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There will be a spaghetti benefit dinner for 14-year-old Cairo Serenity Svonavec on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Windham Community Center; the dinner is sponsored by the Windham American Legion.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Voters in several county school districts will be voting on additional levies, which almost always represent a tax increase.

Voters in the Southeast Local Schools district will not see Issue 26 on the November ballot after a unanimous Oct. 9 decision by the district’s board of education.

Voters in Portage County may see some renewal levies on their November ballots.

Voters in Randolph, Hiram Township and Sugar Bush Knolls will see replacement levies on their ballots.

I recently took the training to be a Precinct Election Official, and the Board of Elections is still looking for people to help out in the November General Election.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Issue 29: Portage County Board of Developmental Disabilities, renewal tax levy (combining two levies), programs and services, 2.9 mills for 10 years commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Issue 30: Replacement tax levy, programs and services, 1 mill for 10 years commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Issue 31: Portage Park District, replacement and additional tax levy, operating and maintaining parks, 1 mill for 10 years commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

The Rootstown Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 at NEOMED at 4209 state Route 44. There will be some 40 vendors showcasing their businesses and passing out candy. There will also be a Trunk-or-Treat and a Touch-a-Truck with the fire department, service department and sheriff’s office.

Family dramas make for some of the best reading. These books all tell great stories about daughters who lose their mothers, in completely different ways.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Mayor Glenn Broska faces challenges by Jeff Fejes and write-in candidate Mohammad Shaikh. First elected in November 2011, Broska is currently serving his third term.

Currently serving his fourth term as Hiram’s mayor, Lou Bertrand faces a challenge by write-in candidate Anne Haynam.

As I write this column, dusk is rapidly giving way to darkness on a crisp, overcast mid-October night. When the weather is nice, I can glance up from my laptop and see a parade of people walking their dogs past our house; today, however, the chilly air and descending darkness has most in our neighborhood hunkered down in their homes.

As volunteers for the Citizens for Portage Parks Campaign Committee, we strongly believe in the quality of life that our Portage Parks bring to our county. Having passed the first levy in 2014, we have seen what the levy dollars can do to enhance our county. During the last 10 years, we’ve seen four new parks open, improved parks and trails, and hundreds of free programs offered for all ages and abilities.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Incumbent John Kuhar entered Kent City Council as an at-large representative in 2006 and has served as Ward 4 council member since 2008. His goal then remains what it is now, he said: to solve problems rather than complain about them.