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Middlefield Village Easter Egg Hunt

Ben and Karen GarlichCarl and Donna HornungCharlie and Debra Ehrhart

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Leslie and Neil McCoyLiving Well MassageMerryfield ElectricMiddlefield Tavern

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WalmartWhite House Chocolates

Ben and Karen GarlichCarl Hornung

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On March 19, area children enjoyed the Village of Middlefield’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Jordak Elementary School. This event is organized by the Middlefield Recreation Department.

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SS Edwards and Lucy parishioners served approximately 2,100 food items including ham and paper products to families in the area. They helped with the 72 deliveries to the 194 people served. Preparing for the food deliveries are: (in front, l-r) Tom McAuley, Diane Eastridge and Dick Schill.

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On March 26, Carlie Frank celebrated the re-grand opening of Studio For Hair in Harrington Square, Middlefield. Frank recently purchased Studio For Hair from Mary Gingerich. (l-r) Heather Frank, sister-in-law; Todd Frank, brother; Carol Frank, mother; Tom Frank, father; Jacob Parnaby, boyfriend; Carlie Frank, owner; Mary Gingerich, previous owner (still on staff); Middlefield Mayor Ben Garlich; Dave and Becky Harrington, owners Harrington Square; Middlefield Councilman Carl Hornung; Middlefield Councilman Scott Klein and Donna Longrich, Middlefield Chamber of Commerce.

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Shown here is the same location as the photo above, facing west on West High Street, downtown Middlefield. The "Special Hands Shoppe” today occupies the same space as the creamery. The sidewalk on the left runs along the front of CVS. The roadbed for the C & E can still be seen just west of the rear of Dollar General.

Shown here is the Cleveland car of the Cleveland & Eastern Electric Railway returning home after one of its four daily runs into the city. The tracks ran diagonally through the present Dollar General parking lot. The creamery building on the right is where the farmers in the area brought the milk to be sold to the dairies in Cleveland. It burned down sometime in the 1930s. The C & E car has just begun the turn in front of the present day buildings shown on the "now" photo (below) to begin a return trip to the city. At the end of the day, the car would stop in the car barn that was located just east of "Olde Towne Grille" ready to begin the trip back the next day. The C & E operated from 1899 to 1925 when the company went out of business due to fact that more people had cars and roads were being improved with pavement. I have always wondered if it had continued in business if we would be a "suburb" of Cleveland today.

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The Reason for the WorldBy Patrick Blau

Back in late 2006, during a weekend with both of my kids, we heard a song on the radio that I found really

enjoyable. Being the disc jockey wannabe that I was and still am, I found the song online and played it about 100 times in a row. My kids were used to and tolerant of this sort of behavior from me. My son, Kevin, was going through a bit of a rough patch in his young life, and the message of the song spoke to us both, helping us to forge a stronger bond. Even today, years afterwards, we bring the lyrics up to one another now and then and it makes me smile, inside and out. With the pitfalls and disappointments everyone has to deal with at certain points in their lives, it’s good to know there are people who have gone through some of these moments with us. One of them, for me, is Kevin. One of them, for him, is me. That will be a definite thing, for the rest of our lives.

Occasionally it’s a good idea to step back from our lives, to take stock of where we are and where we’re going. During our busy American lifestyles we should all stop at one time or another and ask ourselves questions. It’s a good thing to do in a country where we are taught that the reason for existing is to get stuff, to have things, and to have more of them than everyone else. We sometimes ask ourselves, “Where’s the purpose in all this? What’s the reason for the world, anyway?“ Your answers can reveal things about you as a person; you may be appreciative of where you are, how you got there, and where you’re going. Or you may be unsatisfied and feeling the sting of ambition swirling around inside of you. It’s all in your personal perception. The whole

half-full/half-empty thing could help you recognize how much water is in your own life’s glass, and if it’s clear enough to see the level inside it.

Using your imagination, pretend you live in a 400-square-foot house or apartment. You own one car that is barely bigger than a Yugo. Your shower is a 3-foot-by-3-foot curtain-enclosed piece of floor that has a drain in it. You have no grass surrounding your little 20’ x 20’ residence, not really any dirt to even plant a flower in, and one of the busier streets is directly outside your living room window. Half of the nearby houses are empty for most of the year. Occasionally during the summer there’s the scent of cows who are no longer constipated wafting on the air. There are flies, lots of them in the summer, and you have to buy fly paper just to control the little buggers. Imagine that 90 percent of the residents where you live have a dog, some more than one dog, and they talk to each other often. Quite often. One of the neighborhood dogs has a pattern of barking three times, rather loudly, followed by a long and drawn out howl, and the creature performs that routine almost every afternoon. Even better, this particular dog lives right next to you.

Now, with this exercise in imagination over, let’s take a look at your personal life glass. If yours is half empty, a little dirty or clouded, the mental exercise we just went through would present a pretty bleak picture to your imagination. A tiny house, a tinier car, a shower that is tinier still; claustrophobia looms. Perhaps you had visions of sterile

blacktop and cement everywhere. Those who are more imaginative, did you think of boarded up windows on the surrounding empty houses, here and there a bit of graffiti, yards unkempt and overgrown from neglect? Perhaps visions of backed up sewers creating the cow waste aroma, flies hovering on and around all of it? You might have been able to hear those dogs barking in your mind, grating on your nerves enough to form visions of mayhem against your neighbors who failed to train and don’t control their animals. This is one way to mentally view the scenes I described to you.

Maybe your glass is half-full, clear, and you saw in your mind these scenes another way. You would have imagined a cozy place, albeit small by American standards, clean and bright inside with a smallish wooden mezzanine that reminds you of lofts inside A-frame cabins in the forest. A tiny car at least gets great gas mileage, and maybe you envisioned it in black, shiny, and still relatively new.Did you imagine the small shower space to be what is called a douche italian (Italian shower), having colorful, smooth, and irregularly cut stones mortared into the gently sloping floor? While mentally creating the scene of the busier street right outside your living room window, maybe you saw friendly farmers waving from tractors as they drove by on their way to their nearby fields, where healthy cows wait for the roll of hay he’s bringing to them on the forks in front of the tractor. The occasional smell from the healthy cows is okay; it just means you’re super close to the country. Maybe you didn’t mind the flies in your imaginings, either. They are messengers from the country too, and thank God that we invented fly paper to

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make them only a minor nuisance. And the dogs barking. Well, could be that you figured they really only bark when someone walks by because they want to say hello to everyone who passes them. They don’t snarl or drip drool at you; they just wag their tails and run towards you hoping that you care enough to reach through the fence and scratch their heads or necks, or give them a gentle thump on their sides or backs. That dog next door to you who howls? Maybe she only does that to attract your attention because you usually respond to that pattern of barks by walking over to see her run to her gate when she recognizes

the sounds of your approaching steps. She gets some good head and neck scratching along with a few side and back thumps to reward her howling effort. Could be. Maybe. Perhaps.

Our house here in Septfonds, France is only 400-square-feet, and we love it. It’s our first home together, so it’s special to us. Our one somewhat tiny car is a black Renault Clio, and it’s comfortable and clean, while getting right around 50 miles to the gallon. I’d never seen a one square meter Italian shower before in my life, but I have come to really appreciate it’s convenience. It’s kind of fancy, in a European sort of way.

Both Sarah and I sometimes wave to the farmers when they rumble by our living room window and down our street, and it always makes me smile and think of the country song about taking a ride on a big

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I am very proud to work at Briar Hill in Middlefield. As I watch our staff serve and care for our residents day after day with love and respect and empathy, I

am proud. As I watch many of our residents successfully complete their rehab and return to their homes revitalized and strengthened, I am proud. As we provide a warm and loving atmosphere to serve the residents that live here, I am proud. Their life stories inspire me.

I want to tell you the story of a man that I met last year. He came to Briar Hill from a hospital stay for therapy but, because of his poor health and age, he himself did not have much hope for recovery. He had come to Briar Hill fully expecting to stay for whatever time he had left. What happened next was amazing.

At first, he was quiet, withdrawn and unable to walk or move about on his own. He was resigned to being bedridden for the rest of his life. With a progressive medical condition that had plagued him for years, he seemed to accept that he had come to the end of his life. There were questions. He wondered what life would be like for him from that point forward. He wondered if his life had meaning.

The nurses and nursing assistants at Briar Hill cared for him, came to understand him and what he preferred. He loved chocolate pecan bars. He loved music. He gradually got to know us too and we became friends. The therapists encouraged him in his therapy regime, even though he did not have much faith in his success. He began to sit in the living room areas and talk with the other residents. As often happens at Briar Hill, he recognized people he had known from years ago. I heard reminiscing, joking and laughter as I passed by these gatherings by the fireplace. They shared pictures of their families, talked about cars they drove as teenagers, memories of vacations and beloved hobbies. He entertained us with his harmonica and other residents joined in song. They celebrated each other’s lives.

His therapy went well. He grew stronger – physically, emotionally and spiritually. In fact, it went so well that one day a wonderful aroma came from the therapy gym. With encouragement from his occupational therapist, our friend had stood in the kitchen all day to make the entire staff his chocolate pecan bars. Stood! All day! We all had huge smiles. The hallways smelled heavenly of chocolate and pecans. We celebrated his success and perseverance.

As therapy progressed and he healed, plans were made for the therapy staff to visit his home with him to prepare for his return. He was hopeful and felt strong. He shared with me that he looked forward to

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returning to his hobbies and visiting his neighbors and friends. We kept in touch with our friend after he left Briar Hill for home. All went well for quite some time. Eventually he returned to Briar Hill to be cared for by friends at the actual end of his life. We consider it a true honor to have served him.

We miss him, as we miss all of the residents that come to us as patients but leave us as friends. I believe he found that his life had meaning and value and purpose. He touched all of us and each of the other residents that became his friend. We celebrate his life and his friendship.

The residents of Briar Hill have lived miraculous lives as former artists, musicians, homemakers, engineers, farmers, accountants and physicians, various occupations and callings, and have valuable teachings to share with us. By serving our residents, by celebrating their lives and learning their stories, we find value and meaning in our own. I thank my friend for that experience.

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The Usual Suspects played at the Huntsburg Chili Cook-off (l to r) Dan Deakins, Rick Deakins from Huntsburg, and Frank Blair from Burton. (MP Photo/Colleen Lockhart)

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green tractor. During the warmer months, when the winter-empty homes in our neighborhood are filled with families that like to vacation in quiet French villages, Septfonds is alive with the sounds of playing children and the sights of couples walking the streets into the dark hours of the evening, comfortable in the security of small town life. The dog next door is named Kaiya. She’s a big, slightly overfed yellow lab who barks three times and then howls, calling for me to come outside and reach through the fenced gate to reward her song with scratches and back rubs. My English words to her would be understood by dogs in America; she doesn’t comprehend them at all. She doesn’t care about the words, though. She just wants the attention. Her own personal glass if clean and half full. She has asked herself questions about life, and found a good answer.

There’s a reason for the world, believe it or not. It’s quite simple, really. In His wisdom, God created all of these things for just one reason. It doesn’t need to be complicated, and it shouldn’t be over thought. God knew the reason for the world before time began,

and it hasn’t changed since then. Kaiya knows the reason when she howls for me, as she almost throws her back out wagging her tail when I approach her gate. The farmer knows the reason when he waves at smiling people he’s never met before. Sarah and I know the reason when we go on walks hand in hand during the warmer evenings, and give a head-nodding “Bonsoir“ (good evening) to everyone we pass. My son Kevin knows the reason, the answer. He’s known it for years, ever since we heard a song about 100 times back in late 2006, and I asked him one question for the first time. He knew exactly how to reply. His answer is there inside of you, too, if your glass is clear enough for you to see how full it truly is.

It’s easy to answer, this thing we could call the riddle, the reason for the world. Say it with me, Kevin, “You and I.”

Patrick Blau was born and raised in northeast Ohio. He recently moved to France and married his wife, Sarah. Patrick and Sarah currently live in Septfonds, a Burton-like village in southern France.”

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The Lake and Geauga County Recorder’s Offices offer Veterans ID cards on a daily basis Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in their respective offices. As an additional service, they will host a Veteran’s ID Card Program for both Lake and Geauga County Veterans at Madison Public Library’s 2016 Business Fair Reception, 6111 Middle Ridge Road in Madison, on Tuesday March 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

You must provide an original or certified copy of your discharge paperwork (DD214) and bring a valid driver’s license. You will be asked to fill out a short form and a return envelope. They will take your

picture and keep your original paperwork, which will be returned with the ID card in about a week by mail. You can also arrange to pick it up in person at the office.

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“From its very beginnings, Huntsburg placed a priority on higher education. The photo (above) is of the Clay St. schoolhouse, one of several one-room schoolhouses in the early years of the township. The year 1896 marked the opening of the central Huntsburg School, pictured right. Both are but a distant memory. For more photos and information, please visit our new website at www.huntsburghistory.com!

Historical HuntsburgBy Ty Pilarczyk

Eric Peck Appointed Huntsburg Trustee By Colleen Lockhart

Eric Peck was appointed as a Huntsburg Trustee in January to serve the remainder of the elected position vacated by Jerry Rose. Eric will serve until December of 2017, when the position will be up for election. Jerry Rose is now an employee of the township,

having accepted the position as the Huntsburg Township maintenance superintendent. The vacant position was advertised and several Huntsburg residents applied.

In 1992, Eric’s family moved to Huntsburg after his parents built a home on part of his mother’s family’s property, the Stanton farm. The Stanton’s have been part of Huntsburg since 1855. Eric and his wife, Jamie, followed in Eric’s parent’s footsteps when they built their home last year on property that was part of the Stanton farm and they enjoy raising their daughter Livia in Huntsburg.

Eric continues to serves on the Middlefield Fire Department where he has volunteered since November 1998. He has been a Middlefield Fire Department Trustee but resigned the position when he was appointed as a Huntsburg Trustee. He currently serves as a volunteer on the Geauga County Fire Investigation Unit and Geauga County Hazmat Team. From 1996 through 2004, Eric volunteered on the Explorer Unit and the Auxiliary Unit for the Geauga County Sheriff’s department.

( l to r) Jamie and Eric Peck holding Livia.

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of May. Many local seniors can no longer rake their yards or flower beds, weed, clean yard debris, or wash windows. By volunteering a few hours, you can help a senior citizen remain independent and live in a safe, clean environment. Volunteers cannot be assigned until they complete a volunteer sheet and return to the Department on Aging. Contact Kristen, 440-279- 2138 for a volunteer form. For questions concerning Spring Clean-Up, call Bob 440-279-2135, or Sherri 440- 279-2129, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April Senior EventsMiddlefield Senior Center, 15820 Ridgewood Dr., Middlefield, 440-632-0611

Wednesday, April 6, Emergency Preparedness: 10:30 a.m. Do you know what you need in case of an emergency? Find out that and more during this free presentation.Thursday, April 7, Self Defense/Personal Safety Course: 10:30 a.m. This four-week course is led by a certified personal trainer and safety instructor and will cover subjects such as how to protect yourself, how not to be an easy target, self defense moves and more. Cost is $20. Call to RSVP or for more information.

Seniors Invited to Senior Center Submitted by Colleen Lockhart

Individuals age 60 and over are invited to participate in any of the programs and events available at the Middlefield Senior Center by registering with the Geauga County Department on Aging. Registration is free and can be done quickly and easily by visiting the Middlefield Senior Center,15820 Ridgewood Road or by requesting an application from Amber or Melissa at 632-0611.

Seniors who register will begin receiving the Geauga Senior News which covers all Senior Center schedules and shared events. Every month, special events are planned, some that take place in Middlefield and some at other locations. Registration may be required. Some programs and events are free and some request a donation. Support groups for low vision, grief, bereavement, Parkinson’s, diabetes, stroke, and Alzheimer’s meet monthly. Assistance is available for tax preparation, Medicare, spring cleanup, adult day service, chore and home safety, homemaker and personal care, and legal services.

The Middlefield Senior Center opens at 8:30 a.m. with the last program at 4 p.m. The day begins with an optional health check-in followed by coffee hour. Examples of some of the daily activities include exercise, volleyball, massotherapy, crafts, cooking, raffles, pinochle, board games, parties, picnics, trivia, bingo, and pickle ball.

Guest speakers in the month of April start at 10:30 a.m. April 6 is Emergency Preparedness, April 7 is Self Defense/Personal Safety Course (4 weeks), April 20 is Cicada Spectacle, and April is Alcohol Substance Abuse.

There truly is something for everyone at the Geauga County Department on Aging, no matter what their transportation limitations or financial status. Contact the Middlefield Senior Center for information at 440-632-0611.

Old Age Pros And ConsBy Joe Novak

I really do enjoy some of the perks of being a senior

citizen, just not the aches and pains. I am writing this because I will be celebrating the 20th anniversary

of my 49th birthday this April. It is hard to believe I am only a year away from my 70th birthday. Where did all the time go?

The senior discounts are OK if you are not afraid to ask for them but some are downright insulting; a fast food chain sells a “senior” coffee for $.95 and a regular cup for $1. WOW, they just made getting old a real pleasure! There are, however, a number of merchants that are senior friendly, you just need to scout them out and ask if they give a senior discount. It can save you enough to leave a great tip for your server.

I have never been afraid to engage people and as I age I am less politically correct than ever. I tell people, “You know that thing in your head that keeps you from saying things you shouldn’t, well I don’t have one of those.” So far I have not said anything that will get me punched in the nose, although I have upset a few inconsiderate people that life has placed strategically in my path. Using my wit to embarrass some buffoon who is taking his bad day at work out on an unsuspecting cashier makes my day. I have always believed that the person doing the most menial task should receive the greatest kindness and consideration. Cleaning public toilets or mopping a floor is not very gratifying; telling someone that they are doing a great job can make their day and it costs you nothing.

I have noticed that many seniors get grumpy in their later years and I can understand with all the Medicare forms,

technological challenges and hurdles tossed in along life’s rocky road, however don’t make someone else’s life miserable just because you can. Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. My life’s motto is, you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar.

While I was being attended to after a stroke in 2009, the doctor overheard me joking with the nurses in the ER. He came over and told me not to worry that I am going to fully recover. He stated that people who do not lose their sense of humor during a medical emergency nearly always recover, it is a sign of a positive attitude and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Another reason to be cheerful no matter what the circumstances.

I have joked my way out of a traffic ticket, gotten a great discount and can’t count the number of times someone bent the rules to accommodate me just because I was pleasant and funny of course. My wife is very aware that I married her because she laughed at my jokes. It is extremely important to keep your wife laughing; it makes it difficult for her to say no. No is the very first word a women learns from her mother. She learns it observing the interaction between her parents. Oops! I think I just said something that is going to get me punched in the nose - where is that icepack?

To find out what Joe would do, e-mail questions to [email protected]. Joe has 20-some years experience in manufacturing and says that as a small business owner, he found that you either learn how to solve a problem yourself or pay to have it done. Joe’s articles are his opinion and are only intended as a guide. Please consult an expert when in doubt.

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