Duct Taping Principals, Holiday Shopping & Unemployment: A Week In Review

1. Who didn't want to mess with their principal as a kid?

Well, the students at got to live the dream and raise money for the United Way of Lake County.

For each dollar they donated, they got a strip of duct tape that they used to tape Principal Stephen Heller to the wall.

Words don't do this spectacle justice. .

2. A bit of good news: The unemployment rate in Mentor .

It's down to 5.3 percent. By comparison, the city's unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in September and 6.4 percent in August.

3. Black Friday shopping got an early start.

I mean early.

Thousands of shoppers descended upon Great Lakes Mall at midnight. .

4. Thanksgiving is about more than turkey and the Packers.

seniors showed their gratitude by volunteering at different charities and nonprofit organizations around the region.

See photos of the .

5. Finally, Pet Pause Columnist Sandra Klepach talks about .