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🌱 Patch AM: How this Mentor holiday market also supports autism training statewide
Spotted on the Mentor calendar: Try-It! Wheel Throwing Class: 10/8
Hello Mentor! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How this Mentor holiday market also supports autism training statewide
- Where Mentor and Lake Catholic stand in this week's playoff race.
Also on today's calendar: Classics and Jazz and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 71 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 51.
- Friday: More sun than clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Date set for Artisan's Holiday Open House in Mentor (news-herald.com) — Mentor residents can mark their calendars for the Artisan's Holiday Open House on Dec. 1 at The Everly Event Center on Norton Parkway, featuring more than 35 juried artisans and festive extras. Admission is just $2, with basket raffle proceeds supporting Heroes Helping Those with Special Needs, a Mentor-founded nonprofit offering autism training and sensory resources to first responders across Ohio. 
• OHSAA releases third football computer ratings (limaohio.com) — Mentor's football team is ranked second in Division I, Region 1 in the latest OHSAA computer ratings, keeping the Cardinals in strong playoff position heading into Week 8. Mentor Lake Catholic is also in the mix, sitting eighth in Division III, Region 9, giving local fans two programs to watch closely as postseason berths are decided.
📸 Around Mentor
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mentor
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★ Featured events ★
- Try-It! Wheel Throwing Class: 10/8 →
Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
Thursday October 8
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Other local events
- It's a Mystery Book Club In-Person
Village Room, Main
6:30 pm - Choir Concert
Fine Arts Center
7:00 pm - Ohio Real Estate Exam Prep: Study Group →
Keller Williams Greater Cleveland Northeast, 7400 Center Street, Mentor
6:00 pm - Paint & Sip: Vintage Halloween Cat →
Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
6:00 pm - Glass Blowing (Glaskolben) →
Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor - Mentor Marsh: Second Saturday Science →
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8:00 am - Intuitive Wellness Lounge -Grand Opening! →
Intuitive Wellness Lounge, 7139 Hopkins Road, Mentor
6:00 pm - Northern Ohio Half Marathon, 2-Person Relay, & 5K →
Mentor OH - Mentor Marsh Guided Nature Hike: Marsh Marvels →
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2:00 pm - Stained Glass: Vintage Halloween 10/11 →
Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio, 7850 Mentor Ave, Mentor
2:00 pm - Classics and Jazz →
Berkshire Schools K-12 (John Patterson Parkway), 14155 Claridon Troy Rd, Burton
4:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Transcat, Inc. posted a job opening for Shipping & Receiving Clerk (USA) - [CAL150B] in Mentor. Apply here.
- Goodwill of Greater Cleveland & East Central Ohio, Inc. posted a job opening for Mentor - Team Lead/Shift Manager in Mentor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mentor here.
🗞 Nearby News
Willoughby
- Charles Pinkerman, candidate for Ward 3 Mentor City Council, November 2026 (news-herald.com)
- Cheapest gas stations in Cleveland (whio.com)
Painesville
- Ohio residents were facing a 13% trash-bill surcharge, then the city got it cut in half (thecooldown.com)
- Laketran, Geauga Transit offer free rides for early voting, Election Day (cleveland.com)
- Painesville man sentenced in connection with 2025 murder (news-herald.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: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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