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🌱 How a Parma credit union tries to interrupt financial scams

Parma, Ohio Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Parma credit union tries to interrupt financial scams
  • Parma's adoption center reopens for seven-day pet adoptions
  • Parma High graduate moves up in Berea's police department

Also on today's calendar: RDC Booster Holiday Photos and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did Beethoven say when he heard about reincarnation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Pleasant and not as cool, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Peeks of sunshine, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, with a high of 48 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. When members trust the scammer, small credit unions have less room for error (americascreditunions.org) — At Parma-based Unity Catholic Federal Credit Union, tellers use a short questionnaire for withdrawals of $5,000 or more to help spot scams. The approach became a model for Cuyahoga County's Scam Squad as employees confront victims coached to distrust bank staff and conceal why they need cash.
   

2. Parma Heights opens registration for Breakfast with Santa: Sun Postings (cleveland.com) — Parma's PetSmart adoption center at 6870 Ridge Road has reopened, giving families a place to meet adoptable pets seven days a week during store hours. The center, operated with Brandywine Valley SPCA and PetSmart Charities, is one of just 16 Everyday Adoption Centers nationwide.
   

3. Berea police welcome new officer, sergeant: Community Voices (cleveland.com) — Parma native Jeffrey Douglas has been promoted to sergeant in the Berea Police Department, which he joined in 2022 after four years with Cleveland police. The Parma High School graduate took his oath alongside new Berea officer Jacob Lockhart, a transfer from University Circle police.
   

4. Trump eyes Ohio's former solicitor general for lifetime federal court judgeship in Texas (cleveland.com) — Parma-born T. Elliot Gaiser, Ohio's former solicitor general, is under consideration for a lifetime federal judgeship in Dallas. He currently leads the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Paperwork signals a possible nomination, though the White House says it has no new judicial nominations to announce.
   

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  • Male dog, neutered.
    Looking for a home. Very sweet & loving. Housebroke, gets along with other pets . He is 6-7 years old, He is not destructive at all. Please call 216… (Nextdoor Snow Rd)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What did Beethoven say when he heard about reincarnation?" — I'll be Bach! (Thank you Raymond S. for sending it in!)
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