Gazette 11-09-11

Precinctby precinctElectionResults- See pages 8-10 inThe Recorder,Section B

THEGAZETTEVol. No. 135, No. 45 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 Periodical’s Postage Paid 75¢

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - This year, a group oftalented Geneva High School stu-dents will offer their originalthoughts and photos of events andpeople around Eagle Territory forpublication in the Gazette.

Kayleena Brashear and FordCarlisle will share their ideas in“Eagle Writers” feature articles,while Veronica Clutter, MorganBrubaker and Clare Carlisle willprovide unique “Eagle’s Eye” pho-tos to accompany their pieces.

Senior Kayleena Brashear is athree-year veteran as a GHS Ga-zette columnist. She is an accom-plished writer and speaker whohas won first place in both the Ro-tary 4 Way Speech Contest and the

Geneva High School students toprovide articles and photos for Gazette

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSEagle writers and Eagle Eye photographers are, from left: Clare Carlisle, Veronica Clutter, KayleenaBrashear, Ford Carlisle and Morgan Brubaker. They will offer their original thoughts and photos of eventsat Geneva High School for publication in The Gazette.

Voice of Democracy Speech Contestsponsored by Veteran of ForeignWars Post 6846. She has been adelegate to the Hugh O’BrianLeadership Conference and YOUthLEADership Ashtabula County, aPeople to People Ambassador anda delegate to the National YouthLeadership Forum on Law andCrime Scene Investigation.

“Writing for the Gazette is agreat experience,” said Brashear.“Seeing my name in the bylinegives me such a sense of accom-plishment and pride.”

Kayleena is the daughter ofEdward and Cathleen Brashear ofGeneva.

Morgan Brubaker is presidentof her senior class and a talentedartist who created the HarpersfieldTownship logo. Her art is featured

on the cover of the Geneva Schoolscalendar and she has won the blueribbon at the GHS Art Show. Mor-gan has been a YOUthLEADership Ashtabula Countydelegate.

“Other than my family andfriends, art has always been a bigpart of my life, said Brubaker. “Iplan to major in interior design andhopefully attend the University ofCincinnati. Getting the opportunityto take photographs for the news-paper is a great experience for me!Photography enables you to expressyour creativity and interests, as Iwould in my art projects. The goodtimes at GHS never end, and thephotographs hold memories thatwill last a lifetime.”

PHOTO BY EMILY FAZIOJefferson Area High School students Jeff Schindler, Laura Coleand Giuila Giancola warm up for “Musicals: A Musical,” thefall production for the Jefferson Players that was well-receivedover the weekend at Jefferson Area High School.

On with the show

Group intends toseek a referendumBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - AlthoughJefferson Village Council voted topurchase the building and prop-erty at the old Jefferson Elemen-tary School on 104 E. Jefferson St.,a group of citizens plans to seek areferendum on the matter and givecitizens a chance to vote on it inNovember 2012.

After hearing from a handful ofcitizens during the meeting, coun-cil voted in favor of purchasingproperty and a former cafeteriabuilding at the site of the formerJefferson Elementary Schoolbuilding.

Voting in favor of the motionwere Brian Diehl, Kay AnnBrabender and Lon Damon. Coun-cilor Ken Fertig voted against themotion, while Rick Hoyson andJerry March abstained from vot-ing. According to council rules, theabstentions go with the majority.

Council worked out the dealwith Jefferson Area Local SchoolsSuperintendent Doug Hladek andother school officials earlier in theyear. As part of the agreement, thevillage will pay $300,000 for theremaining parcel of land and build-ing at the old elementary schoolsite. The deal consists of $150,000

Council votes topurchase school property

in cash and an additional $150,000credit package for in-kind laborand improvements spread over anunspecified period of time.

The village intends to use theproperty for the police department,who need the additional room, Vil-lage Administrator Terry Fingersaid.

For the price, the village willreceive a 12,000-square-foot build-ing on nearly four acres of land.The police department would oc-cupy the front 3,500 square feet ofthe building. The existing policedepartment building would thenbe given to the fire department.The back part of the buildingwould be used for something notyet determined.

Before the vote, a handful of citi-zens asked council to reconsider, orat least hold a joint public hearingon the matter with the JALS Boardof Education so citizens could hearall of the details and ask questions.Speaking against the purchasewere Jim Donathon, Bob Lister,Tina Fuller, Cayce Baxley andDiana Dickson Sowry.

“I would like to ask council toreconsider purchasing this prop-erty,” Fuller said.

Fuller said that, with the stateof the world’s economy, with thefact that businesses have closed inJefferson, she believes council isasking village residents to bearanother burden.

See COUNCIL page 7A

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Voters decideother races,levies inJefferson areaBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Jefferson AreaLocal Schools Board of Educationincumbent Patricia Hoyson will bejoined by a new face on the board.

Hoyson won her re-election bidby receiving 1,927 votes, accordingto unofficial results from theAshtabula County Board of Elec-tions. Joining her and filling a va-cant seat on the board is RonWatson, who received 1,650 votes.The third candidate in the race,Kevin Orvos, received 1,384 votes.

Elsewhere in the Jeffersonarea, voters narrowly approved an

additional 1-mill levy for equip-ment for the Jefferson EmergencyRescue District. Unofficial resultshave the levy passing by a vote of831 to 804 votes.

In Dorset Township, voterschose Robert Hanson as theirtrustee over Jeffrey Hinkle III, atleast according to the unofficialresults released by the Board ofElections on election night.Hanson received 130 votes com-pared to 124 for Hinkle.

In Denmark Township, votersapproved a renewal 1-mill levy forfire and EMS. The levy passed bya vote of 175 to 65.

Voters also re-elected AnitaNoce to her position of fiscal officer.She received 135 votes comparedto 90 voters for her challenger,Larry Lynagh.

In Austinburg Township, votersweighed in on two levies.

Voters passed the renewal of a1-mill levy for fire and EMS by avote of 632 to 252. Voters alsopassed the renewal of a 1-mill levyfor current operating expenses bya vote of 601 to 281.

For the precinct-by-precinct re-sults, including those in uncon-tested races and races in otherparts of the county, see inside thisweek’s Recorder.

Hoyson, Watsonelected to Jefferson BOE

Timonere electedas city managerBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - The City ofAshtabula held its elections yester-day with voters having the choicebetween five different city man-ager candidates: current city man-ager Anthony Cantagallo, KevinGrippi, Charlie Hauff, JasonStrong and James Timonere.

According to the AshtabulaCounty Board of Election’s unoffi-cial results, Timonere has won theseat with 2,222 votes or 47.37 per-cent.

Timonere ran his campaignwith the slogan, “No more politics.No more games. Their time is up.”

Timonere spoke of cleaning upthe city and promoting job growthand new business during his cam-paign.

BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The AshtabulaArea City Schools and the GenevaArea City Schools both had levieson the Nov. 8 ballot.

Ashtabula’s was under Issue 31and was a renewal levy for $1.25million for textbooks and technol-ogy over a period of five years.

The levy will not raise taxes onresidents and the levy passed with4,673 voting for the renewal and3,274 voting against, according tothe Ashtabula County Board ofElection’s unofficial results. Thelevy passed by 58.80 percent.

Ashtabula also had two seats onits school board up for reelection.Both seats ran unopposed withSteve Candela and A.R. DeCatoboth being reelected back to theboard.

According to the unofficial re-sults, Candela received 54.77 per-cent of the votes and DeCato re-

City of Ashtabula sees many closeraces in the November election

“Thank you everyone for yoursupport and well wishes. Hugethank you to my parents, and, ofcourse, my wife,” Timonere wroteto his supporters after the win. “Itis not going to be easy, and I praywe can make a difference in ourcity. God bless and again, thankyou from the bottom of my heart.”

The unofficial results stateStrong was next in line with 1,430votes and 30.48 percent, followedby Grippi with 704 votes,Cantagallo with 195 votes andHauff with 140.

The position of Ashtabula Citysolicitor was also on the line be-tween current city solicitorMichael Franklin and former citysolicitor Thomas Simon.

The unofficial results showFranklin winning back his positionwith 2,571 votes, or 55.67 percent,and Simon coming in close secondwith 2,047 votes, or 44.33 percent.

Four city council seats were alsoup for grabs in the election. AugustPugliese won for Ward 2 as he ran

unopposed.The Ward I seat was between

current seat holder Rick Balog andTina Stasiewski. Balog won theseat with 783 votes, or 51.21 per-cent, according to the unofficialresults. Stasiewski was close be-hind with 746 votes and 48.79 per-cent.

“Thanks to all who supportedme for Ward 1. It was a close raceagainst a good opponent. I will con-tinue to do what is best forAshtabula,” Balog wrote on hisFacebook wall Tuesday night afterhis win.

Ashtabula also will have a newcouncil president, as J.P. Ducrodominated the competition with2,607 votes. Incumbent BettyKist was ousted from her seat asvice president, with ChrisMcClure receiving 1,887 votes.Losing out were John Roskovicswith 1,845 votes and Kist with1,285.

See RACES page 5A

Ashtabula and Geneva Schoollevies have different outcomes

ceived 45.33 percent.Geneva Area City Schools levy

was under Issue 34. The levy wasan additional emergency levy of$4.95 million over ten years.

The unofficial results said thelevy failed with 3,251 votes againstthe levy and 1,991 votes for it. Thelevy failed by 62.02 percent.

“On behalf of the Geneva AreaCity Schools Board of Education,students and staff, I sincerely thankthe citizens of the Geneva area whosupported us throughout this levycampaign,” Mary Zappitelli, super-intendent of GACS, wrote in anemail after the results came in. ”Werealize that the economic climate isdifficult and because our levy failed,some very difficult decisions willneed to be made about the futureof the current programs and ser-vices we provide for our students.”

As promised, the Geneva schoolboard will have its regular sched-uled meeting in the high school au-ditorium where the next steps will

be discussed.“Our regular November Board of

Education meeting will be held Nov.16 at 7 p.m. in the Geneva HighSchool Auditorium,” Zappitellisaid. ”We are asking the public tojoin us for a discussion about thefuture of our district.”

At the meeting, the school boardwill discuss what cutbacks need tobe made. Zappitelli has previouslysaid if the levy fails all items areon the table for cutbacks.

Like Ashtabula Area City SchoolsBoard of Education, Geneva AreaCity Schools Board of Education hadseats opened for grabs.

However, unlike Ashtabula’sschool board, Geneva’s had fourcandidates running for only twoseats, Wilford Behm, Ed Brashear,Marion Carrel and Stan DeWees.

Both Behm and Brashear wonback their two seats. The unofficialresults stated Behm received 33.47percent of the vote and Brashearwon with 32.13 percent.

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BY CASSANDRA NAGYGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Trick-or-treating isn’t just aboutthe candy anymore. It canalso be about the financialreturn rate and/or the actof donating.

In 2001, OperationGratitude, a national orga-


GENEVA - Our HelpingHands was recently openedin Geneva as a personal, in-home, non-medical, private-duty nursing care center.

Our Helping Hands pro-vides such nursing care suchas housekeeping, laundry,meal preparing, companion-ship, appointments, shop-ping, medication reminders,household maintenance,lawn care, Alzheimer’s care,personal care and skillednursing.

Rachel Moyer is a regis-tered nurse who still worksin the hospital system parttime as well as manages OurHelping Hands full time.

“Going out on my own, it’snice to be more personable,”Moyer said. “It’s kind of niceto do one on one.”

Moyer employs threenurses aids right now who gohouse to house helping theHelping Hands’ current threeclients throughout the day.

“I really hope to grow,”Moyer said. “We just opened

Our Helping Hands reaches out to the community with in-home care

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANRachel Moyer prepares to cut the ribbon with Geneva Area Chamber of Commercemembers and her parents.

Sept. 1, so we’re still orga-nizing and getting things go-ing.”

Moyer has had years ofexperience working directlyin the Ashtabula CountyMedical Center.

“I started at ACMC rightout of school, and then I wasalso at Cardinal Woods asneeded, as well as at LakePoint. I’m still a PRN there,”Moyer said. “It’s whenever Ican fit it in my schedule.”

Moyer is known for hercan-do attitude and is reallyexcited to be out on her owngiving one-on-one attentionto her patients.

“Being able to care forsomeone one on one is reallygratifying,” Moyer said. “Be-ing at the hospital, some-times I didn’t feel like all myduties were done or accom-plished when I left.”

Moyer said having to takecare of a number of patientsin the hospital setting can behard at times because youhave to separate your timebetween patients.

Now Moyer is in charge ofthree nurses aids who report

to her.All of Our Helping Hands’

employees are carefullypicked with screenings andtraining being held beforeever entering into a client’shome.

Moyer also makes thosein home visits to her clients.

“I provide the skillednursing care,” Moyer said.

Our Helping Handsworks directly with theclient’s doctors to ensure ev-eryone involved in theclient’s well being is on thesame page.

“If I do home skilled nurs-ing care, I have to have aphysician’s order,” Moyersaid. “It’s my duty as a reg-istered nurse to have adoctor’s order before provid-ing care.”

For more information,you can call Our HelpingHands at (440) 466-0111 oremail them at [email protected]

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

At the SeptemberAshtabula Senior CenterBoard meeting, DominicVolpone was recognized forhis many years of service tothe Senior Center, staff andpatrons. Due to commitmentsof his new position as Direc-tor of Goodwill Industries ofAshtabula, he reluctantly ten-dered his resignation. Mr.Volpone has championedmany Senior Center projects,fund raisers and other activi-ties, giving of his time, talentand personal resources. TheBoard accepted his resigna-tion with regrets and thankedhim for his service.

Pictured in the photo are,left, ACCOA Director TroyBailey and Dominic Volpone.

Long-time Ashtabula SeniorCenter Board member steps down

Operation Gratitude sends candy to troops

PHOTO BY CASSANDRA NAGYJefferson Dental Group bought back pounds of candy from trick or treaters.

nization that sends carepackages to deployed ser-vice men and women, waslaunched and has made itsway to the Jefferson Den-tal Group.

For every pound ofcandy a child brought inlast week from trick-or-treating, they received adollar in return. The

candy will then be donatedto deployed troops in theform of care packages.

The importance for theparticipating children ofOperation Gratitude,known as The Candy BuyBack, isn’t only donationsand money.

“It takes the candy outof the children’s hands and

teeth,” said Lisa Zindash ofJefferson Dental.

Global sugar consump-tion for kids increases byabout two percent annuallyand currently sits at 50 mil-lion tons per year, accordingto information provided bythe Dental Group.

This message is beingheard loud and clear inJefferson. This is currentlythe third year JeffersonDental Group has partici-pated in the Candy BuyBack. Last year, they hadroughly 20-30 participants

and collected approxi-mately 90 pounds of candy.

“One child alonebrought back 15 poundslast year,” said DentalGroup staff.

They relayed that mostparticipants, however, do-nate candy just to send itto the troops, not expectingmoney in return.

“The parents are usu-ally the ones to bring in thecandy for the children,”Zindash said. “Although wetend to see the junior high-aged kids earlier in the day

and the younger ones willcome in later when theirparents get out of work.”

The whole staff is in-volved with helping out theprogram.

They are also acting inpart of the “Anti-Decay”movement. The staff en-courages visiting your den-tist twice a year and brush-ing teeth daily. Theystress that doing awaywith the sweets, most im-portantly, is what reallygives teeth the healthyboost they require.

Young Republicans are acceptingscholarship applications

The Ashtabula CountyYoung Republicans arepleased to announce thatthey have begun acceptingapplications on Tuesday,Nov. 8, 2011 for their firstannual Scholarship Com-petition.

Two scholarships in theamount of $250 each willbe awarded to two studentsin Ashtabula County whoare seeking higher educa-tion.

The competition invitesstudents from AshtabulaCounty who will be attend-ing an institution of higherlearning (two- or four-yearcollege, community col-lege, trade school, businessschool or equivalent highereducation institution) andwho show a commitment toeducation, citizenship and/or community.

To be eligible, appli-cants must be residents ofAshtabula County and en-

rolled (or soon-to-be en-rolled) in an institution ofhigher education (as de-scribed above.) Applicantswill be asked to write anessay of one-thousandwords or more and answerthe question, “Which of thelesser known U.S. Consti-tutional amendments doyou think is most impor-tant and why?”

Applications may be ob-tained at local high schoolsand vo-tech schools inAshtabula County or bycontacting ACYR Scholar-ship Chairman CaseyKozlowski at 440-579-2470. You can also contactThe Ashtabula CountyYoung Republicans viaemail at [email protected] with any ques-tions you may have. Appli-cations must be submittedto The Ashtabula CountyYoung Republicans Schol-arship, 2525 South Ridge

Road East, Ashtabula,Ohio 44004 by January31st, 2012.

The Ashtabula CountyYoung Republicans Schol-arship Selection Commit-tee will study the applica-tions, make the award(s)and notify the successfulapplicants as soon as pos-sible. Proof of enrollment toan institution of highereducation must be providedbefore receipt of scholar-ship award. Winner(s) maybe asked to read their es-say at a future ACYR event.

This year is the com-mencement for TheAshtabula County YoungRepublicans Scholarship,The scholarship awards for2011 will be $250 to eachof two qualifying students.The scholarships will beawarded by Feb. 29 2012.

For more information,please see www.ashtabulagop.com.

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BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - WhenJefferson Area High Schoolteacher Sally Campbellcame to work on Monday,Oct. 31, she expected a fewtricks-and-treats from herstudents.

What she didn’t expectwas a visit from Jim Bakerof Glazier Insurance Agencyin Jefferson.

“I was in my classroomgoing about the everydaybusiness when Mr. Bakerand Mr. (Jeremy) Hubercame in. I thought maybe Ihad missed a meeting orsomething,” Campbell said.

In fact, Campbell hadn’tmissed anything. She wasbeing given the WestfieldInsurance/Ohio News Net-work Teacher-of-the-Monthaward for October.

“It was a surprise,”Campbell said.

Assistant Principal Jer-emy Huber, on the sugges-tion of SuperintendentDoug Hladek, nominatedCampbell because of herwork above and beyond theclassroom. “Specifically, forthe time she took her stu-dents camping last month,”Huber explained.

Several weeks ago,Campbell, along with JAHSSocial Worker Sarah Drenik,took about 15 students toCamp Koinonia in Genevafor a three-day, two-nightcamping trip.

Huber explained that, “Ifthere’d been an award forsocial worker of the month,I would’ve nominated Sarah,too.”

Campbell said that the

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEJefferson Area High School teacher Sally Campbell has been awarded the ONN Teacher-of-the-Month award. Featured in the photo are sophomore Mike Myers, WestfieldInsurance/ONN Teacher-of-the-Month Sally Campbell and freshman Nicole MacKeller.

JAHS teacher named ONN ‘Teacher of the Month’

kids worked on team build-ing, self-esteem and trust ontheir trip. At one point thekids were all climbing alarge hill.

“They really had to worktogether. Some of the kidsreached the top only to turnaround and help other kidsget there, too,” Campbellsaid.

Nicole MacKeller, a fresh-man in Campbell’s class,said her favorite part of thetrip was crossing the wirebridge.

“I was afraid, but I madeit across,” she said with asmile.

Sophomore Mike Myersis also one of Campbell’s stu-

dents who went on the trip,too.

“I think what Mrs.Campbell does is really help-ful. I’m learning teamworkand how to deal with things,”Myers said.

Both MacKeller andMeyers were happy forCampbell’s award.

Campbell said that sheteaches social employabilityskills to students that theState of Ohio considers “atrisk.”

“Sometimes I have to putthe textbooks aside and dealwith the issues the kids aredealing with. We have to beflexible,” she said.

Campbell also empha-

sized that the camping tripwouldn’t have been pos-sible without a grant of$1,500 from the Falcon Fol-lies and money from ZehrcoPlastics of Ashtabula andthe Educational ServiceCenter.

Huber said thatCampbell will receive aplaque from ONN andWestfield Insurance. ONNwill have a short video abouther on their website.

To view the video or tonominate a teacher for theWestfield Insurance/ONNTeacher of the Month, go toONNtv.com. Click on thelink for “Teacher of theMonth.”

Dr. John Patterson honored at in-home ceremony by the honor guard

The Honor Guard stands behind John Patterson with hisgranddaughter Holly Patterson. John served in World WarII in the Navy and now is a Hospice patient at his homein Jefferson.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANThe Rev. Fred Grimm reads the oath John Patterson tookas he joined the Navy to serve the United States duringWorld War II.

Donna and John Patterson each received honors at theceremony performed by the Honor Guard for the Hospiceof the Western Reserve. Donna holds the certificate givento her husband.

Janice Cohen hands John Patterson a blanket made bythe Hospice volunteers. The blanket is a special patrioticblanket made for veterans.

Jefferson set to honor veteransBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - TheJefferson-area communityis set to honor Veterans Daywith a full day of activitiesthis Friday, Nov. 11.

The day will begin witha ceremony at the Veteran’sMemorial in the center ofdowntown Jefferson at 11a.m. Chaplain of the cer-emony will be the Rev.Meredith Coleman of theJefferson United MethodistChurch, and the JeffersonArea High School band willplay the National Anthem.

Reciting the Pledge of Al-legiance will be fourth-gradestudent Jonathan Eckart, aCub Scout with Pack 41.

Jefferson Area HighSchool students also willperform a patriotic number,followed by a speech fromguest speaker the Rev. JerryBentley, a veteran of the

U.S. Navy now with theJefferson First BaptistChurch.

Participating in the cer-emony also will be theJefferson Veterans of For-eign Wars Post 3334 andJefferson American LegionBaylor Post 152.

Following the ceremony,veterans and their guestsare invited to a meal at theJefferson Community Cen-ter sponsored by theJefferson Knights of Colum-bus, Jefferson VFW Post334 Commander DurwardNewhard said.

Afterward, people canvisit the display dedicated tothe Vietnam War at theJefferson Historical Societybuilding, located at 42 E.Jefferson St. in Jefferson.The three-day exhibit willkick off on Thursday, Nov.10, and last through Satur-day. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4p.m. each day.


ROCK CREEK - The RockCreek Community Center isholding its final rummage saleof the year this Saturday from10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Joann Dzurenko is pleasedto see the gymnasium begin tofill with glassware, figurinesand other unique items do-nated from throughout thecommunity.

“Someone emptied 10boxes full of things like littlefigurines and glassware,”Dzurenko said. “We have awhole table full of babyclothes.”

The community centereven had a few people comeover with tools and otheritems from their garage.

“A couple of people musthave emptied out their ga-rages, because we have thingslike oil and gas cans and sev-eral really nice tool sets,”Dzurenko said.

The community center isstill setting up for Saturday’scrowd, and representativeslook forward to seeing whatelse will be brought in.

The community center of-ficials are proud to see commu-nity support in everythingthey do.

“We got a lot of good newstuff,” Dzurenko said.

The Rock Creek Commu-nity Center is also preparingfor its monthly ethnic dinneron Nov. 19 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

November’s dinner willhave an Italian theme.

“We’re pretty well set withthe menu. We’re going to havelasagna and stuffed shells,”

Dzurenko said.There will also be two dif-

ferent types of soup, weddingsoup and pasta fagioli soup.Salad, bread and desserts willalso be served.

“The dinners have reallybeen successful,” Dzurenkosaid.

Last month’s dinner was aHungarian theme and the cen-ter had its best turnout thusfar.

They even received a dona-tion from a woman fromCleveland to use at their nextHungarian meal.

“Some lovely lady gave usa dumpling maker for nexttime,” Dzurenko said. “Thisway we don’t have to have cab-bage and noodles but we canmake cabbage and dumplingslike it’s supposed to be made.”

The Rock Creek Commu-nity Center is hoping to con-tinue topping October’s largecrowd.

Dzurenko said the commu-nity center loves to put on thetheme meals and are startingto see more and more peopleattending.

Next month they will havetheir annual potluck dinner,where turkey and ham aredonated and everyone who at-tends brings a dish to pass out,as well as a food donation forthe local food banks.

The community center islocated at 2987 High Street offof Route 45.

For more information onany of the upcoming RockCreek Community Centerevents, call (440) 563-5545 ore m a i [email protected].

Rock Creek prepares for lastrummage sale of the year


JEFFERSON - JohnPatterson was honored inhis Jefferson home Thurs-day afternoon by the HonorGuard for the Hospice of theWestern Reserve for his timeserved in the Navy duringWorld War II.

“Today we’re here to paytribute to you for your ser-vice to our country,” HonorGuard member Rev. FredGrimm said.

Patterson was presentedwith a pin, certificate andhome-made blanket for histime spent in the war.

“Volunteers at the Hos-pice of the Western Reservemade this patriotic lap blan-ket just for you. When youuse this blanket, rememberthat your caregivers at Hos-pice honor you for your ser-vice to our country and arehere to provide you comfort,”Grimm said.

Patterson’s Hospicecaregiver, Janice Cohen, pre-sented the blanket.

“This was made by a vol-unteer and she said it wasjust for you,” Cohen said.“Remember when you use itthat the Hospice of the West-ern Reserve cares about youand will always give comfortto you and your family.”

Grimm then read theoath all military membershave said as they enter intoservice.

“I do solemnly swear thatI will support and defend theConstitution of the UnitedStates of America against allenemies foreign and domes-tic,” Grimm began the oath.

Grimm said Patterson’sservice is irreplaceable andbeyond value.

“When you took (theoath), you agreed to go any-where you were asked anddo whatever you wereasked,” Grimm said. “Yousigned a blank check pay-able up to your life.”

The Honor Guard con-cluded their honor ceremonyby saluting Patterson.

“Dr. John Patterson, wethank you for your service,and one of the greatest trib-utes that one veteran cangive to another is a hand sol-ute,” Grimms said.

Patterson now has de-mentia, but he came backfrom the Navy to serveAshtabula County for anumber of years as a chiro-practor.

Donna Patterson, John’swife, was not sure how manyyears he had served in theNavy but guessed aroundtwo years, if not longer.

“He doesn’t talk about his

times in the service a wholelot,” Donna said. “At timeshe would, but he mostly keptquiet.”

Donna has an article fromMarch 27, 1946 when Johnwas quartermaster of a Na-val ship and they weretasked with towing ships inPearl Harbor.

A Naval quartermasterdoes several important jobs.including watch-to-watchnavigation and the mainte-nance, correction and prepa-ration of nautical charts.

“I always relied on thequartermasters, Dr.Patterson,” Grimm, also aNavy veteran, said. “Theykept us from ramming thepier and everything.”

John and Donna havebeen married for 56 years.

“For 56 years we’ve beenmarried and lived in thesame exact house,” Donnasaid.

Patterson’s granddaugh-ter Holly Patterson is also aveteran of the Air Force andwas in attendance at hishome to see her grandfatherhonored.

Donna also received a pinfrom the Honor Guard.

“This is indeed an honor,”Donna said. “This is such agreat honor.”



Jefferson Kids Only III celebrates Halloween

JEFFERSON - Kids OnlyIII in Jefferson had its Hal-loween party on Monday,Oct. 31.

The children dressed intheir costumes and paradedthrough the classrooms,showing off their costumes.

“We had parents, andgrandparents who came toenjoy the parties. We had

SUBMITTED PHOTOSAustin Winchell as a bumble bee.

Owen Gantz as a pirate.

RIGHT: From front toback, Sadie, Riley andRylee wait patiently to

parade through theclassrooms.

Pictured in back, from left, Ms. Ginger, Tate, Rylee, Danielle, Ms. Ashley, Meadow, Jessica,Sadie, Riley and Gabriellia. Pictured in front from left, Sage, Devin and Brayden. Thescarecrows in the picture were made by Jo Buell, co-administrator at Kids Only III.Pictured, from left, Kira, Bailey, Dylan and Maria as pirates. Ahoy!

Ava Casto as a monkey.Elizabeth Lowery as aprincess. Joshua Gucciardo as a lion.

Gabriel Bryner as a lion.

lots of princesses, kitty cats,lions, monkeys and lots ofpirates this year,” Kids OnlyIII Administrator TammieMoody said.

The children enjoyed eat-ing snacks, dancing andsinging.

Kids Only III is a Step Upto Quality Center with atwo-star rating.

JEFFERSON - The holidays are coming! The holidaysare coming! Does your table call for a different centerpiece?Is a new wreath just begging to be hung on your door thisseason? Would you like to treat your family and friends toa delicious homemade delicacy?

The Jefferson Historical Society is holding its annual“Make It, Bake It, Sew It” auction on Saturday, Nov. 19,from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The auction is open to the public withfree admission.

Prior to the auction itself, there will be a free continen-tal breakfast served at 8:30 a.m.

The former sanctuary of Trinity Church at 42 EastJefferson Street will be a beehive of Society workers (in-cluding Joanne Martin as auctioneer), gifts to be bid uponby guests, tantalizing aromas and excitement as one andall try to outmaneuver one another to get the “just right”item at the best price.

Society members have been busy bees producing prod-ucts to sell that appeal to all age groups.

You are invited to be a part of this Historical Societyfunction. Money raised by the auction will be used in thepreservation of the Society’s headquarters and contents forthe benefit of historians and the general public both nowand in the future.

A large furnishedhandmade Christmasdollhouse is to be raffled offat the Annual ChristmasAuction of the JeffersonHistorical Society.

The event will be heldSaturday, Nov. 19, at 9 a.m.after a free continentalbreakfast. The back view ofthe two-story furnishedChristmas dollhousereveals rooms decorated forChristmas with moveablefurniture. The raffle ticketsare being sold at theJefferson Historical Societyfor $1.

The dollhouse wasdonated for the raffle byMarilyn Woodworth.

JeffersonHistorical

Societyto holdannual

Christmasauction

PHOTO BY BARBARA HAMILTON

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Geneva Resale and Consignmentopens with antiques and collectibles

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANGeneva Resale and Consignment staff prepare to cut the official Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce’s openingribbon. From left to right, Chamber Executive Director Sue Ellen Foote, Geoff Freeman, Bill Wildits, Paul Cook Sr.,holding Paul Cook Jr., Anna Cook, Noreen Cook, Ed Grossenheider, Shirley Lehmann, Joseph Jenkins and MikeGoddard.BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

GENEVA - Ed Grossenheider hasopened shop in Geneva with GenevaResale and Consignment, located at220 East Main Street across fromU.S. Bank.

Grossenheider has recently movedup to Geneva from Texas so he couldspend more time with his daughterand his family and decided to openshop with many of the items he ownshimself through years of going to auc-tions and estate sales.

Grossenheider said the shopstarted as a hobby.

“I’ve always like to do auctions andestate sales, and when I did them onmy own I’d just go out and resell thethings I had bought,” Grossenheidersaid.

The shop is stocked with antiquefurniture, collectible figurines, vin-tage glass, dinning sets and chinawear, among many other products.

“A lot of things in here I own out-right,” Grossenheider said. “I’ve goneto auctions and sales and bought, andI have 28 people on consignment con-tract now.”

Grossenheider will buy products

on consignment and sell them in hisshop. Grossenheider accepts items ata 60/40 split of the sale price.

“We’re getting to the point whereit’s about half and half now betweenwhat I own and what’s on consign-ment,” Grossenheider said.

Grossenheider said he will take alook at anything someone has to bringin, but it must be of top quality forhim to purchase it for resale.

“They can bring anything theywant, but I won’t take everything,”Grossenheider said. “I will take an-tique or vintage furniture. I’ll takegood quality furniture. It has to besolid good furniture, collectibles.”

Through Grossenheider’s experi-ence in the antiques and collectibles,he has gained many stories of thethings people bring in and collectthrough the years.

“It always amazing me on whatpeople collect,” Grossenheider said. “Ihad one person ask me if I had goatfigurines.”

Grossenheider said when it comesto collectibles, if they are in good con-dition, someone probably has a col-lection of them.

“People collect the weirdest things.So when people bring stuff in, it’s col-

lectible if the right person walks inthe door,” Grossenheider said.

For some of the items,Grossenheider has an idea of theirpurpose but is not exactly positive ofwhat their use is. Grossenheiderpointed out an iron stand about kneehigh in the front of the store.

“People always ask me what it is,and I say I don’t have a clue, but onceyou buy it, it’s whatever you want itto be,” Grossenheider said.

Grossenheider later said histhought on the iron stand is that itwas used in a blacksmith’s shop, al-though he has nothing to either con-firm or deny his suspicion.

Geneva Resale and Consignmentwill remain open all year long.

“My theory is in the winter, peoplewon’t have yard sales to rummagethrough, and I give them an alterna-tive,” Grossenheider said.

The store is opened Mondaythrough Saturday between the hoursof 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

For more information, call (440)415-6128.

Sadie Portman, reporter for theGazette, may be reached at [email protected].

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ROCK CREEK - BeverlyMartin once again has de-feated Bob Schultz in a bid forRock Creek mayor.

Martin was re-elected tothe position on Tuesday night,receiving 118 votes comparedto 46 for Schultz, according tounofficial results from theAshtabula County Board ofElections.

This is the second time thetwo candidates have faced off.

As for the matter of RockCreek Village Council, JamesHall and Suzanne Hayes werere-elected as well, defeatingchallenger Jeffery Crenshaw.

Hall received 113 votes andHayes received 104 votes.Crenshaw received 59 votes.

Over in nearby MorganTownship, a familiar face willreturn to the Board of Trust-ees. In a four-way race for onefour-year term, DonaldDietrich received the most

Martin wins re-election bidvotes with 233.

Challengers Joseph Dyrczreceived 158, Marie LeskoSilbaugh received 136 and BobClark received 118.

Voters in Morgan Town-ship also chose two out of fivepeople for two unexpiredterms seats. Winning elec-tion were Brett Bellas with367 votes and RodneyTruckey with 253 votes, atleast according to the unoffi-cial results. Challengers andtheir votes were DennisBabic, 143; Michael Jones,241; and Bradley Nicholson,135.

Morgan Township votersalso approved a 1.5-mill re-newal levy for roads andbridges by a vote of 215 in fa-vor and 110 against.

In Roaming Shores, RobertCook received 354 votes whileDebra Kline received 309 votesto be voted to council. Chal-lenger Steve Macintyre re-ceived 221 votes, while ChuckPirnat received 201 votes.


JEFFERSON - Many in-cumbents were returned totheir seats Tuesday night.

Ashtabula TownshipBoard of Trustees had oneseat up for reelection. MikeWayman ran against in-cumbent Joseph Pete.

According to theAshtabula County Board ofElection’s unofficial re-sults, Pete won with 2,681of the votes.

Geneva Township hadone seat opened with threecandidates running, Den-nis Brown, DennisCrawford and Greg Wimbs.

The unofficial resultsstate Brown won with 1,266votes, or 46.34 percent.Crawford was next in linewith 876 votes and 32.06percent and Wimbs re-ceived 590 of the votes or21.6 percent.

The City of Geneva alsohad four seats opened intheir city council with onlyfour candidates running,including three write ins.

Howard Anderson,Michael Keenan, JeffreyPiotrowski and MikeShupska now hold the seats.

Geneva-on-the-Lakehad two seats available ontheir council with threecandidates running,Michael Baker, RonaldColby and Todd Fenlason.

The unofficial results

RACES From page 1A

Issue 54 was a hot buttonissue in the city regardingthe traffic cameras andwhether or not they can beused by themselves to de-liver traffic citations. Votingyes on Issue 54 meant youwere against the traffic cam-eras as they currently exist.

The unofficial resultsshow the issue passing with2,831 votes or 60.69 percent.Those who voted against theissue totaled 1,834 votes, or39.31 percent.

John Ginnard who

have Colby winning with175 votes or 36.69 percent,along with Baker who wonwith 175 votes or 35.01 per-cent. Fenlason received 135votes or 28.30 percent.

Colby and Baker areboth incumbents for theGeneva-on-the-Lake coun-cil.

Clifford Henry ran inHarpersfield Township asan incumbent with no oneopposing him. Henry isonce again a HarpersfieldTownship trustee.

Saybrook Township hadone seat available withthree candidates running,Cheryl Cliff, Jane Hawn-Jackson and George Sabo.

Incumbent Hawn-Jack-son won with 2,216 votes or63.59 percent, according tothe unofficial results. Saboreceived 861 votes or 24.71percent and Cliff ’s votes to-taled 408 with 11.71 per-cent of the votes.

Robert Dille ran unop-posed in Ashtabula Town-ship for fiscal officer andwon along with unopposedcandidate Tony Long run-ning for the same positionin Geneva Township.

Harpersfield Townshipalso had a fiscal officer win-ning the position unop-posed, Sharon Rohrbaugh.

Geneva-on-the-Lake’sMayor Dave Nelson willkeep his current position ashe too was unopposed in hisrace.

started the campaign cameto the Board of Elections towatch the results come in.Ginnard was visibly happyand commented he hopes thecity realizes the power of itsresidents.

Issue 44 was the last is-sue on the City ofAshtabula’s ballot. Issue 44would have amended thecity’s income tax ordinance.

Issue 44 failed with 2,272votes cast against the issueand 2,167 for it, according tothe unofficial results.


JEFFERSON - The No-vember election had severallevies on its ballot this yearfrom townships all over thecounty.

Saybrook Township’s Issue22 was a levy that would haveadded $1 million over threeyears for police protection.

The levy included a con-tract with the AshtabulaCounty Sheriff ’s Departmentwhich would provide 24/7 pro-tection from a sheriff deputy.

Issue 22 was rejected by avote of 1,148 votes against thelevy and 1,083 votes for it, ac-cording to the AshtabulaCounty Board of Election’sunofficial results.

Ashtabula Township hadfour issues on the ballot, Is-sue 6, which was a $1 millionrenewal cemetery levy, Issue7, another $1.25 million re-newal levy for roads andbridges, and two levies, Issues7 and 8, which would give $1.5million and $2.5 million to firerescue and EMS.

The unofficial results showIssue 6 passed with 1,124votes for the renewal and 674against, and Issue 7 passedwith 1,232 votes for the levyand 561 against.

Issue 8 passed by a vote of1,089 for the levy, or 60.80 per-cent, and Issue 9 passed by a

Elections show many incumbentshave saved their seats

vote of 902 for the levy and858 against it, the unofficialresults said.

Other renewal levies wereGeneva Township’s Issue 14for $1.49 million for fire andEMS crews and a half milliondollars for the SaybrookTownship Park District run-ning under Issue 39.

Issue 14 passed with 603votes for the levy and Issue 39passed with 2,447 votes forthe park’s renewal. as shownin the unofficial results.

Harpersfield Townshiphad Issue 15 on its ballot. Is-sue 15 would a gather $1 mil-lion over five years for theroads and bridges of the town-ship. The unofficial resultshave Issue 15 passing by avote of 64.72 percent, or 631votes for and 344 votesagainst.

Issue 35 was for theGeneva Union Cemetery Dis-trict, which would provide anadditional half a million dol-lars for the cemeteries overfive years.

Issue 35 failed with 1,772against the levy and 1,224 forit.

Northwest AmbulanceDistrict had a levy under Is-sue 38 for $2 million over fiveyears.

According to the unofficialresults, Issue 38 passed with3,214 votes for the levy and1,853 against it.

Township levies see mixed results

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JEFFERSON - TheJefferson United Method-ist Church (JUMC) onceagain sponsored its LivingGift Market last Sunday.

“I believe this is the27th year Jefferson UMChas been sponsoring thisevent,” Kathy Housel said.“Mary Howe started it atour church and ran it for24 or 25 years. The LivingGift Market is a fun way ofraising money for HeiferInternational, which is anorganization that helpsmany people world wide.”

JUMC uses the programas a way to show its Sun-day School students waysto help other counties.

“At our church, eachSunday School grade spon-sors a different animal andhas a table with games,snacks, crafts to purchaseto raise extra money in ad-dition to the shares of ani-mals sold,” Housel said.

Housel said everyoneenjoys doing their part inmaking the Living Marketcome to life.

“It has a mini carnivalfeel, and the children re-ally enjoy learning abouthow their animals helpother people,” Housel said.“The animals sold thisyear were ducks, rabbits,goats, sheep, pigs, chick-ens and bees, and heifers.Each year the churchraises $1,000-$2,000 tosend in to Heifer Interna-

Living Gift Market makes a return tothe Jefferson United Methodist Church

tional.”Housel said the project

is just the beginning of giv-ing back.

“Our church is very mis-sion minded, and we haveseveral groups for teensand adults. This is one wayto get the younger childreninvolved in internationalmission work,” Houselsaid.

Housel said they use themarket to also promote lo-cal charities.

“While the Living GiftMarket is going on, we alsohave tables for the localHabitat for Humanity andNothing But Nets. The se-nior high teens host thistable, an organization thatraises money for mosquitonets, $10 per net, to helpprevent malaria in coun-tries where that is a prob-lem,” Housel said. “We alsohave a table with itemsfrom SERRV, a Fair Tradeorganization which sup-ports crafters from third-world countries.”

The SERRV table isopened this Sunday as wellfrom 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m.For anyone who is inter-ested in purchasing an ani-mal, they still have time.

“If anyone wants to pur-chase an animal or a shareof an animal, they can stopby the church office by Dec.1,” Housel said. “Donationswill also be accepted forHabitat for Humanity andNothing But Nets untilDec. 1 to be included in theLiving Gift Market event.”

Housel said the LivingGift Market is more thanan annual tradition, as itbrings the world toJefferson.

“My favorite aspect ofthis event is that it in-volves our entire SundaySchool and, really, the en-tire church as they havebeen very supportive overthe years,” Housel said.“Hosting the event in No-

vember allows the dona-tions to be given as Christ-mas gifts in honor of thosewe love.”

For more information,contact the JeffersonUnited Methodist Churchat (440) 576-4561.


Ashtabula County High Schools Financial Aid Nights 2011-2012Program Date Time Location

Financial Aid Night Nov. 9, 2011 5:00 pm Lakeside High SchoolFinancial Aid Night Nov. 10, 2011 5:30 pm Pymatuning Valley High SchoolFinancial Aid Night Nov. 15, 2011 6:30 pm Jefferson High SchoolFinancial Aid Night Nov. 16, 2011 6:30 pm Edgewood Senior High SchoolFinancial Aid Night Dec. 1, 2011 6:00 pm Conneaut High SchoolFinancial Aid Night Dec. 7, 2011 6:00 pm Sts. John & Paul High School

Financial Aid Information & FAFSA WorkshopTBA TBA A-Tech (Student Classroom Presentations)FAFSA Workshop Jan. 5, 2012 6:00 pm Sts. John & Paul High SchoolFAFSA Workshop Jan. 11, 2012 6:30 pm Edgewood Senior High SchoolFAFSA Workshop Jan. 12, 2012 6:00 pm Lakeside High SchoolFAFSA Workshop Jan. 17, 2012 6:30 pm Jefferson High SchoolFAFSA Workshop Jan. 18, 2012 6:30 pm Conneaut High SchoolFAFSA Workshop TBA TBA GVHS, GHS

College Goal Sunday Feb. 12, 2012 2:00 pm A-Tech (former ACJVS)

ACCESS to host financial aid nightsACCESS would like to inform

high school seniors and their parentsof upcoming opportunities to learnmore about financial aid for college.

Each high school will offer a finan-cial aid informational session in ei-ther November or December that willbe led by a local college representa-tive and the guidance counselors.Some of the topics that will be dis-

cussed are applying for federal aid,the types of aid available, searchingfor scholarships and other ways topay for college.

Most schools will also offer a sec-ond session in January that focusesspecifically on how to complete theFAFSA (Free Application for FederalStudent Aid) and some sites mayhave computers available to actually

go on-line and start or even completethe application. ACCESS will alsohost an event February 12, 2012called “College Goal Sunday” wherestudents/parents can come to com-plete the FAFSA and receive expertassistance from qualified ACCESSstaff and college personnel. Call AC-CESS (576-3125) for additional in-formation.

This list, brought to you courtesyof ACCESS, is a collection of eventsthroughout Ashtabula County pereach school district and presenters willbe from local colleges. Dates could besubject to change due to inclementweather or other reasons. It is best toalways check with your school’swebsite and look for any changes atyour school and that the event is stillscheduled.

FINANCIAL AID INFORMA-TIONAL NIGHTS are free informa-tional nights held at local highschools. Some of the topics discussedinclude college admissions, financialaid, scholarships, and ways to pay forcollege.

FREE APPLICATION FOR FED-

ERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA) Work-shops are free sessions that provide aline-by-line explanation of the FAFSA. Agreat opportunity to ask questions andget specific questions answered. Collegerepresentatives present the evening andare available for questions. Some siteswill provide the opportunity to havecomputer access to start and perhapscomplete the FAFSA on-line. See “whatto bring” below.

COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY isa free event that allows an individualto complete the Free Application forFederal Student Aid (FAFSA) duringthe session. Qualified personnel areon site to answer any questions aboutthe application. Save the date for Feb-ruary 12, 2012. Call ACCESS (576-

3125) for more information.What to bring?PIN Numbers, Student and ParentStudent’s IRS 1040 tax return and

W2s (current or previous year)Parents’ IRS 1040 tax return and

W2s (current or previous year)Social Security cards and Driver’s

LicensesAny other benefit and income in-

formation (account balances)*You can obtain information and

assistance on PIN Numbers (PersonalIdentification Number) from your AC-CESS advisor in each of the highschools or visit www.fafsa.gov to linkto the PIN website. A parent that hasa PIN for another child or for them-selves will use that same PIN.


ASHTABULA - The Smith FieldDog Park in Ashtabula, with the helpof volunteers and in the timing of twoweekends, now has a completed fencesurrounding the property and splittingthe grounds into two separate areas.

“The Lake Erie Dog Park Associa-tion completed their raising of thefencing at Smith Field for the dogpark,” Earl Tucker, Parks and Recre-ation Committee representative, said.

The park is split in two in order toprovide a place for both small andlarge dogs.

The Dog Park Committee has beenworking hand in hand with the citysince it formed in July of this year.

The completion of the fence is oneof the last steps needed in order to putthe park into use.

“It will be opened soon, and we hopeto have some more amenities made for

that park in the near future before thefirst of the year,” Tucker said.

Tucker was impressed with thepark and is looking forward to havinga place where dogs and their ownerscan socialize as well as exercise.

“[The fence] is up and it looks veryvery nice,” Tucker said.

Marie Kane took the initiative tostart the park after not having aproper place to walk her dog, Pepper.

“I was privileged to be part of a com-mitted group of people whose focuswas getting a dog park for Ashtabula,”Kane said.

The committee met frequently anddiscussed what they would need inorder to create Ashtabula’s first dogpark. They researched and took advicefrom other successful dog parks.

Kane said it was great to see localvolunteers and organizers coming to-gether for a unified cause.

“The results of their efforts was re-alized Friday, Saturday and Sunday

when a group of volunteers completedthe fencing for the Dog Park at SmithField,” Kane said.

Kane hopes such initiative and sup-port can be seen in other aspects of theCity of Ashtabula in the future.

“This success shows what a teamof dedicated people accomplishedwhen working for a common goal,”Kane said. “I hope this experience canbe used for other meaningful projectsin Ashtabula.”

Kane will soon have her ideal placeto take Pepper for walks, where he canexercise freely and safely away fromtraffic and other hazards.

Kane is very grateful for the quickprogress of the park and everyone whohelped make it a reality.

“Thanks to all of the Dog ParkTeam,” Kane said.

Sadie Portman, reporter for theGazette, may be reached [email protected].

Dog park volunteers completefence, opening soon to follow


AUSTINBURG TOWN-SHIP - Zonta InternationalClub of Ashtabula is onceagain sponsoring its annualInternational Fair for twoweekends starting this Sat-urday.

“The International Fair isa service project for theZonta Club of AshtabulaArea, which has a member-ship of about 30,” AnnettePaul said. “The fair is a greatfit for the group and its mis-sion.”

Zonta is recognizedaround the world to promotewomen’s rights and empow-erment.

“We’re a women’s serviceorganization, and the fairhelps empower women allover the world,” Paul said.

Villages and places fromacross the globe will be rep-

Zonta to hold annual InternationalFair for two weekends

resented at the fair, and allitems sold are free-tradeproducts.

“Vendors participating inthe event will be One WorldShoppe with unique itemsfrom Asia, Africa, LatinAmerica and the MiddleEast. They are one of thelargest fair-trade organiza-tions. The company strivesto improve the livelihood oftens of thousands of disad-vantaged artisans in over 38countries,” Paul said.

Cultural exports made insmall villages will be fea-tured.

“El Buen Amigo (is) offer-ing art and imported goodsfrom Central and SouthAmerica,” Paul said. “ActiveBlessings from Uganda willbe selling recycled jewelry,photographs, pictures madefrom banana leaves anddolls.”

Funds from some of the

items sold will go toward or-phan relief in Liberia.

“Orphan Relief and Res-cue of Liberia will be onhand only one day this year,Saturday, Nov. 19, sellingbaskets, hammocks, shirtsand African fabric,” Paulsaid. “Women of the CloudForest and INTO will be sell-ing hand-woven scarves,dresses, field guide bags,jewelry, skirts and coffeefrom Central America.”

The Austinburg TownHall has been the location ofthe fair for several years nowand Zonta appreciates theirsupport.

“The Austinburg TownHall will literally be trans-formed for those two week-ends into a fair-trade mar-ketplace, selling everythingfrom purses, scarves, jew-elry, Christmas ornaments,clothes, coffee, wall hang-ings, bowls, baskets, gloves,

hats, sculptures, candy,soaps, musical instruments,wallets, toys, dolls, childrenclothes,” Paul said. “So manyunique and interestingitems.”

As a thank you, soup willoffered to all who attend,with special guests comingin support of Zonta.

“Homemade soup will beavailable,” Paul said. “OnNov. 12, the Miss GrapetteCourt, Katie Peck, KaitlynKeenan and Amelia MacWilliams, will be on hand tohelp serve the soup.”

The International Fairwill be held Saturdays, Nov12 and 19 from 9 a.m. - 4p.m. and Sundays, Nov. 13and 20, from noon – 4 p.m.All are welcomed to attend.


All-electric update meetingto be held in Geneva

GENEVA - CKAP founder Sue Steigerwald will speakin Geneva on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. to update arearesidents on the current status of the All-Electric Issue,discuss pros and cons of gas conversions, and to explainthe new Duke Retail electric discount program that willsave residents significant money on their electric bills.

The meeting will be held at the Geneva CommunityCenter located at 72 W Main St, Geneva, OH 44041.

All-electric home and condo owners from area citiesare also invited to attend, including Madison, Perry andAustinburg.

Complete information on the Duke Retail program canbe found at CKAP’s website at: www.AllElectricHomes.info. Residents can sign up for the program onlineat: http://retail.duke-energy.com/signup/ or by callingDuke Retail Toll free at: 855-999-8817. Enrollment endsNovember 30, 2011.

Discount rates from Duke Retail are in addition tothe all-electric discount credits customers currently re-ceive from the Illuminating Company. There is nosignup fee, and rates for Duke Retail’s two year pro-gram are:

Winter (November through March) 5.85 centsSpring/Fall (Apr/May/September/October) 6.35 centsSummer (June to August) 6.99 centsCKAP is a non-profit grass roots activist group whose

purpose is to fight to keep the all electric discount inplace and to educate customers on ways they can maketheir all electric homes and condos affordable to live in.

CKAP does not work for Duke Retail nor does it profitin any way from customers enrolling in the Duke Re-tail program. CKAP simply negotiated a deal with DukeRetail to benefit all electric homeowners who wish toremain all electric and keep their utility bills afford-able.


JEFFERSON - Village ofJefferson AdministratorTerry Finger updated coun-cil on a number of projectsgoing on in the village dur-ing a meeting on Monday,Nov. 7.

In his report, Fingernoted that the waterline re-placement on project onWest Erie Street is now com-plete.

“The waterlines havebeen reconnected,” Fingersaid. “We now have goodflow.”

Driveways and right ofways also have been re-stored, Finger said.

The upgrade on West ErieStreet included the replace-ment of approximately 2,000feet of six-inch diameter,cast iron water main withnew eight-inch diameter,ductile iron pipe.

The pipe was installedalong West Erie Street fromChestnut Street to FranleyDrive, according to AquaOhio officials.

“The main replacementproject totaling $211,000 ispart of Aqua’s ongoing capi-tal improvement programthat continues to comple-ment previous years’ effortsto proactively upgrade aginginfrastructure,” Aqua OhioArea Manager Tony Mancari

Finger updates councilon village projects

said. “This is the ninth ma-jor main replacement for theVillage of Jefferson since2001.”

In other projects, Fingersaid construction on theSouth Sycamore truck routephase 1 project was discon-tinued until spring of 2012.

“The chance of rain is toohigh for the next phase,which requires breaking upthe road surface and addingcross drains, curb drainsand more stone,” Fingersaid.

Because of the pause inthe project, South SycamoreStreet will not be closed in2011 as previously planned,he said. He said the pavingof the street will happen in2012 after the repairs andsummer traffic has aided incompacting the road.

Finger also said in hisreport that repairs to the vil-lage hall roof are underway.

“The framing word haspassed inspection by thecounty building depart-ment,” Finger said.

Lastly, Finger said theStreet Department has beenproviding maintenance onroads, equipment and build-ings in order to prepare forwinter.

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Jefferson PD offers support forpurchase of old school propertyBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Althougha group of citizens intends toseek a referendum onJefferson Village Council’sdecision to purchase thebuilding and property at theold Jefferson ElementarySchool on 104 E. JeffersonSt., the Jefferson Police De-partment has offered its ownpoints of consideration infavor of supporting the pur-chase.

During a meeting onMonday, Nov. 7, councilvoted in favor of purchasingproperty and a former caf-eteria building at the site ofthe former Jefferson El-ementary School building.

Voting in favor of the mo-tion were Brian Diehl, KayAnn Brabender and LonDamon. Councilor KenFertig voted against the mo-tion, while Rick Hoyson andJerry March abstained fromvoting. According to councilrules, the abstentions gowith the majority.

Council worked out thedeal with Jefferson Area Lo-cal Schools SuperintendentDoug Hladek and otherschool officials earlier in theyear. As part of the agree-ment, the village will pay$300,000 for the remainingparcel of land and buildingat the old elementary schoolsite. The deal consists of$150,000 in cash and an ad-ditional $150,000 creditpackage for in-kind laborand improvements spreadover an unspecified period oftime.

The village intends to usethe property for the policedepartment, who need the

additional room, Village Ad-ministrator Terry Fingersaid.

For the price, the villagewill receive a 12,000-square-foot building on nearly fouracres of land. The police de-partment would occupy thefront 3,500 square feet of thebuilding. The existing policedepartment building wouldthen be given to the fire de-partment. The back part ofthe building would be usedfor something not yet deter-mined.

Jefferson Police Depart-ment Deputy Chief DavidWassie said the villagelooked into adding on to theexisting building, and for$150,000 they could havebuilt a 950-square-foot addi-tion, making it a total of2,000 square feet.

This size is still too smallto provide storage in thebuilding, and the building islandlocked and unable toexpand any bigger, he said.

This addition, although itwould add some room, wouldremove valuable parkingspace, Wassie said.

“The same $150,000 incash will provide the policedepartment with 6,000square feet, not counting theadditional 6,000 square feetfor other village purposes,”Wassie said.

The old school propertyalso would increase parkingability rather than restrict-ing it, Wassie said. He saidthe property also would pro-vide the village with a con-trolled, helicopter landingzone for medical evacua-tions.

Wassie also provided in-formation on other questionssurrounding the purchase.

“We’re asking villageresidents to spend betweena quarter to half a milliondollars for another build-ing?” Fuller asked.

Baxley read a lengthystatement explaining whyshe is against the purchaseof the building, includinglisting potential issueswith the building foundthrough an appraisal byFour Square Home Inspec-tion. These issues includedsuch things as mainte-nance required on the rub-ber roof, which is split anddamaged; exposed concretemasonry units that maynot be water tight; noemergency lighting insome areas; a defectivefaucet in the girls’ bath-room; and fire extinguish-ers requiring inspectionand possible recharging.

“The school board soldthe old Rock Creek schoolto the (Rock Creek) villagefor $1 and the land it sitson for $10,000 an acre. Theschool sits on 3.447 acres,according to the purchaseagreement,” Baxley said.“The Village of Jeffersonhas agreed to purchase3.89 acres and the buildingaddition for $150,000 cashand $150,000 worth of in-kind services...Why is thevillage suddenly in such arush to purchase a build-ing that has been vacantfor years?”

Baxley also asked aboutthe in-kind services the vil-lage employees will be per-forming for the school aspart of the deal. Some ofthe ones suggested by theschool board includethings like installing side-walk, painting lines in theparking lot, providing ar-borist services and more.

“Are some of thesethings not included in thelevy we passed to build theschools?” Baxley asked.“Who pays benefits of thevillage employees whenthey are working on schoolproperty?”

Finger said the villagewould pay, since the em-ployees would still be vil-lage employees. MayorJudy Maloney also saidthat council has not yet de-

He said the in-kind servicesare capped at $25,000 peryear, which assures that thisin-kind work will not inter-fere with other services tovillage residents.

“Most work provided byvillage employees are in ar-eas that school employeesdon’t do anyway, and theschool would probably farmout to outside contractors ata higher rate than ours,”Wassie said.

“Referring to the ‘payingtwice,’ we need to look at itas us ‘buying out’ the othermunicipalities that also paidfor the building’s construc-tion (i.e., Jefferson Townshipand Rock Creek),” Wassiesaid. “The cash portion wepay provides $150,000 inadditional operating capitolfor the schools. That lessens(the) financial burden on theschools and also helps keepemployees.”

Wassie also pointed outthat they pay taxes to sup-port the schools, yet theyalso pay to attend any of thesporting events, plays andother school events.

“We also pay class feesand equipment fees, chargedextra, even though we paytaxes,” Wassie said.

Wassie said the deal alsosaves the school the moneythat would be spent on utili-ties, alarm service and main-tenance on the vacant build-ing if the village did not pur-chase it.

As for potential problemswith the building, Wassiepointed out the following.

“Other than the cost ofcovering the north side of thebuilding, none of the itemslisted in the pre-purchaseinspection affect our portion

of the building,” Wassie said.As for some people’s sug-

gestion to move the commu-nity center to the currenttown hall, Wassie pointedout issues with that.

“Although the communitycenter is not yet self support-ing, they provide a very vi-tal service to the commu-nity,” Wassie said. “Very im-portant are the senior cen-ter functions. It providesmeals and mental stimula-tion and activities thatgreatly enhance the qualityof life for participating se-niors.”

A move to the town hallwould be significantly moredifficult for the seniors,Wassie said.

“The ramp is more diffi-cult to navigate. There areno kitchen facilities, and therestrooms are not nearly ashandicap accessible or pri-vate as the upgraded com-munity center,” Wassie said.

There also would be noproper place to hold a pre-school, and the floor androoms are not adequate forthe athletic programs of-fered, he said. There also areno showers or changing fa-cilities.

“Any progressive commu-nity has a good active com-munity center,” Wassie said.“It greatly adds to the qual-ity of life for any community.It allows for group youth ac-tivities and educational pro-grams for youth to partici-pate in, as well as providingwellness activities for adultsof all ages.”


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cided on what types of in-kind work will be providedto the school district, andthat none would be donethis year. She said thoseitems listed by Baxleywere just suggestions ofwork from the schoolboard.

“We are upset aboutcontinually paying forsomething we have alreadypaid for,” Baxley said.

Citizen Frank Snydersaid he agrees with the vil-lage for trying to purchasethe property, but he felt$300,000 was an excessivefee. With the threat of areferendum, Snyder sug-gested that council notpass the ordinance and in-stead try to renegotiatewith the school board.

Council opted to moveforward, passing the ordi-nance.

Now the citizens whospoke at the meeting in-tend to collect signaturesto place a referendum onthe ballot. Village SolicitorJerome Lemire said duringthe meeting that if thegroup collects enough validsignatures, the purchasewill be tied up for a yearuntil the citizens have achance to vote on it in thenext general election,which is in November2012.

Baxley said the groupwill have certified copies ofthe ordinance, a copy of thepurchase agreement andthe petitions. They willtake them door to door, try-ing to collect 100 signa-tures.

The 100 signatures(which is the necessary 10percent of the number ofvoters in the last governor’selection) must be collectedwithin 30 days of theordinance’s passage.

If enough signatures arecollected, they will beturned into Village Clerk/Treasurer Patty Fisher,who will then turn themover to the AshtabulaCounty Board of Elections,Baxley said.


Morgan is the daughter ofSteve and Connie Brubakerof Harpersfield Township.

Veronica Clutter is the2011 Geneva High SchoolHomecoming Queen. She isa varsity volleyball starterfor the Eagles and was amember of the record break-ing 400 meter relay teamthat placed fifth at the StateTrack Meet. Clutter said sheis very excited about the op-portunity to take photos forthe newspaper.

“I have always found pho-tography fun and interestingever since I was young,” saidClutter. “ I love how you canexpress yourself and inter-ests through photography. Ifind it relaxing to take out acamera and start taking pic-tures of whatever you want.But most of all I like takingpictures because it savorsthe moment, and you canlook back at that picture andremember what you were do-ing and how you were feel-ing that exact moment.Nothing else can do that likephotography.”

Veronica is the daughterof Ron and Tracy Clutter ofGeneva

Ford Carlisle is juniorclass president, has been a

winner in the Voice of De-mocracy Speech Contest andis on the staff of the GHSyearbook, the Aquila. Fordalso plays on the Eagles’ leg-endary varsity tennis teamand is a YOUth LEADershipAshtabula County delegate.

“I am looking forward towriting articles aboutGeneva High School for theGazette,” said Ford. “I planon majoring in English incollege and am interested ina career as a journalist.”

Clare Carlisle, a junior atGHS, was the school’s 2011Hugh O’Brian LeadershipConference delegate. Sheplays soccer for the Eagles,is on the yearbook staff andis a YOUth LEADershipAshtabula County delegate.

“I enjoy playing soccer,traveling and skiing,” saidClare. “My favorite classesare English and Yearbook. Ihave always loved photogra-phy and I am very excitedabout this opportunity totake pictures for the Ga-zette.”

Twins Clare and Ford arethe daughter and son of Renand Toni Carlisle ofAshtabula.

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JEFFERSON - JeffersonArea High School Spanish Iand II teacher Erin Adameis trying to expand her stu-dents’ knowledge to outsideof the classroom.

Besides learning thegrammar of the languageand how to say “My name is”in Spanish, Adame is teach-ing her students about theLatin culture.

On Nov. 1-2, the studentstook part in “Dia de losMuertos,” or “Day of theDead” celebrations. Tradi-

PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEAlly Fogarty and Nicole Stapelton are pictured with theirwinning “Day of the Dead” shadowbox.

Pictured is the Michael Jackson tombstone created forthe Day of the Dead celebration.

‘Day of the Dead’ celebrated at JAHS‘Day of the Dead’ celebrated at JAHS‘Day of the Dead’ celebrated at JAHS‘Day of the Dead’ celebrated at JAHS‘Day of the Dead’ celebrated at JAHStionally these days are ahuge Mexican holiday, ac-cording to Adame, but theyare celebrated in differentforms around the world. Itis an Aztec tradition withties to the Catholic “AllSaints Day” and “All SoulsDay.”

“It’s a celebration of thelife of those who havepassed,” Adame explained.“Some believe that thosesouls even return during thecelebration.”

Students were asked topick certain projects thattied into the celebration.

“Private altars are builthonoring the deceased and

include their favorite foodsand beverages, so one projectwas to build a tombstone oran altar. SamanthaMutschler made a tomb-stone tribute to MichaelJackson that was reallygood,” said Adame.

Another project that stu-dents could choose from wasto make up shadow boxes.

“They were to have theskeletons (las calaveras) do-ing something in everydaylife. Then students andteachers voted on their fa-vorite ones,” she said.

The first-place shadowbox was designed by NicoleStapleton and Ally Fogartyand was a scene where theskeletons were graduatingfrom high school. Secondplace had a theme of a wed-

ding at the cemetery and wasdesigned by Ashley Katona,Chessica Bobbit, and SelenaBlaney. Third place went toChristina Bisigni and Shan-non Bartone who made a boxwith a theme of “BringingFlowers to GrandmaGrimm.”

“The kids worked reallyhard,” Adame said. “Somemade candy skulls, deco-rated cookies, and madesigns to hang in the halls.Andrew Burnett and HunterDobos did a skit that wasreally great, too.”

Burnett and Dobos pre-tended to be souls rising outof the earth and coming backto visit family for “Day of theDead” and then retunedwhen the celebration wasover.

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ASHTA Chemicals hosts annual Chili Cook-OffOn Thursday, October 27,

2011, ASHTA Chemicalshosted their annual ChiliCook-Off at its Middle Roadplant. Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Career Cam-pus (A-Tech) Culinary Artsseniors Jacob Gims, CurtisSantiago, and MercedesMilbrandt served as judgesfor the contest.

The three student judgesenjoyed eleven different reci-pes for chili prepared byemployees of ASHTA. Eachteam consisted of four mem-bers who worked together tocreate their chili master-piece. The chili was judgedon aroma, consistency, ap-pearance, taste and aftertaste.

Mercedes Milbrandt said,“Being able to help judgewas a fun experience eventhough it was difficult to picka winner.”

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Ashtabula residenttakes the stage in

Titanic: The MusicalBEREA, OH— Zachary Adkins of Ashtabula has landed

a role in “Titanic: The Musical,” the Tony award-winningproduction being staged at Baldwin-Wallace College inBerea. Adkins, the son of Cheryl Adkins, is playingFrederick Barrett in the production. The 2011 EdgewoodHigh School graduate is a freshman in B-W’s nationallyrecognized music theatre program.

“This is one of the most ambitious single productionsthe B-W Music Theatre Program has ever attempted,” saiddirector Scott Plate.

Performances are scheduled for Nov. 8-12 and 15-19 at7:30 p.m., with matinees on Nov. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m., all inthe John Patrick Theatre at B-W’s Kleist Center for Artsand Drama, 95 East Bagley Road in Berea.

To purchase tickets, visit the box office at Kleist Center,open Monday-Friday 12-5 p.m., or call 440-826-2240. Tick-ets for the general public are $25 with discounted prices of$20 for senior citizens and $10 for students.

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Jefferson Players present ‘Musicals: A Musical’

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Laura Cole, Giulia Giancola, Ariann Barile, Emily Baker,Paige Beach and Audra Franley perform “Ohmygosh, You Guys.”


JEFFERSON - “Musicals:A Musical,” the fall produc-tion for the Jefferson Play-ers, was well-received overthe weekend at JeffersonArea High School.

Musical Director KelliOlesky said she and co-direc-tor Christy Seymour wantedto try something differentthis year, so they chose to doa musical review.

“We included the stu-dents in writing thestoryline,” she said.

They included songs fromCinderella, Kiss Me Kateand Rent.

Senior Becca Pontoni,who has been in five of thelast six productions atJAHS, said “We’ve workedreally hard and we’ve hadsome challenges. But I feel

like, near the end, every-thing just pulled togetherand it turned out to be a re-ally good show. So, I’m re-ally glad I was able to be apart of it.”

This was the last musicalproduction at JAHS forPontoni and fellow seniorsPaige Beach, Laura Cole,Garrett Puzio, Rachel Edge,Becca Banks, ClaytonKetola, Brad Weisbarth, JeffSchindler and Patrick Mar-tin, as well as TechnicalCrew members Cody Fet-ters, Christina Heavner,Rachel Burr, and JohnathanRichter.

None seemed too sadabout the finality of the pro-duction.

Schindler, a newcomer tothe Jefferson Players, ex-plained, “I’m (just) tired(right now).”

Banks added, “I think it’sgoing to be different in thespring for the play. Know-ing that we’re not going to behere anymore will be sad.”

Cole offered advice to thefreshman.

“Show up for the rehears-als,” she said.

Schindler said, “Don’t

Katie Schindler does BeccaBanks’ hair.

Laura Cole does ClaytonKetola’s makeup.

Justin Brown and Brittney Teter pose for a photo beforethe performance.

Hannah Frederick was thestage manager for“Musicals: A Musical.”

Kelli Olesky, director, ispictured with TammyLainge, accompanist.

mess up on stage.”Beach gave this advice to

the younger cast members:“Be nice to the directors.”

Olesky and Seymour aremaking plans for next year’smusical. The spring playwill be the first weekend inMarch and will be directedby Sienna Butler.

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ASHTABULAVETERANS DAY

CEREMONYFri., November 11, 201111am at Veterans Park

44th & Main | Ashtabula

• National Anthem performance willbe provided courtesy of LakesideHigh School

• Color Guard courtesy of AmericanLegion Post 103

• Rev. Robert Leonard, CommanderUnited War Vets and pastor ofHartsgrove Community Church andEvangelical Reform Church ofConneaut will lead prayers

• Featured speakers include AndyWentz - American Legion Post 103,and Petty Officer Pevro Uscaoga ofthe U.S. Coast Guard

JEFFERSONVETERANS DAY

CEREMONYFri., November 11, 201111am at Veterans’ Memorial

Chaplain: Rev. Meredith Coleman,Jefferson United Methodist Church

National Anthem & Patriotic Music:Jefferson Area High School Band

Pledge of Allegiance: Jonathan Eckart,Cub Scout Pack 41, 4th grade student

Guest Speaker: Rev. Jerry Bentley, U.S. Navy,Jefferson First Baptist Church

Jefferson VFW Post 3334

Jefferson American Legion Baylor Post 152

Veterans and guests are invited toa meal after the ceremony at the

Jefferson Community Center, sponsored bythe Jefferson Knights of Columbus.

Questions? Phone Durward A. Newhard440-576-8205

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First Congregational UCC ofJefferson to host workshopon grief and the holidays

JEFFERSON - Recognizing that the holiday seasoncan be a difficult time for people struggling with lossesof all kinds, First Congregational United Church ofChrist of Jefferson will be hosting a free communityworkshop with Dr. Elaine Marlowe on Monday, Nov. 21,from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Marlowe will lead discussions on practical waysof caring for yourself, rethinking holiday traditions,monitoring your emotions, and seeking comfort. Shewill also provide information on additional resourcesthat might be helpful for you or for loved ones who mightneed some help to get through the holidays.

Please call the church office at 440-576-4531 for moreinformation.

Ongoing Ashtabula:Holiday Happenings at Bethany LutheranChurch

The Bethany Lutheran Church, located at 933 Michi-gan Ave. in Ashtabula, will hold Holiday Happeningsthroughout the holiday months. The events include:

• Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Holiday Bazaar.Homemade crafts, Home party sales, baked goods, candles,etc. Door prizes!

• Saturday, Nov. 19, Nisu Bake Sale. Contact MaxineKoski to pre-order

• Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve Wor-ship Service.

• Sunday, Dec. 4, Pikku Joulu. Bethany Lutheran com-memorates St. Nicholas Day by decorating the Christmastree and sharing light refreshments.

• Saturday, Dec. 10, 4 p.m. Fellowship Candlelight Din-ner. Catered Cabbage Roll dinner – Cost $5 per person.Tickets on sale now.

• Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16-17. Nisu Bake Sale. Con-tact Maxine Koski to pre-order.

• Saturday, Dec. 24, 5-11 p.m. Christmas Eve WorshipService.

Every Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Worship Service.

Ongoing Jefferson:Choir to sing Handel’s Messiah onChristmas Eve

Rehearsals have begun for a special musical performanceat the Jefferson United Methodist Church. Singers andguests are asked to join a special choir that will singHandel’s Messiah on Christmas Eve at 9 p.m. at the church,located at 125 East Jefferson St. in Jefferson. Jodi Bishopwill be directing a community-wide choir to learn the Christ-mas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Rehearsals began Sun-day, Oct. 23, from 4:30-6 p.m. and will continue on Sun-days at that time until Christmas Eve. Books of the musicwill be on hand, but if you own your own, you’re welcome tobring it, church representative Pat Cramer said.

Interested singers can call the Jefferson United Meth-odist Church office at 576-4561 for further information.

Nov. 12 Ashtabula: Bethany LutheranHoliday Bazaar

The Bethany Lutheran Church, located at 933 Michi-gan Ave. in Ashtabula, will hold a Holiday Bazaar on Sat-urday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Many crafters andvendors selling their goodies along with delicious bakedgoods. Shoppers, be sure to mark your calendar and startyour holiday shopping early. Lunch items will be availableto purchase. For more information, call: 440-536-5400 or440-224-0749. More crafters needed...space still available.

Nov. 12 Geneva: Ticket AuctionSaturday, Nov. 12, the Christ Episcopal Church, located

at 66 South Eagle Street in Geneva, will be having a TicketAuction. Preview will be from 5 to 7 p.m., auction at 7 p.m.Make your holiday shopping easier and less stressful thisyear by attending our auction, which will have many giftsto bid on. More than 200 items to bid on and will include:gift baskets, for all ages, baked goods, children’s games andtoys, gift cards, many different craft items and much more!Light refreshments will be served. A donation of a cannedfood item or a monetary gift for the Geneva Food Pantry isyour admission to this fun-filled evening.

Nov. 12 Geneva: Christmas Craft FairThe 30th Annual Kris Kringle Christmas Craft Fair will

be on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at GenevaHigh School, 1301 South Ridge East (Route 84) Geneva,OH. Fair to be sponsored by Geneva Schools Ohio Associa-tion of Public Schools Employees (O.A.P.S.E. #307). Therewill be plenty of parking available. We will be featuringmany crafts, baked goods, refreshments and door prizes.

Religious BriefsThere will be a Grand Prize drawing of $30. Everyone willreceive a ticket and be entered for the drawing. For detailscall Mary Ann Hook at 440-275-3029.

Nov. 13 Ashtabula: Fine Arts ConcertSoprano Cynthia Wohlschlager and friends will perform

operatic and Broadway favorites at St. Peter EpiscopalChurch in downtown Ashtabula (4901 Main Ave.) on Sun-day, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. The concert is free and open to thepublic and will be followed by a free “Meet-the-Artists”punch and cookie reception. The concert is sponsored bythe Fine Arts Concert Committee of the Church. FMI, callthe Church at 440-992-8100/website www.stpetersashtabula.org.

Nov. 17 Saybrook Township: FreeCommunity Dinner

Our free community dinner will be held on Thursday,Nov. 17, from 5-6 p.m. in our Church Social Hall. Therewill not be a Community Dinner in December. Come enjoya free dinner, dessert and drink, served to you by membersof Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 S. Depot Rd,Saybrook. (across from Saybrook Elementary School) Allare welcome!

Nov. 19 Jefferson: Fall FestivalSt. Joseph’s 2011 Fall Festival is Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m.

Festival activities include main raffle; first prize is $500,second prize is $200 and third prize is $100. Tickets formain raffle are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. Knights of Co-lumbus will raffle off turkeys and hams. Prize wheel craftbooth, bake sale, kids games, cabbage rolls, sausage sand-wiches, turkey sandwiches, sloppy Joes, pizza, homemadepastries, beverages. Take-outs available. Everyone is wel-come so come for food and fun and win your holiday tur-key!

Dec. 3 Geneva: Craft and Bake SaleOnce again the Geneva United Methodist Church will

be doing your holiday baking for you. All you need to do iscome to the church at 89 S. Broadway on Saturday, Dec. 3,from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and pick up all the goodies that youneed for your holiday entertaining. There will be manyvarieties of cookies, including decorated cut-out sugar cook-ies and gingerbread cookies, plus fudge, Buckeyes,pizzellles, candies, pies, pumpkin rolls and breads. Be sureto get there early to get your choice of these delicious bakedgoods. You can also do some Christmas shopping at themany craft tables set up all around the church. This maybe your last chance before the holidays to shop our giftedlocal crafters. Geneva United Methodist Church is locatedin the heart of Geneva just one block south of the intersec-tion of Main St. and Broadway. The sale is in the Fellow-ship Hall and there is plenty of parking in the rear of thechurch with entry from there right into the sale area.

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP- Dec. 17. will be a very busyday for all of the people in-volved in Saybrook UnitedMethodist’s Christmas Fam-ily Project. Preparations areunderway for this annualevent where approximatelythirty-five families receivepresents, food, clothing,household items, and V.I.P.treatment by all of thepeople involved. The fami-lies are chosen with the as-sistance of Catholic Chari-ties. No family can be helpedtwo years in succession; thispermits more families to re-ceive aid.

Community involvementis a major part of this en-deavor. Saybrook Fire De-partment donates their timeand gifts to the benefit of allwith their ability to carry thelarge items and having ex-tra vehicles available to takethe many gifts to the respec-tive homes. Saybrook El-ementary School has alwaysbeen a big donor of food prod-ucts. This year the schoolonly has approximately 200students due to the openingof the new elementaryschools therefore their con-tributions will be more lim-ited. Many other groupshelp in ways too numerousto mention, and all are verymuch appreciated.

The Project begins witheach family being inter-viewed to determine their

SUBMITTED PHOTORichard Arnold is shown preparing food boxes for the2010 Saybrook UMC Christmas Family Project.

Saybrook United MethodistChurch organizes

Christmas Family Project

needs. They are encouragedto tell what is needed fortheir household and whateach family member mightdesire for a Christmas gift.All gifts are wrapped. Stock-ings are filled for the chil-dren and a large amount oftoys are given. Clean cloth-ing in good condition isneeded for the families tomake their selections. Onemember of each family isgiven a scheduled time tocome and make their choicesfor their family memberswith the assistance of achurch member or churchfriend. A large quantity offood is given for the Christ-mas dinner. A turkey withall of the ingredients neededis given with vegetables,fruits, and baking items foreach family.

This is a service projectfor people in AshtabulaCounty. Any group or in-dividual wanting to be in-volved in this Christmasproject should call theSaybrook United Method-ist Church, 969-1562, Mon-day through Friday from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyonewishing to donate to thisproject may bring in itemsfrom Nov. 1 until Dec. 10during the times previ-ously given. Cash dona-tions are welcome. All as-sistance will be gratefullyappreciated and acknowl-edged.

Jefferson AreaLocal Schools torecognizeVeterans Day

JEFFERSON - Seventh-grade students at JeffersonJunior High School will dotheir part to recognize Vet-erans Day this year. Stu-dents in Mrs. Dixon’s WorldHistory class will work inconjunction with the USOand write letters to servicemembers currently servingour country overseas.

On Friday, Nov. 11, 2011the students will have theopportunity to hear a pre-sentation from a veteran andthen they will write lettersto serving service memberscurrently deployed overseas.The letters will be placed incare packages being distrib-uted by the USO.

Any student who has afamily member or friend whois currently serving ourcountry, and they have ac-cess to that particular ser-vice member’s mailing ad-dress, will have the opportu-nity to mail their letters di-rectly if they choose to do so.

Also on Friday, JeffersonSenior High School SocialStudies teacher Mrs. MaryHostetler has organized anevent that has veterans com-ing in to the school as guestspeakers to speak to variousclassrooms regarding Veter-ans Day and their experienceswhile serving in the military.

This is a great opportu-nity for students to have firsthand access to military vet-erans and develop an under-standing of why our servicemembers chose to servetheir country, and the expe-riences they gleaned from it.

As well as being able toshow their support and ap-preciation for our servicemembers, some studentsmay also be able to enterinto a pen pal type arrange-ment with a service memberif they receive a reply letter.


Another Time Around gives parentsnew (but sometimes used) options

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLAnother Time Around, located in Jefferson, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony throughthe Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday. Pictured, from left, are Peggy Stadler with Key Bank,Danielle Smock with Andover Bank, Darren Gollon with Alive Community Church, co-owner Heather Stone, HughGoodale, co-owner Jill Goodale, Jefferson Mayor Judy Maloney and Subway owner and Jefferson Area Chamberof Commerce President Pat Bradek.


JEFFERSON - A new shop hasopened up in the Village Jefferson, giv-ing parents - and their loved ones - newoptions when buying clothes for theyoung ones in their family.

Another Time Around, located at 52North Chestnut Street in Jefferson,sells gently used (and sometimes new)baby and toddler clothing, baby gearand toys.

“We wanted something closer,” co-owner Jill Goodale said.

Goodale owns the store with herdaughter, Heather Stone, who is themother of 22-month-old Gabriel, whothey affectionally refer to as theirproduct tester.

Like other families in AshtabulaCounty, they were used to having to

drive to places like Once Upon a Childin Mentor when shopping for second-hand clothing.

They decided to open the store as away to have something local for fami-lies who want to buy used clothing fortheir children to avoid retail rates.

Although Goodale and Stone willbuy items from customers, they are nota consignment shop. Instead, they willbuy the item for cash or give the cus-tomer a store credit at a higher rate.

Right now, sizes range in the storefrom preemie to size 14. Eventuallythey will only accept and sell items upto sizes seven and eight because ofspace constraints.

Besides clothing, other items in-clude toys, baby gear, books, shoes andmore.

“Anything that you need for yourbaby,” Goodale said.

Stone said she became involved inthe store with her mother because,as a mom herself, she wanted to beable to work and still spend as muchtime with her child as possible.

Plus, she understands what an in-convenience it can be to have to driveto the stores out of town.

People can’t always afford to buynew clothes, Stone said.

“They grow so fast,” Stone said.Another Time Around is open from

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughSaturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. onWednesday.

“We’re glad they’re here,” JeffersonMayor Judy Maloney said at the rib-bon-cutting ceremony.

Maloney and Jefferson Area Cham-ber of Commerce President PatBradek said they hope residents willsupport the business and shop there.


JEFFERSON - As theholiday season approaches,the Jefferson Unit of the Sal-vation Army is looking forvolunteers to help ring thebell for donations.

The Jefferson Unit of theSalvation Army will have itsred kettles out at GoldenDawn and Thorne’s Bi-Lo tocollect money for those inneed in Jefferson, RockCreek and Dorset zip codesduring the Christmas sea-son beginning ThanksgivingEve, Nov. 23.

All of the monies collectedwill be used locally, officialssaid. With the money, the lo-cal Salvation Army boardthen works through the year

Jefferson Salvation Army looking for volunteers to ring bellto assist people in Jefferson,Rock Creek and Dorset zipcodes when they’re in a cri-sis situation.

“We have truly appreci-ated our partnership withThorne’s Bi-Lo and JeffersonGolden Dawn, as they haveallowed us to set up ourkettles each year,” BoardChair Gordon Emerson said.“People in our area have al-ways been faithful in theirgiving, and we’re especiallyin need during these difficulteconomic times.”

If individuals or servicegroups would like to take aturn manning the kettles ateither location for an hour ora day, they can contact PatCramer at Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church at 576-4561.

Monies received stay inour community to assist in-dividuals and families in cri-sis situations throughout theyear and to assist childrenwith clothing for school,Cramer said.

The Jefferson Unit also islooking for volunteers inother areas.

The Jefferson Unit pro-vides school clothing fornearly 150 children locallyand sends between sevenand 10 children to aweeklong summer camp.

The Unit operates totallyon a volunteer basis, withrepresentatives from areachurches who attendmonthly board meetings, or-ganizers said. Also, somepeople take turns meetingwith individuals who are in

need and finding the properassistance for them.

At present, the JeffersonUnit has representativesfrom First Baptist Church,St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,Sacred Heart CatholicChurch and JeffersonUnited Methodist Church.

“It would be wonderful tohave volunteers from all ofour local churches,” Cramersaid.

If you’d like to lend ahand by either serving onthe Salvation Army Board orworking with people in need,call Gordon Emerson at 576-2769.

“Jesus calls us to careabout our brother and sisterin need. You could be a bless-ing to them in His name,” of-ficials said in a release.


ROCK CREEK - The Jefferson Area Local Schools Boardof Education passed a list of personnel items during itsmeeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Rock Creek ElementarySchool.

All hires and volunteers are contingent upon proper cer-tification and successful background checks, where appli-cable.

In one action, the board approved Patrick O’Brien as aclassified substitute bus driver for the 2011/2012 schoolyear.

The board also approved the following non-athleticsupplemental contracts:

• Casey Tomlinson – Elementary Christmas Program.• Bernice Collise – Elementary Christmas Program.The board also approved a supplemental contract for

Andy Lipps, a licensed non-employee, as the seventh-gradegirls’ basketball coach for the 2011/2012 school year, con-tingent upon meeting the Athletic Guidelines for fielding ateam.

In other contracts, the board approved the contract modi-fications for the employees listed below, with an effectivedate of Oct. 24, 2011:

Driver Total Daily Hours from 4.5 HoursJay Bauwin 5.0Stan Cosper 6.0Renee Dibble 4.75John Hart 5.5Bob Lister 5.25Larry Owen 5.25Diana Dickson-Sowry 5.5*Seanna Butler 4.75Robin Detweiler 4.5Laura Guthleben 4.5*Jessica Jewett 5.25Darlene Osborne 5.0*Lillie Reynolds 5.75Donna J. Stone 5.75Rod Butcher 5.5Kevin Costello 5.0Staci Furkovic 5.5Pam Holcomb 5.25Diane Meighen 5.25Deborah Platt 4.75Tina Starcher 4.75*will also work one hour on an extra run as needed.In the sports department, the board approved Nathan

Meyer as a volunteer assistant for wrestling, for the 2011/2012 sports season.

In certified contract modifications, the board modifiedthe following employees’ contracts, effective Aug. 26, 2011,per master contract and as indicated:

• Gennifer Dzura - from Bachelor’s + 10 to Master’s.• Heather Csepegi - from Bachelor’s + 10 to Master’s.In other matters, the board approved the following em-

ployees’ initial placement on the salary schedule, effectiveAug. 26, 2011, as per master contract and as indicated:

• Heather Eaton – Bachelor’s Step 1.• Jason Hagerdon – Bachelor’s / 150 Step 1.• Jeffrey Penney – Bachelor’s / 150 Step 0.During the meeting the board also approved a leave of

absence for Megan Franklin, effective approximately Dec.15, 2011, through March 15, 2011, and a leave of absencefor Heather Holodniak, effective approximately Nov. 1,2011, through Dec. 15, 2011.

In resignations, the board approved the resignation ofDebbie Lenart as a two-and-a-half hour cafeteria monitorat Jefferson Elementary. The board then approved a one-year limited contract for Debbie Lenart as a three-hourcook at Jefferson Junior / Senior High School for the 2011/2012 school year, contingent upon completion of the 30-day probationary period by the employee vacating this po-sition, effective Oct. 17, 2011.

Additionally, the board approved a one-year limited con-tract for Laura Guthleben as a two-hour cook at Jefferson Jun-ior / Senior High School for the 2011/2012 school year, contin-gent upon completion of the 30-day probationary period by theemployee vacating this position, effective Oct. 17, 2011.

In other resignations, the board approved the resigna-tion of Robin Schenk as head cook at Rock Creek Elemen-tary and further approve her as head cook at Jefferson El-ementary for the 2011/2012 school year, contingent uponcompletion of the 30-day probationary period by the em-ployee vacating this position, effective Oct. 17, 2011.

Additionally, the board approved the transfer of DeniseKapferer from head cook at Jefferson Junior / Senior HighSchool to head cook at Rock Creek Elementary for the 2011/2012 school year, per her request, contingent upon comple-tion of the 30-day probationary period by the employeevacating this position, effective Nov. 7, 2011.

Jefferson BOE passespersonnel items

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