Editing Mentor, Ohio

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| leader_name        = Sean P. Blake (R)<ref>{{cite web | title=Elected Officials | url=https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/boe/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/06/Elected-Officials-6-10-24.pdf | ref={{sfnref | Anon.}} | access-date=2024-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cityofmentor.com/departments/city-council/ | title=City Council }}</ref>
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'''Mentor''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|n|t|ər}} {{respell|MEN|tər}}) is the largest city in [[Lake County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 47,450 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland metropolitan area]].

Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, [[James A. Garfield]] purchased a home in Mentor, from which he conducted the first successful [[front porch campaign]] for the presidency; the house is now maintained as the [[James A. Garfield National Historic Site]]. The city is home to [[Headlands Beach State Park]], the longest public swimming beach in Ohio.

The city is a major center of retail stores and restaurants.<ref>{{cite news |first=Betsy |last=Scott |title=Mentor now sixth-largest retail center in Ohio |url=http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20150819/mentor-now-sixth-largest-retail-center-in-ohio |work=[[The News-Herald (Ohio)|The News-Herald]] |date=August 19, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Betsy |last=Scott |title=Mentor's rank rises in food, drinking places among Ohio cities |url=http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20150807/mentors-rank-rises-in-food-drinking-places-among-ohio-cities |work=The News-Herald |date=August 7, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2015 }}</ref> Mentor Avenue ([[U.S. Route 20 in Ohio|US&nbsp;20]]) is the city's commercial corridor, which includes [[Great Lakes Mall]], and additional shopping is found along most major roads. Manufacturing in the city includes medical products, polymers, plastics, electric boards, and other peripherals that generally serve the computer and automation industries. [[Convenient Food Mart]] and medical equipment company [[Steris]] are based in Mentor. [[CSX Transportation]] and [[Norfolk Southern]] railroads both pass through the city. 

==Etymology==
Mentor is named after the Greek figure [[Mentor (Odyssey)|Mentor]], in keeping with the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] settlers' tradition, as well as that of most other Americans at the time, of celebrating aspects of Greek classicism (nearby [[Solon, Ohio|Solon]], [[Macedonia, Ohio|Macedonia]], [[Euclid, Ohio|Euclid]], and [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] also were named using that principle).<ref>[http://cityofmentor.com/live/history/ History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919203946/http://cityofmentor.com/live/history/ |date=September 19, 2010 }}. ''The City of Mentor'' website.</ref>

The pronunciation of the city's name is a [[shibboleth]], with many residents pronouncing it as "men-ner" and outsiders using the more conventional [[Mentor|"men-tore"]], while in the media and among most residents, "men-ter" is prominent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/|title=A Pronunciation Guide to places in Ohio -- E.W.Scripps School of|website=scrippsjschool.org|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725084101/http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Feran |title=If men are on lake, they aren't from here |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%2010094DBA7898DD3A%20)&p_docid=10094DBA7898DD3A&p_theme=aggregated4&p_queryname=10094DBA7898DD3A&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=P62T51NFMTE5NjI4OTE4My4xOTUzMzI6MToxMjoxOTguMzAuMjI4LjA&&p_multi=CPDB |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=February 6, 2004 |access-date=August 18, 2009 }}</ref>  The city's former slogan, "It's better in Mentor," reflects this fact.

==History==
[[File:Mentor Crash, colorized.png|thumb|left|[[20th Century Limited derailment]], 1905]]
Mentor was formally established in 1855 but founded in the late eighteenth century by Charles Parker who built the first settlement.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web
 | url =https://cityofmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/History-of-Mentor-Timeline-rev2022.pdf
 | title =1796-2022 History of Mentor Timeline
 | author =City of Mentor
 | publisher =City of Mentor
 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230402160617/https://cityofmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/History-of-Mentor-Timeline-rev2022.pdf
 | archive-date =April 2, 2023
 | access-date =November 8, 2023
}}

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This settlement was established before Ohio became the 17th state in the Union in 1803. It earned the nickname "Rose Capital of the Nation" due to the abundant [[rose]]bushes that grew throughout the city. During the time this nickname developed, Mentor's tourist industry boomed due to Clevelanders trying to escape a dirty, industrial atmosphere. Post [[World War II]], most Mentor dwellers had cars and could efficiently drive to work. This caused an increase in middle and working-class families and by 2000, about 50,000 people lived in Mentor.<ref name="ohio history central">{{cite web
 | url =http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Mentor,_Ohio
 | title =Mentor, OH
 | date =November 23, 2016
| website = Ohio History Central
 | publisher =Ohio History Connection
 | access-date =November 18, 2016
}}

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===Flag===
The "Official Flag of the City of Mentor" was designed by Brad Frost in 1988 for a contest by Mentor Headlands. The flag's appearance is similar to Ohio's flag in that they have similar shapes, a large blue triangle, and stripes. The blue triangle represents Ohio's hills while the stripes represent roads and waterways. There is a white circle, symbolizing Ohio, with a cardinal, the official bird of Ohio and Mentor, sitting in the middle. There are six stars surrounding the circle symbolizing the 6 original townships, including Mentor, surveyed in 1797.<ref name="flag">{{cite web
 | url = http://cityofmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/history-of-mentor-flag.doc
 | title =History of Mentor Flag
 | date =November 23, 2016
| website = cityofmentor.com
 | publisher =City of Mentor
 | access-date =November 23, 2016
}}

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==Geography==
[[File:Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve (10355348876).jpg|thumb|Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve]]
Mentor is a suburb of [[Cleveland]] and is located on the south shore of [[Lake Erie]]. The Mentor [[Headland]]s area of Mentor, located in the northeast portion of the city,<ref>{{GNIS|1056419|Mentor Headlands}}</ref> was settled in 1797 by [[Connecticut Land Company]] surveyors.<ref>{{cite news |first=Janet |last=Podolak |title=Largely Impenetrable Mentor Marsh is Lake County's Own Natural Wonder |url=http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/07/24/news/nh4276120.txt |work=The News-Herald |date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=July 26, 2011 }}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|28.00|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|26.65|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|1.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
The average temperature in Mentor is  49.90&nbsp;°F which is comparable to the Ohio average temperature of  50.88&nbsp;°F but lower than the national average of 54.45&nbsp;°F. The annual average for precipitation is 42.87 inches which is higher than the national and state average, Mentor averages 93.4 days with more than .1 inches of rain. This is higher than Ohio's average of 80 days. Mentor expects about 61.25 days with 1 or more inches of snow. The wind average is 18.61&nbsp;mph and humidity is 75.82%.<ref name="climate">{{cite web |url=http://www.usa.com/44060-oh-weather.htm |title=44060 Zip Code Weather |publisher=usa.com |access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 416
|1880= 540
|1890= 502
|1900= 624
|1910= 732
|1920= 851
|1930= 1589
|1940= 1827
|1950= 2383
|1960= 4354
|1970= 36912
|1980= 41903
|1990= 47358
|2000= 50278
|2010= 47159
|2020= 47450
|footnote=Sources:<ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="GR2" />
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 47,159 people, 19,166 households, and 13,339 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1769.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 20,218 housing units at an average density of {{convert|758.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 19,166 households, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.4% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 44.8 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 33.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 50,278 people, 18,797 households, and 14,229 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,878.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,301 housing units at an average density of {{convert|721.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.64% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.18% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.72% of the population. 19.8% were of [[germans|German]], 15.1% [[italians|Italian]], 13.1% [[irish people|Irish]], 8.8% [[english people|English]], 6.5% [[Polish people|Polish]], 5.5% [[slovenes|Slovene]] and 5.4% [[Americans|American]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 18,797 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $57,230, and the median income for a family was $65,322. Males had a median income of $44,021 versus $31,025 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,592. About 1.8% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Mentor has a [[Council–manager government|council-manager]] system of government.  The City Council consists of seven members, who are elected for four-year terms.  Three members are elected by the city at-large, and four members are elected from wards.  As of 2024, the members of the City Council are as follows:<ref>{{cite web | title=Elected Officials | url=https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/boe/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/06/Elected-Officials-6-10-24.pdf | ref=Lake County Board of Elections | access-date=2024-08-21}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Mentor City Council
|-
! Seat
! Name
! Party
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Council-at-Large
| Janet Dowling
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Council-at-Large
| Scott Marn
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- 
| Council-at-Large
| Ray Kirchner
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Ward 1
| Sean Blake
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
| Ward 2
| Matthew Donovan
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Ward 3
| Mark Freeman
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Ward 4
| John Krueger
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==Education==
===Mentor Public Schools===
[[File:Barack Obama at Mentor High School.jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] at [[Mentor High School]] in 2012]]
[[Mentor Exempted Village School District]] operates the public schools in the community. Mentor's school system consists of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and [[Mentor High School]]. Like many school systems in Ohio, Mentor Schools suffered a financial crisis in the early 2000s, but passed a large levy and is now largely on solid footing.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Scott |title=Release by state bittersweet |url=http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13889695&BRD=1698&PAG=461 |publisher=The News-Herald |date=February 4, 2005 |access-date=January 31, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is one of the fastest Ohio school systems ever to emerge from fiscal emergency.<ref>http://www.mentorschools.net/Downloads/025%202005_spring_fiscal_emergency.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822201528/http://www.mentorschools.net/Downloads/025%202005_spring_fiscal_emergency.pdf |date=August 22, 2017 }} Mentor Public Schools</ref> The financial difficulties were due in part to years of accounting fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news-herald.com/articles/2004/07/25/opinions/editorials/12471918.txt|title=Mentor voters must approve levy now|website=news-herald.com|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313012832/http://news-herald.com/articles/2004/07/25/opinions/editorials/12471918.txt|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2015}}

Elementary schools:
* Bellflower Elementary
* Fairfax Elementary
* Hopkins Elementary
* Lake Elementary (in [[Mentor-on-the-Lake]])
* Orchard Hollow Elementary
*Ridge Elementary (Formerly Ridge Middle School)
* Sterling Morton Elementary

Middle schools:
* Memorial Middle School
* Shore Middle School

High school:
* [[Mentor High School]]

Special needs schools:
* CARES (Formerly Headlands Elementary)
*Re-Education Services Inc. (Formerly Reynolds Elementary)
<ref>{{cite web
 | url =http://www.mentorschools.net/Buildings.aspx
 | title =List of Mentor Schools
 | author=Mentor Public Schools District
 | website =mentorschools.net/buildings
 | publisher =Mentor Public Schools District
 | access-date =August 2, 2018
}}</ref>

===Private schools===
*[[Lake Catholic High School]]
*Mentor Christian School (K–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mentorchristian.com/|title=Mentor Christian School|website=www.mentorchristian.com|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>
*Mentor Heritage Christian Academy (K–12) (closed in 2010)
* Assumption Prep (K–8)<ref>[http://www.stmarysmentorschool.org/  (K-8)] Assumption Prep {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630000739/http://www.stmarysmentorschool.org/ |date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Headlands beach east view.jpg|thumb|[[Headlands Beach State Park]]]]
Many bike paths have been built in Mentor in recent years.<ref name=timeline/> The parks in the city include:<ref name="parks">{{cite web|url=http://cityofmentor.com/departments/parks-recreation/facilities/mentor-parks/|title=Mentor Parks|author=City of Mentor|website=cityofmentor.com/departments/parks-recreation/|publisher=City of Mentor|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>
* Bellflower Skatepark
**Located at Bellflower Elementary School. During daylight hours, skateboarders can use the park's ¼ pipe, launch ramp and grind box.
* Civic Center Park
**Site of many festivals, day camps, and annual [[Fourth of July]] Fireworks. Includes the Civic Center water park with an Olympic sized pool, waterslide, children's play area, and [[Mentor Civic Arena|Civic Arena]]. There is also a skate park featuring two different areas, one for experienced and for non experienced skaters.
*Commemorative Rose Garden
**This garden was constructed in 1988 and commemorates Mentor's 25th year as a city.<ref name="timeline" />
*Donald E Krueger Park
**Features a pavilion, four soccer fields, and indoor or outdoor seating.
*Edward R. Walsh Park
**Formerly known as Bellflower park, it includes a playground, rentable pavilion, fishing pond, skatepark, fitness course, basketball courts, baseball and soccer fields.
*Eleanor B Garfield Park
**One of the largest parks including  a Community Recreation Center, outdoor pool, All People's Playground, baseball and soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts, fishing pond, and wildlife area.
*[[Headlands Beach State Park]]
**The longest beach in the State of Ohio.
*Mentor Beach Park
**Scenic park overlooking Lake Erie with a playground, lake front pavilion, and soccer field.
*Mentor Dog Park
**Separated fenced in areas for large or small dogs with a dog water fountain and benches.
*Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve & Marina
**Located on the shores of Lake Erie with multiple hiking and biking trails giving views to the Mentor Marsh, marina, shoreline, and rare dune plants.
*Morton Community Park
**Easily access to walking trails, wildlife, and scenery since it is next to the Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve. Additionally, it houses Morton Pool and Spray park, a pavilion, skatepark, and basketball courts.
*Presidents Park
**Neighborhood park with a pavilion, playground, basketball and tennis courts.
*Tiefenbach Park
**Provides ramps to skaters and bikers.
*Veteran's Memorial
**Designed and built by city employees and dedicated as a tribute to veterans in 2006. Features 5 flags representing the 5 divisions of the armed forces and 5 benches facing a brick wall to represent the circle of life. The opportunity to purchase a brick in memoriam of a fallen veteran and placed in the Memorial Walkway is available.
*Veteran's Park
**Mentor's first neighborhood park offers fishing piers, hiking trails, and wildlife viewing area.
*Wildwood Cultural Center  & Park
** Home to Mentor’s Oliver family manor built in 1908 and bought buy Mentor in 1980. Offers programs, used for weddings, business meetings, seminars, Parties and showers. The 34 acre estate offers hiking trails

==Crime==
In 2016, Mentor's rate of 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents was equal to the average (median) among Ohio cities. However, its rate of 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents was higher than the state median of 18.3 per 1,000 people. The property crime rate was high primarily due to the incidence of theft (larceny) in the city.<ref name="crime">{{cite web |title=FBI - Ohio - Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2016 |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/ohio.xls |access-date=June 12, 2019 |website=FBI 2016 Crime in the United States |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice}}</ref>

In 2014, Garden Thieves Pictures released ''Mentor'', a documentary directed by [[Alix Lambert]] about a series of four student suicides beginning in 2010 at [[Mentor High School]] that have been attributed to bullying and harassment at the school. Lambert received ten violent threats after the release of the film's trailer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2012/04/mentor_high_students_fear_plan.html|title=Mentor High students fear planned bullying documentary will mislead (video and poll)|last=Krouse|first=Peter|date=April 13, 2012|website=cleveland.com|language=en-US|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' wrote about the documentary, saying "This is a problem of not just one town, but of the entire culture of conformity. It’s much bigger than just one bad kid or bad teacher. In my films I'm interested in looking at the whole problem rather than the easy answers."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/12/20/learning-lessons-from-mentor/oTxWL4xz1I2t1FOKqVubDP/story.html|title=Learning lessons from 'Mentor' |first=Peter |last=Keough|date=December 26, 2014|work=The Boston Globe|language=en-US|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' called [[Mentor High School]] "Suicide High."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/31/life-and-death-at-suicide-high|title=Life and Death at Suicide High|last=Franks|first=Lucinda|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=July 21, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

==Media==
{{main|List of mass media in Cleveland}}
Primarily receiving the Cleveland-area [[television market]], Mentor residents (being so much further east of Cleveland) can also receive Youngstown-area television reception from [[WFMJ-TV]] with a good antenna.<ref>{{Cite map |author=((Channel Master contributors)) |date=14 November 2023 |title=Broadcast Tower Map and Technical Info |url=https://www.channelmaster.com/pages/tv-antenna-map-youngstown-oh-44511|website=ChannelMaster.com |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> This allowed access to NBC programming pre-empted by [[KYW-TV]] from 1956 until 1965, when Cleveland's channel 3 was owned by [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]], before the sale was undone and it returned to NBC ownership as [[WKYC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WKYC (Channel 3) |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/wkyc-channel-3 |website=Case.edu |date=May 12, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Mentor is served by [[Laketran]], which provides bus service throughout Lake County, as well as by [[Willoughby, Ohio|Willoughby]]'s [[Lake County Executive Airport]], whose runways enter Mentor. [[Interstate 90 in Ohio|Interstate 90]], [[U.S. Route 20 in Ohio|US Route 20]], and [[Ohio State Route 2|State Route 2]] all traverse the city.

==Notable people==
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* [[Marc Andreyko]], comic book writer
* [[Barbara Armonas]], Lithuanian political prisoner
* [[Ken Babbs]], author
* [[Jim Bonfanti]], musician
* [[William W. Corning]], politician
* [[James A. Garfield]], twentieth [[president of the United States of America]]
* [[Bob Hallen]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] offensive lineman for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Bob Harris (writer)|Bob Harris]], writer
* [[Joe Jurevicius]], former NFL wide receiver for the [[New York Giants]]
* [[Matt Kata]], former Major League Baseball infielder<ref>{{cite news|first=Carly|last=Mascitti|title=Cleveland native Matt Kata's unique MLB postseason tie: 'It's pretty cool to be part of that history'|url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-native-matt-katas-unique-mlb-postseason-tie-its-pretty-cool-to-be-part-of-that-history|publisher=[[WEWS-TV]]|date=October 17, 2023|access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ben Kelly (American football)|Ben Kelly]], former NFL cornerback for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Dustin Kirby]], former [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] defender for [[Real Salt Lake]]
* [[Dave Lucas (poet)|Dave Lucas]], poet 
* [[Dan Ryczek]], former NFL offensive lineman for the [[Washington Commanders]]
* [[Paul Ryczek]], former NFL offensive lineman for the Atlanta Falcons
* [[Michael Salinger]], poet
* [[Riley Ann Sawyers]] ("Baby Grace"), murder victim
* [[Katie Spotz]], endurance rower
* [[Ricky Stanzi]], former NFL quarterback for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
* [[Jim Tressel]], former [[Ohio State University]] football coach
* [[Mitchell Trubisky]], NFL quarterback for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]], singer/songwriter
* [[Matt Wickline]], Emmy-winning television writer, producer and director, and father of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast member [[Jane Wickline]]

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Mentor &ndash; a retrospective |first=Janice Anthony |last=Habinski |author2=Ronald L. Prosek |year=1988 |publisher=Old Mentor Foundation |location=Mentor, Ohio }}
* {{cite book |title=Mentor: The First 200 Years |first=Joan |last=Kapsch |author2=Sue Muehlhauser |author3=Kathie Pohl |year=1997 |publisher=Mentor Bicentennial Committee/Old Mentor Foundation |location=Mentor, Ohio }}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|cityofmentor.com}}

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