Terance will represent Lorain well

BOUQUETS >> To Lorain fashion designer Jevon Terance, who was invited to participate in a fashion show during New York Fashion Week from Sept. 5-12.

This opportunity allows Terance to team up with the fashion show’s producer Tiffany McCall, whom he worked with in September 2015 at Paris Fashion Week.

Terance said, “I’m excited to work with her again. I’m stronger now as a designer. And I’ve been following her shows, and they’re looking better and better.”

New York Fashion Week will provide Terance with opportunities to showcase his brand, sell his work to boutiques and meet celebrities.

He will prepare 12 new outfits for Fashion Week inspired by New York City themes.

Terance is celebrating his 11th year as a fashion designer, and operates his shop at 615 Broadway in downtown Lorain.

For the past eight years, Terance has produced an annual fashion show in Lorain.

Terance also is the only person to produce a fashion show at the Lorain Lighthouse, which took place July 1.

We congratulate Terance for his invite and commend him for his artistry.

BOUQUETS » To the Lorain Police Department for holding a week-long camp teaching some Lorain High School students what it’s like to be a police officer.

The Lorain Police Explorers Youth Academy, part of the Boy Scouts of America, will utilize Lorain police property at 2130 W. Park Drive to teach lessons on the duties of a law officer.

Lorain police Officer Jake Morris said, “The Explorers program is kind of a youth program for police departments nationwide, and our post, 2911, is run out of Lorain High School. We have our group, completely comprised of Lorain High students and recent graduates, in our afterschool program learning more about what we do.”

After a long hiatus, the Police Department revitalized the program in January.

Morris said, “We went back to it and wanted to put forth more of an effort. The kids really responded to it and have shown a ton of interest.”

The program is designed for students and the officers to get to learn about each other.

We applaud Morris, Officer Reuben Figueroa and the Police Department for exposing the students to the work of law enforcement.

BRICKBATS » To Stacie Bement, the 45-year-old Wakeman woman, who admitted she stole more than $100,000 in inheritance money from two children whose father died more than a decade ago.

Bement, a teacher, pleaded guilty Aug. 13 to two felony charges of grand theft and five felony charges of forgery, according to a news release from Attorney General Mike DeWine.

A Norwalk Police Department investigation found that Bement stole money from two trusts that the children’s father created for them before his 2007 death.

Bement accessed the trusts by forging the signature of her husband, who was custodian of the trust.

She transferred the life insurance money to her personal bank account on multiple occasions between 2008 and 2012 and spent the funds on a car, mortgage and living expenses. She also created fictitious financial statements that made it appear as if the funds were still in the bank.

Bement must repay $50,000 in restitution to each child prior to her Nov. 15 sentencing.

The punishment Bement will receive must be a deterrent to others contemplating stealing.

BRICKBATS » To Isaiah D. Savage, the 21-year-old Elyria man who will serve one year of community control for burning a 2-year-old girl who was left in his care.

Savage pleaded guilty to endangering children and tampering with evidence in connection to the Jan. 31 incident that sent the girl to the hospital with severe second-degree burns on her back.

According to police, Savage was tasked with watching the child by her 20-year-old aunt and initially told police he noticed her skin peeling when he changed the girl’s diaper.

He later confessed to police he put the girl in a tub with water in an effort to clean her and realized the water was very hot after placing his hand inside and having to instantly remove it.

Savage also attempted to hide the child’s shirt which carried evidence she’d been in the tub.

Savage is lucky the girl was not more seriously injured or he would be in prison.

Hopefully, he learned from his negligence.

We congratulate Terance for his invite and commend him for his artistry.