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Honoring the fallenFunerals were held for two fi remen, Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, who lost their lives fi ghting a north Toledo fi re. Pictured, David Henninger, a volunteer fi refi ghter with Lake Township, and others, salute as the funeral procession for fi refi ghter James Dickman heads down Navarre Ave., Oregon. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/hehphotos.com)

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A federal Civil Rights Action was fi led against Woodmore Local Schools and football coaches Britton Devier and Todd Bringman stemming from an alleged hazing incident in which a player suffered a trau-matic brain injury.

The case involves a 16-year-old student represented by the Charles E. Boyk law fi rm of Toledo and is assigned to Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Western Division.

Plaintiffs Daniel Sprinski and Amy Sprinski, the 16-year-old’s parents, are ask-ing for $75,000 or more in compensatory damages for personal injuries, pain and suffering, disability, medical and hospital expenses, sanctions, exemplary damages, and other damages, along with reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, pre-judgment costs, and other relief the court deems just.

The school district responded with a statement reading, “The Woodmore School District maintains a high standard of safety consistent with schools in the State of Ohio and the safety of our students and student-athletes is a top priority. This concern was immediately investigated and addressed and all required reports were made.

“Not only did the district conduct a thorough investigation, but the Ohio Attorney General’s offi ce conducted an investigation along with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and presented tes-timony from 49 witnesses to a grand jury, resulting in no indictment and no charges against Woodmore Schools or its employ-ees.

“While we cannot discuss specifi cs at this time due to student privacy laws, the district strongly disputes the false allega-tions in the lawsuit and looks forward to providing its response to the court.”

Board member Steve Huss said two at-torneys have been retained, including one representing the insurance company.

A statement from the Boyk law offi ce al-leges, “On September 10, 2013, Head Coach Devier and Assistant Coach Bringman orga-nized and implemented an attack against players as part of an effort to punish and


Seventy-one percent of the East Toledo electorate voted for Mayor D. Michael Collins when he defeated incumbent Michael Bell last November. Mayor Collins says that helped get him elected, and promises “the ’05 is going to regain the respect that it has lost.” To East Toledo residents, “the ‘05” is a com-monly used term for their community’s zip code, 43605. “Thank you for your confidence in me and that confidence in me is not going to be misplaced,” Collins told about 50 East Toledo residents Monday night.

Collins spoke at the Birmingham Development Corporation’s monthly meeting at Birmingham Branch Library. He was asked by BDC President Father Frank Eckart to talk about housing stock code enforcement, safety issues, and a need for more youth recreational facili-ties.

Collins, who took offi ce January 3, went further and talked about Toledo’s antiquated infrastructure and sewer prob-lems, potholes in the city’s streets, snow re-moval, a return to neighborhood policing, and his desire for the city to employ new technology.

For example, on his fi rst day at his of-

fi ce on the 22nd fl oor of One Government Center, he looked around for his computer but found none. He was then told that no previous mayor had ever used a computer in the offi ce, which he changed immedi-ately.

Add to that, he plans to employ new technology on reporting crime, housing nuisances, domestic violence issues, and other neighborhood disturbances, by tak-ing advantage of social media networks. He also talked about changing the culture of families and neighborhoods in Toledo.

“Call City Hall is gone — we’re put-ting it all under one umbrella,” Collins said. “We are not going to do things the way we used to do them because obviously that doesn’t work. We’re never going to fi x it unless we fi x the fundamentals, like re-sponsible parenting.”

Collins added that he plans to hire 40 police offi cers, with an estimated attrition of 28 retirees per year, and says the net gain will gradually get the city’s manpower back up to the 700 offi cers that is needed.

“Right now, we are a police department which is reactive rather than proactive,” Collins said. He promised the city will be-come more aggressive on burglaries, prop-erty crimes, and crimes against persons.

The mayor, a former city police offi cer, recalled days when an offi cer was assigned a beat, and often walked that beat. He said he wants to bring back neighborhood polic-ing, including pairing up offi cers in patrol cars and assigning policemen to a specifi c neighborhood.

“Indeed, we’ve scratched the surface, but it’s going to happen,” Collins said.

Former city and state lawmaker Peter Ujvagi, a Birmingham native and resident, said he would like to see an offi cer, when paired with another in one patrol vehicle, get out of the car and walk the streets for three or four blocks at a time. He said the offi cer’s presence, although brief, will ben-efi t the neighborhood.

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area, reporting every quarter, and aggres-sively moving at nuisance properties and all the contaminants, if you will, that have a negative effect on our quality of life.”

“They are going to be directly respon-sible to network with Block Watch and we are going to turn our neighborhoods around one at a time,” the mayor continued.

Collins said he believes a pilot project, to start soon in Point Place before com-ing to East Toledo, will build partnerships between the city and residents. The pro-gram has been altered slightly since he an-nounced it during his campaign.

“I’m sort of getting away from this Tidy Towns, because we’re not a town, we’re a community of neighborhoods,” Collins said. “To call us a bunch of tidy little towns isn’t really correct. It works in Ireland but it doesn’t work very well in Toledo, because we have neighborhoods which have exclu-sive identities and have their own culture and structure. One size doesn’t fi t every-body.

“We’re not in a situation where govern-ment can come and say, ‘This is the way it’s going to be.’ Nobody should tell you what your neighborhood should be, you should tell government what you would like to see that neighborhood be. After all, you are

the stakeholders in that neighborhood. The government is merely an entity that pro-vides the structure, the support, and the core services which go to an urban setting,” the mayor continued.

The mayor said the city could help fi nd business partners for neighborhood projects, but added that residents must do their part in taking back neighborhoods.

“This is not the city’s project. This is the city’s way of fi lling our responsibilities to your project,” Collins said. “I used an analogy, I said, ‘If we come out and clean an alley, we can spend three days clean-ing an alley, and that alley can be pristine when we get done. We get everything clean and a month later what is that alley going to look like? It’s going to be right back to what it looked like.

“Now, if we engage the people who live on those streets near that alley, and we get sweat equity across the board, and people are out there participating and we are out there participating, and we have a partner-ship, what do you think is going to happen when that next knucklehead comes down there and decides he is going to throw tires into that alley?

“There’s going to be a license number, there is going to be a report, and there’s go-ing to be an arrest, and that’s the way we keep our neighborhoods because we have to take control of our own neighborhoods as well.

haze certain members of the football team for lack of ‘hustle.’

“Due to the extreme heat, that day’s practice was planned as a ‘non-contact’ practice, meaning the players were in-structed not to wear their full uniforms; only helmets, shoulder pads, girdles with hip pads, and shorts.

“When the players failed to complete their non-contact drills to the satisfaction of Devier and Bringman, they were ordered to return to the locker room and change into full uniforms, making sure to be back on the fi eld within eight minutes. The play-ers were also warned that failure to return to the fi eld within the allotted eight min-utes would result in several consequences.

“Of the approximately 45 players on the team, only 6-10 returned to the fi eld within eight minutes. Those not returning in time were instructed to stand shoul-der-to-shoulder in a single fi le line and were from that point referred to as ‘Old Woodmore.’ The ‘New Woodmore’ players were those who had made it back in time. The ‘Old Woodmore’ players were instruct-ed to ‘take a hit’ before they could join the ‘New Woodmore’ team, which is when the ‘New Woodmore’ players were instructed to hit the ‘Old Woodmore’ players as hard as possible. The ‘Old Woodmore’ players were also forced to participate in the ‘Bull in the Ring’ drill in which any behavior against the victim was allowed: grabbing face masks, pulling, pushing and hitting, among other acts.

“The ‘Old Woodmore’ players were not allowed to make any effort to defend themselves,” Boyk’s statement continues. In the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that Bringman pushed the “New Woodmore” players to help get them running at the “Old Woodmore” players.

“Our 16-year-old client was one of the ‘Old Woodmore’ players who were hit with such force that he subsequently vomited, became disoriented, and collapsed, which are all tell-tale signs of a severe brain in-jury. No ambulance was called.

“Our client was unresponsive while his older brother and teammate drove him home. His parents took him to Mercy St. Charles Hospital before he was transport-ed via ambulance to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center where he was ultimately diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury af-ter spending the night at the Intensive Care Unit.”

The lawsuit claims the 16-year-old was initially diagnosed with a concussion and a spinal injury “causing transient weakness and sensory changes in his arms and legs.” It adds that he was subsequently diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.

The Boyk law offi ce says the 16-year-old is no longer attending Woodmore

Schools and that doctors say he can never play contact sports again.

The plaintiffs allege “the football drills in question did not comply with the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s guide-lines regarding the reduction of head and neck injuries in football.”

In conversations with The Press, Dan Sprinski said he believes Bringman’s role being in charge of the drill led to the inci-dent and injury to his son, but says Devier was on the practice fi eld at the time. Devier was contacted by email but declined to comment on the advice of counsel.

Bringman resigned after the incident. Bringman’s mother, Rebecca Migliori, told The Press in September that parents are running a “witch hunt” against her son and notes all the positive things he has done for the youth athletic programs in the Woodmore district.

“In light of the recent Super Bowl, we hope that parents take the time to talk to their child athletes about the types of drills that are being run during practice,” Charles Boyk stated. “Drills in any sport should be used as a tool to increase skill and perfor-mance, not to punish players. When coach-es use retaliation and punishment instead of encouragement to drive their drills, lines are quickly crossed and injuries occur.

“The purpose of the lawsuit is to stress the importance of protecting child athletes, especially since their bodies and brains are still developing.”

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Senior “Love Letters” Wood County Committee onAging, Inc. (WCCOA) will participate in the Meals on Wheels Association’s “Love Letters” program this Valentine’s Day. Tens of thousands of youth vol-unteers nation-wide are busy creating hand-crafted Valentine’s Day cards for older homebound individuals. Youth from around the Northwest Ohio area will create Valentine’s Day “Love Letters” which will be given out on Valentine’s Day to older home-bound individuals in Wood County who receive home-delivered meals through the Wood County Committee on Aging. For more information on the na-tional ‘Love Letters’ campaign, visit www.mowaa.org/love-letters. For in-formation on programs and services at the Wood County Committee on Aging, Inc., call 800-0367-4935.

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Meeting change The Woodmore Board of Education has rescheduled its regular monthly meeting to Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. The board will meet at the high school library, 633 Fremont Street, Elmore. The board had been scheduled to meet Feb. 18. The library is on the sec-ond fl oor of the school.Winter fun

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State monitoring propane fuel situationsumer’s supplier to determine why a fi ll has been delayed. Suspected price gouging should be reported to his offi ce by calling 800-282-0515. The assessment room of the state’s emergency operations center has remained in operation to coordinate the response to counties affected by the shortage, said Tamara McBride, a spokesperson for the center. An emergency declaration by Gov. John Kasich to allow commercial haulers of propane and heating oil to spend more time on the road for deliveries is scheduled to expire Feb. 16. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a similar declaration for interstate highways. Congressman Bob Latta said he’s joined with other members of the Ohio congressional delegation to request the fed-eral emergency exemption is extended past the Feb. 11 scheduled expiration. In the Midwest, delivery and supply problems surfaced in the autumn when many farm areas had better than average yields of grain crops. Many fi elds, howev-er, were wet, requiring large of amounts of propane for drying before storage. The National Propane Gas Association last month issued a statement saying “in-

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Genzman namedinterim Oak Harbor administratorBy Cynthia L. JacobySpecial to The [email protected]

The Oak Harbor streets depart-ment operations manager will become the interim administrator during the upcoming search to replace outgoing administrator Robert Pauley. Monday night, village council created the interim administrator po-sition. Mayor Bill Eberle said Randy Genzman had been asked beforehand to fi ll the position and he accepted. Genzman, a 22-year employee of the village, runs the streets department which also oversees the park system. Prior to coming to the village, the 1989 Oak Harbor High School graduate worked for the Ottawa County Sanitary Engineering Department. Genzman’s wage for the new posi-tion has yet to be decided. The fi gure will be negotiated in the days prior to Pauley’s departure Feb. 14, Fiscal Offi cer Debbie Carpenter said. His cur-rent wage was not available. Pauley, who has worked for the village of Oak Harbor since 2009, re-signed in mid-January. His contract was up for renewal in March. In recent months, he has been under fi re for the handling of the massive sewer system overfl ow problems, employee man-agement and tension-fi lled exchanges with some members of council. The village began advertising the position almost immediately. Applications will be taken until late February and then reviewed by the mayor and a council committee, Eberle said. Adam Snyder, a landlord and regular council visitor, asked if coun-cil had set any new guidelines for the administrator. He specifi cally asked if the administrator would be required to live in the village. Council waived the residency rule for Pauley who lived at a Brooklyn Street residence but main-tained a permanent home in Mentor, O. Eberle said those issues will all be discussed when the interview process begins. He noted so far they had received about fi ve applications but gave no specifi cs other than one person is a Sylvania resident and a couple candi-dates called Michigan home. Genzman is not among those can-didates – yet. In an interview after the meeting, he was asked if he will submit an ap-plication. “That’s something I am going to have to talk over with my wife,” Genzman replied. Right now, he planned to focus on efforts to prepare for weather-related problems. And in the days to come, he said he would learn more about the admin-istrator job’s pressures when he as-sumed the duties. He felt confi dent he would stand up well to the test. “I have a number of great people that I surround myself with,” Genzman said.


Forty percent of East Toledo’s house-holds have children under the age of 18 living in them, 10 points higher than the city’s rate of 30 percent. So, ask representatives for One Voice for East Toledo, why aren’t 19 city parks on their side of the Maumee River in better shape?

Seven resident volunteers invested in East Toledo conducted surveys over the course of eight weeks, gathering general park information, including the park’s con-dition. They took hundreds, maybe a thou-sand photos, and detailed their fi ndings in a 22-page report.

They found water fountains not work-ing, graffi ti, boarded buildings, damaged playground equipment, heaving sidewalks, safety hazards, broken tables, and more.

The report, which includes priorities and recommendations on how to resolve the issues, was presented to city council’s parks and recreation committee Tuesday. Major fi ndings were —

• The 19 parks lack regular inspections and maintenance by the city, especially when it comes to play equipment, mowing, weed control, trees, sidewalks, etc. • Twelve of the 19 parks have seri-ous equipment or maintenance issues that could cause injury to users of the park.

• Eight of the 13 parks identifi ed may not be suitable for recreational development or have no recreational equipment at all.

• Four of the parks identifi ed are used as sports and recreation facilities (Navarre, Ravine Parks I and II, and Collins).

• Hecklinger’s Pond is considered a park, however, the city has posted signs stating it is unsafe for use. It is considered an environmental hazard.

“This is everything. I grew up in the Peanut Hill area, which is Oak, Oakdale, and East Broadway, then moving to Birmingham in my 20s, buying a house and raising a fam-ily. I remember a better time. The parks were clean and supervised,” said 72-year-old life-time East Toledo resident John Stvartak.

“East Toledo’s population is 10 per-cent of Toledo, but we have a greater num-ber of young, low wage earning families. Twenty-two percent of them have incomes of $10,000 or less with 39 percent living at or below the poverty level. East Toledo has only 12 percent of the 139,000 housing is-sues in the city. Fifty percent of the families here in East Toledo rent houses and I would say most of the ones who own homes are the elderly ones who have been there for quite a while. This means more young, wage-earning households with more chil-dren under the age of 18.

“To have a good city, one needs to have a good infrastructure, and I realize in East Toledo we have a big infrastructure prob-lem, and that’s not only the parks. Roads and parks are two of the important things that people rely on and this is very impor-tant for the value placed on neighborhoods. These are what other people see when vis-iting our town and when looking for a place to live. It very much affects the property values in the whole city.”

One Voice recommendationsTwenty-fi ve residents, who were com-

mended by council members for the re-port, were in council chambers to help One

Survey fi nds safety hazards at parks

Voice liaison Jodi Gross present the report. Speakers included Stvartak, Bev Piper, Mary Wilson, Linda Hendricks, and Larry Avery.

“That’s one of the reasons why it is so important. If they are living at the poverty level, a quality park is so very important to the growth of our children,” said Wilson, an East Toledo resident.

“In that I grew up in East Toledo, I knew how valuable it was to me and how many pleasant and wonderful memories I have from having a park and playground that was safe and beautiful and allowed me to use my imagination. Parks used to be one of our most valuable resources that gave our children the OK to be a kid and to have fun and to use their imagination, and to grow and just be comfortable.

“Of the 19 parks we have over in East Toledo, the cleanliness and upkeep we have has sort of just kind of come to a com-plete standstill. We have a lot of beautiful land with a lot of potential, it just needs a little TLC from the people who live here, which is us, and with help from the city to do their part in helping us to make our neighborhood a little better and something that the children can be proud of.”

Their recommendations included grant opportunities to bring in funding for projects and area churches that are willing to sponsor nearby parks. The report also identifi ed businesses and organizations as potential funding sources and partner-ships.

“We want to work closely with city and we know there are not a lot of funds,” Piper, a lifelong East Toledo resident, said. “I’m not afraid to push mulch around, col-lect garbage, trim trees, whatever we need to do, but we want to work somehow with

the city to get these (issues resolved). I want the parks to be like they were when I was a child.”

However, they were told that having volunteers clean up and maintain the parks could present liability issues, which was verifi ed by council members as something for the city’s law department to research. They were also told that volunteers work-ing in the parks could present a confl ict with labor unions representing city em-ployees.

Piper and Gross said the committee met with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department in September, and Piper ac-knowledged “that a couple days later they ‘fi xed’ slides by putting up boards at the top of slides.”

“Because the top of the slide is board-ed up, but if you’re a child, and the slide is down here and the cracks are down here and the mammoth holes are at the bottom, children are going to climb the other way up. I’ve seen that at the park at Ravine by my house,” Piper said.

District 3 Councilman Mike Craig re-sponded, “Repairing the slide does not mean putting up $2 worth of plywood to keep somebody from sliding down the slide. I understand that there are fi nancial concerns, but we need to look at a more holistic approach than that. A number of parks, if you look through the report, have some signifi cant maintenance issues. We need to have those addressed.

Some council members suggested dis-cussions with the Metroparks of the Toledo Area to see if they could offer a solution or partnership.

Craig would like to see remedies before the summer park season. He noted that he is pursuing remediation for Hecklinger’s Pond, but backed up with his own testimo-ny many of the issues the One Voice sub-committee presented.

“Basketball courts are almost non-exis-tent and there are some real opportunities to provide recreation for people,” Craig said. “Birmingham Park has a concrete slab, but there are no basketball hoops. You know, in order to disturb a neighbor from that bas-ketball court, you’d probably have to set off a bomb because it’s literally hundreds of yards away from the nearest house.”

The sign at Prentice Park, Toledo's fi rst city park, shows disrepair and wear. The One Voice for East Toledo parks subcommittee found 14 maintenance, repair, and clean-up issues at this park, one of 19 in East Toledo. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

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The freezing temperatures and fre-quent snowstorms this winter have left Northwood short of road salt. “We’re basically running day to day,” said Northwood City Administrator Bob Anderson. “I think we’ve got enough to cover this storm and the next. But we’re going to have to scramble some more to have enough.” Northwood and Oregon, as do many communities, piggyback onto Toledo’s con-tract with a salt supplier. “We all bid it together. However, we all put in for a certain amount. Once you reach that quote, you try to get more, but if there’s great demand, you might not be able to get what you want. So it’s tight right now. We’re down to one more snowfall,” said Anderson. Currently, the city relies on plowing and only salts the intersections. “Right now, we’re plowing and scrap-ing all the roads. We don’t put a whole lot of salt on the main roads right now. It de-pends on the condition of the roads. If the main roads are icy, we’ll put salt down. However, if it’s just packed snow, we’re not putting it down. Typically we do, and salt the subdivisions, too. We’re not doing that anymore. We’re tightening up. As long as it remains packed snow, it’s not too much

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of a problem. We scrape them pretty good. That’s where getting cars off the streets re-ally, really helps. The plows sometimes go into the subdivisions and have all these ob-stacles they have to get around. If there’s a car that a plow has to go around, it’s only rational to ticket that car. We’re ticket-ing them and we’re talking about towing them,” he said. The Ohio Department of Transportation is trying to help entities with more road salt, he added. The city has also been able to get it from smaller private contractors. “We’re looking for different sourc-es,” said Anderson, including the City of Oregon, which has offered to sell some from their own stockpile. “It’s very nice of them. Obviously, Oregon is going to have to take care of their own roads, fi rst,” he said. Martin Wineland, superintendent of streets in Oregon, said the city “is doing ok on salt.” “If things continue like they are, we

should, with our current state of usage, be OK,” he said. Oregon typically contracts for 6,000 tons of salt annually, he said. “This year, we started out with 11,000 tons. We were able to not use as much the last couple of years, so our stockpile grew a little bit,” said Wineland. The city leases dock space on the Maumee River, where the salt is brought in by ship. Oregon salts the roads once a storm has passed. “Our policy changed numerous years ago when everyone ran out of salt. “We don’t put any salt down other than at inter-sections until the storm is completed. Once we’re in the cleanup mode after the storm has left, then we’ll salt city roads. When we go through the subdivisions, we will only salt intersections and the entrance and ex-its of the streets. Very seldom do the side streets get salted,” he said. The condition of the streets, as a result of the freeze and thaw cycles, will become more apparent once the snow melts. “We’re going to have a lot of patching to do,” said Anderson of the numerous pot-holes marking the roads. “We won’t see a whole lot of problems until the winter is over,” said Wineland, “then we’ll fi nd out what the damage is to the base of the road and how much heav-ing we got from the frost. Those things will start to appear in the spring when the frost leaves the pavement.”

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The Lake Township trustees heard a re-port Tuesday from Dan McLargin, road su-pervisor, that an application for a grant to pay for replacing a stretch of Libbey Road has been submitted to the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. The department announced late last year it is accepting applications for fund-ing from the Turnpike Mitigation Program, which was established to assist communi-ties that are adversely affected by turnpike traffi c. Projects being considered include bridge preservation, resurfacing, noise walls, drainage improvements and other related infrastructure work. Proposed projects must be within one mile of the turnpike. The program will al-locate about $5 million annually to projects with a cap of $1 million on individual proj-ects. McLargin said it would cost about $140,000 to replace 240 feet of the road west of I-420 near exit 71 of the turnpike. He said the road was repaired about seven years ago but its condition has de-teriorated because of the volume of traffi c using the exit and Libbey Road.

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Grant sought for improving Libbey Road About 5,000 trucks a day use the exit, McLargin said, citing a traffi c survey con-ducted a few years ago.

Truck purchase Overtime costs for snow removal and other related expenses are having an im-pact on how Lake Township will pay for a new dump truck. The purchase will require revenues from the general fund because the cost of road salt and over-time costs for depart-ment personnel have strained another fund dedicated to road improvements, the town-ship trustees were told Tuesday. The trustees, by a 2-1 vote, autho-rized the purchase of a 2014 Freightliner for $129,500 from a Lima, O. dealership and agreed to a recommendation by Vicki Schwamberger, fi scal offi cer, to make a down payment of $29,500 and fi nance the balance over three years. Schwamberger said the cost of snow removal and other expenses this year have strained the balance of the road fund The new truck will replace a 1994 International that broke down recently. Dan McLargin, road supervisor, said two esti-mates for repairing it were about $10,000 and $20,000. Trustee Jeff Pettit voted against the resolution to purchase a new truck, saying

the township should get three bids for re-pairs, but later voted with trustees Melanie Bowen and Richard Welling to adopt Schwambergers’ recommendation on how to pay for it. The purchase has been discussed at two other meetings as the trustees weighed the pros and cons of repairing the old truck versus buying new. McLargin said crews plow more than 70 miles of township roads during the win-ter and trucks are often idling during other work. He said the old truck can be kept and used for parts. Insurance discussed After meeting in executive session for two hours, the trustees voted unanimously to increase the share for health insurance contributions for non-union employees to 12 per cent from 10. The change affects all covered employ-ees who aren’t members of the police de-partment; the only unionized employees of the township. The trustees also discussed cemetery personnel and how the cemetery should be staffed after sexton Gary Schulte retires but took no action. Schulte, who’s been sexton for 27 years and employed by the township for 30, recently informed the trustees he plans to retire.

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Townshipcemetery gets makeoverBy Kelly J. KaczalaPress News [email protected]

Jerusalem Township Trustee Joe Kiss has, in the last two years, led the effort to raise funds for a new entrance way to the historic Oakwood Cemetery. It’s expected to be completed by spring. When Kiss was fi rst elected, he wanted to make improvements to the cemetery, he said. “It was always one of my plans to try and get a new entrance gate. So just through efforts of my own and some other people throughout the township, we got it to the fi nishing stages. We got the pillars up and we got some marble coming in. It’s just been a project we’ve been working on and it’s fi nally com-ing to fruition,” he said. “When the cemetery turned 100 in 2012, we put a new fl agpole up,” he added, “but didn’t really have enough funds to get going on the new entrance-way,” he said. “I always wanted it to have an authentic antique look with something like an archway, over two pillars on each side of the entrance of the drive. Basically, there are two eight foot columns on each side of the drive, and there is a stainless steel arch that goes over the top. There has never been, to the best of my knowledge, a real entrance marker to the cemetery. If there was, it’s been long gone.” Funds from the cemetery budget, as well as donations from individuals and businesses have helped pay for the improvements, he said. “A good portion is funded through donations and from different people in the community. It is going to cost the township and cemetery some mon-ey. Some of the project is being done with in-kind services from people who know what they’re doing,” he said. Oakwood is the township’s only cemetery, and Kiss felt “there needed to be some identity to it.” “There’s a sign that says ̀ Oakwood Cemetery’ but it’s weathered. I really wanted something there that was more permanent for the next several genera-tions of people,” he said. He did research and found the names of the trustees who passed a motion to start the cemetery in 1912. Their names will be etched into an historical marker as part of the project, said Kiss. “Then we went ahead and put on one of the pillars `Dedicated to the families of the Oakwood Cemetery.’” The names of the township’s pres-ent trustees will also be etched in an-other marker, he added.

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For Jeff Smith, a core member of The Oregon Community Theater, comedy is just something that comes out naturally, if he likes it or not.

“I can do drama, but I keep getting cast in comedic roles,” he said, “Even in a seri-ous production like Les Misérables, I was cast in a comic role (as Thenardiers).”

Looking down Smith’s acting credits with the theater, only one of his parts could be considered a truly dramatic role. But for Smith, that doesn’t make his job easier.

“Comedy is harder than drama,” he said. “Comedy is work, it’s about timing. Something as simple as a look can be funny if done right.”

Though a majority of his credits are act-ing, Smith has recently gotten into directing, as well, a move that seemed inevitable to him.

“I think all actors, after being in a lot of shows, start thinking, ‘I could (direct a show) just as good, if not better,” Smith said.

While Smith said he loves acting, he en-joys the ability directors have to shape ev-ery part of a production, even if that means more work.

“When you’re (acting) in a show, you only have to worry about yourself and your performance,” he said. “With directing, you’re worried about everything.”

The Oregon Community Theater’s up-coming production of M*A*S*H will mark Smith’s third solo venture in directing. The play, a comedy that takes place during the Korean War, presents a particular challenge to a director who needs to balance the funny elements with the serious setting.

“I have to go through each scene and say, ‘Where’s the funny?’” Smith said, “That’s our motto for the show.”

To make scenes work, Smith draws from his own comedic experience to help his actors make the most out of the play’s funniest moments.

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A necessary investment To the editor: Nearly fi ve years ago, President Obama proposed a six-year, $53 billion investment into developing a sys-tem of high-speed passenger rails through-out 10 regions across the nation. According to the President, the rail would reduce trav-el time, congestion and air emissions while increasing productivity, mobility and job creation. Studies from The Environmental Law and Policy Center show high-speed rail to be three times as energy effi cient as cars, and six times more than planes. The ELCP states the high-speed rail plan would provide $1.3 billion in highway congestion relief, and $700 million in airport congestion relief. A single track can carry as many people as a modern 10-lane highway at a fraction of the cost. Train stations would bring jobs and business back into the cities, ergo re-versing urban sprawl and reducing the need for investment in new highways. Obama’s plan would signifi cantly reduce the ongo-ing problem with intercity automobile con-gestion, overall automobile emissions, and the dependence on foreign oil. Unfortunately the President’s plan has not gone smoothly. Congress has become a road block, stating the plan would in-volve “overspending in the transportation department.” They are unwilling to coop-erate with the President and refuse to un-derstand that his plan is not a cost, but an investment. The United States has fallen signifi -

cantly behind in transportation technolo-gies. The President states “What we need then, is a smart transportation system equal to the needs of the 21st century.” Congress should learn the value of high-speed rail from the European and Japanese models, and know how critically U.S. competitive-ness is at risk because of lack of investment. Congress simply cannot use “Overspending in the Department of Transportation” as an excuse. The Department of Transportation and Obama have worked closely in this plan and de-vised a goal of connecting 80 percent of the nation over the course of 25 years. Pete Sklannik, former vice president of ASCE’s Transportation and Development Institute, said, “The government is really going to have to treat this as they treated the inter-state or space program and understand that this is an investment into our future.” This is true for not only the future of our trans-portation, but for the economy as well.Amelia BockeyWalbridge

A false impression To the editor: A letter in last week’s Press says the President, in his State of the Union address, stated 9 million Americans have signed up for health insurance or

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Medicaid. The impression given is that these 9 million were uninsured and now have cov-erage because of Obamacare. This is false. Six million of the number is comprised of Medicaid enrollment since October. About half of that enrollment is from states that did not expand coverage under Obamacare, so the Medicaid program was unchanged. The other 3 million are from states that expand-ed coverage. Of that 3 million, compared to application fl ow from prior months, volume was up 10 percent over where it stood prior to Medicaid expansion. If we attribute all 10 percent to Obamacare, then the law added 300,000 enrollees. The other 3 million that the President claims are those who used the federal ex-change. A Wall Street Journal investigation cites a study that only 11 percent (330,000) of enrollees were people who previously had no coverage. The vast majority were those involuntarily dropped from their ex-isting plans because of Obamacare. The letter writer credits the President with leading us out of recession and notes Congressman Bob Latta voted against ex-tending unemployment benefi ts beyond 73 weeks. That’s 511 days. If the President is doing such a good job leading the recov-ery, why should benefi ts be extended? Why do a record number of people receive food stamps? Why did the President’s job cre-

ation number ignore the 4 million jobs lost under his presidency? Why have millions stopped looking for work, dropping labor force participation to a 30-year low? No need to reply. Let’s blame Bush. It’s only been fi ve years. As for Latta “voting against” women’s rights, why do female White House staffers make 88 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts?Adam SwartzWalbridge Editor’s note: The White House salary fi gure is based on the 2013 Annual Report to Congress on White House staff and doesn’t refl ect salary reductions taken due to furloughs and commissioned offi cer sal-ary reductions.

Many people look for an edge in life to help them get ahead. They search outside themselves for some type of advantage. Yet, within you exists the most powerful asset you could hope for; your brain. Go-ing through life without thinking puts you at a signifi cant disadvantage. Your brain controls your thoughts, which determine your attitude, which in turn guides your actions. The difference between successful people and those who struggle is their attitude. Your brain is the ultimate arbiter of what you accomplish in life. Use your brain to assess your progress and determine the course of action neces-sary to achieve your goals. Actively think-ing about what is occurring in your life and why, is a key to success. If you don’t understand cause and effect relationships, you won’t be able to take corrective action as needed. When something doesn’t work out as intended, answer the following four ques-tions: What happened? Why did it hap-pen? What did you learn? What can you do to prevent it from happening again? This approach provides the most benefi t from mistakes you make. In order to realize different results, you must change what you are doing. Doing the same thing over and over and expect-ing something to change is one defi nition of insanity.

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When you feel bummed out, annoyed, upset, angry, irritated, or any other negative emotion, use your brain to determine the cause of your feelings. Once you know this, you can formulate a strategy to deal with the cause. This is a more intelligent approach compared to either ignoring your emotions or waiting for your feelings to go away. Unfortunately, too many people con-sider their attitude a response rather than a cause. They wait until things are good to feel happy. They will develop a posi-tive attitude once they encounter positive circumstances. These people act as passen-gers rather than drivers. They are passive instead of proactive. Sadly, they are not taking advantage of even a fraction of their brain’s power. Your brain gives you the ability to learn from the past. You can learn what works and what doesn’t. The obvious goal is to repeat what works and avoid what doesn’t. It’s a colossal waste of time to do the opposite. Learning from the experience of others is far more effi cient than learning from your own. Use your brain to research what has worked for those who are where you want to be. Emulating their approach is the in-telligent thing to do. Think before you act. This is especial-ly true when you are angry or upset. Allow yourself enough time to calm down before deciding what action is appropriate. Deci-sions made while in emotional turmoil are often regretted. Avoiding problems takes much less effort than repairing damage caused by acting in haste. Don’t live in a fog. Use your brain to

pay attention to the direction you are head-ing. Is it where you want to go? If not, what needs to be done to get you back on track? Be honest about your circumstances. You do yourself a disservice by living in denial. You’ve undoubtedly asked yourself, “what were they thinking?” in response to obviously stupid things other people do. Don’t be one of those people. Always be aware of your thoughts along with how they are impacting your life. Your brain is a magnet. You attract what you think about. Monitor your thoughts to ensure you are thinking about only those situations you want in your life.

People with a negative attitude think about what they don’t want which actually at-tracts that which they are looking to avoid. Keep your brain engaged to constantly assess where you are and where you want to be. Change course as needed. Don’t let your most powerful asset be underutilized.

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It doesn’t surprise me that a recent gov-ernment study shows American fathers are active parents. The study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concludes fa-thers bathe, diaper and dress their children, read to them, help them with homework and take them to their activities. The study is just one more pin-hole in the mythical balloon of the detached father. For nearly two centuries American fathers shared child rearing responsibilities work-ing on their farms and in their shops side by side with their sons, and sometimes daughters. That changed with the second industrial revolution (1840-1870) when fa-thers seized the opportunity to improve the fi nancial situation of their families and be-gan working long hours in factories located in large cities. The Greatest Generation was the last generation of the stereotypical father as sole bread winner and mother as housewife. Women’s rights and a change from a man-ufacturing to a service economy saw more women from the Baby Boomer generation move into the workplace and that trend continues today, necessitating a change in a father’s role. The study, conducted from 2006 to 2010, measured child rearing involvement

of 10,403 men aged 15-44. It measured in-teraction between residential and non-res-idential fathers and their children in two age groups: those under age fi ve and those fi ve to 18. For the younger group, the study looked at the frequency men ate meals with or fed their children, played with them, read to them or bathed, diapered or dressed them. For the older group, the study looked at talking with their children about their day, eating meals with them, helping with homework and taking them to their activi-ties. Naturally, fathers who lived with their children showed a greater level of involve-ment, but surprisingly, non-custodial fa-thers were not totally absent. The study concludes fathers who lived with their biological children age fi ve and under did the following daily or several times a week:

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These involvement categories were chosen because previous research has shown them to have a relation to positive outcomes. Active fathers can increase the chances of academic success and reduce the chances of delinquency and drug abuse. Two parent households tend to be more stable than single parent and mar-ried parents more stable than co-habiting parents. Children growing up in married families tend to be physically and emo-tionally healthier. A 2005 study conducted for Princeton University by Paul R. Amato concludes children who grow up in stable two-parent families have a higher standard of living, receive more effective parenting,

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By Jill Richardson Valentine’s Day, it seems, has all the trappings of a made-up Hallmark holiday. It’s a holiday created purely to encourage us to go out and give our money to a few se-lect industries: greeting cards, candy, roses, restaurants, etc. As it turns out, the holiday has a history. Obviously, there’s the link to St. Valentine — but given the Catholic Church’s views on sex, why would they turn their saint’s day into a romantic night for couples? Some historians think the holiday actually dates back before Christianity to a Roman fertili-ty festival called Lupercalia. Others theorize that the actual St. Valentine was a hero of love, secretly per-forming marriages during Roman times af-ter the Emperor forbid them. Or perhaps the link between Valentine’s Day and love — or at least sex — was solidifi ed in the Middle Ages, thanks to the belief that February 14 marked the start of birds’ mating seasons.

These ideas almost redeem the holi-day for me. I wouldn’t want to sacrifi ce a goat and a dog as the Romans did in their Lupercalia festivities, but I do like the no-tion of celebrating the time in mid-Febru-ary when spring is almost upon us. Maybe instead of engaging in ritual sacrifi ce, we could celebrate by eating some goat cheese and going for a walk with our dogs. This is the time of year when chickens begin laying more eggs, gardeners begin planting seeds indoors, and farmers wel-come newborn calves, kids, and lambs to their herds and fl ocks. This time of year, I spend hours in the chaparral seeking out wildfl owers. But that’s not how our celebration of Valentine’s Day seems to play out. Instead, we buy mountains of pink and red heart-shaped crud, loads of candy, pricey jewel-ry, and who knows what else. Roses, as a symbol of the day, are par-ticularly ridiculous, because roses don’t grow in February. At least not in most of the United States. All in all, Valentine’s Day can be a day of pressure to “get it right” by surpris-ing your special someone with the perfect gift and a romantic evening in which you spend a lot of money to show how much you care.

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If you believe a billboard near my house, then you’re supposed to consider popping champagne and popping the question — while giving your love a diamond ring. Why should profi t-seeking corpora-tions tell couples when and how to cele-brate their love? Celebrating one’s love is a beautiful idea, and treating your loved one to gifts or

date nights ought to be more than an annu-al occurrence. But the value of such a gift increases with the thoughtfulness put into it. Chocolate and roses are boring and ge-neric. They tell your sweetheart, “I didn’t do too much work to come up with this.” And if they are given out of a sense of obli-gation, that’s even worse. Gifts are best when they commemorate your relationship with the person you give them to. What do you have in common? What makes your love so special? If you both love the outdoors, then planning a hike with your loved one to a hot spring could be the right way to go. Given the weather, February 14 might be the wrong day to do it. Or you could go the opposite route and honor a part of your loved one’s personal-

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Those looking for information or assis-tance with enrolling in a health insurance plan may sign up to get help at a pair of programs being offered at the Harris-Elmore Fire Station, 321 Rice St. Feb. 8 and March 22. The free assistance will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trained counselors from the Toledo/Lucas County CareNet and the Ohio Association of Foodbanks will be on hand to answer questions and help un-insured or underinsured individuals fi gure out which plan is best for them.

Shopping trips, dining out experi-ences, Mud Hens games, movies and ac-tivities planned for morning, noon and night – there’s always something going on at the Ottawa County Riverview Healthcare Campus, thanks in great part to Riverview’s Activity Staff. While the Activity Staff members have fun implementing all of the facility’s events and activities, it also takes considerable work setting up, transporting residents, keeping score, and making snacks to ensure a successfully event, according to Kendra German, administrator.” All of this while also completing resident assessments and attending resident and family care confer-ences.” The Riverview Healthcare Campus dedicated the week of Jan. 19-25 to cel-ebrate the hard work of the facility’s Activities Department. The department, which is overseen by Director Lisa Barrett, who has 31 years of service at Riverview, also includes four state tested nursing as-sistants who act as Activity Assistants – Mary Diefenthaler, Michelle Curns, Joanne Craft and Nicole Buehler. Last year, 653 residents participated in various outings outside of the facility. The Activity Department also kept busy pro-

Riverview Healthcare celebrates viding activities within the facility, with a combined total attendance of 20,288 resi-dents in 2013. On Friday Jan. 24, the facility celebrat-ed with frosted chocolate chip cookies and a party to announce the winners of the vari-ous trivia and other contests throughout the week. The Activity Department offered a challenge to residents to see who could attend the most activities during the cel-ebration week. Nursing Stations 2 and 6 attended the most activities and won a bowl of treats as well as root beer fl oat party. Three residents tied for attending the most events during the week with attendance at 12 events. All three residents were placed in a draw-ing for a $5 lottery ticket, which was won by Gurneth Berndt. Donna Whetstone and Carol Rutherford were given $1 lottery tick-ets as consolation prizes. The Riverview Activity Department is looking forward to another fun busy year in 2014, because, as they tell residents, “you can’t bloom in your room.” Ottawa County Riverview Healthcare Campus has been county-owned and oper-ated 143 years. The facility has maintained Medicare 5-Star status since January of 2010.

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Those interested may sign up at the Elmore Public Library, 328 Toledo St. Visit www.healthcare.gov to apply for private insurance or www.benefi ts.ohio.org for Medicaid Expansion. Those who are unable to attend the Elmore events may receive help from a navigator available every Friday at The Sutton Center, 1854 E Perry St., Suite300, Port Clinton. Call the United Way at 419-734-6645 or contact Fremont Community Health Services, 410 Birchard Ave., Fremont, at 419-334-3869.

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When Pam Brown stopped into The Press offi ce just before Christmas, she was desperate but hopeful. Pam needed help – any kind of help – to get a ramp for their Genoa mobile home. In a few days, her husband Randy was scheduled to have his right leg amputated from just under the knee down due to dia-betes and neuropathy. Without a ramp, she wouldn’t be able to get him in and out of their home. She hoped and prayed there might be a Good Samaritan out there, or someone in the Christmas spirit who would come to her aid. “After the story ran in the paper, the phone started ringing,” she said. “I got about 50 phone calls in fi ve days. It was in-credible.” she said. “I was answering the phone all the time – calls from people wanting to do-nate wood, people wanting to donate their trucks to carry the wood to help build the ramp,” she said. A gentleman who lives down the street – someone she went to school with but doesn’t know all that well – was among the callers. “Apparently he has helped build ramps through a community program the Home Depot has,” she said. “He con-tacted a gentleman from the Home Depot in Rossford and they arranged for a crew of four guys who donated their time to come out and build a ramp for me and Randy. “Home Depot donated the lumber, and these kind men donated their time,” Pam said. “None of them want any recognition or anything in return,” she said. “But we’ll

be forever grateful. They were a godsend.” The ramp was fi nished Jan. 3. “Randy had surgery Jan. 2 and I brought him home on the 5th,.” Pam said. “Our mobile home has a long porch with fi ve wooden steps going down. “The ramp goes all the way down to my van door,” she said. “There’s no way I would have gotten him in the house with-out that ramp…none.” While Randy was in the hospital, a gentleman from Oak Harbor called the fam-ily with another offer. “My son took the call with an offer to donate a Hoveround,” she said. “He said it was sitting in his garage collecting dust and he wanted to know if my husband could use it. “We accepted his generous offer,” she said. “We’re looking forward to being able to use it when the weather gets nice to go to the zoo or other outings. My husband was just tickled pink.” “You hear so many bad things…but there are so many wonderful, gen-erous people in our community,”Pam said. “They don’t know what their help meant to me. We’re just so pleased and grateful for them and all the angels who called and offered to help.”

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Assessments for seniors AmeriCare Home Health of Fremont and Ottawa County Commissioners have collaborated to provide regular health as-sessment and education services for se-niors through the “60 Plus Program.” The services are offered free of cost to all Ottawa County residents age 60 years and older. Monthly assessment clinics are con-ducted by registered nurses include blood pressure checks; weight measurements; blood tests for anemia, blood sugar and cholesterol; health education including medication and nutrition counseling; and referrals to private physicians, if needed. The clinic schedule includes: • Elmore Senior Center in Elmore - fi rst Tuesday of the month • Elderlife Apartments in Genoa- fourth Tuesday of the month • Riverview Health Care Campus in Oak Harbor- second Wednesday of the month To make an appointment, call 866-551-8187.

By Yaneek SmithPress Contributing [email protected] Brian and Kattie Richards are hoping to bring some of the good fortune they’ve experienced and spread it to Oak Harbor. The Elmore couple recently opened a store downtown called Blast Off Nutrition, a place that offers alternative and holistic health options for people looking to lose weight and to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Brian spoke about his experience using the products offered at the store, which is located at 156 W. Water St., and how he and his wife were able to drastically improve their health. “We joined a wonderful team of peo-ple that helped us get healthy and lose weight,” said Richards, who notes that he was skeptical of weight-loss products for virtually his entire life before his recent success. “Now we want to spread that good health to others. We found out there wasn’t a nutrition club in Oak Harbor and decided that it was the perfect spot and we’re look-

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Imagine fi nishing second in something – anything – by 0.7 points. That’s what happened to Bowling Green State University’s co-ed cheerleading squad at last year’s Universal Cheerleading Association College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships. Kylee Ault, a 2012 Clay grad, was a member of that squad, which fi nished second to national champion Hofstra University. The Falcons turned the tables this year. BGSU’s co-ed squad captured the 2014 national title Jan. 18 in Orlando, Fla., beating runner-up Hofstra and third-place Southeastern Louisiana. Hofstra had won the last fi ve national titles and eight of the last 11. “Once we got there, we really did real-ize we were the team to beat,” said Ault, a sophomore. “In the fi nals, the top three schools all had the best routines. Hofstra put out their best routine and we still beat it. We went out there and hit our routine as great as we possibly could. We nailed it. It was unbelievably satisfying. We knew we couldn’t have done anything more.” It has been quite a ride for the 5-foot-5 Ault, who was not a cheerleader at Clay. She took up gymnastics at age 8 and became one of the top prep gymnasts in the state by her sophomore year. Her gymnastics back-ground, naturally, helped her morph into a member of a national champion 16-person college cheerleading squad. “This year I was kind of in the ‘ver-satile’ role,” Ault said. “I’m a top girl for stunting, which is where if a guy would hold my feet and I would stand in the air. This year it was basically, we’re going to throw Kylee wherever we need people. I am a top girl for stunts and a middle lay-er. We do pyramids and three people are stacked on top of each other. I was the sec-ond person. We have another separate part of the routine where I was the third person at the top of the pyramid. I like the versa-tility, doing different things instead of the same thing over and over.” Ault said this year’s BGSU squad talk-ed about last year’s second-place fi nish at Nationals “a lot.” Winning this year’s title was even sweeter, given the fact that all four male members of the 2013 squad had graduated. “For Small Co-Ed, which is our divi-sion, there are four guys on the mat and 12 girls,” Ault said. “All four guys from last year were gone and we knew we had some work to do fi lling those spots. We were elated with second last year, but we felt that would have been our year to clinch the title. When that didn’t happen, we were ready to

Clay grad enjoying role on title-winning cheer squad

Bowling Green State University cheer team member Kylee Ault, a Clay graduate, is in the middle, being lifted by three other female cheerleaders, at the national championships. It will air on ESPN this spring. (Photo courtesy of BGSU cheer team)

work for whatever we could get this year. “At the beginning of training for Nationals, we sat down and looked at ev-erybody and said there weren’t any super-stars, just good players. We declared our-selves the Dream Team because as a whole, we had something special that other teams didn’t have. We just have that family bond, that atmosphere in the gym where we were willing to do whatever we could to benefi t the other people on the mat.”

Gymnastics teaches discipline Ault said she and her teammates pre-pared for Nationals by practicing six hours a day for three weeks over Christmas break. “Three hours in the morning and three in the afternoon,” she said. “It was rough. It was body-beating, that’s for sure. But, you have to do it.” Gymnastics taught Ault discipline, hard work and the benefi ts of repetition, but as a cheerleader she had to learn to work alongside several teammates. One of Ault’s childhood gymnastics friends, Molly Dedo, is an Oregon resident who attended St. Ursula Academy. Dedo competes for BGSU’s all-girl cheerleading squad and in-troduced Ault to the sport.

“I thought, ‘I’ll give that a shot,’ ” Ault said, “and it turned out to be a great oppor-tunity for me. Gymnastics defi nitely helped me out in some areas, and in others it did no good. Just the overall body awareness I had to develop with gymnastics carried over to cheerleading, but the skills we do in cheerleading are totally different because you rely on what other people do. You’re not just relying on yourself.” Bowling Green’s head cheerleading coach, Anne Marie King, a former BGSU cheerleader, said Ault has been a fi ne addi-tion to the squad. “BGSU is fortunate to have Kylee as a member of our cheer program,” King said. “Above all, Kylee is a true ambassador of the university. Kylee is a great example of a team player and role model both inside and outside of the gym. Her natural athletic ability combined with her leadership skills make her an asset to our program.” The Falcons are the fi rst Mid-American Conference squad to win a national cheer-leading championship. BGSU’s all-girl cheer squad and dance squads, which includes Dedo and Clay grad Kelsey Brandeberry, also competed in Orlando. The all-girl squad placed ninth

in the semifi nals in its division, and the dance team placed in the top 20 in Jazz in Division 1A. Brandeberry, a junior health care ad-ministration major, said four years as a Clay cheerleader prepared her well for her expe-rience on the BGSU dance team. “I thought so, because Clay was a lot of game-day stuff, which was our fi rst pri-ority before the nationals,” Brandeberry said. “Once we’re ready for our games, bas-ketball and football, then that is when we start working on our national routine. We basically work on that for the whole year. Everything I worked on before I came here pretty much prepared me for that.” For Ault, an exercise science major, hearing her co-ed team being announced as the 2014 national champion was something she will never forget. Twelve teams made it to the fi nals. “It was shock, almost,” Ault said. “It was so surreal. We wanted to put out our best routine and we knew we had a chance of winning. When they announced fi rst place, it was unbelievable to know that what we did actually paid off.”

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BoxBoxStritch 1973 state runner-upwrestlers honoredBy Press Staff [email protected]

The 1973 Cardinal Stritch Class A-AA state runner-up wrestling team was induct-ed into the school’s hall of fame at a ban-quet before the holidays. It is the second wrestling team induct-ed — the 1985 state championship team, with four seniors and two juniors qualify-ing for state, became part of the hall of fame membership in 2000. Stritch also took sec-ond at state in 1972, 1974, and 1983. Members of the 1973 team are wres-tlers Dennis Bihn, Paul “Matt” Chovanec, Chris Covill, Bruce Kirby, Paul Luther, Jim Reeves, Fred Toensing, Ray Wilson, Jake Sanchez, Rusty Menchaca, Brian Haynes, Paul Sepeda, Tony Guerrero, Alex Sofalvi, head coach Karl Pankratz, and assistant coach Bob Reynolds. Luther, a 1974 graduate, excelled in wrestling as a two-time state champion his junior and senior years. He was also High School All American (SWN), third in the nation in Freestyle in 1974, was a USA Team member in the USSR in 1974 and Poland in 1976, as well as AAU Open Champion (Jr. World) in 1976. Luther won his fi rst Class A-AA state championship in 1973 in the 145 pound class and in 1974 at 155 pounds. He is one of 235 two-time state champions in Ohio wrestling history. According to data compiled by Dan Cosimi of The Ohio Wrestling Network, Luther counts for two of Stritch’s 11 indi-vidual state champions that also include Scott Zapadka (1987, 88), Jim Reindel (1984), Fritz Ackerman (1983), Jim Derr (1978), Dave Talbott (1978), Bryan Haynes

The 1973 Cardinal Stritch wrestling team — front row, l to r: Bruce Kirby, Jake Sanchez, Jim Reeves, Rusty Menchaca, Ray Wilson, Brian Haynes. Back row l to r: Head Coach Karl Pankratz, Paul Sepeda, Tony Guerrero, Fred Toensing, Chris Covill, Denny Bihn, Paul Luther, Alex Sofalvi, and Assistant Coach Bob Reynolds. Inset: Captain Matt Chovanec.

(1975), Jim Bergman (1972), and Pat Curley (1967). Curley had a 20-match win streak and won the state fi nal with pin. Stritch wrestling won eight Toledo City League titles, even though competing against the likes of St. Johns Jesuit and St. Francis DeSales. For one span of 28 con-secutive years, at least one Stritch wrestler qualifi ed for the state tournament. After graduation, Chovanec, the 1973 team captain, attended Marshall University and was named the Thundering Herd’s Most Valuable Wrestler for the 1975-76 season. Wilson was a member of the wrestling team for three years and was the Northwood Invitational and sectional champion both his junior and senior years. Coach Pankratz, a 1966 graduate of St. Francis de Sales High School, brought plen-ty of experience with him. At St. Francis, he was an all-state football player and an undefeated state champion in Wrestling. He received a full football scholarship to Indiana University, played in the 1968

Rose Bowl, and was the captain of the 1969 team. He was also an All-Big Ten linebacker. After graduating from Indiana University in 1970, Pankratz began teach-ing business at Stritch in 1971. While teaching, Karl also coached football and wrestling, was the Dean of Men, and be-came the head wrestling coach in 1973. Pankratz moved on to teach and coach at Start in 1976, and then to Central Catholic. In a career spanning almost 40 years he served as a Guidance Director, Assistant Principal, Dean of Men, and Counselor. He also coached football, wres-tling and golf during that time. Coach Reynolds is certainly one of the most recognizable faces associated with CSCHS. A member of the fi rst graduating class — 1965, he returned in 1970 and spent the next 35 teaching, coaching and working at his alma mater. While a student, Reynolds was active in all aspects of high school life, including student government, and playing on the

football and wrestling teams. He was also a member of the track team, setting a school record in the long jump. He attended Bowling Green State University, graduating in 1969 and spent one year teaching shop at Fremont Junior High. Reynolds returned to CSCHS in 1970 to teach graphic arts and theology. Along with his teaching duties, he was the head cross country coach, head track coach, as-sistant wrestling coach, and started the girls cross country team. Reynolds also acted as the on-site ath-letic administrator for sporting events for 10 years. He served on the board of direc-tors for the East Toledo YMCA and is cur-rently a trustee with the Oregonian Club.

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As far as team goals are concerned, winning the Three Rivers Athletic Conference title is always No. 1 on Coach Ralph Cubberly’s list for his Clay Eagles.

Clay won the TRAC title last week-end at Fremont Ross, its sixth consecutive league championship dating back to the City League.

The Eagles’ other two team goals, Cubberly said, are to qualify for the State Dual Team Tournament and to get as many wrestlers as possible to the individual state tournament. The state tournament isn’t un-til Feb. 27-29 and March 1, but the State Dual Team Tournament is this Saturday at St. John Arena in Columbus.

The Eagles are one of eight schools to qualify in Division I, which will include top-seeded Massillon Perry, Cincinnati Moeller, Brecksville, Lakewood St. Edward, fi fth-seeded Clay, Mason, Marysville, and Delaware Hayes.

The Eagles are set to wrestle fourth-seeded St. Ed’s at 11 a.m. Saturday.

“This is one of our top three goals ev-ery year,” Cubberly said. “We defi nitely want to qualify to the State Duals. I think it’s going to be a good match, a close match. We have six or seven guys who are the fa-vorites and a couple toss-up matches. I think it’s going to be a close match. We’re excited just to make it.”

The Eagles competed in last year’s in-augural State Duals tournament and lost in the opening round, 40-19, to Brecksville. Clay’s four wins against Brecksville were by 120-pounder Richie Screptock, Matt Stencel (182), Jarred Gray (220) and heavy-weight Antonio Zapata.

Lakewood St. Ed won last year’s State Duals with a 28-21 win over Massillon Perry, then went on to win the individual state tournament in March, beating Perry by 12 points.

The Eagles reached this year’s State Duals tournament by beating St. Francis de Sales (75-6), St. John’s Jesuit (63-3), Elyria (36-30) and Perrysburg (31-30).

Zapata scored a 4-3 ultimate tiebreak-er win over Perrysburg’s Cale Bonner, the

After winning league meet, Clay focuses on state duals

projected state champ at heavyweight, to tie the team score at 30-30.

“It was tied 30-30 and we had to go to criteria, which is (decided by) most pins and forfeits,” Cubberly said. “We had two pins, and they forfeited a weight class to us.”

Next up: powerful Lakewood St. Edward.

“We know a lot about them,” Cubberly said. “They have a storied program, and they’re good. We know who’s good on their team and they know who’s good on our team.We get to wrestle them in our dis-trict for the state tournament, so we get to

see them before the individual tournament starts.”

Clay’s sixth straight conference cham-pionship was no gimme, according to Cubberly. The Eagles fi nished with 230 points, while runner-up Central Catholic had 214.5.

“We had it fi gured out,” Cubberly said. “We knew it would come down to 11-12 points. We run a mock tournament. We seed the kids and we had it point-for-point with (Central). We had to get all the bonus points to beat them – get more pins, techni-cal falls. We had 19 pins and four tech falls in the tournament. Our kids knew what we

had to do to win.”Clay got individual titles from senior

Gavin Nelson at 138 pounds, senior Nick Stencel (160), sophomore Matt Stencel (195) and Zapata, a senior, at heavyweight. Nelson, who won the 132-pound NBC title last year, will take a 29-6 record into the State Duals.

“He’s having a great season,” Cubberly said. “He’s peaking at the right time and he’s really focused and motivated on what he wants to accomplish the rest of the year. He’s a senior and understands it’s coming to an end quick and he wants it to end on his terms.”

Nick Stencel, the NBC champ at 152 pounds last season, has a 29-5 record during the regular season.

“He wrestled a really good technical match at the TRAC tournament,” Cubberly said. “He stayed out of danger. He’s a mem-ber of that senior group that’s focused on the state tournament. He was fi fth last year and he wants to do that again. I have fi ve guys with over 100 wins apiece, and all those kids have been around and they all have high goals.”

Matt Stencel was the 182-pound TRAC champ in 2013 and takes a 29-4 mark into the State Duals.

“Matt is probably wrestling the best on the team right now,” Cubberly said. “He’s a dominant force and is a physical, domi-nant wrestler in his weight class. He also looks to be peaking at the right time. He’s probably our most consistent wrestler on the team.”

Cubberly added that Zapata’s 28-8 re-cord is a bit deceiving.

“He’s got a few losses, but it’s just the kids he wrestles,” the coach said. “We wrestle a diffi cult schedule. In Division I, which is where most of his losses are, his division is wide open. He beat the project-ed state champion and he’s wrestling well right now.”

Clay got second-place fi nishes at the NBC tournament from Nick Henneman at 106, Evan True (113), Aaron Henneman (120), Screptock (132), Kevin Witt (182) and Tyler Koester (220). Calixtro Mondragon (126), Zach Brown (145) and Andy Howard (170) all placed third.

By Yaneek SmithPress Contributing [email protected]

After three years of not having a wres-tling program, the Waite Indians have picked up right where they left off.

Waite won the Toledo City League ti-tle, a culmination of an effort to rebuild a program that returned with a bang when Toledo Public Schools decided to re-insti-tute the sport as a varsity program. It was disbanded following the 2009-10 school year.

The Indians, led by fi rst-year coach Shane Kokensparger, dominated at the CL meet, accumulating 264 points, well ahead of Start, who fi nished with 196. Bowsher fi nished third (186) and Scott was fourth (121).

Waite had seven wrestlers fi nish in fi rst place in their respective weight classes and three placed second.

Krys Young was the team’s fi rst win-ner, taking the title at 113 pounds, followed by Tristin Snider (120), Jose Compos (126), Talmage Jones (132), Elias Moreno (138), James Johnson (145) and Josh Kendall (182). And Donte’ Nelson (152), Nick Jensen (160) and Roqueit Jackson (220) helped to pace the Indians with second-place fi nishes.

The kids performed well in the clutch, defeating second place Start in six of the seven matches in which they faced one another, a key factor in helping them win convincingly.

Needless to say, Kokensparger, a 1996 graduate of Springfi eld, was proud of his squad.

Waite blasts back onto the scene with wrestling title“Winning the City League was an emo-

tional experience,” Kokensparger said. “I wanted these kids to know what it feels like to be a league champion. These young men and women worked too hard all season not to win it. We are a family and that is one reason we won. We are close, we love each other and we trust each other.”

But Kokensparger is just as proud of his kids for taking care of things in the classroom.

“Being CL Champions was our sec-ond goal of the year,” he said. “Our fi rst was raising our team’s GPA and we accom-plished both. I could not be more proud of all the work (the wrestlers) put in this year in the classroom and on the mat.”

Kokensparger also credits the commu-nity with showing support for the wrestlers during the season.

“The support shown by the students, staff members and community was second to none,” he said, singling out Principal Dave Yenrick, a Waite alumnus, and Brian Murphy for their support.

Led by Young, the top fi ve Indians did the most damage. Young is currently 32-2, followed by Kendall (27-6), Jones (29-9), Johnson (27-11) and Moreno (26-12).

Waite went 26-7 in dual meet action this season, won the Clyde Tournament title, fi nished third at the Napoleon Gold Medal Duals and was fi fth at the Hopewell-Loudon Duals Tournament. Young was the MVP of the Hopewell-Loudon and the Trojan Duals, an event that saw that Indians place ninth out of 21 teams.

“We wrestled in all varsity tourna-ments,” Kokensparger said. “Some people

felt that the CL schools should wrestle a JV schedule to build confi dence, but I be-lieve that prepares (the wrestlers) for a false sense of what wrestling is.”

Kokensparger says what stood out about this group was its camaraderie. He credits the Indians’ four captains, Compos, Johnson, Jensen and Brandon Wagner, with providing leadership.

“The captains each play a different role,” Kokensparger said, “and they’ve all worked hard to get us to (this point in the season).”

Waite can now turn its focus toward the Division I sectionals at Clay on Feb. 15. The ultimate goal is to get some wrestlers out to Cleveland for districts.

“I believe if the kids wrestle hard and with intensity we have a chance to get sev-en out,” Kokensparger said. “We aren’t es-tablished enough yet. We still make little mistakes that can cause us a match at this level. I truly believe that we will advance seven to Cleveland.”

Waite now having wrestling back, they won’t have to worry about losing those ath-letes to other schools. Kokensparger said that, combined with a solid junior high program, could take the Indians back to the days when they won four CL titles in the 2000s. That was when the CL had over 10 teams, including Clay, Whitmer, and three Catholic schools.

“Keeping wrestling at Waite will help keep our kids home,” Kokensparger said. “My goal is to progress over the next three years and grow the sport to where it was when Waite was dominating in the ear-ly 2000s.”

Clay heavyweight Antonio Zapata on his way to a Three Rivers Athletic Conference championship. (Press photo by Scott Grau)

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Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio will accept a few pats on the back for getting his 200th career victory, but he’d much rather spread thanks to everyone who helped him reach that milestone.

DeStazio said he tried to keep it quiet as he neared No. 200, but it was too late. The jig was already up, thanks to word of mouth and social media.

“I didn’t want the girls to know,” he said, “but they knew.”

DeStazio, who took over the Comets’ program in 2010 after several years away from the high school game, got his 200th victory on Jan. 31, a 74-56 win over visiting Elmwood. It was the Royals’ fi rst Northern Buckeye Conference loss of the season.

Genoa was 14-5 overall and 8-3 in the NBC heading into Thursday’s game at Rossford. DeStazio’s career mark is 201-88, for a winning percentage of 70 percent.

“It came up last year,” DeStazio said. “One of the school board members said, ‘How many wins you got?’ I told them and they said, ‘You need 13 wins to get to 200.’ About the 10th game we won, somebody said, ‘You’re getting close.’ ”

Genoa nipped Lake for DeStazio’s 199th win, and DeStazio said he mentioned to a few people that he was one win away from 200.

“I was talking with Denny Mock, our superintendent, and said, ‘boy, what a way to get my 199th win,’ ” DeStazio said. “Then word started traveling and we got to the Elmwood game and I saw some of my former players sitting across from me. I thought, ‘the word got out.’ My daughter, Tammy, I saw on Facebook, was talking about it.”

DeStazio said he was inundated with congratulatory messages after the Elmwood win.

“What was really neat about it was the comments people gave me afterwards,” he said. “I got hit with about 30 text messages right afterwards. Facebook was unbeliev-able. There must have been 200 hits. The 200 wins (milestone) didn’t nearly have the impact on me as what the comments were

Coach Mike DeStazio’s 200th career win no secret now

from kids who played for me 20 years ago. Nothing but great comments.”

DeStazio was Woodmore’s junior var-sity girls coach in 1993-94 and was elevat-ed to varsity girls coach in 1994-95. The Wildcats won the Suburban Lakes League title that fi rst season. He spent nine seasons as Woodmore’s coach, compiling a 149-54 record, before “retiring” in 2003. He is 52-34 in three-plus seasons at Genoa.

DeStazio’s fi rst wife, Sharon, died of cancer in 2008. Their daughter, Tammy,

played for Mike at Woodmore and helped the Wildcats win 52 games during her three seasons.

“Tammy made a nice message on Facebook,” DeStazio said. “She said, ‘Mom would be so proud of you. She would be proud of your 200 wins.’ That really hit home, because (Sharon) wasn’t here to share that.”

DeStazio eventually remarried and said his current wife, Connie, “has been tremendous” and deserves a lot of credit.

“She knew the passion I had to coach again,” he said. “I said to her, ‘you don’t

know how much time this takes’ and she said, ‘I know you love to coach.’ She fi lms my games, she keeps my stats. She does all the things behind the scenes like an as-sistant coach. She helps feed the kids for fi lm night. She understood that I wanted to coach again and she supported it, and the rest is history.”

Genoa’s junior varsity girls coach, Doug Perkins, has been on the bench with DeStazio every step of the way, at Woodmore and Genoa.

“In 1990 we ended up being neigh-bors,” DeStazio said. “We both love basket-ball. Our families were like one big family. Doug and I became very good friends. When we coached together, we both had the same philosophy. We had a great rapport with the kids and we’re very competitive. When you surround yourself with people like that, and the players, 200 wins is easy.”

Perkins said DeStazio still gets the same thrill out of coaching as he did in the mid-1990s.

“The passion is there, the preparation is there,” Perkins said. “He’s the reason I’m still in it. I enjoy it. We have a love for the game that we just don’t lose. Mike’s changed a little bit. He used to get so in-tense, little blowouts on the bench to try to motivate the kids. He’s maybe softened a little bit from the real crazy Mike. He’ll give the kids what they need, but not go overboard.

“He treats the kids well and makes the game fun. It’s all business on the court and fun off the court. That’s what’s great about him. The preparation – scouting, breaking down game fi lm and setting up a game plan - he’s still got that. He’s a master at it.”

DeStazio also wanted to thank Genoa varsity assistant Lisa Cruickshank, a volun-teer who also runs the fi fth and sixth grade program, and the Genoa school administra-tion.

“I think coaching is a privilege,” he said. “I’ve still got the energy. I love it. The biggest thing is the fact that you have an op-portunity to give something back to some young kids that maybe they’ll never get in life. To be in sports and be a great role mod-el and help them become a great adult, it makes coaching all that much more worth it all.”

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Team (League) Overall Lake (8-1, NBC) 15 1 Gibsonburg (6-3, TAAC) 12 3 Eastwood (6-3, NBC) 10 5 Genoa (6-4, NBC) 8 9 Cardinal Stritch (5-5, TAAC) 6 9 Waite (1-5, TCL) 5 12 Oak Harbor (0-10, SBC) 5 12 Woodmore (2-8, NBC) 2 15 Clay (0-11, TRAC) 2 16 Northwood (0-9, TAAC) 0 13

GIRLS BASKETBALL Oak Harbor (9-3, SBC) 14 4 Genoa (8-3, NBC) 14 5 Clay (6-4, TRAC) 11 7 Lake (5-5, NBC) 8 9 Cardinal Stritch (7-4, TAAC) 8 10 Woodmore (6-5, NBC) 8 11 Waite (4-5, TCL) 7 10 Gibsonburg (5-5, TAAC) 5 12 Northwood (3-7, TAAC) 3 13 Eastwood (1-11, NBC) 2 15

(Records updated to February 6)

Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio celebrates with sophomore standout Haley Pickard after the Com-et’s 45-44 win over Lake. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smug-mug.com)

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At the clubs Marge Brown will speak on Thursday, Feb. 20 about her 20-year quest to set foot in all 3,143 counties, parishes or equivalent political subdivisions in the United States. The event will be held at the East Toledo Senior Center, 1001 White Street and begin at 12:30 p.m. The former mayor of Oregon and Lenny Fetterman completed the feat last year. The two belong to the Extra Miler Club. Besides her travel, Brown has kept busy during retirement from her political career. She is active at St. Ignatius Catholic Church where she serves as a Lector, Eucharistic Minister and Visitor to Heartland. She is on boards for Kateri Catholic Schools and Vail Meadows Therapy Riding Center. She was also recently appointed to the Toledo Metropolitan Council of Governments and serves on the fi nance, audit and administra-tion committee and the leadership commit-tee. The talk is sponsored by the East Toledo

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Club and is open to the public. RSVP to Jodi at 419-691-1429, ext 213.

*** Kevin Moyer, executive director of energy effi ciency and alternative energy programs at the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority, will speak to members of The Oregon Economic Development Foundation, Friday Feb. 21, 7:30 a.m. at

Mercy St. Charles Hospital. For more info, call 419-693-9999.

*** Amy Timmons from Workplace Resources will speak about employee stress and burnout to members of the Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Feb. 13, 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the VFW Memorial Hall, 251 W. Main St. in Oak Harbor.

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*** The Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce will host a school forum Thursday, Feb. 27, 7:30 a.m. at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Cost is $5 for the continental breakfast. RSVP to 419-693-5580

Gold stars Eight local companies were recognized as Toledo Blade Top Workplaces as deter-mined by employee surveys conducted by Workplace Dynamics, LLP, a research fi rm on organizational and employee en-gagement. They are: Hollywood Casino, East Toledo; Gross Electric, Toledo and Northwood; A.A, Boos & Sons Construction and BP-Husky, Oregon; The Rudolph Libbe Companies, Walbridge; Jones-Hamilton, Lake Township and Directions Credit Union and Tireman Auto Service Centers, numer-ous locations.

*** RE/MAX Preferred Associates recorded sales in 2013 of $263.2 million, a 20 percent increase over sales in 2012, according to a company spokesperson. Transactions also increased 12 percent to 2,280 from 2,024 in 2012.


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Sunday Worship 8 & 10:30 am

Sunday School 9:15 am

Sat. Service 5:30 pm

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Calvary Lutheran Ch.

Sunday School 9:00 am.

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nspirational essage of the eek: Where is Our Security

It seems only natural that everyone wants to have a strong

sense of security in their lives; however, we must all be

aware of just how temporary and fleeting the things of this

world can be. Good health, financial security, and loving

relationships can all disappear seemingly in an instant.

When we realize that nothing of this world is permanent and

that everything in our lives is subject to change, we are then

faced with the fuller realization that the only thing that can be

secure in our lives is our relationship with our Heavenly

Father. God will never leave us or forsake us, and the Bible

tells us in Proverbs 8:17, that God loves those who love Him,

and that those who seek Him diligently will find Him. Also, we

are told that God will supply all of our needs according to His

riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). Whenever

we feel like everything is going wrong and that everyone has

deserted us, we should know that God is always there

waiting for us to call upon Him. The most important things in

our life should be our love, faith, and trust in God. With Him

we are never alone, especially during those times that test

and challenge us. He is our true Security. Surely goodness

and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will

dwell in the house of the Lord forever. New K.J.V. Psalm 23:6

Bulletin Board policyAs a service to our community, Bulletin Board items are published at no cost, as space permits. The Press makes no guarantee that items submitted will be published. To ensure publication of events/news items, please speak to one of our advertising representatives at 419-836-2221. A complete listing of events is available at www.presspublications.com.

ToledoYouth Dance sponsored by STARS (Standing Together Against Real Slavery) Feb. 15, 5-8 p.m., 441 Oakdale. Open to 6th to 8th graders. $5 admission. STARS’s mission is to raise awareness about and to prevent bullying and human traffi cking. Info: 419-245-8023.Lenten Fish Fries weekly March 7 through April 18, 5-7 p.m., Epiphany of the Lord Parish – St. Thomas Aquinas, 729 White St. Featuring Alaskan Pollock, scalloped potatoes, green beans or corn, cole slaw or salad, roll and butter, coffee and homemade desserts. Kids’ meals and carryouts available. Info: 419-698-1519.Block Watch 410-N for the East Toledo Old Heffner School Area meets every 4th Monday of the month 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 2075 Kelsey Ave. Residents who live within the boundaries of Starr, the RR tracks (Belt Street), Dearborn and Lemert, Seaman to the I-280 Bridge and any surrounding neighbors/ business owners are also welcome.Block Watch 420-C Meeting Martin Luther Lutheran Church, 601 Nevada, the 4th Thurs. of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. VFW Post #2510 offers Friday-night dinners from 4-7 p.m. Public welcome. Meetings are held Tues. at 7 p.m.; Men’s Auxiliary meets the 1st Tues. and Ladies Auxiliary meets the 4th Tues.Waite High School Alumni from the Class of 1951, meet the 2nd Mon. of every month. For info, call Betty at 419-691-7944 or Fran at 419-693-6060.

Oregon Lecture on “Restoration of Burrowing Mayfl ies in Western Lake Erie: Have We Jumped the Gun?” presented by Donald Schloesser, research fi shery biologist, SUGS Great Lakes Science Center, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. Lake Erie Center, 6200 Bayshore Rd. Info: utoledo.edu/nsm/lec.Basic Boater Education Class presented by Toledo Sail and Power Squadron starts Feb. 12 for fi ve nights from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Mercy St. Charles Hospital. Fee is $40 and $20 for additional family member sharing a book. For info, contact Chris Hoover at 419-343-0251 or [email protected] High School Band Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Feb. 20, 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, 5665 Seaman Rd. Drive-thru and carry-out service available. 50/50 and gift basket raffl es. James “Wes” Hancock Oregon Senior Center Annual Chili Cook Off Feb. 28, 5-8 p.m. at St. Michael’s Centre, 4001 Navarre Ave. Prizes for Judges’ Choice, People’s Choice, and Best Chili Name. Deadline for entries is noon Feb. 25. Tickets $6. Call the center at 419-698-7078 for tickets, rules, and entry forms.Theology with Toast, meets the 2nd Wed. of the month at 10 a.m. at the Little Sisters of the Poor, 930 S Wynn Rd. On Feb. 12, Sue Shrewsbury will discuss Helping Hands of St Louis. Coffee and rolls at 9:30 a.m. For info, call Alice at 419-698-0405.Senior Book Discussion Group meets the 1st Thursday of most months, 2:15-3:15 p.m., Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. No registration is required. Books are available at the library circulation desk for extended check-out. For info,

• John M. Baldock, 509 Potter, Toledo, $107 court costs and fi nes, disorderly conduct.• Steven Daryl Fox, 2261 Starr, Oregon,180 days CCNO, $112 court costs and fi nes, possession of drugs.• Donavin Joseph Dockery, 668 Bowman, Toledo, 60 days CCNO, 55 days suspended, $137 court

costs and fi nes, criminal mischief.• Jimmie Franklin Carros, 3053 Navarre, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 160 days suspended, $187 court costs and fi nes, theft.• Homer Jean Johnson, 943 Wheeling, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 150 days suspended, $162 court costs and fi nes, attempt to commit an offense.

call 419-259-5250.Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd., announces the following programs: Preschool Storytime meets Wednesdays through April 9 at 10 a.m.; Babytime Storytime meets Thursdays through April 10 at 10 a.m.; Saturday Surprise drop-in activity programs Saturdays through April 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.“James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center, 5760 Bayshore Rd., open weekdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Daily activities include: bingo, fi tness classes, line dancing, exercise, Bunco, Euchre, and health screenings. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. daily. $2.50 donation is suggested for seniors 60 & older; all others $5.32. Reservations required 24 hours in advance. 419-698-7078. Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Tues. of each month, 6:30 p.m., Lake Michigan Room, ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Visitors welcome. Info: Julie at 419-836-5051/Allen at 419-270-7683 or visit d28toastmasters.org and click on “Great Eastern Club.”

NorthwoodSpaghetti Dinner Feb. 21, 4:30-7 p.m., Northwood Church of God, 1838 S. Coy Rd. Children 5 and under eat free.Fish Fry every Fri., 5-7:45 p.m., Northwood VFW 2984. Featuring fi sh, steaks, shrimp and chicken. Public welcome. Beginners Bible Study for Teens & Young Adults, Sundays, 5 p.m., Northwood 7th-day Adventist Church, 2975 East Point Blvd. Everyone welcome. Info: www.northwoodadventist.org or 419-698-5100.

Jerusalem Twp.Trustees Meet the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at 6 p.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.Jerusalem Twp. Food Pantry, open 2nd Wed. of every month, 9-11 a.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.

ElmoreBlood Drive Feb. 10, noon-6 p.m., American Legion Post 279. Walk-ins welcome or call 1-800-/RED CROSS for an appointment. Storytime for Preschool-Age Children Wed. at 11 a.m. at the Elmore Library, 328 Toledo St. Call the library at 419-862-2482 for more info.Elmore Senior Center-Elmore Golden Oldies, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. Lunch served Tues. & Thurs. at noon. Reservations required by 10 a.m. the day before. Blood pressure & blood sugar checks the 4th Tues. of the month; bingo the 4th Tues. of the month after lunch. Reservations: 419-862-3874.Elmore Conservation Club Trap Shooting every Wed. from 6-9 p.m. and every Sat. from 5-9 p.m. Questions: 419-392-1112.

FremontFree Hands-On Computer Basics Classes offered Wednesdays and Fridays Feb. 19, 21, 26 and 28 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Birchard Library. Registration is required and may be completed by calling 419-334-7101, ext. 216.

GenoaChristian Moms’ Group meets from 9:30-11:30 a.m. the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month January through May at Our Lady of Lourdes. The group is open to all moms who desire encouragement and support in the vocation of motherhood. For info, contact Patti Greenhill at 419-862-0128 or email [email protected].

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instant rebate. Retail purchases only. Taxes, deisel

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Wood County FairgroundsFebruary 15th & 16th

(9am-4pm)2 Buildings open and full!

Antiques, collectibles, books,jewelry, coins, lamps, rag rugs,

tools,crafts, sports cards, new vendors added.

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419-360-3522

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Yard Clean upleaves, branches etc.

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RAY'S HANDYMAN SERVICES

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House Cleaning. Do you love toclean? Do you like to have eveningsand weekends off? We provide allsupplies and company car. We justneed you! For more information call419-873-0948, M-F, 9-4. EOE

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Driveways, Sidewalks, Pole Barns,Porches, Stamped & Color Concrete

Brick & Block work etc.Veterans & Senior Citizens'

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"No job to big, no job to small"Mike Halka 419-350-8662

Oregon, OH."Serving all of N.W. Ohio"

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KNIERIEMPAINTING & WALLPAPERING

EXTERIOR-INTERIORPainting & wall papering; Interior

wood refinishing; man lifts; airless spray; power wash &

blasting; silicone seal; refinishing aluminum siding; residential; church, farm.

EXPERIENCEDFREE ESTIMATES

*SENIOR & WINTER RATES* 419-862-2000 GRAYTOWN

OR 419-697-1230NORTHWOOD

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I do elderly care-home assistance ,part-time. References upon request.419-836-5293

I will work any shift. Reliable trans-portation. Any hours, any days. I amwilling to do most any kind of work.419-559-9235.

TLC, does your loved one needquality care? 20 years experiencecaring for elderly, CHHA, CR/PN,Leave message for Helen 419-542-9619 or 330-759-6814

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Do you need to speak with confi-dence or better clarity? Be our guestat the next Toastmasters ClubMeeting. No Classes - No PressureJust an inviting, supportive environ-ment. We all have similar goals. Come to Bay Park CommunityHospital the first and third Tuesdayof each month at 6:30 P.M. Visitorsalways welcome. Call Ken for moreinfo 419-378-1777 or check our localwebsite: tinyurl.com/7475cv6 or thedistrict: www.d28toastmasters.org

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Electrical Service Changes fromfuses to breakers, 100/200 etc.,

House Wiring Specialist,567-277-5333 (local)

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TESCO has an opening for a part-time bookkeeper. Experience in AP,AR, fixed assets and account recon-ciliations required. Candidate mustbe proficient in Excel. Send resumeto [email protected].

TESCO has an opening for a Mar-keting Associate. The candidate willwork with the Marketing Managerand sales staff to market our prod-ucts nationally. Associates or Bache-lors degree in marketing required.Send resume to [email protected]

The Press Newspapersis looking to hire an

independent contractorfor a delivery route inthe rural Gibsonburg

area. If interested contact Jordan

419-836-2221, ext. #32.

Windsor Lane Health Care is seek-ing applications for STNAs. Inquirewithin at 355 Windsor Lane, Gibson-burg, OH, 419-637-2104

TRAINCOTruck Driving SchoolsDay - Eve - Weekend Class

Job PlacementPerrysburg 419-837-5730Norwalk 419-499-2222

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Child care provided in my Oregonhome or your home, volunteer part-time at Lucas County Children Ser-vices, references and very reason-able. Robin 567-218-4251

Doing Daycare in my Northwoodhome, transportation available andam very reasonable. Can work AMor PM. Also do elderly care andhousekeeping. Call Lori 419-691-1275 Leave message.

Experienced Caregiver, ExcellentReferences, Full or Part-Time, 419-269-5402

Experienced IT Professional looking for FT work, college degreewith management experience.Please call 419-350-3132

Handy Man looking for Work Home repairs, Painting, Concrete,Plumbing, Siding, Windows, Gas

Lines, Sub pumps. 24 years experience and

fully insured. 419-307-0548

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Drivers: Call GSTC 855-202-5066.No Touch Freight! Vacation, 401K,Benefits! Rider Policy. QuarterlyBonuses. EZ Pass/Pre-Pass. 23yoa,2yrs recent OTR exp.

Drivers: Carter Express-Now Hir-ing. CDL-A: Lots of Miles. GreatPay/Benefits & Bonuses. DedicatedSolo Routes. Home Weekly. No SlipSeat. No Touch, Newer Equipment.(855) 222-3243

Drivers: Home DAILY, DedicatedRuns! No Touch Freight, Insurance,401K, PAID Vacation, CDL-A, 1 yrOTR. Apply: mtstrans.com 800-748-0192 x 2.

Drivers: OTR & Regional HomeWeekly/Bi Weekly Guaranteed! PaidWeekly + Monthly Bonuses 90% NoTouch/70% Drop & Hook Paid Load-ed & Empty/Rider Program BC/BS,Rx, Dental, Vision, 401k etc. 877-704-3773

Drivers; Home Weekends! Com-petitive Wages! Paid Vacation, Per-sonal Days, Health, Dental, 401k.No-touch Freight. Dedicated. 24hrdispatch. CDL-A. 419-465-2100

Help wanted screen printer. Pleasesend resume to: P. O. Box 197, Elmore, OH. 43416 or email to: [email protected]

MIG Welder Position Open$11.00 per hour starting

Final pay based on production andother applicable skills.

Email resume to: [email protected] or

call 419-855-2083

Northwood and OregonIndustrial Openings

We are recruiting for entry level assembly and manufac-turing jobs. Great Opportunityfor long term positions that

can possibly lead to hire withan increase in pay. Pay rate

is $8.00 per hour.

2nd and 3rd shift openings avail-able. Drug and Bkg checks willbe conducted. HS Diploma or

GED is required. Call MANPOWER for

appointment and mention this ad. 419-893-4413

Now Hiring Home Health Aides,STNA, MA & CNA. (HHA training isavailable) In the Oregon, Walbridge,Genoa, Elmore, Woodville and sur-rounding areas. Contact ComfortKeepers at 866-230-2624 M-F 8-4

Part-time Secretarial Position in awarehouse environment in North-wood. Business Hours: Example9am to 2pm can be flexible. 419-836-1046, call for initial phoneinterview.

Quality Control TechnicianKokosing Materials Inc. operates 15asphalt plants in Ohio and produces

high quality asphalt products & services. KMI is looking for a QC

Technician in the Woodville/Toledoarea. Responsible person with good

mathematical skills needed to perform testing services on Ohio

Department of Transportationprojects for large paving contractor.Responsibilities will include asphalt

testing and analysis, aggregate testing, density testing on asphalt

pavements, and profilograph work onfinished roadway. ODOT Level 2 orODOT Level 3 certified technicianpreferred; training is available forqualified candidates. Competitive

wage, excellent benefits. Send resume to

Kokosing Materials, Inc., Attn: QC Rep

215 Oak Street, Mansfield, OH 44907

email: [email protected] or fax: 866-557-8023. EOE

Regional janitorial company look-ing for detailed and reliable people tofill several part-time janitorial posi-tions. Evening and weekend shiftsavailable. Great opportunities for ad-vancement. Reliable transportationrequired. To apply, visit

www.cleanteamclean.com or call (419) 537-8770

for information.

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MELBA

Miss Melba here is looking for a valentine!

Melba is about 7 years old and is a laid

back and easy going hound dog who loves

to play in the snow. She has been patiently

waiting at the shelter for several weeks to

find a home. She came into the Lucas

County Canine Care & Control (FKA the

Lucas County Dog Warden) as a stray and

she along with 50+ other lovable canines

are all looking to share their love and

warmth with a new family. Come meet

them today at 410 S Erie St Toledo, 419-

213-2800, open Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat & Sun

11-5. If you are missing a dog please come

and walk through the kennels. Impounded

as well as adoptable dogs can be viewed

on PetHarbor.com. Stay up to date with all

the exciting happenings at LCCC&C on

Facebook, and lucascountydogs.com.

Sat Feb 15th - 11-5 - third Annual Puppy

Love Adoption event, complete with

doggie speed dating and a puppy kissing

booth!

In Home Service

APPLIANCE WORKS INC.Washers, Dryer, Ranges, Microwaves,

Refrig., Air Conditioners,

Dishwashers, Disposers, Freezers

Operated By Mark Wells

419-836-FIXX (3499)

WEEKEND DELIVERIES•Stone & Dirt

Hauling•Bobcat Service•Demolition & Hauling•Concrete Removal

COUNTRY CHARMCleaning & Restoration LLC

Since 1988Carpeting & Upholstery Cleaning

Emergency Water Removal

General House Cleaning

— Certified By I.I.C.R.C. —

419-836-8942

GL HHENNINGSEN EEXCAVATING

AND WWATER SSYSTEMS

Septic SystemsInstallation & Repair

Water, Sewage & Sump PumpInstallation & Repair

419-836-9650/419-466-6432

If You’re an Expert and want to get involved... CALL 836-2221. Deadline: 11 a.m. Thursday

21270 SR 579Williston

836-7461

Hauling

If it’s heavy ... and you

want it hauled in or out ...

Call Us!

•Dirt •Stone •Debris •Cars

•Equipment •Trucks

BOBCAT SERVICES

SNOW REMOVAL

We can work directly with

your Insurance Company

SCHNEIDER SONS’ ELECTRIC CORP.

WholeHouse

Generators

1556 Oak St/At Oakdale Toledo, OH 43605 (419) 691-8284

Family Owned & Operated Since 1942

Licensed &Insured

New & Old HomewiringSpecialists

419-340-0857419-862-8031

B & G HAULING

Got Junk & Garbage?We do:

Clean Ups/Clean Outs

MUSSER’S HOME ANDPROPERTY MAINTENANCE

• Home Repair Specialists• Commercial & Residential

Lawn Care & SnowplowingMANY DISCOUNTS & OTHER SERVICES

• FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES419-304-8666

Appliance Repair

Carpet Cleaning

Automotive

Electrical Contractor

Excavating

Excavating/Water Pumps

Lawn Service

Septic Tank Cleaning

21270 SR 579Williston

836-7461

- Now Offering - special prices ontires & batteries.

Don’t Get StuckIn The Cold!

Come & See OurProfessionals For AFREE INSPECTION

★Fall Special★

MusserRestoration & Remodeling, Inc

Additions - Decks - BathroomsExteriors - Windows - KitchensLicensed - Insured - Bonded

In Business for over 30 years— Free Estimates —

BBB Senior Discounts PRO419-691-0131

www.musserremodeling.comE-mail: [email protected] job too small or too bigProfessional

RemodelersOrganization

PRO

ACEROOFING

419-836-1946

419-470-7699

ACEROOF.net

• Better than the typical A+ BBB ratedcontractor. We have a clean record.

Call BBB at 419-531-3116. Check on all contractors.

RECENTLY CHOSEN TO INSTALLROOFS FOR OWENS CORNING

PRESIDENT & COMMUNICATIONSDIVISION PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF

OUR EXCELLENT REPUTATION

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PREFERRED CONTRACTOR

MAUMEE BAYSELF STORAGE

7640 Jerusalem Road (Rt 2)(419)836-4000

Multi-sized Units - Outside storageSecurity fence - 7 day access

“We make every effort to accommodate YOU.”

KELLER CONCRETE INC.Tear Out & Replace Concrete, Driveways,

Patios, Porches, Pads, Sidewalks &Stamped/Colored Concrete

** Quality & Affordable Work **Insured & Bonded — FREE ESTIMATES —

BOBCAT SERVICES AVAILABLE

419-697-9398

Remodeling

A.A. COLLINS CONSTRUCTION& RENTAL PROPERTIES

Basement Waterproofing

Concrete • Roofing

Interior • Exterior

Lawncare • Stone & Dirt HaulingBobcat Service • Espaniol

Rob 419-322-5891

Storage

New or Replace ConcreteDriveways, Sidewalks,Pole Barns, Porches,

Stamped & Color ConcreteBrick & Block work etc.Veterans & Senior

Citizens’ DiscountsFree Estimates, Licensed & Insured

Mike Halka

419-350-8662Oregon, OH

Handyman

Concrete

countrycharmcleaning.com

Septic Tank Cleaning &

Portable Restrooms

For All Events

419-874-4653Serving the area for over 50 years

OREGON PLUMBINGNo Jobs Too SmallInsured - Bonded

419-693-8736Licensed Master Plumber

Roy Bomyea

Gray Plumbing25 Years Experience

**** 24 HR. SERVICE ****D.O.T. Certified. Insured/Bonded

All Major Credit Cards Accepted— Senior Discount —

LICENSED MASTER PLUMBERJim Gray

419-691-7958

Tree Service

andwischS•Interior•Exterior•Residential - CommercialTerry 419-708-6027Josh 419-704-7443

aintingP

Roofing

Hauling

BELKOFEREXCAVATING• Septic Systems • Sewer Taps

• Snow Removal • Lawn Care

Backhoe/Bobcat/Dozer Work

Stone and Dirt Hauling

See Us on Facebook

419-836-8663 419-392-1488

Plumbing

Call The Press to be an Expert!

419-836-2221

Lawn Care

TRACKER CO.Home Maintenance

Interior / Exteriorpainting, plumbing, decks,

drywall repair, electrical

Call Dave @ (419) 266-5793

C & L SANITATION, INC.

- FREE ESTIMATES -Senior Discounts

Roofs/Gutters

Siding/Windows

Freddy’s Home Improvement

419-276-0608Electrical, Paneling, Concrete,

Roofing, Drywall, Kitchens,Bathrooms, Floors, Decks, Tile,

Porch, Additions, Dormers–– Free Estimates ––

Home Improvement

Painting

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You can frequently change the size and copy of your ad in The Press to adver-tise seasonal offers, special prices, new products & new services.

Each lively issue of The Press is full of news, information and features from 20towns and their surrounding areas in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and WoodCounties. More than 475 businesses and individuals use The Press each weekto sell goods and services.

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