Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 4th of September.
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🏘️ Community
David & Janet Dix, recipients of the Great Achievement Award, will be honored alongside nearly 24 others at the 12th Celebrate Portage awards dinner in Rootstown on Sept.
24 at 5 p.m. The event highlights impactful community work, and tickets are available through Sept. 17.
🎭 Culture
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem passed away Sept.
2 at age 92, leaving a legacy with her talks at Kent State and the Civic Theatre. Her decades of speeches on equal rights influenced local discussions on feminism in Northeast Ohio.
🎓 Education
Leadership Portage County will host its Leadership Lunchbox Series at the Kent Free Library on Sept.
22, Oct. 20 and Nov. 1 + Will Duck, Dr. Tadarelle Lett and Amanda Cole will present leadership advice as attendees enjoy boxed lunch, with sessions costing $40 or $100 for all three.
Friends of Ravenna Schools are selling t-shirts to build support for a levy renewal on Nov.
3; orders are due by Sept. 6 at Sports XPress or 956 E.-Main St., and supporters can join the Sept. 26 parade at the Ravenna Balloon A-Fair to boost the district's funding efforts.
Kent State officials visited four neighborhoods on Wednesday to meet off-campus students and connect them with available university and city resources — including the police, Health Department, and Student Legal Services.
The visits ensured students felt supported as they began the academic year.
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