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by AMY PERSMQER
Naws-Times reporter
It's that time of year again and
the Amherst Historical Society is
hard at work planning the Annual
Old-Time Jamboree.
In keeping with the national feel
ing of patriotism since Sept 11,
2001, the theme of this year's Jamboree is "Let Freedom Ring."
The whole thing will kick off Friday evening at 5:45 p.m. with a
speech from the mayor, John Higgins, and a flag raising ceremony.
The pastor of Cornerstone Community Church, Steve Buckner, will
pray-
Friday night Terry Lee Ooffee
will perform from 6 p.m. until 8
p.m. Ooffee was named "Up and
Coming Country Star of the Year"
for Northern Ohio. After him, the
band Key Motion will play until
11:30 p.m.
As usual the downtown area will
be packed with vendors providing
food, pop and beer. The chairman of
the Old—Time Jamboree committee, Terry Truster, said that visitors
will be expected to keep beer inside
the Jamboree area. Violators will be
fined for having an open container
outside the festival.
Traster, who is also a city coun
cilman and construction supervisor
at the Amherst Historical Society,
said he hopes everyone will come
out and enjoy themselves this
weekend.
The Jamboree is being sponsored
by the Amherst Historical Society
with the help of Sprenger Retirement Centers, Mullinax Ford, Sli-
man's Dodge-Crysler-Plymouth,
AT&T Broadband, A&C Cellular.
Lorain National Bank and Spitzer
Auto World.
Pizza for the kids pizza eating
contest on Saturday will be provided
by Old Town Pizza.
Saturday the Amherst Downtown
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Week-long bike
camp to help kids
learn road rules
The Amherst Police Department,
in cooperation with the Amherst
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee, will be conducting a week-
long bike camp for children entering
the third, fourth and fifth grades.
The camp will be held at Shupe
Middle School on Monday, July 22
through Friday, July 26 from 1-3
p.m.
The program will teach children
the safe operation of a bike through
activities that occur in the parking
lot, sidewalks and side roads under
supervision.
A partial list of topics students
will learn includes: helmet use, riding on the correct side of the road,
obeying traffic laws and signs, signaling before changing directions,
checking behind before changing
lanes, being alert for hazards and
traffic conditions, and how to clean
and lubricate a bike.
Much of the instructional content
is based on studies on how children
have bicycle accidents and what
must be done to avoid them.
The bike camp will be instructed
by Edward Stewart, who ran a similar program last year at Shupe.
Stewart is president of Silver
Wheels Cycling Club and is certified through the League of Ameri
can Bicyclists, a national organization for promoting safe cycling
through education and advocacy
programs.
Registration for the camp is limited to the first 20 students who sign
up. Cost is $15 per student, which
incudes a free T-shirt to be distributed on the last day of the camp.
Registration is being handled
through the Amherst Police Department by calling 988-2625. Fees may
be paid on the first day of the camp.
Bicycle helmets are required for
all participants. If a child needs a
helmet, a few will be available for
sale on the first day of the camp at a
fee of $7. Children's bicycles
should be in good operating condition; children should bring bikes every day regardless of the weather
forecast. Even on rainy days camp
will be held; however, sessions will
take place inside the school.
In addition, a few volunteers will
be trained to assist in the program.
The volunteer training will occur at
Shupe School on Friday, July 19
from 1-5 p.m. To register to be a
volunteer calling Stewart at
365-6784. Volunteers will be
trained to possibly operate the bike
program themselves at a later date.
Relax with a book
Stacy Reid, of Amherst, a volunteer for Amherst Public Library's
summer reading program, "Your Library- The Greatest Show in
Foundation
plans move
to historic
building
The Nord Family Foundation is
moving its raeadquarters into Amherst thanks to Evan Nord.
The foundation voted last week to
officially move its headquarters
from Elyria to the sandstone house
at 727 Milan Avenue at the corner
of Milan Avenue and South Lake
Street The sandstone building is adjacent to the Amherst Historical
Society's Sandstone Village.
City council voted last month to
waive building permit fees for the
foundation so they could remove a
clapboard section of the house that
was added after it was built. The
large sandstone bouse is more than '
100 years old according to mayor
John Higgins. Higgins said the
foundation plans to put another addition on the house which will not
affect the original house.
John Mulaney of the Nord Family
Foundation said the new addition
will house offices.
Mulaney said the funding for the
purchase and renovation of the
house it being provided by Evan
Nord. Nord retired from the Nordson Coip. board of (urecton earlier
this year.
Tne Nord family started she US.
Automatic Co. in 1909 in Amherst
The company was renamed the
Nordson Corporation and has expanded at its original location near
Jackson Street
Tte family created the Nord Family ftundatioa which infuses mil-
lions of dollars in charitable contributions into Lorain County.
Higgins said the foundation is retrofitting the 100-year-old Riggs
house to »tt original condition.
"We're tickled pink to have
Town," waits for kids to come in and claim their rewards for taking
the time to read this summer.
Internet access
grant of $21,000
to help schools
Donna Kuczynski visits local school kids to deliver one of her well-rehearsed stories. She is
being honored for her efforts to use storytelling
as a healing method.
Local storyteller honored
by national story network
Congressman Snerrod Brown has
announced that four school districts,
including the Amherst school district and three schools in Northeastern Ohio have been awarded
$89339.43 through the federal E-
rate program.
The funding will be used to
purchase Internet access and telecommunications services. The Amherst School District will receive
$21,159.03 of the $89,839.43 being
awarded through the E-rate
program.
Created in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the E-rate program helps schools and libraries afford Internet and telecommunications services.
"It's one thing to have new com
puter equipment but another to be
connected to the Internet so students
and teachers can integrate the world
wide web into assignments and lesson plans. These awards help
schools pay for telephone lines and
Internet access to bring the digital
age into each classroom," said
Brown, who serves on the energy
and commerce subcommittee on
telecommunications and the Internet is a strong supporter of the E-
rate program.
The E-rate program is funded by
the universal service fund that was
created in the Telecommunications
Act through fees collected from
telecommunications service
providers.
Library offers summer clubs
to encourage reading habit
Master storyteller. Donna Marie
Kuczynski of Amherst has been
selected to receive the 2002 National Storytelling Network North
Central Region Service Award.
The service award is given to in-
dividuals who have utilized
storytelling to make a sJgititVsnt
contribution to the larger community in which they live.
She hat demonstrated her commitment to the art of storytelling in
many ways. Deeply committed to
the healing aspects of atorytvlling.
Kuczynski brings her stories to hos-
be found in local schools. Her classes provide fledgling tellers a nurturing environment to learn a craft
Kuczynski has actively supported
the spread of storytelling in her region by taking leadership roles. She
has served as president ot Western
Reserve Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytell-
ing (WRAPPS). She coordinated the
first Tellebrationl in her area and
has hosted all of the others since
then. She served on the ptaniiing
conunittee tor Once Upon a Time
Storytelling Conference at Kent
State University.
a cants la
storytelling in
of the power of
storytelling at Ursaa County Conv
OBunity Collage. She is the |
and host for a weekly television
program entitled "Who Tells? Who
Listens?" on which she interviews
storytellers from throughout Ohio.
In addition to her own storytelling. Kuczynski arranges for new
venues for all tellers. An advocate
of using stories to teach respect for
all cultures she has reached out to
African-Americans in remote areas
and has brought Africaa-Ainerican
tellers to audiences fat remote areas
of the state.
NSN. the aponaor of the Oracle
Awards is tatted la Jonesborough.
Tenn., home of the National
Festival, which to co-
The Amherst Public Library offers the "greatest show in town"
through its summer reading club
programs.
Programs for the month of July
include:
• Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m.:
Mike Hemmelgarn. comedy juggler
and ventriloquist, will present a
high-energy comedy show that offers a unique blend of juggling and
ventriloquism with a splash of
: and balloons.
owned by NW audi
Storytoltof Center.
• Friday, July 19 at 2 p.at: list
Kleafeld the snagicjea wis! preaent
"Circus Mafic." Cosae and he
amazed by the local magician as he
magically entertains with some reel
circus characters.
Both programs, which are free
and open to the public, will be held
at the Old Post Office, 231 Part
Ave. The Summer Reading Club
registration continues for i
rflmna^gK thOSC Students juft I
ing fourth grade.
Young adults are iavited to Oft
out aa entry font for each book/
they read aad eater into the li-J
brary's weekly drawing.
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