COPLEY TOWNSHIP
New rules for barn events
COPLEY TWP.: Rural township residents who would like to use their barns as event centers now can, but within limits.
On tax rolls, event center properties must be designated with a current agricultural use validation, have at least a 200-foot setback from a road and limit operations to 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays.
Small venues would be for fewer than 100 guests, intermediate for no more than 200 and large for no more than 300.
Township trustees Wednesday approved a zoning text amendment containing the language for the event centers. It becomes effective within 30 days of passage.
Event center social gatherings, including weddings, banquets and meetings, are not to exceed 40 per calendar year.
Planning Director Matt Springer said the agricultural designation bars large buildings being built for event centers on such properties.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Library is waiving fines
CUYAHOGA FALLS: For Customer Appreciation Week, Cuyahoga Falls Library will forgive fines for cardholders from 1 p.m. Monday through Feb. 26.
During that week only, all accumulated overdue fees will be waived, regardless of the amount. Overdue materials returned in good condition will also be removed from patron records.
“This is an opportunity for residents to reconnect with their library,” said Director Valerie Kocin.
Visit the library’s circulation desk to have the fines removed. Blocked cards will be reactivated. The offer does not include replacement costs for lost or damaged items.
For more information, visit www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/fine-forgiveness or call 330-928-2117.
Talk on female WWII pilots
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Local historian Ray Hoffman will give a free presentation Tuesday at Cuyahoga Falls Library about female pilots during World War II.
More than 1,000 women served as pilots during the war. Nearly 40 lost their lives.
The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Sutliff Room of the library at 2015 Third St. For more information, call 330-928-2117 or visit http://cuyahogafallslibrary.org.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Sign up for Girls on the Run
Registration for Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio’s spring season opens Monday.
Girls in Summit, Portage, Medina, Lorain and Cuyahoga counties are invited to enroll in the international nonprofit program that inspires girls to be healthy and confident using an experience-based curriculum on confidence building, community service and physical activity.
Enrollment is limited to 15 girls per team. Financial aid for registration costs is available.
Teams meet for 10 weeks beginning March 6, with the program culminating in a noncompetitive 5K run on May 20 at the University of Akron’s InfoCision Stadium.
For more information, visit www.gotrNEO.org.
STATE NEWS
Police wrangle animals
MANSFIELD: Police had to become urban cowboys to wrangle pigs and other animals from a home in Mansfield.
The Mansfield News Journal reported that officers were making a well-being check Friday on children in the home in response to a tip. Officer Sarah Mosier Napier said they found “deplorable” conditions, with a variety of animals.
With help from the Humane Society of Richland County, authorities removed two potbellied pigs, five snakes, a dog and a lizard. Police said mice scampered across the floors.
Authorities placed three children — ages 1, 3 and 17 — with relatives and charged three adults at the home with child endangering.
Officer Heath Underwood said wrestling a pig was a first for him.