A Loving Spoonful

Darlene Conrad, a registered nurse, has come up with the idea of making a cookbook which contains recipes from the families of her elderly patients of the dishes they enjoyed when they were younger. She has titled her book, "A Loving Spoonful."

In the photos below, she is making Apricot Smacks from a recipe in her cookbook.

A Reel Good Time

Blue Light (Special)

It's been a long time.

Tall ships Nina and Pinta sail into Lorain

They're ba-ack! Mayflies invade Lake Erie Coastal Towns

Japanese Drumming

Members of Yume Daiko, Japanese for "drum dreams", a Japanese drumming group, performs a piece for a crowd outside the Avon Lake Public during their concert Wednesday night sponsored by the Friends of the Avon Lake Public Library.

strawberry stained face

Lewis Strama, 4, of Vermilion, takes a bite of a strawberry while his family and friends were hard at work picking strawberries at Krieg's Strawberry Farm on North Ridge Road in Brownhelm Township.