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L&WV Railway fall train rides WHS Senior Band Member
Penfield Twp. Cemetery Notice The Lorain & West Virginia Railway will be offering three of the week

All summer decorations will be removed from the grave weekends of train rides during the month of October.
sites on October 15, 2022. If you have decorations there that Owned and operated by volunteers of the non-profit Lake marching band for 5 years,
you do not want destroyed, please collect them prior to October Shore Railway Association, the L&WV offers young and old concert band for 4 years and
15. Also, only 2 decorations per grave site are allowed. a chance to experience travel by train on their 1950s era loco- pep band for 2 years. She has
Penfield Township Trustees motive and passenger cars. Once common place, with trains served in leadership roles
Wellington Kiwanis annual nut sale stopping in every small town, there are now many amongst us within the band as a color
who have never set foot on a train. Join us this fall for a unique
way to experience the beauty of rural, southern Lorain County. guard section leader. Outside
It’s that time again. The annual Wellington Kiwanis Club’s Riders get to travel a maximum of 4.5 miles north of Wel- of band, Abby also plays on
Morris Furcron Peterson’s Nut Sale is underway, with proceeds lington to Pittsfield Twp., then return back to Wellington for a a summer softball team. Her
going towards scholarships and community playground equip- round trip of approximately 9 miles. favorite band memory is
ment. Ticket prices vary by event and can be purchased from our qualifying for State Marching
Throughout October, members of Kiwanis and its Service website, www.lwvry.org. Events scheduled for October in- Band Finals her junior year.
Leadership Programs, which includes Wellington High’s Key clude our Fall Foliage, Pumpkin and Sweetest Day trains. She’d like to thank her par-
Club, the K-Kids of McCormick Middle School and Westwood ents for supporting her true
Elementary School, will be selling the nuts. Local cemeteries become location crime interests and pursu-
The club set a sales record of nearly $12,600 and has set a ing a criminal justice career,
goal of clearing that mark in 2022. for Wreaths Across America Day Abigail Lemke and to Kat and Hannah for
The annual nut sale was named after long-time Kiwanian
and local civic servant Morris Furcron, who died in 2017. The The National non-profit, Wreaths Across America (WAA), Wellington High School’s always being there to listen.
former village police chief was always the top seller. Before announced today that Huntington Township Cemeteries in Wel- senior band member, Abigail After graduation, Abby plans
he passed, the civic group named the annual sale in his honor, lington will be joining in the mission to Remember, Honor & Lemke, has participated in to study criminal justice and
and today many people continue to buy nuts out of loyalty to Teach, as an official location for 2022. This is the first year that forensics.
Morris. the cemetery will participate in this national program.
Sales forms are located throughout the business community, Wreaths Across America started as a simple gesture of
at the three schools and from any Kiwanian. The nuts are ex- thanks that has grown into a national movement of dedicated
pected to be delivered by Thanksgiving. volunteers and communities coming together to not only re-
member the nation’s fallen and honor their service, but to teach
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LUNDY CAN'T STOP

RECKLESS SPENDING

This dilapidated building is Golden THEY AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL $238,000 TO

Acres, the former Lorain County TEAR IT ALL DOWN!!

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He had absolutely NO PLAN on how

to actually do so, but proceeded to The chaos in the Lorain County

spend more than $513,000 of your Commissioners is costing taxpayers

taxpayer dollars on new roofing, air millions. Chaotic Matt Lundy WASTING
conditioning, and guess what….?
YOUR TAX DOLLARS with yet another

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