🌱 $21 Dog Adoptions + Feed The 5,000 Event + Mayoral Debate

Happy Monday, Cleveland! Let's get this day started. Here are the most important things happening around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Sunny and breezy. High: 61 Low: 51.

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Here are the top stories in Cleveland today:

1. The Cleveland Animal Care and Control (CACC) kennel is full — and that means a special adoption rate is being offered this month. Now through Halloween, all adoption fees for City Dogs Cleveland have been slashed to $21. Anyone interested in taking home a pup can head to the kennel's special walk-up hours, lasting the next three weekends from noon to 4 p.m. (WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland)
2. The Word Church in Cleveland held its Feed the 5,000 Weekend event on Saturday to help those in need. Volunteers packed and distributed boxes of groceries, backpacks filled with hygiene items, and cooked meals to those in the Greater Cleveland area. Items left over from the event were given away on Sunday following the church's 10:30 a.m. service. (News 5 Cleveland)
3. Mayoral candidates Kevin Kelley and Justin Bibb squared off in a Saturday debate at the Cleveland African-American Museum. (WKYC.com)
4. Two teen boys were arrested in Cleveland after authorities spotted a vehicle stolen from Willoughby. (Cleveland 19 News)
5. A missing adult alert has been issued for 84-year-old Cleveland resident John Pennyman. (Cleveland 19 News)

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Today in Cleveland:

• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (AM) (11:30 AM)
• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (PM) (1:00 PM)
• Finance Committee - City of Shaker Heights - Public Meetings (8:00 AM)
• Lunchtime Book Talk | The Art & Science of Genealogical Research (8:00 AM)
• Architectural Board of Review - City of Shaker Heights - Public Meetings (8:00 AM)
• Shaker Heights Hunger Center - City of Shaker Heights - Food Distribution (10:00 AM)
• Block Club Meeting - Auburn Lincoln Park (2:30 PM)
• Minnie Merton - Women in History (4:00 PM)
• Shaker Heights Public Library Board of Trustees (6:30 PM)
• Stewards of Firelands 2021 - Boy Scouts of America - Lake Erie Council (7:00 PM)
• Shooting Sports Committee Meeting - Boy Scouts of America - Lake Erie Council (7:00 PM)
• Lake Erie Basketball Officials Meeting (7:00 PM)
• City Council Meeting - City of Lakewood (7:30 PM)

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— Danielle Fallon

About me: Danielle Fallon is a writer who loves using her creativity to fuel her passion for communication. She is an employee of content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.