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Expansionprogressingat JeffersonbusinessesBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Two businessesin the Village of Jefferson are ei-ther in the midst of expanding orare considering it.

Village Administrator TerryFinger shared some positive busi-ness news during the JeffersonVillage Council meeting on Mon-day, Feb. 6.

“Presrite Corporation’s plant ex-pansion is progressing as planned,”Finger noted in his report.

Presrite is in the process of fin-ishing an 80,000-square-feet addi-tion at its facility on 322 S. Cucum-ber Rd. in Jefferson. In 2011,Presrite had received a 75-percenttax exemption for five years on the$2.2 million that will be investedin the project. The $2.2 million willbe invested solely in the 80,000-square-foot addition.

Presrite expects to retain 334jobs at the project site because ofthe addition, with an estimatedcorresponding payroll of $7.8 mil-lion, according to the tax-abate-ment application. The warehous-ing, processing and shipping de-partments are moving into the ad-dition, which is needed because ofan increase of business from itscustomers.

“Management advised us thatthe expanded plant is alreadyplanned to be fully occupied,” Fin-ger said. “They recently placed anorder for 19 million pounds of vari-ous types of steel bar stock to meetadditional orders.”

Finger also shared some newscoming from King Luminaire. Hesaid the company is thinkingahead for a possible expansion.

“King Luminaire managementmet with village officials to discussthe need for attachment to thesewer to accommodate future ex-pansion currently in the planningstages,” Finger said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEThe Jefferson members of the District V Honors Choir pose for a picture in their choir outfits. They chose to dress up instead ofwearing robes. Pictured are (front) Becca Banks, Mallory Severa, Clayton Ketola, Valerie Brice, Audra Franley (back) Justin Brown,Nick LaGrange and Patrick Martin

JAHS Honor Choir members raise their voices in song

BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - “This is the best highschool Honors Choir that we have had inyears!” exclaimed Jefferson Area Junior/Senior High School choir director KelliOlesky upon returning from the District Vevent.

For two days, students and directorsgathered together in Youngstown from allover Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoningcounties. Their joint purpose was to raisetheir voices in song under the direction of

Dr. Steve Ausmann, a professor at YSU.Olesky, who is also the chairperson for the

district, was trilled with this year’s event.“I was very excited that all of the other di-

rectors took it as seriously as I did and workedwith the students prior to the event. It wastruly an honor to be a part of Honors Choirthis year,” she said.

As a director, Oleksy also said, “I am veryproud of all of the students that went (juniorhigh and high school). They did a great jobrepresenting Jefferson! They were hard work-ing and well prepared! I would take them allagain.”

Senior Brad Weisbarth was attending Hon-ors Choir for the first time.

“It was a really great experience. I learnedthat you can have the same song sound verydifferent depending on the director,” he said.

Like Weisbarth, Shelby Potter and BrittneyTeter were going to Youngstown for the firsttime.

Potter, a junior, said, “The whole thing wasamazing. Dr. Ausmann was a wonderful di-rector and everybody there was extremely niceand really talented.”

See CHOIR page 6A

Winterfest warms upwith spring-like weatherBY SADIEPORTMANGazetteNewspapers

GENEVA -Even withouts n o w ,G e n e v a ’ sW i n t e r f e s twas still a goon Saturdaywith its an-nual paradeand Chil iCook-Off.

Some of theusual eventswere canceled,such as thes n o w m o b i l erides and iceskating, butthe festivitieswere still heldt h r o u g h o u tthe day, suchas the icesculpting.

“In the pastthey’ve alwaysdone a snow-mobile ride,”C h r i s t i n eHarting, direc-tor of theW i n t e r f e s tpageant, said.“I don’t thinkthat’s looking very promising atthis point seeing that we don’thave enough snow.”

Although the snow did notmake an appearance, snowmenstill filled the streets as the an-nual snowman contest was heldby local businesses decoratingsnowmen to be placed on lampposts and other places through-out the city.

See EXPANSION page 7A

PHOTO BY DEE RILEYAlexa Jordan, from Ashtabula, strikes a pose besidethe ice carvings by the Kent State Ice Carvers inthe North Broadway parking lot.

See WINTERFEST page 4A

BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - On the March 6ballot, the Ashtabula Area CitySchools (AACS) will have an addi-tional 6.8-mill emergency levy for afive-year period. AACS officials re-cently went to the City of Ashtabulaasking council members for their sup-port.

“We are facing a financial emer-gency, an educational emergency anda community emergency,” JosephDonatone, superintendent of theAACS district, said.

Over two years, AACS has lost$1.7 million in state aid. AACS offi-

Ashtabula Council votes in support of school levycials said they will not get additionalaid from either the state or federallevel, with the economy only predict-ing future cuts.

“There has been no increase inlocal property value, which meansthat our local property revenue is flat.We have not received any new localfunds since the year 2000,” Donatonesaid.

AACS has reduced its operatingbudget by $4 million over the pastfive years, and the district has elimi-nated over 100 teaching, staff, extra-curricular and administration posi-tions.

Other changes are being imple-mented, such as French classes be-

ing eliminated in the high school andthe way technology is used andtaught throughout the school day.

“We are losing programs such asall-day, everyday kindergarten. Nextyear we will reduce it to half daysevery other day,” Donatone said. “Weare reducing the size of our pre-school.”

Donatone said a strong school sys-tem affects the community as well asa weakened system.

“Without a strong educational sys-tem in our community, that trans-lates directly into a less skilled workforce and fewer jobs and people to fillthem,” Donatone said.

See LEVY page 6A

Geneva Schools students showcaseresearch at annual Science Fair

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - More than 150Geneva students spent weekscrunching numbers, analyzingdata, documenting results andimagining new possibilities as theyprepared to explain their researchprojects before judges at theGeneva Schools science fair lastweek.

According to fair coordinatorWendy Booth, a GHS Biologyteacher, the school’s annual cel-ebration of science has become amuch anticipated event.

“We are fortunate to have suchsupportive parents and communitymembers who serve as mentors forour student scientists,” said Booth.“And we have a contingent of ex-perienced volunteer judges whoteam up with teachers and Ad-vanced Placement science studentsto evaluate the projects our kidswork so hard on. This year, a local

PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSScientific Minds. Geneva Middle School seventh-grader EmilyForman explains her research project focusing on the effect oftemperature variations on fingerprints for judges Evan Jahn, JerryRoss and Jeremy Williams of Waste Management at the GenevaSchools Science Fair last week.

business, Waste Management,sent five volunteer judges and do-nated Earth-friendly insulatedcups for each science fair partici-pant.”

The rewards for completing an

inquiry-based project are great,and Geneva students success indistrict state competitions in pastyears has literally put the schooldistrict on the map for science edu-

See SCIENCE page 9A

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MORGAN TOWNSHIP -Bill McMinn is known as thepastor of Eagleville BibleChurch. McMinn opens hisarms to whomever walksthrough the church’s doors.

“We want them to feelcomfortable, never embar-rassed,” McMinn said. “Theycan come here and they’renot going to be pointed out.”

Although McMinn’s min-istries might be the numberone things he is known for,McMinn and his family haveanother passion of buyingand selling antiques and col-lectibles.

Walking into his office,pictures of the City ofAshtabula and Geneva fromthe early 1900s can be seenon the walls, along with an-tique toys on the shelf andtin posters of gasoline andcola advertisements nailedto the walls.

McMinn said sometimeshis hobby can test his faithas he has to negotiate in afair and faith-based manner.

“We’re buyers and sellers,there are a whole bunch ofcut-throats out there,”McMinn said. “My hobby issomething that’s highly com-petitive. You’ve got dozensand dozens of buyers, andyou have to bargain in a way

McMinn finds vocation in God and antiquesMeet Your Neighbor

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANBill McMinn stands by his wife Jeri. McMinn is pastor at Eagleville Bible Church and abuyer and seller of antiques.

that’s not greedy, in way thatis kind.”

Being born inWilmington, Delaware, andgrowing up in northeastPennsylvania, McMinn’spassion for antiques goesback to his childhood,something he cannot quiteexplain as neither his fa-

ther nor mother were col-lectors.

“I used to go out as a boyand dig up old milk bottlesand other items,” McMinnsaid. “I’ve always loved an-tiques.”

Even McMinn’s wife, Jeri,loves the antique business,as it has become a special

time for their family as theywake up early on Saturdaysto hit a list of garage saleswith promising items.

“We spent miles andmiles together going toyard sales and walkingthrough flea markets andgoing to auctions,”McMinn said. “That was

one thing that really keptthe family together be-cause we had this hobbythat we all did together.”

McMinn said on a familyvacation, they made a gameout of buying and sellingtheir way to New Jersey.

“We had a big competitionon the trip of who could findthe best piece,” McMinnsaid.

One of their biggest findsinvolves a Beatles kickballthey bought for 10 cents andended up selling it for $1,600to a man in Beverly Hills,California.

“I didn’t even think muchof the ball when we boughtit,” McMinn said. “My buddycame over and said he hadnever even seen one like thisbefore because it’s a kickball.They pop and get beat upand thrown away.”

McMinn said wheneverhe buys and sells his an-tiques, he brings along hisChristian beliefs.

“You have to be out for thesuccess of others and not justfor yourself, and I think thatis what the challenge is,”McMinn said.

McMinn said his hobby isa way to have down timefrom his job as pastor.

“It takes so much time[to be a pastor] and you’renever done,” McMinn said.“There’s so much to do and

you can’t do it all. It’s arace for every Sunday.”

Although being apreacher is time consuming,McMinn said he would neverchange his career path.

“I love helping people,”McMinn said.

McMinn does not justserve as pastor and coun-selor to his parishioners.He also is active in hiscommunity, serving as asoccer coach and alwaysbeing the first one to comeout to support theJefferson Falcons, whetherit is watching the annualperformance of Falcon Fol-lies or going to a Fridaynight football game.

McMinn said life is aboutcommunity and helping outeveryone around you, nomatter their race, creed orheritage.

“If I help someone, I thinkthat’s what makes life worthliving,” McMinn said. “If youjust live for yourself I thinkit’s going to be a sad exist-ence.”

Know any clubs, organi-zations or people who shouldbe featured in the Gazette’snew “Meet Your Neighbor”weekly feature? E-mail sug-gestions of those in theAshtabula-, Geneva- andJefferson-area communitiesto [email protected].

Feb. 8 Jefferson:Board of Healthmeeting

The next regular meetingof the Ashtabula CountyBoard of Health will be heldon the second Wednesday ofthe month, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m.The meeting will be held inthe basement of theAshtabula County HealthDepartment at 12 WestJefferson St., Jefferson.

Feb. 8 Jefferson:Fair Board meeting

The Board of Directors ofthe Ashtabula County Agri-cultural Society will meet at8 p.m. on Wednesday in theConcession Building at theFairgrounds in Jefferson.

Feb. 9 Ashtabula:Children ServicesBoard meeting

The Ashtabula CountyChildren Services Board willhold its regular monthlyboard meeting on Thursday,Feb. 9, at the Children Ser-vices Board offices located at3914 “C” Court, Ashtabula.Executive session will beginat 8 a.m., followed by thepublic meeting at 9 a.m.

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - JeffersonVillage Council passed thethird and final reading of anordinance dealing with theclean-up of clandestine druglabs and assessing costs tolandowners during its meet-ing on Monday, Feb. 6.

With this ordinance,Jefferson Council follows inthe footsteps of Geneva-on-the-Lake Village Council,the members of whichpassed legislation last yearthat makes the propertyowners responsible for theclean-up costs of a meth lab,not the municipality.

The need for such legis-lation began when theJefferson Police Departmenttook down a methamphet-amine lab on Elliot Avenue

AshtabulaCounty Meetings

Jefferson Council passes meth-lab ordinancein the Village of Jefferson onFriday evening, Dec. 2. TheJefferson Police Departmenthad to contact the Bureau ofCriminal Investigation to as-sist with the clean up of thelab. Mayor Judy Maloneysaid the clean up will costthe village between $4,000to $6,000.

Small municipalities areresponsible for the clean upof meth labs, unless theyhave ordinances shifting theresponsibility elsewhere,thus the ordinance nowpassed by council.

With this new ordinance,council makes the owner ofthe property where the druglab is located responsible forthe costs of clean up.

For the purposes of theordinance, “clandestine druglab” means the unlawfulmanufacture or attempt to

manufacture controlled sub-stances. It also means anyplace or area where law en-forcement has determinedthat conditions associatedwith the operation of a clan-destine drug lab exist. Thelab may include industrial,commercial and residentialbuildings and dwellings, in-cluding accessory buildings,accessory structures, motorvehicles, a chemicaldumpsite or any land.

These drug labs, whenidentified by law enforce-ment authorities, will be de-clared to be public healthnuisances. When the villageadministrator receives no-tice of the lab, he willpromptly issue a Declarationof Public Health Nuisancefor the affected property andpost a copy of the declarationat the entrance to the dwell-

ing, according to the ordi-nance.

When the administratoror police chief determinesthere is an immediate threatof human exposure or injury,the village may conductemergency dismantling anddisposal of drug processingapparatus and/or chemicals.

“To the extent permittedby law, the individual or en-tity responsible, and/or theowner of the property wherethe site is found, shall be li-able to the village for itscosts incurred in conductingthe emergency dismantlingand disposal,” the ordinancereads.

The administrator alsowill notify the owner of theproperty by mail, as well asnotify the occupants of thepremises, all adjacent prop-erty owners and any other

neighbors at probable riskand the primary and second-ary mortgage holders.

The proposed ordinancealso allows the administra-tor to order the owner of theproperty to do the following:

—Cause the immediatevacation of all portions of theproperty which may placethe occupants or visitors atrisk.

—Contract with appro-priate environmental test-ing and cleaning firms toconduct an on-site assess-ment, complete clean up andremediation testing and fol-low up testing and deter-mine that the property risksare sufficiently reduced toallow safe human occupa-tion of the dwelling.

—Provide the adminis-trator with written docu-mentation of the clean-up

process, including a signedwritten statement from theenvironmental testing andcleaning firm that the prop-erty is safe for human occu-pancy and that the clean upwas conducted. The ownermust complete theremediation and post-remediation assessmentwithin 90 days from the dateof the Declaration of PublicNuisance.

“The property ownershall be responsible for allcosts of clean up of the site,including contractor fees,”the ordinance reads.

If the property owner failsto make arrangements, theadministrator is allowed toinitiate the clean up. If thevillage cannot locate theproperty owner within 14days of the declaration, theadministrator is authorizedto proceed with the clean up.

“The village shall be en-titled to recover all costs ofabatement of the public nui-sance. The village may re-cover costs by civil actionagainst the person or per-sons who own the property,or by assessing such costs asa special assessment pursu-ant to the Ohio RevisedCode,” the ordinance reads.

Anyone found violatingthe ordinance is guilty of afirst-degree misdemeanor.

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

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JEFFERSON - JeffersonArea High School, like manyschools in the United Statesand Canada, has been offer-ing Advanced Placement(AP) courses for severalyears.

This program is spon-sored by the College Board,a membership associationformed in 1900 that sellsstandardized tests to mea-sure a student’s ability. TheAP curriculum, which beganin 1998, is recognized to beequivalent to undergraduatecourses in college. Collegesgrant credit for high scoreson the test.

The College Board offers34 AP courses to choose

Angel Moriarty is one of the students in AP Studio Art.PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROME

Jennifer Hall works on a project during AP Studio Art.

Smart Art: Students dig deep in AP Arts Class

from. The most commonwas AP United States His-tory, with over 340,000 stu-dents taking the exam in2008. The least commonwas AP Italian Languageand Culture, with just under2,000 students taking theexam that year.

Somewhere in between isAP Studio Art, one of severalAP courses offered at JAHS.

“I believe we are the onlyschool in the county that of-fers AP Art,” explainedValori Curie, JAHS artteacher.

That’s something thisyear’s students are proud of.

This year Curie has fourAP students, although in thepast she’s had as many as14. Those students arePatrick Martin, AngelMoriarty, Logan Derbin and

Jennifer Hall. Each one is asenior and has had Curie asa teacher for at least threeyears.

Unlike the AP courseswhere students take a stan-dardized test to assess theirknowledge, this program re-quires a portfolio. The Col-lege Central website ex-plains that the AP Studio Artoffers three portfolios:Drawing, 2-D Design and 3-D Design.

“Portfolio includes workdone over a single year orlonger, in class or on theirown,” Curie said.

Curie explained this fur-ther by saying that eachportfolio must includepieces in Quality. For thisstudents can select theworks that best exhibit asynthesis of form, technique

and content.Next, they must submit 12

pieces in Breadth that dem-onstrate a serious groundingin visual principles and ma-terial techniques.

Finally, the studentsmust submit 12 pieces ofConcentration. The Concen-tration section asks studentsto demonstrate a depth ofinvestigation and process ofdiscovery.

Derbin said the examplesthey’re looking at really digdeep.

“It’s scary. The conceptsare profound and emo-tional,” Derbin said.

Derbin’s Concentrationcenters on memories andhow they are exaggerated inour minds.

“I have journals ofdoodles, drawings of build-

ings swaying. Everymemory look is whimsical,”he explained.

Hall explained that herConcentration is cities.

“I am focusing on differ-ent aspects of city life,” shesaid, “and how the elementscould be found in the ruralareas, too.”

One painting Hall had forher portfolio was of a treestump with vehicles insteadof ants.

“The kids must write acommentary, too, to describethe body of work and thejourney,” Curie said. “Be-cause the Concentrationsare unique, we try to find anunderlying theme. For ex-ample, Angel (Moriarty) hasa hand in all of her pieces.”

“I also have a lot of ma-cabre puns, “ Moriarty said.

Curie explained thatsomething that is macabrehas death as a subject anddwells on the gruesome,while puns use a word in ahumorous way that suggestsmore than one meaning.

Martin, who plays theviolin, is also still working onnarrowing his concentrationdown.

“Most all of my drawingshave a violin somewhere, “Martin said.

Occasionally Curie’s APclass takes a break from therigor of preparing their port-folio. Before Christmas, forexample, the class took threedays to decorate the class-room door. They used a pop-up book theme and the doorhad moving parts. They wonfirst prize of $50, which Cu-rie will use to buy art supplies.

Jefferson Area SeniorHigh School StudentCouncil raised moneyon Friday for JordanTrenn, a 2010 graduateof JAHS who wasrecently seriouslyinjured in a car accident.Students were asked todonate $1 for theprivilege of wearing ahat all day on Friday.Many kids gave morethan $1, including SamCaskey who donated$40. “It’s for Jordan,”he said. Caskey’sbrother, DJ, is goodfriends with Trenn. Inthe photo, Studentcouncil member KaydeeDevivo presents JeremyTrenn with nearly $250raised during Friday’sHat Day in his brother’shonor.

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROME

Put on your hatsPut on your hats


JEFFERSON - AJefferson Village councilorshared his thoughts oncouncil’s decision to pursuethe purchase of the oldJefferson Elementary Schoolduring a council meeting onMonday, Feb. 6, and the vil-lage solicitor gave an updateon the status of the courtcase regarding the referen-dum petitions.

Court of Common PleasJudge Alfred Mackey is ex-pected to give a judgment onthe case involving the refer-

endum petitions and theschool purchase in about amonth, Solicitor JeromeLemire said.

Former Jefferson VillageCouncilor and ReferendumCommittee member KenFertig and his attorney, KyleSmith, are seeking a de-claratory judgment fromMackey on whether the citi-zens who attempted to placea referendum on the Novem-ber 2012 ballot regardingthe school purchase by coun-cil followed the proper stepsor not. Fertig has filed a civilcomplaint against Village ofJefferson Clerk/Treasurer

Patty Fisher and VillageAdministrator Terry Finger.

The referendum commit-tee and the village have beenat odds over council’s deci-sion to purchase the build-ing and property at the oldJefferson Elementary Schoolon 104 E. Jefferson St. for$300,000. The deal consistsof $150,000 in cash and anadditional $150,000 creditpackage for in-kind laborand improvements spreadover an unspecified period oftime. The village intends touse the property for the po-lice department, whichneeds the additional room.

With the case ongoing,Lemire said the temporaryrestraining order forbiddingthe village from going outand purchasing the propertyuntil the issue has been re-solved in the court remainsin place. He said the villagedidn’t fight the order, as italso wants a judgment fromMackey on the matter.

Councilor Brian Diehlshared some backgroundabout the matter from hisperspective during the meet-ing Monday.

“During the budget pro-cess in December 2009, adiscussion was held regard-ing the expansion of the po-lice department,” Diehl said.“The finance committee andthe police department

agreed that it was not fis-cally prudent to pursue anexpansion at that time.”

He said the request wasmade for a few reasons, in-cluding:

• The current facilities donot provide adequate facili-ties to meet Ohio RevisedCode 2901.13 requirementsfor the collection and reten-tion of evidence.

• The current facilitiesrequire that suspects be in-terviewed at the kitchentable, also used by the em-ployees for breaks andmeals.

• The current facilities donot meet the requirements ofSenate Bill 77, 128th legis-lature, regarding interview-ing and detaining suspects.

Diehl said the requestwas made again in Decem-ber 2010, and this time thefinance committee agreedwith the need and that thecost could be supported.

“After consulting withSmolen Engineering, theexpansion was estimated at$150,000 and would providean additional 960 squarefeet,” Diehl said. “This wouldprovide the necessary spaceto the police department butis also a significant cost topay for limited space. Due tothe location of the existingstation, no further expan-sion would be possible in the

future.”Given the cost and lim-

ited space, council and theadministration felt that thiswould not be an ideal solu-tion, Diehl said. He said theschool was presented as analternative, and councilagreed to allow the admin-istrator to pursue negotia-tions.

“After negotiations withthe school, the best possiblebid accepted was $150,000cash and $150,000 [in] in-kind services,” Diehl said.“Lower offers were presentedand denied by the school.

Because of concerns onthe matter, a $25,000 cap onin-kind services per year wasplaced on the bid, essentiallyproviding a no-interest loanfrom the school to the villagefor a minimum of six years,Diehl said.

“After the inspection re-port was received, a bid wasobtained from a reputablelocal contractor to determinecosts of repairing all defi-ciencies noted in the inspec-tion report,” Diehl said.“This not-to-exceed bid was$25,000.”

“Given the total cost of$325,000, $150,000 of whichwas not in cash and could bespread over a minimum ofsix years, the majority ofcouncil felt that this was thepreferred alternative to

meet the needs of the policestation expansion,” Diehlsaid. “$325,000 for a 12,000-square-foot commercialbuilding on four acres of vil-lage property is more thanreasonable. It was also theminimum that would be ac-cepted by the school.”

Diehl said the buildingand property also offered afull commercial kitchen andwould complete the parkspace on Market Street.

Given that the buildingwas purchased by taxpayersthroughout the school dis-trict, not just those in thevillage, Diehl said the villageis “buying out” their portionof the property.

“Although no negotia-tions can be held until thevillage owns the building,interested parties have ap-proached the village regard-ing leasing the other half ofthe building,” Diehl said.“This provides a potentialincome stream that wouldhelp cover the cost of thebuilding.”

Diehl said the school pur-chase is a better alternativethan expanding in the lim-ited space at the current po-lice station.


Decision in referendum casenot expected for a month

Logan Derbin is a student in AP Studio Art.


The Geneva Fire De-partment welcomed thefestival’s visitors with freedonuts, coffee and hot co-coa and provided tours ofthe fire station.

The Geneva First UnitedMethodist Church held itspancake breakfast and en-tertainment by bands andJungle Terry filled the day

WINTERFEST From page 1A

with family fun.The Geneva area

proved even with this un-usual spring weather, theycan still have winter funduring Winterfest.

Sadie Portman, re-porter for the Gazette, maybe reached at [email protected].

PHOTO BY DEERILEY

MadelynnMcKinney,

age 7, ofGeneva

watches thechildren at

the InflatablePlay Land atthe GenevaRecreation

Center. Madelynn is

the Little MissGrapette 1st

attendant for2011.

PHOTO BY DEERILEYMakhailaKriglein, sixyears old, ofGeneva,volunteers tohelp RonaldMcDonaldwith thismagic tricksat theGenevaCommunityCenter.

PHOTO BY DEE RILEYJungle Terry displays a python for the crowd of engagedchildren.

PHOTOS BY SADIEPORTMAN

The Veterans ofForeign Wars Color

Guard marchesdown Geneva’s

streets, leading theWinterfest parade.

The City ofGeneva hadspecial visitors intheir firetrucksduring theparade, allowingtwo local boys tocome along forthe ride.

The YoungMarines show

their skills asthey march

carrying theflags of theircountry and

organization.

PHOTO BY DEE RILEYIsabella Tapia, 20 months old, pets her first alpaca at theGeneva Winterfest. Alpaca Mustache Pete is from RoyalApacas in Madison and owned by Micheal Luban.Isabella is held by Sharon Glover.

The Ashtabula Rodand Gun Clubcame dressed inauthentic earlysettlers garb andalso brought alongwith them their four-legged friends.

The Geneva Boys Scout troop walked together duringSaturday’s afternoon parade.

The Winterfest pageant winners wave to the crowd.

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The Winterfest pageant winners had a chance to ride inthe parade Saturday afternoon, greeting the crowdslining the city’s streets.

LEFT: Geneva’s other main pageant winners, theGrapettes, also had a chance to represent the City ofGeneva in the parade.

Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary students carry their school’s banner in the Winterfest parade.

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JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce has announcedthe details for its 59th an-nual Citizen of the YearAwards Banquet.

This year, the Citizen ofthe Year Awards Banquetwill be held Tuesday, March27, at the Jefferson Commu-nity Center, located at 11 E.Jefferson St. Social hour willbegin at 6 p.m., with dinnerbeing served at 7 p.m.

During the dinner, sev-eral awards will be givenout, including two that resi-dents can submit nomina-tions for. The Jefferson AreaChamber of Commerce isaccepting nominations forthe Citizen of the Year andthe Youth of the Year.

The intent of the Citizenof the Year award is to rec-

Jefferson Area Chamber acceptingnominations for Citizen of the Year

ognize a resident of theJefferson Area School Dis-trict communities (or non-resident who works inJefferson or has a significantpresence in Jefferson) for hisor her significant efforts and/or service in 2011 or recentyears that advance the bestinterests of the Jeffersonarea as stated in theChamber’s Mission State-ment.

Since the Chamber canonly pick one person a year,Chamber officials encouragepeople who have nominatedsomeone in the past who hasnot yet been honored tonominate that person again.

With the Youth of theYear award, the Chamberrecognizes a student orformer student (between theages of 15 and 21) of theJefferson Area School Dis-trict for his/her significantefforts and/or service in his/

her community and/or thegreater school district com-munities.

The nomination may bebased upon a major serviceproject in 2011 or accumula-tion of service over the pastfew years that advances thebest interests of theJefferson area as stated inthe Chamber ’s MissionStatement.

Since the intent of thishonor is to nurture, as wellas award, the spirit of com-munity service, it is notbased upon scholasticachievement, although thenominee may be a good stu-dent who participated inmany school activities. Thisaward is an acknowledg-ment of service outside theclassroom, while fosteringthe encouragement to servefellow citizens taught di-rectly or indirectly in someschool courses.

Nominations need to bedetailed and elaborated to in-clude offices or positions held.Nomination forms can befound in this week’s Gazetteand should be mailed no laterthan Friday, March 9, 2012,to the Jefferson Area Cham-ber of Commerce, P.O. Box100, Jefferson, OH 44047.

People interested in at-tending the Chamber dinneralso have until Friday,March 9, to reserve a spot atthe dinner, as seating is lim-ited.

The cost for the dinner is$125 for a table of eight, or$20 for individual tickets.Reservations can be made bycalling Mary Jo Braden ofthe Lakeview Federal CreditUnion at (440) 576-4382.


JEFFERSON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2011 “CITIZEN OF THEYEAR”

Nomination Form

The intent of this nomination is to recognize aresident of the Jefferson Area School District com-munities (or non-resident who works in Jeffersonor has a significant presence in Jefferson) for theirsignificant efforts and/or service in 2011 and/or re-cent years, which advances the best interests of theJefferson area as stated in the Chamber’s MissionStatement.

Each year we have many excellent nominationsfor consideration, and we can only choose one. So, ifyou have nominated someone in the past who hasnot yet been honored - we encourage you to pleasenominate that person again.

Nominations need to be detailed and elaboratedto include offices or positions held, using the cat-egories below. Should additional space be needed,please feel free to use a separate piece of paper.

NOMINEE’S NAME, ADDRESS and PHONE NUM-BER:

YOUTH INVOLVEMENT, RECREATION, SPORTS:

EDUCATION:

CHURCH:

SERVICE CLUBS-ORGANIZATIONS:

PUBLIC-CIVIL SERVICE:

PROMOTION OF JEFFERSON:

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

OTHER:

NOMINATION SUBMITTED BY:

__________________________________________________________(NAME, ADDRESS & PHONE NO.)

Return this form in a sealed envelope NO LATERTHAN Friday, March 9, 2012, to

“Citizen of the Year,” Jefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce

P.O. Box 100, Jefferson, OH 44047

JEFFERSON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Sponsored by the JEFFERSON AREA CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE, the intent of this nomination is to recog-nize a student or former student (between the ages of 15and 21) of the Jefferson Area School District for his/hersignificant efforts and/or service in his/her communityand/or the great school district communities. The nomi-nation may be based upon a major service project in 2011or accumulation of service over the past few years, whichadvances the best interests of the Jefferson area as statedin the Chamber’s Mission Statement.

The intent of this honor is to nurture, as well as award,the spirit of community service. It is not based upon scho-lastic achievement, although the nominee may be a goodstudent who participated in many school activities. Thisaward is an acknowledgement of service outside the class-room, while fostering the encouragement to serve fellowcitizens taught directly or indirectly in some school courses.

Nominations need to be detailed and elaborated toinclude offices or positions held, using the categoriesbelow. Should additional space be needed, please feelfree to use a separate piece of paper.

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JEFFERSON - This Fri-day, the Freshman Class ofJefferson Area High Schoolis sponsoring a Chili Cook-Off before the boys’ basket-ball game.

With the help of the Stu-dent Council, chili will bejudged and prizes given for

JAHS Freshman Class tosponsor Chili Cook-Off

Best Tasting Chili, HottestChili, Most CreativelyNamed Chili and a People’sChoice Winner.

The entry fee is $5 andanyone wishing to enter maycontact Mary Hostetler at576-4731, ext. 1302. Dinneris all-you-can eat and isserved from 4 – 7 p.m. andtickets are $5 for adults and$4 for children under 12 andsenior citizens.

Community DrivenMurals to work with

Ashtabula to paint the townBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - A resolu-tion in support of paintingmurals throughout the Cityof Ashtabula was unani-mously passed at Mondaynight’s city council meeting.

“The city council of theCity of Ashtabula, Ohio rec-ognizes the importance ofthe benefits of promoting thepublic arts,” the resolutionread.

City officials said themurals will aid in the beau-tification of the city.

“The city council recog-nizes the potential for a mu-ral committee to benefitcommunity development aspeople can get involved witha project that has real poten-tial to beautify the appear-ance of public and privatestructures, as well as en-couraging [people] to utilizetheir artistic talents in apositive fashion,” the resolu-tion said.

Several cities throughoutthe United States have par-taken in such mural projects,and the works of art haveonly proven to be beneficial.

“The city council findsthat other communities havecreated mural committeesand have found them to bevery beneficial from bothcommunity and economicdevelopment perspectives,”the resolution said.

The City of Ashtabulaalso see the murals as a wayto attract outsiders to thecity.

“The city council recog-nizes the potential for com-pleted murals to benefit eco-nomic development as an at-traction to residents, non-residents and tourists to key

areas of the city,” the resolu-tion read.

The City of Ashtabula seethe murals as a positive out-let for the youth in the com-munity and also as a way todecrease vandalism.

“The city council of theCity of Ashtabula endorsesthe mission and goal of Com-munity Driven Murals to ac-complish beautification, com-munity development and eco-nomic development throughthe expression of artistic ex-cellence on display on publicand private structures,” theresolution read.

The Community DriveMurals committee will workhand in hand with the cityto ensure all regulations andordinances are not violated.

“The city council stronglyencourages CommunityDrive Murals and Christo-pher Raab, as the chair, towork closely with the Parksand Recreation Board to en-sure compliance with all ap-plicable ordinance and regu-lations,” the resolution read.

Rabb was thankful for thecity’s support and sees themurals as another positivechange for the city.

“I see a transformation inAshtabula,” Raab said.

Raab said he was lookingforward to implementing theproject with the City ofAshtabula.

“I would like to say thankyou for both the consider-ation and the acceptance ofthat resolution,” Raab said.“I look forward to helpingyou guys positively in what-ever way I can.”

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


ASHTABULA - The City ofAshtabula honored both Rev-erend Neroy Carter and Rev-erend Stephen Long for theiryears of service to the city.

“It’s been a great honorthis year because we havehad several pastors thathave been serving in ourcommunity for so long,”Ward 4 Councilor JulieLattimer said. “I think thatis so wonderful.”

Carter has been pastor ofNew Hope PentecostalChurch for 22 years.

Before coming toAshtabula, Carter served inthe Air Force and traveled

Two local reverends honored at council meeting

Ward 4 Councilor Julie Lattimer reads the resolution forReverend Doctor Stephen Long for serving as pastor ofFirst Presbyterian Church since 1986.

the world, teaching andpreaching in places such asAthens, Greece; London,England; Jerusalem, Israel;and Kakinada, India.

In 1996, Carter started aschool and orphanage in Ni-geria with a fellow colleaguefrom London.

“Today the school hasnearly 200 students and 16orphans, with a small com-munity hospital as part oftheir mission,” Lattimer saidas she read from the city’sresolution.

Carter serves on severalAshtabula activist groups,such as the AshtabulaCounty Medical CenterBoard, Hospice of the West-ern Reserve and the

Ashtabula Arts Center.Carter was humbled by

the resolution.“Thank you very much to

everybody,” Carter said.Carter said he cannot

take the complete credit forhis vocations.

“There are two people Iam indebted to, one of themis the Lord Jesus Christ, butsecondly and not far behindis my wife,” Carter said.

After 37 years of marriage,Carter and his wife have alsofostered 45 children.

“I call Ashtabula very af-fectionately, Ashtabula, thePromise Land, and it is a bigcommunity. It’s not perfect,but what community is per-fect?” Carter said.

Carter said he is proud tocall the City of Ashtabula hishome.

“I am so very appreciativeof this honor,” Carter said. “Iam so appreciative to everyonethat has helped us in this andis in support of the church.”

Long was also honored ashis church, First Presbyte-rian Church, celebrated its190th anniversary in 2011.Long has served as pastorsince 1986.

Long served in the UnitedStates Army for four years,where he was a German lin-guist and traveled to Ger-many.

Long was the Cup of ColdWater recipient in 2010, anaward given by theAshtabula Area MinisterialAssociation.

“Reverend Doctor Long isextremely active in theAshtabula community,”Lattimer read from the reso-lution.

Long, too, was very ap-preciative of the resolution.

“I would like to thank the

city council and the City ofAshtabula for this honor,”Long said.

Long grew up in southernOhio, where he lived for 22years, his second longestplace of residence.

“I’ve lived longer inAshtabula more than any-where else,” Long said. “It’sbeen an honor to serve heremore than anywhere else.”

Long has a passion to

keep the City of Ashtabula astrong and vibrant place tolive.

“It allows me and givesme the opportunity to servethe community in so manyways, and that is somethingthat I enjoy doing,” Longsaid.


PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANReverend Neroy Carter stands next to his wife, Nadena, and daughter asWard 4Councilor Julie Lattimer reads a resolution recognizing his service to the community.

Tim Jakubic andAlyse Kelner ofJefferson announcethe birth of theirson, Bentley John-Lee Jakubic.

Bentley was bornJan. 24, 2012, at theAshtabula CountyMedical Center.

Grandparentsare Jerry and KarenKelner and Jeff andPhyllis Jakubic ofJefferson.

Great-grandparents are Paul F. and the late SallyWilliams of Lenox, Frank and Carol Jakubic of Dorsetand Paul and Naomi Fishel of Willoughby.

Birth Announcement


CHOIR From page 1A

Potter also said she learned a lot over the two days.“I learned how to properly pronounce tall vowels in vo-

cal performances, make a line of music dramatic and beau-tiful, proper pronunciation of Latin and Greek words, andsome crazy, fun dance moves,” she said.

Teter, a sophomore, added that she was very proud ofJefferson.

“In my opinion, Jeffersonreally stepped up and be-came leaders in all the sec-tions,” she explained.

Junior Abby Kovacsagreed.

She said, “When we gotthere, I was one of only twoSoprano twos. A lot of so-prano ones had to learn a whole new part on the spot.”

She and Mallory Severa had to do that as they re-hearsed and sang as confidently as possible.

The days were long in hours but not short on fun, sopho-more Nick LaGrange, explained. The choir left at 7 a.m.Friday morning, Jan. 27, to practice at YSU. They re-turned around 4 p.m. Saturday’s time frame was the sameand it included the concert at Stambaugh Auditorium.This was LaGrange’s second time in Honors Choir.

Junior Mallory Severa was returning a second time,too, and praised Olesky for all her hard work.

“We couldn’t have done it without her. She preparedus well,” Severa said.

Second-time attender Audra Franley said, “I’d really

encourage anyone who loves singing to go to Honors Choir.It’s an amazing experience.”

Franley is a junior, so she will have one more chancenext year to return.

Other JAHS students who were a part of the District VHonors Choir were senior Patrick Martin, senior ClaytonKetola, junior Valerie Brice, senior Brianne Bodisch,

sophomore MikaylaMcMinn and senior ZackMiller.

Justin Brown, a junior,said he enjoyed beingtaught to sing like a collegestudent as Ausmann is aprofessor at YSU.

Senior Rebecca Bankswas one of the most experienced choir members, as shehas been going to Youngstown since her freshman year.Banks explained that the days can really drag on if schoolsdon’t know their music.

“The past few years other schools haven’t been pre-pared, but this year everyone was prepared. It was great,”she said.

Banks couldn’t stress enough how this year surpassedall previous years.

“I seriously loved this year. Everything was so orga-nized. Dr. Ausmann was so animated and great. I feltJefferson was very well prepared,” she explained.

Banks also praised the directors from the other schools,as well as her fellow classmates.

“In my opinion, Jefferson really steppedup and became leaders in all the sections.”

– Brittney Teter, JAHS sophomore

Donatone said AACShas made many sacrificesto keep its budget abovethe red. but the district isgetting to a point wherecuts are not enough.

“We have cut as muchas we can for as long as wecan, and now we musthave additional revenue,”Donatone said.

The schools want to seea bright future for alltheir students.

“It’s our turn to supportour students,” DonaldRapose, principal ofLakeside High School ,said.

Rapose said he under-stands the times are hard,but the levy will only addless than $9 a month toproperty taxes.

“Can anyone afford an-other pinch on our in-come? It ’s going to betight, but it’s the rightthing to do,” Rapose said.

LEVY From page 1A

AACS off ic ials areproud to be a part ofAshtabula and said theyonly want the best for thecity and its residents.

“I see a lot of positivesgoing forth in this city,and we need to make it aspositive for our studentsas we can,” Rapose said.

The Ashtabula CityCouncil unanimouslypassed the resolution insupport of the levy.

“I have a very difficult[time] advocating moretaxes on this community,but there is probablynothing more importantin this community thanfostering the education ofour children,” J.P. Ducro,president of the council,said.


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MORGAN TOWNSHIP –Hopes of purchasing addi-tional equipment or com-pleting a few road projectsmay have to be nixed afterroutine maintenance onMorgan Township’s largesttruck revealed structuralproblems.

Trustee Rodney Truckeydelivered the bad newsabout the 30-year-old truckto the rest of the Board dur-ing its Feb. 1 meeting.

“Anyone in their rightmind could see that truckshouldn’t be driven on theroad,” Truckey said.

He said equipment main-tenance and replacement isexpected, but with the cur-rent economy, no one is anx-ious to make any unneces-sary purchases. In this case,however, options are lim-ited.

“I crawled under there

Morgan Township gets bad news about township truckand the frame rails are en-tirely unfit for the truck toeven be driven on the road,”he said. “I told Fred to redtag the truck.”

Truckey said he checkedwith Ashtabula County andgot a comparable quote ona new Mack tandem axel 14-foot box dump truck. At abase price of about$104,000, Trustees DonDietrich and Brett Bellaswere speechless at first.

Dietrich asked about thepossibility of purchasing aused dump truck, butTruckey, who heads theroads and bridges commit-tee, shot down the idea.

“Buying a used truck isjust buying someone else’sheadache,” Truckey said.“And as far as fixing thisone, well, it’s a 30-year-oldtruck and it’s not work themoney to put into it. Fixinga frame rail is doable, butthis one goes well beyondthat – it’s whooped!”

President Brett Bellasand Fiscal Manager JeanBrand said making such alarge purchase isn’t as easyas just getting a few quotesfrom a few different truckdealers. Assuming financ-ing could be arranged, thetownship would then haveto decide on specificationsand then advertise for bids.

“I’m just saying this issomething we have to lookinto – or if the township caneven afford it or not,”Truckey said. “I’m present-ing it and putting it outthere because this is whathas happened since the lastmeeting.”

Trustees Dietrich andBellas said they would haveto stop by the garage to sur-vey the damage firsthand.

Truckey said the$104,000 doesn’t include adump box, and in realitymay be closer to $130,000after central hydraulics anda snow plow are fitted. He

then added he would preferto see that money put intoroad improvements.

“Trust me – this is thelast thing I want – I wasshooting for putting a hitchon the one we’ve got andthen buying a tag alongtrailer,” he said. “I’d ratherbe putting more money intothe roads, but that truck ishorrible….there is a timewhen you have to start re-placing your equipment.

In other township busi-ness, trustees authorized a$1,500 repair of leaky ridgevents on the garage roof,and a $1,250 repair to aditching bucket.

Trustees also reportedthat the time clock is bro-ken, and then discussionensued over whether or notthere is a requirement toreplace it. Trustees tabledthe issue so the Board canfurther investigate the legaland insurance implications.

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Having its largest truckout of commission isn’t a di-saster for Morgan Township,Bellas said. It has two addi-tional trucks for snow plow-ing, but that the Mack truck

pushes more snow, has alarger hauling capacity, andcan simultaneously applycinders, which results infewer man hours on the road.

Bellas said he started amaintenance log about 18months ago to track ex-penses because he wasafraid the truck might“nickel and dime” the town-ship. In retrospect, he saidhe was hopeful that therewould have been a lot morelife left in it.

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In other news, Fingersaid in his report that thewastewater treatment plantis operating under normalconditions.

He added that the vil-lage had to apply to the En-vironmental ProtectionAgency for permits before

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

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The local Coast Guardparticipated in a recentweapon training session inthe Cleveland area on Jan.24.

“More than two dozenCoast Guardsmen as-signed to Cleveland-areaunits were run throughweapons training with theuse of a computer-gener-ated simulation programMonday and Tuesday atthe Coast Guard’s Cleve-land Moorings facility,”Coast Guard officials said.

The training equipmentwas brought up from CampLejeune, located in NorthCarolina.

“The simulator trainingwas held in a specially-de-signed semi-trailer from theCoast Guard Special Mis-sions Training Center atCamp Lejeune, N.C., thatwill be transported to nearlya dozen units throughout the9th Coast Guard District,”officials said.

Local Coast Guard trains with new technology

SUBMITTED PHOTOS The Coast Guard’s weapons simulator trailer is parked at the Coast Guard’sCleveland Moorings Facility on Jan. 24. The portable trailer is being transportedthroughout the Great Lakes region to provide weapons training and enhance crewproficiency during the winter months.

Master Chief Petty Officer Patrick O’Kelly, 9th Coast Guard District weapons and ordinance manager, explains toRear Adm. Michael Parks, 9th District commander, the different scenarios available for a weapons simulator in aportable trailer parked at the Coast Guard’s Cleveland Moorings facility.

The training not only fa-miliarized crews with newtechnology but refreshedold skills as well.

“The Coast Guard con-tinues to conduct live-fireweapons training at De-partment of Defense-certi-fied training areas outsideof the Great Lakes region,”officials said.

The Coast Guard is us-ing the simulators acrossthe Great Lake Region.

“This simulated train-ing is being used to rein-force, not replace, that re-quired live-fire training,”officials said. “An esti-mated 300 to 400 peoplefrom Coast Guard units in

New York, Ohio, Michigan,Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illi-nois and Indiana will betrained on the use of theM240 machine gun andM16 rifle.”

The new technologyhelps save the CoastGuard money as well askeep their troops trained.

“The guns have beenmodified to fire simulatedrounds that use laser tech-nology to detect hits on on-screen targets projectedonto the back wall of thetrailer,” officials said.

The simulation providesa variety of target practicefor the troops.

“Besides traditional prac-

tice ‘firing ranges’ with bothstationary and moving tar-gets, the staff of the simula-tor can set the computer soft-ware to run scenarios involv-ing hostile assailants whodraw their weapons and fireat the Coast Guardsmenparticipating in the train-ing,” officials said.

The crews who attendedthe training came awaywith refreshed and newskills and the Coast Guardseemed pleased with theresults.

“On top of the live-firetraining that is required forcrew qualification, this por-table weapons simulatorprovides valuable additionaltraining time for our crews,the men and women we en-trust with ensuring thesafety and security of mari-ners on the Great Lakes,”said Captain StephenTorpey, chief of response forthe 9th Coast Guard Dis-trict.

The Coast Guard plansto continue such trainingin the future and see theircrews benefiting from thesimulations.

“And, it’s great that wecan bring the training toour crews, rather than hav-ing to send crews to thetraining. This resource rep-resents a cost-efficient wayto deliver training to ourmembers that complimentstheir underway, live-fireexperience and positivelyreinforces their judgmentand weapons proficiencyskills,” said Torpey.



ASHTABULA - TheAshtabula County DistrictLibrary’s Bookmobile cameto the Ontario School’s park-ing lot last Tuesday.

The Bookmobile comes afew times a year and the stu-dents get to borrow theirbooks until the bookmobilevisits them again.

The Bookmobile providesstudents a chance to take outa wide range of books with-out leaving the schoolgrounds.

Students from gradeskindergarten to third gradehad a chance to hop on themobile library and take outbook of their choice.

Megan Pallutch, SydneyJenkins and ArriannaDerricoa went with theirclassmates in CamberlynHutchins’ third-grade class

The Bookmobile comes to school

to the bookmobile.“I took out ‘the Mommy

and the Witch is at it Again,’”Derricoa said.

All three girls admittedthey liked the mysterygenre. Pallutch said shetook a book entitled, FullHouse: Two in the Town,and Jenkins took out twobooks, The Cat in the Hatis Back and a book about thefirst day of school.

“We look forward to theBookmobile,” Derricoa said.

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

The Bookmobile visited the Ontario School last Tuesday. The Bookmobile stays thewhole day at the school and students take turns checking in and out books.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMAN(From left to right) Arrianna Derricoa, Sydney Jenkins and Megan Pallutch took a visit tothe Bookmobile last Tuesday morning. All three girls admit they prefer stories with mystery.


ASHTABULA - TheAshtabula Senior Center ispreparing for two upcomingevents.

A fundraiser is being heldby Bob Evans for the centeron Friday, Feb. 17, startingat 1 p.m.

“Bob Evans will donate15 percent of sales pur-chased on this day to theAshtabula Senior Centerwhen you present this flier(must have a flier with youat this time),” Judy Wittsaid.

The flier must be pre-sented at Bob Evans.

“You can pick up a flierat the front desk at the se-nior center by Friday,” Wittsaid. “The flier must be pre-sented at time of check outfor the senior center to re-ceive credit.”

The Ashtabula SeniorCenter provides aid to areaseniors with such programsas healthcare information,creating friendships andproviding answers to manyquestions that come withaging.

The center is looking toexpanding its services bylooking for a new center,which officials hope to ob-tain within the next fewyears.

The senior center willuse the money raised to as-sist with further program-ing and the upkeep of thecenter.

Feb. 11 Ashtabula:

Date NightChallenge

Come out for the Chal-lenge - the Date NightChallenge. Fun, laughterand entertainment viaWebcast at 2710 State Rd.(Old Armory) in Ashtabulafrom 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Cost at door: $10 percouple.

Dessert intermission! The event is sponsored bymarried4life. For more infoor to RSVP, please callDeana at (440) 812-0587.

Ashtabula Senior Centerplans community events

“Thank you for your sup-port,” Witt said.

The senior center is alsopreparing for an informa-tion meeting on Medicare.

“You’re invited to join usfor a Medicare informa-tional meeting near you,”Witt said. “This is yourchance to learn about Medi-care options available to youand to ask questions.”

Ann Wiley, an insurancerepresentative, will be pre-senting but not selling anyinsurance during the seminar.

Wiley will review Medi-care plans and what ben-efits are available to se-niors.

“With the right informa-tion, choosing a Medicareplan that may meet yourneeds can be easy,” Wittsaid.

With healthcare being ahot topic issue, the centersees Medicare as an impor-tant issue to discuss so se-niors can make an educateddecision and reap the bestbenefits.

“We can help make sureyou have the right tools tomake decision about yourMedicare health care cover-age,” Witt said.

The seminar will be tack-ling many regularly askedquestions such as “Why isn’tMedicare enough? What isthe difference between aMedicare Supplement,Medicare Advantage planand Prescription drug plan.Are there deadlines to en-roll?” Witt said are justsome of the questions whichwill be answered.

The informational ses-sion is opened to all area se-nior citizens.

For more information oneither the Bob Evansfundraiser or the Medicareinformational session, con-tact the center at (440) 999-6750.


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Reminder: AshtabulaCounty Spelling Bee

ASHTABULA - The Ashtabula County EducationalService Center has scheduled the 29th AnnualAshtabula County Spelling Bee.

It will be held at the Ashtabula County ESC’s newoffices located in the former State Road ElementarySchool at 4200 State Road, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004. Itwill begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 8.

The following school districts are participating:• Assumption School• Ashtabula City Schools• Buckeye Area Local Schools• Geneva City Schools• Grand Valley Local Schools• Jefferson Area Local Schools• Pymatuning Valley Local Schools and• Saints John and PaulThese participating school districts conduct school

and district level spelling bee programs.The champion of each district spelling bee goes on

to compete at the Ashtabula County level.The ACESC serves as a local Spelling Bee sponsor

for what is a part of the largest and longest-runningeducational promotion,

administered on a not-for-profit basis by the E.W.Scripps Company.

The purpose of the Spelling Bee program is to helpstudents improve their spelling, increase their vocabu-laries, learn concepts, and develop correct English us-age that will help them all their lives.

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ASHTABULA - SaintsJohn and Paul School’sspelling bee has an-nounced the winner of itsspelling as MaddieDiSalvatore.

“Maddie DiSalvatorewon Saints John and PaulSchoo’s spelling bee, whichwas held on Wednesday,Feb. 1. Maddie is a sixth-grade student at SaintsJohn & Paul School,”Christy Kovacs, advance-ment director at theschool, said.

DiSalvatore is fromAshtabula and is proud torepresent her school.

“Her parents are Tomand Sandi DiSalvatore ofAshtabula,” Kovacs said.“Maddie will compete inthe Ashtabula CountySpelling Bee on Wednes-day, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. at theAshtabula County Educa-tional Service Center (theformer State Road El-ementary School).”

The student who winsthe county spelling bee will

Saints John and Paul sendsstudent to the Ashtabula

County Spelling Bee

SUBMITTED PHOTOMaddie DiSalvatore wonSaints John and Paul’sspelling bee and is nowmoving on to the countyspelling bee on Feb. 8.

go on to compete in the re-gional spelling bee.


Students invited to apply forVolunteerism Awards from theZonta Club of Ashtabula AreaThe Zonta Club of Ashtabula Area invites

applications for our annual VolunteerismAwards.

A senior girl from each of the county highschools will be chosen based solely on volun-teer activities. Applications will be acceptedfrom Feb. 1 – March 16. For more informa-tion or to receive an application, students cancontact their guidance counselor or Zonta atzonta5ashtabula @yahoo.com.

Black History Month atKent State AshtabulaThe public is invited to attend “An Evening with Joshua

Giddings” Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Kent State Uni-versity at Ashtabula Auditorium. This event is being held aspart of the Black History Monthcelebration on Campus.

Listen to Award-Winning actorFred Robsel portray the famousabolitionist from AshtabulaCounty. Ashtabula CampusAssistant Professor of His-tory Bradley Keefer willprovide a character intro-duction as congressionalseat-holder and fellowanti-slavery advocateBenjamin Franklin Wade.

The Ashtabula CampusLibrary will host a BlackHistory Month Display duringFebruary. See artifacts from theHubbard House and informationon abolitionist movements throughout the county in the 1850s.The display is on the main floor of the Library.

Black History Month Celebration on the Ashtabula Cam-pus is free and open to the public. It is being sponsored bythe Hubbard House and the KSU at Ashtabula DiversityCommittee.

cation.Geneva Schools State Sci-

ence teams have won eightHarold C. Shaw Outstand-ing School Awards. Only oneOhio school district hasearned the coveted ShawAward as many as eighttimes.

GACS science teachershave won a succession ofprestigious Ohio Governor’sAwards in Youth ScienceEducation and last yearGeneva High School was thenational winner in a nationalcell phone recycling contest.Geneva High School studentshave won myriad district andstate level awards and somehave earned college scholar-ships to prestigious schoolsworth as much as $60,000.

One GHS student, now aphysician, made history inthe 1990s when he wasnamed a semi finalist in theWestinghouse Science TalentSearch, now sponsored by

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Liam Ramsey’s illuminating research on the efficiency oflightbulbs and the heat energy they generate was ondisplay at the Geneva Schools Science Fair last week.

Intel, the nation’s most pres-tigious science research com-petition for high school se-niors. “Impressive as theseaccomplishments are, theyare rendered even more sig-nificant by the fact thatGeneva Schools achieve-ments in science educationhave eclipsed districts withvast resources at their dis-posal,” said GHS PrincipalDouglas Wetherholt.

Volunteering judges forthe GACS Science Fair in-cluded Evan Jahn, JeremyWilliams, Beth Schmucker,Scott Herman and Jerry Rossof Waste Management, Rob-ert Wilhelm of Wilhelm En-gineering, Phil and CathieSchmidt of Schmidt Equip-ment, Bill Allison of thePerry Power Plant, Pharma-cist Kelly Forman, ChadEdgar of Lake County Soiland Water ConservationDistrict and photographerPat Stoltz.

GHS juniors Spencer and Paige Huggins are pictured withtheir research project focusing on the efficiency of waterfiltration methods.

Illuminating Research. Seventh-grader HunterBrashear’s illuminating research shed light on the subjectsof the efficiency of lightbulbs and the heat energy theygenerate.

State-wide freefinancial aid eventto be held at A-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - Ashtabula CountyContinued Education Support Services (ACCESS)will host the state-wide college financial aid event“College Goal Sunday” on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m.The free event, presented by the Ohio Association ofStudent Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) andendorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists stu-dents and parents with completing the Free Appli-cation for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSAis the federal application that is required to receivefederal financial aid, including the Federal PellGrant and student loans, as well as the need-basedstate grants.

Due to the great demand expected for assistancein completing the FAFSA, families are encouragedto register for the free event atwww.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org or by calling 1-800-233-6734. The FAFSA is the key to funding a collegeeducation and helping families to overcome finan-cial barriers that otherwise prevent students fromattending the institution they want to. Studies showthat a student is 50 percent more likely to attendcollege when they complete the FAFSA. While walk-ins are welcome, registration is encouraged. Recordnumbers are expected to be in attendance.

OASFAA is a non-profit, professional organizationfor individuals actively engaged in the administra-tion of financial aid within the State of Ohio forhigher education. As an educational organization,OASFAA strives to offer resources to students, fami-lies and high school advisors to promote higher edu-cation and increase awareness of financial aid op-portunities.

ACCESS is a college access, non-profit organiza-tion that has advisors at each of the high schools inAshtabula County and at the main office in Jeffersonto assist students, their families and adult learnerswith their educational pursuits beyond high school.

Lenox family loseshome in fire

LENOX TOWNSHIP - A fire in Lenox Township leftfive people homeless Monday afternoon, Feb. 6.

A fire destroyed a two-story home at 1861 FootvilleRichmond Road.

The Jefferson Fire Department responded to the fireafter receiving the call around 2:11 p.m. from a neigh-bor. Firefighters from Dorset and Rome fire departmentsalso provided water to fight the fire.

Ernie Sherman is listed as owner of the home. Fivepeople lived in the home.

According to fire reports, no one was home at thetime of the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Fire department officials said the home was a totalloss. Firefighters were able to protect two campers, avehicle and a motorcyle from the flames, though, ac-cording to reports.

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JEFFERSON - Walkingthe halls of Jefferson AreaHigh School this time ofyear might evoke conversa-tions of food and weight.But it’s not because stu-dents are still recoveringfrom overeating duringChristmas break. It’s be-cause it’s wrestling seasonand the Falcon wrestlingsquad is constantly moni-toring their weight.

Senior Alex Cash ex-plained that even one ounceover weight can keep youfrom wrestling. That pres-sure to “make weight” canbe stressful. To make surethe wrestlers remainhealthy the Ohio HighSchool Athletic Associationnow performs an Alpha Testat the beginning of the sea-son. The wrestlers mustweigh in and have theirbody fat measured. Theboys cannot have less thanseven-percent body fat.

Varsity Coach Tom Avsechas been with the Falconsfor seven years and assistantcoach Abe Bartunek for five.Both men keep a close eye

Senior wrestlers strive for mental focus, physical discipline

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGage Severino and Alex Cash are the only seniors with the Falcon Wrestlers.

on the boys eating habits.“We are very strict,”

Batrunek explained. “Wewant them to be healthy.”

Cash and senior team-mate Gage Severino believethis dedication to maintain-ing their weight translates

into focus on the mats.Severino explained thatwrestling is very mental.

“You have to be physi-cally disciplined and men-tally focused,” he said. “It’sonly you on the mat. Youdon’t have any teammates

to take over or make up foryour mistakes.”

Severino and Cashplayed on the Falcon Foot-ball team this year and theboys agree that wrestling isa much tougher sport.

“We have friends that

used to make fun of us forwrestling. Then they triedout for the team andcouldn’t cut it,” Cash ex-plained. “They don’t teaseus anymore. In fact, theygive us a lot of respect.”

Cash has been with theFalcons for two seasons. Hemoved to Jefferson from In-diana hoping the change inhis surroundings wouldhelp him make a new start.

“I think it’s worked,” hesmiled.

Neither Cash norSeverino liked wrestlingwhen they first tried it.Severino explained hestarted in eighth grade.

“I think I started likingit when I realized I could dosome damage,” he said.

“Looking back, I wish Ihad started younger,”Severino explained. “Ricker(Maple) has been wrestlinga long time and he is amaz-ing.”

Cash feels the same way.When he first tried out forwrestling as a youngster, hequit.

“Now I love it, too,” hesaid.

The Falcon squad issmall but powerful withonly 14 members, one for

every weight class exceptthe lightest (106 pounds).

“We have a mature teamwith several juniors andus,” Cash said.

Avsec said, “We’re goingto miss these guys nextyear. Gage is a good person.He works hard and is a goodteam leader and Alex hasreally done well these lasttwo years.”

Bartunek was a high-school wrestler himself. Hesays he truly understandsthe dedication this sport de-mands.

“Gage and Alex are hardworkers. Gage took over theheavyweight spot when JedMiller graduated. He haswrestled very well. We havehigh hopes for him finishingstrong this year,” Bartuneksaid.

Cash is also having agreat season.

“Alex has natural talentand is ranked in the Statefor his weight class (152pounds),” Bartunek ex-plained.

Avsec said that the big-gest part of the season isstill ahead for the boys andhe’s trying to balance restwith helping the boy’s peakat the right time.

I hope everyone is enjoyingour wonderful, temperate win-ter. It is certainly a contrastfrom the past several whichresulted in lots of missedschool for snow days.

Our school year is half overand grade cards were sent forthe second nine-week periodthe week of January 23. Ourstudents have worked hard attheir academics with manyearning honor roll status. Se-niors at the high school arethinking about college and ca-reer choices.

Parents of students ingrades 7-12 can access theirchildren’s progress on theschool website through a linkcalled “Parent Assist”. A username and password was pro-vided to each parent. Informa-tion is available by calling theschool office.

From the Superintendent’s Desk: News From Our SchoolsBY DOUG HLADEKSuperintendentJefferson Area Local Schools

High school students havebeen busy with sports, music,and clubs. Last week our stu-dents in Model United Nationsachieved 8th place out of morethan 100 teams from aroundthe country at the Universityof Chicago conference.

Our boys swim teamearned the county champion-ship last month at their homepool at the SPIRE Institute inGeneva. Several of our highschool wrestlers have beenvery successful at recent invi-tational tournaments and are

expected to compete well in thestate tournament.

Basketball games areavailable most nights in ourJunior High or Senior Highgyms as both girls and boysteams compete againstAshtabula county teams oropponents from our new All-American League in Trumbulland Mahoning counties.

Our elementary studentsenjoy a chance to compete inafter school athletics in bothbasketball and wrestling. Thelong established JeffersonYouth Wrestling Club prac-tices at the new field houseand recently competed in atournament where six wres-tlers qualified to compete atthe Ohio Youth Wrestling As-sociation state tournament.Grade 5/6 basketball playershave enjoyed playing scrim-mage games at halftime ofvarsity games.

High school thespians arehard at work learning theirlines for the presentation of“The Trails of Robin Hood” tobe performed at our beautiful

auditorium on February 24and 25. Show times are at 7p.m. each night and the pub-lic is invited to come and en-joy the event.

I am always pleased andproud when our students getinvolved in benevolent causes.During the past Thanksgivingand Christmas holidays, stu-dents from Rock Creek El-ementary, Jefferson Elemen-tary, and the Junior/SeniorHigh School were very gener-ous in their donations to help

families in our community.On March 6 voters will be

asked to renew two Perma-nent Improvement Levies forthe school district. One is a 1.5mill levy and the other a 1.0mill levy. The levies are usedfor buses, textbooks, technol-ogy, equipment, and facilitymaintenance.

Our staff is grateful to theparent and community sup-port we receive and pledge toprovide a quality educationfor the children of the

Jefferson Area Local Schools.It is a privilege to work in agreat school district with suchoutstanding community back-ing.

Check our website calen-dar or watch for announce-ments about our activitiesand visit your schools. Formore information about yourschools contact me at theBoard of Education office(576-9180) or visit the districtwebsite www.jefferson.k12.oh.us.

Jefferson & Rock Creek Elementary SchoolLunch

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2/8 Taco Salad w/Lettuce, Meat, Cheese, &Chips, Refried Beans, Pineapple,Cinnamon Sticks

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JEFFERSON - A Scout istrustworthy, loyal, helpful,friendly, courteous, kind,obedient, cheerful, thrifty,brave, clean and reverent.

On Sunday, Feb. 5, sixScouts from St. Joseph’sparish in Jefferson celebratedthese values at Scout SundayMass.

With Fr. Charles Pooreofficiating, the Scouts werepresented and blessed fortheir participation toScouting as well as to theparish.

Two of the Scouts, Robertand Jonathan Eckart, wereawarded their Parvuli DeiReligious Emblem. ParvuliDei, meaning “Little Ones ofGod,” was a program the twobrothers worked months on.

The program includedgood deeds, activities todeepen their faith as well asprayer and reflection.

Congratulations to all theboys who live the values ofthe Scout Oath each day.


ASHTABULA - TheAshtabula Baptist Church issponsoring a Swiss steakdinner with a special guestspeaker - four-time DoveAward nominee DavidDavis.

The dinner will be held onFriday, Feb. 17, starting at5 p.m. and ending at 6:30p.m. Ticketsmust be pur-chased in ad-vanced and arepriced at $10 aperson.

Davis will beat the church forthree days, start-ing with thesteak dinner.

The weekendwill continue onSaturday withDavis speakingat the churchfrom 7 until 9p.m. and Sunday,Feb. 19, beginning at 10:30a.m. with an ending time yetto be determined.

Davis trains horses andowns a ranch where hepreaches his ministry andperfects his free-style rein-ing, cowboy dressage, tan-dem and Roman riding.

Davis also does trickhorse performances andholds clinics and seminarson horse training and rodeoriding.

Davis speaks across thecountry about his strongfaith and how it has shapedhis life after being baptizedin 1988.

“I went to Nebraska tolearn how to train reininghorses better from DougMillholland. He had a prayermeeting in his tack roomeach morning for all theranch hands: I was invitedto attend,” Davis said.

Davis said at first he didnot quite understand theway they prayed.

“That struck me asstrange at first, but after at-tending for a few mornings,I realized that there is noth-ing strange about believingin God and I did believe inGod. But there was some-thing different about theway that these guys prayed,”Davis said. “It was as if theyreally expected something tohappen.”

Davis said he finallyasked the men if they ex-pected something to happenand they replied they did.

Davis stayed with themand said three days later hefound a strong faith in Godand the Christian faith.

“Receiving the HolySpirit was a profound per-sonal experience with God.I didn’t know that a humancould experience God like

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Ashtabula Baptist Church tohold dinner with national

renowned Christian guestthat,” Davis said.

Davis contributes his suc-cess in life to his strong faithand knowing God is a strongfactor in his life.

“[Being baptized] mademe change from believingthat there is a God far off inHeaven somewhere to real-izing that He lives within mybeing! He sticks closer thana brother and He will neverleave me,” Davis said.

Davis said after beingbaptized he went back hometo his ranch where his newlife fully began.

“I flew home and, twoweeks later, started a chap-ter of Cowboys for Christthat met in my barn,” Davissaid.

Davis said he felt God’spower in a physical formwhen he had the privilege ofexperiencing the laying ofhands.

“I have walked in divinehealth without taking an as-pirin or needing a Band-Aidfor 20 years now! I firmly be-lieve that God will do thesame for anyone because ‘Godis no respecter of persons’(Acts 10:34),” Davis said.

Davis combined his loveof rodeo life and God in wayhe never had imagined.

“Invitations to come andhold cowboy church servicesat trail rides, horse showsand rodeos came immedi-ately, so I went and learnedhow to preach while I wasdoing them,” Davis said.

Davis is also a singer andperformer.

“I began to incorporatemusic with these cowboychurch services and that hasdeveloped into David DavisMinistries,” Davis said.

Davis is happy to havethe ability to tour the coun-try and spreading the wordof God. He is excited to do hispart in Ashtabula.

“I have known that if Godcan touch a person in such areal physical way like that,then He can heal brokenbones, drive out disease, andkeep us completely healthy,”Davis said.

For more information onthe dinner and the weekendwith Davis, contact theAshtabula Baptist Church.

Scouts blessed at St. Joseph’s

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured, from left, are Fr. Charles Poore, Robert Eckart, Joe Kalas and NathanSteadman (Boy Scouts from Troop 41); and Joe Burns, Jonathan Eckart andMatthew Dreis (Cub Scouts from Pack 41).

BY BILL MCMINNPastorEagleville Bible Church

I am a positive guy and Ibelieve that life is good evenwhen it’s hard! However, I alsorealize that we live in a worldthat is hurting. Death, falloutfrom poor decisions, diseases,and injustices are just a few ofthe endless hallways leadingto the hurt locker! We all knowpeople who are dealing withtough issues that weighheavily on their hearts. Wewalk it and we live it.

A recent question wasposed, “Why do I suffer”? Onecould never give a particularreason as to why a particularperson is hurting. The Bibledoes explain the tragedy thatmade pain and calamity partof a world that is forever dark-ened by the shadow of the val-ley of death. Adam and Evebegan an avalanche of hurtwhen they disobeyed God inthe Garden of Eden by snack-ing off the Tree of the Knowl-edge of Good and Evil! God

Feb. 10 Kingsville: Soup lunchSoup lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kingsville Presbyterian

Church, 3049 Route 84. Donation.

Feb. 17 Jefferson: Stuffed chicken breast dinnerThe H20 Mission Team at Jefferson United Methodist Church,

located at 125 E. Jefferson Street, Jefferson, will host a stuffedchicken breast dinner on 4-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in Wesley Hall.Dinner includes stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, greenbeans, salad and dessert. Cost: adults, $6.50, and children un-der 12, $4. All proceeds will benefit the mission team, as theytravel to West Virginia in March for a work camp experience.

Feb. 19 Jefferson: Community Outreach

The American Baptist Youth of First Baptist Church, 85 W.Jefferson St., announce a Community Outreach. Join us on Sun-day night, from 6 to 11 p.m. Youth and their parents are wel-come. Featuring Crossroadz Band and various soloists, the eventwill also include refreshments. A Prayer Room will be set up forthose who need prayer. The event is free. For more informa-tion, please contact Chuck Harton, Youth Leader, at the church440-575-1631.

Feb. 21 Ashtabula: Pancake SupperShrove Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Trinity Presbyte-

rian Church, 1342 W. Prospect Rd., Ashtabula (corner of SamuelAve. and W. Prospect). Dinner includes pancakes, sausage, fruit,and beverage. For questions, contact the church office at 993-7111. Proceeds from free-will donations will benefit the familyof Ayden Aponte, a young member of our church family who isbattling a re-occurrence of acute myeloid leukemia.

Feb. 23 Saybrook Township: Free communitydinner

Our free community dinner will be held on Thursday, Feb.23, from 5-6 p.m. in our Church Social Hall. Come enjoy a freedinner, dessert and drink, served to you by members of SaybrookUnited Methodist Church, 7900 S. Depot Rd, Saybrook (acrossfrom Saybrook Elementary School). All are welcome!

Feb. 24 Geneva: Wild Game DinnerMen, are you hungry for some wild game? The Peoples Church

of Geneva invites all men to participate in the Wild Game Din-ner on Feb. 24. Tickets are $15 and will not be sold at the door.Call the church office (440-466-2020) to buy your tickets. Every-one is invited to come and be fed by God’s Word on Sundays at10:45 a.m. We are located at 300 South Ridge Rd. East, Geneva.The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. Author and Hunter Gary Millerwill be the speaker. The last day to buy the tickets is Feb. 21.

Feb. 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Rock Creek:Fish/Shrimp Dinner

The Sacred Heart Church located on Route 45, just north ofRock Creek, will hold its annual fish/shrimp dinners. Adults are$8, children ages 4-10 are $4, and children under three are free.Carryouts available. Call for phone orders at 563-5255. Pro-ceeds benefit our Adult Support Group.

Even in times of suffering, there is hopesaid that choice would unleashdeath, but they had no clue asto what they were about toturn loose on all future genera-tions. Death and all his friendsgot out of the cage that day andthey’ve been wreaking havocever since!

Let’s face it, we all live inthis reality of suffering to-gether with no one being ex-empt. But too often we try tosoothe the pain of suffering bysaying things like, “God has areason for everything”! Itsalves the wound because itseems to give purpose or ex-planation to the unexplainablepains of life. However, cautionmust be used before spoutingthat overused spiritual pana-cea to some poor hurting soul.If you say that in the case ofgrave injustice or sudden ca-lamity, then you are blamingGod for everything from rapeto abuse to murder to drunkdrivers to accidents. Come on!God isn’t responsible for therotten things that rottenpeople do! Nor is He respon-sible for all of the mishaps.He’s certainly not the cause for

every blotch on the face of theearth! Please don’t blame Godbecause we need His help!

Despite the fallen nature ofthe world, we still have somehope upon which to hang ourhats. We have the hope of eter-nal life through faith in Jesus(John 3:16).

We’re also blessed to havea God who works all things to-gether for good, including rot-ten things (Romans 8:28). Hedidn’t bring it, Adam did! ButHe does walk with us and helpus through the hard times(Psalm 23)! Knowing that Godhelps us and answers prayeris a major plus.

How should we personallyhandle it when we interactwith the terrors of this world?We should interact with greatsympathy in similar fashion tohow Christ handled it. He-brews 4:15-16 - For we do nothave a high priest who is un-able to sympathize with ourweaknesses, but we have onewho has been tempted in ev-ery way, just as we are-yet waswithout sin. Let us then ap-proach the throne of grace with

confidence, so that we may re-ceive mercy and find grace tohelp us in our time of need.

What we need when weencounter pain is not a mouth-ful of platitudes. We needsome love and understanding.Jesus sympathizes with ourweakness! Sometimes peoplemake mistakes and that’s whythey suffer, but even then weshould sympathize realizingwe’re all weak!

I love how it says that Jesusdispenses mercy and grace ina person’s time of need. Isn’tthis what the world needswhen it’s hurting? A hurtingworld needs love, not a lecture!A pained heart needs sympa-thy, not just a saying! Sympa-thize! Care! Support and en-courage the hurting! Let’s bethere for people when they’rein the hospital or when they’velost a loved one and do whatwe can. Let’s remember tocheck in with them from timeto time.

Since we’re all in it to-gether, let’s share the burdensof our fellow travelers on theroad of life!

SUBMITTED PHOTODavid Davis is known throughout theUnited States for both his ministries andhis successful ranch where he trainshorses and speaks of his divine faith.

Religious Briefs

The Cleveland Clinic Catheterization Lab at ACMC has been providing exceptional diagnostic catheterization services in Ashtabula County for three years – and is growing to serve you better.

ACMC proudly announces the addition of Cleveland Clinic cardiologist John Stephens, MD, to the full-time medical staff at Ashtabula County Medical Center.

Dr. Stephens earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, �� medicine. He completed his training at University of Michigan Medical Center and at William Beaumont Hospital. His clinical interests include acute coronary syndromes, structural heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, and preventive cardiology.

Dr. Stephens joins Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Perry Fleisher, MD, and ACMC cardiologist James Cho, MD, in providing patients in Ashtabula County with additional access to the latest technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease used by Cleveland Clinic, home to the nation’s #1 heart program as reported by U.S.News & World Report.

So when it comes to cardiac catheterization, and care for your heart, the best care in the nation is also the closest.

To arrange a patient referral or consult with Dr. Stephens, please call 440.994.7622.

www.acmchealth.org

John Stephens, MD

Every life deserves world class care.®

Quality Heart Care. Right in your backyard.


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JEFFERSON - The BPof Jefferson station hasbeen owned and oper-ated by Larry Bagley for28 years, becoming awell-known and trustedbusiness of the area.

The BP of Jeffersonprovides pay-at-the-pump options, as wellas cash given to the cash-ier before you pump.

The BP of Jeffersonis not just your regu-lar gas station, as theyalso conduct auto re-pairs in their shop.

Bagley has the expe-rience and reputation ofauto repair behind him.

Services the stationprovides are minorengine repairs, tires,alignments, brakes,batteries, oil changesand filters and exhaustwork, along with sell-ing and installingCooper Tires and otherpopular brands.

“We do just abouteverything from oilchanges and brakes tomufflers and alterna-tors. We have batter-ies, do air conditioningrepairs, pretty muchany and everything,”Bagley said.

Bagley has seen avariety of cars comethrough his doors,from your basic sedanto limousines.

“We’ve worked onsome limos, Jaguars andBMWs,” Bagley said.

The BP of Jeffersonvalues all their custom-ers and see many peoplewho come back to themtime and time again.

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Generations of fami-lies have come to knowJefferson of BP and trustthem with all their re-pair needs.

“I would say we havea lot of repeat custom-ers,” Bagley said.

In a time when mon-ey is an issue, the BP ofJefferson wants to helpyou maintain your carto the fullest extent.

The BP of Jefferson isready to serve their cus-tomers with fair pricesand will keep your carrunning strong on theroad. They want to of-fer you the best ratewithout sacrificing thequality of work.

The key to success atthe BP has been thepersonal customer ser-vice and fair prices thatonly a locally ownedbusiness can provide.

The BP of Jeffersonwill always be upfrontand honest with theircustomers and valuetheir community.

BP is thankful forthe loyalty and sup-port of the Jeffersoncommunity and areproud to be a part ofthe area’s small townenvironment.

The BP of Jeffersonaccepts all major creditcards, cash and checks.

BP of Jefferson is lo-cated at 4 South Chest-nut Street and is openedfor business 7 a.m. to 9p.m. Monday throughFriday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.on Saturdays and 8 a.m.to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

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128 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH(440) 354-2183

Dental Group of JeffersonDr. Christopher Phillips • Dr. Casey Hammond

78 North Chestnut Street, Jefferson, Ohio

(440) 576-7040

Chardon Smile Center301 Center Street, Chardon, OH

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PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANBP of Jefferson’s store front is a part of downtownJefferson’s landscape and has been run and op-erated by Larry Bagley for 28 years.


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