Middlefield Post 7-28-21

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POST Wednesday, July 28, 2021 • Vol. 15 No. 6 • FREE

Two Boys Seriously Injured in Middlefield Crash

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By Ann Wishart ann@geaugamapleleaf.com

Two Middlefield boys were transported via emergency helicopter to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital after being injured in an accident around 12:45 p.m. July 22 in Middlefield Township. The boys, both 11 years old, were traveling along the side of State Route 528 in a horse-drawn wagon, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Pickett. Paige Ricketts, 30, of Cortland, was northbound on Route 528. Jennifer Watson, 45, of Windsor, driving a 2019 Dodge Ram on Nauvoo Road, attempted to cross Route 528 going east. She failed to yield the right-of-way and struck Ricketts’ 2018 Nissan Tucson in the side. After the vehicles collided, they went off the right side of the road and struck the wagon. Both boys sustained serious injuries. On July 26, Pickett reported both See Accident • Page 9

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Construction of a 27,500-square-foot building for Mid Park Metals of Parkman Township has been held up by the weather, but should be under roof by winter. The structure is located at 16675 Kinsman Road in Middlefield Village.

New Mid Park Metals Building Going Up in Middlefield By Ann Wishart ann@geaugamapleleaf.com

Construction has started on another parcel on the southeast corner of Kinsman and Madison roads in Middlefield Village, but the weather is causing delays. “We’re stuck in the mud, right now,” said Marty Troyer, project superintendent for the structure planned for the 8.7-acre parcel just east of Chem Tech Properties Ltd. The 27,500-square-foot building, still in the excavation stages, will house Mid Park Metals that will relocate from its current facility at 16654 Hosmer Road in Parkman Township, he said. The one-story building will

warehouse the metal siding and roofing produced at the Hosmer Road site. Eventually, the roll forming equipment will be moved to the new facility, which Troyer said should be competed in six months, weather permitting. The facility will employ four to eight workers and should be under roof by winter, he said. The parcel was part of a farm bought by Red Creek Development Inc., which made parcels available for sale in 2017. The 8.7acre lot that fronts on Kinsman Road was bought in 2020 by Mid Park Metals owner Wesley Shrock of Sugarcreek, Ohio, according to the Geauga County Auditor’s Office website.

Troyer said he expected Geauga County to have a hotel or motel where he could stay during construction, but he is currently commuting from his home in the Sugarcreek area. The property qualified as a community reinvestment area pre-1994 zone, so the parcel owner could apply for tax abatement once the facility is complete, said Leslie Gambosi McCoy, Middlefield Village administrator. Besides the ever-expanding Chem Tech facility, a 7.9-acre parcel on the south end of the Red Creek property was sold to Greenleaf Land Co. LLC in 2019 for nearly $3 million for construction of a marijuana production facility.

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GEAUGA COUNTY

Help Me Learn Day Returns In August Submitted Celebrating its 15th year, Geauga County Job and Family Services is sponsoring Help Me Learn Day on Aug. 4, a school supply distribution program that assists low income children in Geauga County. Families may pick up school

supplies from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. curbside at Geauga County Job and Family Services, 12480 Ravenwood Drive in Chardon. Families Due to continued safety protocols, families are asked to remain in their cars. Identification is required. In addition to offering school supplies, GCJFS will again partner

with Morning Star Friends Church and Marci’s Hair on the Square to provide free school clothing and haircuts for children on Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church located at 12555 Ravenna Road in Chardon. Vouchers from JFS are required to participate. Registration deadline is July 31; call 440-285-9141, ext. 1263.

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