Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Culling could begin as early as Tuesday in Morton Park
The city of Mentor received permission from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to begin culling deer Friday. And the city -- using Mentor police officers as sharpshooters -- may begin culling as soon as Tuesday in Morton Park, Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. The city has permission to cull 150 deer between now and March 31. It intends to focus its efforts on five specific properties within Mentor: Morton Park, Mentor Lagoons, Veterans Park, Black Brook Golf Course and the city-owned property around City Hall. Filipiak said the city has been awaiting approval from ODNR and is ready to begin culling the deer population in Mentor. "We have been ready to go for quite some time," he said. Filipiak added that city could receive …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
No decision is made on how to address deer population at work session
- GOVERNMENT
- Jason Lea
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The average urban area can support 10 to 15 deer per square mile, Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said during a work session with City Council Tuesday. By comparison, Mentor's fourth ward -- the ward that includes Mentor Lagoons, Civic Center Park and Mentor Headlands -- averages 33 deer per square mile, according to the results of a flyover count the city paid for in March. That count doesn't include Veterans Park, which has averaged about 120 deer per square mile during the last 10 years, Filipiak said. City Council and administration did not discuss how they planned to address Mentor's deer population. Instead, they discussed how the deer have impacted the city and agreed to discuss the issue again at a future work session. Ohio …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Mentor Public Library held a program for home-schooled children in which they learned about conservation and carbon footprints
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Jason Lea
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
The kids at Mentor Public Library's main branch had a dirty job on their hands Wednesday. They used banana peels, milk cartons, dryer lint, old shoes and other pieces of trash to make an animal. And at the tables where kids made their trash animals, librarian Barbara Vendeville left a list saying how long each piece of litter lasts. That way the craft served two purposes: it demonstrated to the kids the finite lifespan of species on this planet; and it also showed them how some of the litter they leave behind can last hundreds, thousands or even millions of years. "I want them to be aware of what they can do to secure habitats and conserve resources," Vendeville said. Kevin Kayle, of the Ohio Department of Natural Resource's Fairport …
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10:11 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
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