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PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHTABULA AREA CITY SCHOOLSIn cooperation with the YMCA, Ashtabula Area City Schools recognized the December students ofthe month. This program recognizes students for displaying the qualities of the Dragon’s ROARuniversal expectations (Respectful, Outstanding academics, Always safe, Responsible). TheAshtabula County YMCA is sponsoring the student of the month award each month, along withincentives from Mr. Chicken and Purola Brothers Pizza. Pictured are YMCA CEO Trevor Spraguewith students of the month: Kiylee Boles-Claudio (Lakeside High School), Kate Perry (LakesideJunior High School), Catherine Hand (Superior Intermediate), Matthew Gaylord (Erie Intermediate),Julie Paulchel (Huron Primary), Leah Pratt (Ontario Primary) and Taylor Williams (Michigan Primary).

Ashtabula Area City Schools proudlyawards Students of the Month

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The JeffersonArea Local Schools Board of Edu-cation bid farewell to two outgoingmembers during its meeting onTuesday, Dec. 17.

A reception was held in honorof Marianne Sowry and Larry Di-vine, who both opted not to run forre-election and are retiring fromthe board.

“We have a very sad but good

District bids farewell tooutgoing BOE members

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLOutgoing Jefferson Area Local Schools Board of Education memberMarianne Sowry says farewell, with Superintendent John Montanaroin the background.

reason to celebrate tonight,” JALSBoard of Education President PatInman said.

Superintendent JohnMontanaro said that school boardmembership is one of the most per-sonally demanding forms of ser-vice. The board members spend agreat deal of time studying the is-sues, and they’re never completelyoff the job as they make themselvesavailable to district residents.

See BOE page 9A

A new term

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLThe commissioners’ meeting room in the Old Courthouse in Jeffersonwas packed on Thursday, Dec. 19, as re-elected - or newly elected- trustees waited to be sworn in for their new terms. Many of AshtabulaCounty’s judges were present to do the honors, including AshtabulaCounty Common Pleas Court judges Ronald Vettel, Gary Yost andAlfred Mackey; Eastern County Court Judge Robert Wynn; AshtabulaMunicipal Court Judge Al Camplese; and Conneaut Municipal CourtJudge Thomas Harris. Also present was retired Western County CourtJudge Richard Stevens who was there to swear in HarpersfieldTownship Trustee Ed Demshar for the eighth time and HarpersfieldTownship Trustee Jim Pristov. Pictured, from left, are Pristov, Demsharand Stevens. For more photos, see inside this week’s Gazette.

On the 12th (school) day of Christmas, Santavisits Geneva Schools Elementary buildingsAnnabelle Bragg, a

first grader atGeneva Platt R.

Spencer ElementarySchool, tried out her

shiny new wheelsdelivered by Santa

(Dale Wortman) andGeneva Schools

Food ServicesDirector Laura Jones

as GPS PrincipalMichael Penzenik

and GenevaSchools

SuperintendentMary D. Zappitelli

looked on.PHOTOS BY JAN PERALAFOR GENEVA SCHOOLS

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area CitySchools

GENEVA - On the12th school day ofChristmas, Santa’ssleigh was burstingwith bikes and jolly oldSt. Nick himself paid avisit to each elementaryschool building in theGeneva Schools districtto bring the gift of new wheels tothree lucky students.

The gift giving was sponsoredby Geneva Schools Food Servicesand marks the 17th year that thedepartment has provided newbikes for Geneva students throughits Lucky Tray program.

“On each of the 12 school daysof Christmas, one student whochose the lucky lunch tray re-ceived a Christmas prize and hadhis/her name entered into theFood Service Department’s an-

nual 12th day of Christmas draw-ing for a new bike,” explainedGeneva Schools Food Services Di-rector Laura Jones. “Three shiny,brand new bikes and helmetswere delivered by Santa, one ateach elementary school, as part ofthe food services’ effort to promotewellness and healthy lifestyles.The bikes and a safety helmet foreach winner were donated by theemployees, administrators andboard members of GenevaSchools.”

Santa (Dale Wortman) alsobrought a cuddly stuffed Christ-mas teddy bear for the Lucky Traydrawing runner-up in each build-ing.

Grand Prize Bike winners:Caitlyn Morales - Austinburg

Elementary second graderNicholas Higgins - Cork El-

ementary fourth graderAnnabelle Bragg - Geneva Platt

R. Spencer Elementary first grader

See SANTA page 6A

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 2A

Geneva Park Commission saves66 percent of audit costs

State Auditor introduces lower cost optionCOLUMBUS –The Geneva Park Commission saved 66

percent of its traditional audit costs in its first “basic au-dit,” a new procedure introduced last year by Auditor ofState Dave Yost.

“Basic audits provide accountability and significant sav-ings, allowing more tax dollars to go toward providing theservices the taxpayers deserve,” Yost said.

The commission qualified for the basic audit based onhaving average annual disbursements of $100,000 or lessand having no disqualifying audit concerns as defined byAuditor of State bulletins. The 2011-2012 audit releasedtoday cost only $410, compared to the prior audit cost of$1,217—a savings of 66 percent.

The option for a basic audit, an on-site limited review,was introduced by Auditor Yost in September 2012. The fol-lowing public offices could be eligible: villages, townships,libraries, parks and recreation districts, water and sewerdistricts, county boards of health, conservancy districts, solidwaste districts, regional planning commissions, fire and am-bulance districts, cemeteries, agricultural societies and Fam-ily & Children First councils, and others case by case.

A full copy of this audit may be accessed online at https://ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/detail.aspx?ReportID=105267.

driver took sick and one ofthe men from the plant, whohad never been around theroute before, made the trip,missing but two patrons,both of whom had forgottento put out their bottles.

After three stops at a newcustomer ’s is sufficient toteach the horses that theyare to stop at that point.However, it takes a few dayslonger to get them to drop acall from their lists.

The horse which makesthe east side route is prob-ably the more famous of thetwo, but it is stated at theplant that it is a “toss-up”between the pair.

Likes CalisthenicsEach morning, after com-

ing in from their tour of thecity, the horses go through afew equine calisthenics be-fore going to the barn. Theeastside horse making it apart of her program to gal-lop around the creameryplant. Thus far she hasnever made an attempt to

‘Horses play an impor-tant part in helping to getmilk to Geneva homes ontime daily’ reads the head-line in the Geneva FreePress on May 24, 1924.

Here’s the story: Intelli-gence frequently runs al-most as high, whenmounted on fur feet andiron shoes, as it does whenlocated directly above astarched collar and beingpropelled around on twofeet, covered with patentleather pumps.

Anyone doubting, theabove statement can verifyby visiting the barns of theGeneva Creamery company,where two black horses,whose intelligence is nearlyhuman, spend that portionof time which is not occu-pied in pulling milk wagonsaround the streets of thiscity.

These horses start out inthe early hours of the morn-ing, while most of us arestill slumbering and withthe assistance of their driv-ers deliver most of the milkused in the city.

The only thing the driverneeds to worry about iswhether he delivers enough

ememberR When

How horses put cream in coffee

milk at the places at whichthese horses come to a stop.

Horses Calculate TimeIn making the routes,

there are side streets onwhich the wagon is notdriven. The driver fills hisbasket and starts down thestreet. In case that the manhas to ‘make’ more than onestreet on this side trip, thehorse waits at the first cor-ner until his driver has hadsufficient time to make mostof the round, and then walksto the corner on which hemeets the man, very seldommiscalculating the time nec-essary.

A new driver does nothave to learn the route be-fore starting out, as thehorse stops at everycustomer ’s house, the drivermerely having to look forempty bottles, in order tolearn the minor details, suchas the amount to leave.

Horse Helps New DriverOne time last winter, a

run away, at these times,when no one is near to stopher.

Before entering the milkbusiness, the horses workedtogether as a team and bothlook very much alike. Themost apparent differencebeing a white stripe whichruns down the face of thehorse which covers the westside of town.

Baths Please ThemOne thing in which both

horses delight is the baths towhich they are treated in thesummer. Automobile soapand a hose furnish the equip-ment for the scrub-downs.Both horses stand perfectlystill, while their drivers givethem a scrub down. A halteris a nonessential at thistime.

One of the men at theplant said, “They may nothave to work long hours,they may eat a lot, but Idoubt if there is moneyenough in Geneva to buythem.”

The company believes theknowledge these horses pos-sess of the routes make themfar more valuable and effi-cient than trucks.

‘A Christmas Carol’ performed at JUMC

SUBMITTED PHOTOSRIGHT: The Jef ferson United Methodist Church put on aproduction of “A Christmas Carol” recently. In thesephotos, the cast prepares for the production. Ron Cramertries on the chain of Jacob Marley. ”I wear the chain Iforged in life! I made it link by link and yard by yard! Igartered it on of my own free will and by my own freewill, I wore it!,” Cramer says (a line from JUMC’sproduction of “A Christmas Carol”).

Kathryn Gage, as the Spirit of Christmas Past, pays a visitto Ebenezer Scrooge (played by Quincy Wheeler) duringa rehearsal.

Hannah Gage and Jarrett Buell play Belle and youngScrooge.

Village employees assist with Toys for Tots

SUBMITTED PHOTOSJefferson Village Street Department employees Curt Stone and Bill Hitchcock transported Toys for Tots to St. Paul’sLutheran Church last Monday for distribution to HALO families.

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JEFFERSON - On Tues-day, Dec. 10, the seventh-and eighth-grade choir andband students at JeffersonArea Junior High Schoolpresented their annualChristmas concert. Over100 students performed avariety of Christmas musicranging from long-timeclassics to new favorites.Several of the students hadthe challenge of learningand performing music inboth the choir and theband.

The evening began withthe seventh-grade choirsinging two songs: “TheTwelve Days of Christmas”and “Go, Tell It On theMountain.” Singing thedescant part on the secondsong was Samantha Bouck,Kimberly Maurer andGianna Musacchio.

Next to perform was theeighth-grade choir singing“Dona Nobis Pacem,” or“Grant us Peace,” arranged

Jefferson Area Junior Highpresents Christmas concert

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe eighth-grade band soloists take a bow.

PHOTO BY KIM PICKARDThe eighth-grade band plays under the direction of Fred Burazer.

by H.R. Wilson. Their sec-ond song was “Christmas inThree Quarter Time,”which was arranged byBrymer.

To end the vocal portionof the evening the twochoirs joined together onstage to sing “Somewherein My Memory” from themovie Home Alone. Theyclosed with singing theclassic winter song “Sleigh

Ride.” Directing the twochoirs was Jefferson AreaJunior and Senior HighChoir Director MissNatalie Modarelli. Accom-panying the choirs on pianowas Mary Ann BilasBush.

Following the combinedchoir performance the sev-enth-grade band took thestage and played a set ofthree songs. They beganwith “The Christmas Pa-

rade,” arranged by J.Kinyon, and followed with“Rudolph the Red NosedReindeer.” Instrumentalsoloists during Rudolphwere Ginny Grier, CallaeMoody, Emily Taft andGrady Wessolek. Their fi-nal song was “WelcomeChristmas Music.”

The eighth-grade bandwas next and performed aset of four songs. They be-gan with “I’ll Be Home ForChristmas” with instrumen-tal soloists Natalie Fioritto,Robbie Eckart, Abby Becker,Breanna Johnson and KimGuerrero. Next the bandplayed “December Sky” fol-lowed by Feliz Navidad,which was arranged byband director Mr. FredBurazer. Cody Dean wasfeatured on the drum set.The final song of the set was“The Nutcracker Suite” byTchaikovsky, arranged byMr. Burazer.

The evening of musicwas a perfect way to cel-ebrate the Christmas sea-son and the talents andhard work of the seventh-and eighth-grade vocalistsand musicians of JeffersonArea Junior High School.

BY BARBARA J.HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - DonaldEdward Deel was all smilesevery time he had a partythis past week celebratinghis 100th birthday. Allthree parties were held atthe Jefferson Rehabilita-tion Center, given by differ-ent friends and relatives.

Deel was the third ofseven children born toNelson and Nora Deel ofJefferson. He was born onDecember 18, 1913. In1940, Deel married theformer Hazel Bailes. Hersister, Lenna Bailes mar-ried Louie Lipps. Nieces bymarriage, Martha LippsBryan and Shirley LippsSiekkinen, were present forsome of the parties as was95 year old formerAshtabula County school-

What a Deel! Don turns 100

teacher, Vine Petrie Lipps.Siekkinen said, “Don is

one of the nicest men youcould ever meet. He madethe trips around to all hisnieces’ homes to visit.”

“He is still sharp andsuch a gentleman,” saidBryan.

Deel fol lowed MilanGray, of Jefferson, to thestate of Delaware to starta sawmill business andlater they all moved toPocomoke, Maryland,where Deel helped keepthe saws sharp at the saw-mill.

During World War ll,Deel and Hazel lived in ashanty at the sawmill .Deel watched as Germanprisoners of war weretransported each morningby bus to the sawmill forwork. In the evening thebus would pick them upand take them back to

their barracks. Many of themen were treated so wellthat they did not want toreturn home.

These days you can findDeel happily recall ingmemories with his goodfriend and roommate, Aus-tin Campbell.

When asked at one of hisparties what he thought ofturning 100, Deel replied,

“I never dreamed in a mil-lion years that I would liveto be 100!”

Deel had two stepchil-dren by his wife, Hazel.Both Betty and Helen havepassed away, but gave Deelmany grandchildren andgreat grandchildren.

To sum up his life now,Deel said it simply: “Every-one is so good to me.”

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PHOTO BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONDon Deel celebrated his 100th birthday at the Jef fersonRehabilitation Center this past week.

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J E F F E R S O N / R O C KCREEK - Teacher ChristineKovacs’ four gifted classes atJefferson and Rock Creek El-ementary Schools recentlycelebrated National HotChocolate Day on Dec. 12.

“We decided to taste howit all began, compared to howit tastes now. In our readingsand research, we found thatthe ancient Aztecs made achocolate drink from cacaobean powder or paste, vanillaand chili powder. Cinnamonwas added sometimes,”Kovacs said.

Back then, chocolate wascalled Xocolatl.

“It was mostly consumedby the richest and noblepeople. The Aztec Emperor,Montezuma, drank 50 cups aday of this chocolate drink,”Kovacs said

Kovacs said each studentmade their own glass andwaited to drink it with therest of the class.

“As soon as they got ataste, it was a rush to thesink to spit it out! We decidedthat our modern-day versionis much, much better! It wasalso decided that nobilitydoesn’t suit us,” Kovacs said.

Reactions from students

Jefferson, Rock Creek students celebrate Hot Chocolate Day

SUBMITTED PHOTOFrom Rock Creek Elementary: from left, Megan Jones, Allison Krawsczyn, GiovannaPiorier and Aleah Eddy.

From Rock Creek Elementary: front of desks from left, Allie Wintz, Megan Brand, Monica Devine and Pauline Forman;behind desks from left, Joe Hamper, Allison Krawsczyn, Brett Bellas, Zach Arnette, Alex Hollis and Angelo Licavoli.

From Jefferson: front, Maddie Smith, Faith Blankenshipand Reid Boczar.

are below.“I was afraid to try it be-

cause everybody was likespiting it out and it was dis-gusting!” - Alicia Bradek,fifth grade

“The old-timey hot choco-late was AWESOME! I drankhalf the cup.” - FaithBlankenship, fifth grader

“I thought the Aztec hotchocolate was really bad!!!! Ithought it smelled good atfirst, but then I took a sip ofit and it tasted like the worstthing I have EVER tasted!!!!I can’t even explain what ittasted like!! All I can say is

NEVER TRY THIS DRINK!”– Alexis Salamone

“It was disgusting! TheAztec Hot Chocolate washorrifying! It just barelytouched my lips and Ithought I was going to besick. It had Chili Powder init! At least we got to drinkmodern day hot chocolatewith marshmallows! It wasdefinitely an experience.” –Emilie Burr

“I think modern hot choco-late was better. I feel bad forthe guy who drank 50 cups aday. I mean, who in theirright mind would do that! Hewas really weird. It gave mea headache. What I want toknow is what was wrong withthem. I never ever want to trythat again.” - AlyssaThrasher

“I thought it was going totaste good because it smelledlike hot chocolate, but whenit touched my lips, it was dis-gusting! I’m definitely nevertrying it again!” - MeganJacobs

“I thought the Aztec hotcocoa was disgusting. Ithought I was going to besick. The modern hot cocoawas good, way better thanthe Aztec.” Tori Miklacic

From Jefferson: from left, Emilie Burr,Megan C. Jacobs, Tori Miklacic and AlyssaThrasher (front).

From Rock Creek Elementary: from left,Angelo Licavoli, Jacob Rollman and ZachArnett.

From Jefferson: front, Alexis Salamone; from left, NickDiehl, Megan C. Jacobs, Emilie Burr and Tori Miklacic.

From Jefferson: front row, from left, David Fleck, Aidan O’Neill, Gianna Matrisciano, Alyssa Ferguson, Kylie Bates, Reid Boczar, Frankie Snyder,Alicia Bradek and Olivia Evans; back row, from left, Maddie Smith, Faith Blankenship, Donovan Leininger, Hope Kendzerski and Emma Martuccio.

From Jefferson: from left, Alexis Salamone, Alyssa Thrasher , Brenna Hagerdon, ToriMiklacic, Nick Diehl, Emilie Burr and Megan C. Jacobs.


Christmas express at the Jefferson Historical Society

ABOVE: Young “Wolfie”(Wolfgang), of Saybrook,

soon moving back toGermany, encounters

sheer delight at the sightof so many trains.

The oldest person with a young-at-heart attitude to visit withSanta was Julie Bragga, Jefferson, mother of Pat Inman.

Gary Tabor looks over the Higbee’s recreated window scene. The display also heldmany animated, lighted modern day toys.

Santa’s elf helper, Mary Morton, won the raffle for theBackmann Desert Flyer train set.

Herb Housel and Jon Stevenson were busy bothweekends selling their popular Amish cheese at theJefferson Historical Society.

BY BARBARA J.HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Christ-mas time in Jefferson wouldnot be complete without thesights and sounds of theJefferson Historical Societytrain show. This year ’stheme of trains, trains,trains set amidst villagesnow scenes was comple-mented by a Higbee’s win-dow display created by GaryTabor and Dick Mullens.

Santa was on hand to apacked show both Satur-days and gave out hugsand candy while

listening to requests. KenMorton and Nick Waymanhelped bring Santa to life.

Winner of the raffle fora train set was MaryMorton, who assistedSanta on one of his visits.

Plans for the theme fornext year’s show are un-derway and are sure to bea crowd pleaser.

The society will beclosed for the rest of thewinter, but board memberswill be busy researching,filing and recording acqui-sitions. For informationand help with area history,call the society at 576-5333.

PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONFritz Martin popped corn all day. He prepares to give abagful to model train engineer Dick Mullens.

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Runner-up Prizes: Cud-dly Stuffed Christmas TeddyBear

Michael Amato -Austinburg Elementaryfourth grader

Kaydance Pavlisin - CorkElementary first grader

Ashley Oros - GenevaPlatt R. Spencer Elementaryfifth grader - and third-grader Randle Schmidt

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Pictured is Geneva Schools Lucky Tray Stuffed Animalwinner Kaydance Pavlisin from Cork Elementary School.

Cork Elementary fourth-grader Nicholas Higgins

was the winner of a shinynew bike delivered bySanta (Dale Wortman)

and Geneva SchoolsFood Services DirectorLaura Jones. Also with

Nicholas are CorkCafeteria manager

Deborah Driscoll and histeacher Shelley Austin.

Ashley Oros, Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary fifthgrader, won the Lucky Tray stuffed animal.

Michael Amato, Austinburg Elementary fourth grader,won the Lucky Tray stuf fed animal.

Caitlyn Morales, an Austinburg Elementary secondgrader, tries out the new bike Santa (Dale Wortman) andGeneva Schools Food Services Director Laura Jonesbrought on the 12th school day of Christmas. Caitlyn wasone of three elementary students to win new wheelsthrough the Food Services’ Lucky Tray program, part ofthe Geneva District’s effort to promote health andwellness. Also pictured with Caitlyn is AustinburgElementary Principal Kaye Haskins.

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Young Marines MGySgtMary Wessell of TrumbullTownship, OH, and YoungMarines MSgt Nathan Bakerof Atlanta, GA, are the recipi-ents of the Young Marines’Jimmie Trimble ScholarshipAward which was presentedat a black tie event on Satur-day, Nov. 9, hosted by theAmerican Veterans Center inWashington D.C.

The award is presentedannually to one male and onefemale Young Marine who ex-emplify the fine qualities ofJames “Jimmie” Trimble III.Trimble was a star athletewho passed up the opportu-nity to play professionalbaseball to first serve hiscountry in the Marines. Hedied on March 1, 1945, at IwoJima at the age of 19. WithTrimble that terrible nightwas Don Mates, a close friendwho is committed to ensur-ing Trimble’s legacy. At theNov. 9th event, Mates pre-sented the scholarships toWessell and Baker.

Both scholarship winnersare invited to travel to Guamand Iwo Jima March 14 – 21,2014, for the Reunion ofHonor which, in 2014, is the69th anniversary of IwoJima. They will join the sixdivision winners who willhave been named “YoungMarines of the Year;” the na-tional Young Marine of theYear - SgtMaj Dakota Rich-ter, 17, of Crestview Hills,KY; and Mike Kessler, na-tional executive director andCEO of the Young Marines.

“Jimmie Trimble epito-mized the fighting spirit ofthat generation of Ameri-cans,” Kessler said. “He gaveup a life of professional base-ball, because he was calledupon to serve his country. Weare grateful to the AmericanVeterans Center for keepinghis spirit alive and for allow-ing the Young Marines toplay a key role in that effort.Our two recipients reflect thekind of spirit that Jimmiepersonified, and we are ex-cited to be able to take themto Guam where JimmieTrimble left such an impact.”

About YM MGunSgtMary Ann Wessell

Young Marine MasterGunnery Sergeant Mary Ann

Mary Wessell

Two Young Marines awarded Jimmie Trimble Scholarshipsat American Veterans Center Honors Awards Banquet

Wessell belongs to theAshtabula County Young Ma-rines in Jefferson, OH, underthe command of KennethLee.

MGySgt Wessell joinedthe Young Marines in 2008when she was 12-years-oldand in the seventh grade.

“Joining the Young Ma-rine program was the best de-cision I’ve ever made,” YMMGySgt Wessell said. “Be-cause of the Young Marines,I have become the citizen,leader and young woman whoI am today. I would not tradethe past five years in theYoung Marines for anything.”

Wessell feels the best partabout being a Young Marineis the number of opportuni-ties offered. She has traveledacross the country, met in-credible people and been ableto impact others.

For example she was in-vited to participate in the2013 Young Marine Leader-ship Symposium. She hasalso been part of the Division2 and 5 Junior and SeniorLeadership Schools, the 70thCommemoration of PearlHarbor, the 2012 Cattle DriveExperience, the 2013 NGOSummit: Commission on theStatus of Women Consulta-tion Day, the National Ad-vanced Leadership School.

As a Jimmie TrimbleScholarship award winner,Wessell will travel to Guamand Iwo Jima next spring.

“I am overwhelmed withexcitement,” she said. “It issuch a privilege to have the

opportunity to accompanyWorld War II Veterans to theislands. I will truly be walk-ing with history. I am quiteeager to hear their incrediblestories and share this unfor-gettable experience withthem.”

Wessell lives in Geneva,OH, with her parents Kennyand Judy Wessell and her twobrothers, Braxton and Ethan,one of whom is a Private FirstClass in the Ohio Military Re-serves. She also has numer-ous cousins and uncles whohave served in the military.

She attends Geneva HighSchool, where she is rankedin the Top 25 of Geneva HighSchool’s Class of 2014.

Other awards and honorsinclude:

• 2013 OutstandingAchievement in ScienceScholarship recipient

• 2013 State Science DayFive Year Award Recipient

• 2013 Governor’s Tho-mas Edison Award for Ad-vanced or Alternative EnergyScholarship Recipient

• Geneva High School’s2012 Hugh O’Brian YouthLeadership Conference Rep-resentative

• Geneva High School’s2013 Spirit of America Lead-ership Conference Represen-tative

• 2013-2014 MissGrapette 2nd Attendant

Following graduationfrom high school, she plans to

enlist in the Corps of Cadetprogram at Norwich Univer-sity and major in CriminalJustice and minor in Politi-cal Science.

“Upon graduating fromcollege, I plan to apply mymajor in Criminal Justiceand work in a governmentagency such as the FederalBureau of Investigation,” shesaid. “I have always had aninterest in politics, and myultimate dream is to becomea member of Congress.”

The Young Marines is anational non-profit 501c(3)youth education and serviceprogram for boys and girls,age eight through thecompletion of high school.The Young Marines promotesthe mental, moral and physi-cal development of its mem-bers. The program focuses onteaching the values of lead-ership, teamwork and self-discipline so its members canlive and promote a healthy,drug-free lifestyle.

Since the Young Marines’humble beginnings in 1959with one unit and a handfulof boys, the organization hasgrown to over 300 units with10,000 youth and 3,000 adultvolunteers in 46 states, theDistrict of Columbia, Ger-many, Japan and affiliates ina host of other countries.

For more information,visit the official website at:www.YoungMarines.com.

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JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education insti-tuted a new segment to itsboard meetings on Tuesday,Dec. 17.

Every meeting, the boardwill now recognize the Stu-dents of the Month at eachbuilding in the district -Jefferson Elementary, Rock

Jefferson BOE recognizes Students of the Month

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLJefferson Area Local Schools Board of Education President Pat Inman talks aboutStudent of the Month Jesse Harnist. Also pictured are Treasurer Pat Smith andSuperintendent John Montanaro.

Jefferson Area Local Schools Board of EducationPresident Pat Inman talks about Student of the MonthChristopher Turano.

Jefferson Area Senior HighStudent of the MonthSteven Houser was deckedout for the holidays.

Creek Elementary, JeffersonArea Junior High andJefferson Area High School.

Students of the Month forDecember are:

• Jesse Harnist,Jefferson Elementary.

• Victor Stuchell, RockCreek Elementary.

• Christopher Turano,Jefferson Area Junior High.

• Sarah Brook andSteven Houser, JeffersonArea Senior High.

Superintendent JohnMontanaro said the studentswill be chosen each monthfrom names submitted to theboard office by teachers andstaff.

Several of the studentswere able to attend theboard meeting and receive

their award in person.Jesse is a student in

Laura Gaul’s kindergartenclass.

“He has made great aca-demic gains since the startof school,” Gaul wrote.

Gaul said that if otherstudents are feeling down,

Jesse uses kind words tocheer them up.

Christopher also waspresent to receive his award.His teacher wrote that he isa great student who goes outof his way to help other stu-dents and the staff. Throughhis actions and work ethic,

he serves as a role model.Steven also was present

to accept the award. He waspraised for maintaining per-fect attendance and a highGPA, as well as his athleticaccomplishments.

The students will receivea pin and a certificate.

A gift to JesusPASTOR’S COLUMNBy Elder Isaac H. Chappell, PastorJefferson Community

Church of God in Christ

As we enter this season of the exchang-ing of gifts between our loved ones, co-work-ers, and many others, let us examine ourmotives behind why we give. It seems asthough the Christmas season has becomemore commercialized than ever before.

I remember when I was a child, onChristmas morning we would go downstairsand wait to open our gifts, but before wecould open them my father would ask us toexplain what Christmas meant to us. Wewould sing songs like Silent Night, Joy Tothe World, and The First Noel.

It wasn’t many years ago that the ex-pression, Merry Xmas came to the forefrontand it seemed as though the ideology of theChrist child took the backburner in theminds of people.

As I try to wrap my mind around thefact of why we exchange gifts with somepeople that we don’t even know, but justbecause it is the “thing to do,” I wonder ifwe had the opportunity (as the wise men)bring a gift to the Savior of the World, whatwould we bring to him. I commend theseWise Men for the fortitude, and commit-ment to travel over 900 miles from thecountry of Persia to Bethlehem to be in thepresence of a King named Jesus. Theolo-gians tell us that there were possibly morethan three of these wise men, but becauseof the three gifts, they say their were threemen.

We should understand that the giftsthat were presented to Jesus had greatsymbolism that is relevant to us even to-day. The first gift was Gold. This preciousmetal was only presented to Kings in thatday and the wise men were acknowledg-ing the fact that Jesus was King of Kingsand Lord of Lords. Even though somepeople today deny the deity of Christ, itstill does not cancel the fact that he hascome to rule as Lord and King in the heartsof mankind.

The second gift that was presented wasthe gift of Frankincense. Frankincense is aperfume that was used in the ancient daysof the bible. The bible tell us in 2ndCorinthians 15:2 that we are unto God a

sweet-smelling savour.Saint Paul here in scripture is telling us

that our lives should reflective of Christ inthat we should live in such a way thatpleases God, and that we shouldn’t do any-thing that would stink in the nostrils ofGod, but live lives that are exemplary ofholiness, for 1st Peter 1:16 instructs allbelievers to “Be ye holy for he (Christ) isholy”.

The third gift was Myrrh, which is anointment that was used for embalming thedead. The imagery behind this presenta-tion is that Jesus was born to die. It washis death on the cross, and resurrectionfrom the grave that redeemed all of human-ity back to God, in which all who receiveChrist as the Lord of their lives have thegreatest gift that God gave to us which washis Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ whobrought unto us salvation which gives usEternal Life with our creator forever andever.

At times we can be our worst enemiesas we try to satisfy self rather than pleaseGod. Romans 8:13-14 says “If ye live afterthe flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through thespirit do mortify the deeds of the body, yeshall live. Again Paul is admonishing us tonot be selfish in our deeds concerning Godand others, as we are to not to “Let nothingbe done through strife or vain-glory, but inlowliness of mind, let each esteem othersmore highly than themselves” Philippians2:3.

In conclusion, before I begin to the pro-cess of exchanging of gifts with my own fam-ily, it will be my endeavor to continue thefamily tradition of having prayer, singingsome songs, and remembering the reasonfor the season, and that it is better to givethan to receive, and more importantly, mygift to the honored guest of our home (JesusChrist) is a life that is sanctified and holy.

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Ongoing Ashtabula:Good Karma Soup Kitchen

Our Lady of Peace Good Karma Soup Kitchen will be-gin serving from the lower level Community Room at St.Joseph Church, 3312 Lake Avenue., each Saturday andSunday starting Nov. 30.

Jan. 2 SaybrookTownship: Blood mobile

Give a pint. Get a pound. Please donate blood on Janu-ary 2 at Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 DepotRoad (across the street from St. John’s School) from 2-6p.m. Every donator receives a free brick of Dunkin’ Donutscoffee and a coupon for a free pound of coffee. Give the giftof Life this holiday season!

Jan. 23 Austinburg:Free community dinner

Austinburg First United Church of Christ, located at2870 Rt. 307 in Austinburg, will hold a free communitydinner on 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

OngoingBible Study groupcontinues to meet

A Bible study group meets every Thursday inAshtabula. Open to the public - not affiliated with or promot-ing any particular church denomination. Grab a coffee andjoin the group at McDonald’s, 918 Lake Ave., Ashtabula,OH. Bring your Bible and any questions you might have. Viewthe website at TheRemnantofIsrael.org or call (440) 228-6157.

Alcoholics Anonymousmeets in Jefferson

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meets at First Congrega-tional UCC, 41 E. Jefferson St., in Jefferson on Mondaynights at 8 p.m. Al-Anon also meets at the Lutheran Churchat 89 E Satin St., Jefferson, on Mondays at 8 p.m. Theyalso have AA meetings on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.

Weight Watchers meets in JeffersonWeight Watchers meets at the First Congregational

UCC, 41 E. Jefferson St., in Jefferson, on Tuesday nightsat 5:30 p.m.

Jefferson United Methodist Churchinvites public to Christian Cafe

The Jefferson United Methodist Church, 125 E. JeffersonSt., will be providing a free, family-style, hearty home-cookedmeal the first and third Tuesday of each month from 4-6 p.m. All persons in the area are welcome to come enjoy good food,and share conversations in the warmth of Christian love.

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Superintendent John Montanaro shakes the hand ofoutgoing Jef ferson Area Local Schools Board ofEducation member Larry Divine.

A reception was held for outgoing board members onTuesday, Dec. 17, including Larry Divine, pictured seatedon the right. Also pictured are Superintendent JohnMontanaro, standing, and board member Ron Watson.

“They both served during a time ofchange in the district,” Montanarosaid.

Montanaro said Sowry spent 12years as a board member, as well as20 years as a district employee.

“We’ll miss her positive spirit, hercan-do attitude and especially herbaked goods,” Montanaro said.

Even though she’s retired from theboard, Sowry said she’ll still be seenaround the district, as she’ll continueto go to music events, sporting eventsand everything in between.

“It truly has been an honor,” Sowrysaid. “You’ll still see me around.”

Montanaro also talked about Di-vine, who has served on the board

since 2006.“Since becoming superintendent,

I’ve respected his ability to ask thehard questions,” Montanaro said.

Divine said, “I just wanted to saygoodbye and good luck.”

At the next board meeting in Janu-ary, newly elected Scott C. Ardary andPhilip Pawlowski will join the board.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 10ASports

Dragons win junior varsity contest

The Lakeside Dragons and Geneva Eagles Jr . Varsity basketball teams wait for arebound.

Kyle Roberson shoots a free throw for the Geneva Eagles junior varsity basketball team.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLBryce Cox, of Jefferson, works against MathewSchoenbeck, of PV, in a 106lb match.

Joey Baitt, of Jefferson, squared off against CameronYeary, of PV, in a 132lb match.

Cody Miller, of PV, works against Cooper Cleveland, ofJefferson, during a 138lb match.

Lakers win two, Falcons split

Austin Norris, of Jef ferson, works for position during a 220lbmatch against Jerome Walker, of Grand Valley.

Gazette NewspapersBY BYRON C. WESSELL

JEFFERSON - ThePymatuning Valley Lakerswon both their wrestlingmeets against Jefferson andGrand Valley. The Lakerstook on the Falcons first andwon 45-25. Bryce Cox, ofJefferson, won the 106 matchby pinning MathewSchoenbeck, of PV.Pymatuning Valley would winthe next two matches at 113(Mitch Skleres) and 120(Gunnar Ellis) both by forfeit.Kegan Hoopes then picked upa pin for PV at 126 over Aus-tin Simmons, of Jefferson.

The Lakers were up 18-6before a tech fall by JoeyBaitt, of Jefferson, at 132,

defeating over CameronYeary, of PV, 18-2. CodyMiller, of PV, picked up hisown tech fall 21-5 over Coo-per Cleveland, of Jefferson at138. Gary Baker, of PV, wonhis 145 match 12-0 over Lo-gan Platt, of Jefferson. Ma-son Swiney accepted a forfeitfor Jefferson at 152, makingthe score 27-17. Zach Collinsclosed the gap to 27-23 as hepinned Ryan Sito, of PV, at160. However, Collin Winklerupped the lead back up to tenpoints at 33-23 with a pin at170 over Christian Saunders,of Jefferson.

The Falcons battled rightback as Josh Hall picked upa pin at 182 over JaretWright, of PV. Jefferson hadtwo matches to go before giv-

ing up another forfeit atHeavy Weight. AustinO’Baker, of PV, won the 195match over Dan Gillespie, ofJefferson. The Lakers wereback up ten at 39-29. AustinNorris cut the gap to fouragain with a pin over Bran-don Muha, of PV. ShawnShreves accepted a forfeit atHeavy Weight, making thefinal score 45-35.

The Lakers went on tohandily defeat the Mustangs57-18. The Lakers won thefirst three matches to builda 15-0 lead. Mitch Sklereswon the first match for PVat 13 with a minor decisionover Michael Miller, ofGrand Valley. Gunnar Ellis,120 PV, pinned his opponentGavin Meeker, of Grand Val-ley. Kegan Hoopes alsopicked up a pin for PV at 126over Zach Harding, of GrandValley. Cody Rhoades putthe Mustangs on the boardwith an injury defeat overCameron Yeary, of PV, AT132. Cody Miller put theLakers back on track with apin at 138 over NathanRasmussan, of Grand Valley.

Neither team would have awrestler at 145.

Gary Baker picked upanother pin for the Lakers at152 over Cody Freeman, ofGrand Valley. Luke Baldwin,of Grand Valley cut the scoreto 27-12 with a pin overRyan Sito, of PV, AT 160. TheLakers would go on a roll forthe next three matches.Collin Winkler pinned Bra-dley Turner, of Grand Valley,at 170. Jaret Wright ac-cepted a forfeit at 182 for theLakers. Brandon Muha thenpinned Brett Whitely, of GV,at 195. Glenn Zaller pickedup the third win for the Mus-tangs with a pin over AustinO’Baker, of PV, at 220.Shawn Shreves put the Lak-ers up 45-18 with a pin overJerome Walker. MatthewSchoenbeck accepted an-other forfeit for the Lakersat 106 for the 57-18 win.

The match-up betweenthe Falcons and Mustangswas a lot closer as Jeffersonwon 48-36.

See WRESTLINGpage 11A

Michael Miller, of Grand Valley, and Mitch Skleres, of PV,battle for an advantage during a 113lb match.

The Lakeside Dragons hosted the Geneva Eagles in a recent junior varsity basketballgame. PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELL


PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLTristan Bradley (22) looks to make a pass for the LakesideDragons during a game against Lakeside.

Sports

BY BYRON C. WESSELLGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA – TheLakeside Dragons boysbasketball team hosted theGeneva Eagles in a recentPAC match-up. The Drag-ons took a 16-9 lead in theopening quarter. LorenzSistrunk led the Dragonswith six points in the firstquarter. Tristan Bradleyadded five points, three as-sists and three rebounds.Jaeden Jones added fivepoints as well to go withtwo rebounds. Zac Sweatcountered for the Eagleswith seven points, twosteals and two rebounds.Steve Jewell scored theonly other basket for theEagles in the first quarter.

The Dragons took a 32-21 lead into halftime.Melvin Thompson hit apair of threes in the quar-ter for the Dragons as theywere up 30-12 at one point.Bradley hit his secondthree-pointer of the gameto go with four assists inthe quarter. Jose Ramosalso hit a three-pointer for

Aiden Hennessey dribbles the ball for the Geneva Eagles as he is guarded by Melvin Thompson, of Lakeside.

Zac Sweat, of Geneva, attempts to drive past Mo Lebron,of Lakeside, during a recent PAC basketball match-up.

Lorenz Sistrunk plays for the Lakeside Dragons as he isguarded by Ryan Mackynen, of Geneva.

the Dragons and De’OnteRodgers added two points.The Eagles tried to climbback into the game as RyanMackynen scored sixpoints in the quarter.Sweat hit his second threepointer of the game andSeth Calhoun and PaulHitchcock hit free throws.

Lorenz Sistrunk tookover in the third quarterfor the Dragons as theyupped their lead to 52-36.Sistrunk scored 13 pointsin the quarter to go withthree rebounds. Bradleyhit his third and finalthree-pointer of the gamefor the Dragons. Cole Farrand Melvin Thompsoneach added a basket.Sweat once again pacedthe Eagles with sevenpoints and four rebounds.Ryan Mackynen and RonVarckette each added abasket and a free throw.Brandon Kovach was ableto get on the board withtwo free throws.

Geneva closed the gap toten points in the fourthquarter as they fell 69-59.Seth Calhoun led the Eagles

with five points in the quar-ter. Brandon Kovach addedfour points and two assists.Sweat scored four points togo with three steals. SteveJewell, Jeramiah Allen,Ryan Mackynen and PaulHitchcock each added a bas-ket.

Jaeden Jones paced theDragons with seven pointsin the quarter as they heldon for the win. LorenzSistrunk led all scorerswith 23 points forLakeside.

Lakeside improved to 3-2 on the year and 3-1 in thePAC. Geneva fell to 0-5 and0-4 in the PAC.

Matt Lunghofer (35) and Cole Farr play defense for theLakeside Dragons during a game against Geneva.

Glen Zaller , of Grand Valley, puts the finishing touches on a pin against Dan Gillespie,of Jef ferson.

The night boiled down toone match where Grand Val-ley had an opportunity to tiethings up at 42-42.

However, Austin Norriscame through with a big pinfor the Falcons at 220 overJerome Walker, of Grand Val-ley. Walker looked to have apin near the end of the firstperiod, but Mathis did just

enough to escape and send itinto the second period. AgainWalker briefly put Norris onhis back in the second period,but Norris reversed positionand picked up the pin to en-sure a Falcon victory. TheMustangs received a forfeit atthe Heavy Weight position,making the final score 48-36.

The first three weight

classes were won by forfeit.Bryce Cox accepted a forfeitat 106 for Jefferson, MichaelMiller accepted a forfeit 113for Grand Valley and GavinMeeker accepted another for-feit at 120 for Grand Valley.The first match of wrestlingmeet between Jefferson andGrand Valley was just as im-portant as the last. AustinSimmons, 126 of Jefferson,picked up a pin over ZachHardin, of Grand Valley to tie

the scoreboard up at 12-12.Joey Baitt, of Jefferson, wasable to pick up a late pin at132 over Cody Rhoades, ofGrand Valley.

The Falcons received an-other important pin by CooperCleveland at 138 over NathanRasmussan, of Grand Valley.Logan Platt picked up a forfeitfor the Falcons at 145 to up thelead to 30-12. Cody Freemancut into that lead for the Mus-tangs at 152 with a pin overMason Swiney, of Jefferson.Luke Baldwin made it closerwith a late pin over ZachCollins at 160, making it 30-24.

Christian Saunders gavethe Falcons some breathingroom with a pin over BradleyTurner, of GV, at 170. The Fal-cons went up 42-24 after JoshHall accepted a forfeit at 182.Glenn Zaller, of GV, thenpicked up a quick 195 pin overDaniel Gillespie, of Jefferson.The Mustangs trailed 42-30before the match between Aus-tin Norris and Jerome Walker.With a potential forfeit loom-ing for the Mustangs, Norrispicked up the big pin to giveJefferson the 48-36 win.

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Lakeside Swimming breakstwo school records at invite

ASHTABULA - The Lakeside Swim team had astellar weekend full of broken records and personalbest times as they raced in the highly competitiveHilltopper Invitational. The invitational was hostedby Chardon High School at Spire Institute.

Two swimmers Senior Chip Ranck and JuniorMalynda Russell broke the school record both in the200 freestyle. Chip swam the 200 freestyle shatter-ing the school record of 2:05.96. Junior, MalyndaRussell broke the Women’s 200 freestyle with a timeof 2:26.93.

Lakeside also posted 13 swimmers with seasonbest times including: David, Novak, Licate, Mosier,Smith, Wagner, Bunnell, Henery, Hotz, Emerson,Ranck, Crawford, Haines, In additiona, the team sawfour swimmers with personal record times includ-ing: Emerson, Russell, Ranck, and Henery.

Dragons slip past Eagles


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"2013 Country Christmas"A SPECIAL THANKYOU to the citizens of Jefferson & the

surrounding communities for your continued support of

our Jefferson Holiday Celebration. We appreciate every-

one who braves the cold every year to help lineup and

judge the parade, merchant's trees and window decorat-

ing contest as well as the sponsors for the free fun

activities that go on throughout the day. We could not do

this alone, it takes you, the public and business sponsors

for the continued support and participation to make this a

success! We were all Winners for being able to have a

beautiful Winter Wonderland Christmas Parade and

enjoying the efforts of all who participated. It was one of

our most difficult to judge and all who attended said it is

the best they've seen and the best in the County.

Please Mark your calendar for the first Saturday in

December, 2014 for next year's parade; and then watch

for the September Chamber page in the Gazette when

we will announce the theme and parade applications will

be in the October Chamber page. You may also check

our website: www.JeffersonChamber.com. All of us in the

Jefferson area Chamber of Commerce appreciate your

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Patty Fisher Parade Chairman

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CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING AN AWARDWINNING ENTRY IN OUR 2013 "ReindeerPlayground" ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADEWinners By Category

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OTHER MEMBER NEWSHats & Mittens and Toys for TotsOnce again this holiday season Lakeview Federal Credit

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elementary schools. Lakeview was also a collection site for

Toys for Tots. They would like to say thank you to every-

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MANNA Food Drive

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