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Cemetery Board Meeting change JVS to host First Annual Blood Drives

Homecoming event
The Wellington Cemetery Board regular meetings have Penfield Township will hold a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. on
been changed to every third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 September 28 and from 12-5 p.m. on November 23. The blood
p.m. The regular meetings will be held at the Cemetery Mainte- Lorain County JVS is excited to host its first annual Home- drives will be at the Penfield Township Town Hall, located at
nance Facility at 187 Cemetery Road, in Wellington. coming on Saturday, October 22, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. on their 41012 St. Rt. 18, in Penfield/Wellington (corner of St. Rts. 18
Submitted by Virginia Haynes, Fiscal Officer campus in Oberlin. This family-friendly event is themed for the and 301).
wellingtontwpclerk@gmail.com fall, and all are welcome to attend.
Events taking place that day include trick-or-treating
WHS Band member of the week throughout the building for children 10 and under; children’s Herrick Memorial Library
costumes are encouraged. A touch-a-truck event, cupcake &
The Herrick Memorial Library is located at 101 Willard Me-
ership roles within the band cookie decorating, face painting, inflatable slides, obstacle morial Square, in downtown Wellington. For information, call
as a color guard section lead- courses, a petting zoo, pumpkin painting and so much more! (440) 647-2120.
er. Outside of band, Kyleigh This event is free, but it is asked that you consider a dona- Library Board Meeting - On Thursday, October 6, at 10:30
also participates in choir. tion of a canned good or other non-perishable food items. All a.m. the Herrick Memorial Library Board of Trustees will hold
Her favorite band memory is food will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank. its regular monthly board meeting. The meetings will be held
qualifying for State Marching For planning purposes, registration is required. Registration at the library in the Board Office. This meeting is open to the
Band Finals her junior year. is available at www.lcjvs.com/homecoming. public.
She’d like to thank her par- A special thank you to Skylift, Inc., our gold-level sponsor Beginner Computer Class - Wednesdays, September 28, &
ents for always pushing her for this event. October 5, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Need to learn how to use a
to do her best, Grace Broome Lorain County JVS is located at 15181 State Route 58, in computer? or set up and email account? Attend the Herrick Me-
for being a great senior lead- Oberlin. morial Library’s Beginner Computer series; the last of our four
er, Mrs. Reininger for driv- workshops where library staff will show you the basic skills
ing the band to all the per- L&WV Railway is offering needed to safely use a computer and navigate the Internet. The
formances, the Lemke’s for Library will provide laptops for use during the workshops.Each
hauling all of the equipment fall train rides session will last 1½ hours. Register by calling the library at
Kyleigh Johnson and instruments, Mrs. Car- (440) 647-2120. Class size is limited to ten people.
bone for creating and teach-
This week’s WHS senior ing us all of the routines and Korea: Its Beauty and Culture - Tuesday, October 4 at 6
band member is Kyleigh Mrs. Novotny for teaching p.m. Enjoy and evening with the Herrick Memorial Library
Johnson. She has participat- her how to play her instru- staff and guest speaker Pastor Yu of the First United Methodist
ed in marching band for five ment and how to march. After Church of Wellington as she talks about the Korean culture and
years, pep band for five years graduation, Kyleigh plans to its beauty and teaches the audience one of her favorite songs.
and concert band for four study zoology. Registration is requested and can be done by calling the library
years. She has served in lead- at (440) 647-2120.
Read to Putter - Thursdays, September-December, from
JVS Welcomes Back Students with 3:15-4:45 p.m. Putter is back after a short vacation and waiting
to listen to your children read to him. This is a fantastic way to
Record Enrollment help your child develop good reading skills. Sign your child
up for a 15-minute session by calling the Library at (440) 647-
The 2022-23 Lorain County JVS school year kicked off with 2120.
record enrollment for the district with just over 1,500 students Fall Story Times - September 20-October 26. Our story
starting the school year. times are designed to be an interactive program for teaching
“The word is out,” said Tina Pelto, Lorain County JVS High parents and their children how to integrate books and reading
School Principal. “LCJVS offers amazing opportunities for stu- into their lives. Registration is required and can be done by
dents across the county. This year, we added two more ninth calling the Library at (440) 647-2120. Family Story Times on
and tenth-grade programs so we could get students off the wait- Tuesdays, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., are for families with
ing list and into our classrooms.” children ages 2 ½ to 5 years. These sessions will have stories,
Lorain County JVS now has eight 9th-grade and eight crafts and education learning. Lap-sit Story Times on Wednes-
10th-grade programs for its students. As freshmen, students days, at 10:30 are for parents/caregivers and the babies, ages
are placed in a structured lab setting and use different types of birth to 2 years. These sessions will help parents/caregivers
equipment, work on unique projects & career modules, learn introduce books, rhyming, singing, and socialization skills to
appropriate safety procedures and obtain a variety of skills that their wee-ones.
will help them focus on a successful career choice. Sophomore Lego© Mania - Saturday, October 8 at 1:30 p.m. Children,
students rotate through different career tech labs to help them bring you mom & dad, grandpa & grandma and all of your sib-
gain knowledge for acceptance into one of the two-year career lings for this fun non-competitive day of creating things using
tech programs during their junior year. The Lorain & West Vir- from our website, www. our Legos©. Show us what you can create! This program is
“Our programs give the students skills they can use to build ginia Railway will be offer- lwvry.org. Events sched- for all ages.
a life upon,” shared Pelto. “We are excited for this school year ing three weekends of train uled for October include our Friends of the Library Book Sale - October 13-15.
and the successes our students will have.” rides during the month of Fall Foliage, Pumpkin and The Friends of the Herrick Memorial Library will be hold-
October. Sweetest Day trains. ing their fall book sale on Friday, October 14 and Saturday,
Owned and operated by
Penfield Township Board of Zoning Appeals volunteers of the non-profit
Public Hearing Lake Shore Railway Asso-
ciation, the L&WV offers
The Penfield Township Board of Zoning Appeals will young and old a chance to
hold a public hearing to hear request for use variance experience travel by train on
and area variance for MG Enterprises LLC DBA Short their 1950s era locomotive
Action Customs, 42655 State Route 18, Wellington OH and passenger cars. Once
44090 Parcel Numbers 1903002000014, 1903002000015, common place, with trains
1903002000017, and 1903002000022. Hearing is
Wednesday October 12, 2022 at 7 p.m. at Penfield stopping in every small
Township Hall, 41012 State Route 18. Questions: call town, there are now many
Brad Niece, BZA Chairperson (440) 213-7321. amongst us who have never
set foot on a train. Join us
this fall for a unique way to
experience the beauty of ru-
ral, southern Lorain County.
Riders get to travel a
maximum of 4.5 miles north
of Wellington to Pittsfield
Twp., then return back to
Wellington for a round trip
of approximately 9 miles.
Ticket prices vary by
event and can be purchased

December 3rd only
Save the Date! Second Annual “High Tea” will be on
March 5th, 2023. Updates can be sent to you, if you send
an email to Thespiritof76museum@gmail.com