🌱Looking For A Furry Friend? + Wilbur Cahoon House Museum Opening

Hello again, everybody! It's Sunday in Avon-Avon Lake and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening in town. Today's briefing includes news about:

• Cat hugs and dog kisses!
• Scholarship fundtaiser coming up.
• Take a trip back in history.

But first, today's weather:

Cloudy and windy with showers. High: 65 Low: 54.

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

1. Want to add a new member to your family and give back to the Avon-Avon Lake community at the same time? Consider adopting a pet from a local shelter. Local shelters in and around Avon-Avon Lake have dogs, cats and other pets ready and waiting to be adopted.
   Millions of pets and other companion animals are given to adoption facilities each year nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Of those, approximately 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. Shelters often look after other animals in search of a permanent home as well, including pigs, birds and even horses. (Avon-Avon Lake Patch)
2. The fifth annual fundraiser for the Alivia Margarette Agosto Memorial Scholarship Fund will be a Luau for Livi event held on October 8 at the St. Joseph Parish Center. According to cleveland.com, "Alivia passed away at the age of 13 on May 22, 2017. Through their grief, Pete and Teresa Agosto, Alivia’s parents, established a scholarship fund in her memory. Their goal was to assist students who wished to pursue their Catholic education, as well as support teachers in Catholic schools. St. Joseph Catholic School and Elyria Catholic High School (Alivia’s intended high school) are the direct recipients of the fundraising efforts. This year’s event will be catered by Taste of Excellence and will feature live music and a presentation of Polynesian dancers. Cost is $40 per person and includes appetizers, dinner, desserts and unlimited beer and wine. From 2018 to 2021, nearly $64,000 has been raised for the scholarship fund, enabling the fund committee to distribute over $52,000 in grants. For more information, contact Kimberly Finn, fundraising coordinator, at 216-288-0240 or email finn_amamsf@yahoo.com. For information on the scholarship fund, go to aliviaagosto.org." (cleveland.com)
3. The Wilbur Cahoon House Museum is now open! Beginning Sunday, October 2, the house will be open for guided tours on Sundays from 1 - 3 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. We hope to see you there! According to the city of Avon's website, "the home of Wilbur Cahoon and his family, Avon's first settlers, is located at 2940 Stoney Ridge Road. On September 14, 1814 the Cahoon family of nine, soon to be ten, settled on 800 acres of land after moving from Salisbury, New York. Their mission was to build a sawmill and grist mill to start a new settlement. The original Cahoon family log cabin was built just south of the current home's location, near the place where Stoney Ridge Road crosses over the French Creek. Construction of the historic 12-room Greek Revival style home began in 1825 and the home was placed on the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1978." (City of Avon)

From my notebook:

• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "Meet Chase! Chase is the sweetest 11 year old Jack Russell. He’s house and crate trained, walks like a gentleman on a leash, loves other dogs and kids. Chase still loves to play and follows it with a good nap." (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)
• AELC and East Boosters: "Did you sign your child up for the walk-a-thon yet? pledgestar.com/avon/ You can raise money and earn prizes even if you can't attend! To volunteer at the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/g... Thank you!" (AELC and East Boosters via Facebook)
• Avon Lake Public Library: "Check out the newest read out on the ALPL Story Book Trail, “I Know Sasquatch” by Jess Bradley! This is a colorful and quirky picture book that teaches the reader to never judge a book - or Sasquatch - by its cover. " (Avon Lake Public Library via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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