Photos by Sue Cook – Seven-month-old Cory Schrader poses with the Easter Bunny for his family. He is dressed up for the occasion.
By Sue Cook, staff reporter
MEDINA – Children and their parents peeked into shop windows as part of the Golden Egg Hunt. It was one of the day’s events put on today by the Medina Business Association.
Once a participant found all 12 eggs and wrote the shop names on their entries, the forms were turned in to Apple Blossom Florist. At the end of the day, one entry was randomly selected from all the correct entries. The winner would receive a 4 ½ pound milk chocolate rabbit from Della’s Chocolates.
Susan Fuller, owner of Della’s, was happy to donate the chocolate bunny. “For the last three years we’ve been a part of this,” she said. “I was asked to donate the prize, but I had already planned on it anyway.”
Three-year-old Owen Sargent found an egg in the window of Gramma Hawley’s Dream, one of the 12 participants. The other eleven include Della’s Chocolates, a lily and a sparrow, Creekside Floral, A Kut Above, Case-Nic Cookies, The English Rose Tea Shoppe, Ashlee’s Place, Shirt Factory Cafe, Apple Blossom Florist, ellen j. goods and The Book Shoppe.
“We go with stores that have windows decorated that will be nice to look into,” said Cindy Robinson, MBA president. “They’re asked to hide it where kids can see it.”
Businesses saw a significant increase in the number of participants from last year, she said.
“It’s something fun for kids and families. You see whole families out there. Moms, dads and grandparents all participate. It’s cute,” Robinson said. “You don’t even have to go into the stores. This event is for the kids and the memories.”
Georgia Thomas was assisting in The English Rose Tea Shoppe during the Hattie Standish Contest. Her hat is a vintage bonnet from 1962.
Robinson’s business, The English Rose Tea Shoppe, had its own contest as well. This was the store’s second year holding an Easter bonnet contest. The contest is called the Hattie Standish Bonnet Contest.
Robinson got the idea when she opened the Memories of Medina calendar. November was a photograph of a hat shop owned by Hattie Standish in 1917 in the same location that the Tea Shoppe is today.
The Easter Bunny was available for photo ops at Rotary Park. Children were welcome to sit on his lap and let their parents take pictures.
“It was fun visiting Medina,” said the Easter Bunny. “It was great seeing all the kids, big and small, enjoying Easter memories and still believing in the Easter Bunny.”
Nine-year-old Madison Morgott posed with the Easter Bunny. After the photos, he gave her and her friends candy as an early Easter gift.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 April 2014 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers – Medina Mayor Andrew Meier sees a dissolution of the village and the consolidation of the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway as the best chance to significantly reduce the community’s taxes, which are currently the highest in the Finger Lakes region. He was joined at the press conference today by Don Colquhoun, chairman of the Medina Dissolution Committee (center), and Nathan Pace, chairman of One Medina.
“Unless we unify and fix our tax problem once and for all we will miss the boat. This is our one bite at the apple, at meaningful reform perhaps in our entire generation.” – Medina Mayor Andrew Meier
MEDINA – The Medina community has so much potential with the renaissance in its business district, a rich heritage, architecture and close proximity to the STAMP manufacturing site in the town of Alabama, said Mayor Andrew Meier.
However, all of that potential is threatened by a combined tax rate that is the highest in the Finger Lakes region, Meier said today during a press conference at City Hall.
Meier has been leading the push to dissolve the village government. It would effectively put him out of a job as an elected official. But Meier sees removing the village government as a critical first step in reducing that tax burden that drives out investment and oppresses many senior citizens, families and businesses.
“We have many seniors and families in this community that struggle to get by and we owe them our best efforts in putting together a solid plan,” Meier said about the village dissolution.
He is part of a Dissolution Committee that today voted to support a plan that would cut village taxes by 25 to 34 percent, and raise them 46 percent for Ridgeway residents outside the village and 10 percent for Shelby residents outside the village.
The dissolution would cut about $6 off that combined tax rate for village residents who are currently the highest taxed in the region.
“Unless we unify and fix our tax problem once and for all we will miss the boat,” Meier said. “This is our one bite at the apple, at meaningful reform perhaps in our entire generation. It’s why we forged ahead today.”
Meier addresses the media after the Dissolution Plan was accepted by a committee this morning.
Meier is part of a new “One Medina” effort that is led by local attorney Nathan Pace. He was chairman of a committee that studied the benefits of consolidating the two towns and the village into one entity in 2010 and 2011. That committee recommended the dissolution of the village followed by the merger of the two towns.
“If Medina decides to dissolve we have to make some hard decisions,” Pace told reporters today. “Sometimes when you’re faced with difficult decisions you have an opportunity to do something good.”
He is chairman of the One Medina effort and welcomes Ridgeway and Shelby officials to join the effort. They can follow the dissolution plan from the committee or weigh in with ideas to make it better.
The Dissolution Committee will have a public meeting on 7 p.m. on May 6 to take questions from the public. (The location hasn’t been determined yet.)
The Committee may tweak the plan depending on the public comments. The Village Board will then get the plan and may hold hearings and could make changes. Village residents could vote on the issue in a public referendum this year, Meier said.
The Dissolution Committee and Village Board are eyeing Jan. 1, 2017 for the dissolution to take effect. That gives the towns at least two years to prepare for the dissolution of the village.
‘One Medina’ is a grassroots group led by attorney Nathan Pace. He said the group will likely soon have meetings and welcomes input from Ridgeway and Shelby officials.
“We have to step forward,” Pace said. “With ‘One Medina,’ the intent is to pull together the good people of Ridgeway, Shelby and the village and sit down at the table and solve this problem together. If the village is going to dissolve, we need a plan.”
Pace said Medina isn’t going away with a dissolution. The community will continue to have the same Medina zip code, school district and post office.
“If the village of Medina dissolves and the town of Ridgeway and town of Shelby do not do something unifying us together then we have missed history,” Pace said. “We really will miss the boat. There is so much to gain by sitting down and working out something together.”
The Dissolution Committee wanted to preserve existing services and village jobs, said Don Colquhoun, the committee chairman.
“We were concerned about what would happen to people,” he said. “We built a plan where everyone would be accommodated.”
Meier and ‘One Medina’ want to see the two towns consolidate. If that happens the reduced operating costs and state incentives for a merger should offset the increased taxes from the village dissolution for residents outside the village, Meier said.
He urged residents in the towns and village to study the facts in the issue and voice their concerns.
“This is an opportunity to take our community and our government to the next level,” Meier said at the press conference. “It will involve engagement from the public.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 April 2014 at 12:00 am
MEDINA – About a dozen reporters from television and newspapers attended a press conference this afternoon at City Hall about Medina’s village dissolution.
Orleans Hub had the first story about the tax impact from the proposed dissolution. We’ll have more soon on a push to create “One Medina” from Mayor Andrew Meier (left), Dissolution Chairman Don Colquhoun (back right), and One Medina Chairman Nathan Pace (at podium). They favor dissolving the village and then merging the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway, reducing three municipalities into one.
The effort is drawing interest in the region from Buffalo and Rochester media outlets.
A demolition crew is pictured around noon today at the former Pizza Hut in Medina. The building will be torn down to make room for a new women’s healthcare site on Maple Ridge Road.
United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia will operate the healthcare site out of a new 4,300-square-foot building. UMMC will be the tenant at the site with developer Chad La Civita of Buffalo the owner of the building. The new facility will be next to McDonalds.
The new building will be close to the eastern side of the property. Pizza Hut sits in the middle of the property.
Courtesy of smartDESIGN architecture PLLC – Once the Pizza Hut building is down, a new 4,300-square-foot healthcare site will be built on Maple Ridge Road.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 April 2014 at 12:00 am
MEDINA – As a plan for dissolving the village of Medina nears completion, a new “One Medina” movement is set to launch.
“One Medina” will be led by attorney Nathan Pace. He was chairman of the Medina-Ridgeway-Shelby Study Committee in 2010 and 2011. The group recommended the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway merge and the village dissolve to become one government.
That Pace-led committee saw a 30 percent reduction in taxes for the three governments if they became one entity.
The current village dissolution plan forecast about $1 million in reduction of the local tax burden by dissolving the village and passing its services to the two towns and local development corporations. Those numbers will be presented in more detail on Thursday.
Pace and Medina Mayor Andrew Meier see more savings if the two towns pursue a merger if the village dissolves. That would reduce the cost for delivering government services and also attract state incentives. Both would reduce a tax burden that is a disincentive to attracting residents, businesses and investment, Meier said.
The committee working on a dissolution plan for the village of Medina expects to have numbers on Thursday that will show the impact on taxes for people who live in the village and those who are outside in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway.
That data will be discussed during an 8 a.m. meeting at City Hall. The dissolution plan is expected to be voted on by the committee. It will then go to the Village Board. Ultimately, for the dissolution to take effect it will need approval from village residents in a public vote.
Meier will hold a press conference Thursday at 12:30 p.m. He will be joined at City Hall by Pace and Don Colquhoun, chairman of the dissolution committee.
Officials from the two towns have Facebook pages and also a web site about the village dissolution. They call their web site, 2towns4thepeople.com.
Photo courtesy of Chris Busch – Newly inducted 2014 members of the Medina High School Arista Chapter of the National Honor Society stand with outgoing senior members Thursday evening following induction ceremonies in the Frederick E. Snyder Auditorium at MHS. The society welcomed 34 new members.
By Chris Busch
MEDINA – The Medina High School Arista Chapter of the National Honor Society held their annual ceremony for the induction of new members Thursday evening. The ceremony was held in Frederick E. Snyder Auditorium at MHS. In all, 34 new members were inducted in front of proud family members, teachers and administration.
A keynote address was delivered by James Simon, Associate Dean of Genesee Community College for the Medina and Albion campus centers. The new Honor Society members were introduced by MHS Administrators Mark Kruzynski and Michael Cavanagh.
In the 1920’s, the Arista Club was an exclusive scholarship club at Medina High School. Members were selected based on grade point average, and formal recommendations. When Medina decided to chart its own chapter of the National Honor Society in 1964, Medina administration decided to honor the spirit and traditions of the existing club, and the Arista Chapter of the National Honor Society was born.
2014 students invited for membership include Bailey Allen, Emma Ambrose, Briana Bellan, Bryce Bellan, Madeline Bilicki, Anna Blount, Nicole Blount, Brian Bogan, Julia Brien, Austin Brown, Samuel Busch, Victoria Carter, Matthew Cochrane, Laura Dunham, Aaron Feltz, Jason Hellwig, Adam Hoot, Christopher Keller, Jenna Kickbush, Chantelle Kidney, Rubi Luna Mondragon, Alexandra Markle, Amanda McCauley, Krista Nellist, Alexander O’Keefe, Austin Owens, Maxwell Owens, Nathan Pace, Jacob Roeseler, Brittany Schultz, Samuel Simms, Regan Stacey, Tessa White and Addison Zavitz.
Medina High School National Honor Society faculty advisor is Mrs. Karen Jones.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 April 2014 at 12:00 am
ORG making video to highlight Medina Waterfalls
Photos by Tom Rivers
This photo was taken on Sunday evening. I was standing in the water at the Oak Orchard Creek, not too far from shore. I was determined to get an unobstructed view of the falls. There are a lot of trees and branches that get in the way on land.
MEDINA – I was back at the Medina Waterfalls on Sunday evening, this time with Michael Gaughn and Kelsie Withey, who are making a video of the site. They are working for the Orleans Renaissance Group to highlight some of the unknown treasures in Medina.
Gaughn knows I like the waterfalls and think it’s an outrage that such a glorious asset is largely underutilized. The falls are right off the canal near the Horan Road bridge.
Mike Gaughn and Kelsie Withey ventured to the Medina Waterfalls on Sunday, making a video about the hidden treasures in the community.
The waterfalls are very difficult to get to by foot. It’s a treacherous journey, meandering past fallen trees, walking through thick brush and sinking in mud. The embankment can be steep at times and you could easily slide down and end up in the Oak Orchard Creek.
The Oak Orchard Creek runs along the canal towpath leading to the Medina Waterfalls.
I’d like to see a ladder off the towpath so people could get down to the falls without it being so difficult and risky. There should also be some hand railings to grab onto by the embankments.
I’d like the officials from the village of Medina, town of Ridgeway and Orleans County to work with the State Canal Corp. to make this site much more accessible to the public.
There could be a pedestrian bridge across the creek, a walking trail, and maybe an elevated platform by the towpath so people could view the falls without descending into the brush.
Here is the view of the top of the waterfalls after the Oak Orchard Creek passes under the Erie Canal.
I walked near the crest of the waterfalls for the first time on Sunday. These waterfalls are loud and fill the air with mist. They could be a big draw if they are more accessible.
I was only a few feet away from the top of the falls.
Gaughn and Withey are working on videos for the Bent’s Opera House and other hidden treasures in the community. Gaughn thinks the Oak Orchard River in this spot resembled many of the streams that are attractions in the Adirondack Mountains.
Withey captures footago of the Oak Orchard Creek and the Medina Waterfalls.
The Waterfalls turned the Oak Orchard Creek into a bubbling, suddsy stream. You can see the spire from St. Mary’s Catholic Church when you’re down in the gorge.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 April 2014 at 12:00 am
Editorial
Photo by Tom Rivers – Brunner International is expanding in Medina, adding a 48,000-square-foot building and 35 more employees.
MEDINA – A Canadian company is investing $10 million in Medina as part of an expansion that will add 35 jobs and retain 363 current positions at Brunner International.
The news is a big win for the community and the Orleans Economic Development Agency, which worked with many local, state and federal agencies to facilitate the project.
The EDA’s involvement demonstrates the agency and its staff of three employees can pull off a big project. It should inspire confidence in other companies looking to invest in Orleans that our economic development agency is up for the task.
The EDA worked with the town of Ridgeway and Orleans County to gain site plan approvals. The agency also is working with the Army Corps of Engineers to relocate a wetland. The company with help from the EDA was able to secure a low-cost hydropower allocation form the New York Power Authority as well as $750,000 in state economic development incentives.
There were a lot of moving parts and the Orleans EDA worked for many months to line up incentives and approvals to make the project a reality. Brunner was also considering Kentucky for the project.
Brunner will build a 48,000 square foot addition at a time when Worthington Cylinders is closing down in Medina, laying off 150 workers. Worthington is shifting production from the former Bernz-O-Matic facility to a site in Wisconsin.
That is a difficult loss for the community. Brunner provides an opportunity for some of those workers to find new jobs. Jim Whipple, the EDA chief executive officer, also believes the Bernz-O-Matic site will be desirable for another business. The building has been well-maintained, has railroad access and could be eligible for low-cost hydropower.
The county was hit with a major job loss last year when Chase shut down its Albion call center, laying off 413 people. Claims Recovery Financial Services has been in major growth mode and moved into the Chase site earlier this year. About 600 people work at the site. CRFS helped to soften the blow from Chase’s exit.
CRFS was working out of a neighboring site in Albion and also a building at the Olde Pickle Factory in Medina. Those sites are now being marketed to other companies, Whipple said.
He sees some other positives in the county. A Canadian firm is turning a vacant warehouse on McKinistry Street in Albion into an electronics recycling operation. BoMET Holding Inc. plans to hire 30 people at the Albion site.
The Wegman Group also is working to develop The Cottages at Troutburg in Kendall at a former Salvation Army camp. Those seasonal homes will boost the tax base for the community and the new residents will provide customers for businesses in the Kendall area.
The Cottages, BoMET, CRFS and Brunner all received some assistance from the EDA, and the agency showed it was up for the job to persuading the companies to invest in Orleans.
Photos by Sue Cook – The Clothing Depot Board (from left) consists of Sharon Breckinridge, Donna Barnum, Alice Zacher, and Sue Metzo. Breckinridge is the sorting room manager. Barnum is the clothing store manager. Zacher is responsible for seasonal and household items. Metzo does finances among many other tasks. Each woman and many of the volunteers are members of different area churches, which work together for the sake of the community, regardless of denomination.
By Sue Cook, staff reporter
MEDINA – For more than four decades a group of Medina churches having been running The Clothing Depot, an effort that has helped connect Christians and also provide low-cost clothing to the community.
“I think of it as just recycling God’s world,” said Barb Hancock, a volunteer for 24 years. “We do a prayer before we start. It’s an inspiration and we have great friendships here. It’s really nice working with other Christians. It’s also a good place to come and find things.”
In 1968, the State Department of Education reached out to school superintendents asking them to provide opportunities for equal education to less fortunate students.
A group called the Task Force was formed and in the fall joined with a local Baptist organization of women who were making pajamas for children that had none. The program evolved to helping adults as well and began to incorporate more of the area’s churches.
In 1970, the Medina Area Association of Churches (MAAC) was formed from the groups that had combined and took over operation of The Clothing Depot, which was already established in the community. After moving the location multiple times with the need for more space, The MAAC Clothing Depot moved into the Calvary Church, the former Medina High School. MAAC includes 16 area churches, and welcomes more churches to participate and extend their community outreach.
Debbie Goodwin, front, and Jade Kenyon browse the racks looking for more items to add to their already-full arms.
“All of this is volunteer,” said Sharon Breckinridge. The depot currently has 37 volunteers who give between two and 14 hours a week individually.
“I like to be around the ladies who work here. It’s a good way to keep myself busy since I retired,” said volunteer Rhea Martin.
“It helps the community and makes us all feel good,” said Jerry Brace, a volunteer who also works in the back sorting clothing. “It’s an opportunity that older people can do to serve.”
The depot sells clothing for very low prices. Shirts and pants are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. The depot also has a half-price day on the fourth Monday of each month. Items such as coats, evening gowns and suits are priced up to $5. Even wedding gowns are available starting at $15. Sometimes customers convert the wedding gowns into communion and baptismal dresses for children. One of their biggest demographics is thrifty mothers replacing items as their children grow out of them.
Anything that is not used doesn’t get thrown away. “We don’t throw much of anything away, unless it’s really, really junk,” stressed Alice Zacher.
The items that are not purchased in the depot are recycled in some form. Clothing is given to St. Pauly Textile near Rochester. The depot also gives blankets to local vet clinics. The really worn clothing is given as rags to a local professional that cleans stove hoods and kitchens.
Metals and electronics are taken to recycling centers. Cardboard is picked up by the Arc of Orleans. Some clothing is also set aside specifically for the Lions Club when it holds its October scarecrow-making contest.
Volunteers sort through the items that get brought to the door or are dropped in the off-hours chute. The make sure that zippers work, the buttons are all attached and that there are no rips or stains. When garage sale season is over, the area near the chute is filled.
“We call that job security,” joked Zacher. “It’s a labor of love. Plain and simple.”
While some who come in need the inexpensive clothing to fulfill a need, sometimes customers come in for items to use in crafts. One customer comes in regularly for silverware to turn it into jewelry items. Rose Schelegel, pictured here with Robert Allard, buys shirts and turns them into aprons.
The depot sells nearly anything clothing or household, except furniture. Besides clothing, there are shoes, games, toys, linens, small electronics and household appliances, jewelry and more. There is even a special section for seasonal decorative items.
The depot is also a huge success in its ability to give back to the community. The MAAC Clothing Depot has donated approximately $35,000 in the last year to various organizations. Twice a year a donation is made to Orleans Community Action.
Hospice, the local food pantries and Habitat for Humanity also receive monetary donations from MAAC, though the list is significantly more extensive, including dozens of other organizations. MAAC even provides scholarships to a select number of students each year in the amount of $500.
“That’s really impressive when you consider we’re only open eight hours a week,” commented Sue Metzo, “and more so when you consider our prices. It’s so thrilling what we do.” She says that prices stay low and gift donations are generous because of the volunteers.
MAAC is also responsible for the Medina Clergy Fellowship, the MAAC Christmas Program and the Medina Area Christian Theater ministries, as well as several outreach programs such as vacation bible school, Lenten luncheons, pastoral counseling and more.
The Clothing Depot is open the public. The building is located at 324 Catherine St. in Medina. The entrance for The MAAC Clothing Depot is in back. The hours are Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, and Tuesday evenings from 5 to 7. To volunteer at the MAAC Clothing Depot, call Joanne Arnett at (585) 798-1224. The depot also accepts donated items.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 3 April 2014 at 12:00 am
MEDINA – After debating how to facilitate downtown wineries and breweries in recent months, the Village Planning Board has crafted language that would welcome those businesses, as well as distilleries, cideries and meaderies.
The village has been approached about wineries and breweries in the downtown. They currently aren’t prohibited, but the village code doesn’t say they are an allowed use in the Downtown Historic District, either.
The Planning Board is recommending they be allowed, although the owner of the businesses will need to secure a Special Use Permit. That will give the village more say in the operations.
The Planning Board also wants to see the businesses in the General Business District as well as the Light Industrial and Industrial Zones.
The Village Board will have the final say on the zoning change. The board will need to have a public hearing if the zoning is tweaked.
“More than one potential business has already expressed an interest in Medina as a location for a winery or brewery,” said Chris Busch, the Planning Board chairman. “More are expected to follow. With the recent expansion of the Niagara Wine Trail to the Rochester region, Medina is now situated in the middle of the trail and is seeking to take advantage of their new position.”
Busch said wineries, breweries and related businesses have been very successful in many parts of New York State, breathing new life into old buildings and helping to revive economies.
If the businesses get started in Medina, Busch said brewers may want locally grown hops which would be a boost to local agriculture.
In other action on Tuesday, the Planning Board:
Approved a Certificate of Appropriateness in the Downtown Historic District for renovations to the façade at 112-114 East Center Street. Kathy Blackburn is changing the storefront façades to their original nineteenth century appearance. The storefronts will have new awnings, fresh paint and new signs. An old-fashioned ice cream parlor is planned for the location.
Gave a courtesy review of a sign to be located at the new Medina Memorial Hospital helipad on Ohio Street in the village. No action was taken as none was required. The board said it appreciated the opportunity to see the sign prior to construction.
MEDINA – Isabelle Perez stands next to a huge snowman she made with her family on Pearl Street in Medina on Sunday.
The Perez and Moriarty family didn’t intend to build a monster snowman, said Isabelle’s mother Ryin Moriarty. But Isabelle kept saying, “make it bigger, make it bigger,” and the family obliged her request.
“Let me introduce ‘Big,’ the 7-foot monster that is in our backyard!!” Moriarty said in an email. The warmer temperatures have taken a toll on Big, who has been melting since Sunday.
With today’s high near 60, Big may turn into the incredible shrinking snowman.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 30 March 2014 at 12:00 am
Medina cemetery is blanketed with broken branches
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – I was out for a little jog in Medina on Saturday and took a trek around Boxwood Cemetery several hours before the latest snowstorm.
The winter hit the cemetery hard. There are plenty of fallen tree limbs to dodge.
The punishing winter hurt a lot of the trees in the grand cemetery, which is located on North Gravel Road (Route 63).
There are large limbs down all over the cemetery. Village officials have recently revitalized the Boxwood Cemetery Commission to work on sprucing up the cemetery.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 March 2014 at 12:00 am
MEDINA – A committee preparing a dissolution plan for the village of Medina has moved back its next meeting by a week. The Medina Dissolution Committee will next meet at 8 a.m. on April 10 at City Hall on Main Street.
One of the committee members couldn’t be at the April 3 meeting, so it was pushed back a week, said Don Colquhoun, the committee chairman.
The committee expects to have data soon on how a village dissolution would affect tax rates for property in the village and also outside the village in the towns of Ridgeway and Shelby.
The consultants on the dissolution plan, the Center for Governmental Research, said the Medina community would see $1 million in local tax savings through a dissolution of the village with about $350,000 in reduced operational costs and $650,000 in additional state aid.
The $350,000 in savings represent about 3.2 percent of the combined $11 million budgets for the village and the two towns. The impact could have been greater, but a dissolution committee wants to preserve services and staff at existing levels.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 March 2014 at 12:00 am
Update : Bella was reunited with the Zeiner family this morning.
Provided photo
MEDINA – Three weeks ago Bethany Zeiner got a 2-year-old Pomeranian for her daughter’s birthday. The dog slipped through a fence on Walsh Alley today.
Zeiner welcomes the public’s help in finding the dog, which weighs about 12 pounds. The dog is named Bella. It has tags and was registered in Ridgeway.
For more information, contact Zeiner at 585-284-9992.
MEDINA – The school district has closed the swimming pool at Clifford Wise Intermediate/Middle School until further notice. The locker rooms are being renovated. The pool will reopen when the project is complete.
