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By MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspaper

CONNEAUT – Library card-holders in Ashtabula County nowhave the option of downloadingaudios of their favorite books ontoelectronic devices at six county li-braries linked by “ican,” or Inde-pendent Cooperating AshtabulaNetwork.

Local Libraries IntroduceDownloadable Audio

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANWho says librarians don’t have fun? Six Ashtabula County librariansgathered for their monthly luncheon meeting Jan. 5 in Jefferson are(seated, left) Hannah Laing, Director-in-Traning, Rock Creek PublicLibrary; Mariana Branch, Director, Kingsville Public Library; and KathyPape, Director, Conneaut Public Library; and (standing) Ed Worso,Director, Henderson Memorial Public Library, Jefferson; Susan Hill,Director, Andover Public Library; and Joe Zappitello, Director, Harbor-Topky Memorial Library, Ashtabula Harbor. The libraries are linkedby “ican,” or “Independent Cooperating Ashtabula Network.”

Directors of Henderson Memo-rial, Andover, Rock Creek,Conneaut, Kingsville, and HarborTopky Public Libraries gatheredlast week to talk about the newoffering, which has really taken offsince Christmas.

The libraries are partneringwith “Recorded Books,” which

By MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT – Board membersof the Conneaut Salvation ArmyService Unit reluctantly acceptedthe resignations of board presi-dent, the Rev. Frank Gore, andtreasurer, Sr. Barbara Morscher,during the board’s monthly noonmeeting Monday at Good Shep-herd Lutheran Church.

The pair resigned in responseto a “pro-choice” statement issuedby the International SalvationArmy’s Social Justice Commissionregarding abortion, which theyassert contradicts the pro-life po-sition of the Salvation Army USA.

Though the work of the Salva-tion Army focuses on helping theneedy, and is unrelated to abor-tions or abortion services, Goresaid that local churches work to-gether in supporting its work andthe resignations are a sign of soli-

Gore, Morscher Resign fromConneaut Salvation Army Board

ISA Pro-Choice Statement Halts Local Assistance

darity with pro-life denominations.Gore emphasized that the res-

ignations, coming on the heels ofthe local Service Unit’s raising$7,113 in 2011 Red Kettle Cam-paign donations, do not mean theend of the Salvation Army inConneaut.

“Someone else will step up aspresident and treasurer,” he said.“We have to figure where and howto work through this.”

The International Salvation

The Rev. Frank Gore Sr. Barbara Morscher


CONNEAUT - Life has notbeen easy for Charles Michalos thepast three months, especially hav-ing to call the Conneaut PoliceDepartment for an escort to pay hiswater bill inside City Hall.

Michalos was hoping thatConneaut Municipal Court JudgeThomas Harris at a court hearingon Monday might lift the orderbanning him from all city buildingsand prohibiting contact with cityemployees, but it was not to be.

“It’s ridiculous that I have to callthe police department just to en-ter City Hall to pay my water bill,”Michalos said.

But following Mondaymorning’s mayhem in City Hall’ssecond floor hallway outside JudgeThomas Harris’ courtroom, whenMichalos was handcuffed followingan altercation en route to a psy-chiatric evaluation in the JuryRoom, Law Director DavidSchroeder told Harris that he feltthat the episode was reasonenough for the ban to remain inplace.

The judge agreed, turning downMichalos’ request to attend CityCouncil meetings.

No stranger to the courtroom,

Michalos was back in front of Har-ris Monday morning for the nextstep in determining appropriatesentencing in a contempt of courtcharge.

Harris had ordered a psychiat-ric evaluation for Michalos duringa contempt-of-court hearing Oct. 3.

Michalos wound up in court af-ter he began reading to City Coun-cil on Sept. 12 a letter complain-ing about a local restaurant oper-ated by a city councilman.

Cut off by City Council Presi-dent Tom Udell, Michalos wassummoned to court a week later oncharges that his remarks violatedprobation.

That probation stemmed fromcharges of disrupting a publicmeeting following an April, 2010,outburst at City Council againstformer City Manager RobertSchaumleffel.

Michalos’ probation conditionsstipulated that he abide by Coun-cil rules while attending meetingsand that he pay court fines by Dec.31, 2010. When Michalos wascalled into court Oct. 3, Harris toldhim it was the failure to pay theoutstanding $120 court fines thathad gotten him in trouble.

Although Michalos had beengiven the money to pay the finesbefore the court hearing began

that day, he was still held in con-tempt of court.

Before handing down a sen-tence in October, Harris orderedthe psychiatric evaluation “so thatwe know what we are dealingwith.” He banned Michalos fromcity property until the case hadbeen resolved.

Michalos claimed Mondaymorning before the court sessionthat he had received a letter inmid-December accusing him ofContempt of Court, and summon-ing him to court Jan. 9, for failingto appear at a psychiatric evalua-tion. Michalos said he had neverreceived the letter about the evalu-ation.

The charge was not brought upin the courtroom Monday.

When the proceedings beganMonday, a court-ordered psychia-trist from Youngstown was seatedin the courtroom.

As Judge Thomas Harris beganto explain that the psychiatristwould examine Michalos in theJury Room, as a police officerwaited in the hallway, Michalosbecame agitated because hisglasses were in his black Wegman’stote bag, which had been takenfrom him.

Charles Michalos StillBanned From City Hall

by MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - What a differ-ence a day makes.

About 24 hours after ConneautLaw Director David Schroeder an-nounced to Conneaut City Coun-cil, on Jan. 3, that Ohio AttorneyGeneral Mike DeWine’s office hadon Dec. 27 declined to agree to aMemorandum of Understanding tokeep the Ohio Highway Patrol inplace as chief felony investigatorsat the Lake Erie Correctional In-stitution, DeWine’s office changedits mind.

The Ohio Highway Patrol ap-pears to be at the prison to stay.

Schroeder delivered the goodnews to City Council on Monday.He had received a letter from theAttorney General’s office, datedJan. 4, saying that the Ohio High-way Patrol would retain jurisdic-tion regarding felony investiga-tions at the prison because theOhio Revised Code states that pris-ons are state property.

The Dec. 31 sale of the 1,500-bed Lake Erie Correctional Insti-tution from the State of Ohio toCorrections Corporation ofAmerica did not change that.

The Attorney General’s positionappeared to be an about-face, how-ever. It was Schroeder who toldCity Council Jan. 3 that, accord-ing to his research of a Dec., 1997,agreement between the City ofConneaut and the state at the out-set of the prison constructionproject, the prison would always bepart of the Ohio Correctional Sys-tem and the state would remainthe sole owner.

Those remarks followed a 40-minute executive session with CityCouncil during which litigationagainst the state was believed tohave been discussed.

Schroeder told Council on Jan.3 that the Attorney General haddeclined to sign a Memorandum ofUnderstanding to retain the OHPat the prison, until legislation waspassed to that effect, for fear of le-gal conflict of state investigationson private property.

In early December, Ohio Rep.Casey Kozlowski (R-99) had intro-duced legislation in the OhioHouse to assign the Ohio Highway

OHP Back In At LaECI

See SALVATION ARMYpage 6A

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANWanting to start off the year on the right foot, and not wait until the end of 2013 to pose for a formalpicture, Conneaut’s 2012-2013 City Council lined up for picture-taking Monday evening followingthe City Council meeting. They are (front row, left) Ward 4 Councilman Tom Kozesky; Ward 2Councilman Phil Garcia; Ward 3 Councilman Rich McBride; and (back, left) At-Large CouncilmanNeil LaRusch; Council President Tom Udell; Ward 1 Councilman Doug Hedrick; and At-largeCouncilman John Roach. This is not the official photo. That photo was taken by Lance Drew.

Meet Your New City Council

WELCOME ABOARD

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANNew Conneaut Area City Schools Board of Education membersSuzanne Bernardini (left), Cris Newcomb, and Joan Norton tookthe Oath of Office on Jan. 4.

See PRISON page 8A

See AUDIO page 5A

See MICHALOS page 5A

2A • GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

TOWN TALK

Thrift Shop Meets Jan. 17 Conneaut Hospital Thrift Shop volunteers will meet 1

p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Perkins Restaurant, W. Main Rd.,for a brief business meeting and lunch from the menu.(Tuesday is Senior Discount Day at Perkins.)

Questions? Call Joan Barnett at 593-4686.

GSLC CommunityS.E.N.I.O.R.S

People ages 50 and up arewelcome the first and thirdThursdays of the month atGood Shepherd LutheranChurch, 876 Grove Street.Health checks 9:45 a.m., 10a.m. devotion, exercise andlunch the first and thirdThursdays.

Jan. 19 - “It’s SleepyTime,” Wear-Your-PJs day,Expert on eye health andsleep apnea.

CHRC Seniors Together Weekdays 11 a.m. at 327

Mill Street. Free. Specialprograms Tuesdays andThursdays.

Daily walking 7:30 a.m.

Jan. 12 - Corn HoleJan. 16 - CENTER

CLOSEDJan. 17 - “Healthy Se-

ries” with Nancy Hutchens,R.N., UH-Conneaut MedicalCenter

Jan. 17 - Prayer Shawlgathering - call 593-5273 formore information

Jan. 19 - Trivia(No birthday dinner at

Perkins this month.)

Senior

Calendar

Breast Cancer SupportGroup Meets Jan. 16

The local breast cancer support group, the “P-In-C-Warriors,” will share a light dinner/post holiday party, withWhite Elephant Gift Exchange, at 6 p.m. Jan. 16 at thehome of Tracy & Mike David, 6000.

Please bring a dessert. Anyone touched by breast can-cer welcome. RSVP 440-594-1338 or [email protected].

CAHS Will Meet Jan. 24The Conneaut Area Historical Society will meet 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Villa at the Lake, 48 Parrish Road.The program will feature a DVD of one of the Historical

Society’s interviews with the late Robert Blickensderfer. A 50/50 raffle, auction, refreshments and social time will

follow. The public is welcome.

Jan. 13 - Soup Lunch11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. atKingsville PresbyterianChurch, 3049 W. MainStreet. Vegetable beef orham/bean. Dessert, bever-age. Donation only.

Jan. 13, 20 - Free Com-munity Dinner 5 to 6 p.m. atNew Leaf United MethodistChurch, 283 Buffalo Street.

Jan. 14 - A.U.C.E. Pan-cake Breakfast 8 a.m. to noonConneaut Optimist Club, 514Harbor Street. $6 donation.

Jan. 14 - Spaghetti &Meatball dinner 4 to 7 p.m.at Kingsville Township FireDept., 3130 Main St.

Jan. 14 - A.U.C.E. Pastadinner 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. atMonroe United MethodistChurch, 4302 Center Rd.Adults $6, students/seniors,$5. Children 3 & under free.

Jan. 16 - Movie Matinee“Mister Popper’s Penquins” 2p.m. at Kingsville PublicLibrary’s Simak WelcomeCenter. Free popcorn withKPL Library card.

Jan. 16 - Breast CancerSupport Group, 6 p.m. dinnerat 6000 Furnace Road for alltouched by breast cancer.Bring dessert. Reservations594-1338.

Jan. 18 - Chili andChicken Rice Soup Lunch 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at AmboyUnited Methodist Church,554 W. Main Road. Donation.

Jan. 20 - Senior Forum

luncheon (55+) 11:30 a.m. atUH-CMC’s CommunityRoom, 158 W. Main Road.Free. Reservations required.Speech therapist will discussswallowing problems.

Jan. 21 - A.U.C.E. Pan-cake Breakfast 8 to 11 a.m.at American Legion, 272Broad Street. $5 donation.

Jan. 21 - Chicken & Bis-cuit dinner 4 to 7 p.m. atGood Shepherd LutheranChurch, Grove Street at LakeRoad. Adults $7, children $4.Carry-out available.

Jan. 22 - DowntownCoaches Club Fund-Raiser,viewing of the NFL Cham-pionship Game on wide-screen TV at the AmericanLegion. Food, games, prizes.$25. Call Jeff Colucci at 599-8336.

Jan. 23 - Free producedistribution, 10 a.m. to noonat Conneaut Human Re-sources Center, 327 MillStreet. Bring a bag. No in-come requirements.

Jan. 28 - Reverse Raffle/50s&60s Sock Hop 7 p.m. atSt. Andrew’s CHurch, 3700Route 193, Kingsville. Call224-0964. Only 100 ticketssold. Dinner, drawings, danc-ing. Sponsored by churchDriveway Fund.

Feb. 4 - “Let’s Wine AboutArt” fund-raiser 7:30 p.m. atConneaut Community Cen-ter for the Arts, 1025 BuffaloStreet. Silent auction, wine,hors d’oeuvres. $10 advance,$12 at door. 593-5888.

Wendy DuBey, ExecutiveDirector of the ConneautArea Chamber of Commerce,says the wooden snowmenwaiting to be decorated forthe Snowman DecoratingContest are “flying off theshelves” since the Chambernewsletter went out. She ex-pects all 20 of them to be goneby the end of the week. TheChamber is collaboratingwith UH-Conneaut MedicalCenter on the project, whichwill beautify the city’s lightpoles in a few weeks. Thereis no charge to pick up anddecorate a snowman. Dead-line to register is Jan. 18.Winners will be announced inearly February. Winners inthree categories will takehome gift cards.

Richard and Beth Rennthank the community for itssupport in helping them raiseover $2,500 for OperationHomefront Ohio via theirexterior light-and-music Hal-loween and Christmas dis-plays on Liberty and MonroeStreets, respectively. Withoutthe help of Jim Kociemskiand Wendy Zachowicz, hostsof the Liberty Street Hallow-een show, they would nothave raised as much, theysaid. The Renns have pur-chased new items for theshows in 2012. OperationHomefront Ohio assists fami-lies of military membersserving overseas.

The Madrigal Feastewill return to Conneaut HighSchool at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 and24. Guests will dine oncornish hen, soup, potatoes

and dessert, courtesy of Phil’sCatering. Dinner will be fol-lowed by a presentation of alight-hearted spoof, “TheKing of Hearts,” directed byMegan Kalosky, head of theConneaut Area City SchoolsVocal Music Department.Proceeds benefit the CHS Vo-cal Music Department. Tick-ets are $20 adults and $15students.

Troop 80671Girl ScoutsCrystal Stewart andJennie Howell of EdgewoodSenior High School are re-questing donations for theirGirl Scout Gold Award projectof renovating the Children’sRoom of Kingsville PublicLibrary. Howell and her fa-ther have built and stainednew shelves and are in theprocess of installing them.Stewart is painting the walls,including a mural, and mak-ing a tree bookshelf from re-cycled materials. ContactKingsville Public Library forinformation at 224-0239.

Script writers are invitedto submit one-act plays to theAshtabula Arts Center forconsideration in “AnEvening of One Acts” April13, 14, 15 at the AAC, 2928W. 13th Street, directed byAaron Drews. Scripts shouldbe dropped off or mailed, c/oKim Godfrey, by Jan. 31.Contact information must beattached to the scripts. Formore information, callGodfrey at the AAC (440)964-3396.

Speaking of theAshtabula Arts Center, localchef Angie Gasch will bepreparing another deliciousdinner for the 6:30 p.m. Jan.21 Dinner Theater precedingthe 8 p.m. performance ofthe musical, “Into theWoods.” The menu consistsof Vegetable Soup, GardenGreen Salad Honey-MustardChicken Scalloped Potatoes,Green Beans Almondine,dinner rolls, Black Forestcake, plus wine and coffee.For information and reser-

vations, call the AAC at (440)964-3396 by Jan. 17.

The next three-sessionclass on Diabetes will beheld 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13, 15and 16 at UH-ConneautMedical Center, 158 W. MainRoad. The free class will beled by Nancy Hutchens,R.N., and registered dieti-tian Danielle Nies. Registra-tion is required. UH-CMCcontinues health screenings(blood pressure, blood sugar,cholesterol) in the lobbyTuesday mornings from 9 to11 a.m. Hutchens switchedthe screening time from 10a.m. to noon to permit anearlier meal for those whoadhere to the recommendedeight-hour fast prior to thescreenings.

UH-Conneaut MedicalCenter and the ConneautArea Ministerial Associationwill team up again this yearto present a program onwomen’s health. It will notbe a repeat of the popularFebruary, 2011, Heart Lun-cheon at First Congrega-tional United Church ofChrist. Nancy Hutchens,R.N., said that since Febru-ary is Heart Month, the lun-cheon will be held later inthe year.

New faces on the board ofthe Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts includeTammy Hagstrom andMary Zappitelli. Leavingthe board after 15 years wasBarb Simpson.

Congratulations to AllanMononen, Courier sportscontributor, appointed byConneaut City Council Mon-day night to a fill out the re-maining year of a term onthe Conneaut Cable Advi-sory Board.

City Hall offices will beclosed in observance of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., Dayon Monday. City Council willmeet in work session 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Community Events

Civic MeetingsConneaut Area City Schools Board of Education,

5:45 p.m. budgetary meeting, 6 p.m. work session, 7 p.m.meeting Jan. 12 at Southeast Building, 400 Mill Street

Economic Development Committee of City Coun-cil, 6 p.m. Jan. 12

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Jan. 12Conneaut City Council work session, 7 p.m. Jan. 17Cable Advisory Board, 6 p.m. Jan. 18Conneaut Port Authority, 7 p.m. Jan. 19D-Day Committee, 10 a.m. Jan. 21 at American Le-

gion, 272 Broad StreetConneaut Public Library Board of Trustees, 5 p.m.

Jan. 23 at 304 Buffalo Street

North Kingsville Village Council, 7 p.m. Jan. 18 atMunicipal Building, 3541 Center Road

Monroe Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at 5578S. Monroe Center Road

Kingsville Township Trustees, 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at FireHall, 3130 Main Street


CONNEAUT - More vol-unteers are needed as thelocal D-Day Committee be-gins planning for the 2012 D-Day Event at Township Parkon Aug. 17-18.

Committee Chair LoriMcLaughlin will convene thefirst planning meeting 10a.m. Jan. 21 at the Ameri-can Legion.

Subsequent meetings willbe held March 17, April 14,

June 16, July 14 and Aug. 4at 10 a.m. at the Legion, 272Broad Street.

Due to the growth of theevent, additional volunteersare needed.

Committee members areurged to recruit family andfriends.

“I am confident we are go-ing to attract an even greateraudience this year and wewant to be prepared to showeveryone how great it is tovisit Conneaut,” McLaughlinsaid in an e-mail.

All Invited toHelp With D-Day

Bring your mom, sister, daughter or friend, and help us celebrate the special bond that women share – while learning how to

stay heart healthy. And don’t forget to wear red!

Heart Heart

ACMC’s Women’s Heart Health Awareness

Luncheon & Fashion Show

7th Annual

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Exhibitors include: • ACMC Cardiac Services • ACMC Diagnostic Imaging • ACMC Foundation • ACMC Gift Shop • ACMC Premiere Fitness • American Heart Association • A Touch of Glass • Bead Traders • Beauti-Control Cosmetics • Bonnie’s Baskets & Wreaths • Bridge Street Boutique • Celestial Designs • Christopher & Banks • Cookie Lee Jewelry • Crystal’s Cakes and More • Desserts by Marie • EB Brown & Company • Elaine’s Felted Treasures • Fashion Bug • JC Penney • Lia Sophia • Marcy’s Originals • Michi Purses • PartyLite Candles • Sandpiper Gallery • Scentsy • Storybook Acres • Scarves by Madelon • Uppercase Living • Walmart • Walmart Vision • Zonta • And more!

Schedule10:30 a.m.-Noon Shopping, exhibits

and mingling

Noon Lunch, table prizes

and fashion show

12:30 - 1 p.m. Speaker: Cleveland

Clinic Cardiologist

Perry Fleisher, MD

1 to 1:30 p.m. Door prize drawings

TicketsTickets are $15 each or two for $25. Please RSVP

and prepay by Feb. 3 by calling (440) 997-6555.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012Mount Carmel Community Center • 1200 E. 21st St. • Ashtabula, OH 44004

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At the conclusion oftheir first City Councilwork session on Jan. 3,the city’s three newcouncilmen — DougHedrick (Ward 1), PhilGarcia (Ward 2) andRich McBride (Ward 3)— stated how happythey were to be sittingon Council. “It’s anhonor to be here andserve the community inthis capacity. I think wecan get a lot done,”Hedrick said. McBridethanked the voters fortheir support, whileGarcia got right down tobusiness. He reportedthat a constituent had alerted him to the need for a curve sign on Gateway Avenue east of Route 7.

New City Councilmen Settling In

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN

Jan. 9, 2012

EAST SIDE INDUSTRIAL PARKThe guard rails are expected to be installed this week.

In addition, staff is working on the brochure as some ofthe utilities have not been installed yet. The site islisted on the Growth Partnership’s Web site. I have amap showing the buildable area. I will be meeting withthe Erie Development Corporation to ask if they canwill assist us in our development efforts.

CREEK ROAD WATER TANK REPLACEMENTLaw Director David Schroeder has forwarded a re-

vised agreement to all parties involved and hopefullythey will agree and the project can move forward. Thecontract for this project has to be let by July 1 to keepthe funding granted a year ago.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SITEIMPROVEMENT PROJECT

The beautification project at the Public Works Depart-ment property on Broad and 16th has been started. Itshould be finished in the spring when slopes are finishgraded.

PORATABLE SCALES GRANTThe grant submitted was for the purchase of a vehicle,

18 portable scales, installing a concrete pad with lightsfor inspections, and other related equipment. Talkingwith Conneaut Police Chief Chuck Burlingham, therewas no award date for this grant and to date, the cityhas not received a letter stating that the grant has notbeen approved.

COMPUTER GRANTThe Conneaut Police Department has submitted a grant

to purchase computers for the cruisers and the office.

CITY ENERGY CONSERVATION RFPThursday, the city will hold a mandatory meeting for

firms wishing to submit an Energy Conservation Plan toupgrade lighting, windows, as well as any other equipmentin city facilities that will result in the city’s using less en-ergy. The savings realized in electrical and gas usage willpay for improvements.

City Manager’s Report

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN The lack of recent activity at the Mill Street Cafe, formerly Crazy Dave’s, was a sure sign that the restaurant hadbreathed its last. Donna Jones, wife of “Crazy Dave” Jones, confirmed its closing in an e-mail. “After 50 years, the Sugar Bowl is no longer in Conneaut,” she confirmed. “Sad, but it had to be done.” Jones had announced the restaurant would close at the end of October as he took on the responsibility ofcooking for The Child Care Center weekdays and for New Leaf United Methodist Church on Friday evenings andSunday mornings. Though he reopened Crazy Dave’s for breakfast and dinner under the name “Mill Street Cafe,”it lasted just two months. Donna says Dave is still baking his cinnamon rolls on Saturday and delivering themSunday and Monday. Contact him via New Leaf United Methodist Church at 593-2525.

Crazy Dave’s Closes — Again

City Enters Into Agreement with CT Consultantsby MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - Conneaut CityCouncil at its first full meeting of 2012approved an ordinance authorizing theCity Manager to hire CT Consultantsas its engineering firm.

CT Consultants has served the cityas its engineering firm for the 30thyear in a row, pointed out Finance Di-rector John Williams.

The annual contract, with a $500monthly retainer, excludes the cost ofspecial projects. But Williams pointedout that CT’s monthly retainer fee hasnot increased over the past decade.

Council also approved an ordinanceappointing Allan Mononen to fill outthe final year of a three-year term onthe Cable Advisory Board, followingthe resignation of Bill Lundgren dueto work commitments.

Council approved an ordinance toappropriate some $1.4 million in 2011grant and loan funds, including grantsfor the East Side Industrial Park, inemergency legislation.

Finance Director John Williamssaid he would have 2011 year-end re-ports complete by the end of the weekfor Council’s review.

Much of City Manager TimEggleston’s report focused on theprogress at the East Side IndustrialPark. Guard rails are going up, hesaid, and once electric and natural gasservice are installed in the spring, andthe property is graded, “We’ll be on ourway.”

Eggleston has invited companiesinterested in bidding on the energy

upgrade project for city buildings to a“walk-through” of the buildings onThursday morning. Firms that wanta break-down on the project are urgedto attend for more details.

The Council Committees appear tobe gearing up for the new year. Ward4 Councilman Tom Kozesky an-nounced that he would call a meetingof the Public Safety Committee “soon,”while Ward 1 Councilman DougHedrick called a meeting of the Eco-nomic Development Committee for 6p.m. Thursday.

At-Large Councilman NeilLaRusch, liaison to the Conneaut AreaCity Schools Board of Education, de-scribed a joint CBOE/Council meetingon Jan. 4 as a “wonderful meeting.”

“All there had a passion to moveprojects forward,” he said.

City Council President Tom Udellalso called it an “excellent” meeting.

“With three new Board of Educa-tion members to work with us is anasset for the city,” he said.

Under Old Business, LaRuschquestioned Eggleston about theamount that Smolen Engineering hadestimated for the Middle Road Bridgerepairs, and suggested the city seekgrants for the project.

Eggleston suggested the matter goto committee to discuss engineeringcosts before it comes to Council for dis-cussion.

Ward 1 Councilman Doug Hedrickrequested an update on the portablescales grant from the Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation, and Egglestonresponded that the city has not heardwhether the $288,000 grant request

has been approved or denied. The costof the project is $343,785, with thecity’s share $68,757.

“We’ve heard nothing, but hope-fully, we’ll get it,” Eggleston said.

The grant would include the cost of18 portable scales, a vehicle, andmoney to build a vehicle weighing pad.

Udell asked about the status of the2011 NOPEC grant from 2011, sinceit did not contract with Johnson Con-trols for an energy upgrade project lastyear, opting instead to hear from com-petitors.

Eggleston said the $110,000 light-ing upgrade grant from NOPEC is stillthere and will not be lost even thoughthe city did not begin an energy projectin 2011.

Eggleston repeated that if the citysigns on with an energy-savingsproject, it will fund the project fromenergy cost savings. LaRusch ques-tioned what would happen if the citysigned on for such a project, then va-cated a building that was part of it.

Under Miscellaneous Business,Hedrick announced that his homephone is 593-1566 and urged constitu-ents to call him. Phone numbers of allcouncilmen will be posted on the city’sweb site.

LaRusch welcomed Mononen to theCable Advisory Board and welcomedCorrections Corporation of America tothe city as owners of Lake Erie Cor-rectional Institution.

“I look forward to working withthem as good neighbors,” he said.

Udell adjourned the meeting at7:31 p.m. Council will meet in worksession 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17.

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CONNEAUT - It was along time in coming, but Lib-erty Street Park now belongsto the City of Conneaut in itsentirety.

Law Director DavidSchroeder delivered thenews to Conneaut Area CitySchools SuperintendentKent Houston after the startof the first joint meeting Jan.4 between Conneaut CityCouncil and administrators,and the Conneaut Area CitySchools Board of Education.

Discussions about theschools’ deeding to the cityits small Liberty Street Parkparcel began at the first jointschool board/City Councilmeeting in Jan., 2009. Theproperty was surveyed, andan agreement to accept theproperty was passed by CityCouncil last August.

When the discussion onthe property transfer statusbegan last week, Schroedervolunteered that CouncilClerk Pam Harper had re-ceived the property survey— the cost was split betweenthe schools and the city —and the deed was being re-corded.

He then pulled out hiscell phone, excused himself,and went into the hallway tocheck with Harper. Hebrought back good news: thedeed had been recorded anda check received.

“The matter is concluded,and the property will go backto the city,” he said.

The city will maintain the

tennis courts for use byConneaut High School ten-nis matches until theschools’ athletic facilityproject on Maple Street iscomplete. But the schoolsalso said if the city comes upwith a “better use” for thepark — two years ago thecity had considered buildinga new fire station there — to

go for it.Next on the meeting

agenda was a discussion ofShared Services. The schoolsagreed in Aug., 2009, to selldiesel fuel to city emergencyvehicles from the RoweStreet Bus Garage, and thecity to sell unleaded fuel to

Liberty Street Park Belongs To The City

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANDuring the start of the Jan. 4 meeting between the Conneaut Area City Schools Boardof Education and Conneaut City Council, new Board of Education members JoanNorton (middle), Cris Newcomb and Conneaut Area City Schools Treasurer LindseyCotton, listen as CBOE President Mike Kennedy (left) introduces himself. The two boardsmeet jointly three times a year.

See CBOE page 8A


TOPS Members Give

Food to Food Pantry

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANConneaut TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)Chapter 1919 donated 30 pounds of food to theConneaut Food Pantry during the holidays.Presenting the box to Conneaut Food PantryDirector Renea Roach (center) are TOPS membersDolly Sherman (left) and Marg Kent.

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Parents of Gold Award recipients from Girl Scout Troop 80671 in Monroe Township will host a fund-raiser all-you-can-eat Rigatoni Dinner 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Monroe United Methodist Church, 4302 Center Road. Adults $6;Seniors (60+) and students 4 to 18, $5. Children 3 and under eat free.

Gold Award recipients and their mothers are (from left) Kim Wisnyai and daughter, Karly; Destinie Vitamvas; JennyHowell and her mother, Renee Howell; Crystal Stewart and her mother, Lori Stewart. Not pictured is Girl Scout BrandyManfredonia and her mother, Diana Manfredonia. Troop co-leader Lori Stewart expressed appreciation to supporters/contributors Conneaut Save-A-Lot and Subway in the Ashtabula Harbor.

Girl Scout Gold Rigatoni Dinner Is Saturday

As part of its Senior Health Forum held the third Fri-day of the month, University Hospitals-Conneaut MedicalCenter will offer a free luncheon for seniors 55 and olderfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20 in the Commu-nity Room of the hospital at UH-CMC,158 West Main Road.Speech Therapist Ken Kozlosky will present a talk on swal-lowing problems. Registration is required by calling 440-593-0364. For more information, visit UHConneaut.org/Community.

Over in Geneva, the UH-Geneva Medical Center willoffer its Senior Health Forum luncheon for seniors 55+from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Geneva Commu-nity Center, 72 W. Main Street. Maureen Ordman-Fike fromthe Alzheimer Association will present a talk on partneringwith your doctor. Call 440-415-0180 for reservations.

UH-Geneva Medical Center will conduct free health

screenings (blood pressure, blood sugar and random to-tal cholesterol) from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 at theSpire Institute, 1822 South Broadway, Eight-hour fastingis recommended. No reservations necessary.

UH-Geneva Medical Center, 870 W. Main Street, offers

a no-cost mammogram program, courtesy of the SusanG. Komen grant. To find out if you qualify for complimen-tary testing, call (440) 998-0695.

For more information on all programs,, log on toUHGeneva.org/Community.

Health Smart Forum

Conversational German CourseA free four-week adult course in Conversational Ger-

man, taught by Bonnie Ahola, will be offered 10 to 11 a.m.Fridays starting Jan. 13. No prior experience with Ger-man is required.

“Mister Popper’s Penquins”Kingsville Public Library will show “Mister Popper’s

Penquins” at its Movie Matinee 2 p.m. Jan. 16 at the SimakWelcome Center, 3205 School Street. Free popcorn for thosewith Kingsville Public Library cards. Friends of theKingsville Public Library will sell other refreshments.(Buckeye Schools are not in session that day.)

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Ken Johnson ToEmcee “Dare to Pair”

CONNEAUT - Ken Johnson, General Manager ofConneaut Telephone, will emcee the “Iron Chef”/”Top Chef”-style culinary challenge fund-raiser Feb. 2 at the SPIREInstitute, Geneva, featuring local chefs competing with lo-cal produce and local wine.

Conneaut Telephone’s Suite 224 and CableSuite 541 arepromotional sponsors of the fund-raiser to benefit Pairings,Ohio’s Wine & Culinary Experience expected to open in2013.

Five executive chefs have been invited to prepare twoentrees each for celebrity judges. Judges include Genevanative and former Cleveland Indians pitcher Brian Ander-son.

Attendees will be treated to wine tastings from Ohiowineries and sample bite-sized servings of each entree.

Conneaut Telephone video crews will provide video cov-erage in the kitchen throughout the evening to TVs in thedining room.

To order tickets, call Geneva City Hall at (466-4675) orvisit the Pairings website www.pairingsohio.com.

Jay Boc, Carol Pennington ToHighlight Valentine’s Day Evening


CONNEAUT - Comedians Jay Bocand Carol Pennington will highlightthe “Live, Laugh, Love” Valentine’sDay-themed event coming 8:30 p.m. to1 a.m. Feb. 11 at the Conneaut Hu-man Resources Center.

CHRC Executive Director DebbieNewcomb promised weeks ago that thecomedians who will perform from 8:30to 10 p.m. would be top talent fromoutside the local area, and, after re-leasing their names this week, she isright.

Jay Boc, who now resides in Seville,is billed as a “clean, family-friendlystand-up comedian,” who has sharedthe stage with Bill Bellamy, MarkCurry, Chili Challis, Don Friesen, TimKid, John Rathbone, Jay Black andMike Diesel.

Boc grew up in Wilmington, Del.,and after realizing that Mother Natureprecluded his becoming a black soulsinger, he realized he loved to makepeople laugh.

Upon graduating from a Catholichigh school, Boc moved to California,then Georgia and Wisconsin. Marriedto a Latina and the father of two, Bocdraws on his work as a plumber, bar-tender, repo-man, stuntman, bankerand appraiser for his humorous mate-rial.

“It is rare to find a comic who candraw from his experiences in both theblue- and white-collar work environ-

ments, day-to-day living in the Mid-west and on both coasts, a family en-vironment, and unique perspective ofa white man in a Latino world,” sayshis Web site.

Also a movie stunt extra, he hasperformed in Las Vegas, Lancaster,Pa., Camp Lejune, N.C., Fort Collins,Colo., and throughout Ohio.

Pennington, who hails from Cleve-land, is described on her Web site as awoman of contrasts as sharp as “coldicy glaciers of Alaska to the steamy hotbeaches of Florida.” She is describedas “untamed, unpredictable, cleverand outrageously funny.” She offersbiting viewpoints about men, relation-ships, sports and politics.

She has appeared at Jokers in Day-ton, Fun Seekers in Chicago, Joey’sComedy Club in Dearborn, Mich.,

Cleveland Comedy Club and Hilaritiesin Cleveland, Funny Bone in Pitts-burgh and INCON-NACS ConventionEntertainment in Las Vegas.

After the comedy routines, DJ An-thony Evans will present a “VirtualDJ” show for dancing until 1 a.m.

“Live, Laugh, Love: A ValentineCelebration” will offer hot ox roastsandwiches, baked goods and softdrinks, and chances to win at the 50/50 Drawing and Chinese auction.

“Even if you don’t dance or don’twant to stay out late, you will want tocome hear the comedians,” saidNewcomb, who said ticket sales aregoing well for the Valentine’s Day-themed event.

Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7:30p.m. Call the CHRC, 327 Mill St., at(440) 593-5273 for reservations.

NFL Game: DowntownCoaches Club

The Downtown Coaches Club invites all football fans tojoin them Jan. 22 at the American Legion, 272 Broad Street,

to watch the NFL Champi-onship Game on the bigscreen.

Event includes food,games and prizes. Root foryour favorite team and seewho will get to the SuperBowl.

Call Jeff Colucci 599-8336 for tickets and informa-tion.

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StoryTime, Teddy Bear Time at theKingsville Public Library

New Story Time and Teddy Bear Time Sessions beginFebruary 6 at the Kingsville Public Library, 6006 Acad-emy Street. Classes will be held in the newly renovatedChildren’s Room.

Teddy Bear Time is for children from birth to age 3, witha caregiver, featuring 30 minutes of stories, finger playsand activities.

Story Time, for potty-trained children 3 to 6 years old,will include 45 minutes of stories, educational games, andcrafts.

A Family Class for all ages is available Tuesday eve-nings.

Registration is required and will continue until classesare full. Call (440) 224-0239 or sign up at the front desk.

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At Home With.... Vickie MarcyHi everyone! You’re prob-

ably getting tired of me say-ing time is flying by but, herewe are into the second halfof January already.Valentine’s Day will be herebefore we know it; actually,it’s less than four weeksaway. Didn’t we just cel-ebrate Thanksgiving? I can’tbelieve it’s been almost twomonths ago since we satdown to our Thanksgivingdinner. Where does the timego?

A lot of folks will be look-ing forward to the comingspring and the warmweather to get outdoors andtend their yards and gardensand I’ll be looking forward todry ground! During the “wet/muddy/thaws” etc. of latewinter and early spring (andsometimes during the wetseason we have almost yearround) it’s almost impossibleto keep the floors clean.

When you have a dog thatthinks she has to go out ev-ery hour or so, cleaning upmuddy wet paws/paw printscan get old real quick. I’mthinking of designing bootsor plastic shoes for my dogthat can be removed at thedoor and wiped off while thedog races through the houselike a demented speed racer!Her favorite spot is thecouch, next to my mom’schair, so at least they willstay clean and dry.

The only problem withthat is: I don’t sew. Give metape, (preferably duct tape,but any will do in a bind, andthe double sided tape is alifesaver also) staples, chew-ing gum, paper clips or any-thing else that will hold un-til I get the chance to changeinto something that’s notsplitting out at the seamsand I’m happy. Can you be-lieve that there are peopleout there who don’t believeme when I mention that sew-ing is not my thing?

I’ll sew buttons on or hempants or something easy likethat, but I have a seriousphobia when it comes toSEWING MACHINES. Ithink it’s because of myyounger years in high school

when I willingly took sew-ing/home economics. Afterthe first week of trying to usean electric sewing machinewith negative resultscoupled with a genuine lackof interest, I still think myteacher decided it was herduty to teach me at least thebasics of how to use a sew-ing machine.

After several lessons Istill wasn’t making anyheadway, so the teacher de-cided that if I couldn’t sewwith a machine, by golly Iwas going to learn to sew byhand! I took her literally anddiscovered that if I used asmall needle, I could sew myfingers together by passingthe threaded needle care-fully through the pads of myfinger tips. Hey! Look at myfingers, how funny is that??

Although the class was inhysterics, the teacher evi-dently was not amused andI had to sit out the sewingclass for two weeks as pun-ishment. Woohoo! Love thatkind of “punishment”! Asidefrom that small incident,sewing class was boring ex-cept when I accidentallysewed an apron to my skirt,made a blouse that had onesleeve about eight incheslonger than the other andthe occasional lapses whenI sewed my fingers togetherout of sheer boredom.

I sound like I was a brat,but I was just being me; goof-ing off and being a clown. Idid settle down when I wentto cooking class the secondhalf of the year, and afterthat I was a pretty good stu-dent. Cooking turned out tobe one of the things I ex-celled in and is probably oneof the reasons I love to cooknow! What a difference ateacher makes!

Speaking of cooking, Ifound another cookbookthat’s loaded with deliciousrecipes that are my favoritekind: fast, easy and tasty!You all know one of my fa-vorite foods is cheese, andone recipe just happens tohave cheese as an ingredi-ent. I hope you like theserecipes; they’re just the thing

for a “comfort food” mealduring this cold weather. Ihave modified them just atad, you know how I like toplay with my food.

EASY CHEESY BREAD

• 1 3/4 cup biscuit mix(like Jiffy or Biscuit)

• 1 Tbs. sugar• 1/4 Cup cold butter,

cut into small pieces• 1 Cup shredded

Sharp cheese• 1 egg slightly beaten• 2/3 Cup half and half• 1 Tbs. melted butter

In large bowl place biscuitmix and cold butter; cut inbutter using pastry blenderor two knifes until mixtureis crumbly. Stir in cheese.Stir together egg and halfand half. Gradually add wetmixture to biscuit mixture,stirring very lightly withfork just until dry ingredi-ents are moistened. Turndough out onto lightlyfloured surface and kneadfive or six times. Gently rollinto ball, pat into eight inchcircle. Carefully place onbaking sheet that has beencovered with parchment pa-per and cut into six wedges,being careful not to cut allthe way through. Bake at400 degrees for 15 - 17 min-utes or until golden brown.

Remove from oven andbrush with melted butter.Serve warm with your favor-ite chili or soup.

*THE BEST CABBAGESOUP

• 1 large can tomatojuice

• 1 pkg. dry onion soupmix

• 2 small cans beefbroth

• 1 medium head cab-bage, chopped coarsely

• 2 cup each ofchopped carrots and cel-ery

• 2 small cans mixedvegetables

Put all ingredients intolarge pot and stir well, bringto boil. Turn heat to simmerand cook for an hour or untilvegetables are tender. Deli-cious!

*The Cabbage Souprecipe above is one of my fa-vorites and has a story be-hind it: I was talking to acouple of women recentlyand the subject of CabbageSoup came up. It seems thesoup was and still is a popu-lar diet aid for those wish-ing to lose a few pounds. Oneof the ladies turned to meand said, “This soup is reallygood and filling and doeshelp you lose weight; youshould try it.” Not wantingto be rude, I smiled andthanked her for her kindcomments. A few days laterI made the soup and she wasright, it’s very filling andtasty especially when Itopped off my meal withdouble chocolate cake andchocolate chip ice cream.Delicious! That’s going towrap it up for this week, sountil next time, stay safeand happy!

QUICK TIP OF THE WEEK:Many of us made New Year’s Resolutions and the

number one resolution was to lose weight, right? If you’vealready broken your resolutions, don’t feel bad. Only 25percent of all of the people who make resolutions actu-ally keep them and succeed; I’m not in the minority.

Thank You, Salvation ArmyDear Editor:On behalf of the staff and students at Gateway El-

ementary School, I would like to take this opportu-nity to thank the Conneaut Salvation Army for thegenerous contribution of winter boots. It is with greattrepidation that we watch winter arrive, for we knowthat many of our students do not have the appropri-ate attire for the severe weather of Northeast Ohio. Itis a relief to know that at least seven of our studentswill now be guaranteed warm boots to get themthrough the sloppy months of winter.

With the current economic hardships that are be-ing felt throughout our community, it is clear thatmany people are in need. Thank you for thinking ofour students! Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Liesl K. Blackwell, PrincipalGateway Elementary School, Conneaut

To Whom It May Concern:On behalf of the students and staff at Kingsville

Elementary School, we would like to thank you verymuch for the generous donation of winter boots. Un-fortunately, with the economic times, the financialhardships are apparent in our area and by the gener-osity of the Conneaut Salvation Army, you made adifference in our students’ lives.

Thank you again and may you have a wonderfulholiday season.

Traci Morse, PrincipalKingsville Elementary School, Kingsville

Letters to the Editor

A seven-week session of “PM Workout,” with SallyMucci began this week of Jan. 9. Classes are held 6:30 to7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Join any time.

Intermediate Quilting Class with Evelyn Boeson be-gins a five-week session 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, forquilters who have taken a beginning quilt class or for ex-perienced quilters looking for a refresher class. Learn newpatterns and techniques in this wintertime class offering.Call 593-5888 for registration information.

“Let’s Wine About Art” will return at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4.This popular casual fund-raiser features Buzz Cronquist’sJazz Trio, local wines, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auctionbid of local art, recreation packages and services. $10 perperson in advance or $12 at the door. Call 593-5888.

Artwork by the Harbor Artists is on display allmonth. Several pieces are for sale.

Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts

1025 Buffalo St. (440) 593-5888

Treatmentfor Hives

Hives, also known asurticaria, are itchy raised,patches of the skin thatappear red around theedges and pale in the cen-ter.

When hives occur, im-mune cells of the skin arereacting and they begin torelease histamine. Hista-mine causes itching, swell-ing, and redness that ischaracteristic of hives.This condition may occurdue to an allergy to a cer-tain type of medication(such as antibiotics or as-pirin), plant, animal, orinsect bite. Allergies tofoods such as eggs, nuts, orfish can also lead to hives.

Hives can be preventedby avoidance of knowntriggers. Antihistaminescan be taken for relief ofitching. Diphenhydramine(Benadryl) andchlorpheniramine (Chlor-trimeton) are antihista-mines that are availableover-the-counter while hy-droxyzine (Atarax) andcyproheptadine (Periactin)can be prescribed by a doc-tor. These types of antihis-

tamines may causedrowsiness.

Loratadine (Claritin)and cetirizine (Zyrtec) arenewer types of antihista-mines that do not causedrowsiness. Steroids, suchas prednisone, may be pre-scribed if the hives are se-vere and do not respond toantihistamines.

Doxepin (Sinequan) isa tricyclic antidepressantthat increases serotoninand norepinephrine levelsin the brain, and may alsoalleviate hives. This medi-cation causes drowsinessand may be prescribed topersons affected by severehives with sleeping prob-lems at night.

Harris asked Conneautpolice officer BrianDistelrath, holding the bag,to find the glasses.

“I can hear better when Ican see better,” Michalos toldHarris.

When Harris askedMichalos if he understoodthat the doctor would beevaluating him in the JuryRoom, Michalos said he did.

“But I disagree with it,” hesaid.

Harris told Michalos thatif he failed to cooperate, hecould spend the next 30 daysin jail, and 30 after that and30 after that and so on, untilhe did cooperate.

“You will be held in con-tempt of court if you refuse,”he said. “So if you want togo home today, I suggest yougo down the hall and havethe evaluation. When [thedoctor] determines theevaluation, he will notify thecourt. You can go.”

When Michaloes asked ifhe would receive a copy ofthe report, the psychiatristsaid that his evaluationsbecome court property.

Harris assured Michalosthat he would give him acopy.

“On what basis do youfeel I am incompetent?”Michalos then asked Harris.

But Harris repeated thatthe court wants to know

“what we are dealing with”before sentencing Michalosfurther.

“But I don’t understand.Does every defendant takeone?” Michalos pressed.

“Some do, some don’t,”Harris said.

“I speak two languagesand attended YoungstownState...” he continued.

Harris told him that somedefendants with master’s de-grees have been found notguilty by reason of insanity.

“They could be alcohol ordrug addicts,” Michalos said.

“No, they weren’t,” Harrisresponded.

“But it can lead to men-tal illness,” Michalos contin-ued.

“I deemed this was nec-essary based on my observa-tions of you in this case. Wearen’t going to get into that,”Harris said.

Michalos told Harris thathe had no problem with theexam.

But he did have problemsnot taking immediate pos-session of his black bag, andbecame belligerent whenHarris explained thatDistelrath would be carryingthe bag until it was in-spected.

“You mean I’m not al-lowed to carry my own bag?This is a little ‘crazy,’... saidMichalos, adding arm ges-

tures with the word ‘crazy.’“Why is he carrying my prop-erty? He already lookedthrough it.”

Harris replied thatMichalos was not runninghis courtroom and to go on.

“Now,” he insisted. “Now,Are you going to do what Isay?”

“Does he want to carrymy shirt?” Michalos shotback. “You will allow some-one else to carry my prop-erty.”

Finally, Michalos fol-lowed the doctor andDistelrath into the hallway,as his Public DefenderRebecca Risley began stat-ing a motion to withdrawherself from the case.

But within seconds, thecourtroom door opened andall three men reappeared.Michalos was handcuffed.

Distelrath explained thatMichalos had become unco-operative.

“I just want to carry mybag. I’ve never stolen any-thing. If you had a milliondollars on your table, Iwouldn’t take any of it,” saidMichalos. “This is the firsttime I’ve ever been hand-cuffed.”

Finally, Harris orderedDistelrath to dump the con-tents of the black tote bag onthe courtroom table.

“This is the last time that

we will waste the doctor’stime,” Harris told Michalos.

“We will uncuff you andlook through the bag andcoat. Then you will go to theJury Room. If you waste mytime any more, I will sendyou to jail.”

Nothing objectionablewas found amidst the per-sonal items and medication,which Michalos said laterwas aspirin tablets. The triothen left the courtroom.

Risley, meanwhile, begananew her request to removeherself from the case.

Harris at first overruledher request, but changed hismind after Risley describedMichalos’ verbal and physi-cal intimidation.

Not only did she reportbeing fearful, but told Har-ris that Michalos had calledher names too horrible to berepeated in a court of law.

“I am disabled,” she said.“These threats are intimi-dating to me.”

Risley said on one occa-sion, Michalos had called thePublic Defender’s Office 50times, screaming, swearingand demanding to speak toher.

“The attorney/client rela-tionship has eroded. Beinghis defense lawyer is impos-sible,” she said,

Harris said he wouldcheck with the PublicDefender’s Office to see ifMarie Lane, or a male attor-ney, would take the case.

“You don’t have to stay inthe case,” he said.

Michalos returned to thecourt room at 1 p.m. Mondayto sign a release form for theevaluation. At that time, heasked Harris to lift the banbarring him from city build-ings so that he could returnto Council meetings.

His request was denied.Once Harris receives the

psychiatrist’s written evalu-ation of Michalos, he will de-termine an appropriate sen-tence.

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touts itself as a “one-clickdigital” service linking read-ers to thousands of bookscompatible to PCs, MP3Players and iPods.

Audio “borrowers” createaccounts using their librarycards.

“Each library has a ‘oneclick’ system to RecordedBooks on the web page,” saidKathy Pape, director ofConneaut Public Library,“On Conneaut Library’s webpage, it’s in the upper right-hand corner.”

Once on the page, pa-trons have some 3,000titles to choose from – fic-tion, non-fiction, children’sbooks. About 30 more titlesare being added thismonth.

“You can search by genreif you want,” Pape said.

Recorded Books comesfrom Maryland, said EdWorso, Director ofHenderson Memorial PublicLibrary in Jefferson. He

called it the “Cadillac” of theaudio book industry.

“They have very goodreaders, and some are actorsand actresses,” he said. “Youcan even search by narratorsbecause some people like tohear stories read by certainpeople.”

RecordedBooks has exclu-sive rights to some authors,such as Jodi Picoult, RitaMae Brown and CharlaineHarris.

Pape, Worso and LibraryDirectors Mariana Branchof Kingsville, Susan Hill ofAndover, Joe Zappitello ofHarbor-Topky in AshtabulaHarbor, and Director-in-Training Hannah Laing ofRock Creek agree that offer-ing downloadable audio is agood use of public funds. Itis not only a good invest-ment, but adds anothercomponent to library ser-vices.

“Books are very expen-sive – say $50 to $100 – and

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at some point, you pass thethreshold of how many cop-ies are economical,” Worsosaid.

Pape said that truck driv-ers, and spouses who ridewith them, are heavy usersof audio books as are otherswho do a lot of traveling onthe road.

“There is really a big de-mand,” said Branch. “Butpeople have to rememberthat this is audio, not e-read-ing,” she said.

Currently, onlyHenderson Memorial PublicLibrary in Jefferson offers e-reading, due to several re-cent bequests that havelightened the financialstrain felt by most public li-braries.

“Under the prior director,Henderson had a sizable do-nation earmarked to use fortechnology, so that’s what wedid,” Worso said.

Other county librarieshope to have e-reading up

and running sometime thisyear. Until then, readersthroughout the county mayvisit Henderson Memorialfor e-books.

Branch reminds the pub-lic that e-readers are for e-books and nothing more.

“ I’m excited about thedownloadable audio,” saidHill. “I think it’s really go-ing to mature. We’re able tooffer unique authors. We liketo be in on the edge of tech-nology. Libraries are not allabout books.”

Worso added that thosewith questions about usingthe electronic gadgets re-ceived for Christmas – “ourdemand for e-books jumpedthe day after Christmas be-cause people got them aspresents,” he said – shouldask a librarian.

“That’s what we’re herefor,” he said.

As an aside, Pape warnedthat people who receivedKindles for Christmas may

not understand that not alltitles are available onKindle.

“Kindle is exclusive toAmazon,” she said. “Amazonjust began offering its pro-gram to libraries a fewmonths ago.”

Last week’s luncheon wasthe librarians’ Januarymeeting, where they collabo-rated, shared ideas and dis-cussed issues. The group isloosely organized, withoutofficers.

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SUBMITTED PHOTONorris Kelly, Conneaut native and choir directorat First Congregational United Church, will perform2 p.m. Monday at Severance Hall, Cleveland, aspart of the Dr. Mart in Luther King, Jr . , DayCommunity Open House featuring a variety ofmusical performances. A tenor, Kelly will appearwith the Oberlin Ebony Connection, comprised ofOberlin alumni, including Diana White Gould,pianist, and Lisa Whitfield on the viola. They willperform works by African-American composerswho attended Oberl in Col lege or l ived inCleveland. Severance Hall will open at 11:30 a.m.The open house will conclude with a 5 p.m.concert by the Cleveland Orchestra YouthOrchestra under the direction of James Feddeck.

Norris Kelly SingsMonday at Severance Hall

Christmas came earlyfor Robert andChristina Eaton,winners of the Dec.16Lakeshore PrimarySchool Parent-TeacherCouncil raffle of a 36-inch flat-screen TV. TheParent-TeacherCouncil purchased theTV and will use the$325 fund-raisingprofits to finance theproduction of “Junie B.Jones” at 10 a.m.March 30.The professionalproduction will bepresented byTheatreworks USA fromNew York City.The Eatons have twochildren at Lakeshore.Ryan is in secondgrade and Makenzie isa first-grade student. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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CONNEAUT - It’s timefor area art teachers to be-gin thinking about theConneaut CommunityCenter’s 2012 Student ArtShow.

Open to students ingrades K to 12 in northeastOhio and northwest Penn-sylvania, the show opens inthe CCCA Exhibit HallMarch 2 to March 31.

An opening reception

Student Art Show Coming to CCCAwith award presentationswill be held 6 to 8 p.m.March 2. Cash prizes will beawarded at the end of theshow.

Student artists may en-ter a maximum of threepieces (high school) and twopieces (elementary andmiddle school). All work en-tered by a student will berejected if the limit is ex-ceeded.

Work must be appropri-ate for a family-orientedcommunity facility.

All entries must be deliv-ered to the CCCA, 1025 Buf-falo St., from 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Feb. 27.

Pieces must be ready tohang in a sturdy mat. Eachentry must have completestudent information on theback.

Teachers whose studentsplan to enter the show mustnotify the CCCA by Feb. 15.

For more information,call the CCCA at (440) 593-5888 or [email protected].

At 8:30 a.m. contemporary and 11 a.m. traditionalworship Jan. 15, the second Sunday after Epiphany atGood Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grove Street atLake Road, readers are Susan Chapin (8:30 a.m.) andAl Gee (11 a.m.).

“Some Assembly Required” is the sermon title by theRev. Scott Walsh, pastor, at 9 a.m. worship (contempo-rary in the Worship Center) and 11 a.m. worship (tra-ditional in the Sanctuary) Jan. 15 at New Leaf UnitedMethodist Church, 283 Buffalo Street. Scripture isPhilippians 2:12-13. The choir, directed by Rebecca Le-vering, will sing “River in Judea.” Free brunch 8:45 to11 a.m. All welcome.

Greeters for 11 a.m. worship Jan. 15 at First Con-gregational United Church of Christ, Main andBuffalo Streets, are Sue and Julia Krieg. Liturgist isShane Brown. Jim Fuller will be the pianist. The mes-sage by Joyce Shellhammer, pastor, is entitled, “A ManAfter God’s Own Heart,” based on Acts 13:22. A pot-luck luncheon will follow worship.

Greeters for 11 a.m. worship Jan. 15 at First Bap-tist Church, 370 State St., are Dixie Onion and theMcGhee, Reed/Porter families.

CHURCH MEALSSoup lunch, featuring vegetable beef or ham-and-

bean soup, is 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at KingsvillePresbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, north side ofRoute 84 at 3056 W. Main Road. Eat in or carry out inyour own container. Donation only.

New Leaf United Methodist Church, 283 BuffaloStreet, will serve its free Friday dinner, prepared byDave Jones, 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 13. This week’s menu in-cludes Creamed Chicken & biscuits, real mashed pota-toes, dinner rolls, desserts.

Community Men’s Prayer Breakfast will be held8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Jan. 14 at New Leaf United MethodistChurch, 283 Buffalo Street. All men of the communityare welcome.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grove Street atLake Road, will host a Chicken & Biscuit Dinner 4to 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Carry-out available. Adults $7, chil-dren 10 and under, $4. Menu includes mashed potatoes,green beans, applesauce, dessert, beverage.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Youth Group is tak-ing orders this month for its Super Bowl Sunday SubSale. Call 599-8908.

Religious Briefs

Church Sign:“The BIBLE - Basic Instructions

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Reverse Raffle/Sock HopJan. 28 at St. Andrew’s ChurchIt will be back to the 50s and 60s when

St. Andrew Church, 3700 Route 93, hostsa Reverse Raffle and 50s/60s Sock Hop 7p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the draw-ings will begin at 7 p.m.

Dinner of pulled pork, chicken & dress-ing, meatballs/rigatoni, scalloped pota-toes, green beans and dessert will beserved.

Mix will be provided at the BYOB affair.Contests, held after the drawings, will

include Best Dressed Man and Best-Dressed Woman, plus Hula Hoop.

Bids will be taken for Chinese Auctionbaskets and a 50/50 drawing will be held.

Only 100 tickets are being sold.Call (440) 224-0964 for tickets.The event is sponsored by St. Andrew’s

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Army’s pro-choice statementissued in December came toMorscher’s attention via theRev. Philip Miller, pastorsince August of St. Mary/St.Frances Cabrini Parish,which she serves.

The statement says thatthe ISA accepts terminationof pregnancy in cases of rape,incest, life-threatening fetaldeformity and where “in thejudgment of competentmedical and allied staff,”pregnancy threatens the lifeof, or could result in irrevers-ible physical injury to, themother.

The Roman CatholicChurch and some Protestantdenominations teach thatabortion under any circum-stance is murder.

After reading the state-ment on line, Morscher no-tified Gore, who is pastor ofGood Shepherd. She hadserved as treasurer of the lo-cal Salvation Army sinceOctober.

“I didn’t think about theInternational SalvationArmy’s position on abortionwhen I took over as trea-surer,” she said. “I saw noreason to because of the Sal-

vation Army United States’position.”

Equally surprised tolearn of the ISA’s Social Jus-tice Commission’s abortionstance, Gore contacted TonyHoushour, the SalvationArmy’s Regional Field Rep-resentative in Cleveland.

“He knew nothing aboutit, but he said we are the firstboard members to resign,”Gore said.

Houshour was to havebeen at Monday’s boardmeeting, but was absent dueto illness. He plans to meetwith Gore and Morscher inConneaut later this month.

Gore said an employee atthe Cleveland SalvationArmy Regional office ex-pressed surprise at local re-action to the ISA statement,saying no other northeast-ern Ohio Service Units hadresponded in this way.

In his resignation letterto Houshour, Gore wrote, “Inmy position as pastor ofGood Shepherd, I feel it bestto step down from my posi-tion with Salvation Armyuntil clarity of internationalstatement and actions areresolved or clarified….I be-

lieve in the mission of Sal-vation Army USA and I amconfident that SalvationArmy USA will bring aboutchange so that we can moveforward in our service toChrist.”

Gore also noted, “It is dis-heartening to learn that Sal-vation Army Internationallooks at this divisive issue soeasily. I also recognize thattheir written statement inDec., 2011, goes against theUSA branch statements ofpro-life.”

Gore announced his res-ignation as Conneaut Salva-tion Army Service UnitPresident from the pulpit atGood Shepherd LutheranChurch on Sunday

LifeSiteNews.com onJan. 3 said that leaders ofthe American branch of theSalvation Army “have criti-cized the decision by the in-ternational branch of thechurch to condone abortionin some cases, saying thatthe new position does notreflect the beliefs of mem-bers in the United States.”

According toWorldNetDaily, Chief Com-munications Officer for theSalvation Army USA MajorGeorge Hood said that theposition statement had beendeveloped through the Lon-don office and “does not re-flect the position we’ve takenin the U.S. on abortion.”

But Hood was quoted onthe web site as saying thatwhen he read of the interna-tional group’s position,“There was smoke comingout of both my ears.”

Gore at Monday’s boardmeeting read a statementfrom the USA branch of theSalvation Army, quoting fromGenesis 1:27 that “Humanlife is sacred because it ismade in the image of God tobe cherished, nurtured or re-deemed. Human life is sacredbecause it is made in the im-age of God and has eternaldestiny. Sacredness is notconferred, or can it be takenaway by human agreement.The Salvation Army deploressociety’s ready acceptance ofabortion, which reflects in-sufficient concern for vulner-able persons, including theunborn (Psalms 82:3-4).”

Gore said that untilFebruary’s Salvation ArmyInternational Conference,the matter is not likely to beresolved.

He planned to take theissue to the monthly meet-ing of Conneaut Area Minis-

terial Association (CAMA) aton Thursday. Though CAMAmembers hold diverse theo-logical opinions, Gore saidthey nonetheless stand to-gether in collegial unity. Theabortion issue is extremelydivisive, he said.

“The unity of churches isundermined by the Interna-tional statement,” he said.“It could and possibly willaffect the Salvation Army inthe USA.”

Until next month at theearliest, the local SalvationArmy office will be closedand no vouchers for food orheating assistance will bewritten.

“Everything right now ison hiatus,” Gore said. “Hope-fully, the USA will have aninfluence on the interna-tional conference.”

Gore’s decision does notsit well with Salvation ArmyVoucher Coordinator KathyPaden, who sees no link be-tween the Salvation Army’smission in the communityand a pro-choice stancetaken in London.

“I help those who needhelp, and this is going tohurt Conneaut,” she said.“There are people whoseelectricity is being shut off.”

Paden said she neverasks clients their views onpolitics, religion or othermatters. She simply tries tohelp them.

Salvation Army BoardMember Candy Arcaro saidthat until she has more in-formation, she is in no posi-tion to decide whether to re-main on the board.

Former treasurer andboard member PennyArmeni said she feelsstrongly that SalvationArmy does good things forpeople in need.

“What are we saying?”asked Salvation Army BoardMember Renea Roach, whoalso directs the ConneautFood Pantry.

Gore reiterated that theConneaut Salvation Army isnot disbanding, but is step-ping back to look at the im-plications of the Interna-tional Social Justice state-ment and measure the re-sponse of the Regional Head-quarters in Cleveland..

“This has been hard be-cause I’ve put in a lot of timeand spent seven years build-ing the board and publictrust in the Salvation Army.Hopefully, the group will fig-ure out a way to deal withall this,” he said.

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My Day in Courtby Rylie Pryately

On Oct. 24, my class and I went to Conneaut MunicipalCourt. What I liked about “Day in Court” is learning abouthow the justice system works. I also liked how Judge Har-ris was very serious and didn’t take anything as a joke. Hewas very professional.

The advantages of at-tending “Day in Court” isyou learn about all thepeople in the courtroom andtheir duties.

I also learned that mak-ing poor choices can get youinto a lot of trouble. If youhave to go Court for your baddecisions, you can get finedby paying money, commu-nity service hours, or evengoing to jail. I also learnedhow dangerous driving canbe. You cannot be texting or talking on the phone while youare driving. You also need to be paying attention to theroad and other drivers.

The difference between a real court room and one on TVare very different. In a real courtroom, only the judge isspeaking. The only time the defendant can speak in thecourtroom is when the judge asks them to. He doesn’t yellat them, and he has everything under control, unlike a TVcourtroom show. Everyone is yelling at each other, the de-fendant was very rude to the judge, and the judge didn’tcare what you have to say.

Some day, I would love to go back to “Day in Court.” Ithink it was a very good experience for my future.

Thank you, Judge Harris, for allowing me to have sucha nice experience.

Prately’s is one of six winning essays written by ConneautMiddle School eighth-graders following the “My Day InCourt” field trip to Conneaut Municipal Court.

Rylie Pryately

Elks Hoop Shoot Is Saturday The Elks Annual Hoop Shoot gets underway at 1

p.m. Jan. 14 at Conneaut Middle School on GatewayAvenue for boys and girls ages 8 to 13 by April 1, 2012.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m.Trophies will go to first, second and third place in

each gender and age group.District competition for first-place winners from

Ashtabula County will be held 10 a.m. Jan. 21 atRavenna High School, 6589 Chestnut St., Ravenna.

State-level competition for district-level winners isFeb. 17 in Grove City, Ohio.

For other information, call Linda Polshosky (440)599-8741.

Optimist Club Student of the MonthChris Bucci, son of Jeff

and Kathi Bucci, is the No-vember Optimist Club Stu-dent of the Month. A mem-ber of CHS’ football, wres-tling, and track teams, Bucciwas awarded MVP of thefootball team, and nomi-nated as CHS’ Phillips De-fensive Player of the Year.He was named to the All-County 2nd Team in football.In addition to serving as anoffice worker, Bucci is partof CHS’ media productionclass and helps broadcastdaily announcements.

Outside of school, Buccivolunteers with the SummerRecess Program and Vacation Bible School. As a wrestlingteam member, he assists the Conneaut Rotary Club in put-ting up giant Christmas cards at Lakeview Park.

Five Star Student of the MonthMegan Gilligan, daughter

of Michael and DarlaGilligan, is the NovemberFive Star Student of theMonth. A three-year aca-demic letter winner and CEATop Scholar, Megan is amember of National HonorSociety and marketing man-ager of the “Tattler” year-book staff.

A children’s volunteer at“Rock Out Hunger” and atsummer reading and mathcamps, she also enjoysworking at Special Olym-pics and at special needscamps. After graduation,Gilligan plans to study oc-cupational therapy at Cleveland State University.

Junior Elks ClubStudent of the Month

Brooke Sanford, daugh-ter of Karen and Jon Arcaro,was selected Junior ElksClub Student of November.A two-year academic letterwinner and member of Na-tional Honor Society,Sanford is on the tennisteam and cheerleadingsquad, and a member ofAshtabula County YOUthLEADership. In 2010, shewas awarded the HenryClark Geometry Award.Sanford volunteers at LionsClub Safety Town and at artcamps.

After graduation, she plans to attend college to studynutrition and dietetics.

Chris Bucci

Megan Gilligan

Brooke Sanford

Rowe High SchoolClasses of 1953/1954

Rowe High School Classes of 1953 and 1954, theirspouses and guests will meet for breakfast 9 a.m. Tuesday,Jan. 17, at Perkins Restaurant, Conneaut.

Rowe High School ‘58Rowe High School Class of 1958 will meet 12:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Kay’s Place, I-90 and Route 193. Spouses andguests are welcome.

Megan Callahan, daugh-ter of Tim and CindyCallahan, was selected No-vember Optimist Club BandStudent. Callahan partici-pates in band, marching andjazz bands and was awardedthe Most Outstanding Se-nior. Also a member of theLady Spartan tennis team,Callahan volunteers at theConneaut Community Cen-ter for the Arts’ Summer ArtsCamp and Lions Club SafetyTown.

Callahan plans to double-major in biomedical engineering and music at Ohio Uni-versity. Her goal is to become a dermatolgist.

Optimist Club BandStudent of the Month

Megan Callahan


CONNEAUT - About 36boys and girls came out forthe annual Knights of Co-lumbus Hoop Shoot Satur-day at St. Mary Hall.

The free competition wasopen to any boy or girl aged10 to 14, as of Jan. 1.

Each contestant wasgiven the opportunity tomake 15 consecutive foulshots. Competitors drewnumbers to determine theorder.

Winners, pictured, willadvance to the District Levelcompetition at St. John &Paul School on Station Av-enue, Ashtabula, on Feb. 4.

At the District Level, stu-dents will be offered 25 con-secutive shots to advance tothe Regional Level.

The Knights of Columbusgave each participant asmall basketball, and servedhot dogs, chips and pop tomake it a fun-filled day forcontestants and observers.

Many Winners in K of C Hoop Shoot

Winner in the 14-year-old boys’ division was Marcus Barrickman (center).

Winner in the 13-year-old boys’ division was Jason Braden (center).

Organizers includeGrand Knight John Ericksenand his wife, Barb; Local Co-ordinator Linda Polchosky;the KofC for scorekeepingand rebounding, and theRev. Philip Miller, pastor ofSt. Mary/St. FrancesCabrini, for the use of the

gym.“A special thanks to Jon

Lower for rebounding theballs, and to Chris Brown forprinting and sending flyersto the schools to make thisyear ’s competition a suc-cess,” Polchosky said.

Winners in the girls divi-

Winner in the 12-year-old boys’ division was Connor Stitt.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSWinner the 11-year-old boys’ division was Nathan Lower. In all photos are KofC’s JohnEricksen and organizer Linda Polchosky.

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CONNEAUT - At 5:14p.m. Jan. 5, Conneaut policewere notified that ScottLoomis was loudly knockingon the door of a HarborStreet apartment, scream-ing and demanding entry.

Officers arrived and ob-served a subject who ap-peared to be Loomis, stand-ing on Hayward Avenue andscreaming into the face ofanother male.

They approachedLoomis, and advised him tocease his behavior. He re-fused.


CONNEAUT – Trying toshoplift twice at the samestore on the same dayproved unlucky for a Fur-nace Road couple.

According to police re-ports, a manager at the Dol-lar General store on MainStreet told Conneaut police12:35 p.m. January 6 that aclerk suspected that a pairof shoplifters had stolenseveral items.

A video surveillance cam-era had captured the two in-dividuals stealing, verifyingher account.

Police identified the pair

Double-Duty Shoplifters Arrested Local Man Cited forDisorderly Conductfrom the video as Joe

Johnston and Donna Se-vere, They had entered thestore at 11:19 a.m. Both leftthe store at 11:22 a.m., At11:23 a.m., Johnston re-en-tered and placed a packageof Russell Stover candiesunderneath his jacket.

At 11:25 a.m., he placeda pair of socks inside hiscoat and left the store.

The clerk saw the pairleave in a red Dodge Ram.

Police were able to locatethe couple, and cited them.

At 3:42 p.m., police werecalled back to the store. Themanager told police that thetwo people identified in thefirst shoplifting incident

had returned.An employee reported

seeing Johnston try to putdog treats and book sticksin his coat. He was still inthe store.

Officers took Johnstonoutside and placed hishands on the outside of theMain Street building.

When asked if he hadtaken any other items, hesaid, “Officer, I have otherthings that I had taken inmy pockets.”

Officers discovered ineach coat pocket severalpackages of lunch meat andcheese.

After arrestingJohnston, and placing him

in the patrol car, the officerwent back into the storeand saw Johnson’s girl-friend, Severe, exit thestore. When the officer toldher of the complaint, shetold him, :We have moneyon my food card. We canpay for it.”

She was told she hadbeen captured on cameraearlier giving to Johnsonitems that he placed in hiscoat.

Officers learned that Se-vere had two active arrestwarrants.

Severe was patted downand placed in the patrol car.Both subjects were trans-ported to jail and booked in.

Loomis continued toscream and yell despite be-ing warned that he would becited if he did not stop.

Loomis was eventuallyplaced into the rear seat ofthe police cruiser.

He told officers he wasupset because he had givena man $15 to buy mari-juana, and the man nevergave him the “weed.”

When told he would becited for disorderly conduct,Loomis agreed he had beendisorderly.

After receiving and sign-ing his citation, Loomis wastransported home by an of-ficer.


CONNEAUT - It doesn’tpay to weave while driving.

Kizzy Holley found thisout after being stopped byConneaut police at 1:57 a.m.Jan. 6 on Lake Road.

Holley admitted to policethat she did not have a validlicense. Officers soonlearned from Dispatch thatshe had an active warrantthrough Conneaut Munici-pal Court for Failing to Ap-

Two Arrested on Lake Roadpear for Pre-Trial.

Her front-seat passenger,Cheryce Kelley, told policethat she and two men hadbeen drinking, and that waswhy Holley was drivingwithout a valid license.

A back-seat passenger,Carlos McCullum, was alsofound to be wanted in Penn-sylvania for Violation of Pa-role.

Holley and McCullumwere arrested, placed intoseparate cruisers, and trans-ported to jail for booking.

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the school district from thePublic Works Garage on16th Street. Both entitiesare billed a 1 percentmonthly administrative fee.

Last week, the partiestalked about seeking a stategrant to build a garage tohouse school buses, snowplows and Public Worksequipment.

Houston suggested suchan arrangement could makeit easier for entities to sharemechanics and suggestedadding a storage facility.

Schroeder said he saw nolegal barrier in the proposal.

“I’m 100 per cent for it,”said At-Large CouncilmanNeil LaRusch. “It helps ev-eryone out.”

Describing shared ser-vices between the city andschools in Marshall, Mich.,his former employer,Conneaut City Manager TimEggleston said he is avail-able to attend a meeting inCleveland Jan. 17 to learnmore about the state grantprogram that rewards gov-ernment entities working onmutual projects.

LaRusch is also available.Houston next updated

the group on the SPARCproject by opening the dis-cussion with a video, thenasked the city for assistancewith water and sewer linesso that restrooms could be inoperation in time for the2012 football season.

The project is fundedthrough pledges and privatedonations, Houston said,and as long as the pledgescome through, progress willcontinue. The immediateconcern is the infrastruc-ture, particularly runningwater for the restrooms andthe concession stand, in abuilding on the northeastcorner of the property at Sta-dium and Maple Avenues.

“Water and sewer are thekeys to getting rid of theport-a-potties,” Houstonsaid. “We have no sewerthere now.”

Houston would like a 6-inch water line, an 8-inchsewer line and a fire hydrantinstalled.

“We want the city to helpwith a cooperative agree-ment. Two years ago, the cityhelped us reconnect taps,and it was tremendous,”Houston said.

Houston said if restroomsare installed, commence-ment could return to the sta-dium.

At-large Councilman andformer Public Works Direc-tor John Roach said that ty-ing in restrooms at the sta-dium site would benefit theentire city and he favors the8-inch sewer line.

“It’s a good idea,” he said.LaRusch recommended

that the proposal go toCouncil’s Public UtilitiesCommittee.

“It’s perfect for that, tomove it along. Your ducksare in a row,” he said.

On a final matter, thegroup agreed that ALICEtraining, a response toarmed intruders in schoolbuildings, would be benefi-cial, and Houston agreed tocheck into it. The school-sponsored ALICE presenta-tion the previous day atConneaut High School waswell accepted. “It shows usa new perspective on whatcan be done,” said Houston.

Houston said Conneautis the only high school inAshtabula County withouta “resource officer” from thelocal police department.

“We take pride in that.We run a tight ship andhave zero tolerance for vio-lence and drugs,” he said.“When we need them, thepolice are there and are verycooperative.”

Houston said the ALICEtraining, at a cost of $300per person, would be a “pro-active” approach and thatdynamics for responding toarmed intruders havechanged over the last 15years.

“We work hard to main-tain a safe environment,”said Ward 1 CouncilmanDoug Hedrick, a teacher atConneaut High School.“Zero tolerance has to be inplace because there is noresource officer. The re-sources we have we have touse well.”

Houston and Hedrickagreed that the environ-ment has changed atConneaut High School sinceneighborhood schools werereplaced with campus-styleschools.

“We used to have smallelementary schools, andabout 95 percent of the kidsgrew up and attended Kthrough 12 together. Now,we’re down to about 60 per-cent of the students whohave grown up together. Wehave 30 kids move in andmove out each month. It’smore transient,” Houstonsaid.

Hedrick agreed that stu-dent body members are notas close as they once were.

“People don’t build thesame connections. There ismore instability,” he said.

Eggleston said theALICE presentation hadbeen “eye-opening” for ev-eryone, and that as fatherof a daughter who teaches,he would rather have herjump out the window if anarmed intruder were in thebuilding than huddle in alocked classroom.

When Houston said thehigh school has regularlock-down training with po-lice dogs, Eggleston sug-

gested staging somethingmore realistic with a SWATteam.

Houston said adminis-trators have volunteered tobecome trained in ALICE;police and fire personnelshould be trained as well, hesaid. Houston agreed to getthe community involved.

At the outset of the meet-ing, members of both groupsintroduced themselves,since since three new coun-cilmen and three new Boardof Education members hadbeen elected in November.

“I’m not used to seeingthis many of you show up.I’m glad you’re taking thetime. We can share re-sources to help cut ex-penses,” said CBOE’s MikeKennedy, elected 2012Board of Education presi-dent at CBOE’s brief orga-nizational meeting that pre-ceded the joint meeting.

“The city and the schoolsare one,” said new CBOEmember Joan Norton, aformer councilwoman. “Ithink people will be inclinedto vote for a levy if they seeus doing the best with whatwe have. It’s good to worktogether. Your smiling facesare motivators.”

In wrapping up, Ward 4Councilman Tom Kozeskysaid an elderly resident inthe Dean/Harbor Avenueneighborhood complained ofnoisy children waiting forthe bus each morning, andLaRusch asked that a“curve” sign go up on Gate-way Avenue. Houston askedthat the city’s Public SafetyCommittee look at traffic is-sues at Gateway Elemen-tary to ease congestion atthe end of the school day.

The groups will meet injoint session at 6 p.m.Wednesday, May 2, at theSoutheast Building.

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Patrol to investigate feloniesat Ohio privately-ownedprisons in Ohio, to keep theburden from falling on localpolice departments.

The Conneaut Police De-partment had neither themoney nor the manpower tohandle them.

On Jan. 9, Schroeder pre-sented to Council a briefchronology of events regard-ing the matter, concludingwith a letter from DeWinedated Jan. 4 that he is of theopinion that Lake Erie Cor-rectional Institution is astate institution under theOhio Revised Code.

“No more agreements arenecessary,” Schroeder said.“[The OHP] will maintainthe status quo. The OhioHighway Patrol has a finemechanism and we will notbe burdened.”

Kozlowski said on Tues-day that he was surprisedlate last month to learn thatthe Attorney General’s officewas reluctant to agree to aMemorandum of Under-standing.

“I was surprised becauseI still considered it a work-in-progress. The attorneygeneral was looking into it,”he said.

Koslowski maintainedthat the Attorney General’soffice did not state opposi-tion to the OHP at the prisonper se, but came to a differ-ent conclusion after “con-tinuing to research the stat-utes” and determining thatthe prison would remain astate institution after itssale to a private company.

Kozlowski said that thatangle had been consideredthroughout the three-monthdiscussion, and that the OhioRevised Code’s position ofprison jurisdiction had comeup before.

Koslowski’s proposed leg-islation had not gotten outof committee before the saleof Lake Erie CorrectionalInstitution was finalizedDec. 31.

Kozlowsky said the legis-lation at this point is nolonger necessary. Should thestate decide to sell otherprisons, all would remainproperty of the State of Ohio.

“We wanted to find a reso-lution to this in the fastestmanner possible and it camefrom the Attorney General’soffice,” he said.

City Council on Mondaynight praised the administra-tion for helping resolve theissue. “I want to thank theCity Manager, DaveSchroeder and everyone forthe prison issue resolution,”said At-Large CouncilmanNeil LaRusch, who spear-headed initial efforts to drawKozlowski into the conversa-tion at a Finance & Ordinancemeeting, and then organizeda trip to Columbus in October.Even after the letter denyingthe Memorandum of Under-standing came from the Attor-ney General on Dec. 27,LaRusch said he was optimis-tic that state-level officialswould not let the city down.

“I was 100 percent opti-mistic and am 100 percentthankful it worked out in ourfavor,” he said

Schroeder, too, was re-lieved.

“A lot of people worked tothis resolution,” he said.“They arranged meetingswith state government. Itwas handled professionallyand our elected representa-tives spoke with us daily tosee it through. Thanks to allwho contributed to this fineresolution. At the presenttime, this matter has beenput to rest.”

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“The city and the schools are one.I think people will be inclined tovote for a levy if they see us doingthe best with what we have. It’sgood to work together. Your smilingfaces are motivators.”

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Courier Year in Review: April, May, June 2011

Remember that pesky intake valve problem, whenthe Underwater Services’ cleaning tool broke and be-came dislodged in the 24-inch intake pipe at the city’swater plant? Underwater Services’ Kevin Hogan (above,from April 7, 2011, Courier) assured City Council thathe wanted to resolve the problem, and offered his firm’sstrong sewer jet to Lake Erie Diving, ultimately hiredto solve a problem that was costing the city $1,200 perweek on a pump to bypass and supplement the intakepipe. Hogan said he had asked the city to inspect theline with a video camera prior to starting the work.Because the city refused, he said his firm was not solelyresponsible for the problem. City administrators deniedhaving heard such a request. “We just wanted the lineto be cleaned,” said Finance Director John Williams.

City Manager Hiring ProcessSeemed Endless

Hiring a City Manager began as a calm, rational pro-cess, guided by City Council, with applicants havingthe full month of February to respond to advertisementsthat appeared in January. The city received 26 applica-tions. Then the process went haywire. City Council re-ported narrowing to three finalists a field of six semi-finalists interviewed on April 2. But a week later, aftercouncil dropped the idea of convening a three-member“citizens’ panel” to interview the finalists, RichardShowalter, who helped draft the city charter, filed aninjunction against hiring any finalist, including BillKennedy and Terry Moisio of Conneaut and Lee Bodnarof Painesville Township. He claimed none met require-ments for city manager as outlined in the charter. Atthe end of April, it was back to the drawing board asCouncil reviewed for a second time the City Managerapplications.

Campbell, Lewis Fight JohnsonControls Contract

Conneaut City Councilmen Dave Campbell andCharlie Lewis won their battle to defeat a $750,000 cityenergy overhaul project by Johnson Controls, sayingthey wanted to hear from Johnson competitors beforesigning on the dotted line. Johnson Controls had billedthe city $23,000 for its energy audit of city buildings,per agreement by former City Manager RobertSchaumleffel, and said if the city accepted at least onepart of the proposal, the $23,000 would be forgiven.Campbell researched Johnson Controls on the Internetand said the city had not done its due diligence. “Arewe in a position to take the burden on when it couldcost us more to arbitrate than the savings? I think weshould wait until we have a new City Manager,” he said.The city eventually went after competitive bids, but de-cided nothing by the end of the year. Johnson’s projectproposed the city take out a loan for the work and useits guaranteed energy savings ($60,000 the first yearalone) to repay the loan.

Meet CHS 2011 Prom Royalty

Elected as royalty of Conneaut High School’s 2011 PromCourt in May were (front row, left) Taylor Wheeler, BrandyWheeler, Hillary Betts, Ashley Randolph, Roni Cottrell; and(left, back) Chris Poore, Parris Fetterhoff, Billy Kirk, RobMalena, Michael Johnston The Junior-Senior Prom washeld May 14 at DeRubertis Party Center in Madison, fol-lowed by After-Prom at United Skates of America inWickliffe.

Rocco Dobran Hired as CHS Football CoachThe Conneaut High

School football team wason hand when ConneautArea City Schools intro-duced new varsity foot-ball coach Rocco Dobranon May 12. Dobran hadimpressed panelists dur-ing the interview processby saying that faith, fam-ily and education werepriorities. Hired on aone-year contract toteach at ConneautMiddle School, Dobranhad been defensive coordinator and assistant varsity foot-ball coach since 2005 at Marion Harding High School. A1996 graduate of Poland Seminary High School, and a 2000graduate of Muskingum College, where he lettered in foot-ball all four years, Dobran compiled an 11-3 record as sev-enth- and eighth-grade coach in Massillon. At MassillonWashington High School, he was freshman coach (17-2),then assistant varsity coach in 2004 and 2005. He and hiswife, Cindy, have three young children and bought a homein Conneaut.

Standing Ovation for Tree City U.S.A.Conneaut’s host commit-

tee for the Tree City USAConvention at the ConneautHuman Resources Center onMay 9 received a standingovation at the close of thefour-hour meeting — a first,said Tree City USA AlanSiewert. About 150 repre-sentatives of 59 NortheastOhio cities and villages at-tended the ceremony spon-sored by the National ArborDay Foundation, under thedirection of the ConneautTree Commission and itspresident, Rod Raker. In ad-dition to speakers and lunch,attendees received a tour ofConneaut’s unique DorothyShumake Arboretum at

Malek Park. Conneaut was recognized as a “Tree City USA”for the 26th consecutive year. Pictured is Heather Smith ofKent State University, displaying KSU’s 2010 Tree Cam-pus Award plaque awarded during the presentation sec-tion of the meeting.

Conneaut Cafe III: More BrainstormingAbout 62 people spent the evening of May 24 discussing

possible solutions to the city’s ragged appearance at thethird “Conneaut Cafe III” roundtable discussion at theConneaut Human Resources Center, chaired by the Ad HocHousing Review Committee. Needing attention, they said,were major roads, such as Routes 7 and 20; Center Roadsouth of town; 16th Street south to Route 20; ChestnutStreet from the Norfolk-Southern tracks to Route 20; theLake Road golf course property; vacant buildings, lots andstorefronts; animals running loose, and litter. The Ad HocHousing Review Committee presented recommendationsto City Council. No formal action was ever taken.

Jeremy Sommers Found Guiltyof Aggravated Murder

Jeremy Sommersof Conneaut wasfound guilty of aggra-vated murder follow-ing a six-day mid-Maytrial in Judge AlbertMackey’s Courtroomof Ashtabula CountyCommon Pleas Court.The trial came twoyears after RichardHackathorn wasfound severely beatenin his Clay Street home. Sommers and several friends hadgone to Hackathorn’s home in the early hours, presumablyto get drug money, and beat the 65-year-old when he re-fused. Hackathorn’s family removed him from life supporttwo days later. Sommers’ family said he was framed.

CHS Awards 186 Diplomas

Conneaut High School added 186 new alumni at the122nd commencement exercises May 28 at Garcia Gymna-sium. Class of 2011 member Rachel Geiser shakes handswith Conneaut Area City Schools Superintendent KentHouston (right) as Conneaut Area City Schools Board ofEducation President Nick Iarocci (center) looks on. Thepicture appeared in the June 2, 2011, Courier.

Goodbye, Henry O.Conneaut’s “Mr. Video”

Henry Ogrodnichek passedaway peacefully at home onJune 4 following an illness.After retiring as a teacher atRowe Junior High School,Orgodnichek was instrumen-tal in developing the city’sLocal Access Cable TV chan-nel, serving as coordinatorand televising numerousschool events, segments at theAnimal Protective League,and ensuring that localchurch services were tapedand aired weekly for the ben-efit of shut-ins. Ogrodnichekhad been a Station 3 firefighter, former Citizen of the Year,and a member emeritus of the Conneaut Cable Channel.

Safety Town

Remember this one, when for two weeks in June, pre-schoolers attending Safety Town gathered eagerly at St.Frances Cabrini School to await Ronald McDonald, andRonald got lost? On June 10, Ronald called Safety Towndirector Madelyn Plosila to say he was detained in traffic;the next week, he called to say he had arrived at her house,on Conneaut’s western edgerather than Cabrini. Plosilawas good-natured about themix-up but McDonald’s Cor-porate called her afterwardto do damage control.

SOCK HOPWhat would June in

downtown Conneaut bewithout the Sock Hop?These girls were preparingto enter the “Best Dressed”competition. The Sock Hopwill return in June.

Another Successful MS-150Billi Jo Koons of Fombell, Pa., arrived at Township Park

with 1,300 other cyclists for the National Multiple Sclerosis’150-mile “Escape to the Lake” fund-raiser on June 12, only to watchriding partner Ben Ehrenberger(left) drop his bike at the finish line,get down on one knee, and propose.That caused less of a stir, however,than MS-150 organizers, who, afterreviewing the ride’s route toConneaut from Western Pennsylva-nia suggested that a two-day “loop”ride from the start-and-finish linewould cut the cost of buses to takecyclists back to Pennsylvania. In theend, the ride to Conneaut was re-instated for 2012, along with a loop

“option.” Numbers of riders coming into Township Park onJune 10, 2012, may be reduced.

A City Manager At LastOn June 7, it became official.

Timothy Eggleston would leaveThat State Up North to becomeConneaut’s fifth city manager. The53-year-old Deputy Director ofCommunity Services of Marshall,Mich., had applied for the job lastwinter, and having heard nothingfrom the city, assumed it was notto be. Then, in early May, withCouncil confirming he had the req-uisite Master’s Degree in PublicAdministration, he was contacted. He was offered the po-sition following two solid interviews later. His first day onthe job was June 27, and he has earned high marks fromCouncil and the public since Day 1.

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These days, he can tell it’swinter by the number of deadbatteries and vehicles withoutheat. “The complaints usuallychange with the seasons,” hesaid. “I’ve had a lot of deadbatteries this week alone.”

Testing batteries and othersystems is just one of the ser-vices offered by Chief’s Garage,a six-year-old business onRoute 7, just north of Route 84,in Monroe Township.

For the last three years,Chief’s has been an InterstateBattery dealer, which makesbattery replacement easier forconsumers.

“But I’m not the kind ofmechanic who frightens auto-mobile owners into thinkingthat if they don’t immediatelyreplace the battery, they will beleft out in the cold. I let the cus-tomer decide,” he said.

Hochschild also advisescustomers to be wary of repairshops that test batteries at nocost. A complete battery testmay take up to four hours.

“When someone’s battery isrun down, it’s always going totest low. You have to get the bat-tery back to life — then test it.Something like an alternatorcould be causing the problem,”he said.

While Hochschild’s claimto fame is his expertise in ra-diator repair, which accountsfor about 25 percent of his busi-ness, he enjoys all aspects ofautomotive repair work.

“I just like fixing things ingeneral,” he said.

Chief’s Garage repairs carsand light duty trucks, both for-eign and domestic. It does frontend work (no alignments), heat-ing and air conditioning and oilchanges. Computer diagnosticshelps pinpoint problems, in-cluding the cause of the pesky“check engine” light.

Some foreign auto repairs,however, Hochschild prefersto farm out.

“Some things I don’t wantto get into, and it’s sometimessafest to have a mechanic whoknows well that foreign brandof automobile,” he said.

Hochschild says new cars aremore challenging to repair thanolder models because of thehigher number of computerizedparts and the way their engineparts fit into smaller spaces.

On the other hand, newercars have better fuel economyand are being driven a lotlonger than they used to be. Nomore is a car considered “done”at 100,000 miles.

“That’s good, because timesare tough. No one has extramoney to spend. People haveto fix their cars because they arewaiting to buy new vehicles,”he said.

Boasting a solid client base,Hochschild is proud that hisbusiness numbers in 2011slightly exceeded those of 2010.About 80 to 90 percent of hiscustomers hail from Conneaut,Monroe Township, Ashtabulaand Jefferson, but one faithfulclient drives all the way toChief’s Garage from Geneva.

“After their former me-chanic died, they were lookingfor someone they could trust,”Hochschild said. “They hadhad bad luck a couple of placesnear home, and came here onceand have been coming backever since. But I have a lot ofgood customers.”

Hochschild purchased theformer Stewart’s Garage & Ra-diator Shop after working as acrew chief for a friend’s racingteam. An Edgewood HighSchool graduate, he enrolled inOhio Diesel Technical Schooland became certified in Automo-tive Service Excellence, workingin auto local dealerships, toqualify him to work for the rac-ing team.

“I was at a stage in my lifewhen it worked. It was some-thing I always wanted to do,”he said.

When that brief career ended,he opted to open his own shoprather than return to dealershipwork. He considers running hisown auto repair shop as an ex-tension of “tinkering,” a lifelonghobby.

“I’ve been tinkering since Iwas a child. When my brotherswent hunting and fishing, I wastaking things apart and puttingthem back together. When I was14, I was the neighborhood bikemechanic,” he said.

Chief’s Garage remains theonly radiator shop in a 60-mileradius. Hochschild relies on asupplier in Detroit to build himspecial radiator cores.

“The world is so fast-pacedthat it’s almost impossible tofind a supplier who will pullsomeone off an assembly lineto make a special core,” he said.

The supplier’s willingnessreflects Hochschild’s commit-ment to go above and beyondas well.

“This is an old-time shop,” hesaid. “I am not afraid to go theextra miles for my customers.”

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