Good morning, Akron.

Kreigh Grapel-Barnette will be remembered Nov.

1 with a stone-setting at 11 a.m. at Foxfield Preserve in Wilmot and an open-house celebration at Musica at 3 p.m.; her family is working with the Wick Poetry Center on a memorial scholarship and accepting donations.

A new documentary, More Than a Race, will premiere Nov.

1 (7 p.m.) on PBS Western Reserve and follows racers (ages 7 to 20) during the 88th FirstEnergy All American Soap Box Derby to show the cars, tracks, strategy, and community behind the race.

A 17-foot stainless steel and recycled Goodyear tire sculpture titled Transit by artist Chakaia Booker was dedicated Thursday at Lock 3 near the Main Street entrance, celebrating Akron’s tire-industry legacy and marking what organizers say is the city’s first major outdoor contemporary sculpture commission for a woman artist.

NCCAkron and UA's School of the Performing Arts will screen two Dance Heginbotham films on Nov.

5 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall, pairing a silent screening of Caprice #1: Jump Rope with live saxophone by Justin Evangelist and Caprice #12: Goodyear with UA dance students (filmed in Akron).

The Revere school board heard state report card results at its Oct.

20 meeting and learned the district raised its high-achieving performance index from three to four stars, with RHS and RMS improving to four-and-a-half-star ratings and performance indexes above 97%. The board will meet Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the RHS media center (3420 Everett Road).

Morton Salt closed its Fairport Harbor mine on Oct.

22 after a significant water inflow and evacuated employees with no injuries. Portage County says it has (3,000 to 3,500) tons of road salt versus a typical seasonal need of 4,000 to 4,500 tons and is monitoring supplies for winter.

Mayor Shammas Malik announced on Oct.

20 that Akron won a $110,000 Knight Foundation grant to advance CUYAC (the Cuyahoga River Conditions Tool), funding LED indicators at river access points that will mirror CUYAC's near real-time risk map so paddlers can check conditions before launching.

Akron Children's received $2 million from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation and will match it to create a $4 million endowment for pediatric eye research. Örge will use the money to expand the eye-movement lab, hire an fNIRS expert, and partner with Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland State.

The Cavaliers beat Washington 121-111 on Oct.

28 at Rocket Arena as No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa debuted with 19 points and Cavs rookie Meleek Thomas added 10 off the bench, helping Cleveland improve to 3-1.