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Mill Center unveiledOregon City Schools held an unveiling of the fi rst CNC Milling Center at Clay High School. The community was invited to a demonstration of the HAAS VF-1 Vertical Milling Center last week, which included some of the nearly dozen businesses that made the event possible. Pictured, Tony Spallino, instructor for Integrated Machining and Engineering, shows what the mill can produce. At right, student Damon Dominique holds a fi nished piece: a knee replacement made of cobalt chrome. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)

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The lawyer for former Jerusalem Town-ship Fire Chief Harold Stanton, who was fi red by township trustees at a meeting on Tuesday, fi led an appeal on his client’s be-half in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday. “We’ve asked for reinstatement, back pay and benefi ts,” said Kevin Greenfi eld, Stanton’s lawyer. Trustees had suspended Stanton on March 5 for allegedly permitting Jim Gray, who is not a member of the fi re department, to actively participate on emergency calls. Trustees have, on several occasions, discussed the matter with Stanton. On Feb. 23, Gray again came to the scene of a house fi re on Clubhouse Boulevard to lend a hand. As a result, Stanton was suspended. Stanton defended himself on March 12 at a public hearing, saying he did not know Gray was assisting fi refi ghters on Feb. 23. After the hearing, trustees delayed a decision on whether or not to fi re Stanton until the meeting on March 19, when they unanimously voted in favor of letting him go. Trustees have said that it is a liability issue and violates Ohio law. “If something should happen to any-one who is not a Jerusalem Township fi re-fi ghter and who is acting as a fi refi ghter, we have no insurance to cover them,” Trustee Joe Kiss told The Press Wednesday. “Any-one who gets hurt on the scene and who is not one of our people, who is insuring them? Not only do we not want citizens to get hurt, we don’t want any of our fi refi ght-ers to get hurt as a result of non-fi refi ghter personnel being on the scene. It’s clearly about liability situations.” Trustees said in a letter to Stanton on March 5 that his failure to follow instruc-tions constitutes misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, and misconduct in the perfor-mance of his offi cial duties as fi re chief. Greenfi eld, just minutes after fi ling the appeal, reiterated Stanton’s claim that he did not know Gray was at the scene.

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There will be 17 more bus stops for Clay High School students next year. “Since reinstating bussing for the high school, we’ve gone from a very limited bus shuttle process to increasing some addi-tional pickup points this year,” Dr. Mike Zalar, superintendent of the district, said at a board meeting on Tuesday. “This time next year, we’re proposing how we can en-hance that even further for the students.” Dean Sandwisch, business affairs di-rector in the district, said the board had asked him previously to put together a plan increasing bus availability for high school students. “In January 2012, high school busing was cut on a door to door basis,” said Sand-wisch. “We had a very limited shuttle. We had 13 stops at that time. We did that for a semester. This school year, we added eight stops. So we’re at a total of 21 stops. What we have proposed next year is an addition-al 17 stops, for a total of 38 stops.” Sandwisch said up to three routes may be added. “We think we have a pretty good plan

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to spread throughout the district, mostly in our populated areas. We feel we got some really good coverage. Those routes will be added with Starr Elementary. We’ll be back with a two tier system because the state plan is working on funding more ridership now as opposed to more effi ciency. So this allows us to do this as cost effectively as we can.” Buses transport daily about 2,025 stu-dents K through 12, and between 200 and 250 for the high school, according to Sand-wisch. “The board challenged us with putting stops in that were a little bit more evenly

spaced out so students would have a little more accessibility to our high school bus-ing and I think we’ve accomplished that with the new map,” Sandwisch told The Press after the meeting. “There’s still going to be a cost in-volved with this for the additional routes. There will be more hours and miles with our buses,” he said. Costs range between $80,000 to $100,000, he said. “There will be at least two additional buses with the possibility of three. We’re still looking at the routing and going through the routing software with [Trans-portation Director] Terry Huss,” he said. Other proposals in the district next year include changing the start of the school day, he said. “We got some nuances to work out, but I think the elementary schools next year are all going to be on the same start time. We got a little bit of variation with the interme-diate junior highs. There will be a 15 min-ute difference between Clay High School and those two.” The changes will help streamline the bus routes.

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Ten horses, one potbellied pig, one goat and two ducks were lost when fi re ravaged the century old 10,000 square-foot barn at Vail Meadows Equestrian Center in Oregon Thursday morning. Around 3:30 a.m. 911 dispatchers re-ceived a call from a man driving home from work who described the horrifying site. Or-egon Fire Chief Ed Ellis explained, “I live about a quarter of a mile away, straight across an open fi eld. As soon as I got the call I looked out and the fi re was already through the roof. So it was quite, intense…It was very close if not totally engulfed when the man called it in.” No other buildings on the property were damaged. The family’s house to the west side of the barn was safely evacuated by the Oregon police prior to the fi re de-partments arrival. According to Chief Ellis, “The state fi re marshal has been up to do his investigation and we have no cause as of yet.” Two lad-der trucks, two pumps and anywhere from 30-45 fi refi ghters were used to fi ght the blaze. There is no dollar loss determined as of now. “It’s a terrible loss to the owners of the horses of course, for the disabled individu-als they helped and for the community as well,” exclaimed Chief Ellis. Vail family member and horse owner Mike McGee received the call around 4:00 a.m. “I could see the fl ames and the smoke all the way from Eisenhower Middle School on North Curtice Road,” he said. “We’re not sure what happened. We lost 10 horses and all but two of our therapy horses.” Six of the horses lost were therapy horses and the other four were the Vail family’s private horses. The therapy horses provided Hippo-therapy to disabled individuals. “The horses were the life of the pro-gram. They allow clients to move in ways they couldn’t normally,” McGee said. As the horse moves the rocking motion trig-gers muscles in the clients to move that wouldn’t normally. More than just provid-

Beloved horses lost in early morning fi re at Vail Meadows

ing physical therapy the horses provide an ego boost as well because many of the rid-ers are the only one in their families who know how to ride. “That is just as impor-tant for these kids,” McGee adds. “We have a lot of people calling, offer-ing us horses and they don’t understand that we can’t put a special needs’ rider on just any horse, we need special horses. They have to be calm and desensitized. A lot of special needs patients involuntarily kick their legs and you need a horse that is desensitized to that so they don’t take off.” “I don’t know what we are going to do…We had a lot of great horses. They were just the best,” McGee said. One of them was

Harley, a Toledo Police Mounted Patrol horse who was retired in 2005, and who was owned by McGee. “Mike is a sergeant with the Toledo Police Department and he was Harley’s of-fi cer. So when a horse is retired its’ offi cer has the fi rst chance to purchase it. So they had been partners for a long time now,” ex-plains Chelsea Adeler volunteer coordina-tor and riding instructor at Vail Meadows. “He was very large… and oh, he was a big baby, just a real great horse. He was about 16 hands tall and weighed about 1300 pounds and that was important be-cause it allowed us to put bigger riders on him.” McGee said.

Along with Harley, nine other horses perished in the barn fi re: Cherokee, Bud-dy, Roxie, Mary Legs, T.J., Harley, Pusher, Midnight, Taz, and Chico. Wilber the Pot bellied pig, Tango the goat, and two ducks, Cheese and Quackers, also perished. They are 35 other horses on the com-pound but only two of them are therapy horses. The barn was built in 1892 and was re-furbished in 1997 when the family bought the property. Vail has insurance but at this point McGee doesn’t know if it will be enough to cover a full rebuild of their program. “What’s the plan? That’s a great question. We feel we owe it to our riders to be here. We are going to keep plugging away. You know our kids, this is all they got and we’ll do our best for them. The program will go on. We will just have to fi gure out how. We’re nothing if not resilient,” McGee ex-plains. Vail Meadows has an account set up for donations at First Federal Bank located at 3426 Navarre Ave, Oregon in the name of Vail Meadows Therapy Riding. You can also donate at most Great Eastern Businesses on Woodville Road including; East Suburban Animal Hospital, Mane Event Salon, Little Wonder Day Care, Amish Country Store, School Matters, Lee Nails, The Mad Hatter, Sports Maniac, Hobby Stop West, and Deb’s Body Jewelry & More.

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Millbury, Lake Twp seek bike trail grant Two graduates Magistrate Louis P. Wargo III pre-sided over a special session of the Ot-tawa County Municipal Court March 5, where he recognized two graduates of the court’s Benchmark Alcohol/Drug and Mental Health Intervention Court Program. Started in July 2008, the program, administered with the assistance of the Ottawa County Prosecutor’s Offi ce and other community agencies, provides a supervised rehabilitation program for chemically dependent individuals as well as individuals with serious men-tal health problems charged with mis-demeanor offenses. The two graduates were the 20th and 21st to complete the program. A reception was held following the court session to honor the graduates for their successful completion of the approxi-mately two-year court program. “Since its inception in July 2008, the Benchmark Program has served the families and citizens of Ottawa Coun-ty by addressing the county’s mental health and substance abuse issues,” said Judge Frederick C. Hany II. “That these are the court’s 20th and 21st graduates, speaks volumes in and of itself as to the court’s long-term com-mitment to the families and citizens of this county.” Magistrate Wargo, commended the graduates, stressing the fact that each of them has made great strides turning their personal lives around for not only their individual betterment but also for the betterment of their families, friends, and the community as well.

Wild egg hunt The Toledo Zoo will hold an Egg Hunt with a wild twist Friday, March 29. Throughout the zoo, zoo animals will be tracking down papier-mâché eggs, hard-boiled eggs and other treats hidden in their habitats. In addition, visitors will have the chance to win authentic (hollow) os-trich eggs. Visitors can look for free drawings on zoo grounds to win an egg laid by one of the zoo’s own os-triches and hand-decorated by the zoo’s graphic designers. Three eggs will be given away. For more information, visit www.toledozoo.org.

Road project starting The I-75 Bates Road Bridge Repair project will begin Monday, March 25, the Ohio Department of Transporta-tion (ODOT) District Two announced. Beginning March 25 and continu-ing through April, Bates Road at I-75 will be closed for bridge repair. The detour includes Buck Road to Lime City to Mandell Road. The project is expected to be com-pleted in May.

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The Lake Township trustees Tuesday agreed to a request by the Village of Mill-bury to jointly seek grant funding to help pay for a bike trail linking parks in their jurisdictions. Millbury Mayor Michael Timmons asked the trustees to join the village in an application for funding the trail. He said the village could apply through the Tole-do Metropolitan Area Council of Govern-ments in April 2014. “A joint project is the way to go,” he said, referring to the trend in grant fund-ing to reward jurisdictions that combine their efforts. The trustees agreed to his request. Under the village proposal, the trail would connect the village’s Passive Park to Veteran’s Memorial Park along Fostoria Road and continue to Fireside Park in the township on Ayers Road. From there, it would link to Friendship Park adjacent to

the township administration building at the corner of Cummings Road and State Route 795. The stretch along Ayers Road may re-main a signed bike route as it is now with-out an actual bike lane, the mayor said. He said a representative of Poggemey-er Design Group will be invited to meet with him and village council to discuss preliminary work on the design of the trail and grant applications. Grants that include 70/30 and 60/40 funding ratios may be available, according to the mayor. In other business, the trustees ap-proved a three-year contract to provide police service for the village for $68,000 a year, an increase of about 3.4 percent from the contract that has expired. The new agreement will go into effect retro-actively to Jan. 1. Millbury voters last year approved a new property tax levy to generate revenues for the service. A levy originally approved more than 20 years ago hasn’t been gener-ating suffi cient tax revenues to cover the

cost of the service, the mayor said. After meeting in executive session, the trustees also agreed to give pay raises to fi re department personnel. Acting chief Mike Hornyak was given a $2 per hour pay increase to $18.40 an hour. He became acting chief in February when former chief Todd Walters resigned. A 4 percent increase in the hourly compensation for fi refi ghters was also ap-proved, effective March 16. Firefi ghters will also receive two points credit for each of the fi rst two hours for calls involving structure fi res only. With the 4 percent increase, a proba-tionary fi refi ghter will receive the equiva-lent of about $7.90 an hour, Bowen said. She said the increase is “in line” with pay raises other township employees re-ceived. Mark Hummer, township police chief and administrator, received a $100 per month increase in his administrator’s sal-ary to $1,100 a month. His annual salary as police chief is $68,764.

Savor in the aroma of cultureHeather Heldt, a Culinary Arts student at Penta Ca-reer center and Senior at Rossford High School, serves fruit-stuffed pan-cakes from Pakistan for Taste of the Nations. The event is held annu-ally in the Culinary Connections restaurant inside Penta Career Cen-ter. (Press photo by Stephanie Szozda)


New citizensA naturalization ceremony to welcome 29 new American citizens was held at Cardinal Stritch High School. Top left, Peter Leenen, of the Netherlands, takes the oath of citizenship. Top right, Mariana Steffan, of Russia, who also teaches music at Stritch, receives her certifi cate. Bottom right, St. Kateri students Alexa Soltes and Lily Smith say the pledge of allegiance. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)

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Body identifi ed Ottawa County offi cials have identifi ed the body found along railroad tracks in Sa-lem Township as that of Roger Luna, whose last known address was in Toledo. Relatives of Luna in Texas have been notifi ed, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department. His body was discovered by a crew in a passing train although investigators, as of last week, were unsure if he fell off a train or was hit.

The Northwood Police Department on March 19, in partnership with the Wood County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Ohio B.C.I. and I, and the F.B.I. Humane Traffi cking Task Force, conducted undercover operations at a local hotel regarding activities of known prostitution. These operations included males and females responding to the hotel and meet-ing with undercover police operatives. These males and females then solicited the operatives for sexual acts and were arrest-ed. A total of 12 individuals were charged with 17 various crimes, including prostitu-tion, drug abuse, possession of drug abuse instruments and complicity to soliciting prostitution. Some were also arrested on outstanding arrest warrants out of neigh-boring jurisdictions. Most of the charges were for soliciting prostitution, a misde-

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“We’re crossing the district. We’re tak-ing all the students from the Fassett area out to Eisenhower, and bringing all the stu-dents from Eisenhower to Fassett. So we’re going to be criss-crossing the community. If we had Clay High School starting at the same time, or letting out at the same time, we would have chaos. So that’s why we need that 15 minute differential.” Currently, Starr starts at 8:35 a.m. and will change to 9:15 a.m. next year to match the starting time of Coy and Jerusalem, which currently start at 9:15 a.m. “This is going to be wonderful for the professional development of our teachers. It’s just going to be very nice for parents in the district that all the elementary schools start at the same time,” said Sandwisch. Clay High School will still start at 8 a.m., while plans call for Eisenhower and Fassett to change from the current 7:40 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Busing ended in 2011 In 2011, the Oregon school board elimi-nated busing for Clay High School students due to budget constraints. Following complaints by parents, and some improvement in the district’s fi nanc-es, the board decided to establish a shuttle service for high school students, starting with 13 pickup points, or bus stops, in Jan-uary 2012. In Phase 2, eight pickup points were later added. In Phase 3, plans call for 17 more pickup points for the next school year. Board members P. J. Kapfhammer and Jeff Ziviski based part of their 2011 cam-paigns on bringing back busing for the stu-dents. At the school board meeting on Tues-day, Kapfhammer said he was pleased by the bus shuttle system and the additional stops for the next school year. He thanked Sandwisch and Huss for coming up with the extra pickup points. “When I came onto the board, it was very important to me to do whatever we can to get kids on buses for the safety fea-tures,” said Kapfhammer. “I just believe

our kids deserve a bus ride. You guys have worked very, very hard with the limitations you had in front of you, and quite literally came up with – although not door to door- as good as we’re going to get with the bus-ing we have.”

Ziviski said after the meeting that the board has worked together in the last year to ensure the district is operating effi cient-ly. “The projects that have been complet-ed through the current PI levy have been chosen because they offer cost savings, which come out of the general fund. We have focused a lot of our time and effort towards making our daily operations more effi cient, and this was done mostly on the utility side. We have been able to save over $500,000 a year in utility costs by becom-ing more energy effi cient, said Ziviski. “When the state came out with the new budget, while it has not been approved yet, the preliminary numbers show Oregon schools will get a decent increase in state funding,” he added. “If you combine that with the cost-saving initiative that has been realized, bringing back high school busing just made sense.”

“I don’t know how you can fi nd someone guilty of malfeasance and miscon-duct when they weren’t even aware they had done anything wrong,” said Greenfi eld. “There was absolutely no evidence at the hearing that the chief even knew that this individual was present during this time. So I don’t know how you can be guilty of mis-conduct when he’s engaged in an emer-gency situation and has no knowledge of anything. That’s really what I fi nd pretty amazing, that trustees could reach that conclusion.” Kiss said that Stanton, as fi re chief, is responsible for securing the scene of an emergency call. “If a chief is not responsible for securing the scene, doesn’t he appoint someone to be responsible?” said Kiss. “Why didn’t the fi re chief tell other fi refi ghters that non-department per-sonnel, like Gray, were not permitted to give assistance?” Kiss said three fi refi ghters testifi ed under oath at the hearing that they saw Gray on the scene.

It’s political Greenfi eld blamed Kiss for Stan-ton’s fi ring because Gray is the brother of former trustee Joe Gray, who often-times got into heated arguments with Kiss. “I believe a lot of this is politics,” said Greenfi eld. “There’s a lot of bias and prejudice involved here. I don’t think trustees could get that out of their minds and look at the facts of the case. If they did, I strongly believe there would have been a different outcome. Stanton knew Jim Gray, and trustees hated his brother.” Kiss said Stanton’s dismissal has nothing to do with his previous dis-agreements with Joe Gray. “It’s not about Joe Gray and Joe Kiss at all. There was turmoil. We had troubles. It’s public record. But that was then, and this is now. I have noth-ing bad to say about Joe. None of the other trustees, David Bench and Ron Sheahan, worked on the board with Joe. The real issue is we have people putting people at risk, and it contin-ued to happen,” said Kiss. “It truly is an unfortunate situation that has tak-en place. Tough decisions have to be made sometimes. Unfortunately, we, the trustees, were put in a situation where tough decisions had to be made. Not everyone is happy about it.” Gray is not licensed to assist fi re-fi ghters in the township, where he had been a fi refi ghter several years ago be-fore he resigned, according to Kiss. He had reapplied to the fi re department in 2012, but trustees did not hire him, ac-cording to Kiss. Asked why trustees did not hire Gray, Kiss said, “All three trustees felt it was in the best interests of everyone not to hire him.” Bench and Sheahan, reached by phone, would not comment for this ar-ticle.

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Ottawa County is spending about $70,500 this summer to make sure its road speed limits and safety improvements fall in line with government standards. Last month, county commissioners Jodi Regal, Steve Arndt and Jim Sass ap-proved a service contract with MasterMind Systems Inc. Work will include: • A right-of-way (road hazard) inven-tory/inspection, $14,075. • Sign inventory/inspection, $17,710. • No-passing zone study, $12,880. • Curve safe speed study, $16,100. • Sign compliance study, $9,660. “They will be getting to work real soon here,” David Brunkhorst, county engineer, said. “The bulk of their work is making sure we fall in line with guidelines in Manual of Unifi ed Traffi c Control Devices. That’s our Bible. We are using the skills of others to

Road safety survey costs about $70,500identify those areas for potential safety and signage problems.” MasterMind Systems is qualifi ed through the Ohio Department of Transpor-tation to perform traffi c safety studies and has worked with agencies in all 88 counties as well as a number of other states, accord-ing to the company website. The company was started by Bruce Hickman and has roots in Elmore. It still maintains that site on Rice Street but is now headquartered in Delaware, O., according to Nick Hickman, company vice president. A new offi ce is being opened in Florida. Crews will be focused on using global positioning systems (GPS) and geographi-cal information systems (GIS) to review sites. No township or state roads will be included in the survey. “They will be looking at where things are at. What areas is speed a concern? Is there enough sight distance before a stop? Should there be double lines here instead of single lines?” Brunkhorst explained.

Crews will also spend time out in the fi eld verifying everything, said Nick Hick-man. They will travel in a white Ford F-150 truck and white Jetta bearing the Master-Mind Systems logo, cautionary labels and well as a fl ashing light bar on the roof. “Actually, Ottawa County is the fi rst project we will be working on this year,” Hickman said. “We are chomping at the bit to get out there. But the weather has to co-operate a little.” Because of recent changes in govern-ment regulations, sign inventories and no passing studies have dominated the com-pany’s workload in the last year. The company is expected to fi nish the local survey by Sept. 30. The county will receive a hardcopy report and recommen-dations along with GPS and GIS software with all the information correlated for easy accessibility. “The nice part is they can use our soft-ware to make reports on whatever they want in the future,” Hickman said.

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U.S. 20 project underway The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced the start of work on U.S. Route 20 in Sandusky County. The project will cover the section be-tween County Road 32 and State Route 53, just east of Woodville. Traffi c will be reduced to one lane. Weather permitting; work is scheduled to be complete by August.


With one eye on the federal govern-ment’s budget situation, Mark Shieldcastle, research director at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, is hopeful there will be an-other radar study this spring of the fl ight patterns of migratory birds along the Lake Erie shoreline. Data from a study conducted in the fall is still being analyzed. “We were kind of surprised by some of the preliminary results from the fall study – by how the birds were moving,” Shieldcastle said. “There was a lot more movement along the coast at night than they expected. They thought everything would be just going across but they are fol-lowing the coast very similar to what they do during the day. You would think at night they are migrating across the lake but they found an awful lot of birds that are actually following the coastline to the west, just like they would during the day.” The U.S. Geological Service provided two radar units and Bowling Green State University provided another for the fall phase of the study that began last spring but with only two radar units. Personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Ohio State University, University of Toledo, and the observatory have also been participating in the study,

which ultimately hopes to gain insight into whether the fl ight patterns would place the migrating fl ocks close to wind turbines that have been or soon will be erected near the lake shoreline. Radar can give researchers a look at the patterns of movement and volume of the birds, their elevation, and how they’re interacting with the lake and shoreline, Shieldcastle said. One question in particular needs to be addressed, he said: Are they fl ying above the risk zone – the area around the blades of the turbines? One radar unit was placed close to the shoreline while the others were three and 15 miles inland. Preliminary data from the unit farthest inland are yielding another surprise. “That unit had a huge amount of ac-tivity below 500 feet,” Shieldcastle said. “How that compares to right along the coastline we don’t know yet. But they weren’t expecting that much bird activity that low 15 miles inland. That can be a very important piece of information, depending on how that analysis comes out. One pos-sible explanation is the birds are dropping in just like a jet comes in – on a long ap-proach. That’s still up in the air until the data is analyzed. But it does show the birds follow a lower altitude farther inland than was thought.” The Black Swamp Bird Observatory hosted a forum last year, inviting research-

ers from academia, government, and con-servation groups, to update their peers on projects they’ve undertaken in the Great Lake region. Participants also discussed how radar studies could be included with other strate-gies such as banding, counts, and acoustic monitoring in a cost-effective manner. But the researchers also renewed their call for additional study of the migratory fl ight patterns along the lake before wind energy development is pursued. In particu-lar, they’ve asked for a three-year morato-rium on the placement of wind turbines within three miles of Lake Erie in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties. BSBO staffers have been watching de-velopment at the Lake Erie Business Park, which has been promoting its site as well suited for wind and solar energy. Wind turbines have been installed at two schools in the Oregon City School District. Shieldcastle said there has been re-search on the effect of turbines on migra-tory birds but most of the studies have been conducted in areas where birds are in active migration and some portion of the fl ocks are fl ying well above turbine blades. If funding is available, researchers working along the lake would like to have three years of data, he said. “Ideally you’d like three years,” he said. “If you only do two years, which one is normal?”


Three area fi re departments will benefi t from a $487,358 communication grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fire departments in the City of Northwood and Lake Township and the Allen-Clay Joint Fire District were notifi ed by FEMA March 15 they are receiving the funds to purchase 800 megahertz system radios. Portable radios for individual use by fi refi ghters as well as mobile units that will be installed in vehicles will be purchased, said Northwood Fire Chief Joel Whitmore. Mike Hornyak, acting chief of the Lake Township Fire Department, said the township’s share of the grant will be about $260,000 and pay for about 50 portable units and one mobile for each vehicle in the department. There are about 60 fi refi ghters in the department, he said. The township has been applying

for grant funding to upgrade department communications equipment for a few years, said Melanie Bowen, a township trustee, and the size of this grant could free up local revenues for other needs such as replacing aging vehicles. “We try to rotate fi re trucks every 20 years or so,” she said. The grant requires a 10 percent match from the recipients. Northwood Fire Chief Joel Whitmore said his department is receiving about $144,000 that will be used to purchase a total of 33 portable and mobile radios and dispatching equipment. “Rossford is already using the 800 system so we’ll be able to easily communicate between Rossford, Lake Township, and Northwood,” he said. “Perrysburg Township and the City of Perrysburg are exploring the possibility of coming on the system also. So it will greatly improve our ability to communicate between departments.” Lucas County, including the City of Oregon, has been using the 800 system for years.

Northwood, Lake Township, and Rossford have automatic aid agreements for structure fi res and the township has an agreement with the Allen-Clay district. Mark Hummer, the township’s police chief and administrator, said the township police department has recently been equipped with 800 megahertz radios. He began a study of converting to an 800-megahertz system shortly after the township was hit by a tornado in June 2010 and the system in use at the time was unable to handle the surge in emergency calls. He said the fi re department was especially hit hard by the surge. Township emergency personnel had to rely on radios loaned by the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department to handle tornado-related calls. Bruce Moritz, chief of the Allen-Clay department, couldn’t be reached for comment. According to chief Whitmore, the Allen-Clay department is receiving about $81,000 to buy 20 radios.

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Miller Boat Line is preparing for a ma-jor dock renovation at its island port but the project won’t interrupt travel this sum-mer. Boat line executives plan to extend the dock 45 feet on the west side of Lime Kiln Dock near Put-in-Bay as well as extend a hydraulic ramp. Scott Market, vice president of the fam-ily-owned ferry service, said low waters on Lake Erie the past two years made the proj-ect a necessity. “The low waters have been a big issue for everyone,” Market said. The ferry oper-ators try not to bottom out as trucks loaded with food and drinks for island revelry un-load at the dock, he explained. Miller ferries began spring runs on March 15. Cars and trucks lined up at the

tip of Catawba Island as businesses and individuals shuttled supplies between the mainland and South Bass Island. In the off months, islanders rely on what they are able to store before winter as well as what can be fl own over by airplane, if weather permits. The only price change this season is the 50 cent hike in one-way trips for foot traffi c. Runs to Put-in-Bay are $7.50 for adults, $1.50 for children ages 6 to 11 and free for kids 5 and under. Market said skyrocketing prices for diesel fuel is the reason for the increase. The ferry line project is being helped along by Local-Let Project Agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation. The agreement allows the use of $790,000 in federal highway administration ferry boat discretionary program funds for the Lime Kiln Dock Project. ODOT only funnels the money through

its District 2 offi ce in Bowling Green, said ODOT spokeswoman Theresa Pollick. The actual administration of the grant is han-dled locally by a government sponsor, the Ottawa Regional Planning Commission and its director Joe Gerber. Ottawa County Commissioners approved the deal in late February. “It was very kind of them to support us,” Market said. Gerber said Miller Boat Line is required to pay 20 percent of the funding to fulfi ll its part of the agreement. Market said the company also can-not use any of that money for engineering services. Miller Boat Line hired the Matrix Engineering Co., Cleveland, to do the de-sign work for the marine project. Work is expected to begin in December, Market said. Completion should take a cou-ple of months.


Ottawa County Commissioner Steve Arndt’s recent trip to Washington D.C. cost taxpayers a little more than $200 but Arndt expects to reap greater benefi ts for the county. Arndt ventured on the four-day trip to the nation’s capital the fi rst week of the month. The total cost of the trip was about $1,765, Arndt said. The County Commissioners Association of Ohio picked up the larger part of the tab, shelling out $1,500. “It was actually a pretty good trip, I thought,” Arndt said. Part of the trip included designing a national legislative platform for the com-missioners association. But moreover, Arndt, a member of the CCAO executive committee, and other commissioners were on a mission to delve into critical govern-

ment budget issues with legislators in both the Senate and House of Representatives. In particular, county offi cials are wor-ried about the possible elimination of tax-exempt municipal bonds, which are used to fi nance capital improvements and other major projects at the local level. If the change happens, Arndt ex-plained, the interest costs on a $100 million dollar project could grow up to $16 million more. “That’s a 9 percent increase in inter-est. I don’t think many communities could handle that,” Arndt said. Another top concern is the avenue some are considering to drum up addition-al revenue to help shrink the ever-growing national debt. Commissioners also stressed the im-portance of continuing federal backing of Community Development Block Grant dol-lars. “We use those for a lot of sewer proj-ects across Ottawa County. For seniors, the

money is used to provide handicap access. All impact us in some important way,” Arndt said. Finally, commissioners also com-plained about changes in the elections pro-cess which force counties to cough up ad-ditional cash. Arndt pointed to the switch to the bal-lot digital scanning system. Before that, ballots here were brought to one central location for tallying. The sensitive digital scanners at polling sites present a number of maintenance problems because they are jostled around in transport as well as stor-age issues. “The more technology you have – the more you are subject to more challenges,” he said. Still, he added, “The Secretary of State’s offi ce should be the one to deal with the costs. They make all the guidelines and regulations to pull off elections.”

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Millions of Americans will enjoy a beer tonight. The vast majority of them probably won’t realize that the wide variety of brands they see in the stores, bars, and restaurants come from just two foreign-based multina-tional companies that control 80 percent of the U.S. market. Many of the most popular beer brands appear unchanged over the years, and there’s been a recent explosion in the vari-ety of beers available. But behind the label, the industry has become a global and in-creasingly monopolized affair, just like the rest of our food system. Now, one of the largest beer corpora-tions, Belgium-based AB InBev — which owns Budweiser — wants to buy Mexico’s Grupo Modelo, which owns the Pacifi ca, Tsingtao, and Corona brands. The Justice Department, after allowing foreign compa-nies to acquire nearly all U.S. breweries in the past decade, fi nally took some action in January when it sued to block the Bud-weiser-Corona marriage. But AB InBev seems intent on forging ahead with the deal. It’s rearranging the proposed takeover to address Washington’s concerns by promising to sell a factory and the Corona and Modelo brand rights in the United States to another company. Even these changes would leave AB InBev in control of nearly everyone’s beer cooler.

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The already-vast brewer would have yet more power to raise prices unilaterally. AB InBev is truly a beverage behe-moth. It owns over 200 brands worldwide including Budweiser, Becks, Stella Artios, Boddingtons, Löwenbräu, Michelob, and St. Pauli Girl. After this merger, its main competition would be UK-based brewer SABMiller, which owns 367 global brands, including Coors Light, Fosters, Miller Light, and Milwaukee’s Best. The beer industry’s concentration has

grown alongside an explosion in locally brewed craft beers, but the nearly 2,000 independent craft breweries comprise less than 6 percent of the U.S. market. Why does it matter who owns our beer? According to a recent report by the New America Foundation, the industry’s con-solidation has raised prices and narrowed consumer choice. After InBev purchased Anheuser-Busch in 2008, a long-running price war between Anheuser-Busch and SABMiller ended, and both began to raise their prices simultaneously. What’s worse, this consolidation prob-lem spans the whole food system. When a few large companies own and control our meat, milk, and processed foods, it’s bad for consumers and the farmers who bring us the food. The big players get to make all the decisions, from pricing to distribution, and consumers and producers have no choice but to go along for the ride. Consolidated markets cease being fair. The high concentration of companies that control a majority of our food has become a foodopoly - an alliance of agribusiness and big food companies that controls ev-erything we eat, every step of the way, from seed to table. Just how highly concentrated is our marketplace for food? Two out of three pork chops are sold by just four companies. It’s even worse for beef, with four companies processing 80 percent of all U.S. cattle.

When markets are this concentrated, the big players make all the rules in the mar-ketplace to the detriment of farmers and consumers. That’s why a chicken farmer receives about 25 cents on every 12-piece KFC chicken bucket. When you look behind the multitude of brands in the supermarket and fi nd just a handful of companies, it’s easy to see why small farms have disappeared. Over de-cades of policy shaped by the largest food and agriculture corporations, these com-panies have managed to squeeze more and more from the livelihoods of farmers. The meatpackers and other food manufactur-ers pay farmers lower prices, and farmers are forced to turn their livestock operations into factory farms so that they can make ends meet. Consumers aren’t the ones ben-efi ting off of the low, low prices farmers get for their products — the middlemen are. Who controls your beer might seem a frivolous question. But who controls our food supply is no laughing matter. The Jus-tice Department must challenge the grow-ing food monopolies to protect consumers. Blocking this merger would mark a fi rst step in that direction.

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How do you decide the best course of action to take? What should you do in response to unexpected events? How should you respond when things don’t go as planned? How much time do you have to make a decision? Your life is shaped by the decisions you make. The decisions you make are based on the options available. Therefore, accurately identifying and assessing your various options is essential. Only when you understand your options are you in a position to make a sound decision. You are a unique individual. What might be a great option for someone else could be an awful choice for you. Before you are in a position to begin assessing op-tions you must fi rst have a thorough under-standing of yourself. You must recognize your likes and dislikes. You must know your strengths and weaknesses. Your objective is to pick options that match your desires and capa-bilities. Identifying the requirements of the various elements of your life is also worth-while. These elements include personal, work, family, social, fi nancial, emotional, relationships, and spiritual components. Make sure you understand how each one fi ts into your life. Choosing options that confl ict with one or more of these compo-nents results in undesired outcomes. Other aspects of yourself impacting the options you select are your knowledge and experience. If you don’t know a lot about what you are dealing with, or have little or no experience, you need to either acquire knowledge and experience or consult with someone who has it. Accurate information along with a thorough understanding of your situation is also of paramount importance. If you

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misunderstand your situation or have inac-curate information you are unable to appro-priately assess your options. Before you start to identify options, determine how much time you have. Any issues with an impending deadline need to be addressed fi rst. You are seeking options compatible with the time available. If you get a fl at tire while driving, your fi rst option to consider is the location of the closest safe place to pull off the road. Where you will purchase a new tire is irrel-evant at that moment. Once you are safely off the road and put on the spare, you can begin to look at your options for replacing the tire. Before you select an option, you want to know what choices are available to you.

Brainstorming is a productive process for this task. List every possible option. Don’t evaluate or rule out anything. List every idea, even if it seems farfetched or unreal-istic. Having lots of ideas sparks your cre-ativity. The best option may be a blend of the things you listed. Once all options are listed, determine the positive and negative aspects of each one. Now you are ready to begin assessing each one. It’s OK to combine pieces of your listed options to create additional options. You are looking for options where the ben-efi ts for you outweigh the disadvantages. Although other people will have opinions as to which option you should pick, your selection must fi t your requirements. When assessing your options, always keep in mind how much time you have to make a decision. You don’t want to miss out on opportunities because of paralysis by analysis. There is no way to guarantee a perfect decision. All you can do is make the best choice possible based on the informa-tion you have available. Learn from your past what to avoid and what to repeat. Accurately identifying all available op-

tions will improve your decision making. This process constantly evolves with time and experience. Study those people who are where you want to be and learn how they identifi ed and assessed their options.

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Dawes, the Los Angeles folk-rock band, writes about life’s signifi cant emo-tional events in the song A Little Bit of Ev-erything. In one stanza, a man tells his fi ancée addressing wedding invitations that she seems stressed about the upcoming wed-ding. She replies that’s not the case. She says she feels good about the task and adds, “I think that love is so much easier than you realize. If you can give yourself to someone, then you should.” Dawes is not the only one with mar-riage on the mind, traditional, or same-sex. Ohio’s Rob Portman last week became the fi rst Republican senator to endorse same-sex marriage. Sen. Portman changed his position after learning his son was gay. Evidently, he concluded that if you can give yourself to someone than you should, no matter the sexual orientation. Within days, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, also voiced her support. They follow David Blankenhorn, founder of the Institute for American Val-ues, a conservative organization dedi-cated to strengthening the family unit. He dropped his opposition in June. Blankenhorn wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times titled How My View on Gay Marriage Changed. Blankenhorn had been a vocal critic of same-sex marriage in both a book he wrote about the future of marriage and in testimony supporting Proposition 8, the California initiative that defi ned marriage as a union between a man and a woman. In his Times piece, he wrote, “But there are more good things under heaven than these beliefs. For me, the most important is the equal dignity of homosex-ual love. I don’t believe that opposite-sex and same sex relationships are the same,

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but I do believe, with growing numbers if Americans, that the time for denigrating or stigmatizing same-sex relationships is over. Whatever one’s defi nition of marriage, le-gally recognizing gay and lesbian couples and their children is a victory for basic fair-ness.” Blankenhorn’s hope is that by getting past the issue of same-sex marriage, the na-tion will concentrate on the benefi ts society can reap from two-parent families. Will this acceptance of same-sex mar-riage doom the institution of marriage? I don’t think so. Heterosexuals and America’s econom-ic reality are to blame for the dismal state of marriage and how it affects us as a society. A new study adds to the discussion. Entitled Knot Yet, it was conducted for the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. It concludes that the age men and women are marrying is at an historic high—29 for men, 27 for women. The main reason? The state of the economy and the cost of college. Young people are taking longer to fi nish college. They graduate an average $25,000 in debt. And, they have a diffi cult time fi nding a job. Many are also reluctant to assume a partner’s debt. For those not pursuing post-secondary education, the prospect of fi nding a good-

paying job with benefi ts to support a family diminishes with each passing year. They too are reluctant to make a life-long com-mitment facing such an uncertain future. While young people have their doubts about marriage, they don’t seem to think the same way about parenthood as 48 percent of all fi rst births are to unmarried women, most of them in their 20s. Studies have shown fi nancial stress is the leading cause of divorce so the young deserve some credit for their caution. Be-sides, many young people today have grown up in broken homes, or in blended families, so they have seen the heartache and misery that both marriage and divorce might have infl icted on their parents. Each of us sees marriage as a personal issue. We base our decision on the person we want to give ourselves to, our economic condition, our moral code and the dreams we have for ourselves. Same-sex couples use the same criteria. This is what Blan-kenhorn has concluded. Marriage is an is-sue of personal morality, but the institution of marriage is a national concern. Table the morality and maybe we can deal with the devastating effects a disintegrating insti-tution has on us as a society and our chil-dren. Studies have shown children from sin-gle parent homes are more likely to grow up in poverty, use drugs, have emotional problems, commit crime and have children out of wedlock. The cost we all bear is stag-gering. Single uneducated mothers particu-larly have a rough time. They are both pri-mary caretakers and bread-winners usually working low-paying, part-time jobs while fulfi lling the roles of both mother and fa-ther. Hard enough in this fast paced, mod-

ern society for two parents to raise a child let alone one. So, what can be done? The Institute for American Values makes two suggestions. First, eliminate the so called “marriage penalty” in the tax code. Second, change the governmen-tal benefi t systems. A single mother living apart from the father can receive govern-mental assistance including housing subsi-dies, Medicaid, and food stamps that total 20 percent more income than if the couple were married. This assistance, while well-inten-tioned, many times undermines marriage because the fi nancial penalty to marry is signifi cant. This is the discussion we need to have. How can we strengthen an institution that can be a way out of poverty, that can help grow children into balanced, responsible adults and that can help us achieve our dreams when we decide to give ourselves to another? Sen. Portman, Hillary Clinton and Da-vid Blankenhorn deserve credit for their courage to drop their opposition. Same-sex marriage will not destroy marriage.

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Pres. Eisenhower’s great-grandson to speak at Oregon schoolabout.” Eisenhower has hosted several events throughout this school year to commemo-rate its 50th anniversary. A commemora-tive photo of all students and staff in the shape of “50” was taken in September. To refl ect the concept of “walking through history,” the school held a shoe drive for recycling in October, coupled with setting a Guinness World Record on Oct. 26 for the “Most People Running 100 meters in a 24-Hour Period.” In addition, an open house was held Nov. 13, with displays for each era and retro uniforms on display. The students have added their per-sonalized touch this year with a student-designed t-shirt contest, student-designed banner artwork, signature park benches and themed student essays. The building was offi cially dedicated Nov. 11, 1962 as Eisenhower Junior High,

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Leo, from Brazil, who attended Clay High School, with Val Virag and her grandson Tyler Virag, and Whadzna, from the Philippine Islands, who attended Eastwood High School enjoying a trip to Schweizer’s Pumpkin patch in Oregon.

and our customs,” Virag said. “Foreign ex-change programs will help students down the road, especially those who graduate from college and are looking for a job. You would be surprised at the number of job of-fers that are received by students who have studied abroad.” An Oregon resident, Virag is also hop-

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Two of those businesses, GenoaBank and JBI Corporation, teamed-up to become the founding co-sponsors for the GAC. Each donated $5,000 to help kick-start the committee’s efforts. “Marty Sutter, of GenoaBank, and Joe Badger, of JBI are very passionate and sup-portive of our mission to create the 21st cen-tury learner, and the role technology plays in that endeavor,” Buehler said. “They were very generous with their funds to help in-crease the technology opportunities for our kids.” “GenoaBank is gratifi ed by opportu-nities to improve the vitality and quality of life in the communities that we serve,” said Staci McDaniel, AVP Marketing Man-ager. “And as a community bank, we are proud to help organizations such as the GAC, since supporting key stakeholders in our society is a great way for GenoaBank to demonstrate appreciation for the commu-nity support which we enjoy.” “We’re currently researching the best

way to use the funds to provide the most benefi t for our students,” Buehler said. “We’re surveying teachers about what kind of software or equipment that could be benefi cial in the classroom. We’ll also work with our Technology Director Tom Baker, along with GenoaBank and JBI to make a sound investment in technology from which all of our students can benefi t. “One thing we’re looking at is a mo-bile iPad lab that could be used in different classrooms and programs,” she added. Buehler also credits the many local businesses and individuals who have con-tributed to the GAC this year. “People have really stepped up,” she said. “We’ve had donations from the Elementary PTO and our teacher’s union gave us a signifi cant donation, as have a number of individuals. “Every donation counts and is greatly appreciated,” Buehler said. “And 100 per-cent goes to the benefi t of our high school students.” Among the GAC-sponsored incentives for academic performance this year were a soft-serve ice cream buffet and raffl es for gift cards for local businesses. “Every nine weeks, we provide incen-tives for honor roll and high honor roll stu-dents for their hard work,” Buehler said. “During the second nine weeks, we made homemade French toast, chocolate chip pancakes and waffl es and served the kids breakfast, which they really enjoyed. “When it comes to the incentives, I poll the students and ask them to pick what they want,” she said. “After all, they’re the ones who worked hard and earned the marks.” The committee is also working on a seniors honor recognition for students who earn scholarships and other academic awards, and is looking at awarding t-shirts for students who earned honor roll and high honor roll all year long. GAC meetings are open to the commu-nity. Future meetings will be held April 17 and May 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school library. For more information about the com-mittee or to make a donation, call Buehler at 419-855-7741 ext. 21201 or visit www.genoaschools.com/academics/genoa-aca-demic-committee.

GPA Collegiate Employ-Net, a consortium of 19 colleges and universities in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, will host its annual Career Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fri-day, April 5 in the Owens Community Col-lege gymnasium. Job seekers holding a certifi cate or de-gree from any accredited college or univer-sity are invited to attend this free event. Professional attire is required. Employers offering internships, full- and part-time employment may register for the event at www.cenconnects.net. Quicken Loans, Cedar Point and Cummins Bridgeway are among the participating em-ployers. Collegiate Employ-net sponsors a net-working event and career fair annually for students and graduates of participating schools. For more information on Collegiate Em-ploy-Net or the job fair, please contact Lisa Dewey at 419-559-2258 or [email protected]. Employers needing more information on the job fair should contact Lynn Hoehn at 567-661-7715 or [email protected].

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Toledo (PACT) is seeking essays and appli-cations from high school and college stu-dents as part of its third annual scholarship awards competition. Over the past two years, PACT has awarded two $500 scholarships to either high school or college students. Students were asked to submit an essay on “What Having a Polish-American Heritage Means to Me.” In addition to the essays, entrants must complete an application. A complete list-ing of the rules and the application can be downloaded from PACT’s website: www.polishcommunity.org. The deadline for submissions is May 20. Scholarships will be awarded based on an evaluation of ap-plications received by the deadline. At least two awards of $500 will be made pay-able by check to the educational institution where the recipient is registered to attend. For more information, contact Rozanne

Nitschke at 419-944-5312 or email PACT at [email protected].

Purple & Gold Celebration Morrison R. Waite High School is cele-brating its 99th year as an educational insti-tution this year and as part of the celebra-tion, six Waite graduates will be honored as Distinguished Waite Alumni at the 49th An-nual Purple and Gold Celebration in April. The inductees include: • Bernard A. Frick, `57, Education and Community Service; • Phillip L. Kajca, `81, Business and Community Service; • Philip L. Kuebbeler, `56, Medicine and Community Service; • Alan R. Miller, `73, Business and Community Service; • Harry N. Mills, `45, Engineering and Community Service; • Emilio V. Ramirez, `91, Education and Community Service. The Purple and Gold Celebration Din-ner will be held April 27 at St. Michael Centre, 4001 Navarre Ave., Oregon. A so-cial hour and silent auction will begin the evening’s festivities at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the induction ceremonies and music and fellowship.

Tickets are $45 per person. For reser-vations, more information, call Principal Dave Yenrick at 419-671-7000.

Fellowship opportunities The Ohio Legislative Service Com-mission is accepting applications for its 13-month Legislative and Telecommunica-tions Fellowship Program. The commission, which works closely with the legislative caucuses of the Ohio General Assembly, will hire 20-plus fel-lows to work with members and staff at the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate during 2014. The program is open to graduates of all major fi elds of study who have a genuine interest in learning about state government. No political experience is required. Appli-cants must have graduated from a four-year college degree program by the December start date. Those holding graduate or pro-fessional degrees are also encouraged to ap-ply. For more information or for an appli-cation and instructions, call the fellowship coordinator at the Ohio Legislative Service Commission at 614-466-3615 or visit www.lsc.state.oh.us/fellowship.


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UT alumni gives back to community Through his Undefeated Spirit Founda-tion, former University of Toledo and CFL football star Chuck Ealey is giving back to the community by providing three $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors. Twenty athletes – 10 football players (one $1,000 scholarship) and 10 girls bas-ketball players (one $1,000 scholarship) have been selected as fi nalists based on the following criteria: • An undefeated spirit-inspiring drive and leadership with their teammates, cam-pus, community and or youth; • Strong family values with strong family support-encouraging and support-ing parent/family structure behind the ath-lete; • Strong focus on education and com-munity/campus involvement- good grades and extracurricular activities. Mr. Ealey also partnered with Leader-ship Toledo to encourage area high school seniors to share with him their “Undefeat-ed Spirit” stories through a 500-word essay contest. Fifty-three students from 17 area high schools submitted entries for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. Among the fi nalists were: Boys Football – Johnny Douanglee—Waite HS (City League), John Segura—Northwood HS (TAAC). Girls Basketball – Samantha Charcol—Clay HS (TRAC), Kre’Ana Henry—Waite HS (City League), Abby Mass—Cardinal Stritch HS (TAAC), Megan Roach—North-wood HS (TRAC). Essay contest fi nalists—Adriana Can-non—Lake HS, Olivia Latz—Cardinal Stritch HS, Alexa Wegman—Northwood. The winners will be announced during an awards celebration April 16 at the Uni-versity of Toledo’s Driscoll Alumni Center. For more information, call Kristina White at 419-290-5027.

Academic All-Ohio Honors On March 11, the Oak Harbor High School Athletic Department received a very exciting letter in the mail. Enclosed were two certifi cates from the Ohio Scho-lastic Soccer Coaches Association notify-ing the district that both the Oak Harbor High School boys and girls varsity soccer programs had earned the most prestigious team academic honor in the state – Aca-demic All-Ohio. In order for a team to accomplish this feat, the team must maintain an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 through-out the soccer season. Girls varsity soccer team members include Sidney Allen, Erin Bryant, Paige Velliquette, Amber Burnette, Makayla Car-penter, Jordan Giesler, Amanda Hetrick, Addie Barton, Michaela Goldstein, Emily Kamann, Kelsey Lacer, Allyson Michael, Karis DeWalt, Sydney Street, Gillian Allen, Ivy Martin, Nichole Weis, Hannah Hess, Tessa Tyburski, and Allyson Croy. Boys varsity soccer team members in-clude Andy Burnette, James Walters, David Birchall, Brandon Schimming, Kyle Draper, Brian Wyss, Tate Haar, Garrett Crum, Tim Poiry, Ben Dresser, Zachary Bolen, Greg Haar, Zachary Seaman, John Pluto, Tyler Sievert, Alan Luecke, Trevor Hanely, and Sam Laderach.

Academic honors Alexandria L. Sneed, of Oregon has been named to the dean’s list for the 2012 fall semester at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She is a 2012 graduate of Clay High School.

Online store launched Over the past several months, Market-ing Education students at Oak Harbor High School have been learning 21st century skills while promoting their new online school-based web store, The Launch Pad. In 2004, Marketing Education students opened a school store in the Oak Harbor High School cafeteria, offering an oppor-tunity to build management, supervision, and leadership skills. For some students, the store provides their fi rst work experi-ence and teaches skills needed for work and college. This year, the senior class decided it was time to update merchandise, rebrand and to use technology to market merchan-dise. In November, a new web store was launched, followed by a mobile marketing campaign. Students are gaining experience in using several other social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The students are documenting their experiences in their DECA Learn and Earn Project, which were presented by project leaders Lindsey Reau, Douglas Pennington and Nicole Wilhelm at the Ohio DECA Ca-reer Development Conference held in Co-lumbus March 16-17, 2013. To see the new online store, visit www.theoakharborlaunchpad.com.

A celebration of SeussThe Cat in the Hat and a few of his famous friends greeted R.C. Waters Elementary students and their families as they arrived at the recent Dr. Seuss Night. The event, sponsored by the Together in Education (TIE) parents group and R.C. Waters reading teachers, included stories, a book exchange and other festivities in celebration of Dr. Seuss and the joy of reading.


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Worship 7:00 am & 10:30 am

Breakfast 8:00 am

Children’s Easter Egg Hunt

9:15 am

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1213 Washington St.

Genoa, OH.

419-855-3906

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Worship with us Easter Sunday

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The Oregon Area Pastor’s Fellowship invites you to experience the HolyWeek together as the Body of Christ united! ALL ARE WELCOME!

TUES, 3/26 - 7 pm – Encounter the Cross

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THURS, 3/28 – 2 pm to 7 pm - Open Communion

At Christ UMC, 5757 Starr Ave

FRI, 3/29 - 7 pm - Good Friday Service

At The Rock, 4058 Starr Ave

SUN, 3/31 - 6:45 am - Sunrise Service

St. Ignatius at Maumee Bay State Park Beach

7:30 am –Service

8:30 am – Easter Breakfast

At Christ UMC, 5757 Starr Ave

Also, we invite you to celebrate the Resurrection at anyone of these churches on Easter Sunday!

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Join us as we celebrate Holy Week

Sunday, March 24 at 10:00 a.m.Celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into

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Thursday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m.Reenact the Lord’s Supper

Sunday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m.Remember Christ’s resurrection

Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday Service

Easter Service

Easter Sunrise Service

Easter Breakfast

Sunday School

Easter Worship Service

7:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

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Solomon Lutheran Church

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Worship during Holy Week

Easter Sunday Services

Maundy Thursday

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Good Friday 7:00 pm

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7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper


1:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s

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9:00 a.m. Mass 11:30 a.m. Mass

8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil

St. Ignatius Catholic Church

212 N. Stadium Road

Oregon, Ohio

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Main St. in Bono

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SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:30AM

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Good Friday

Easter Sunday

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- Celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection for Us

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12:15 pm Worship Service and 7:15 pm Service of Darkness

6:30 Sunrise Communion Service

8:00 Easter Breakfast

8:45 Easter Egg Hunt

9:30 Sunday School

10:45 Communion Service

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Thursday, March 28

Friday, March 29

Saturday, March 30

Sunday, March 31

Holy Thursday Mass at 7 pm

Good Friday Service at 2 pm

Fish Fry from 5 - 8 pm

Easter Vigil Mass at 8:30 pm

Easter Sunday Masses at 8 & 10 am

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Genoa Trinity United Methodist

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Good FridayGood Friday

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Pot Luck at Oak Harbor Trinity United Methodist 6:00pm,

Living Last Supper Musical and Holy Communion 7:00pm.


Noon Ecumenical Worship Service

St. John’s UCC ~ 1213 Washington St., Genoa

Community Invited


Good FridayGood FridayGood FridayGood Friday

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Guards don’t just dominate the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Boys Basket-ball Team, they virtually are the All-Press Team. In voting by 11 area coaches and 10 media members, 13 of the 15 players who comprise the fi rst, second, and third teams spend most of their time in the backcourt. Only four of the guards are seniors. If these were actual teams, a coach would have no problem placing a couple of these guys at a wing or post position. Why? Because most are underclassmen and most are six feet or taller. Northwood resident and Associated Press fi rst team all-state selection Eric Cel-lier is this year’s Press Player of the Year. Cellier, a 6-2 senior guard at Toledo Chris-tian, is the fi rst local resident who plays for a non-local school to get the honor. Cellier averaged 21.7 points, 4.7 re-bounds, 2.9 steals, and 3.6 assists. He was a 62.9 percent shooter from 2-point range, 48.1 percent shooter from behind the 3-point arc, and 80.4 percent at the free throw line. He led the Eagles to a 22-3 overall re-cord and a Toledo Area Athletic Conference championship (13-1). Non-league wins in-clude games against Clay (52-43) and East-wood (85-62), If you include TC with the 10 local boys basketball teams, the Eagles were the only team to get out of the sec-tional tournament. The Eagles opened the regular season with a 44-41 loss to Lake and lost to Divi-sion IV regional fi nalist Ottawa Hills twice — once in league play (49-47) in once in the district fi nal (65-50). TC coach Dave McWhinnie says Cel-lier is currently looking at several schools to play collegiately and could make a deci-sion soon. McWhinnie said Cellier had “a very good offer” just last week. “Eric is an outstanding young man and leader,” McWhinnie said. “He has an incredible work ethic and passion for the game of basketball. Eric is an outstanding 3-point shooter and attacks the rim well, but what sets him apart from most other high school players is his mid-range game. He has great anticipation skills on defense and led us in steals. “Eric comes from a wonderful fam-ily that has supported his passion for the game. Eric’s passion and commitment to constant improvement has inspired many young players in the school and he has left quite a mark on our basketball program,” McWhinnie continued. Also getting POY votes were Lake soph-omore point guard Connor Bowen, Lake sophomore guard Jared Rettig, Waite junior guard Tawyn Mason, Cardinal Stritch Cath-

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The weight room at the Genoa High School Athletic Complex is getting busier by the day.

Junior Garrett Poiry is one of dozens of Genoa students who have turned the weight room into their second home after school, and even on weekends. A large group of them are now competing in weightlifting meets at the state level.

“Last year there was a senior, Matt Bury, who told me and a couple of my clos-est buddies that he would really like to get something going for this school,” Poiry said. “He said it would benefi t our football team, wrestling team, everybody. He said they don’t have to compete, just build them up and get them stronger and faster. Matt was the one to keep going with this.”

Initially, Molly McLear and her hus-band, Mike, felt that their son Joey, a fresh-man at Genoa, shouldn’t take this weight-lifting thing so seriously.

“At fi rst it was very diffi cult for Mike and I,” Molly said. “We thought he should stick to what we consider a high school sport – baseball, basketball, football.”

While Joey still plays football, he and several of his peers are involved in another sport that is taking off: competitive weight-lifting. On March 9, Joey McLear and 17 other Genoa boys combined to take second place at the state powerlifting meet at Ken-ton High School.

Last year just four Genoa boys compet-ed at the state meet and the squad fi nished 10th. Senior Kyle Nutter, the school’s all-time leading rusher, was on last year’s team and this year’s squad and placed third in the 225-pound weight class in Kenton.

Each individual competes in three lifts, the bench press, squat and deadlift. Nutter had a three-lift total of 1,290 pounds while his brother, David, a Genoa junior, took 10th at 210 pounds.

“Lifting has defi nitely become some-thing very important to the Genoa stu-dents,” said Kyle, who signed to play foot-ball for Siena Heights (Mich.) College ear-lier this month. “A lot of that is just from a couple of kids starting it. A lot of the other kids are seeing the progress and following in the same footsteps and want to do the same thing.

“It’s a great atmosphere in the weight room. There is no discrimination from the older kids and younger kids, or the stronger guys and weaker guys. A lot of guys are get-ting after it, and it’s easy to work hard when everyone else is also. A lot of times you see the more knowledgeable guys helping the younger guys, and that’s great to see.”

Nutter set a meet record at the North-wood regional meet, which is the state-qual-ifying event for lifters in this area. Nutter’s

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Genoa junior Tyler Rozek deadlift-ing.

meet-record (and personal best) 360-pound bench press in the 225-pound division helped Genoa win the regional title.

Genoa had several top performers at the state meet, including sophomore Na-than Szymanski, who won the 135-pound title with a three-lift total of 1,010 pounds. Poiry was second at 155 pounds, with a combined 1,205 pounds, while junior Robert Roginski was fourth at 175 (1,090 pounds) and freshman Eric Traver was fourth at 125 pounds (625 pounds).

Also competing for Genoa at the state meet were Ramon Ochoa, Tyler Rozek, John Belsky, Blake Traver, Jay Nino, Max Reeder, Lucas Apel, Robert Roginski, David Nutter, Solomon Mutchler, Michael Deiter, Garrett Etts and Trey Fairchild.

Poiry, who lifted a personal-best 485 pounds in the squat and 440 in the dead-lift, credited his lifting coach, Scott Siew-ert, a former powerlifting champion in the 1980s, with helping him get involved in the Northwood regional meet a year ago.

“He was big in helping me out,” Poiry said. “I gave up wrestling at the end of my freshman year and I’ve been lifting ever since. I’ve been competing since my sopho-more year, and I just love hanging out with my friends and I love doing what I do and getting other people involved and seeing them grow. It’s just a cool experience.”

Molly McLear said that after seeing how focused her son has gotten in Genoa’s weightlifting “club,” she and her husband are now behind him 100 percent. Joey, the

youngest Genoa competitor at Kenton, lifted 910 pounds to place 15th at 195 pounds.

“He was driven for this and we sup-ported him along the way, and now we couldn’t be more involved,” Molly said. “He gave up on the basketball and the wres-tling just for these two sports (football and weightlifting). It’s amazing to watch their bodies change. Joey is almost 6-1 and he was a short, chunky child in the sixth and seventh grade. He’s just shot up, and the tone in his body - everything he does - has improved. Those kids are close. This sport has made a bond that will last a lifetime.”

The Genoa lifters usually train fi ve days a week for two hours after school, and many of them show up in the weight room on weekends. Several parents and coaches, including head football coach Tim Spiess, Mike McLear, John Poiry, Jon Nutter, Kurt Reeder, Keith Traver and Mike Szmanski, help supervise.

Kurt Reeder, a freshman football coach and varsity assistant at Genoa, was a com-petitive bodybuilder as a teenager. His son, Max, now plays football and wrestles at Ge-noa and is an avid weightlifter.

“I work a lot with the kids,” Kurt said. “They put forth an incredible amount of determination and effort, and that’s feeding itself. Max has competed in some power-lifting events and had some success. The Nutter boys have done very well in these powerlifting meets. The kids are all just joining in the club, working fi ve and six days a week to the point I have to tell them

to slow down. They just can’t get enough of it.

“I go in the weight room and you can hardly fi nd room in there. It’s most reward-ing for me. I tell them it makes my day when they out-squat me. When you see them accomplish their goals, that’s the best. The parents back their kids and are making it possible for them.”

Genoa’s lifters saw the fruits of their la-bor pay off at the state meet. The team took second behind defending champ Kenton in Divisions IV, V, VI and couldn’t have been happier.

“We were thrilled, only because we just got a team going,” Garrett Poiry said. “This really was our fi rst year doing it. I thought we would get third or fourth. Our overall goal is to always be the best. That’s our school motto.”

Kyle Nutter said he was impressed with the second-place fi nish, given that this was truly the team’s inaugural full-blown effort at the state level.

“We couldn’t even fi ll all the slots last year; this year we fi lled all the slots,” Nutter said. “We just wanted to compete and have fun. I don’t know if we realized we were going to do that well. We have a lot of lift-ers who are going to continue powerlifting. I’m sure it will become even more popular at Genoa as the years go on. I wouldn’t be surprised if we brought home a couple state championships in the years to come.”

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Gibsonburg native and former Valpara-iso standout guard Jake Diebler has a prep and college basketball resume that most players would kill to have. Diebler, the son of Genoa boys coach Keith Diebler, set the state’s all-time single-season and career assist mark during his four years (2001-05) at Upper Sandusky High School. He also had more career steals than any schoolboy in Ohio history. Diebler teamed with his younger broth-er, Jon, to lead Upper Sandusky to the Divi-sion II state championship in 2005 before moving on to a terrifi c four-year career at Valpo, located in Valparaiso, Ind. Diebler started every one of the Cru-saders’ 98 games over the fi nal three sea-sons of his career, fi nishing 10th in school history with 130 career steals and 16th all-time with 229 career assists. He is now in his second season as an assistant at Valpo under head coach Bryce Drew, the 2011-12 Horizon League Coach of the Year. Last Tuesday the Crusaders (26-7) beat Wright State 62-54 for the Horizon League tournament title to advance to the NCAA Tournament on Thursday against Michigan State in Auburn Hills, Mich. Valpo, which went 13-3 in the Horizon this season, took a six-game winning streak into its fi rst NCAA Tournament game since 2004. However, the Crusaders lost to the Spartans 65-54. “It’s truly a blessing to be a part of the tournament this year,” said Diebler, 26,

Gibsonburg native coaching Valpo in NCAA tourneywho is in his fourth year as a member of Valpo’s coaching staff. “It has been a dream of mine to participate in the greatest sporting event of the year, and to fi nally be doing that is really special. I had the opportunity to share in my brother’s (Jon) ex-perience at Ohio State, and although I will never forget what it felt like watching him play, it’s certainly different when you are preparing for the game yourself.” Jake attended Gibsonburg Schools through seventh grade, when his father moved the family to Fostoria after taking the head coaching gig at Fostoria High. The Dieblers soon moved to Upper Sandusky, where Keith, Jake and Jon won a state title in 2005. The Rams, minus Jake, who had graduated, lost by two points in the 2007 state title game. Given that his father has been a coach for decades, it was probably only natural that Jake would go into coaching. Jake, however, said that wasn’t necessarily the case. “I didn’t anticipate going into coaching until the middle of my sophomore year (at Valpo),” he said. “My dad has had a ma-jor infl uence in my life. His drive and de-termination to help me be the best player, leader and person I can be ultimately led me to following in his footsteps. He gave me opportunities at a very early age to be a leader on the basketball court, and I think

that only naturally led me into coaching.” Keith, who was there when Valpo beat Wright State for the Horizon title last Tues-day, admitted he “absolutely” gets nervous when he attends Valparaiso games. “When I quit getting nervous about coaching and watching games, I’m done,” Keith said. “Basketball is a passion in this family. We touch base a lot. Jake probably gives me more advice than I give him. When Jake played for me he was like a coach on the fl oor. He’s grown up in it. He’ll call and ask a couple things, but I bounce a couple things off him for myself because I respect him that much. He provides a great resource now at the college level.” Jake said he “loves” working for coach Drew, the most decorated player in Valpo history. Drew is best known nationally for his game-winning shot against heavily-fa-vored Ole Miss in the opening round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. With seconds to play, Drew caught a tip pass from teammate Bill Jenkins off a full-court feed from Jamie Skyes to beat Ole Miss at the buzzer. It was

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Veteran boys basketball coach Keith Diebler has had good teams and very good teams. Bad teams and strong teams. Fast teams and experienced teams, and some not-so-experienced teams.

He’s won a state championship (2005) and been a state runner-up (2007). This past season, his fi rst as the head coach at Genoa, Diebler watched the Comets fi nish 3-18 overall and dead last (0-14) in the North-ern Buckeye Conference. Still, he remains undeterred.

“Obviously, record-wise the season was not successful,” Diebler said. “The kids stayed the course. We put in a system, and the system’s not forgiving if you’re not very physical or you can’t do the things we needed to do defensively.”

The Comets gave up 91 points or more 11 times in 2012-13. They got out-rebounded by nearly 10 boards a game and shot just 35 percent from the fi eld, including 28 percent from 3-point range.Diebler, however, chooses to look on the bright side.

Genoa returns 10 lettermen and 68.5 points a game next year, including three starters who scored in double fi gures. In-juries and inexperience forced him to use several different starting lineups, and two freshmen saw enough court time to earn varsity letters.

“The way the kids stayed the course, this is going to get nothing but better,” Die-bler said. “I can’t wait until we can get back in the gym and get after it. They understand what shooting on the move means and what will happen when our defense gets better. We really got hurt on the glass this year, but we had pups out there. I’m excited and the kids are excited.”

Next year’s squad will return 6-foot-1 sophomore Luke Rightnowar, a second-team All-NBC pick who averaged 17.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.3 steals a game this season.

“He had a pretty good year,” Diebler said, “and it’s going to get better for him as he gets stronger. What impresses me the most about him is that he went to the

Diebler promises — the best is yet to come at Genoafoul line 138 times and broke the school re-cord for foul shots made, with 99. He’s just learning how to draw fouls and understand when to get fouls and that kind of stuff. If you’re assertive, you’re going to score. He was pretty assertive. As he developed, his assists went up and that part of his game really came on.”

Casey Gose, a 5-9 point guard, aver-aged 13.7 points, 7.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 steals as a junior. He earned honor-able mention all-district honors.

“He’s going to be the surprise next year, mark my words,” Diebler said. “He loves the game. He’s come on to be a really good point guard. He’s going to be tremen-dous. His court vision is a strength. As he’s

understanding the system, it’s nice to see because I’m turning a lot of things over to him with the decision making process.”

Several other top players will return next year, including junior Jake Schimming, who averaged 10 points a game, sophomore Amos Cauder, who averaged eight points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds, junior post Grant Adams (9 ppg.), 6-5 sophomore Noah Goodrich (7 ppg.), Jared Brossia and Tim Hemminger.

“If Jared Brossia wouldn’t have bro-ken his arm in the Northwood game, we’d be talking about him now,” Diebler said. “He came off the bench in our tournament game and looked real good. It will be nice to have him all year next year. We played

Tim Hemminger a lot, and he’s going to get better. He had 11 points in the tournament and played defense really well.”

Diebler said the Comets will take full advantage of their time together this off-season, which will include a trip to Ohio State’s team camp.

“We’ll spend most of the time on skill and getting better on our shooting,” the coach said. “That was a weakness for us. We shot 603 threes and broke the school re-cord. They’re going to have to work on their skills, and they know that. They know they have to get in the weight room. We want to get a lot more physical and stronger. We’re fi red up and looking forward to the future.”

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing [email protected]

To be a great athlete in one sport is im-pressive. To be a standout in two sports is even more impressive.

With his accomplishments in soccer and basketball, Woodmore senior Donny Bowen will likely go down as one of the school’s most decorated athletes. In his four years, Bowen was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter in basketball and a four-year letter winner and four-year starter in soccer.

It is the accolades he received that stand out the most. For the third consecu-tive season, Bowen earned fi rst-team hon-ors on the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Basketball Team.

As a soccer player, Bowen was named NBC and Press Player of the Year after his junior season. As a midfi elder, Bowen helped lead the Wildcats to consecutive NBC titles.

On the court this year, Bowen, a guard/forward/wing, or a little bit of everything, averaged 16 points and nine rebounds. Before he suffered two separate injuries, a cracked tibia and a broken foot that caused him to miss roughly half the season, Bowen was averaging 23 points and 12 rebounds, both tops in the Northern Buckeye Confer-ence.

This season, the Wildcats had an up and down campaign that saw them face a diffi cult non-conference schedule and compete in a league with schools larger in size. Woodmore fi nished with a 9-14 mark and a 6-8 record in the NBC, good for sixth place. In the team’s fi nal game of the year, the Wildcats fell in heartbreaking fashion to Western Reserve, 57-51 in overtime in the Division III sectional semifi nal. The Roughriders, champions of the Firelands Conference, fi nished the year with a 19-6 record before falling in the district fi nal to Huron, 41-35.

Despite losing their fi nal game, Wood-more can take solace in knowing they left it all on the fl oor, rallying from a seven-point defi cit midway thru the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime. Coach Brad

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Woodmore senior Donny Bowen drives to the hoop. (Press photo by Dean Utendorf)

Sander praised the contributions of shoot-ing guard Brad Flick, who fi nished with 22 points, including fi ve 3-pointers, and Bowen, who had 16 points.

Bowen had plenty of help this season. Flick averaged 11 points and connected on 48 three-pointers and point guard Jake Le-wandowski and power forward Matt Haar both averaged about 10 points. Haar was

second on the team in rebounds, averaging seven per contest.

Bowen credits his teammates with per-forming well in his absence.

“They all stepped up,” he said. “Ev-erybody stepped up, chipped in and did what they have to do. Going down wasn’t going to hold anyone back. I was real proud of our team and just the way we handled it.

We all stuck together.”Sander, a 2000 Genoa graduate who

lettered four times as a Comet, took over the Wildcat’s cage program three years ago. Since, the ‘Cats have seen steady improve-ment. The team went 4-16 and 1-11 in the Suburban Lakes League before Sander in 2010. Woodmore has won 10, seven and nine games, since Sander was named coach. He says Bowen has contributed to that.

“In terms of what he did for the pro-gram — somebody that works as hard as he does, working on his skills,” Sander said. “Physically, he put a lot time in. That’s what you like to see. Having him around the last few years has set a really nice ex-ample for how hard we like our kids to work. He and the four other seniors all im-proved dramatically. As a team, this past offseason, we did a lot of 5:30 a.m. work-outs and, as a whole that senior class was at pretty much all of them. A lot of that was because Donny led the guys.”

The high point of the season came on Feb. 15 when the Wildcats defeated Genoa in dramatic fashion, 98-90, in double over-time on Senior Night.

Haar had 26 points to lead all scorers and Lewandowski, Flick and Bowen fi n-ished with 16, 15 and 14 points, respec-tively. Fellow senior Harrison Wooten, a stable force in the post all year long for the squad, was also instrumental in helping Woodmore pull out the victory.

“That was pretty intense, playing in that type of game, up and down all the time,” said Bowen. “It was fun. I always wanted to play in that. We played well and we were both battling the whole game, and we broke the school record for points in a game.”

Sander added, “It was Senior Night. We started all fi ve seniors and got positive contributions and it was back and forth all night. We got up a few points and they would battle back. Give our kids credit, they were tired and fought and fought and fought. We were able to make a shot or two when we needed it. To get a big win against Genoa, our rival on Senior Night, was im-portant.”


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ToledoBirmingham Development Corp. Meeting March 25, 6:30 p.m., Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave. Residents are invited to discuss a proposed Water Dept. expansion at Collins Park. Everyone welcome. Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave., activities include Kid Space (Grades K-5), March 26, 4 p.m. featuring Wii and snacks; Teen Space (Grades 5-8) featuring Wii and snacks for teens.Fish Fry at VFW 4906, 2161 Consaul St. March 29, 4:30 p.m. until sold out. Dinners offered include yellow perch, frog legs, shrimp and combination, served with fries, cole slaw, bread and butter and dessert. Fish sandwiches also available. Easter Sunday Breakfast March 31, 9 a.m., Eastminster United Presbyterian Church, 725 Navarre Ave. Worship service will be held at 10:45 a.m. Card Party Lunch, April 16 at noon, First St. John Lutheran Church, 2471 Seaman St. Donation $8. Men and women welcome. For reservations, call 419-691-5506 or 419-691-7222.Block Watch 410-M for the East Toledo-Raymer School Area meets every 2nd Thurs. of the month, 6-7 p.m., Memorial United Church of Christ, 1301 Starr Ave. Residents who live between the boundaries of East Broadway, Belt Street/RR tracks, Navarre and Starr Avenues, in East Toledo with surrounding area neighbors/business owners also welcome. Lighted parking available off of White Street. Kids welcome. Block Watch 410-N will hold its fi rst meeting of 2013 March 25 at 6:30 p.m., 2075 Kelsey Ave.Open to the community.Lucas Co. Retired Teachers Assn. Meeting April 25, noon, Valleywood Golf Club, 13501 Airport Hwy. Featuring entertainment by singer, guitarist and entertain Eddie Boggs, who sings with the New Christy Minstrels. April charity is Mom’s House, which needs Cheerios, Goldfi sh crackers, pretzels, graham crackers and vanilla wafers. Cost is $18.95 per person. Menu includes chicken cordon bleu, Swiss steak with mushroom sauce or pasta Alfredo with vegetables and dessert. Send payment with your menu choice to Robert Fetter, 7803 Shaftesbury, Sylvania OH 43560.Free Yoga Classes Mondays from 4:30-5:30 p.m., East Toledo Senior Activities Center, (Navarre Park Shelterhouse), 1001 White St. Instructed by Richard Ward. Info: 419-691-2254.Country Music at VFW Post 2510, 2nd St., every Wed. at 7 p.m. Open to the public. No cover. Community is invited as musicians volunteer to play for the veterans’ enjoyment. On March 13, Gary Shope will perform.ABLE Mobile Benefi ts Bank 2nd Tues. of the month, 6-8 p.m. at the Birmingham Branch Library. Benefi t bank staff can assist with applying for food stamps, home energy and childcare assistance, and many other services. Free legal assistance is also available for problems such as bankruptcy, consumer debt, domestic violence, divorce, and foreclosure prevention. Services are free and available to all.VFW Post #2510 will be having Friday-night dinners from 4-7 p.m. Public welcome. Meetings are held Tues. at 7 p.m.; Men’s Auxiliary meets the 1st Tues. and Ladies Auxiliary meets the 4th Tues.Waite High School Alumni from the Class of 1951, meet the 2nd Mon. of every month. For info, call Betty at 419-691-7944 or Fran at 419-693-6060.Thrift Shop at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, 745 Walbridge Ave. is open Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Shop features a large selection of clothing and household items neatly arranged. Info: 419-243-8189.

Oregon Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Annual Easter Egg Hunt March 23, 11 a.m. at the church, 4155 Pickle Rd. Everyone welcome. Info: princeofpeaceoregon.com.“Getting Ready for a Great Spring of Birding” presented by Toledo Metroparks Naturalist Karen Mitchell as part of the Friends of Pearson Sunday Lecture Series March 24, 2-3 p.m., Macomber Lodge, Pearson Metropark. Refreshments will be available. A nature walk will follow the program.PERI Chapter #93 Meeting March 28, 1 p.m., Oregon Fire Station #2, 1002 S. Wheeling St. Speaker, business meeting, refreshments and fellowship. All PERS retirees welcome.Teutonia Männerchor-Damenchor Annual Fish Fry Good Friday (March 29), 4-7:30 p.m. in The Chalet at Oak Shade Grove, 3624 Seaman Rd. Featuring Alaskan walleye, fries, cole slaw, roll and coffee. Full cash bar available. Special children’s meal and carryouts available by calling 419-691-4116. Tickets available at the door or by calling 419-691-4119 or Tim at 419-474-7604.Catholics Returning Home, a six-week series will

meet Wednesdays at 7 p.m. beginning April 3 in the Family Life Center at St. Ignatius Church, 212 N. Stadium Rd. Informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers about returning to the Church. Info: Carol at 419-691-3562 the Parish at 419-693-1150.Oregon Fest 2013 Planning Meetings will be held April 11 & 25 and May 2, 9 & 16 at 6:30 p.m. the Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. Oregon Fest will be held May 19 from noon-6 p.m. on Dustin Rd. Info: [email protected] or call 419-913-3337.St. Ignatius Altar Rosary Society Card Party April 14, 2 p.m. in the church Parish Life Center, 212 N. Stadium Rd. Tallies $7. For table reservations, call Mary Ann Barva at 419-693-4826 or Jan Peacock at 419-691-5223.Theology with Toast meets the 2nd Wed. of every month at 10 a.m. at the Little Sisters of the Poor, 930 S Wynn Rd. No reservations needed. Coffee & rolls at 9:30 a.m. Info: Alice at 419-698-0405.Divorce Care Support Group meets Mon. 7-8:30 p.m., through April 29 in Room B of the Family Life Center, St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 212 N. Stadium Rd. Info: 419-693-1150.ABLE (Advocates for Basic Legal Equality) Mobile Benefi t Bank will be at the Oregon Branch Library the 2nd Wed. of every month from 2:30-5 p.m. to assist people with basic legal issues and applications for public benefi ts.One-on-One Computer Training available by appointment at Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. Registration required by calling 419-259-5250. Classes offered Thurs. at 2 p.m. and Sat. at 9:30 a.m.Oregon Area Pastors Fellowship Luncheon held the fi rst Wed. of every month, noon, American Family Table on Wheeling St.Book Discussion Group meets every 3rd Tues., 1 p.m., Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. 419-259-5250.“James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center, 5760 Bayshore Rd., open weekdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Daily activities include: bingo, fi tness classes, line dancing, exercise, Bunco, Euchre, and health screenings. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. daily. $2.50 donation is suggested for seniors 60 & older; all others $5.32. Reservations required 24 hours in advance. 419-698-7078. Sunoco Retirees meet for lunch the 1st Mon. of each month, 11:15 a.m., Bayside Boardwalk, 2759 Seaman Rd. Reservations: Al McEwen 419-893-3075. East Toledo/Oregon Kiwanis meet the 2nd & 4th Mon. of the month at noon in the basement level at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. 419-693-4458.Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Tues. of each month, 6:30 p.m., Lake Michigan Room, ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Visitors welcome. Info: Julie at 419-836-5051/Allen at 419-270-7683 or visit d28toastmasters.org and click on “Great Eastern Club.”Maumee Bay Country Quilters’ Guild meets the fi rst Tues. of the month in the Board Room at Mercy St. Charles Hospital at 6:45 p.m. Guest fee for the meeting is $5. Persons having questions concerning this meeting or the guild may call 419-693-8173

NorthwoodMonthly Government Food Distribution for City Residents March 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Josie Reinhart Community Center, located in the Northwood Municipal Bldg., (Parking Lot C), 6000 Wales Rd.

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

ElmoreHarris-Elmore Fire Department Spring Feather Party, April 6, 7-11 p.m. at the Fire Station, 321 E. Rice St. Bingo, money wheel and poker. Featuring steaks, burgers, brats, pork and ham steaks. Elmore Conservation Club Trap Shooting every Wed. from 6-9 p.m. and every Sat. from 5-9 p.m. Questions: 419-392-1112.Storytimes for Preschool-Age Children offered Wed. at 11 a.m., Harris-Elmore Library, 328 Toledo St. Book discussion group meets the 4th Thurs. of each month at 10:30 a.m. New members welcome. Info: 419-862-2482.Elmore Senior Center-Elmore Golden Oldies, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. Lunch served Tues. & Thurs. at noon. Reservations required by 10 a.m. the day before. Blood pressure & blood sugar checks the 4th Tues. of the month; bingo the 4th Tues. of the month after lunch. Reservations: 419-862-3874.Elmore Card Players Meet Thurs. evenings at 7 p.m. at the Elmore Retirement Center.

GenoaTrinity Thrift Shop, 105 4th St., hours are Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. & Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothes & small household items available at reasonable prices.


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1516 Bradner Road, Northwood,Lake Schools, quality-built 3-bed-room ranch, 2-bath, attachedgarage, $129,900. 419-392-6375,419-708-1490

6 acre mini farm, Liberty Center, 3bedroom 2 bath home, w/Fireplace,steel roof, geothermal heat/AC,30x40 and 20x24 barns, maturetrees. $163,500 419-579-7022

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Asst. Auctioneers: Dean A. Smith, Andy Kluding, Todd Schling

For Terms & Conditions check the web site or call the office - 419-547-7777.

FARMLAND Real Estate Auction28.6 ± ACRES

Lake Twp., Wood County, Ohio

Wed. March 27, 2013 - 4:37 pmPROPERTY LOCATIONS: Take US RT 20 north west of Stony RidgeOH approx... 1.3 of a mile to Tracy Rd., then north (right) 2.2 milesto the property with frontage on the east side of Tracy Rd & aroundthe corner on the south side of Keller Rd. Watch for signs!AUCTION LOCATION: Glass City Boardwalk Banquet & Catering Hall,27820 E. Broadway, Moline, Ohio

OPEN VIEWING:Weds., March 6 from 4-5 pm @ the property.

TRACT: 28.6 +/- acres of land with approx. over 375’+/- frontage on TracyRd. & 1750’+/- on Keller Rd. There is ditch running though the propertydividing it into 2 fields. 24.7 FSA acres of cropland. The soils in this par-cel are NpA Nappanee silty clay loam, HcA Hoytville silty clay loam, NnANappanee loam & SpA Sloan silty clay loam; Lake School Dist. Taxes are$611.24 annual. Wood County parcel #H28-712-190000025000. A non-refundable down payment of $10,000 is required at the close of auction.

Owner: D H Moser Farms Family LLC

WILSON AUCTION &

REALTY CO., LTD.

825 N. Main St.,

Bryan, OH 43506/419-636-5500

241 S. Main St.,

Bowling Green, OH 43402

419-354-7653 Toll Free 866-870-5500

Auctioneers: Wayne M. Wilson CAI,

Brent J. Wilson CAI, Denver N. Geitgey CAI,

Fred Nott, Keith Whitman, William H. Retcher,

Shad T. Ridenour CAI, Richard Reed,

Rick Roth, Bart Westfall, Justin VanAlstine

www.WilsonAuctionLtd.com

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ 4:30 PM

Location: 21041 Carter Road


(On Carter Road, Just North of State Route 582)

Fantastic opportunity in the

Eastwood School District, 4

bedrooms, 1.5 baths, fenced back

yard, 1 car garage, small

outbuildings, 1632 SqFt, bigger

than it looks. $1,390/yr.,

prorated at closing. Bring your

imagination and build instant

equity with your improvements.

Taxes:

Terms

Call Shad T. Ridenour to View - 419.354.7653

Sellers:

Former Home of Lowell and Verna Brown

: 10% Down Day of Sale, Balance at Closing

Susan Ortloff and Cathleen Moore

WILSON AUCTION &

REALTY CO., LTD.

825 N. Main St.,

Bryan, OH 43506/419-636-5500

241 S. Main St.,


419-354-7653 Toll Free 866-870-5500

Auctioneers: Wayne M. Wilson CAI,

Brent J. Wilson CAI, Denver N. Geitgey CAI,

Fred Nott, Keith Whitman, William H. Retcher,

Shad T. Ridenour CAI, Richard Reed, Rick Roth,

Bart Westfall, Justin VanAlstine

www.WilsonAuctionLtd.com

PUBLIC AUCTION

Commercial Building - 3 Story w/ 2 Apartments

Friday, April 12, 2013 @ 12:00 Noon

Location: 917 Madison Ave., Toledo, OH 43604

3903 Sq Ft Commercial building,

close to downtown, 1st floor is

unfinished and ready for you to

configure to your requirements or

build out for the next tenant. 2nd &

3rd floors are finished apartments w/

2 bedrooms and 1 ½ baths each.

Updated mechanical system,

separate utilities and producing

good income. Be sure to inspect this

building, if you need office space or a

professional location, take a look.

With the income from the apartments

your cost may be close to nothing.

Don't miss this auction. Call for an

appointment to view. 10%Terms:

Down day of sale, balance at closing, 2% Buyers premium to be added.

Rents and Taxes prorated at closing.

Library Square Properties LLC

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surer’s office of Gibsonburg Schools, 301 Sunset Ave., Gibsonburg, Ohio, during regularbusiness hours.

Dr. Paul R. Lockwood II, TreasurerGibsonburg Exempted Village School District

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— PUBLIC NOTICE —

March 12, 2013

On March 11, 2013 during the regular meeting of the coun-

cil of Harbor View. Council passed Resolution #02-2013.

The resolution was passed to approve the ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BUDGET and to provide for the current

expenses and other expenditures for the fiscal year ending

December 31, 2013.

Lorraine Crapsey, Fiscal officer

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& Michigan) at 10am. This was and still is the heart of Food for

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Real Estate & Contents Auction

ABSOLUTE

March 30, 2013

Contents @ 10:00 Real Estate @ Noon

6050 Grissell - Oregon, Ohio 43616

3-bed, attached garage & 20 x 40 pole barn

TERMS: 10% buyers' premium.

$2,000.00 down day of sale (non-refundable)

Property sold as is where is. Purchasers shall rely on their

own inspections of property and records.

Sale is not contingent on financing or inspections.

Any other terms & conditions will be announced day of sale.

Household:

Misc:

Collectibles:

Electronics:

Tools:

Misc.Garage:

Electric Stove, electric dryer, refrigerator,

microwave, table & chairs, book cases, 50s style double

bedroom set, tableware, misc. kitchen items. Wheel

chair, Organ, Pictures, speakers, VCR, DVD's, CD's, clock,

lamps - hanging, table & dresser, Santa musical toy box,

Binoculars, Game boy Booster, Bally Centaur pinball machine,

5-Vending machines for stickers & tattoos.

Stainless steel canister set, Lava lamp, oil lamp, ammo boxes,

Mickey Mouse in box, Misc. Christmas dec., Pee Wee Herman

talking doll, vintage wall & mantel clocks, Zenith transistor

radio, Illuma Storm, records. Realistic 3 head reel

to reel player & Sony -150 reel to reel tapes 50 +, Motorola Ham

Radio, Lysco Transmaster, Midland 14 channel, Radio Shack

100 channel scanner, C5 Duel FM transceiver, turntables & Lg.

radio. Soldering gun, heat gun, angle grinder, drill,

circular saw, pry bar, new lead cord, open & box end wrenches &

misc tools. Yard tools, 2-wheel cart, appliance

cart, wheel barrows, alum. ladder & more.

This is a small auction. Be on time.

Owner: Lillian Coleman & the late Jerry Coleman

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TERMS: cash/check ID for bid number.

Items sold as is where is. No warranty!

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illegal to request any money

before delivering its service. All

funds are based in US dollars. Toll

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Entertainment Center, Sauder'sOak, Excellent Condition, Movedand it is too large, $100. OBO. 419-693-0304

Washer, $100. Electric dryer $150.Gas grill $75. Pink high chair andwalker $30 for both. Table and sixchairs and hutch $100. (2) TVs. 419-691-3841.

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Hi, I'm Kelly. I'm a very active and sweet

little lady. Once I get to know you, I don't

want to leave your side. I'm working on my

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learned how to sit and shake. No one has

e v e r r e a l l y s p e n t m u c h t i m e

with me, so I'm glad to be learning new

things and meeting new people.

Since I am not used to being shown

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to that idea, but so far, I love all the

attention I can get, and reciprocate with

kisses when I'm happy. I love to run

around and play with other dogs. I would

love to find my forever home with

someone who will give me lots of attention

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STYX

Hi there, my name is Styx! They

call me that because when I first

came in I was nothing but bones. I

am slowly starting to gain weight

and would do so even better in a

home. I am about 3 years old and I

am a lab mix. I prefer calmer dogs

to play with and I walk very well on

the leash. Please come down and

meet me and ALL of my friends

looking for homes. We are at the

Lucas County Dog Warden 410 S

Erie St - 419.213.2800 - you can

also check us out on FB and

Petfinder.com. If you are missing

your pooch PLEASE come down

and look at the LCDW. We are

always looking for volunteers and

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We have great clean fill dirt! Exceptionally cheap prices!

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*Outdoor Power Equipment

Repair & ServiceFor the Home, Lawn,

Farm & GardenGenerators, Riding Mowers,

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Brick & Block work etc.Veterans & Senior Citizens'

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KNIERIEMPAINTING & WALLPAPERING

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

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2000 Dodge Ram, burgandy, 100k,asking $6500 OBO. 419-340-8794

2003 Chevy S-10 LS, 4 Speed withoverdrive air, power, etc.36,000miles. Nice, $6,500.00. 419-849-3921

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2004 Chevy Trailblazer – 127Kmiles. Power windows/locks. Oneowner, non-smoker. Excellentmaintenance. Very clean. CD play-er. Runs great. Must see! Asking$6,750. Call Jeff 419-261-5227 or419-261-5227

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Cycleman We repair Chinese Pocket Bikes and Scooters,

and Mopeds, many parts available,

also repair motorcycles, Call Wed. - Sat (10-6pm)

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