Holiday Lights – Near & Not so Far
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taking a tour of holiday light displays, near and not so far. The lights are on… Like many families, many Kendal residents like to do their own thing when it comes to taking in the holiday lights. This week residents will climb aboard the Kendal bus and head to some of their favorite decorated homes

Gardening: Good for Body and Soul
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of Kendal at Oberlin since its first summer in 1994. While many residents cultivate smaller gardens around their cottages, the community garden gives other residents an opportunity to dig deeper. The small annual fee comes with lots of perks, explains manager Bill Washburn. The 12 x12 plots are fenced

Oberlin College Students Study Intergenerational Programs at Kendal
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Published: January 23, 2020 Oberlin College students Mikaela de Lemos and Marika Mortimer-Lotke embarked on a 30-hour class project about the benefits of intergenerational learning. They visited Kendal at Oberlin’s Early Learning Center and interviewed both community residents and parents

Entertaining 101
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Chicken. We love to cook and often get inspiration from celebrity chef’s Instagram pages, like Ina Garten. We are usually inspired to host people after seeing a chef post a recipe on their social media accounts like an Apple Cider old fashioned or a Cauliflower gratin.“ Kendal residents have found

Travel Trends
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in transit,” Conde Nast writes. By the way, reducing air travel is “the single most effective way to address climate change” according to Kendal resident Ted Wolner, who wears many environmental hats. If an airplane is you’re only travel option, as it was for Ted when he went to Spain in 2015, you

Solar Power Advancements and Initiatives at Kendal at Oberlin
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electricity usage. Three local projects are currently underway, including one at Kendal. Solar arrays are being installed on Oberlin City Schools new PreK-5th School and the Oberlin Community Services building. The arrays, supported by the city’s Sustainable Reserve Fund, will provide about 80

Fresh Veggies
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in Berlin Heights. Pick your own peaches, and soon apple picking are pillars of this nearly 100-year-old market and new this year is Real Fruit Ice Cream, made with orchard-grown fruits – strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, peach and cherry. Kendal’s Community Gardens No surprise that Kendal is home to many

Lorain County JVS Carpentry Students Build Mud Kitchens
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JVS students Joseph Woolf, (Oberlin) and Tamarr Long, (Elyria) finish the roof on one of the mud kitchens for Kendal Early Learning Center. Lorain County JVS Carpentry students and a few tenth graders came together to build two mud kitchens for Kendal Early Learning Center in Oberlin. Jeni Hoover

Let the Summer Fun Begin!
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of places to go as the weather gets warmer. What to do when you visit Oberlin... And make an appointment to see Kendal at Oberlin while you're in town. Schedule a Visit In the past, Molly Kavanaugh frequently wrote about Kendal at Oberlin for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where she was a reporter for 16
