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The workout itself was inspired by ones Savvy Stough enjoyed doing. "One of them is burpees, I'm sorry," Brian Bess of Trinity Fitness Mentor said. But those in attendance at The Bar Athletics in Willoughby Aug. 26 didn't seem to mind. Many were wearing #SavvyStrong T-shirts.

Students form the Willoughby-Eastlake Northern Career Institute Business Academy program gathered at the Strawberry Lane Picnic Shelter in Willoughby Hills for the first BA Business Retreat.

Two restaurants situated next to each other at the Willowick Rib Burn Off highlighted the range of the event. Off the Bone BBQ was a well-oiled traveling machine. The Mobile, Alabama-based barbecue joint has been packing up and traveling every weekend from the start of April until the week before Thanksgiving for the past five years.

Mentor Public Library is throwing a big party to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women.""Little Women" is one of the most important books in American literature, according to a news release.

The Finnish Heritage Museum in Fairport Harbor Village has created an original production for the organization's next murder mystery-themed dinner theater fundraiser.>> Photos from the Finnish Heritage Museum"

The new Sherwin-Williams store in Painesville Township is a sign of the future. The recently constructed building at 2035 Mentor Ave. is the first designed to meet the township's Main Corridor Commercial Design Guidelines.

Lake County is announcing the creation of a new volunteer guardian program. The Lake County Volunteer Guardian Program is the result of a partnership between the Lake County Probate Court and Lifeline, Inc., the county's community action agency whose mission is to respond to the needs and improve the quality of life for all residents.

Stephen Markley, author of the critically acclaimed novel "Ohio" - is coming to Lakeland Community College as part of the Lake-Geauga League of Libraries' Off-the-Page author series.Markley will speak at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the Dr. Wayne L Rodehorst Performing Arts Center on the first floor of the college's D building.

On Aug. 24, the first night of the Lake County Hope Over Heroin event, balloons were released in memorial of those who lost their lives to addiction. Scott Caraboolad said he could have been one of those balloons. Instead, he and other members of Ride4Life performed a stunt motorcycle show during the event at the Lake County Fairgrounds Aug.

Although riding bicycles is a fun activity for children in the United States, it's also turning out to be a painful one for many of those kids, according to a recent study.More than 2.2 million American children sustained bicycle-related injuries that were treated in hospital emergency rooms throughout the nation over a 10-year period.