Any high schooler who has interest in lacrosse but goes to a school that doesn’t provide it should try the Lake lacrosse program.

More information is available online at www.lakelacrosse.com. People can also e-mail Kikel at mcrazy1@neo.rr.com.

To get to know Derrick Bailey’s motivations as Lake’s newest board of education member, one needs to understand his stake in the community. Derrick has eight children, three of whom have already graduated from Lake Schools.

He has lived in the community for 10 years and he is a business owner.

The following are the local high school men and women soccer award winners from the fall season.  The Greater Akron Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association (GASSCA) district awards and All-Star matches encompass Summit, Stark, Portage, Medina and Wayne county teams. The Stark County Soccer Coaches Association (SCSCA) awards and All-Star matches encompass Stark county teams. The Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association (OSSCA) awards include all teams in Ohio. This list represents information submitted through Jan. 1.

The loving daughter of Candy and Matt Collins, the senior is having an aspiring senior season and is getting hot at the right time. Currently according to head girls coach Bob Fritz, she is entertaining offers to attend school and bowl collegiately at Notre Dame College and Ursuline College, both located in Cleveland.

A South Main Street woman, 22, was arrested Jan. 24 for domestic violence. She is accused of assaulting her mother by pulling her hair and hitting her during an argument at their home. Deputies also found the woman had an outstanding warrant in Lakemore for underage consumption.
 

The 31.4-acre property was offered to Lake Township by Putman Properties last year at a low price, said Sommers, but after discussion and investigation, township administration wanted no part of it.
 

Lake had every reason to feel like the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts Tuesday night as they used an 8-0 run to open up a 13-5 first quarter lead and then opened up the floodgates with a massive 15-0 run in the second quarter to power their way to their gigantic lead and eventually overpowering a Canton South team that is well removed from their competitive days in a 63-25 triumph.

Stark County Auditor Kim R. Perez wants to remind Stark County dog owners that  2010 dog licenses will be on sale for $12 per license till Feb. 1. Ohio Revised Code Section 955.01 requires individuals to purchase an annual license for any  dog 3 months or older. Current (2009) licenses will expire on Feb. 1. New  tags can still be purchased after the deadline but the cost will increase to $24 per license.

The Lake Local Schools Board of Education held the annual organizational meeting for 2010 to conduct necessary business by the board of education. State representative Todd Snitchler administered the oath of office to newly elected board member Derrick Bailey and re-elected board members Bill Jelen and Dave Poling. Current board member Bill Jelen was elected president and David VanderKaay was elected vice president of the board for 2010. 
 

Powered by a game-turning 11-0 run in the first quarter, the hosts never shared their food again with the visitors as they held them without a field goal for the next four minutes after Logan Wartman's lay-up as the Bulldogs improved their record to 8-3 on the season and 3-1 in the Federal League with a 54-45 conquest of the Blue Streaks.

About Lonnie Freeman

• 1982 graduate of Lake High School
• Married 26 years to high school sweetheart Teresa
• Elvis Impersonator

A 33-year-old Schneiderman Road man was arrested on two counts of child endangering Jan. 14 following a traffic collision on South Main Street. Deputies said his two small children were in makeshift seats and not wearing seat belts. Both were injured in the accident and taken to Akron Children’s Hospital.
 

Rivertree Christian Church on Portage Street entertained approximately 300 Dads and their kids Thursday, Jan. 14 at the third annual Me and My Dad get together. The Rivertree Christian School sponsored the event.

Lake Local administrators and the Board of Education have decided to implement districtwide all-day every-day kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year. Reforms in Governor Ted Strickland’s  current biennium budget, passed this summer, include providing free all-day, every-day Kindergarten in  all public schools.