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📰 Local News: 🎉 CityFest Takes Over Mentor This Weekend: Music, Parade, Fireworks and Family Fun

🎗️ Impaired-Driving Campaign Begins Aug. 19 as Lake County Fatal Crashes Raise Concern

🌳 Mentor Tree Commission Meets Wednesday — Here’s What It Does

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One of Mentor’s biggest community weekends of the summer arrives Friday and Saturday as Mentor CityFest returns to Civic Center Park Aug. 14–15 with two days of live entertainment, food, family activities, a parade, Color Dash and Saturday-night fireworks.

CityFest runs 5–11 p.m. Friday and noon–11 p.m. Saturday at Mentor Civic Center Park, 8600 Munson Road. Admission and parking are free. The City of Mentor says wristbands will be required for bounce houses and some activities, but no wristband is needed simply to enter the festival.

Friday offers an easy evening at CityFest. Food vendors, inflatables, carnival games and the Main Street Tent open at 5 p.m., while the Cincinnati Circus Thrill Show performs three times throughout the evening. Local singer-songwriter Diana Chittester takes the amphitheater stage at 6:30 p.m., followed by Just Like Pink, a P!NK tribute, from 8–10 p.m.

Saturday is the bigger, full-day experience. The CityFest Parade steps off from Shore Middle School at 10 a.m., two hours before the festival officially opens. This year’s America 250-themed parade ends near the Civic Amphitheater. Saturday then brings the Kids Zone, Deepwood Idol, Cincinnati Circus performances, Fest Money trivia and the CityFest Color Dash & Walk at 4 p.m.

Saturday night closes with 7 Summers, a Morgan Wallen tribute, from 8–10 p.m., followed by fireworks at 10 p.m.

Free festival parking is available at Mentor High School, Mentor Senior Center, Fire Station No. 5, Mentor Police Department and the Laketran lot on Market Street. Accessible parking for vehicles with permanent Ohio handicap placards is available at Mentor Municipal Center.

👉🏻 Planning to go? Our complete CityFest guide has the full Friday and Saturday schedules, Kids Zone attractions, Color Dash details, food options, parade information and a simple breakdown of which day may be the best fit for your family.

Sources: City of Mentor — Mentor CityFest 2026 and 2026 CityFest Parade information; Mentor Rocks 2026 concert schedule.

Lake County's annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign begins Aug. 19, with local officials pointing to concerning crash numbers as the Labor Day travel period approaches.

The Lake County Safe Communities Coalition launched its local awareness effort Aug. 8 during the Mentor Cruise-In at the Mentor Civic Center Complex.

Nearly half of Lake County's seven fatal traffic crashes reported so far in 2026 involved someone operating a vehicle under the influence, according to the coalition. Since 2024, more than 53% of the county's fatal crashes have involved an impaired driver, while 10% of all Lake County crashes during that period involved alcohol, drugs or another form of substance use.

The national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign runs Aug. 19 through Sept. 9.

For residents, the message is practical: decide how you're getting home before drinking or using any substance that could impair driving. Officials recommend choosing a sober driver or ride service and helping friends make safe arrangements rather than allowing them to drive impaired.

Anyone who sees a suspected impaired driver on the road should contact local law enforcement.

👉🏻 Why are Lake County officials putting so much emphasis on the campaign? Keep reading for a closer look at the local crash numbers, how impairment affects driving and the steps residents can take to help keep local roads safer.

Mentor’s Tree Commission will meet Wednesday, August 12, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Mentor Municipal Center, 8500 Civic Center Blvd. The meeting, held in the First Floor Conference Room, is open to the public.

The four-member commission establishes and administers Mentor’s Master Street Tree Plan. Members are appointed by City Council to four-year terms, and the commission normally meets on the second Wednesday of each month.

That work fits into Mentor’s broader approach to its public trees. The city operates a Street Tree Program that offers trees to residents at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis. City personnel install approved trees in the public right-of-way, and property owners become responsible for their care and maintenance afterward.

Mentor also has a long history with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program. In 2022, the city marked its 34th year of Tree City USA recognition and also received a Growth Award for increased tree care and community engagement.

The city’s calendar does not list specific topics for Wednesday’s meeting, so the Street Tree Program and Tree City USA history should be viewed as background — not as scheduled agenda items.

Residents with questions about the meeting or public participation can contact the Public Works Department at (440) 974-5781.

👉🏻 But Mentor’s tree program reaches beyond a monthly commission meeting. On our website, we explain how the free street-tree program works, what homeowners are responsible for, and why trees planted along the street come with some rules residents may not realize exist.

Stopping for the day and feeling restored are not always the same thing. The kind of rest that helps most may depend on what has been using your energy.

Sometimes we stop moving without actually feeling restored.

We sit down after a long day, turn on a show, scroll through a feed or catch up on messages. None of those choices is inherently a problem. They can be enjoyable, familiar and exactly what we want.

But rest is not only about stopping. It is also about recovering from the kind of demand the day placed on us.

If your body has been working hard, stillness may feel wonderful. If your mind has spent hours solving problems or making decisions, more input may leave you feeling just as mentally crowded. After a day filled with conversation, you may want quiet. After hours of screens, noise and constant stimulation, even passive entertainment can sometimes feel like more of the same.

A useful question is: What kind of energy did today use most?

Mental energy may respond well to fewer choices and less information. Physical fatigue may call for sitting down, stretching gently, a warm shower or an earlier bedtime. Social fatigue may ease with time alone or quiet company. Sensory fatigue may feel better with softer light, less noise or a few minutes away from screens.

You do not have to diagnose yourself or build a perfect recovery routine.

Instead, try the afterward test: How do you feel when the break is over?

Calmer? Clearer? Less tense? More comfortable? Then that form of rest may be helping.

Still restless, distracted or depleted? Try something different next time.

It can help to keep a short personal list of restorative options—not rules, just reliable choices.

Some evenings, television may be exactly what you need. Other nights, silence may work better.

The goal is not to rest perfectly. It is to notice what the day used—and choose something that gives a little of it back.

👉🏻 If your downtime sometimes ends with you wondering why you still feel drained, the next step may be figuring out which kind of energy needs a break. See the full article here.

The Guardians finally stumbled against Detroit on Tuesday night, falling 6-4 to the Tigers after winning the first six meetings between the AL Central rivals this season.

Cleveland still made things interesting late, but the loss allowed Detroit to move 1½ games ahead of the Guardians in the division.

Chase DeLauter continued his strong season, going 3-for-5 and launching his 13th home run. His 424-foot shot in the third inning tied the game at 1-1.

Detroit took control in the fifth. Kevin McGonigle delivered a two-run double and Gleyber Torres added an RBI single to put the Tigers ahead 4-1.

The Guardians pulled within two in the seventh when Steven Kwan scored on a José Ramírez groundout, but Detroit answered with two more runs in the bottom of the inning. One scored after Javier Báez stole third and came home when the throw got away from Ramírez.

Jo Adell added a 428-foot homer in the eighth, and Cleveland scored again in the ninth, but the comeback fell short.

Tanner Bibee took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits over 6⅓ innings.

Cleveland will try to even the series Wednesday when left-hander Foster Griffin (12-4, 3.31 ERA) faces Detroit’s Framber Valdez (7-7, 4.17 ERA).

See Highlights at espn.com

The Lake County Captains overcame a pair of early Dayton home runs Tuesday, scoring six times in the second inning on the way to an 8-4 victory over the Dragons in Eastlake.

Dayton took a 3-1 lead through the top of the second, but Lake County quickly flipped the game. Dauri Fernandez cleared the bases with a three-run triple, and Welbyn Francisca followed with a two-run homer — his 14th of the season. Luis De La Cruz added an RBI single in the inning and an RBI double in the fourth.

Francisca's homer continued a torrid stretch. He was named Midwest League Player of the Week on Monday after hitting four homers in his final three games against Lansing. De La Cruz has also started fast since joining Lake County, entering the Dayton series on a 12-game hitting streak between Lake County and Single-A Hill City.

Starter Nelson Keljo allowed three runs on four hits and four walks over four innings, striking out three. Lake County's bullpen held Dayton to one additional run.

The Captains improved to 19-22 in the second half and have won two straight. They remain five games behind Great Lakes in the Midwest League East second-half standings, making every chance to build momentum increasingly important.

The series continues Wednesday at Classic Auto Group Park with Senior Day / Ditch Work Day.

See why this two-game winning streak matters in the Midwest League East race — and which young Captains hitters are helping Lake County build momentum.

🐝 Buzz Fact: Regular exercise can improve how efficiently your body uses oxygen — which is great news, because apparently “walking to the kitchen and forgetting why you went there” does not count as endurance training.
Answer: Google

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