2018 vol. 77, no. 47 - October 03, 2018

              October 3, 2018, West Life A3
Buck stuck in soccer net, then naps on beach
By JEFF GALLATIN
BAY VILLAGE — A wandering deer was
rescued once, then drew attention from several
people as it made its way around Bay Village
before settling in for a beachfront nap.
A Bay Village police officer initially saw
the deer at 7:35 a.m. Sept. 24, when the buck
was entangled in netting on the Cahoon Road
soccer fields. He called for the animal control
officer and service department to help free
the buck.
“It was a relatively young deer, but it was
still a decent size,” said Bay Village Patrolman
Anthony Fuchs, the officer who initially found
him. “He was thrashing around pretty good
when I saw it in the nets.”
Service Department staffers helped rescue
the agitated animal, said Donny Landers, the
operations manager for the department.
“It’s not something we see a lot of calls for,”
Landers said. “We get a call once every season
or two about some animal getting stuck in the
nets, on a fence or stuck somewhere. So we
do what we can to help it out.”
After the service workers arrived, a police
officer used his Taser to stun the buck. The
group cut him free without injuring him,
although he still had part of the net hanging
from his antlers. Once free, the deer ran into
the woods, police said.
However, at 10:39 a.m. a woman called
police and reported a deer with netting on its
antlers on the beach area behind homes in the
27000 block of Lake Road. A neighbor said
she had seen the deer swimming over from the
Huntington Beach area. Another officer checked
on the deer, but Fuchs said he heard the call.
“He sure got around that morning,” Fuchs
said.
This time police found that the deer was
calm and napping on the beach. The department
took no further calls about him.
Contact this reporter at assoceditor@westli-fenews.
com or call 440-871-5797
Photo courtesy Bay Village Police Department
Police work to free an unlucky deer
from a soccer net.
North Olmsted man arrested for dog theft
FAIRVIEW PARK — Police say they have
caught the man who stole a Lakewood woman’s
dog. But the dog remains missing.
Michael Bell, 26, of North Olmsted, is to
appear Oct. 10 in Rocky River Municipal
Court on a theft charge. Bell was arrested
Sept. 26 when he came to Rocky River
Municipal Court for another matter. Fairview
Park police issued had an arrest warrant for
Bell Sept. 19.
Brooke Ellison told police Sept. 10 she had
taken her dog, Tancy, to Reggie’s Saloon to
meet a dog groomer who was going to take
the dog home for the night before grooming
it the next day.
But the groomer could not take the dog home,
saying he had cats who would not get along
with Tancy, Ellison said. Bell offered to take
the dog home and then take it to the groomer’s,
where Ellison could pick it up. Ellison said
she agreed to this, despite not knowing Bell.
But when she went to the groomer, he said
the dog was never brought in. Ellison said.
People then told her they didn’t know where
the dog was.
Police still haven’t found out where Tancy
is, said Fairview Park police Lt. Paul Shepard.
To contact this reporter, email assoceditor@
westlifenews.com or call 440-871-5795.
Around town
BAY VILLAGE
Blessing of the Pets
Hedgehogs, bearded dragons and less-exotic
household animals and their families
are invited to the 14th annual Blessing of
the Pets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on the front
lawn of St. Raphael Church, 525 Dover
Center Road, between Lake and Detroit
roads. Individual blessings will be given to
each animal. Giveaways from Hot Diggity
Dog Pet Sitting will be distributed and a
garden statue of St. Francis, the patron saint
of animals, will be given away. The event is
free and all are welcome. Parking is behind
the church. Please note: Dogs should be on
leashes; cats and other pets should be in
carriers or cages. The event will be canceled
if it rains.
Village Project clambake
The Village Project will hold its first
“Clambake-on-the-Lake”: from 5-9 p.m.
Oct. 13 at the home of Bill and Lisa
Priemer. The menu includes one dozen
middleneck clams, a seasoned half-chicken,
sweet corn, sweet potato, coleslaw, dinner
roll, beer and wine. Tickets are $75 each
and must be ordered by Monday. They may
be purchased at https://ourvillagfeproject.
com. This is a limited event; only 100
tickets will be sold. All proceeds benefit
Village Project. For more information,
call 440-348-9401.
Great Closet Clean-Out!
The Bay Rocket Boosters will hold a
“Great Closet Clean-Out!” on Oct. 19-20 at
Bay Middle School and Bay High School.
Drive up and drop off between 3 p.m. and
7 p.m. Oct. 19, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Oct. 20. Donate clothing, any cloth items,
shoes and bags and help support Bay
Rocket Athletics. Items will be donated
to Savers, which supports Easter Seals.
All donations will be resold, reused or
recycled.
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