Area news
• WEST AKRON — The Metro Parks, Serving Summit County administrative offices, 975 Treaty Line Road, will be closed Memorial Day, May 28. The F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm Visitors Center, 1828 Smith Road, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (330) 867-5511 or (330) 865-8065.
• OHIO — Law enforcement officers at selected state parks will conduct traffic blitzes during peak visitation periods this summer to encourage roadway safety. The effort is part of the nationwide “Click It, or Ticket” campaign to increase roadway safety by encouraging motorists and their passengers to buckle up and to be aware of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The effort was made possible with a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. The special patrols will take place Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day holiday weekends, as well as June 15-16 and Aug. 3-4. Speed-alert trailers also will be used at several locations to remind motorists to watch their speeds in areas where pedestrians and bicyclists may be sharing park roads. The following Ohio State Parks are participating in the event: Portage Lakes in Summit County, Cleveland Lakefront in Cuyahoga County, Alum Creek in Delaware County, Buck Creek in Clark County, Caesar Creek in Warren and Clinton counties, East Fork in Clermont County, Hueston Woods in Preble and Butler counties, Lake Milton in Mahoning County, Maumee Bay in Lucas County, Mohican in Ashland County, Mosquito Lake in Trumbull County, Salt Fork in Guernsey County and West Branch in Portage County.
• DOWNTOWN AKRON — John Yankey, Ph.D., formerly with the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Management at Case Western Reserve University, will present “The Collaboration Conundrum — Strategic Alliances for Nonprofits” June 7 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, 703 S. Main St., Suite 200. Yankey will provide practical information and strategies of the different types of strategic alliances and options, choices available when forming an alliance and how to select a collaborative partner. The cost is $25. To attend, call (330) 762-9670 to register.
• NORTH AKRON — With help from volunteers, Metro Parks, Serving Summit County will soon compile a list of the species living in Cascade Valley Metro Park. But additional volunteers with a trained eye for flora or fauna are needed for the park district’s second annual 24-hour Bio Blitz, which will begin June 8 at 3 p.m. and continue through that Saturday afternoon. Data collected will be incorporated into the resource management plans for the 526-acre park, located at 1061 Cuyahoga St. For details and to register, contact Marlo Perdicas at (330) 923-0720 or mperdicas@ summitmetroparks.org. In 2006, volunteers recorded 385 species of plants and animals in the 155-acre Gorge Metro Park.
• MEDINA — Medina Boy Scout Troop 507 will burn worn or damaged U.S. flags in its fourth annual community flag retirement ceremony June 16 at 3 p.m. at First Christian Church, 4797 Sharon-Copley Road. Area residents with flags that need to be retired should take them to the church or contact Troop Spokesman Kit Marty at (330) 721-7444 or KitMarty@ZoomInternet.net.
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