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Pretzel Bar Expands BOE Passes Urgent Resolution for Elementary Renovation into Amish Market CARDINAL SCHOOLS
By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com
By Allison Wilson editor@karlovecmedia.com
From fresh-baked doughnuts and pies to crisp salads and salty pretzels, Middlefield’s new Amish Country Market, at 15711 West High Street, serves up just about everything but the kitchen sink. Though he has greatly expanded in products over time, owner Danny Kuhns’ foray into food began with pretzels. “Five years ago, I bought a pretzel shop down in Boardman, Ohio, at the Amish Market,” he recalled. “We doubled our business in about the first four months.” After selling pretzels at The Pretzel Bar in Boardman for three See Market • Page 4
Single-Car Crash Kills Chester Township Man OSHP: Alcohol Appears to Be a Factor Staff Report A single vehicle crash around 9:45 p.m. July 11 on Sperry Road in Newbury Township killed a 35-yearold Chester Township man, according to the Chardon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. See Crash• Page 5
Previously unused areas in the former Cardinal Middle School – now Cardinal Elementary School – will be put to good use this year when renovations are complete. The first-day-of-school deadline required Cardinal Schools Board of Education to unanimously pass a lengthy and unique resolution July 10 to ensure those projects would be finished when students return Aug. 15. The resolution to “declare urgent necessity and authorize construction contracts for various improvements at Cardinal Elementary School” took up most of two pages, eight sections and 11 uses See Cardinal • Page 6
Chardon Fire Department Awarded $1M Grant page 4
Classifieds page 20
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Workers installed playground equipment at Cardinal Elementary School – formerly the middle school – July 12. Cardinal Schools Superintendent Jack Cunningham said students in kindergarten through sixth grade will have playground time when the renovated school opens Aug. 15.
GPD Creates Cart Tours for Those with Limited Mobility By Rose Nemunaitis editor@karlovecmedia.com Geauga Park District recently increased access to select parks for individuals with limited mobility through its Accessible Nature Cart Tours. Toward the end of spring, GPD began offering a registration-only program for those with limited mobility that includes a one-hour golf cart tour — participants must be able to enter and exit the cart on their own — led by GPD Naturalist and Volunteer Coordinator Andy Avram. On July 6, Avram led two such tours at Veterans Legacy Woods in Newbury Township. See Tours • Page 5
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Geauga Park District Naturalist and Volunteer Coordinator Andy Avram shares interesting facts along a one-hour accessible nature tour at Veterans Legacy Woods.
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