Page 26 - 10-10-22

Page 26, RURAL-URBAN RECORD, October 10, 2022
Grafton Township News www.rural-urbanrecord.com

news@rural-urbanrecord.com
no cost for law enforcement. “I thought I would be working the $19,000 Trustees’ Scholarship; Andrew Palos of Elyria earned
phones and making dozens of calls to our campaign donors to a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Emmie Robertson of North
Belden Historical Society program help raise the funds,” said Hall. “However, my first call was to Ridgeville earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Jaeden
Albie Stasek. After hearing Courtney’s story, he immediately Roman of Grafton earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship;
The Belden Historical Society will be putting on a program agreed to pay for the entire cost of the instructors.” Stasek, an Danielle Sabljic of North Ridgeville earned a $21,000 Pres-
about the Mennell family. Just how and why is a road named Avon resident, is the owner of The Stasek Group – a premier ident’s Scholarship; Amanda Schaefer of Grafton earned a
real estate team in Cleveland that handles real estate sales, pur-
after someone? Did they name the road themselves or did the chasing and consulting. He also organizes Cleveland’s Rock ‘n’ $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Sam Sikorski of Columbia
Trustees give them permission? What? Rescue concert fundraiser to benefit local and national organi- Station earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Tyler Smith
October 12 is the date, 7 p.m. is the time and the place is the of Grafton earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Isabella
Grafton Township Hall on Rt. 83. zations to fight against human trafficking – including the Renee Soto of Elyria earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Arun-
Jones Empowerment Center and Love Justice. del Stevens of Elyria earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship;
“I was shocked to hear that first responders had little to Zoe Underhill of Elyria earned a $21,000 President’s Schol-
TRAINING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24 no training in human trafficking,” said Stasek. “The men and arship; Charles Woods of North Ridgeville earned a $21,000
Jack Hall, who will seek candidacy for Lorain County Sher- women who put their lives on the line each day need to be President’s Scholarship; and Chaz Yates of Grafton earned a
iff in 2024, was moved by the story of Courtney Kinkoph - a equipped with knowledge of prevention and investigation of $15,000 Fellows’ Scholarship. Congratulations to all!
Lake County resident who likely lost her life to human traffick- this growing crime.”
ing in Cleveland on February 7, 2022. At 29 years old, Court- Albie’s generosity will help make Carolyn Kinkoph’s dream Traffic safety injury prevention
ney went missing in November 2021 from a group home in of eradicating human trafficking a reality. According to Stasek, efforts continue in Lorain County
Willoughby. She was dealing with substance abuse issues and “This is just the beginning of our work to help raise awareness
mental illness.Her parents had guardianship over her. Court- and put a dent in what’s happening here in northeastern Ohio.
ney’s mother Carolyn Kinkoph is an employee of CSU and If we empower our law enforcement with more education and The Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic
founded the Lake County Collaborative to End Human Traf- knowledge, we are sure to change more lives.” Safety awarded $55,000 in federal traffic safety funding to
ficking to help combat the issue of these crimes locally. Caro- Program registration link: https://hallforsheriff.com/hu- Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) for federal fiscal year
lyn was raised in Lorain and still has deep roots in the county man-traffickingtraining/ 2023. For more than 30 years, LCPH has conducted the Lo-
– including serving on Hall’s human trafficking town hall meet- rain County Safe Communities Coalition to reduce injuries
ing panels to educate citizens of the horrific reality of human BW Scholarship recipients and deaths on Lorain County roads. “We’ll continue to work
trafficking in northeast Ohio. with partners in the Safe Communities Coalition and use the
Through her workings with the collaborative, Carolyn Students from our area who earned scholarships for their grant funds to advance traffic safety efforts,” said Mark Adams,
Kinkoph learned of a vast void in law enforcement aware- outstanding high school achievements were welcomed to the MPH, REHS, Health Commissioner for Lorain County Public
ness and training regarding the crime of human trafficking. Baldwin Wallace University campus. The following students Health. “Together, we’ll work to save lives and prevent injuries
She sought to bring the nationally-renowned Missouri training earned scholarships: by promoting seat belt use, motorcycle safety, focused driving
program to the area and began to raise the funds to make this Andrew Antal of North Ridgeville earned a $21,000 Presi- and reducing impaired driving.” Safe Communities Coalition
training a reality. Realizing this would take an enormous effort dent’s Scholarship; John Bacho of Wellington earned a $17,000 members represent businesses, law enforcement, healthcare
to accomplish, Hall asked Kinkoph if his campaign could assist Deans’ Scholarship; Aiden Bemer of North Ridgeville earned agencies, local and state engineering offices, insurance agen-
in raising the funds to ensure the training would be available at a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Mackenzie Blum of North cies and Lorain County residents. An additional component of
Ridgeville earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Mere- the Coalition is the Lorain County Fatality Review Committee,
One Stop Shopping In Quality! dith Chervenak of Columbia Station earned a $21,000 Presi- which reviews local fatal vehicle crashes to identify trends and
develop possible countermeasures and interventions to prevent
HOURS: Closed Sun. & Mon. dent’s Scholarship; Ted Demarco of North Ridgeville earned
Tue.-Wed. 1-5; Thur.-Sat. 10-5 a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Alex Elliott of North Rid- similar crashes. The Committee met on Sept. 7 to review five
16901 St. Rt. 58, Oberlin, OH 44074 geville earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Stephen Fal- fatal traffic crashes that killed six people from May 30 to Aug.
Used Work Pants and Jeans 5 $ 60 00 tay of Wellington earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; 12 on Lorain County roads. The following factors contributed
$

to the fatal crashes, some of which included multiple factors:
Rose Fischbach of Grafton earned a $17,000 Deans’ Scholar-
Large Selection of Work Boot products & up ship; Drexton Friscone of Columbia Station earned a $17,000 Two crashes involved motorcycles. A helmet was worn by
Clearance Deans’ Scholarship; Christopher Hansen of North Ridgeville one of the motorcyclists; Two crashes involved high speed;
on all clothing, hats, gloves and socks! earned a $17,000 Deans’ Scholarship; Zach Hritz of Colum- Two crashes involved alcohol and one crash involved drugs;
Two crashes involved a potential medical issue; One crash in-
bia Station earned a $21,000 President’s Scholarship; Jack-
Mats & Runners & Rags! ie Kaminski of Elyria earned a $21,000 President’s Scholar- volved five individuals who were not wearing a seat belt at the
Dog Supplies, Medicines, ship; Alex Kovach of Wellington earned a $19,000 Trustees’ time of the crash; Four individuals were under the age of 55.
For information on traffic safety and injury prevention on
Scholarship; Anthony Malinowski of Elyria earned a $17,000
& Remedies Deans’ Scholarship; Abigail Manning of Elyria earned a the road, contact Lorain County Public Health at (440) 322-
6367 or visit LorainCountyHealth.com. Get local health up-
dates on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube.
October is WOBL & WDLW RADIO adds News Anchor
National Disability & Reporter Denise Zarrella

Denise Zarrella is an Emmy Award-Winning Reporter and Producer who spent nearly two
Employment decades at WOIO-TV, covering just about every kind of story you can imagine ... from crime
to Car Shows, to presidential visits, to Cleveland Browns Fans ... and a lot of crazy Northeast
Awareness Month Ohio weather. She started her television career at Fox Television’s, “America’s Most Wanted,”
as a production assistant, eventually shifting her focus to news, working her way up to associate
Producer at CNN in Atlanta. She’s made friends in a lot of places, having worked as a reporter
and anchor at WBBJ, in Jackson, Tennessee, WCIA, in Champaign, Illinois and WBRE/WYOU
in Wilkes Barre, Scranton before coming to Cleveland.
Murray Ridge Center salutes favorite stories was covering the Rolling Stones when they played at the Quicken Loans Arena.
Denise is also a huge music lover who grew up on Classic Rock and 70’s music. One of her
the many supportive local She’s a huge fan of the Kool Kat WDLW, which is why she is so excited to join the WDLW and
WOBL family.
Denise lives in Avon Lake with her husband, Tony, whom she met at WOIO. They have two
businesses that provide kids and a dog named Rosie!
You’ll be able to catch Denise on the airwaves beginning this month.
rewarding work for Lorain

County citizens with VOLUNTEER DONATION

developmental disabilities. If you appreciate and enjoy the paper, please send

your donation directly to: The Rural-Urban Record
P.O. Box 966, Columbia Station, OH 44028
www.rural-urbanrecord.com

NAME___________________________________

ADDRESS________________________________

_________________________________________

EMAIL__________________________________

$ 10 00 $ 20 00 Other_______

Supported Employment Department This applies to delivery area only.

(440) 324-4993 This is a donation, not a subscription.
murrayridgecenter.org