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Volume 9, No. 2
Friday, September 2, 2022
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Kirtland Schools Board of Education has renewed Superintendent Chad VanArnhem’s contract as suD perintendent for another five years. TLAN R I K The action took place at the regular board meeting on Aug. 15. “The board has been very pleased with Mr. Va n A r n h e m ’ s handling of the school district through his first two years of serVanArnhem vice, especially the leadership he exhibited during the Covid-19 pandemic,” board President Jonathan Withrow said. VanArnhem is not only the superintendent, but handles the curricular responsibilities of the district as well. See Superintendent • Page 9
Kirtland’s chip-seal program continues to hit the pavement as road crews make their way through the city. “Our crews put down — we’re about halfway through our crack-sealing program — they’ve put down six pallets of crack-seal on (Aug. 13),” Kirtland Public Service Director Joe Fornaro said during his report at the Aug. 22 Kirtland City Council meeting. “Our asphalt patching will pick up in a couple weeks. Our snow and ice trucks are getting prepared for winter.” Fornaro also reported that with the help of over 20 volunteers from Kirtland Kiwanis and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they painted about 120 street sign poles on state
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Kirtland City Engineer Doug Courtney gave an update during the Kirtland City Council Aug. 22 meeting on various street rehabilitation projects.
Route 306. “It was greatly appreciated, all that help, and they look really good,” he said. Kirtland City Engineer Doug Courtney filled council in on the street rehabilitation projects, and said the contractor for their biggest project is expected to start work Sept. 19.
“That work is anticipated to take 45 days. The sequence of construction will be Prelog (Lane) Loretta Ridge, Shadowbrook (Drive) and Locust (Drive),” he said. “The contractor also submitted a value engineering proposal that Joe and I are currently reviewing and we See Council • Page 5
KHS Class of 1972 Celebrates 50th Reunion Members of the Kirtland High School class of 1972 came back to the place they once called home when they visited the Kirtland campus on Aug. 7. The class kicked off their 50th high school reunion weekend by gathering at the Kirtland Community Center on Aug. 6 to talk and reconnect with one another. The next day approximately 50 alumni took a tour of Kirtland’s campus. Alum Morris Beverage, president of Lakeland Community College, said it was a good turnout as the class had only 90 graduating students. “Many of us have known each other since kindergarten,” Beverage said. “We were the first class to go through all three grades in the new middle school.” Beverage had a part in planning and publicizing the reunion. A newsletter was sent to class members outlining what happened in history during their time in high school, 50 years before they started high school and now, 50 years after. “We are looking at a spectrum of 100 years of local history,” said Beverage. “It’s who we are, who we
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Coffee with Council is scheduled for Sept. 17, 10-11 a.m., at Kirtland City Hall. For more information, contact Joe Smolic at JSmolic@kirtlandohio.com or 440-487-8984
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became and who the class of 2022 will become.” During the tour, alumni saw how the facilities are now all connected, as opposed to stand alone buildings. Beverage said his class saw more advanced technology that was added to classrooms during the renovations, noting the concept of the library has changed drastically.
“Everybody appreciated how the school district remained viable for its students,” he said. “The district has kept up with changes in an environment that’s constantly changing.” Of course, the class was glad to see that some of the traditional school locations remained, like the gyms and hallways. That familiarity
was felt among the students themselves as they returned to their old stomping grounds. “There is a level of comfort in being with high school chums that you carry with you to future reunions,” Beverage said. “That’s a lesson for future graduating classes; you develop a network that will stay with you for life.”
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