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For many residents, a public forum set for March 6 in Woodville to discuss how serious heroin addiction has become in the area will be a real eye opener. Police Chief Roy Whitehead and his offi cers started noticing about three years ago that heroin was entering the local drug scene on the heels of cocaine and prescrip-tion pills. “Marijuana is still around but we are seeing more heroin and pills these days,” he said. From January 2013 to the end of last year, the department saw heroin or opi-ate-related arrests climb from zero to 51, with about a quarter of the arrests involving local residents and the rest from outside the village, often Toledo. “In late 2012, we started hearing ru-mors of heroin being brought into town and distributed. By 2013 we were seeing the proof. It’s destroyed some families,” the chief said. “We had three ODs two weeks ago.” Those attending the forum at the Woodmore PreK-8 School will hear fi rst-hand accounts of how heroin is abused, in-

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cluding a local woman in her 20s who’s a former addict. “She’s been through rehab and has done an amazing job. She’s done a 360,” the chief said. “And her mom and dad now realize they were enablers.” Other local families have reported missing jewelry, heirlooms, televisions and other valuables as family members be-come users, desperate for cash, and pawn just about anything to fund their habits. In one current case, a local parent reported $23,000 missing from a bank account, the chief said. Elmore Police Chief George Hayes said

his department has also seen an increase in heroin-related arrests. Sgt. Jeffrey Harrison will present statis-tics the department has compiled over the past few years at the forum, the chief said. The forum is being sponsored by Two Villages, a local initiative including par-ents, educators, clergy, professionals and others from the Woodville and Elmore ar-eas. “We want to let people know the prob-lem exists here,” Chief Whitehead said. The forum is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. According to data released last year by the Ohio Department of Health, uninten-tional drug overdoses caused 2,110 deaths of Ohio residents in 2013; about 196 more deaths in compared to 2012. Opiates, which include heroin and prescription painkillers, were culpable in more than 70 percent of overdose deaths. Heroin-related deaths increased in 2013, surpassing prescription opiates among unintentional overdose deaths. Heroin overdose deaths rose from 697 in 2012 to 983 in 2013. Prescription opiates remained a signif-icant contributor to drug overdose deaths, increasing from 680 in 2012 to 726 in 2013.

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From 2000-13, there were 160 record-ed active shooter incidents in the U.S., totaling 1,043 victims both wounded and killed, and that doesn’t include the shoot-ers, who often commit suicide.

When an active shooter killed six and critically injured others in Kalamazoo, Michigan, it hit closer to home. Some of those shot were walking out of a Cracker Barrel restaurant — but they could have been walking out of any restaurant.

In 1996, four people were killed in an active shooter incident in Oregon and Northwood has seen similar incidents at a local restaurant and another at an apart-ment complex. Toledo made national news when a disgruntled Jeep employee showed up at the factory in West Toledo and went on a shooting spree.

In 2013, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, one active shooter spent fi ve minutes killing 26 children and adults and wounding two others — making victims out of about 50 percent of those present at the scene.

In 2007 at Virginia Tech University, one shooter spent eight minutes killing 30 and wounding 17 adults — again about 50 percent of about 100 individuals present. In 1999 at the Columbine High School li-brary in Colorado, two shooters took 8½ minutes killing 10 and wounding 12 min-ors — again, close to 50 percent of the 56 people present. Not all victims are in the workplace. In 15 of 160 cases nationally (9.4 percent), the shooter targeted family members. However, let’s just say that a disgruntled or even fi red employee shows up one day at your job with weapons and begins fi ring rounds at employees and customers. If that happens, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration can issue violations and fi nes to your business under the General Duty Clause: Failure to pro-vide a safe workplace. The fi x: get a plan in place in case an active shooter does show up. It’s not just keeping in compliance with OSHA regulations, such workplace violence can have a long term impact on your business and employees, can cause a mental toll to family and co-workers, cause fi nancial harm to your business and em-

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Oregon City Council on Monday au-thorized an agreement with Mercy Health North LLC (MHN) that allows Mercy St. Charles Hospital to hire their own police. “They approached us approximately a year ago,” said Oregon Police Chief Mike Navarre, “and indicated a desire to estab-lish their own police department for their St. Charles campus.” According to the Ohio Revised Code, there must be an agreement with the mu-nicipality in which a hospital is located be-fore a police department can be established in the hospital, said Navarre. The agreement is similar to ones signed in Toledo with Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, and in Lima with St. Rita’s Medical Center, said Navarre. “They have had success with the other two hospitals, and they have approached us and indicated their desire to do the same here in the City of Oregon.” Enormous responsibility Navarre said he has had several discus-sions with Jeffrey Dempsey, president and CEO of Mercy St. Charles, and Oregon City Administrator Mike Beazley and Oregon Law Director Melissa Purpura in the past year. “I impressed upon Mr. Dempsey the enormous responsibility they take on by establishing the police department in terms of hiring, doing proper background checks, training and the liability attached to giving

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Into the WoodsCardinal Stritch High School students are pre-paring for their upcoming production of “Into the Woods.” Performances will be held at Eisenhower Intermediate School on March 4 and 5 at 7pm, and March 6 at 2pm. Top photo, bottom row are Kayla McIlhargey (Baker’s wife) Monica Martin (CInderella), Evan Sekerak (Jack). Top row, Cristian Buenrostro (Baker), Allison Walsh (Witch) and Faith Murphy (Jack’s mom). Bottom pho-to, Matthew Naugle (Wolf) and Alyssa Radtke (Little Red Riding Hood). Visit www.katerischools.org for ticket information. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)

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someone a fi rearm and the power to make arrests. We decided approximately eight months ago that we wanted to be a good neighbor and if this was something that they wanted, we weren’t going to stand in their way. We put the agreement together. There were several drafts and revisions. We’re comfortable with the agreement. We delivered it to them about eight months ago, then we didn’t hear anything from them during that time period. Then about three or four weeks ago, they approached us and said they were ready to move for-ward,” said Navarre. The jurisdiction of the police depart-ment will be limited to the hospital cam-pus, he added. “They had requested other sites that were off campus, but we declined to include those in the agreement,” said Navarre. “That’s something we could possi-bly add later. But for now, we want to keep it just on their campus.” Among those sites were a house on Wheeling detached from the property, a

house on Eastmoreland, and the new med-ical facility being built in the 3800 block of Navarre, said the chief. “We thought it would be too confus-ing to the citizens to see St. Charles police responding off-site. That’s something we could revisit at another time,” said Navarre. Qualifi ed offi cers Councilman James Seaman asked Navarre if the offi cers hired by the hospital would have the same training and qualifi -cations of offi cers that would be eligible for the city. Navarre said they would have similar qualifi cations. “It could turn into something very positive,” said Navarre. “It could free up some resources for us in terms of time if

they handle things on their campus that we would normally get called to. They are re-quired to notify us any time a misdemeanor report is taken. If there is a felony offense, they will not handle it. They will notify us and we will handle that investigation. If it doesn’t work out, we have the right, per the terms of the agreement, to rescind it at any time,” said Navarre. Councilman Tim Zale, who is a retired Oregon police offi cer, said the agreement “pretty much covers everything.” “I think the big win for the city on this is the mental health center. We will not have to worry about that portion of the hospital, which could end up tying up our offi cers if they were there more than we would like. I think that would be a very good thing,” said Zale.

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ployees and destroy your business’ repu-tation, says Brad Fisher, Safety Director for Owner Compliance Awareness who is also a Walbridge village patrolman and special deputy for Lucas County. He says the im-pact on employees, their families and your business can linger long after the incident. Fisher and Oregon police sergeant Antonio “Tony” E. Castillo gave a presen-tation on how to react if an active shoot-er shows up at your workplace during an Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce luncheon hosted by Bay Park Community Hospital Thursday. One guest at the luncheon said she lost a nephew, who was killed during a workplace inci-dent when a fi red employee showed up fully armed and began shooting. “There is no sector of the community or organization that shouldn’t have a plan to do something,” Sgt. Castillo said.

‘Run-Hide-Fight’ Castillo, a 27-year veteran represent-ing the Oregon police department’s com-munity policing support services, says new strategies recommend that when an active shooter shows up, sometimes it’s best for civilians to become active in trying to de-rail the shooter. That means if you can’t hide, be prepared to fi ght back. Don’t be a sitting duck. Fisher calls it, “Run-Hide-Fight.” Castillo said 25 years of mass shoot-ings have yielded a national average of fi ve to six minutes for law enforcement to respond to an active shooting scene. The average active shooter incident lasts 8-12 minutes, and 37 percent last less than fi ve minutes, however, there have been inci-dents that last for days. That means that typically, the fi rst responders actually are civilians on the scene — the only people available to lim-it the damage or even derail the shooter’s plans before the police arrive. In 43 percent of all incidents, the case is over before authorities even arrive. In 57 percent of the shootings, an offi cer arrives while the shooting is still underway. Fisher says the active shooter often stops as soon as he or she hears or sees law enforcement

and then he turns his anger on them. Almost all shooters have small fi re-arms they can conceal, but 80 percent of them have long guns, like rifl es or shotguns, plenty of ammunition, and some even have IUDs or bombs. He says people’s fi rst reaction is usual-ly how to “hopefully survive” before they even consider calling 911, delaying the po-lice response even further. “If you’re waiting for the police, it’s probably not the best strategy,” Sgt. Castillo said. “We’re going to get there. It’s just a matter of time before we get there.” First they recommend evacuating if you can or hide if you can’t. However, it’s better to fi ght back than be tightly-snuggled into a corner where you’re set up to be an easy vic-tim if the shooter comes into your room. At Oregon Schools and other districts, teachers typically keep a “bucket” in the closet with baseball bats, golf clubs, fi re extinguishers (to spray at the suspect), and other booby-traps, such as dishwater deter-gent to put on the fl oor near the entrance if he passes into your room. There are dozens of tricks to implement, Sgt. Castillo says. The increase in shootings nationwide has led to multiple strategies, but passive response is taking a back seat. The Medina, Ohio-based ALICE (alert, lockdown, in form, counter, evacuate) Training Institute is taking its strategy to public and parochi-al schools, faith-based organizations and corporations, and any other organization that wants it, but other similar strategies are being developed nationwide and all are constantly being revised as research leads to new fi ndings. Sgt. Castillo believes ALICE is the best he’s seen so far and he advises organiza-tions on how to implement it. The Oregon policeman, who was at one time a com-munity policeman at Oregon Schools, has traveled as far away as Northern Illinois University, where an active shooter in-cident had already shook the campus, to speak about the strategy. “Until somebody shows me a better way to deal with these, I don’t think there is a better way,” Sgt. Castillo said. For more information about ALICE, contact Sgt. Castillo at 419-698-7180 or tcastillo@oregonohio.org.

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The T Whitehead Recovery Center, for-merly the Idle Time Club, is reaching out for support from the community. According to John Hughes, the center’s director, the building where the facility is located is in need of major work. “The building we are housed in is in need of some renovations,” said Hughes. “We are also in the process of acquiring other nearby properties for expansion of the center, to include a banquet hall to be rented out for various social gatherings, which will contribute to our vision and its sustainability.” The Idle Time Club has been a fi xture in East Toledo since it was fi rst opened by Tom Whitehead in 1973. Due to misman-agement by a former manager, the Idle Time fell on hard times and lost its non-profi t 501(c)(3) status in the process. Now managed by ARM, The

East side recovery center sets up fundraising siteAssociation of Recovering Motorcyclists, the recovery center and halfway home to men is waiting on its request for 501(c)(3) status. The center currently is a place where men and women with substance abuse disorders can meet on a regular ba-sis to discuss their problems and support each other in their programs of recovery. Currently 12 AA meetings are held per week. Two Heroin Anonymous meetings are also held weekly to try and combat the heroin and opiate epidemic that has gripped the country, including Toledo and Lucas County. According to Kevin Bellman, vice president, he and other members began do-ing some work in April, including general clean up and painting. “The whole building needs work so it is up to building codes,” Bellman said. “What has been done over the years is like putting a Band-Aid on a huge cut.” The fundraising goal for the center is $20,000 which would allow for new electri-

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Bluegrass on stage Lonesome Meadow, a family band from Westerville, Ohio, will bring their rich harmonies and instrumentation to the stage of the Pemberville Opera House Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. The group got its start in 2005 at an open mic night at Webb’s Country Kitchen in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Three young siblings played bluegrass music to the delight of everyone and decided to form a band. An opportunity to perform in a showcase at the New Beginnings Festival in Chillicothe, Ohio required them to have a name, and “Lonesome Meadow” was born. In just a few short years, they have entertained audiences from Canada to Florida, cutting loose on classics like “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” or waltzes like “Atoka Farewell.” Tickets for the concert are $12 and are available at Beeker’s General Store, or by calling Carol at 419-287-4848.

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implemented include dropping a cleaning service for village-owned buildings, not re-placing a retired part-time zoning inspector and have Keith Kruse, village administra-tor, assume those responsibilities, reduc-ing the tree commission budget, requiring hourly employees to pay 20 percent of their health insurance premiums and others. Runion said village employees have been taking turns cleaning municipal of-fi ces, the police department and the build-ing housing the Woodville branch of the Birchard Library and the local history room. Before being phased out by the state and replaced by a commercial activity tax, the village’s share of the tangible personal property tax averaged about $11,235 from 2008 to 2010. Local government funds from the state were as high as $115,776 in 2008 but dropped to about $54,000 by 2013. State inheritance tax revenues averaged about $34,000 before being phased out. For the owner of a home with a market value of $100,000 the additional millage would cost $70 a year. The mayor and council will hold an-other forum March 14 at 6 p.m. in council chambers.

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Northwood is reviewing a proposed vacant property ordinance that would es-tablish a program for identifying and reg-istering vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The proposal would shift the burden of addressing deteriorated vacant buildings from the city to the property owner. The purpose of the ordinance, accord-ing to City Administrator Bob Anderson, is threefold: • To ensure that owners of vacant properties are known to the city and other interested parties and can be reached if necessary; • To ensure that owners of vacant properties are aware of the obligations of ownership under relevant codes and regu-lations; • To ensure that owners of vacant properties meet minimum standards of maintenance of vacant properties. Hopefully, determining the responsi-bilities of owners of vacant buildings and structures will speed the rehabilitation of the buildings, and release the city from having to spend public funds to address the problems. An established fee structure would cover costs incurred by the city to deal with vacant properties, and under some circum-stances, motivate owners to restore and re-use vacant properties. “We don’t have any kind of registry or initiative for landlords,” said Anderson. “They can just let their buildings sit there and there’s no incentive for them to get it rented. I’m hoping with us keeping track of it will allow us to make sure it’s main-tained on the outside, and the fi re depart-ment has access to fi re safety inspections on the inside. It does put a little pressure on landlords to rent buildings a little more

quickly because they’re paying a little bit more money to let it sit vacant.” The city, he added, is frustrated with having to deal with landlords of vacant, dilapidated buildings that become an eye-sore in the community. Registration According to the ordinance, the owner will be required to register with the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Coordinator no later than 90 days after any building located in an area zoned for, or abutting an area zoned for, residential or commercial use in the city becomes vacant or no later than 30 days of being notifi ed by the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Department of the requirement to register based on evidence of vacancy, whichever occurs fi rst. Vacant property owners must submit a vacant building plan to be approved by the property maintenance offi cer or other chief building offi cial. The plan, at a minimum, must contain information from one of the following three choices: • A demolition plan if the building is to be demolished; • A plan that ensures the building is secured and maintained, and an explana-

tion as to why the building will be left va-cant, if the building is to remain vacant. • A rehabilitation plan for the building and grounds if the building is to be occu-pied. The owner and subsequent owners must keep the building secured and safe and the building and grounds properly maintained in accordance with property maintenance codes. New owners must register or re-reg-ister the vacant building with the city within 30 days of any transfer of an owner-ship interest in the vacant building if the building continues to remain vacant after transfer. New owners must comply with the approved plan and timetable submitted by the previous owner until any proposed changes are submitted and meet the ap-proval of the city. The failure of the owner of the vacant building to obtain a deed for the property or to fi le the deed with the county recorder will not excuse the property owner from registering the property. Failure of the owner or subsequent owners to maintain the building and prem-ises that result in remedial action taken by the city will result in revocation of the ap-proved plan and incur penalties. Escrow Each demolition of a vacant building would require the owner to hold in escrow with the city a deposit of $10,000 for a resi-dential building and $75,000 for a commer-cial building. If the amount to be set up in escrow cannot be paid in full, the city will place a lien on the property and use these funds to complete the plans submitted by the owner in the event the owner does not comply with deadlines as previously submitted in the owner’s vacant building plan. Escrow funds will be released upon completion of the work or transfer of own-ership, provided that all fees have been paid in full. New owners must sign a form

accepting responsibility for completing the demolition.

Fees The owner of a vacant residential build-ing would pay an annual fee of $200.00 for the fi rst year the building remains vacant. For every consecutive year that the build-ing remains vacant, the annual fee would be assessed at double the previous year’s fee amount for a maximum annual fee equaling the fi ve-year fee of $3,200.00 to be used for the fi fth and all consecutive, sub-sequent years of vacancy. The owner of a vacant commer-cial building would pay an annual fee of $400.00 for the fi rst year the building re-main vacant. For every consecutive year of vacancy, the annual fee would be double the previous year’s fee amount for a maxi-mum annual fee equaling the fi ve-year fee of $6,400.00 and for all consecutive, subse-quent years of vacancy. The owner of a vacant industrial build-ing would pay an annual fee of $800.00. For every consecutive year that the build-ing remains vacant, the annual fee would be double the previous year’s fee amount for a maximum annual fee equaling the fi ve-year fee of $12,800.00 to be used for the fi fth and all consecutive, subsequent years of vacancy. The fee must be paid in full prior to the issuance of any building permits unless the property is granted an exemption. The fee would be prorated and a refund may be issued if the building is no longer deemed vacant. Late fees would be paid in addition to the annual registration and would be equal to the annual fee or $1,000.00, whichever is less. The Woodville Mall would have likely been torn down years ago if there had been a vacant building code in place, according to Mayor Ed Schimmel.

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In addition to reviewing protocols for responding to injuries suffered by staff and students, the Lake school board will also consider restoring the school nurse posi-tion. The board announced the review dur-ing its February meeting in response to a Feb. 8 incident at the middle school in which a student’s fi ngertip was severed in a closing door. A statement by the board says board members are satisfi ed the administration and staff members reacted properly to the accident. “An investigation has been conduct-

ed and documented,” the statement says. “That investigation confi rms that this was, indeed, an accident that happened without fault. It also documents that the response was immediate, decisive and effective. “Some have questioned the judgment of our staff to not call 911. That is a fair question. That said, the board believes that a reasonable, good-faith judgment was made by those there based on the facts, circumstances, information and resources present at the actual time and moment they happened.” The student’s mother told The Press that medical records show her son was also treated for a concussion and was admitted to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.

The fi ngertip was re-attached, she said, but her son later experienced severe nau-sea before being re-admitted to the hospital overnight. The school administration issued a statement saying the student didn’t fall, as he claims, and wasn’t concussed or ever lost consciousness. “During the 15 to 20 minutes in the offi ce, the student was texting and talking about the Super Bowl in a calm, coherent manner,” an earlier statement by Jim Witt, superintendent, said. The school nurse position was one of more than a dozen cut in 2012 to reduce spending and avert an operating budget defi cit.

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By Matt Reese

Earlier in the day a bag of dried beans for soup had broken open and a signifi cant portion of its contents tumbled across the counter and down the kitchen sink drain. At the time, I hoped that they went all the way down. They didn’t. Instead, the dried beans soaked up water and swelled, com-pletely fi lling the drain and causing a fairly colossal mess.

It had been a long day and I was tired. After dinner that evening my wife had a meeting. Our young children were playing nearby in the living room while I faced the dinner cleanup and the revolting contents of the sink, burbling up occasional blobs of gunk. I was on the border of falling back upon an old staple for handling these types of less-than-desirable situations — frustra-tion and anger. After all, this situation was truly unpleasant and I had every right, I felt, to be frustrated.

This was not fair. I did not deserve this. I should not have to reach my hand down in the nasty drain and then take ev-erything apart under the sink. This was awful. I was about to start grumbling and scowling, but instead peered down into the murky sink and thought to myself, “You know what, most people in the history of mankind would have loved to have run-ning water in their house. I should be grate-ful I even have a sink to work on. There are people who pray every day to have chil-dren and I have two miracles playing in the next room. There are people just miles away sleeping outside tonight with nothing to eat for dinner. Just what exactly was it I was supposed to be angry about again? What is it I deserve?”

I took a deep breath and calmly went to get my tools. I had been working silently for about a half hour, tearing apart the drain under the sink and fi shing out handfuls of swollen, soggy beans, when my son came over. “Daddy what are you doing? Can I help?”

“Sure,” I said with a grateful smile. “You can help me get this cleaned up and put back together.”

My inquisitive boy had many ques-tions about the plumbing and why the beans had swelled up. Seeing my son’s in-terest, my daughter came over. We talked about how the drain worked, those crazy swelling beans, and why they made mom-my’s soup taste so delicious. We joked about how daddy gagged a little when he put his hand down the drain and, together, we got the mess cleaned up and the tools put away before bedtime.

What could have easily been me set-ting a poor example of complaining and frustration had instead turned into an ac-tually enjoyable experience with my kids. My wife returned home near the end of the cleanup to the sounds of laughter from the kitchen.

“Mommy can you believe these cra-zy beans were fi lling up the drain? There were hundreds of beans in there. I mean hundreds,” my daughter said with a giggle.

Smell the beans, have a grateful heart

With this in mind as we move into 2016, my plan is to try cherish every mo-ment, every meal with my family, every odd odor, every challenge, every clogged toilet, every giggle, every nasty sink full of dish-es, and every question from a curious child with a grateful heart. Everything I have is much more than I deserve and I have found there is little more powerful in addressing life’s troubles than a grateful heart.

Frustration and anger are cyclical — they just lead to more frustration and anger. Celebration, though, is also cyclical and it begins with the very simple (but not often easy) decision to employ a grateful heart, especially when we are most tempted to do the opposite.

The reason I bring this up is that ag-

riculture will likely be facing some pretty hard times in 2016 (much tougher than a clogged sink) and as a farm writer I will be delivering information that is not necessar-ily pleasant to read. In some cases, farms will be lost, budgets will be strained and lives will be permanently altered in the tough times ahead, but this is nothing new for agriculture.

Working with so many farmers through the years has helped teach me the power of a grateful heart, particularly during challenging situations. I have en-countered many farmers who relentless-ly celebrate what they have, even in the midst of some pretty rough patches. This perspective will not increase yields, im-prove production effi ciency or cover the land payment; it will do nothing to calm the potentially tumultuous winds of 2016. But I know generations of farm families who have clearly demonstrated that a grate-ful heart can certainly help to weather the storm.

(Matt Reese is the editor for Ohio’s Country Journal. For more from Reese, visit

By Ashley BrugnoneCMP Writer celder@thecmp.org

Still months from the start of the 2016 Civilian Marksmanship Program Junior Air Rifle Camps, planning and preparation are well underway at Camp Perry.

With some groups already collecting forms to sign-up before their favorite camp fills and others fundraising to pay for camp tuition, the CMP is also diligently at work – organizing new ways to make the camps even better for the growing number of enthusiastic participants.

“Registrations start pouring in from day one, and this continues until all the camps are full,” said Sommer Wood, CMP Summer Camp director. “Vera Snyder is the primary person at CMP processing these registra-tions, and she does an excellent job keeping track of the hundreds of people signing up for camps.”

The ever-expanding camps and clinics train high-school age (9-12 grade) junior shooters on intermediate and advanced air rifle marksmanship skills through various exercises and demonstrations. In the last decade, from 2006 to 2015, the camps have grown by 804 participants – an equivalent of 245 percent.

In 2015 alone, the camps catered to 820 junior athletes and 1,120 total participants (including adult leaders). Of those, 708

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Advanced clinics available this summerwere attending a CMP Junior Rifle Camp for the first time.

Remarkably, the camps have also shown an increase in diversity. The past 10 years have seen an escalation in female athletes participating in the camps, from 25 percent to 41.5 percent, with summer camp staff consistently at or over 50 percent female.

And there is still have room for growth in 2016, especially with an expanded num-ber of Outreach Clinics and Advanced Standing Camps for the 2016 season.

“The Outreach Clinics are shorter pro-grams compared to our weeklong camps, but they are by no means lesser in the qual-ity of instruction,” explained Wood. “The biggest difference between the two are the target systems used.”

Clinics are shot on paper targets, where-as the weeklong camps are shot on state-of-the-art electronic targets. The instruction is almost identical, with the majority of the week-long curriculum worked into the three-day clinic format.

The Advanced Standing Camps are designed to be a follow-up program for those who have attended one or more of the three-position camps or clinics. The camps elaborate in even more detail each individ-ual’s strengths and weaknesses to better the athletes for future competition.

“It is an intense camp, and we build on the material that we covered in the

three-position camp program.” Wood added. “It is an especially attractive camp to those athletes looking to make the jump to the college level.”

The campers are trained by qualified student athletes from the top NCAA rifle teams in the country – the majority of whom had participated in the camps them-selves as juniors. These camp counselors will lead the juniors in discussions and drills during the camp in small groups where they are able to give each participant personal attention.

The CMP is currently in the process of hiring counselors as well as finalizing the complicated logistics of transporting staff and mobile targets around the country for the 10 weeks of camps.

“It is a lot of work, but it is fun seeing the process come together, especially when the first camp starts and all the pieces have fallen into place,” said Wood.

Sommer Wood and Dan Durben are the chief instructors for the camp pro-grams, with over 20 years combined air rifle summer camp counseling experience between them – 13 years for Wood and 14 for Durben.

For a list of dates and more detailed camp information, visit the Junior Air Rifle Camps and Clinics page on the CMP web-site at http://thecmp.org/air/cmp-compe-tition-center-event-matches/junior-air-rifle-camps-and-clinics/.

Injunction on shooting rangedenied by courtBy Larry LimpfNews Editornews@presspublications.com

A shooting range operated by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company in Ottawa County isn’t enti-tled to statutory immunity from noise and safety nuisance claims, the Sixth District Court of Appeals has ruled. Michael and Holly Szuch, who own property adjacent to the fi ring range, had appealed a decision of the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas denying their request for a permanent injunction against FENOC. In their complaint, the Szuch’s sought monetary damages and an in-junction against FENOC, contending the company’s construction of the fi r-ing range, which is used for training of security personnel, failed to meet safety regulations and the range didn’t comply with regulations covering noise levels and operating hours. The appeals court upheld the low-er court decision in part and disagreed with other parts. “We… hold that the trial court’s fi nding that FENOC substantially com-plied with the safety rules is against the manifest weight of the evidence. It is undisputed that the backstop at the range is fi ve feet shorter than the guidelines recommend,” the appeals court wrote. However, the appeals court ruled in favor of FENOC and denied the Szuch’s request for an injunction. “First, we note that the diminu-tion of property value is remediable in law through damages and compensat-ed for in money. Thus, that injury is not irreparable. Furthermore, the harm is mitigated by the fact that appellants do not reside on the property…and FENOC only fi res once or twice a week during the week, and never on the weekends,” the appeals court ruled. It agreed with the trial court the continued operation of the range is in the public interest because it provides required training for security offi cers at a nuclear power plant. The Szuchs purchased the 62-acre parcel in November 2010. FENOC leases the property where the range is located. The range became operational in December 2012, accord-ing to court records. The matter was remanded to the common pleas court for further pro-ceedings on the Szuch’s claims for monetary compensation.

Fundraiser planned A spaghetti dinner fundrais-er to benefi t the Sandy Kelly-Irving Foundation will be held Saturday, March 5 from 1-6 p.m. at the Dunberger Post, 4925 Pickle Rd., Oregon. The event, co-sponsored by the St. Charles Cancer Team, will include spaghetti with meat or meatless sauce, salad, garlic bread sticks, dessert and a beverage for a donation of $7 for adults and $4 for children 4-10 years old. Kids 3 and younger eat free. Funds raised will be used to help the foundation’s mission to help wom-en fi ghting cancer with such items as gas cards, pajamas and other support-ive items.

Republican dinner The Ottawa County Republican Party is hosting a St. Patrick Dinner & Dance at the VFW Memorial Center, 251 W. Main St., Oak Harbor, on Saturday, March 12 from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $25 per adult and $10 per child 7-12. Children under 6 are free. Reservations are due by Friday, March 4. Dinner will include appetizers, corned beef and cabbage, baked chick-en, potatoes, vegetables and dessert. BYOB. The evening will also include an Irish beer tasting, 50/50 raffl es and music provided by Dream Work Entertainment. Proceeds go to the Ottawa County Republican Party. For tickets, call Pat Shookman at 419-797-4868 or Carolyn Adams at 419-202-2061.

FreshCountryAir by Matt Reese

Matt Reese’s children learned to “be happy with what they got.” Here they are at Ash Cave in Hocking County. (Photo by Kristin Reese)

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Funds for sanitary sewer project soughtBy Kelly J. KaczalaPress News Editorkkaczala@presspublications.com

Oregon is seeking $1.3 million from the Ohio EPA’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund for construction of the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation project. The project, done in four phases, will ensure structural integrity of the existing sewers and remove groundwater infi ltra-tion from the sewer collection system. The project is located in the Ketcham’s Farms and East Hollywood subdivisions. It is required by the city’s wastewater treat-ment plant’s NPDES permit. It consists of the rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer mainlines, laterals and manholes. The sew-ers were constructed in 1924 of vitrifi ed clay pipe. “This project is Phase 4,” said Public Service Director Paul Roman at a recent

council meeting. “It’s similar to the past three sanitary sewer projects we’ve per-formed. One’s ongoing right now in the Old Westmoreland area. We were planning to put $1 million into sewer rehab every year, and we have specifi c areas set, but once we got into it, the price was closer to $3 mil-lion per phase. So we asked to divide up this last sewer rehab area into three parts and we’ll do them within three years. The EPA is good with that.” Plans call for construction to begin in the summer, as required by the city’s per-mit, said Roman. Councilman Tim Zale asked if the project will help with drainage issues in the Jersey Road area, where homeowners “were getting an inordinate amount of wa-ter.” “For the most part, this is lining sani-tary sewers,” said Roman. “It involves re-moving I & I [infl ow and infi ltration]. These

sewers were installed in the 1920s. It does make the pipe structurally strong and gives a lot more life to it and removes I & I,” said Roman. Zale said there were property owners who had concerns about fl ooding on Jersey Road, near Woodville Road. Roman said the fl ooding was due to storm water issues, which was a bit differ-ent from the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project, though they are somewhat related. “When the drainage systems are not working, they rely on the old sanitary sew-er system. In this case, the storm sewer on Jersey is in place, it’s performing and do-ing its job for drainage. So it does help the sanitary sewer system. But this is the sani-tary sewer side, where we’re actually lin-ing the sanitary sewer, trying to keep water that would be traveling on the outside of the pipes going through joints. So it really helps sanitary sewers that are backing up.”

Health Dept. clinic The Ottawa County Health Depart-ment has released the clinic schedule for Feb. 29-March 4. Unless otherwise noted all clinics are at the Ottawa County Health Department, with ap-pointments available by calling 1-800-788-8803. Feb. 29: Immunization Clinic (in-cluding fl u/pneumonia shots), 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 1: Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinic, 12:45-4:30 p.m.; 60-Plus Clinic Elmore – Grace Evangelical Church, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 2: Family Planning Clinic, 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; 60-Plus Clinic Marblehead – Danbury Senior Center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m. March 3: Family Planning, Well Child and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic, 8 a.m.-noon. March 4: Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary) 3-4 p.m. For home health, call 419-734-6800.

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Fear, like an anchor, holds you back in life

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If you hold onto a heavy anchor, it will pull you underwater and drag you to the bottom. Fear is like an anchor. Holding onto fear has the same debilitating effect as holding onto an anchor. Where do your fears come from? You are born without fear. Fear is a learned or conditioned response. It grows from your experiences, or what you observe others go through. Fears are also based in uncertain-ty, doubt, or worry. Regardless of the source of your fear, fear is paralyzing. It impacts your behav-ior. Fear limits your success. This is be-cause you only fail when you give up, and fear causes you to give up. Fears are used as justifi cation for fail-ure. “I couldn’t do it because I was afraid,” is a common excuse. Fears are self-im-posed limitations which negatively impact your behavior. Fear also impacts your judgement. When you are afraid, you cannot see things clearly. All you are aware of is your fear along with your desire to do anything to prevent your fear from happening. Unfortunately, fear avoidance has the opposite effect of what you desired. You at-tract whatever you think about. Therefore, when you focus on your fears, you actually attract that which you are desperately seek-ing to avoid. By adjusting your behavior to accommodate your fears, you reinforce your fears. So rather than cutting free from your fears, you are creating more ties to them. It doesn’t matter what you are afraid of. The list of things people are afraid of includes the past, the future, criticism, fail-ure, change, discomfort, rejection, poverty,

loss, the unknown, loneliness, abandon-ment, etc., etc., etc. An effective way for dealing with your fears is to let go of them. Then you are free to direct your mind to focus on what you want. In order to do this you must start by accurately assessing exactly what you are afraid of. Fears are thoughts. You are responsi-ble for your thoughts. You have total con-trol of your thoughts. Consequently, you have total control of your fears. Cutting free from your fears requires changing your thoughts. You can start cutting free from the an-chor of fear by doing what you are afraid

to do and going where you are afraid to go. Take small steps and move forward slow-ly. If someone is afraid of climbing a lad-der, they would begin by just climbing up on one rung. After repeating this several times, they would then climb up to the sec-ond rung. Fears are dealt with one rung at a time. Regardless of your fear, you can begin the process of letting go of it right now. Even most worst case scenarios are cor-rectable. If you are afraid of poverty, there are numerous strategies to either make or save more money. If you are afraid of be-ing alone, you can get out and meet more people. If you are afraid of failure, you can always pick yourself up and keep going. You have been carrying your fears for so long that you accept them as a normal part of who you are. You don’t see them as the signifi cant impediment they are. What would you do, or what could you do, if you had no fear? How much more would you accomplish? What goals would you pursue? What would your life look like without any of the fears you now have? Answering these questions will make it clear how much your fears are holding you back. This revelation should motivate you to start cutting free from your fears. You can cut free from each fear you have.

NOW AVAILABLE: “Dare to Live Without Limits,” the book. Visit www.BryanGolden.com or your bookstore. Bryan is a management consultant, motivational speaker, author, and adjunct professor. E-mail Bryan at bryan@columnist.com or write him c/o this paper. 2015 Bryan Golden

A great idea To the editor: I was happy to read about the proposed dog park along Lemoyne Road in Lake Township. I hope development of the park will begin soon. I recently relocated to the area after several years in Central Florida. There, we enjoyed the use of several dog parks in the area. It was great to have a place where dogs and their owners could socialize and play. I found for the most part dog owners were friendly and took responsibility for their part in keeping the dog parks clean and safe. I encourage administrator Mark Hummer and the township trustees to move forward and seek private and corporate sponsor-ships for the park to become a reality.Laura Busson O’KornOregon Election policy The Press encourages responses to ar-ticles and opinions. In order to provide for fair comment, The Press will have the fol-lowing policy covering election letters to the editor: The last issue for letters regarding the March 15 primary election will be the sec-ond issue (March 7) before the election. No letters will be published in the issue im-mediately prior (March 14) to the election except for letters limited to direct rebuttal of election-related matters appearing in the March 7 paper. No new political information can be introduced in the issue immediately before the election. This is to prevent inaccuracies without a fair chance for correction. Letters are limited to ballot issues. The Press does not print letters about candi-dates’ races. Letters should be no more than 300 words and include a phone number and ad-dress for verifi cation purposes. No anony-mous letters will be printed. The deadline is Wednesday, Noon. Send to The Editor, c/o The Press, Box 169, Millbury, OH 43447 or e-mail to news@presspublications.com.

By LeeAnn Hall Have you ever picked up your phone to fi nd an aggressive voice on the other end demanding payments on a debt you know nothing about? You’re far from alone. Once you’re in the sights of a debt col-lector, the impact on your life can be dev-astating: Your wages can be garnished and your credit ruined. You might lose your driver’s license, or even your job. And it could happen over a debt you don’t even owe. In a recent analysis of 75,000 com-plaints about debt collection practices submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — just a sample of the total number — this was the most common complaint by far. Over 40 percent of peo-ple being harassed by collectors said they didn’t owe the debt in the fi rst place. Other complaints charged that the col-lectors made false statements or threats to coerce people to pay. The government created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — or CFPB — to address abusive fi nancial practices after the 2008 fi nancial crash. This year, the bu-reau is considering strengthening rules to protect consumers from deceptive and ag-gressive collection practices. Abusive collection tactics impact peo-ple with all kinds of debt — including cred-it card debt, medical debt, payday loans, student loans, mortgages, and automobile loans. Collectors often strike when people are most vulnerable, such as when they’re

recovering from illness or desperately seek-ing work. They aggressively target the poor, immigrants, and people of color. About 77 million people — or 35 per-cent of adults in the United States with a credit fi le — have a report of debt in collec-tions. That alone makes a compelling case for the bureau to crack down on abusive tactics. When my organization, the Alliance for a Just Society, analyzed the complaints for our new report — Unfair, Deceptive, & Abusive: Debt Collectors Profi t from Aggressive Tactics — we tallied the com-plaints in the database and built a list of the 15 companies with the most complaints. The list is topped by heavy-hitting debt buyers like Encore Capital Group and PRA Group, whose business models hinge on buying portfolios of consumer debts for pennies on the dollar and then wringing payments out of alleged debtors. Both of these companies more than doubled their profi ts from 2010 to 2014. Major student loan servicer Navient (formerly Sallie Mae) also makes the top 15 list for complaints about its debt collection tactics.

But it’s particularly worth noting that six out of the top 15 offenders on this list are original creditors, not third-party col-lectors. They include Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Synchrony Financial (the largest issuer of private label credit cards). This is important, because the primary protection most consumers have against unfair collection tactics — the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act — applies only to third parties, not original creditors. This is a troubling double standard. The new rules must also to apply to the original creditors — including payday lenders, credit card companies, and big banks — along with third-party collectors and debt buyers. The rules should limit phone calls to prevent harassment and require collectors to have complete documentation before at-tempting to collect. The rules should pro-hibit selling, purchasing, and attempting to collect old, paid, or expired “zombie” debt. Finally, the bureau should toughen the penalties for collectors breaking the rules. Living with debt isn’t a personal fail-ing — it’s a national crisis. The bureau needs to stand up for everyday people and put a stop to abusive collection tactics.

LeeAnn Hall is the executive director of Alliance for a Just Society, a nation-al research, policy, and organizing net-work working for economic, racial, and social justice. AllianceForAJustSociety.org.Distributed by OtherWords.org.

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Vanessa MockMillbury

“Bruno Mars, ‘Just The Way You Are’ because I love his music and that song makes me think about my daughter.”

Michael YoungToledo

“‘No Chains On Me’ by Chris Tom-lin because my big brother Jack got me hooked on that song. We were going to the movies and he played it on the radio and it’s been my favorite song since!”

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“‘Great White Buffalo” by Ted Nugent. Takes me back to my high school days. Plus I’m a big Nugent fan. My dog’s name is Gonzo!”

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“Justin Bieber, ‘Where Are You Now’ because I like the beat of it and I don’t think I’d get sick of it.”

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“Don Williams song ‘I Believe In You.’ It was my mothers favorite song and I’ve always loved it too. It’s got a great message.”

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Local group looking to take history on the road History in a Box is coming to a place near you. This new program presented by the Oregon Jerusalem Historical Society is in-tended to bring local artifacts and their sto-ries out from the walls of Brandville School and into the community. Connie Isbell, president, said the new program is patterned after Museum in a Box, a learning initiative created by Ohio History Connection which targets elemen-tary and middle school students. Isbell gave her fi rst History in a Box presentation last fall to Robin Sneed’s fourth grade gifted class. She was attired as an early 1800s schoolmarm. She wore a period hoop dress and shared such artifacts as a slate blackboard, McGuffey Readers, a kerosene lamp, an old-fashioned soup jug and an ink pen and dried up bottle of ink. “They were so enthused. I expected to be there 20 minutes and I was there well over an hour,” she said. The students were allowed to touch the items and ask questions. One student asked how the pen worked. When she said it didn’t because the ink in the bottle was dried, the students found a way to reacti-vate it. The students will continue to study lo-cal history throughout the year. Their class project is to raise funds to place an histori-cal marker at Brandville School. Isbell, as well as the society’s board,

would like to expand the program for stu-dents. “It’s a way to let them get a taste of history,” she said. It also would generate interest in the Brandville museum, home to many artifacts including Gilbert Gaul’s famous 1893 painting Battery H 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery in Action at Cold Harbor. The Toledo Museum of Art bor-rowed the 10-by-six-foot oil painting last year to use as its centerpiece in an exhibit

commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The museum has an extensive collec-tion of military memorabilia including the 1837 pistol owned by Peter Navarre, the famous War of 1812 scout, General George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Calvary fl ag, and a World War I cannon presented to former Toledo mayor Brand Whitlock for his ser-vice as ambassador to Belgium. There are also numerous ceremoni-al swords and rifl es. While none of these would be appropriate to bring into a school, the society could compile an impressive History in a Box for the Civil War, World War I or World War II. For instance, a WWI box could include a complete soldier’s uniform, gas mask, mess kit, helmet, a fl ag with 36 stars and trench art. The trench art features intricate engraving on an artillery shell memorial-izes the Battle of Soisson, a successful ef-fort by the French and American forces to eliminate a threat to Paris. WWI was most-ly fought in the trenches and during the lull between skirmishes, soldiers amused themselves by painting, etching and sculpt-ing spent shells into artwork. A military History in a Box may not be appropriate for a fourth grader, however, Isbell hopes to have presentations ready for high school students, libraries and commu-nity groups. A more age-appropriate box for elemen-

tary students might be featuring Metzger’s Corner General Store, which has been rec-reated on the Brandville site. Items could include a washboard and a hand-ringer, a rotary phone, a milk bottle from Page Dairy and a mortar and pestle. Products could in-clude Swan Soap, Stemma Coffee and the original Buckeye Beer. Isbell says each box needs to meet the state’s core requirements for curriculum for each age group. That should not be a prob-lem as the society has many retired teach-ers among its members. What it doesn’t have at this time are volunteers who are willing to turn that History in a Box into a captivating presentation for children, or maybe even adults. She encourages former teachers or any-one comfortable talking in front of a group to call her for more information. It doesn’t take much, Isbell added. She spent three years as a docent in a Florida antebellum home and says, “If you go dressed in period costume, everyone thinks you’re so smart,” she said with a laugh. As long as you learn your material, anyone can be comfortable. It’s sometimes the artifact itself that tells the story. If interested in a presentation, or to volunteer, call Connie Isbell at 419-693-2956.

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By Tammy WalroPress Staff Writertwalro@presspublications.com Throughout the year, The Press show-cases news from the area schools we cov-er– details about new technology or educa-tional programs; “student stars” stepping up to help the community or achieving ex-cellence in academics, the arts and athlet-ics; accolades; new building construction and much more. We can offer just an at-a-glance over-view of highlights from 2015 from area schools. Superintendents and school lead-ers encourage residents of their districts as well as members of other communities to visit their websites to keep up with district happenings all year long.

Cardinal Stritchwww.katerischools.org

• Kevin Parkins was named the new Principal for the 2015-2016 school year. The Maumee native, who had been with the school since 2010, had been the Vice President of Advancement.

• STEMM (science, technology, en-gineering, math and medicine) teach-ers at Cardinal Stritch began using a fl ipped-classroom concept when school is canceled or a teacher is absent. Teachers re-cord in-class lessons and post them online for students to watch later. Some teachers took the idea a step further and now record lessons ahead of time so students can learn the day’s lessons on snow days or when there is a substitute teacher.

• On Sept. 29, Rev. Eric Schild, President of St. Kateri Catholic Schools and pastor at St. Jerome Catholic Church, received the 2015 Leadership Award at the annual 20 Under 40 award ceremonies. He was among 148 people nominated for the award.

• In November, St. Kateri schools wel-comed school therapy dog Violet, a 2-year-old Chocolate Labrador Retriever.

• The STEMM Initiative acquired a 3D printer.

• In September, three Kateri students traveled to see Pope Francis during his trip to the United States.

• Stritch student John Smith III and other members of his Youth Leadership Toledo group gained national attention for their invention: Texting BANd. It was en-tered in a nationwide contest through State Farm.

Northwood Schoolswww.northwoodschools.org Construction is under way on Northwood Schools’ new school complex, which is being built on the school campus just north of the current high school. A groundbreaking was held Oct. 2 . Northwood citizens passed a levy in May 2014 to help fi nance the new PK-12 school. The project is being co-funded by the State of Ohio which is providing 40 percent of the necessary funding. To date, transitional student parking, a new bus maintenance garage and the

majority of excavation for the new school have been completed. “We are on schedule to begin founda-tions and walls of the new school as soon as the weather breaks this spring and are on schedule to open the new school at the start of the 2017-2018 school year,” said Superintendent Greg Clark. Progress updates, photos and draw-ings are available on the school website.

Oregon City Schoolswww.oregoncityschools.org The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators selected Coy Elementary as a 2015 Hall of Fame School. The award recognizes schools that go above and beyond the call of duty to get students, teachers, and community mem-bers excited about education. The district also: • Started STEM Lego League clubs at each school using money donated for STEM from BP/Husky. • Began Standards-Based Grading in grades K-2, establishing a new higher standard for quality grading and reporting progress of students. • Painted Clay Memorial Stadium and sided all concession buildings using dona-tions from the public and permanent im-provement money. • Replaced all exterior parking lot lights with LED lighting, allowing for a 66 percent reduction in lighting costs. • Purchased and mounted cameras on all school buses. • Upgraded and increased the number

of cameras for enhanced surveillance and monitoring. • Reinforced windows and doors at entry ways of schools with bullet-proof fi lm funded by grant money. • The Oregon Schools Foundation re-established its Strategic Plan and is working to raise private funds to supple-ment activities in the arts, academics and athletics on behalf of Oregon Schools. • Eisenhower Intermediate School held its fi rst annual “Muddy Eagle” mud run raising money for veterans. Fassett Junior High’s “Volley for the Cure” volley-ball game raised money supporting breast cancer, and Clay High School raised $9,000 in under a week for a student who needs a kidney transplant.

Toledo Public Schoolswww.tps.orgBirmingham Elementary

• Enough iPads were purchased so all teaching staff are able to utilize them in the classroom.

• Staff members donated items and made baskets to raffl e to raise funds for a Washington, D.C. trip for several eighth-graders.

• Staff members arranged for students to hear from representatives of TPS Career Tech programs like the Aviation Center and the Natural Technology Science Center, and from the Public Education Offi ce for the Toledo Fire and Rescue Division

• The school counselor started her fi fth 10-week afterschool self-esteem group called Blooming Beauties for the fourth-

grade girls.Raymer Elementary:• Students get to eat different fruits

and vegetables several times a week, thanks to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.

• Every morning, students walk in the gymnasium and are rewarded with in-centives for every fi ve miles they walk as part of the school’s 100 Mile Walking Club (They must eat breakfast fi rst in order to participate).

• Every Thursday, students in grades 5-8 participate in the After School Fitness Club, engaging in different physical activ-ities to build fi tness and team sportsman-ship

• A Reading is Spooktacular day was held with author Paul Orshoski on Oct. 27, with both day and evening activities cen-tered around reading

Waite High School• Students, staff, alumni, and mem-

bers of the East Toledo community gath-ered May 21, 2015 for the 100th Annual Memorial Day observance at Waite. The centennial event, planned by Student Council, honored Waite’s sons and daugh-ters killed in wartime. The community also paid tribute to their families, and their brothers and sisters in arms who have re-turned.

• Graduates from the class of 2015 were awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships.

Penta Career Centerwww.pentacareercenter.org

• Penta celebrated its 50th anniversa-ry in 2015. The school has served the ca-reer-technical training needs of more than 30,000 people in the community since 1965.

• In 2015, high school stu-dents in Advanced Manufacturing, Sophomore Exploratory Manufacturing & Transportation and Information Technologies programs had the opportuni-ty to use production robots and simulators as part of their career-technical training. In the future, adult students will use the equipment to gain valuable industry expe-rience in robotics and engineering in areas such as CNC, welding and maintenance technician. RAMTEC is funded through a $1.5 million grant that Penta received in 2014 from Ohio’s Straight A Fund.

• Students from the Construction Carpentry, Masonry, Electricity, Heating & Air Conditioning Technology, Construction Trades, and Construction Concepts pro-grams at Penta, spent the 2014/2015 school year building a 1,200 square foot ranch-style home in Rossford for the Coronado family. The project was a joint effort be-tween Penta and Wood County Habitat for Humanity.

• In July, Penta Career Center Adult & Continuing Education launched the Adult Diploma program, which helps adults age 22 and over with the opportunity to earn their high school diploma through grant funded job training programs at Penta. Since the program began, Penta has served 97 adults.

Schools enjoy successes in 2015; look ahead to 2016

Sec-ond-grad-ers lined up to meet Violet, the therapy dog that joined the staff at St. Kateri Catholic Schools in November. (Submitted photo)

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Lake High School students will pres-ent the spring musical, “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” March 3, 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. in the school auditorium. The full version of this musical has just been released for amateur produc-tion, and Lake High School will be the fi rst school in our area to mount a production. The part of Ariel will be played by Chloe Huston, and Prince Eric will be played by Marty Pennington. Other cast members in-clude Alyx Fisher as Scuttle, Parker Lake as Sebastian, Eli Guyton as Flounder, and Angie Colmenero as Ursula. The other characters and sea creatures will be played by students from Lake Elementary, Middle School, and High School. Tickets, available at the door, are $6 for students 18 and under and seniors 60 and over, and $8 for all other adults. For info, call 419-661-3000, ext. 3832 or visiting www.lakeschools.org, where tickets can also be reserved.

“Into the Woods” Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School and St. Kateri Catholic Academy will present, “Into the Woods,” March 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. in the Eisenhower Intermediate School auditori-um, 331 S. North Curtice Rd., Oregon. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors 62 and older. Visit www.katerischools.org for info.

St. Kateri open house St. Kateri Catholic Academy will hold its annual Open House Sunday, March 6 from noon-3 p.m. The event allows potential students and parents to tour the school, see the ame-nities and talk with teachers and adminis-trators. Enter through the athletic hallway, which is the entrance nearest to Coy Road. Tours will begin after each parent and stu-dent signs in. For info, call Kelly Latz at 419-693-0465, ext. 238.

Free Pops Concert Owens Community College Concert Band will present a free Pops Concert Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m. in the Center for Fine & Performing Arts Theater on the Perrysburg Township. The program will feature a variety of music including marches, a saxophone solo, a St. Patrick’s Day medley and more. Free refreshments will be served in the lobby following the concert. The facility is wheelchair-accessible. Call 567-661-7081.

Small Business Basics The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College offers free, two-hour “Small Business Basics” seminars designed to answer ques-tions about starting, buying or expanding a small business. The March schedule is: • March 2 – 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ottawa County Improvement Corporation (confer-ence room), 8043 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor. • March 23 – 4:30-6:30 p.m., Terra State Community College (Building A, Room 312), 2830 Napoleon Road, Fremont. To register or for more info, call Bill Auxter at 419-559-2210 or email bauxter@terra.edu.

Lake Drama students to present “The Little Mermaid”

Cornhole tournament Solomon Lutheran School, Woodville, will hold a cornhole tournament Saturday, March 12 noon-4 p.m. Registration is $30 per team of two, which includes food. Admission for spectators is $10 which includes food. The tourney will feature adult and children’s fun brackets. Winners of the adult bracket will re-ceive a set of custom-designed cornhole boards. Register online at solomonelemen-tary.com.

“Music Man” Eastwood High School thespians will present “The Music Man,” March 18-20 at the high school, 4900 Sugar Ridge Rd., Pemberville. Jacob McNulty will portray Professor Harold Hill, and Abby Dobson is cast as Marian. High school students, along with 25 middle and elementary school students from Eastwood make up the rest of the cast. Lesley Myers is the director, Brian Myers is orchestra director and Eastwood alumna Kelsey Hilt is choreographer. New this year, the program has purchased a pro-jector to change background scenes. For more information about the musi-cal, visit www.ehsmusical.com.

Genoa Career Day Genoa High School’s third annual Career Day will be held Thursday, March 17 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sponsored by the Genoa Academic Committee and Riverside Machine, the event allows students to explore various career opportunities through casual inter-action with professionals from numerous fi elds and backgrounds. In the past, some students scheduled shadowing opportuni-ties at the event. Organizers expect more than 100 pro-fessionals to be on hand. New this year, stu-

dents from Woodmore High School will be attending Career Day. To volunteer or learn more, call Jennifer Marquardt, G.A.C. vice president, at 419-467-0794 or Genoa Principal Cari Buehler at 419-855-7741.

Encore performance Rossford High School Club will pres-ent a one-night only encore performance of “The Boys Next Door” to help raise funds to defray costs of performing at the Ohio Educational Theater Association Conference in Dublin, Ohio. The performance will be held Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school, 701 Superior St. Tickets are $10, general admis-sion.

EMT classes starting Vanguard Career Services Adult Public Safety program is offering EMT classes thatincludes: • March 17: Fremont, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • March 24: Fremont, 6-10 p.m. • April 13, Tiffi n, 6-10 p.m. To register, call 419-334-6901, ext. 2731 or 2732.

Election forum set Students in the government classes at Northwood High School will host an infor-mative evening for voters before the Ohio Primary Election. The event, which will be held Monday, March 14 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the NHS caf-eteria, will offer details about the primary/caucus system and voting procedures, ex-planation of the nomination process and national conventions, and bios on candi-dates and their stances on major issues. College Credit Plus info Last week, Gov. John Kasich released

his 2016 Mid-Biennium Review, which in-cluded efforts to make college more afford-able in the state. Terra State Community College president Dr. Jerome Webster ex-pressed his full support of the governor’s ideas. In the report, Kasich outlined ways to strengthen pathways to a low-cost degree, to help universities drive down costs, to address student debt, and to offer low-tu-ition opportunities through the Midwest Student Exchange program. Terra State has already adopted some of the initiatives in the report, including a successful College Credit Plus program for seventh- through 12th-graders. There is still time to participate in the College Credit Plus program for 2016-2017. An informational session will be held March 15 at 6 p.m. in Building B, Room 101. Visit www.terra.edu for info.

ABLE classes The Vanguard-Sentinel Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) program offers free ABLE classes to help adults im-prove their reading, math, or writing skills, to prepare for the GED test, and to get ready for college or an adult certifi cate training program. Students enrolling into the ABLE class-es and meeting eligibility requirements will be able to take a free Offi cial GED Practice Test to assess GED test readiness. Orientation is required before enroll-ment into classes. Attend orientation to set goals, complete placement testing, and de-velop an individualized learning plan. Orientation classes will be offered March 23 and 24 at 9 p.m. at the Ottawa County Resource Centre in Oak Harbor (419-960-2025) and March 23 and 24 at 5 p.m. at the Ida Rupp Library in Port Clinton (419-960-2025). Call to register.

WSOS Preschool WSOS Head Start and Early Childhood Education programs are providing free pre-school to area families with children ages 3-5. Center-based preschool program open-ings are now available for children in Wood, Sandusky, Ottawa, Seneca and Lucas coun-ties at no cost to families at or below 200 percent of Federal Poverty Guidelines. Children with disabilities are welcome. While eligibility is income-based, any interested family is encouraged to apply, as WSOS will assess each family’s need on a case-by-case basis. For enrollment, parents will be asked to provide their child’s birth certifi cate, immunization record, and medi-cal insurance information, as well as Social Security numbers for all in the household and 12-months income verifi cation (such as W-2 forms and other income such as child support). Contacting Julie Oliver at 419-333-6039 or jaoliver@wsos.org for info. Applications are available online at www.wsos.org/pro-grams.php.

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More than 100 career professionals from numerous fi elds and backgrounds will be on hand to talk to students at the Genoa High School’s Third Annual Career Day March 17. This year, Woodmore students will be attending the event too. (Submitted photo)

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A childless baker and his wife try to lift an evil witch’s curse and encounter Rapunzel, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding Hood and others.

A student representing Fassett Junior High School recently received a perfect score in the fi rst of three meets for this year’s WordMasters Challenge – a national vocab-ulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually. Seventh-grader Dominic Maletic, competing in the Gold Division of the WordMasters Challenge, earned a per-fect score of 20 in the recent meet. Gifted Intervention Specialist Leigh Ann Kesling coached students for the challenge, an exercise in critical thinking that fi rst en-courages students to be-come familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies ex-pressing various kinds of logical relation-ships. WordMasters Challenge materials have been specifi cally created for younger stu-dents in grades three through eight. Kesling noted that working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analyti-cally and metaphorically.

Penta students earn 1st place Four Penta Career Center Culinary Arts students earned fi rst-place honors in the restaurant management category at the 2016 Gordon Food Service Ohio ProStart Invitational Feb. 14 in Columbus. The team included Nichole McDonald (Oak Harbor), Brooke Pennell (Woodmore), Abbey Goupill (Lake) and Samantha DeSelms (Bowling Green). They earned fi rst place for presenting a new restaurant concept in which they developed a food service operation called “Sky Dining” for an observation wheel on the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Janea Makowski, Penta culinary instructor, prepared the stu-dents for the competition. The students earned scholarship of-fers from numerous culinary colleges and will represent Ohio at the National ProStart Invitational in Dallas, Texas April 29-May 1. ProStart is a nationwide, two-year pro-gram for high school students that provides real-world educational opportunities and builds practical skills.

OMEA honors Fifteen Genoa Middle School stu-dents represented Genoa MS at the recent Ohio Music Education Association District 2 Honors Festival held Feb. 6 in Tiffi n.. Chosen to participate in the festival choir were Christopher Bryston, Jayden Cherry, Damyon Cruz, Morgan Goodrich, Nick Gragg-Fincher, Adeline Linker, Alyssa Mullins, Mario Sanchez, Morgan Tabbert and Lydia White. Students chosen to participate in the festival band included Sydney Kusian (clar-inet), Zach Harper (bari saxophone), Emma Lau (trombone) Sam Beach (baritone) and Nolan Weaver (percussion).

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Every day in the classroom brings sweet rewards for Starr Elementary teacher Pat Price, but Feb. 9 was especially wonderful as representatives from Toft Dairy and Rick and Mary Beth from 101.5 The River visited her fourth-grade classroom to honor Price as Teacher of the Month. Price received a certifi cate an ice cream party for her class, a Tilly the Cow bobble head and free ice cream coupons, compliments of Toft Dairy. In addition, she will receive a gift certifi cate from ABC Center, and compliments of Imagination Station, a membership for the teacher and passes for each student. Price, who has been teaching at Starr Elementary for 21 years, was nominated by a student’s parents. The nominator wrote, “Mrs. Price is that teacher that students will remember the rest of their lives. While she is by no means an easy teacher, she challenges her students to be their best in everything they do and she rewards positive behavior consistently. Her work day does not end at normal hours. She is almost always there beyond hours, on holidays, and over the summer

Top photo, the team of Rick and Mary Beth of 101.5 The River were on hand to honor Mrs. Pat Price as teacher of the Month. Bottom photo, Brooklynn Smith, Kross Kerschner, Ava Garcia and classmates enjoy ice cream provided by Toft Dairy. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)

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Academic honors: University of Akron: Maddison Grimes, Jacob Larue, Hannah Novak, of Oregon; Morgan Mosiniak, of Curtice; John Lako, of Genoa; Mary Greggila, of Oak Harbor; Samantha Steagall, of Pemberville. Ashland University: Shannon O’Connor, Alexandria Sandwisch, of Elmore; Tyler Sievert, Rebecca Florio, of Graytown: Natasha Kirkbride, of Pemberville. Baldwin Wallace University: Shelton Evans, of Oregon. Capital University: Olivia Czeczele, of Elmore; Benjamin Jensen, of Millbury; Samantha Ottney, of Woodville. The Citadel: Carly Cannon, of Oregon. Defi ance College: Morgan Connor, Curtice; Amber Moomey, Graytown; Haley Kuhlman and James DeMeo, Oregon. University of Findlay: Rachel Nelson, Joshua Pennington, Staci Sherman Michael Weidmann, of Oregon; Clay Parlette, Serena Parlette, of Curtice; Anthony Cecil, Kelsey Jimison, of Elmore; Molly Burkett, Kelsey Nevius, of Gibsonburg; Brittany Brown, of Luckey; Karis Dewalt, of Oak Harbor; Laura Luckey, of Woodville. Kent State:. Sophia Schwind, of Toledo; Emily Walls, Megan Upham, Emily Hook, Mackenzie Wells, Ann Klewer, Logan Chancey, Kara Simon, Jared Miller, Katherine Siebenaller, Megan Ladd, of Oregon; Alyse Rohloff, of Northwood; Amanda Hetrick, Cheyenne Heggie, Whitney Rutledge, of Oak Harbor; Hannah Ward, Isaiah Conkle, of Pemberville; Natalie Davis, Karli Hollister, of Woodville. Miami University: Nathan Beckman, Rachel Troute, of Oregon;. Jacob Eishen of Lindsey, Kari Kruse of Woodville. Trine University: Ethan Kirkman, of Oregon; Hunter Johnson, of Millbury; Brian Alexander, of Woodville; Aaron Titkemeier, of Luckey. University of Mount Union: Kristen Kayser, of Oregon.

Graduates: Baldwin Wallace University: James Huss, of Oregon.University of Findlay: Kelly Keiser, Staci Sherman, of Oregon; Ryan Straube, of Oak Harbor; Kaitlyn Scheid, of Pemberville.Kent State: Sara Petersen, of Curtice; Jenson Strock, of Walbridge.University of Mount Union: Kristen Kayser, of Oregon.

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working to provide the most positive learning environment for her students. In addition, she and her husband, Don (who provides wonderful support to her calling as a teacher) can often be found at a student’s soccer game or sporting event or any event. “Mrs. Price will be retiring after this year. She will be greatly missed at Starr School. As a parent, it is hard to allow someone to have so much time and infl uence over your children during the school day, but we feel incredibly blessed that all 5 of our children have had the privilege of being taught by Mrs. Pat Price. They are all high achieving, all A students and we know that Mrs. Price has played a very important and special role in helping them learn to be successful in and out of school.” The full version of this nomination is located below.” Toft’s, based in Sandusky, and Rick and Mary Beth from 101.5 The River have been honoring local teachers in the Teacher of the Month program for more than 12 years.

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Clay senior Zach Brown has been wrestling all season like he’s making up for lost time.

Brown, who competes at 170 pounds for coach Ralph Cubberly’s Eagles, won 24 matches as a sophomore and placed third at the Three Rivers Athletic Conference tournament before earning a sectional title at 145 pounds.

Then, inexplicably, he chose not to wrestle last season and instead concen-trated on winter baseball conditioning and camps. Brown plays fi rst base and third base on Clay’s baseball team.

“Baseball has always been a huge part of my life,” Brown said. “Last year there were a lot of winter (baseball) workouts and I had something every weekend. For my summer baseball team, I would drive to Cleveland every weekend and they would bring in the Indians’ hitting coach to get us ready for spring season and summer sea-son. I think it helped me a whole lot, es-pecially learning from the Indians’ coach.”

Wrestling, however, was still in Brown’s DNA, and he realized he only had one season remaining to compete on the mat. He jumped at the chance to rejoin the Eagles’ squad in 2015-16.

“I regret it a lot,” Brown said of not wrestling last year. “I missed it. I missed the grind, working hard for something, and I missed winning the matches. One of the best feelings is winning a tournament. I missed that feeling and the hard work pay-ing off. I just missed it a whole lot and felt I needed to get back in the (wrestling) room.”

Cubberly, whose Eagles easily defend-ed their TRAC championship two weeks ago and won the Division I sectional title last Saturday at Clay, said that going into the season he hoped Brown would win a TRAC title and advance to the district tour-nament.

“His performance over the last few weeks has made me increase my expecta-tions,” Cubberly said. “I believe Zach could be a state placer if he wrestles to his capa-bilities. Zach is very intense and is a men-tally strong wrestler who excels at all three areas of the sport. He is tough on his feet, is very diffi cult to hold down and is a ham-mer on the top. I believe he’s peaking at the perfect time, and his improvements have been tremendous.”

Brown said his strength on the mat is getting off the bottom.

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Clay wrestler Zach Brown on his way to winning a Three Rivers Athletic Conference title. (Press photo by Rich Wagner)

that,” he said. “It’s a mental thing on the bottom. If you want to get out, you’re going to get out. You just have to want to.”

Brown ran his season record to 37-10 at sectionals. He destroyed Springfi eld’s Garrett Raney with a 16-0 technical fall in the championship match.

The 6-foot Brown placed fourth at 182 pounds at Clay’s fi rst event of the season, at the Solon Invitational. Brown weighed 190 pounds when he started to wrestle again.

“I was working out all the time,” he said. “Once I started to get in the room and working and sweating everything off, I was getting down to 180. Then me and (junior teammate) Hunter McNutt decided while he was having a hard time making 170, I was very light for 182. I was weighing in at 178. I said to Hunter, ‘why don’t we switch’ and it ended up working out a whole lot better.”

Brown knows he can’t turn back time and get his junior year of wrestling back, so

all season he’s been trying to, in his words, “put two years into one and make it up.” He and his practice partner, Lorenzo LeVally make sure they push each other hard every day, and their goals are one in the same.

“I want to place at the state tourna-

ment,” said Brown, who has a 3.0 GPA. “People remember who places at the state tournament, not where you placed at other tournaments. It’s my senior year and I have to make up for what I missed. I defi nitely have my coaches behind me.”

Wrestling is in Brown’s teammates’ DNA, too, as Clay produced seven section-al champions — Mike Handy (106, 35-10), Nick Henneman (113, 39-6), Alex Szigeti (126, 35-10), Garret Anderson (132, 32-14), Calixtro Mondragon (138, 35-12), Matt Stencel (220, 38-0), and Nick Daly (285, 32-12). Stencel, who is working to win a sec-ond straight state championship, pinned St. John’s Branden Jackson in 2:54.

Finishing as runner-up for the Eagles and advancing was Lorenzo LeValley (160, 32-13). Placing third was Kyle Maville (113, 30-13) and Troy Murphy (152, 23-16), Kyle Miller (145, 22-16) and Mike Nottage (195, 15-16) were fourth.

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Olivia Rollins, a 5-foot-9 utility play-er from Oak Harbor, will play softball at Owens Community College next year.

“Olivia is a tall slapper,” said Owens Community College coach Marcus Smith. “She has a good stick, huge potential and a lot of speed.”

Rollins is a two-time second team All-Sandusky Bay Conference selection and she was named an Underclassmen All-Ohio All-Star under the direction of coach Chris Rawski.

Oak Harbor’s Olivia Rollins to play softball at OwensAs a junior, Rollins hit .357 with 22

RBIs, 13 runs and six stolen bases while leading Oak Harbor to a 16-11 record and a district fi nals appearance, which marked the best season in program history. She had the game-winning RBI in the top of the seventh in a postseason win over Upper Sandusky. Following the season, she earned second team Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press honors.

As a sophomore, Rollins led Oak Harbor in stolen bases with 18, while hit-ting .433 as a second baseman. She helped lead her team to a district semifi nal ap-pearance and was named fi rst team All-Press.

Rollins is also a member of the bas-ketball team at Oak Harbor, where she has helped lead Oak Harbor to a league title and a Division II AP No. 2 ranking so far as a senior.

Rollins becomes the 13th mem-ber of next year’s recruiting class. She will join Eastwood third baseman Alexa Schmeltz at Owens next year.

The Owens softball team, which cap-tured Ohio Community College Athletic Conference and Region XII champion-ships last year en route to a National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament appearance, will open its 2016 season March 4-13 in Florida.

They are scheduled to play 20 games dur-ing the trip.

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Sixth-year Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio doesn’t need to tell anyone what senior guard Haley Pickard has meant to the Comets’ program over the past four years.

Pickard’s season and career statistics do that for her.

Pickard, the Northern Buckeye Conference Player of the Year, is averaging 16.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.9 steals and 3.7 assists a game for the Comets (20-3), who went 14-0 in the NBC to take the confer-ence crown. She has a school-record 443 career steals and has played in 64 winning games in four seasons.

Pickard moved into fourth place on the school’s career scoring list; she cur-rently has 1,344 points and is one of eight 1,000-point scorers in girls basketball at Genoa.

Pickard is the fi rst Genoa girl to earn the POY award in basketball since senior Simone Eli won in 2008-09.

“She’s played in 95 straight games for me and started in every one of those games, even as a freshman,” DeStazio said. “She just plays every minute like it’s her last minute. It doesn’t matter the score, she plays super hard. You look at player of the year, not only is she a big part that we went

14-0 but she led the league in scoring and rebounding — and she’s 5-foot-5. She’s just a kid who’s very aggressive rebounding, very quick to the ball and reads the shot.” Last week, Pickard’s Comets got their 20th win against two losses by defeat-

Genoa senior guard Haley Pickard sets up the offense. (Press photo by Russ Lytle/Facebook.com/RussLytle/RHP)

ing Elmwood, 53-35, to win a Division III sectional championship at Springfi eld. Thursday, they lost in district play to Evergreen, 49-32. Pickard said her parents, Sue and Mike, always told her that “you have to rebound

if you want to get points.” Obviously, she was listening.

“Everyone needs to rebound,” Pickard said. “You need to rebound to win games. Sometimes I play in the post, but some-times I feel like I have to rebound. I’ve fo-cused on rebounding a lot more this year.”

Stealing the ball has been Pickard’s specialty over the past four years. She is tied with Fayetteville’s Becky Holden (1994-97) for 19th place on Ohio’s all-time list. She was also named the Division III District 7 Player of the Year and is an al-ternate for the North-South All-Star Game game for D-III/D-IV.

“That is a very big honor,” DeStazio said, “because only the top 20 girls in the state play against each other in that game.”

Pickard said she learned of her con-ference POY award on Feb. 11, before the Comets’ game against Lake.

“I was really surprised,” she said. “I didn’t say much because I didn’t know what to say. I’m not a big talker. They (teammates) all came up to me and congratulated me. I worked really hard in the offseason. Being on varsity for four years, it gave me a lot of experience and I knew what I was playing against and I worked on the things I needed to work on. I always had a goal to get this award, but it wasn’t my main focus.”

Pickard said her most memorable mo-ment in high school to date was when she surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring mark on Nov. 24 in the second half against Oak Harbor.

“Not many people get 1,000 points and it was a big accomplishment, something I’ve always wanted to do,” said Pickard, who shot 51 percent from two-point range and 69 percent from the free throw line this season.

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Corey Slovak didn’t exactly walk into an ideal situation when he took over as head coach of Clay’s girls’ basketball pro-gram in the fall of 2012.

The Eagles fi nished with a 1-20 re-cord the previous season, and Slovak’s fi rst team, in 2012-13, had no size to speak of. There was also a kind of negative percep-tion of the program.

“Basketball was kind of the fourth girls sport at Clay, as far as participation and kids’ focus,” Slovak said. “I knew when I took over we had a strong group of fresh-men who were successful in junior high. We knew we could grow it and build it and get back to the glory years of the Kate Achter days.”

Three seasons later, Slovak is the Three Rivers Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, as voted on by his peers. The all-conference voting took place on Feb. 14. The Eagles fi nished 15-8 this season after graduating seven seniors from last year’s team, and took third (8-6) in the TRAC be-hind co-champions Central Catholic and Notre Dame Academy.

“It was extremely unexpected,” Slovak said of the award. “I felt either Travis (Galloway) from Notre Dame or Corri (Helldobler) from Central deserved it. It is kind of humbling to have the respect of your fellow coaches. We were coming back with a relatively young team - only three seniors – but we had two fi rst-team All-TRAC senior guards in Hannah and Haley Hess to build around. We had some nice signature wins this season. Maybe some of those were enough to garner the respect of the coaches.”

The Eagles’ season ended Feb. 16 against Northview, which won 48-45 on a last-second 3-pointer in a Division I sec-tional opener at Start.

“The buzzer went off when the ball was in the air,” Slovak said. “It was one of those things where in the moment, you’re a little stunned that it happened. Afterward, I was pretty sick for my kids. They played well enough to win. Northview made one more play than we did.”

Slovak’s inaugural team at Clay, in 2012-13, fi nished 5-17, which didn’t come as a surprise to many. Slovak said a realis-tic plan was to get the Eagles competitive by his third season. That changed, how-ever, in 2013-14 when Clay fi nished 14-10, followed by last year’s 17-6 mark.

“In year two, when we went 14-10, that was special,” Slovak said. “We also won a tournament game, and that was special. At that time the TRAC was loaded with talent. At that point we felt this isn’t going to be a fl ash in the pan. We felt we could now sustain it for the next couple of years, and that’s defi nitely what happened.”

Slovak’s plan when he took over was to get the players to believe they could win consistently at the high school level. He also needed to get enough players to form three high school teams, in order to build depth.

“As far as X’s and O’s,” he said, “we wanted to get kids in the gym and in the weight room in the offseason and begin to form a core group of girls who were going to be committed.”

Two of the main components to the turnaround was the presence of the Hess twins. Haley was named fi rst-team All-

Coach Slovak, Hess twins honored by Three Rivers

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Team (League) Overall Eastwood (10-4, NBC) 15 7 Gibsonburg (11-5, TAAC) 14 8 Cardinal Stritch (9-7, TAAC) 13 10 Genoa (5-9, NBC) 11 11 Waite (3-7, TCL) 9 13 Lake (5-9, NBC) 7 16 Woodmore (3-11, NBC) 5 18 Oak Harbor (0-12, SBC) 4 19 Clay (0-14, TRAC) 4 19 Northwood (0-16, TAAC) 0 23

GIRLS BASKETBALL Oak Harbor (12-0, SBC)* 23 1 Genoa (14-0, NBC)* 20 3 Cardinal Stritch (12-4, TAAC) 16 7 Clay (8-6, TRAC) 15 8 Lake (10-4, NBC) 14 9 Northwood (10-6, TAAC) 13 10 Gibsonburg (8-8, TAAC) 10 13 Woodmore (7-7, NBC) 11 12 Eastwood (3-11, NBC) 5 18 Waite (1-9, TCL) 2 19 *league champion

(Records updated to February 24)

Corey Slovak. (Press fi le photo by Scott Grau/TRACsports.org)

Haley Hess. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

Hannah Hess. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

TRAC and all-district, and also earned all-academic honors. She averaged 14.7 points and three steals a game and scored her 1,000th career point against Northview, fi n-ishing her career with 1,004 points.

“She got to 1,000 on two free throws

in the third quarter,” Slovak said. “The ironic thing is, because it was a tournament game you’re not going to stop the game to celebrate. For all the accolades she’s had in three years in basketball, that’s maybe the most important individual one. Basically

all she got was the girls on the bench cheer-ing for her.”

Hannah Hess, a three-year starter, was named the Division I District 7 Player of the Year and was a fi rst-team All-TRAC selec-tion. She also earned all-academic honors and averaged 16 points and four rebounds per game. She missed eight games this sea-son, including the fi nal four of the season, with a torn meniscus.

Clay junior guard Sydney Hess and sophomore center Elizabeth Vincent both earned honorable mention all-conference and all-district honors. Those two players, no doubt, will be the building blocks that should keep Clay competitive in the TRAC.

Slovak said several people contrib-uted to him winning conference coaching award, including assistant coaches Andy Ramsey and Julia Henneman-Dallape and freshman coach Don Hess.

“I really appreciate my staff.,” Slovak said. “I am in no way, shape or form going to get this award without them. You have to have great players and a loyal staff, which I was very fortunate to have.”

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For over three decades, Lake baseball coach Greg Wilker has been a constant while building the Flyers into one of Ohio’s better programs, accomplishing nearly ev-ery feat short of winning a state champion-ship. On January 22 in Columbus, Wilker was inducted into the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. Wilker is beginning his 32nd year as Lake’s head baseball coach with 536 wins, eight league championships, 19 sectional champion-ships, six district championships and one state fi nal four appearance. His teams over that time period have combined to eclipse the .600 winning per-centage, good enough to put any Major League team into the playoffs.

Lake won conference titles in 1988 and 1990 in the Northern Lakes League while competing against bigger schools. The Flyers won four league titles, including three in a row (2001-03, 2011) in the Suburban Lakes League and won the inaugural Northern Buckeye Conference championship in 2012 and the NBC again in 2014.

In 2001, Wilker’s program took a re-gional championship and advanced to the Division III fi nal four.

“When you win the regional champi-onship, and you realize you’re going to the fi nal four, it really sinks in,” Wilker once told The Press. “You really enjoy that mo-ment for an hour and then plan for every-thing you need to do. Afterwards, you’re able to refl ect on your season.”

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In 2012, the Flyers also set a school re-cord with 24 victories during their run to the regional semifi nals and have nine 20-win seasons during his career, including four 23-win campaigns.

Wilker has reiterated that he’s blessed to coach in a place that knows how to culti-vate baseball talent.

“The community – Walbridge, the Lake community, they love the game of base-ball,” he said. “The parents are involved in the kids’ progression. It’s what you do with them from ages 5 to 14. Not what I do with them at 14. The parents are spending time nurturing their kids. When they turn 14, they turn them over to me.”

State swimmers Waite junior diver Anna Campos quali-fi ed for the Division I state meet by scoring 405.6 at the Bowling Green State University district meet. The state meet was held last weekend at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. In addition, fi ve local swimmers qualifi ed for state in Division II, including

Lake baseball coach Greg Wilker. (Press fi le photo)

Eastwood senior Alyssa Decker and an Oak Harbor girls’ 200-yard freestyle relay team. At the district, Campos fi nished fi fth out of 16 qualifi ers in the one meter diving fi nals, placing behind Sylvania Northview junior Kaitlyn Dieringer (458.85), Findlay freshman Lexie Layne (438.65), Avon Lake junior Megan Peepers (418) and Northview sophomore Baylie Horvath (416.35). It is the third consecutive year Campos has qualifi ed for state.

In her fi rst two trips to state, Campos failed to come away with a top-nine fi nish. She said that was her goal this season af-ter placing 18th out of 24 divers last sea-son. Campos, last year’s district runner-up, qualifi ed to state as a freshman but was unable to advance to the semifi nals. This year, she is coached by former University of Toledo diver Allison Belcher. Decker won a 100 butterfl y district championship at the district meet and com-peted at the state meet for the fourth time in her high school career. At BGSU, Decker fi nished in 57.51 seconds, less than a sec-ond ahead of second place Sandusky soph-

omore Molly Franklin (58.16) and her time was a second behind the all-time district record-holder, Adrianna Cannon (Lake), who fi nished in 56.59 in 2013. Decker also was to compete at state in the 200-yard individual medley as an at-large qualifi er. She fi nished in 2:12.84 at the district meet, good enough for fi fth place, trailing champion Sydney Darnell, a Wauseon sophomore (2:08.32), by less than fi ve seconds.

The 5-foot-5 Decker, who played vol-leyball and runs track at Eastwood, fi n-ished 14th out of 16 swimmers in the IM at last year’s D-II state meet. As a sophomore, Decker qualifi ed to state in the IM and fi n-ished 17th in the preliminary round, one spot from qualifying for the fi nals.

She has qualifi ed to the state meet three times in the butterfl y, fi nishing 23rd as a freshman and 15th last year. Decker did not make the fi nals as a sophomore.

Oak Harbor’s relay team made it to state by a hair, heading to Canton as the 24th and fi nal seed after fi nishing in 1:43.34 at BGSU. The all-junior team of Abbie Mizelle, Taylor Byington, Mikenzie Blunt and Paige Priesman fi nished eighth at the district. At the SBC meet, Priesman, Allison Schroeder, Mizelle and Blunt combined to lead the 200 freestyle relay squad to a sec-ond place fi nish (1:48.9), which helped the girls fi nish third in the SBC standings as a team. They are coached by Andrea Sorg. (— writers Mark Griffi n and Yaneek Smith contributed)

Potential sports program scam Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Valerie Winterfi eld said her agency received a call from a publishing company trying to sell an advertisement for a girls’ basketball game program. Winterfi eld checked with Oak Harbor High School Athletic Director Drew Grahl, who “stated that this is in no way affi liated with the school or basketball program and urges you to not support them as they are a company out of state trying to make a profi t and lead you to believe they are affi liated with the school.” Grahl adds that “if a request comes from anyone other than the Oak Harbor High School Athletic Department or the Oak Harbor Athletic Booster Club, it is not affi liated with the school district.”

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During the 2005-06 girls basketball season, Eastwood coach Jim Gracyk had a practice drill where he would grab the ball when it went through the net, pass it to a player and send all fi ve players sprinting down the fl oor as fast as possible.

The Eagles mastered this drill so well that, according to Gracyk’s stop watch, they could get off a good shot in four sec-onds following a made basket. Eastwood went 18-3 that season, including 14-0 in the Suburban Lakes League, before los-ing to Western Buckeye League champion Ottawa-Glandorf in the sectional fi nals.

“Our goal,” Gracyk recalled earlier this week, “was to take 80 shots a game.”

Eastwood averaged 32 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc and just under 70 points a game that season. The Eagles set a state record of 202 made threes in a sea-son, which has since been surpassed seven times.

“Everybody makes a big deal today when a team hits eight, nine, 10 threes in a game,” Gracyk said. “We basically averaged 10 (made) threes a game. That was what we normally did. We pushed the ball so hard (up the court).”

Gracyk also did something that season that gave opposing coaches fi ts. He called it “fi ve in, fi ve out,” whereby the starters would play the opening two minutes and then get replaced by fi ve “subs.” It drasti-cally reduced playing time for the seniors, but they bought in because of how success-ful it was.

“It was such a fast-paced style of play,” said Amy (Helm) Miller, a senior guard on the 2005-06 squad. “Everybody on the team had an intricate part to the equation. We were constantly moving and switching. There wasn’t time to sit and think about the next play. We were acting and reacting to what was happening on the court. It was really fun and never boring.”

Kim Young, the Eagles’ sweet-shoot-ing senior guard, averaged a team-high 19.1 points against league opponents that year. She said the fi ve in, fi ve out style of

10 years ago in Tontogony, it began raining three’splay “was hard to swallow at times, but it was best for the team and it played to our strengths. I was good with it because it worked very well.”

Eastwood bombs awayEarly that season the Eagles attempted

35 threes in an 80-53 home rout of Otsego, which would fi nish with a 2-19 record. Little did the Knights know they would lat-er become a footnote in Ohio high school girls basketball history.

On Feb. 16, 2006, Eastwood traveled to Tontogany and made 22 shots from 3-point range on Otsego’s home fl oor, setting a new state single-game girls record that still stands. The Eagles made 17 threes against Woodmore a month earlier, which is the fi fth highest total in state history.

“We were tiny,” Gracyk said, “but we had a lot of kids who could shoot.”

Lynsey (McIntire) Dennis said the 2005-06 team merely played to its strengths, which included aggressive full-court pres-sure defense from baseline to baseline.

“I always liked the fast pace,” said Dennis, then a senior guard. “We were pressing, so we were doing a lot in those two minutes we were on the court. We weren’t big underneath by any means, so we had to make up for the points outside. We were a very quick team.”

Miller said by the time the Eagles faced Otsego for the second time that season they were “a well-oiled machine.” Racing the ball down the court and chucking it from the cheap seats was not just the norm, but expected.

“The (Otsego) game was close to the end of the season,” Miller said. “We were so used to playing that style. We made 17 (threes) in the Woodmore game and we came so close, so by the Otsego game we really wanted the record. We all said we wanted to get the record. The last quarter, we didn’t shoot any layups; we wanted to pull the ball out. We just wanted to get the record. Everyone was on that night.”

Well, not everyone. Young shot 1-for-8 from 3-point range and fi nished with 11 points in the 101-44 victory.

“That was an off game for me, but ev-eryone else was really on,” Young said. “I

think Coach pointed out that we had a shot at hitting (the record), so we made a con-scious decision to take as many threes as we could. I don’t necessarily think Otsego let us shoot that many threes, but the op-portunity presented itself. Some of them, we expanded our range so they were a little deeper. It didn’t seem to matter.”

Miller scored nine points, making three 3-pointers in fi ve attempts.

“I know I banked in two of the three,”

she said. “One was a bank from the corner. I didn’t call any of them.”

Eastwood shot 41.5 percent (22-for-53) from behind the arc and 60 percent (15-for-25) from two-point range. The Eagles went to the free throw line seven times, making fi ve. Katie Cameron, a junior wing, had the best shooting night of anyone, connecting on fi ve of her six 3-point attempts and fi n-ishing with 15 points.

Over at halftimeThe game was basically over at half-

time, with Eastwood holding a 56-19 lead. It was apparent the Eagles could reach the 100-point mark if they just continued to run their offense. It was 81-29 after three quarters.

“It was just our style of play,” Miller said. “We would take a half hour every day in practice to shoot threes. We had a lot of high-scoring games that year, but it was never our intention to run up the score.”

Eastwood passed the century mark on Dennis’ fi fth 3-pointer of the game, with just under four seconds remaining. The Eagles’ fans yelled out every made 3-point-er late in the game.

“I thought Otsego would hold the ball because we had 98 points,” Gracyk said. “They drove the lane and took a shot with nine or 10 seconds to go. Danielle Thornton grabbed the rebound, threw it to McCracken and Megan made one hard crossover drib-ble to get around a kid, bounced it one time and passed to McIntire, who was spotted up at her three-spot.

“Lynsey caught the ball with maybe four seconds to go and nobody in front of her. She was so programmed to think, ‘I’m open. Shoot the ball.’ It wasn’t like we were intentionally trying to get 100 points.”

Dennis, who fi nished with a game-high 17 points, said she doesn’t regret nailing the fi nal three with just seconds left.

“Breaking a state record was something we wanted to do the whole season. Breaking it by more than one basket was pretty great. I can’t look back and say, ‘we passed up a 3-point shot.’ It’s what we were trained to do. We shot when we were open, and that night everything was falling. To still have that record 10 years later is amazing.”

All-Ohioan Kim Young (Press files)

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Insurance agency promotes school spiritThanks to a donation from Diversifi ed Insurance Service of Elmore, students at Woodmore were able to show their school spirit by wearing a custom designed spirit t-shirt to the Winter Royalty game against Rossford. The project was headed by the Woodmore High School Cheerleading Squad. The shirt was designed by Woodmore parent, Vicki Selhorst and printed by Vision Quest of Elmore. In total, 100 shirts were provided for free to students in the high school and middle school.

Guardian Custom Glass Solutions, Millbury, is adding major manufacturing equipment. The Millbury facility fabricates fl at, tempered glass products and serves as a distribution center for various aftermar-ket glass products. The multi-million-dollar investment will bring state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and the ability to produce a new family of products to Millbury, stated Paul Zeiler, plant manager. “There has been a lot of activity at the plant recently and we’ve been getting a lot of questions in the community,” explains Zeiler. “We want people to know the plant continues to operate as usual and we’ll have more signifi cant announcements to make in the coming months.” The Millbury facility is part of Guardian’s Custom Glass Solutions, which offers a broad range of capabilities and a di-verse selection of tempered and laminated glass solutions for many different transpor-tation applications. At the clubs Marilyn Rule, director of the Problem Gambling Program at the Zepf Center in Toledo, will speak to the public Thursday, March 17 at the East Toledo Senior Center. Her talk is sponsored by The East Toledo Club. Rule will speak on gambling disor-ders and prevention strategies.

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Workplace She has a Master of Social Work degree from The Ohio State University and is on the board of the Problem gambling Network of Ohio. For more info call Jodi at 419-698-1429, ext 213.

*** The Ottawa County Improvement Corporation will present its 2016 Business and Industry Awards program Wednesday, March 9 at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton. Social hour begins at 5:30, dinner and awards to follow at 6:30. For more information call 419-898-6242 or email jkowalski@ocic.biz.

Scholarships Glass City Federal Credit Union will offer fi ve $1,000 scholarships to area stu-dents who will attend a 2-or 4-year accred-ited post-secondary institution during the 2016-17 school year and is a member of Glass City Federal; or a parent, step-par-ent, or legal guardian is a member of Glass City. Students can get an application at any Glass City Federal branch or online at glass-cityfcu.com. The deadline is March 31.

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Riders Unlimited, Inc., a nonprofi t equestrian program focusing on serving in-dividuals with disabilities, recently held its Annual Recognition Dinner, where clients, volunteers and donors were recognized for their program participation. Signifi cant contributors for the past year included Sunrise Cooperative, the Land O’Lakes Foundation, CHS, CoBank, King Farms, Richard Harder, Randy Laubacher, Maureen Mullins and Mark Nehls. In addition, awards were presented to Keith King, of Fremont, President’s Award; Liz Marquart, of Oak Harbor, Executive Director’s Award; Randy Laubacher, of Oak Harbor, Program Director’s Award; Lindsay Bille, of Huron, EAAT Volunteer Award; Libbie Greider, of Oak Harbor, Teen Volunteer Award; Alex Laughlin, of Lindsey, Sportsmanship Award; Sam Conley, of Genoa, Companionship Award; Mark Bourbour III, Youngest Volunteer. Located outside of Oak Harbor, Riders Unlimited serves individuals from Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lucas and Wood coun-ties. To learn more about becoming a cli-ent, volunteer or donor, call 419-898-6164. Additional information can also be found at www.ridersunlimited.org or their Facebook page, Riders Unlimited, Incorporated. The 2016 season begins in mid-March and they are looking for volunteers to help with lessons. Training will be Wednesday,

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March 2 and Monday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m.

Director leaving Toledo Area Humane Society (TAHS) Executive Director Gary Willoughby will leave the position he has held for the past three years to become executive director for the SPCA serving Erie County outside of Buffalo, New York, effective March 11. Heather Rohrs, chairman of TAHS, said, “On behalf of the Board, we would like to thank Gary for his signifi cant con-tribution to TAHS. Under his strategic and operational leadership, TAHS completed the renovation of a 17,000 square foot facil-ity in Maumee that serves as the headquar-ters of the 132-year-old organization. His steady guidance with his staff has resulted in a very strong leadership team that is poised to lead the organization during this transition time.” TAHS will soon begin a national search for their next executive director. For more information, visit www.toledohumane.org or facebook.com/toledohumane.

Al Thompson left Northwest Ohio on August 17 on a bicycle ride around the pe-rimeter of the United States in an effort to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity and Save the Children. Here is an excerpt from his blog, which you can follow by going to presspublica-tions.com and clicking the icon in the up-per right corner.

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I’m taking a rest day in Globe, AZ, after a very long 80 mile day from Safford. More on that momentarily. I had a couple of exquisite riding days as I approached and crossed the New Mexico/Arizona border — from Lordsburg, NM, to Duncan, AZ, and from Duncan to Safford. Those riding days reminded my why I do so enjoy traveling by bicycle…My God--the rugged beauty of the Western part of our country. As I climbed out of Duncan, majestic 11,000 foot Mt. Graham began to dominate the scene, and I would ride in its shadow for this day and into the next. It’s hard to catch in photos, although I’ve tried. I consider it a privilege to be able to experience the land in this way; to jour-ney across it on two wheels under my own power and dealing with what nature fl ings my way. It does provide a sense of satisfac-tion. In Duncan I stayed with Warm Showers host Deborah who runs the historic and re-stored Simpson Hotel, but I didn’t reside in the hotel. Deborah has two trailers in back of the hotel — one large and one small — in which she allows cross country cyclists to stay. I had the large one and it was great with all that I needed for a comfortable night. Also staying there that night were fa-ther and son cross country cyclists Barc and Emerson. They left San Diego a couple of weeks ago and are heading eastward on Adventure Cycling’s Southern Tier Route, which I have been on intermittently, as I am now. Barc did this same trip with an-other son last year. If you would like to fi nd out more about this route, go to the Adventure Cycling website.

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Resting in Arizona

Bicyclist hits $12,000 mark in donations; Rockies loom

Ten years ago it was Adventure Cycling’s Lewis and Clark route and maps that I followed from St. Louis to Astoria, Oregon. Their maps are excellent for touring cyclists, and they have mapped over 40,000 miles of routes all over the United States. In Safford I shared Warm Showers host Jay’s garage with Matt, another perimeter cyclist from Alaska who has been traveling for over a year. We were surrounded by every kind of tool, piece of machinery, and various and sundry parts of cars and dune buggies in no particular order.

The garage had a warm shower and a place to throw our sleeping pads and bags--again, all that was needed. While I was reminded of the good things of bicycle travel on a couple of rid-ing days last week, the ride from Safford to Globe released the elephant in the room of bike touring. The ride itself would have been wonderful with rugged beauty all about, but on that long 80 mile day, I deter-mined that Arizona has more jerk drivers per square mile than any of the 23 states I’ve crossed to date — many of them driv-ing semis and pickup trucks. One small brained individual in a large pickup truck

(always a bad combination) literally drove me off the road trying to pass traffi c. It was hard to enjoy the ride with one eye glued to my rear view mirror, and also having to worry about what’s coming at me. So here in Globe, I declared a rest day was in order. I took the opportunity to visit the archaeological ruins of Besh Ba Gowah, an ancient, pre-Columbus, pueblo style habitation inhabited by the Salado people between AD 1225 and AD 1400. To the Apaches who migrated into this same area a couple centuries later, the ruins of Besh-Ba-Gowah were also a mystery. It was not formally excavated until the 1930s, and during the World War II years the site was abandoned and fell into even more ruin. Fortunately the last few decades have seen great efforts to restore and preserve this ar-chaeological gem, providing a window to the ancient peoples who once inhabited this land. I am in the Southern Rockies now, and tomorrow I will climb to “Top Of The World” — that place’s name does sound a bit intimidating. I am now well over the $12,000 in do-nations to my two causes thanks to all the donors who have made that possible!

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ToledoBirmingham Branch Library events include: “Doh” Makers, March 1, 4 p.m. – Grades K-4 are invited to mold, mash, roll, squeeze and create using Play-Doh; Let the Words Speak for You, March 1, 6 p.m. – Teens are invited to learn how to create a resume. Bring a fl ash drive to save work. Registration required by calling 419-259-5210. Art @ the Library, March 4, 4 p.m. – Grades 5-12 are invited to exercise creative muscles with projects that use various materials and media. Sunday Brunch at the Hungarian Club. March 6, noon, Hungarian Club, 224 Paine Ave. Enjoy Hungarian food and learn about upcoming Hungarian Club and Toledo-Szeged Committee events. Menu includes Hungarian cheese spread with paprika (korozott), salad, Hungarian meatloaf fi lled with eggs (Stefania vagdalt/fasirt), sweet & sour cabbage (Parolt kaposzta), mashed potatoes, dessert (Kossuth kifl i), and more. $10/person. Reservations: 419-691-6958 by March 4.Fish Fry, Fridays March 4 and March 25 from 5 p.m. until sold out, VFW 4906 Consaul St. Entrees include perch, shrimp and frog legs. Dinners include fries, cole slaw, bread and dessert. Fish sandwiches also available. St. Patrick’s Day Party, March 17, 11:45 a.m., East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St. Games, prizes and lunch, which includes choice of corned beef or turkey Reuben, plus fries, applesauce, green beans and pistachio pudding. To sign up or for info, call 419-691-2254.East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St., serves home-cooked lunch Mon.-Fri. at 11:45 a.m. Recommended cost is $2.50 for ages 60 and older. Meals must be ordered by 11 a.m. the day before. Call 419-691-2254 for info. Bible Study Class meets the 2nd and 4th Mon. of the month at 2 p.m. East Toledo/Oregon Kiwanis Club meets the 2nd and 4th Mon. at 11:45 a.m. at the American Family Table restaurant on Navarre Avenue in Oregon. Walk-ins are welcome.TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) welcomes new members who want to lose weight. The group meets Mondays from 7-8 p.m. at the East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St. Weigh-ins from 6-6:45 p.m. Yearly membership is $32. Weekly dues 50 cents. Call Judy at 419-691-8033 or come to a free meeting. Everyone welcome.Block Watch 410-N for the East Toledo Old Heffner School Area meets every 4th Mon. of the month 6:30-7:30 p.m. 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.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.

Or eg on Fish Fry March 4, 4-7 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 798 S Coy Rd. at Navarre. Dessert included. Kids’ meals available.Clay High School Class of 1974 Class Get-Together March 12, 7 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 4925 Pickle Rd. Pizza, salads and cake will be provided. BYOB. Admission is $5 at the door. Music by DJ Mike McGeorge. Raffl es, games and more. RSVP to Ellen Wilbarger at 419-205-0021.Divorce Care Support Group meets Mon. 7-8:30 p.m. through April 11 in the Family Life Center at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 212 N. Stadium. Open to all denominations. Walk-ins welcome throughout the session. Call the parish offi ce at 419-693-1150.Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd., offers the following programs; Family Storytime, Tues. 6:30-7 p.m. through April 5 – Children 2-5 (with a grownup) are invited to sing, read, write and enjoy stories and rhymes; Toddler Storytime, Wed. 10-10:30 a.m. through April 6 – Children 18 mos.-3 years (with a grownup) are invited to sing, read, write and play together; Preschool Storytime, Thurs. 10-10:30 a.m. through April 7 – Children 3-5 p.m. (and a grownup); Bay Chapter Book Review meets the 3rd Tues. of the month 1-2 p.m. Copies of each month’s selection are available at the branch a month before the discussion. New members welcome. Oregon Jerusalem Historical Society Museum, 1133 Grasser St. will be open for tours every Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. beginning March 3. For info, call 419-693-7052.Harbor View Historical Society, Inc. and Museum. 2083 Autokee St., is open Tues. 5-8

p.m. Tours of four people or more available upon request. Admission is free. Tour the museum on Facebook. For info, email HVHS.INC@gmail.com or call 419-691-1517.Open-Late Dinners, served Mon., Wed. and Fri., 4-6:30 p.m., Ashland Baptist Church, 2350 Starr Ave. Open to anyone in the community. Freewill offerings accepted but not expected.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/Ken at 419-266-8183 or visit d28toastmasters.org and click on “Great Eastern Club.”James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center, 4350 Nava rre Ave, 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. Biblical Living Support Group for those dealing with problems of all types will meet Tues. nights from 6:30 -8 p.m. at New Life Assembly of God, 3230 Dustin Rd.Christ Dunberger American Legion Post 537 hall is available for rental. The air conditioned hall, located at 4925 Pickle Rd. accommodates up to 145 people. Call 419-693-1737 for details.Chronic Pain Support Group meets the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of the month at 11 a.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 3415 Starr Ave.Quilts of Compassion is seeking quilters to help make quilts for local charities, hospitals and disaster victims. No experience required. The group meets the last Wed. of the month, 1-3 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 3415 Starr Ave. Call Flo at 419-693-3766.

NorthwoodElection-Eve Informational Session presented by Northwood High School Govt. Students March 14, 7:30-9 p.m. in the NHS cafeteria. Hear details about the primary/caucus system and voting procedures, the nomination process and national conventions, and bios on candidates and their stances on major issues.All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry Fridays 5-7:45 p.m., Northwood VFW 2984, 102 W. Andrus Rd. Steaks, chicken and shrimp also available. Breakfast served Sundays 9 a.m.-noon. Maumee Bay Country Quilters’ Guild meets the 1st Tues. of the month thru June at Northwood Church of God, corner of Curtice and Coy roads. On March 1, Carol Hicks will present a program “All Kinds of Hexis.” Doors open at 6:15 p.m. For monthly program info, call Mary at 419-836-3259.Free Bread, at Northwood Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2975 Eastpointe Blvd., every Thursday from 9-10:30 a.m. Info: northwoodadventist.org.Free Home Safety Assessments & Smoke Detector Installation Program offered by Northwood Fire Department. To schedule an appointment, city residents may contact the fi re chief at 419-690-1647 or email fi rechief@ci.northwood.oh.us.

Jerusalem Twp.Board of 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.

Lake Twp.Lake Twp. Police Offi cers Assn. Jiggs Dinner, March 14, 5-7 p.m., Lake Twp. Administration Bldg., 27975 Cummings Rd. Corned beef, potatoes, carrots, cabbage quarters, dessert and a drink. Carryouts available.Mobile Food Pantry sponsored by the fi re department auxiliary every 3rd Mon. of the month, 5-7 p.m., Fire Station 1, 4505 Walbridge Rd.

PerrysburgMonthl y Community Bingo sponsored by Perrysburg Commons and McDonald’s offered the fi rst Tue. of the month 9:30-11 a.m. at McDonald’s, 10163 Fremont Pike. Prizes offered courtesy of McDonald’s.TOPICS Camera Club will meet March 3, 7 p.m., in the Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave. Public welcome. For info, visit TOPICSCameraClub.com.

WalbridgeEuchre Tournament, March 5, 1 p.m.-fi nish, Walbridge VFW Post 9963. $10 entry fee includes lunch. Cash prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place fi nish; 4th place wins free entry to next tournament. St. Jerome Fish Fry every Friday during Lent (through March 25), 5-8 p.m. in the parish hall, 300 Warner St. Perch and shrimp available. Dine in or carry out. StJeromeWalbridge.org.

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0L - NEW LISTING. 52.76 acres of farm ground in Lake Twp.IL#57314. Christie Wolf 419-345-359720865O - NEW LISTING. Large Brick ranch 3 Bed 1½ BathAttached Garage + barn! IL#56964. Christie Wolf 419-345-3597.23205WE - REDUCED TO $109,900. 3 bed 1 bath. Quietcountry road. 4 lots!! IL#59074. Christie Wolf 419-345-3597.3541F - NEW LISTING. Open Concept Ranch. 3 bed, 2 bathSun rm - 2 car gar. Many Updates. $198,900. IL#55644. BeckyNaugle 419-266-2770.INFOLINE 419-539-1020 24 HOURS A DAY!

If there is a property you are interested in, call and enter the 5digit Infoline number (IL) above.

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1403 West State Street

Fremont, OH 43420

419-333-TEAM (8326)

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GIBSONBURG...

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND…

GIBSONBURG…

CHARMING HOME LOOKING FOR NEW

OWNERS. 3BR, 1 fully renovated bath. Spacious kitchen w/lots

of natural light. Main floor lndry. Det garage, fenced in yard,

storage shed & wooden deck! $73,000 Sp4571

Build your dream home here! Small

town atmosphere. Lot is located in Burgundy Bay & measures

60x135. Assoc dues. Water, sewer, propane & Ohio Edison

available. SP3739

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOTS w/village

water & sewer. Use your own builder. Close to high school. Call

today for more information. SP2454-SP2456

222 E. Front St., Pemberville

ATTENTION FARMERS:New Price. $5,800 per acre. 75.86 acres. SE

Corner of Pemberville Rd. and

Greensburg Pike

Call Bob Bruning at 419-287-4484

355 E. FRONT ST. PEMBERVILLELovely Victorian home with beautiful oak and pine

woodwork. It has 5BR, 3 Baths, two level deck and patio,

full finished basement and 2 car detached garage.

Immaculate 2 BR home w/newly remodeled kitchen,

hardwood floors & new siding. 2 car garage. Nothing

needs to be done but moving in.

110 CHERRY ST.BRADNER

NEW PRICE

$74,900

BATDORFF REAL ESTATE, INC.

149 Church St., Oak Harbor, OH

(419) 898-9503

www.batdorff.com

Trust the oldest and most experienced

real estate company in town with your

sale or purchase - over 170 combined years

of real estate sales in our area!

1790 N Walker Street GRAYTOWN – $334,000

COUNTRY KEG! Chance of a lifetime to be

your own boss! Greatinvestment or livelihood.

This local restaurant / baris a fully equipped turnkey

facility! Beautifully renovated inside and outside in 2006. Call Jerry Schultz 419-261-0158 or

Cherie Salazar 419-707-1088.

6316 N Harris Harbor Drive OAK HARBOR – $49,500

NEW LISTING!Make this condo your own.

This 2nd floor Green Cove Condo has a view of the canal with a dock

right outside the screened in balcony.Close to the tennis courts

and heated pool. Call Alissa Miller 419-491-3487.

13929 W Portage RiverSouth Rd, OAK HARBOR

$151,900On the river! Updated 2bdrm, 3 bath home over-looking the Portage River.

Includes second parcel#0172063333681000

equaling 1 acre. Call Chad Brough 419-262-7408 or

Batdorff Real Estate 419-898-9503 to set up a showing.

14867 N Toussaint North Rd, OAK HARBOR – $109,900NEW LISTING!

Well-built farm house withlots of square footage. 4buildings on 3.768 acres.Wonderful mini farm for

livestock. Call Jerry Schultz 419-261-0158.

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Classifieds

Deadline: Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. 419-836-2221 or 1-800-300-6158

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Delivered to - 36,047 Homes, businesses and newstands

in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties

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we deem unacceptable. Please check your ad upon first insertion for

accuracy. The newspaper will assume responsibility for the first

publication only. Compensation will be in the form of ad space or credit,

not to exceed original cost of the ad. NO REFUNDS.

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Call info line 419-539-1020, enter code number or

Dial Danny direct 419- 356-5629

Proud Burmingham area doll house

Seller rolling out Red Carpet. Appraisedat $41,000, Selling $34,500. Closing costpossible. New custom kitchen, man cavebasement w/WBFP, big yard extra lot,garage. Code #36304

Bob McIntosh“Pick the Best”

419-260-9350Em: Bob@callbobmcintosh.info

Website: Bobmcintosh.info

Over One Thousand closed transactions

“Put my people pleasing experience to work for you”

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Drivers: CO & O\Op's: Earn GreatMoney Running Dedicated! GreatHometime and Benefits. MonthlyBonuses. Drive Newer Equipment!855-582-2265

Genoa Daycare looking to hire apre-school/school age teacher assis-tant. 20 hours per week. Please call419-855-9605.

Hair Stylist at Samson & Co.,Booth rental $110 weekly, Navarre &Wheeling, 419-691-1300

Jones-Hamilton Co. a manufacturerand distributor of chemical productsis seeking a second shift materialhandler to join their team.Responsibilities include: fillingtotes and drums, working various po-sitions on s semi-automated packag-ing line, transporting materialsto/from the warehouse via forklifttruck and performing routine mainte-nance tasks.

Qualifications: Prefer a minimum of2 years of related experience, in amanufacturing environment. HSDiploma/GED.We offer full benefits and companyownership through ESOP and Profitshare.Send resume to:Human Resources, fax: 419-666-9858 or e-mail:

dhoskins@jones-hamilton.com

LOCAL CLASS B DRIVERSWANTED

Full time qualified local quad dumptruck drivers wanted for road

construction work. All driving is localand drivers will be home every night.

Drivers must have a CLASS B endorsement, a valid drivers licenseand a valid medical card. Minimum

starting wage is $17.00 per hour andincreases with experience. BCA Express offers employee welfarebenefits and holiday pay. BCA

Express offers the opportunity tohelp assist drivers who only haveCLASS B endorsement to acquireCLASS A endorsement, if desired.

*Applicants cannot have more than 2points on their drivers license.

Please call 419-698-1376, fax @ 419-696-0447 or email @

jharvey@bcaexpressltd.com

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Mike's Hauling We buy junk cars, trucks and vans

Scrap metal hauled free. 419-666-1443

Running or not, 24/7, cars, trucks,vans, ATVs, motorcycles. Must havetitle. 419-360-0130

TOP CASH PAID for Junk or Repairable Vehicles. Towing

Available. 419-260-7879.

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Auto body repair technicianLocally owned body shop seeking ahighly motivated and experienced

auto body repair technician. Positionalso includes opportunity to learn estimate writing, customer service,

and overall shop operations. Send resume to:

jaysbodyshop4523@aol.com

Driver Highway ConstructionES Wagner Company is a heavy civil& highway construction firm based inOregon, OH. We have openings for

six-axle, semi, and bottom dumptruck drivers. Candidates shouldhave a class A or B CDL and a minimum of 3 years experience. Construction experience strongly

preferred. Clean driving record andpre-employment drug test required.

Resumes should be submitted ASAP to resume@eswagner.com

or fax (419) 691-0429 No phone calls. EOE.

Drivers- Teams: Sign-On$5000/EACH or

$15,000 for Complete Team!Excellent Pay/Benefits!

CDL-A, w/2yrs Exp.Driver-2 may have less.

855-205-2171

Drivers: $3,000.00 OrientationCompletion Bonus! Dedicated, Re-gional, OTR, Flatbed & Point to PointLanes! Great Pay, (New hires min$800.00/wk)! CDL-A 1yr. Exp.: 1-855-314-1138

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• Oregon Schools• No Deposit• No Gas Bill• Small Pets OK!• Storage Units On Site

Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm, Sat. 11am-4pm2750 Pickle Rd., Oregon

Visa & MasterCard Accepted

419-693-9391

• 1 BED $400 • 2 BED $500

Starting At

Experience countryliving in the city.

Apartments

Piccadilly East

419-698-17173101 Navarre Ave., Oregon

A PLACE TO CALLHOME

• Swimming Pool• Basketball/Tennis Courts• Playground• 24 hour emergency

maintenance• Laundry facilities• Ask about our new

tenant specials— Featuring —1 bedroom $4052 bedroom $495

2 & 3 bedroom Townhomesstarting at $599

• Pool

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• Intercom entry

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• Washer/Dryer Hookups

1 bedroom apt. $4252 bedroom apt. $4952 bed. Townhouse $625

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Oregon, OH419-691-2944

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3200 sq. ft. storage building forrent, heated, insulated, $650/month,Walbridge Road near Bradner. 419-878-2426

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2 story home can be Retail, Officeor Salon. Corner of Woodville &Pemberville Rd. $750/mo. 419-693-1247

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East- 751 Dearborn, 3 Bedroom,New Floors/Carpet, Off Street Park-ing, Fenced Yard, Garage, FullBasement, CA, $650/month +De-posit and Utilities, 419-460-7393

Eastside- 2 Bedroom House withbasement, off street parking, nopets, $540/month +deposit. 419-350-0064

Elmore House- 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath,Garage, Basement, Big Yard, RentWith Option, $875 Per Month, 419-206-7125

Genoa House, 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath,Garage, Big Yard, Rent with Option,$795 per month, 419-206-7125

Genoa Efficiency Apartment- Allutilities included, $375, 419-206-7125

Genoa Twinplex- 2 Bedroom, wash-er/dryer hookup, new flooring, nopets allowed, $500/month, 419-260-7583

Genoa, West Street, 2-bedroomnewer carpet, 1-bath, remodeled,

1.5-car garage, frig/stove, w/dhookup, no pets/smoking,

$750/month+util+dep 419-559-7698

GIBSONBURG- Large 3 BedroomFarm House, 1.5 Bath, $795/month+deposit, No Smoking/Pets, Wood-more School, 419-637-7078

OREGON, 4 beds, 2 bath, air, base-ment, 2240 sq. ft., very nice,$1,225/mo. 419-691-3049

Rossford House- Valley St., 2 Bed-room, 2 car garage, A/C, Rent withoption, $750/month, 419-206-7125

ROSSFORD- Lewis Street, 2 bed-room apt., all electric, laundry roomin building, close to expressways,$540/mo. +deposit. 419-461-1427

WALBRIDGEMulti-Level Twinplex

2 Bdrm, 2.5 car garage,fenced back yard.

Call Brad Sutphin419-345-5566

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WALBRIDGE TWINPLEX108 Clinton St. 2 bedroom, W/Dhookup, patio. No smoking/pets.$560 +utilities. Call 419-346-4283 forappointment.

Waterville Historical duplex for sale. Spacious 2-3 bedrooms,

appliances, storage, separateyards, additional storage

available in barn. 419-261-3949

Yorktown Village1 & 2 Bedroom

Townhouses & ApartmentsJoin Oregon’s Finest Community

★Laundry ★Swimming Pool★Spacious Floor Plans

★Private Patios★ 24 hr. Emergency Maintenance

419-693-9443

$99 Move In Special!

Spacious

1 & 2 Bdrm. Apts.

419-693-6682

(Next to I-280, close to

shopping & restaurants)

Call for new tenant rate

1105 S. Wheeling

COPPER COVE APTS.

TanglewoodLandings

Apartmentsin Woodville

UNIT AVAILABLE

For People 62 or Older

or Handicapped

Our Apartments are one

story and one bedroom

Rental Assistance Available

Pets

Are Welcome

Please call 419-849-3730 or our

TTY/TTD@ 1-800-750-0750“This institution is an equal

opportunity provider and employer.”

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NEED

CASH?Sell Your

Unwanted Items in

the Classifieds!

Apply in PersonSmokey’s BBQ Roadhouse

2080 Woodville Rd Oregon

HELP WANTED

ExperiencedPrep Cooks, Line Cook,

Wait Staff andKitchen Help

NURSING - LPN’SLuther Home of Mercy in Williston Ohio, is a residentialfacility for adults with Developmental Disabilities, iscurrently hiring for full & part-time LPN for 1st (5:30a-3:30p), 2nd (2p-12a) & 3rd (11p-7a) shifts, startingpay of $19.50/hr. Candidates must obtain an OhioState Nursing Licenses with at least one year experi-ence in DD, must be able to pass a physical/drug testand BCI check. If interested, send resume to LutherHome of Mercy/Director of Human Resources, PO Box187, Williston, Ohio, 43468 (fax 419-972-4347) orapply online at www.lutherhome.org. EOE

Psychic and Health EventSat., March 5th 9:30am-4:30pm at Americas Best

Value Inn, Oregon & Wales Rd. Exit 198 off I-75,

Northwood. Psychics, Health professional &Vendors

Admission $5 Info: Call (419) 833-5503

BAKER BONNIGSON CONSIGNMENT AUCTIONSat & Sun, April 2 & 3, 2016

Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds - Fremont, OHSaturday - 9:37 am: Farm, Const., Large EquipmentSunday - 9:37 am: Lawn & Garden; Landscaping;

Building Materials; Shop Tools; Golf Carts; ATVs; Misc

This is an excellent opportunity to liquidate complete farm inventory or if you have asmall estate or un-needed items around the farm. NO JUNK, TIRES, or TITLED VEHICLES.

NOTICE: Consignments will be received Wed. March 23 thru Wed. March 30 at the Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds from 9-6 pm daily.

NO Consignments taken on Easter Mar. 27, Thurs. Mar. 31, Fri. April 1 or Days of Auction

WM BAKER & KEN BONNIGSON, CAIOffice: 1570 W. McPherson Hwy., Clyde, OH

419-547-7777

Consignments Wanted: Call 419-547-7777

Last year’s auction sold over 5,600 lots with over 2,700 registered biddersbuying from 4 auction rings on Saturday & 5 auction rings on Sunday.

Watch the Web for listings, photos, terms & conditions

www.bakerbonnigson.com

By Order of Secured Creditor Complete Liquidation of

Mega Mart Kitchen Store

New Kitchen Supplies, New and Used Commercial

Equipment & Fixtures.

1392 Conant St., Unit B, Maumee, OH 43537

(Across from Meijer’s next to AT&T)

Going Out of Business Sale

Friday, March 4th, 9:00 AM till 6:00 PM

Saturday, March 5th, 9:00 AM till 2:00 PM

Cash, Visa or M/C. 10% Buyer's premium added.

Remaining Items will be Auctioned March 8th @ 10:00 AM

Cash, Check w/bank letter of credit,

Visa or M/C. 10% buyer's premium added.

20% - 60% Off over 2 Days

Terms:

Auction Terms:

Visit Our Web Site for More Information

WILSON AUCTION &

REALTY CO., LTD.

825 N. Main St.,

Bryan, OH 43506/419-636-5500

Toll Free 866-870-5500

Auctioneers: Wayne M. Wilson CAI,

Brent J. Wilson CAI, Fred Nott, William H. Retcher,

Bart Westfall, Justin VanAlstine

Dave Dempsey, Phil Stotz

www.WilsonAuctionLtd.com

B A Selkofers uction ervice

Auctioneer: Ken Belkofer 419-277-3635

Not responsible for accidents or theft.

Public Contents Auction

March 5, 2016 (10:00 AM)

302 Allen Street

Walbridge, Ohio 43465

Vintage Furniture:

Furniture:

Household:

Collectibles:

Misc:

Garage:

Owner:

Pie safe, Victrola, 3- Settees, ornate side

chairs, misc. marble top tables, Oak pedestal dining table,

Marble top wash stand, sm. Wood rocker, oval coffee table, full

size High boy bed, side tables, Secretary, Breakfront, fern stand,

corner china cabinet,

Wood chairs, dresser, china cabinet, dry sink, Oak

entertainment center, swivel bar stools,

Throw rugs, Kirby Classic III, Rooster lamp &

others, older TV's, 2-wooden benches.

Parlor lamps, Several ornate pictures & frames,

Spinning wheel, "1897" Domestic calendar, dough box on stand,

treadle sewing machine, magazine rack, sewing box, oil lamps,

clocks- wall & mantle, doll bed, bread box, silver spoons, Woody

Wood Pecker spoon, noise maker, metal pull toy, Perfume

bottles, Jim Weber bobble head, Christmas items, spoon

collection, thimble & pin cushion collections, Ladies hats, mini

farm animals in box-Germany, Baby Doll-Alexander-"1966",

Vintage doll -rubber band is broken, Several old quilts, tops &

Afghans, doilies, Goebel orn. & animals, decanters, bells.

Santa's, lg. collection of men's hats, slide projector,

lighted pictures, hunting jacket & vest, rock tumbler, tow bar for

a Honda.

MTD self propelled w/bagger, Yard tools, floor &

bottle jacks, Craftsman leaf blower, edger, hedge trimmer,

chainsaw, live trap, mitre box, drill doctor, block planes,

engraver, Craftsman ½ " drill, 3/8" drill, Craftsman keyless drill,

18 & 12 volt drills, tube bender, 7 ¼" circular saw, brace & bits,

box end ratchet wrench set, dehumidifier, hoses & more.

Kenny Bowen - Executor.

Go to Auctionzip.com # 4464, Estatesales.com #5716 or

for complete list & pictures.

TERMS: cash/check ID for bid number.

All items sold as is where are. No warranty!

www.belkofersauctionservice.com

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PEMBERVILLE132 Martin Ave

March 4th & 5th, (9–6)TOOL COLLECTION! Wood ToolBoxes, Ladders, Mowers, Weed-

Whackers, Gardening, HedgeTrimmer, Generator, Antiques

(School Desks, Crib, Highchair,China, Radio Phonograph, DiningChairs) Household, Holiday&Misc.

Tag Sale – Closing HomeFriday, March 4 (9am-7pm)

Saturday, March 5 (9am-4pm)740 Rice St, Apt. 6

Elmore, OH.Treasures including Glassware: Fostoria, Tiffin and more; China:Crooksville, Hall and more; Knickknacks, collectibles and dolls, oldand new; furniture; old linens, oldbaby clothes, doilies and table-cloths; Costume jewelry; Christ-mas and seasonal décor; house-hold items; kitchenware; pictures

of all sizes and much more!Packed & perfect sale for all!

Priced to sell. Cash Only!No early sales.

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Behlen grain bins for sale, 3-10,000, 2-6500 bushel, Behlengrain dryer. Located Curtice, Ohio.Call for more info 419-262-7274

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Charter Bus Tours:April 23-27 - Virginia InternationalMilitary Extravaganza - Norfolk Va.

Also includes: Virginia Beach &Wash. DC.

$759 pp. Call for flier

June 19-29 - AlaskaOur 27th year - 6 seats left

Lowest price in 4 years--$4,099 Call for flier

Lots of day & multi-day toursEvelyn's Excursions

419-737-2055www.evelynsexcursions.com

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I BUY USED GOLF CARTS

CALL ANYTIME

SANDUSKY419-626-5053

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Collection of US Stamps1890's-1940's all uncirculated, un-used, individual packaged and la-beled. $1,000 retail 10 yrs. Ago, val-ue unknown today. Asking $300.419-836-5811 or 419-917-7332.

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CD Collection over 100, 70's-90's,Rock, Hairband, Pop etc., good over-all collection, mostly greatest hitsfrom Sinatra to Pink Floyd, Asking$300 (less than $3.00/per CD). 419-836-5811 or 419-917-7332.

JD lawnmower LA175 54” mowerdeck, 6 yrs. young w/lg. lawn roller &spreader. $2,000 All. 419-290-5963

Kingsford Charcoal Grill,never used-$75 Firm. 419-283-9628

Kitchen Update/Remodel! 60” Honey Oak Sink BaseStainless Steel Sink With Faucet72” Countertop- Menard's StockWhite Kenmore Dishwasher$250 for all, 419-707-4024

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Hardwood Flooring, Refinishing,Installation, and Repair Work.

20-yrs experience.Call Kyle 419-343-3719

RAY'S HANDYMAN SERVICES

Carpentry, Drywall Repairs, Painting, Siding,

Electrical Problems, Help for the Do-It-Yourselfer.

Small Jobs Welcome, 35+ Years Experience

419-836-4574/419-304-0583

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Daisy's Cleaning ServiceResidential/RentalsMove In/Move Out

30 Years Experience/InsuredCall for Free Estimate

Paula Wolfe419-902-1973

Professional CleaningResidential - Commercial

Attention Landlord's & Homeowner'sWant cleaning and painting doneright?Tired of throwing money away?We have unbelievable prices andmany references. 567-249-8901 or419-699-0422.

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BAY AREA CONCRETENew or Replace Concrete

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

Brick & Block work etc.Veterans & Senior Citizens'

Discounts Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured

"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; Interiorwood refinishing; airless spray;power wash & blasting; silicone

seal; refinishing aluminum siding; residential; church, farm. 50+ YEARS EXPERIENCE

FREE ESTIMATES *SENIOR & WINTER RATES*

419-697-1230NORTHWOOD

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Michael's Roofingand Construction

Tear-Offs, Re-Roofs& Repairs

32 yrs. ExperienceFamily Owned - Fully Insured

Free Estimates419-836-1620

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TREE & STUMP REMOVAL*Tree Trimming *Pruning

*Clean Up30 Years Experience

Call Don 419-691-6811

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ATTENTION ALL CRAFTERSSave the date!

Ashland Church is hosting a FUNDAY on Saturday, June 8th from 11am to 3pm. There will be free food,games, prizes and a bouncy house

for kids.Crafters are welcome to sign up and

sell their items. There will be a $25 charge for a table.

Contact: Sandy Potter 419-574-8794

or the church office 419-720-19952350 Starr Ave., Oregon

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Williams Concrete is hiring

CDL-qualified mixer truck

drivers for our Maumee and

Woodville locations. We are

offering competitive pay and

benefits. Please call Kevin

O’Connell for more

information.

419-304-6253

Williams Concrete, Inc.

419 698-4521www.HCR-Manorcare.com

Offering Get Ready forSpring Sign on Bonus

EEO

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empowered

to create

moments of

joy for our

residents

and their

co-workers.

Come see what the fun is

all about!!

Come meet our new DON.

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career at Heartland of Oregon.

STNA & LPNFull and Part time

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A Mechanic looks at vehicles,pays accordingly, anythingw/wheels 419-870-0163

We buy most anything fromyour garage! 419-870-0163

$ WANTED $Buying all items

Gold - Silver - Platinum

• Coin Collections • Pocketwatches • Old Wristwatches • War Memorabilia

Michael Tadsen Jewelers4201 Woodville Rd., Northwood

419-698-1570

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If you had Hip or Knee replacementsurgery and suffered an infection be-tween 2010 and the present time,you may be entitled to compensa-tion. Call Attorney Charles H. John-son 1-800-535-5727.

Was Dr. Dahesh the reincarnation ofChrist? You be the judge.

www.Daheshism.com/

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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. LakeMichigan Room. Visitors always wel-come. Call Ken for more info 419-266-8183 or check our local website:www.d28toastmasters.org and clickon Great Eastern Club.

Gun Show March 19 and 20. San-dusky Countys Sportsman's Club3950 St Rt 600 Gibsonburg Ohio.More information at scsclub.org.

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*Plumbing *Painting*Cupboard Refinishing

*Window's *Doors *Siding*Masonry Repairs *Concrete.

419-307-0548HANDYMAN

Electrical Service Upgrades,Plumbing, Woodwork, Painting,

Member of BBBCall 567-277-5333 (local)

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Looking for a patient, understand-ing, caring person to care for ourson. Must have references, be a nonsmoker, like animals and have aclean background. If interestedplease call 419-750-4442

Love Working Outdoors?We have the perfect job for you!

North Branch Nursery, Inc.Pemberville, OH

Phone 419-287-4679Hiring Container Crew Members

Hiring Garden Center Staff MembersHiring Landscape Crew Members

Part Time or Full Time, Competitive Pay and BenefitsPlease call, stop in, or get an application from our website

www.northbranchnursery.comApplications can be faxed, Attention

Kelly Gonzales at 419-287-4161Applications can also be mailed to:Kelly Gonzales, Financial & Human

Resource ManagerNorth Branch Nursery, Inc.

3359 Kesson Road, P.O. Box 353Pemberville, OH 43450

Part-Time Sales AssociateCustomer Relations, sort, price,

stock, ragout merchandise. Apply at: 4405 Woodville Rd.,

Northwood

Reino Linen Service is a commer-cial laundry facility and is currentlyhiring for day/afternoon shift produc-tion, janitorial, team lead and mainte-nance positions. Wage is based onthe position and shift. Wages havebeen recently increased. ReinoLinen is a drug free workplace andproof of citizenship is required.Please get applications online at:

www.reinolinen.com or 119 S. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH.

We are an EEO/AA Employer.

SALES OPPORTUNITYNABF College World Series mediapublications/sponsorship. Commis-sion only. Call 419-936-3887, leavename and phone number.

SECURITY OFFICERS - needed inthe Toledo/Oregon area. Exp. pre-ferred but not required. Must be 21yrs of age & able to pass back-ground check. Starting pay $12.00per hour. Info on how to apply con-tact 419-697-4773. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm.

Windsor Lane Health Care Centeris hiring for the following positions:STNA all shifts with 12 hour shiftsavailable. 2 full time LPN positionson afternoon shift. Competitive wagewith shift differential for afternoonand midnight shifts. Inquire within at355 Windsor Lane, Gibsonburg,Ohio 43431. Or fax resume to 419-637-2555.

NOW HIRINGKitchen Help and Waitress

Apply in PersonSammiez Restaurant

240 Main St. Luckey, Oh 43443

TRAINCOTruck Driving SchoolsDay - Eve - Weekend Class

LOCAL JOBS - HOME DAILYPerrysburg 419-837-5730Norwalk 419-499-2222

ExperiencedLINE

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NOTICE

The annual financial report of the Village of Woodville for 2015 has

been completed and sent to the State Auditor. The report is available

for inspection at the office of the Fiscal Officer, 530

Lime Street, Woodville, Ohio during normal business

hours. Barbara J. Runion, Fiscal Officer

VILLAGE OF ELMOREPOLICE DEPARTMENT

The Village of Elmore Police Department is accepting applica-tions for part-time Police Officers. Applicants must be a U.S.Citizen, be at least 21 years of age, be a high school graduateor possess a GED, and have a valid Ohio driver’s license. A 2or 4 year degree is a benefit. Persons must possess an OPATABasic Law Enforcement Certification. Send resume to ChiefGeorge Hayes, 344 Rice Street, P.O. Box 306, Elmore, Ohio43416 or email resume to elmorepd@amplex.net. Deadline forapplications will be March 18, 2016. The Village of Elmore is anEqual Opportunity Employer.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE AND EXPLANATION OF A

PROPOSED ACTION IN A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN

Date of Publication: February 29, 2016

To All Interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals:

The City of Oregon has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988 in

accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 to determine the potential affect that its

activity in the floodplain will have on the environment. The project being considered is the

PY2015 CDBG Community Development Allocation Program for the Arkansas/Autokee Streets

Improvements Project: Flood & Drainage Facilities, Street Improvements, and Water & Sewer

Facilities. Federal funds will be used for multiple improvements along Arkansas and Autokee

Streets between Bayshore Road and Lakeview Avenue, including approximately 100 LF of storm

sewer, approximately 4,216 LF of waterline, 12 hydrants, 7 water valves, 2 manholes, approxi-

mately 3,720 LF of roadway, approximately 20 LF of concrete driveway replacement and approx-

imately 100 LF of asphalt driveway replacement. Project will occur in existing public ROW. A

small, northern segment of the project site is located within the 100-year floodplain, on land

designated as Other Flood Areas and labeled as “Zone X” and described as an area of minimal

flood hazard-FEMA Map #39095C0105E, effective August 16, 2011.

The City of Oregon determined that approval of the project will have no significant impact

on the environment for the following reasons:

1. Repairs will be designed and performed per FEMA-NFIP Guidelines. Underground util-

ity lines not requiring above ground service structures are permitted in a mapped floodway and

can be considered “no impact” if project does not involve placement of fill, change of grade, or

construction within channel. The proposed project entails replacement of existing water lines

with related appurtenances, as well as replacement of storm sewer as necessary, and resurfac-

ing of roadway; no additional above ground service structures are proposed or involved in the

project.

2. Project entails replacement of existing water lines with related appurtenances, as well

as replacement of storm sewer as necessary, and resurfacing of roadway in an urban area on

previously developed sites. Floodplain disturbances will be minimal and temporary during

repair.

3. Accepted construction practices are to be employed to avoid sedimentation or improp-

er infill of floodplain area during the project. Subsurface excavation will be minimal.

4. Improvements will be monitored by the City of Oregon Department of Public Service.

Any interested person, agency, or group wishing to comment on the project may submit

written comments for consideration to

Ms. DarLynn Huntermark,

Deputy Finance Director (419-698-7012) via email at

DHuntermark@ci.oregon.oh.us or at the City of Oregon,

5330 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616 by 4:00 p.m. on March 7, 2016. City oof OOpportunity

PROPOSED TAX LEVY(RENEWAL)

JACKSON TOWNSHIP

Notice is hereby given in pursuance of a resolu-

tion passed by the Board of Trustees of Jackson

Township on December 7 2015, there be submit-

ted to a vote of the electors in said Township, at

the regular places of voting therein, on Tuesday,

March 15 2016 the question of a renewal of a 2

mill tax for the purpose of fire protection, for 5

years, commencing in 2016, first due in calendar

year 2017.

Dated: February 22, 2016

Barbara M. Tuckerman, Director

Christopher Knight, Chairman

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF A

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT (FONSI)

COMBINED NOTICE

February 29, 2016

Michael J. Seferian, Mayor

City of Oregon

5330 Seaman Road

Oregon, Ohio 43616

Phone: (419) 698-7045

To All Interested Persons, Agencies, and Groups:

The City of Oregon proposes to request that the State of Ohio release Federal funds under

Section 104 (g) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amend-

ed; Section 288 of Title II of the Cranston Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), as

amended; and/or Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; to

be used for the following project:

PY2015 CDBG Allocation Program: Arkansas/Autokee Waterline Loop: Flood & Drainage

Facilities, Street Improvements, Water & Sewer Facilities. CDBG Allocation Funds: $60,000; City

Water Project Funds: $532,603. Federal funds will be used for multiple improvements: replace-

ment of approximately 100 LF of storm sewer; replacement of approximately 4,216 LF of exist-

ing 6” cast iron water lines with 8” plastic water lines; installation of 12 hydrants, 7 water valves,

2 manholes, paving of approximately 3,720 LF of roadway, including pavement base repair for

water line and storm sewer trenching; approximately 20 LF of concrete driveway replacement

and approximately 100 LF of asphalt driveway replacement. Project will occur in existing pub-

lic ROW along Arkansas and Autokee Streets, between Bayshore Road and Lakeview Avenue, in

the City of Oregon. Single-Year project. Estimated Total Project Cost: $592,603±.

The City of Oregon has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the

environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended is not required.

The City of Oregon has prepared an Environmental Review Record (ERR) for the project

listed above. The ERR documents the environmental review of the project. The ERR is on file

and available for the public's examination and copying, upon request, between the hours of

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays) at the above address.

No further environmental review of the project will be conducted prior to the request for

release of Federal funds.

The City of Oregon plans to undertake the project described above with the Federal funds

cited above. Any interested person, agency, or group wishing to comment on the project or dis-

agreeing with this Finding of No Significant Impact decision may submit written comments for

consideration to the City of Oregon at the above listed address by 4:00 p. m. on March 15, 2016,

which is at least 15 days after the publication of this combined notice. A notice regarding the

responsible entity’s intent to request the release of funds is listed immediately below.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS (NOI/RROF)

To All Interested Persons, Agencies, and Groups:

On or about, but not before, March 16, 2016, the City of Oregon will submit a request to

the State of Ohio for the release of Federal funds under Section 104 (g) of Title I of the Housing

and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Section 288 of Title II of the Cranston

Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), as amended; and/or Title IV of the Stewart

B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; to be used for the project listed above.

The City of Oregon certifies to the State of Ohio that Michael J. Seferian, in his capacity as

Mayor of the City of Oregon, consents to accept the jurisdiction of Federal courts if an action is

brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that

these responsibilities have been satisfied.

The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, the City of Oregon may use

the Federal funds, and the State of Ohio will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended.

The State of Ohio will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and

acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following grounds: (a) the certification

was not, in fact, executed by the responsible entity’s Certifying Officer; (b) the responsible enti-

ty has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Section 58.40 or to make the written

determination required by section 58.35, 58.47, or 58.53 for the project, as applicable; (c) the

responsible entity has omitted one or more of the steps set forth at subpart E of 24 CFR Part 58

for the preparation, publication, and completion of an Environmental Assessment; (d) the

responsible entity has omitted one or more of the steps set forth at subparts F and G of 24 CFR

Part 58 for the conduct, preparation, publication, and completion of an Environmental Impact

Statement; (e) the recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR

Part 58 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by the State; or

(f) another federal agency, acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504, has submitted a written find-

ing that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.

Written objections must meet the conditions and procedures set forth in subpart H of 24

CFR Part 58, and be addressed to: State of Ohio Development Services Agency; Office of

Community Development; Environmental Officer; P. O. Box 1001; Columbus, Ohio 43216-1001.

Objections to the Release of Funds on bases other than those stated above will not be

considered by the State of Ohio. No objections received after April 4, 2016 (which is 15 days

after it is anticipated that the State will receive a request for release of funds) will be consid-

ered by the State of Ohio.

The address of the certifying officer is:

Michael J. Seferian, Mayor

City of Oregon

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HEARING NOTICE

Oregon City Council will conduct a Public

Hearing on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 8:00

p.m. in Council Chambers on new applications

for placement of farmland into an Agricultural

District for the following:

60 acres of land located at 5201 Corduroy

Road, 24.38 acres of land located at 0

Corduroy Road, 4.743 acres of land located at

150 N. Lallendorf, 28 acres of land located at

5701 Cedar Point Road, 40.279 acres of land

located at 805 N. Stadium Road, 20 acres of

land located at 5255 Cedar Point Road and 19

acres of land located at 1340 N Wynn Road,

owned by Kevin M and Kathy S Fox.

12.079 acres of land located at 3607

Brown Road, owned by Edward P Kinsey,

Trustee, etal.

Kathleen Hufford,

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NORTHWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING

The Northwood Planning Commission will hold a regular meet-ing on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the CouncilChambers of the Northwood Municipal Building. PlanningCommission will review the following:

1) Ordinance 2016-8 Establishing Section 1286 of theNorthwood Zoning Code “Vacant Property/BuildingRegistration”

2) Zoning Change Request for 230 Earl St. (Parcel #’s M50-812-340321012000, M50-812-340321013000, M50-812-340321014000, M50-812-340321015000) fromCBD- Central Business District to C-Commercial to allowtow truck parking.

Attest: Kimberly VaculikPlanning, Zoning & Economic Development CoordinatorCity of Northwood

NORTHWOOD BOARD OF ZONING APPEALSPUBLIC MEETING

The Northwood Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a

regular meeting on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 7:00

p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Northwood

Municipal Building. All Board of Zoning Appeals

meetings are open to the public and are held on the

second Tuesday of each month unless it is necessary

to reschedule. The following appeals case will be

reviewed:

Case No. 0624: Doris Klenke, 203 Wilson St.,

Northwood, Ohio is requesting a variance of 5’ to

allow a new garage to be 10’ set back from the home.

N.C.O. Section 1264.09(e)

Attest: Kimberly Vaculik

Planning, Zoning &

Economic Development Coordinator

City of Northwood

PROPOSED TAX LEVY(RENEWAL)

WOODMORE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given in pursuance of a resolu-

tion passed by the Board of Woodmore School

District on December 15, 2015, there be submit-

ted to a vote of the electors in said School District,

at the regular places of voting therein, on

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 the question of a

replacement of a 41.5 mills tax for the purpose of

emergency requirements, for 5 years, com-

mencing in 2016, first due in calendar year 2017.

Dated: February 22, 2016

Barbara M. Tuckerman, Director

Christopher Knight, Chairman

PROPOSED TAX LEVY(REPLACEMENT and INCREASE)

WOODVILLE VILLAGE

Notice is hereby given in pursuance of a resolution

passed by the Council of the Village of Woodville, on

November 23, 2015 there be submitted to a vote of the

electors in said Village, at the regular places of voting,

therein, on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 the question of a

replacement of a levy of 7.4 mills and an increase of 2

mills for the purpose of current expenses, for five years,

commencing in 2016, first due in calendar year 2017.

The polls for said election will be open at 6:30 AM and

remain open until 7:30 PM.

Dated: February 22, 2016

Barbara Tuckerman, Director

Christopher Knight, Chairman

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