🎸 Musician turned mental health advocate brings message to TownHall II picnic. Marc Lee Shannon, former lead guitarist for Michael Stanley & The Resonators, will speak and perform at the community event on September 11 in Kent. Shannon, who openly shares his journey with alcoholism and mental health struggles, has partnered with TownHall II as a certified peer recovery supporter. His newly formed band "My Other Brothers" will entertain attendees with original songs that reflect his core message of overcoming adversity. Shannon credits helping others with reinforcing his own sobriety and believes artists should stand for something meaningful.
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🎨 Lisa Drumm's death leaves legacy of art and business innovation. The 89-year-old artist and gallery manager died July 30 after a lifetime championing American crafts and managing Don Drumm Studios and Gallery in Akron. As a pioneering female business owner, she managed finances and grew the gallery while creating her own distinctive soft sculpture dolls with hidden stories and surprises inside. Lisa balanced teaching art, raising three daughters, and enabling her husband Don's metal sculpture career, embodying the American Craft Movement they helped establish.
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🚨 Former high school teacher charged with sexual battery of students. Chad Kendall, 36, who taught at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, turned himself in following allegations of sexual relationships with two former students aged 16-17. According to police, the incidents occurred between spring 2023 and late 2024, with the victims coming forward after learning of Kendall's previous arrest in June for a separate assault charge. School President Chris DiMauro expressed devastation that "the safety of our students may have been violated by someone in a position of trust." Kendall is no longer employed by the school as legal proceedings continue.
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