Town Criers name Mr. & Mrs. Westlake

Christine and Andrew Mangels, center, were announced as this year’s Mr. & Mrs. Westlake by Town Criers President Dave Turner, left. The announcement was part of the city’s annual tree lighting ceremony at City Hall, emceed by Ward 1 Councilwoman Lynda Appel, right. Photo by Denny Wendell

The Westlake Town Criers is an organization comprised of men dedicated to aid and assist worthy causes within the City of Westlake. Since 1955, the Town Criers have been honoring a couple that have best served the youth and citizens of Westlake in a positive and outstanding manner.

This year we would like to honor Andrew Mangels and his wife, Christine. Andrew is the director of Westlake Porter Public Library. He is “over and above” involved in the community. He belongs to the Westlake Town Criers, the Westlake/Bay Village Rotary and the Westlake Kiwanis. He is not just a member in these groups but has taken on leadership roles. He is a member of the PTA and ran Hilliard’s Field Day for years.

Andrew helped run the Baseball Association. He coordinates the volunteers for Celebrate Westlake. He is president of the board of directors for Connecting for Kids. He is also on the board for the Far West Center. He helped start up a group called “Continuing the Conversation” which brings together the police, schools, library and nonprofit organizations to work on solving the heroin issues in town. The list goes on and on.

Andrew and his awesome wife, Christine, have raised three wonderful children – Alex, Emma and Sarah. In addition to all that comes with taking children to sports, music lessons, school events and “ubering” them to friends, Christine is a registered nurse who works full-time for Aetna doing case management and part-time on the Ask-A-Nurse Line for University Hospitals. Without Christine’s epic commitment to the homefront, Andrew would not have been able to be involved with so many opportunities in the community.

Thank you, Andrew and Christine Mangels, and congratulations!

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Volume 11, Issue 23, Posted 11:00 AM, 12.03.2019