akronCancer awarenessAKRON: The Young Black Professionals Coalition will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Roundtable Breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, 670 Vernon Odom Blvd., Akron.The event includes a panel discussion of breast cancer survivors, victims, medical experts, family and friends.Registration also will also be available for the Relay for Life Breast Cancer Walk on Oct. 16 at the University of Akron.Tickets for the breakfast event are $30 and can be purchased at www.ybpc.info.All proceeds raised from the event will be donated to the American Cancer Society to help assist breast cancer research.For information about the event, call 330-701-8327 or 330-606-3524.Cashier arrestedAKRON: A McDonald’s cashier is accused of stealing more than $3,100 over a six-month span this year.Sara Lute, 24, of Coventry Township, was arrested this week on theft charges. She is accused of stealing $3,140 while working at a McDonald’s franchise at 2120 E. Market St. in Akron.Restaurant management contacted police in early August, telling detectives that an internal audit and store security surveillance video showed Lute was responsible for taking the money between January and July.An arrest warrant was issued Aug. 10 and Lute was taken into custody on Tuesday. She was taken to the Summit County Jail. Fugitive caughtAKRON: Akron police and the U.S. Marshals’ Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force have arrested a suspect in two armed robberies.Raeshawn Fain, 19, was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated robbery.Fain is accused of using a gun in August to rob a Bellevue Avenue resident of more than $500. Fain and several others are accused of forcing their way into a Donald Avenue home on Sept. 26 and robbing the residents at gunpoint of more than $200, police said.Fain was found in the 400 block of Noah Avenue in Akron and was arrested without incident, police said. Fundraiser dinnerAKRON: Christ is the Answer Ministries and the East South Street Neighborhood Watch will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the church, 379 E. South St.For $5, patrons will receive spaghetti, salad, roll, a drink and dessert. Meals may be eaten on site or carried out.Proceeds will benefit the ministries’ free lunch and food pantry programs.For information about the dinner, call 330-375-1623.OPEN M eventAKRON: OPEN M, a neighborhood, faith-based organization serving the underprivileged in south Akron, will host its annual Fall Fest fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at Todaro’s Party Center.This year’s theme is Fall Into Starlit Fashions and features a display of authentic movie-star fashions from the collection of Richard John of Hood & Hoover Jewelry in Stow. There will also be a luncheon and auction.Tickets are $35 and must be purchased no later than Oct. 14. Tables are available. For information about the event, call 330-434-0110 ext. 404 or email projects@openm.org.Homeless benefitAKRON: The Project Homeless Connect 5K run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. Oct. 15, starting at Summit Lake Community Center, 380 W. Crosier St.The event is a fundraiser for Project Homeless Connect, which helps homeless people in Summit County.Cost is $20 in advance or $25 on race day.Register at www.active.com or www.signmeup.com.For information, email portagelakes@yahoo.com, spierson@infolineinc.org or stahlkei@cssbh.org, or call 330-351-2525.BATH ToWnshiPFall FestivalBATH TWP.: Camp Christopher will host its ninth annual Fall Festival from noon to 4 p.m., Oct. 16 at the camp, 1930 N. Hametown Road.Families are welcome to join in games, hayrides, a hay maze, zip-line rides, music, raffle, pumpkin decorating and more.Admission is free. Activities are 50 cents each or an all-day pass for $15.For information, visit www.akroncyo.org.CAMPAIGN TRAILField levy forumSUFFIELD TWP.: The Field Local Schools Levy Committee will host a public forum at 7 tonight in the high school cafeteria, 2900 State Route 43, to discuss district finances and the levy proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot.Portage County Auditor Janet Esposito, Field Superintendent Beth Coleman, district Treasurer James Vokac, district Director of Operations Sal Arquilla, Athletic Director Matt Furino and members of the Field Board of Education will answer questions.Field is seeking a 5-mill operating levy and a 1-mill permanent improvement levy.For information, go to www.falconpride.org/.Party fundraiserCUYAHOGA FALLS: The Cuyahoga Falls Democratic Club will hold its annual spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at Gavonna’s Banquet Hall, 740 Munroe Falls Ave.Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for children under age 12. The meal includes spaghetti, Italian chicken, salad and cake.HartvilleIssue supportHARTVILLE: Village Council voted Tuesday to support the proposed eight-year, 0.5 percent sales tax to fund criminal and administrative justice in Stark County.The issue is on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.Councilman Robert Blythe voted against the resolution. He said he could not support it without knowing why Stark is the only county in Ohio without a sales tax.Council also revised the employee handbook.Councilman James Sullivan voted against the handbook. He said he objects to a provision halving vacation time for new employees. The new version eliminates the employees’ entitlement to a week of vacation after the first six months’ service.They get a week after one year. MEDINA COUNTYPhoto contestMEDINA: The Medina County Convention and Visitors Bureau is sponsoring the fifth annual Medina County Photo Contest.The deadline to submit photos is Nov. 1.Photos should highlight Medina County tourism, festivals, events, parks, recreation, farms, restaurants, hotels, art programs, conferences and local businesses.There will be competition for amateur and professional photographers. All photos could be used by the bureau to promote Medina County. Photos will be displayed during the Candlelight Walk in November at the bureau’s offices.For entry forms and information, contact the bureau at 800-860-2943 or info@visit
medinacounty.com. You can also stop by the office at 32 Public Square in Medina from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.wadsworthPlanning aheadWADSWORTH: City Council held a public hearing Monday on a new comprehensive plan for the physical, economic and social development of the city through 2025.According to a spokesman for the engineering firm of McBride, Dale and Clarion which developed the plan, the city should have enough residentially zoned land to accommodate the expected additional 5,798 people to live in the city by 2025.Planning Director Jeff Kaiser said the present plan was adopted in 1996 and a new one is overdue.According to the study, the population of Wadsworth has doubled in the past 50 years and one half of the housing in the city was constructed before 1970.The new plan also includes land in Wadsworth and Sharon Townships which in the future may be annexed by the city.As is its policy, the council did not make a decision on adopting the proposed plan. The council’s policy is not to decide on a proposal at the same meeting a public hearing is held.The city’s Planning Commission earlier recommended the council adopt the new plan.Councilman Jim Riley, council’s liaison to the Center for Older Adults, informed council members senior citizens can have their leaves raked for free on Nov. 4. To sign up for this service, visit the center at 138 High St. or by calling 330-335-1513.