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Vol. 172 No. 319 35 cents

Veteran fisherman escapes an icy fate

By BOB CUNDIFF Special to the Register

MOUSE ISLAND - TOi itory is hard to share, not because it isn t important, but because it is hani to admit when one is not indestruc­tible. .

Wednesday was an awesome day, brilliant sun and warmer than usual - a perfect day for my fishihg buddy and I to take a trip to

wsrent going to fish, jurt to retrieve his Ice ehanty fromtU winter redingpiece a few mUet out on the ice. We (topped at a belt

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Fishing guide diesBy ELLEN TIETJEN

Staff Writer PUT-IN-BAY - A Put-In-Bay

ice-fishing guide lost his life Tues­day night when his snowmobile broke through the ice about ISO feet north of South Bass Island.

Michael J. Massie, 41, 1112 Columbus Ave., Put-In-Bay, was apparently returning home from his fishing shanties when the acci­dent occurred, according to Sgt. Bev Adair of the Put-In-Bay Police Department.

His body was recovered a little after 4 p.m. Wednesday by divers from the Ottawa County Sheriffs Department team.

Massie’s wife, Rachel, notified Adair at 11.40 a.m. Wednesday that her husband had not returned home overnight.

“She came in on station and said the last time she’d seen him was between 6:30 and 7 last night,” Adair said.

Massie evidently had brought some fishermen ashore near East

Point and then headed back out across the ice toward his home. He was riding a snowmobile pulling two sleds.

Mrs. Massie often helped her husband by picking up anglers at the shore and taking them to the airport, Adair said.

Adair notified the Coast Guard station at Marblehead, which called in a helicopter from Detroit to search the area.

The chopper crew located a hole

with a boot floating in it about 150 feet offshore.

The dive team, which flew to the scene from the airport near Port Clinton, dragged a flat-bottomed johnboat onto the ice and searched for about 40 minutes before locat­ing the body, Adair said.

Put-In-Bay’s emergency medi­cal service and fire department also helped in the search.

Because the ice is so clear, por-

• See DIES, Page A-2

Bennett sees a better city

An alert city youth saves day

By RYAN DsBOSAR Staff Writer

SANDUSKY — A boy entered a burning house to wake a sleep­ing neighbor whose utility room caught fire Wednesday evening.

Kevin Yontz, 16, had finished his Register paper route and was playing basketball with friends when the boys spotted smoke and flames leaking from the res­idence at 1036 C Street.

Yontz told a friend to call authorities, then ran to the house and rapped on the side door.

No one answered. The lights were old and Yontz thought no one was home.

But inside, Ed Sprague lay sleeping on the sofa — until Yontz’s knocking stirred him.

When Yontz didn’t get a response, he opened the door and walked into the house.

Sprague met Yontz in the kitchen.

Yontz said Sprague asked, “What’s going on?’’

“And I said, the house is on fire!’’ Yontz said.

Yontz and Sprague grabbed a water bucket and tried to douse the flames in the utility room. But the water spread across the floor and the blaze sprang upagain

When the increasing heat began igniting shotgun shells, Yontz and Sprague ran from the house.

“It got too damn hot,’’ Spra­gue said. He fought the fire with a garden hose from the side door of the house until firefighters arrived.

“(I'm) sure as hell thankful,’’

• See HELP, Page A-2

By LIZ YOUNG Staff Writer

SANDUSKY - Clinton Bennett Jr. has lived in Sandusky nearly all his life — since he was two years old.

He was also educated in the Sandusky City Schools - and now he’s a member of the Sandusky City Board of Education.

Bennett was elected last Novem­ber to a four-year term, and had already served a year on the board in 1990, after being appointed to rep lace the la te M ildred McCrystal. He lost a bid for re- election in November 1991.

Before his election to the board, Bennett said he worked for the schools as a stationary fireman for 21 years, operating the boilers and acting as a sort ofhead custodian. He retired in 1988.

Although he said discrimination

is still a problem today, Bennett has seen Sandusky change and grow over the years, giving more opportunities to African-Ameri­cans.

“When I was growing up there were many things black persons

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Search begins — far and wide

A Sandusky fireman battles the blaze on С Street Wednesday.»-PATRICK O’BRIEN

Kasaris: Borgia’s move bent lawBy C.J. KLIMCZAK

Staff Writer NORWALK — Attorneys for the

two businessmen who built the city’s sewer system for U.S. 250 North want the city to pay up for a waiver of interest on tap-in fees granted under the previous admin­istration.

Law Director Dan Kasaris said

the John Borgia administration bucked the law in granting a waiv­er of $3,125 interest on a $5,449 tap- in because Borgia never received council approval.

But Borgia, who said he expected this matter to come up, said he acted under the guidance of a more experienced law director than Kasaris.

Kasaris said he doesn’t concern himself with previous administra­tions, but the matter was brought to his attention by Walter Wagner, the attorney for Les Russell and Tom Kern, who built the sewer system.

He sees the bottom line clearly.“Here we have the (former)

mayor acting without council

approval,” Kasaris said. In a let­ter to Bill Owens, the attorney for the Milan Avenue resident whose interest was waived, Kasaris declares the waiver invalid and orders the $3,125 paid.

“Mayor Borgia’s conduct in waiving interest on the tap-in fees

• See LAW, Page A-2

By MICHAEL TURNBELL Staff Writer

SANDUSKY — The United Way of Erie County Board of Trustees will start a national search later this year for a new full-time exec­utive director and choose Jack Haplea’s successor by the summer of 1995, board President Bob DeBard said this week.

“Certainly with the good fortune we have had with Jack, local peo­ple will receive prime consider­ation. But there is nobody we have in mind at this point,” he said.

In a Jan. 28 letter, Haplea noti­fied trustees of his intent to step down to pursue other interests.

“It has been my pleasure and honor to have served the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Erie County, the 22 funded agencies and the community the past 6V2 years,” he wrote.

“I find, however, my enthu­siasm and stamina are diminish­ing to where it might be an overall detriment to the United Way of Erie County.”

Wednesday, Haplea said his leaving is a natural progression m the non-profit business.

“You go so far as one can go and then it’s time to move on and give someone else an opportunity to take it that much further,' ’ he said. “It’s a position that has to be changed to bring a new perspec-

Sausser wants to be auditorBy KEITH ROBERTS

Staff WriterSANDUSKY - Who will succeed

James W. McKeen as Erie County auditor?

Andrew Sausser said Wednes­day he is seeking the Republican nomination. “I’m going to give it a shot. I was considering running for county commissioner and I decided not to because of the num­ber of people running,” Sausser said.

Sausser, 26, 2312 Hayes Ave., Perkins Township, works in the reference services department of the Sandusky Library.

A Sandusky native, Sausser graduated from Perkins High School in 1986 and received a bach­elor’s degree in education from Miami University in 1990 with minors in history and political sci­ence.

Sausser’s platform is to main­tain the status quo. “It’s been working well for the past 28 years under Jim McKeen,” Sausser said.

Ralph Henry, chairman of the Erie County Republican Party, asked Sausser to run for auditor Monday. “When you have a veter­an office holder like Jim McKeen, you give him every opportunity to

change his mind,” Henry said.McKeen had hoped his deputy,

Paul Strickfaden, would consider running.

“I gave it a lot of hours of delib­eration,” Strickfaden said, “and 1 decided at this time I'm not going to be a candidate. Had this hap­pened two or three years ago, I might have.” *

A couple of well-known Republi­cans gave similar answers when asked if they would run for audi­tor.

“Over the years, maybe,” Sand-

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tive, new contacts, new ideas, a whole new outlook.”

Haplea works part-time as sec- retary-treasurer for Sandusky Abrasives. He doesn’t have anoth­er job lined up at this point nor has he received any offers. He plans to stay in the area.

The board passed a resolution Feb. 9 accepting his offer to stay on through the 1996 campaign, which ends Dec. 31,1995.

Haplea said giving the board two years notice will eliminate pres­sure to find a replacement, give the board ample time to look for qualified candidates and conduct interviews.

DeBard agreed.“The timing of his resignation

will allow for the smooth tran­sition that is very important for this key community leadership position,” DeBard said.

Haplea will be sorely missed by many.

“Jack Haplea has been as fine a professional as I have had the good fortune of working with. This is a very, very big job that Jack did just a terrific performance in. I think he’s done a good job in moti­vating volunteers, in working with corporate donors; a true class act,” DeBard said.

“Seven years is a long time to

• See SEARCH, Page A-2

Justice by Islam OK: QadhafiCAIRO. Egypt (AP) - For the

first time, Moammar Gadhafi has said two Libyans can be tried in the United States or Britain for the bombing of Pan Am 103 — but only by a Muslim court that opens its session with the Koran.

“Should there be a court like this,” Gadhafi said on Libyan tele­vision, “we will not mind if they

• See ISLAM, Page A-8

PAGE A-2 — SANDUSKY REGISTER — THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1994

City• Continued from Page A-l could not engage'in or places they could not go,” he said. “ In later

i changed. While you discrimination as a

years, that hi might say that i whole hasn’t changed, Sandusky has gone a long way to change things.

" (Sandusky) always needs improvement, but it’s much better than it used to be. Opportunities for young people now are much better than when I came along. I think that with the progress being made, though its slow, I believe Sandusky is a good place to live and will be better as time goes on. It’s one thing we have to keep striving for.”

And education is one of things to strive for, he said.

“ (Education) starts at home. From the time that (children) become ready to go to school, they should be taught or encouraged about the importance of education in their Uves,” Bennett said. “The only way they're going to make it successfully is to be educated. Education is a one-time thing; they’ve got to get it as they go along; they’ve got to get all they

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can. 1 also believe that they can’t do it haphazardly — they have to be better than even the best.”

Despite the contention that stan­dardized tests are culturally biased against African-Ameri­cans, Bennett doesn’t believe in lowering or raising the test’s stan­dards “ for who you are,” he said.

“ I think (African-Americans) should work to be the best that we can and be able to compete with the best regardless of white or black.”

Wants• Continued from Page A-l usky Finance Director Ed Wid- man said, “but not at this point in time.”

“ Its a difficult question,” Sand­usky City Commissioner Rick Jef­frey said. “Given the right circum­stances and the time to put together the thought* process — yes. But at this day — no. There is

The Family Of Joseph Mularoni

wishes to express our deep and heartfelt thanks to those who remembered us with cards, flowers and prayers in die recent loss of our husband father, grandfather and great-grandfather. We would like to thank Stein Hospice, especially Pat Emmert, Dr. Aiyappasamy, The Bereavement Team or Sts. Peter k Paul's, Fr. Frank Kehres, Fr. Tim Maag, Intern Bill Rose, Erie County Health Dept., especially Ann k Michelle, and a special thanks to Linda Ac Lisa.

Mary Mularoni, Wife, Children, Grandchildren,It Great-Grandchildren

just no way I can do it.”The deadline for filing petitions

with the board of elections is 4 p.m. today.

David Giese, chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party, is holding a press conference at 3 p.m. today to announce the Demo­cratic nominee. “ I will be talking to four or five people,” Giese said.

On Wednesday, Michael Bab­cock, a Democrat, filed petitions for Erie County commissioner at the board of elections, making it a three-way race between Babcock, Jeffery Rengel and Kay Wright.

Harold Butcher is the only Republican to file petitions for commissioner.

Also on Wednesday the Monroe­ville Local School District filed petitions with the board of elec­tions to renew a 6.8-mill, five-year levy for emergency requirements.

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• Continued from Page A-l work in this type of a job. Jack wants somebody else young and fresh to come in and try to see what they can do. There’s only so long you can sustain the perfor­mance. This job doesn’t compen­sate people a whole lot.”

Haplea earns $31,000 a year — $2,000 more than when he was hired in 1987 as United Way of Erie County’s first full-time executive director. For the past several years, his salary has been frozen at $31,000.

Haplea said salary was never a problem because he always had another income.

“We’ve been accountable to the donors and tried to keep adminis­trative costs down,” Haplea said. “ It comes with the territory.”

The job has always been a chal­lenge, if not frustrating at times. The executive director has the unenviable task of going out into the community ana asking for money year after year.

“You’re always looking for new avenues, always having to culti­vate new accounts. It’s a constant educational process,” Haplea said.

But the job has its rewards, too — working with volunteers, know­ing you’re making a difference in the community.

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Dies• Continued from Page A-ltions of the lake look like ice but are actually open water, Adair said.

Besides his wife, Massie is sur­vived by a 17-year-old daughter, Michele.

Massie was the nephew of Put- In-Bay Village councilman Gerold “BUI” Massie.

The elder Massie said Wednes­day night that his nephew helped him drill water wells, and also worked in construction.

“ I think Mike had a nice person­ality. He seemed to get along with aU of his fishermen,” the uncle said. “He was an avid hunter. He hunted deer off the island and fished in the summertime.”

• Continued from Page A-l shop for the word, just for conver­sation.

“Walleye biting a few mUes out.” That’s been the case all win­ter. No word of impending danger.

We stopped at Catawba State Park. It was typicaUy beautiful, and there were perhaps 20 vehicles parked on the ice and hundreds of fishermen spread for miles across the ice.

No threat of impending danger. For those famiUar with the lake this season, this was a typical day.

We went on to the tip of the pen­insula. After entering the ice we spoke with four fishermen who were out there, mUes out, no fish but no warnings of impending dan­ger.

There weren’t many fishermen, a couple way out to our east and three more to the west. We didn’t give it much thought, the fish were way west.

We proceeded on our journey, teUing our favorite stories when suddenly, a mile and a half from the mainland, I went through the ice with my left leg up to the hip.

Shocked and suddenly wary of the stories of Erie’s inconsistent layers of ice, I told my friend that I was cold and valued my life a little more highly than his shanty. I was heading back!

He agreed and we cautiously headed south back to land. Just a few steps later, though, disaster struck; I went through the ice

fuutHxh_ me

from disappearing for good.My limbs caught on some stur­

dier ice and, although I split my lip when it smacked the ice on my way down, I quickly crawling out of my watery ¿rave.

I was soaked to the top of my chest, but fear was such a factor that cold never played a role.

My partner was trying to get to me to help, but I just wanted him to be still and not break anymore ice. We paused and looked for help, but there was none.

We couldn’t go north or south. I already had fallen through in both directions.

My awareness was certainly acute now and, although the expe­rience took just moments, it

again, this time my full body. Only my outspread arms stopping ■ ¡I

Law• Continued from Page A-lof your client for his use of the sew­er project was done without coun­cil approval and contrary to law,” Kasaris wrote in a Feb. 14 letter to Owens.

The waiver effectively stood as an amendment to a 1989 contract the city signed — and which coun­cil approved — with Russell and Kern regarding the Norwalk North Central Sewer District, Kasaris wrote. Only Russell and Kern could have struck such a waiver with the dty, he added.

Borgia said the property owner, Robert E. Meyer, deserved a break because the city didn’t give him proper notification. Accord­ing to an October 1912 letter from Owens, Meyer didn’t want to tap in to the sewer line because he had a septic system, Borgia said.

Meyer also didn t know a lien existed against his property from a previous owner who did not pay the $5,449 tap-in fee, Borgia said.

The waiver of interest was granted “based upon the confu­sion created by a lack of personal notification to Mr. Meyer,” for­mer Law Director Reese Wineman

told Borgia in a Nov. 19, 1993 memo, written four days after Borgia told the finance depart­ment to waive Meyer’s interest.

“ It didn’t take council approval to waive the interest,”, said Bor­gia, adding he made the decision with Wineman and Owens. “That was an administrative matter.”

Kasaris said the developers should have been a part of any decision made.

“ If there’s a problem with a tap- in, Russell and Kern have to be a party to any decision,” Kasaris said. *

«¡¡llig llM refutes Kasaris’ decision city owes the money

because the matter was handled improperly.

“The old law director, who had many more years of experience, is probably more knowledgeable,” Borgia said of Wineman, who served 13 years as Norwalk’s law director before Kasaris took over.

Kasaris still expects Meyer to pay the $3,125 he owes, which includes $578 to Russell and Kern.

“The city doesn’t care who pays it,” Kasaris said, noting the flap between Meyer and the previous owner of the U.S. 250 property. “But somebody’s going to end up paying this.”

seemed like hours.We looked around and It was as

if we suddenly were stuck in a minefield or role players in a bad Rod Sterling episode.

We moved inches at a time in every direction, poking with our spud bar, trying to find that one sliver of ice thick enough to lead us to safety.

But every way we went, even­tually the bar would break through the ice like it was crepe paper. How could something we love so much treat us so cruelly?

It took us almost an hour but finally, somehow, we found a way past the large treacherous region and 20 minutes later we were back on shore. I don’t know how we did it, except for the grace of God.

I was so certain that my time had come that I told my friend that if he made it to please tell my fam­ily my last thoughts were of them.

The “ I-told-you-so” people will have a field day with this, but I don’t care. I ’ll see my girls play ball again. That’s all that matters now.

It isn’t easy to admit that you’re not perfect. We did everything we know to do. We are not amateurs. I have ice fished for 15 years and will again, but not around the Mouse Island area.

My reason for sharing this is the

^ that maybe even one person x spared a terrible fate. Thousands of people continue to

fish the ice at Lake Erie. If you are one, please be careful and, by all means, stay away from the Mouse Island area.

Ten days ago trucks drove over 16 inches of ice in that same area where on Wednesday today I should have lost my life.

Don’t let it happen to you. I knew it all, just like you.

•

Cundiff operates a video produc­tion company in Bucyrus.

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• Continued from Page A-l Sprague said.

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Sprague and Yontz have lived in adjoining blocks of C Street all their lives.

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Lint had accumulated and ignit­ed, which caused the fire to spread up the wall.

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Ice fisherman offers cautionary tale^^^^^■V eteran iceman’s experience betrayed h im |By BOB CUNDIFF

Special to the RegisterMOUSS ISLAND - This story is

hard to share, not because it isn’t impor­tant, but because it is hard to admit wnen one is not indestructible.

Wednesday was an awesome day, bril­liant sun and warmer than usual — a per­fect day for my fishing buddy and 1 to take a trip to Lake E r i e . ^ « « ™ » » « »■We weren’t going to fish, just to retrieve his ice shanty from its winter resting place a few miles out on the ice. We stopped at abait shop for the word, just for conversa­tion.* “Walleye biting a few miles out.” That’s been the case all winter. No word of impending danger.

We stopped at Catawba State Park. It was typically beautiful, and there were perhaps

son, this was a typical day.We went on to the tip of the peninsula.

After entering the ice we spoke with four fishermen who were out there, mUes out : no fish but no warnings of impending danger.

There weren’t many fishermen, a couple way out to our east and three more to the west. We didn’t give it much thought; the fish were way west.

We proceeded on our journey, telling our favorite stories when suddenly, a mile and a half from the mainland, I went throughthe ice with my left leg up to the hip.

.................... mnrof Erie’s inconsistent layers of ice, I told

Shocked and suddenly wary of the stories

friend that I was cold and valued my lifemya little more highly than his shanty. I was

20 vehicles parked on the ice and hundreds heading back! of fishermen spread for miles across the H* agreed and we cautiously tee. headed south back to land. Just a few steps

No threat Of impending danger, later, though, disaster struck - I went For those familiar with tne lake this sea- through the ice again, this time my full

body. Only my outspread arms stopping me from disappearing for good.

My limbs caught on some sturdier ice and, although I split my lip when it smacked the ice on my way down, I quickly crawled out of my watery grave.

I was soaked to the top of my chest, but fear was such a factor that cold never played a role.

My partner was trying to get to me to help, but I just wanted him to be still and not break any more ice. We paused and looked for help, but there was none.

We couldn’t go north or south. I already had fallen through in both directions.

My awarMMS was certainly acute now and, although the experience took just moments, it seemed like hours.

We looked around and it was as if we sud­denly were stuck in a minefield or were role players in a bad Rod Serling episode.

We moved inches at a time in every direc­

tion, poking with our spud bar, tryina to find that one sliver of ice thick enough to lead us to safety.

But every way we went, eventually the bar would break through the ice like it was crepe paper. How could something we love so much treat us so cruelly?

It took us almost an hour but finally, somehow, we found a way past the large treacherous region and 20 minutes later we were back on shore. I don’t know how we did it, except for the grace of God.

I was SS certain that my time had come that I told my friend that if he made it to please tell my family my last thoughts were of them.

The “I-told-you-so” people will have a field day with this, but I don't care. I’ll see my girls play ball again. That’s all that matters now.

It isn’t easy to admit that you’re not per­fect. We did everything we know to do. We

are not amateurs. I have ice fished for IS years and will again, but not around the Mouse Island area.

My reason for sharing this is the hope that maybe even one person will be spared a terrible fate.

Thousands of people continue to fish the ice at Lake Erie. If you are one, please be careful and, by all means, stay away from the Mouse Island area.

Ten days ago trucks drove over 16 inches of ice in that same area where on Wednesday I should have lost my life.

Don’t let it happen to you. I knew it all, just like you.

•

Cundiff operates a video production com­pany in Bucyrus. He was on the ice the same day guide Michael Massie died when his snowmobile broke through the ice off South Bass ¡aland.

A tangle of tractor-trailersBy BRIAN GOTT

StafT Writer SANDUSKY — There was a mess of metal at

the intersection of Ohio 2 and Ohio 101 Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer hauling steel wire collided with a tractor-trailer carryingnew cars.

Neither driver was injured in the 5:30 a.m. cm!}, but at least two cars that were aboard one of the tractor-trailers appeared to be totaled, according to a report from the Sandusky post of

the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Hector Lopez, 29, Lorain, had been parked on

the edge of Ohio 2 in the tractor-trailer flatbed carrying steel and was pulling into the roadway to continue west, according to a patrol report.

But, he pulled into the path of another west­bound tractor-trailer, driven by Luis Torres, 44, also of Lorain, the patrol said.

Torres’ car-carrier contained Cougars, Thun- derbirds, and a van, the patrol said. Several of the vehicles sustained heavy damage and at

least two appeared to be a total loss, the patrol said.

The load of steel wire also came partially off the flatbed, the report said.

Torres’ truck ended up on the right side of the roadway in a grassy area between Ohio 2 and the northbound entrance ramp of Ohio 101.

Lopez was cited for improper starting from a parked position.

The highway patrol did not have a dollar amount of the loss.

OBITUARIES

Qtorgt Abele Sr.SANDUSKY - George E. Abele

Sr., 82, 1083 King St., Sandusky, died Thursday morning in Fire- lands Community Hospital, Sand­usky, after a long illness.

He was born In Sandusky. He was retired from Industrial Nut

^ and had worked part-time dty of Sandusky at Oakland

Cemetery.He was a member of Zion

Lutheran Church, Sandusky. He was a life member of Sandusky Moose Lodge 471 and Sandusky Eagles Aerie 444.

He is survived by one son, George W. Abele Jr. of Sandusky; seven grandchildren; 10 great­grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.a He was preceded in death by his

Erwin G. and Dolly M. (Taylor) Abele; three brothers, |parents,

Norman, Charles and Walter; and two sisters, Virginia Roth and Helen Knauer.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Quick-Park & Nye Funeral Home, 617 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, where Moose Lodge 471 will conduct memorial sendees at 7:30 p.m. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home with the Rev. Richard D. Schieber officiating.

Burial will be in Oakland Ceme­tery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, 503 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, or the donor’s favorite charity.

Qeorge HertzerBELLEVUE - George F. Hertz-

er, 94,122 Friedley Ave., Bellevue, died Thursday in Bellevue Hospi­tal.

He was born Aug. 15, 1899 in North Auburn, Ohio. He retired in 1965 from Bellevue Manufactur-

H i e was a member of Immacii- \ late Conception Church and the

Knights of Columbus.He is survived by his wife, Doro-

-thy (Kehres) Hertzer, whom he married Oct. 6, 1925; two sons, Richard Hertzer of Fremont and Virgil Hertzer of Jackson, Mich.; two daughters, Evelyn Coski of Ashtabula and Eileen Curran of Westerville, Ohio; 11 yaBridtfl-

B dren; and 18 great-grandchildren.was preceded in death by his I

MBfcats. Joseph and Anna Mary

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Foos & Son Funeral Home, 311W. Main St., Bellevue, where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Church, 231 E. Center St., Bellevue, with the Rev. Frank Kehres, nephew of the deceased, Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Sandusky, offi­ciating.

Burial will be in Bellevue Ceme­tery.

Michael MassiePUT—IN—BAY - Michael J.

Massie, 41, of Put-In-Bay, died Wednesday after his snowmobile broke through the ice north of South Bass Island.

He was born Feb. 5,1953 in Ely­ria. He was the owner and opera­tor of Island Innovation Inc. He ran Mike’s Ice Fishing for 28 years and his wife helped him for 15 years.

He was a member of Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, Put-In- Bay.

He is survived by his wife, Rachele; one daughter, Michele at home; his father, Clarence Massie of Florida; his mother, Rose May- baugh of South Amherst; one brother, James Mamie of Vermi­lion; three sisters, Joan Massie of Elyria, Rose Faight of Wakeman and Pat Barylski of Fort Wayne, Ind.

There will be no visitation. Memorial services will be 10

a.m. Monday in St. Peter’s Church, 35749 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville, Ohio, and 11 a.m. Tuesday in Mother of Sor­rows Catholic Church, Put-In-Bay.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s favorite char­ity.

The Neidecker-LeVeck ft Crass­er Funeral Home, 122 Adams St., Port Clinton, is in charge of arrangements.

David Enzor, 73, was active with coon dogs, Butler Twp.

SHILOH — David F. Enzor, 73, Lattimer Road, Shiloh died early Wednesday at home after a one year illness.

He was born July 9,1920 on the family homestead on Noble Road East, Shiloh. He attended elemen­tary school at Lone Elm, a one- room school on the family home­stead. He was a 1937 graduate of Butler Township High School in Adario.

He retired in 1981 from the Shi­loh branch of the Richland County Highway Dept, as a foreman after 21 years. He drove a school bus for nine years, worked at the forme. Lamiell’s Feed Mill in Greenwich and farmed for many years.

He was a Butler Township trust­ee for 18 years and was one of the charter members of the Rural Coon Hunters Association of Huron County. Because of his interest in dogs and hunting, Jie attended the Kenton National Field Trials for 52 years. He served for 36 years as the Demo­cratic Central Committee person for Butler Township. He also held various positions on the Butler

Township Farmer’s Institute Board.

He is survived by his wife, Vir­ginia Rosalee (Brown) Enzor, whom he married April 8,1939; two sons, Robert David Enzor of Greenwich and Michael Morrell Enzor of Ashland; six grandchil­dren; four step-grandchildren; and two sisters, Nellie L. Egner of Greenwich and Nina M. Tennis of Shiloh.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Morrell R. and Leola (Chambers) Enzor.

Family visitation was Thurs­day.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. today until services at 2 p.m. today in the Shenandoah Christian Church. The Rev. Gus Lohrum will officiate.

Burial will be in Bethel Ceme­tery, Ohio 13 North, Shiloh.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shenandoah Christian Church, 5642 Ohio 13 North, Shiloh, Ohio 44878.

The Eastman Funeral Home, 49 West Main St., Greenwich, is in charge of arrangements.

■ He was p re c e d e d te ÿ ^ v ^ gparents, Joseph aiM Hertzer; one brother, Cletus; and

¡three sisters, Zita Studer, Dora Studer and Lulu Studer.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.

Harley SharplessWILLARD — Harley L. Sharp-

less, 67, 134 Lake Holiday Lane, Willard, died Tuesday evening in The Cleveland Clinic after a brief illness.'

He was born Sept. 20,1926 in Wil­lard and lived all his life in the Wil- lard-Celeryville area. He was a retired plumber at D.C.S.C. in Columbus, also working at Wilkins Air Force Depot and NASA Plum Brook in Sandusky.

He was a member of the Chris­tian Reformed Church and AARP.

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He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Jane (Petersen) Sharpless, whom he married Oct. 18,1946; one daugh­ter, Mrs. Jerry (Sharon) Polachek of Willard; one sister, Evelyg Wag­ner of Clearwater, Fla.; and two brothers, Ervin Sharpless of Orlando, Fla. and Donald Sharp­less of Albuquerque, N.M.; and two grandchildren.

Ite was preceded in death by one son, Lee Sharpless in 1977; one brother, Willard Sharpless in 1985; and his parents, Edward Sharp­less in 1985 and Ida (Wiers) Sharp­less in 1981.

Visitation was Thursday. Services will be 1 p.m. today in

Christian Reformed Church, 4180 Ohio 103 South, Celeryville, with the Rev. Dr. Larry Sharpless, nephew of the deceased, and the Rev. Don Gephart, Willard Chris­tian Alliance Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, New Haven.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Celeryville Christian School, Broadway Road, Willard,

* Ohio 44890, or the donor’s favorite charity.

The Lindsey Funeral Home, 323 Myrtle Ave., Willard, is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Senter *WILLARD - Mary Elizabeth

“Liz” Senter, 82, 516 W. Pearl St., Willard, died Wednesday afternoon in Mercy Hospital after an apparent heart attack.

She was born Oct. 2, 1911 in McGoffin County, Ky. and had lived in Willard since 1928. She was a balloon striper at Pioneer Rub­ber Company in Willard for 33 years, retiring in 1969.

She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary. She raised parakeets for many years.

She is survived by her husband, James A. Senter, whom she mar-

ried Nov. 29,1952; one son, Richard “Bud” Adams of Steuben, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Herb (Don­na) Bareiter of Liberty Center, Ohio and Mrs. Glenn (Shirley) Holmes and Mrs. Tom (Jean) Michalski, both of Willard; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grand­children; two great-great-grand- children; and one sister, Anna Gerber, Willard.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wed and Flora (Ste­phens) Risner; two brothers, Til- den and Green Risner; and one sis­ter, Verna Miller.

Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Lindsey Funeral Home, 323 Myrtle Ave., Willard, where services will be 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Eric Faulkner officiating.

Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, New Haven.

WEATHER

Local: Today, mostly sunny and warmer. High near 60. South wind 10 to 20 mph. Tonight, becoming cloudy. Low in the upper 40s. Saturday, cloudy with a chance of showers. High near 60. Chance of rain is 50 percent.ExtOftdod: Sunday, showers likely. Lows in the 40s. Highs 45 to 55. Monday, fair and cooler. Lows in the 30s. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Tuesday, chance of rain. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Highs 35 to 45.Laka Erie: Today, south winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots. Tonight, south winds 10 to 20 knots becoming southwest to 30 knots. The lake is mostly ice covered.Nation: A Western storm pounded California with^yain, snow and high winds Thursday. The weather was unseasonably mild across much of the Midwest and parts of the South.

The Western storm moved into California from the Pacific Ocean before heading east across the inland mountain ranges. It brought wind gusts of 67 mph to Point Bonita in the San Francisco Bay area and 50 mph near Sacramento.

Nearly five inches of rain fell at Three Peaks, in the mountains of Monterey, Calif. More than 2.5 inches fell at Venado, north of San Francisco.

Heavy snow spread across the Cascades, Siskiyous and the Sierra Nevada, all the way to the mountains of Southern California. Nine inches of snow fell at Castle Peak in California’s Sierra Nevada

Snow also feil on portions of the Intermountain region and the central Rockies, with accumulations reported as far east as southwestern Colorado. Four inches of snow was reported in Kyle Canyon, Nev.

More snow was forecast for the region later in the week, with as much as three feet expected to accumulate in some areas, the National Weather Service said. A winter storm warning was posted through Friday for the mountains of Utah.

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DAILY LOG

Sandusky policeEDNESDAY. Feb. 1WEDNESD

■ 9:40 a.m. — Reports of a MiUs School student with a knife.

■ 10:03a.m. — Request for an officer in the 1300 block of Cleveland Road.

■ 11:13 a.m. — Theft in the 1100 Mock of E. Shoreway Drive.

■ 3:37 p.m. — Juveniles fighting at Clay and Pierce streets.

■ 4:44 p.m. — Jeff Payton, 21,2140 Park­view Drive, charged with obstructing offi­cial business and assault after allegedly punching and kicking a woman and flee­ing from police.

■ 4:47 p.m. — Domestic argument in the 900 bloat of Stone St.

■ 5:33 p.m. — High school student threatened to shoot a teacher, punched lockers and resisted a policeman’s attempts to subdue him. Student charged with resisting arrest, criminal damaging and disorderly conduct and taken to the detention home.

■ 5:39 p.m. — Domestic argument in the 1200 block of Polk St.

charged ■ d ru g abuse, assault, resist- arrest and disorderly conduct after

10:19 p.m. — 15-year-old Juvenile_ . iW&T

poLiT received a complaint that he assaulted his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend.

Sandusky Are WEDNESDAY, Feb. IS

■ 12:08 p m. - Rose Megght, 79, ISO« Campbell St., Ul. Providence.

■ 5 * 0 p.m. - Jossie Nesbitt, t t , M Franklin St., ill, Providence

■ 5:14 p.m. — Christina Bates, 7,1012 Hancock, injured, Firelands

THURSDAY. Feb. 17■ 1:23 a.m. — Eleanor Butts, 04, 012

Buchanan SI., Ul, taken to Providence.Perkins police

WEDNESDAY. Fpb. 10■ 10:30a.m. —Threats reported at OVH.■ 11:50 a.m. - Assault at Matthews

Ford.Perkins fire

WEDNESDAY, Feb. M■ 940 a.m. — Harry Maronski, 74, OVH,

Ul, Providence.■2:10 p.m. — Kathy K. Dehaan, 25,2012

Fox Run Trail, injured. Providence.

Sarah MooreTOLEDO - Sarah “Sally"

Moore, 25, Hidden Pines Way, Toledo, died Monday in The Tole­do Hospital after a long illness.

She attended the University of Toledo where she was a member of Kappa Delta Pi sorority. She had been a member of the UT Presi­dent’s Club and was a child life assistant at The Toledo Hospital.

She is survived by her parents, Robert S. and Grace H. Moore of Toledo; one sister, Carolyn (Dr. Terry) Wiseman of Huron; one brother, Steven Moore of Pitts­burgh, Pa.; one nephew; and two nieces.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. today in St. Michael’s In The Hills Episcopal Church, Toledo.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foun­dation of Northwest Ohio, 1 Stra- nahan Square, Suite 518, Toledo, Ohio 43604 or to The Toledo Hospi­tal, Child Life Department, 2142 North Cove Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43606.

Fred Tasker, MDNOTICI

Dr. Tasker is pleased to announce the transfer of all o f his patient medical records and charts to:

PARSCHAUER EYE CENTER 2020 HAYES AVENUE

SANDUSKY, OH 44870

(419) 625-6181

Dr. Tasker would like to thank all of his patients for their patronage and support throughout his years in practice.