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🌱 Patch AM: What Bill Wade’s resignation means for Mentor Schools’ financial future
Spotted on the Mentor calendar: Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau

Hi there, Mentor! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Bill Wade's resignation means for Mentor Schools' financial future
- See which Mentor homes just sold and for how much
- How a last-minute stand kept Mentor's Cardinals perfect at 2-0
Also on today's calendar: Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
- Monday: Humid with a shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bill Wade to resign as Mentor Schools CFO (news-herald.com) — Mentor Schools' longtime finance leader Bill Wade will resign as CFO effective Sept. 30 after 11 years in various district roles, including principal of Mentor High. District leaders credit him with strengthening finances, improving transparency, and securing clean audits, while the school board now plans its next steps to fill this key role.
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• Latest reported home sales in Lake County for week ending Aug. 22 (lakecountytimes.com) — Several Mentor properties, including homes on Evergreen Drive, Cross Creek Drive, and Lake Shore Boulevard, were among 48 Lake County houses sold in the week ending Aug. 22. With a countywide median sale price of $252,000, the list offers a snapshot of current prices, taxes, and recent buyers and sellers around Mentor neighborhoods.
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• Mentor vs. Erie McDowell football: Cardinals hang on to claim 31-30 thriller (news-herald.com) — Mentor High's Cardinals edged Erie McDowell, 31-30, after stopping a late two-point try at Jerome T. Osborne Stadium. Despite turnovers and penalties, big plays from quarterback Brogan Jones and linebacker Cooper Russo pushed Mentor to 2-0, with a trip to face St. Ignatius at John Carroll up next.
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📸 Around Mentor
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mentor
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★ Featured events ★
- Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau →
LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
5:00 pm - Project Break The Cycle Summer Luau →
LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
5:00 pm - Summer Luau →
LaMalfa, 5783 Heisley Rd, Mentor
5:00 pm - Summer Luau Reverse Raffle & Fundraising Event →
LaMalfa 5783 Heisley Rd. Mentor, OH 44060,
5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
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Other local events
- Ambassadors With Ms. Elam
Hopkins Elementary Ms. Elam's Room
8:10 am - Fine Arts Club In-Person
Mentor Public Library Children's Story Room, Main
4:00 pm - 7th/8th Cross Country Meet
Shore Middle School Gilmour Academy
4:30 pm - Manager Meeting In-Person / Online →
Mentor Public Library James R. Garfield Room, Main
9:30 am - Travel Club-USA In-Person
Mentor Public Library Children's Story Room, Main
4:00 pm - Citizens Financial Advisory Committee
Mentor Exempted Village Paradigm
6:00 pm - Join the Quest for birds in the Chagrin River valley →
Chagrin River Watershed
4:00 pm - Join the Quest for birds in the Chagrin River valley →
Chagrin River Watershed
4:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Is anyone able to help foster my mother's dog for me for a bit.
She is going into liver failure and will not be home or able bodied. (Nextdoor Little Mountain Park Estates)
- Avery Dennison posted a job opening for Material Handler, 550p-600a, 2-2-3 in Mentor. Apply here.
- B and B Maintenance, Inc. posted a job opening for Evening Bank Cleaner in Mentor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mentor here.
🗞 Nearby News
Willoughby
- Willoughby Hills Lions Club to hear about effort to deliver Thanksgiving meals (news-herald.com)
- Willoughby Shankland Reserve project remains underway pending full resolution (news-herald.com)
- Osborne Park project phases ongoing on Willoughby's north end (news-herald.com)
Painesville
- Painesville City launches new online dining guide (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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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