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Cardinal Installs Thermal Cameras Submitted
Three thermal imaging cameras are now up and running in all Cardinal school buildings. The cameras were donated to the district from Parkman Township Trustees. The equipment is designed to take the temperatures of up to 30 people at once and then alert if a temperature is over a set threshold. A monitor displays temperature readings over individuals as they pass through the area where equipment is set up. “The addition of these cameras in our buildings has been a time saver in the mornings,” says Superintendent Bill Kermavner. “The technology allows us to get our students inside quicker while still actively monitoring body temperatures for anyone who might be sick. We were seeing a backlog of students outside our buildings waiting to get in while
we checked temperatures. On top of that being a safety concern, we are also entering the winter months where it’s cold and snowy. These cameras have been great at helping us speed the entry process along while still allowing us to ensure everyone’s health and safety.” Parkman Township received Coronavirus Relief Act money and approached the district to see if there was any way they could help during this pandemic time. In addition to the thermal imaging cameras, which are valued at over $10,000 each, Parkman Township also donated two portable sprayers to be used on buses, 20 gallons of sanitizing chemicals for the sprayers and additional disinfecting wipes to be used in all buildings. Cardinal is grateful to Parkman Township for its support of the school district and appreciates its partnership in helping to keep families safe.
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Students at Jordak Elementary School enter the building while having a thermal imaging camera take their temperature. The cameras monitor body temperature and alert staff if anyone has a fever.
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The New Year’s holiday is a time when we look back at what we did in the past year and contemplate what our New Year’s resolutions should be for the coming year. Adults remember the more serious events while young people, children in particular, focus on all of the fun happenings which occurred in their young lives. We now offer a look back at what was most vividly remembered about the year by a young Huntsburg girl in the 1920s.
January
Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays – school holiday! Trees tapped for maple syrup season.
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Summer fun included Bob Clarke riding Dolly
March
Ah, spring. And Dad’s birthday complete with chocolate cake and lighted candles. Sometimes the celebration was up in the sugar house.
Red Cross Blood Drive
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Town Crier Dec. 30, 12-5 p.m. Middlefield Library is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a local blood drive in the large meeting room of the library. To register, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800733-2767. Walk-ins are welcome.
A Historical Look Back at Huntsburg
A high school dance until midnight – the school bell would ring at midnight. For the adults some people had house parties and would salute “father time” at midnight with a shotgun salute, while all the kids were tucked in to go to sleep on the bedroom floor or bed or wherever there was room. New Year’s Day offered a pork dinner with the family.
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When I was young I went down to Owens store [in Huntsburg] to get his birthday present, usually a couple of white handkerchiefs and his special pipe tobacco when I was older.
Easter and coloring eggs. Our family made its own Easter baskets. We used a one quart fruit basket, wrapped it with colored paper, pipe cleaners for handles, green cellophane for the nests and then we put the colored eggs into them. We set them on the table where the Easter Bunny could find them and fill them with jelly beans, one chocolate egg and a couple of candy eggs – it was enough to make us happy! Easter morning it was church at the Congregational and Methodist churches and later in the month the Russian Orthodox Church with all of their traditions. Oh, those fancy eggs and the ladies and girls in their Russian dresses – beautiful! Mom made us new spring dresses and we wore our last summer’s shoes (if they still fit) and white socks, and a brand new straw hat. In church we sang our Easter song, then sat down and listened to Rev. Bechtold’s sermon, thinking all the time of our Easter basket and jelly beans at home waiting for us. Each family in Huntsburg had its own tradition, the same ones they celebrated for years and may still be doing so. See Historical • Page 5
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Jan. 8, 8-9 a.m. Join Geauga Economic Leadership via Zoom webinar for “Diversity & Inclusion: Building a Community of Awareness and Openness” with Dr. Velvet Landingham, associate professor, Kent State University, and Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, senior lecturer, Kent State University. To register, email info@geaugagrowth. com or call 440-564-1060. GEL breakfasts are co-sponsored by Geauga Growth Partnership and Kent State University at Geauga.
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Jan. 13, 6-7:30 p.m. The Woodland Wednesdays workshop series returns with “Wicked Weeds,” a virtual homeowner invasive species removal workshop. Join for an online presentation to learn about problematic invasive plants and techniques on how to remove them. Gain new skills, helpful resources and a renewed desire to tackle invasive species. This workshop is free, but registration is required by Jan. 12; call 440-426-2195 or 440834-1122. For more information, visit ofbf.org/counties.
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Community Meetings Listed are public meetings and executive sessions in Huntsburg, Middlefield and Parkman townships, and the Village of Middlefield for the coming weeks. Huntsburg Township: Jan. 12, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees. All meetings held at the Town Hall, 16534 Mayfield Road. Middlefield Township: Jan. 11, 7 p.m., Board of Trustees. All trustees meetings are held at Township Office, 15228 Madison Road, unless otherwise noted. Middlefield Village: Jan. 12, 5:30 p.m. – Streets, Sidewalks & Utilities, 7 p.m. – Planning Commission; Jan. 14, 5 p.m. – Parks
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A Glimpse of Yesteryear
By Rick Seyer The photo above shows East High Street at a time when the village did not have the type of equipment we have today to remove snow. I am assuming this picture was probably taken on a Sunday morning by the looks of the deserted street. Judging by the buildings shown, the photo was probably taken in the late 20s or early 30s. Looks like about 5 inches on the ground. Below is a photo of the village’s onehorse-powered snowplow. This method was used up until the 1960s when the horse was retired. It was a very efficient way to clean the sidewalks. A V-plow was attached to the horse and around the village he went. Today with more sidewalks to plow than during this time, it takes the village crew over 8 hours to make one go-around.
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Fitness Report
How to Reduce Neck Pain and Avoid Orthopedic Surgery By Dr. Adam M. Cramer, PT, DPT Neck pain, whether from a motor vehicle accident, sleeping on it wrong or from lifting too much weight, sends more than 10 million Americans to physical therapists each year. It is important for a licensed doctor of physical therapy to have a chance to assess your range of motion and evaluate how your body is compensating for the neck pain. If you don’t want surgery don’t consult with a surgeon and if you want to be treated in an environment where there’s no conflict of interest see a independent physical therapy practice first. Research demonstrates that movement is be the best medicine, and strengthening and stretching exercises will benefit you greatly as you struggle to heal from neck pain. Cause of neck pain not always clear In one study1 for example, researchers followed 1,334 workers for a period of three years to explore risk factors for neck pain. They found a significant link between the percentage of working time a person spends in a sitting position and neck pain. These researchers concluded that if you sit at work for more than 95% of your working time, you are more likely to experience neck pain. Another team2 assessed the link between frequent computer use and neck and shoulder pain. They found that mouse use, in particular, was associated with an increased risk of moderate to severe neck pain. Poor posture is a major problem for many who develop neck pain. If you lean your head
and shoulders forward constantly instead of sitting up straight, sooner or later your neck is going to start paining. When you sit, if your head is slanting far forward of your shoulders, that is an indication you need to adjust your posture. Another modern cause is over-use of smart phones that prompt many people to spend hours at a time with their neck and head stretched forward and down to see the device being held in their hand.
Best exercises to treat neck pain
Regardless of the cause, what happens when you find yourself experiencing severe neck pain? What kinds of exercises should you engage in to help the healing process and not make things even worse? A study by L. A. McKinney3 and a group of other researchers zeroed in on the importance of neck mobilization exercises. Specifically, they determined that best results could be achieved by: (a) Chin tucks combined with a deliberate strengthening of the back to ensure good posture (b) Trying to touch your shoulder with your ear on each side (c) Rotating your head from side to side
Working to keep neck pain controlled
Like anything else, prevention of neck pain is desired even more than finding ways to treat yourself once it has occurred. See MyoFit • Page 6
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Historical from page 1
May
Decoration Day (Memorial Day) was a time to remember those who have gone on before us. Every family grave was decorated with flowers. After the service in the park we children were given the duty of honoring the fallen soldiers and sailors by taking flowers (usually geraniums, petunias or other red/ white flowers) to the graves and bowing our heads. There were picnic dinners all over town.
June
Graduation at the Town Hall with proud parents and happy graduates. This was also a popular time for weddings. We had baseball games all summer, as well as family reunions.
July
Firecrackers and more picnics. We had “penny” firecrackers, sparklers and our brave Dad firing off the sky rocket. It went up – yippee! There were Saturday night band concerts and the annual Claridon-Huntsburg 4th of July celebration.
August
The month of the Clarke girls’ birthdays along with cakes and homemade ice cream. They always got the ice to make the ice cream, but I don’t remember where.
September
Labor Day and the start of another school year. Other than this, nothing special.
October
Halloween! We had dress-up day for school parties and it was a fun day. There was no “trick or treat,” but the young men of town took care of the tricking, such as putting a cow in the school, and a buggy on top of a roof. Their favorite though, was tipping over people’s outhouses! One time a lady was in one and over it went. She wasn’t exactly the best liked matron in town, so there were smiles on faces around town.
The next day all high school boys had the day off and went around town resetting the outhouses and other mischief from the night before. The high school girls took care of the soaped windows the following Saturday.
November
Armistice Day [Veterans Day] was observed on the 11th day at the 11th hour in the 11th month and there was silence at 11 a.m. for one minute. November also had Voting Day and Thanksgiving, which was a real family day. There was always a huge meal but very few turkeys – more roasted chickens and, on the side, fresh rabbit. Many, if not most, fathers went rabbit hunting on that morning and dressed out the rabbits in time for dinner. We kids got the rabbit tails. Otherwise, it was the same meal as today with Mom’s pumpkin pie which rated whipped cream topping. We used to snitch cream from the milk cans before the milk truck came and it sure made the best whipped cream!
December
There was the Christmas Eve church service and the pageant with the Sunday School classes participating. The little children sang carols and the adult classes, bath-robed in their shepherd costumes, along with the three wise men (minus the camels) all bowing over Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus played by Doris’s doll. It was always Doris’s doll. The rest of us brought our best baby dolls, but Doris’s doll always got chosen. Then everyone sang Silent Night. Christmas holidays afforded townspeople the opportunity to attend social events in Huntsburg and surrounding towns, such as singing or stage performances at Huntsburg’s Opera House, school recitals and musicals. After the excitement of the Christmas season, settling in to the New Year was something requiring some serious thought because last year’s activities would become this year’s activities, only better! The fond memories of a year spent with family and friends take us back to an earlier, simpler life enjoyed by the descendants of Huntsburg’s early pioneer families.
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Faith Matters New Steps into 2021 Christmas is over and with a flip of the blood sugar issues. calendar the New Year is upon us. Are you The final example involves a sad looking ready to embrace the challenges of another bathroom in the upstairs area of our home 12 months? Ready or not here they come . . . that rarely got used. It was in bad shape. 2021 is on the launch pad! Little by little, my daughter, along with my Sometimes it is good for us the take wife and I, have sanded, filled cracks, primed, a backward look to see just where we have painted, laid new floor and bought a new vanbeen, as well as a forward gaze at where we ity, sink, toilet, mirror and lighting fixtures. want to go. What personal strugAdmittedly, we also got some exgles consistently made your life pert help from a handyman who difficult during the past year? Are did the plumbing and electrical. there lessons you need to learn? The results are surprising, if not Any behaviors that trip you up shocking. I hardly recognize the and would be better to change? little room! Are there any relationships that Someone said that “if you aim need mending? You get the idea. at nothing, you are sure to hit We don’t want to camp out in it!” Why not take the opportunithe past, but it can be helpful to By Roger Kruse ty right now to think (and pray) trace our steps so as to make sure we move about changes or goals you could strive for forward wisely. Repeated failure is not what in the coming year? Every journey begins any of us want. It is a good thing to be honest with the first step. Jesus said, “With God, all about who you are, and where you are real- things are possible.” ly at. Maintenance of the status quo is not The Lord invites us to bring every need, necessarily the best path to health and hap- each problem, and all our daily activities to piness. It often helps to talk to someone else Him. He wants to give us wisdom, power, enabout a change you need to make. Encourage- durance and joy for the journey. Through his ment and accountability make it much more many trials and hardships, the apostle Paul likely for you to succeed. discovered, “I can do everything through How about charting a course for achieve- Christ who gives me strength.” He can do the ment and growth? Are there new pathways same for you. you want to travel or goals you want to reach? A daily discipline of reading some verses Several examples come to mind, all close from the Bible and conversing with God in to home. My daughter began playing the pi- prayer can revolutionize your life. The Scripano about 4 months ago. I am amazed at her ture tells us to “come near to God, and He will progress in a short time. However, it did not come near to you.” Let me encourage you to just happen. Many hours of practice, a good make 2021 a year for spiritual growth. The piano teacher and a vision for “piano fluency” Psalmist tells us, “With You, [Lord] is the founkeeps moving her forward. tain of life, and in Your light we will see light.” My wife has lost 30 pounds in the last year. How did she do it? Changes in her daiRoger Kruse is contemplating new ways to ly diet, a regular regimen of walking and a grow his faith and serve the Lord in 2021. Bevision for better health that included some cause “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.”
MyoFit from page 4
With neck pain you should use heating pads, warm showers with the cascade of water directed at your neck in order to promote blood flow to loosen up tight muscles and promote healing of damaged structures. If you need to use your phone for long periods of the day, try to hold it so that your neck is aligned with your shoulders, not learning forward from them. Your neck was not designed to be held in such a position and even if you have been getting away without pain, it will catch up with you.
Whenever you are sitting at your desk for long periods of time, take brief breaks to stretch and strengthen your neck. Do 10 chin tucks, and stretch your head from side to side. For people who have to spend many hours a day sitting in front of a computer, neck strain is more prevalent if the screen they are looking at is not at the right height. Sit in front of your computer and close your eyes. Now open them and your eyes should line up directly with the center of your computer screen. If you or a loved one is suffering from neck pain please consult with a physical therapist immediately to get back on track FAST!
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