CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Horrigan fundraiser
AKRON: Summit County Clerk of Courts Daniel Horrigan will host his seventh annual Sausage and Suds Fundraiser Wednesday afternoon.
The event will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Carovillese Club, 570 E. Cuyahoga Falls Ave, Akron.
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the door.
Williams fundraiser
AKRON: A fundraiser to re-elect Michael D. Williams as Akron councilman-at-large will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday
The event will be hosted by Gloria Rookard and friends at 483 Augusta Drive, Akron.
Cost is $50 per person.
Donations are limited to $650 per person.
No corporate checks.
Checks should be payable to: Committee to Re-elect Michael D. Williams, 60 S Meadowcroft Drive, Akron, OH 44313.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Water classes
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Summit Soil and Water Conservation District and the city of Cuyahoga Falls are sponsoring classes about water resources for educators Aug. 6 to 7.
The Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 6 at Lions Lodge, 641 Silver Lake Ave.
The Aug. 7 workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Waterworks Park, 2026 Munroe Falls Ave.
There is a $25 fee for the Project WET guide.
Dress for the weather and bring sack lunches.
Teachers can register for one or two days.
The registration deadline is July 30.
To register, contact Gene Easter at 330-928-6691 or gleaster@sbcglobal.net.
FIELD SCHOOLS
Special meeting
BRIMFIELD TWP.: The Field Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Falcon Conference Room of Field High School, 1900 State Route 43.
Agenda items include a discussion of personnel matters and the possible addition of a tax levy on the November ballot.
GRANGER TOWNSHIP
Grant plans
GRANGER TWP.: Trustees passed a motion to participate in a grant program from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
It provides matching funds for the removal of ash trees. The emerald Ash borer is killing ash trees across the state.
Trustees said they would spend $10,000 to remove dead or dying ash trees from the road right-of-way, and ODNR will provide an additional $10,000. Application for the grant must be completed by July 29.
Trustees thanked resident Rita Feess and her family for the donation of a county flag which will fly on the township flagpole. The flag is in memory of her husband, Roger, a former township trustee. She said that her husband always admired Cal Ganyard, who designed the flag.
Trustee John Ginley gave the oath of office to the new township fiscal officer, Donald Baker. He will replace Barb Beach, who is retiring, effective July 31.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Colleges honored
KENT: Kent State and Walsh universities were the only two institutions in Ohio to be selected as “Great Colleges to Work For” by the industry newspaper, the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Chronicle surveyed more than 44,000 employees at 300 colleges and universities to select 97 institutions as the best for which to work.
Survey results are based on institutional audits of demographics and workplace policies and surveys administered to faculty, administrators and professional support staff. Kent State performed well in compensation and benefits, one of 12 categories evaluated.
This is the third time in four years that KSU has been recognized in the survey.
The private, Catholic Walsh University in North Canton performed well in one category, tenure clarity and purpose.
For details, visit the Chronicle’s website at http://chronicle.com/article/great-colleges/140369#id=big-table.
stark county
Panel has vacancy
CANTON: The Ohio Public Works Commission District No. 19 Integrating Committee is seeking to fill a vacancy on the Natural Resources Assistance Council.
The group helps implement part of the Clean Ohio Program.
Nominees must represent a business, local Realtors or a planning agency within Stark County.
Nominations will be accepted through July 31.
For more information, contact Jeff Dotson at 330-451-7402.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Oath of office
AKRON: Summit County Common Pleas Judge Jane M. Davis will be sworn in Aug. 2 in a ceremony at the county courthouse in downtown Akron.
Davis, who was appointed to the bench last month by Gov. John Kasich, filled the vacancy created last fall when her predecessor, Elinore Marsh Stormer, was elected probate judge.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4:30 in the courthouse’s first-floor rotunda, and Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will give the oath of office.
The public is invited to attend. A reception will follow. The county courthouse is at 209 S. High St.
STATE NEWS
Former official dies
COLUMBUS: A family member told the Associated Press that Robert Teater, a longtime public servant who led Republican Gov. James Rhodes’ expansion of Ohio’s state park system in the 1970s and was a candidate for Ohio governor, has died. He was 86.
Daughter-in-law Phyllis Teater said Teater died Sunday in Columbus of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.
Bob Teater served as Rhodes’ director of natural resources from 1975 to 1983. He served previously as director of the Ohio State University School of Natural Resources.
Teater was a founder of the Wilds, a Muskingum County animal preserve, and a three-term Columbus school board member. He retired as major general from the Ohio Army National Guard.
Teater is survived by wife Dorothy, a former Franklin County Commissioner; four sons and 11 grandchildren.