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Passion for Goldfish Runs Deep for Chester Man By Ann Wishart ann@geaugamapleleaf.com
Dave Mandley was given his first bowl of goldfish when he was 4 years old and bored with being sick in bed. Today, he produces hundreds of thousands of designer goldfish and koi on 23 1-acre ponds in Northeast Ohio and sells them all over the world. His “hobby” may be the longest fish story of the century. Mandley, 72, remembers his father presenting him with a big bowl of goldfish to keep him occupied and, inadvertently, starting the “goldfish crave.” He also recalls locking up the gutters on the roof of his family home, flooding them and turning his goldfish loose to get some exercise. “I was into it, really,” he said during a phone interview. As Mandley got older, he studied fish in local lakes and ponds, learning their habits and admiring
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Celestial goldfish were imported from China years ago by Chester Township goldfish and koi breeder Dave Mandley. The photographer said getting good pictures of goldfish is difficult because they are seldom unmoving in the water.
the variety and adaptability of the wild fish. When he netted an odd-looking goldfish while splashing around Shaker Lakes, his natural curiosity took a big leap. Young Mandley contacted an expert in Great Britain to discover
the fish was an import from Japan and had probably been dumped in the lake by someone who lost interest. “I was going full tilt by the time I was 20,” he said. Mandley, now a Chester Township resident, spent hours as a teen
at the Cleveland Aquarium and SeaWorld, developing relationships that would last for years. When he learned SeaWorld was closing and selling off its 380 koi and its goldfish pond, he took the job of re-homing them. It was a golden opportunity and he acquired a plethora of breeding stock and a new perspective on responsibility. “It really made me go farther,” he said. “I really, really got into the real world of goldfish.” He began importing goldfish and koi from Thailand. Then, the broker who arranged the imports for him went to lunch with Vincent Price and another world opened for Mandley. As directed, Mandley got in touch with Price. “He got me into China so I could bring in new breeds,” he recalled. That includes celestial goldfish, so called because their protruding eyes look up to heaven. See Fish • Page 9
Schools Hold Successful Food Drive Students and staff at Westwood and Lindsey elementary schools donated over 1,500 food items during their holiday food drive. Representatives from University Hospitals came to the elementary schools in an ambulance to pick up the food items. Staff members at Lindsey Ele-
mentary School assisted with the loading of many cans and boxes of food. Students from the Westwood Student Council helped to load the ambulance with numerous boxes of food for those in need this year. West Geauga Local Schools are grateful for the partnership with University Hospitals.
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LEFT: Westwood Elementary School Student Council helps load the ambulance with food items. RIGHT: Teachers at Lindsey Elementary School help load the ambulance with food donations.
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Town Crier Red Cross Blood Drive
Dec. 29, 2-7 p.m. The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Mayfield Church, 7747 Mayfield Road, Chester Township. Donation appointments may be made by downloading the free Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood. org or calling 1-800-733-2767.
Burton Christmas Bird Count
Jan. 2, 9, 10 and 11 a.m. and noon The West Woods Register for a timed session to come into the warm lobby and help staff count birds at the feeders for the Burton Christmas Bird Count. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind and rain to take part in the annual effort that runs Dec. 14 through Jan. 5. Registration is required at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Geauga Skywatchers Club
Jan. 4, 6:30-7:30 p.m. From massive blue supergiants to tiny purple dwarfs, learn about the life cycle of stars and how they are classified. Registration for the Star Types virtual program is required at www.geaugalibrary.net.
GEL Zoom Webinar
Jan. 8, 8-9 a.m. Join Geauga Economic Leadership (GEL) via Zoom webinar for “Diversity & Inclusion: Building a Community of Awareness and Openness” with Dr. Velvet Landingham, associate professor, Kent State University, and Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, senior lecturer, Kent State University. To register, email info@geaugagrowth.com or call 440-564-1060. GEL breakfasts are co-sponsored by Geauga Growth Partnership and Kent State University at Geauga.
From the Desk of the Chief Dear Chester Residents, Once again, you all came through in a very big way with our own version of “Operation Santa Sleigh.” On Saturday, Dec. 12, the police department collected a record-breaking number of toys for Job & Family Services and the children of Geauga County. Our trailer, cruiser and four other vehicles were needed to transport all of the presents — and it still wasn’t enough because a dozen bicycles still needed to be picked up at the store and delivered in time. Absolutely nothing like this is even possible without all of you; Purchase your generosity and compassion for others is unbelievable and, for that, I will forever be grateful. The impact of the COVID pandemic changed everything for us and caused us to cancel all of our regular activities and entertainment. We couldn’t even invite the West Geauga High School Band & Choir, yet you were all bound and determined not to let us down — nor did it appear that anything was going to stop you from bringing this delivery of toys. There are so many people and stories that I wish I could share with all of you. For all 10 years, we have received unwavering support from the Kiwanis Club of West Geauga and the Chesterland Lions Club; their generosity is incredible and they have been with us every single year. There are children who use their own allowance money to buy gifts for other children that they don’t know, just so another child does not go without this Christmas. There are people that I know personally who came to see us and are currently experiencing
their own very real financial hardships. These incredible people, who barely have enough to make their own ends meet arrived delivering toys, so the children of Geauga County didn’t go without. Then the letter will come, from the mothers and grandmothers of the families who will receive your generous gifts. Those letters alone will break your heart and reassure you that help is very much needed, appreciated and deserved by families right here at home. So many sponsors to recognize for their continuous support of our toy drive: CCM Rental of Chesterland, Tom and Ron Basista (West Geauga Plaza), Patterson Farms, Rogish Farm’s Tannenbaums Christmas Trees, Chesterland News, ICASI, Discount Drug Mart of Chesterland, Giant Eagle of Chesterland, Rise-n-Dine and Coffee Works. Last Saturday night, I spoke with Santa and told him once again what you all had done. He told me to tell all the residents of Chester Township to rest easy now and enjoy your holidays, you’ve earned it. He will take care of delivery from here and make sure the toys arrive in time. From the absolute bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for supporting Operation Santa Sleigh and the members of my department for 10 years now, as we will continue to support Geauga County Job & Family Services. Stay safe, healthy and happy this holiday season. Mark A. Purchase Chief of Police
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON MOTION PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CHESTER TOWNSHIP ZONING RESOLUTION R.C. 519.12 (G) Notice is hereby given that the Chester Township Board of Township Trustees will conduct a public hearing on a motion which is an amendment, identified as number Z-2020-6 to the Chester Township Zoning Resolution at the Town Hall at 6:35 PM on January 14, 2021. The motion proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be available for examination at the Town Hall from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM from December 21, 2020 to the end of all public hearings.
Publish: December 24, 2020
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Community Meetings Chester Township: Dec. 30, 8 a.m., Board of Trustees; Jan. 6, 7 p.m., Zoning Commission. All meetings are held at the Township Hall, 12701 Chillicothe Road, unless otherwise noted. (Meetings are open to public, but seating limited to 10. Trustees, fiscal officer and department heads, if in attendance, are practicing social distancing.) Russell Township: Jan. 6, 2:30 p.m., Board of Trustees. (Trustees have opted to resume their regular meeting schedule but has changed the location of future meetings to the Russell Town Hall, 14890 Chillicothe Road. Meetings will be held in the Town Hall until further notice. The location is changed to the Town Hall to better accommodate physical distancing advisories.)
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Obituaries Jerry W. Huffnagle
Jerry W. Huffnagle, age 79, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on Dec. 16, 2020. Cremation by DeJohn Crematory. A celebration of Jerry’s life will take place at a later date. Visit www.DeJohnCares. com for online obituary and guestbook.
John Joseph Beclay
John Joseph Beclay, age 97, passed away on Dec. 19, 2020, in Chagrin Falls. He was born to Petronela and Jozef Becla, in Kaczanowka, Poland, on Sept. 22, 1923. He had a brother, Michal, and half-sister, Maria, both of whom are deceased. Only 15 years old when Germany invaded Poland at the start of World War II, John escaped from a Nazi labor camp, fought to liberate Warsaw from Hitler’s occupation and evaded banishment to Siberia when fleeing Eastern Europe. Emigrating to the U.S., he enrolled in college without knowing English. After graduation, John worked as a banker, married Sally Cikra and settled in Chester Township. In 1980, John lost Sally to cancer when she was only 50 years old. Three years later, he met Gertrude Shuminski. They married, spent winters in Florida and traveled together until her passing in March 2020. John loved to ski, swim, play golf and tennis, enjoy a good meal, dance to polka music and visit his family in Poland. Remarkably resilient and determined, he lived a full life well into his advanced years, but could not manage one last escape from COVID. John is survived by his children, Margy Beclay Ross (Scott), John Beclay Jr. and Andy Beclay (Sue); grandchildren, Katie Ross, KC, Sally, Jack, Grant and John Beclay
III; and numerous nieces and nephews in the U.S., U.K. and Poland. Private services for John will be held graveside at All Souls Cemetery in Chardon Township. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials in John’s name to the Foundation for Geauga Parks.
June Sherod
June (nee Jenkins) Sherod, age 91, passed away peacefully in her home on Dec. 16, 2020 surrounded by her family. She was born and raised in Cleveland, where she attended Shaw High School and met her husband of 68 years, Bill Sherod. They were married in 1952 and moved to Chester Township in 1961. June was devoted to her family and grew a home built on loving kindness and Christian faith. She attended the Windermere Methodist Church in Cleveland Heights, Trinity United Methodist in Chester and later Chardon United Methodist Church. She loved to sew and was an avid crafter for many years. She also served as a voting judge for a Chester area precinct for 15 years. June is survived by her beloved husband, William Sherod; their four children, Kathy Lee Tomko (husband Peter), of Chester, Bill Sherod, (wife Pamela (nee Daley)) Sherod, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Kim Ritt (husband Bill), of Chardon, and Tim Sherod, of Chester; their nine grandchildren, Brett Tomko, Justin Tomko, Margaret Sherod, Bill Sherod III, Colleen Sherod, Rebecca Sherod, Kiley Ritt, Tyler Ritt, Travis Ritt; and their two great-grandchildren, June Ritt and Benjamin Sherod. She was loved and cherished by all who knew her. Visitation was held at Gattozzi and Son Funeral Home, 12524 Chillicothe Road, Chester, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Dec. 21, 2020. Interment Acacia Memorial Park, Mayfield Heights. Online condolences and tribute video at www.gattozziandson.com.
Police Blotter The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Chester Township Police Department Dec. 7-20, 2020. ANIMAL PROBLEM Dec. 11, 8:52 a.m., Sperry Road. Two ostriches running loose in my yard. They belong to the neighbor, who is not home. Incident report completed. CITIZEN ASSIST Dec. 16, 12:24 p.m., Mulberry Road. Trucks are using their jake brakes and are too loud. Caller does not want to see an officer, she just wants the road checked for a sign that says no jake brakes and then enforce it. Officer sat in area and did not hear any jake braking. Also unable to locate a sign indicated jake braking is prohibited.
Dec. 20, 9:36 a.m., Mayfield Road. Caller says the ATM at the bank shorted him $180 and he wonders if someone messed with the ATM. Caller used ATM and requested $300 but only received $120. FOUND PROPERTY Dec. 18, 11:21 a.m., West Geauga Plaza Drive. Customer found money outside. FRAUD Dec. 12, 2:46 p.m., Caves Road. Caller received an unemployment benefits card in the mail that she did not apply for. INFO REPORT Dec. 19, 3:58 p.m., Wilson Mills Road. There is a bag of trash at the end of the caller’s drive. Looks to be empty cartons of beer. No need for response, caller just wants officer aware.
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Chester Government Update The Chester Township Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 3 opened at 6:30 p.m. with the approval of minutes from the Nov. 19 and 23 meetings. There was discussion with questions on CARES money. Fiscal Officer Patricia Jarrett explained that the board was using a portion of the money for salaries in fire and police and for supplies and cleaning materials related to COVID-19. Improvements to the fire station will be accomplished in 2021. A resident asked why the roads were at times impassable and unplowed during the past winter storm. The officials and Police Chief Mark Purchase explained it was a synoptic snow and the “perfect storm”; the road department only had five employees available for the period of the storm. Downed trees and power lines across many roadways made them impassable and unable to be plowed until the utility company responded and trees were cleared. The trustees and township department heads will be reviewing Chester’s response and seek to improve communication and coordination. Purchase stated if emergency situation occurs, residents can call 911 and township police and fire can assist. In road department business, the board moved to accept the resignation of Joseph Fleck effective Nov. 20 and termination of Gary Huston as a seasonal employee effective Dec. 3. The board approved a purchase order for $31,500 with Swiderski Equipment for a used Gradall, $2,270 to A&A Safety for safety signs and road closed signs, $17,762 to Lindsey Precast for a box culvert for Ranch Drive and $1,600 to All About Computers Inc. for updating computer and training for the township’s new road mechanic. In fire business, on the recommendation of Fire Chief John Wargelin, the board of trustees hired Jeremy Scalese to a full-time position at $24.44 per hour. In police business, the board accepted the resignation of Mathew Brickman effective Dec. 14. The trustees approved $2,726.57 payable to Geauga Unibody for repairs to vehicle C4. The 10th annual toy drive was held Dec. 12, which is the same date Chief Purchase began his 34th year with Chester Township. In zoning, the board accepted the resignation of Zoning Inspector Steven Averill effective Dec. 9. In new business, the 2021 Chester Township temporary appropriations were approved in the amount of $7,704,577.48. Trustees moved to approve and sign a Resolution of Convenience and Necessities for Road Improvements of Various Roads in Chester Township. The board went into executive session pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22 (G) (1) to consider the appointment, dismissal and compensation of public employees. The board returned to public session for a discussion on tree removal and cleanup of trees and approved a purchase order for $6,000 to VanCuren Tree for removal of trees at various locations. The Chester Trustees held a special meeting on Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. The board approved waiving zoning permit costs for the fire station. The board went into executive session pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22 (G) (1) to consider the appointment, dismissal and compensation of public employees. Returning to public session, the board hired Dan D’Agostino part time to help with
the zoning inspector duties at $25 per until the board can fill the position and hired Steve Averill part time at $25 hour to help with the transition. The board held a special meeting at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 that opened with discussion on health care and moved to change health care providers to Medical Mutual as the township provider. Trustees went into executive session pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22 (G) (1) to consider the appointment, dismissal and compensation of public employees. Upon return to public session, the board moved to advertise in Geauga Maple Leaf, Chesterland News and on the township website for a new zoning inspector, with applications due to town hall Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. Submitted by Joseph C. Mazzurco, Chester Township Trustee
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Lindsey Student Council members display some of the donated clothing items collected before winter break.
Lindsey Students Give Back
The student council and PTO at Lindsey Elementary School have been collecting winter wear for those in need during the holiday season. Students collected socks, hats, gloves, scarves and boots. The donation event was highlighted throughout Spirit Week, which was conducted prior to the winter break.
Ziegler To Continue Basketball Career
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Ally Ziegler, a senior at Beaumont High School and lifelong Chester Township resident, commits to Wheeling University to continue her athletic and academic career. Last year, playing for the Bluestreaks, Ziegler averaged 9.3 points and a team-best 9.4 rebounds per game. She also led the squad with 1.3 blocks per game. For her efforts, she earned a spot on the North Coast League White Division first team and honorable mention in the Northeast Lakes District.
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The couple decided to volunteer their facility for Mandley’s research on a goldfish called the Camelot shubunkin. Most that are sold have not bred true, with about half growing in to Camelot shubunkins and half into fish that can’t be sold, Mandley said. However, Mandley went to work developing the breed so it now can be counted on to breed true, which saves the fish farms labor and land when they raise the Camelot shubunkin for commercial use, he said. Peter and Joanne also have a small goldfish pool inside one of the 13 greenhouses. Mandley said he was recently invited to evaluate the ponds at All Souls Cemetery on Chardon Road in Lake County as a home for some of his red and white Kohaku koi and his red blue-bellied goldfish. In the recently re-dug pond in the cemetery, he turned loose some yellow single-tail veils. “I just stocked it with one of my creations,” he said.
from page 1 Technically, only monks were permitted to own celestial goldfish, but that didn’t worry Mandley. “I’ve been breeding them ever since,” he said.
Famous Fish Aficionados
Over the years, Mandley has sold his goldfish and koi to dozens of well-known entertainers and famous people. Price may have been his first movie star to take an interest in Mandley’s stock, but he wasn’t the last. Grammy-award-winning-composer Bruce Sussman, who has written melodies for Barry Manilow, collaborates with Mandley on fish breeding. Mandley said he has a number of contacts across the globe with whom he consults. He became an advisor to Dr. Floyd Loop and his wife, Bernadine Healy, after a dear friend invited Mandley to visit their koi pond in Gates Mills. Healy, at one time president of the American Red Cross and the director of the National Institute of Health, peppered him with questions and it became clear he had found koi devotees. Mandley gave Healy a big koi she named Elizabeth, one of a collection of 13 in their pod. He and Healy would sit on a bench by the pond and talk about koi for hours. Loop, former CEO of the Cleveland Clinic and a world renowned heart surgeon, called Mandley in a panic one day. He was in Europe and had heard from the housekeeper that Elizabeth wouldn’t come up to feed. “If Elizabeth’s not there when Bernadine comes home, she’ll kill me,” Mandley recalled Loop saying. Mandley got on the phone with the housekeeper and learned she was standing in the rain with an umbrella putting food in the water, to no avail. “I told her, ‘When the rain stops, Elizabeth will come to shore,’” he said. And no surprise, he was right. When Healy passed away, Mandley gave Loop a koi. He immediately named her Bernadine. “They were dedicated koi people,” he said, and estimated their koi collection was worth thousands of dollars.
Genetics of the Pond
Mandley insists his fish business is a hobby. He made his living from his mortgage company, but koi and goldfish are his passion. So, how Mandley’s name appear in National Geographic, how did he become a fellow in the Goldfish Society of Great Britain, and why do people pay huge sums to fish farms in the U.S. and abroad for Mandley’s fish? Because of his patience, powers of observation and willingness to experiment. “If you breed two blue gills, you get blue
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Joanne Dautartus, who owns Landscape Creations Nursery in Chester Township with her husband, Peter, shows off the fishpool in a greenhouse that is home to goldfish bred by Dave Mandley.
gill babies,” he said, adding if you breed two orange goldfish, you may get a variety of colors, scale patterns and tailfins. “I’m intrigued with mutation and variation,” Mandley said. His first commercial success was propagating yellow goldfish so they would breed true. If someone acquires and breeds two of his yellow goldfish, they will produce yellow goldfish, he said. One of his newer breeds is purple goldfish. Currently, he is designing eight to nine lines of koi and goldfish, with tanks in his home loaded with eggs and babies at various levels of development. He gets up at 4:30 a.m. every day to feed them, study them and plan for their futures. Over the years, Mandley has developed comeil — which looks like a cross between comet and veil types of goldfish, but is much more complicated than it appears, genetically speaking — and a red blue-bellied goldfish. He also worked with a couple of doctors on eliminating a herpes virus to which goldfish are prone.
In Demand
In 2000, Joe Smartt, of Great Britain, who is famous for his books on fish genetics and breeding, came to a fish show in Cleveland for a week and met Mandley. Smartt spent a day with him touring his ponds and discussing his methods, observing his genetics and hybrid crosses. Fish farms in American also develop new breeds and work to make breeding of certain characteristics, such as scale type and fantail, more stable so the genetic makeup of certain breeds carries through the generations. “Now, I’m under contract with a number
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of farms. I supply them with genetics,” said the hobbyist. PetSmart has a standing order for 40,000 goldfish a year from the farms that use Mandley’s genetics. “Hundreds of thousands of my fish are produced by the farms each year,” he said. In addition, he stocks some private ponds and keeps an eye on the fish that are free to breed and reproduce there.
Landscape Creations
Peter and Joanne Dautartus own and operate Landscape Creations Nursery at 13040 Chillicothe Road in Chester Township. In 1976, they dug a pond on the property to supply their growing inventory and a few decades later, decided to de-silt the pond. That involved draining it and deepening it from 6 to 12 feet. “Dave saw us working and asked if he could stock it with some of his fish,” Peter. “He said he is always looking for virgin water.”
Fish for the Future Mandley said the breeds he has coming out in 2021 were started in 2014. “It takes between seven and 11 years to develop a strain and make sure they breed true for what they are,” he said. What they are can be expensive. “You can spend $100,000 for a good koi,” Mandley said, adding anyone koi shopping should look for scales individually colored, not red fading into white, and clear scale patterns on the koi’s forehead. “If they are perfect, the value goes up,” he said. But, when he talked about creating new or improved breeds, Mandley’s focus seems to be on goldfish, taking the mutations and making those genes consistent for his customers. Starting with single cells and developing a creature that will throw perfect reproductions is his life’s work and his pledge to his customers. “If you order purple fantails, you’ll get nothing but purple fantails,” Mandley said.
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Help Wanted Farm help in Huntsburg. 440-636-5747. First shift utility worker. Rotating weekends and weekdays. Visual inspection, packing according to spec sheet, count and label products. Assist other departments. Benefits. 440-974-7171.
MANCAN IS NOW HIRING GENERAL LABOR AND SKILLED TRADES IN LAKE, GEAUGA, CUYAHOGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES To apply, stop into the office Monday - Thursday, 9am to 3pm. Be sure to bring 2 forms of ID. A resume is encouraged.
220 Center St. Ste B-2 Chardon, OH 44024 440-285-5627
MASTER PAINTERS
Family owned & operated since 1976
INTERIOR - EXTERIOR
• Cedar Siding Stained • Vinyl Aluminum Refinishing • “Cool” Roof Coatings
“Do It Right The First Time” Call Eric 440-729-2646
www.masterpaintersinc.com ask@masterpaintersinc.com
• CLASSIFIED DEADLINE IS FRIDAY AT NOON • 440-729-7667 •
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Chesterland News
Wednesday, December 23, 2020