BARBERTON
Unclaimed funds available
BARBERTON: The clock is ticking for 93 people who were issued checks by the Barberton Municipal Court and never cashed them.
The unclaimed funds, totaling more than $6,000, come from refunds, restitution payments or judgment payments, Clerk of Court Diana Stevenson said.
Payees have until March 24 to request a replacement check. On April 1, unclaimed funds are turned over to the city.
View the list of recipients at http://www.cityofbarberton.com/clerkofcourts/unclaimedfunds.shtml or visit the court at 576 W. Park Ave.
Surnames on the list include Engelman, Williams, Magyar, West, Hagenbush, Kula, Mulig, Richardson, McGrew, Hastings, Rojas, Dickerhoff, Szuhay, Isley, Stercho, Bianco, Martin, Jennings, Wargo, Young, Eslich, Moore, Leohr, Apple, Tippel, Spencer, Daugherty, Kuster, Bolden, Deel, Paris, Francis, Dorton, Willis, Wright, Floyd, Sell, First, Butler, Quinn, Hudak and Dyer.
CANTON
ArtsinStark campaign starts
CANTON: ArtsinStark kicked off its annual fundraising campaign Thursday, saying it wants to raise $1.65 million by May 24, the Canton Repository reports.
The nonprofit group manages the Canton Cultural Center and funds arts programs throughout the county.
COPLEY TWP.
Township seeks volunteers
COPLEY TWP.: The township is looking for volunteers.
A meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 14 at township hall, 1540 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road, where participants will be matched with volunteer opportunities.
Among the available volunteer opportunities is an effort by the Copley Historical Society to recruit neighborhood ambassadors who can aid in communications with neighbors about local events.
CUYAHOGA VALLEY
Conservancy leader named
Countryside Conservancy, the area nonprofit that nurtures small-scale farming in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, has made its interim executive director its new leader.
Tracy Emrick has held the top post on an interim basis since last year.
She was named interim when founding executive director Darwin Kelsey stepped down in September. Kelsey died in December of complications from an illness.
Emrick has been operations director, core partnership manager and coordinator of the Countryside Initiative — the program that has brought farms to the Cuyahoga Valley — since joining the nonprofit in 2012.
Emrick’s “background in farming, marketing and her active membership in farm and agribusiness organizations serves this role well,” said Ernie Estep, the nonprofit’s board chairman.
HUDSON
Snowplow severs gas line
HUDSON: Four buildings near Hudson and Corporate drives were evacuated about 12:30 p.m. Friday after a snowplow driver accidentally hit and severed a natural gas line on Summa Health property.
No one was injured, but there were tense moments until the gas was turned off, said Jody Roberts, Hudson’s spokeswoman.
The evacuations included Primrose School, a day care and preschool center, the Omni building, Summa’s Health Wellness Center and Akron Children’s Hospital’s urgent care center.
People were permitted back into the buildings Friday afternoon, Roberts said. Summa’s Wellness Center and Akron Children’s remained closed because they had no heat.
Dominion East Ohio Gas employees were working to fix the gas line, but it was unclear when gas would be restored.