The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Juniors inducted into Auburn chapter
Juniors Charlotte Kurtz and Connor Rozic were inducted into Auburn Career Center’s National Technical Honor Society.
Chardon High School juniors Charlotte Kurtz and Connor Rozic who were both inducted into Auburn Career Center’s chapter of the National Technical Honor Society during the Feb. 3 ceremony at ACC.
ACC’s chapter of NTHS was established to create enthusiasm for scholarship and community service, as well as promote leadership and encourage the development of character in all ACC students. To be eligible for membership, a student must achieve and maintain an overall grade point average of 3.25 and a GPA of 3.5 for all ACC classes.
“Charlotte is enrolled in ACC’s Architecture Project Management program and is an extraordinary student who places detail in all that she encounters,” said CHS Principal Doug Murray during a recent interview. “She manages rigorous coursework at both CHS and ACC.”
Connor is a student of ACC’s Production and Welding Technology program.
“He (Connor) is a very dynamic young man who balances his time between ACC, Advanced Placement courses and Wind Ensemble,” said Murray.
Charlotte and Connor now join NTHS secondyear members Matthew Kloski, Katarina Schneider and Alex Zaccarine in the honor society. CHS seniors Matthew, Katarina and Alex were inducted into NTHS in January 2020.
“Matt, a student in ACC’s Automotive Technology program, is continuing his excellence from off the field as a member of the 2020 Division II State Championship in football to thrive inside the lines of school,” said Murray. “He is a purposeful worker with a great personality.”
Murray said Katarina manages College Credit Plus coursework throughout her program work at ACC and is a natural leader who continues to impress her teachers and peers. She is enrolled in ACC’s Criminal Justice and Security program.
“And Alex will be the first to say hello and the last to say goodbye,” said Murray. “He has such a genuine personality and charisma. People flock to his kindness. In the classroom, Alex is so meticulous and creative.”
Alex is a student of ACC’s Architecture Project Management program.
“We are so proud of this prestigious recognition of our ACC students,” added Murray. “At Chardon High School, we have many students representing the 4E’s of Enrollment, Employment, Enlistment, and Entrepreneurship. We are so blessed with great kids from great families.”
Foundation funds Pear Deck® subscription
During these extraordinary times, Chardon Schools remains grateful to non-profit Chardon Schools Foundation for continuing to fund educational grants for the district’s schools.
In addition to making available the usual fall and spring grants review sessions, this past fall, the Foundation generously offered an opportunity to the district’s educators for additional funding to cover projects supporting the unique instructional formats implemented for the 2020-21 school year.
One of the proposed opportunities that received CSF funding approval is a subscription to Pear Deck® for Chardon Middle School.
Pear Deck® is an interactive presentation tool designed to work in conjunction with Google Slides. The web-based application, which was already tried-and-true by CMS faculty as part of an earlier free trial subscription, is useful in many subject areas.
Melissa Efantis, a sixthgrade English Language Arts teacher at Chardon Middle School, recently shared how Pear Deck® has been beneficial in her classrooms.
“Labeling parts of speech doesn’t have to be boring,” said Efantis. “Pear Deck makes it come alive and allows the teacher to follow each student’s progress as they work. I am so very appreciative of the Chardon Schools Foundation grant which allows us to use Pear Deck.”
Ronald “Ron” C. Perrott, 91, of Painesville Twp., passed away, Thursday, February 11, 2021 at TriPoint Medical Center, Concord. He was born March 24, 1929 in Cleveland.
As a youth, Ron worked for Euclid Beach operating the flying turns and racing horses. He was an electrical worker belonging to the IBEW #38 for 65 years. Ron was devoted to his family and enjoyed frequent family gatherings. Golfing was his passion as he played in two leagues. In addition, he enjoyed collecting works of art and supporting animal rescue organizations.
Survivors include his daughter, Robin (Greg) Laukhuf; grandchildren, Shawn (Ashley) Ryan and Jon Laukhuf and great granddaughters, Nora and Eliza Ryan.
Preceding him in death are his wife, Beverly Perrott; father, Nicholas Perrott and mother, Wanda Erickson.
The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 8466 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH 44060. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at the funeral home. Burial to take place in Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, following the service.
Masks are required and social distancing must be observed during all publicly attended events.
In lieu of flowers contributions in honor of Ron may be made to Lake Humane Society 7564-E Tyler Boulevard, Mentor, Ohio 44060 or to the Salvation Army, 69 Pearl Street, Painesville, OH 44077.
Please offer condolences at www.brunners.com.
The Monsters battled Grand Rapids evenly for most of the game, but came up short on Feb. 13. Cleveland dropped both games on its opening homestand at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Rain washed out the final two practices Feb. 13 before NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500, a potential setback for the nine drivers switching cars before “The Great American Race.”
Former Cup Series champions Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. as well as front-row qualifier William Byron are among those forced into backup cars because of issues in the duels Feb. 11. Erik Jones, Chase Briscoe, Kaz Grala, Anthony Alfredo, Cole Custer and Ross Chastain also switched cars and will have to start the Feb. 14 race from the back of the 40-car field along with Keselowski, Truex and Byron.
“I think we proved as an industry last year that track time was a little overrated,” said David Wilson, head of Toyota Racing Development. “These are professional-caliber sporting organizations and the expectation is they show up to the arena, to the racetrack, prepared to race.
“Obviously, the 500 is wrapped around a lot of tradition, and we all love that and we’re grateful that we have a little bit of track time for the guys that get their hands dirty. They always like to be able to get out there on track and make sure that everything is running as it should.”
NASCAR had two practice sessions scheduled for Feb. 13, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Heavy rain soaked the track early, though, prompting officials to shift gears before the Xfinity Series opener later Feb. 13. An ARCA series race also was scheduled for the middle of the day.
The sessions would have provided two hours of seat time for drivers who have gotten little since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, a final chance for crews to finetune engines and check for fluid leaks and vibrations before NASCAR’s signature event.
“I’m fine without it,” said 2017 Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch.
Pole-sitter Alex Bowman avoided an engine swap and keep his prime starting spot. Bowman’s team thought it had an engine issue during the first of two qualifying races, but crew chief Greg Ives said Feb. 13 it turned out to be something less problematic.
One of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates wasn’t as fortunate. Byron will slide into his backup and hope for the best.
“I’m still confident in the backup car the guys brought us,” said Byron, adding that it’s the car he drove to victory lane at Daytona last August to slip into the playoffs.
NFL
JAGS, STRENGTH COACH SPLIT » The Jaguars and embattled strength coach Chris Doyle parted ways Feb. 12, a few hours after a prominent diversity group assailed the team and called the recent hiring “simply unacceptable.” Coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke said Doyle resigned and they accepted.
Golf
SPIETH LEADS » One swing put Jordan Spieth closer than ever to ending a long and mystifying slump, and served as a reminder that he still has a long road ahead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Two shots behind with three holes to play, Spieth holed out with an 8-iron from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole, the start of a stunning turnaround that sent him to a 1-under 71 and a two-shot lead going into the final round.
MLB
CABRERA TO D-BACKS » The Diamondbacks have agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year deal with veteran infielder Asdrúbal Cabrera, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.
TEBOW IN METS CAMP » Tim Tebow has been invited to big league spring training by the New York Mets, taking one of 75 spots after Major League Baseball limited spring roster sizes as a coronavirus precaution.
College basketball
VIKINGS WIN » Cleveland State bounced back from a Feb. 12 loss to beat Detroit, 71-64. The Vikings improved to 15-6 (15-3 Horizon). Torrey Patton and Alec Oglesby each scored 15 points.
PROJECTED SEEDS » Gonzaga and Baylor have played like the nation’s best teams all year.
The committee that will ultimately select the field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament sees it that way, too. The Bulldogs were the No. 1 overall seed followed by the Bears in rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.
It was part of a snapshot of the top 16 seeds with a month to go before Selection Sunday, starting with the teams that have been 1-2 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll all season and remain unbeaten.