🌱Avon Fire Department Welcomes New Firefighters + Weekend Pet Expo

Hello all. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Daily. Come along to find out everything you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and humid. High: 75 Low: 60.

Here are the top three stories in Avon-Avon Lake today:

1. Mark your calendars for Sunday, Septemeber 11 for the Love-A-Stray Dog Division Non-Profit Rescue: "Cause 4Paws" Pet Expo and Classic Car show" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Firelands Chevy. The event partners With Paws Of Lorain County, Inc. Bring your love for pets! Hope to see you there! (Love-A-Stray Dog Division Non-Profit Rescue via Facebook)
2. The Avon Lake City Schools Homecoming Parade is right around the corner. It will be held on Saturday, September 24at 10:30 a.m. This year's theme is Decades: Celebrating 100 years ALCS. You can register to march in the parade. According to a Facebook post from the Avon Lake City Schools, "homecoming is different things to different groups of people. Alumni of Avon Lake High have their reunions duro Homecoming. Businesses enter the parade to show their support for the community. Civic groups enter the parade to show their community spirit. Homecoming is a great way to build our community." (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)
3. The Avon Fire Department welcomed firefighters Adam Scott and Elliott Smith to the department. Mayor Jensen administered the Oath of Office during a swearing-in ceremony at the fire department on Monday. Congratulations Adam and Elliott.(Avon Ohio Fire Department via Facebook)

Today in Avon-Avon Lake:

• Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club Friends Breakfast: Barbara Whitmore Speaks (8 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Clinic: "Vitamin D deficiency is a common vitamin deficiency that causes issues with your bones and muscles. It most commonly affects people over the age of 65 and people who have darker skin. It’s preventable and treatable. Vitamin D is one of many vitamins your body needs to stay healthy. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of calcium in your blood and bones and in building and maintaining bones. More specifically, you need vitamin D so your body can use calcium and phosphorus to build bones and support healthy tissues." (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "🏍WIN THIS HARLEY🏍 less than 50 tickets remain! 1st prize: 2022 Harley-Davidson Road Glide 2nd prize: $5000💵 To enter: PayPal $35 to Fidos Companion Include: donation is for raffle, name, phone number, address http://fidoscompanion.com." (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)
• Support Avon Schools: "It's #BeatLake Week!! Click link below to donate to the SOUPer Bowl! Let's keep the trophy in Avon! https://my.cheddarup.com/c/sou... Reminder, bring your food donations to school. Monetary donations add up fast." (Support Avon Schools via Facebook)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Karena Garrity

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