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A Christmas gift? A good bicycle helmet doesn't have to come with a big price tag. The Mentor Police Department offers name-brand helmets for just $13 each, helping make bicycle safety more affordable for local families.

Available in five sizes, ranging from toddler to adult extra-large, the helmets are offered through a longstanding program in cooperation with the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Coalition and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.

Ordering is straightforward, but you'll need to mail in a form.

Residents can download and print the bicycle helmet order form from the city's website. After measuring the rider's head and selecting the appropriate size, mail the completed form with a check or money order payable to CITY OF MENTOR to:

Crime Prevention
Mentor Police Department
8500 Civic Center Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060

Orders normally take about two weeks. The department will contact buyers to arrange a helmet fitting and pickup, available by appointment Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

One detail worth knowing: Helmet colors and graphics are assigned randomly, and helmets cannot be returned or exchanged. Getting the right size before ordering matters.

Questions? Contact Mentor Police Crime Prevention at 440-974-5760.

➡️ Before you order, check out our complete helmet-size chart, helpful fitting tips, and another free bicycle service available through Mentor Police. Read the full guide on our website.

All workers evacuated safely; shutdown raises questions about local jobs and winter road-salt supplies.

Morton Salt has stopped mining at its Fairport Harbor facility after a significant amount of water entered the underground mine, shutting down one of Lake County's important industrial operations.

The company discovered the water intrusion Thursday, October 22, and immediately evacuated miners, stopped underground operations and notified regulators. All workers were evacuated safely, with no injuries reported.

Morton announced the shutdown Monday, October 26. Independent experts and regulatory authorities are investigating the incident, and aboveground operations will be severely limited.

What about winter road salt?

The Fairport Harbor mine supplies rock salt to six Ohio counties, including Lake County.

According to FOX 8, the Ohio Department of Transportation reports having approximately 624,000 tons of road salt in storage statewide, representing 73% of its capacity. ODOT says it remains confident in its winter preparations while evaluating the shutdown's potential effects.

That does not necessarily reflect the supplies held by individual cities.

Meanwhile, News 5 Cleveland reports that Painesville plans additional water testing strictly as a precaution. No drinking-water contamination has been reported.

Morton has also declared a force majeure event affecting customers and vendors.

What happens next?

The cause of the water intrusion, the shutdown's duration and any effects on employees remain unknown. Morton has not announced a permanent closure.

➡️ Our full report explains the federal safety investigation, the six counties served by the mine and what the state's salt inventory means for local roads.

Residents are invited to the second Mentor Marsh Master Plan public meeting tonight, Wednesday, October 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Springbrook Gardenhouse, 6776 Heisley Road.

The project team will explain how community feedback is shaping plans for the marsh’s restoration, preservation, accessibility, infrastructure and visitor experience. The meeting is free, open to the public and requires no registration.

Learn more from the City of Mentor.

Glare, small text and direct airflow can make screen time uncomfortable. A few observations can help you adjust your setup—and recognize when to seek care.

By late afternoon, you’re leaning toward your laptop, enlarging a spreadsheet and rubbing your eyes. Before buying another screen accessory, check the conditions around the device you already use.

Start with reflections. A window or overhead light shining across your monitor can make viewing uncomfortable. Adjusting a shade, moving a lamp or changing the screen’s angle may help. Set brightness so the display isn’t glaring against a dim room.

Next, check the text. Can you read it comfortably without leaning forward? For a desktop monitor, start roughly an arm’s length away, with the screen positioned so your gaze angles slightly downward. Adjust the text size for comfortable reading.

Give your eyes opportunities to look farther away. The American Optometric Association recommends the 20-20-20 habit: every 20 minutes, look about 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. Remember to blink fully, too.

Notice airflow from a fan, heating vent or air conditioner. Redirecting it away from your face may help with dryness. If you wear contacts, note whether discomfort occurs during lens wear.

Try one change and jot down what happens during an ordinary task. For example: “I enlarged the spreadsheet text and stopped leaning forward.” Note whether discomfort continues after you leave the screen. That gives an eye-care professional something more useful than “My eyes feel tired.”

These observations can help you describe a problem; they cannot diagnose it. Arrange an eye-care appointment if discomfort keeps returning, affects daily activities or includes persistent blurred vision.

Sudden vision loss, new flashes or many new floaters, a curtain-like shadow, or severe eye pain need immediate medical evaluation.

Contact-lens wearers should remove their lenses and call an eye doctor immediately for unusual redness or irritation, pain, light sensitivity, sudden blurred vision, or unusual watering or discharge.

Start with one screen and one practical adjustment.

➡️ Find what’s making your screen harder to use with our seven-point worksheet—plus a simple symptom log and questions to bring to your next eye-care appointment.

Lake Catholic is one victory away from a district championship after dominating Woodridge 3–0 in Monday’s Division IV district semifinal.

The Cougars won 25–8, 25–10 and 25–3, improving to 20–4 with their sixth consecutive victory. Ahnna Bergant finished with 12 kills, seven digs and four aces, while Maddie Summers added six aces and five digs.

Lake Catholic now faces Jefferson Area today at 5 p.m. at Highland High School in the Division IV Northeast 3 district championship. Jefferson reached the final by surviving Ursuline in five sets.

The winner claims the district title and advances to the regional tournament.

Mentor’s postseason run also continues after the Cardinals swept Brunswick 25–19, 25–10, 25–9 Tuesday.

Mentor improved to 15–7 with its fourth straight victory, taking greater control as the match progressed and holding Brunswick to just 19 total points over the final two sets.

The 3–0 tournament win keeps the Cardinals’ season alive as they move on in the OHSAA postseason.

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