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Inside the September issue

Our new issue hits the streets this week and is packed with dozens of great family events for kids of all ages!

Be sure to attend the grand reopening celebration at Lost Nation Sports Park and see all the great changes they have made including new indoor turf carpet.

Mark your calendar to attend Bug Day and the Fall Harvest Fest at Lake Metroparks or get a teddy bear check-up at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

The Better in Mentor Festival arrives September 17-19 and Monarch Magic comes to the North Chagrin Reservation on September 11.

Check out open houses, activities and special deals from our advertisers. Be sure to tell them you saw them in Today's Family!

Game On!
Lost Nation Sports Park upgrades indoor turf carpet
By Deanna R. Adams • Today’s Family Writer

In 1998, when Mike Srsen and his partner, Pat Parker, opened up the Lost Nation Sports Park in Willoughby, there was nothing else like it in Northeast Ohio. There still isn’t.

Twelve years later, and despite economic downturns, the popular multi-sport, family-oriented sports complex is getting a face lift, thus increasing its reputation as one of the largest and most innovative indoor sports facilities in Ohio. And while Parker has since passed away, Srsen, as president and CEO, remains steadfast in responding to customers’ interest and needs, along with keeping up on growing trends. See full story...

“Benefit for Julia” to help Wickliffe girl with cerebral palsy
By Magdalene Pesch • Today’s Family Writer

An upcoming event at Coach's Neighborhood Tavern will benefit the Heintz family of Wickliffe, and particular six-year-old Julia Heintz, who has cerebral palsy. The Heintz family is Joe, 37; Debbie, 36; Julia, six, and Donovan, almost 8 months old. Joe is in construction and Debbie is a stay-at-home mom. See full story...

Atlas Cinemas wraps it up for birthdays
Have your child’s next birthday party at the movies. Convenient locations in Euclid & Mentor
By Carrie Bishop • Today’s Family Writer

Take one: Stay up all night baking a “Star Wars” birthday cake, stuffing an R2D2 pinata and blowing up a galaxy’s worth of balloons.

Take two: Call Atlas Cinemas and have them figure the birthday party out for you. See full story...

Fostering A Teen
Agency prepares teens who “age out” of child welfare system
By Lake County Department of Job and Family Services

The spotlight over the next couple of months is going to focus on the Lake County Department of Job and Family Services’ efforts to help children gain needed independent living skills and also look at the stories of some of the children who have “aged out” of the child welfare system when they turn eighteen years of age. This first article focuses on the efforts of this agency to help prepare children for independent living and also point out some of the issues foster children face on top of the challenges of independent living. See full story...