🌱 Golf Used For Good! + Bookkeeper Sentenced To 12 Months

Good morning, hello! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Avon-Avon Lake Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in the community today, including:

• Local hero uses golf for good!
• A year in prison for stealing from those less fortunate.
• Do you like to knit?

But first, today's weather:

Sunny. High: 67 Low: 50.

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

1. Changing the lives of children through golf, Avon Fields Golf Course's Ron Dumas will receive the NAACP Cincinnati Chapter’s President’s Award. According to The First Call, "Dumas will receive his award on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Duke Energy Convention Center. The President’s Award is the highest honor given at the local branch level that is chosen by the branch president to recognize an individual that has been a pillar of the organization for their individual sacrifice and overall impact. Dumas is the current assistant teaching professional at Avon Fields and has been a PGA professional since 1998. Just prior to becoming certified by the PGA of America, Dumas founded the Reaching Out For Kids (ROFK) program in order to teach life lessons and help direct young lives in need. The program is free of charge for its participants and is held at Avon Fields Golf Course with 200 - 300 kids involved annually." Congratulations Ron!(The First Call)
2. According to WLWT Cincinnati, "the former bookkeeper of My Sister’s House, a now-shuttered domestic violence shelter was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 12 months in prison for crimes related to stealing funds from the shelter. Jaime Cardinal, 46, of Washington Court House, was arrested in July 2020. According to officials, Cardinal spent tens of thousands of dollars intended for the operation of the shelter on personal expenses, including food, a trip to Disney World and Universal Studios for her daughter, as well as thousands of dollars in purchases from Avon, Thirty-One and iTunes. Between January 2014 and October 2016, Cardinal and a co-conspirator misused debit cards connected to the shelter’s bank accounts to make hundreds of personal purchases at restaurants and auctions, among other places." (WLWT Cincinnati)
3. Is knitting your passion? Then you are in luck! Knitting lovers can bring their projects to the Avon Lake Public Library on October 7 and enjoy the company of fellow needlework hobbyists at 7 p.m. According to cleveland.com, "presenter Valerie Dillard will also be available to answer questions and offer assistance. To register, go to alpl.org/programs." (cleveland.com)

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Today in Avon-Avon Lake:

• YTC Baby & Kids Fall/Winter Sale (9:00 AM)
• YTC Baby & Kids Fall/Winter Consignment Sale (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Guardians: "All smiles for Gabriel’s first home run! #ForTheLand" (Cleveland Guardians via Instagram)
• Avon Lake Police Department: "Week four and the class got to experience the OPOTA "pursuit turn." It also learned about OVI enforcement." (Avon Lake Police Department via Facebook)
• Avon Lake City Schools: "All the fun places in Avon Lake students went crusin' to visit back in the 70s. What other places do you remember hanging out in town? (1979 Shore Log) #AvonLakeTBT #ALCS100" (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)
• AELC and East Boosters: "A few highlights from this year's Walk-A-Thon! Thank you to everyone who came and participated! Photos by Maggie Newton Photography" (AELC and East Boosters via Facebook)
• Cleveland Clinic: Together with a grant from the Cleveland Tree Coalition, students, community partners and Cleveland Clinic, caregivers gathered to plant trees at Wade Park School. According to a post on the Cleveland Clinic Instagram, "Students had a hands-on opportunity to learn about the environment while planting each tree." (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "Fosters needed! The more dogs we can get into foster homes, the more dogs we can save from death row! Fidos provides: a crate for our dogs any medical care they require access to our experienced dog trainers to help socialize & train
  your new foster dog All you do is provide the dog food and love! Fill out an app here: http://fidoscompanion.com/Volunteer.aspx" (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)

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• Acrylic Painting Class for Teens | Poison Apple (October 2)
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• Estate Planning Seminar (October 6)
• Historic Haunts Walking Tours (October 6)
• Boo Bash 2022! (October 13)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday off right! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Karena Garrity

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