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ASHTABULA - Ashtabula CityCouncil approved that the funds col-lected from the traffic cameras tick-ets issued before they were votedto be removed last November begiven to the city’s police depart-ment.

The legislation will direct thefunds collected from this point onto the police department, and coun-cil stressed that the cameras havebeen disconnected and are no longerin use.

“They’re not active. These arethe funds being collected from tick-ets issued prior to November,” Ward4 Councilor Julie Lattimer said.

The city is still collecting on thetickets, and officials said tickets re-ceived before the election are stillvalid.

“After the traffic camera issuewas voted down, there were still asignificant amount of outstandingtickets that were issued prior to the

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

AUSTINBURG TOWNSHIP -Two Austinburg Elementary teach-ers and their students have spentmonths planning an innovative out-door habitat for learning to be locatedon the school grounds and, thanks toa colleague’s ingenuity, the school’sclassroom bunny is lending a paw tomake the project blossom.

Paws, a Dwarf Holland Lop rab-bit, is Austinburg Elementary’s class-room mascot. He belongs to first-grader Audrianna Strong, whosemom Julie Simmons is a tutor at theschool.

Simmons said she was intriguedby the idea of the Land Lab that col-leagues Bridget Bordeaux and IsabelQuayle were planning, and had anidea.

“I was thinking of getting mydaughter a bunny that might also be-come a classroom pet,” explainedSimmons.

“Research shows that pets in theclassroom benefit students in the aca-demic areas of math, science, lan-guage arts, and geography. Studentsmake connections with the environ-ment through observation, touch,and feel and also learn responsibil-ity by taking care of a pet and sensi-tivity to the needs of animals andpeople,” Simmons said. “I wonderedif a classroom bunny could also ben-efit the Land Lab in some way, anddid some research beginning withconsulting Austinburg student BobbyHorvath, who owns a Dwarf HollandLop rabbit.”

Simmons learned that a class-room rabbit would be able to makehis own unique contribution to theLand Lab project, which includesplanting trees, flowers and organicvegetables indigenous to northeast-

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLThere may not have been any snow on the ground, but familieswho attended the Great Easter Egg Hunt 2012 on Saturday, March31, bundled themselves up for a chilly morning in Jefferson.Pictured are Hailey, Gabriella and Justin Kaszycki. For morephotos, see inside this week’s Gazette.

Great Easter Egg Hunt

Austinburg Elementary classroom bunny lends a paw

Camera funds will be directed to APDlast issue and people were still pay-ing those tickets and the city con-tinues to collect the payment onthose tickets,” Council PresidentJ.P. Ducro IV said.

Right now, around $17,000 hasbeen collected from a total amountdue of $170,000. The rest of the col-lected money will now be directedtoward the City of Ashtabula PoliceDepartment, as it is seeing finan-cial issues.

“About 10 percent out of the$170,000 still owed has been paid,”Vice President Chris McClure said.

The council will not receive thefull amount of the $170,000, assome will still be given back to thecamera company in order to fulfillthe contract.

“Thirty-three percent of themoney we receive must be paidback to the company for the feesthey collect,” Jury said.

The city is still counting on thepayment of the unpaid tickets andsees a financial need that can bepartially assisted with the incom-ing funds.

“The police department doeshave a financial short fall rightnow,” Ducro said.

Ducro said he was in support ofthe transfer of funds to the policedepartment’s account as they areforced to look at cuts in the future.

“The revenue that comes in fromtraffic tickets issued prior to theelection, and [that] still need to bepaid, 100 percent of that revenuewill be given to the police depart-ment,” Ducro said.

The legislation was unanimouslyapproved by the city council. See PAWS 12A

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The chief ofthe Jefferson Police Departmentwill be retiring at the end of theyear.

During its meeting on Monday,April 2, Jefferson Village Coun-cil accepted, with regret, the re-tirement of Jefferson Police ChiefSteve Febel, effective Dec. 28,2012. (With the way the payschedule is, Clerk/TreasurerPatty Fisher said the retirementwill actually be effective Dec. 23,2012.)

“I have thought long and hardabout this for some time now, andI feel that this is in the best inter-est of the police department,” Febelwrote in his resignation letter. “Iwould like to thank the mayor,

safety committee and the councilfor their years of support.”

Febel won’t be gone from thedepartment entirely, though. Hesaid he would like to stay on theJefferson Police Department as apart-time officer to assist the de-partment.

At the past two meetings, coun-cil has received certification thattwo canines in the department,Blitz with Officer Joseph P.Ericksen and Fred with ChiefFebel, have gone through their lat-est Ohio Peace Officer TrainingCommission training.

Since Febel has the canineFred, Councilor Jerry March askedwhat happens with Fred whenFebel retires. Febel said the dogremains with him; however, Febelsaid he still wishes to be used as apart-time officer, and Fred will still

be certified for another three years.In other police matters, Febel

gave his end-of-the-month report.In February, the police departmenthandled 188 complaints, resultingin seven criminal arrests and 23traffic arrests.

The arrests were for assault,drug paraphernalia, aggravatedassault, domestic violence anddangerous dog.

Council also accepted MayorJudy Maloney’s recommendationto send Ptl. Anthony Wood to thebasic evidence photography classin Richfield on April 23-27. Thecost of the class is $305, plus $10 aday for meals.

Stefanie Wessell, senior editorfor Gazette Newspapers, may bereached at [email protected].

Jefferson police chiefto retire in December

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSPaws, a Dwarf Holland Lop rabbit, is Austinburg Elementary’s newclassroom pet. Paws spends his days in the classroom and goes homeafter the school day with Audrianna Strong (pictured left ) and momJulie Simmons (in back) a tutor at the school. Getting to know Pawsare students John Kinney (seated) Bobby Horvath and Chance Lausin.

ern Ohio.“Rabbit manure is among the top

natural fertilizers for use in organicgardening,” Simmons explained.“The waste is almost odorless, doesnot need to be composted and func-tions as a sort of time release cap-sule that easily breaks down in thesoil. Rabbit manure is high in nitro-gen and phosphorus that benefitsgardens and flowers.”

Paws now spends his days in theclassroom at Austinburg Elementarygoing home after the school day withSimmons and her daughterAudrianna.

“I found a pet grant throughpetsintheclassroom.org that wasused to purchase his pen, and the nec-essary items to get him started in the

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GENEVA - Exactly amonth after the ChardonHigh School shooting on Feb.27, Rae Ann Skilled NursingRehabilitation Center held amemorial service for the vic-tims of the tragedy.

Five students were shotduring that fateful day, leav-ing three dead, including 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor,17-year-old Russell KingJunior and 16-year-oldDemetrius Hewlin, and twoinjured both physically andmentally, 17-year-old NickWalczak and 18-year-old JoyRickers.

“Three are gone forever,one will probably never walkagain and Joy has prettymuch just dropped out of thecommunity and has no con-tact with anyone,” DebbitSaunt, founder of ChardonAngels of Hope, said.

Saunt is from Chardonand said there are numerousvictims of the shooting,whether they were the onesshot or the loved ones tryingto pick up the pieces or thestudents and teachers whowitnessed the act. But thereis one victim which manypeople forget, the 17-year-old shooter, T.J. Lane, shesaid.

“T.J. Lane somehow wasdamaged in life bad enoughthat he felt the need and ne-cessity to reach out in angerand hurt other children,”Saunt said.

The events of Feb. 27 werewitnessed by a nation andleft a community in shock.

“I thought to myself, dearlord, this can’t be happening,”Saunt said about watchingthe national news footage onher television.

Saunt said she knew she

Food for Finesalso returnsBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON -Henderson Memorial PublicLibrary wants to give its pa-trons a little gift during Na-tional Library Week.

As a way to celebrate Na-tional Library Week, the li-brary is designating April 8-14 as Fine Free Week.

During this week, pa-trons can return overduematerials fine free, Refer-ence Librarian ChapinLongden said.

Geneva remembers Chardonshooting on one-month anniversary

Celebrate National Library Week at HMPL“Return an overdue or lost

item to Henderson MemorialPublic Library during thisweek and we’ll waive the latefee. Not only would we liketo get the materials back soothers can enjoy them, we’dalso like to recognize our pub-lic, who has been so support-ive of us these many years,by offering this fine freeweek,” library officials said.

Fine Free Week appliesonly to Henderson MemorialPublic Library materialsand only to those items re-turned during this week,Longden said. Longden saidfines from previously re-turned materials must stillbe paid.

Because of its popularity

earlier this year, Longdensaid Food for Fines also willreturn in April. Patrons canhelp others and wipe outsome of their fines at thesame time by paying fineswith food instead of cash.

This time, however, thelibrary will be collecting foodin exchange for fines to ben-efit the Manna Food Pantry,Longden said. In the lastround, pet food was collectedto benefit the AshtabulaCounty Animal ProtectiveLeague.

For each non-perishablefood item brought toHenderson Library, we willwaive $1 in fines, up to amaximum of $20 per person,Longden said.

Library officials ask thatpatrons follow the followingguidelines:

• Bring food items to thefront desk.

• One food item equals $1in fines.

• Actual cost of food willnot be considered in waivingfines.

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• No food in damaged pack-aging, including dented cans.

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for overdue fines and for lostor damaged items.

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had to do more than watchand that’s when she startedthe Chardon Angels of Hopefund.

“We are hoping the fundsdonated to Chardon Angels ofHope will help these familiesbeginning the healing pro-cess,” Saunt said.

Local speakers also cameto pay their condolences, andsome like State Rep. CaseyKozlowski went to Chardonafter the shootings had oc-curred.

“The people of Chardoncertainly are strong,”Kozlowski said. “The out-pouring of support was abso-lutely amazing.”

Kozlowski said with thesupport of surrounding com-munities and the nation,Chardon will move forward.

“I am confident they willovercome this, they will comeback stronger than ever andthey will most certainly per-severe and better things areon the horizon for the City ofChardon and the State ofOhio as a whole,” Kozlowskisaid.

County CommissionerDaniel Claypool said it washard to think of what to sayafter the shootings occurred,and perhaps the only thingto do is reflect in silence andbe with your family.

“When you go home to-night, probably the best thingyou can do is grab a hold ofyour children and give thema hug,” Claypool said.

Claypool said seeing thefaces of the five who wereshot brings a sense of hometo the situation, as many canrelate to having children orexperiencing the joy of know-ing their own community’syoung, whether throughteaching or coaching orthrough cousins, nieces andnephews.

“The paramedics and po-lice officers bent over thosechildren had to be lookinginto the eyes of their ownchildren,” Claypool said.

Claypool, too, also won-dered what happened toLane, as he, too, is a child.

“Where did we lose him?Seventeen years old and Ican’t imagine how much ha-tred could build to go in thereand do that,” Claypool said.

Claypool sent love andcondolences to Chardon andsaid there will always be avoid in the community, butthey can still move forward.

“We do need to learn fromthis,” Claypool said.

Geneva City Manager JimPearson saw the similaritiesin Chardon and Geneva asthey are both small citiesbuilt around a close knit com-munity.

“Chardon is in many waysjust like Geneva,” Pearsonsaid.

Chardon has seen not onlynational but internationalsupport with funds coming infrom across the globe.

The heroes of that daywill always be remembered,whether it be the local safetyforces who tended the in-jured or the teachers such asFrank Hall, who chasedLane out of the building andheld dying students in hisarms, and Joseph Ricci, whopulled an injured Walczakout of harm’s way, but forSaunt the heroes also ex-pand beyond the Chardoncommunity.

“Each and every person inthe communities that havetouched these families,whether donating your timeor finances, has supported usthrough this tragedy that wehave experienced and you allare heroes as well,” Sauntsaid.

Artificial flowers must beremoved in Dorset

Dorset Township trustees are requesting that allartificial flowers and wreaths be removed from gravesat Dorset Cemetery prior to April 15.

Any decorations remaining after that date will beremoved by trustees, according to Dorset TownshipFiscal Officer Caroline Tupper.


JEFFERSON - GazetteNewspapers readers willnotice changes to theirnewspapers this week.

The company has intro-duced a new format de-signed to make the newspa-per easier to read andhandle, as well as increasethe amount of communitynews provided to readers.

All the community newsfrom the old format is in-cluded in the newspaper,but perhaps in a new spotand different package.

“It’s following nation-wide newspaper trends,”Gazette Newspapers Pub-lisher/President WilliamCreed said.

Most notably, the size ofthe newspaper is different.For some readers, such asthose of the News and TheCourier, this size is a returnto what their newspapersused to look like.

The size change is de-signed to make the newspa-per easier to handle andread, but has other benefitsas well, such as ink nolonger bleeding through toother pages.

“It allows us to use alittle heavier newsprint,which eliminates bleed-through,” Creed said.

This new format also al-lows the Gazette Newspa-pers presses to configurethe press differently. Thisnew press configuration al-lows for more full-colorpages, thereby meetingneeds of advertisers andgiving readers more colorphotos.

“We didn’t have that ca-pability under the old for-mat,” Creed said.

With the new format,Gazette Newspapers hasexpanded the scope of itscommunity news. Readerswill see more news fromoutside of their communi-ties that they haven’t seenin the past, news the Ga-zette writers feel may be ofinterest.

The Gazette Newspa-pers’ new section “Our Com-munity” section replacesthe “Recorder” section. Fo-cusing on lifestyles, it con-tains news from Ashtabulaand Lake counties, includ-ing entertainment, col-umns, recipes, business and

Gazette Newspapersintroduces new format

health topics. The commu-nity calendar also has beenexpanded, and the cross-word puzzle is back bypopular demand.

The introduction of “OurCommunity” brings a shiftin some “Recorder” fea-tures to the newspapers’front sections, such ascounty news and sports.

This change, initiatedby some readers’ responses,accommodates those wholike local, community newsin one section, making thenewspaper easier to handleand read.

“All of the changes aredesigned to give the read-ers an expanded, moremodern, colorful commu-nity newspaper,” Creedsaid.

All the memorial speakers posed for a picture, from left to right, Melinda Burk, GenevaCity Manager Jim Pearson, State Rep. Casey Kozlowski, State Senator Capri Cafaro,County Commissioner Dan Claypool, Debbie Saunt, Anne Weithman and John Griffiths.

With its main office at46 W. Jefferson St. inJefferson, Ohio, GazetteNewspapers publishesseven community newspa-pers in Lake andAshtabula counties inOhio and Erie County,Pennsylvania.

The Albion News andThe Edinboro News servereaders in Erie County,Pa.; Ashtabula Countyreaders enjoy The Courierin Conneaut, The News inAndover and Orwell; TheGazette in Jefferson,Geneva and Ashtabula;and the Shores News inRoaming Shores.

The Tribune is pub-lished for the Lake Countycommunities from Madi-son to Wickliffe.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 4ACounty NewsNew members and officers for theAshtabula Area College Committee

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured, front row, left to right, Paul Fuller, Donald Chaplin, Phil Pawlowski, Chuck Lafferty and John Rubesich; backrow, left to right, Glen Warner, Patricia Inman, Lori McLaughlin, LaVette Hennigan, Patricia Seymour, Patty Hoysonand Laura Jones. Not pictured: Fred Leitert and Stephen Varckette.

The Ashtabula Area Col-lege Committee welcomedfive new members andelected new officers at itsmost recent meeting.

The committee addedLaVette Hennigan, PattyHoyson, Laura Jones, PhilPawlowski and JohnRubesich to its member-ship. These members willserve a renewable three-year term.

The new officers are:Patricia Seymour, presi-dent; Stephen Varckette,vice-president; Paul Fullerand Pawlowski, co-treasur-ers; and Lori McLaughlin,secretary. Other members ofAACCI include: Donald

Chaplin, Patricia Inman,Chuck Lafferty, Fred Leitertand Glen Warner.

The mission of the Col-lege Committee is to pro-mote and support highereducation opportunities forthe community. Membersserve in an advisory capac-ity to the dean of Kent StateUniversity at Ashtabula.

Seymour said this will bea year of growth for the com-mittee.

“We have an excellentgroup of community repre-sentatives who will serveour College Committee,Kent State Ashtabula andthe greater community verywell,” Seymour said.

Campus Dean and ChiefAdministrative Officer Dr.Susan Stocker said the Col-lege Committee fills a criti-cal role on the campus.

“The money they providefor scholarships allows indi-viduals to attend collegewho otherwise wouldn’thave had the opportunity,”Stocker said. “In addition tofinancial support, their roleas ambassadors and advi-sors is key to our continuedgrowth,” she said.

Since 1957, AACCI hassupported campus projectsand funded scholarships forstudents attending KentState Ashtabula. The Col-lege Committee has distrib-

Rep. Kozlowskito host Meetand Greet atGeneva SeniorCenter

GENEVA, Ohio—StateRepresentative CaseyKozlowski (R-Pierpont) willbe hosting a meet and greetfor seniors as a way to dis-cuss state issues with localseniors and learn about theirthoughts and concerns.

The meet and greet willbe held at the Geneva SeniorCenter, located at 62 W.Main Street in Geneva, onApril 5 from 10 to 11 a.m.

“I look forward to the op-portunity to meet with theseniors of our communityand hear their views on stateissues,” said RepresentativeKozlowski.

Local seniors are invitedto attend this event or con-tact RepresentativeKozlowski’s office at (614)466-1405 if they are unableto attend.

Ohio House passes legislationhonoring Vietnam veteransCOLUMBUS—State Representative Casey Kozlowski

(R-Pierpont) applauded the Ohio House of Representatives’passage of Senate Bill 134, which designates March 30 as“Vietnam Veterans’ Day” in honor of those who fought, diedor are still unaccounted for in the Vietnam War.

S.B. 134 passed as an emergency measure because manyVietnam veterans have not received their full share of rec-ognition for their service and sacrifices. Immediate enact-ment allows for commemorations on March 30, 2012 inrecognition of the day when troops returned home to theUnited States from combat on March 30, 1973.

“We need to honor those who have served and sacrificedfor their country, and this bill moves to commemorate theirefforts to maintain the freedom we cherish today,”Kozlowski said.

The legislation will now be sent to Governor Kasich forhis signature.

uted hundreds of thousandsof dollars in scholarshipsover its history and givenadditional financial supportfor capital improvementsand special projects on theAshtabula Campus. Mostrecently AACCI providedleadership and financialsupport during the cam-paign to raise funds for theRobert S. Morrison Healthand Science Building.

The Ashtabula Area Col-lege Committee is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organizationand tax-exempt donationswill support current and fu-ture efforts to supporthigher education in ourcommunity.


JEFFERSON - TheAshtabula County commis-sioners chose a wind-energydevelopment partner for aproject in the county duringtheir meeting on Tuesday,March 27.

Commissioners are look-ing into placing a wind tur-bine at the AshtabulaCounty Nursing Home andBoard of DevelopmentalDisabilities facilities inKingsville Township.

Last fall, the commis-sioners sent out a requestfor proposals (RPF). A groupof volunteers on behalf ofthe commissioners reviewedthese proposals, which werereceived and laid on thetable on Nov. 29, 2011.

This evaluation commit-tee reviewed the proposalsand determined that theproposal received from Gen-esis Energy Systems did notmeet the RFP specifica-tions. Based on thecommittee’s recommenda-tion, the commissioners re-jected that proposal.

The committee also de-termined that the proposal

Commissioners choosewind-energy partner

from Carbon Vision didmeet the requirements.

The commissionerstherefore accepted the pro-posal from Carbon Visionfor the purpose of enteringinto negotiations for a con-tract.

“This is just to enter intonegotiations,” Commis-sioner Joseph Moroski said.“It does not mean we’ll doit.”

The commissionersthanked the evaluationcommittee for its work andare looking forward to mov-ing into negotiations withCarbon Vision.

“I think wind energy isthe next generation,” Com-missioner Daniel Claypoolsaid. “We need somethingon the horizon.”

The commissioners areconsidering putting up oneor more wind turbines atthe facilities in KingsvilleTownship, and then sellingthe power generated bythem to the county at a re-duced rate.

Stefanie Wessell, senioreditor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached [email protected].

The Ashtabula Countycommissioners honored twoemployees retiring from the

Commissioners honorretiring employees

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELL

Ashtabula County Depart-ment of Job and Family Ser-vices during their meetingon Tuesday, March 27. Thetwo employees were MaxineBush, employed with thecounty since April of 1982,and Joann Jackson, em-ployed with the county sinceNovember of 1981. Pictured,from left, are AshtabulaCounty Department of Joband Family Services Direc-tor Patrick Arcaro, JoannaJackson, Maxine Bush andCommissioners JosephMoroski, Peggy Carlo andDaniel Claypool.

Two candidates added to November ballotJEFFERSON - The Ashtabula County

Board of Elections certified the results ofthe March primary during its meeting onTuesday, March 27.

No outcomes in either candidates orlevies were changed. The board officiallyapproved 1,958 absentee ballots and 115provision ballots cast in the election. Sev-enteen provisional ballots were rejected.

During the meeting, the board ap-proved the petitions of two candidatesrunning as Independents in the Novem-

ber election.Willis Clay of Rock Creek intends to run

against Democrat Peggy Carlo and Repub-lican Ryan Bailey for Ashtabula Countycommissioner. Todd Brainard of RoamingShores will run against Republican CorrieG. Leehan and Democrat Barbara Schaabfor Ashtabula County recorder.

The board rejected petitions submittedby Brian Marrison of Jefferson, who hopedto run for sheriff, because they contained toofew valid signatures, officials said.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 5ACounty News


ASHTABULA - The nextfeatured speakers at the Pro-files of Ashtabula CountyBreakfast Speaker series willbe Jim Supplee and Joel Prineof the Conneaut TelephoneCompany.

Profiles of AshtabulaCounty, spearheaded byGrowth Partnership forAshtabula County, featuresspeakers from various sectorsof the community who shareideas and experiences on try-ing to make the county a bet-ter place to live, work andplay. The series is held at 8a.m. on the first Wednesdayof the month at Kent StateUniversity at Ashtabula inthe Blue/Gold Room.

The next session of the se-ries will be held at 8 a.m.Wednesday, April 4, withSupplee and Prine, whosetopic is “Next GenerationTechnology for your Homeand Business.”

Serving an area of 57square miles, the ConneautTelephone Company was or-ganized in 1897 by J.G.Palmer, J. Blood and S. Houseof Conneaut, and E.L. Berberand J.S. Brailey of Toledo.Construction was completed,and operations began on Aug.26, 1897.

The first exchange servedonly 120 telephones and inthe early years of this centurywas in competition with theCentral Union TelephoneCompany. Following the ac-quisition of Central UnionsConneaut holdings in 1912, anew exchange known as anauto-manual was installedand underground cable con-struction was begun as earlyas 1915. In 1941, the auto-manual exchange was re-placed with a full-dial systemwhich made the company oneof the earliest in the industryto provide 100-percent dialservice to its subscribers. Sev-eral central office additions

JEFFERSON - On Thurs-day, March 29, Victim Advo-cate Bonnie Elliott was hon-ored with a retirement lun-cheon after serving nearly 10years with the Victims ofCrime Office, a division ofthe Ashtabula CountyProsecutor’s Office.

Elliott took the positionin 2002, after working forthree years as a victim/legaladvocate with Homesafe,the county’s domestic vio-lence shelter. She had alsoworked with the county’shelp line, CONTACT. Forher, helping others “comesnaturally.”

“The best part of the jobis meeting people - such nicepeople - at the worst times oftheir lives, and helping themget through it,” Elliott said.“The worst part? Seeing howlives can be so disrupted byviolence. It takes a lot out ofyou, but if I did help in anyway, it was worth it.”

Elliott’s supervisor, CindyMoore, said a victim advo-cate works with peoplewhose lives are affected by

Prosecutor’s office honors retiringvictim advocate Bonnie Elliott

Elliott was certified as a vic-tim advocate on both levels,Moore said.

“It’s been an honor towork with Bonnie. It takesa special person to do whatshe did every day and to doit with compassion, respect,empathy...you name it, shehas it,” Moore added.

Ashtabula County Pros-ecutor Thomas Sartini pre-sented Elliott with a plaqueon Thursday and spokeabout his admiration for theway that she performed herduties.

“We have been blessed inthis office to have Bonnie,”Sartini said. “She epito-mizes the type of person weneed to take care of victims.She worked very hard. Shedeserves some time off.”

Elliott said her retire-ment plans include travel-ing and “riding the Harley”with her boyfriend.

Elliott’s replacement isDawn Cochran, who hasbeen training with Elliottand Moore for the past fewweeks.

Profiles of Ashtabula County tofeature Conneaut Telephone Company

and equipment upgradeshave taken place over theyears, the latest being thechange to digital technologywith the replacement of theanalog equipment with a digi-tal telecom switch in 1986 anda stand-alone satellite officeserving the Bushnell ex-change to the south.

In the fall of 1990, custom-ers began choosing their ownlong-distance carrier, makingthe company one of the firstto be 100 percent digital and100 percent equal across. The1991 school year saw nineAshtabula County highschools connected to theAshtabula branch of KentState University via an inter-active fiber-optic network.This was the first such net-work in Ohio and was the re-sult of the joint effort of

Conneaut and the other threetelephone companies servingashtabula County. By the endof 1992, Ashtabula Countyresidents and their familieswere enjoying the peace ofmind of being served by an en-hanced 911 emergency sys-tem, according to informationprovided by Growth Partner-ship.

Recent years have seenservice offerings includingdigital centrex and voice mail,as well as venturing onto theinformation superhighwaywith the introduction ofinternet accessing 1996through its affiliate Suite224.In 1999 the company beganconstruction of the most am-bitious project in its history,an $18 million Hybrid FiberCoax (HFC) system providingtelephone, broadband, and

video services to core areacustomers over a single co-axial line, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CableSuite541.

Kent State UniversityAshtabula, LEADERshipAshtabula County, GazetteNewspapers and The GrowthPartnership for AshtabulaCounty are sponsors of the2011-2012 Profiles ofAshtabula County BreakfastSpeaker series.

Remaining 2011-2012Schedule

May 2, 2012“The Ashtabula County

Economic DevelopmentSteering Committee 2012Update”

Brian Diehl, Chair, Eco-nomic Development SteeringCommittee

SUBMITTED PHOTOVictim Advocate Bonnie Elliott was honored with aretirement luncheon after serving nearly 10 years withthe Victims of Crime Office, a division of the AshtabulaCounty Prosecutor’s Office. She is pictured with AshtabulaCounty Prosecutor Thomas Sartini.

crime to “try to restore thevictims as much as possiblephysically, mentally, emo-tionally, financially andspiritually.”

Victim advocates providesupport and guidance for vic-tims from the earliest mo-

ments of a crime through theinvestigation, and then asthe case makes its waythrough the justice system tocompletion. They must takecontinuing educationcourses and may be certifiedon a state and national level.

Ashtabula County Weekly Traffic Advisory***NEW***

State Route 45 in Saybrook Township(Until further notice) - SR 45 between US 20 and SR 84 is NOW

OPEN.

State Route 166 in Trumbull Township(Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13) - Beginning Monday, April 9, SR

166 between SR 534 and the Geauga County line will be closed for aculvert replacement. This closure will remain in place through Friday,April 13. The detour is SR 528 to US 6 to SR 534.

Interstate 90 in the city of Conneaut(Until further notice) - Motorists traveling on I-90 from just east of

the Conneaut River to the Pennsylvania State line should be aware ofa new bi-directional traffic pattern. Although two lanes of traffic will bemaintained in each direction, westbound traffic will now be split. Onelane of westbound traffic will crossover onto I-90 eastbound, while thesecond lane will remain on I-90 westbound. A concrete barrier wall willbe used on I-90 eastbound to separate east and westbound traffic.Once the traffic pattern is set, there will the three lanes of traffic travel-ing on I-90 eastbound, (two eastbound and one westbound).

The weigh station on I-90 westbound will remain open. All I-90westbound truck traffic will need to remain on the normal westboundside of I-90 by using the right lane to access the weigh station.

(Until further notice) - South Ridge Rd. under I-90 is closed throughearly May for bridge reconstruction. The detour is Under Ridge Rd. toKeffus Rd.

(Monday, April 9 –Until further notice) - Furnace Rd. under I-90 willbe closed beginning Monday, April 9 through early May for bridge re-construction. The detour is Under Ridge Rd. to Middle Rd. to BaileyRd.

This work is part of a $44.6 million project to replace the pavementon I-90 from just east of the Conneaut River Bridge to the Pennsylva-nia state line. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by latefall 2013.

***ONGOING***State Route 11 in Denmark, Dorset, Jefferson & Plymouth Town-

ships(Until further notice) - SR 11 has various lane restrictions in either

or both directions from SR 307 to SR 46 for resurfacing work. Thiswork is part of an $11.2 million project to resurface SR 11 from SR 307to SR 46. The project also includes miscellaneous bridge work. Theentire project is scheduled to be complete by mid – May 2012.

State Route 11 in Plymouth and Ashtabula Townships(Until further notice) - SR 11 between US 20 and E. 21st. St. is

reduced to one lane in each direction for bridge repairs. This work ispart of a $4.2 million project to repair six structures on SR 11 betweenState Rd. and SR 84. The entire project is scheduled to be completedby October 2012.

Interstate 90 in Plymouth, Sheffield & Kingsville Townships(Until further notice) - I-90 eastbound and westbound from just east

of SR 11 to just west of SR 193/84 has various lane restrictions forroadway resurfacing. This work is part of a $34.1 million project toresurface I-90 from just east of SR 11 to just west of SR 193/84. Theproject also includes bridge rehabilitation to four bridges on I-90 andthree overhead bridges. The entire project is scheduled to be com-pleted in July 2012.

For more information on lane restrictions or closures due to ODOTconstruction projects, flooding, crashes, or other related traffic eventsthroughout the year, visit the ODOT Transportation Information Sys-tem (Buckeye Traffic) at http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/

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Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce members hand out tickets for the grand prizeitems. All grand prize tickets had to bought separately as they were for more highlypriced items.

Silent auction items were also available, with the largest bid winning the prize.Such items as a handmade purse and a live lilac tree were up for the silent auction.


GENEVA - The GenevaArea Chamber of Com-merce held its annual Chi-nese Auction on Sunday,and there were a plethoraof items from gift certifi-cates to sinks and Cleve-land Indians tickets up forgrabs.

People lined up to pickup pre-sale tickets or tobuy a fresh stack of tick-ets. Each person who pur-chased a ticket received anumber they were to writeon the back of all the tick-ets.

“I’ve been writing downnumbers now, and I can’twait to look at the items,”Donna Ropos said. “I loveChinese auctions.”

Ropos has gone to manyChinese Auctions, but thiswas her first time attend-ing the Geneva AreaChamber of Commerce’sauction.

Ropos said she waslooking forward to seeingthe possible items shecould win.

“I’ve won a grill at anauction before and an iPod

Geneva Chamber holds annual Chinese auctiontouch and a Kindle,”Ropos said. “I’ve won somegreat prizes, a lot of greatstuff.”

While Ropos is a firsttimer, some people havemade the auction an an-nual event.

“I have been coming tothe auction for years now,”Tim Smith said. “It’s be-come a yearly traditionand I look forward to it ev-ery year.”

Smith said he enjoysthe Chinese auction andhas walked away withmany items such as giftsbaskets and a free bed andbreakfast.

“I have won many greatitems over the years,”Smith said. “You have totake your chance becauseyou could come out with alarge priced item.”

Smith also likes to at-tend the auction since itgoes to a worthy cause.

“I like how the moneyraised goes back to thestudents,” Smith said.

All the money raisedfrom the auction goes to-ward the Chamber ’sscholarship. A $1,000scholarship is given to

Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce members pop popcorn for auction attendees.Those looking at Grand Prize items could end at the popcorn stand for a little snack.

Donna Ropos writes her number down on all of her tickets. Each person who boughttickets was given a number to write down on all raffle tickets.

three high school seniorseach year.

“We look forward tothis event every year,”Chamber Executive Direc-tor Sue Ellen Foote said.

Since the money raisedgoes back to the schools,many donations are madefrom both members of theChamber and the Genevacommunity.

“We have a lot of dona-tions from people aroundthe community,” Footesaid.

Donations were left atthe door of the Chamber,as Foote said she came tothe office several days lastweek with items droppedoff.

“We have large pricedand smaller priced items,all donations from aroundthe community,” Foote said.

The Chamber provideddeserts and sold pizza for $1a slice with all the moneyraised going into the schol-arship fund.

“This is a great event, andwe love to give back to theschools,” Foot said. “We areproud if we can provide helpwith the education of ourstudents.”

Saybrook Township trustees to hold special meetingThe Saybrook Township trustees will hold their special monthly open meeting on the

fourth Tuesday of April (April 24) rather than the first Tuesday. During the meeting, theywill discuss a sidewalk policy and procedure for the township and then go into executivesession to discuss a possible JEDD Agreement. Please call 969-1106 for any questions.

Lenox to holdClean-Up Day

Lenox Township willhold its clean-up dayfrom 9 a.m. to noonApril 21 at the LenoxCommunity Center,located on Lenox NewLyme Road.

Human-trafficking seminarto be held in Jefferson

JEFFERSON - “I Am Not For Sale,” a stop human-traf-ficking seminar will be held this month in Jefferson.

Learn what can be done right now to stop human traf-ficking. This seminar is co-sponsored by the United Meth-odist Women and the League of Women Voters.

The seminar will be held at Jefferson United MethodistChurch at 125 E. Jefferson St. in Jefferson, Ohio, on April29 at 2 p.m.

Please join us and get information on how to stop hu-man trafficking. For more information, call JeffersonUnited Methodist Church at (440) 576-4561.

Ashtabula Chamber invites businesses towake up with Good Morning, AshtabulaBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - The Ashtabula AreaChamber of Commerce is starting a new net-working event called Good Morning,Ashtabula. Each month, the Chamber willhold a morning of omelets, coffee and conver-sation at a different area business.

“It’ll be held every second Tuesday of ev-ery month, and we will be going to area busi-nesses so people have an opportunity to net-work with one another and catch up witheveryone,” Chamber President JessicaForsythe said.

The first one will be held this coming Tues-day, April 10, from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at theChamber’s office.

“We thought we would start Good Morn-ing, Ashtabula with a tour of the chamber’soffice since we have completed $12,000 worthof renovations to our facility,” Forsythe said.“This way those who haven’t seen it yet havea chance to experience our new office.”

Next month the program will continue atthe Molded Fiber Glass Company, where theywill also include a tour of the factory on May8.

“Some of our locations are also going tooffer tours of their facilities,” Forsythe said.“Each one will have a unique aspect of theirbusiness they can showcase.”

Forsythe said the Chamber needed to pro-

vide more networking opportunities to theirmembers, and she finally came up with amorning breakfast concept.

“A majority of our members join the Cham-ber to network, and we knew we needed tooffer more networking events,” Forsythe said.

Forsythe said having a morning event fitsin better with Chamber members’ schedule,as there are many luncheons held through-out the week and evening events do not yieldgood numbers of attendees.

“A lot of past networking events weredone in the evenings, and it’s hard becauseyou just completed a full day of work andmany have families to go home to,” Forsythesaid.

Forsythe already has had a good responseto the program and looks forward to expand-ing Good Morning, Ashtabula.

“This fits in well with our members’ sched-ule,” Forsythe said. “We already have 50 in-dividuals coming to our first one.”

Forsythe even invites those who are think-ing of joining the Chamber, as they can con-verse with current members and hear theirthoughts.

Forsythe said they have already had in-quires about holding Good Morning,Ashtabula in 2013, although they have yetto schedule that far in advance.

“We have it scheduled all the way throughDecember,” Forsythe said. “We are reallyproud to have such a great response.”


BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - JeffersonArea Junior/Senior HighSchool students BenPickard and Trent Mathewsgladly flipped pancakes astheir Boy Scout Troop 41hosted a pancake breakfastat the Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church.

“Only the older boys getto cook the pancakes,”Pickard, a freshman at thehigh school, explained.

Mathews, a seventhgrader at the junior high,was making the pancakesfor the first time. He said itwas a lot better than wait-ing on the tables.

“The younger boys have

PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEBen Pickard pauses to admire his handwork.

Trent Mathews prefers making pancakes to waiting ontables.

Boy Scouts serve up pancake breakfast

to do that,” he said.Mathews has been in-

volved with boy scouts allhis life starting out as a CubScout.

“I like being a Senior Pa-trol Leader. I help runmeetings and campouts.I’m below the assistantScout Master and I have anassistant,” he explained.

“I’ve learned how to be agood leader and be respon-sible and I’ve had a lot offun,” he smiled.

Mathews’ favorite part ofscouting is learning to usea riffle.

“We had to hit a targetand that was hard. Wewent repelling afterwardsand that was really fun,”Mathews said.

“These boys really enjoy

camping. Some go as manyas 11 times a year,” TroopLeader and Ben’s mother,Kim Pickard, explained.“Money raised from thebreakfast will be used to re-place our 20-year-old tents.We really need new tents.”

K. Pickard went on to saythe scouts raised nearly halfof the desired funds duringthe Covered Bridge Festival.

“That’s our biggestfundraiser, but we’re onlyhalf way to our goal ofaround $3,000,” she said.

Not all of the money fromthe breakfast will go totents, though. K. Pickardexplained that the boysworking the breakfast re-ceive money in their scoutaccounts. Most boys will useit to defray the costs of sum-

mer camp.Ben Pickard had one

word to sum up his pan-cake-flipping duties:“Yum!”

Troop 41’s next bigfundraiser will be a Spa-ghetti Dinner in April.


ASHTABULA - LouiseBucci is a proud Ashtabularesident who wants to bringconfidence back to the com-munity through her com-puter business, Bucci Micro-computer.

Bucci teaches computerclasses in her home, teach-ing everything from basiccomputer skills like how towrite a document to ad-vance classes like how tobuild a website.

Each class is $125 perperson.

“There are all kinds ofliterature they can takehome and I have videos forthem,” Bucci said.

Bucci has 30 years of ex-perience and will even doone-on-one classes.

“I will teach up to sixpeople in a class and aslittle as one person,” Buccisaid.

Bucci Microcomputers isreopening after a few yearsof being shut down.

“I shut down for twoyears because my husbandgot sick and my sister gotsick,” Bucci said.

Bucci has been working

Bucci wants to bringconfidence to Ashtabula

with computers since 1982and started by going out inthe field and working withpeople who did not haveprior knowledge of comput-ers.

“I started when therewere floppies in the comput-ers,” Bucci said.

Bucci was one of the firstin the county to do computerconsulting with local busi-

nesses.“I got my degree at Kent

State University inAshtabula and, at that time,there was nobody going outin the field teaching busi-nesses and people the com-puter,” Bucci said.

Bucci did things such asset up books and teach themhow to work with word pro-cessing and spreadsheets.

“I taught them how towork smarter and notharder,” Bucci said.

Bucci has worked atschools and at a GeaugaCounty data processing cen-ter.

“I’ve worked with everykind of profession in theworld, from doctors to stockbrokers and teachers,”Bucci said.

Bucci says she workswith every student differ-ently since no two peopleare the same. She likes toreally get to know her stu-dents and has worked witha variety of people and ages.

“My youngest studentwas seven and my oldestwas a retired minister at 93years old,” Bucci said.

Bucci has even createdher own manuals for stu-dents to study and workwith.

“I have used the samemanuals over the years,”Bucci said.

Bucci said many peopletrying to get back into thework force need to knowcomputer skills and evenhow to lay out a résumé, asthings are constantlychanging with a world fo-cused around computers.

“It’s a different world outthere, and you have to knowhow to market yourself inorder to get a job,” Buccisaid.

Bucci said the economyin Ashtabula can be boostedif everyone in the area hadthe right skills and confi-dence to sell themselves.

“I want to bring confi-dence back to the Ashtabulacommunity,” Bucci said.

For more info, contactBucci at (440) 992-9592.

Sadie Portman, reporterfor the Gazette, may bereached at [email protected].

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANLouise Bucci works with current student Kim Hutchinson. Hutchinson is a student ofBucci who is currently on the job search.

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Easter Egg Hunts arescheduled throughout thearea this weekend in bothGeneva and Ashtabula.

Geneva’s annual huntwill begin at 11 a.m. Satur-day in Kiwanis Park and willbe held after the pancakebreakfast at the First Meth-odist Church of Geneva.

“The Kiwanis Club ofGeneva is sponsoring theirannual Breakfast with theEaster Bunny and EasterEgg Hunt on April 7,” FredFrisbee said.

The breakfast will startat 7 a.m., and there is a sug-gested donation of $5 foradults, $4 for kids ages sixto 12 and children under fiveare free.

“Guests will have twochoices of meals this year,the traditional all-you-can-eat pancakes with sausageor a serving of sausage gravyand biscuits,” Frisbee said.

Pictures with the EasterBunny will be available for$5 for an 8x10 with individu-als and $10 for family pic-tures.

A 50/50 raffle will also beavailable, along with severaldoor prizes.

“Assisting this year willbe members from the KeyClub at Geneva High Schooland Aktion Club of LakeCounty,” Frisbee said. “Bothorganizations are sponsoredby Geneva Kiwanis.”

Frisbee sees the event asa way to support the localyouth and adult volunteergroups.

“Key Club is a service or-ganization for high schoolstudents ages 14 to 18 andAktion Club is a communityservice group composed of

adults who live with disabili-ties.”

This is one of the Kiwanis’biggest fundraisers for theyear, and members inviteeveryone to come and enjoyan Easter-filled day.

“Proceeds will be used byGeneva Kiwanis to assistwith the many communityservice programs in GenevaCity during this year of2012,” Frisbee said.

The Ashtabula Down-town Development Associa-tion (ADDA) is also holdingits annual Easter event thisSaturday.

“The ADDA will be host-ing their Easter egg-travaganza this Saturday,April 7, from 1:30 p.m. to 3p.m. at Cornelius Park,”Ward 3 Councilor AnnStranman said.

The day is full of activi-ties for the children.

“They’ll have the EasterBunny there, some gamesand face painting, an Easterbasket, Chinese Auction,”Stranman said.

Kids will be able to go todifferent stations to gathercandy.

“I think they’re askingeveryone to bring their ownEaster baskets and they’ll bedoing kind of like an Easterbasket trick-or-treating,”Stranman said.

Chinese Auction ticketsare $1 each or five for $6.

The ADDA is excited tohold the event for the secondyear, and members said theyhave something for childrenfrom ages one to 99.

“It sounds like a cuteevent,” Stranman said.


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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 8AReligion

Lighthouse BaptistChurch meets inOrwell

ORWELL - The LighthouseBaptist Church opened a sat-ellite church in Orwell Villageusing space at the CountryNeighbor Program Inc. centeron S. Maple Street. The ser-vices are on Sunday with wor-ship at 11a.m. Sunday schoolis at 10 a.m. and there is alsoa Sunday evening service at 6p.m. On Thursdays at 6:30p.m. there is a Bible studymeeting and the Master Club.For more information aboutthe church, call (44) 964-0222.

Easter services atBeacon BaptistChurch

WILLIAMSFIELD TOWN-SHIP - Beacon Baptist Churchwill hold its Easter Sundayservice at the WilliamsfieldCommunity Center with a 9a.m. daybreak worship fol-lowed by a free breakfast foreveryone at 9:30 a.m. Theregular worship service is setfor 10 a.m. with Pastor TimHaidon. Following the wor-ship service the church youthgroup is hosting a free Easteregg hunt for children.

Andover ChristianChurch holds holyweek services

ANDOVER - The AndoverChristian Church, located onStillman Avenue in the vil-lage, invites area residents tojoin members for a Good Fri-day, April 6 service at 7 p.m.entitled “Take This Cup fromMe.” On Easter Sunday, April8, the congregation will cel-

Youngstown DiocesanCouncil of Catholic Women

The board of the Youngstown Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women invites Catholic women in the dioceseto its next board meeting 9 to 11:30 a.m. April 21 at St.Agatha Church, 13523 Washington Street, West Point(Columbiana County). Reservations required by call-ing Jean Rhodes of Salem (330-222-1448) by April 14.Send e-mail reservations to Mary Jane Malich of Daltonat [email protected]. There is no charge.

Ongoing AprilAshtabula: Lentenservices

Bethany EvangelicalLutheran Church, located at933 Michigan Ave. inAshtabula, has announced thefollowing Lenten services:

April 5 - 7 p.m. MaundyThursday worship service

April 6 - 7 p.m. Good Fri-day Tenebrae service

April 8 - 9 a.m. StrataBreakfast

April 8 - 10:30 a.m. Eas-ter worship service

All services are with Pas-tor Larry Mackey.

April 6-8 Geneva:Easter services

The Peoples Church ofGeneva invites you to be ourguest at three special servicesfocused on the sacrifice andresurrection of Jesus Christ.On 7 p.m. Friday, there is aGood Friday service; on 7 a.m.Sunday at Harpersfield Cov-ered Bridge there will be aSunrise Service and BibleTimes Breakfast (will be heldat the church in the event ofbad weather); and on 10:45a.m. Sunday there will be aresurrection worship serviceat 300 S. Ridge Rd. East inGeneva.

April 6 Jefferson:Cross Walk

The crosswalk in Jeffersonwill begin at 6 p.m. at theFirst Baptist Church.

April 8 Ashtabula:Pancake and sau-sage breakfast

The Ashtabula BaptistChurch, located at 5909Shepard Rd., will have an Eas-ter service and free pancakeand sausage breakfast from 9-10:15 a.m.

April 13 Jefferson:Salisbury steakdinner

The Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church ChristoMission Team will sponsor asalisbury steak dinner on 4-7p.m. Friday, April 13. Home-made salisbury steak andgravy, mashed potatoes, veg-etable, roll , dessert anddrinks. $6.50 for adults and $4for children under 12. Comesupport our teen-through-adult mission team as theyprepare for a work week tohelp those in need in Rock-ford, Illinois. Tickets avail-able through the church office,

Ashtabula County Church Briefsfrom teens or at the door: 125E. Jefferson Street, Jefferson,576-4561.

April 14 Saybrook:Luncheon

Springtime in Saybrook! 1p.m. April 14 at the SaybrookUnited Methodist Church,7900 Depot Rd. Light lun-cheon, Mentor Follies danc-ers, door prizes, theme giftbaskets sold by Chinese auc-tion. Tickets are $15. Only128 tickets available. Call440-969-1562, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.Monday through Friday formore info.

April 18 Ashtabula:Dinner

Chicken and Dumpling orSwiss Steak dinner, includingbeverages and desserts. Alsoa craft sale. April 18 from 4-7p.m. Adults $8, children $4.Carry outs available. Spon-sored by the Plymouth UnitedMethodist Women Society ofPlymouth United MethodistChurch 970 Plymouth Rd. 970Plymouth Rd. Ashtabula. Formore info, call 998-0260.

April 20-21 Geneva:Art of Marriage

Video ConferenceAll married and engaged

couples are invited to the Artof Marriage Video Conferencewith Dennis and BarbaraRainey from 7-9:30 p.m. April20 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April21. It will be held at thePeoples Church, 300 SouthRidge Rd. East, Geneva. Comeand renew your relationshipwith your spouse. The cost is$40 per couple and it includestwo workbooks. Call thechurch office to register at(440) 466-2020.

April 25 Ashtabula:Free communitydinner

The Ashtabula BaptistChurch, located at 5909Shepard Rd., will have a freecommunity dinner from 5-6:30p.m. Wednesday, April 25.

April 26 Saybrook:Free communitydinner

A free community dinnerwill be held on Thursday, April26, from 5-6 p.m. in theChurch Social Hall. Comeenjoy a free dinner, dessertand drink, served to you bymembers of Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 S.Depot Rd, Saybrook (across

from Saybrook ElementarySchool). All are welcome!

April 27 Geneva:Rummage sale

The United Church, 75Broadway, Geneva, will holdits annual rummage sale andbake sale April 27 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $1 a bag sale from 3-4p.m.

May 13 Ashtabula:Southern gospelmusician JerryGarcia

The Ashtabula BaptistChurch, located at 5909Shepard Rd., will host South-ern gospel musician JerryGarcia and have a free break-fast and free gift for all moth-ers on May 13.

ebrate the resurrection of theLord with two worship ser-vices at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.with special music and com-munion. Sunday schoolclasses are at 9:15 a.m. andnursery care will be providedfor all services.

Andover UM Churchholding three ser-vices on EasterSunday

ANDOVER - The AndoverUnited Methodist Church willhold an Easter sunrise serviceat 7 a.m. on the public squarewith a breakfast to follow backat the Community room of thechurch. There will be two wor-ship services at 8:30 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Holy communionwill be observed at the 8:30a.m. service only. Area resi-dents are invited to attendany or all of the services.

Choral director is TinaTeter leading the choir in Joy-ful Easter Alleluias. Pianistsfor the two services areHeather McCarty and CarolLoveland. There will be astaffed nursery for both ser-vices. Rev. Vernon Palo’s mes-sage is on “The Light of theWorld is Jesus” and he willalso provide a specialchildren’s message.

Pymatuning Commu-nity Church has foodassistance days

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP -The Pymatuning CommunityChurch will open its TenderMercies Ministry for a free hotlunch serving for area resi-dents and free grocery distri-bution on Monday, April 23 atnoon or a free grocery distri-bution only on Wednesday,April 25. The grocery distribu-tion is from 5 to 6 p.m. andhousehold/resident informa-tion is required to receive thefood assistance from thechurch, said Pastor StevenMickels. For more informa-tion, call the church office at(440) 293-7878.

Pentecostal Commu-nity Church’s cloth-ing center open inApril

NEW LYME TOWNSHIP -The Pentecostal CommunityChurch’s community clothingcenter located at 6000 StateRoute 46 in New Lyme will beopen April 10, April 21, andApril 26 from 9 to 11 a.m.There is clothing for men,women and all ages of chil-dren at $1 a bag. There arealso coats, suits, formaldresses available at $1 eachand also footwear. For moreinformation call Traci at (440)223-6567. The center also ac-cepts clothing donations dur-ing open hours in the month.

H A R P E R S F I E L DTOWNSHIP - HarpersfieldUnited Methodist Churchwill have its first public wor-ship service in its newchurch building on EasterSunday.

The new church is lo-cated at 224 Garford Rd., atthe corner of Cork ColdSprings Rd., and GarfordRd., about a mile east of theold church. Worship beginsat 11 a.m.

The church has been ina building campaign for thepast several years. Thechurch had outgrown its166-year-old building at5524 Cork Cold Springs Rd.and is pleased now to beable to expand its ministryin the Geneva area.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSHarpersfield United Methodist Church will have its firstpublic worship service in its new church building on EasterSunday.

The building is 6,000 square feet and includes a multi-purpose sanctuary/fellowship area. The building alsocontains two offices, four classrooms and a beautifulkitchen. It is handicapped accessible, with ampleparking.

Harpersfield United Methodist Church tohost first public service in new building

Dick Curtis and DickFisher were co-chairmen ofthe building team, whichalso consisted of BeckyD’Angelo, John Felicijanand Denise Curtis.

The building is 6,000square feet and includes amulti-purpose sanctuary/fellowship area. The build-ing also contains two offices,four classrooms and a beau-tiful kitchen. It is handi-capped accessible, withample parking.

An open house for thecommunity and a formaldedication service is plannedfor the near future. PastorShirley Stoops-Frantz hasbeen pastor of the churchsince 2006. Church phone is(440) 466-4778.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 9AAgriculture

AGRICULTURALAGENT COMMENTSby David MarrisonOSU Extension Agent

Ashtabula CountyAgriculturalScholarship

applications beingtaken

OSU Extension and theAshtabula County AgriculturalScholarship Committee arepleased to announce the schol-arship committee will be present-ing a minimum of 10 scholarshipsfor the 2012-2013 school year toAshtabula County students en-rolled in either an accredited fullfour-year college or an accreditedtwo-year technical institute.

Scholarships awarded thisyear will include the: $1,000Ashtabula County Holstein Club,$1,000 Allan C. Jerome Memo-rial Scholarship, $1,000 W.H. &David W. Kellogg MemorialScholarship, $1,000 Lester C.Marrison Memorial Scholarship,$1,000 Service-Jerome Scholar-ship, $1,000 Harold G. SpringerMemorial Scholarship, $1,000Western Reserve Farm Coopera-tive, the $500 Lautanen Family 4-H Scholarship and at least onescholarship worth $1,000 from thecommittee itself.

Both graduate and under-graduate students who are study-ing agriculture, natural resources,home economics, and environ-mental sciences are strongly en-couraged to apply. The scholar-ships are for a one-year period. Prior recipients of a scholarshipmay apply. Those receivingscholarships from this fund in anytwo previous years are not eli-gible.

Application forms with com-plete instructions for applying arenow available and can be re-ceived by stopping in at the Ex-tension Office or by calling 440-576-9008. The application dead-line is May 1 and no late applica-tions will be considered.

Ashtabula CountyBeef Scholarship

applicationsavailable

OSU Extension and theAshtabula County Cattlemen’sAssociation are pleased to an-nounce they will be awarding abeef scholarship to a deservingAshtabula County Senior Studentwho will be attending an accred-ited full four-year college or an ac-credited two-year technical insti-tute in 2012-2013. Approximately$1,000 in scholarships will beawarded this year.

Applicants must be resident ofAshtabula County. The first pref-erence by the Ashtabula CountyCattlemen’s Association is thescholarship be awarded to a de-serving student who has beeninvolved in the beef industry as ayouth. Examples of this could in-clude: working on a family beefoperation; involved with a beefproject through 4-H or FFA; orworking on a local beef farm. Thesecond preference for this schol-arship recipient would beawarded to a student who willstudying a beef-related field in ac-credited full four-year college oran accredited two-year technicalinstitute.

Applications must be receivedby the Ashtabula CountyCattlemen’s Association by May1, 2012 for consideration for thescholarship. No late applicationswill be considered. The applica-tion can be obtained at theAshtabula County Extension webpage at http://ashtabula.osu.edu. Additional information can be ob-tained by calling the AshtabulaCounty Extension office at 440-576-9008.

Selling TimberWorkshop to beheld in Windsor,

OhioThinking of having a timber

sale? If, so you may wish to con-

Hello, Ashtabula County! It has been a month since theSuper Tuesday election. Boy,it has been peaceful thesepast few weeks. Amazinghow the barrage of robo-callssubsided after March 6. However, it won’t be long be-fore we are once again inun-dated with campaign adver-tisements citing the merits ofeach candidate as we movecloser to the November elec-tion.

Many voters get all ex-cited during an electionyear. We demand change;but then once the election isover we rarely give a pass-ing moment to check how ourelected officials are doing onour behalf. I once had anelected official tell me thatvoters never remember whathe did in the “off-election”years.

So are you watching yourelected officials? For farm-ers, this could be a very im-portant year; especially atthe federal level. I think itis no secret that little getsdone in Washington D.C.during a presidential elec-tion year because no onewants to make the other sidelook good. I hope this doesnot happen this year due tothe impending changes tothe Special Bonus Deprecia-tion Limits and Federal Es-tate Tax. Both of these could

Upcoming Events Impending changes to tax laws could affect farmers

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe pending decrease in the Federal Estate Tax Exemptionmay jeopardize many of our family farms in 2013.

have an impact on the viabil-ity of our farms in Ohio. Let’stake a look at these.

Bonus Depreciation:Over the past few years,

Congress has repeatedly al-lowed faster depreciation ofcapital assets to stimulatebusiness investment. TheTax Relief, UnemploymentInsurance Reauthorization,and Job Creation Act of 2010extended two bonus depre-ciation measures through2012 to encourage newequipment purchasing. Both the Section 179 Ex-pensing and AcceleratedFirst Year Depreciation al-lowances have allowed busi-nesses to write off capitalexpenditures in the pur-chase year instead of recap-turing their cost through anormal depreciation sched-ule which could be anywherefrom five to 20 years.

Under current law theSection 179 expensing al-lows $139,000 to be deductedin 2012. This provision fallsto $25,000 each year there-after. In 2012, the Acceler-ated First Year Depreciationis limited to 50 percent of thepurchase price, whereas in2011 it was 100 percent. This provision is scheduledto be eliminated after thisyear.

The big question for 2012is will Congress move to in-crease the Section 179 Ex-pensing and/or extend or in-

crease the Accelerated FirstYear Depreciation? Farmersshould watch the actions ofCongress and planaccordingly. If these two pro-visions are eliminated, somefarmers may be in-line for alarger tax burden in futureyears because they have usedthese accelerated measuresas an annual way to reducetaxable income. With theseprovisions gone, capital ex-penditures would be back onnormal depreciation sched-ules with less to deduct eachyear. More information onthese deduction limits can befound at; http://ohioagmanager.osu.edu/tax-management/section-179-ac-celerated-depreciation-limit.

Federal Estate Tax Ex-

emption LimitsThe Tax Relief, Unem-

ployment Insurance Reau-thorization, and Job Cre-ation Act of 2010 also had aneffect on the Federal EstateTax. And quite frankly, thisis the one area that concernsme the most when I think ofmany of our farms in North-east, Ohio.

The estates of every U.S.citizen are subject to the fed-eral estate tax upon theirdeath. However, a certainpotion is exempt from thetax. In 2012, this exemptionis $5.12 million. Therefore,in 2012 if the value of the netestate - meaning the grossestate reduced by allowable

estate tax credits and deduc-tions - does not exceed $5.12million, then the estate willpass to the heirs free fromfederal estate taxes. Anyamount above $5.12 millionis subject to a 35-percenttax.

But this drasticallychanges, beginning nextyear, if Congress does notact. Under the provisions ofthe aforementioned 2010act, the federal exemptionwill be reduced to $1 millionand any excess will be taxedat a whopping rate of 55 per-cent. This could affect hun-dreds of farms, small busi-nesses and recipients of oiland gas lease payments. Itis not hard for many of ourfarms to be valued at over$1 million dollars. Can youafford to pay a 55-percentestate tax on the value above$1 million? This could be anail in the coffin for manysmall farms trying to tran-sition their farm to the nextgeneration.

Action StepsSo what can I do? I think

it is imperative that farmersexercise their right to talk totheir elected officials. Letthem know how the changeson the bonus depreciationmeasures and the federalestate tax could affect yourfarm. More importantly,schedule an appointmentwith your attorney to makesure your estate plan is upto date. Be proactive, notreactive! And remember,have a good and safe day!

Contacting Your U.S.

House of RepresentativeGo to the House of Rep-

resentatives website at:http://house.gov/ and searchfor your local congressmanusing the Zip code searchengine and your State Sena-tors at: http://house.gov/ andsearch by state.

David Marrison is Asso-

ciate Professor and Exten-sion Educator, Agriculture &Natural Resources, OhioState University Extension. Mr. Marrison can be reachedat 440-576-9008 [email protected].

sider attending a workshop whichwill be hosted by OSU Extensionand the OSU WoodlandsSteward’s program on Monday,April 23, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at 4-H Camp Whitewood located at7983 S Wiswell Road in Windsor,Ohio.

During this workshop, partici-pants will learn what steps to takein order to make the experiencea good one for both you and yourwoodland. The marketing processwill be covered along with tax con-siderations that need to be fac-tored into the process. The dead-line registration is April 19, 2012. Registration is $15 per personand includes a packet of timbermarketing materials including theBMP Book for Logging in Ohio.

This class is worth 2.5 hoursof credit for the Ohio Forest TaxLaw program. Online registrationis available at http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu. Payment can also be sent to theOhio State University, OhioWoodland Stewards Program,210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey,Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Aregistration flyer can also be re-ceived by calling the AshtabulaCounty Extension office at 440-576-9008.

Northern ClassicSteer & Heifer

Show to be heldon Saturday, April

21The Ashtabula County

Cattlemen’s Association will besponsoring the 15th AnnualNorthern Classic Steer & HeiferJackpot Show on Saturday, April21, at the Ashtabula County Fair-grounds in Jefferson, Ohio. Thisgood old fashion jackpot show willstart promptly at noon.

The show is open to all youthunder the age of 21 and will be-gin promptly at noon. An entry feeof $25 per head if pre-registeredby April 13, 2012, and $30 perhead thereafter.

Cash prizes will be awardedto individual class winners and tothe Champion Steer, ReserveChampion Steer, ChampionHeifer, and Reserve ChampionHeifer. In addition to the openshow, a Showmanship class andan Ashtabula County Class will beheld. Local residents are encour-aged to come out and watch thisshow.

For more information, contactthe Ashtabula County ExtensionOffice at 440-576-9008

Garden chores: Garden Reflections by the Ashtabula County Master Gardeners

Garden Reflectionsby Ash. Co. Master GardenersOhio State University Extension

We are all excited about spring’s early arrival.Bulbs are sprouting, new buds are beginning to un-furl and splashes of color abound throughout the garden.The warm spell in March brought April early to AshtabulaCounty, and there are lots of garden chores to do.

Even though spring has arrived, many lawns andgarden beds for vegetables and flowers are still soggy.Try to stay off them. Wet soils compact easily and soilstructure can be damaged if worked too early.

Beds are ready for preparation when a small ball ofsoil is fairly crumbly in your hand. If it wads up andsticks together, it’s too wet.

Once the ground has dried out, remove any remain-ing fallen branches and yard debris, then rake.Overseed and fertilize the lawn if needed.

When working in beds, be careful not to be too roughwhile cleaning out last year’s debris. Emerging self-sown annual and biennial seedlings such as alyssum,sage, nicotinia, larkspur and impatiens may be uprootedif you are not careful. It’s much easier to trim back oldgrowth before it becomes tangled in new foliage. Frag-ile new growth on perennials can easily be damagedand broken, especially the delicate foliage of ferns andold fashioned bleeding heart

Some perennial plants and ground covers that don’tgo completely dormant will still need tidying up. Plantslike heuchera, hellebores, iris and epimedium that keeptheir leaves all winter, will need their tattered foliageremoved to encourage new growth and show off thosebeautiful new blooms.

Early spring is also the time to divide many perenni-als and grasses. Plants that have become crowded, have

floppy stems, fewer blooms, or have a deadspot in the center should be divided.

Dig up plants and divide each clump intosections with a sharp knife or shovel. Eachnew section should contain a part of the rootsystem and several new shoots. New divi-sions can be used to start new beds, fill inempty areas or shared with others. Keepthese new plants well watered through sum-

mer.Ornamental grasses should be trimmed to within a

few inches of the ground. You don’t need to wait fornew growth to begin.

As the first leaves of buttery fly bush and bluebeardbegin to emerge, trim them back to spur new growthand bloom.

Remember that here in Ashtabula County it’s stilltoo early to even think about adding fresh mulch togarden beds. The soil needs to warm up and dry out,usually around early to mid June.

Early April is about last call for planting peas to avoidthe hot summer weather. Continue planting spinachand salad greens. Sow carrots, radishes, onions anddill.

Cold season transplants like broccoli, cabbage, cau-liflower and Brussels sprouts can still be sown indoorsfor transplanting into your garden at the end of themonth.

If it’s early April, you still have time to start toma-toes and peppers inside for planting out late May orearly June. Annual flowers such as marigolds, impa-tiens, snapdragon, salvia, and petunia should beseeded now. Tender summer bulbs such as tuberousbegonias, achimines, and caladium need to startedindoors to be planted out later.

Spring bulbs may be deadheaded now, but avoidremoving their foliage. The foliage should be allowedto die on its own, as it provides nourishment to bulband blooms for next year’s growth.

Remember to wait until after bloom to trim springflowering shrubs such as forsythia, azalea, beautybush,mock orange and lilacs. Early spring bloomers will setthe flower buds in the fall. By pruning them early, youwill lose blossoms.

If, however, you have an overgrown shrub, it will bemuch easier to see the shape of the plant before theleaves emerge. You may thin these plants now, butyou will lose some of their colorful blooms.

Prune your roses just as buds start to swell. Re-move all dead canes, and any canes that have beendamaged or have disease. By opening up the plants,you allow in air and light and the plant will be moreresistant to disease. Begin feeding now.

Plant any new roses and shrubs, especially thosethat have come bare-root. Don’t forget to properly wa-ter any newly planted shrubs and trees.

If you have finished compost, remember to screenit to remove any unfinished product, twigs and stones.Turn and moisten any remaining compost to aerate andget the pile cooking again. Your pile should be readyfor all incoming garden debris. Don’t try to compostany weeds, they will certainly come back to haunt you.

Remember some weed plants have the ability tobloom and set seed even after you’ve pulled them. Donot compost any plant material that is diseased or seedheads that could become a problem. Use your finishedcompost to top dress beds after the garden dries out.Add any mulch later.

Remember it’s never too late to do a garden choreyou missed earlier in the season. Most gardens andplants can be very forgiving. Keep on weeding!! Andtake time out to listen to spring peepers.

The Ashtabula County Master Gardeners write amonthly horticulture column for this paper! The mem-bers of the group encourage you to send questionsthat you would like answered in this column to 39 WallStreet, Jefferson, Ohio 44047.



JEFFERSON - The An-nual Student Art Show isbeing showcased at theHenderson Memorial PublicLibrary with pieces fromacross the county fromJefferson and Rock Creek toChristian Faith Academy inAshtabula.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANArtwork is being displayed among the books at the localart show running through April 22 at Henderson MemorialPublic Library.

Tessa Lebaron of Edgewood High School received twofirst-place prizes, one for People’s Choice and anotherfor Best of Show, in the age group of 17 to 18 year olds.

Henderson Library turns into an art gallery for annual show“We had artwork come in

from all over the county,”Children’s Programming Di-rector Dee Culbertson said.“There are pieces fromGrand Valley, Lakeside,Edgewood, Jefferson andRock Creek. We even had acouple of home-school kids.”

The only places fromwhich artwork was not re-ceived were Pymatuning

Valley, Conneaut orKingsville.

“The majority of the art-work is Rock Creek,Jefferson, Christian FaithAcademy, Lakeside HighSchool and Grand Valley,”Culbertson said.

The artwork was judgedin two categories, Best ofShow and People’s Choice,where the top three pieceswere announced on Tuesdayin seven different agegroups.

“We had actual artistsjudges come in and give theirrankings for a best in show,and then we did a publicjudging, which I call thePeople’s Choice Award,”Culbertson said.

The Best in Show win-ners are as follows, in orderof first to third place:

—Daniel Carrel, AlayniaGwinn, Jacob Fenner for thefive to six year olds.

—Ryleigh Bish, EmmaLeehan, Kaycee Saari for theseven to eight year olds.

—Zachary Forristal,Jillian Hawkins, AndacyDietrch for the nine to 10year olds.

—Candace Burkhammer,McKenzie Turley, CharlesDeary in the 11 to 12 yearolds.

—Craig Anderson,Kaitlynn Davis, MichaelHaskell for the 12 to 14 yearolds.

—Jessica Bluhm, Eliza-beth Boch, Paige Balaz forthe 15 to 16 year olds.

—Tessa LeBaron, KevinRodriguez, Emmy Stowellfor the 17 to 18 year olds.

The People’s Choice win-

ners are as follows in orderof first to third place:

—Daniel Carrel, RebekahDawson, Annalisa Ellswordfor the five to six year olds.

—Megan Brand, RyleighBish, Gabe Paul in the sevento eight year olds.

—Zachary Forristal,Nicholas Diehl, AndacyDietrich in the nine to 10year olds.

—Alex Bill, McKenzieTurley, Levi Cole in the 11to 12 year olds.

—Brandon McDowell,Max Overberger, JasonByler in the 13 to 14 yearolds.

—Jessica Bluhm, KirstenJones, Elizabeth Boch in the15 to 16 year olds.

—Tessa LeBaron, EmilyNye, Lyndsay Wheeler in the17 to 18 year olds.

“Some of them ended upbeing the same, and othersended up being different,”Culbertson said. “It waskind of fun to see what thepublic chose and what thejudges chose and to com-pare.”

Culbertson will be plac-ing ribbons on the winnersso those looking through cantell which pieces wonawards.

“The ribbons will be puton and everyone will gettheir prizes,” Culbertsonsaid.

Everyone who placed apiece in the show will be rec-ognized by the library.

“Everybody will get a cer-tificate for being in it, secondand third place will get rib-bons and first place will get

Jessica Bluhm of Grand Valley High School received firstplace in both Best in Show and the People’s Choicecategories for the 15 to 16 year olds.

Ryleigh Bish from Christian Faith Academy received asecond-place award for People’s Choice and a first-place award in Best of Show in the age group of sevento eight year olds.

Alaynia Gwinn received second place in the Best of Showcategory for her age group of five to six year olds.

Elizabeth Boch’s piece received a second-place awardin the Best of Show category, as well as third place in thePeople’s Choice category. Boch is from Grand ValleyHigh School.


JEFFERSON - A portion ofSouth Sycamore Street be-tween Maplewood Drive andRoute 307 is temporarilyclosed in the Village ofJefferson.

“South Sycamore Streetwas closed March 26 and willremain closed for severalweeks,” Jefferson Administra-tor Terry Finger said duringthe Village Council meetingon Monday.

The road is closed becauseof phase 1 of a project thatinvolves the rehabilitation ofthe truck route at South Sy-camore Street from Route 307to Cedar Street. The road iscurrently a truck route, but itis unpaved and in need of re-pairs.

The project involves takingout the old, crumbled partsand building the road fromthe ground up, Finger said.

Portion of South Sycamore closed

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLA portion of South Sycamore Street between Maplewood Drive and Route 307 istemporarily closed.

Finger said everything isgoing fine with the project, butthe road will have to be tem-porarily closed.

“We will not pave the sur-face of South Sycamore Streetuntil fall,” Finger said. “This

will allow truck traffic to fur-ther compact the roadbed be-fore paving in the fall.”

Brush pick up began inJefferson on Monday and wasto conclude on Tuesday, Fin-ger said.

Finger also remindedresidents that they shouldmark Saturday, May 5, ontheir calendars as thescheduled day for village-wide curbside rubbish re-moval.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 11AEducation

ASHTABULA - Saints John & Paul School has begun ac-cepting applications for its preschool and kindergarten classesfor the 2012-13 school year.

The school will offer half-day morning and afternoon pre-school classes for three to four year olds and a five-morning aweek, pre-kindergarten program for five year olds. The two-day program is for three year olds and is offered on Tuesdaysand Thursdays. The three-day program meets on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays for four year olds. A pre-kindergar-ten class will be offered for five year olds five mornings a week.

The kindergarten classes are full day, Monday-Friday forchildren who will be five years old by Sept. 30. After complet-ing the application process, parents will register for the screen-ing day scheduled for Friday, May 4th.

A parent information session was held on Monday, April 2,at the elementary campus, 2150 Columbus Ave.

Please call 997-5821 for more information.

Saints John & Paul School announceskindergarten and preschool registration

SUBMITTED PHOTOSJP Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Anna Thomas works withpreschoolers and kindergarteners on a specialcelebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday.


SAYBROOK TOWN-SHIP - Saints John andPaul Schools will be mov-ing to a new location nextyear, as Saybrook Elemen-tary School will be pur-chased by a group of alumniand donated to the school.

“Friends of the schoolhave entered into an agree-ment with the [AshtabulaArea City Schools Board ofEducation] to purchase it,and it will be donated to theschool,” Burke said.

School officials havebeen looking at options fortheir students, as the cur-rent buildings are begin-ning to age.

“Part of this currentbuilding is over 100 yearsold, and the other part is 50years old,” Burke said.

Burke said the highschool alone needs a newroof, boiler and windows.None of the money going tothe school’s aesthetics willgo into the most importantpart, the education.

“We had architects andengineers look at the highschool over the last fewmonths, and it needs $1million worth of infrastruc-ture,” Burke said.

Although the school hasbeen used as an elementaryschool, in the past it housedall grades.

“At one point SaybrookElementary held 400 stu-

Saints John and Paul preparesfor transition into a new building

Ashtabula Area City Schools andSt. John and Paul work together

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured are Ashtabula Area City School Board members Dr. Al DeCato, Janine Trebuchon-Wertz and ChristineSeuffert, St. John and Paul President Sister Maureen Burke (center) and AACS Superintendent Joseph Donatone

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - The recent decision to moveSt. John and Paul Schools from Station and Columbusavenues to Saybrook Elementary was accomplished by twoentities working together.

“This is a partnership,” said Sister Maureen Burke. “Itshows what is possible when people work together.”

“I feel the collaboration has benefited both school sys-tems,” said AACS Superintendent Joseph Donatone. “Thisis something our Board of Education wanted to do, andthey worked diligently with St. John and Paul to make

this happen.”Sister Maureen Burke added, “The move further cre-

ates a vision for our future.”In exchange for the donation of the building to the

Youngstown Diocese, the Ashtabula Area City School Dis-trict was credited $60,000 for not having to demolish thebuilding, $25,000 cash and five acres of land adjacent

to its new elementary campus.All money received can only be used for permanent

improvements.

dents, so it would holdenough for our kindergar-ten through 12th grades,”Burke said.

The school is big enoughto provide for immediateneeds as well as futureneeds, Burke said.

The Saybrook Elemen-tary School does need somework, but Burke said thecosts will be much less thanthe work needed on both thecurrent high school and el-ementary school buildings.

“There are some renova-tions that need to be done,”Burke said. “We want toput on some paint coats,carpet and tiles. Like mov-ing into a new home, wewant to make it our own.”

The work needed at theSaybrook ElementarySchool will become a col-laboration among currentand former students, aswell as staff and friends ofthe school.

We want the students tohave ownership in terms ofhelping make some of thedecisions, Burke said.

“It ’ll be a team ofalumni, family, studentsand friends of the school,”she said.

The Ashtabula Area CitySchools officials have beenvery helpful to Saints Johnand Paul (SSJP) School of-ficials as they prepare fora transition, giving advicefor the transition as they,too, have moved multipletimes in the past few years.

“I think this shows agreat working relationshipwith the public system, andwe both can agree on some-thing for the education ofour children,” Burke said.“We can work together in-stead of an us-versus-themmentality.”

Part of the building iscurrently not in use, andAACS officials gave SSJPpermission to begintransitioning those sectionswith paint and other aes-thetics.

“They’ve offered theiradvice in terms of makingit a smooth transition,”Burke said.

SSJP will not immedi-ately have a chapel on theschool grounds, but Burkesaid a chapel could be inthe future plans. Untilthen, daily chapel will beheld in the gym or cafete-ria and the students willattend church on specialoccasions.

“We can still bus back toSaint Joe’s and Mt. Carmelon occasion,” Burke said.“We will have some sort ofchapel area within theschool building.”

Mt. Carmel Priest Fa-ther Thomas has alreadyagreed to continue to cometo the school for weeklymass.

“We certainly will stillbe a part of the parish, andthe parish priests will stillbe active in our schools,”Burke said.

With the new school andthe money they will savewith all grades being in onebuilding, Burke said theycan now focus on improvingtheir education such as of-fering Spanish at themiddle school and moreprograms at the highschool.

“It will allow us to ex-pand on our educational ser-vices and will allow for moreinteraction so students atthe upper levels will be ableto tutor younger students,”Burke said.

Burke hopes the newschool’s location will helpwith their enrollment andbecome less travel for stu-dents traveling from Madi-son and southernAshtabula County.

“It’s a little bit more cen-trally located,” Burke said.“Three or four miles makea difference.”

Burke said SSJP isproud to start a new tradi-tion at the school, whichwill be a labor of love for allinvolved.

“We believe the bricksand mortar don’t make theschool,” Burke said. “It’sthe people. It’s the commu-nity spirit; it’s the involve-ment that really makesSaints John and Paul a tra-dition.”


G.O. Ministries benefit fromAshtabula Campus Challenge

Students on the Kent StateUniversity at Ashtabula Cam-pus were challenged by stu-dents from another regionalcampus to “can hunger.”Ashtabula students, facultyand staff responded with en-thusiasm.

The Let’s Can HungerChallenge generated morethan 200 canned goods for do-nation on the Ashtabula Cam-pus. Students then created asculpture from the cans in theCampus Library. The photo ofthe sculpture garnered nearly90 votes.

After the voting was com-plete, campus Student Ambas-sadors delivered the donateditems to G.O. Ministries of

SUBMITTED PHOTOStudent Ambassadors from the Ashtabula Campusdeliver donated cans to G.O. Ministries after the Let’s CanHunger Challenge.

Ashtabula.The challenge to create a

sculpture out of the donatedcans and then have peoplevote on the photos was issuedto all regional campuses ofKent State University by astudent organization on theTrumbull Campus. Votingwas done via facebook earlyin March.

The Campbell’s Let’s CanHunger Challenge, sponsoredby Campbell Soup Company,is a comprehensive hungerchallenge including: raisingawareness, translating aware-ness to action in the form ofurgent hunger relief and em-powering those in need to de-feat the cycle of hunger.


ASHTABULA - Early lit-eracy—what kids know aboutbooks and reading before theylearn to read—is the main fo-cus next week as AshtabulaCounty District Library cel-ebrates National Library WeekApril 8-14 with a program de-signed to help adults ensurethat their pre-school childrenare ready to start school.

“Every Child Ready toRead,” a training program de-veloped by the Public LibraryAssociation and the AmericanLibrary Association’s Associa-tion for Library Services toChildren, is designed to raiseawareness among adults of thecritical importance of estab-lishing early literacy skills inpre-school children, and to in-troduce some techniques theadults can use that will helpaccomplish this goal.

The program will be pre-sented by ACDL Youth Ser-vices Coordinator Barb TackTuesday, April 10, at 6 p.m. atAshtabula Library, the lead-into a monthly series of “coach-ing clinics” for adults who wantto help their kids get ready forschool. The program is free,but the Library asks partici-pants to call ahead (997-9341,ext. 231) to register.

“There’s nothing terriblydifficult about this,” says Ms.Tack. “Basically, if you canread you can do it. But educa-tors tell us too many children

Early literacy resources at the County District Libraryhelp get kids ready to learn to read on their own

start school lacking basicknowledge and skills aroundbooks and reading. And sincereading is the fundamentalskill for all learning, this lackof basic knowledge can hinderchildren throughout theirschool years and indeed theirwhole lives.”

The Every Child Ready toRead curriculum has just got-ten a major revision thatmakes it even more accessible,she says.

“And though it is importantactually to read to childrenfrom books three or four timesa week at least, there are anumber of things you can dothat help build these essentialskills while you’re just goingthrough your normal day withyour little one,” she says.

Though it may seem likecommon sense, she notes, noone is born knowing whichend of the book is “up,” no oneis born knowing that we readfrom left to right and from thetop to the bottom of the page,nor with the understandingthat the letters of our alpha-bet are a kind of code, eachstanding for one or moresounds of our spoken lan-guage.

“If we’re lucky, we have aparent or grandparent orsome other adult who talks tous, sings to us, and reads tous,” she says. “Our natural cu-riosity gets engaged and over

time it’s inevitable that wecome to understand all this,usually without being awarewe’ve been ‘taught’ some-thing.”

The Every Child Ready toRead program is just one of asuite of resources availablethrough ACDL for building lit-eracy skills, she notes.

Storytime, offered twice aweek at both the AshtabulaLibrary downtown and ACDL’sGeneva branch, has become“an opportunity to model thetechniques we want to encour-age adults to use when read-ing to young children.”

It’s a 45-minute program ofstories, singing, activities in-volving movement and usuallya simple craft project, designedfor kids 18 months through sixyears old and the grownupswho accompany them. It’s of-fered at 10:30 a.m. Mondaysand 6 p.m. Tuesdays atAshtabula Library, and at 6p.m. Mondays and 11 a.m.Tuesdays at Geneva Library.

And “Babytime,” she ex-plains, a similar program thatbegan last week, designed forchildren up to 18 months old,is offered at 4:30 p.m. Wednes-days at Ashtabula Library.

“We use different books forBabytime, larger-sized bookswith more pictures and fewerwords, and of course we don’tdo crafts,” she says. “But thesinging is important for kids

this age, the rhyming of thesong helps them develop anawareness of how some wordssound similar. Later on,they’ll notice these wordsusually look similar as well.”

Also available through theACDL website (www.acdl.info)is BookFLIX, published by theScholastic publishing com-pany, a series of 200 “talkingbook” titles sorted into ninedifferent subject categoriesand various levels of readingdifficulty, designed to help be-ginning readers strengthentheir skills.

BookFLIX presentationsfeature a professional narratorreading the text aloud, and anoption for a “bouncing ball”over each word as it’s read. Theseries is structured to provideuseful practice to a child work-ing alone, or to one workingtogether with an adult or oldersibling, with full-motiongraphics and other tools fromthe world of film to heighteninterest.

“The key thing to realizeabout early literacy, is thatyou can’t start too early. Thesooner your kids acquire theseskills, the farther ahead theyare. Apart from food, shelterand clothing, probably themost important thing you cando for them is to make surethey’re ready to learn to readon their own by the time theystart school,” says Ms. Tack.

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured left to right (front) are Jonathan Davilla, JohnyEvans, and Robbie Cottom, and (back) Kay Vencill,Asieanna Hunt, Sarah Morehouse, Kai Walker, KaylaHamilton and Ms. Rich (teacher).

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - Ms. Rich’s eighth-grade pre-algebramath class at Lakeside Junior High School has been focusing ongeometry.

They have been exploring how to calculate surface area, volumeand circumference of circles and spheres. Students shared a circu-lar treat and were instructed to measure and compute the radius,diameter, circumference and area of their project.

LJHS eighth-grade students learn about Pi

classroom,” Simmons ex-plained.

Before Paws made his de-but at school Simmons pro-vided the students with infor-mation about rabbit care andfeeding as well as photos of thebunny and his family tree, andresearched the best methods

and materials to make his firstday of school worry free.

“We use a Corn Cob basedbio-degradable litter for Paws’litter box, his pet bedding isnon-toxic, bio-degradable ma-terial that is made from re-claimed fiber from the paperindustry that can be used ascompost for the Land Lab. Wewanted to keep dust and aller-gies down, so after carefully re-searching, this was found to bea better choice for the students,and staff,” Simmons said.

According to school person-nel, the learning curve thatPaws has provided has boo-meranged into a two waystreet. Simmons and her stu-dents have taught Paws to usea litter box and to attend tosimple commands.

“Paws is the focus in class-room projects in reading, sci-ence and math throughout theschool,” explained Simmons.“The Guidance Counselor hasrecently used him for therapy.Paws helps students build ob-servation and listening skillsand learn cooperation in theclassroom. Paws was easily lit-ter trained. He roams the class-room and responds to the word‘no’ when he is trying to ven-ture out into the halls. The stu-dents have learned to respectPaws sleeping and playinghabits. When they notice thathe is resting, they are quiet inthe classroom. The studentshave learned to water and feedPaws and are responsible forkeeping his pen clean.”

Paws will take on an impor-tant new job as the Land Labtakes shape this spring. He willfertilize the seeds thatAustinburg Elementary stu-dents plant, and at harvesttime some of the organic greensthey grow will create healthymeals for Paws.

“It’s really cool to have aschool pet,” said BobbyHorvath. “It’s fun to watch theother kids with Paws too be-cause I can tell that everybodylikes him. Paws is a good pettoo, because he is good witheverybody but that’s becausehe is a Holland Lop and theyare not so feisty.”

“Having Paws in the build-ing has certainly made thingslivelier,” Principal KayeHaskins said. “The studentsare excited to earn time to playwith the bunny and the staffand students are discussingmethods of using the wasteproducts to help the environ-ment.”

PAWS From page 1A


BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Threeyears ago, Jefferson AreaHigh School teacher SallyCampbell had a conversa-tion with her neighbor, TinaSikora, training supervisorat WEK Industries. Bothwomen wondered how tohelp students with employ-ability and life skills. Theresult was a visit by Sikorato Campbell’s classroomwhere she discussed inter-viewing skills and how to fillout applications. They didn’tstop there.

Just this past month, 12members of Campbell’sclassroom took the short tripacross town to WEK Indus-tries, INC., 1085 Jefferson-Eagleville Road, to spend theday learning about the prod-ucts WEK makes and abouthow the business is run.

“It was awesome to see thekids use the skills we’ve beenworking on in class. They satwith an employee and askedthem 10 questions and thenpresented to our group. Theywere able to practice commu-nication and listening whilethey learned about WEK,”Campbell said.

Students asked abouteducation requirements,daily tasks, and length of theworkday. They also had toshare what they found inter-esting about the positiontheir interviewer held.

Sophomore MichaelMyers interviewed Sikora,who trains other people.

“I also learned that eachfactory has their own test for

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area CitySchools

GENEVA - Geneva AreaCity Schools will host kin-dergarten registration forthe 2012-2013 school yearon the dates listed below.Appointments for registra-tion are required and maybe scheduled by calling thenumbers listed below.

Cork Elementary - Mon-day, April 16, 8:30 - 11:30and 12:30 - 3:30, 440-415-9335

Geneva Platt R. SpencerElementary - Tuesday,April 17, 8:30 - 11:30 and12:30 - 3:30, 440-415-9325

Geneva Platt R. SpencerElementary - Wednesday,April 18, 8:30 - 11:30 and12:30 - 3:30, 440-415-9325

Austinburg Elementary- Thursday, April 19, 8:30 -11:30 and 12:30 - 3:30, 440-415-9340

Registration packetsare available now andmust be picked up in ad-vance of registration ateach elementary building.

Please bring your childand the following informa-tion, which is required byOhio law, to your Kinder-garten registration ap-pointment.

1. Birth Certificate(hospital or mothers recordis NOT legal certification.)

2. Child’s Social Secu-rity Card

3. Completed regis-tration packet.

4. Written proof of im-munization which in-cludes:

• DPT – 5 doses• Polio – 4 doses• MMR (Rubella,

Measles, Mumps) – 2doses.

• Hepatitis B – 3 doses.• Varicella (chicken pox)

or parental verification ofnatural chicken pox.

• Proof f Legal Guard-ianship (If the child is notliving with both naturalparents, proof of legalguardianship must be pre-sented.)

• Proof of residencywithin the school district(util ity statement orsigned rental agreement.)

If families do not have

JAHS students visit WEK Industries

Mike Meyers models the safety equipment employeesmust wear.

Aerick McCullough give his interview the “thumbs up.”He talked to Brian Hamilton.

PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEShyann Blasiman and Natasha Stiver interview DuaneMagley and Bruce Hamilton about engineering.

using the tow motors. If youchange factories, you’ll haveto take another test forthem,” he said.

Myers, who was given ahandbook with definitionsthat employees must know,thought the trip was a greatexperience.

“It was really hot. Theytold us it gets up to 120 de-grees in the summer,” he said.

Since 1972, WEK has spe-cialized in the design, engi-neering and production ofcustom components andproducts like dock floats,waste carts and custommolding. Campbell said thestudents were surprised howmany different jobs areneeded to make the plantrun like accounting, cus-tomer service, human re-sources, and processing.

Freshman Mitch Waterslearned about the manybranches of the factory.

“They have things likeassembling, managing, andengineering, too,” he said.

Waters went on to explainthat he interviewed MikeVerzella, a purchasing man-ager.

“He told me how he pur-chases the raw materialneeded to make the prod-ucts. I found it interestingthat he has no one watchinghim telling him what to do.He’s responsible for gettingstuff done. If he doesn’tmake the order, or makes awrong order, it’s his fault,”Water said.

Campbell was proud of allof the students but espe-cially of Aerick McCullough.

“He did an awesome job!It is not typical that a stu-

dent with such severe au-tism would interview astranger. That’s what makeyou want to keep teaching,”Campbell explained.

Besides interviewing andjob shadowing employees,students were given a tour ofthe plant, met with plantmanager Aaron Somogy andtaken through an exercisethat all new employees haveto go through.

Sikora helped each stu-dent fill out a production re-port. In that report, studentslearned how important basicarithmetic skills were to thejob. They also learned how abroken machine causesdown time that loses thecompany money.

WEK provided lunch and

students ate with Somogy,Jackie Auer, the human re-source manager, and JoeLouk of OPEX (OperationsExcellence).

Many students discov-ered that WEK was a placethey could work, even if onlyfor a few years, to save upfor college.

“They walked away fromthis experience thinking, ‘Icould do that!’” Campbellsaid.

In the future, WEK andJAHS may try to set upsome time of work-studyprogram with Campbell’sstudents. Hopefully it won’ttake another three years.

Besides its Jefferson loca-tion, WEK has a plant inReidsville, North Carolina.

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSAustinburg Elementary kindergarten students IsaacRiddell, Chae Wilson-Owens, Gabriella Winchell,Nathan Miller and their teacher Mrs. Howard remindparents that kindergarten registration for the 2012-2013 school year will be held in the Geneva Area CitySchool District on set dates during the month of April.To be eligible to attend kindergarten, children mustbe five years old by Sept. 30.

Geneva Area CitySchools Announces

Kindergarten Registration

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ASHTABULA -LEADERship AshtabulaCounty held its Fifth Fridayevent last Friday, invitingcurrent and LEADERshipalumni to Martinis!, locatedin Ashtabula.

“We do this every monththat there is a fifth Friday,”Debbi Waring, the associatedirector for LEADERship,said. “We get together withour alumni and our currentmembers.”

LEADERship is programthat teaches around 30people per class how to growin their leadership skillswhile also learning aboutAshtabula County.

“We have over 670 gradu-ates over 25 years,” LauraJones, executive director ofLEADERship, said.

Fifth Friday is an eventthat many look forward to.

“It’s not formal. It’s justan email invite, and it’s justa fun social gathering andget together,” Waring said.

Waring said she lovescoming every time there is afifth Friday as she seespeople she does not alwaysget a chance to see.

“It’s so great to connectwith everyone in ourLEADERship community,”Waring said.

Waring said the event isnot time consuming, as thereis no set time on when to

LEADERship holds Fifth Fridayfor current and alumni members

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANLEADERship holds the Fifth Friday event at Martinis! everytime a month contains a fifth Friday. The event connectscurrent and former students.come. The LEADERship com-munity knows the bar is opento them starting at 5:30 p.m.

“A lot of time people areso busy, and there is a lot onyour calendar, but with thefifth Friday event, it’s easy.Just stop by on your wayhome from work,” Waringsaid.

Jones said it is time tocatch up with former class-mates and friends.

“It’s wonderful, though, tosee our graduates,” Jonessaid.

The event is also a timeto meet new people with acommon connection.

“Looking around, you cansee someone from the firstLEADERship and someonefrom the currentLEADERship class,” Jonessaid. “It’s from the class of1989 all the way to the cur-rent class of 2012.”

LEADERship memberssaid they will continue tohold Fifth Friday, as it is anenjoyable and pleasantevent for everyone involved.

“Everybody gets to knoweach other and it’s reallynice,” Waring said.

For more information onthe program, visit http://leadershipashtabulacounty.org.



GENEVA - Fire was set tothe bleachers at MemorialField in Geneva and the under-neath storage area Wednesdayevening.

Now three juveniles havebeen charged in connectionwith the blaze.

The Geneva Fire Depart-ment received a call aboutsmoke coming from the fieldaround 5:09 p.m.

“The call came in as heavysmoke and fire showing at thegrandstands at our MemorialField,” Geneva Fire Chief DougStarkey said.

“The nature of this struc-ture – we think the bleachersare made of old ship steel – andthe items stored underneathmade this a particularly diffi-cult fire to bring under con-trol,” Aaron Lenart said.

The items in the storageunit consisted of Styrofoamand other foam-based athleticequipment, which Lenart saidwas quickly ignited with thecombined high winds.

“Part of the bleacher areawas already burning, and wehad a lot of fire coming fromunderneath the structure,”Starkey said.

Along with the storage unit,the bleachers caught on firedue to the paint all of the com-bined items, which were inflames, creating a chemical fire,Lenart said.

Lenart said the fire depart-ment suspected the fire was ar-son.

“Basically the fire is suspi-cious because there is no otherreason for the fire,” Lenart said.

A total of $175,000 in dam-

Debbi Waring, the associate director for LEADERship, talkswith former students. Waring said the informal gatheringdraws many of their alumni.

ages was reported by the firedepartment, with $75,000 indamage to the bleachers andthe storage unit and another$100,000 for the athletic equip-ment.

When at the scene, Lenartsaid firefighters found the doorsto the storage unit unlocked.

“We are not sure if the doorswere locked because of the ex-tent of the fire. The structurewas involved when we arrivedat the scene,” Lenart said.

Memorial Field served theGeneva High School for 70years, and the high school justrecently stopped playing on thefield as it contracted withSPIRE Institute to have the useof its field.

Many community membersstopped by the field when theyrealized it was on fire lastWednesday.

Now due to eyewitnesses,the police have identified threesuspects between the ages of 12and 16 who were charged withdelinquency, City of GenevaPolice Chief Daniel Dudik said.

“If the suspects had beenadults, they would have beentried with arson,” Dudik said.

The suspects’ names will notbe released due to them beingunder the age of 18.

“One of the suspects is fromGeneva Township, one is fromGeneva City and one is fromHarpersfield Township,” Dudiksaid.

Dudik said two of the threesuspects spent Wednesdaynight in Geneva’s Youth Devel-opment Detention Centerwhile the third suspect’swhereabouts were still un-known. Now all three havebeen properly identified andcharged.

Three juveniles chargedin Memorial Field fire

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JEFFERSON - Theremay not have been any snowon the ground, but familieswho attended the Great Eas-ter Egg Hunt 2012 on Sat-urday, March 31, bundledthemselves up in their win-ter coats and hats.

Hundreds of childrensplit up into four age groupsas they raced across the foot-ball field at Jefferson AreaHigh School to gather someof the 3,600 Easter eggsstuffed with candy and prizeslips for the occasion. Earlierin the week, girls in GirlScout Troop 80848 hadstuffed the eggs.

Sponsored by the Gazetteand the Jefferson AreaChamber of Commerce, theEaster egg hunt also is madepossible through generousdonations from Jefferson-area businesses and indus-try.

Besides the chocolates,games, stuffed animals andother prizes, four lucky chil-dren won a new bicycle andhelmet. Winners were 17-month-old Lily Gill, five-year-old Jordan DeLuia,seven-year-old Nick Paradisand nine-year-old BraydonThroop.

“He’s been trying foryears,” Braydon’s dad, SteveThroop, said. “His eyes gotas big as bowling balls.”

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Kids race across the football field to gather Easter eggs.

The Great Easter Egg Hunt

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLBike winners were 17-month-old Lily Gill, five-year-old Jordan DeLuia, seven-year-old Nick Paradis and nine-year-old Braydon Throop.

Earlier in the week, girls in Girl Scout Troop 80848 hadstuffed the eggs. Pictured are Jefferson Area High Schooltenth-grader Michelle Krek, four-year-old Ethan Bagleyand Jef ferson Area High School senior VanessaBurlingame.

Earlier in the week, girls in Girl Scout Troop 80848 hadstuffed the eggs. Pictured are Jefferson Area Junior HighSchool seventh-grader Katarina Plotz and Mariah Kaziska.

E i g h t e e n - m o n t h - o l dNicholas Taylor won astuffed bunny.

Instead of “cheese,” HaileyAnthony says a cheerful “Eastereggs!” as her photo is taken.

Four-year-old A.J. Fertig and two-year-old Audrey Fertig arebundled up for the Easter egg hunt.

Nathan McEleyea, grandson ofMarlene Laidley, snatches upEaster eggs.

Shyanna Stack and nieceMeadow Gray, 2, wait for thestart of the Easter egg hunt.

Two-year-old AlexaLouden looks through herEaster eggs.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 16AFor the RecordContraflow traffic pattern on I-90

Beginning on Thursday, March 29, 2012, motorists travelingon I-90 westbound from Erie, Pennsylvania will experience a newtraff ic patterncalled Contraflow.

Motorists willsee both travellanes headingfrom the Pennsyl-vania State line onI-90 westboundstart to split andhave one lanecontinue on thewestbound sidewhile the secondlane wil l crossover onto the east-bound side of I-90separated by aconcrete barrierwall.

There will bethree lanes of traf-fic on the east-bound side of I-90,two lanes headingeastbound andone heading west-bound. The one lane of traffic remaining on thewestbound portion will be pushed onto the shoul-der allowing the contractor to have full access tothe I-90 westbound lanes for reconstruction. Thistraffic pattern will be in effect until early winter 2012.

Motorist should be aware that westbound truck trafficmust stay in the right lane to access the weigh station on I-90westbound which will remain open throughout construction.

This work is part of a $44.6 million project to replace the pave-ment on I-90 from just east of the Conneaut River Bridge to thePennsylvania state line and includes the rehabilitation of sixbridges on I-90 and six overhead bridges. The entire project isscheduled to be completed by late fall 2013.

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Wed., 3/28 69.7° 44° .01”

Thu., 3/29 43.8° 38.4° 0”

Fri., 3/30 48.5° 31° .26”

Sat., 3/31 40.8° 31° 0”

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There is achance of showersthroughout therest of the week,with highs ex-pected to be in theupper 50s.

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Investment Board Area 19 Executive Committee meetingwill be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The meeting willbe held at the Geauga County Offices, 470 Center Street,Board of Health Meeting Room, Building #8, Chardon. Themeeting will begin at 10 a.m.

April 12 Ashtabula: ACTS advisory committeeThe Ashtabula County Transportation System Trans-

portation Advisory Committee will be meeting on Thurs-day, April 12. The meeting will be held at the AshtabulaCounty Job Source location at 2247 Lake Avenue, in theAshtabula Plaza, Room 114, starting at 8:15 am.

April 9 Jefferson: Airport AuthorityThe next regular meeting of the Ashtabula County Air-

port Authority will be held Monday, April 9, at noon at theNortheast Ohio Regional Airport, 2382 Airport Road,Jefferson. A Business and Marketing Plan meeting will beheld at 4 p.m. at The Lodge & Conference Center, Geneva-On-The-Lake in the Covered Bridge Room.

Local Government

Feb. 13, Jamiee L. BlairThe defendant is charged with two counts of operating a vehicle

while under the influence, a felonies of the third degree. The courtdetermined the defendant to be an indigent person. For plea, thedefendant says that she is not guilty. The date for trial will be setwithin the time limits. The defendant has zero days of jail credit.Bond as previously posted in the amount of $5,000 is continued.The defendant is not to operate any motor vehicle.

Feb. 13, Cody YoungThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal assembly or

possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony ofthe second degree. The court determined the defendant to be anindigent person. For plea the defendant says that he is not guilty.The date for trial will be set within the time limits. The defendant hasspent 11 days in jail pursuant to the charges. Bond as posted in theamount of $25,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Jarrod HarmonThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal assembly or

possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony ofthe second degree. The court determined the defendant to be anindigent person. The defendant waived the reading of the indict-ment. For plea, the defendant says that he is not guilty. The date fortrial will be set within the time limits. The defendant has six days ofjail credit. Bond as previously posted in the amount of $25,000 iscontinued.

Feb. 13, Patrick FortneyThe defendant is charged with one count of receiving stolen prop-

erty, a felony of the fourth degree. The court determined the defen-dant to be an indigent person. For plea, the defendant says that heis not guilty. The date of trial will be set within the time limits. Bond aspreviously posted in the amount of $7,5000 is continued.

Feb. 10, Russell W. TackettThe defendant is charged with one count of failure to appear, a

felony of the fourth degree. The defendant waived the reading of theindictment and entered a plea of not guilty. The defendant believeshe has spent 6 days in jail in this indictment. Bond is set in theamount of $10,000.

Feb. 13, Robert ShoverThe defendant is charged with two counts of burglary, felonies of

the second degree; two counts of petty theft, misdemeanors of thefirst degree; and one count of attempted burglary, a felony of thethird degree. The defendant was determined to be an indigent per-son. The defendant waived the reading of the indictment. For plea,the defendant says that he is not guilty. The date for trial will be setwithin the time limits. The defendant has 74 days of jail credit. Bondas previously posted in the amount of $10,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Emily Anne ChromikThe defendant is charged with one count of burglary, a felony of

the second degree; and one count of petty theft, a misdemeanor ofthe first degree. The court determined the defendant to be an indi-

gent person. For plea, the defendant says that she is not guilty. Thedate for trial will be set within the time limits. A time waiver wasexecuted by the defendant. Bond as previously posted in the amountof $5,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Devin LedlowThe defendant is charged with one count of burglary, a felony of

the second degree; and one count of petty theft, a misdemeanor ofthe first degree. The court determined the defendant to be an indi-gent person. The defendant waived the reading of the indictment.For plea, the defendant says that she is not guilty. The date of trialwill be set within the time limits. Bond as previously posted in theamount of $5,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Derrek S. FultonThe defendant is charged with one count of theft, a felony of the

fifth degree; and one count of forgery, a felony of the fifth degree.For plea, the defendant says that he is not guilty. The date of trial willbe set within the time limits. The defendant has six days of jail credit.Bond is set in the amount of $5,000.

Feb. 13, Tyler MilamThe defendant is charged with one count of receiving stolen prop-

erty, a felony of the fifth degree. The court determined the defendantto be an indigent person. The defendant waived the twenty-four hourprior service rule and waived the reading of the indictment. For plea,the defendant says that he is not guilty. Bond as previously posted inthe amount of $5,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Kristee BeemanThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal assembly or

possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony ofthe third degree. The court determined the defendant to be an indi-gent person. The defendant waived the reading of the indictment.For plea, the defendant says that she is not guilty. Bond as previ-ously posted in the amount of $15,000 is continued.

Feb. 13, Angela LongneckerThe defendant is charged with one count of aggravated posses-

sion of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. The court determined thedefendant to be an indigent person. The defendant waived the twenty-four hour prior service rule and waived the reading of the indictment.The defendant for plea says that she is not guilty. The date for trialwill be set within the time limits. The defendant has two days of jailcredit. Bond is set in the amount of $5,000.

Feb. 13, Timothy R. TorokThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal assembly or

possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony ofthe third degree; one count of failure to comply with an order or sig-nal of a police officer, a felony of the third degree; and one count ofobstruction of official business, a misdemeanor of the second de-gree. For plea, the defendant says that he is not guilty. The date oftrial will be set within the time limits. The defendant has 41 days ofjail credit. Bond as previously posted in the amount of $25,000 iscontinued.


JEFFERSON - Two com-plaints alleging 56 total ille-gal campaign contributions toSheriff William “Billy”Johnson have been filed withthe Ohio Elections Commis-sion by Jefferson residentSteve Magda.

Magda filed the complaintslast week, confirmed OhioElections Commission Execu-tive Director Phil Richter.

In the first complaint, filedTuesday, March 27, Magda al-leges that 13 illegal contribu-tions were made to SheriffJohnson, who is running forre-election, from various cor-porations in 2011.

In his second complaint,filed March 29, Magda allegesthat an additional 43 illegalcontributions were made fromcorporate donors from 2004 to2007.

Magda believes these con-tributions violate Ohio Re-


JEFFERSON - TheAshtabula County commis-sioners passed several ordi-nances dealing with theEngineer’s Department dur-ing a meeting last Tuesday.

Commissioners approved acontract with the Union Indus-trial Contractors, Inc., for theWindsor MechanicsvilleBridge replacement project.

The project involves the re-placement of the existing de-teriorated bridge on WindsorMechanicsville Road. The costis not to exceed $288,743, pay-able with motor vehicle and

Elections complaints filed against sheriffvised Code, section 3599.03(B)(1).

Magda alleges that the ma-jority of the corporate donorsmade their contributions atgolf outings to the Sheriff ’sCommittee.

He alleges that there wereno advertising expendituresassociated to these golf out-ings, and if these corporate do-nors were not notified by ad-vertisement, then they couldhave been directly solicited bythe sheriff or one of hisagents, which would be a vio-lation of the Ohio RevisedCode as well.

Magda said he is in the pro-cess of collecting more infor-mation on the county’s electedofficials and candidates’ cam-paign finance filings.

When asked about thecomplaint, Johnson said he isaware that campaigns are notallowed to accept corporatedonations, and he even re-turned two such donationslast year.

He said it was possible thata contribution slipped throughthe cracks, such as if volun-teers who sold the tickets tothe golf outing were unawareof the campaign law.

“I never solicited person-ally a corporate check,”Johnson said.

Johnson said all of his cam-paign reports have been filedin a timely matter, and pho-tocopies of every check he hasreceived were included, proofhe wasn’t trying to hide any-thing.

“We are very transparent,”Johnson said.

Richter said the Ohio Elec-tions Commission will hold ahearing on the matter in Co-lumbus on May 10.

During the hearing, thecomplainant, Magda, willhave to make his case on whyhe believes there is a viola-tion, Richter said.

He said Johnson also willhave an opportunity to submita written response or appear

in person.After the hearing, the com-

mission can either make a de-cision about whether there isa violation or schedule an-other hearing if membersneed more information, Rich-ter said.

If there is a violation, Rich-ter said the commission candecide the appropriate actionbased on the nature of the vio-lation and the circumstances.He said the commission coulddecide not to implement afine, implement a fine or sendthe matter on to further pros-ecution.

Johnson said if the com-mission rules against him, heis prepared to pay back themoney to the donors, as themoney has not been spent andis still in his campaign fund.

Commissioners pass resolutions dealing with Engineer’s DepartmentAggregate#8 Limestone 3,000 tons Estimated $19.20/ton Total $57,600#67 Limestone 12,000 tons Estimated $19.10/ton Total $229,200#304 Limestone 2,500 tons Estimated $16.75/ton Total $41,875#411 Limestone 1,000 tons Estimated $16.75/ton Total $16,700

gas tax funds.The work is to be completed

by Aug. 30, 2012.The commissioners also or-

dered the publication and bidsfor aggregate for use duringthe 2012 season, from a re-quest by Chief Deputy Engi-neer Leroy McNeilly. (Seesidebar.)

The total of the engineer’sestimate comes to $346,425.The bids will be opened on

April 18.In other road matters, the

commissioners approved acontract with Russell Stan-dard Corp. for asphalt emul-sion for use by the AshtabulaCounty Engineer’s Office,Highway Department.

The contract involves95,000 gallons of CRS2 or RS-2 at $1.756 per gallon, for atotal cost of $166,820, and200,000 gallons of CMs2 or

MS-2 at $2.117 per gallon, fora total of $423,400.

The contract is not to ex-ceed $590,220.

Lastly, at the request of thetrustees, the commissionersreduced the load limits onHartsgrove Township roads forthe thaw season. The load lim-its on the roads, both dirt andpaved, will be reduced by 33percent during the period ofMarch 15 through May 15.

Stefanie Wessell, senioreditor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached atswessell@gazette news.com.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 • 17AFor the Record

Conneaut Police• At 10:41 a.m. March 22, a

non-injury traffic accident wasreported in the area of Main andWhitney Streets.

• At 2:53 p.m. March 22, anon-injury traffic accident was re-ported in the area of Main Streetand Grandview Avenue.

• At 3:02 p.m. March 22, lugnuts were reported stolen off of avehicle on Clinton Avenue.

• At 11:20 p.m. March 22, anunwanted female was reported ata residence on Harbor Street Sheleft prior to police arrival.

• While Conneaut Police wereinvestigating an assault on Har-bor Street at 11:39 a.m. March 23,an intoxicated Johnny R. Gregorybegan to curse and scream at thealleged victim for calling police.After police warned him numer-ous times to cease his disorderlybehavior, Gregory, who was notinvolved in the assault, was ar-rested.

• At 1:16 p.m. March 23, a do-mestic situation was reported onMaple Avenue.

• At 2:56 p.m. March 23, a Buf-falo Street resident reported ha-rassing phone calls.

• At 5:41 p.m. Mach 23, a 15thStreet resident reported a fraud.

• At 11:50 p.m. March 23,while working security detail atUH-Conneaut Medical Center, of-ficers were struck and kicked byan extremely intoxicated andcombative patient in the Emer-gency Room.

• At 4:12 a.m. March 24, anunruly juvenile was reported onBuffalo Street.

• At 10:10 a.m. March 24, aHiler Street resident reported thathis vehicle had been struck byanother vehicle overnight.

• At 10:32 a.m. March 24, aMaple Avenue resident reportedthat his vehicle was stolen. En-tered into LEADS, it was locatedby the Ohio Highway Patrol laterthat day, unoccupied, inAshtabula.

• At 3:54 p.m. March 24, aSouth Liberty Street resident re-ported threats.

• At 4:26 p.m. March 24, aMain Street resident reported thatsomeone broke into his residencewhile he was at work. Nothing ap-peared to have been stolen.

• At 5 p.m. March 24, a do-mestic situation was reported onMain Street.

• At 10:52 p.m. March 24, aMadison Street resident reportedharassment.

• At 2:03 a.m., March 25, ABroad St. resident reported theunauthorized use of her vehicle.

• At 5:42 p.m. March 25, A do-mestic situation was reported onMill St.

• At 10:05 a.m. March 25, ADay St. resident reported that thetires on her vehicle were slashedovernight while it was parked atthe Bottom Line Bar.

• At 3:09 p.m. March 25, Anon-injury traffic accident was re-ported on West Main Rd.

• At 3:35 p.m. March 25, A do-mestic situation was reported onSandusky St.

• At 5:01 p.m. March 26, threejuvenile females escaped withminor injury after their vehiclestruck a ditch and overturned onUnderridge Rd. The 17-year-olddriver was cited for failure to con-trol.

• At 5:19 p.m. March 26, aGrant Street resident reporteddamage to her residence that wascaused by a BB gun or similardevice.

• At 9:09 a.m. March 27, a Lib-erty Street resident reported thatsomeone had been in his home,as various items had been strewnabout. He did not believe thatanything was missing.

• At 10:46 a.m. March 27,Items were reported stolen froma Main Street residence.

• At 12:22 p.m. March 27, anon-injury traffic accident wasreported on State Street.

• At 3:36 p.m. March 27, Jew-elry was reported stolen from aMain Street residence.

• At 8:02 p.m. March 27, items

Ashtabula PoliceMarch 1401:37 a.m. - 5700 b lock of

Madison Ave. Forced burglary.01:53 a.m. - 2400 block of

Michigan Ave. Call regardingshots fired received.

03:29 a.m. - 400 block of W52nd St. Improper license plates.

06:04 a.m. - 500 block of W46th St. Warrant.

March 1512:12 a.m. - 5400 block of

Main Ave. Drunk male went tofight another drunk male over anex-girlfriend and lost.

12:35 a.m. - 100 block of W44th St. An inmate broke a pieceof the cell door.

01:37 a.m. - 5700 block ofMadison Ave. Report of burglaryreceived.

01:53 a.m. - 2400 block ofMichigan Ave. Call regardingshots fired received.

03:29 a.m. - 400 block of W52nd St. Improper license plates.

06:04 a.m. - 500 block of W46th St. Warrant.

08:15 a.m. - 5700 block ofWest Ave. Caller reports an at-tempted burglary.

09:16 a.m. - 3500 block of

Lake Ave. Caller reports at-tempted burglary.

09:18 a.m. - 500 block of W46th St. Officer injury.

09:19 a.m. - 500 block of W46th St. Warrant executed.

10:25 a.m. - 1700 block of W4th St. Caller reports a vehicledriving through yards.

11:57 a.m. - 5100 block ofMain Ave. Caller reports a per-son trying to kick his door.

01:03 p.m. - 100 block of W44th St. Warrant was executed.

01:39 p.m. - 2200 block ofWest Ave. Report of harassingcommunication.

04:08 p.m. - 100 block of W44th St. Found property.

04:09 p.m. - 100 block of W44th St. Report of found prop-erty.

05:19 p.m. - 100 block of W44th St. An inmate needed as-sistance.

05:37 p.m. - 100 block of W44th St. Caller reports a theft.

08:01 p.m. - 3100 block ofJohnson Ct. Subject arrested fordrugs.

March 1601:28 a.m. - 800 block of W

58th St. Disturbance received.06:32 a.m. - 5200 block of

Cortland Ave. Report of burglaryreceived.

06:55 a.m. - 5200 block ofJaycee Ave. Follow up investi-gation.

07:57 a.m. - 600 block of W57th St. Disturbance reported.

08:00 a.m. - 5200 block ofJaycee Ave. Theft from motorvehicle.

09:37 a.m. - SR 84 /Austinburg Rd. Warrant served.

10:11 a.m. - 5300 block ofJaycee Ave. Assist other agency.

11:53 a.m. - 5200 bloc of StarkAve. Domestic reported.

01:18 p.m. - 300 block of W53rd St. Report of disturbance.

04:52 p.m. - 900 block of W37th St. Animal complaint.

05:52 p.m. - W 15th St. / OhioAve. Traffic stop conducted anddriver arrested on active warrant.

06:15 p.m. - 3200 block of Sta-tion Ave. Burglary reported.

07:16 p.m. - 400 block of W51st St. Threat of suicide re-ceived.

07:21 p.m. - 600 block of W58th St. Fight reported.

07:42 p.m. - 100 block ofManola Ave. Caller request as-sistance.

09:34 p.m. - 5100 block ofReed Ave. Report of criminaldamaging received.

09:40 p.m. - 2900 block of W13th St. Caller reports a burglary.

10:05 p.m. - West Ave. / W34th St. Traffic stop conducted.

10:14 p.m. - 800 block of W50th St. Burglary reported.

March 1712:34 a.m. - 1700 block of W

Prospect Rd. Traffic stop con-ducted. One arrest made for OVI.

09:27 a.m. - 1200 block of WProspect Rd. Caller reports a bur-glary.

01:11 p.m. - 1000 block ofAlfred Dr. Caller reports markson his child.

01:52 p.m. - 2700 block ofBurlingham Dr. Caller reports a dis-turbance between father and son.

03:38 p.m. - 1100 block of W58th St. Burglary.

Ashtabula County Police Activity

Geneva PoliceMonday, April 27:52 a.m. Criminal damaging

on East Main Street2:04 a.m. Suspicious activity

on 100 block of Woodlawn12:51 a.m. Burglary on 100

block of Eastwood Street12:04 a.m. Suspicious noise

on 400 block of Vine StreetSunday, April 37:39 p.m. Arrest on North

Forrest5:09 p.m. Intoxicated male on

800 block of West Main Street2:57 p.m. Attempted entry on

100 block of North Crowell12:23 p.m. Violent patient on

800 block of West Main Street7:50 a.m. Altercation on 100

block of Woodlawn3:28 a.m. Noise/ breaking

Orwell PoliceMar 2511:28 am 911 hang up on N

Maple Ave5:48 pm Domestic dispute on

E Main St9:30 pm Domestic standby on

E Main StMar 2612:25 pm Suspicious activity

on W Main St4:40 pm Domestic dispute on

S School StMar 2710:17 pm Underage con-

sumption on E Main StMar 289:00 pm Suspicious activity on

Penniman RdMar 295:14 pm Domestic dispute on

E Main St6:00 pm Domestic dispute on

E Main St7:05 pm Animal complaint on

Sunset StMar 3011:42 am Civil dispute on

Grand Valley Ave WMar 311:01 am Suspicious activity on

S Maple Ave

were reported stolen from aDorman Road residence.

• At 9:01 p.m. March 27, aSouth Parrish Road resident re-ported an unruly juvenile.

• At 9:12 p.m. March 27, aclerk at Circle K reported an iratecustomer in the store got upsetand threw a pen. He left prior toPolice arrival. Officers locatedhim on Thomas Drive and he waswarned regarding his actions atCircle K.

• At 9:34 p.m. March 27, a DayStreet resident reported harass-ment.

• At 9:34 p.m. March 27, anon-injury traffic accident wasreported in the area of State andMill Streets.

• At 11:16 p.m. March 27, anon-violent domestic situationwas reported on Lakeview Av-enue.

• At 7:52 a.m. March 28, awoman whose husband was be-ing transported by squad to UH-Conneaut Medical Center formedical reasons backed into therear of Station 1 squad #219 ather Cricket Avenue residence. Noone was injured and Squad 219was not damaged.

• At 11:37 a.m. March 28, anAshtabula resident reported hismedications had been stolen fromhis vehicle while it was parked onPark Avenue.

• At 2:55 p.m. March 28, anassault between juveniles wasreported on Dorman Road.

• At 4:08 p.m. March 28, anon-injury traffic accident wasreported on Orange Street.

• At 5:24 p.m. March 28, afraud was reported on Mill Streetby an elderly victim who sent over$7,000 overseas to suspects whoposed as family members andclaimed to have been jailed in aforeign land.

• At 5:53 p.m. March 28, anassault as reported on PoplarStreet.

• At 7:13 p.m. March 28, adomestic situation was reportedon Welton Road.

glass on 600 block of North Near-ing Circle

Saturday, April 49:36 p.m. Kids by tracks on

Cedar Court7:32 p.m. Custody issue on

400 block of CentennialSaturday, March 3112:18 p.m. Suspicious male

on Centennial10:34 a.m. Hit and run on 700

block of South Broadway12:17 a.m. Unwanted male on

100 block of South Eagle StreetFriday, March 3011:30 p.m. Verbal argument

on West Main Street6:29 p.m. Suspicious items on

100 block of Cromwell5:38 p.m. Assist children ser-

vices on 100 block of WoodlawnStreet

5:30 p.m. Suspicious malenear the Cugel Farm area

3:21 p.m. Perceived threat on600 block of West Main Street

12:55 p.m. Lawnmower fell offtruck in front of First Merit Bank

11:26 a.m. Dog attack on 200block of Lawn Street

9:47 a.m. Suspicious femaleon 100 block of Grant Street

7:15 a.m. Possible break in onSouth Broadway

12:20 a.m. Suspicious personon 400 block of Second Street

Thursday, March 295:50 p.m. Theft of bicycle on

200 block of Woodlawn Street5:33 p.m. Trouble with tenant

on 100 block of South Ridge2:20 p.m. Suspicious activity

on 1300 block of South RidgeEast

10:15 a.m. Bad check on 100block of East Main Street

Wednesday, March 285:07 p.m. Bleacher fire on 200

block of Eastwood Street2:10 p.m. Found cell phone on

North Broadway2:15 p.m. Misuse of credit

card on South Broadway1:36 p.m. Threat on 800 block

of Sherman Street2:19 p.m. Scrap metal in road

on Route 2010:55 a.m. Loose dog on East

Tibbits7:14 a.m. Open garage door

on 100 block of Roosevelt StreetTuesday, March 277:08 p.m. Reckless operation

of vehicle on Route 204:21 p.m. Unfounded accident

on 100 block of South RidgeStreet

3:59 p.m. Theft of cell phoneon 700 block of Austin Road

9:12 a.m. Male walking whois possibly intoxicated on LibertyStreet

8:50 a.m. Male changing tirecreating roadway hazard onRoute 20

Monday, March 266:11 p.m. Harassing phone

calls on 400 block of SouthBroadway

6:09 p.m. Found dog on 700block of North Nearing Circle

Jefferson Emergency Rescue03/25 00:04 Chest Pain Transported03/26 05:55 Seizure Treated, Transported by Private Vehicle03/26 10:22 Chest Pain Transported03/26 21:28 Chest Pain Transported03/27 20:43 Burn Transported03/27 22:23 Medical (General) No Treatment Required03/28 08:43 Headache (Non-Traumatic) Transported03/28 09:18 Change in Mental Status Transported03/28 14:51 Psychiatric/Behavioral Transported03/28 15:30 Not Available No Patient Found03/29 15:47 Fall Victim (NO INJURY) Treatment / No Transport03/29 15:57 Medical (General) Transported03/29 18:04 Minor Trauma Patient Refused Care03/30 12:00 Weakness No Treatment Required03/30 17:30 Psychiatric/Behavioral Transported03/30 18:11 Fall Victim (Injury) Transported

Andrew T. Rogers, ofConneaut, to Kimberly A.Prochaska, of Rock Creek

Bryan K. Hall to Dawn L.Kenyon, both of Geneva

Lee E. Willms to Karen R.Campbell, both of

Ashtabula

Ronald F. Zuchowski toKalyn M. Thompson, both

of Conneaut

Joseph K. Burdette toBrittany M. Modic, both of

Ashtabula

Samuel J. Kempf, of CassCity, MI, to Ada J. Byler, of

Middlefield

Fernando Cotts to Janice L.Ganoe, both of Ashtabula

Joseph R. Watts, ofAshtabula, to Christina M.

Lantzer, of Conneaut

Cornelius J. Miller, ofPierpont, to Katie E. Shetler,

of Kingsville

Outhay Bouasy toSomphanh

Khounthaphanith, both ofGeneva

Joshua E. Capers, ofAllentown, Pa., to Jaliah N.

White, of Geneva

Roadney C. Rojas to Iris M.Rivera, both of Ashtabula

MarriagesMarriages

Commissioners to holdthird evening agendasession in RoamingShores village hall

ROAMING SHORES - The Ashtabula County Boardof Commissioners has scheduled monthly night meet-ings for 2012 at various sites throughout the County inorder to be more accessible to all citizens.

The third such meeting will be held April 10 in Roam-ing Shores at the Roaming Shores Village Hall, 2500Hayford Rd., Roaming Shores, OH 44084. Residentsfrom all over the county are especially invited to at-tend.

A pre-agenda meeting for public commentary will be-gin at 6 p.m. The regular session of the Board, in whichthe Commissioners address county business, will fol-low promptly at 6:30 p.m.

“We are hoping to bring more of the public into thegovernmental process on the county level,” said Presi-dent Peggy Carlo. “The Board is aware that, since wegenerally meet in our offices on Tuesdays at 1 p.m, somepeople who may want to attend our meetings are leftout.”

The Board is also interested in giving governmentalofficials in the cities, villages and townships a chanceto bring their concerns and issues to the Commission-ers through this forum, said Commissioner DanClaypool.

“We feel that coming out to the political subdivisionsshows both the officials and the residents that we areinterested in what they have to say,” Claypool said.

“We have done this in the past, but the turnout issometimes less than we would like,” Commissioner JoeMoroski added. “We will be announcing them to thepress to let people know when and where they will beheld. We would love to see a crowd at each and everymeeting. We want to hear what people have to say.”

A tentative schedule has been set by Lisa Hawkins,Clerk of the Board. Changes, however, may occur.Hawkins said reminders for individual meetings willbe sent to local media outlets prior to the meetings.Flyers will also be provided to the local governments topost in their communities.

Such sessions have been held by the Board of Com-missioners since 1998, when the Ohio Revised Code waschanged to allow County Commissioners to hold regu-lar sessions of the Board at a location in the countyother than the office provided for the Board in thecounty seat, which is Jefferson Village.

“We appreciate the hospitality of our hosts for thesemeetings,” Carlo said. “The commissioners know thatit is important to remain in touch with our constitu-ents.”

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Lyric Derbin runs in a relayrace for the Jef fersonFalcons Junior High Trackteam.

Falcons participate in ChampionMiddle School Invitational

Tom Bevins participated in the hurdles event for theJefferson Junior High Track team.

Christie Parker runs for theJefferson Falcons juniorhigh track team.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSMya Perry, of Jefferson, competes in the hurdles at theChampion Middle School Invitational.

Ohio AnglersNeed to beAware ofNew FishFilleting Rule

With many Ohio anglerstaking advantage of early fish-ing opportunities, the OhioDepartment of Natural Re-sources’ (ODNR), Division ofWildlife would like to remindanglers of a new rule affectingtheir catch.

Anglers must leave the fishthey catch in public waters inthe round (whole) or as a com-plete fillet with skin attacheduntil they reach their home.This regulation is necessary todeter over harvest of certainspecies of fish. The rule wasdesigned to be a law enforce-ment tool to protect the fish-ing resource, and allows wild-life officers to identify fillets inan angler’s possession, so thatthey can enforce Ohio’s fishbag limits. The new rule wasmodeled after surroundingGreat Lakes province andstates’ existing regulations.Ontario, Wisconsin, Michigan,New York and Minnesota allemploy similar regulations.

An Ohio fishing license willbe valid March 1 through Feb.28, 2013. An annual residentfishing license costs $19. A one-day fishing license is availableand may be purchased for $11by residents and non-resi-dents. The one-day licensemay also be redeemed forcredit toward purchase of anannual fishing license.

Ohio residents born on orbefore Dec. 31, 1937, may ob-tain a free fishing licensewhere licenses are sold. Per-sons age 66 and older whowere born on or after Jan. 1,1938, and have resided in Ohiofor the past six months are eli-gible to purchase the reducedcost resident senior license for$10.

The 2012-13 Ohio FishingRegulations pamphlet can beobtained and fishing licensescan be purchased online atwildohio.com or at hundreds ofagent outlets throughout thestate. A complete list of partici-pating license sales agents canbe found at wildohio.com.

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MORGAN TOWNSHIP -Area youth who signed upfor basketball training atEagleville Bible Church

Eagleville Youth Basketball concludes

Awards were passed out to each grade level at the lastBasketball session. Coach Jim Young hands outmedallions to two of his team players in the first- andsecond-grades at the pizza and awards party sponsoredby Eagleville Bible Church.

PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONCoaches Jim Young, Brent Dietrich, Chris Christian and Lorie Battaglia give instructions to the first- and second-grade basketball teams that met each Saturday at Eagleville Bible Church to learn the basic game skills.

concluded their last sixsessions recently withtheir final games, a pizzaparty and awards.

Each participant in thefirst- through sixth-gradeprogram was given a teamshirt, instruction, game

time and award medals.Coaches for the youngergroup were Jim Young,Brent Dietrich, ChrisChristian and LorieBattaglia.

According to the head ofthe program, Chris Chris-

tian, “The purpose of the pro-gram was to give the kids anopportunity to work on the

fundamentals of basketballin a good environment. Italso was a way to bridge our

church to the communityand provide a fun place forthe kids to go.”


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JEFFERSON – TheJefferson Falcons hostedthe Edgewood Warriors in arecent in County baseballgame on Wednesday, March27. The Jefferson Falconswho dropped a close game inextra innings to NilesMckinley before losing a 6-1 contest to AustintownFitch dropped to 0-3 on theseason with the loss toEdgewood.

Dominic Saturdaystarted the game with awalk for the Warriors andwent to second on a wildpitch by Ryan Zindash.Bobby Dragon would alsodraw a walk in the inningfor Edgewood and Saturdayeventually scored on apassed ball. Jimmy Wilsonthen hit a drifting fly ballthen went off the outfield-ers glove for a double to putEdgewood up 2-0.

Jefferson would quicklytie the game pack up in thebottom of the first inning asJoey Piscasalko and AndySantiago picked up walks.Ryan Hayes then reachedon an error to load the basesfor the Falcons. Piscsalkoand Santiago would both goon to score on a groundoutby Scott Davidson, makingit 2-2.

Edgewood would takeback the lead for good in thetop of the second inning asthey scored a pair of runs.Andrew Graeb and Satur-day each walked in the in-ning. Graeb would eventu-ally score on an over throwto first on a pick-off attemptby the catcher, making it 3-2. Saturday would eventu-ally score when Zach Popelydrew a walk and was latercaught up in a pickle, mak-ing it 4-2.

Tony Magda, who started

Warriors drop Falcons to 0-3

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLRyan Zindash pitches forthe Jefferson Falcons in agame against theEdgewood Warriors.

Bobby Dragon bats for theEdgewood Warriors in agame against the JeffersonFalcons.

Jimmy Wilson bats for theEdgewood Warriors in agame against the JeffersonFalcons.

on the hill for the Warriors,would pitch around a walkto Chase Stowe in the sec-ond inning.

Zindash would pitch outof a jam in the third inningwhich started with a walkand a single. Zindash wouldstrike out the next two bat-ters before hitting a batterand then picking up anotherstrike-out for the final out.

Magda would pitcharound walks to Santiagoand Davidson in the bottomof the third inning to escapewithout any damage done.

The Warriors would havea big inning in the fourth asthey tacked on six runs tolead 10-2. Kevin Joslinstarted the inning with awalk for the Warriors andSaturday reached after be-ing hit by a pitch. Kurt Fuscowould come into pitch for theFalcons. Popely would buntthe ball back to the pitcher

to move the runners over,but an overthrow to first al-lowed Popley to reach andboth runners to score. BobbyDragon then singled Popelyover to third. Jeff Imbrognowould then reach on an er-ror allowing Popley to score.Jimmy Wilson would loadthe bases with a walk andScott Davidson would comeinto pitch for the Falcons.The Warriors would scorethree more runs in the in-ning on a walk, an hit bypitch and on a passed ball,making it 10-2.

The Falcons would try toget back in it in the fourthinning as Ethan Pawlowskiand Nick Stranman eachwalked. Alex Vencill wouldrelieve Magda with two run-ners on and two outs in thefourth inning. Chase Stowethen drove in a run on asingle, making it 10-3. JoeyPiscsalko capped the inning

by ripping a two-run triple,cutting the deficit to 10-5.

Lou Wisnyai would pickup a RBI on sac-fly in thefifth inning, making it 11-5.The Warriors would tack onanother run on a passedball.

The Warriors would haveanother big inning in thesixth as they went on toscore five runs. Popleydoubled in a run, whileImbrogno and Lou Wisnyaieach drove in runs on asingles. Dragon would drivein a run on a ground out andGraeb brought in a run af-ter being hit by a pitch.

Nick Stranman would hitthe fence with a double inthe bottom of the sixth in-ning and eventually scoreon a single by Stowe, mak-ing it 17-6. Vencill wouldthen go on to get a pair offly-outs and a line-drive outto end the game.


SAYBROOK – TheLakeside Dragons andJefferson Falcons squared offfor their first tennis match ofthe season at Lakeside. TheFalcons were able to win allfive games as they shut-outthe Dragons 5-0.

Nick Bishop was able topick up a first singles victoryfor the Falcons 6-0, 6-1 overLogan Stowell, of Lakeside.

Zach Mucci, of Jefferson,defeated Kyle Downs, ofLakeside, in two sets 6-3, 6-0.

The third singles matchbetween Bruce Colby, ofJefferson, and Reno Dannels,of Lakeside, was a three hourbattle. Colby was able to winin the third set tie breakerwith the score of 6-4, 6-7 (9-7), 7-6 (7-1).

Cody Magda and AlecMacCartney, of Jefferson,teamed up in first doubles topick up a 6-1, 6-2 win overLakeside’s duo of JakeCampbell and Jake Cimorelli.

The Falcons were also ableto win the second doubles

Zach Mucci plays for the Jefferson Falcons in a matchagainst Kyle Downs, of Lakeside.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLNick Bishop warms-up for the Jefferson Falcons tennisteam in a first singles match-up against Logan Stowell,of Lakeside.

Falcons shut-out Dragonsmatch-up between StevenButcher-Robbie Wynn, ofJefferson, and RyanApplebee-Chris Otto, ofLakeside.

Butcher and Wynn pickedup the second doubles win 6-3, 6-2.

Reno Dannels plays for theLakeside Dragons in a thirdsingles match againstBruce Colby, of Jefferson.


MADISON – JustinHanusosky, 26, from Madi-son, Ohio has been racingquads for the past nine years.

Justin started ridingquads his junior year of highschool, when he and somefriend decided to buy somequads to play around on.

“Not long after having myquad which at the time wasa Honda 400ex, I heard therewere motocross races at theLake County Fair so I wentthere and entered in a raceand have been hooked on rac-ing ever since,” Hanusoskysaid on how he got into rac-ing.

Hanusosky now rides a2006 Honda 450r and has thenumber 25.

“The quad has been set-upto race by Baldwin

SUBMITTED PHOTOSJustin Hanusosky catchessome air while riding hisHonda 450r.

Hanusosky continues to rideMotorsports out of Kingsville,Ohio,” Hanusosky said.

Justin’s favorite place toride is at a track called RedBud located in Buchanan,Michigan.

“Being out on the track isawesome, your adrenaline ispumping. I’m always focusingon figuring out the fastest wayaround the track and goodplaces on the track to make apass,” Hanusosky said onwhat it’s like out on the track.

He also rides a lot atPymatuning Hole Shot Race-way in Linesville, Pa and alsoat NEMX which is an indoortrack located in Andover,Ohio.

Hanusosky also rides atseveral other tracks includingMalvern MX near Canton,Crow Canyon in SouthernOhio and other private tracksnear him.

“To me the best part of

motocross is going as fast as Ican around turns (also knownas berms) and hitting somebig jumps to catch big air. Myfavorite part about racing iswinning the Holeshot andalso just winning in general,”Hanusosky said on what helikes best about riding quads.

Race day starts early inthe morning for Justin andother quad riders. They mustget to the track and then signup for the race. After that theymust go back to unload thetrailer and make sure thequad is ready to go.

“Being at the track is agood time. When I’m not outracing on the track, I’m usu-ally hanging out with familyand friends. A lot of the timewe are cooking out, havingcampfires and playing cornhole,” Hanusosky said onwhat it is like on race day.

An important part of quadracing is taking care of yourquad to keep it in tip-top con-dition.

“When it comes to bikemaintenance, I usually startoff by washing the quad be-cause it’s usually muddy af-ter riding. I try to change theoil after every couple of rides.I’ll also check the quad overfor any loose nuts and boltsand for any worn out parts,”Hanusosky said on takingcare of his quad.

Hanusosky has won many

local championships andraces in his career. He hasworked his way up in the Na-tionals to the “A” and pro-am”classes. He also took secondplace overall in the “A” classin 2004.

“My goals for my future inracing is just to focus on go-ing out to the track and hav-ing fun and not to take it tooseriously,” Hanusosky said.

Justin has had several in-juries while riding his quad,including a broken rightwrist, a broken collar bone, aseparated shoulder and beingknocked out a few times.

However, like most ridersthese injuries have onlyslowed him down for a brieftime and he will continue toride.


ANDOVER – The JeffersonFalcons softball team startedthe season off with a 7-2 winover the Pymatuning ValleyLakers. The Falcons wouldscore all the runs they neededin the first inning as theyscored all seven runs to openup the game. It would be agood thing too, because SarahUrchek would shut the Fal-cons down for the rest of thegame.

Deana Comp hit a pair ofdoubles for the Falcons anddrove in two runs. RachelFrancis and Amanda Krausewould also drive in two runs

Falcons start the seasonwith big win over Lakers

apiece for Jefferson.Jenna Lower and Urchek

each collected two hits for theLakers in the loss.

Bailey Beckwith picked upthe win for the Falcons as shepitched all seven innings,while giving up two runs in thethird.

Jefferson would win theirsecond game of the season 3-2over Austintown Fitch.McKenzie Wilber picked upthe win on the mound for theFalcons as she went seven in-nings and stuck out elevenbatters. Sarah Busch drove intwo runs in the game for theFalcons. Kailey Reinke andMegan Hussing each had twohits in the game for Jefferson.

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ASHTABULA – BenThomas is the son of Brentand Katrina Thomas andhe has lettered in footballall four years at SaintsJohn and Paul. Thomaswho has been playing foot-ball for ten years now willcontinue to play in collegeat Wittenberg University.

“My decision to play forWittenberg was an easychoice. The family like at-mosphere and how thecoach is constantly in touchwith me, truly showed Iwas wanted,” Thomas saidon why he choice to play atWittenberg.

Thomas has received anathletic grant fromWittenberg because of thefact that there are no ath-letic scholarships given outin Division III. While at-tending Wittenberg Benplans on majoring in ma-rine biology.

“Wittenberg doesn’tlower their standards foradmission for athletes, sobeing accepted there is agreat accomplishment andI would like to thank thestaff and teachers of SSJPfor helping me accomplishmy goals,” Thomas said onattending Wittenberg.

Thomas has visited thecampus in Springfield,Ohio and keeps in touchwith head coach JoeFitchman.

“I was very impressedwith the beauty of the cam-pus and how nice everybodywas to me,” Thomas said.

Ben always hoped thathe could make his vision ofplaying football at the nextlevel a reality, but thatdidn’t come true until hisjunior season of football.

“It was an amazing feel-ing to find out one of themost prestigious DivisionIII schools in the countrywanted me to play forthem,” Thomas said.

Thomas started playingfor the Ashtabula Jets andthen the Buckeye Warriorsin midget football.

Thomas to playfor Wittenberg

Ben Thomas poses for oneof his senior pictures at SSJP.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSBen Thomas plays in thebackfield for the SaintsJohn and Paul Heraldsfootball team.

“My experience was ab-solutely vital to where I amnow. If I didn’t play midgetfootball, I wouldn’t be thefootball player I am now,”Thomas said on his midgetfootball days.

Thomas started off as acenter because when hewas younger he was theonly one who could snapthe ball.

“As I got older I got fasterand was able to display myball carrying abilities inpractice,” Thomas said.

He has recently devel-oped into a fullback andhopes to play that positionin college.

“I hope to play fullback incollege, but if there is a needfor a center I will go back onthe line,” Thomas said.

Ben has had many goodmemories playing at SSJPincluding all the greattimes with his teammates,especially his fellow seniorclass members.

He also enjoyed playingfor all of his coaches, espe-cially Coach Rob Fortune.

Another one of his favor-ite memories was beingpart of one of thewinningest classes of re-cent SSJP history with 15wins.

“What I like most aboutplaying football is the con-trolled madness, the purephysicality and the thrill ofmaking a big hit,” Thomassaid on what he likes aboutfootball.

Thomas finished with212 tackles and elevensacks in his four year ca-reer at SSJP. He ran theball his senior year at thefullback position 47 timesfor 200 yards. He also hadfour catches out of thebackfield for 27 yards.

Thomas also played bas-ketball and baseball atSSJP. He will finish out hislast baseball season as wellas play in a summer leaguebefore he heads off to college.

“I am staying on a lift-ing program and also con-sistently running,” Thomassaid on how he is staying inshape.


GENEVA – The GenevaEagles baseball team wontheir first game of the yearwith a 3-1 victory over theLakeview Bulldogs.

Derek Rose started on thehill for the Eagles and wouldget out of a pair of jams in thefirst two innings. DaveLeMasters would single forthe Bulldogs with one out inthe first. A.J. Hrsovski wouldthen get hit by a pitch after aRose recorded his secondstrike out of the game to getthe second out. Kevin Arnoldwould collect the second hit ofthe inning for the Bulldogs,but no runners would score.Rose would eventually strikeout the side to end the threat.

The Eagles would go one-two-three in the first inningas Kevin Arnold struck outthe side for the Bulldogs.

Rose would quickly recordtwo outs to start the secondinning, but then walked the

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Derek Rose warms-up forthe Geneva Eagles in agame against the LakeviewBulldogs.

next three batters to load thebases. Bill Martin,JakePischotti and DaveLeMasters all drew walks forthe Bulldogs, but Rose wouldpick up his fifth strike out ofthe game to end the inning.

Nick Pae would reach onan error for the Eagles in thesecond inning, but they wouldnot be able to capitalize.

Rose would strike out theside for the second time in thegame in the third inning ashe worked around a pair ofsingles by Hrosovski andEvan Olbrych.

Cody Hobel would pick upthe Eagles first hit with asingle in the third inning, buthe would be left stranded.

Rose would get his firstone-two-three inning in thefourth as he induced a pair ofground outs and picked up hisninth and final strikeout.

Rose also got it done at theplate as he hit the first of histwo line drive shots up themiddle in the fourth inning,but neither team would beable to score through four in-

nings.Aaron Hough would come

in to pitch for the Eagles inthe fifth inning and give up alone double to A.J. Hrosovskiwho picked up his second hitof the game.

The Eagles would stringtogether some hits in the fifthinning to take the lead asJerry Runyan entered to pitchfor the Bulldogs. DanCamplese started the inningwith an infield single, but waserased on a fielder’schoice byCody Hobel. Hobel would at-tempt to steal second andwould be able to third on anoverthrow. Brandon Kovachwould then make it first andthird with a walk. ConnorDiGiacomo then picked up thebig hit of the game with atwo-out,two-strike single todrive in a pair of runs.DiGiacomo would steal sec-ond and eventually score onan RBI single by Rose to in-crease the lead to 3-0.

Elbrych would single off ofHough in the sixth inning,but was erased on a fielder’s

choice by Runyan. TheEagles would then go on toturn a double play to end theinning.

Runyan would strike outthe side in the sixth inningas the Eagles went down inorder.

Lakeview would makethings interesting in the topof the seventh inning asPischotti and LeMasters drewwalks against Eagles pitcherSantos Robles. AnthonyFranco would then drive inthe first run of the game withan RBI single to chase Rob-les. Enter DiGiacomo whowas put into his second pres-sure situation of the gamewith runners on first and sec-ond with no outs.DiGiacomowould get a shallow fly-out forthe first out of the inning be-fore giving up a walk toArnold. DiGiacomo wouldthen close out the game withastrike out and another fly outto pick up the save.

Aaron Hough was cred-ited with the win for theEagles.

“It definitely felt weird tobe on the mound for a realgame after pitching off of thefake mounds for weeks,” Rosesaid on pitching for the firsttime this season.

“It’s something I’ve beenthrough before and can dealwith,”Rose said on pitchingout of jams early on in thegame.

“I had two strikes on meso I knew I had to choke upand help my team by puttingthe ball in play,” DiGiacomosaid on his two-run single inthe fifth inning that gave theEagles the lead.

“I’m use to dealing withpressure and coming in andshutting them down,”DiGiacomo said on coming infor the save with runners onbase.

“Our team did a great jobon defense and that was keyfor us,” DiGiacomo added.

Chris Wittenmyer makes a throw down to second for theGeneva Eagles baseball team.


GENEVA – The GenevaEagles tennis team openedup with a win over the Riv-erside Beavers on Wednes-day, March 27. The Eagleshad little problems with theBeavers as they won 5-0. Allthree first singles picked upshut-outs in the win. JacobGroce won at first singles forGeneva 6-0, 6-0 over JacobPoyar, of Riverside.

Ford Carlisle got the nodat second singles for theEagles and he too won 6-0,6-0 over Tommy Durra, ofRiverside.

Joe Roney, Geneva, wasnot to be outdone at thirdsingles as he pitched a 6-0,

Eagles start off with pair of wins

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLJacob Groce plays firstsingles for the GenevaEagles in a recent tennismatch.

Chris Waldron, of Madison, plays in a second singlesmatch against Brent McFarland, of Geneva.

6-0 shut out over JesseRaines, of Riverside.

The first doubles combi-nation of Ryan Huang andBrock Ebersole, of Geneva,cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 finishover Jim Vacceriello andQuentin Hollar, of Riverside.

Geneva also won the sec-ond doubles match-up withAdam Gruber and RyanWeisbarth pairing up to win6-1, 6-1 over Adam Nelsonand Matt Shymske, of Riv-erside.

In junior varsity actionDakota Craft and Anthony

Barszczewski pickedup a 6-0, 6-0 shut outover JoshKolengowski andJacob Arn, of River-side.

On Thursday, theEagles moved on toface the Madison BlueStreaks. Jacob Groceonce again held downfirst singles for theEagles with a 6-2, 6-0win over BrandonOrtiz, of Madison.

Brent McFarlandtook over secondsingle duties for theEagles as he won 6-0,6-4 over ChrisWaldron, of Madison.

Ford Carlisle sliddown to third singles

for Geneva and he picked uphis second shut-out of theseason with a 6-0, 6-0 winover Patrick Barton, ofMadison.

The doubles pairingswould stay the same for theEagles as Ryan Huang andBrock Ebersole won in firstdoubles 6-2, 6-0 over RyanAshby and HeathRichardson, of Madison.

Adam Gruber and RyanWeisbarth also won for theEagles with a 6-2, 6-1 win insecond doubles over BillyGibson and Chris Campbell,of Madison.

Brandon Ortiz plays first singles forthe Madison Blue Streaks in amatch against the Geneva Eagles.

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SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP– The Grand Valley Mus-tangs were able to start theseason with the win, whiledropping the Lakeside Drag-ons to 1-1 on the season.

The Dragons picked up a16-9 win over Harvey the daybefore, but Mitchell Lake andthe Mustangs would quietthe Dragons bats with a 12-1win.

Lake would pick up thefirst hit of the game with aline-drive single. Lake wouldgo on to steal second base andscore on an RBI single by A.J.Henson to score the first runof the game. Henson wouldalso pick up a steal as theMustangs would be busy onthe base paths. JeromyRockafellow would moveHenson over to third on agroundout. Adam Moodtwhen then did his part inmanufacturing another runwith an RBI ground out,making it 2-0. Mason Berkeywould reach on an error toextend the inning and he toopicked up a stolen base. Aus-tin Beal who started on themound for the Dragons thengave up a pair of walks toKyle Hodge and JoeSatterfield to load the basesbefore picking up a strike outto end the inning withoutanymore damage.

The Mustangs would thenadd to their lead in the sec-ond as Nate Wengard gotthings started with a walkand a stolen base. Lake pro-ceeded with an RBI double todeep right field, making it 3-0. Lake would eventuallyscore on an RBI ground outby Rockafellow. Moodt wouldget things started again forthe Mustangs with a bloopsingle and a stolen base.Mason Berkey singled Moodtover to third and he wouldeventually score on a overthrow to second, making it 5-0.

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Adam Bahr fields a ball forthe Lakeside Dragons in agame against the GrandValley Mustangs.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLNick Meola gets ready topitch for the LakesideDragons in a game againstthe Grand Valley Mustangs.

Lake would pitch aroundsingles to Beal and AdamBahr in the second inning tohold the Dragons scorelessafter two innings.

Lake and Joe Satterfieldwould each pick up singlesfor the Mustangs in the thirdinning. A.J. Henson thenpicked up his second hit ofthe game with a two-runsingle, making it 7-0.

Frankie Clayman wouldhelp the Dragons get on theboard in the third inning ashe led off with a triple. Aftera walk to Jereme Smith theDragons would score on abase hit by Nick Meola, mak-ing it 7-1. Lake would theninduce a double play turnedby Henson and strike out thefinal batter to get out of theinning without surrenderinganymore runs.

Adam Moodt would get onbase in the fourth inning af-ter being hit by a pitch.Berkey picked up his secondsingle of the game. Moodtwould eventually score on a

passed ball, bringing thescore to 8-1.

Lake would give up a one-out double to Adam Bahr inthe bottom of the fourth inningbefore striking out the last twobatters to end the threat.

The Mustangs wouldscore four runs in the top ofthe fifth inning to increasetheir lead to 12-1.

Lake would reach on afielder’s choice in the fifth

inning and steal a pair ofbases. Henson would thendrive in Lake as he reachedon an error. Rockafellow,Moodt, and Berkey wouldthen all drive in runs withbase hits to increase the leadto 12-1.

Adam Moodt would comeinto pitch for the Mustangsin the fifth inning andworked around a lead-offsingle to Clayman, whichwas misjudged by GrandValley’s infield.

“It’s nice to open up witha win and set the tone for therest of the season,” Lake saidon pitching the first game ofthe year for Grand Valley.

“Our team hit the ballhard and put it in play,” Lakesaid on the teams offense.

Berkey did his part for theMustangs as he and Lakeeach collected three hits inthe game.

“I just wanted to makesure I kept my eye on the balland told myself not to leanin,” Berkey said on his hits.

“Every time I go up to batI tell myself to just get basehits because that’s what winsgames,” Berkey added.

Internet users can follow the season’sprogress at wildohio.com

The 2012 peregrine falcon nesting season is underwayin Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Re-sources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

There are peregrine pairs at 25 to 38 sites and eggs arebeing incubated at eight sites in the state—Cleveland (threesites), Boston, Bowling Green, Aberdeen, Cleves and Dayton.By April, most of Ohio’s adult breeding peregrine falcons willhave paired with a mate and selected a nesting site.

Internet users can follow the progress of these and otherperegrine nests at the Division of Wildlife’s peregrine fal-con web page at wildohio.com. As the nesting seasonprogresses, key events such as egg laying, hatching andfledging will be noted on the website for each nest.

Because of successful restoration activities in Ohio andacross the nation, the peregrine falcon was removed from thefederal endangered species list in 1999, and in Ohio it wasdown-listed from endangered to state-threatened in 2008.

Along with several other Midwestern states, Ohio be-

Peregrine Falcons Begin Nesting Season in Ohiogan reintroducing the birds in 1989. Several pairs werereleased in Ohio’s major cities between 1989 and 1992. Lastyear, Ohio had 39 territorial pairs of peregrine falcons ofwhich 32 were nesting pairs and were estimated to havesuccessfully hatched and fledged 67 young.

Federal funds for the peregrine falcon project and otherwildlife diversity efforts of the Division of Wildlife are pro-vided through the State Wildlife Grant Program, whichtargets species with the greatest conservation need.

The division’s peregrine falcon management programhas been supported by the sale of cardinal license plates,the Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp and contributions to thestate’s Wildlife Diversity and Endangered Species Check-off Fund. Taxpayers may donate directly or designate allor part of their state income tax refunds to the effort bychecking the box on line 25b or 25c of the 2011 Ohio In-come Tax Form or line 18b or 18c on the Ohio1040 EZ form.Individuals wanting to donate can do so online atwildohio.com.

ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protec-tion of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit theODNR website at ohiodnr.com.

TennisJefferson 5, Lakeside 0Geneva 5, Riverside 0Perry 4, Bay 1Geneva 5, Madison 0Chardon 4, Lakeside 1Conneaut 5, SSJP 0Geneva 5, Perry 0Geneva 4, Fairview 1

SoftballJefferson 7, Pymatuning Valley2Lakeside 12, Harvey 2Jefferson 3, Austintown Fitch 2Pymatuning Valley 5, Madison 4SSJP 35, Horizon Academy 2Perry 10, Harvey 0Conneaut 10, Lakeside 0Riverside 14, Harvey 0Lakeside 15, Cardinal 5Canfield 7, Jefferson 5Riverside 12, Euclid 0Edgewood 10, Perry 8Riverside 13, Mentor 5Riverside 5, Mentor 0

BaseballEdgewood 7, Perry 3Edgewood 12, Perry 4Newbury 6, PV 4PV 7, Newbury 3Euclid 3, Riverside 1Riverside 1, Euclid 0Jefferson 10, Lakeside 0Jefferson 5, Lakeside 2Lakeside 16, Harvey 9Geneva 3, Lakeview 1

Local ScoreboardNile McKinley 8, Jefferson 7Grand Valley 12, Lakeside 1Edgewood 7, Madison 1Austintown Fitch 6, Jefferson 1Edgewood 17, Jefferson 6Jefferson 15, Canfield 6Conneaut 11, Cardinal 1SSJP 18, St. Marin dePorres 4

Boys TrackStruthers 83, Jefferson 51.5,Newton Falls 27. 5Grand Valley 78.5, Mathews 44,Bristol 36.5Aurora 88, Perry 49Geneva 83, Madison 53Grand Valley 80, Mathews 42,Newbury 31Mentor 158, Woodridge 93.5,Harvey 74, Geneva 67,Edgewood 51.5, ClevelandHeights 48, Lakeside 45,Kirtland 39.5, WarrensvilleHeights 38, PV 37, Madison 18,Gilmour Academy 15, Perry14.5

Girls TrackPerry 99, Aurora 37Riverside 98, Lakeside 38Geneva 75, Madison 62Mathews 72, Grand Valley 58,Newbury 24Mentor 194, Geneva 106, Perry97, Woodridge 79, Madison65.5, Edgewood 40.5, PV 35,Warrensville Heights 34,Kirtland 28, Lakeside 19,Gilmour Academy 1

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PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANCope Farm Equipment is a John Deere shop in Austinburg Townshipand not only carries new equipment but fixes old equipment as well.


Cope Farm Equipment display its equipment in the front of theirstore so people driving by can see the latest line of John Deere.

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