer Recognition to honor the year’s top teen volunteers. Youth Challenge offers free, year-round programs to over 160 participants throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The participants are children with ... Read More »
A cat that had been ‘“chipped” was located and later released by Bay Village Police on Dec. 7 at 0557 hours. The cat was located by a Bay Village police officer at the intersection of Wolf and Bradley Roads with a Pringles can stuck on its head. The officer was able to successfully remove the container from the cat’s head ... Read More »
A 2009 Subaru Outback driven by a 71-year old Rocky River man hit the Taco Bell building on Columbia Rd. at 12:08 PM on Dec. 2 report Westlake Police. The car caught fire and it spread to the building. No one was injured and the Westlake Fire Department put out the fire after all utilities were shut off. Hoses were ... Read More »
Six months before receiving his high school diploma, a Westlake High School senior will receive two associates’ degrees and serve as commencement speaker for his college graduating class. Aswin Bikkani, 17, was selected by the Cuyahoga Community College Joint Student Council – the college-wide student government body – to serve as the Dec. 17 commencement speaker. Aswin will graduate from ... Read More »
As The Ohio State Football team prepares to take on Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game this Saturday in Indianapolis, lots of attention has been directed to quarterback Cardale Jones. He is the redshirt sophomore quarterback who will step up now that starting QB J.T. Barrett has been sidelined with a broken ankle in last Saturday’s win over ... Read More »
Neige DeAngelis, a Dover Intermediate School fifth grade student, won a national story contest for Cricket magazine for his story about a temperamental fire-breathing dragon named Mr. Feugo. Neige’s story, “350 Words or Else!” chronicles the scene of Mr. Feugo, editor of “Dragonfly” magazine, being upset when readers sent in 10-page stories for publication. Neige’s story was published in the ... Read More »
Students from Westlake High School and Lee Burneson Middle School science classes spent the day recently as scientists and astronauts during NASA’s 22nd Annual Young Astronaut Day at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Westlake’s 25 students from WHS Honors Physical Science classes and LBMS general science classes were among the more than 350 students from 27 Northeast Ohio schools ... Read More »
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