Portage Learning Cen-ters sponsored a family fun event Thursday for Head Start and Early Head Start families.

The event was held at the Randolph Fair-grounds and featured a “Down on the Farm” theme with games and hands-on science activ-ities led by Head Start staff.

Community partners (WIC, Job and Family Services, Portage Coun-ty Health Department, Passages, Children’s Ad-vocacy Center, Townhall II, Portage County Dis-trict Library, Help Me Grow, PMHA, Children’s Advantage and the ABLE program) were at the event to provide information and host a game for children.

The Barnyard Travel-ing Petting Zoo donated their services. Organic Valley donated coloring books and other materi-als for children, and the Portage County Farm Bureau brought their model Milking Cow, which allowed children to practice milking a cow.

Edinburg Boy Scouts

Troop 558 was on hand to assist with parking and clean up. The Spin-ning Spurs 4-H Club provided information about 4-H and activi-ties for children.

This is Head Start’s second year doing an agency-wide event on this scale. Last year, they had more than 400 Head Start parents and chil-dren attend.

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“Together Again”Flora Ann Coltman

88 of Mantua passed away Wednesday May 11, 2016 at the Cleve-land Clinic in Twinsburg. She was born on March 3, 1928 in Chesterland, Ohio to the late Julian and Margorie (Mills) Pot. Mrs. Coltman has lived most of her life in Man-tua and was a member of the Mantua Country Baptist Church. God was first in her life and had raised her children to love God, she enjoyed read-ing, gardening, but most of all she enjoyed spend-ing time with her fam-ily. Survivors include her children Diane (Kevin) Burke of Mantua, Rose

(Butch) Dale of Troy, John Coltman of Mantua, her grandchildren Char-lie, Shane, Johnny, Kyle, her great grandchildren Harmony, Nicholas and Justin. Also surviving her are her sisters Rose Thomas of Kentucky, Lilly Osbourne of Ken-tucky and Judy Lett of Florida. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John Coltman on January 7, 1998 and sister Violet Shaffer. There will be no calling hours, a memo-rial services will be at 11:00 AM Saturday May 21, 2016 at the Mantua Country Baptist Church with Pastor Murray Bay officiating. Condolences and memories of Flora Ann may be shared with the family ay www.ssc-funeralhomes.com. The family ask that in lieu of flowers, memorial dona-tions may be made in Flora Ann’s name to a memorial fund set up at Chase Bank

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Flora Ann Coltman

Zela M. Stewart, 83, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away May 14, 2016. Born in Webster County, WV, on August 27, 1932, she was one of 10 children born to Simpson and Pearl Boyd.

In 2013 Zela was pre-ceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Clayton.

She is survived by her loving family; children, Mark Stewart and Deb-bie (Robert Jones) Stew-

art; grandchildren, Gary Jones, Aaron Jones, Evan Stewart, Myra Stewart; and Lynda Hall, who we can’t thank enough, for all of her loving care and kindness.

Visitation Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Hecker Funeral Home in Uniontown, where funeral services will immediately follow at 11 a.m. with Pastor Har-old Bradley officiating. Burial at Sunset Hills Memory Gardens.

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Zeal M. Stewart

Regina Zelenak, 82, of Boynton Beach, FL passed away on May 13, 2016. Regina was a for-mer resident of Streets-boro, OH for over 50 years. In 1959, she mar-ried John Zelenak, who passed away in 2007. She enjoyed bowling, slots, cards, and week-end getaways with her girlfriends, her grand-children’s sporting events, family and her

dog Smokey Bear. She is survived by her chil-dren: Charlene M. Ziska of Boynton Beach, FL and John W. Zelenak, Sr. of Streetsboro, OH, brother Charles Fern, sister Lorraine Zuzilla, grandchildren: John W. Zelenak, Jr, Tanya Zele-nak, Zack Zelenak, Ken Mills, Jr, Travis Mills, 7 great grandchildren and cousin Paulette Elwood. She is predeceased by her daughters Laura Zelenak in 2005 and Katrina Mills in 2009.

Private graveside ser-vice will be held at Ever-green Cemetery, Streets-boro, OH.

Please visit www.Lor-neandSons.com to share condolences and sign the online register book.

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Regina Zelenak

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Ravenna. Balloon.A-Fair.trustees.and.committee.mem-bers.will.meet.Wednesday.at.Megan’s.Family.Restaurant,.266.E ..Main.St .,.Ravenna .

Dinner. is. at. 6. p .m .. and.the.meeting.starts.at.7.p .m .

The.membership.drive.has.started. with. renewal. each.year.before.August ..The.cost.to.join.is.$5.per.year ..

The.committee.is.looking.for.people.to.help.with.the.upcoming.“Soaring.to.New.Heights”.festival .

The.group.meets.on.the.third.Wednesday. of. each.month ..All. general. meet-ings.are.open.to.the.public .

For.more.information,.call.the. Balloon.A-Fair. hotline.at. 330-296-FAIR,. or. vis-it. www .ravennaballoona-fair .com.or.on.Facebook.at..Ravennaballoonafair .

Balloon a-Fair committee to meet Wednesday

The.Records.Commission.of.the.Maplewood.Career.Cen-ter.Board.of.Education.will.meet.at.6:45.p .m ..Thursday.in.the.Lee.W ..Grimsley.Board.Room.at.Maplewood,.7075.S .R ..88,.Ravenna .

The.regular.monthly.board.meeting.will.follow.at.7.p .m .

Maplewood center meetings thursday

The.Kent.Free.Library.Board.of.Trustees.will.meet.at.3:30.p .m ..Thursday.in.the.Zum-kehr.Room.of.the.library,.312.W ..Main.St .,.Kent ..

kent library board to meet thursday

Letter.carriers.out.of.the.Kent.and.Ravenna.post.of-fices.collected.a.combined.3,500. pounds. of. donated.food.items.on.Saturday .

Carriers.from.the.Ravenna.post.office.collected.2,000.pounds.while.the.Kent.post.office.collected.1,500.pounds,.said.Anne.Marie.Noble,.head.of.emergency.outreach.ser-vices.for.Family.&.Commu-nity.Services.Inc ..Noble.said.the.total.was.less.than.the.2015.drive ..

Saturday’s.food.drive.was.part.of.the.annual.Stamp.Out.Hunger.campaign.sponsored.by.the.National.Association.of.Letter.Carriers .

The.items.will.be.distrib-uted.to.the.Center.of.Hope.and. Kent. Social. Services,.respectively .

There.was.no.information.on.collections.made.at.oth-er.post.offices.in.the.county .

1.5 tons of food collected in Stamp out Hunger drive

High court sides with Ohio on debt collection

WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that a pair of Ohio law firms did not use ille-gal tactics when they sent out debt-collec-tion letters on statio-nery bearing the name of the state’s attorney general.

The justices said the use of official letterhead to collect money owed to state agencies did not violate the federal fair debt collection law.

Two women who re-ceived collection notic-es from the private firms sued, saying it was mis-leading to send notices on stationery that had the name of Attorney General Mike DeWine and his office seal.

Ohio officials argued that the firms had per-mission to use the letter-head and were acting as officers of the state.

A federal appeals court had ruled 2-1 that the letterhead was a “de-ception” that could in-appropriately influence consumers’ decisions. But the Supreme Court reversed that decision.

Writing for the high court, Justice Ruth Bad-er Ginsburg said the fact that some outside law-yers perform work for the attorney general’s office means the letters are not misleading. She noted that the Ohio at-torney general required these lawyers to use his letterhead, so they were not creating a false im-pression.

Consumer protection groups argued that us-

ing the letterhead is an unseemly way to mis-lead consumers and make it more likely they will be scared into pay-ing the debt. Ginsburg rejected this argument, saying none of the let-ters in question threat-ened anyone with civil or criminal penalties.

Michigan and 11 other states supported Ohio’s position. In a brief to the court, the states argued that a finding against Ohio would undermine the flexibility of state at-torneys general to dele-gate powers to outside lawyers.

The states said debt collection firms are not merely independent contractors — they were authorized to stand in the shoes of the Ohio at-torney general for debt-collection purposes.

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Head Start family fun held at Randolph Fairgrounds

ROBERT..J ..LuCAS/RECORD-COuRIER.Wesley Smith helps his son carter, 4, decorate a picture frame at Head Start’s family fun event at the Randolph Fairgrounds.

WKSU in Kent wins General Excellence, 7 other AP awards

Kent-based radio station WKSU-FM and its staff were honored with numerous awards Sunday during the annual Ohio Associated Press Media Editors broadcast competition in Co-lumbus.

The station, a service of Kent State University that features news, classi-cal music and National Public Radio content, won a General Excellence award for 2015 along with WCPN-FM in Cleveland.

Other staff and station awards in-cluded:

n Second place, Best Feature Report-ing, for reporter Vivian Goodman’s “School Children in Bath Produce a Seed-to-Table Garlic Feast.”

n First place, Best Broadcast Writing, for “Morning Edition” host and as-sistant news director Amanda Rabi-nowitz for “Ohio’s Racinos are Hold-ing Their Own, But the Future is a Gamble”

n Second place, Best Sportscast, to Rabinowitz and Terry Pluto for “The

Cavs Lost Two Starters but Still Have Their Star.”

n First place, Best Sports Feature, to digital editor/reporter M.L. Schul-tze for “Whipsawed from Canton to Cleveland — and Enjoying It”

n Second place, Best Documentary or Series, for “Remembering Vietnam.”

n First place, Best Coverage of a Scheduled Event, for “Brelo Trial Verdict”

n Second place, Best Continuing Cov-erage, for “Cleveland Police Consent Decree.”

Twenty-three broadcasters submit-ted 296 entries in the contest, which featured news, sports and weather re-porting as well as features, documen-taries and photography from 2015. Entries were judged by broadcast-ers from WHMI-FM, Howell, Mich., and Michigan Public Radio, Ann Ar-bor, Mich.

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative representing 1,400 newspapers and 5,000 broadcast stations in the United States.

FROM.STAFF.AND.WIRE.REPORTS

CLEVELAND.—.A.new.exhibit.focusing.on.the.link.between.rock.music.and.politics.will.open.at.the.Rock.and.Roll.Hall.of.Fame.and.Museum.in.Cleveland.pri-or. to. the.Republican.National.Convention.scheduled.for.July .

The.Louder.Than.Words:.Rock,.Power.and.Politics.exhibit.will.open.Friday ..WJW-TV.reported.the.exhibit.will.look.at.important.political.debates. in.the.nation.“through.the.lens.of.rock.music .”

Rock Hall exhibit to focus on rock’s link to politics

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Ohio’s Portman hopeful on anti-drug bill

CINCINNATI — Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator said Monday he expects the nation’s opioid abuse crisis to transcend elec-tion-year politics as Con-gress tries to work out compromise legislation on the problem.

Rob Portman toured First Step Home, which provides residential treatment and out-pa-tient programs for ad-dicted mothers. Port-man is a chief sponsor of a Senate-passed bill aimed at issues includ-ing prevention, treat-ment and law enforce-

ment help.The U.S. House just

passed a slew of bills on varied aspects of the problem, although crit-ics say the measures lack funding to get much done. President Barack Obama has pro-posed another $1.1 bil-lion for the problem.

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