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Vendors wanted a conference call with her son so that she could introduce me to
Carlisle Township Leaf Vendors are wanted for the AMVETS Post #32 Ladies Aux- him and we could place a face with a name in the future moving
forward.
Here we are 6 months later and Mrs. Smith is still missing
Collection Guidelines iliary Holiday Craft Show in November. Interested crafters can her family and is really hoping to get closer to them. She realized
call or text Marcia at (440) 823-6845.
with COVID that if she could move within a 15-30 minute drive
Leaf collection will begin on October 25 and will end on
December 10. Leaves that are put out after December 10, will What is a Downsizing Consultation it would be so much easier on everyone. Mrs. Smith and I are get-
ting ready to take the next steps to put her home on the market. It
not be collected. A route that covers the whole Township is fol- & are you a candidate? all started with a no obligation, easy, no pressure phone call and
lowed and repeated. meeting about a downsizing consultation. If you are in a similar
Residents should put leaves in a row along the edge of the situation as Mrs. Smith or just would like to talk about today’s real
About 6 months ago I received a phone call from Mrs. Smith
road, but not in the road. The back edge of the row must be no who said “I keep seeing your downsizing consultation ad in the estate market give Jennifer Herron-Underwood a call at (440) 371-
2862. You can also visit www.downsizing411.com for important
farther than 7’0” from the edge of the road and the pile should paper and I was wondering if we could talk? I am not planning on resources and a list of upcoming virtual seminars and workshops.
be no closer than 4’0” to mailboxes, signposts and other ob- selling anytime soon but I was wondering what the consultation
jects. Do not bag leaves. Do not put sticks, straw, corn stalks, is and what the cost is?” I thanked Mrs. Smith for calling and ex-
weeds, fruit, animal feces and other items in the leaf rows. plained that I don’t ever think it is to soon to talk with a Realtor
These things damage and plug up the machine and cause de- about your future plans whether they are to sell your home now
lays. Do not pile leaves in ditches or over catch basins or risers.. or to age in place.” I began to ask Mrs. Smith some simple ques-
doing this may cause flooding. tions starting with how many years she has lived in her home?
Uncontrollable conditions, such as equipment breakdown, Mrs. Smith has lived in her home for about 35 years. When she
bad weather and emergency work, sometimes make it difficult and her husband purchased the home in the 80’s they were raising
to know what day we will be there to collect your leaves, but their teenage children and had always wanted a 2 story home. Now
we will be there. Please be patient. her children are grown and have children of their own and they
visit periodically although COVID had put a bit of a damper on
PERI meetings their regular visits. You see her children live a couple hours away
so with places closed and their concern for their mother’s safety,
The local PERI (Public Employee Retirees, Inc.) Chapter they’ve just been visiting from the front porch.
Mrs. Smith also mentioned she has been toying with updating
#83 has resumed in-person meetings. Their new location is at her kitchen cabinets since she’s been spending so much more time
the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Carlisle Reservation, located at at home and maybe even updating her bathroom. Her husband
12882 Diagonal Rd., in LaGrange. The next meeting will be on passed away about a year ago, so she isn’t sure who she would
Wednesday, November 17. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. hire to help with the updating if she decided to do it. Mrs. Smith
For more information, contact Joyce Snyder at (440) 775- also shared with me that she has been trying to work on her estate
1967. plan since her husband had recently passed and she wanted to have
everything in order for her children in case something happened
and they had to sell her house and liquidate her items. After hear-
TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE ing Mrs. Smith’s story I told her she is a perfect candidate for a
downsizing consultation. Mrs. Smith was even more relieved when
I told her it was free and we would even be able to check her home
New Russia Township for radon.
I explained to Mrs. Smith that a downsizing consultation is ex-
actly what she needed to help her decide what to do and how to
Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney announces a traffic plan for her future. So we scheduled about an hour appointment
pattern change at the intersection of Russia Road and Oberlin for a downsizing consultation. When I got to Mrs. Smith’s house
Road as of November 3, 2021. I toured the property with her. I looked over her house to see if
putting the money into updating would be a good investment. I
The intersection will be a four-way stop. Notices will be helped her look at her home through the eyes of a home inspector
posted at the intersection announcing the change. and to see if there are any major items that she may need to address
sooner than later even if she doesn’t sell and she decided to stay
During the first month, advance warning signs and markers in her home as long as she can. Mrs. Smith and I also talked about Keep in touch with your community
placing me as a Realtor contact for her family in her estate plan. I
will be in place. Drivers are urged to use caution with the explained to her that I can make it easy because they just have to Visit: www.CarlisleTownship.com
traffic pattern change. call me and I can help them deal with what to do with Mrs. Smith’s Paid for by The Lorain County Commissioners
stuff and cleaning out the house. Finally, Mrs. Smith and I got on and LCSWMD

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