🌱 Patch AM: How you can join this weekend’s Headlands Birding Festival events

What's up Mentor! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How you can join this weekend's Headlands Birding Festival events
• How did Mentor's volleyball team power through Riverside for a sweep?

Also on today's calendar: The Next Chapter Experience: A Morning for Women Asking, "What's Next?" and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 69 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 77, low: 64.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Third annual Headlands Birding Festival returns this weekend (spectrumnews1.com) — Bird lovers in Mentor can enjoy the third annual Headlands Birding Festival this Friday through Sunday at Headlands Beach State Park and nearby Mentor Marsh. The event features guided walks, a Lake Erie birding boat trip, and expert talks on fall migration. Registration is encouraged to reserve spots for specific activities.
   

• Mentor vs. Riverside volleyball: Cardinals push ahead early and often against Beavers (news-herald.com) — Mentor's Cardinals volleyball team extended their win streak to five matches with a road sweep of Riverside on Sept. 15, improving to 5–2. Strong serving, middle hitting, and defense powered the victory, and Mentor now turns its focus to hosting Euclid on Sept. 17 in another key Greater Cleveland Conference matchup.
   

📸 Around Mentor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mentor

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• The Next Chapter Experience: A Morning for Women Asking, "What's Next?" →
  The Woods on 84 Event Center, 980 Riverside Dr, Painesville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Faux Stained Glass: Resin Suncatchers →
  Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
  6:00 pm
• Instant pot demo with LaDonna In-Person
  James R. Garfield Room, Main
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 17
• Naturalization Ceremony
  James a Garfield National Park, 8095 Mentor Avenue, Mentor
  10:00 am
Friday September 18
• Wiggle, Giggle and Shake. →
  Mentor Public Library, 8215 Mentor Ave., Mentor
• Wiggle, Giggle and Shake →
  Mentor Public Library, 8215 Mentor Ave., Mentor
• Victor Samalot / Instrumental guitarist →
  Mentor Farmers Market, Eleanor B Garfield Park - 7967 Mentor Ave, Mentor
  3:00 pm
• Cozy Bookclub Craft Night →
  Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• 24 in 24 Fundraiser at CrossFit Mentality →
  7430 Clover Avenue, Mentor
• Pirates & Pottery →
  Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
  11:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Mentor Marsh Guided Nature Hike: Winged Wonders →
  Mentor OH
  2:00 pm
• Fall Stoneware Painting Class →
  Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
  3:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Try-It! Wheel Throwing Class: 9/21 →
  Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TJX posted a job opening for Retail - Merchandise Associate - Part-Time in Mentor. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (02464) - 7250 Center St in Mentor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mentor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Willoughby

• Hungry Ghost chef shares secrets of mole sauce ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month (cleveland.com)
• Five men sentenced to prison for fleeing Willoughby Police (news-herald.com)

Painesville

• Lake County faces $500K federal SNAP funding cut as administrative costs shift to states (fox8.com)

Eastlake

• Lake County ADAMHS Board welcomes new member, reappoints four (news-herald.com)
• Checkers and Rally's Reimaging Seven Locations Across Ohio and Florida (qsrmagazine.com)

Ok Mentor! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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