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Senior Health Fair to Host 35 Vendors Oct. 7
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Whether to enjoy a mini chair massage, sample healthy eats, or get free screenings, giveaways and information, this year’s Senior Health and Wellness Fair will be robust with vendors and activities for the public. Held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Geauga Family YMCA, 12460 Bass Lake Road in Munson Township, this year’s event includes 35 vendors offering health screenings, information, samples, freebies and goods for purchase, said Diane Gorom, active older adult coordinator for the Geauga YMCA. “As the Geauga YMCA active older adult coordinator, I design programming to help older adults stay active and healthy. This health fair is the perfect way to help me do that,” Gorom said. “The wonderful thing about this event is See Seniors • Page 4
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Last year’s Senior Health and Wellness Fair drew 325 people from Geauga County and surrounding areas. This year’s event will have 35 vendors offering screenings, giveaways, demos, samples and information.
East Geauga Kiwanis Make Donation
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Jordak Elementary Auction Scheduled for March 2025 By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com
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Cardinal Jr./Sr. High School Principal Paul Gerycz, left, accepts a $1,000 donation from Ken Humphrey, of East Geauga Kiwanis. The donation will help support the school’s Student of the Month program. Many thanks to East Geauga Kiwanis for its continued support of the Cardinal Local School District.
The sale of the abandoned A.J. Jordak Elementary School in Middlefield Village must take place by July 1, 2025. Cardinal Schools Board of Education President Linda Smallwood told the board Sept. 25 state law gives the district one year to sell a school once it is no longer used for student instruction. “Or we have to give it to somebody,” she said. “Being that we always need the money, (the date) is a starting point for the board to discuss.” The board set a tentative timeline beginning with an online auc-
tion of any contents that remain in Jordak from November to Feb. 1. Those items will be removed from the building by Feb. 15 and a walk-through for the public and potential buyers was set for March 1. The auction of the building may be as early as March 31. “We will need an appraisal update and a title search. We probably don’t need a survey,” Smallwood said, adding a survey was made of the parcel when the neighboring school and bus garage were sold several years ago. “I talked to the Jordak family and they have requested everything with the name Jordak on it, they would like first dibs on it,” she said. See Jordak • Page 3
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