🌱 Food Scrap Drop-Off Program Underway + Preserving Avon Parkland

Good morning, people of Avon-Avon Lake! Carla Varner here with your Tuesday edition of the Avon-Avon Lake Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Sunshine and pleasant. High: 75 Low: 54.

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

1. The Rust Belt Riders Neighborhood food scrap drop-off program will allow Avon Lake residents to bring their food scraps to bins located by mulch piles at the Avon Lake Service Department. Residents can sign up for the program for $10 per month. The waste will be transformed into nutrient-rich soil. (News 5 Cleveland WEWS)
2. Avon Mayor Bryan Jensen hopes that the city will be able to preserve land for future parks, even though voters rejected a 0.15 percent income tax increase that would have been used for the development of parkland over the next 10 years. The plan was put in place in response to residents asking the mayor to stop the increase in residential developments. The monies would have been used to purchase land for use as parkland later on. (cleveland.com)
3. Truckers with The People's Convoy: Let Freedom Roll have mapped their way to Washington D.C. and will be stopping in Burbank, Ohio, an hour outside of Avon Lake, at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 15 at the Overnight at Ohio Station Outlets. The truckers are calling on the government to end the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration. The convoy, which protested COVID-19 mandates on their first tripy to DC, states on their website that they are for the right to choose to get vaccines or wear masks for themselves and their children. (WJLA)

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Today in Avon-Avon Lake:

• Beaches Kick Glass Program At Avon Lake Public Library (9:00 AM)
• Travel With Technology At Waugaman Gallery (7:00 PM)
• Becoming A Dementia Friend At North Ridgeville Branch (2:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Check out the latest companies in the Avon-Avon Lake area that are hiring. Peruse job postings with full position descriptions, salary info, and application guidance. (Avon-Avon Lake Patch)
• Celebrate the flavors of cuisines from around the world at the Hybrid International Food Celebration at the Main Library today (Tuesday, May 10) at 6:30 p.m. The event is part of a series that will lead up to the return of the Lorain International Festival and Bazaar. (Lorain Public Library)
• Stop in and hop on the DiscoveryWorks Energy Bike and learn how mechanical energy is transformed into electrical energy on Saturday, May 14 at 1:00 p.m. at the South Entrance of the Avon Public Library. The program is for all ages. (Avon Public Library)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you around!

— Carla Varner