No airwaves, just cameras

The News-Herald and Lakeland Community College have begun taping interviews with candidates for various offices in the Nov. 4 general election.

Candidates featured in the interviews are seeking various offices at the state and county levels. So far, various editors with The News-Herald and Jim Collins, who works both as editor emeritus at The News-Herald and as an official at Lakeland, have sat down with those running for Ohio Supreme Court, several appeals courts and Lake County Commission.

Today marked my debut as an interviewer on the broadcasts, which will be featured on the Lakeland cable access channel. I had the pleasure of co-moderating sessions first with Commissioner Ray Sines and his challenger, Willowick City Council President Judy Moran, and then Commissioner Bob Aufuldish and his challenger, Willoughby Hills Councilman Ray Somich.

We'll be interviewing for two more weeks before the broadcasts start later in the fall. Look for the schedule in the next few weeks in The News-Herald.