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Berea City School District begins diversity, inclusion efforts Beth Mlady, cleveland.com BEREA, Ohio In compliance with a Board of Education resolution passed unanimously last July, the Berea City School District has begun creating task forces to address diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ). Marissa Wissman of the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio began partnering with the district in January and spoke at the board’s March 1 work session. The first DEIJ steering committee meeting took place Feb. 18. Efforts in March include determining the scope of work and discovering the unique qualities of the city and district. The design phase is slated for May, with a plan to guide future actions anticipated for June. ....
Middleburg Heights honors Lona Gruber for dedicated community service Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 SCAN Hunger Center Pantry Director Lona Gruber was honored Jan. 26 for decades of dedicated community service. (Facebook/Lona Gruber) Facebook Share MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio City officials and the Middleburg Heights Chamber of Commerce recently honored SCAN Hunger Center Pantry founder Lona Gruber for decades of selflessness in feeding the needy, as well as serving countless others through participation in numerous local organizations. Mayor Matt Castelli marked the occasion during the Jan. 26 City Council meeting, proclaiming it “Lona Gruber Day” and reading aloud an official proclamation. Gruber listened in via Zoom. ....
Let’s have daylight savings time all the time: Around The Town Updated Jan 02, 2021; Posted Jan 01, 2021 Picture perfect days, as in this view along Rocky River’s east bank in Berea, are a product of northern Ohio winters, but short days, long nights and slate-gray skies rule the season. Facebook Share BEREA, Ohio Each year at about this time, many of us get to disliking winter’s cold, short and gloomy days, and thoughts turn to spring. But with a pandemic running rampant and a need to spend so much of our time sequestered at home, the span of dark days from now until the vernal equinox can seem almost a bridge too far. ....