Wilson earns high pictures honors in Scholastic Art and Writing Awards — Sentinel Watch

North Ridgeville – While many college students at North Ridgeville High School have positioned within the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for 2025, one pupil, senior Alaya Wilson, has acquired an American Vision award for her {photograph} titled, Still.

This is an especially excessive honor college officers stated, as solely 5 American Vision awards are chosen for every county, robotically happening to the national-level competitors. Alaya took Photography as a sophomore at NRHS and since then, has grown her ardour right into a authentic pictures enterprise, specializing in portraiture and even taking pictures at two weddings this previous summer season.

“The passion Alaya embodies for her photography has really become the avenue for her personal and creative growth on many levels,” pictures trainer Dalia Erney stated in a press launch. “I have seen her become a shining star and I couldn’t be more excited for her. I can’t imagine a more deserving student.”

Entries are judged by panels of execs who choose Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention recipients. Gold Key winners go on to compete on the nationwide stage. More than 1,500 college students obtain nationwide awards annually. Past notable winners embrace Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, and Joyce Carol Oates.

Nearly 1,400 works had been submitted for the 2025 season with almost 600 chosen for the exhibition. North Ridgeville college students earned a complete of 4 Gold Keys, eight Silver Keys, and 13 Honorable Mentions.

Opening Reception for all present artworks is on Sunday, January 18th from 1 p.m. to three p.m. on the LCCC Stocker Center positioned at 1005 Abbe Rd N in Elyria.

American VisionAlaya Wilson – Grade 12

Gold Keys(2) Alaya Wilson – Grade 12Gianna Sanfilippo – Grade 12Katherine Young – Grade 12

Silver KeysKatherine Barnes – Grade 11Vaida Hessoun – Grade 9Edisen Hudson – Grade 9Morgan Jeffery – Grade 12(2) Gianna Sanfilippo – Grade 12Katherine Young – Grade 12Isla Yost – Grade 10

Honorable MentionsKatherine Barnes – Grade 11Noah Christian – Grade 10Vaida Hessoun – Grade 9Morgan Jeffrey – Grade 12Haydinh Pham – Grade 9Gianna Sanfilippo – Grade 12Samantha Smolik – Grade 12Payge Snyder – Grade 12(2) Alaya Wilson – Grade 12(3) Isla Yost – Grade 10

AVON

Crushing It: The Lake Erie Crushers have processed a commerce that can ship pitcher Leonardo Rodriguez to the New Jersey Jackals in trade for 2025 All-Star infielder Luis Acevedo.

Luis Acevedo is an alumnus of Webber International University the place he hit .303 with 185 hits in 170 collegiate video games. Acevedo bought his skilled begin in 2023 with the East Side Diamond Hoppers earlier than becoming a member of the New Jersey Jackals in 2024. With the Jackals he hit .321 and stole 12 bases in a 29-game stint.

Crushers officers say the mix of leadoff hitter attributes and stable infield play culminated in Acevedo making the 2025 Frontier League All-Star Game. Team supervisor Jared Lemieux provides one other infielder to the fray to associate with Davie Morgan and Jarrod Watkins. Acevedo solely performed second base with New Jersey, he additionally has expertise taking part in shortstop and third base, giving Lemieux choices as to make the most of the Crushers’ new acquisition.

The Crushers have re-signed three gamers to the 2026 roster: pitcher Michael Spinozzi, outfielder Sam Franco, and infielder Jaidan Quinn.

Michael Spinozzi has performed everything of his superior baseball profession within the state of Ohio, and in 2026 he’ll proceed that pattern. An alumnus of Miami, Ohio, and a signee out of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers within the Draft League, Spinozzi opened up his skilled profession with the Crushers in 2025 with a 4.18 ERA in 32 ⅓ innings. His season got here to an abrupt finish when he suffered an damage in early August, however he’s poised to make his return after a full offseason of restoration.

Franco is returning to Lake Erie for his third skilled season in 2026.

Quinn is rejoining the Crushers for his second skilled go-around in 2026. Quinn was signed halfway by 2025 out of Concordia University, Nebraska the place he hit 98 dwelling runs in 227 faculty video games.

The Lake Erie Crushers will open their seventeenth season at newly named ForeFront Field in Avon on Friday, May eighth, 2026 in a playoff rematch towards the Schaumburg Boomers.

Senior Moment: The Avon Senior Center offers applications and actions for anybody 55 and over and is asking of us to ensure their contact data is updated. The heart offers a large number of companies, together with health courses, lunch & learns, motion pictures and video games, well being screenings, journeys, social occasions and transportation to serve the roughly 5,000 senior adults in Avon and surrounding communities.

Having right data on file, together with start date, telephone quantity, deal with, electronic mail deal with and emergency contacts is essential for a number of causes, officers stated. Seniors keep linked with essential communications from the Senior Center comparable to upcoming applications and cancelled applications. And, offering emergency contacts helps workers contact family members or associates within the occasion of an emergency on the heart, throughout an offsite occasion or when using our transportation program.

Updates will be made on-line on the City of Avon web site or in particular person on the senior heart.

The Senior Buzz is revealed bi-monthly. If one would really like a duplicate mailed to your property, there may be an annual subscription charge of $15 per family. There is not any kind to fill out for e-newsletter subscriptions. Just cease in or mail a examine for $15, payable to City of Avon and write e-newsletter on the memo line.

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Avon Lake

Candidate’s Night: On January 8^th at 5 p.m., the Avon-Avon Lake Republican Club in Ragan Hall at 1783 Moore Road, Avon, is holding a candidate’s evening. Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague is a candidate for Ohio Secretary of State. As treasurer he serves because the chief funding officer for the state’s funding portfolios. Also talking is former Franklin County Common Pleas and U.S. Immigration Judge Coleen O’Donnell who’s now a candidate for Ohio Supreme Court Judge. The value is $5 to attend for non-members, and free for members.

Blue Envelope: The Avon Lake Police Department’s free Blue Envelope Program is designed to reinforce communication between law enforcement officials and drivers with disabilities that which may require extra lodging or consciousness throughout site visitors stops, comparable to autism, dementia, bodily disabilities, or psychological well being situations.

The Blue Envelope incorporates the motive force’s essential paperwork, together with a duplicate of the motive force’s license, proof of insurance coverage, car registration, and emergency contacts. Communication tips to help each the motive force and the police officer are written on the surface of the Blue Envelope.

Having essential paperwork organized and ready inside the Blue Envelope will make site visitors stops streamlined for all concerned, scale back nervousness, and assist law enforcement officials higher perceive and talk with the motive force.

Blue Envelopes can be found totally free on the Avon Lake Police Department positioned within the metropolis’s Safety Center at 32855 Walker Road.

Impressive Change: Impressive Creations 4 U in Avon Lake has rebranded their enterprise and adjusted its title to The Crafted Corner. The enterprise stays at its current location at 33382 Walker Rd B in Avon Lake.

Kindergarten Orientation: Avon Lake City Schools will likely be internet hosting an internet Kindergarten Information Night for the incoming Class of 2039 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, 2026. This informational assembly is for folks/guardians who’ve a baby that will likely be getting into Kindergarten within the fall of 2026. During this system, members will be taught useful details about the registration course of, constructing placements, kindergarten screening, begin dates, and different associated matters. Interested dad and mom/guardians can attend the net occasion on Thursday, January twenty ninth by accessing the following virtual meeting link.

North Ridgeville

Coffee and Conversation: The City of North Ridgeville is internet hosting a Coffee and Conversation with Mayor Kevin Corcoran at Council Chambers at City Hall on Monday, January 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Preschool Applications: The Typical Peer Preschool software at The Early Childhood Learning Community for the 2026-2027 college 12 months will open on Friday, January 9, 2026 at 9 a.m. Students should be 3 years previous and potty educated. Students will attend courses Tuesday by Friday, in both an morning or afternoon session decided by your deal with.

The complete value of preschool is $1,800. The cost plan would require a $50 greenback deposit adopted by $450 installments in September 2025, December 2026, February 2027, and $400 in April 2027.

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