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news@rural-urbanrecord.com JVS Donates to
State Route 58 Closure
Herrick Memorial Library State Route 58, between SR 162 (New London-Lafayette Veterans Who Care
Road) and Stewart Road, will close Monday, May 10 for rail-
Opening the Herrick Memorial Library - The Herrick Me- road crossing repairs. The detour route for northbound motor-
morial Library staff thanks our public for their patience and pa- ists is SR 58 to U.S. 224, west on U.S. 224 to SR 511, north
tronage over the past several months after our second mandated on SR 511 to SR 162, east on SR 162 to SR 58, and reverse for
shutdown. The staff has been working toward the opening of southbound motorists. Estimated completion is Saturday, May
the library. Our target opening date is Monday, May 10, when 15. For more detailed traffic information, and to get personal-
90% of the staff will have received their COVID vaccinations. ized traffic alerts for your commute, download the OHGO app
Our hours of operation will revert to pre-COVID hours. We will or visit OHGO.com.
still need to limit the number of people allowed in the library at
any given time and limit their time in the building, but the doors Partners With Paws
will not be locked and appointments will not be needed. Face
masks will still be required for the health and safety of both our “Cage to Couch” Fund-raiser
patrons and staff per the State and local Departments of Health.
Patrons, who are not comfortable with entering the building Partners With Paws of Lorain County, Inc. announces their
to find materials to borrow, can call the library and have the Spring 2021 “Cage to Couch” Fund-raiser, with one lucky per-
staff gather requested materials for them to pick up through our son to receive a year’s supply of Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cakes.
curbside services. All borrowed materials will still need to be The proceeds will benefit homeless animals in and around Lo-
returned to the Library’s outdoor book drop and quarantined for rain County.
three days before being sanitized and placed in the collection. Due to Covid-19, animal rescuers continue having an ex-
Library Board Meeting - The Herrick Memorial Library tremely hard time, financially, without being able to host their
Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly board meet- annual fundraising events. Partners With Paws of Lorain Coun-
ing virtually via TeamLink on Tuesday, May 11 at 10:30 a.m. ty is proud to financially assist over 25 local animal rescue
The meeting link will be posted on the Library’s website on groups with their efforts. But to do that, we need help - we need
Monday, May 10. This meeting is open to the public. your help!
Website Information - The Herrick Memorial Library has If you donate $50 or more by Thursday, July 15, 2021, you
added two new databases; Gale Legal Forms and Miss Hum- will be entered into a drawing for a year’s supply of DQ Ice
blebee’s Academy, to its collection. Both databases are free to Cream Cakes - that’s one each month for an entire year. But, we
use and can be accessed at www.herrickliboh.org and clicking are grateful for any amount, because it all adds up. Craig A. Lukes, picks up the donation at Lorain County JVS.
on their icon on the left side of the library’s homepage. Monthly gift certificates will begin August 2021 and contin-
Gale Legal Forms contains some of the most popular Ohio ue through July 2022 and will indicate each monthly expiration The Lorain County JVS staff recently completed a do-
legal forms that our public uses in easy to search formats. date, with no exceptions, please. This amazing prize has been nation drive for Veterans Who Care, a local non-profit or-
Are your children ready for Kindergarten? Miss Humble- donated by the Elyria Dairy Queen at 641 Hilliard Road. ganization that provides assistance to local Veterans, their
bee’s Academy is a fun play and learn game that helps children, Partners With Paws is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit families and the local community.
ages 3-6, develop the learning skills they will need for enter- organization. All funds raised by this and all fund-raisers will
ing kindergarten. Each area has different levels that not only help homeless animals in and around Lorain County with their Craig A. Lukes, President Trustee of Veterans Who Care,
helps the child learn, but also prompts the parents with ways to spay, neuter, vaccines and life-saving surgery, if needed. Won’t stopped out to the JVS to pick up the donations from the
help and test their child’s skills. Miss Humblebee’s Academy you help us get a homeless animal out of a cage and onto some- school district, and was thankful for the generosity of the
requires the parent to register using their email and a password. one’s couch? staff.
Writer’s Group - Although the library is now open, there You can make a donation by sending a check or money or- “Items just like this are what we are always looking for,”
is still no word on when this group will be able to meet there der to Partners With Paws, P.O. Box 277, Oberlin, OH 44074. shared Lukes. “It helps to get them set up with the necessi-
again. However, our active members continue to communicate You can also visit www.PartnersWithPawsLC.com and make ties, as we help find them housing.”
and we have been adding new material to our blog at www. a donation using the PayPal button on the homepage or down- Over a hundred dollars and many bags of personal hy-
wellingtonwriters.com. Please visit our site for free “reads” by load the “Cage to Couch” flyer under the website’s events tab giene items were collected during the donation drive. Vet-
local writers. We hope to be able to meet in the library again and use the donation coupon featured there. erans Who Care serves over three hundred veterans a year.
some time soon so that we can invite new members to join us. If you would like more information, please call Lorie A.
The Herrick Memorial Library is located at 101 Willard Me- Wilber at (440) 897-8696 or e-mail: lawilber@oberlin.net.
morial Square, in Wellington. To reach them for inquiries, call WELLINGTON NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
(440) 647-2120, the Fax number is (440) 647-2103 or contact
Janet Hollingsworth at hollinja@herrickliboh.org. Veterans
Firelands Garden Club Plant Sale Services news

Come and join the fun at the Firelands Garden Club Plant Ohio Revised Code pro-
Sale, on Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. The sale will vides the funding for Veter-
be at Miller’s Apple Hill Bulk Foods, located at 50549 Tele- an Services Commissions
graph Rd. (Rt. 113), in Amherst (corner of Vermilion Rd. and throughout the State of Ohio.
Rt. 113). Come and find that perfect plant for your landscaping That amount is not to exceed
needs! Great selection of many perennials from members gar- five tenths of a mill per dol-
dens. Covid protocol will be followed. lar on the assessed value of
the property of the county.
This assessed value in Lorain
Vendor/Flea Market Show County would allow for up
Saturday, May 15 to $3,822,392 available for
9 a.m.-5 p.m. aid and financial assistance,
at Wellington Eagles #2051 along with the operation of
631 S. Main St., Wellington the Veterans Service office
Refreshments available for the year.
The Lorain County Com-
missioners on March 17,
One Stop Shopping In Quality! 2021, were proud to approve
HOURS: Closed Sun. & Mon. the full budget requested by
Tue.-Wed. 1-5; Thur.-Sat. 10-5
the Lorain County Veteran
Service Executive Director,
Clearance Sale - Don’t miss out! Jacob Smith. This budget of
Mens & Womens gloves, socks, jackets, $2,894,000 was the largest
ever appropriated to the Lo-
Safety Yellow Rain Jackets, T-shirts, pants, vests. rain County Veteran Services
All Ladies Clothes discounted for clearance. to be used in the support of
Work Boots 60 & up, free Boot Oil. Lorain County Veterans and
$
Don’t forget the Resale Shop! their programs for FY21.
As of March 31, 2021,
New items weekly. the expenditure report for
Veteran Services shows ex-
penditures of $528,021.80, of
which $212,230.73 was used
for veteran relief allowances.
This shows 18.2% of their
budget has been expended
at the end of the first quarter
FY21.
As with all Lorain County
General Fund Departments,
including the Prosecutor,
Courts, Sheriff, Emergency
Automobile, Homeowners, Small Commerical, Management Agency, Board
Farm, Life, Motorcycle & RV Insurances of Elections, Veteran Ser-
Grafton Wellington vices, etc., appropriations
shall cease at the end of the
35881 Grafton Eastern 173 Depot St fiscal year and revert back to
440-926-3312 440-647-6010 the General Fund.
Michelle Hung, Presi-
dent, Lorain County Board
of Commissioners (440) 329-
5100 /mhung@loraincounty.
www.beriswillins.com us