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Jefferson BOEto seek levyBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The JeffersonArea Local Schools Board of Edu-cation took the first step towardplacing a levy on the ballot on aspecial election on Tuesday, Aug.7, this week.

During a meeting on Monday atthe board office, board memberspassed a resolution of necessity tolevy a tax to provide for the emer-gency requirements of the school dis-trict.

The amount of money the boardwishes to raise is $2,850,000 peryear for 10 years. Now that theboard has passed this resolution,Treasurer Bonnie Brockway willtake the resolution to theAshtabula County Auditor’s Office,which will certify the millage. Themillage will then be voted on bythe board during a meeting 9 a.m.Wednesday, after which the paper-work will be turned over to theAshtabula County Board of Elec-tions to proceed with the levy.

The millage is expected to be11.9 mills, Brockway said.

Board members said they de-cide to pursue the levy after listen-ing to school district residents dur-ing a meeting last Tuesday. Dur-ing this meeting, the JALS Boardof Education began to implementcuts to reduce expenses by $1.5million for the 2012-13 school year.Many of these cuts involved thecutting of teachers and extracur-ricular programs at the school.

Jefferson Area HighSchool will hold itsProm, “One Midnight inParis,” at Spire Instituteon Saturday, May 5.Pictured are members ofProm Court. First row,Paige Clark, BrittanyGattarello, AmandaZalar, Alexis Northrop,Bree Zalar and JackiePiscsalko; second row,Jacob Dengg, JonHubler, Kyle Dunford,Andy Santiago, JohnKnight and NickStranman; and thirdrow, Trista Dodrill,Aaron Painter, MeganBrook, Joe Gillespie,Rachel Francis, ConnorCleveland, DakotaSpangler, Rachel Moyerand Jeff Buchans.

Jefferson Area Senior High School Prom Court 2012

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROME

The hall outside ofMrs. Notter’sLakeside Junior HighSchool’s SocialStudies classroomwas filled with“artifacts” from theRoman Empireduring the MiddleAges. Her seventhgraders created amuseum of a widevariety of exhibits.Pictured, left to right,are Camren Rivera(created a largeship that sailed onthe Mediterranean Sea), Grace Tews (made masks of comedy anddrama for theater entertainment) and Ali Hamilton (created theCircus Maximus).

LJHS students create ‘artifacts’See LEVY page 7A

Geneva Schools students qualify for State Science Day

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PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSTwelve Geneva High School students have earned the right todisplay their research projects at State Science Day hosted bythe Ohio State University on May 5. Front from left: Tyler Hunt,Rachael Harrington and Danielle Nicholson. Middle Row: AnnalieseBaker, Katie Peck, Alyx Lynham, Mary Wessell and Adam Gruber.Top Row: Mrs. Wendy Booth Science Fair Coordinator, ChrisCarrabotta, Jason Downie, Brent McFarland, Abby Williams andGHS Principal Douglas Wetherholt.

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - Young scientistsfrom Geneva Area City Schools arepoised to perpetuate the district’slegacy of success in regional andstate science competitions whenthey exhibit their research at the64rd annual State Science Dayhosted by The Ohio State Univer-sity on May 5.

Twelve Geneva High School stu-dents earned state qualifyingscores at Lake to River ScienceFair on March 31 at YoungstownState University. SophomoresKatie Peck and Abby Williams andjunior Adam Gruber earned perfectscores of 40 points at the district

level. The rest of the team earnedthe judges’ nod for state qualifica-tion by earning at least 36 pointsfor their presentations.

Rounding out the GHS StateScience Squad are sophomoresTyler Hunt, Alyx Lynham andMary Wessell and freshmenDanielle Nicholson, AnnalieseBaker, Brent McFarland, RachaelHarrington, Chris Carrabotta andJason Downie.

Geneva Middle School’s StateQualifiers are seventh-gradersAsia Dudik, Holly Engel, KylePeck, Vanessa Frank and KayleeThomas and eighth-gradersCecelia Hunt, BrookeJewell, Hannah West and BenGruber.

“Geneva’s STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math)scholars had a great day today,” Dr.Stephen Rodabaugh, Lake to RiverScience Fair Director said.“Geneva’s State Science Day quali-fying students almost swept thetop awards at the fair.”

GHS sophomore Katie Peckwon the blue ribbon for Best of Fairgranted to the best overall projecton display and Geneva studentsgarnered five of the six covetedThomas Edison Ohio Governor’sAwards (Edison Awards) presentedat District level.

“Ohio’s innovation economy istied directly to the mastery ofscience and mathematics, thepillars of STEM educationsought by State Science day stu-dents,” Ohio Governor JohnKasich said in a press release.“The Governor’s Thomas Edison

Awards further reinforce theimportance we place on researchand development in energy, ad-vanced materials, agricultureand food technology, biotechnol-ogy, information technology anda clean environment.”

GHS sophomores Tyler Hunt

and Mary Wessell won EdisonAwards in the areas of Environ-mental Sciences and Agricultureand Food Technology respectively.Freshman Brent McFarland wonthe Edison in the area of AdvancedMaterials.

See SCIENCE page 19A

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BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - The Cityof Ashtabula is seeking grantmoney from the Ohio De-partment of Transportationto replace the Point Parkstairway located in theAshtabula Harbor.

“The City of Ashtabulawill seek funding for$240,000 with a 20-percentmatch to complete the PointPark stairway project,”Ashtabula City ManagerJim Timonere said.

The City of Ashtabula willpay $48,000 to complete theproject.

“The design and engineer-ing for this project is alreadycomplete, and payment wasmade as part of the funds al-located as part of the origi-nal enhancement fund,”Timonere said.

The city council agreedthe repairs were necessary,as the stairs have becomeunsafe in the past years, butthere was some concern onthe cost.

“I’m all for it. That’s greatthat we’re going to fix ParkPoint stairway, but I guessI’m just sitting here think-ing, it is going to cost us$48,000 to fix the stairs,”Council Vice PresidentChristopher McClure said.


MORGAN TOWNSHIP -The Redstone Schoolhouse,currently located on HighStreet in Rock Creek, willbe purchasing the RockCreek Community Centeras of June 15.

“We will be able to ex-pand our services to chil-dren in the community, in-cluding expanding our au-tism services along withour other grant programs,”Ann Lopez, executive di-rector of the RedstoneSchoolhouse, said.

The center will stil lserve as a community cen-ter for Rock Creek, as wellas house the school.

“I hope that the build-ing will continue to servethe Jefferson and RockCreek communities in ad-dition to providing educa-tional services,” Lopezsaid.

Redstone Schoolhouseofficials said they haveprovided a service for thecounty, working with chil-dren with special needsand teaching them lifeskills.

“Redstone Schoolhouse

Redstone Schoolhouse set to buyRock Creek Community Center

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Rock Creek Community Center.

has served students frombirth to 13 years for almostfour years,” school officialssaid. “They provide childcarehours in a high-quality edu-cational environment.”

The school will stil lkeep to its current formatin the new setting andhave more space for addi-tional educational enrich-ing classes and services.

“The combination of cre-dentialed teachers andeducational curriculumhas proven successful forRedstone these pastyears,” officials said.

The school also provideschildcare and preschool for

area residents, and offi-cials see the new facility asa place for every child toprosper.

Lopez noted that thereis an enormous need inAshtabula County forquality preschool andchildcare to both tradi-tional students as well asspecial needs students.

The Redstone School-house also understandsthe historical significanceof the building and plansto restore the building.

“This move to purchasethe building not only in-cludes the expansion oftheir services but also the

goal to renovate the build-ing to ensure itssustainability for years tocome,” officials said.

Lopez sees the expan-sion as not only a great as-set to the school but to thecounty as whole, asRedstone is the only schoolthat provides scholarshipsfor autistic students.

“We are the only AutismScholarship Provider ap-proved by the Ohio Depart-ment of Education in thisentire county. Clearly ex-panding our services willhelp fill a huge need in thisarea,” Lopez said.

The Redstone School-house is excited about thebig move and its continuedinvolvement in the RockCreek community.

“When all is said anddone, the Rock Creek Com-munity Center buildingwill be a more efficient andgreen building, but it willalways retain its historicalsignificance and relevancein the community,” Lopezsaid.

For more information,visit the school’s website atwww.redstoneschoolhouse.comor find Redstone School-house on Facebook.

Ashtabula seeks grant money forPoint Park Stairway repairs

McClure said the moneycould be used on much-needed street repairs.

McClure understands theimportance of the stairs butis concerned the price tag isa high number.

“I’m not saying it’s a wasteof money because it is theHarbor District and there’stourism and all those won-derful things,” McClure said.

McClure said he wouldlike to see the money go to-ward traffic lights or fixingpot holes and said moregrant work needs to be donein those areas.

Timonere pointed outpart of the money they re-ceived through the samegrant has been used on thestreets.

“This transportation fund-ing also went to pave Good-will Drive,” Timonere said.

The grant specified thestairway repairs as well andtherefore the funds must beused toward that specificcause.

“We can’t use the moneyfor [the streets],” Timoneresaid.

Ward 2 Councilor AugustPugliese said the stairsshould have been repaired along time ago.

“This is something thatneeds to be done,” Pugliesesaid.


GENEVA - The City ofGeneva has declared Friday,April 27, as Arbor Day forthe city.

The city wants to supportits own natural environmentby supporting the day.

“Natural areas, trees andlandscape provide not onlycommunity beautificationbut also economic and envi-ronmental benefits,” Coun-cilor Jeff Piotrowski readfrom the proclamation.

The city has planted mul-tiple trees over the last fewyears and is still in the pro-cess of planning which treesto plant this upcoming fall.

“Trees provide many ben-efits to the Geneva commu-

BY SUE LUTZGazette Newspapers

MORGAN TOWNSHIP– Morgan Township trust-ees approved a motion tobegin the process of placinga fire levy renewal on theupcoming 2012 electionballot.

Assistant Fire ChiefShaun Buehner ap-proached trustees one weekago with the request to re-new the current 2.5 milltax, which historically hasproduced about $90,000 ayear to fund the MorganHose Volunteer Fire De-partment.

According to Fiscal Of-ficer Jean Brand, approvalof the request is just thefirst step. After inked byTrustees, the request toplace the levy on the No-vember ballot will be for-warded to the AshtabulaCounty Auditor’s Office sothe amount the levy willgenerate can be certified. It

Morgan Township trustees seek renewal fire levyis then directed to theProsecutor’s Office “for of-ficial resolution.”Assumingthere are no hang-ups, ul-timately Brand said the re-quest will end up at theAshtabula CountyBoard ofElections, which will deter-mine the official languagethat will be used for presen-tation to voters in Novem-ber.

Assistant Fire ChiefSteven Passerell calledpassage of the levy “criti-cal,” especially for main-taining the investment inequipment made by Mor-gan Hose.

“A fire engine is about$400,000 and we have twoof those,” he said. “If youadd in all of the other ap-paratus and equipment, it’sover $1 million of equip-ment that must be main-tained or replaced to ensuresafe operation and longev-ity.”

Brand said money ear-marked for the fire levy

goes directly to the firedepartment’s operatingfund. In addition to equip-ment maintenance and re-placement, it also is usedto cover insurance andutilities, building repairs,gear, fuel, and the trainingand recruitment offirefighters.

Brand pointed out that“if everyone pays theirtaxes,” the levy shouldbring in about $92,700 fromMorgan Township, RockCreek Village, and the Mor-gan Township portion ofRoaming Shores Village(Morgan Hose coveragearea).

But because of mutualaid agreements and reci-procity with other sur-rounding fire departments,the actual service area issubstantially greater,Passerell said. Chief CarlHighlander, who has servedMorgan Hose for 27 years,said volunteers on the cur-rent roster have responded

to calls in an area rangingfrom Ashtabula City toOrwell, and Andover toMentor.

Brand said the fire levyis tied into property taxes,and is paid in an upcomingyear. For example, the cur-rent levy ends with the year2012, but its proceeds won’tbe collected until 2013. Therenewal that trustees arenow seeking will be foryears 2013 to 2016, so theywon’t be collected until2014.

The township has threechances to pass the levy,with November being thefirst. If for any reason vot-ers do not approve the levyfor 2012, Brand said therewill be two additional op-portunities for passage inMarch and November2013.

Morgan Township Boardof Trustees will meet May2 at 7 p.m. at Morgan HoseVolunteer Fire Departmentbuilding.

Geneva recognizes Arbor Day this coming Fridaynity, including air purifica-tion, windbreaks, noise re-duction, shade and energysavings,” Piotrowski said.

The council sees trees asnot only providing a sceneryfor the city, but also as anasset for economic and com-munity awareness.

“Our efforts to improvethe environment benefitpresent and future genera-tions,” Piotrowski said. “TheCouncil of the City of Genevaand the citizens hereby pro-claim April 27, 2012 as Cityof Geneva Arbor Day andencourage the citizens toparticipate in appropriateactivities to take advantageof the benefits of the parksand other natural areas ofthe community.”

The proclamation also

will continue the City ofGeneva’s continued efforts tostay a member of Tree CityUSA.

“This officially allows usto maintain our Tree Citystatus,” Piotrowski said.

Tree City USA is spon-sored by the National ArborDay and provides support tothe planting of trees in cit-

ies and municipalities acrossthe country. Being a memberof Tree City USA is anachievement the City ofGeneva has strove to main-tain ever since the city wasdeclared eligible, and coun-cil is proud to show its sup-port of not only the ArborDay Foundation but the ef-fort to keep Geneva green.

CorrectionA quote with some words cut off appeared in the ar-

ticle titled “Jefferson Area Local Schools BOE imple-ments cuts for 2012-2013 school year” in the April 18thedition of the Gazette.

The quote actually should have read: “This is pain-ful for all of us,” Hladek said. “We don’t want to losethose activities the kids have enjoyed for years.”

The Gazette regrets the error.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 4ACounty News

BY JAN PERALAA-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - Thanks to his enroll-ment in Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Career Center’s(A-Tech) highly regardedBusiness and Marketing pro-gram, Jefferson Area HighSchool senior Alec McCartneysecured an educational oppor-tunity that would be the envyof any M.B.A. candidate.Throughout a nine week in-ternship experience atMolded Fiber Glass Compa-nies, McCartney has gained abehind the scenes perspectiveof the operations at the inter-national leader in compositesmanufacturing with corpo-rate offices located here inAshtabula County and con-tributed his ideas to a profes-sionally developed web-basedtrade video designed by Me-dia Magic Productions ofJefferson.

Molded Fiber Glass Com-panies (MFG), founded in1948 by local visionary and fi-berglass reinforced plasticspioneer Robert Morrison, is amarket leader in the compos-ites manufacturing industry,operating sixteen entities lo-cated throughout the UnitedStates and Mexico. Since1953, MFG has manufacturedparts for the fiberglass rein-forced plastic body of theiconic Chevrolet Corvette andis a manufacturer and sup-plier of components for use inwind energy and the automo-tive, heavy truck, defense,construction, material han-dling and water treatmentindustries.

“The MFG internship ar-ranged through my class at A-Tech, has been an amazingexperience,” McCartney said.“I have learned a great dealabout practical marketing,about Molded Fiber Glass asa company and about my fu-ture and career path. MFGhas been very willing to edu-cate me and I’m very im-pressed with their sense ofteamwork and the greatworking atmosphere that ex-ists there. I know how fortu-nate I am to have this oppor-tunity and to have had a partin such a fascinating market-ing project that we are cur-rently working on with MediaMagic.”

McCartney is a senior atJefferson High School wherehe is a National Honor Soci-ety member, serves as trea-surer of the senior class andstudent council and is astarter on the varsity tennisteam. He said he chose to en-roll in A-Tech’s Tech PrepBusiness and Marketingmanagement program be-cause the course offered un-paralleled opportunities.

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - The nextfeatured speaker at theProfiles of AshtabulaCounty Breakfast Speakerseries will be Brian Diehl,chair of the AshtabulaCounty Economic SteeringCommittee.

Profiles of AshtabulaCounty, spearheaded byGrowth Partnership forAshtabula County, fea-tures speakers from vari-ous sectors of the commu-nity who share ideas andexperiences on trying tomake the county a betterplace to live, work andplay.

The series is held at 8a.m. on the first Wednes-day of the month at KentState University atAshtabula in the Blue/Gold Room.

The next session of theseries will be held at 8 a.m.Wednesday, May 2, withDiehl, whose topic is “Up-date from the AshtabulaCounty Economic SteeringCommittee.”

In his presentation,Diehl will describe theprogress and plans thatthe committee has made,highlight the AshtabulaCounty commissioners’plans and recognize thehard work and dedicationof the community volun-teers involved.

People can RSVP by e-

A-Tech Business and Marketing student scoresinternship at Molded Fiberglass Companies

“The Business and Mar-keting Management Programhas been one of the most im-portant courses I have taken,”McCartney said. “I havesoaked in all sorts of informa-tion that will be very benefi-cial to me in college. I havehad opportunities to do thingssuch as the MFG internshipthat I would never have hadthe chance to do otherwise. Ihave forged some great rela-tionships with wonderfulpeople, and it has opened myeyes to my future career pathand what my future will holdin that sense.”

“Alec is a wonderful stu-dent,” Jefferson Area HighSchool teacher JohnPatterson said. “He was in myAdvanced Placement Historyclass and he is a three-year,highly decorated Model UNmember. He is very intelli-gent, works diligently to un-derstand others’ perspectives,and seeks to build consensus.I know that he has been veryexcited about business andmarketing. It (the A-TechBusiness and Marketing pro-gram) was a great fit for him.He has made a practical ap-plication for his people skills.”

“Alec is a bright and tal-ented young man who pro-vided valuable input and aunique perspective to ourmarketing project,” CherylDickson-Walker, MediaMagic President and Cre-ative Director, said. “The col-laborative effort between A-Tech and MFG to provide in-ternships for students opensthe doors to their futures andensures companies, such asMFG, have a highly skilledtalent pool from which todraw, in the future. It’s a ‘win-win’ situation for all in-volved.”

Kurt Fink, Marketing and

Media Coordinator for MFG,explained that the Morrisonfamily has always supportededucation and has a distin-guished history of givingback to the community andinvesting in the future ofAshtabula County.

“Providing internship op-portunities for highly moti-vated young people is one av-enue,” said Fink. “The goal ofMolded Fiber Glass Compa-nies’ internships is not onlyto provide additional educa-tional opportunities forAshtabula County students,but also to enlighten them onthe job opportunities presentfor them after college / tradeschool within AshtabulaCounty. And it is a two waystreet. We learn from theirideas as well.”

To illustrate the Morrisonfamily’s commitment to edu-cation, Nancy MorrisonWarner, Robert Morrison’sdaughter, shared a quotationfrom her father’s 1973 book“Handbook for Manufactur-ing Entrepreneurs,”a widelyused textbook in graduateschools of business.

“I realize the enormous in-fluence that teachers of allgrades, from Kindergartenthrough Graduate School,have on their students,”Morrison wrote. “...I willmake frequent and regularefforts to associate withteachers and students topresent industry’s problems,to present the advantages ofprivate business, and to lis-ten to their views and prob-lems.”

A few miles down the roadfrom MFG’s corporate officeson Kent State UniversityAshtabula Campus standsthe $15 million dollar Healthand Science Building whichbears Robert Morrison’s

name. The imposing buildingand the high tech educationalamenities contained with itswalls are a testament to thevisionary thinking RobertMorrison employed as well asto the family’s continuingcommitment to education inAshtabula County.

A-Tech’s Business andMarketing Program is a hy-brid course, open to seniorsat area high schools, de-signed to prepare studentsfor the rigors of universitylevel coursework by utilizinga format that simulates col-lege classes. Students attendclass at A-Tech a few days aweek, complete communitybased internships and jobshadowing experiences andare required to assimilateonline coursework in prepa-ration for class time. Stu-dents may elect to take theiracademic subjects at A-Techor at their home schools.Business and Marketing stu-dents are issued a laptop foruse during the school yearand may earn college creditfor their work.

“I sincerely recommendthat any prospective busi-ness student take this class,as it has been beneficial, in-formative and fun to havebeen a part of this year,”McCartney said. “Mr. Allenhas been an incredibleteacher who has been ex-tremely helpful whenever Ihave difficulties and has re-ally passed on a lot of practi-cal information that can onlybe the result of years of ex-perience in business.”

McCartney will pursue adouble major in Marketingand International Businessat the University of Cincin-nati in the fall. He is the sonof Ron and Sheila McCartneyof Jefferson.

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR A-TECHAlec McCartney, a top student in Jefferson High School’s Class of 2012 who is enrolledin A-Tech’s Business and Marketing Management Program, is completing an internshipat Molded Fiber Glass Companies. In this photo McCartney, MFG Marketing and MediaCoordinator Kurt Fink and A-Tech instructor Gerry Allen (left) admire the 1954 Corvetteon display at MFG’s Corporate Offices in Ashtabula. Since 1953, MFG has suppliedparts for the fiberglass reinforced plastic body of the iconic Chevrolet Corvette.

Profiles of AshtabulaCounty to featureEconomic Steering

Committeem a i l i n ga s h t a b u l a p r o f i l e s @kent.edu or calling MaryCollins at (440) 964-4312.

Reservations will be ac-cepted until noon on Mon-day, April 30. The costis $8.

The mission of the Pro-files of Ashtabula CountyBreakfast Speaker seriesis to help raise awarenessof projects that affect ev-eryone and sharestrengths of the county, ac-cording to officials.

The program starts withbreakfast, a brief introduc-tion of the speaker andthen a 25-30-minute ad-dress by the speaker. Ques-tions from the audience arewelcome at the conclusionof the presentation.

Kent State UniversityAshtabula, LEADERshipAshtabula County, GazetteNewspapers and TheGrowth Partnership forAshtabula County aresponsors of the 2011-2012Profiles of AshtabulaCounty Breakfast Speakerseries.

The May session is thefinal session for this sea-son.

Suggestions and com-ments for next year ’sspeaker series will be wel-come at the May breakfast.

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

Ashtabula Area Orchestra Board metAshtabula Area Orchestra Board members met on

Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Lakeside High School. Attending were Joseph Tredent, president, Phil

Schmidt, vice president, Donna Marini, treasurer, Rose-mary Mead, recording secretary, and Mary Lou Jaskela,corresponding secretary.

Others in attendance were Cathie Schmidt and LouAnn Meinhardt.

Absent were Chris Mead and newly appointed boardmembers Valerie Marini and Arlene Kerneklian.

The resignation of Happy Bowdler was accepted andher contributions acknowledged.

Future orchestra performances were discussed andwill be finalized at the next meeting. It was announced

that the Christmas Concert is confirmed for Saturday,Dec. 8, 2012.

The group expressed their sincere appreciation to theOhio Arts Council and to the community for their con-tinued support to the orchestra.

The performances continue to bring enjoyment to thecommunity, as well as give musicians and local studentsthe opportunity to participate in these concerts.

The next board meeting is scheduled for Thursday,June 14.

For further information about the orchestra, pleasecontact Mr. Tredent at Lakeside High School or any ofthe board members.

– Respectfully submitted, Rosemary Mead

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 5ACounty News

County District Library website redesign makes information easier to findASHTABULA - The Ashtabula

County District Library has unveiledits new website.

It’s at www.acdl.info, just like theold one, but that’s where the similari-ties end.

Nearly a year in the making, thenew site reorganizes the extensive ar-ray of Library resources into a morelogical and intuitive structure, high-lights a number of the most usefulones and makes them available at asingle click from anywhere on the site,and introduces ACDL-TV, an eclecticcollection of short video programs onearly literacy, censorship and othertopics.

“The old website just kind of grewover the years,” says ACDL DirectorBill Tokarczyk. “And it had gotten clut-tered and difficult to use. With thedesign of the new one, we looked atthe resources that are used most of-ten, consulted with our reference andcirculation staffs about the most com-mon questions people have when theycome to the Library, and tried to fig-ure out how to get people to what theywant to know in as few clicks as pos-sible.”

For the most part, that amounts totwo clicks away from the home page,though a few databases might needthree, Tokarczyk says.

But the other concern driving theredesign, he says, is that “people stilldon’t know about the information re-sources available to them, which iswhy the new site features changingcontent in the center section of itspages while leaving links to some ofour most useful resources visible andeasily reachable along the margins on

every page.”The newest of these is ACDL-TV,

which contains short, three-to-five-minute video programs on various li-brary topics.

“People are accustomed to gettinginformation in different media,” saysTokarczyk. “And the ACDL-TV ideajust expands the packaging options forthe information and services we haveto offer.”

About half the programs on ACDL-TV at the outset deal with theLibrary’s “Every Child Ready to Read”program, developed by the Public Li-brary Association and the AmericanLibrary Association’s Association forLibrary Services to Children in an ef-fort to enlist adults in the process ofensuring that children have certain“early literacy” skills in place evenbefore they start school.

“Children today need to start schoolknowing some things about the waybooks work,” says Tokaraczyk. “Whichend is up, reading from left to rightand top to bottom, and having a basicunderstanding that the letters of theword stand for a sound in the spokenlanguage. Educators tell us too manychildren are starting school withoutthis understanding, and that can leadto a lifetime of struggle with learning.”

The videos feature ACDL YouthServices Coordinator Barb Tack, alongwith parents and children recruitedfrom Library patrons, illustratingsome of the ideas and techniques par-ents and other caregivers of pre-schoolchildren should be aware of and offer-ing suggestions for reading materialsfor children at various developmentalstages.

Other resources highlighted in thenew Library website includeBookFLIX from the Scholastic pub-lishing company, a series of 200 “talk-ing books” designed to strengthen theskills of beginning readers, NoveList,a readers’ advisory service which canlocate new books about a particularsubject of interest to a reader, or newauthors whose writing is similar tothat of a known favorite, the Learn-ing Express Library, an invaluableresource for anyone who’s preparingfor the GED or other standardizedtests, looking for work or a new careerdirection, or who just wants tostrengthen their job skills, and theOhio E-Book project, a collection oftens of thousands of “e-books” in avariety of formats that can be down-loaded to computers but also toKindles, Nooks and various “smart-phone” devices.

There’s also a link to the Library’sextensive collection of grant-writingmaterials, including its CooperatingCollection from The Foundation Cen-ter, the leading authority on philan-thropic giving. The materials includedatabases with detailed informationon nearly 100,000 foundations nation-wide which give some $40 billion an-nually in grants to individuals andnon-profit organizations, but most ofthat Collection is available online fromwithin the Ashtabula Library buildingonly.

The new site’s early reviews areencouraging, according to the director.

“It’s so good I didn’t notice it atfirst,” said one email, “I just startedclicking what I needed, something Icould never do with the old website.


ROAMING SHORES -The Ashtabula County com-missioners recently came toRoaming Shores for theirannual monthly meeting.

The commissioners havebeen holding meetings in dif-ferent municipalities so theyare more accessible to every-one in the county.

At the Roaming Shoresmeeting on April 10, hydrau-lic fracturing, or fracking,was a big topic with severalquestions being asked aboutthe process.

Fracking is a process ofdrilling for natural gas us-ing high-pressure injectionof chemicals with water.


ASHTABULA COUNTY- Just in time for MemorialDay, Shirley Corlett isstarting a campaign inAshtabula County in an ef-fort to supply injured vet-erans with basic supplies.

With the community’shelp, she wishes to collectitems for the veterans be-tween May 1-25. The itemswill then be delivered toWade Park Veterans Hospi-tal and the Veterans Out-reach Clinic in Clevelandby Memorial Day.

Corlett said this project,which she is calling “Pay itBack,” has been somethingshe’s been wanting to do forthe past couple of years.She wants it to be the firstof an annual commitmentto military veterans.

“The veterans’ hospitalsare full of heroes. These aremen and women who wereinjured while serving in theU.S. military. They servedto keep America free so that

Roaming Shores officials concerned about possible fracking in the countyFracking has not been

approved for AshtabulaCounty as a whole, but twowells have been given spe-cial permission to drill usingthe fracking method.

“There are two wells thathave been permitted that Iam aware of, one in Rich-mond and another down inRome, but I have not heardany more plans to drill,”Commissioner DanielClaypool said.

Fracking was originallyused for the exploration ofnatural gas in the ocean.

“Fracking has beenaround for years,” Claypoolsaid.

Claypool said there issome worry with the chemi-cals that are used.

“The problem with thisfracking is that there’s a lotof it. There is about four mil-lion gallons being put downin this well,” Claypool said.“Three million gallons is re-usable.”

The last million gallons iswhat many environmental-ists are worried about, as itis re-injected into the welland some worry about thepollution of the water table.

“The last million is whatthey will inject, and that iswhere this fracking reallybecomes unsure,” Claypoolsaid.

Claypool said it will be upto Ohio on how widelyfracking is used in the state.

“I hope the state legisla-ture and the Ohio Depart-

ment of Natural Resourcesdo their research before theyagree to any of these condi-tions with these deep wells,”Claypool said.

There was some worry offracking with the commis-sioners, because if it is ap-proved in the county, theywill have little control overthe process.

“The county really has nocontrol of it or oversight,”Claypool said.

There are some require-ments the gas companieswill have to abide to, such asrepairing roads if they aredamaged from the trucksdriving up and down withheavy equipment.

“The roads going in mustbe at least as good, if not bet-

ter than, when they went in,”Claypool said.

The commissioners recog-nize the issue of fracking willnot go away soon.

“This fracking is going tobe a controversial subjectfrom here on out,” Claypoolsaid.

There was also concernover the earthquakes re-corded in the Youngstown,Mahoning Valley area.

“[A] professor in Young-stown said the injectionwells did cause the earth-quakes,” CommissionerPeggy Carlo said. “They hadinjected too much in thereand went too deep and hitbedrock. That is where itgets a little scary.”

Commissioner Joseph

Moroski was concerned overcompanies cutting corners inorder to save money.

“It can be done in an en-vironmentally safe andsound manner, but it has tobe done by someone with theknowledge and expertise,”Moroski said. “One of therisks in this or any otherendeavor when there is apotential for a lot of moneyto be made is for people toattempt to get into the busi-ness who are not as quali-fied or skilled.”

The commissioners saidthey will continue to keepthe county updated on theissue of fracking as it willcontinue to affect themidwest and the surround-ing areas.

Campaign collecting donations for wounded veteransyou and I can enjoy all thewonderful privileges wehave,” Corlett said. “Theseare military veterans, manyof them so very young, whohave lost arms and legs andeyes and they struggle andfight now to survive on thehome front. They are proudof their service to America,but feel lost and alone andhopeless. They need ourhelp to get them on theirway to a full, honorable,productive life.”

Some of these veteransare homeless and othersare in temporary 90-daytreatment shelters, Corlettexplained. She said whilethey may still receive medi-cal care, they do not receiveany other assistance.

“They simply do nothave any money to buy ba-sic supplies because theyare unable to get out ontheir own or to find employ-ment,” Corlett said. “There-fore, I am asking AshtabulaCounty residents to takethe lead and show the restof Ohio and the country

that we care about our vet-erans.”

Suggested items thatCorlett is collecting includeregular-sized items, nottravel size, of combs,brushes, toothbrushes,toothpaste, deodorant, dis-posable razors, shampoo,shaving cream, liquid bodysoap, feminine products,white socks, slipper socks,puzzles, games, books andDVD’s.

“There is also a need forgently used sweaters formen and women and lapblankets for those who arein wheelchairs. Cell phonesthat you are no longer us-ing are also welcomed.There is also a need forsnack items such as cook-ies and peanut buttercrackers, granola bars, cof-fee, tea, powdered creamersand sugar, hard candy, juiceboxes, popcorn,” Corlettsaid.

Corlett also has ar-ranged for convenient col-lection bins at various loca-tions in the county. Collec-

tion bins will be located atthe Northwest AmbulanceDistrict offices in Geneva,the Conneaut Human Re-source Center in Conneaut,the Ashtabula CountyMedical Center, GrandRiver Academy, Ducro Fu-neral Home on Elm Avenuein Ashtabula, theAshtabula CountyAuditor ’s Office at thecourthouse in Jefferson andthe Community Center inJefferson. The student’s or-ganizations at A-Tech alsohave committed them-selves to this project.

“Our military has givenso much and has beenthrough so much. We mustrespect them for the heroesthey are and make certainthat their needs are met.We must remain faithful inlooking after them,” Corlettsaid. “Whenever you go tothe store please rememberour veterans. Pick up an ex-tra personal care item ortwo and drop them off atthe collections sites. Andwhen you do, put in a card

with a note that says ‘thankyou for your service.’”

Corlett said other veter-ans who are longer-term pa-tients in the Veterans Af-fairs hospitals need itemsas well to help them getthrough their long days.These items include jigsawpuzzles, which don’t have tobe new but must have allthe pieces, puzzle bookssuch as Sudoku, wordsearch and crossword, read-

ing materials, playingcards and board games.

“If you need itemspicked up or need more in-formation or wish to haveyour civic or church groupparticipate, please call(440) 224-1173,” Corlettsaid.


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Ashtabula Township tohold Spring Clean UpThe Ashtabula Township trustees will have

dumpsters available from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. behindthe township garage at 2718 North Ridge Road East onMay 5 and May 12. Employees will be available to as-sist residents unload their vehicles. There is a two-triplimit per vehicle. All loose materials must be bagged,boxed or otherwise contained. Yard debris, garbage,cement, tires, chemicals and solvents will not be ac-cepted. The trustees advise that the dumpsters will beavailable for use only to township residents.

Holly’s Hearing Aid Center offers a second chance at hearing

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANHolly Murdock and Erica Marsh smile as they have a chance to talkwith people about their new hearing aid center in Ashtabula Township.


G E N E VA - O N - T H E -LAKE - Geneva-on-the-Lakewill once again be trying topass its income tax levy inNovember.

“Council has put the in-come tax levy on the ballotnow three times and it hasnow failed three times,” Vil-lage Administrator JimHockaday said.

Hockaday said they haveto pass the levy so the vil-lage will not end up in thered by the end of 2013.

“By the end of 2013, weare going negative on ourgeneral revenue,” Hockadaysaid. “We can’t have a nega-tive balance and we can’tcarry a negative balance sothere are going to be somepotentially very tough


ASHTABULA - The L.A.Café was the only business inthe City of Ashtabula thathad objections toward its li-quor permit renewal for2012, and a hearing was heldlast Monday concerningwhether the business wouldbe allowed to keep its permit.

“We attended the sched-uled hearing today [April 16]on the city council’s objec-tions to the renewal of a li-quor permit on the BridgeStreet premise known as theL.A. Café,” Ashtabula CitySolicitor Michael Franklinsaid.

The café was under scru-tiny after several issues tran-spired at the club, includingmore than 16 complaints offights, vandalism, weaponsand other disturbances in thefirst six months of 2011.

Franklin said witnesseson both sides had showed upincase the hearing wasmoved forward, but a resolu-tion was put in place beforethe start of the hearing.

“We were all prepared tomove forward, but we dis-cussed a proposed, agreedupon resolution of the mat-ter and we ran it pass thehearing officer from the De-partment of Commerce whowas there to conduct thehearing,” Franklin said.

Franklin said the resolu-tion was drafted by everyonein attendance at the meeting.

“I have a recommendationfor council,” Franklin said.“This is from the advice andconsent of the Lift Bridge As-sociation members who werein appearance.”

Several ideas were agreedupon if the L.A. Café was to

Geneva-on-the-Lake will place incometax levy back on the November ballot

choices.”If the levy passes, the vil-

lage officials said it will notaffect most village taxpayers.

“If you are paying yourincome tax into other com-munities, this increase willcredit you the full amount,”Council President MikeBaker said. “It also doesn’ttax anybody on disability, so-cial security or otherwise re-ceiving some sort of pension.”

Hockaday said for thosethe levy would affect, includ-ing himself, it is only in-creased by a small margin.

“It’s a half a percent in-crease on your income tax,”Hockaday said.

Hockaday said out of hisabout $40,000 a year salary,he will pay a total of $200more in taxes.

“It’s a minimum whenyou start to look at the in-

crease as about $2.30 perpay day,” Hockaday said. “Iwould be perfectly willing todo that.”

Baker said they are look-ing for support in the com-munity to keep the villageoperating.

“We really need all yourhelp in trying to pass it thistime,” Baker said.

Baker said he under-stands many have been hitby the economy, but the vil-lage has not asked for an in-crease since the late 1980sand challenged residents tolive off the salary they madein 1986.

“We haven’t had an in-crease since 1986, you’retalking about 30 years,”Baker said. “We’re still try-ing to operate this village onthe same amount of moneywe receive 30 years ago.”

The village officials saidthey have been very fiscallyresponsible and if cuts aremade, there will be a notice-able void in some of thevillage’s amenities seen andenjoyed by residents today.

“It’s not like we’re spend-ing widely or our budgetdown here has increaseddramatically,” Mayor DaveNelson said.

Baker said they are try-ing to come up with newways to explain to villageresidents about the levy andhow it will affect them, if iteven will at all.

The village is opened toany suggestions one mighthave on how to campaign forthe income tax levy.

“We are opened to if youhave any ideas at all on howto get the word out on thislevy,” Baker said.

L.A. Café may still obtaina liquor permit for 2012

have its liquor permit re-newed.

“Briefly what we weretalking about is a volunteer,seven-day suspension ofsales of liquor at the L.A.Café, eliminating the size ofthe patio and essentially re-moving the patio operationsfrom the property to thenorth of the L.A. Café, whichis actually city-owned prop-erty,” Franklin said.

More security would alsobe offered by the owner, JimCarkhuff.

“The owner committed tomaintaining a video securitysystem that he has installedand making it available tothe Ashtabula Police Depart-ment in the event that it isinvolved in a criminal inves-tigation,” Franklin said.

Past fines would also haveto be paid in full if the estab-lishment were to maintain itslicense.

“Finally [they will] showproof of payment of severalthousand dollars in smokefree act funds which we wereowed by this establishment,”Franklin said. “There areother details, but those arethe high points.”

Franklin said he feels theL.A. Café’s renewal should beconsidered by the AshtabulaCity Council.

“I would recommend thatif we can work out those de-tails and incorporate all ofthese points that city councilauthorize through a resolu-tion withdrawing its objec-tions to the renewal of theL.A. Café’s liquor permit,”Franklin said.

The city council ulti-mately decided to have aresolution to withdraw itsobjection by its next meetingon Monday, May 7.


GENEVA - The Water De-partment recently gave itsquarterly report to the City ofGeneva, which included a posi-tive budget report.

“As far as the budget goes,our first quarter revenues areright on track,” Superinten-dent Dave Gilbert said. “Sothat is looking good.”

The department also re-cently contracted with Bentleyfor assistance with emergencywater main breaks and otherissues like fire hydrant burstsand replacement.

“Our new contractor withBentley is working out reallywell. They have good responsetime and they are quick andefficient,” Gilbert said. “We’ve

had five water breaks and twohydrants taken out.”

One of the hydrants neededreplacement after the Memo-rial Field fire in March.

“The first hydrant was ac-tually an accident and the sec-ond one was the result of thefire across from it on Memo-rial Field. That hydrant will beout for a while as I wait for areplacement,” Gilbert said.“The hydrant across from Me-morial Field is still there. I

Geneva’s Water Department flowing smoothly

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haven’t had a chance to go outand pull it.”

Gilbert said they only haveone extra hydrant, so the Me-morial Field hydrant will bereplaced as soon as one isavailable.

Gilbert also commented onthe age of the hydrant and thereason for its replacement.

“It’s pretty old. It’s a mid-’80’s hydrant, so it was prob-ably an amount of time untilsomething like this hap-

pened,” Gilbert said.All master meters have

also been replaced with morereliable equipment.

“We received five replace-ment, stainless steel meters,”Gilbert said. “We were havingtrouble with the fiberglassones so now we have all stain-less steel meters.”

Gilbert is impressed withthe stainless steel and saidthey will last longer than thefiberglass meters from before.

BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Make plans to purchaseyour fresh green blooming and beautifulhanging baskets, one of their top sellers,from the Jefferson Garden Club.

The Jefferson Garden Club is in the pro-cess of making arrangements for its AnnualGarden Club Plant Sale, which will be heldat the park and the Jefferson Area LocalSchools’ property on Market Street, acrossfrom the Fire Department. (This is the oldJefferson Elementary School playgroundsite.)

This year, the event will be held for threedays on Mother’s Day weekend – Thursday,May 10, Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May12. The times will be Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Satur-

day, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.In addition to hanging baskets, there

will be a large variety of the ever popularannuals, perennials, vegetables andshrubs.

You can choose to purchase a Gift Cer-tificate at the plant sale and allow yourloved one to select their own choice. Giftcertificates must be redeemed no later thanSaturday, May 12, at closing time.

The Garden Club members will be onhand to answer questions, give advice andassist you in your selection.

Mark your calendar now for May 10-12and come and support the Garden Clubwhile purchasing a choice product from theclub to give to a loved one or to place inyour own home or yard.

If you have questions, you may callShirley Hawley, 576-7337.


ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP -Holly’s Hearing Aid Center hasopened its sixth store, this time inAshtabula Township, this pastmonth.

“Ashtabula is my final location.I am all tapped out now,” HollyMurdock, owner of the center, saidwith a smile.

Murdock has a long history ofworking with hearing aids andstarted from the ground up in thebusiness.

“I’ve been fitting hearing aidsfor 15 years and started basicallyfrom the bottom up,” Murdocksaid. “I answered an ad in the pa-per to be a secretary and decidedI liked the business and then gotmy license and started fittinghearing aids.”

Murdock is happy to helppeople of all ages find the besthearing aid for them.

“I just have a true passion forhelping people hear better,”

Murdock said.Murdock has a strong staff who

provide the quality and experiencefor every patient.

“I have a full staff at each loca-tion and have Erica [Marsh] and an-other assistant who helps me withall my paperwork,” Murdock said.

The center has the latest equip-ment so every hearing aid givenoffers the best quality of hearing.

“We have a sound room whereyou do a hearing test, and I haveall the highest and most up-to -date equipment,” Murdock said. “Ican see the inside of their ear on acomputer screen to show themwhat it looks like inside of theirear.”

The center has a variety of dif-ferent hearing aids a patient canchoose from, including an invis-ible-in-the-ear-canal aid that isnot noticed by the naked eye or themore traditional behind-the-earaid.

Murdock even writes and fillsher prescription all in one placewith the aid of her high-tech com-

puter system.“I can put their prescription in-

side my computer and the com-puter will then program a set ofhearing aids to their exact prescrip-tion,” Murdock said. “I then puttheir hearing aids on right therein the office and they can hear thedifference right then and there.”

Murdock said she loves beingin the hearing aid business andenjoys when a patient can leavehearing the leaves rustle in thewind or can hold a conversationon the phone.

“It’s magical when you seethem hear again,” Murdock said.“Sometimes people cry becausethey haven’t heard paper crinkleor the sound of their car’s turn sig-nal or their cat meowing. It’samazing.”

The Ashtabula office is locatedat 2845 North Ridge East inAshtabula Township. You canmake an appointment by phone at(440)992-0101 or can check out thewebsite at www.hollyshearingaidcenter.com.

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ROCK CREEK - RockCreek Elementary Schoolannounced its monthly Roa-drunner Award was given toBrady Tisch for the month ofApril.

Brady lives in Jeffersonand is a kindergartener atthe school.

“He’s very animated withother kids and he’s a hardworker,” his teacher HeatherCspegi said.

Brady smiled when helearned he was this month’sstandout student at the el-ementary school.

Cspegi nominated Bradyfor the award, as he is a veryreliable student who is will-ing to go the extra mile tohelp out his fellow classmate.

“He’s always helpingother kids when they needed

“What we overwhelmingheard that night was, ‘pleasedon’t make the cuts,’” BOEPresident Patricia Hoysonsaid.

Other board membersagreed that the levy is a re-sult of what the citizens ex-pressed that night.

As for how the millagewas determined, Hoysonsaid the number wasreached through discussionwith the school district’s con-sultants.

“We have a 12-mill issueto keep the district runningas it has this past year,”Hoyson said.

The board also expectsfurther cuts from the state.With this in mind, board of-ficials said the district willneed to continue to look forways to live within its bud-get, including finding waysto pay for personnel in yearstwo and three of the forecast.

Although the school dis-

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trict will be seeking an 11.9-mill levy, the board also hasmade a decision to not renewsome of its current levies.

School district officialssaid that a 2-mill levy that isexpiring this year will not berenewed, which will reducethe effective millage by .91.

Additionally, they saidthat a 4.50-mill levy that isexpiring next year will not berenewed, which will reducethe millage by an additional1.10 mills.

“At this time, the districtwill be at 9.90 mills, as op-posed to the voted 11.90mills that we are asking topass,” district officials ex-plained. “We are basicallyasking to pass a 9.90-milllevy versus an 11.90-milllevy.”


Roadrunner honor awarded tokindergartener Brady Tisch

help, and that’s how he re-ally stood out,” Cspegi said.

Brady is also an advocateof every student, treatingeach other with respect andwanting everyone to be nice.

“He loves to help otherkids, and he makes sure ev-eryone is nice to one an-other,” Cspegi said.

As an award for thehonor, Brady received a Roa-drunner T-shirt and twoGuess Who books entitled,“Safari Friends” and “OceanFriends.”

Rock Creek Elementaryreceives funding for the T-shirts and books with the aidof Cantini’s Village Market,which is the sponsor.

Brady is a standout stu-dent to Cspegi, and shehopes more of her studentslearn from his example.

“He’s a very special boy,”Cspegi said.

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANBrady Tisch received the Roadrunner award for the monthof April after being nominated by his kindergartenteacher Heather Cspegi.

Meet YourNeighbor


ASHTABULA - The Cityof Ashtabula has welcomedDana Pinkert as the new cityauditor this past week andis excited to have Pinkertjoin the team.

“The City of Ashtabulahas hired Geneva nativeDana D. Pinkert as our newcity auditor. Monday, April23, 2012, was her officialfirst day,” Ashtabula Cityofficials said.

The city council is in fullsupport of the hiring ofPinkert.

“After receiving their rec-ommendations, the whole ofcouncil interviewed Mrs.Pinkert, with the city man-ager present, and we areconfident she will be an ex-cellent fit for the position,”Council President J.P. DucroIV said.

Pinkert is coming fromMichigan but is not new tothe State of Ohio, as she is anative of Geneva and hasworked in multiple Ohio

Ashtabula welcomes back DanaPinkert to the area as city auditor

municipalities.“A graduate of Geneva

High School, she has livedthroughout the easternUnited States and in Europeas a Navy wife, which shesays gave her perspective onwhat makes a great city,” of-ficials said.

The city said Pinkert hasa full résumé of finance-re-lated work, and city officialshave full confidence in herability to work withAshtabula’s needs.

“Mrs. Pinkert leaves theCity of New Buffalo, Michi-gan, where she served as fi-nance director since Marchof 2011,” officials said. “Shepreviously worked for theVillage of Walton Hills, Ohio,as accountant/tax auditor/business manager; Madison,Ohio as the fiscal officer; andGeneva, where she got herstart as a finance clerk.”

Pinkert will replace act-ing auditor Karen Jury, whohas been with the city in theposition for about 15months.

“Mrs. Jury fully supports

the new hire, will return toher full-time position asdeputy city auditor, will playa vital role assisting withMrs. Pinkert’s transitioninto her new position andlooks forward to becomingeligible for retirement inNovember,” officials said.

Pinkert said she is happyto return to Ohio.

“I’m eager to utilize myexperience and education toserve the City of Ashtabulaand to help build the city’saccomplishments. I was im-pressed with the interviewpanel, the quality of the dis-cussion I had with city offi-cials and am looking forwardto working with city officialsand staff,” Pinkert said.

Pinkert said she hasmany hobbies and plans to

keep active in the commu-nity. Her personal interestsinclude traveling, visitinglocal festivals, walking yearround with her husband of28 years and spending timewith her three grown chil-dren.

Ducro said the Pinkert islooking forward to convers-ing with city residents andgetting to know the areaonce again.

“Please give Dana awarm welcome and knowshe is anxious to serve andassist each of you, and thecity, in any way possible,”Ducro said.

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

BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - As theflowers begin to bloom andthe grass starts to grow, theanimal population will in-crease. Soon the goslings atHancock and Route 307 willbe parading about, the babybirds will be in their nestsoutside the windows, and thebunnies will venture out be-yond their rabbit holes. Butin room B103 at JeffersonArea High School, the rabbitpopulation has already in-creased for thanks to a math-ematician named Fibonacciand a mathematics teachernamed Carolyn Behr-Jerome.

Integrated Math I classeshave been working on theirpower point projects aboutthe Fibonacci sequence.

“We learned about Fi-bonacci, the greatest Euro-pean mathematician of alltime,” Josh Falke said.

“He was Italian andhelped replace Roman nu-merals with the (Hindu-Ara-bic) ones we use today. Andhe made up a problem aboutrabbits,” Ted Kohn added.

To research their project,students used variouswebsites, including http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fi-bonacci. Here Dr. Ron Knottof the University of Surrey,United Kingdom, summa-rized the origin of the Fi-bonacci sequence:

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEMembers of Mrs. Carolyn Behr-Jerome’s Integrated Math I class display how manybunnies they’ll have on the last day of school. Pictured are Kris Hass, Chessica Bobbit,Elaina Nelson, Aubree Harakal, Brianna Cesa, January Platz, Dakota Adkins, SarahProchaska, Dustin Lewis, Emma Orvos and Josh Filipowicz. Steven Brown holds theproject description.

Fibonacci’sbunnies

“Suppose a newly-bornpair of rabbits, one male, onefemale, are put in a field.Rabbits are able to mate atthe age of one month so thatat the end of its second montha female can produce anotherpair of rabbits. Suppose thatour rabbits never die andthat the female always pro-duces one new pair (onemale, one female) everymonth from the secondmonth on. The puzzle thatFibonacci posed was ‘Howmany pairs will there be inone year?’”

Kohn explained that thepattern will be 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,etc. where each new numberis formed by adding the twobefore it.

“So you’d have 144 pairsof rabbits by the end of theyear,” he said.

“Our assignment was tothen figure out how manypairs of bunnies we’d have onthe last day of school if we fol-

lowed the Fibonacci se-quence,” Falke said.

“Only school days were tobe counted,” said StevenZindash. “We were supposedto start on March 27 and goto June 6 but not count week-ends or days off from school.We put that information intoa PowerPoint.”

The grand total was over165 million pairs.

“One-sixty-five million,580 thousand and 141 to beexact,” said Kohn.

Behr-Jerome said shecame up with the project ideawhile working on her gradu-ate degree at John CarrollUniversity.

“I took a course aboutmathematics history. Stu-dents always want to knowwhy they are learning some-thing and I love to tell themabout the mathematician be-hind it. While studying, Iread about Leonardo Fi-bonacci,” Behr-Jerome ex-

plained. “I’ve been doing aversion of this project off andon for 12 years now. Pat-terns, pattern recognition,formulas and descriptionshave always been an impor-tant part of Algebra. In fact,the Common Core StateStandards for Mathematics,that Ohio has recently imple-mented, specifically men-tions this sequence.”

“We also learned how thissequence showed up in geom-etry and nature. I looked upstuff about fractals, too,”Zindash explained.

Each student also coloredbunny faces that were postedaround the room followingthe Fibonacci sequence.

“I used faces from previ-ous years, too, and ended upwith 56 pairs,” Behr-Jeromesaid.

“We’ve got a lot of color-ing to do if we want to reachthe 165 million!” Kohnsmiled.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 8AAgriculture

Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarshipapplications being taken

OSU Extension and the Ashtabula County AgriculturalScholarship Committee are pleased to announce the scholar-ship committee will be presenting a minimum of 10 scholar-ships for the 2012-2013 school year to Ashtabula County stu-dents enrolled in either an accredited full four-year college oran accredited two-year technical institute.

Scholarships awarded this year will include the: $1,000Ashtabula County Holstein Club,$1,000 Allan C. Jerome Me-morial Scholarship, $1,000 W.H. & David W. Kellogg Memo-rial Scholarship, $1,000 Lester C. Marrison Memorial Schol-arship, $1,000 Service-Jerome Scholarship, $1,000 Harold G.Springer Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Western Reserve FarmCooperative, the $500 Lautanen Family 4-H Scholarship andat least one scholarship worth $1,000 from the committee it-self.

Both graduate and undergraduate students who are study-ing agriculture, natural resources, home economics, and envi-ronmental sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. Thescholarships are for a one-year period. Prior recipients of ascholarship may apply. Those receiving scholarships from thisfund in any two previous years are not eligible.

Application forms with complete instructions for applyingare now available and can be received by stopping in at theExtension Office or by calling 440-576-9008. The applicationdeadline is May 1 and no late applications will be considered.

Ashtabula County Beef Scholarship applica-tions available

OSU Extension and the Ashtabula County Cattlemen’s As-sociation are pleased to announce they will be awarding a beefscholarship to a deserving Ashtabula County Senior Studentwho will be attending an accredited full four-year college oran accredited two-year technical institute in 2012-2013. Ap-proximately $1,000 in scholarships will be awarded this year.

Applicants must be resident of Ashtabula County. The firstpreference by the Ashtabula County Cattlemen’s Associationis the scholarship be awarded to a deserving student who hasbeen involved in the beef industry as a youth. Examples ofthis could include: working on a family beef operation; involvedwith a beef project through 4-H or FFA; or working on a localbeef farm. The second preference for this scholarship recipi-ent would be awarded to a student who will studying a beef-related field in accredited full four-year college or an accred-ited two-year technical institute.

Applications must be received by the Ashtabula CountyCattlemen’s Association by May 1, 2012 for consideration forthe scholarship. No late applications will be considered. Theapplication can be obtained at the Ashtabula County Exten-sion web page at http://ashtabula.osu.edu. Additional infor-mation can be obtained by calling the Ashtabula County Ex-tension office at 440-576-9008.

Improving Your Woodland workshopBIG CREEK PARK, CHARDON OH – Wednesday, May 2,

2012 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., foresters from the Ohio Wood-land Stewards Program (a program of the Ohio State Univer-sity Extension) will present IMPROVING YOUR WOOD-LAND, at BIG CREEK PARK, 9160 Robinson Rd., Chardon,on understanding how your goals and objectives relate to yourwoods and what a landowner can do to ensure a healthy andproductive woodland into the future. This class qualifies forfive hours of continuing education credit toward the Ohio For-est Tax Law program. Dress appropriately for a morning (in-side) and afternoon session (outside).

Deadline to register is April 26, 2012. Cost is $35. Makechecks payable to The Ohio State University. Mail to OhioWoodland Stewards Program, SENR, 2021 Coffey Rd, Colum-bus OH 43210. To register, visit our website at http://www.woodlandstewards.osu.edu, call 614-688-3421 or [email protected].

This program is a combined effort with David L. Marrison,Associate Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources Exten-sion Educator for Ashtabula & Trumbull Counties of the West-ern Reserve E.E.R.A. and County Extension Director forAshtabula County, 440-576-9008 (Ashtabula County), 330-638-6783 (Trumbull County), http://www.facebook.com/Marrison.OSU, Erik Draper, Geauga County Extension Direc-tor, Ag & Natural Resource Educator, Burton, OH - 440-834-4656 and Kathy Smith, Extension Program Director, Forestryand Ohio Woodland Stewards program, Ohio State UniversityExtension, School of Environment & Natural Resources, 2021Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, 614-688-3421 http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu.

Community Horticulture Class to be held onMay 16 in Jefferson

The OSU Extension and the Ashtabula County Master Gar-deners are pleased to be offering a Spring Community Class onWednesday, May 16, from 7-9 p.m. at the Ashtabula County Ex-tension office located at 39 Wall Street in Jefferson, Ohio. Weinvite you to join the Ashtabula County Master Gardeners asthey offer this special spring class. Two topics will be presentedat this workshop.

The first presentation is titled, “More than Mums: Fall Colorin the Perennial Bed.” During this presentation, the Master Gar-deners will discuss in detail more than 20 late-blooming flowersthat will keep your perennial beds in enticing color until wellinto October. Advice will also be offered on preparing a perennialbed for planting as well as special tips for inter planting in anestablished bed. The second presentation is titled, “ChangingZones: Microclimate Gardening.” During this presentation, theMaster Gardeners will teach what, if any, impact the new hardi-ness zone changes will have in our county and find spots in yourgarden for plants you thought you couldn’t grow.

There is a $3 per person registration fee and registrationsare requested by May 10 as seating is limited. Mail registra-tion and check payable to OSU Extension to: OSU Extension,39 Wall Street, Jefferson, OH 44047. More information aboutthis workshop can be obtained at: http://ashtabula.osu.edu orby calling 440-576-9008.

Hello, Ashtabula County!At the beginning of thismonth, I shared that 2012 willbe an important year at thefederal level due to the chang-ing nature of bonus deprecia-tion and the federal estatetax. Today, I would like to pro-vide an update with regardsto the federal estate tax.

A few weeks ago, SenatorJohn Thune, Republican,from South Dakota intro-duced the Death Tax RepealPermanency Act S. 2242,which would permanentlyabolish the federal estate tax.This act would also repeal thefederal generation-skippingtransfer tax and lock in a $5million lifetime gift tax ex-emption and 35-percent gifttax rate. The Senate bill mir-rors House Resolution 1259which was introduced byHouse Representative KevinBrady, a Republican, fromTexas. In his 2013 budget pro-posal, President Obama issupporting a $3.5 million es-tate tax exemption and 45-percent estate tax rate.

The estates of every U.S.citizen are subject to the fed-eral estate tax upon theirdeath. However, a certain po-tion is exempt from the tax.In 2012, this exemption is

AGRICULTURALAGENT COMMENTSby David MarrisonOSU Extension Agent

An update on the federal estate tax$5.12 million. Therefore, in2012 if the value of the netestate - meaning the grossestate reduced by allowableestate tax credits and deduc-tions - does not exceed $5.12million, then the estate willpass to the heirs free from fed-eral estate taxes. Any amountabove $5.12 million is subjectto a 35-percent tax.

But this drasticallychanges, beginning next year,if Congress does not act. Ifnothing is changed on Janu-ary 1, 2013 the estate tax ex-emption is due to drop from$5.12 million to $1 millionand the estate tax rate willjump from 35 percent to awhopping 55 percent. Thiscould affect hundreds offarms, small businesses andrecipients of oil & gas leasepayments. It is not hard formany of our farms to be val-ued at over $1 million dollars.Can you afford to pay a 55-percent estate tax on thevalue above $1 million? Thiscould be a nail in the coffin formany small farms trying totransition their farm to thenext generation.

Here in Ohio, our state leg-islators have repealed theOhio Estate tax effectiveJanuary 1, 2013. However, itis still in effect for decedentswith a date of death prior toJanuary 1 and that have agross estate greater than$338,333.00. So is the federalgovernment following Ohio’slead in eliminating the Fed-eral Estate Tax or is this“Election Year” posturing?

Many farm organizationshave been advocating the re-peal of the Federal Estate Taxdue to its effect of these busi-nesses being able to be trans-ferred to the next generation.National Cattlemen’s Beef As-sociation President J.D.Alexander stated in a recentpress release, “The death taxis detrimental to the farmersand ranchers who live off theland and run asset-rich, cashpoor family-owned small busi-nesses.”

According to a study by

Douglas Holtz-Eakin commis-sioned for the American Fam-ily Business Foundation, re-pealing the death tax couldcreate 1.5 million additionalsmall business jobs and de-crease the national unem-ployment rate by nearly 1 per-cent. Holtz-Eakin is theformer director of the non-par-tisan Congressional BudgetOffice.

Ten Ohio House of Repre-sentatives are co-sponsoringHouse Resolution 1259. Thislist includes our US HouseRepresentative, StevenLaTourette. As of last week,neither Senator Brown orSenator Portman have co-sponsored Senate Bill 2242.

So what we do? As withany legislation, take time toexercise your right to talk toyour elected officials. Letthem know how the changesto the federal estate tax couldaffect you. More importantly,schedule an appointmentwith your attorney to makesure your estate plan is up todate. Be proactive not reac-tive!

To contact your elected of-ficials, go to the House of Rep-resentatives website at:http://house.gov/ and search foryour local congressman usingthe Zip code search engineand your State Senators at:http://www.senate.gov/ andsearch by state. You can alsoaccess and monitor theprogress of Senate Bill 2242and House Resolution 2242 atthese sites as well.

To close, I would like toleave you with a quote fromRichard Armour who stated,“Politics, it seems to me, foryears, or all too long, has beenconcerned with right or leftinstead of right or wrong.”Have a good and safe day!

David Marrison is Associ-ate Professor and ExtensionEducator, Agriculture & Natu-ral Resources, Ohio State Uni-versity Extension. Mr.Marrison can be reached at440-576-9008 [email protected]

Agricultural Briefs

School of Environment & Natural Resource:Improving Your Woodland workshop

BIG CREEK PARK,CHARDON OH – Wednesday,May 2, 2012 from 9:30am-3:30pm (ET), foresters from theOhio Woodland Stewards Pro-gram (a program of the OhioState University Extension) willpresent IMPROVING YOURWOODLAND, at BIG CREEKPARK, 9160 Robinson Rd,Chardon OH, understandinghow your goals and objectives re-late to your woods and what alandowner can do to ensure ahealthy and productive wood-land into the future. This classqualifies for 5 hours of continu-

ing education credit toward theOhio Forest Tax Law program.Dress appropriately for a morn-ing (inside) and afternoon ses-sion (outside).

Deadline to register is April26, 2012. Cost is $35. Makechecks payable to The OhioState University. Mail to OhioWoodland Stewards Program,SENR, 2021 Coffey Rd, Colum-bus OH 43210. To register, visitour website athttp://www.woodlandstewards.osu.edu, call614-688-3421 or [email protected].

This program is a combined

effort with David L. Marrison,Associate Professor, Agriculture& Natural Resources ExtensionEducator for Ashtabula &Trumbull Counties of the West-ern Reserve E.E.R.A. andCounty Extension Director forAshtabula County, 440-576-9008 (Ashtabula County), 330-638-6783 (TrumbullC o u n t y ) , h t t p : / /www.facebook.com/Marrison.OSU, Erik Draper, GeaugaCounty Extension Director, Ag& Natural Resource Educator,Burton, OH - 440-834-4656 andKathy Smith, Extension Pro-gram Director, Forestry andOhio Woodland Stewards pro-gram, Ohio State UniversityExtension, School of Environ-ment & Natural Resources, 2021Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH43210, 614-688-3421 http://woodland stewards.osu.edu.

The Ohio Woodland Stew-ards Program aims to provideOhio landowners with a widerange of forestry skills to helpmaintain their forested propertyleading to better informed man-agement decisions and healthierforests. Sign up for our freenewsletter athttp://woodlandstewards.osu. edu/newsletter/subscribe.

For more information, con-tact: Ohio State University Ex-tension, Ohio Woodland Stew-ards Program 614-688-3421.

USDAannounces

milk-income

losscontractprogrampaymentrate for

FebruaryThe February payment

rate for the Milk Income LossContract (MILC) programhas been announced. TheFebruary MILC paymentrate is $0.3895043 per hun-dredweight. This is the firsttime there has been a pay-ment for MILC since April2010.

Dairy producers are af-fected by the market price formilk and the price of feed tosustain their herds. Whilemilk prices have remainedabove the $16.94 base used inthe MILC calculation, the in-crease in feed prices has trig-gered payments because of thefeed ration component.

MILC payments are trig-gered when the Boston ClassI milk price falls below $16.94per hundredweight, after ad-justment for the cost of dairyfeed rations. MILC paymentsare calculated each month us-ing the latest milk price andfeed cost.

The 2008 Farm Bill autho-rized MILC through Sept. 30,2012. Producers must meetthe Average Adjusted GrossIncome requirement and pro-vide marketing data to theFSA County Office in order toqualify. New dairy producerscan apply for program ben-efits anytime through Sep-tember 30, 2012.

Additional informationabout the MILC program canbe found athttp://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/milc2011.pdf, or bycalling the Ashtabula/Geauga/Lake FSA Service Center at(440) 437-6330.

USDA is an equal oppor-tunity provider and employer.To file a complaint of discrimi-nation, write to USDA, Assis-tant Secretary for CivilRights, Office of the AssistantSecretary for Civil Rights,1400 Independence Avenue,S.W., Stop 9410, Washington,DC 20250-9410, or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (En-glish) or (800) 877-8339(TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (En-glish Federal-relay) or (800)845-6136 (Spanish Federal-relay).

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To schedule your visit to A-Tech contact your high school counselor or Miss Amanda Wight

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ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!

The following programs are still accepting applications for enrollment:

The Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disabilities,

or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Religion

Conneaut News

“Friday Night Live!” casualworship is held 6 to 6:45 p.m.Fridays in the Sanctuary of NewLeaf United Methodist Church,283 Buffalo Street, Conneaut.

New Leaf United MethodistChurch, 283 Buffalo Street,serves free Friday communitydinners, prepared by chef DaveJones from 5 to 6 p.m. The April27 menu is ham & scalloped po-tatoes, with homemade des-serts. All welcome.

Family Fellowship Four-square Gospel Church, 641 MillSt., Conneaut, serves a freecommunity dinner 5 to 6:30 p.m.each Wednesday.

The next Community Men’sPrayer Breakfast at New LeafUnited Methodist Church, 283Buffalo St., Conneaut, is 8:30 to9:30 a.m. May 12.

Orwell North Presbyte-rian Church has eventsslated

ORWELL - A communitydinner is being served this Sun-day, April 29 from noon to 2 p.m.at the Orwell North Presbyte-rian Church’s Education Build-ing on N. Maple St. The dinner,open to anyone. will featurepasta, meatball sauce, salad,rolls, dessert and beverage. Do-nations will be gladly acceptedfor future dinners, but not re-quired. To reserve a dinner, ordelivery or carry-outs call (440)437-6677. These type dinnersare served on the last Sundayof the month.

On May 4 and 5 the churchwomen will hold their annualSpring Rummage Sale with abaked goods sale. Friday hoursare 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Satur-day from 9 a.m. to noon, whichis also bag day.

The church’s once a monthSwiss steak dinners will be onThursday, May 10 from 4:30 to6:30 p.m. or until sold out. Per-sons can call in for orders orwalk up for carry-outs or eat in.To order dinners please call thechurch office at 437-6677.

HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP - The2012 annual “Ashtabula County Concertof Prayer Breakfast” held every year forthe last 21 years on the first Friday ofMay is coming up fast. This year’s prayerbreakfast has a new location with thesame time of 7 a.m. on May 4 at SPIREInstitute, located at 1822 South Broad-way, Geneva.

It will be held in the SPIRE Institute’s“Fuel” restaurant. The prayer breakfastis the largest ecumenical gathering ofChristians in Ashtabula Countyand neighboring communities held allyear.

This year’s speaker is Joel Penton, agraduate of Ohio State University whoplayed five years of football for the Buck-eyes. He was a member of three Big Tenchampionships teams, a member of theNational Championship team and a four-time Academic All Big Ten selection.

In his senior year,Penton received the prestigious WuerffelTrophey, also know as the Humanitar-ian Heisman. The trophy is a nationalaward that recognizes the one collegefootball player player in the entire coun-try, who best combines exemplary com-munity service with athletic and aca-demic achievement. After graduating

from OSU, Penton turned down an op-portunity to play for the NFL to begin afull time career in speaking.

Since that time Penton has quicklyearned a reputation as one of the nation’sleading youth motivational speakers. Asone of the top school motivational speak-ers Penton has shared his school assem-bly programs with more then 300,000students nationwide. He specializes inhigh school and middle school assem-blies.

In addition to speaking at the annual“Prayer Breakfast on May 4, Penton willalso hold rallies at Lakeside High Schoolon May 2 and Geneva High School onMay 3. Each school will have an in-schoolrally and a evening rally at 7 p.m. at thehigh schoolsl on the same evening as theschools’ in-house rally.

For more information, individualsmay contact Rev. Vernon Palo, AndoverUnited Methodist, president “AshtabulaCounty Concerts of Prayer Breakfast” at(440) 293-6290. For tickets contact boardmember Bruce Schlosser (440) 645-6852.Individuals may purchase individualtickets at $10 each or a table of eight tick-ets reserved with the name of the church,business or organization on a placard dis-played.

2012 Ashtabula County Concertsof Prayer Breakfast set for May 4

April 25 Ashtabula: Freecommunity dinner

The Ashtabula BaptistChurch, located at 5909 ShepardRd., will have a free communitydinner from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednes-day, April 25. The Voices of Vic-

Church Briefstory County Gospel Band willperform at 6:30 p.m.

April 26 Saybrook: Freecommunity dinner

A free community dinner willbe held on Thursday, April 26,from 5-6 p.m. in the Church So-cial Hall. Come enjoy a free din-ner, dessert and drink, servedto you by members of SaybrookUnited Methodist Church, 7900S. Depot Rd, Saybrook (acrossfrom Saybrook ElementarySchool). All are welcome!

April 28 Geneva: Rum-mage sale

The United Church, 75Broadway, Geneva, will hold itsannual rummage sale and bakesale April 28 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.$1 a bag sale from 3-4 p.m.

April 29 ColebrookUnited Methodist Church:Breakfast Buffet

Come join us at theColebrook United MethodistChurch for our Breakfast Buf-fet. Great food, including pan-cakes, French toast, eggs, ba-con, hash browns, sausagegravy and much much more. Tobe held Sunday, April 29, 7-10a.m. Cost: donation.

April 29 Denmark: HamDinner

The Bulah Calvary UnitedMethodist Church, located at2070 Route 193, will hold a hamdinner. Dessert and beverageincluded. Adults, $6, ages 4 to12, $4, under four, free.

May 3 Pierpont: National

Day of Prayer ServicePierpont Presbyterian

Church will hold a National Dayof Prayer service at 1p.m. Thursday, May 3. Speakersfor this event: Rev. Earl Vautin,State Rep. Casey Kozlowski; County Commissioner PeggyCarlo; and Township TrusteeGaylord Millard. 2012 NationalDay of Prayer Theme is OneNation Under God. Based onPsalm 33:12: “Blessed is thenation whose God is the Lord,the people He chose for His in-heritance.”

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St. Joseph’s Emergency& Diagnostic Center

Andover McDonald’s

Bad Hair Day

Gateway Bait & Tackle

Andover Dairy Queen

Andover Sparkle Market

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Andover Village RetirementCommunity

MegaByte Computers

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Potpourri Gift Shop

Cranberry Station

Andover Village CouncilMembers

Stateline Auto

Mike Olesky

Gene’s Body Shop

Andover Dollar General &the many generous patronsof Dollar General

JC Golf Cart Supply

Cole Crane Service

Winters Plumbing & Heating

Community Care ofAndover

Friends of Andover PublicLibrary

Cherry Valley SlaughterHouse

O&P Oil & Gas, Inc.

Herberts Pharmacy

Sheryl’s Tanning Salon

Aimee’s Styling Salon

Shell True North

Harvey Home & RVSales & Service

Pyma-Tuning & Tire

Andover Bank

Huntington Bank

Spieth Realty

Piper Processing

Scooters Restaurant

Andover Pizza Joe’s

Suzanne Wludyga

Webker & Sons Auto Repair

Andover Market Express(BP)

Barb’s Restaurant

New Covenant StylingSalon - Christy Paul

Andover Police Auxiliary

The Gentry Family

J&D Electronics

Haines Marine

Pymatuning Liveries

Babb’s Overhead Door

First CongregationalChurch

KD Lamp

Armstrong Cable

Rose’s Farm & Lawn

Andover Farm & Garden

Seeley Medical

Snodgrass

Andover Eagles Club #4035

Andover Rotary

Ruth Mary Service

Hair Trends

Napa Auto Parts

Holiday Camplands

Dr. Samuel J. Daisley

Baumgardner FuneralHome

Andover Town Tavern

Black McCowien Drilling

Causeway Propane& Beer Depot

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H&H Enterprises

VolunteersEmily Miller

Josey Vittorio

Rebecca Dillon

Melinda Glass

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Ally Workman

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 12AEducation

May 19 Windsor: 82ndannual Alumni Reunion

The WINDSOR 82nd an-nual Alumni Reunion will beheld Saturday, May 19, at theWindsor School. 5 p.m. SocialHour; 6 p.m. dinner. Cost is$13 per person; $25 percouple. Meal includes family-style swiss steak, beverageand dessert. If you ever at-tended Windsor School inWindsor, you are invited. Youdid not have to graduate fromWindsor or Grand Valley. Ifyou attended WindsorSchool, please come. The re-union is well attended. Thefood is great, and there willbe door prizes. Mail reserva-tions no later than May 12 toRobbi Zakiwski, secretary,6608 St. Rt. 46, Rome, Ohio44085. Checks payable to:Windsor Alumni Assoc.

June 15 Geneva:Girls Rock

Girls Rock 2012 will beheld 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Friday, June 15, at GenevaMiddle School. This is a freeevent that helps girls buildself esteem and self respect.There will be food andprizes. Come Zumba withus! Meet Johanna Orozco, asurvivor of teen dating vio-lence. Registration is re-quired. Call 992-2727. Thelast day to sign up is Friday,May 29. The event, spon-sored by Homesafe, is lim-ited to the first 40 girls.

June 22 Austinburg:In-Spire

Join Homesafe for a freeguys’ event called In-Spire2012. Show us your skillsand “drop it like it’s hot” atour basketball tournament.This event is geared towardteam-building skills andself-awareness. There willbe food and prizes. The eventwill be held from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. at the Grand RiverAcademy, for boys ages 12-18. Registration is required.Call 992-2727. The last dayto sign up is Friday, May 29.

Grade 4All A’s

Ryelie BarnesAbigail DischerEmma Gornichec

Honor RollBrenna HagerdonBella JordanAlyssa ThrasherHayleigh JordanAlyssa MeaneyNicholas DiehlMegan C JacobsJacob TothThomas Nemitz

Merit RollEmma GoffMegan H JacobsJohn MontanaroBrooke LocyAngelique Peche

Honor RollGrade 4

Emilie BurrKatie CumberledgeAleah EddyZachary ForristalAllison KrawsczynMaverick MooreIszabella StaleySophia Wilber

Grade 5Tabitha BanksKate BrandMichael HamskiSusan HowardLilith JoernsCheyenne KaseCallae MoodyDakota RyanLogan SansonHadley StewartChristopher TuranoRoselind Wright

Grade 6Tracia BaileySara BowenAlexander ForristalAustyn HamberColleen HurstJonathan NortonAngelica SackClay SmockMontana Szuhay

Merit RollGrade 4

Emily FormanJoseph Hamper, Jr.Preston HamperAlexis HardyHannah ReidJacob RollmanKarlie Sidley

Lauren SukalacKayne PellegrinoCora RigglemanAnthony DevivoGabriella FalkeKennedy SimmenEthan ButcherJonathan EckartJaret HallJuila VavpeticEmilla WarnerAndrew HamperDestiny MayesColin PriestapCorianna Queen

Grade 5All A’s

Gavin BishJacob ButlerPaige JohnsonJayni LambSabrina Phommavichit

Kylie SnyderEmily KendzerskiMarissa CovettaJoel Nelson

Honor RollEmily TaftDrew MorganBrooke PawlowskiSara HubbardClaire AllenKatherine ChaneyRenee JusticeMcKenna MonnollyAndrew VanceJoshua BaucumTyler BouckMorgan CorronSarah DeGeorgeKolton GladneyGeorgia Woodworth

Merit RollDanielle FinkSara NewlandSamantha BouckCloey SpahrGrady WessollekGarrett BoczarAustin CalawayJenna ParomakiOwen BlanchetteEmily KovacsJoshua BrazilMiranda RexroadTanner SackettJoshua WilsonWilliam BeckwithBlake Burns

Grade 6All A’s

Wendy BraunRobert EckartTyler GramszHanna RunnionEmily EnglishZachary FogarasNatalie Fioritto

Jefferson Elementary School Honor, Merit RollJenna Hill

Honor RollCaden CiconMorgan PenroseJessica HouselJulia PeteCaleb PishnerMaycee powersSierra DeanJohnathan HensonTalis leslieAustin JacobsAnalese Marrison

Merit RollMaggie MooreBobbi HughesAbigayle BeckerNicholas ChiacchieroKyle LincolnKatie PetroJeremy GainesBrandon ThompsonCloie barnesMiranda DickensCeleste HamperBrandon ParkSeth BaldwinJoshua FinkJoseph SmithSiarra BrazilStormy MeadeJacob JohnsonMax MathewsJames MillerShellby TerryRobert NiemiThomas heathfieldChristian MarteTroy osborneRyan StatesBreeanna HermanTristan osborneNatasha ShreveChase Wilber

Kelsey SidleySierra SzuhayHope Thibeault

Grade 5Alexis ArnettBrent CarrollThomas ColvinVeronica FormanMathew HardyMadeline HitchcockKaira HughellMakayla JoernsAshley KindlerLeroy Miller, Jr.Gianna MusacchioAlexius PayneSebastian RoseDavid Specht

Grade 6Candace BurkhammerJordan ChittleFrank Cicogna, IVCharles DearyBreanna JohnsonDylan KatoBrooke-Marie NoscalChase O’MearaJacob ReidBria Robinson

Rock Creek ElementarySchool Honor, Merit Roll

SchoolNews

Jansen graduates FSSAITArmy National Guard Pvt. Cameron Jansen has gradu-

ated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced IndividualTraining course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The field artil-lery specialists serve in intelligence activities includingtarget processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, divi-sion artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade and head-quarters and fire support elements.

The course is designed to train students to establish,maintain, and operate radio and wire communications andspeech security equipment, including encoding and decod-ing messages. They also must prepare and maintain dailystaff journals, fire support situation maps, charts and otherfire support and target processing procedures, records, anddocuments. In addition, students assist in initiating re-quests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and aerialdelivered munitions, and emplace, maintain, and assist inthe operation of laser range finders, target designation, andnight observation devices.

Jansen is the son of Peter Jansen and Darlene Jansen,both of Rock Creek.

He is a 2011 graduate of Ashtabula County Joint Voca-tional School, Jefferson.


ASHTABULA - Saints John& Paul High School facultymembers Mrs. Patricia Gilpin,Ms. Jennifer Allan and Mr.Michael Burich were acknowl-edged in Ohio Magazine’sMarch 2012 “Excellence inEducation – Private HighSchools” recognition program.

This special recognition isgiven to Ohio’s top privatehigh school teachers. OhioMagazine sited they “werepleased to honor those who aremaking a difference in contrib-uting to Ohio’s commitment in

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured left to right are Mr. Michael Burich, math andscience; Mrs. Patricia Gilpin, science; and Ms. JenniferAllan, English.

High school teachers receiveOhio Magazine recognition

achieving excellence in educa-tion.”

Recipients are nominatedby fellow educators and schooladministrators. Ohio Maga-zine reaches 386,000 readersacross the state and beyond.

Sr. Maureen Burke, presi-dent of Sts. John & Paul said,“As a school community, weare proud of this distinctiongiven to Mrs. Gilpin, Ms. Allanand Mr. Burich as they repre-sent the outstanding facultyand staff of Saints John & PaulSchool.”

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - Deciding whatcareer path to follow can bea tough decision for stu-dents, but seeking informa-tion by talking directly withcareer professionals abouttheir work experience canhelp bring the possibilitiesinto sharper focus. At theannual Lunch with a Profes-sional event, sponsored byAshtabula County Contin-ued Education Support Ser-vices (ACCESS) in collabora-tion with University Hospi-tals Geneva and ConneautMedical Centers, twelve UHemployees visited GenevaHigh School to talk with stu-dents about their jobs. GHSstudents had the opportu-nity to ask questions aboutcareer possibilities and togather information aboutwhich colleges offer pro-grams in specific areas ofinterest.

“At last year’s Lunch witha Professional, I was able tospeak directly with RobertDavid, CEO of UH Genevaand Conneaut Medical Cen-ters, about my interest inhospital administration,”GHS grad Lindsey Gibsonsaid. “It was such a greatopportunity. Speaking withhim really opened my eyesto see what opportunities Iwill have in the future inhealthcare. Now I am a stu-dent at University of MountUnion where I am studyingBusiness Administrationwith a concentration in Hos-pital Administration and ourconversation is still ongoing.Lunch with a Professionalwas such a great way to

Lunch with a Professional at Geneva High School

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSGeneva High School senior Petr Wiese will attend theCollege of Wooster next fall and is considering a careerin medicine. The recent Lunch with a Professional eventhosted by Ashtabula County Continued EducationSupport Services (ACCESS) in collaboration with UniversityHospitals Geneva and Conneaut Medical Centers gavehim the opportunity to talk with UH Geneva MedicalCenter Laboratory Technician Pat Steigerwald (right) andRegistered Nurse Lori Kingston about his interest inmicrobiology. The event provided an opportunity forstudents to talk directly with career professionals abouttheir jobs, to ask questions and to gather informationabout colleges offering programs tailored to their areasof interest. The career expo brought a dozen UHemployees to Geneva High School to talk with students.

make contacts and talk di-rectly with career profes-sionals,” Gibson said.

GHS senior Petr Wiesesaid his career interests leantoward medical research buthe is also thinking of apply-ing to medical school.

“I am going to the Collegeof Wooster in the fall,” saidWiese. “This (Lunch with aProfessional) is a great ideaand a good way for us togather information.”

The Lunch with a Profes-sional event is just one manyprograms and seminars pro-vided by Ashtabula CountyContinued Education Sup-port Services (ACCESS)geared to elucidate the col-lege admission process andease the transition from highschool to college. GHS AC-CESS Program DirectorPaula Ghiz explained thatthe organization providesadvisement, resources and

disseminates informationfor college bound students atschools throughout thecounty and the Lunch witha Professional concept is avital rung in the ladder. Giv-ing students direct access toprofessionals in their ca-reers of interest, in the com-fort zone of the students’own turf, creates an optimalforum for the exchange ofinformation. Lunch with aProfessional was organizedthrough the combined ef-forts of UH Geneva andConneaut Medical CentersCommunity Outreach Man-ager Lori Kingston, AC-CESS Program DirectorPaula Ghiz and GHS AC-CESS Advisor KarlaTallbacka.

On hand to share careerinformation at Lunch with aProfessional were Respira-tory Therapist KathyHruktay, Physical TherapistJennifer Wojtaszek , Regis-tered Nurses Sarah Barnesand Paula Covell, Labora-tory Technician PatSteigerwald, Diagnostic Im-aging Technician DeannCaswell, Human ResourcesManager Kate Van Strattonand Patient Liaison CindyStec all from UH GenevaMedical Center. RegisteredNurse Beth Jafarace andDiagnostic Imaging Techni-cian Audrey Parks from UHConneaut Medical Centeranswered students’ ques-tions as did UH Geneva andConneaut Pharmacist BradBest. Geneva High Schoolstudents Amie Brookes,Mackenzie Moran, KamieGill, Ashley Warner, KrystaKoykka and Bekka Cerjanassisted with the event.

BY SADIE PORTMANGazetteNewspapers

JEFFERSON -Jefferson ElementarySchool held its firsttalent show recentlywith students show-ing off their skills indancing, singing andeven sign language.

“April 13, 2012, inJefferson ElementaryGymnasium, stu-dents in grades threethrough six showedoff their talents. Stu-dents were invited toaudition in March,”Christy Seymoursaid.

Seymour was im-pressed with the widerange of ability thestudents at the elementaryschool possessed.

“Any talent was allowedin the show,” Seymour said.“The show consisted ofsingers, dancers, karate,gymnastics, raps, cheering,hula-hooping, ABCs back-wards and a rock n’ rollband.”

The Friday night crowdcame into the elementaryschool for a chance to seetheir own son or daughter,grandchild or friend per-form a special act they hadbeen preparing for sinceMarch.

Each student had achance to practice their tal-ent on stage before the finalperformance night, wherethey were to perform infront of family and friends.

Jefferson Elementary School has talent

“For auditions, studentshad to show us their talentand then attend a dress re-hearsal the day before theTalent Show,” Seymoursaid.

The talent show was anall-out student involve-ment activity, with even theemcees being students.

“We choose a representa-tive from each sixth-gradehomeroom to be the emceesof the show,” Seymour said.

The emcees from thesixth grade were NickChiacchiero, NatalieFioritto, Tyler Gramsz andCeleste Hamper.

The emcees did theirown research for the talentshow and made sure theyhad a list of tidbits and funfacts for the audience to

enjoy in between acts.“These four students

found superstitions toshare with the audition be-tween acts to use the themeof Friday the 13th for ourTalent Show,” Seymoursaid.

The talent show yieldedfirst- through third-placewinners.

The winners of the talentshow are as follows: first-place winner, band Explo-sion Overdrive with fifth-grader Grady Wessollek ondrums and fourth-graderZeke Brake on guitar. Sec-ond-place winner wassinger/sign languageAnabella Hibler and third-place winner was singerMaycee Powers.

The show also was a per-

fect time for the sixth grad-ers to raise money for anend-of-the-year trip.

“We also had a bake salerun by Jackson Hewitt TaxServices that donated allthe proceeds to the sixth-grade class trip,” Seymoursaid.

Seymour said the stu-dents worked hard to makethe talent show a realityand she was proud to seeher students have a chanceto perform.

“It was a really greatnight,” Seymour said. “Thestudents did an excellentjob.”

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

SUBMITTED PHOTOSixth-grade emcees Nick Chiacchiero, Natalie Fioritto, Tyler Gramsz and Celeste Hamperstand with first-place winners, the band Explosion Overdrive: Grady Wessollek, drums, fifthgrade, and Zeke Brake, guitar, fourth grade. Second-place winner was singer/sign languageAnabella Hibler and third-place winner was singer Maycee Powers.

BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - LastApril was one of the wettestin northeast Ohio’s recordedhistory. Last month wasone of the warmest inMarch since 1871, accordingto the National WeatherService.

This April has shaped upto be nothing short of aroller coaster with its hightemperatures one day andlow temperatures the next.So what does that mean toJefferson Area Junior Highgym classes and theirteacher, Steve Locy? Itmeans to get outside when-ever the weather cooper-ates.

“I take the kids outsidewhenever I can. I hate tohave them cooped up in thegym,” Locy explained.

Tony Spang waits on firstafter his base hit.

Enjoying the outsideEnjoying the outside

Tuesday, April 17, wasno exception. Although thetemperatures were on thecool side, the sun was shin-ing and Locy’s gym classestook advantage. They alsotook advantage of the turfin the Falcon football sta-dium.

Even with a little rain,the turf is dry, so Locy wasusing it as a softball field.

“We play with a rubberball,” eighth-grader BubbaHagerdon said, seeminglyglad to be outside expellingsome adolescent energy.

Hagerdon’s classmatesalso seemed excited to beoutside. Not one had a coatand each participated inthat day’s game. Although,according to the boys, theumpire was a little biasedand the pitching was poor.

Will Gant, Jake Adams andBubba Hagerdon show offfor the camera.

PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMETony Spang tags out Colton Wilber while Bubba Hagerdonlines up the throw.


YOUth LEADERship Ashtabula County applicationsare available now to students that will be high schooljuniors during the 2012-2013 school year. The programwill begin in September, 2012 and continue throughMay, 2013. Applications are available in the high schooloffices/guidance counselors, by calling the LEADERshipoffice at 440-998-3888, or on-line atwww.leadershipashtabulacounty.org.

YOUth LEADERship experiences include: leadershipdevelopment, personal growth and development, teambuilding skills, personality preferences, communityawareness and problem solving techniques. High schooljuniors may find themselves talking about issues thatare of concern to area students, hiking through thewoods, visiting the Youth Detention Center, interact-ing with local leaders or hunting for historic treasuresin the county.

YOUth LEADERship is a program of LEADERshipAshtabula County, run by a volunteer Steering Com-mittee. The $400 tuition covers all meals, transporta-tion and materials.

Applications are due in the LEADERship office byMay 1, 2012.

SUBMITTED PHOTOYOUth LEADERship Ashtabula County had its Mid-Year Retreat at the SPIRE Institute.

YOUth LEADERship Ashtabula County applications now available



JEFFERSON - Talentwill be on display atJefferson Area High Schoolthis Friday.

The annual JeffersonArea High School TalentShow will be held 7 p.m. Fri-day, April 27, in the highschool auditorium. Admis-sion is $6.

According to informationprovided by Senior Class Ad-visor Michael Barney, thisyear ’s judges are bandteacher Fred Burazer, Fal-con Follies board memberand director of the springplay Seanna Butler, StudentCouncil director, GreenTeam adviser and Spanishteacher Miss. Stacy Hinkleand English teacher Mrs.Rebecca Reese.

Each judge is responsiblefor deciding which act shouldreceive one of the four moneyprizes, Barney said. Firstplace $100, second, $75,third $50.00 and fourth, $25.

Twenty acts are expectedto participate in this year’sshows. They are listed below.

Act 1Tyler Gancos and Clayton

Ketola - Performing “PanicSwitch”

Act 2Aubrianna Knight and

Brittany Teter - Singing“Temporary Home”

Act 3Logan Kincaid - Singing

“Over My Head”

Act 4Patrick Martin - Perform-

ing a Violin Melody of“Danny Boy,” “Canon in D”and “Gavotte”

Act 5Justin Brown and Allison

Simon - Singing “The Phan-tom of the Opera”

Act 6The Burninators, Leo

Beaver, Andrew Fisher, JoeGillespie, Nathan Kennedy- Performing “Chopsuey”

Act 7Jefferson High School

Show Choir (Not Judged)Emily Baker, Paige Beach,

Angella Brininger, JustinBrown, Jeffrey Buchans,Vanessa Burlingame, LilyButtitta, Kendra Clisby, MiaColadangelo, Zoe Contenza,Brittany Dean, Dylan Dean,Samantha Foster, AudraFranley, BernadetteGeraghty, Giulia Giancola,Hannah Horn, ClaytonKetola, Logan Kincaid, Travis

JAHS told holdTalent Show

Klein, Abigail Kovacs,Mikayla McMinn, ZackaryMiller, Marissa Nunley,Hanna Punkar, AlexanderSimon, Allison Simon,Kirstyn Smith, MatthewVolanski, Bradley Weisbarth- Performing “Dance Evolu-tion”

Act 8Lilly Buttitta and Allison

Simon - Singing “ Bound toYou”

Act 9Hannah Horn - Singing

“That’s When Ya’ Know”

Act 10Melanie Candela - Sing-

ing “My Immortal”

INTERMISSIONAct 11

Critical Error, DavidBookbinder, Jake Falke,Adam Jamison - Performing“Basket Case”

Act 12Corey Jones - Performing

and Singing “How To Love”

Act 13Andrew Fisher and Tyler

Gancos - Performing “Trib-ute”

Act 14Zoe Contenza - Singing

“My Shadow”

Act 15Laura Cole and Clayton

Ketola - Singing “SomebodyI Used To Know”

Act 16June Cooper - Singing

“Traveling Soldier”

Act 17Krista Beddoe (Not

Judged) - Singing “This isMe”

Act 18Kendra Clisby - Singing

“White Liar”

Act 19Nicholas LaGrange -

Playing “Imagine”

Act 20Jefferson Area High

School Stage Band (NotJudged)

Nick Bishop, RichieBlough, David Bookbinder,Fred Burazer, KevinDietrich, Jake Falke,

Andrew Fisher, KevinFord, Tyler Gancos, JoeHathy, Nick Kobernik, JerodNunley, Andy Picard

Shelby Potter, Brett Pow-ers, Leah Preslar, MasonTaylor, Brad Weisbarth -Performing Peaches En Re-galia by Frank Zappa, ar-ranged by Fred A. Burazer


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education began toimplement cuts designed toreduce expenses by $1.5 mil-lion for the 2012-13 school yearat its meeting on Tuesday,April 17.

The meeting had beenmoved to the Jefferson AreaHigh School auditorium be-cause of the large crowd, asresidents in the districtwanted an opportunity to ex-press their thoughts about thecuts and ask questions.

Although the cuts in teach-ing staff and extracurricularprograms were the oneslargely discussed at the meet-ing, the district also is makingcuts in other areas, includingadministration.

“The Jefferson Area LocalSchools continue to grapplewith the difficult reality ofschool funding,” district offi-cials said in a hand-out to visi-tors at the meeting. “The up-coming 2012-2013 school yearcontinues to pose significantbudgetary challenges for thedistrict. Factors such as cutsin state support, the end offederal jobs funding for edu-cation and rising fuel and

Jefferson BOE looks at cuts in other areashealth care costs have ourschool district entering the2012-2013 school year withexpenses continuing to exceedour revenue.”

During the meeting, acouple of residents askedabout whether there will becuts in administration and notjust the teaching staff.

Although these cutsweren’t discussed much dur-ing the meeting, there aresome reductions to these areasplanned, and they were high-lighted on the hand-out givento guests at the meeting.

These reductions includereducing the Rock Creek El-ementary School principal’sgeneral fund costs by addingduties paid by grants, Super-intendent Doug Hladek said.

By doing this, this also willreduce the Ashtabula CountyEducational Service Centersupervisor’s duties to the mini-mum provided by the State ofOhio, he said.

Hladek said this reductioninvolves Rock Creek Elemen-tary School Principal LarryMeloro taking on duties twodays a week that involve ad-ministrating the Title 1 andRace to the Top grants. Melorowill still serve as the RockCreek principal.

Doing this will provide a

savings of $30,000 to the gen-eral fund, Hladek said.

Other changes at the ad-ministrative level involve theadministrators and supervi-sors making a commitment toa pay and step freeze, as wellas committing to paying 10percent of their health insur-ance benefits, as opposed tothe current five percent,Hladek said. He said this willresult in $10,340 of savings.

Other upcoming reductionsinclude a reduction of hours forBoard of Education office em-ployees, which will result in asavings of $19,400. Hladeksaid the three full-time em-ployees will drop from eighthours a day to seven hours aday. The two part-time em-ployees will have their hoursreduced by a half hour everyday.

These reductions at theadministrative and board levelwill result in a total savings of$59,740, Hladek said.

The board also made cutsin supplemental contracts thatwill result in saving $58,000.

These cuts in supplemen-tal contracts include cuttingsome activity advisors includ-ing the following: yearbook,newspaper, vocal director,Majorette advisor, studentcouncil high school, student

council junior high school,Model UN assistant coach anddrama.

The sports departmentalso will be affected by theproposed cuts, including theelimination of the followingathletic coaches: freshmanfootball; girls freshman bas-ketball; boys freshman bas-ketball; freshman baseball;freshman volleyball; juniorhigh golf; junior high crosscountry; one varsity crosscountry; junior high tennis;freshman cheerleading; andjunior high cheerleading.

Additionally, non-teach-ing positions that will beeliminated include two el-ementary library paraprofes-sionals, two Educational Re-source and InstructionalCenter (ERIC) monitors, oneControlled Learning Centermonitor, one elementary caf-eteria monitor, one mainte-nance position, two custodi-ans, one bus mechanic, twobus drivers, three cooks andone crossing guard.

“All of this is going to im-pact the work everyone is go-ing to do,” Hladek said.

Stefanie Wessell, senior edi-tor for Gazette Newspapers,may be reached at [email protected].

Jefferson Area Local Schools April 2012 Proposed Budget ReductionsFrequently Asked Questions

Note: The following informationwas given to residents who attendedthe Jefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education meeting onTuesday, April 17.

You can ask additional questions andstay informed about our district’s bud-get crisis at our school districts web site.Click on the District Tab at the top of theweb site and then click on 2012-13 cuts.http://www.jefferson.k12.oh.us/

1. Q. Is our school district in debt?A. The Jefferson Area Local School

district has not yet gone into debt. Ex-penditures are exceeding its revenue.The district has maintained its programsat current levels through the use of pastbudget surpluses and the infusion of Fed-eral stimulus and Education Jobs fund-ing to maintain operations.

2. Q. Why has the district not madecuts previous to these being proposed now?

A. The district has made staff andprogram cuts. Though they slowed therate of expenditures exceeding revenue,they did not result in the district break-ing even. Due to inflation and increasedcosts, the district still saw an increase inoperational costs even after the cuts weremade. Here are some of the positions pre-viously cut: elementary guidance coun-selor, French/English teacher, one schoolnurse, one math teacher at the highschool, elementary teacher, one family in-tervention specialist, half special educa-tion teacher, half tutor, half instrumen-tal music teacher, one social worker, oneSpanish teacher, one secondary secretaryand one work study coordinator.

3. Q. How much will the proposed cutssave the school district?

A. The proposed staff cuts and pro-gram changes will result in an esti-mated $1.5 million reduction in expen-ditures for our school district during the2012-13 school year.

4. Q. Will these cuts result in theschool system being solvent?

A. No. It is important to note that asdrastic as the announced cuts mayseem, without additional revenue, fur-ther cuts up to $1,000,000 will be nec-essary in the 2013-2014 school year.

5. Q. Are we sure that our districtsState and Federal funding will be stablein the near future?

A. No. The school district could seeadditional cuts in Federal and State rev-enue.

6. Q. With the proposed cuts will thedistrict still be able to offer all-day kin-

dergarten?A. Only if reductions are made in

other areas.7. Q. I have heard that open enroll-

ment students cause the district to losemoney, is this true?

A. No. Open enrollment students ac-tually are a source of revenue for theschool district. This school year (2011-12), open enrollment students will re-sult in $929,750 in revenue for the dis-trict.

8. Q. But don’t the open enrollmentstudents cause class sizes to grow andforce our district to employ additionalteachers?

A. No. This year we have 163 openenrollment students. They are spreadacross grade levels. We manage the ac-ceptance of open enrollment students tomake sure that their number at anygrade level does not result in our hav-ing to hire additional teachers. At thesecondary level, where students take avariety of courses, open enrollment stu-dents can actually make a positive dif-ference in our ability to offer somecourses.

9. Q. Open enrollment students bringthe school district $5,704 per student inrevenue, but according to reports it costsus $ 8,620 per pupil to operate the dis-trict. Doesn’t this represent a loss to thedistrict?

A. No. Cost per pupil is a represen-tation of costs for a school district. Thestatistic is calculated by dividing thetotal expenditures for our school districtduring a specific period of time by thetotal student enrollment.

This means that when a schooldistrict’s enrollment goes down and itsbudget stays the same, its cost per pu-pil increases. Inversely, when a district’senrollment goes up and its budget staysthe same its cost per pupil goes down.

10. Q. Why are you cutting our Fam-ily and Consumer Science program andreplacing it with a Library, research andStudy Skills course?

A. The decision to eliminate this pro-gram was difficult. With this reductionthe high school will offer non-core elec-tives (core = math, science, social stud-ies and English) in art, vocal music, in-strumental music, computers, physicaleducation, and library research/studyskills.

The decision to eliminate this pro-gram came down to the number of stu-dents enrolled, what facility would beclosed, district and building goalsaround the use of technology and pre-

paring students to graduate college orcareer ready and the need for an elec-tive that provided flexibility in class sizeand content offered simultaneously.

It was decided that an elective coursesequence in library research/study skillswould best serve the high school’s needs.The library facility was designed as acenter for student learning and collabo-ration.

Access to computers, and the spaceand flexibility to arrange its furnitureto accommodate diverse learning expe-riences is critical as the district movesforward in implementing the Ohio’s newand revised content standards and as-sessments.

Within the library there can be of-fered simultaneously the library courseelectives, online courses for students, tu-toring and independent studies by stu-dents. The added study room above thelibrary offers additional flexibility.

In addition, the position of school li-brarian transitions from a non-teachingposition to a teaching position whichpreserves the library program and addselective course capacity to the highschool.

11. Q. How will the cuts in guidanceservices at the junior high and highschool impact our students’ access to acounselor?

A. The cuts in guidance will indeedhave an impact. The proposed cutseliminate the junior high school guid-ance counselor and add teaching dutiesto the responsibilities of the grade 7-12counselor. In order to maximize the abil-ity of the guidance counselor to meetwith students and perform counselingservices it is imperative that thecounselor’s teaching schedule leave thefirst period, lunch periods and last pe-riod of the day open for the performanceof counseling duties. It is during theseperiods that our students are most freetomeet with the counselor.

In addition, these cuts will impactthe building administrators who nowmust add to their responsibilities the de-velopment and implementation of themaster schedule, the organization andmanagement of the Ohio Achievementand Graduation testing process andother non-counseling functions cur-rently carried out by our counselors. Theposition of EMIS Coordinator / recep-tionist at the board of education will bechanged to eliminate the receptionist jobduties and moved to the high schoolguidance office to support our counselorand free him/her up to work with stu-dents.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 16AFor the Record

Andover Police• 04-16 - 10:00 PM - Public

Square - Alarm Drop• 04-17 - 2:16 AM - East

Main Street - Suspicious Person• 04-18 - 2:00 PM - Public

Square - Suspicious Person4:31 PM - West Main Street

- Suspicious Person4:36 PM - Maple Street -

Civil Dispute• 04-19 - 6:35 AM - East

Main Street - Alarm Drop4:00 PM - Hayes Road - As-

sist ACSO

Conneaut Police• At 9:21 p.m. April 12, of-

ficers patrolling Main Streetnear Liberty Street observeda male driver of a tan Buicksedan traveling down the roadwith a broken headlight. Of-ficer stopped the car and metwith the driver, Thomas Butler,who was found to be under aFailure to Reinstate Suspen-sion with a Warrant Block. Hewas cited for DUS and LightedLights.

• At 9:29 p.m. April 12, adomestic disturbance was re-ported at the Clark Station onState Street.

• At 1 a.m. April 13, a non-injury traffic accident was re-ported on I-90 near Route 7.

• At 9:44 a.m. April 13, Themanagement at CW of Ohio re-ported a problem that they hadwith a former employee.

• At 11:36 a.m. April 13, aBroad Street resident reporteda fraud.

• At 1:41 p.m. April 13, anon-injury traffic accident wasreported on State Street.

• At 6:22 p.m. April 13, anassault was reported onSandusky Street.

• At 9:14 p.m. April 13, jew-elry was reported stolen froma Mill St. residence.

• At 11:17 p.m. April 13, amale reported that his vehiclewas shot with a BB gun or simi-lar device as he drove downClark Street.

• At 12:41 a.m. April 14, adomestic disturbance was re-ported on East Main Road.

• At 4:21 a.m. April 14,three juveniles seen walking onMain Street were cited intoJuvenile Court for curfew.

• At 12:15 p.m. April 14,Ashley Compton was arrestedon Clark Street for warrantsthrough the Mentor Police De-partment. She was transportedto the custody of Mentor police,and turned over to them.

• At 4:32 p.m. April 14, a

Jefferson PoliceApril 1910:10 a.m. A woman said she

had a male caller who asked ifshe had back pain. The womansaid she is receiving more ofthese calls. Chief Fabel advisedher to tell caller she is not in-terested and to hang up thephone

12:51 a.m. Ptl. Nelson issueda verbal warning to a male for ahandicapped parking violation.

April 179:13 p.m. A verbally harass-

ing message was left on awoman’s answering machinewith a male’s voice. The policetold the woman they would at-tempt to trace the call but thereare no guarantees the call istraceable.

10:19 a.m. A woman reportedbank fraud when she was try-ing to get a paycheck loan andnever received the loan but atotal $230 was pulled from herbank account and she receiveda phone call from the Depart-ment of Legal Affairs saying sheowed $842.52 to Capri ClassicLoans. Police advice to call themif she received anymore phonecalls.

Burrington Heights residentreported that his front licenseplate was stolen.

• At 5:59 p.m. April 14, a as-sault was reported onSandusky Street.

• At 2:35 a.m. April 15, anassault was reported on Day St.

• At 1:53 p.m. April 15, achild’s electric car was stolenfrom the front yard of a Chest-nut Street residence.

• At 7:04 p.m. April 15, jew-elry was reported stolen froma Sandusky Street residence.

• At 7:05 p.m. April 15, a do-mestic disturbance was re-ported on Harbor Street.

• At 8:14 p.m. April 15, amale reported an April 13 hit-skip accident that occurred inthe K-mart parking lot.

• At 10:40 p.m. April 15, anassault was reported in theparking lot of Circle K Store onMill Street.

• At 11:50 p.m. April 15, adomestic disturbance was re-ported on Madison Street,

• At 7:49 p.m. April 16, thetheft of shop lights was re-ported on Creek Road.

• At 8:16 p.m. April 16, aSandusky St. resident reportedharassing phone calls.

• At 8:24 p.m. April 16, a do-mestic situation was reportedon Bridgeview Lane.

• At 11:26 p.m. April 16, adomestic situation was re-ported on Lakeview Avenue.

Geneva PoliceWednesday, April 1111:44 p.m. Suspicious per-

sons and vehicle on 200 block ofWest Liberty

8:44 p.m. Criminal mischiefon 100 block of Woodlawn Street

2:38 p.m. Fight and assaulton Leslie Street

1:53 p.m. Found bike onWest Main Street

1:19 p.m. Drug parapherna-lia on 1300 block of South RidgeEast

4:03 p.m. Suspicious vehicleon 800 block of Sherman Street

Tuesday, April 108:12 p.m. Domestic arguing

on 200 block of South Broadway6:51 p.m. Possible ill dog on

700 block of West Main Street3:07 p.m. Theft on 700 block

of South Broadway1:37 p.m. Theft on 100 block

of Leslie Street

Ashtabula Police• April 909:27 a.m. - block of 5800

Main Ave. Caller reporting childwalkied into store unattended.

10:00 a.m. - block of 5700Woodman Ave. During a follow-up investigation, a felony war-rant arrest was made for theACSO.

11:06 a.m. - block of 1100 E.18th St. A burglary was re-ported.

12:32 p.m. - block of 9200 W.37th St. Caller reports a distur-bance.

12:53 p.m. - block of 9200 W.37th St. Criminal damage or en-dangering.

02:54 p.m. - block of 9100Seymour Dr. Caller complainingabout neighbor shooting bb gunat kids.

04:47 p.m. - block of 2400Deerfield. Dr. A dog bite was re-ported.

07:02 p.m. - block of 5400Samuel Ave. A theft was re-ported.

07:18 p.m. - block of 5700Madison Ave. An assault wasreported.

07:53 p.m. - block of 2000 E.14th St. ACSO requested assis-tance with a possible burglary.

09:56 p.m. - Park Ave./CenterSt. A driver was arrested for DUS.

11:42 p.m. - SR 11/E. 21st St.A report of a deer strike.

• April 1002:22 a.m. - block of 1100

Bridge St. A report of a stabbing.03:52 a.m. - block of 5500

Samual Ave. Agg. Burglary –forced entry -resid.

08:11 a.m. - block of 8000E15th St. Fraud was reported.

09:22 a.m. - block of 3200Glover Dr. A burglary was re-ported.

09:35 a.m. - WashingtonBlvd./W. 54th St. Caller report-ing drunk male sitting ontracks.

• 04-20 - 12:00 AM - MapleStreet - Assist Ambulance

1:21 PM - Station Street -Wanted Person

• 04-21 - 12:53 PM - NorthMain Street - Wanted Person

2:38 PM - SR 7 South - As-sist OSHP

6:15 PM - Parker Drive -Alarm Drop

7:30 PM - Oak Street - Re-ported Burglary

Orwell Police• April 17 - 3:15 pm - Animal

complaint on Robert Ave• April 18 - 9:30 pm - Theft

complaint was taken in the 500block of East Main St

6:55 pm - Assault complainton Janate Ave

8:36 pm - A disturbance wasreported on Carroll Ave

9:44 pm - Assist OSP onSTRT 322

• April 19 - 9:56 pm - Suspi-cious activity was reported in the200 block of S Maple Ave

• April 20 - 2:32 am - OVI ar-rest on N School St

9:00 am - Animal complaint onE Main St

1:58pm - Suspicious activitycomplaint on Janate Ave

5:50 pm - Information reportwas taken in the 200 block of SMaple Ave

• April 21 - 12:21 am - OVIarrest on Park St

• April 22 - 4:30 pm - Noisecomplaint was taken onPenniman Rd

11:05 a.m. - block of 1000 W.42nd St. 7. A burglary was re-ported.

11:31 a.m – block of 8800Lake Ave. A fraud was reported.

11:52 a.m. - block of 1300 W.6th St. Criminal mischief wasreported.

11:57 a.m. - block 1500 W.54th St. Assist other agency.

12:13 p.m. - block of 1100 W.44th St. An arrest from thecourt was made.

12:50 p.m. - block of 1400Riverside Dr. Caller reportingthreats from ex boyfriend.

01:00 p.m. - block of 5100Jefferson Ave. A disturbancewas reported.

02:01 p.m. - block of 5100 W.29th St. Caller reporting suspi-cious persons going into vacanthouse.

04:28 p.m. - block of 2200Lake Ave. Shop lifter reported.

04:47 p.m. - block of 3200Glover Dr. A juvenile complaintwas received. One arrest.

08:00 p.m. - block of 1000Union Ave. A wanted man wasreported. One arrest made.

• April 1108:09 a.m. - block of 4200 W.

54th St. A burglary was re-ported.

09:54 a.m. - block of 1800 E.45th St. A disturbance was re-

ported.08:55 a.m. - block of 4200 W.

28th St. Caller reports assault.09:58 a.m. - block of 1100 W.

44th St. Caller reports vandal-ism to his vehicle.

11:15 a.m. - block of 4200State Rd. Domestic violence wasreported. One juvenile male wasreported.

03:11 p.m. - block of 3200 W.48th St. A suicide attempt wasreported.

03:37 p.m. - block of 1900Lambros Ln. A dispute was re-ported.

04:01 p.m. - block of 3100Johnson Ct. An attempt bur-glary reported.

04:15 p.m. - block of 5700Woodland Ave. A report of neigh-bors squabbling.

05:44 p.m. - block of 4200Benefit Ave. A theft was re-ported.

06:07 p.m. - block of 1700 E.44th St. A report of a possibleburglary.

08:48 p.m. - block of 6400Bardmoore Blvd. A report of adomestic violence was received.

10:35 p.m. - block of 2600Carso Ave. A report of domesticviolence was received.

• April 1201:11 a.m. - E. Prospect Rd.

Assist other agency.

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ASHTABULA – The Ashtabula Branch of Wells Fargo Ad-visors will be sponsoring a “Shred It Event” on Saturday, April28, from 9 a.m. until noon at its office at 3705 State Road.

“This post-tax season is a great time to clean out thoseunwanted personal papers, and shredding is an excellentway to help guard against identity theft,” says ManagingDirector-Investment Officer Dan Huffman.

The shredding and coffee are complimentary and par-ticipants will have the opportunity to make a voluntarycheck donation, payable to Harvest for Hunger.

Cleveland Foodbank’s “Harvest for Hunger 2012” is themost important campaign to date. Unfortunately, the num-ber of people turning to hunger centers for emergency foodcontinues to rise. Harvest for Hunger is an important sourceof support for these hunger centers. The poor economy,continued unemployment, and higher food and heating billsare forcing more people to turn to local hot meal programs,food pantries and shelters for assistance.

Because they are able to buy food at a reduced price,cash or check contributions are preferred. A one dollar do-nation to Harvest for Hunger can provide enough food forfour nutritious meals to hungry families.

The Cleveland Foodbank supplies the majority of thefood used in local hot meal sites, shelters, and food pan-tries. They work closely with other Northeast Ohio hun-ger relief organizations, providing food and nonfood prod-ucts to hunger centers throughout the area.

“The Cleveland Foodbank has been great to work with,”reports First Vice President-Investment Officer JamesMayer. “All donations to Harvest for Hunger collected atour office will benefit services located in Ashtabula County.”

If you would like additional information about the “ShredIt Event, please call the Wells Fargo office at 440-992-1515.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 17AFor the Record

Feb. 21, Loretta Lynn NelsonThe defendant is charged with two counts of failure to

appear, felonies of the fourth degree. The court deter-mined the defendant to be an indigent person. The datefor trial will be set within the time limits. The defendanthas seven days of jail credit. Bond is set in the amount of$5,000.00.

Feb.21, Joseph W. Basham, Jr.The defendant withdrew his former plea of not guilty

and entered a plea of guilty to one count of breaking andentering, a felony of the fifth degree; one count of theft, afelony of the fifth degree; and one count of burglary, afelony of the fourth degree. The defendant shall serve aterm of three years and six months. The bond is canceled.Credit is granted for 41 days.

Feb. 23, Handy Vernard Wright, IVThe defendant is charged with one count of rape, a

felony of the first degree; four counts of complicity to rape,felonies of the first degree; two counts to complicity tokidnapping, felonies of the first degree; two counts of com-plicity to felonious assault, felonies of the second degree;one count of complicity to tampering with evidence; andone count of complicity to aggravated robbery, a felony ofthe first degree. The defendant was determined to be anindigent person. For plea, the defendant says that he isnot guilty. The date for trial will be set within the timelimits. The defendant has spent 23 days in jail. Bond isset in the amount of $25,000.

Feb. 23, Jennifer N. HallThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal

manufacture of drugs, a felony of the first degree; one countof illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for themanufacture of drugs, a felony of the second degree; onecount of aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of thefifth degree; and one count of illegal conveyance of drugsof abuse onto grounds of detention facility, a felony of thethird degree. It was determined that the defendant wasan indigent person. For plea the defendant says that sheis not guilty. The date for trial will be set within the timelimits. The defendant has 103 days of jail credit. Bond isset in the amount of $40,000.

Feb. 24, Stephen J. VoytkoThe defendant is charged with one count of illegal

manufacture of drugs, a felony of the second degree; andone count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicalsfor the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree.The court determined the defendant to be an indigentperson. For plea, the defendant says that he is not guilty.Bond as previously posted in the amount of $10,000.00 iscontinued. The defendant has 11 days of jail credit.

Feb. 24, Charles S Hall, Jr.The defendant is charged with one count of illegal

manufacture of drugs, a felony of the second degree; andone count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicalsfor the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree.The court determined the defendant to be an indigentperson. The defendant waived the reading of the indict-ment. For plea, the defendant says that he is not guilty.The defendant has spent 10 days in jail pursuant to thecharges. Bond as previously set in the amount of $30,000is continued.

Feb. 24, Anthony DelaoThe defendant is charged with one count of receiving

stolen property, a felony of the fourth degree; one count ofgrand theft of motor vehicle, a felony of the fourth degree;and one count of burglary, a felony of the second degree.The defendant waived the twenty-four hour prior servicerule and wived the reading of the indictment. For plea,the defendant says that he is not guilty. The defendanthas one day of jail credit. Bond is set in the amount of$10,000.

Ashtabula County WeeklyTraffic Advisory

***NEW***Rt 6 & State Rt 85 in the village of Andover

(Monday, April 23 – until further notice)Beginning Monday, April 23, through Monday, May 7, SR 85

between US 6 and Pymatuning Lake Rd. will be closed for bridgerepairs. The detour is US 6/SR 7 to Fenkell Rd. to PymatuningLake Rd.

Beginning Monday, April 23, US 6 between Case Ave. and theSquare in the Village of Andover and SR 85 from the Square inthe Village in Andover to Pennsylvania state line will have vari-ous lane restriction for resurfacing.

This is part of $1.2 million project to resurface US 6 and SR 85with various bridge repairs. The entire project is scheduled to becompleted by August 2012.

***ONGOING***SR11 in Denmark, Dorset, Jefferson & Ply-mouth Townships

(Until further notice) SR 11 has various lane restrictions ineither or both directions from SR 307 to SR 46 for resurfacingwork. This work is part of an $11.2 million project to resurface SR11 from SR 307 to SR 46. The project also includes miscellaneousbridge work. The entire project is scheduled to be complete bymid – May 2012.

SR11 in Plymouth and Ashtabula Townships(until further notice) SR 11 between US 20 and E. 21st. St. is

reduced to one lane in each direction for bridge repairs. This workis part of a $4.2 million project to repair six structures on SR 11between State Rd. and SR 84. The entire project is scheduled tobe completed by October 2012.

I90 in Plymouth, Sheffield & Kingsville Townships(until further notice) I-90 eastbound and westbound from just

east of SR 11 to just west of SR 193/84 has various lane restric-tions for roadway resurfacing. This work is part of a $34.1 millionproject to resurface I-90 from just east of SR 11 to just west of SR193/84. The project also includes bridge rehabilitation to fourbridges on I-90 and three overhead bridges. The entire project isscheduled to be completed in July 2012.

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

of the Conneaut River to the Pennsylvania State line should beaware of a new bi-directional traffic pattern. Although two lanesof traffic will be maintained in each direction, westbound trafficwill now be split. One lane of westbound traffic will crossover ontoI-90 eastbound, while the second lane will remain on I-90 west-bound. A concrete barrier wall will be used on I-90 eastbound toseparate east and westbound traffic. Once the traffic pattern isset, there will the three lanes of traffic traveling on I-90 east-bound, (two eastbound and one westbound).

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

• South Ridge Rd. under I-90 is closed through early May forbridge reconstruction. The detour is Under Ridge Rd. to KeffusRd.

• Furnace Rd. under I-90 is closed through early May for bridgereconstruction. The detour is Under Ridge Rd. to Middle Rd. toBailey Rd.

This work is part of a $44.6 million project to replace the pave-ment on I-90 from just east of the Conneaut River Bridge to thePennsylvania state line. The entire project is scheduled to be com-pleted by late fall 2013.

For more information on lane restrictions or closures due toODOT construction projects, flooding, crashes, or other relatedtraffic events throughout the year, visit the ODOT Transporta-tion Information System (Buckeye Traffic) at http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/

For more information contact: Justin Chesnic at (330) 786-2209 or email [email protected]

Ashtabula CountySheriff’s Department

April 158:31 a.m. - 7000 block of

Mill Street in WilliamsfieldTownship. Report of an eld-erly woman trespassing onproperty. The woman waslooking for her ducks. Shewas told to ask for permis-sion next time.

April 212:07 p.m. - 2000 block of

West Prospect Road inSaybrook Township. Reportof larceny/theft.

April 237:49 a.m. - Edgewood

High School. There was afight between several stu-dents. The fight is over, but

there are irate parentsthere now.

9:21 a.m. - 7000 block ofGane Road in WilliamsfieldTownship. A woman re-ported being a victim of acredit card scam.

10:28 a.m. - 3000 block ofKnowlton Road in MorganTownship. Report of a bur-glary. Cabins were brokeninto and numerous itemswere taken.

2:42 p.m. - 2000 block ofMiddle Road in AshtabulaTownship. Report of lar-ceny/theft. The complainantreported the theft of an ATMcard.

Tue., 4/16 81.6° 52.4° 0”

Wed., 4/17 52.2° 36.3° 0”

Thu., 4/18 53.7° 32.3° 0”

Fri., 4/19 70.3° 45.3° 0”

Sat., 4/20 79.1° 47.8° .06”

Sun., 4/21 47.6° 40.1° .25”

Mon., 4/22 43.9° 41.2° 0”

Cloudy skieswith a chance ofshowers are ex-pected through-out the rest ofthe week. Highsrange in the low40s to mid 50s.

ForecastTue., 4/16 78.8° 56.9° 0”

Wed., 4/17 80.4° 37.5° 0”

Thu., 4/18 55.5° 28.9° 0”

Fri., 4/19 60.7° 36.3° 0”

Sat., 4/20 72° 49.1° 0”

Sun., 4/21 78.4° 38.6° .50”

Mon., 4/22 46.1° 34.6° .25”

Mon., 4/23 43.1° 37° .18”

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Ashtabula County Court News

Dakota P. Mathews, ofPierpont, and Courtney E.

Garry, of Rock Creek

Haisam A. Elkott, of Cairo,Egypt, and Brenda A.

Braden, of Geneva

Brian M. Belconis, ofGeneva, and Stephanie L.

Magda, of Jefferson

Brian D. Fink andAlexandra M. Bird, both of

Geneva

Kyle R. Kowalczyk, ofAustinburg, and Anmarie

K. Laduca, of Getzville, NY

Kanen M. Coffey andAlison E. Potts, both of

Geneva

Michael C. Brydle andMegan D. Wagner, both of

Kingsville

Kenneth L. Jewell andAnita Capo-Dellinger,

both of College Park, MD

David M. Terrill andJessica R. Thompson, both

of Beacon, NY

Larry A. Ruffo, Jr. andShannon R. Strubbe, both

of Ashtabula

Christopher D. Coveryand Mary L. Cardona, both

of Kingsville

Matthew R. Carr andDanielle T. Machacek,

both of Ashtabula

Damien A. Field andMarybeth O’Malley, both

of Andover

Jacob D. Lowe and EmilyE. Tramte, both of

Madison, WI

Jason E. Kirby II andAmber K. Henderson, both

of Geneva

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Feb. 24, Kenneth S. PurtiloThe defendant is charged with one count of possession

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JEFFERSON - JeffersonVillage Administrator TerryFinger gave an update onprojects in the village duringthe Jefferson Village Coun-cil meeting on Monday, April16.

Finger talked about theroad project on South Sy-camore Street. A portion ofSouth Sycamore Street istemporarily closed.

The road is closed be-cause of phase 1 of a projectthat involves the rehabilita-tion of the truck route atSouth Sycamore Street fromRoute 307 to Cedar Street.The road is currently a truck


JEFFERSON - JeffersonVillage will plant a tree inhonor of Arbor Day this year.

Jefferson Village Councilhas been discussing organiz-ing an activity for Arbor Dayduring its recent meetings.

Now, plans have come to-gether to plant a tree on Ar-bor Day in the village. OnArbor Day, individuals andgroups are encouraged toplant and care for trees. Itoriginated in Nebraska City,Nebraska, during 1872 by J.Sterling Morton. The firstArbor Day was held on April10, 1872, and an estimatedone million trees wereplanted that day.

South Sycamore project runs smoothlyroute, but it is unpaved andin need of repairs.

Finger said the projecthas been moving forwardwithout delays and accord-ing to the design plans.

“You can see the extent ofthe work that the villagestreet guys did to refurbishthat,” Finger said.

Finger expected the roadto reopen two weeks fromlast Monday.

Although there aren’tany plans to pave the sur-face of South SycamoreStreet until fall, that maychange, Finger said. He saidthe road condition is sogood, the village may nothave to be worried aboutfurther compacting the

road.“We may be paving

sooner than I thought,” Fin-ger said.

In other news, Fingersaid the village has re-sumed brush pick up at thecurbside and will continueto do so on the first of eachmonth.

Additionally, he re-minded residents that theyshould mark their calendarson Saturday, May 5, for thevillage-wide curbside rub-bish removal.

Finger also reported thathe, Smolen Engineering andCurt Stone recently metwith the Buffalo DistrictArmy Corp. of Engineers toresolve permit issues re-

garding the Market Streetculvert replacement project.

He said that, since thevillage has to disturb thestream flowing in the valley,there are several open is-sues, including mitigationof wetlands and streambank improvements, includ-ing planting trees andshrubs to shade the stream,adding more depth holesand adding rapids.

“As soon as I receive thepublished report, we candiscuss it in committee orfull council,” Finger said.


Jefferson to plant tree in honor of Arbor DayJefferson Village Coun-

cilor Frank Snyder said atree will be planted on ArborDay in front of the First Con-gregational United Churchof Christ. The tree will beplanted in honor of Stu Case,who passed away a fewmonths ago.

A life-long Jefferson resi-dent, Case gave back to thecommunity in many ways,including joining theJefferson Rotary Club in1950 and serving at one timeor another on almost all com-mittees and leadership posi-tions, such as chairing thegolf outing for many years,serving as president in 1963and being the local chairmanof Polio Vaccination Sunday.He was also a member of the

American Legion, the Ma-sonic Lodge, the Order of theEastern Star and was anEagle Scout.

Other service activitiesincluded being a volunteerfireman in the Wade HoseCompany, the chairman ofthe March of Dimes, one ofthe originators of theJefferson United Way andserving 16 years on theJefferson Village Council.More recently, he volun-teered at the Jefferson Com-munity Recreation Centerand mowed the lawns of the

Jefferson Historical Societyand the First CongregationalUnited Church of Christ, ofwhich he was a life-longmember. He was also votedMan of the Year in 1967 andwas nominated as SeniorCitizen of the Year forAshtabula County in 2011.

Since Case was an avidBuckeyes fan, we intend toplant a buckeye tree in hishonor, Snyder said.

Arbor Day is held everyyear on the last Friday inApril, with Arbor Day fallingon Friday, April 27, this year.

JEFFERSON - People in-terested in learning moreabout what can be done tostop human trafficking areencouraged to attend the “I’mnot for Sale: a Stop HumanTrafficking Seminar” on 2p.m. Sunday, April 29, in theVillage of Jefferson.

The League of WomenVoters of Ashtabula Countyand the Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church are co-sponsoring the forum, whichwill be held at the church,located at 125 E. Jefferson St.in Jefferson.

For some background,Ohio Attorney General MikeDeWine and the OhioLeague of Women Votershave encouraged a study onSafe Harbor House Bill 262-a, which would provide forservices for victims of humantrafficking.

Speakers at the forum in-clude:

—Agent Charles Sullivan,of the Painesville Office of theFBI, who will be speaking onlaw enforcement.

—Betty Spencer, of theChurch and Society Commit-tee of the East Ohio Confer-ence of the United Method-

Human Trafficking Forumto be held in Jefferson

ist Church, who will bespeaking about legislation.

—Sr. Laura Wingert andSr. Barbara Daugherty, of theCollaborative Initiative toEnd Human Trafficking, whowill be speaking about per-sonal stories of people sub-jected to trafficking.

Ohio, because of its exten-sive interstate highway sys-tem and network of truckstops, has seen a rise in sextrafficking, particularly inminors. The FBI started itsInnocence Lost Task Force inToledo several years ago, con-centrating on the Interstate-75 and Interstate-90 corridor.The FBI found that, of 151victims of sex trafficking inToledo, 45 were children. Sev-enty-eight of the 151 werefrom the Toledo area.

Interstate 90, which runsthrough Ashtabula County, isone of the main traffickinghighways in America, bring-ing the problem to a localarea.

If you want to learn moreabout the problem in prepara-tion for the forum, a 28-minutevideo can be watched online atw w w. t r u c k e r s a g a i n s ttrafficking.com.

Dining to Donate forMaritime Museum

Applebee’s will donate 15 percent of your check to-ward the Ashtabula Maritime and Surface Transporta-tion Museum when you dine at the Ashtabula location,3241 N. Ridge Rd. East, on 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednes-day, May 2.

You must have the flier to participate. Fliers can bepicked up at the museum, located at 1071 Walnut Blvd.(across from Point Park) in Ashtabula or by calling Anneat (440) 997-5370 for more information.

Morgan Township to holdClean-Up Day on May 5

Morgan Township will hold its clean-up day from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Morgan Town-ship garage, located at the corner of Riverdale Road andState Route 45.

Items not accepted include hazardous materials andfluids, paints, yard waste, batteries, tires, applianceswith Freon, shingles and construction debris.

There will be a separate container for metals.

Jefferson United MethodistChurch to host fashion show

HMPL Book DiscussionGroup to meet ThursdayBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - TheHenderson Memorial PublicLibrary Book DiscussionGroup will meet soon.

“We provide hot coffee,tea, and other beverages forour ‘bookies,’” Library ClerkBev Follin said. “They areinvited to bring comfort foodof their choice.”

The General Genre BookGroup will be meeting on 6-7 p.m. Thursday, April 26.Discussion will centeraround the memoir TheGlass Castle by JeanetteWalls.

The Thrills and ChillsBook Group will be meetingon 5-6 p.m. Monday, May 7.Discussion will centeraround Suspect by JohnLescroart.

JEFFERSON - A lun-cheon and fashion show,“100 Years of Fashion –1860-1960,” is coming tothe Jefferson United Meth-odist Church, featuringSusan Powers, fashion his-torian at Ursuline College.On Saturday, May 12, fromnoon to 2 p.m. women andgirls from the communitywill model costumes fromSusan Powers’ collection ofvintage clothing.

The program is spon-sored by United MethodistWomen of Jefferson UMCas a fundraiser to

support missions hereand around the world.Tickets must be purchased

prior to the event, as nonewill be sold at the door.Tickets for adults are $10,and tickets for children 5-10 are $7. Childcare andlunch will be available onrequest. Only 80 ticketswill be sold, so be sure toreserve yours early for thissell-out event.

Tickets may be pur-chased through the churchoffice: 576-4561, or atJeff ’s Flowers: 576-4836,

or from any UMW Boardmember. Jefferson UMC islocated at 125 EastJefferson St., Jefferson,Ohio.

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ACES offers girls and boys in the seventh grade theopportunity to develop self-confidence, build socialskills and demonstrate responsible behavior - allwhile having a great time learning to operate andmaintain power, paddle and sail watercraft including14’ sailboats, powered vessels with 9.9 hp engines,canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddle boards, andexperience time at the helm of personal watercraft(jet skis!) and a United States Coast Guard vessel!

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Front from left: Holly Engel, Brooke Jewell, Kyle Peck and Ben Gruber. Back: KayleeThomas, Asia Dudik, Cecelia Hunt, Vanessa Frank and Hannah West.

Geneva Middle Schooleighth-graders Cecelia Huntand Hannah West won EdisonAwards for their research inthe areas of Advanced Alter-native Energy and BioTechechnology/ BiomedicalTechnology.

“State Science Day is toSTEM education as a statechampionship game is to ath-letics,” Lynn Edward Elfner,CEO of the Ohio Academy ofScience said in a press release.

More than 1,220 STEMstudents will exhibit their re-search at the 64th annualState Science Day hosted bythe Ohio State University. The young scientists repre-senting 297 schools in 67 Ohiocounties will vie for more than$2.2 million dollars in schol-arships and awards. The OhioAcademy of Science, AmericanElectric Power, The Ohio En-vironmental Education Fund,Boehringer IngelheimRoxane, Inc., Battelle andTime Warner Cable sponsorState Science day. The OhioState University Office of Ex-tended Education coordinatesthe event.

“We are exceptionallyproud of our students for theiroutstanding success at thisyears’ local and district sciencefairs. Congratulations to allwho participated, and thankyou to the staff and familymembers who supported theirefforts,” said Geneva SchoolsSuperintendent Mary D.Zappitelli.

SCIENCE From page 1A

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area CitySchools

GENEVA - Life is filledwith choices and the roadswe choose to take often leadto unexpected surprises andrewards. This springGeneva High School sopho-more Katie Peck was facedwith a dilemma.

“When I found out that Iwon the Rotary 4-WaySpeech contest I was so ex-cited; speechless, really,”Peck said with a smile. “Butthen I learned that the dis-trict competition for thespeech contest was thesame day as District ScienceFair and I had to make areally difficult choice.”

Taking the road she hastraveled most often led to abig award for Peck, who wonthe blue ribbon for Best ofFair at Lake to River ScienceDay at Youngstown StateUniversity on March 31.

“I was so shocked to winthis great award for the bestoverall project as a sopho-more because every year Ihave gone to Districts, it hasalways been a senior thatwins. When my name wascalled, I really couldn’t be-lieve it!!” Peck said.

Peck said her decision totake her ongoing research todistrict level science compe-tition was rooted in just thesort of inquiry based think-ing that has earned topawards and scholarships atdistrict and state sciencefairs in previous years. Peckhas parlayed her scientificresearch focusing on theecology of soil mixtures col-lected at a landfill and theireffect on plant growth intoa perfect score from judgesat State Science Day, publi-cation of her research ab-stract in The Ohio Journalof Science, an invitation topresent her research at anOhio Academy of SciencePoster Session, a $15,000per year renewable sciencescholarship worth $60,000to Ohio Wesleyan Univer-sity and two selective sum-mer science internship op-portunities. Peck was theonly underclassmen in agroup of high school seniorsinvited to study Genomics

Katie Peck, aGeneva HighSchoolsophomore, wonfirst place in theGeneva Rotary4-Way SpeechContest andgarnered aperfect scorefrom judges atGeneva’s localscience fairearning theopportunity tocompete at thedistrict level inboth contests.But bothcompetitionswere scheduledfor the sameday. Faced witha difficultchoice, Peckmade ascientificdecision whichresulted in winning the blue ribbon for Best of Fair atLake to River District Science Day on March 31. In thisphoto, Peck explains the results of her project focusingon the ecology of soil mixtures and their effect onplant growth to GHS Principal Douglas Wetherholt andScience Fair coordinator Wendy Booth.

at Hiram College and alsostudied animal manage-ment at The Wilds WildlifeConservation Center lastsummer.

Peck has been a memberof Geneva Schools’ State Sci-ence team for four years, inas many years of eligibility,and has helped to put thedistrict on the map in termsof science education. GenevaState Science teams haveearned eight Harold C. ShawOutstanding School Awards,more than any Ohio districtbut one and at least a dozenOhio Governor’s Awards forExcellence in Science Educa-tion.

“I really wanted to com-pete in the speech contest,”said Peck. “But when Ithought it through step bystep, I knew I had to con-tinue with science fair. Ihave spent months doingthis research and I neededto see where it would lead.But, I will have a speechready for next year’s Rotary4-Way Speech Contest,though. I like competing.”

Geneva High Schoolsophomore wins Best of Fair

PHOTO BY JAN PERALAFOR GENEVA SCHOOLS


JEFFERSON - Want tolearn more about how touse your computer, or justbrush up on the skills youhave now?

The Henderson Memo-rial Public Library inJefferson will offer free,four-week computer train-ing classes beginning inMay.

Class one will be Tues-day afternoons and class

Henderson Memorial Public Libraryto offer free computer classes

two will be Thursdaymornings. Each sessionwill be 90 minutes for atotal of six hours over foursessions, Director EdWorso said.

Since there are only 10spots in each class, inter-ested parties are asked tocall 576-3761 to register.

All classes will be in thelibrary meeting room.

The schedule includes:—Afternoon Class ses-

sion one: 2-3:30 p.m. Tues-

day, May 1, Intro to Com-puters.

—Afternoon Class ses-sion two: 2-3:30 p.m. Tues-day, May 8, Intro to theInternet.

—Afternoon Class ses-sion three: 2-3:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 15, Intro toUsing the Internet.

—Afternoon Class ses-sion four: 2-3:30 p.m. Tues-day, May 22, Intro to Emailand Social Networking.

—Morning Class ses-sion one: 11 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. Thursday, May 3,Intro to Computers.

—Morning Class ses-sion two: 11 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Thursday, May 10,Intro to the Internet.

—Morning Class ses-sion three: 11 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Thursday, May 17,Intro to Using theInternet.

—Morning Class ses-sion four: 11 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Thursday, May 24,Intro to Email and SocialNetworking.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 • 20ASports

BY BYRON C. WESSELLGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA – TheGeneva Eagles softball teamlooked to bounce back after atough loss to the North Rang-ers with a win over theEdgewood Warriors. TheEagles were able to shake offthe loss and focus on theirnext came as they won 5-1over Edgewood.

The Eagles put a runacross in the opening inningand stayed in control the restof the way behind solid de-fense and pitching by KristenSchupska.

Sarah Depp slapped asingle with one out in the topof the first inning. KaylaKamppi reached on a fielder’schoice that turned into an er-ror. Both Depp and Kamppilater moved over on a passedball. Sonia Leishman pickedup a timely hit for the Eaglesas she drove in a run with atwo-out single, making it 1-0

Eagles pick up win over Warriors

Mandi Galloway, ofGeneva, practices herthrows down to secondbase prior to her gameagainst Edgewood.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLTaylor Diemer pitches forthe Edgewood Warriorsduring a game against theGeneva Eagles.

in favor of the Eagles.Schupska was in the zone

for the Eagles as she retiredall three batters she faced inthe first inning.

Taylor Diemer did her bestto match Schupska through-out the game, as she workedaround a walk to KimBrumagin to keep the score at1-0.

Schupska picked up hersecond one-two-three inningin the second inning includ-ing a pair of strikeouts.

The Eagles would add apair of runs in the third in-ning as Kayla Kamppi startedthings off with a triple.Sydney McCaleb drove inKamppi with an RBI single.Sonia Leishman picked upher second hit of the day asboth runners advanced on anerror. McCaleb eventuallyscored on a passed ball, up-ping the score to 3-0.

Schupska continued to bein the zone as she picked up aground out and two morestrikeouts in the third inning.

Mandi Galloway singled inthe fourth inning for theEagles and moved over on aground out. Amy Pitcher thenbunted and reached on an er-ror which allowed Galloway toscore, making it 4-0.

Taylor Diemer was thefirst base runner for the War-riors in the fourth inning asshe reached on a single. How-ever, Sarah Depp and BeckyDepp turned a double playfrom shortstop to second tofirst baseman SoniaLeishman to end the inning.

Geneva tacked on onemore run in the fifth inningas McCaleb lined a sharp

double to left field. NicoleGrimmett also doubled in theinning to bring in McCaleb, 5-0.

Courtney DiDonato had alone double in the bottom ofthe fifth inning for the War-riors, but they were unable toscore.

The score remained thesame until the Warriorsmanufactured a run in thebottom of the seventh inning.Deanna Laughlin started theinning off with a double.Gabbriella Patete proceededwith an RBI single to score theWarriors only run. Schupskapicked up the next three outsto end the game at 5-1.

“I was just in the zone andit felt really good to pitch howI did,” Schupska said on herperformance.

“It was nice because every-one was happy and cheeringeveryone on and that got megoing,” Schupska added.

Hester to attend Pikeville


ORWELL – TheGrand Valley Mustangsbaseball team played inanother “mercy rule”shortened game with an11-1 win over the visit-ing Badger Braves. Thistime the Braves man-aged to force the Mus-tangs into at least sixinnings as Grand Valleyhas had several five in-ning games already thisyear.

Kyle Orgovan startedon the hill for the Mus-tangs and workedaround a single to MattKraml in the openinginning.

Mitchell Lake was a cata-lyst for the Mustangs onceagain with a lead off triple inthe bottom of the first inning.Lake later scored on an RBIgroundout by A.J. Henson togive the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.Grand Valley received somehelp from the Braves asJeromy Rockafellow andAdam Moodt each reached onerrors. Rockafellow who pre-viously moved over to secondthanks to a balk later scoredwhen Moodt reached on anerror, making it 2-0. After astolen base by Moodt and asac-fly by Mason Berkey theMustangs scored their thirdrun of the inning on an RBIsingle by Kyle Hodge.

Orgovan gave up a lead offdouble to Jacob Slater in thetop of the second inning, buthe got out of the inning bystriking out the side.

Lake once again tripled forthe Mustangs in the secondinning and scored after beingcaught up in a pickle betweenthird and home like in a sceneout of the movie Sandlot.

A.J. Henson reached on anerror to help extend the in-ning and promptly stole sec-ond base. Rockafellow fol-lowed with an RBI single,upping the score to 5-0 in fa-vor of the Mustangs. AdamMoodt proceeded with his ownRBI single, increasing thelead to 6-0.

Orgovan gave up a lead offwalk to Dan Shuttleworth inthe third inning, but had littletrouble getting out of the in-ning without any damage be-

ing done.Stanley Sirrine picked up

a lead-off single for the Mus-tangs in the third inning, butwas erased on a double play.

Sirrine would throw JacobSlater out attempting to stealin the top of the fourth inningafter he drew a walk to helpthe Mustangs get out of theinning.

Lake reached base on anerror in the fourth inning andmade it to second base on theplay. He later stole third baseand scored on an RBI singleby Jeromy Rockafellow.Rockafellow stole second baseand later third base after get-ting in a pickle. He thenscored on an RBI groundoutby Moodt, making it 8-0.

Dan Anspach singled tostart the fifth inning for Bad-ger. Orgovan looked to get outof the inning with a pair ofstrikeouts, but the Braveswould manufacture a runwith a two-out rally. BrysonStemack singled and JustinOney walked to load thebases. Matt Kraml gave theBraves their first run with anRBI single.

The Mustangs added onemore run in the bottom of thefifth inning as Sirrine andJohn Munro each singled.Nate Wengard drove in a runwith an RBI single, 9-1.

Tim Steed pitched a shut-out inning in relief for theMustangs in the sixth inning.Grand Valley then added twomore runs in the bottom of thesixth inning to end the game11-1.

Mustangs hit past Braves

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLMitchell Lake, Grand Valley,throws the ball to first base duringwarm-ups. Kyle Hodges (24) is atsecond base for the Mustangs.

Jeromy Rockafellow batsfor the Grand ValleyMustangs during a gameagainst Badger.

Kyle Orgovan pitches forthe Grand Valley Mustangsduring a game against theBadger Braves.

Kristen Schupska pitchesfor the Geneva Eaglesduring a game against theEdgewood Warriors.

Becky Depp charges agrounder for the GenevaEagles during warm-ups.


ASHTABULA - BrendanHester the son of Karen andFred Hester and Mark Hesterwill be a 2012 Lakeside gradu-ate. Brendan who was a starwide receiver for the Dragonsbefore moving to the quarter-back position his senior yearwill be attending Pikeville Uni-versity on a full athletic schol-arship.

“He always said he wantedto play Division I ball,” KarenScruggs said.

“The thing I like most aboutfootball is the rush you get fromplaying. It’s for sure not an easysport and I like the challenge,”Hester said on what he likesabout football.

Hester had an impressivejunior year with 62 catches andnearly 800 yards receiving.Hester finished with an aver-age of 12.4 yards per catch. Inhis injury shortened senioryear at the quarterback posi-tion Hester scrambled for 262yards and threw for 264 includ-ing four touchdowns.

“Even though we didn’t wina lot of games football was stillfun and I’m sure all of my team-mates would agree. There wereplenty of memories from two-a-days to the hang-outs wewould have. It was a goodtime,” Hester said on his foot-ball career at Lakeside.

Brendan Hester has beenplaying football for as long ashe can remember. In midgetfootball he spent most of hisyears playing on the AshtabulaBrowns, until he moved up tothe Buckeye League andplayed for the grey team.

“Midget football is the best,

I loved it,” Hester said on hismidget football playing days.

Back then Hester was a run-ning back as he has played al-most every skill position on thefield. Hester eventually movedon to play wide receiver.

“I chose to play receiver justbecause I love the position andgoing up over people to catchthe ball is a thrill,” Hester saidon the wide receiver position.

His senior year of highschool Hester made the transi-tion from wide receiver to quar-terback.

“I played quarterback be-cause Coach David asked meto in order to help the team,”Hester said.

In college Hester plans onmoving back to the wide re-ceiver position, however hefeels playing a year of quarter-back helped him become a bet-ter player overall.

“I was able to experienceeverything from a different po-sition and see what a quarter-back has to go through,” Hestersaid on playing a year at quar-terback.

Hester has always wantedto play football in college and

he has earned that opportunityon an athletic scholarship toPikeville University.

“I always wanted to be ableto play as myself in the videogame ever since I was little. Butto me it’s just a huge step to playat the college level and I can’twait,” Hester said on playingfootball in college and atPikeville.

Brendan felt a good vibewhen he went to Pikeville andthat helped him in his decision.

“I choose to go to Pikevillebecause I felt it was a good fit.When I visited there I felt athome. The people were reallynice and everyone was prettyclose. The coaches were reallycool too,” Hester said on why hechose Pikeville.

When Hester visited theUniversity he had the chanceto meet the quarterback andsome of the current wide receiv-ers and running backs.

“They were all really cooland laid back. All of them gaveme good advice on how tochoose which college was a goodfit for me,” Hester said.

Brendan plans on majoringin the medical field and his goal

is to become a radiologist whileattending Pikeville.

In the off-season Hesterplans on hitting the weightroom a lot.

“At 180lbs I’m kind ofskinny, so that’s big,” Hestersaid on his off-season work-outplan.

Hester stays in shape in theoff-season by doing a lot of run-ning and footwork drills.Brendan also likes to play bas-ketball for fun whenever hecan.

“I like to get mentally pre-pared for the season too,”Hester said on how he stays inshape during the off-seasonand preparing himself for theupcoming season.

“I would like to give a lot ofthanks to Coach David hehelped me a lot. He workedhard to help me get into school,which he kept his promise. Ihave tons of respect for him.Also I love my teammates andI’m going to miss playing withthem all,” Hester added.

“Coaching Brendan is easybecause he’s such a tremendousathlete,” Coach David said.

“We currently have ninejuniors and seniors beinglooked at by colleges. Brendan’ssigning gives them that light atthe end of the tunnel. If theydo things right and play goodthey can have the same oppor-tunity as Brendan,” David saidon what Hester’s athletic schol-arship means to the Lakesidefootball program.

“We’re very proud of him(Brendan). He’s worked veryhard both as an athlete and inacademics. He makes me andhis step dad very proud,” KarenScruggs commented on herson’s achievements.

SUBMITTED PHOTOBrendan Hester signs his letter of intent to play football atPikeville University. To the left of him is his step father FredScruggs and his mother Karen Scruggs.

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ASHTABULA - TheGeneva Eagles improved to11-0 on the year and 6-0inthe PAC with a 5-0 shut-out over the Lakeside Drag-ons on Tuesday, April 17.

Kyle Downs won theopening set for the Dragonsin secondsingles over BrentMcFarland, of Geneva, 6-3.However, McFarland wouldreboundto win the next twosets and the match 6-4, 6-4.

Jacob Groce, of Geneva,picked up a first singles winoverLogan Stowell, ofLakeside. Stowell battled itout in the first setbeforelosing 7-5. Groce wonthe second set and thematch 6-3.

Ford Carlisle gave theEagles a victory at thirdsingleswith a win over ChrisOtto, of Lakeside, 6-3, 6-2.

Ryan Huang and BrockEbersole helped the Eaglesearn theshut-out with a 6-3, 6-3 first doubles win overReno Dannels andJakeCimorelli, of Lakeside.

Jake Campbell and RyanApplebee, of Lakeside, com-peted wellin the first set oftheir second doubles match-up against Adam Gruberand RyanWeisbarth, ofGeneva. The Lakeside duolost a close 7-5 opening setbeforefalling 6-1 in the sec-ond set.

Brent McFarland, ofGeneva, gets ready for hissecond singles match-upagainst Kyle Downs.

Kyle Downs, of Lakeside,prepares for a secondsingles match against BrentMcFarland.

Eagles defeat Dragons

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLThe Lakeside Dragons tennis team listens to instructionsprior to their match against the Geneva Eagles.

Jacob Groce, of Geneva,warms-up for his first singlesmatch against Lakeside’sLogan Stowell.


JEFFERSON - NathanFreeman, a 1999 graduate ofJefferson High School, partici-pated in the 2012 Boston Mara-thon on Monday, April 16.

Freeman was a sprinter dur-ing his high school days andlater ran track at Grove CityCollege. However, it wasn’t un-

til the past couple years that hereally started running long dis-tance.

“It’s a combination of it be-ing a challenge and a freedom.When you start, you always hita little wall that you have tobreak through. Once I get go-ing, it feels like I can run for-ever,” Freeman said on what helikes about running.

Back in his early running

days he didn’t like distance run-ning and he didn’t like jogging.

Now he enjoys running trailsout in nature or even in the city.

“Just running by everythingis liberating,” Freeman said onlong-distance running.

Nathan had no idea long-dis-tance running would be some-thing he was good at or that hewould even enjoy.

“I feel great when I’m run-ning. Just something about itmakes me feel free with noboundaries. I would have neverknown about it if I didn’t pushmyself to get past that firstwall,” Freeman said on his newfound love for distance running.

Freeman has went on to runtwo half marathons and one fullmarathon.

His first half marathon wasthe 2010 Lexington half Mara-thon. He later ran the NashvilleHalf Marathon in November ofthat year. In 2011, he ran hisfirst full Marathon at Nashvilleand qualified for the BostonMarathon.

“Living in Canada it hasbeen a weird winter...Traininghas been very irregular and ab-normal. A lot of distance run-ners run five or six days a week.I’ve run about twice a week, butI do other cross training activi-ties like a stationary bike,cross-country skiing and play-ing soccer. So I don’t feel terri-bly unprepared,” Freeman saidon what training is like.

Freeman never had a planof running in the Boston Mara-

thon, but he had such a goodtime running a half marathonthat he thought he should signup for a full marathon.

“Just to see if I could do it,”Freeman said.

The Boston Marathonstarted in 1897 with 18 run-ners and in 2011 there were26,895 runners signed up. Theaverage amount of runners isover 20,000.

“Once I knew I qualified, Iwanted to do it because it’s sortof a prestigious and legendaryrace. Everyone talks about theBoston Marathon,” Freemansaid on training to be in theBoston Marathon.

Freeman has three goalscome race day. If it is a terribleday and the weather conditionsare bad, he simply wants to geta good enough time to qualifyfor next year’s race. If it’s a de-cent day and the weather isgood, he wants to at least beathis personal best. However, ifit’s a great day and his legs arefeeling good and he has a lot ofpositive energy, then he reallywants to go for it and get a sub2:50, which would be shavingoff eight minutes from his per-sonal best.

“If everything is ideal andcomes together then it’s pos-sible,” Freeman said on hisgoal.

On an unusually hot daywhich made reaching goalshard, Freeman finished theMarathon in a time of3:39.30.

Freeman runs in Boston Marathon

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BaseballChagrin Falls 13, PV 3Chagrin Falls 14, PV 4Perry 12, Madison 2Madison 11, Perry 4Edgewood 21, Gilmour Academy10PV 12, Bristol 6GV 13, Mathews 0Jefferson 14, Liberty 5Chardon 7, Riverside 1North 19, Geneva 6Liberty 4, Jefferson 3Chardon 6, Geneva 0Riverside 8, Madison 3SSJP 24, St. Martin DePorres 3Mathews 9, PV 8GV 6, Maplewood 3SSJP 13, Lawrence 3Jefferson 7, LaBrae 0Shaker Heights 5, Riverside 4Perry 8, Cardinal 7Maplewood 10, PV 0GV 11, Badger 1Brookfield 3, Edgewood 2Riverside 16, Lakeside 2University 13, Geneva 0Madison 3, North 2

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SoftballGrand Valley 12, Cardinal 9Jefferson 5, Conneaut 4Riverside 5, Lakeside 1Cornerstone 14, SSJP 7PV 20, Ledgemont 1Southington 8, Grand Valley 5Perry 12, Cardinal 0Jefferson 10, LaBrae 7Riverside 8, Chardon 6PV 8, Bristol 1Mathews 9, GV 5Jefferson 9, Liberty 0Boardman 6, Madison 5Cornerstone 6, SSJP 5South 12, Lakeside 0North 10, Geneva 7Chardon 17, Geneva 4Madison 10, Riverside 6North 6, Lakeside 2Grand Valley 6, Badger 5PV 3, Maplewood 0Mathews 9, PV 2Maplewood 8, GV 1NDCL 12, Edgewood 1Perry 11, Geneva 3Jefferson 7, Liberty 0Geneva 5, Edgewood 1

Girls TrackRiverside 71, Geneva 66PV 94, GV 64, Ledgemont 1Perry 90, Harvey 47Girard 96, Lakeview 71, Jefferson47, Liberty 36Madison 80, Lakeside 53

Boys TrackRiverside 95, Geneva 42Lakeside 79, Madison 58Jefferson 78, Girard 71, Liberty59, Lakeview 48PV 97, GV 51, Ledgemont 16Harvey 82, Perry 54


ASHTABULA – The SaintsJohn and Paul Heralds base-ball teampicked up anotherbig win as they defeated St.Martin DePorres 24-3.

The Heralds improved to 4-3 on the year and 4-1 in theLakeEffect Conference. SMDfell to 1-4 and 1-4 in the LEC.

Ben Thomas started for theHeralds as he held St.MartinDePorres scoreless inthe first inning.

The Heralds promptly putfour runs on the board inthebottom of the first inningto take a quick 4-0 lead.

The Lions scored arun inthe top of the second inning asthey were down 4-1.

The big blow came in thebottom of the second inning astheHeralds scored 14 runs to

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLJ.P. Novak runs down to firstbase for the Saints Johnand Paul Heralds during arecent game.LEFT: Ben Thomas bats forSSJP during a recent game.

Heralds score 24 runs in win

take a commanding 18-1 lead.St. Martin DePorres added

a run in the second andthirdinning, but they werewell out of the game down 18-3.

The Heralds added sixmore runs in the bottom of thefourthinning as they went onto win 24-3.

Thomas pitched allfive in-nings for the Heralds giving uptwo hits, one earned run, whilestrikingout eight and walkingsix.

Sam Perts led SSJP withthree hits and five RBI’s. Pertshada triple and two doubles inthe game. Matt Powers alsotripled for one of histwo hitsas he drove in two runs. J.P.Novak scored five of the Her-alds runsand MichaelMahoney scored four runs onfour walks. Rex Dickey alsodoubled inthe game for SSJP.

Local Scoreboard

BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP -Saturday was a good day forAshtabula County teams at theannual PV Invitational. Withtwenty boys teams and nine-teen girls squads participatinglocal teams competed well.

Lakeside won the boysmeet, with PV third, Edgewoodfourth, Jefferson fifth andConneaut ninth. Grand Valleywas 17th.

In the girls events, PV wasfirst, Conneaut was third,Edgewood fifth, Lakeside sev-enth, Jefferson eleventh and

County Runners Do Well at PV

Micheala Skleres of PV is second in the 400 dash behindToensing of Newton Falls.

PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONENShauna Soderstrom of PV, lane 5 edges out BrittanyJohnson of Conneaut, lane 6, for second place in the100 hurdles, Johnson was third.

GV fourteenth.Boys victors were: Brandon

Lopez of Lakeside in the 1600and 3200; Quinton Ratliff, PV,in the 200; Bryce McMullen,Lakeside, shot put; and JacobHamilton, Jefferson, polevault.

Lakeside’s 800 relay alsofinished first. Otis Conel, RileyDell, Chase Knight and ChadMcAfee were the runners.

Winning events for the girlswere: Brittany Johnson,Conneaut, high jump; GeenaGabriel, PV, long jump and thePV 400 relay team of Gabriel,Shauna Soderstrom, MichaelaSkleres and Savannah Kirby.

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ASHTABULA - TheLakeside Dragons hosted theSouth Rebels in a PAC softballmatch-up on Monday, April 16.

Kayla Sidorski set the toneearly on with a lead-off solohome run in the top of the firstinning. The Rebels tacked onanother run as Vic Scottdoubled before Mo Stohlmanand Adi Morgan drew walksto load the bases. TylerSchabroni picked up the thirdstraight walk for South tobring in run, making it 2-0.

Adi Morgan pitched all fiveinnings for South as she setthe Dragons down in order inthe bottom of the first inning.

Brianna Elliot continued tobattle the wind on the moundfor the Dragons as she picked

Rebels defeat Dragons

up two quick outs to start thesecond inning. South then tookadvantage of an error whichallowed them to score twomore runs. Vic Scott picked upan RBI single and MoStohlman followed with anRBI double, making it 4-0.

A’Dria Mathews had thelone base hit for the Dragonsin the second inning as theywere unable to scrap anythingtogether.

The Rebels scored eightmore runs in the third inningto take a commanding lead.Kimmy Russ tripled andMackenzie Burk drew a walk.Lauren Blasinsky followedwith a two-run double downthe third base line. NicoleMotuza added another run onan RBI single, bringing thescore to 7-0. Vic Scott gave theRebels a 9-0 lead with a two-

Megan Richey bats for Lakeside during a game against South.run double. Stohlman kept thehits coming with an RBIsingle. South scored anotherrun on an error and KimmyRuss capped the inning withan RBI groundout. The Rebelswere quickly up 12-0 headinginto the bottom of the third in-ning.

Koree Runyan smacked adouble for the Dragons in thebottom of the third inning, butagain the Dragons came upempty on the score board.

Elliot who was relieved byBriana Leonard in the thirdinning entered to pitch againin the fourth. Elliot proceededto get the next six batters outafter a slow start. However, thedamage was already done asSouth won 12-0.

Krista Johnston and A’DriaMathews hit back-to-backsingles for Lakeside in thefourth inning, but Morganpitched out of the jam with astrike out and a fly-out.

Krista Johnston bats for the Lakeside Dragons during agame against the South Rebels.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLBrianna Elliot pitches for theLakeside Dragons during agame against South.


JEFFERSON – TheJefferson Falcons softball teamhosted a tough Conneaut Spar-tans team in a recent non-con-ference game. Conneaut struckfirst in the top of the first inningand lead until the Falcons finalat bat.

Lydia Coccito tripled withtwo outs in the top of the firstinning for the Spartans off ofFalcon pitcher McKenzieWilber. Angie Zappitelli drove inthe first run of the game with asingle, putting the Spartans up1-0.

Lexi Zappitelli pitched a one-two-three inning for the Spar-tans as she was in control forthe majority of the game.

Wilber matched Zappitelliwith her own one-two-three in-ning in the second inning.

The Falcons stranded a pairof runners in their half of thesecond as Megan Hussingwalked and Molly Robinsonsingled. Zappitelli struck out theside to end the inning.

Wilber worked around awalk to Kayla Brennan in thetop of the third inning.

Zappitelli worked aroundher own walk to Deanna Compin the Falcons half of the thirdinning.

Conneaut tacked on a runin the top of the fourth inningto go up 2-0. Taylor Kantolawalked and took second base ona passed ball. Kantola eventu-ally scored when Megan Picardreached on an error. DaniHeinonen followed with adouble which made it secondand third with one out. EmileeBucci reached on another Fal-cons error to load the bases.Wilber gathered herself andpitched out of the inning with-out anymore damage with aforce out at home and a pop-up.

The Falcons threatened inthe bottom of the fourth inningas Amanda Krause reached af-ter being hit by a pitch. MollyRobinson doubled Krause overto third and Bailey Beckwithdrew a walk to load the bases.However, Zappitelli pitched out

of the jam with a pair ofstrikeouts to keep the Falconsscoreless.

Bailey Beckwith entered topitch for the Falcons in the fifthinning. Tori Simek drew a leadoff walk for the Spartans.Coccito singled and Simek wasable to score on an error, 3-0.Taylor Kantola made the Fal-cons pay again with an RBIsingle, making it 4-0.

Zappitelli retired the next sixbatters she faced as the Spar-tans took a 4-0 lead into the bot-tom of the seventh inning.

Beckwith worked around asingle to Kayla Brennan and awalk to Tori Simek to get out ofthe sixth inning. She then gaveup a lone single to Megan Picardin the seventh inning to put theFalcons at the plate for their fi-nal at bat.

Jefferson started the inningoff with some hope as BaileyBeckwith doubled.

“I knew we could come back.Since I was first up I thought Ihad to get this rally started,”Beckwith said after she hit alead off double for the Falconsin the bottom of the seventh in-ning.

Wilber drove in the Falconsfirst run of the game with anRBI single. Sarah Busch keptthe hits coming with a singleand Deanna Comp loaded thebases with a walk. KaileyReinke cut the deficit in halfafter bringing in a run when shewas hit by a pitch. RachelFrancis tied the game with atwo-run double to right field.

“I knew all the pressure was

on them. We had no outs, thebases were loaded and we justscored. I knew if I didn’t get thejob done there were people be-hind me who would,” RachelFrancis said on her two-rundouble that tied the game.

“That took the weight off ofall our shoulders,” Francisadded on believing in the Fal-cons line-up.

“The team did good and wepulled through in the end. Itwas really fun,” Francis con-cluded.

Megan Hussing picked upthe game winning hit for theFalcons with a shot to left field.The Falcons would come backto win the game 5-4 in dramaticfashion.

“We just knew we had to beup at the fence cheering thewhole time. It’s known thatJefferson comes back in the fi-nal inning,” Hussing said onwhether or not the teamthought they could come back.

“It felt really good. I knew Ijust needed to make contact andwe would score. It was a reliefwhen I made it to first. I’m veryproud of our team for comingthrough in the end,” Hussingsaid on her game winning hit.

Falcons win in final at bat

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLMcKenzie Wilber starts onthe mound for the JeffersonFalcons in a game againstthe Conneaut Spartans.

Deanna Comp playssecond base for the Falconsduring a home agameagainst the Spartans.

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CHAMBER ACTIVITIES & MEETINGSRegular chamber meeting: Tues., May 1, 2012 at 7:30 am, held at The Jefferson Healthcare Center. Andover Bank is May'smeeting sponsor!

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What an event! They came and brought their family! The Great Easter Egg Hunt!

As usual the Great East Egg Hunt was a huge Success! It was sponsored by *The Gazette and *Jefferson Chamber ofCommerce & made possible with the generous donations of the Jefferson Area Businesses & Industry. Thanks also goes outto the Girl Scout Troop 80848 who stuffed the many many eggs for this event.

The Bike Winners were: 17 month old Lily Gill; 5 yr old Jordan DeLuia; 7 yr old Nick Paradis; 9 yr old Braydon Throop

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Citizen of the Year Banquet correction: The event was held March 27, 2012. Please note the following correction: Peggy Stadler of Key Bank andMary Jo Braden of Lakeview were in charge of the Citizen of The Year Banquet this year.

Jefferson Community Center news: Want more information about what is going on at the Community Center: Call 576-9052.

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