Around the Patch: Deer Culling, Improv Comedy & the Chautauqua's Return

1. State Sen. Tim Grendell, R-18, is one of many applicants for the vacant Geauga County Juvenile and Probate Court position, .

Grendell also ran for a state House seat, won it and then decided he didn't want it last year.

Now he has applied to replace Judge Charles Henry, who tragically died after a driver hit him with her car while he was biking.

Other applicants for Henry's seat include Geauga County Republican Chairman Ed Ryder, Chardon Mayor Philip King and Geauga County Public Defender R. Robert Umholtz, according to a Plain Dealer story.

2. Solon –  – is having trouble with deer overpopulation.

, a sharpshooting company that culled for the city in the past.

3. A group of women from Cleveland will put on a comedy act Saturday night without scripts or notes to benefit local hunger relief organizations. 

The Angry Ladies of Improv improvisational comedy troupe will perform at , in Cleveland Heights, at 8 p.m. Saturday in the benefit show 

Proceeds from the $12 tickets will go toward supporting the Heights Emergency Food Center and Trinity Lakewood Community Outreach. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and people can purchase tickets at the door or in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/180511.

4. Lakewood Patch to Lakewood next week.