AKRON
Transportation talk
AKRON: Redesigning local transportation systems to increase sustainability will be the subject of a program Wednesday by the Greater Akron Innovations Network for Sustainability.
The free program begins at 6:15 p.m. at Musica, 51 E. Market St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The program will look at trains, hybrid buses, highway systems, bike lanes, connector trails, new fuels and electric bicycle demonstrations.
Speakers include Jason Segedy, director of the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study.
For more information, contact Tom Crain at 330-634-6489 or Gina Burk at 330-592-4185.
Dance festival
AKRON: Free dance performances will be offered at parks throughout the city in the seventh annual Heinz Poll Dance Festival this summer.
The dance programs will be at 8:45 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from July 26 to Aug. 17. A children’s program will be offered at 7:45 p.m. each night, presented by the University of Akron Dance Institute. Each Sunday during the festival, the Akron Symphony Orchestra will perform on the ballet stage beginning at 7:30 p.m.
More than 8,000 people attended the performances in 2012.
This year’s programs will be:
• Verb Ballets, July 26 and 27, Hardesty Park, part of the Arts Expo.
• GroundWorks Dance Theater, Aug. 2 and 3, Glendale Cemetery.
• NEOS Dance Theater, Aug. 9 and 10, Firestone Park.
• Vanaver Caravan of NY, Aug. 16 and 17, Goodyear Metro Park.
The festival is sponsored by the city and several outside organizations, including the Ohio Arts Council, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the GAR Foundation, and the Ohio Ballet Endowment of the Akron Community Foundation.
For more information, visit www.akrondancefestival.org.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Kickoff event
CUYAHOGA FALLS: City Council President Don Walters officially will start his campaign for mayor by holding a Kick-Off Fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Giavanna’s Banquet and Party Centre, 740 Munroe Falls Ave.
Requested donation is $25 per person.
Refreshments will be served.
A kickoff rally, free and open to the public, will follow the fundraiser at 7 p.m. at the same location.
For more information about either event, call 330-434-1311 or email WaltersForMayor@gmail.com.
GREEN
Closure delayed
GREEN: The proposed closure of state Route 619 between Mayfair and Kreighbaum roads, expected to begin next week, has been delayed and now is scheduled to begin July 15.
The Ohio Department of Transportation notified the city that the closure, scheduled to replace a bridge on the state route, would be delayed.
The road is expected to be closed until late August, said Brent Kovacs, ODOT spokesman.
STARK COUNTY
Hall annexation
CANTON: Stark County commissioners have approved a request from the Pro Football Hall of Fame to allow Canton to annex nearly 5.8 acres of its property that has been in Plain Township.
The land includes a practice field, parking lots and part of George Halas Drive.
Commissioners Janet Weir Creighton and Richard Regula approved the request Wednesday. Commissioner Thomas Bernabei did not attend the meeting.
Plain Township Trustee Louis Giavasis said the township did not object to the annexation, but said some details about road maintenance will need to be addressed by the two governmental entities.
Having all of the property under one jurisdiction will facilitate applications for temporary liquor permits for enshrinement festival events, said Samuel Sliman, the city’s annexation director.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Democrats to meet
AKRON: The Summit County Progressive Democrats will discuss manufacturing at their next monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 2 of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 S. Main St.
Michael Wager will talk about Infrastructure and our Manufacturing Base and Kathleen Kelly of the AFL-CIO will talk about the Campaign Against Right to Work Legislation.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information, go to www.summitprogdems.org.
Scholarship fund
A scholarship fund at Temple University in Philadelphia has been established in the name of John and Peggy Dotson.
John Dotson, former publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal from 1992-2001, died two weeks ago in Colorado Springs, where he had lived in recent years. He was a graduate of Temple.
Contributions can be made to Temple University — John and Peggy Dotson Fund, and mailed to: Temple University, Institutional Advancement, P.O. Box 827651, Philadelphia, PA 19182-7651.
More donor information and related forms are available at www.giving.temple.edu.
Reappraisals move
The review phase of the state-mandated 2014 reappraisals will move into Fairlawn and Copley and Bath townships next week.
Summit County appraisers will physically evaluate residential parcels and can be identified by their identification badges and yellow work vests. Their vehicles will be marked with a placard stating they are from the Summit County Fiscal Office. Appraisers work between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise said the reappraisals throughout Summit are expected to last through the summer.
Residents who have concerns or questions may call 330-643-2710.
Training session
TALLMADGE: Staff from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office will conduct Sunshine Law certification training from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. July 11 at the Tallmadge Community Center, 80 Community Road.
The training session is provided to enhance the knowledge of public offices regarding making public records accessible as required by the Ohio Revised Code.
Elected officials and interested citizens are encouraged to attend. The training is free and open to the public.
To register, go to www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/SunshineLawTraining.
Lane restrictions
BATH TWP.: Drivers on Ghent Road and Cleveland-Massillon Road in Bath Township will experience temporary lane restrictions for road resurfacing starting Monday..
Motorists should use caution in the area and anticipate delays.
Ghent Road will be resurfaced from Sourek Road to Cleveland-Massillon Road.
Work on Cleveland-Massillon will extend from Springside Drive to state Route 18.