CAMPAIGN TRAILCandidates forumBRUNSWICK: The Brunswick Area Chamber of Commerce will host a forum for city and township candidates at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Brunswick Recreation and Fitness Center, 3637 Center Road.The event is free.Moneypenny eventAKRON: Garry Moneypenny, a Ward 10 Akron City Council candidate, will have a Browns party/fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Firehouse Grille, 1677 E. Market St.Doors open at 12:30 p.m., with the Browns’ kickoff at 1 p.m.Prizes will be given for the best-dressed Browns fans.Cost is $25 per person.For more information, call 330-733-9990.Kammer fundraiserAKRON: Donnie Kammer, a Ward 7 Akron City Council candidate, will have a Dogs & Suds fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hibernians Club, 2000 Brown St.For more information, call 330-812-6600 or 330-499-8153, Ext. 373.Judge’s fundraiserAKRON: The Committee to Re-elect Judge Annalisa Williams to Akron Municipal Court will host a fundraiser from 6 to 9 tonight at the home of Woodrow and Wanda Nash, 951 Merriman Road.Donations are $40.copley townshipParents eventCOPLEY TWP.: The Copley and Bath Township police departments will present Hidden in Plain Sight, an awareness program for parents, at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Copley Community Center, 1278 Sunset Drive.During the interactive presentation, parents will explore a display that resembles a teenager’s bedroom. Throughout the exhibit are items that suggest the teen is involved in substance abuse, underage drinking, eating disorders, sexual activity and other risky behaviors.The program is free. No children will be admitted.CUYAHOGA VALLEYVolunteers honoredThree volunteers with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park have won regional awards from the National Park Service.The Hartzog Volunteer Group Award was given to Joe and Lisa Cellura of South Euclid.Their volunteer activities include Wildlife Watchers, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Polar Express and Underground Railroad programs and bird monitoring. They also developed a roving kit for bats for the Wildlife Watchers program, complete with tactile elements to engage the visually impaired.The Hartzog Youth Volunteer Award went to Christine Sisler of Stow.She began her volunteering while in high school as an elf on the Polar Express and later got involved with the Go Crew! that engages children and their families to get involved in the park.The trio won the awards in competition with volunteers from 57 national park units in the Midwest.The awards are named after George B. Hartzog, a former head of the park service.HARTVILLENew water serviceHARTVILLE: Canton water service will be extended to major commercial areas under terms of a contract Village Council approved this week.The waterline will be extended from its current end near Lake High School north on Market Avenue to state Route 619.The line will go west along Route 619 to Kaufman Avenue and will include service to the Hartville Hardware building under construction at King Church Avenue in Lake Township.It will extend east to state Route 43, passing two large shopping centers on Route 619, also called West Maple Street.In other action Tuesday, council learned the Ohio Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss options for Route 619. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Kaufman Center, 12875 Kaufman Ave.The state is considering a modern roundabout for the intersection at King Church, Village Engineer Rob Graham said.NORTONWard 3 meetingNORTON: Ward 3 Councilman Bill Mowery will host a meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Shirley McGuire Community Center-Ballroom, 4060 Columbia Woods Drive.All residents of Ward 3’s Brentwood Estates are encouraged to attend to hear discussion of road conditions throughout the area and water-meter charges.For additional information, contact Mowery at 330-808-3150.Peace group meetsNORTON: The Barberton-Norton-Wadsworth Peace Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Grace United Church of Christ of Loyal Oak, 3285 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road. Greg Coleridge from the American Friends Service Committee will give a presentation: We Are the 99 Percent! End Corporate Rule!For additional information, call 330-336-6475 or go to www.graceuccloyaloak.org/PeaceGroup.dsp on the Internet.PORTAGE COUNTYTrail to openDEERFIELD TWP.: The Portage Park District on Saturday officially will open the 2.2-mile Berlin Lake Trail.A ceremony will be at 10 a.m. at the northern terminus of the trail off U.S. Route 224, about 1.5 miles east of the Deerfield Circle.The trail, first proposed in 2006, runs to the south to the old North Benton Station off state Route 14. It includes a 475-foot concrete bridge over the reservoir.It follows the old Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad (later the New York Central Railroad).Partners on the project include the Ohio Division of Wildlife, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Berlin Lake Association, the Ohio Department of Transportation, Deerfield Township, Deerfield resident Terrance Hohnhorst and Boy Scout Alex Landgraf.The trail of crushed limestone got a $348,280 Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant.For additional information, call 330-297-7728 or go to www.portageparkdistrict.org.REVERE SCHOOLSVoucher oppositionBATH TWP.: The Revere school board voted unanimously this week to pass a resolution that opposes House Bill 136, termed the School Choice option, as well as any legislation that would transfer public dollars to the support of private education. The resolution addressed current legislation in the Ohio House of Representatives that would expand the availability of vouchers for any public school student in the state, subject only to a family income cap of $95,000.The vouchers would be available for students already attending or wanting to attend private or parochial schools, regardless of the academic performance of the public school where the student would normally have attended.Calling this a “Robin Hood effect,” district Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer David Forrest said, “The state is not funding this initiative. It’s an unfunded mandate pushed down to the local level.”He explained that Revere receives $650 per pupil from the state.If the voucher value is set at $4,600, Revere would have to take $4,000 of locally raised revenue to pay the voucher.Revere is opposed to any program that would take dollars directly from local public schools “already financially beleaguered,” according to the resolution.“This can affect any district in the state, regardless of the performance or state report card grades,” said Superintendent Randy Boroff. “Students could leave a district like Revere, which is ‘Excellent with Distinction,’ and enroll in a school of less distinction.”SUMMIT COUNTYFinance awardAKRON: The Summit County Department of Finance and Budget has received the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada’s 2011 Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.To receive the award, the county had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. This is the ninth consecutive year the county has received the honor.wadsworthHearing setWADSWORTH: The city’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday on a proposal to build 34 apartments in four buildings on the north side of Reimer Road.The apartments would be just west of the Reimer Road Baptist Church. The hearing will be held at City Hall, 120 Maple St.