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West Geauga, Investigation Concludes
By Jamie Ward Jamie@karlovecmedia com
Grendell Wants County To Pay His Legal Fees
Judge Asks for Supplemental Appropriation of $300,000
By allison Wilson and John karlovec
Geauga County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Tim Grendell is looking for taxpayers’ help to pay mounting legal bills related to a state disciplinary case related to his handling of juvenile cases, specifically involving a situation where he ordered two teenage
over 30 individuals and video footage, I find insufficient evidence to warrant a pre-disciplinary hearing.”
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brothers into juvenile detention for refusing to visit their father.
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct found Grendell engaged in blatant, deliberate and egregious misconduct and has recommended he immediately be removed from the bench. The matter is now in the hands of the Ohio Supreme Court.
As a result of his disciplinary
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troubles, Grendell has requested Geauga County Commissioners appropriate an additional $300,000 to pay current legal fees owing to Montgomery Jonson — the law firm that represented him in the disciplinary case — which total more than $318,000 since the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Ohio Supreme Court filed
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Security, Transportation Top 5-Year Plan
By allison Wilson Wilson@karlovecmedia com
The Chardon Schools Board of Education approved their capital improvement plan Nov. 18, outlining ongoing and future projects over the next five years.
“With this five-year plan … to look out beyond a year or two is
tough, but we know in the first year or two, it’s a whole lot more solid with the numbers and the projects at play. The further you go out, obviously, the less certain it is,” said Assistant Superintendent Steve Kofol of project costs and expenses.
The district’s permanent improvement fund currently yields
$2.2 million per year between a 2-mill levy voters approved in 2006, miscellaneous revenue from property sales and the like, and 1 mill of inside millage the school board approved transferring to the fund for fiscal year 2025 to help accelerate projects and improvements, Kofol said.
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Historian Highlights Geauga’s Invisible Women
By allison Wilson Wilson@karlovecmedia com
Women’s place in Geauga County’s history is something historian Bari Oyler Stith has been interested in for as long as she can remember.
So many tales are about great fires, great snow, the great Yankee migration, she told the small group assembled at the Thompson branch of Geauga Public Library during her presentation Nov. 11.
“There’s a lot of great things out here in Geauga County, clearly, but so much of it is based on what the menfolk were doing,” she said, A
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Upton.
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suffrage march from South Newbury Union Chapel to the centennial oak during the first annual meeting of the Newbury Memorial Association. At the front of the march, from left, James R. Garfield, suffragists Dr. Julia Porter Green, Frances Jennings Casement and Harriet Taylor
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Listed are public meetings and executive sessions in the county for the coming week, unless otherwise noted. To have a public meeting included in this section, fax information to 440285-2015 or email editor@geaugamapleleaf. com no later than Monday noon. These meeting notices are NOT legal notices.
Geauga County: Nov. 26, 9:30 a.m. – Geauga County Commissioners, regular session; 11 a.m. – Transition Supervisory Board, special meeting, Room A333-A334. All county meetings are held at the Geauga County Administrative Building, 12611 Ravenwood Drive (Ste. #), Claridon, unless otherwise noted. County commissioners meetings are held in Suite 350.
Auburn Township: Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m., Zoning Commission. All meetings are held at the Administration Building, 11010 Washington St., unless otherwise indicated.
Bainbridge Township: Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Board of Zoning Appeals; Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees; Nov. 26, 6 p.m., Zoning Commission. All meetings are held at Town Hall, 17826 Chillicothe Road, unless noted.
Burton Village: Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Village Council; Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m., Board of Zoning Appeals and Planning Commission. All meetings are held at 14588 W. Park St., 2nd Floor, unless otherwise noted.
Chardon City: Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m., Planning Commission. All meetings are held at Municipal Center, 111 Water St., unless otherwise noted.
Fairmount Winter Registration Open
Registration is now open for the winter and spring session of art, dance, music and theatre classes and workshops at Fairmount Center for the Arts. Classes are available at two locations: 8400 Fairmount Road in Russell Township and 101 Main St., Suite 105 in Chardon.
Register before Dec. 2 and save 5% with code EarlyReg. For more information or to register, visit www.fairmountcenter.org or call 440-338-3171.
Home Delivered Thanksgiving Meals
The Geauga County Department on Aging and local Thanksgiving sponsors Cherished Companions, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Richard Doerr and the Chardon VFW will offer a free traditional holiday meal to any Geauga County senior, age 60 and older, who will be home and alone on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.
There will be no regular Home Delivered Meal delivery or congregate meals on Thanksgiving. Instead, holiday meals are available by preorder only.
Thanksgiving Day meal requests are due by Nov. 22.
For more information or to sign up for a meal, call the department on aging at 440279-2163 or 440-279-2130.
Clarification
In the article titled, “UH Physician Voices Concerns on Amish ‘Care Desert’” in Nov. 14 edition of the Geauga County Maple Leaf, the physician who spoke at the board of health meeting was speaking as an individual and not on behalf of University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, nor is she a spokesperson for the hospital.
Chardon Township: Nov. 23, 9 a.m., Board of Trustees, special meeting to discuss appropriations and other business as needed. All meetings are held at Township Hall, 9949 Mentor Road, unless otherwise noted.
Chester Township: Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Zoning Commission; Nov. 27, 8 a.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings are held at Township Hall, 12701 Chillicothe Road, unless otherwise noted.
Claridon Township: Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Zoning Commission. All trustees meetings are held at the Administrative Building, 13932 Mayfield Road, unless otherwise noted. All Zoning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals meetings are held at Town Hall, 13930 Mayfield Road.
Middlefield Village: Nov. 25, 12 p.m., Planning Commission, special meeting. All meetings
are held at the Municipal Center, 14860 N. State Ave.
Munson Township: Nov. 21, 6 p.m., Zoning Commission, special meeting; Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings are held at Township Hall, 12210 Auburn Road, unless otherwise noted.
Parkman Township: Nov. 27, 7 p.m., Zoning Commission. All meetings are held at the Community House, 16295 Main Market Road, unless otherwise noted.
Russell Township: Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings are held at Town Hall, 14890 Chillicothe Road, unless otherwise noted.
South Russell Village: Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., Planning Commission; Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Village Council. All meetings are held at Village Hall, 5205 Chillicothe Road, unless otherwise noted.
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PI levies can only be used for items with a lifespan of five or more years, the acquisition of assets, replacements of similar value or quality, enhancement of an existing asset or preventative maintenance, he said, adding they cannot be used for routine janitorial and utility costs, or for salaries.
Building Upgrades
Notable capital improvement projects started in fiscal year 2024 include phase one of the transportation facility currently under construction on Washington Street, Kofol said.
“That was a big ticket item, coming along very well. I was told today that they are pouring concrete curbs, as well as light posts, so we’re getting there before the weather turns on us for the pavement and concrete to get put in,” he said.
Other “big ticket” items addressed in the last year include a chiller replacement, elevator updates and a security vestibule at the high school, stadium lighting and a new gym floor at the middle school, Kofol said.
Current projects for 2025 involve phase two of the transportation facility, windows and doors, floor abatements at the middle school, tuck pointing at Park Elementary School and more, Kofol said.
He added the capital improvement plan is a living document, projections are just estimates and the document is constantly reviewed, changing year to year and sometimes, from month to month.
The district is also looking at additional door replacement for multiple buildings before the weather turns bad and the high school is currently on phase four for window replacements as they work their way around the building, Kofol noted.
“Like I said earlier, (the capital improvement plan) is a planning tool. It’s subject to change. Things happen throughout the course of the year,” he said, adding depending on the year, projects may be rearranged.
The approximate total for in-progress and complete projects at the high school in fiscal year 2025 was $773,000. The approximate total for the middle school is $138,000 and
Chardon BOE Considers 2025 Levy
By allison Wilson Wilson@karlovecmedia com
With projects not included in the district’s five-year capital improvement plan totaling $29 million, the Chardon Schools Board of Education discussed the possible need for a levy Nov. 18.
Should the district continue on its current route to renovate, rather than build new, community involvement and investment would be needed, board member Andrea Clark said during the board’s regular meeting.
“If we’re going to continue down the ‘keep (the buildings) for sure,’ we need to make sure we get the (public’s) involvement because someone has to buy in on a (permanent improvement) levy, a bond issue, something,” she said. “We can’t just keep sitting here saying, ‘Cool, we have a capital improvement plan,’ but none of this falls in it because we don’t have enough money.”
While there is interest in accelerating the longer-term projects, Superintendent Michael Hanlon said the only viable way to do that would be to increase revenue for capital improvement costs with an additional permanent improvement levy.
“(Assistant Superintendent Steve Kofol) pointed out the originally voted 2-mill (2006 PI levy) is now collecting at 1.39 effective mills, essentially generating the same amount of money that it was generating in 2006,” he said, adding a dollar in 2006 went farther than a dollar in 2024.
Treasurer Deb Armbruster pointed out the district has done what they could to avoid going back to taxpayers, including selling properties and using available COVID-19 relief funds.
For a levy to run on the May 2025 ballot, the first resolution would have to be approved in January, she said, adding should the district pass a PI levy in 2025, they would not see the revenue until 2026.
Board member James Midyette voiced concern about levy fatigue, specifically that if a levy is run in 2025, the community may be reluctant to pass an operating levy in 2027.
“That’s always something to keep in mind, but as you can see, we got a lot of stuff that still needs to be done to our buildings,” board President Karen Blankenship said. “I don’t know how long we can put it off.”
for Park Elementary School, $565,000, Kofol said.
“We’re working on a security vestibule to be done this summer, with the moving of the main office area to accommodate for that security vestibule,” he explained. “Hence, the higher price tag on that.”
Park, a building from 1938, does not lend itself to an easy installation, he added.
Munson Elementary School can expect classroom floor abatements and replacements, alongside paving and sidewalk work and doors, totaling an approximate $53,000, Kofol said, adding the Early Learning Center will see both playground equipment and door replacements to the tune of about $35,000.
Board President Karen Blankenship noted the reason for all the door replacements is a state mandate.
Transportation projects total about $385,000 for three buses, Kofol said.
“Bus prices — I think I told the board last time I did this report — when I first started, were about $82,000,” he said. “And now, they’re up to $125,000.”
While Clark supports a levy, she expressed her worry about getting voter buy-in.
It’s a matter of going to people you know disagree with you, board member Todd Albright replied.
“You would start a reconciliation there,” he said. “I think that’s really what it is. Going into the uncomfortable places.”
Consistently trying is also important, he said, adding if the levy fails, try again and try to convince again.
The implication of a PI levy means major reconstruction may also be an issue, Blankenship said, adding in reality, the levy would just be for maintenance.
There is nothing on the longer-term list that isn't required of a school, Clark said, adding they aren’t building a STEM lab or new gym, they’re refinishing floors.
Albright brought up combining PI with long-term community wants.
“If you’re keeping portions of these buildings or all of these buildings, you’re still going to have to have more money in (the fund), period. That’s never gonna go away,” he said. “So, what can you do beyond that is the question I want to see answered and I think you could convince people of that. What is it specifically about the high school that you are in love with and you just can’t part with? Okay, now let’s work around that.”
In 2019, voters rejected a 5.3-mill bond issue to generate $76 million for a new high school campus.
A 0.7-mill, $7.2 million bond to repair facilities failed in 2021. Clark said in her PTO-mom circle, the issue was people believed it was putting Band-Aids on bullet holes.
Communicating a bigger-picture plan for a levy might help, she said.
A May ballot issue needs quick conversation, Hanlon said. A levy passed in either May or November would be collected in 2026. While a November issue would allow for more time to prepare, a failure in May could allow for a November re-run, board members said.
A PI levy would also not be for the full $29 million, but rather, it would help facilitate getting some of the more needed projects done quicker, Blankenship added.
Longer-Term Projects
Kofol compiled a list of projects not in cluded in the five-year plan, ranging from replacing classroom countertops at an esti mated total of $25,500, to electrical replace ments and updates at an estimated total of $4,572,175.
Also included on the list were items like plumbing and steam trap replacements and HVAC upgrades.
“This is kind of what we have planned for long-term projects that are not even in the plan,” Kofol said, referring to them as his “Christmas list.”
He once again cautioned the costs on dis play were subject to change.
“The longer we wait to get these things done, the higher the price goes,” he said.
Overall, the longer-term projects totaled $29,527,906.
As they are not in the five-year plan, they could be considered part of a six- or 12-year plan, Kofol said.
Superintendent Michael Hanlon said re pairs like the electrical system would involve bringing the buildings up to modern standards.
That amount isn’t much of a buffer should costs increase, Blankenship said.
“My concern is the things on the list that, if they were to fail before we could get to them, could really change our direction,” Blankenship said, listing the plumbing and electrical updates.
Treasurer Deb Armbruster drew attention to the fund’s projected ending cash balance.
“At the end of this year, (Kofol’s) projecting to have a cash balance of $36,000,” she said. “So, he’s got pretty much every penny dedicated to one of these projects.”
With the document being subject to constant change, board member James Midyette asked what the board was committing to in voting on it.
“Most specifically, following through with what we’ve identified for — it’s a lot like when Deb Armbruster presents the five-year forecast,” Hanlon said. “What’s known is the current year and the next year, most specifically, what we’re working towards, but the remaining years are, to some extent, more fluid because we don’t know exactly what will happen.”
Newbury FD Holds 1st Swearing In at Expanded Station
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The Newbury Township Fire Department held its first swearing in Nov. 13 at the newly-expanded fire station.
The addition to the station, at 11111 Kinsman Road, was made possible after voters passed a 5.5-mill levy in November 2021 to fund the expansion and add more staffing to the fire department, which was an all volunteer-department before August.
“Having three firefighters and medics at the station 24/7 will provide much faster call response in the township,” said Fire Chief Ken Fagan in 2021.
Last Wednesday, Fagan touched on the department’s transition to being fully staffed.
“We constructed interviews over a couple of months (and) on the way we ran into a bunch of growing pains,” he said. “We never interviewed people before.”
Fagan said they started staffing in August and hired five full-time staff and some parttime staff.
“We plan on expanding that even more,” Fagan said.
Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Paschke, who swore in the new staff members, said she’s happy about
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The request also includes the appointment of Roetzel & Andress to assist in his appeal of the disciplinary case, at a rate not to exceed $300 per hour, and to approve all related Roetzel & Andress invoices going forward.
He said county commissioners were required to provide for his defense while acting in good faith within the scope of employment. And, because the case has been appealed and is ongoing, Grendell claimed he was entitled to payment and reimbursement of his legal defense costs.
Grendell, accompanied by Court Administrator Kim Laurie and Constable John Ralph, appeared before the county commissioners Nov. 19 to discuss the request.
“As you know from our filing, the court is looking to address its representation pursuant to sections 309.09 and 305.14 of the (Ohio Revised Code),” he said.
As a Geauga County officer and county employee, he said he is entitled to defense in any action, with no exception for disciplinary actions, adding he would have been entitled to representation by the county prosecutor.
“However, in this case, that’s not possible because (Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz) is conflicted because he testified against me in these proceedings, amongst other things,” said Grendell.
Commissioner Tim Lennon clarified Grendell was approaching them with two separate requests.
The supreme court will also cover up to a certain amount, Grendell said, adding he believes it’s $10,000 per complaint.
Lennon also pointed out Grendell’s legal proceedings are not yet at an end. There’s some distance to go, Grendell said.
Geauga County Administrator Gerry Morgan said he has sought a legal opinion about the county’s obligation to cover Grendell’s bills.
Commissioner Ralph Spidalieri said com-
the growth of the department.
“I'm very grateful for the Newbury Fire Department going back to my youth and times when people I know, people I care about, have needed their help and they've al-
ways been there for them,” Paschke said. “I want to congratulate you on your new beautiful, new addition and it's great to see that you've been able to expand and grow.”
At the end of the ceremony, loved ones
pinned the badges onto their respectable firefighters to honor them.
More information on the station addition can be found at https://www.newburyfire. com/station_addition.
not the court of public opinion,” Grendell said. No action was taken, with Dvorak saying he wanted to keep researching and Lennon reiterating commissioners would check with legal counsel.
‘Failures to Follow the Law Were Not Mere Good-Faith Errors’
Last month, a three-judge panel of the Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court of Ohio (OBPC) unanimously recommended Grendell be suspended from the practice of law for 18 months, with six months stayed on the condition he refrain from further misconduct.
In its 88-page findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation, the panel
law shows that he was simply acting in an arbitrary manner to achieve his goals without even considering the law” — and to disqualify himself despite the “reasonable questionability” of his impartiality, abused the power of his office to “advance the personal interests of himself and others, and made “public statements that could reasonably be expected to affect the outcome, or impair the fairness, of an impending matter.”
More concerning to the judges was Grendell’s “utter failure to recognize and acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct.
“(Grendell) not only apparently believes he has done nothing wrong but testified that he would do it again,” the panel wrote.
“(Grendell’s) blatant, repeated errors of
more than mere mistakes in the exercise of judicial discretion, especially by a judge with (Grendell’s) extensive curriculum vitae as both a legislator and a jurist,” the panel wrote. “(Grendell’s) failures to follow the law were not mere good-faith errors. They included errors that deliberately side-stepped substantive law . . . .”
As such, the panel said protective measures were needed to shield the public from “serious risk of allowing (Grendell) to remain on the bench unchecked.”
Richard Dove, OBPC executive director, signed off on the panel’s findings and recommendation, as did OBPC’s 28-member board, which includes 17 lawyers, seven active or retired judges and four non-lawyers.
left, are Scott Mullen, Tristan Kelley, Jeremy Roy, Alan Sibits and Zachary Gerhardt.
Kenston Schools
Student Group for Change Continues ‘Difficult’ Conversations
By emma macniven macniven@karlovecmedia com
Kenston Schools Superintendent Bruce Willingham expressed optimism Nov. 18 about the progress the Student Voices for Change group is making.
“This is something that I think just can enhance, you know, our character education program and really specifically address some of the racial tensions that I think have been, you know, an underlying issue,” Willingham said during the Kenston Schools Board of Education meeting.
The group's goal is to work with high schoolers to help create an environment of inclusion, humility and respect to combat a history of racism in the district, according to a Kenston Schools press release.
The hope is to eventually foster a school-
History
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adding an ongoing problem in women’s history is it does not get documented.
Stith recounted a moment while working on a project with her grad students at Matthews House in Painesville when someone asked who Matthews was.
While Dr. John Matthews, for whom the house was named, was important, he also had a wife — Martha Devotion Huntington, who was the daughter of Ohio’s third governor, Samuel Huntington.
“Do you really think that Martha Devotion Huntington Matthews had nothing to do with the building of her house?” Stith asked. “It couldn’t have been just the doctor, it had to be the two of them. So why isn’t this the Dr. John and Martha Devotion Huntington Matthews house?”
From there, they had looked at coveted designations. Of the 72 National Historic Landmarks in Ohio, 27 were aligned with men, one was named for a married couple, and one is named for a woman. All other names are gender neutral.
The National Register of Historic Places is similar, with approximately 8% across the United States embodying underrepresented communities, including women. In Ohio, about 3.68% of Ohio Historical Markers represent women.
The Cult of True Womanhood
The cover of “The History of Geauga and Lake Counties,” bears the phrase “Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men.”
When Stith began to look at the images inside, she counted 44 single portraits of men, one single portrait of a woman and 12 small portraits of a woman with her husband and family.
There are also 13 areas where a woman appears in a larger group. There are 53 biographical sketches of men and zero of women.
In discussing why that was, Stith pointed to a 19th century ideal, “the cult of true womanhood.”
True womanhood has four virtues — piety, purity, submissiveness and domesticity, she said, adding none lend themselves to biographical sketches in histories.
Those ideals are also reflected in the text. Stith read aloud some of the ways women are described — grace and character, kindness
wide dialogue and help students gain a wider perspective, the district said in the release.
“Until you have the conversation, and you know, for everybody, those are sometimes very difficult, very awkward conversations to have,” Willingham said Monday night. “But until you have them, you can't always understand where somebody else is coming from.”
coming special education law dangers.
“There's some interesting things coming down from outside of Ohio at the federal level, with disability rights and accommodations and (individualized education program) reporting and all of those things,” Troutman said. “A lot of it is just kind of watching the trend of what's going to come down eventual
ed by SB 104, which addresses transgender bathrooms in schools.
SB 29, which was passed Oct. 24, prohibits school districts from being able to monitor students' online activities, except for specified purposes. Schools are expected to notify families about the required monitoring.
Treasurer Seth Cales thanked district
and charity, intelligence and energy.
An audience member noted a woman on the page displayed didn’t get her own name, being called by her husband’s first and last name instead.
As pioneers, Geauga women often stretched beyond true womanhood, Stith said.
“We do know one of the places where women are kind of prominent in Geauga County written histories is when they come up against bears,” she said. “Our pioneers seem to be so surprised by the bears.”
While stories like that are fun, they also tell something about the chutzpah and grit of the women, she said.
“And from that, they took all that grit, all that Yankee knowhow, all that moving forward and they started to become very, very active in the community,” she added. “It’s what we call social housekeeping.”
Where Were the Women
Women were very active within their communities.
“You go down through, you find them frequently helping to create those newest churches. There were officers in Soldier's Aid Society of Northern Ohio, there are officers later on in the Geauga County Tuberculosis and Health Association, they’re active in the Welfare Association, the Board of Public Assistance, meaning, they’re really spreading their wings, they’re getting out there and making this a much better Geauga County,” Stith said.
During World War II, Geauga women helped with ration stamps and worked with the Red Cross and disaster services. Some were involved with civil defense station man-
agement, Stith said, adding an early director of the Geauga Opportunity School, the precursor to Metzenbaum, was a woman.
“They were even, by the early 20th century, being elected,” Stith said. “You’re finding them on the Geauga County Board of Educations, we had multiple Geauga County auditors that were women before 1953 and also clerks of common pleas and county treasurers.”
Women were also extremely active in the agricultural economy, including the Geauga County Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, which put on the first Great Geauga County Fair, she said.
There was a farmer’s club in Chardon that had a ladies counterpart, but little information exists about it — a pattern in surrounding townships, she said.
“1874, Union Grange in Thompson, women were officers,” she said. “And wouldn’t you like to know more about what those women were, what they confronted as far as issues for Union Grange?”
By 1948, half of the officers in the Geauga County Farm Bureau were women, Stith said, adding they are also active in businesses and professions in early Geauga history, such as millers, dressmakers, postmistresses, grocers, clerks and infirmary superintendents.
The assistant county superintendent in charge of health education was a woman, Stith noted. But, despite their presence in the community, finding names and learning about their stories is challenging, she said.
Geauga also had seven female doctors in the 19th century, which was unusual, Stith said, adding Geauga’s proximity to Cleveland and the Cleveland Medical College may have
had something to do with it.
Over half a dozen women were allowed into the CMC over a span of 10-15 years after Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree, wrote to College Dean John Delameter due to her sister struggling to find a place to study.
The board of trustees allowed Delameter to decide if women applying would be let in.
Union Chapel and Feminist History
The South Newbury Union Chapel serves as a small hub of feminist history within Geauga.
The chapel has never actually been used as a church and was, instead, dedicated to freedom of speech, having been erected after James A. Garfield, who later became the 20th president of the United States, was banned from speaking at the local church, Stith said. Garfield was instead sequestered to a dance hall, angering locals.
The chapel became the headquarters of the Northern Ohio Dress Reform Association, the Newbury Women’s Suffrage Political Club, the Women’s Temperance Society and the Cold Water Army, she said.
Both Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Taylor Upton notably spoke there, Stith said.
As the chapel was a polling place, it became important within the suffrage movement specifically, with women repeatedly and illegally casting votes there, she added.
Stith recalled a story of a group of young men chain smoking inside the chapel to try and deter the women from voting.
The women voted anyway, and many of the young men fell ill, having never smoked before.
Geauga Officials Do Courthouse Walkthrough
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It was under gray and rainy skies a number of officials, many from the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, gathered at the entrance of the historic courthouse on Chardon Square Nov. 15, ready for a walkthrough of the building’s extension.
Though walkthroughs of this sort are unusual, the event was not done without reason.
“The court staff has endured noise, vibration and disruptions throughout the year with construction of the addition. We find it is always a good morale boost in these instances,” Project Manager Brett Bestgen wrote in a Nov. 18 email. “The staff can see their future rooms and visualize the space they will be working in at the end of next year.”
Staff were shown about the skeletal framing, a printed piece of paper taped to each door, designating what it would be when the project is complete.
Though framing on the third floor is not yet complete, it closely mirrors the layout of the second floor, Bestgen said.
The project is progressing well, he said.
While there have been unique challenges in adding to a Victorian building — the foundation, when uncovered, extended past the exterior wall, causing the building to be shifted four inches to the North — it is expected to be
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In an email, Rosati’s lawyer, Vincent J. Calo wrote: “He is thankful to (West Geauga Schools) for reaching the correct conclusion in this matter. Mr. Rosati has prided himself on helping instill integrity, accountability, and work ethic in his students and athletes during his stellar 35 year career. Allegations of any misconduct directed at him were vehemently denied at the onset of this matter.”
Rosati’s current contract is one year and extends for the current school year. Typically, Markwardt said, the board of education issues a blanket non-renewal of such contracts in the spring, which means it would have to be renewed for next school year.
According to several sources familiar with the matter, the misconduct allegedly involved Wolverines players stealing a football from a football camp.
Markwardt wrote in the letter to Rosati that the majority of those interviewed alleged that misconduct occurred within the program. “However, a sizable number of individuals testified that no such misconduct was committed,” Markwardt wrote.
The process was “extremely stressful” to Rosati, but he was thankful for the outpouring of support he received from the community, and “alumni from 22 states; fellow coaches and teachers; administrators and athletic directors he has worked with for the past 35 years; friends and family. He looks forward to resuming his career as a teacher and coach and helping lead young men and women,” his lawyer said.
At Monday's West Geauga Schools Board of Education meeting, several community members spoke during public remarks. The meeting had 795 views on YouTube as of
Tuesday morning.
“My hope is the people who started this (investigative) process would have done so in a thoughtful way,” said one member. “I've heard that many kids, many children, were impacted significantly by what happened or didn't happen in the classroom. Certainly the reputation of a man whose integrity, whose honesty, whose care for kids, has been beyond reproach, was dragged through the mud.”
He concluded with something he had heard from his daughter's soccer coach years ago: “The ideal coaching job is at an orphanage but all those spots are full.”
Coach Rosati also spoke during public comments, and wanted to offer a timeline of the events.
On Sept. 27 in a game against Hawken, Rosati said a parent told the West Geauga principal: “I've got something that will get Rosati fired and the Board owes me.”
He said when he was asked to leave his classroom he was offered no explanation as what he was being investigated for but learned of it through the media.
“The bottom line, and I have much more to say, but as my time is running out, let me say this: An allegation by an unhappy parent or player can take a teacher or coach out the classroom, what does that say about our society? If it happened to me, 36 years as an educator with a spotless record, if it happens to me, how many times has it happened to other coaches at West Geauga?”
Rosati, who was given three minutes to speak like anyone else who wants to speak at a Board meeting, walked away from the podium to a standing ovation from most of those in attendance.
The Wolverines finished the football season at a disappointing 2-8 this season.
Letters to the Editor
Midwifery Important to Amish Community
Your November 14 story entitled “UH Physician Voices Concerns on Amish Care Desert” was a hodge-podge story of misinformation and inaccurate hearsay. Your story lacked the facts regarding traditional midwifery care that has been important to the Amish community for many decades.
The traditional midwives of Middlefield Midwifery are highly trained/skilled professionals providing safe, satisfying and personal care in home settings and religious exempt birth centers in NE Ohio and around our state.
Traditional midwives follow the nationally recognized Midwives Model of Care® and are legal, legitimate practitioners well-known in the communities they serve. They serve low-risk women and transfer care to medical providers when situations arise outside of their scope of practice.
The defamation of character of midwives without directly speaking to an actual midwife was highly disrespectful of the families who value their care and make the educated choice to receive traditional mid-
wifery care over medical care.
With regard to your reporting of the recent politics of a long-standing local Amish birth center, the simple truth is that medical providers of that facility lost sight of the community’s preference for the traditional midwifery care which they had benefitted from for six years. The discontinuing of traditional midwifery care in that facility created much discourse and unhappiness in the Amish community.
Due to the continued desire for traditional midwifery care, members of the Amish community gathered and elected a board to establish a new religious-exempt center through the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) program created in 2006 to better meet the birthing needs of Amish families throughout Ohio. Religious exempt birth centers are legal, legitimate birth centers giving Amish communities the ability to establish quality care facilities approved by the ODH.
We appreciate the opportunity to add clarity to this issue.
Middlefield Midwifery
Pamela D. Kolanz, DEM
Monica S. Honeycutt, DEM Jessica Brown, CPM
Janice Stanek
Janice (nee Grosvenor) Stanek, age 87, passed away Oct. 31, 2024. She resided in Geauga County for many years until moving to Florida in 2015.
Jan was born Feb. 14, 1937, in Chardon, to Ralph C. and Belle (nee Sampson) Grosvenor. She graduated from Berkshire High School in 1955 and at tended St. Luke’s School of Nursing.
Jan had met Frank Stanek in high school and they married in 1957. At that time, St. Luke’s did not allow married students, so she put her schooling on hold. She assisted Frank in his business (Cloverleaf Auto Body) and, after raising her three children, Sherry, Donna and Clay, she attended Lakeland Community College and graduated in 1980 as a registered nurse.
Jan embarked on her nursing career working for Geauga Hospital as a staff nurse, then transferred to ambulatory surgery. Later, she obtained her oncology nursing certification and worked with several physicians until retiring in 2009. She was proud to be of service to her community and dedicated her life to helping others.
Jan was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Claridon, serving at various times as president, vice president, deacon, financial secretary and awards chairperson. She also sang in their choir for many years.
Jan loved cooking and baking and competed in pie competitions — where she finally won first place at The Great Geauga County Fair. She also loved travelling, computer games, movies and sightseeing. But most of all, she enjoyed being with family and friends. She often mentioned coming back as a manatee because they are so gentle and love to swim, or an otter because they are smart, happy and love to play. She had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to laugh.
Jan is survived by her children, Sherry Stanek, of Orlando Fla., Donna Stanek, of Orlando, Fla., and Dr. Clay Stanek, of Monterey, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph D. and Belle Grosvenor; husband, Frank Stanek; sisters, Jeanette “Teeter”
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Grosvenor and June Kellogg; and brother, Dr. Ralph Grosvenor.
A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church of Claridon in the spring of 2025.
Jo Ann Lewis
Beloved mother
Jo Ann (nee Wilson) Lewis, 68, was healed on Nov. 11, 2024, after suffering complications of a stroke.
Jo was born on Nov. 29, 1955, in Weston, W. Va., to Gary B. Wilson and Joann (nee Kelley) Wilson, of Jane Lew, W. Va.
A mother who loved spending time with her family and grandchildren, she was always there for them. She held many titles in her life, but her favorite role was being a mother and grandmother. Her tenderness, kind and loving ways are what will get our family through the loneliness ahead.
Surviving is her husband, James R. Lewis; and children, James Joseph Lewis (Jennifer), Rachel Dawn Pearson (Brian); sister, Dora E. Wilson West (Gary Thomas West and Brandon Michael West); dearest cousin Darlene Kelley-Bean; and two grandchildren, Weston James Lewis and Andrew Joseph Lewis.
Also surviving is lifelong best friend Kimberly McQuain.
She was preceded in death by her father, Gary B. Wilson; her loving mother, Joann Wilson; uncle, Harley Wilson; cousin Robert William “Billy” Kelley; aunt, Patricia “Patty” Crouch; and many other friends and family lost along the way.
At her request, there will be no memorial service by immediate family. A cremation will take place at Burr Funeral Home in Chardon.
She wished to be remembered and acknowledged as a hard-working, loving mother, grandmother and loyal friend.
The obituary was lovingly written by her family.
Cremation has been entrusted to Burr Funeral Home in Chardon. Information and condolences online at www.burrservice.com.
William David Szuter
William David Szut er, age 87, of Munson Township, peacefully passed away at his home on Nov. 16, 2024, surrounded by the love of his family after a long and cou rageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Although his earthly journey has ended, there is peace in knowing he is now in heav en, walking freely on the beautiful land he so deeply cherished.
Born on Oct. 1, 1937, in Cleveland, William was the son of Francis and Gertrude (nee Nemeth) Szuter. From a young age, he developed a deep appreciation for family and the simple pleasures in life.
On May 30, 1964, he married the love of his life, Ruby Marguarite Manning, at St. Rita Catholic Church in Solon. Together, they shared over six decades of love, laughter and unwavering devotion — a life filled with cherished memories, both big and small.
William enjoyed a fulfilling career as a purchasing agent for Waxman Industries, retiring at the age of 75 in 2013. He was also a proud member of the National Guard, where he served his country with honor.
But beyond his professional accomplishments, William was a man of many passions. He had a love for working on cars and motorcycles, spending countless hours tinkering with engines. An avid motorcyclist, he embraced the freedom of the open road with enthusiasm.
He also found joy in his amateur shortwave radio hobby, where he connected with people around the world, including in distant places like South Africa. The thrill of these global connections was something he thoroughly enjoyed.
William’s life was defined by his quiet strength, gentle spirit and the deep love he had for his family and friends. He was a constant source of kindness and generosity, always ready with a listening ear or a helping hand. He had an innate ability to find joy in the simplest of moments and shared that joy with everyone lucky enough to know him.
Affectionately known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "PaPa DoDo," he held a special place in their hearts, offering wisdom, laughter and unconditional love.
William is survived by his beloved wife, Ruby; his children, Jeffery (Regena) Szuter, of Concord Township, Michael (Bianca) Szuter, of Boulder City, Nev., Christopher Szuter, of Palatine, Ill., and Suzanne “Suzie” Sloan, of Ashtabula; his grandchildren, Jeffery Szuter, Bailee Szuter, Elijah Szuter, Jedidiah (Holly) Szuter, Jared (Nicha) Szuter, Russell Sloan, Francesca Bowie and Orion Szuter; and his great-grandchildren, Owen Updike, Lincoln Wilson, Aleena Brugh and Ellis Szuter.
He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
A Gathering for Friends and Family will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Burr Funeral Home, 116 South St., Chardon, followed by a burial at Maple Hill Cemetery in Munson Township.
William’s legacy lives on in the hearts of his family and friends, and in the quiet moments of joy and love he shared throughout his life.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the Hospice of the Western Reserve, 17876 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44110, or online at www.hospicewr.org. The family is deeply grateful for
the compassionate care and support provided by the Hospice team.
Arrangements entrusted to Burr Funeral Home in Chardon.
Information and condolences can be made online at www.burrservice.com.
Walter R. Morrow D.O.
The funeral and interment of Dr. Walter R. Morrow, an optometrist who spent his teen years in Burton, occurred earlier this month. Dr. Morrow had practiced nearly four decades in Northwest Ohio before he died peacefully Oct. 23, 2024, in his south Toledo home. He was 75.
Walter Raymond Morrow was born Feb. 9, 1949, three years and 51 weeks after the birth of his sister, Donna, in New Kensington, Pa. They were the children of William H. and Helen Wilson Morrow. Their mother died in 1960, their father married Gladys Moore, and the blended family, that included young Bary Moore, moved to Burton. Walt entered seventh grade, mowing lawns, baling hay and working on a Christmas tree farm as a young teen.
As an older teen, he spent Saturdays doing odd jobs at JARVA, Inc., Solon, where his father oversaw the construction of giant tunnel-boring equipment.
Walt was awarded a college scholarship and offered a job by the Johnson Rubber Co. in Middlefield toward the end of his senior year. He graduated from Burton High School, as it was being renamed Berkshire, in 1967, as senior class president and honor society member who wrestled three years and participated in other activities.
Walt worked for both employers during summers and college breaks, honing his skill as a welder at JARVA, working in the batch testing and molded product development departments at Johnson Rubber.
Walt attended Ohio University as a pre-optometry student majoring in biology. There he met and married the former Jeannie Stevers, of Toledo.
Walt entered the Illinois College of Optometry in September 1972, earned his Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree in May 1976, then passed the Illinois and Arizona optometric licensing exams. He practiced for a year and a half in the Chicago area before moving to Rock Falls, Ill., where he was the only optometrist in town.
Walt passed the Ohio optometric licensing exam in 1983, sold the practice in 1984, and returned to Ohio with three Illinois-born sons. He functioned as an independent contractor for the rest of his career, except for the five years he operated a private practice with one-hour lab service.
Walt had varied interests throughout life but said the most fun he ever had was raising his three boys. He also enjoyed his class reunions, grateful for the time, effort and dedication of classmates who orchestrated such memorable gatherings.
Diagnosed with kidney disease 10 years ago, he suffered a stroke in August 2023 from which he never fully recovered and he retired in November 2023. Though he is gone, his letter jacket with the "B" for Burton still hangs in his closet.
For more details and access to the online guestbook for Walter R. Morrow, O.D., please visit newcomertoledo.com.
Chardon Man Charged with Child Pornography
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A Chardon man has been charged with multiple felony counts related to the acquisition and possession of child pornography, according to an indictment filed Nov. 19 in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas.
A grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Kenneth W. Chuha, 69, charging him with one count of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, a fourth-degree felony; three counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance, fifth-degree felonies; and one count of possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony. The final count provides a spec-
ification for criminal forfeiture of two video cameras, a computer tower, a hard drive and two SD cards.
The pandering charge involves receiving, purchasing or possessing material that shows a minor participating or engaging in sexual activity, masturbation or bestiality, while the illegal use charges involve possessing material or performance of a minor in a state of nudity.
Chuha, who lives on Goodrich Court, is the husband of Chardon City Councilwoman Deborah Chuha.
He is scheduled for arraignment in common pleas court on Dec. 11.
Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz said his office received a referral from the Ohio
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) regarding the suspected accessing of child pornography online at a residence in the City of Chardon.
“After an initial investigation, investigators from my office along with detectives from the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office and ICAC agents executed a search warrant on Aug. 20 at 126 Goodrich St.,” Flaiz told the Geauga County Maple Leaf. “During the search, interviews were conducted and a number of items were seized. Following the completion of the investigation, including a forensic analysis of the seized items, the matter was presented to the grand jury for consideration of charges.”
Flaiz added he had no comment on the
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pending case, but said the charges carry the potential for up to 18 months incarceration and mandatory registration as a sex offender.
“If convicted, he would be required to register his residence address and work address with the sheriff’s office,” said Flaiz. “He would also be prohibited from residing within 1,000 feet of any school premises, preschool or childcare center premises.”
Last week, Chuha, who had served as cemetery sexton of Chardon Township, resigned from office after 44 years on the job.
“This has been a long thought out and difficult decision to make and when was the right time to make it,” he wrote in his Nov. 15 resignation letter.
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Seeking Christmas Eve Singers
St. Luke Episcopal Church in Chardon is looking for singers for its 4 p.m. Christmas Eve service. For information, call 440-2794022 or email mccannchris11@gmail.com.
Operation Christmas Child
Nov. 18-25
Join to fill shoebox gifts filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for the Samaritan’s Purse project during National Collection Week.
Local collection sites include Chardon Christian Fellowship, 401 S. Hambden St., Chardon; Restoration Chapel, 14890 Burton Windsor Road, Burton; and Newcomb Road Amish, 15978 Newcomb Road in Middlefield. Collection hours vary by location.
For more information, call 828-262-1980 or visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.
WGEF Thanksgiving Breakfast
Nov. 28, 7:30-11 a.m.
West Geauga Educational Foundation is hosting its annual Thanksgiving breakfast at the Chesterland McDonald’s. Enjoy pancakes, sausage and coffee, juice or milk for only $7. Dine in or take out.
Proceeds fund WGEF’s grant program. Visit WGEF.org for more information.
PCC Chili Dinner
Nov. 30, 5-7 p.m.
Pilgrim Christian Church is holding its annual chili dinner before the Christmas lighting on Chardon Square. Enjoy chili, Frito pie, chili dogs and roasted chestnuts. All are welcome. The church is located at 202 S. Hambden St. on Chardon Square.
Christmas Lighting of the Square
Nov. 30
Chardon Square Association, Chardon Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Chardon are hosting the Christmas lighting of Chardon Square. Pilgrim Christian Church will serve a chili supper from 5-7 p.m. The Geauga Music Center Band performs at 6:30 p.m. on the bandstand, followed by Chardon High School Free Harmony at 7 p.m., the lighting of the park and the arrival of Santa in a horsedrawn sleigh. The chamber will serve cider and cookies throughout the evening. For more information, visit chardonsquareassociation.org.
Geauga Skywatchers
Dec. 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Geauga Skywatchers Club for “Northern Lights” at Chardon Public Library, 110 E. Park St. Learn the science and mythology behind the aurora borealis. Visit www.geaugalibrary.net to register.
GCRTA Holiday Brunch
Dec. 3, 9:15 a.m.
The Geauga County Retired Teachers Association will meet at the E.O.U.V. Club, 8636 Pekin Road in Russell Township. Gathering time will be followed by a business meeting at 9:30 a.m. and the holiday brunch at 9:50 a.m. The West Geauga school choir will present their holiday show and Brian Cataldo will play holiday music during brunch. The free lunch raffle will be held after the show.
For more information, contact Judy Miller at 440-487-4324 by Nov. 23. Remember to bring paper products or canned goods for the Geauga County Hunger Task Force.
Geauga Park District
Scout Snowshoe Call List
Area scouts and scout leaders can sign up to receive notifications about guided snowshoe adventures when weather conditions are just right. The pop-up, naturalist-led snowshoe outings take place any time, day or evening, at any Geauga Park District park depending on snow conditions. Upon being contacted, scouts will then have the opportunity to sign up, with space limited by the number of snowshoes that are available.
Registering for the call list does not commit scouts to attend any of the pop-up programs, just gives them the opportunity to come along. Adult leaders must also attend with participating scouts.
For more information and registration, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Young of Heart
Dec. 6, 11 a.m.
The Geauga Young of Heart annual Christmas party will be held at Manakiki Country Club, for members only. Reservations and money are due by Nov. 22. For reservations, call Monica at 216-659-8117.
GOP Christmas Party
Dec. 7, 5-8:30 p.m.
The Geauga County GOP Christmas party will be held at the Chagrin Valley Athletic Club, 17260 Snyder Road, Bainbridge Township. Visit the Geauga County Women's Republican Club Facebook page or call 440-339-6894 for reservations.
Breakfast with the Clauses
Dec. 7
Munson Township’s annual Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus takes place at the Munson Township Hall, 12210 Auburn Road. Pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee will be served.
Pictures with Santa will be available on a jump drive, with proceeds going to Boy
Scout Troop 91. New this year is cookie decorating.
Sign-up forms may be downloaded at munsontwp.com or picked up at the township office between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Advance registration is required. For more information, call 440286-9255.
Cookie Walk
Dec. 7, 9-11 a.m.
First Congregational Church of Claridon, 13942 Mayfield Road, hosts its 24th annual cookie walk. A wide assortment of homebaked holiday cookies will be offered at $8 per pound; boxes provided. Come early for the best selection.
St. Luke’s Christmas Play & Dinner
Dec. 15, 4 p.m.
Join St. Luke Episcopal Church for a performance of Charles Shultz’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” followed by dinner. The church is located at 11519 Wilson Mills Road in Chardon.
Call 440-279-4022 to register by Dec. 9.
To Support Community Programs
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On Nov. 16, the Rotary Club of Burton-Middlefield and NPower Services held a “Night of Gratitude” fundraiser at the EOUV Hall in Russell Township to support a myriad of programs for adults with developmental disabilities throughout the county.
NPower Services, founded by Lori Weber, a musician and mother who lives in Bainbridge Township, provides several programs in area communities, including Geauga Joggers & Walkers, which offers walking and running opportunities to adults of all abilities; RockAbility, a music platform for musicians with disabilities that practice weekly and provide entertainment at various community centers and social events; FolkAbility, which is similiar to RockAbiliy, but performs in smaller groups; Project
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Kindness, which provides self-care and service opportunities for adults who want to contribute to making a kinder world; and athletic programming, including "Power Ups" at the arena at Wembley in Bainbridge that teaches fundamental skills and challenging work outs geared to toward developing a more active life style, Bob Johnson, secretary of the Rotary club wrote in a press release.
“(Weber’s) endless energy and dedicated staff have built their program with the goal of providing opportunities for people of all levels of abilities to build themselves a better life,” he wrote. “Lori and her staff have reached out to encourage others to establish RockAbility — like groups in other communities, using their great success as motivation.”
Saturday evening consisted of music and
dancing and several fundraising activities, Johnson said in the release, adding among them were a silent auction and a live auction with an auctioneer who kept the crowd laughing and bidding throughout the night.
Raffle baskets were also available, Johnson said, adding the energy and commitment of the crowd was “palpable and contagious” and the high level of financial support was appreciated by all.
NPower is one of the nonprofit organizations supported the Rotary club’s Maple Splash Raffle.
“Over 30 such nonprofits receive support from BMR as this highly-motivated group of Rotarians strives to make our community and many places around the world a better place to live,” Johnson said. “We are always looking for members who share our love of community and doing good in the world.”
The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office donated 3,500 pounds of food, filling 21 shopping carts, in support of United Way Services of Geauga County at the Chardon Walmart Nov. 15.
“This incredible effort will go a long way in supporting Geauga United Way,” said Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand in a social media post Nov. 16. “A huge thank-you to (the Ohio State Highway Patrol) for organizing this amazing event and making it all possible. We love working with all law enforcement agencies to better our community.
“We’re also grateful to Chardon (Police Department) and all of the citizens that donated who helped make this a success,” Hildenbrand added. “A special thank you to Chardon Walmart for providing the venue. This is what community is all about — coming together to make a difference.”
Geauga Eagles Donates
More Than $50,000
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The Fraternal Order of Eagles Geauga Aerie No. 2261 lived true to its motto of “People Helping People” with its “Giving with Gratitude” event Nov. 15 that involved presenting checks to nine fire departments, one police department and a food pantry totaling $57,563.
The Aerie presented checks for $5,000 each to Thompson, Montville, Hambden, Chardon, Munson, Burton, Newbury, Chester and Middlefield fire department, according to the organization.
“In addition, a check was presented to the Chardon Police Department for their ‘Shop with A Cop’ program that provides Christmas gifts for children in our community,” said
Mark Coley, secretary for the FOEG.
A separate donation was made to the Geauga County Food Pantry by Consumer Tire Angel Wings for $6,563 and a check from the Geauga Eagles for $1,000.
Checks were presented by siblings Bruce Kantz, David Kantz and DD Coley.
“We started the charity to help veterans and seniors with car repairs,” DD Coley said.
“When we sold our business this year, we wanted to donate the remainder of the funds to help feed the veterans.”
Mark Coley added, “This is the best part of our board’s job, supporting our first responders, children and our veterans. Many of our officers presented checks to the selected organizations with pride and gratitude.”
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The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office donated over
pounds of food in support of United Way Services of Geauga County at the Chardon Walmart Nov. 15.
Chardon Police Chief Scott Niehus holds up a check donated to the department for its ‘Shop With a Cop’ program from the Fraternal Order of Eagles Geauga Aerie No. 2261.
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The funds raised through No Shave November go directly toward supporting
Sheriff’s Newest K9 Recruits Are Ready to Serve
By rose nemunaitis editor@karlovecmedia com
Ash and Argo sport shiny badges, boundless energy and work like dogs — no pun intended — every single day.
Both are the newest canine recruits added to the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit.
“Their handlers, Deputy (Michael) Wilson and Deputy (Joshua) Wendl, are a great addition and bring a lot of experience in law enforcement with them,” Sgt. Jacob Smith said. “Having the unit at full staff is always our goal and allows us to have one canine on each of our patrol shifts.”
The rich history of dogs in law enforcement began back in the Middle Ages.
According to the National Police Dog Foundation, the most used breeds are German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois, but several other breeds are represented, including Labrador Retrievers, known for their tracking, trailing and detection skills.
K9 Ash is a 2-year old, short-hair German Shepherd from Slovakia (Slovak Republic).
Wilson met Smith at Excel K9 Services’ field house on May 8 to meet Ash a couple weeks before his start of training in Hiram Township June 24. He graduated Aug. 9, which marked his first day on the road.
“I have always had a love for dogs,” Wilson said. “When I first started my career in
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law enforcement in 2002, it was one of the goals I set for myself.”
So, when a position on the K9 unit came up at GCSO, Wilson expressed his interest in being the next handler and was chosen.
“K9 Ash is quickly learning and retaining his tasks,” Smith said. “He is friendly and a great canine to work with.”
The short time Ash has been on the road, he has assisted other agencies with tracks, Wilson said.
“Becoming a K9 handler is one of the best jobs in law enforcement,” he said, adding he has been in law enforcement for 22 years.
“The whole experience from the day I started training with Ash has been very difficult some days and rewarding other days. Learning what these dogs need as far as training to learn to do the job they need to do was amazing, but humbling,” he said. “I have very high hopes for my partner. I know he will do great work for the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office and myself. Yes, I am living the dream job. Working for the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office is a great place to work and then adding in having a four-legged partner makes it even better.”
Wendl’s K9 partner, Argo, is a 9-year-old German Shepherd that began working at the sheriff’s office Jan. 15.
Prior to that, the duo, which became a
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From left, Geauga County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Randy Primer and K9 Justice; Sgt. Jacob Smith and K9 Rookie; Deputy Joshua Wendl and K9 Argo; and Deputy Michael Wilson and K9 Ash currently make up GCSO’s K9 unit.
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team in July 2016, worked at The Oakwood Village Police Department.
“I have always worked with dogs as a child and as a young adult, we had hunting dogs,” Wendl said.
When he began working in law enforcement, working with a K9 was always in the back of his mind, but it wasn’t until he was asked to handle a dog for Oakwood Village that he ever thought it would happen.
“Argo and I have had several successful deployments while working together,” Wendl said. “Some of the best accomplishments come in working with the public in doing demonstrations for the public and showing what we can do. I believe that this is a dream job and there are great times.
“What not everyone understands is that these dogs are a full-time job, they don’t just get shut off and put away when you aren’t at work,” Wendl added. “They are very high energy dogs and they need to be taken care of 24/7. They have a hard time understanding down time. Don’t get me wrong, I love this dog and our accomplishments, but there is a lot more to it than riding around with a dog while at work.”
When people ask Wendl what it’s like handling a sheriff’s K9, he always responds, “It is a lot of work and everything revolves around them at work and at home. They are a very expensive piece of equipment that you are responsible for while at work and at home. When you are a K9 handler, your work never leaves you.”
Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand said he appreciates the K9 unit’s commitment to the county.
“Our K9 handlers are dedicated professionals that love what they do and love their dogs,” Hildenbrand said. “I totally appreciate their dedication and their dog’s dedication. They work very hard every day. The public, as well as the children, love the dogs as they participate in public appearances. But, make no mistake, they are working dogs, finding drugs, explosive and deputy protection. “
And they train hard.
Smith said their K9 training unit, composed of eight handlers from five agencies, meets once a week for training.
He became a handler in 2012 and has worked with and observed a multitude of K9 teams.
“It is a great experience to watch the different personalities in the dogs and how they adapt to their new roles at the sheriff’s office,” Smith said.
Training is set up to teach the dogs how to approach their tasks in different environments and to challenge what they already know.
“This allows us to be prepared for any type of deployment that we may encounter,” Smith said. “The canines are able to locate narcotics or explosives, track people, find evidence, apprehend suspects and protect their handlers.”
Each K9 needs to be annually recertified, Smith said.
“Our citizens have been very supportive of the K9 program. I thank them all for that,” Hildenbrand added. “I also support this program because it is what makes Geauga County the best county in the state of Ohio.”
Through donations, GCSO is able to continue to operate and handle the K9 unit costs, which include everything from food to equipment.
“I would like to express our great appreciation to the citizens of Geauga County that support our unit,” Smith said.
Middlefield Village
Planning Commission Agrees On Jordak School Lot Split
By ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia com
After a lengthy discussion Nov. 12, Middlefield Village Planning and Zoning Commission agreed to a lot split of the 5.5-acre former Jordak Elementary School site on Pierce Street in order to get the property sold by next summer.
Superintendent Jack Cunningham and Cardinal Schools Board of Education President Linda Smallwood told the commission the property, which the district owns, is set to be sold at auction at the end of March 2025.
The proposed property line runs at an angle south from Pierce and would separate the school on 3.16 acres on the west side of
the property from a 2.38-acre parcel that is paved and includes the playground, according to the map village Zoning Inspector John Boksansky provided.
He said he and Smallwood walked the site and the question before the commission was whether the property should be rezoned first then split later, or vice versa.
The parcel is zoned for residential use and the school would like to sell both lots as zoned for commercial use. Neighboring properties to the west and south are commercially zoned.
Commission member Dave Dietrich said once the lot split is approved, side yard setbacks should meet the zoning code.
“It’s simpler and cleaner to approve a lot split after the property has been rezoned to general commercial,” said village Solicitor Luke McConville, noting the Geauga County Planning Commission has to approve the zoning change.
The rezoning will require a public hearing in Middlefield, which must be advertised, and
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Middlefield Village Planning and Zoning Commission agreed Nov. 12 to proceed with plans for
a lot split and the rezoning of the former Jordak Elementary School property on Pierce Street.
See Jordak
Chester Township
Trustees OK Installing ‘Flock’ Cameras
By emma macniven macniven@karlovecmedia com
During the Chester Township Trustees meeting Nov. 14, they passed a motion to have Flock Safety cameras installed throughout the town.
Police Chief Craig Young said using Flock Safety — an “all-in-one” technology platform that aims to eliminate crime in communities, according to its website — will give police access to a database of cars that are being searched for in investigations like robberies, missing people and stolen cars.
“We are going to be using technology as a means to combat the influx of drugs into Chester,” Young said.
He said they negotiated down to a 50% reduction for installation, which will cost $13,500 to set up and $12,000 every year following. The money for the cameras comes from the National Opioid Settlement Agreement the township participated in to combat drugs coming into Chester.
Both Lake and Cuyahoga counties have Flock Safety cameras installed and all stations have access to the database. The installation is projected to be completed by the end of the year.
The use of PlowOps was also brought up by JR Miller, the midwest territory manager for the service software.
PlowOps is a “snow removal service software that efficiently manages snow plow tracking and road clearance for city public work offices,” according to its website.
The program is also used to track snow plows and their routes in real time, ensuring all roads were cleared properly with dashboard camera evidence. The program's main selling
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the ordinance to rezone should be read in council at three meetings, said commission Chair Scott Klein.
Smallwood said doing the rezoning first is acceptable and the commission agreed to have the ordinance’s first reading at the Nov. 14 council meeting.
“Then, we have February and March to get the lot split done,” she said, noting the auction can be put off a while, but the building has to be sold by June 30.
“I doubt we’ll have any hiccups on the lot split,” Dietrich said.
The agenda described the 5.5-acre site as having a 29.5-foot-long driveway and the school on the west side is 29,500 square feet.
In other business, village Administrator Leslie Gambosi-McCoy said Mayor Ben Garlich met with KraftMaid regarding complaints about the nighttime noise emanating from the cabinet production facility on South State Avenue.
Neighbors have complained about the “Middlefield hum” at council meetings and Klein said a contractor will review the noise and provide an estimate on fixing the problem.
“It’s better to partner with KraftMaid,” Gambosi-McCoy said.
Noise at night was the main concern at a previous meeting and she said management is looking at its shift schedule.
“There’s good, solid communication going on,” she said.
points are the digital database and distraction-free driving for plow drivers, Miller said.
The program also allows for constituents to make inquiries in a public portal where they can also see if their road has yet been cleaned on a map. The program isn’t just for snow-plows in the winter; it can also be used to track mowing, street sweeping and leaf pickup, Miller said.
Trustees did not make a final decision on the program at last Thursday’s meeting.
During public comment, a group from the Pinewood neighborhood expressed concern in complying with the 40-foot driveway setback requirement due to the cost and confusion about township versus resident responsibility.
A spokesperson for the neighborhood said he received a letter from the township asking him to pay $680 for road reconstruction repairs.
“To pay for something to improve a road, which I’m going to live there for quite some time, I just think that’s ridiculous,” he said.
Trustee Chairman Craig Ritcher said they enacted this requirement to help with drainage of the road and it is the responsibility of the resident to pay.
Although things like the drain are not the responsibility of the resident to take care of, it also lies in the right-of-way, Ritcher added.
“Every resident in the county pays for 40 feet of pipe. Whether it’s 12-inch, or whether it’s 36-inch,” Road Superintendent John Onyshko said.
“The road pipe replacement has been going on — I don’t know when we changed it to be 40 feet, but it’s been going on for every road that we’ve repaved or did a full reconstruction on and it’s the same process,” Young added.
“We’ll know more when we hear back from KraftMaid,” Klein added.
Commission member James Linberg said he recently also heard resident complaints about noise coming from another facility on Industrial Drive.
If road-related repairs or improvements are performed in the right-of-way along the frontage of a property, it is not because the township wants to ruin the esthetics of the property, it is because the officials believes the work was necessary to maintain the road which you have invested tax dollars into, according to the township’s website.
Ritcher told the group he’d talk with them further, but couldn’t promise a resolution they would be satisfied with.
by Charles Shultz
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Soon-to-Be-Centenarian Recalls a Yesteryear in Chester
By allison Wilson Wilson@karlovecmedia com
Few can claim to have seen the same progress Chester Township resident Lloyd Williamson has borne witness to across his lifetime.
Born Dec. 12, 1924, the soon-to-be centenarian's birthday will be recognized at the Nov. 30 Chester Township Winter Fest and tree lighting ceremony, where he will be honored with a walkway brick in his name.
A life-long Chester resident, Williamson recalled a much more rural community in his youth.
There’s much more traffic today, he said, adding Chester he grew up in also had no fire or police departments.
The community relied on the Chardon or Chagrin Falls fire departments, and had two constables and a justice of the peace, he said.
“There was a big brush fire,” Williamson recalled. “They came and got us out of school and gave us a wet burlap bag, and that’s how we beat out the flames.”
He recalled another instance of a feed mill — where Bloom Brothers Supply Co. now stands — burning down and smoldering for a month.
As he reflected on other changes he’s observed over the years, Williamson noted differences between his childhood and those of younger relatives.
“There are more opportunities for the young people,” he said, also listing disease prevention as another positive change.
“They have all kinds of vaccines for diseases,” he said. “When I was young, I had
chickenpox, scarlet fever, mumps, measles.”
Williamson was hard pressed to find something he missed from his youth.
“I grew up when The (Great) Depression was in,” he said. “There wasn’t much you could do.”
Though he did recall playing baseball — even lettered in school for both baseball and basketball.
Williamson also recalled spending time working in the Scotland Store, owned by his parents, Spenser and Elsie, working gas pumps and stocking the shelves.
“It was just a general crowd,” he said of
Tennessee, and then I was shipped to Port Columbus (Georgia), and then I was getting to lead and I was supposed to get an aircraft carrier.”
As part of training, Williamson ended up stationed at Grosse Ile, which he described as an island in the middle of the Detroit River.
“I was an aviation ordnanceman, who took care of the guns and the ammunition on the aircraft,” he said.
At 23, Williamson began working as a heavy equipment operator at the Old Chester Gravel Pit. Technology has changed the industry over the years, he said.
“The machine is all automatic and hydraulic now,” he said, adding both wages and working conditions are better in modern day, and pensions now exist.
the customers. “We had a big bench sitting outside and people would come and sit on that bench.”
The oldest of three siblings, Williamson remembered the trio of them riding around their yard in a goat-pulled cart.
Following his graduation from Chester High School in 1943, Williamson was drafted and entered into the United States Navy, where he ended up a part of the aircraft division.
“I wanted to join the navy because my father was in the navy in World War I,” he explained. “I went to school down in Memphis,
Williamson is the oldest living member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, having celebrated 77 years with Local 18 in November. He recalled getting a watch at 50 years and a plaque when he had been a member for 70 years.
One of his proudest projects is a lake he built, which took four or five years, he said, adding his family enjoys fishing there.
He recalled planting the trees around the lake when they were knee-height and how they’re now fully grown.
But his daughter, Debbie, is what Williamson said he is proudest of.
“I went out and bought a box of cigars,” he said when describing how he celebrated her birth.
As he approaches turning a century
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Lloyd Williamson, 99, will celebrate his 100th birthday at Chester Township’s Winterfest at the end of the month. A younger Lloyd Williamson working on a job site.
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Interplay, A Project
Nov. 29, 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Interplay is interactive, inclusive and fun for all ages of individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. In partnership with NPower Services, participants will play by using their bodies, voices and words.
Kids' Art Show
Oct. 31 – Nov. 29
The Burton Public Library Kids' Art Show is a showcase of some of the best youth artwork in the Geauga area. More than 160 pieces of art are on display.
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old, Williamson said he takes each day as it comes.
“I just get up every morning and take a deep breath,” he said.
In an effort to stay active, Williamson keeps a vegetable garden, which he described as “just enough to keep me busy” in terms of size. He grows a variety of plants in it, including tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, onions and corn.
“They say variety is the spice of life,” he said. He also listed a well balanced diet as part
Gingerbread House Contest Display
Nov. 29 to Dec. 19
Patrons can submit their gingerbread houses in the child, teen, adult or group/ family categories. Drop-off Dates are Nov. 25 and 26. Judging will take place on Nov. 27. There are first and second place prizes for each category. All houses will be on display until Dec. 19.
Country Hearth Christmas Ornament Creating
Nov. 29, 3 p.m.
Design an ornament to hang on the tree during a Country Hearth Christmas celebration. The tree lighting ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Limited supplies are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. No registration is required.
of his secret for longevity, including little to no coffee, tea or alcohol.
“I drink a lot of water. Maybe it’s the iron in the water that keeps me together,” he joked.
Williamson also does a series of exercises every morning, including squats and neck exercises, and actively reads, he said.
In terms of advice he’d give to his younger self, Williamson’s wisdom was akin to what he’s already doing — keep busy, if you don’t keep active, you’ll go downhill fast.
His words to the upcoming generation were much more concise.
“Just grin and bear it,” he advised. “Stay positive.”
CHARLES E. WALDER GEAUGA COUNTY AUDITOR
TO THE CITIZENS OF GEAUGA COUNTY:
The lands, lots and parts of lots returned delinquent by the County Treasurer of Geauga County, with the taxes, assessments, interest, and penalties, charged against them agreeably to law, are contained and described in the following list:
Notice is hereby given that the whole of such several lands, lots, or part of lots will be certified for foreclosure by the County Auditor pursuant to law unless the whole of the delinquent taxes assessments, interest, and penalties are paid within one year or unless a tax certificate with respect to the parcel is sold under section 5721.32 or 5721.33 of the Revised Code. The names of persons who have entered into a written delinquent tax contract with the County Treasurer to discharge the delinquency are designated by an asterisk or have been stricken from the list.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Walder Geauga County Auditor
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(1) 01-123456 (2) DOE, JOHN (3) $150.00. EXPLANTATION:
(1) PERMANENT PARCEL NUMBER
(2) OWNER NAME ACCORDING TO COUNTY RECORDS
(3) TOTAL DELINQUENT TAX AMOUNT, AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE 2023 TAX YEAR.
TO ARRANGE FOR PAYMENT OF YOUR TAXES, PLEASE CONTACT THE GEAUGA COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE AT (440) 279-2001.
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PHILLIPS ROBERT & KIMBERLY
02-285500 KOCH DEAN R & DONNA W
WADE PARK PROPERTIES
02-292300 QUAY GEORGE H III TRUSTEE
02-299500 GLEINE ANGELA M
ZELENIK JOSIE L & HASH WILLIAM
02-309700 16740 PARK CIRCLE
02-332800 MORALES JASON
02-343400 NEIFACH JILL TRUSTEE
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BRETT JAMES R & EASTON MICHELLE
MURPHY SHAWNA M MILES
MURPHY SHAWNA M MILES
LINDIC MARGARET K
GARIN DANIEL
HOSMER ASHLEY
HOSMER ASHLEY
HOSMER ASHLEY
14-049260 LAIN WILFRED F & WILLIAM F
14-059100 BRETT JAMES R & EASTON MICHELLE
15-HAMBDEN TWP-CHARDON LSD
15-016900 SCHNEIDER JAMES M & KRISTINE M $1,430.00 15-031700 COGAR CHEYENNE &
GASCOIGNE ELIZABETH D $522.50
15-063304 GASCOIGNE ELIZABETH D
15-069100 ADRIAN DAVID
15-093100 WALSH LOIS A
15-101709 RULAND JOSHUA
PISCHEL ROBERT
WETZEL EUGENE & NANCY
BOWSHER MELISSA
15-101811 HENDERSON TIMOTHY R & SANDRA L
HENDERSON TIMOTHY R
15-102277 MCELHANEY JUSTIN D
MCELHANEY JUSTIN D
RICHMOND SCOTTY D & LAURA A
16-HUNTSBURG TWP-CARDINAL LSD 16-002850 DETWEILER ANDREW D &
16-004200 BROWN BOBBY K
16-006200 PRENDERGAST MARTIN D JR
16-016200 NARDI INVESTMENTS LLC
16-055351 BENNETT RANDOLPH & LINDA $180.27
16-055400 BENNETT RANDOLPH & LINDA L
16-059000 RICHARDS KEITH
16-066700 BOSSE DIANNE L $470.35 16-066900 BEATY BARBARA
YODER
16-076000 YODER EMMA J & JOSEPH D
16-078044 KOVACIC ANDREA L & FRANK J
16-078269 MILLER MARTY J & SARA J
16-078302 RICHARDS KEITH $357.48 16-078344 NARDI INVESTMENTS LLC
16-078647 MILLER MICHAEL J
17-HUNTSBURG TWP-BERKSHIRE LSD 17-000950 LONG NATHAN TOD & MISHAL TOD $158.34
18-MIDDLEFIELD TWP-CARDINAL LS
18-046300 STOSEL DENNIS E
18-051650 DETWEILER CHESTER L & KATIE N $397.05
18-066880 KOTHERA DAVID
18-071850 POLOMSKY MARTIN L SANDRA M
18-075102 CLE INDUSTRIES LLC
18-082150 BITHER RICHARD & DANIELLE
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25-110800 BROWNFIELD ERIKA & TILLINGER SHANNON & KRAVA VINCENT
25-147539 HERSHBERGER ENOS & LAURA M $229.84
25-188979 PATTON JOHN S SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE $3,604.82
25-190042 MILLER FREEMAN M & KATHY & ROBERT F & LEONA J
25-190057 SCHMUCKER LESTER A KATHRYN A
25-190062 HERSHBERGER ELLEN J TRUSTEE $3,539.32
25-190105 WEAVER CHESTER C & AMANDA D $1,888.29
25-190187 FISHER MARTY N & IDA MAE U $1,149.57
25-190418 SCHMUCKER LESTER A & KATHRYN A
26-RUSSELL TWP-W GEAUGA LSD
26-006300 LEVENTHAL MARLEEN TRUSTEE
26-020900 BROWN
26-042700 BRODY EFRAIM
26-045900 PACIOREK ANTHONY & URONIS
26-046300 PACIOREK ANTHONY & URONIS CHRISTINE
26-066400 HUMMER PAVING
26-071400
26-123500 WOODWARD BLAIRE E & AMY
26-123700 WOODWARD BLAIRE E & AMY
26-132300 BRUSSEE PHILIP G TRUSTEE
26-147100
26-200100 SUGLIA KATHERINE S TRUSTEE
26-213846 PASSALAQUA DANIEL & HOLLY
26-213859 KAPPUS DAVID & ELIN
26-214047 SPISAK MICHAEL
26-214049 SPISAK MICHAEL
27-HUNTING VALLEY VILL-W G LS
27-003920 MAKESH JOSHUA
28-RUSSELL TWP-CHAGRIN FALLS E
28-008600 RICHARD SARAH A $4.76
28-012900 O DONNELL ROBERT P & MORGAN N
28-018400 BAGLEY MARY KATHRYN $28.34
28-018800 TOPALIAN JENNIFER A & TIMOTHY $10,425.77
29-S RUSSELL VILL-CHAGRIN F EV
29-011550 BUCKEY DAVID A
29-013350 BMOD HOLDINGS LLC $12,609.36
29-065400 BREGO LLC
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02-214300 SAYLES ANGELA MARIE
02-214400 SAYLES ANGELA MARIE
02-214500 SAYLES ANGELA MARIE
02-214600 SAYLES ANGELA MARIE
LIPFORD ISAAC
02-219900 LIPFORD ISAAC
02-220000 LIPFORD ISAAC
02-220100 LIPFORD ISAAC
02-220200 LIPFORD ISAAC
02-224510 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-224520 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-224530 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-224540 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-224550 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-224560 LOVETT VERONICA & MITCHELL
02-227600 LYNCH ALFRIEDA
02-227700 LYNCH ALFRIEDA
02-227800 LYNCH ALFREIDA A
LYNCH ALFREIDA
02-228700 LYNCH ALFREIDA A
02-234450 MARLOWE FREDDY
02-234451 MARLOWE FREDDY
02-254600 MELIN ERIC GEORGE
02-254700 MELIN ERIC GEORGE
02-254800 MELIN ERIC GEORGE
02-263200 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-263300 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-263400 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-263500 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-263600 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-263700 NEWBERRY RUFUS
02-278500 EDRI SHIMON
02-278600 EDRI SHIMON
02-278700 EDRI SHIMON
02-278800 EDRI SHIMON
02-278900 EDRI SHIMON
02-285600 MCCOY BARBARA & LATOYA HATCHER ETAL $25.27
02-285700 MCCOY BARBARA & LATOYA HATCHER ETAL $25.27
02-288900 MC LARRY LISA G
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23-073100 GLASSCOCK DONALD K
23-073200 GLASSCOCK DONALD K
23-073800 GLASSCOCK DONALD K
23-081500 MAC GEORGE MICHAELE & DUDICH
JACQUELINE & PATRICIA & TOM
23-081700 MAC GEORGE MICHAELE & DUDICH
JACQUELINE & PATRICIA & TOM
23-081701 MAC GEORGE MICHAELE & DUDICH
JACQUELINE & PATRICIA & TOM
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23-097000 CASCONE JAMIE J
23-101000 LEVENTHAL RYAN ALAN
23-102600 SMITH KENT A
23-107800 KOPSIK ROGER
23-107900 KOPSIK ROGER
23-127100 HANGACH PETER M
23-127400 GLASSCOCK DONALD K
23-138600 SHIELDS MATT
23-140100 HORAK BERTHA & GEO
23-142600 RICHARDS ELAINE ANN
23-152700 PAXTON WILLIAM E
23-156900 KASCHUBE EDMUND R
23-157000 KASCHUBE EDMUND R
23-157100 KASCHUBE EDMUND R
23-161400 CASCONE JACKIE M
23-168700 TAYERLE CAROL J
23-175200 RICHARDS KEVIN D
23-180800 BOONE PAMELA S
23-180900 BOONE PAMELA S
23-194400 SORVILLO TRACY L $60.15
23-211200 MC KIRAHAN JAMES JR
23-211300 MC KIRAHAN JAMES R
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23-221900 CASCONE JACKIE M
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23-243300 BOONE GREGORY
23-243500 BOONE GREGORY
23-243700 BOONE GREGORY
23-244900 OHLRICH MARGARET A $121.26
23-245300 TEMPLE CHRIS
23-248700 PANEK DANIEL J & GENEVIEVE
23-254700 PINZONE BASIL F JR
23-254900 PINZONE BASIL F JR
23-256700 HILSTON BARBARA A
23-258700 KLEM MAUREEN ELIZABETH
23-258800 KLEM MAUREEN ELIZABETH
23-258900 KLEM MAUREEN ELIZABETH
23-259100 LUCAS ALICE C
23-259200 CASCONE JACKIE M
23-259300 PRESSLER MAY F
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Legal Notices
Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate General Code, Sec. 11661 Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 Case No. 20-F-000495
The State of Ohio, County of Geauga, ss: L. BRYAN CARR CO., LPA, Plaintiff vs. MARILYN A. LAFORGE, ET AL., Defendants
In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 2024, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., and if the parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, without regard to the minimum bid requirement, at the same time of day and at the same place of the first sale, on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 2024 the following described real estate, situated in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio, and in the City of Chardon to wit:
Situated in the Village of Chardon, County of Geauga and State of Ohio: and known as being part of Lots Nos. 143 and 125 in the Township plat of Chardon and is bounded on the North by land of T.H. Sweeney, on the East by East King Street in said Village; on the south by the road leading from Claridon to Chardon, and on the West by the road leading from Chardon Village to Ravenna, containing 10 acres of land. Recorded in Volume 182, Page 122. Also, another piece of parcel of land described as follows: Situated in the Village of Chardon in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio and known as being part of Lot No. 125 in the Town plat of Chardon, and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of a certain tract of land conveyed to S.A. Barker by Richard King, October 5, 1904 (the deed for said tract of land is recorded in Volume 119, Page 79, Geauga County Records of Deeds); Thence along the north line of said tract described as south 69 degrees 00” East 36 feet to a stake; thence Southerly parallel with the west line of said tract described as South 19 degrees 45’ West to stake 11 1/2 feet, North 19 degrees 45’ East from a stone monument marking the interior corner of said land; Thence westerly parallel with the south line of said tract described as 70 degrees 15’ West 36 feet, to the west line thereof; Thence along said west line described North 19 degrees 45’ East 53 1/2 feet to the place of beginning. Containing within said bounds approximately 44/1000 of an acre and all the estate, right, title and interest of the said grantor in and to said premises. (This description is found in Volume 152, Page 574 of Geauga County Records of Deeds, and is the conveyance from S.A. Barker et al., to Richard King on June 12, 1920). Excepting and reserving from the first two parcels above described the following parcels of land, to wit: About 1/2 acre of land deeded by R.V. Walton and wife to Ellen Adams; for a more particular description see Geauga County Records, Volume 70, Page 254 to be the same more or less, it being the same land deeded by Henrietta Grenaux to Simeon L. Chapman, October 27, A.D. 1860. Also a parcel of land deeded by Richard King to S.A. Barker, October 5, 1904 as described in Volume 119, Page 79 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Richard King to Loren Roper, October 5, 1904, as described in Volume 119, Page 75 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Richard King to Stella B. Milgate September 11, 1922, as described in Volume 162, Page 614 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Richard King to Charles Smith, et al, January 13, 1922, as described in Volume 162, Page 248 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Richard King to S.A. Baker, June 12, 1920, as described in Volume 152, Page 598 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded to Mattie King, et al., to H.O. Bostwick as described in Volume 188, Page 253 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; which has since been deeded by the said H.O. Bostwick to R.H, Bostwick and is recorded in Volume 193 at Page 290 of Geauga County Records of Deeds, Also a parcel of land deeded by Mattie King, et al., to S.S. Bostwick as described in volume 195, Page 348 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Mattie King, et al., to R.H. Bostwck as described in Volume 201, Page 77 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Mattie King, et al., to R.H. Bostwick as described in Volume 201, Page 78 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Mattie King, et al., to S.S. Bostwick as described in Volume 201, Page 263 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; Also a parcel of land deeded by Mattie King, et al., to H.K. Bostwick as described in Volume 201, Page 280 of Geauga County Records of Deeds; be the same more
or less, but subject to all legal highways.
Said Premises Located at: 215 SOUTH STREET, CITY OF CHARDON, OH.
Permanent Parcel Number: 10-109200
DEPOSIT: Pursuant to O.R.C. 2329.211, the required deposit for this offering shall be $5,000.00. Said deposit shall be paid by WIRE TRANSFER of ACH DEBIT TRANSFER with https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction. ohio.gov.
The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
Said Premises appraised at ($175,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount ($116,667.00). Please note: The appraisals are based on an exterior appraisal of property only, unless otherwise noted.
TERMS OF SALE: The FULL purchase price shall be paid to the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of sale, and on failure to do so, the purchaser may be held in contempt of court, the court may forfeit the sale and/or deposit, or the court may issue any other order it sees fit.
SCOTT A. HILDENBRAND, Sheriff Geauga County, Ohio
Brian J. Green, attorney Nov7-14-21, 2024
Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate General Code, Sec. 11661 Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 Case No. 23-F-000245
The State of Ohio, County of Geauga, ss: NWL COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff vs. LARRY E. ADAMS, JR., AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY E. ADAMS, ET AL., Defendants In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 2024, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., and if the parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, without regard to the minimum bid requirement, at the same time of day and at the same place of the first sale, on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 2024 the following described real estate, situated in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Newbury to wit: Situated in the Township of Newbury in the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio: And known as being a part of Original Newbury Townsip Lot No. 6, Tract No. 1 and bounded and described as follows: Beginning in the center line of Sperry Road (60 feet wide) at its intersection with the center line of Pekin Road (60 feet wide); Thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds West 474.80 feet measured along the center line of Sperry Road to an angle point therein; Thence continuing along said center line of Sperry Road South 4 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds West a distance of 635.45 feet to the principal place of beginning; Thence South 87 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 1206.25 feet (passing thru an iron pipe in the Easterly margin of Sperry Road) to an iron pipe on the Westerly line of land now or formerly in the name of Alice A. Mackay and recorded in Vol. 206, Page 70 of Geauga County Deed Records; Thence South 4 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds West a distance of 180.06 feet to an iron pipe in a Northerly line of land of A. & A. Moten; Thence North 67 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West and along Moten’s Northerly line a distance of 1206.93 feet to the center line of Sperry Road (passing thru an iron pin in the Easterly margin thereof); Thence North 4 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds East and along the center line of Sperry Road 180.12 feet to the principal place of beginning, former conveyance of this parcel recorded in Vol. 243, Page 137 of Geauga County Deed Records, as surveyed and described by S. John Sheahan, Professional Surveyor No. 4795 in April, 1967, and containing 4.973 acres of land, parcel No. 23-001600.
Said Premises Located at: 14399 SPERRY ROAD, NEWBURY TOWNSHIP, OH.
Permanent Parcel Number: 23-001600
DEPOSIT: Pursuant to O.R.C. 2329.211, the required deposit for this offering shall be $10,000.00. Said deposit shall be paid by WIRE TRANSFER of ACH DEBIT TRANSFER with https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction. ohio.gov.
The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
Said Premises appraised at ($225,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount ($150,000.00). Please note: The appraisals are based on an exterior appraisal of property only, unless otherwise noted.
TERMS OF SALE: The FULL purchase price shall be paid to the Sheriff within thir-
ty (30) days from the date of confirmation of sale, and on failure to do so, the purchaser may be held in contempt of court, the court may forfeit the sale and/or deposit, or the court may issue any other order it sees fit.
SCOTT A. HILDENBRAND, Sheriff Geauga County, Ohio
Brandon W. Ellis, attorney Nov7-14-21, 2024
Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate General Code, Sec. 11661 Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 Case No. 24-F-000276
The State of Ohio, County of Geauga, ss: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR DEEPHAVEN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2020-2, Plaintiff vs. DANIEL G. MARTIN, ET AL., Defendants
In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 2024, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., and if the parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, without regard to the minimum bid requirement, at the same time of day and at the same place of the first sale, on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 2024 the following described real estate, situated in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Huntsburg to wit:
Situated in the Township of Huntsburg, County of Geauga and State of Ohio: Known as being part of Lot No. 61, of said Huntsburg Township and is further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a nail found in an iron pipe monument found at the intersection of the centerline of Stillwell Road and Princeton Road; Thence South 89° 20’ 40” West along Stillwell Road centerline a distance of 382.40 feet to a point; Thence North 0° 10’ 20” West a distance of 345.00 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 89° 20’ 00” East, a distance of 384.82 feet to a point in the centerline of Princeton Road, passing through an iron pin set 30 feet therefrom; Thence South 0° 48’ 40” West along Princeton Road, centerline a distance of 98.99 feet to an angle point in said centerline; Thence continuing along Princeton Road centerline South 0° 0’ 13” East a distance of 246.12 feet to the place of beginning and containing 3.0345 acres of land, as surveyed and described by James M. Peter, P.S. 6420 in March 1995.
Bearings shown herein are to an assumed meridian and are used to denote angles only, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways.
Prior Deed Reference No.: Book OR 1954, Page Number 117 and Instrument Number 201300862102.
Said Premises Located at: 12030 PRINCETON ROAD, HUNTSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH. Permanent Parcel Number: 16-078295
DEPOSIT: Pursuant to O.R.C. 2329.211, the required deposit for this offering shall be $10,000.00. Said deposit shall be paid by WIRE TRANSFER of ACH DEBIT TRANSFER with https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction. ohio.gov.
The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
Said Premises appraised at ($490,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount ($326,667.00). Please note: The appraisals are based on an exterior appraisal of property only, unless otherwise noted.
TERMS OF SALE: The FULL purchase price shall be paid to the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of sale, and on failure to do so, the purchaser may be held in contempt of court, the court may forfeit the sale and/or deposit, or the court may issue any other order it sees fit.
SCOTT A. HILDENBRAND, Sheriff Geauga County, Ohio Austin R. Decker, attorney Nov7-14-21, 2024
Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate General Code, Sec. 11661 Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26 Case No. 24-F-000415
The State of Ohio, County of Geauga, ss: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff vs. AMY K. TIMM, ET AL., Defendants
In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/, on Thursday, the 5th day of December, 2024, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., and if the parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, without
regard to the minimum bid requirement, at the same time of day and at the same place of the first sale, on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 2024 the following described real estate, situated in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Chester to wit:
Situated in the Township of Chester, County of Geauga and State of Ohio: And known as being part of Lot No. 24, Tract 1 in said Township and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the centerline of Caves Road with the centerline of Mulberry Road; thence from said place of beginning South 87° 15’ East along the centerline of Mulberry Road, 204.96 feet to a point; thence South 1° 21’ 45” West 541.69 feet to a point; thence North 76° 41’ 55” West 209.44 feet to a point in the centerline of Caves Road; thence North 1° 21’ 45” East along the centerline of Caves Road 500.00 feet to the place of beginning. Containing 2.435 acres of land, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Property Address: 7821 Mulberry Road, Chesterland, OH 44026
Deed Reference Number: dated March 19, 2002, filed March 20, 2002, recorded as Official Records Volume 1463, Page 418, Geauga County, Ohio Records Said Premises Located at: 7821 MULBERRY ROAD, CHESTER TOWNSHIP, OH. Permanent Parcel Number: 11-344600
DEPOSIT: Pursuant to O.R.C. 2329.211, the required deposit for this offering shall be $10,000.00. Said deposit shall be paid by WIRE TRANSFER of ACH DEBIT TRANSFER with https://geauga.sheriffsaleauction. ohio.gov.
The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. Said Premises appraised at ($460,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount ($306,667.00). Please note: The appraisals are based on an exterior appraisal of property only, unless otherwise noted.
TERMS OF SALE: The FULL purchase price shall be paid to the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of sale, and on failure to do so, the purchaser may be held in contempt of court, the court may forfeit the sale and/or deposit, or the court may issue any other order it sees fit.
SCOTT A. HILDENBRAND, Sheriff Geauga County, Ohio Donald Brett Bryson, attorney Nov7-14-21, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO
Case No. 24-M-000464 - Linda S. Ferry nka Linda Morris, et al., Plaintiffs vs. Pure Performance Group of NJ, Inc. dba The Loan Center, Defendant. Pure Performance Group of NJ, Inc. dba The Loan Center, whose last known address is 550 Durie Avenue, Suite #205, Closter, NJ 07624, and whose current address is unknown and cannot with the exercise of reasonable diligence be ascertained, and upon whom service of summons cannot be had, will take notice that you have been named as the Defendant in a Complaint to Quiet Title filed on July 18, 2024 in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, 100 Short Court, Suite 300, Chardon, OH 44024, captioned as Linda S. Ferry nka Linda Morris, et al. v. Pure Performance Group of NJ, Inc. dba The Loan Center, Case No. 24M-000464, by which Plaintiffs are praying for judgment quieting title for property located at 14857 Thompson Avenue, Middlefield, OH 44062 (Parcel No. 19-025380). You will further take notice that you are required to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title within 28 days of last publication. The last publication date will be December 5, 2024. If you do not answer the Complaint, a judgment may be granted against you for the relief demanded. By Michael Drain, Attorney for Plaintiff, 147 Bell Street, Suite #202, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022. (440) 247-3380. mdrain@ mdrainlaw.com Oct31 Nov7-14-21-28 Dec5, 2024
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Village of Burton
A Village of Burton Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:30 PM at the Village Hall Bldg. Both Boards will review a variance request from Mr. Paul D. Demko, 13483 Kinsman Road for construction of 1 story individual family homes, one-two and three bedrooms.
Lynn McCollum-Arnold Deputy Administrative Assistant Nov14-21, 2024
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Geauga County Airport Authority
The Geauga County Airport Authority is requesting proposals for snowplowing for two or three years encompassing the 2024-2026 or 2024-2027 seasons. Proposals must include a current equipment list, proof of insurance and worker’s compensation coverage. Bids will be taken until 11:00 am on Friday, November 30, 2024. Diagram and specifications are available on request at 440-632-1884 or may be picked up at the Pilot Lounge at 15421 Old State Road, Middlefield, OH 44062 Main office door of Building 3. Airport management will notify contractor when to plow. Prices should be quoted according to specifications per push for a 2-year proposal and an alternate for a threeyear season.
Richard Blamer, Airport Manager Nov14-21, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS GEAUGA COUNTY,
OHIO
Case No. 24-F-000493 - Servbank, SB, Plaintiff vs. Ronald D. Droese, et al., Defendants. Plaintiff has brought this action naming John Southwick, whose last known address is 7916 Driftwood Dr., Mentor on the Lake, OH 44060, otherwise whose address is unknown, as Defendant in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on August 1, 2024, in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, 100 Short Court, Suite 300, Chardon, OH 44024. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within-described premises, in the amount as set forth in the Complaint, and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed, and an Order of Sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled. SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMBDEN, COUNTY OF GEAUGA AND STATE OF OHIO: AND KNOWN AS PART OF LOT NO. 5 IN THE BOND TRACT WITHIN SAID TOWNSHIP, AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS BEING SUBLOT NO. 3 IN THE TIMBER RIDGE ESTATES SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN BY THE RECORDED PLAT IN VOLUME 11, PAGE 99 OF THE GEAUGA COUNTY RECORDS OF PLATS, BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS, BUT SUB-
You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on December 5, 2024. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
By David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423), Attorney for Plaintiff, Cooke Demers, LLC, 260 Market Street, Suite F, New Albany, Ohio 43054. 614-939-0930 (phone); 614-9390987 (fax). Nov21-28 Dec5, 2024
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
Russell Township
Notice is hereby given that the Russell Township Board of Zoning Appeals will have one Public Hearing on an application of appeal for two variances to the Russell Township Zoning Resolution on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Russell Town Hall, 14890 Chillicothe Road.
Variance Application #567, submitted by
Applicant Mr. Nicholas Mikash, owner of property at 13640 Heath Rd., parcel number 26-063300. The Applicant is seeking two variances to construct a 10’x16’ Accessory Structure. He is seeking a side-yard setback variance and a variance to permit an Accessory Structure in the front yard. The Board of Zoning Appeals welcomes factbased testimony to assist in making an informed decision.
Bonnie Guyer, Secretary Nov21, 2024
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING APPEAL FOR AN AREA VARIANCE CHESTER TOWNSHIP ZONING RESOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the Chester Township Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct a public hearing on an application identified as number ZA-2024-14, on an appeal for an Area Variance to the Chester Township Zoning Resolution on the 9th day of December, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Chester Town Hall, 12701 Chillicothe Road.
The applicant, Thomas L. Adams is requesting an Area Variance for property located at 8240 Merrie Lane. He proposes keeping his shed in a non-conforming location. This is contrary to Section 5.01.03 of the Chester Zoning Resolu-
LEGAL NOTICE
Geauga Public Health
WHEREAS, the Ohio Revised Code, Section 3709.09, permits the Board of Health to establish by a system of fees to pay the cost of any service provided by the Board of Health for which no fee is prescribed by law; and Ohio Administrative Code 3701-2905 requires a fee for registration; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Board of Health through a program cost analysis that the fees for certain services are generating sufficient revenues to pay the cost of providing those services; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Geauga Public Health is determined to provide quality Public Health services to Geauga County residents in a cost effective manner.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That, for the purpose of preserving and promoting the Public Health and Welfare, the foregoing regulations are hereby amended/enacted as follows:
SEWAGE REGISTRATIONS
1st reading September 25, 2024, 2nd reading October 30, 2024, and 3rd and Final Reading November 20, 2024. Published November 21, 2024, and November 28, 2024, and become effective December 1, 2024. Nov21-28, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE
Geauga Public Health
WHEREAS, the Ohio Revised Code, Section 3717.07, permits the Board of Health to establish by Rule a uniform system of fees to pay the cost of any service provided by the Board of Health for which no fee is prescribed by law; and WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Board of Health through a program cost analysis that the fees for certain services are not generating revenues to pay the cost of providing those services; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Geauga Public Health is determined to provide quality Public Health services to Geauga County residents in a cost effective manner.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That, for the purpose of preserving and promoting the Public Health and Welfare, the foregoing regulations are hereby amended/enacted as follows:
Food Service Operation/Retail Food Establishments
Following is a list of real estate transfers for the week ending Nov. 15, 2024, provided as a public service by the Geauga County Auditor’s Office. Transfers may involve the sale of land only.
AUBURN TOWNSHIP
Figurati Construction Group LLC, 11945 Ladue Trail, to Loraine M. Mazzolini (trustee), $3,100,000. (3.00 acres)
Beth Yauman (trustee), 46 Windward Way, to David E. Grube, $289,000. (0.00 acres)
Michael J. and Leah O’Brien, 17195 Wood Acre Trail, to Jerome and Jasmine M. Llamas, $400,000. (1.94 acres)
Robert and Kathleen Scott, 16740 Jennifer Lane, to Michael J. and Leah O’Brien, $650,000. (3.00 acres)
BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP
Dinallo and Wittrup Homes Inc., 7180
karlovec group
8389 Mayfield Road, B-5 Chesterland, OH 44026
Fax: 440-729-8240
Real Estate Transfers
Brighton Park Court, to Brett M. Lawrence, $225,000. (2.42 acres)
Rosemarie Worstell, 17262 Chillicothe Road, to Matthew Kacsandi, $345,000. (0.99 acres)
Cle Holding Company LLC, 16625 Wren Road, to Chalk It Up LLC, $1,210,000. (4.08 acres)
BURTON TOWNSHIP
Christina Redfern and Josh Bonelli, 14715 Georgia Road, to Bill and Emma Hershberger, $490,000. (21.32 acres)
BURTON VILLAGE
Bradley Brown, 13829 Carlton St., to Raymond A. Arnold Masonry and General Contracting Co., $97,000. (0.42 acres)
CHARDON CITY
NVR Inc., 218 High Fox Drive, to Jaclyn and Keith Ludrowsky, $435,500. (0.17 acres)
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FLG Chardon LLC, 181 High Fox Drive, to NVR Inc., $90,000. (0.17 acres)
NVR Inc., 238 High Fox Drive, to Christopher D. and Loraine E. Black, $429,100. (0.17 acres)
CHARDON TOWNSHIP
Brad Brewster, 8645 Auburn Road, to Giovanni D’Angelo and Bond Brewster, $250,000. (1.09 acres)
HAMBDEN TOWNSHIP
Randolph A. Lundstrom (trustee), 13410 Gar Highway, to Justin and Sabrina Zickel, $530,000. (14.59 acres)
Junior Ray and Phyllis Bright, 9715 Venus Road, to Douglas R. Bright, $160,000. (1.00 acres)
HUNTSBURG TOWNSHIP
Raymond J. and Mary Slabaugh, and Martin W. and Martha Byler, Madison Road, to Jonathon D. and Rebecca D. Burkholder, $221,400. (13.02 acres)
MIDDLEFIELD TOWNSHIP
Sara Esther and Owen O. Mullet Jr., Old State Road, to A. M. Seamless Gutters LLC, $18,000. (0.77 acres)
MIDDLEFIELD VILLAGE
Middlefield Parkway, 15246 Timber Ridge, to NVR Inc., $66,600. (0.21 acres) Middlefield Parkway, 15229 Timber Ridge, to NVR Inc., $66,600. (0.21 acres)
MUNSON TOWNSHIP
Carole A. Stebnicki (TOD), 12246 Bean Road, to Patrick R. and Kristina L. Dew, $335,000. (3.74 acres)
Raymond L. Intihar, 10715 Sherman Road, to Samuel Heinselman and Stephanie Hohenfels Heinselman, $270,000. (3.00 acres)
RUSSELL TOWNSHIP
Jesse L. Glick (trustee), 7780 Deerfoot Trail, to Joseph and Kelsey Welhouse, $800,000. (5.01 acres)
Geauga Sheriff’s Report
The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, 2024.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Nov. 8
4:56 p.m., Main Market Road, Parkman. Caller is at Middlefield Police Department. Came home from work, step daughter. Step daughter was doing some kind of sex thing on her phone and has been drinking all day. When caller confronted her, she attacked him giving him two black eyes and broke his glasses. He denied rescue. He also advised she trashed his house. The female was arrested for Domestic Violence and Disorderly Conduct. See report for further.
FOUND PROPERTY
Nov. 8
10:05 a.m., Main Market Road and Rapids Road, Troy. Caller located a crossbow on 422 near Rapids Road. He has the bow in his possession. I contacted caller who found a camo colored Ten Point Wicked Ridge Crossbow. I explained to him that we would send someone to his house as soon as we could. He got upset with this and told me that it makes no sense. I explained to him that if it is stolen and he is found with it he would be charges. He told me that he knows how the law works He told me that he is going out of town in 20 minutes and will not be back till Monday. Contact was ended. Picked up crossbow.
Nov. 8
12:49 p.m., Main Market Road and Madison
Road, Parkman. Found a Glock 43 in the intersection. Is driving on Route 422 pulled over at the county line by Solon. Caller will meet silver F250. Will meet at BP at Route 306. Caller advised he is carrying as well but will leave it in the truck. I found the gun in a black holster with serial number. LEADS showed the gun was not stolen. Dispatch was asked to contact Trumbull and Portage Sheriff Office to see if they have any reported thefts of guns or a crossbow due to one being found at Rapids and Route 422.
SUSPICIOUS
Nov. 10
12:14 a.m., Hayes Road and Kinsman Road, Middlefield. On Hayes between Route 87 and Nauvoo. Buggies and people blocking the road, caller reports people trying to fight in the street, and that they are drunk. Caller tried to go through, the caller was stopped and made to turn around. Caller says there are 10 people at the roadblock. Gone on arrival.
Nov. 12
8:31 a.m., Main Market Road, Parkman. Report of a 20s black male, dark blue jeans and brown sweater with a smiley face on the back. Parked his vehicle in front of the complainant and approached the complainant's vehicle, attempted to get the complainant into getting into his vehicle to go record a "music video for some famous person” then left and went to urinate in the bushes. Blue dodge dart. Unable to locate.
WEAPON OFFENSE
Nov. 9
10:55 a.m., Williamsburg Court, Auburn. Report for a stray bullet that hit the callers home yesterday evening. Complainant found a bullet hole that when through the corner of their residence. Complainant further advised that he heard shooting taking place at Washington Street. Unable to make contact with anyone at Washington Street. Follow up needed.
AUTOS & PARTS
Wanted: classic or muscle car/truck, any year, or condition. 440-590-0193.
2008 Nissan Xterra: Nice, MUST SEE, 134k, Winter Ready, Well Maintained. Also, 2002 Harley Davidson Sportster: 10k, Great Shape. MAKE OFFERS 330-8583213.
FOR RENT
In-law Suite: 1BR, full kitchen, all appliances, washer, dryer. Quiet, secluded. $800/mo. with additional deposit. Newbury. 440-313-1178.
Chardon: small, cozy house, 2BR, 1BA, upstairs, attached utility room and single car garage, oil heat, rural setting. Pets OK. $1,100/mo. 440-286-3840.
FOR SALE
Small Playhouse: built by Pincecrest, $1,000/OBO. 440-279-7642. Also, FREE to a good home - black lab male.
FIREWOOD for sale: $150 per cord. 440-338-5201.
CAMERAS: Praktisx, Minolta, Nikon, Polaroid One Step. Electric log splitter, copper kettles, many aquariums, clocks, kerosene lamps, pottery jugs. Inquire 440-3383563.
Ladder jacks $50. 12-foot expanding plank $100. Mantis Tiller $200. Hitch Carrier Tray $100. Hand-held electric leaf blower $50. 440-554-5731.
Hand crafted armoire wood manor furniture, $220. Tiffany style lamp, $50. Baker furniture oval small table, $90. 440-667-3306.
Moving Sale: Single bed spring mattress, $100. (2) Recliners, $50/each. (2) Kirby sweepers, $20/each. Weight bench, weights, curl bar, $60. Swing glider, $50. 440-313-1413.
Benelli Super Black Eagle 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun, 26” barrel, EC, $1,300. 440-564-1172. Two burial plots at Western Reserve Memorial Gardens with full package: 2 vaults, 2 caskets, dual memorial headstone; $7,400. 440-476-0706.
Warehouse flat bed push cart: wood/metal on wheels, perfect for coffee table, dog bed, or stack them, 4 available, $185/ea, 440-668-8768 or SLW4134@att.net, pictures available.
HELP WANTED
Experienced Cleaners wanted, who reside in the Chardon/Chesterland area for local commercial cleaning. MWF, 2-3 hours a night, after 8pm. Must pass a drug test; and local and BCI background check. Must have reliable transportation. Paid training, $15.00 to $17.00 per hour. Apply to aboutique4u@hotmail.com.
Sales Person needed for Hardwood Furniture Manufacturer. We are a small family owned business in Holmes County Ohio looking for a motivated, friendly, enthusiastic salesperson to reach out to retail furniture stores in the United States. Job will include traveling to furniture stores across the US, going to trade shows, and doing sales training. All hotels and travel expense will be paid by our company. Pay will be based on commission. If you are interested, give us a call at 330-473-5497.
PETS & ANIMALS
Kunekune piglets for sale. Born 7/25. AKKPS registered. Boars and gilts. Call or text 440-223-9023. Barn homes needed for a number of fixed & vaxxed semi-feral cats whose elderly caretaker was evicted. Help us help them. Rebecca 440-321-2485
Classifieds
MISCELLANEOUS
St Luke Episcopal Church in Chardon is looking for Christmas Eve singers for a Christmas service at 4 pm. Call 440-279-4022, or email mccannchris11@gmail. com.
Taking Orders for HOMEMADE PIES and Breads for the holidays. 440-279-7642.
FREE fact: How VERY sad that Solon Council approved a marijuana dispensary! The youth will suffer. Solon Council made a big mistake!
The Geauga Amish Directory is now accepting ads for 2025! Early Bird pricing is available until Dec. 15, 2024. Call John Karlovec at 216-509-6600 to reserve your ad space.
ORDER your HOME GROWN TURKEY today! $3.75/# dressed wgt; $3.50/# drumsticks; $5.28/# ground. Processing dates: 11/25, 12/9, 12/23. Call 440-3635591. Durkee Rd, Huntsburg.
REAL ESTATE
Homes & Land Wanted: any condition or situation! Fast, friendly, local. Serving Geauga and surrounding counties. Text or call Wayne at 330-269-9595.
SERVICES
Albert’s Complete Tree Service: 45+yrs experience! Competent in all aspects of Arboriculture, Forestry and Land Clearing. Also, Firewood, Excavation and Sewer Work. Free Estimates. 440-687-5404.
Did you know Karlovec Media Group prints business cards? Prices start at only $30 for 500 (B&W, 1-sided, no bleed). Call 440-729-7667 or email ads@karlovecmedia.com.
Joe Eicher doing roofing, siding, remodeling, cleanout houses, we do most anything. Call between 8a-4p, 440-813-4272. No answer, leave message.
Experienced Caregiver: will do in-home care for elderly or children, years of experience, references. 440-3131804.
WANTED TO BUY
4-wheelers, 3-wheelers, dirt bikes, mini-bikes, go-carts, golf carts, gators, farm tractors/equipment, trailers, riding mowers, snowplows. Paying cash. 440-413-3119. Also, scrap cleanup and removal.
Old fishing tackle wanted: fishing lures (wood or plastic), mouse to bear traps, wooden duck decoys. Call Lee 440-313-8331.
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