🌱Community Greives Loss Of Kaleb Keffer + Weekend Of Festivals

Hey, friends! I'm back with your new copy of the Avon-Avon Lake Daily. Let's get this day started off right, with a quick review of the most important things going on these days in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunny, breezy and pleasant. High: 80 Low: 62.

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

1. Great sadness looms over the Avon High School community as they mourn the passing of 16-year-old Kaleb Keffer a junior at the high school. According to iHeart, "he passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident over the weekend. He was part of the Avon wrestling team. The high school's counselors, County Crisis team and staff are available to help those who need aid in dealing with this tragedy. A candlelight vigil will be held today at Mark Wahlberg Chevrolet Stadium at 9 p.m. We welcome all of our Eagle students, families and community members. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 4 at 2 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Avon High School. " (iHeart)
2. Admission is free to this weekend's Kamm’s Corners Greek Festival, which returns to the George Varouh Cretan Club of Cleveland, 3853 W. 168th St. in Cleveland. According to cleveland.com, "the festival runs from 3 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. There will be plenty of singing, eating and dancing." Hope to see you there! (cleveland.com)
3. The 66th annual Hungarian Festival will be held this weekend in Parma. According to celeveland.com, "this is Ohio’s largest Hungarian festival! It will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at German Central Park, 7863 York Road in Parma. The event is presented by the American Hungarian Friends of Scouting and will feature plenty of food, live musical entertainment, colorful ethnic folk costumes, folk dance lessons and more." Hope to see you there! (cleveland.com)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Clinic: "Set your limits and find your balance. In our modern world, there are many stressors and sources of anxiety. Global events, health related issues and an overload of information from social media can add up quickly." (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• Avon Lake City Schools: "Congrats Brad! ALHS Class of 2014. Baseball standout for the Shoremen! (correction Wayne Fox 8 News, he's from Avon Lake)" (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)
• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "Meet Bella! Bella is looking for a foster or furever home! Bella is a sweet senior pittie who still has spunk! She’s fully vetted and house & crate-trained. Miss Bella is good with cats (and chickens!) but would prefer to be the only pup." (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)
• Avon Lake City Schools: "Troy 5th graders learned what goes into the creative writing process during a virtual visit from children's book author Christina Geist (wife of NBC and MSNBC host Willie Geist). http://www.christinageist.com/" (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)
• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "Meet Giraffe! Giraffe is a 10 month old puppy that was found emaciated. His recovery has been a long road with still a lot of weight to gain but today he's almost 30lbs! He came in at 17 lbs. And he should be around 45 when all said and ..." (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)
• Avon Lake Historical Society: "Our pool will soon be closing for the season. It seems appropriate to take a look back." (Avon Lake Historical Society via Facebook)
• Avon Lake City Schools: "Link to purchase tickets for Learwood athletic events. https://avonlakecityschools.hometownticketing.com/embed/all?schools=5&fbclid=IwAR2Ccdd5rdG-6fGMGEMeRpMmrDapQVkE1ulEBD0OCjGbgs2o45ozv-PzTAk" (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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