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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com The Lake club hockey team didn’t ‘win one for the Gipper,” but they did win a game for one of their own — Walbridge resident Josh Hillabrand.

Hillabrand played for the Lake hockey team 10 years ago, plus he played football at Lake. However, he transferred and finished his gridiron career at Genoa, where he was part of a 13-1 team that won a Division IV regional championship.

About 10 years later at a Cleveland Browns football game, last November 4, he was leaving First Energy Stadium with his family when tragedy struck.

In downtown Cleveland, the 28-yearold Hillabrand, a Lake Township firefighter for over nine years, was assaulted and knocked unconscious outside of First Energy Stadium. He spent four days in a Cleveland hospital and is on the road to a hopeful recovery but fears he may still be suffering from memory loss.

“I’m getting there slowly,” Hillabrand said.

Hillabrand and his family have held season tickets to Browns games since 1987, sitting in the Dawg Pound at Cleveland (Municipal) Stadium and then First Energy Stadium. After he arrived home from the Cleveland hospital, he was readmitted to Toledo Hospital for two days and fears his injuries may affect his firefighting career.

When Hillabrand came to watch his former Lake hockey team play at Tam-O-Shanter in Sylvania, they found a way to pull a victory out for him.

Hillabrand, who had been the hockey team’s captain for three years, gave an inspirational speech between the second and third periods. Lake was losing 3-1 but came back in the final period to win 6-3 over the St. Francis junior varsity. The team invited Hillabrand back into the locker room after the game to thank him.

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By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon City Council recently approved a Special Use Exception designation at 506 S. Lallendorf Rd. for the reopening of a restaurant/tavern.

The property was located in an R-2 district. Across from the site is a park district.

The property had a Special Use Exception (SUE) on it. But that designation expired because the building was closed and the property was vacant for more than two years.

The owner, B.J. Lawson, sought to have a new SUE that would allow a restaurant serving liquor on the premises.

The Oregon Planning Commission last November recommended to council that the SUE be approved. Council held a public hearing earlier this month to discuss the matter.

“This was an existing Special Use Permit,” James Gilmore, building and zoning commissioner, said at the public hearing in city council chambers. The planning commission had recommended approval with conditions, he noted.

“The business was not in operation for two years. So they lost their special use,” said Gilmore. The owner reapplied for the

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Gilmore said the planning commission’s conditions included the requirement that the tavern would not operate after 10 p.m., and that curb stops would be added to the parking lot behind the building.

“Apparently, there were problems with people parking beyond the property line,” said Gilmore. “The planning commission felt that the addition of the curb stops would prevent that.”

Mayor Mike Seferian, who also has a seat on the planning commission, said there was another condition. “They will operate as a restaurant with a liquor license, not as a bar,” said Seferian.

Lawson, of S. Stadium Road in Oregon, said at the hearing that he planned to reopen the restaurant in February.

“The curb stops have already been installed in the back,” he said.

He explained he closed the previous business at that location because he had health issues, including knee surgery.

“So I closed it down. That’s where I’m at right now. I want to open it back up again as a restaurant,” he said.

Director Melissa Purpura whether the liquor control board would enforce the condition that the restaurant would be serving liquor instead of a bar serving food.

“The restrictions that are being put in this SUE are stricter than the actual liquor permit,” explained Purpura. “Our restrictions indicate it will be used as a restaurant with the ability to serve liquor. The permit could have been a bar serving food. So our restrictions are stricter. Can liquor control help enforce that? Absolutely.” The Oregon Police Department and the city’s zoning department could also help with enforcement, she added.

“How do you enforce that?” asked Zale.

“You have undercover go there and ask for service of liquor past 10 p.m.,” said Purpura.

“I’m talking about someone going into the place and using it as a bar versus a restaurant,” said Zale.

City Administrator Mike Beazley said the percentage of food versus alcohol sales determine whether the designation is a restaurant serving liquor or a bar serving food.

“This condition will require them to conform with the ratio of a restaurant serv-

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Bar problems “My concern,” said Zale, “is that we go back to the previous establishment before you reopened. I think this is what a lot of the residents are concerned about. They are concerned they are going to end up with a bar there, which went on late into the night and produced a lot more noise.

They don’t want to see that in their neighborhood again.”

Adjacent property owners complained about a bar, Game Time, that used to be at that location years ago.

Lawson said his restaurant did not serve beyond 10 p.m.

“It was usually 11 p.m. before we got out of there. We always stopped when I was in business for four or five years over there. We were open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” he said.

Councilman Steve Hornyak asked Lawson what his immediate plans were.

Lawson said he wanted to continue operating the restaurant.

“I’m retired now, so I have time enough to do it now.”

“Did you not have time previously?” asked Hornyak.

“I had two other businesses running at the same time,” said Lawson. “So I sold all of them, and I’m now retired. I don’t live too far away.”

“Do you have any plans as far as development or improvement of the façade or exterior?” asked Hornyak.

“There’s a lot of stuff we’re going to do,” said Lawson. “When we get approved here, we’re going to do a lot of different stuff. We’re beautifying the inside. Not changing any of the structures. We have chandeliers and other stuff like that in there. It’s looking real good.”

“You haven’t really made a plan of what you’re going to do to the interior and exterior?” asked Hornyak.

“I don’t know if I can do much to the exterior,” said Lawson. “I don’t know if it’s too late to paint because of the cold weather. I don’t know if it would stick. As soon as the weather breaks, it will look nice.”

A resident whose property is adjacent to the Lawson property said he’s had considerable damage to his privacy fence on the property line due to customers parking too close to the fence.

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Oregon received a $1.7 million grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation to improve the intersection of Coy Road and Navarre Avenue, the second phase of the Navarre Avenue Safety Improvement project.

Plans call for new traffic signalization changes and dedicated turn lanes. It will also include widening of Coy. “There will be widening, in particular to the north so the southbound definitely has to be improved,” Public Service Director Paul Roman said at a recent council meeting. “A lot of the right away will come from the BP gas station that is there.

There are a lot of drives, especially for that corner parcel, that are very close to that intersection that we really need to move further away. So there’s a lot of work there.”

The city will be coordinating the installation of underground aerial lines and water line replacement projects with the intersection improvements, said Roman.

“We have a whole other project of trying to lower our aerial crossovers from Isaac Streets Drive all the way to Lallendorf.

We’re trying to coordinate that along with our waterline replacement. A lot of that underground work has to take place first,” said Roman.

“It’s a complicated project,” he added.

The project is expected to reduce accidents at the intersection.

“The number one goal of the project is safety,” said City Administrator Mike Beazley. “That intersection is the place with one of the highest number of accidents.”

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“The Navarre corridor project did very well,” he said.

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Similarities Phase II would have a median similar to the one between Isaac Streets Drive and I-280, said Roman.

“The project limits are 500 to 1,000 feet east and west of Coy on Navarre. So it’s not like a huge section, but similar to what we’ve done on Navarre already. A lot of the work will be the widening and right-of-way acquisition,” said Roman.

Beazley said more detail on the project will be provided once the design phase is completed.

“We will work though a design phase, submit those designs to ODOT and get their approval. Then we’ll begin whatever property acquisition of the right-of-way to add a turn lane or widen the roadway.”

The safety grant covers 90 percent of the cost of the project, said Roman.

“With the other section of Navarre, from Isaac Streets Drive to I-280, the aesthetics – the decorative poles and things like that – the city paid 100 percent for that,” said Roman.

of various safety and aesthetic improvements along Navarre Avenue between I-280 and Isaac Streets Drive to reduce crashes and improve safety. The city received grant funding from the Federal Highway Administration through the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the project.

The improvements included the construction of a median along Navarre Avenue, bulb out and median openings to accommodate U-turns and emergency access, and the construction of a public road to the Freeway strip mall that improves access to area businesses as well as provides access for emergency vehicles. In addition, upgraded traffic signals, the addition of a second left turn lane for southbound Wheeling Street, resurfacing to improve pavement skid resistance, waterline replacement and other related work were completed.

“The next phase would be the CoyNavarre intersection,” said Beazley. “These things don’t happen overnight. We have to follow the specific state timeline for design, right-of-way acquisition of property, jumping through various hoops, bids, then construction.”

It would also likely include the addition of aesthetics.

“When we can, we want to blend safety with aesthetics so we can make it more attractive,” Beazley added. “We want to continue the same theme we developed between I-280 and Isaac Streets Drive.”

Phase 3 would extend improvements on Navarre from Isaac Streets Drive to Coy. “We haven’t even applied for that grant

Safety project Beazley is referring to Phase I of the Navarre Avenue Safety Improvement Project, which was completed last year.

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Bulbs planted Beazley also noted that a new resident of Oregon with horticulture experience planted over 30,000 flower bulbs as part of the project on Navarre. ”It was a labor of love,” he said.

The bulbs were planted at the intersection at Wheeling and at some of the islands.

“There’s about 3,000 left to be planted,” he added.

City Council clerk Tina Evans helped coordinate the effort, said Beazley. “I look forward to seeing them come up,” he said.

Councilman James Seaman said he helped plant some of the bulbs.

“I went over to help. I worked five or six hours and planted about 2,000 to 3,000 bulbs,” said Seaman. “But it’s going to be absolutely beautiful. When developers see that, they are going to want to develop in Oregon.”

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yet. We have to take it in the order in which it makes sense,” said Beazley.

Roman said the Navarre-Coy intersection scored well for safety funding due to the high number of accidents.

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ing liquor versus a bar serving food,” said Beazley. “So we will be able, should we choose to do it and there are complaints, to ask for those records, the same way as the Department of Liquor Control would do it as part of that condition.”

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By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A berm around the perimeter of two parcels along Woodville Road in Lake Township has become a point of contention between the owner of the parcels, township officials and residents living next to the parcels on Bailey Road.

Jim Mlynek, owner of the parcels and the Woodville Road Nursery, is challenging the township’s directive that the berm should be 25 feet wide.

The township trustees said during a zoning hearing last May that the berm must be at least four feet high, according to the township’s written minutes of the hearing.

The berm and trees around the perimeter of the parcels along Bailey Road were stipulated as part of the approval of Mlynek’s request to change the zoning of the site from R-2 residential to B-2 commercial.

Mlynek previously received a permit from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to use the property as a transfer station for piles of leaves which he composts at his nursery on the other side of Woodville Road.

In response to a recent letter to Mlynek from the township’s zoning office stating the berm must be 25 feet wide, Margaret Weisenburger, an attorney representing Mlynek, notes the township’s minutes of the May hearing don’t mention a width requirement.

“No where in the…minutes does it state that the mound should be 25 feet wide, but only includes a 25- foot setback,” Weisenburger’s letter says. “Normally a setback line is from the middle of the road to 25 on the lot, and the mound would then be constructed. Further, Mr. Mlynek understood that the trees were to be on top of the mound, but the minutes indicate that they should be on the west side (facing Bailey Road).”

Her letter also contends other nearby commercial properties haven’t been required to install berms.

“Since none of the other properties, in the Lake Township area, recently rezoned has been required to place mounding, including the car wash property right next door to Mr. Mlynek it would appear that Mr. Mlynek’s property is being treated differently than the remainder of the Woodville Road, Matthews Road, Bailey Road area,” the letter says.

Mark Hummer, township administrator, said last week that berm requirements are included in the township’s zoning regulations and the township’s written minutes aren’t a complete record of the hearing.

He said a court reporter was retained for the May hearing and a copy of that record will be furnished to Mlynek and Weisenburger.

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tended the Jan. 15 meeting of the township trustees and complained that the berm hadn’t been completed.

Ticketholders who cannot attend on the rescheduled date, March 9 should call 419-725-4367.

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Due to the recent winter storm, the All-Star Winter Brewfest scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, at Fifth Third Field has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 9.

All tickets already purchased will be honored on the rescheduled date.

“We discussed several contingency plans and multiple options,” said Director of Strategic Planning and Projects Michael Keedy. “In the end, it is the safety and overall experience of our attendees, our brewers and volunteers that matter most.”

The rescheduled date will be a mirror of the original date and will include pours from more than 70 breweries from around the country featuring more than 300 craft beers, ciders and spirits.

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The show offers RV enthusiasts an opportunity to view a full range of RV models. This year’s show will feature more than 30 exhibitors, including RV dealers and manufacturers, as well as suppliers and campgrounds from neighboring states.

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“We have over 250 federal workers across Lucas, Wood and Ottawa counties,” said Wendy Pestrue, president and CEO of UWGT. “That’s a significant audience of residents who may be in dire need of health and human services.”

According to the New York Times, the impact of federal employees being out of work has caused a .13 percent weekly reduction in economic growth. “In quarter one of 2018, our national economy grew by 2.2 percent. That .13 percent may seem like a nominal number, but, nonetheless, has great impact on every community across the U.S.,” Pestrue said.

Per a recent survey, 15 of the 53 nonprofits UWGT provides program funding to have noted that they currently receive some sort of government funding, or that their clients heavily rely on one of the government departments currently affected by the shutdown.

“One of the greatest concerns United Way has centers on food insecurity and SNAP benefits. With the closing of the USDA, which administers SNAP – if the shutdown continues, it could result in a great deal of pressure on food-distributing nonprofits in Northwest Ohio, which will be looked at to meet the needs of additional hungry families,” Pestrue stated.

As of today, SNAP benefits have been administered through emergency funds from now until February. It is unclear if SNAP benefits will be administered beyond February if the shutdown continues.

“Even if all the United Way’s across the country came together and used the $3.6 billion we raise to solely fund SNAP, we wouldn’t even come close to meeting the food needs of the 40 million Americans who depend on that service. And that’s just one government program that could be affected by the ongoing shutdown,” said Pestrue.

UWGT is encouraging individuals to call United Way 2-1-1 for any health and human service needs they may have due to the partial government shutdown. UWGT is also currently working with government entities and labor to help provide financial support to out of work federal employees. More details on that to come.

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back of the property. But how about the side of the properties?” asked Bill Wilson, of Lallendorf Road. “I’d like you to address that, if you’re going to be putting conditions on this. Other than that, I have no objections. I don’t want to be fixing that fence every week or every month. It’s an expensive fence and a lot of work.”

Beazley said the curb stop condition is not limited to the back. “It would require curb stops surrounding the parking area, so it’s secured,” said Beazley.

Another woman who lives adjacent to the Lawson property said she also had some issues.

“I don’t have problems with B.J. He’s always been a very nice man,” she said.

“But we’ve had bar people in our backyard drunk. We’ve had issues with our fence being broken as well.”

The woman also complained about odor from the property and wanted the garbage receptacle moved further away from residential properties.

“In the summer when it’s hot, it gets nasty,” she said.

Game Time bar caused a lot of problems for the adjacent residential neighborhood, she said.

“When it was a bar selling food, it was absolutely horrible. There were so many nights when the police were called,” she said.

“We were hoping that the SUE, being it was after two years, would go back to residential zoning and that there would be a house that would go in there. That whole area has nice homes. Previously, he applied to have an outside patio in the front yard with music. But it’s a residential area.

I don’t have a problem with him as a person. But I would really like the restaurant to go away because I’ve had problems with it over the years.”

Councilwoman Sandy Bihn asked if the garbage recepticle could be placed at the rear of the property to reduce odors in the neighborhood.

Purpura said she would include a condition that the waste receptacle be located only at the rear of the property, which is further from the residential area.

City Council then voted 7-0 in favor of granting the SUE.

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tomorrow. You’re never guaranteed anything.’” Hillabrand said.

Lake hockey coach Craig Horvath added, “It was a very inspirational, moving thing that happened out there. We ended up winning the game. Our goalie gets the puck, he goes out and sees Josh at the end there and he calls him out and tells him to come into the locker room.”

“He says, ‘Hey, we’ve got something for you. We won the game for you and here’s the game puck’ and he tossed it to him. Josh is a great big kid. He’s a firefighter, so he’s tearing up,” Horvath continued.

Horvath says not only did the motivation push his team over the top, they’ve been there all season. They have clinched the Northwest Hockey Conference Blue Division title with an 8-2 league record.

“That was the best that I’ve ever seen us play. It’s unbelievable the way they just flipped the switch on,” Horvath said.

“That’s the best we’ve played there (at TamO-Shanter). They won that for Josh. It’s a neat thing.”

As far as Hillabrand’s case, the man who allegedly punched him, 33-year-old Zebulon Music, has been found and was charged with felonious assault in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on December 20 and pleaded not guilty. Music, who lives in Miamisburg, had been a candidate for township trustee in Montgomery County, near Dayton.

“They ended up finding the people.

The guy hit him from behind,” Horvath alleges. “Nobody knew who he was or anything, but Homeland Security has cameras all over the stadium. So, they were able to do face recognition and found out what his name is.

“Here, this guy has never been in any trouble and he ends up hitting Josh in the back of the head on account of there was a little family of some Kansas City Chiefs fans coming out and they were throwing traffic cones and stuff at the Kansas City family, and Josh said, ‘Hey, stop. It’s a family.

Game’s over. I know we’re Cleveland fans but show some class,’ and that’s when the guy hit him from behind and end of story.

He’s trying to turn it around and get back to normalizing his life.”

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Horvath may be speculating based on what he’s heard, plus there have been regional and national media coverage of the incident and reports are not consistent about what happened. Hillabrand is still not sure now whether it was a Kansas City or Cleveland fan. He just remembers someone throwing cones at someone.

“Honestly, I don’t remember,” Hillabrand said. “What I remember distinctively was the guy was chucking cones at people. I don’t remember if it was a Browns fan or a Kansas City fan, I just said, ‘Hey, Dude, knock it off.’ I told him, “Hey, I’m a firefighter. Just knock it off.’ That’s literally the last thing I remembered before I awakened.”

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By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com With a new state law soon taking effect that amends how townships can reclaim unused cemetery lots, the sexton of the Lake Township Cemetery is calming residents about the changes the bill enacts and assuring them their lots aren’t about to be taken over by the township.

Ron Hanely, in his most recent monthly report to the township trustees, said he’s received several calls about House Bill 454 that was signed last month by former Gov. John Kasich.

Previously, townships were able to reclaim interest in cemetery lots that remained unused since before 1986 if the township notified the owner and didn’t get a response within 90 days.

The new legislation increases this pe-

riod to 180 days.

Also under HB 454, if an owner responds within that time, then the township must allow the owner to retain or renew interest in the lot, provide the owner a different lot or right free of charge or provide the owner 80 percent of the owner’s original purchase price. Townships are also able to repurchase a pre-1986 lot from the owner for a mutually agreed upon price.

For post-1986 lots, townships must either offer to pay the owner 80 percent or provide the owner a different lot or right at no cost.

HB 454 also requires a township to publish on its website a required notice before reentering a lot.

Hanely said he’s telling lot owners not to fret about the changes but is urging them to update their personal information with the cemetery.

“We’re not trying to go out and do a

land grab,” he said last week. “I would like the people to update their information with their current phone number and addresses.

If it would happen that someone would want to get the graves back or try to find unused graves, luckily we don’t have any.

With most of our graves here, we know who they belong to.

“I want the people to feel comfortable with their graves out here. The people who have contacted me about the bill are those with parents or family members in nursing homes for quite a few years and have preplanned their grave sites. They’re afraid that their graves aren’t going to be there when needed. I’m telling them if they want to feel comfortable, let’s update the file for it and get everything taken care of. If a family member has passed away and you haven’t transferred a grave maybe now is the time to get it taken care of.”

Representatives John Patterson, D-

Jefferson, and Steve Arndt, R – Port Clinton, were primary sponsors of the bill.

In testimony before the Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee, Rep. Patterson said the issue came to his attention after a constituent attempted to buy an unused lot from a cemetery in his district. Although the cemetery could verify the lot was purchased in the early 1900s, no family member could be reached to determine if the lot would ever be used.

“In essence, the lot had been vacated,” Patterson said. “While the township would like to sell the unused lot, because it was purchased prior to July 24, 1986, current law prohibits such a sale.”

The Ohio Township Association estimates there are about 2,400 cemeteries in Ohio operated by townships and many charge about $500 for a burial lot.

To contact Hanely, call 419 691-7391.

First Energy Solutions

Tentative restructure support agreement announced

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A restructuring support agreement between FirstEnergy Solutions, the generation subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., and FES creditors won’t extend the life of the company beyond the planned de-activation dates of its power plants without legislative assistance and changes in the market, FES president Donald Schneider said last week.

FES announced Wednesday it had reached the agreement with its creditors that likely will result with ending the company’s bankruptcy case filed last April in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

According to the FES announcement, it reached an agreement with a committee of unsecured creditors, two creditor groups

representing a majority of FES-funded indebtedness and sale-leaseback certificates and a group of creditors with claims against FES and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. The agreement will form the basis of a reorganizational plan that will be filed with the bankruptcy court next month. The agreement “…contemplates the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 protection in 2019 with continued ownership and operation of its retail and wholesale load-serving business,” the announcement says.

“This is an important step in ensuring the value of the FES estate is maximized for the benefit of all of our stakeholders,” Schneider said. “It is important to note that nothing in this agreement provides for the company to continue operating its fossil or nuclear generation assets beyond their currently contemplated de-activation dates.

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FirstEnergy has announced it plans to deactivate the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station by May 2020. The Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry Ohio is scheduled to be deactivated by May 2021 and units 1 and 2 of the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. are to be deactivated by May 2021 and October 2021 respectively.

According to the company, it is having “constructive dialogue with important stakeholders at the state and federal levels for necessary financial support for its baseload assets…”

Last September, retail customers of FES were notified of the pending sale of their accounts to Exelon Corp., which agreed to purchase the company’s retail electric and wholesale load serving contracts and other related commodity contracts for $140 mil-

lion. With the new agreement taking effect, FES said it will terminate the sale and retain ownership of the business. The decision to not go through with the sale will not affect service to FES customers, the company said.

Under the new agreement, unsecured creditors will receive newly-issued shares and/or cash.

Mark Stahl, an Ottawa County commissioner, called the agreement “a good first step.”

“They still are going to need federal help and I think more so the state,” he said.

Stahl said the board of commissioners plans to host a meeting Feb. 25 of the Ohio Clean Energy Jobs Alliance, a coalition of governmental and community leaders working to keep the Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear power plants operating.

The alliance met earlier this month in Lake County.

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In Ohio, soggy 2018 set all kinds of rainfall records Looking back on the previous year, I think I spent more time in 2018 outside in the precipitation than any year I can remember, probably more than the last 5 years combined. Remember those wild April snows? I do. Then, of course, there were steady rains with occasional deluges throughout the growing season and the soggiest autumn harvest in recent memory that kept combines out of the fields and the crops in them for much longer than usual.

In 2018, there was not really a spring or a fall. It just went from long, cold, snowy winter to wet muggy summer to soggy, muddy winter.

Vowing to avoid more time spent in the rain, I waited until fairly late in the day on Dec. 31 to go for one last 2018 4-mile run.

The rain had finally stopped around 3:30 or so and it looked like the skies cleared a bit by around 4 p.m. I laced up my running shoes and took to the roads. About a quarter mile in, it started to sprinkle. After about a mile the heavy rain began, but I kept on for the intended distance. Soaked: 2018, you rascal, you got me again.

Anyone involved with agriculture was acutely aware of the plentiful precipitation in 2018, with some places seeing records broken. At the John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, last year saw a total of 55.18 inches of precipitation, breaking the 2011 record of 54.96. The average rainfall in Columbus is 39.31 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Of the 10 wettest years in Columbus, four have occurred since 2000 — 2018 (first), 2011 (second), 2004 (fourth), and 2003 (eighth). Four other top 10 wet years in Columbus took place between 1882 and 1890.

It wasn’t just central Ohio was that was soggy. Most of the state had precipitation levels that were well above normal. Cincinnati had its third highest rainfall total at 55.9 inches and Dayton had its tenth wettest year with 49.99 inches of precipitation in 2018, according to the National Weather Service. Cleveland was also well above average precipitation last year.

A combination of factors led to the wet conditions in Ohio and much of the eastern

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U.S., said AccuWeather Meteorologist Kyle Elliott.

“An abnormally strong Bermuda high pressure system prevented cold fronts from diving southward out of Canada and into the eastern United States as is typically the case every couple of weeks from July through September,” Elliott said. “As a result, storm systems basically came to a standstill for days on end in the eastern half of the nation.

“In addition, three tropical systems (Florence, Gordon and Michael) impacted a large portion of the East. Gordon and Florence slowed down significantly once they made landfall, which allowed these systems to dump extreme amounts of rain over several days.”

Aaron Wilson, climate specialist with Ohio State University Extension and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, pointed out that early September the remnants of Hurricane Gordon moved across Ohio triggering upward of 8 inches of rain in southern Ohio. While October rainfall was closer to average for the state (with drier conditions early and wet conditions later in the month) November was not good for getting much harvesting done. During the last week of November, about a half million acres of soybeans still had to be harvested across the state.

“Ohio is not an anomaly,” Wilson said.

“It fits the trend toward increased precipitation that we’ve seen across the Midwest and the Northeast.”

Temperatures are getting warmer, and there is a higher amount of water vapor is in the atmosphere, which leads to increased precipitation, Wilson said.

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An outdoor run on Ohio’s rural roadways on Dec. 31, 2018 made for some soggy shoes. (Submitted photo) tion,” he said.

This, of course, has implications for Ohio agriculture. Many individual farms had yields better than or near their best ever. Heading into the final January report, the average yields of both soybeans and corn were projected to surpass the state’s previous record highs. Soybeans, which are estimated to average 60 bushels per acre, are expected to top last year’s average by 19%, and the 190 bushel-per-acre average for Ohio corn is up 11% from 2017’s average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The major exception to the sogginess of 2018 was a well-timed dry spell for much of Ohio in late April and early May,

allowing for ideal planting conditions and uniform crop emergence to get the season off to a great start in many areas. After that, the moisture and warm temperatures during the growing season kept crops growing well, but also pushed diseases to yieldlimiting levels in fields around the state, particularly in southern Ohio. This impacted 2018 but also could cause problems in 2019 with seed quality. Laura Lindsey, Ohio State University Extension soybean specialist, advised growers to pay attention to the germination rate of their seed this spring when planting and adjust population rates accordingly.

Anyone trying to make hay in 2018 will certainly not soon forget the challenges with the rain. For those with livestock, all I can say is, “I’m sorry.” The mud is plentiful and it can make managing animals on pasture or in feedlots a real challenge. OSU Extension Specialist Steve Boyles published research that found dewclaw deep mud or manure in a feedlot situation can reduce animal performance by 7% in beef cattle.

When mud and manure get hock deep, the reduction is 28%, according to Stan Smith, with OSU Extension in Fairfield County.

I, for one, had my fill of spending time outside in the rain in 2018 and I know many in agriculture feel similarly. Yet, at the same time, it is really hard to complain about the rain that made for a really great growing season and a successful year for crop production.

So, thanks for the rains 2018. Now, I guess, it’s time to put on some dry socks and press on.

Matt Reese is the editor for Ohio’s Country Journal. For more from Reese, visit ocj.com.

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We’re joining hands for the first time to see what God might do through us in a heart-warming and bold act of love for our neighbors this Valentine’s Day! Collection of toilet paper will be every Sunday from now through Febuary 10, 2019. Join the fun and drop off your rolls, 4-packs, carton or cases anytime during regular office hours.

Invite your businesses, schools, friends and neighbors to join the fun. Final distribution to Food For Thought, Ashland Church, the Jerusalem Township Food Pantry and, depending upon quanitity collected, any other area ministries in need. It’s a small step, to help “Wipe Out Poverty” but a critically needed one!

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Your Voice on the Street: By Stephanie Wade What decade do you wish you could be a teenager in?

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The Press Poll Do you think the media coverage of the youth facing the Native American in Washington, D.C., was accurate?

Monica Knisely Northwood “The 60s. Everything was simpler back then.

If you went on a date it would be to go get a milkshake. Kids were actually kids and played. Everyone was kinder. People got married and stayed married. Families spent time together. Everything seemed to be more subtle. It seemed like a much safer time.”

Rick Logsdon Toledo “I think it would have been cool to grow up in the 70s and experience big events like Woodstock and all the good music that came out back then.

There’s nothing like that these days.”

Desiree Brewer Northwood “The 80s were pretty good. I enjoyed being a teenager in the 80s.

There is too much social media now. I couldn’t imagine being a teenager this day and age.”

Andrew Prewitt Lake Twp. “Oh 1950s. It just seemed like a better time. Everyone seemed to abide by better morals.

Seemed like a more conservative country.

It was a romanticized time. Couples stayed together. It was a simpler time. More low tech. Plus the cars were great.”

Luis Gonzalez Genoa “The 60s. I liked The Beatles. I loved the music back then. I’m a big music fan. It would be between the 50s and 60s but I think the 60’s music wins.

Things were slower back then. Less technology. Everyone’s on their phone too much these days.”

Yes. The youth owes an apology to the Native American.

No. The media was too quick to assess what happened.

No. The media owes the youth an apology To cast your ballot, go to www.presspublications.com

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Ignore anyone who condemns, criticizes, or ridicules your positive aspirations... Keep your attitude positive.

You will only reach objectives you believe are possible.

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A person can have immense physical strength but lack the inner strength required to overcome adversity. Conversely, someone with limited physical strength can have immense inner strength which enables them to conquer seemingly impossible obstacles. Inner strength is not connected to physical strength. But inner strength augments all of your other capabilities.

There are very strong people who can’t make it through intense physical challenges because they lack inner strength. If they give up mentally, they won’t make it physically either. When a person thinks they can’t, they won’t. So, believing in yourself is a foundation of your inner strength.

Inner strength provides you with the ability, fortitude, stamina, and willingness to get through whatever challenges you encounter. It gives you the emotional strength to get back up whenever you fall. It gives you the power to forge ahead in spite of any obstacles.

Your inner strength emanates from your mindset. Although intangible, inner strength has no limitations. Inner strength enables you to accomplish more than you thought possible. Inner strength enables you to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.

Your inner strength is a remarkable source of limitless energy. Your firm belief that you can do whatever you set

your mind to do makes you unstoppable.

Throughout history, people have used their inner strength to accomplish that which was thought to be impossible.

Your inner strength gives you the te-

nacity to keep moving forward, even when reaching your objective is taking a lot more time than expected. Your understanding that never giving up is paramount, provides the fortitude you need.

Enthusiasm, ethics, creativity, patience, persistence, determination, hard work, positivity, compassion, and kindness are just some inner strengths that you may already possess. Your inner strength inventory is bigger than you realize, and can be expanded and reinforced continuously.

People with a negative attitude don’t believe they have many inner strengths.

They are putting themselves at a needless disadvantage.Your inner strength only works when you recognize its existence and believe it works for you.

Your level of inner strength is based on your attitude, which creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. When you don’t believe you can successfully accomplish a task, you won’t. This then results in a loss of confidence, which further suppresses your inner strength.

Conversely, when you believe you can, your actions are more positive, along with your results. Now your confidence is boosted along with your inner strength. Your inner strength always exists. It’s up to you to tap into it.

Apply your inner strength by making decisions and taking action. However, don’t make decisions which accommodate

fear. Fear is a limitation which inhibits your progress. Fear is a roadblock stopping you from pursuing your objectives.

Here are a few tips to build and reinforce your inner strength. Ignore anyone who condemns, criticizes, or ridicules your positive aspirations. Make sure your selftalk supports your goals. Tell yourself what you can, and will do.

Take time to analyze cause and effect relationships. If something isn’t working out as planned, make adjustments. Think before you act. Keep your attitude positive.

You will only reach objectives you believe are possible.

Pay attention to your needs and feelings. Keep your path aligned with where you want to go. Your inner strength is strongest when you are pursuing what you really want. The more intense your desire, the greater your inner strength becomes.

When the going gets tough, turn to your inner strength for the power you need to forge ahead. Believe in yourself, and then act on that belief.

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Appalachian culture more complex than it seems

By Melissa Martin The Appalachian region, defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, includes 420 counties in 13 states in the United States—including 32 counties (out of the 88 counties) in Ohio.

The story of an Appalachian family was told by J.D. Vance in his 2017 book, “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.” It will soon become a Ron Howard Hollywood movie.

Many rural readers took offense to Vance’s stereotypical representation. As did Elizabeth Catte—so much that she responded with her own book, “What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia” (Belt Publishing, 2018, 132 pages).

Elizabeth Catte is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She holds a Ph.D. in public history from Middle Tennessee State University. She is the co-owner of Passel, a historical consulting and development company. www.elizabethcatte.com.

Catte digs into the “Trump Country” hyperbole in her book. The “Trump Country” slogan denies the reality that Bernie Sanders also won large parts of Appalachia. Catte questions the plethora of articles that appeared about Appalachia and Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

In a 2018 author interview on NPR’s All Things Considered, Catte was asked a question about how she would like Appalachia to be viewed.

She replied, “Something very ordinary. I think the problem that we’re starting to see from “Hillbilly Elegy” - and it’s

Guest Editorial certainly not a new problem in Appalachia.

It tends to come in waves. There’s an idea that Appalachia is not fundamentally part of the United States, that it’s a place within a place, and it’s not a place but a problem. I would like people to understand that Appalachia is very much part of the wider United States. There’s no mysterious culture here that explains the - you know, the realities. And our stories - the story of Appalachia cannot be separated from the story of the United States and the historical forces that have shaped us.”

Catte traces an alternate history of Appalachia, one of resistance and exploitation that has been ignored by those outside of the region. She explores the economics of coal country from the 1920s to 1960s.

With a mixture of history, analysis, and commentary, Catte gives voice to the culture, diversity, and beauty of Appalachia.

“False notions of Appalachia pick up a lot of baggage about class, but also about race. And what we see in these notions is that the experience of poverty is deeply racialized, even when the subject is presumed to be a white demographic. This is why, for example, when the National Review starts writing about Appalachia in 2014, they come out of the gate with an ar-

ticle called “The White Ghetto.” For those who like to indulge in that brand of selfrighteousness, it is always the poor who fail our country, never a country that has failed the poor, and race and class work together in that regard to make poverty seem innate among certain populations,” stated Catte in an interview for Guernica, a nonprofit magazine. www.guernicamag.com.

The Appalachian Regional Commission’s five goals for Ohio include: Invest in entrepreneurial and business development strategies that strengthen Appalachia’s economy. Increase the education, knowledge, skills, and health of residents to work and succeed in Appalachia. Invest in infrastructure, including broadband, transportation, and water/wastewater systems.

Strengthen Appalachia’s community and economic development potential by leveraging the region’s natural and cultural heritage assets. Build the capacity and skills of current and next-generation leaders and organizations to advance community and economic development.

As established by the Ohio Revised Code, the Governor’s Office of Appalachia represents the interests of the Appalachian region in state government, uniting, assisting, and representing Appalachian Ohio. www.development.ohio.gov/.

Catte blew some Appalachian readers right out of the Ohio River—that’s how much the content of her book was venerated. If you felt compelled to read, “Hillbilly Elegy,” do yourself a favor and read Elizabeth Catte’s book, “What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.”

I applaud Elizabeth Catte for standing

up for Appalachian folks and facing the one-sided depiction by J.D. Vance.

Melissa Martin, Ph.D., is an author, columnist, and educator. She lives in Southern Ohio. www.melissamartinchildrensauthor.com.

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St. Boniface thriving, educating and challenging students

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By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com

Keep your eyes on the Lord.

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At St. Boniface School, there’s an understanding of what the big picture is all about – that God is in charge and it’s the duty of the students and staff to serve Him. Talking with Principal Millie Greggila, there’s a clear enthusiasm for educating students with a Catholic perspective.

“Wouldn’t the world be a better place if people knew they were loved before their birth and were meant to be loved and that God has a plan for them? Their purpose could be anything,” said Greggila.

“Maybe it’s to have children who do something great. Wouldn’t it be amazing to teach children how loved they are?

That’s my goal,” she said. “We’re so busy wanting to be happy all the time. What do you do when the hard times come along?

“It’s about being joyful, we talk a lot about being joyful,” she said. “It doesn’t always mean you’re happy. Joy is something we want for our children. We want our children to have joy in their heart of hearts.”

Greggila has served the school in a variety of roles for over two decades. She’s been a parent – her five children graduated from St. Boniface; a lunch-room monitor; a physical education teacher; a substitute teacher, a Spanish teacher and is now in her 11th year as principal.

“This is still my favorite job. It’s stressful and exciting and never the same,” she said. “I get to do this. I’m very fortunate.”

Just seven years ago, the school was facing a funding crisis and it needed to raise $100,000 to remain open. Today, St. Boniface School is thriving.

“In 2012, we were told by the finance committee that the school was struggling financially and we needed to up our game and so the families banded together and, in a matter of seven weeks, raised 100,000, thanks to the parents and the community,” Greggila said.

Currently, the school has 42 students in kindergarten through seventh grade.

(The school accepts eighth-grade students, but currently has none.) There are also 20 kids in the preschool.

The school employs nearly 20 people. Kindergarten through second-grade

St. Boniface Principal Millie Greggila visiting the schools preschool class.

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students are taught in the same classroom; third- through fifth-graders are taught in the same classroom and sixth- and seventh-graders share a room.

“There should always be a choice. We aren’t for everybody, but the public schools aren’t for everybody,” Greggila said.

Greggila notes the high standards the school maintains. Parents can expect their kids to be challenged by the teachers and the school’s curriculum.

“We have a need to raise our children with a moral and ethical purpose. (The students) have a duty to do their best,” said Greggila. “Schoolwork is your job right now (and) your purpose is to do your very best.”

Greggila also credits Father Tim Ferris, the parish priest, with the role he’s played in helping the school flourish.

“Father Tim has played an active role with the school. He’s made us more conscious of how we spend money. He’s made me a better principal,” Greggila said. “He’s always looking forward – ‘just keep getting better’ is his mentality.

“His first year here, he memorized every child’s name. He’s a good role model,” she said. “We are better because of his desire. He wants us not to settle on just being good enough. Mediocrity is not something we strive for.

“The thing to remember more than anything is that we have a God that became human for us – every pain, every happiness, every feeling that we have he has had for himself. Someone is going to decide they don’t love you, decide they don’t want to be your friend anymore, somebody is going to decide that you lose your job,” said Greggila. “None of us is guaranteed a continual happiness.

“We have a God who faced the absolute worst thing, and was deserted by his friends and died this horrible, horrible death, and he overcame it,” she said. “The Lord himself fell three times, and the Lord picked himself up.

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Cardinal Stritch preparing students for after high school

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Stritch’s curriculum challenges students through four key tenets – extracurricular opportunities; academic excellence; innovative career exploration and mentorship

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The school, located in Oregon, provides a Catholic perspective on education for its students while challenging them with an advanced curriculum. This tightknit community also takes great pride in athletics and works diligently to prepare students for life after high school.

“We are a family here at Cardinal Stritch and our faith is what binds us together,” said Melissa Empie, the principal and dean of academics.

“Our Catholic identity is found in the classroom, the fields of competition, through the arts, and across the community through the variety of service that our faculty, staff, students, and alumni provide.

As Father Eric (Schild) says, ‘Today, more than ever, kids could use more Jesus.’”

The school is continuing to evolve and progress, seen most notably with its new, innovative program that will allow students to participate in internships at corporations or non-profit organizations one day per week next year. According to the school’s website, the program hopes to “enhance student learning, improve college and career readiness and have a significant impact on workforce development.”

Stritch’s curriculum challenges students through four key tenets – extracurricular opportunities; academic excellence; innovative career exploration and mentorship networking.

“Here at Cardinal Stritch, I am blessed to have a teaching staff that is devoted to the development of the education of their students. They give of their time, treasure and talent to make sure their students are receiving all of the educational offerings that will make them successful,” said Empie. “While we believe that it is important to challenge all of our students, we also know that we must provide a support structure for their success.

Empie is a proud alum of the school and relished the opportunity to come home and lead her alma mater.

“As a 1986 graduate of Cardinal Stritch, it has long been a dream to return to my alma mater. After 20 years of teaching in an elementary school, I was blessed with the opportunity to join the administrative team in 2016 as assistant principal and dean of academics,” she said.

“Little did I know that opportunity

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would strike again so soon. In my new role as principal, I love serving our mission by overseeing our academics and working collaboratively with students, teachers, and parents.”

There is another program known as the Pathway to Excellence that helps to develop and cultivate the minds of the students.

“This pathway is opening opportunities for all of our Cardinals, from the development of a kindergarten suite that allows students to learn in a co-teaching environment, to our innovative high school model that is allowing our young adult learners to experience the world outside the classroom one day a week.”

There’s also a new program called A Servant’s Heart – a collaborative effort that seeks to highlight students that are choosing to live their faith by serving others.

“It is not about ‘winning’ an award – it is about developing the character of a person for a lifetime,” Empie said.

Through it all, Father Schild, the president and director of religious formation at the school, provides leadership and context for the students and staff, Empie said.

“Father Eric is the leader of our flock here at Cardinal Stritch. He guides the faith life of all of our students and faculty with the intent of getting all of us to Heaven,” said Empie. “His energy and passion is infectious and inspiring. He has a way of connecting with our youth and is a role model for the vocation of the priesthood.”

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The Penta Career Center Board of Education, during its Jan. 9, organizational meeting, has re-elected Judith Paredes, of Walbridge, who represents the Wood County Educational Service Center, as president of the Board.

In addition, Ken Sutter, of Rossford, who represents Rossford Schools, was reelected board vice president.

Joining the Penta Board for 2019 is Dr. James Telb, of Maumee, who represents the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West. He replaces Joseph Rutherford, who resigned at the December meeting after serving on the board for 16 years. Telb is the former Lucas County Sheriff. His appointment to the Penta Board runs through Dec. 31, 2019.

The Penta Board of Education is comprised of nine members who are chosen to serve through appointment by their respective boards of education. The following Penta Board of Education members will continue to serve unexpired terms through Dec. 31, 2019: Diane Balcerzak, who represents the Maumee Schools; Judith Sander, who represents the North Point Educational Service Center; Paredes; and Sutter.

The following Board members will continue to serve unexpired terms through Dec. 31, 2020: Eric Benington, who represents Perrysburg Schools; William Green, who represents the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center; Kathy Limes, who represents the Wood County Educational Service Center; and Paul Walker, who represents Bowling Green Schools.

Also during the Board’s organizational meeting, members voted to keep the 5:15 p.m. meeting time on the second Wednesday of each month. The meetings are held in the Board of Education Meeting Room on the Penta campus.

Spaghetti dinner fundraiser Clay Band Parents will hold a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, Thursday, Feb. 21 from 4:30-7 p.m. in the high school’s cafeteria.

The meal includes spaghetti (meat or plain sauce), salad, bread, dessert and a beverage. Tickets will be available at the door and are $12 for all you can eat, $10 for adults and $7 for seniors and children under 12. Dine in or carry out.

There will also be 50/50 and gift basket raffles.

Terra State seeking KidsCollege instructors Do you like teaching kids and having fun? Do you have a special interest or skill that you would like to pass on? Are you a musician, chef or math whiz? If so, take your talents and skills to Terra State Community College’s 2019 KidsCollege as an instructor.

Applications for instructors are now being accepted for 2019 KidsCollege that will be held July 22-25 from 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m.

Instructors are needed to teach a wide variety of classes, ranging from animation to baking to Tae Kwon Do and everything in between.

If interested, contact Terra State Lifelong Learning at learn@terra.edu or 419-559-2255. This is a paid opportunity.

Applications are due by Feb. 15.

From left: Sandusky County Commissioner Kay Reiter; Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeremiah Ray; Timothy Myers and Terra President Dr. Ronald Schumacher at the recent Terra State Community College board meeting, where the board elected officers. (Submitted photo)

Terra State board elects officers The Terra State Community College Board of Trustees elected officers at their Jan. 23 meeting.

Kay Reiter, Sandusky County Commissioner, was elected as chair of the board. Mike Waleryszak, president of Crescent Manufacturing Company, was elected as vice chair. John Hoty, president of Hoty Enterprises, was appointed sergeant-at-arms/parliamentarian. Linda Reis, vice president and secretary/treasurer of Ballreich Bros. was appointed liaison to the

Terra College Foundation Board meetings and Kelly Carte Sears of Sears, LLC – was appointed as the alternate.

Timothy Myers, general manager of Century Die, who was recently appointed to the Board by former Gov. John Kasich, was sworn in. “I am excited to be a part of the board,” he stated. “The college has gone through some exciting changes and I want to help take it to its next level.” Myers’ term ends Dec. 30, 2022.

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Teen Job Fair A Teen Job Fair co-sponsored by Clay High School and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Clay High School, 5665 Seaman Rd., Oregon.

Attendees will be able to meet with area employers who are looking to hire teens. Come dressed to interview and be prepared to complete applications on-site.

For more details, contact Kate McGowan at 419-259-5250 or kate.mcgowan@toledolibrary.org or Kristen Rice at 419-697-3434 or krice@oregoncs.org.

Credit union offers scholarships Glass City Federal Credit Union is offering five scholarship awards, one in the amount of $2,500 and four in the amount of $1,000 to area students who meet the following criteria: • The student will be attending a twoor four-year accredited post-secondary institution during the 2019-20 school year.

• The student is a member of Glass City Federal; or a parent, step-parent or legal guardian is a member of Glass City.

• The student completes and submits the required application and essay by the deadline of March 29.

Interested scholarship applicants are encouraged to obtain a scholarship application at any Glass City Federal branch or online at glasscityfcu.com.

Small business basics The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering free, two-hour “Small Business Basics” seminars that will answer questions about starting, buying or expanding a small business.

SCCP scholarships Sandusky County Positive People (SCPP) is again accepting scholarship applications from graduating Sandusky County high school seniors.

The organization provides scholarships to graduating seniors who have faced obstacles and overcome challenges through integrity, self-reliance, determination and perseverance.

The scholarship is open to anyone who lives in or attends school in Sandusky County and can be used for anyone pursuing higher education.

Scholarships range from $500 to $3,500. Applications are available online at www.scppohio.org. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 22.

Scholarships will be awarded at the Sandusky County Positive People High School Living Award Breakfast on Wednesday, May 15 at the Terra Neeley Center.

Sandusky County Positive People, a 501(c)3, began awarding scholarships in 2012. To date, the organization has awarded more than $110,000.00 to 56 students.

Scholarships are funded via donations and fundraisers. To donate, visit www.scppohio.org.

NDA Summer Academy Registration for Notre Dame Academy’s Summer Academy camps is now open and offering a $25 early bird discount on discover and academic camps for those who

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almost boasting attitude of the person who prays to make a show of it. In the Bible, Jesus frequently criticizes those, like the Pharisees, who make a pretentious show of their faith. Even today, one does not have to look hard to find the modern counterpart to these actions. Are there aspects of our faith which are intended for others to see? If so, we have our reward already. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Foundation receives donation The Gibsonburg Educational Foundation has received a $500,000 donation from the family trust of Maurice D. Henery.

Henery, a WWII veteran, laborer, truck driver, electrician, mechanic welder, machinist, draftsman and engineer known as “Hank,” moved to Gibsonburg in 1957 after working his way up to vice president and general manager of the Dolite Lime Company. While living in Gibsonburg, he grew to deeply admire both the community and its school system.

Even after moving to Chicago in 1967 to eventually become president and CEO of the Marblehead Lime Division of General Dynamics, Henery was inspired to give back to the community after passing away.

Henery believed that providing financial assistance to Gibsonburg students would benefit the community. With this gift, the foundation can provide scholarship grants to Gibsonburg students perpetually.

Thanks to the generosity of Henery and every other donor over the past 25 years of the foundation’s existence, nine graduating seniors will receive $3,000 to $4,000 grants

at the end of the year.

Students who would like to apply for grants from the foundation may contact the Gibsonburg High School Guidance Office.

For more information on the Gibsonburg Education Foundation, call 419-637-2168 or visit www.gibsonburg. k12.oh.us under the “Parents” menu.

Sunday Fun Open Swims Benton-Carroll-Salem Schools has announced new times for Sunday Fun Open Swims at the Oak Harbor High School Pool for all B-C-S students, families, and community members. Racquetball courts will also be open to adults during these times.

The pool and racquetball courts will be open on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 27; Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24; and March 3, 10 and 17.

Pool admission, payable at the door, is $1 for B-C-S students and $2 for adult district residents. Racquetball courts will be open to B-C-S adults only for an additional charge of $2 (limit four per court). A lifeguard and site director will be on site to ensure safety.

Please note that these Sunday Fun times will be canceled if Ottawa County is on a Level Two or Level Three Snow Emergency.

Call the B-C-S Board of Education office at 419-898-6210 with any questions.

Dueling Piano Fundraiser Bring your Valentine and join BentonCarroll-Salem Music Boosters at their fifth annual Dueling Piano Fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 2 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at the Oak Harbor VFW Hall, 251 W. Main St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature the musical talents of Main Street Dueling Pianos, a high energy, all-request, sing-along, comedy piano show with full audience participation.

Tickets for the 21-and-older event are $35 per person, which includes dinner, dessert and a beverage. The evening will also include 50/50 raffles and silent auction items.

Contact Tina at 419-367-0368 or Ann at 419-271-1278 for tickets. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the concession stands at the boys basketball home games.

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New this year are 3D Printing, Pottery, Leadership Camp, High School Test Prep, Edible Experiments, Yoga, Personal Finance and Physical Education. Back by popular demand are the Safe Sitter program, Fused Glass, Art, Sew Creative, Italian Cooking, Make It Bake It Take It, Theater, Dance camps and more.

The NDA Eagles, 15-time All-Sports Champs, will host a variety of sport camps that include volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, fencing and archery, and rowing, NDA is also offering academic camps.

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• Wednesday, Feb. 27 – 4:30-6:30 p.m., Terra State Community College (Building B, Room 103), 2830 Napoleon Rd., Fremont.

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Steffens honored Megan Steffens, of Lindsey, has been selected as the January Fremont Rotary Student of the Month.

Steffens is a Health Information Technology (HIT) student and chose Terra State Community College for several reasons that were important to her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terra State is close to my home,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convenient, affordable and offered the courses I was seeking in the medical field.â&#x20AC;?

She was nominated by Terra State HIT Professor Mardi Davis who says she is a lifelong learner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Megan believes there is always room for improvement and that an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; does not mean success,â&#x20AC;? says Davis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She believes success is when you complete something and can take away experience, knowledge and new information from it.â&#x20AC;?

Student Stars Davis also points out that Megan pushes herself to be her best despite medical disabilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Megan has set goals for herself. She plans to graduate, become certified, work for medical facilities and then move on to insurance companies to get a full point of view of medical billing and records related processes.â&#x20AC;?

Steffens has been named to the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list multiple times. Outside of the classroom on campus, she serves as the president of the Health Information Technology Student Organization, is the student liaison representing Terra State in the Northwest Ohio Health Information Management Association (NWOHIMA) and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

As busy as Megan is on the Terra State campus, she is just as busy in the community.

She serves as an activity coordinator for the Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club/Big Club after school program at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lindsey, leads food drives and donation collections for various event that help the needy and volunteers as morale and welfare, legal aid, residential board liaison and military spouse support for Fleet and Family Services for the U.S. Naval Branch.

Davis sums up why Megan is the perfect student to receive this honor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Megan is the type of student that you would like to clone.â&#x20AC;?

Academic honors Baldwin Wallace University: Krista Jennings, of Luckey; Trevor Scherf, of Graytown.

Ohio Christian University: Peyton Bertok, of Oregon; Samuel Church, of

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SUNY Canton: Kaylah Menchaca, of Oregon.

Terra State Community College: Sadie Clinger, William Darling, Harley Donnelly, Andrew Kreais, Brooke Reed, Nathan Young, of Gibsonburg; David Crowe, of Helena; Maximilian Bierhup, of Luckey; Serena Byington, Joshua Clark, Ilse Corona Jimenez, Kelsey Heberling, Daniel McMullen, Hannah Smith, Kyle Stephens, Kassandra Swope, Carol Taylor, Marna Winterfield, Deborah Wyss, of Oak Harbor; Jacob Siebenaler, of Woodville.

Trine University: Jack Ford, of Genoa; Hannah Johns, of Millbury; Aaron Titkemeier of Luckey.

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Graduates Christian Shodahl, of Oak Harbor, was among the 472 students who received degrees from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania at the winter commencement ceremony held Dec. 15. Shodahl graduated with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies.

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Robin has a GPA of 4.36 and is ranked 5th in her class. She is a member of National Honor Society, American Sign Language Club, Book Club, Toledo Excel, and Student Council. Robin also participates in cheerleading and the College Credit Plus program.

Jena has a GPA of 4.2745 and is ranked 6th in her class. She has been a member of the Track and Cross Country Teams, Limelighters, National Honor Society and Strive. Jena also enjoys Tap Dancing and volunteering at the Toledo Zoo.

The daughter of Andrew Foster and Ebony Autman-Foster, Robin plans to attend Michigan State University to major in nursing in order to become a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse.

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Morgan Russell Morgan has a GPA of 3.71 and is ranked 15th in her class. She is a member of National Honor Society, Prom Committee, Cardinal Core, and Screen Team.

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“Superintendent of the Year” Kevin Miller has local ties Dr. Kevin S. Miller, superintendent of Ottawa Hills Local Schools, was honored as the “Superintendent of the Year Award” from the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.

Miller has local ties — he is the nephew of the late John Eaken, who was guidance counselor at Eastwood Local Schools for over 20 years during the 1960s, `70s and `80s.

Miller’s mother Carlotta (Eaken) Miller and John Eaken were siblings originally from Van Wert County, and their late mother Cecil Eaken was also a teacher.

“I’m quite humbled and honored to receive the Superintendent of the Year Award and I can’t help but think of my family and the long line of educators in the Eaken family,” Miller said.

“I like to think they were all with me as I received this recognition. My Uncle John was a great educator who touched a lot of lives. His impact continues to live on.”

Dr. Miller received his honor during BASA’s annual executive committee meeting in Columbus. More than 700 individuals across the state are eligible annually for the award. Dr. Miller is automatically entered into the national superintendent of the year competition, the winner of which will be announced in February in Los Angeles.

“I am honored to receive this award, especially since it is voted upon by my peers,” said Dr. Miller, who became the district’s superintendent in June 2010. “The recognition is truly shared by everyone who contributes every day to making Ottawa Hills the top school district in Ohio.”

Each year, the last five Ohio superintendents of the year form a committee to review the details of all nominee submissions. They send their individual scoring results to BASA, which undertakes the final tabulation.

“He is one of the most loved and respected superintendents in the state,” said R. Kirk Hamilton, executive director of BASA. “Kevin is a great representative of the profession, not just Ottawa Hills. I don’t

trict has about 990 students in two buildings and about 130 employees, including 96 teachers and paraprofessionals.

Dr. Miller, 57, has spent 35 years as a public schools educator and administrator – all in Ohio. He began his career in education as a junior high and high school English teacher at Wayne Trace Local Schools in Haviland, Ohio. He taught in the classroom for 13 years and then moved into administration, serving in principal roles for seven years. In August 2003, Hicksville Village Schools in western Ohio selected him as superintendent. He served as Hicksville’s superintendent for seven years before joining Ottawa Hills.

Dr. Miller and his wife Carla reside in Ottawa Hills with their four sons, all of whom are students in the district. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Defiance College, his master of science degree from Indiana University, and his doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University.

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Kevin Miller know anyone who works any harder or is more deserving.”

Under Dr. Miller’s leadership, Ottawa Hills is the only district to receive all A’s for four consecutive years on the Ohio Department of Education’s Local Report Card.

“From the time he was hired, Kevin has always set high expectations for the district,” said Brad Johnson, a current school board member who helped select and hire Dr. Miller eight years ago. “He insists on excellence. I can’t recall him ever compromising on that principle.”

“Kevin’s worth ethic is second to none and his strong moral values make him the obvious choice for this award,” said Corey Hupp, president of the Ottawa Hills Local Schools Board of Education. “He is a man driven by his desire to see every kid succeed and that’s what it’s all about.”

As superintendent, Dr. Miller manages the district’s $14.9 million budget. The dis-

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Vans Custom Culture high school art competition Vans, the action sports brand and icon of creative expression, invites public and private high school art students to participate in the 10th year of Vans Custom Culture.

Vans Custom Culture was created to provide high school students a platform to showcase their creative abilities, while providing access to underfunded art programs. This year marks a decade of Vans’ continued dedication to giving back to the arts through its competition where students have a chance to win a grand prize of $75,000 and $10,000 to four runner-up schools.

Through Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. PST, high school art teachers and administrators can register their schools on the Vans Custom Culture website to be one of the 500 schools vying to win the grand prize. Vans has partnered with Yoobi, who will provide a

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In addition to their shoes, schools will also submit their Impact Document to help Vans determine the top 50 participants. Then it’s up to each school to rally the public to vote April 22-May 3 to be one of the top five finalists. The grand prize-winning school will receive a surprise visit from Vans and its partners, Americans for the Arts and Journeys, for a lunch time celebration, filled with giveaways and a presentation of the $75,000 check. The four runner-up schools will each be awarded with $10,000 and a limited-edition Vans gift.

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B-C-S Coffee Connections District citizens are invited to join Benton-Carroll-Salem Superintendent Guy Parmigian and Treasurer Cajon Keeton at monthly “Coffee Connections.

The gatherings provide an informal opportunity to introduce yourself, chat, ask questions, and learn more about the B-C-S school system. Reservations are not required and there is no cost to attend.

Upcoming dates include: Evolve – Feb. 12, 8:30 a.m.

Kozy’s - March 19, 5 p.m.

Kaiser’s Limestone Tavern - April 16, noon.

McDonald’s - May 15, 8:30 a.m.

Call the board office at 419-898-6210 for more details.

Latta applauds passage of FFA Charter Legislation Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) applauded the House passage of the National FFA Organization’s Federal Charter Amendments Act, which would amend the FFA charter and provide more control to FFA leadership.

The legislation, H.R. 439, was passed by voice vote Jan. 23.

The legislation would provide more flexibility to the FFA Board by reducing the number of board members appointed by the U.S. Department of Education and opens the door to allowing more than six national FFA officers. Under the current configuration, the Department of Education has left seats unfilled on the board for significant periods of time, which can threaten a quorum if there are any other absences.

“The National FFA provides more than 650,000 students with the opportunity to grow, learn, and prepare for the future,” said Latta. “I’ve seen the impact that FFA has had on students in Ohio, and it’s essential that the organization has the structure it needs to support more than 8,500 local FFA chapters across the country. Because the National FFA is chartered by Congress, this legislation will ensure FFA leadership can effectively run their organization and teach the next generation of agriculture leaders.”

The Ohio FFA Association has more than 25,000 members in 315 chapters throughout Ohio. FFA is a national organization dedicated to preparing members for leadership and careers in science, business, and technology of agriculture.

NDA Junior Academy Breakfast Notre Dame Academy invites all families and girls interested in learning more about their seventh- and eighth- grade to a free breakfast on Wednesday, Feb 6, at 7:30 a.m. on the academy’s campus.

This casual breakfast will offer attendees the opportunity to learn more about tuition, scholarships, academic courses, and the admission process; the NDJA Empowerment Award Scholarship offered to incoming seventh- eighth-graders; NDA’s Pre-International Baccalaureate course that teaches inquiry and research skills and more.

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Student Focus Art Show The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) Student Focus Art Show, highlighting work from TMA’s fall semester, is on view until April 11in the Community Gallery.

The exhibition showcases some of the projects created in the Museum’s youth and teen studio art classes. Students ages 3-18 produced the diverse and imaginative works of art through their own interpretations of objects in the TMA collection.

“It’s always such a pleasure to prepare and install art projects from our youth and teen classes in new, creative ways,” said Sara Daniels, studio programs manager. “From matting and framing paintings to finding the right hardware to hang intricate mobiles, it’s all about letting the students’ amazing work shine through.”

The show features more than 150 works from 15 different classes covering mixed media, sculpture, drawing, painting, glassblowing, and digital photography.

“Once the show is open, I adore seeing students return with their families, watching their eyes light up with pride and excitement as they find their work,” Daniels said.

“It brings them such joy to see their art on display in their Museum and I see that same joy sparked in our visitors and staff who pass through the Community Gallery halls. At surface level, it brings a smile to people’s faces but underneath it all, it’s a reminder of the ongoing legacy of art classes at TMA, shared by students past and present, old and young.”

The Museum offers studio art classes year-round for all ages and levels of experience in a wide variety of media. Learn more at toledomusem.org/education/classes.

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Wildcats prepare to travel to Europe

By Bryson Wargo Staff Writer Window To Woodmore Thomas Adams, the Woodmore High School Spanish teacher, is planning a 10-day trip to Europe in the summer of 2020.

The trip will include touring the cities of Barcelona in Spain; Provence and Nice in France; Montecatini and Rome in Italy and many other destinations along the way. The trip will depart from Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

A few of the trip’s highlights include tours of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Vatican Museum, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum.

The trip is available to any student or adult who wishes to go regardless of whether or not he or she is taking one of Woodmore’s Spanish classes.

The cost of the trip is approximately $3,800 per person, but there will be opportunities to fundraise to cut the cost. The price includes airfare, breakfast and dinner, attraction entry fees and hotel costs.

Even though Adams has taken many trips to Europe, he is especially looking forward to this one. “This is going to be

my seventh Europe trip like this,” he said. “I really enjoy these trips with my students. I love getting to be the one to introduce them to new cultures and the wonderful European landscapes. Plus, my wife is going this year and this will be the first time she is joining us on one of these trips.”

This is going to be the last trip that Adams will be taking with his students. “While this is my final trip through Woodmore, I plan on doing a lot more traveling after I am retired,” Adams said. “I really want to visit Barcelona again in 2026, to see the finished ‘La Sagrada Familia.’”

Individuals interested in taking this trip should contact Adams for more information at 419-862-2721 ext. 3320.

(Reprinted by The Press with permission from Woodmore Schools).

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Giesler earns prestigious award in front of familiar faces

By Sam Barbee and Yaneek Smith sports@presspublications.com Woodmore 1975 graduate Jon Giesler was inducted into the Miami Dolphin’s Hall of Fame for his many accomplishments during his ten-year tenure with the team as the starting left tackle, protecting the legendary Dan Marino’s blind side.

On Dec. 2, Giesler, along with other Dolphin greats like Mark Duper and Jason Taylor, were given a spot in the Dolphin Walk of Fame and then were recognized during the Dolphin’s game that day in front of its 70,000 fans.

Of those 70,000 fans in attendance, three were extra special to Giesler. Old teammates, fellow alumni and forever friends John Bringman, Steve Kontak and Tom Deitemyer took the trip of a lifetime to see their friend receive this great award.

“The second we got word that Jon was getting inducted we just knew we had to be there,” said Deitemyer. “It was just so much fun to all be together again.”

The road to the Dolphin’s Hall of Fame hasn’t been the easiest for Giesler. After four dominating seasons at left tackle for the Wildcats, Giesler was recruited to the University of Michigan by Hall of Fame Coach Bo Schembechler.

However, Giesler was recruited as a kicker after Michigan scouts, who were originally scouting another player, saw Giesler hit two 35-plus yard field goals during a game his senior season against Gibsonburg.

The next fall, Giesler showed up to the training camp with mixed emotions. After a couple of weeks practicing with the team, coaches soon learned Jon was not a true place kicker and fearing he would be cut, he quit the team and left school. Geisler returned home to Elmore disheartened but determined to prove the scouts wrong.

“All summer long he worked his butt of lifting three times a day and running sprints by himself in the summer heat. He just went at it,” said Deitemyer. “It all paid off because he just got huge, and after talking with the scouts and the coaches, he was given another shot.”

Giesler returned to Michigan the next year and joined the team as a walk-on. He started as a defensive tackle but was then switched back to his prime position his junior year. He quickly worked his way up the offensive line depth charts to the starting spot by his senior year.

He was part of the Ten-Year War, which took place from 1969-78, the name given to the 10 games played between Ohio State and Michigan during the SchembechlerWoody Hayes years. During his four-year stint the Wolverines went 38-8-2, won three conference championships and played in three Rose Bowls and an Orange Bowl.

There was something about competing in the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry that was special for Giesler.

“I played in two Super Bowls. They were great, but there is something you cherish about the (Ohio State-Michigan) rivalry,” Giesler told The Press in 2015. “I played in the Ten-Year War with Woody and Bo. It’s the greatest rivalry in college football and all of sports. I think it’s going to get back to being where they compete for the Big 10 title nearly every year.”

His senior season with the maize and blue, Giesler earned first team Big Ten Honors and with the 24th pick in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft, he was select-

Jon Giesler at Woodmore High School in 2015. (File photo/Woodmore Schools)

Offensive lineman Jon Giesler (Woodmore/University of Michigan) during his playing days with the Miami Dolphins. (Press file photo courtesy Miami Dolphins)

ed by the Miami Dolphins to play football at the highest level.

and Shula demanded the best.”

Giesler was inducted into the Dolphin’s Hall of Fame “for his toughness on and off the field, fighting through pain and agony that comes with the game, dependability to do what he was supposed to do every snap and the sacrifices he made to the betterment of his team on a regular basis.”

Giesler’s dedication to his team has already cost him 22 surgeries and will cost him up to 12 more, but if you ask him, he’d do it all over again in a heartbeat.

“Jon is just the toughest, most humble guy in the world...just Woodville and Elmore wrapped into one,” said Deitemyer.

‘Steadiest lineman’ Giesler played 10 seasons for the Dolphins, appearing in 126 games, two Super Bowls and was rated by Don Shula as his “steadiest offensive lineman.”

“Jon only played for three teams his entire life,” said Deitemyer. “Woodmore, Michigan and the Miami Dolphins.”

During his time with the Dolphins, he protected the blind side of two Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Bob Griese and Marino, and helped his club win the American Football Conference title twice in a threeyear span (1982, 1984). Miami, which won two Super Bowls under Shula in the 1970s, came close to winning Super Bowl XVII, leading 17-13 midway through the fourth quarter before Washington running back John Riggins scored on a 43-yard run on fourth-and-1, giving the Redskins the lead for good. Washington would win, 27-17.

Perhaps the high point of Giesler’s career came in 1984 when he helped lead one of the best offensive lines in football in a season that saw Marino set then-single-season passing records for yards (5,084), touchdowns (48) and 300-yard games (nine).

Giesler takes pride in playing for Shula, the NFL’s all-time winningest coach, and Schembechler, both of whom were born and bred in Ohio.

“I think they were both out of the same mold,” Giesler said. “Bo was tough as nails

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In 2015, he returned to Woodmore to present a golden football to the school as part of the NFL’s Super Bowl High School Honor Roll program to promote the 50th Super Bowl. The ceremony occurred just before the Lake-Woodmore girls basketball game and Giesler gave a short speech talking about his experience as a professional football player, a career that saw him play in two Super Bowls — XVII and XIV — both with the Dolphins.

“I just wanted to say this football right here really represents a lot to me. I dreamed of this as a kid —to play in what I think is the best sporting event in the world, and that is the Super Bowl. It took a lot of hard work, a lot of determination, but I was able

to realize that dream,” said Giesler. “I was fortunate enough to play in Super Bowl XVII a long time ago, and believe me, I feel it every day. But the real reason I’m here is to present this football to Woodmore High School, where my dream became a reality.”

According to Deitemyer, who played tight end alongside Giesler in high school, some Michigan scouts came into the Wildcats’ locker room after the Gibsonburg game during his senior year and asked him if he’d like to attend a Wolverines’ game.

“They had Michigan sweatshirts on and we knew who they were. He went to the game and then Bo sent Thom Darden of the Cleveland Browns to come speak to Jon on his off day. He told him, ‘You can do it. Bo knows you can.’ And that convinced Jon,” Deitemyer said.

That, according to Deitemyer, was critical in selling Michigan to Giesler.

Deitemyer also remembers Giesler for his kindness and selflessness.

“Jon is very quiet, very humble. In high school, he was a gentle giant. He never wanted to hurt anyone,” said Deitemyer. “I remember when I went to Ohio State during my senior year; my friends couldn’t believe that someone who played in our ‘podunk town’ with a graduating class of 104 could get to Michigan.”

(— includes a Press file story by Yaneek Smith plus a reprinted story by Woodmore senior Sam Barbee from student publication Window To Woodmore with permission from Woodmore Schools).

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On the mat, Noah Koch might look a bit imposing

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com At 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds, Noah Koch cuts an imposing figure.

Koch, a senior at Genoa, has overcome huge obstacles to get where he is today, one of the top-rated Division III heavyweight wrestlers in Ohio.

He recently earned his 100th career win and is 20-1 with 10 pins and two major decisions this season.

It’s hard to imagine that it took a box of ice cream sandwiches to get Koch to join the Comets’ wrestling team his freshman year.

“As a joke to get him out — we needed a heavyweight wrestler really bad — we pulled him out of the halls and offered him a box of ice cream if he stuck it out for a week,” Genoa coach Bob Bergman said. “He said, ‘I’ll try it.’ After a week, we hooked him up with those ice cream sandwiches and the rest is history.”

Koch said he remembers that day in the high school hallway “perfectly.”

“It was the last period of class and the principal and coach Bergman came up to me and said they wanted to talk to me,” Koch said.

“I thought I was in trouble for something. They walked me up to my locker and said they wanted to keep me in (football) shape in the offseason and help me get quicker feet. I said OK and I would try it.

Coach said they needed to make me bigger, and the joke was I got an ice cream sandwich for every win I got.”

Koch had a rough go as a first-year wrestler, losing 19 of his 28 matches. In mid-December of his sophomore year — he went 24-16 with seven pins that season — tragedy struck when he lost his mother, Connie, to organ failure. Koch has never met his father.

“He’s had a very challenging set of circumstances,” Bergman said. “He’s never had a dad in his life, and his mother passed away two years ago. Most kids, that would send them into a tailspin, but Noah has turned that into a steppingstone and he’s taken off academically and athletically.”

Koch said he and his mother were “very close.”

“It’s always just been me and my mom since I was a baby,” he said, adding that his father “knows of me, but I’ve never met him in person.”

Koch’s aunt, Jennifer St. John, who lives in Oregon, adopted him. Koch said she has been one of his biggest supporters.

“She’s come to every football game and wrestling meet,” he said. “She will drive two or three hours to come watch me wrestle twice. She always puts me in my place if I need it. She’s just like my mother a little bit, but a bit more strict. She’s always been there for me.”

Bergman said Koch has always been a good guy to be around.

“He’s just gregarious and very funny,” the coach said. “He has a lot of dry humor he’ll throw out there. He has a great disposition and he’s a high-character kid. His mom did a great job with him, and his aunt is continuing that.”

Koch was the Northern Buckeye

Genoa wrestler Noah Koch (left) (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/ HEHphotos. smugmug. com) Conference champion and placed third at the state tournament last season, helping the Comets win the D-III team title. He compiled a 51-8 record with 16 pins as a junior, and he’s come back just as strong this season.

“He’s been very dominant,” Bergman said. “He’s very cerebral and smart with his wrestling. With heavyweights, a lot of weight can fall on you really quick and he’s smart about not wasting energy. His foot speed and stamina are off the charts.”

Koch went 5-0 and earned his 100th career win at the eight-team Napoleon Gold Medal Duals on Jan. 18. He was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Duals while helping Genoa win the event; his career record now stands at 10444.

“It felt really good and it meant a lot to me, being with some of these guys who are elite competitors,” Koch said of his 100th win. “Exceeding that 100 and to be in that club, it’s kind of neat to achieve that when you’re among such elite wrestlers.”

Koch placed third at the Medina Invitational this season, and he took first at the Perrysburg Invitational Tournament.

His lone loss came by decision against what Bergman called a “huge heavyweight” from Sandusky Perkins.

“That (loss) was a lot of mental prep that I didn’t do right, and it was just one of those matches,” Koch said. “You can’t win them all. My goal this year is to not have as many losses as last year, and already having a loss has made me step it up. My goal right now is to keep improving every week and get down to state and hopefully win it.”

Koch, who placed 10th in the discus at the D-II state track meet last spring, said he would like to compete in wrestling or track — or both — in college. He’s also grateful that he accepted Bergman’s offer to try out for the wrestling team three years ago.

“This is probably one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life so far,” Koch said. “I’ve been through a lot of trials in my life, and this put me back on track.

Wrestling keeps you very structured, and it helps you in life with your work ethic and your time management.”

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Clay High School gymnast Jenna Richardson. (Press photo by Josh Harris/jryanphotography419.com)

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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Last year, it was Clay senior Carly Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shea who led the gymnastics team. This year it is another senior, Claire RokickiCounterman, who is the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only returning letter winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been more of a rebuilding year this year. We lost several seniors who were strong leaders on our team,â&#x20AC;? Clay fifth-year coach Faye Smith said.

There is one thing going for this team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their motivation for the sport. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel our teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main strength is their enjoyment of the sport. They have a good time at practices and competitions and are always up for working hard and trying their best,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel our teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main weakness is lack of experience. Many of our girls have not had gymnastics experience outside of high school, so they have to learn a lot of

new skills in a very short amount of time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This puts us at a disadvantage compared to other teams who have girls who have been doing gymnastics for years and already have the skills needed to compete at the high school level,â&#x20AC;? Smith continued.

Smith says Rockicki-Counterman is the Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top athlete in all events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is a consistent competitor, has a great work ethic and attitude, and has done very well in learning the skills she needs to succeed in this sport at the varsity level,â&#x20AC;? said Smith.

Smith adds that her team has done well individually in two meets so far. On the vault, Emily Bellville is starting to find her rhythm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emily Bellville has also done well this year. Her vault is stronger than last year and she is more consistent in both practice and competitions,â&#x20AC;? Smith said.

On the beam, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been Maycie Breeden who has been stepping up her game.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maycie Breeden is a surprising firstyear gymnast who has done very well on beam. She is not afraid of being so high off the ground, and very willing to try new skills whenever asked,â&#x20AC;? Smith said.

On the floor exercise, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been Emma Romstadt and Jenna Richardson who have come into their own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emma Romstadt has a strong floor background from cheerleading and has been able to use those skills on this even to succeed,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most improved returning athlete is Jenna Richardson. She has come back this year ready to work hard and has been improving her skills on all her events.â&#x20AC;?

Smith is hoping the stage is set for Clay to do well down the line because she has two talented freshmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breeden and Romstadt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our two freshmen this year have a lot to offer the team in terms of talent,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both girls are willing to try new skills and are gaining confidence

and consistency as our season continues.

I look forward to continuing to see their growth and to see how they do overall this year.â&#x20AC;?

The Three Rivers Athletic Conference meet will be hosted by Notre Dame Academy at Exceleration Gymnastics Center. Smith says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to say where her team will finish, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimistic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have not met many of the teams in the league this year yet, so it is hard to say, but generally, the TRAC is a difficult league with some very strong and competitive teams,â&#x20AC;? Smith said.

The Clay gymnasts have a meet on January 26 hosted by Maumee at the Excelerations Center, starting at 9 a.m.

Smith is also the coach for Anthony Wayne, which finished second in the Northern Lakes League last year and did send gymnasts to the state meet. She also coached at Central Catholic for three years and has been coaching the AW team for seven years.

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Woodmore cheerleading team accepts bid to Nationals

By Kennedy Bringman Staff Writer Window To Woodmore This year’s Woodmore cheerleaders will be taking a trip to Florida this February to compete at the national competition at the Walt Disney World Resort.

This televised national competition hosts over 800 teams, 15,000 athletes and 50,000 attendees.

This will be the third time Woodmore cheerleaders will be competing at nationals. However, it has been 22 years since the last time they have gone.

The last time cheerleaders competed at this level was in 1995 and 1996 under the direction of Coach Wendy Moenter. Moenter happens to be the sister of the current high school coach, Whitney Flick.

The competition team received a bid to nationals in October at their first competition at Centerville High School.

In order to receive a bid, a team needs to obtain enough points on its score sheet based on a three-minute performance.

The team has gotten a bid three years in a row, but didn’t go because they did not want to miss cheering on their Wildcat basketball team. This year one of the team’s goals was to earn a bid and follow through and attend the event.

“We have pushed to go this year, especially the seniors because it is our last chance to go,” said senior Kayla Bosh.

“I am excited to just be down in Florida, especially with my team. We have a very strong bond on and off the mat,” said freshman Rachel Youngless.

Although the team is excited to soak up the sun, they also have some goals for the competition itself.

“Because it is all our first time going down, my goal for the team is to learn the ropes and make the first round cut,” said Coach Flick.

As exciting as this trip can be, it also comes with a big price tag. The team chose to not stay at the resort but to rent a house so they can all be together. The total price including airfare will be $684 per athlete. The price includes a three-day hopper pass around the parks, admission into the arena, housing and food.

They are hoping to fund-raise a good amount and possibly pay the whole trip off. They have created a GoFundMe page (UCA Woodmore) and are hosting a chicken BBQ on Feb. 15.

Woodmore fans can join the cheerleaders at Chipotle for “School Spirit Tastes Great” night on Jan. 27 in Perrysburg from 4-8 pm. and at Buffalo Wild Wings in Fremont on March 4 from 5-9 pm. (— reprinted by The Press with permission from Woodmore Schools).

The Woodmore cheerleading competition team. (Photo by Linda Bringman)

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Northwood wrestling coach Nick Encheff believes his team can finish in the top three of the Toledo City League wrestling tournament, just like they did last year.

Plus, he has 12 team members, enough to fill 12 weight classes, and seven are returning lettermen. In his 18 years involved with the program he has seen the program move mostly in one direction — up, and this year is no different.

“This team has a good blend of experience and youth to continue to move the program forward,” Encheff said.

The Rangers have been competing against larger schools in tournaments and holding their own.

As a team, the Rangers finished 12th out of 27 teams at the 53rd Annual Jim Derr Northwood Wrestling Invitational, scoring 110½ points. Whitmer won the championship, scoring 232½ points, followed

by Otsego (227) and Sylvania Northview (214).

At the Bucyrus Pool Tournament, Northwood finished fifth out of 16 teams, scoring 133 points to place behind West Chester Lakota East (181½), Celina (155), Upper Sandusky (138½) and Shelby (137½).

Northwood had three champions at the Woodmore “A” Classic, and the team placed sixth out of 21 teams.

The Rangers are led by three-time City League champion Colton Falk, a senior who wrestles at 145 pounds, and will be seeking his fourth league championship.

He has also won three district titles and got his 100th career victory this season.

Falk, who is 23-8, finished second at the Derr Invitational, second at the Bucyrus tournament, and placed first at the “A” Classic. During the Derr Invitational, he lost in the finals to Otsego’s Jesse Wright, 5-0. At Bucyrus, he won a 16-1 technical fall over Celina junior Graeme Stewart, which ended at the 2:09 mark.

At 152 pounds, senior Joey Heise (208) has already won a championship at the

At 182 pounds, defending City League champion and district qualifier Austin Cole (28-7), a junior, won a championship at Bucyrus and the “A” Classic and finished second at the Derr Invitational.

At Bucyrus, Cole went 5-0 with three falls of two different varieties. He won a 15-0 tech fall (2:39) over Upper Sandusky’s Ethan Biedelschies, pinned Margaretta sophomore Kurt Driscott in 2:36, pinned Shelby senior Trevor Bowman, won an 8-6 decision against Lakota East’s Tavier LugoFlowers and won an 8-6 decision over Celina junior Luke Muhlenkamp Cole lost in the finals at the Derr Invite to Central Catholic wrestler Mason Schmoekel, 8-5. Encheff says Cole has been his “most consistent wrestler.”

Junior Erik Marazon (23-10) missed last year with an ACL injury, but he has come back to sport a 19-6 record, win a championship at Bucyrus and finish third at the “A” Classic in the 195-pound weight class. Marazon won a 6-3 decision over Perrysburg wrestler Brayden Butzin to place fifth at the Derr Invitational.

At Bucyrus, Marazon also went 5-0 with four falls. He won a 10-4 decision over Margaretta junior Jaeger Johnson, pinned Lakota’s Charles Thomas in 17 seconds, and also pinned Celina junior Nathan Fortkamp, Bucyrus senior Joey Patterson, and Elgin junior Ryan Pasma.

Three juniors, Junior Chaisir (170), Joe Miller (285) and J.J. Poiry (145) are off to solid starts, too. Chaisir (12-10) finished third in the City League last year and was fifth at the “A” Classic this year. Miller was a league runner-up a year ago and is 9-12 so far this season, and Poiry is 7-7 this season.

Sophomore Nate Warfel, a league runner-up his freshman season, is 6-10.

Four new wrestlers also contribute, including junior Justyce Luna (220), sophomore Joel Negrin (132) and freshmen Braden Alore (138) and Joey Yarad (113).

At Clay’s Maumee Bay Classic, Northwood finished 31st out of 41 teams, scoring 29 points. Brighton (Mich.) was the champion, scoring 208, followed by Elyria (200), Louisville (168 ½), Perrysburg (134) and Clay (123). Cole was the only placer, finishing seventh.

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By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com A lot more went into Jamie Schmeltz’s milestone night last Thursday than what fans saw on the basketball court.

Schmeltz, Eastwood’s ultra-talented 5-foot-10 junior point guard, hung a gamehigh 26 points on host Fostoria in a 76-47 Northern Buckeye Conference victory. In the process, she became the 10th Eastwood girl to surpass 1,000 career points.

Point No. 1,001 came just after halftime. She threw a fast-break pass to freshman teammate Aubrey Haas, who then threw it back to Schmeltz for a layup.

“They stopped the game, recognized her and made a little announcement,” said Eastwood coach Nick Schmeltz, who is one of Jamie’s older brothers. “That was nice of them to accommodate us. Everyone on our bench acknowledged her, and she greeted her parents (Tammy and James) and gave them a hug. She got the game ball.”

Jamie, the youngest of five children, has a brother, Jake, who is second on the all-time boys scoring list at Eastwood with 1,230 points. Aaron Lawniczak is the school’s all-time leader with 1,635 points.

Jamie said she and Jake never discussed joining him in the school’s the 1,000-point club.

“I remember being there for him when he scored his 1,000th point,” she said. “I made a sign for him. I wanted to be like him when I got older and reach that milestone as well. Jake is still active with basketball and he will come to the gym and shoot. He still loves the game.”

Jake has always been one of Jamie’s biggest fans. He was in the stands last Thursday night.

“He loves watching me play and he goes to every game,” Jamie said. “He sends me texts before my games, and I can hear him cheering during games. He’s always picking me up and encouraging me and telling me all the good things I do.”

Nick said he never told Jamie she was closing in on her 1,000th point.

“I haven’t said anything all year,” he said. “The day of the game, she texted me and asked how close she was. That was the first time I had mentioned it to her, six hours before we tipped off. She had good start to the game. She had 14 points in the first half and she needed 15.

“We came right out of the halftime break and she got it right away, so that was nice to see. Once that shot fell, it was like, ‘OK, we did it.’ ” Jamie said she didn’t concern herself with reaching the milestone during the intermission.

“At that point we were up by a lot,” she said. “I figured I was sitting good, that I was going to get it this game. I was more worried about our team and finishing the game and getting the win.”

Schmeltz finished with 26 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals.

“It was definitely really joyful that I achieved this milestone,” she said. “Not many people can say they scored 1,000 points in their career. It was a good moment, going over to my parents and giving them a hug and seeing my brothers being happy. It was amazing.”

Her scoring effort against Fostoria gave her 1,011 points in just 50 career games.

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break after having her meniscus removed — the Eagles went 3-2 during her absence — and she missed seven games as a freshman because of a broken thumb.

“From a historical perspective, Eastwood basketball has been very good for many years,” Nick said. “She is the first junior to accomplish this feat, and she still has eight game or so left in her junior year.

It’s pretty remarkable considering over her three-year career she’s also missed 12 games due to injuries.”

Schmeltz broke the school single-game scoring record last year, scoring 43 against Lake. She also tied the single-game record for steals, getting 12 against Fostoria earlier this season.

Schmeltz is averaging 24.4 points, four assists, 6.5 rebounds and 5.7 steals, and she leads the Eagles (14-2, 8-2 NBC) in all four categories. She scored 28 points in Tuesday’s 70-21 win over Genoa, increasing her career total to 1,039 points.

Eastwood’s all-time girls scoring record of 1,495 points, held by Teri Poggemeyer, is bound to fall next season. Schmeltz, however, said she hasn’t even thought about it.

“I just take it game by game, especially since I’m always getting injured,” she said. “Hopefully I’m done getting injured.

It would be cool to pass her, but with how well we’re doing, I just want to worry about this year and make a strong run in the tournament. I can worry about that (record) next year.”

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Plantz, Bench have Comets firing on all cylinders

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Halfway throughout the season, the Genoa boys basketball team is undefeated and getting noticed.

They are ranked fourth in the Associated Press Division III statewide media poll behind Archbold (12-0), Wheelersburg (16-0) and Anna (12-0). Cardinal Stritch (12-3), which has beaten Genoa two years straight in the district tournament, is 15th.

What is most impressive about Genoa’s play is how dominant it’s been. Save for a 55-48 nonleague victory over Anthony Wayne, the Comets have won all of their games by double digits. Currently, Genoa finds itself 12-0 overall and 9-0 in the Northern Buckeye Conference.

Four-year varsity starters Jacob Plantz, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, and Andrew Bench, a 6-5 senior post, are again leading the way for the club, which is on a tear for the third consecutive year. The Comets, winners of three consecutive sectional titles, have also won the last two NBC titles while accumulating a 50-9 record. They’ve also gone 33-3 in the conference.

“It absolutely has been work on and off the basketball court. Fortunately, we have had moldable players and a staff comprised of great coaches,” Coach Zach Alt said.

“Watching the boys past and present grow into fine young men has been by far the most enjoyable part.”

It’s a senior class that includes Plantz (20.3 pts., 6.3 reb., 3.0 asst.), Bench (14.9 pts., 8.2 reb.), guard Jake Bradfield (3.5 pts., 4.3 asst.) and wings Nathan Lewis (4.1 pts., 4.9 reb.), Caleb McGeorge (5.4 pts.) and Joey Dominique (3.5 pts.). Those six, along with Mike Rightnowar (7.5 pts.) and Allen Laytart (4.8 pts.), comprise the rotation of the team.

“We have high expectations for this team because of how many seniors we have. We want to win the league, defend our home court and do some damage in the playoffs,” Plantz said. “But we know we can’t accomplish any of these goals if we don’t come to practice every day with a mindset to get better.”

Alt, in his fifth season at the helm, says there are multiple reasons for the club’s stellar play.

“I believe the results of our commitment to scheme, good practice habits, and each other (are the reasons),” Alt said. “I think my focus is more on if we are taking steps forward in our path to who we can be.

I would say for the most part we have been staying on track.”

Plantz, who has committed to continue his basketball career at NCAA Division II Lake Erie College, believes playing as a unit is the biggest reason for the team’s success.

“I think our team is playing so well because of the bond we have created off the court. When we are out there playing, we know the teammate next to us has our back,” he said. “Our coaches have done an excellent job in the offseason and during the season making sure guys are getting better and making sure we stay on top of things.”

The commitment to defense is critical to Genoa’s success as well. So far, the

Genoa senior Andrew Bench shoots on an Eastwood defender.

(Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com Comets have allowed just 41.6 points per game. On two occasions, against Gibsonburg and Eastwood, Genoa allowed 29 and 28 points.

“Defense is our bread and butter. It’s something we take very seriously and we’re very prideful in it. If you can play defense, you can win games,” said Plantz. “We work on our defense every day in practice and it’s very competitive and we work on hard drills. Our defense leads into our offense.

Each guy in our program knows that when people think of Genoa, they think of tough, man-to-man defense.”

The victory over the Generals is one of the highlights of Genoa’s season.

Plantz scored 26 points and made four 3-pointers and Bench, who will continue his football career at NCAA D-I Bowling Green State University, reached 1,000 career points. Plantz, meanwhile, broke Luke Rightnowar’s school record of 1,385 points in the win over the Golden Bears.

(Rightnowar is currently playing collegiate basketball at Tiffin University) “Jacob and Drew have both worked incredibly hard on their craft, and they still are. To have a chance to be a part of them accomplishing their goals has been special,” said Alt. “It is every player’s responsibility to thrive in their role, and the more players we have doing that, the better we will compete.

“Everyone on the team has a role. As players produce more in their roles, the better we become as a unit. We ask them all to be efficient in their own ways and to their credit they have bought into that.”

Genoa senior guard Jacob Plantz lays in two points. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com

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New video display coming to Fifth Third Field Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, is continuing their long-time relationship with the Toledo Mud Hens to install a new 2,500-square-foot LED video display and two new ribbon boards at Fifth Third Field.

A total of approximately 3,700 square feet of displays using more than 2.2 million LEDs will be installed early in 2019 at the ballpark.

“The Mud Hens take pride in being one of the top Minor League ballparks in the country and we are excited to unveil this state-of-the-art video display to our fans,” said Erik Ibsen, executive vice president and general manager, Toledo Mud Hens.

“Utilizing the same technology that is featured on video displays in Major League stadiums, it continues our effort to create memorable in-game experiences for our fans with sharper video, more graphics and overall by bringing the game closer to the fans. We look forward to debuting it on April 4, Opening Day.” Coming to left field, the 2,500-squarefoot main video display will measure approximately 37 feet high by 68.5 feet wide.

It will feature a 15HD pixel layout for excellent image clarity and contrast with industry-leading environmental protection.

Wide angle visibility ensures a great

view from every seat in the stadium.

Keeping with the latest capabilities in LED video display technology, the main display is capable of variable content zoning allowing it to show one large image or multiple windows content. These windows can include live video, instant replays, up-to-theminute statistics, graphics and animations, and sponsorship messages.

“Our team in the Great Lakes region are very proud and excited to be a part of such an impactful project,” said Ryan Stratton, Daktronics sales representative.

“Our engineers have worked tirelessly to design a system for the Mud Hens that will rival any other large-scale LED display system in the league, both in size and in performance. The Mud Hens front office team has been kind enough to invite Daktronics to be a part of this design-build process to bring the Mud Hens vision to life. We are excited to see the energy this new system will bring to Fifth Third Field in the upcoming season.”

More than 1,100 square feet of ribbon displays will also be installed at Fifth Third Field. Two displays, each measuring roughly 3.5 feet high by 157 feet long will be mounted to the seating fascia along each baseline. Both ribbons will feature 15HD pixel layouts for the same impressive image quality as the main display.

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Love, Kayla & Kurt

Jack and Florence Mihlbauer of Oregon, OH were united in marriage on January 31, 1959. In their 60 years together they have been blessed with 5 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Congratulations and thank you for the wonderful example of love and commitment you have shown our family!

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Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave., will present, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donut Wars!â&#x20AC;? on Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Youths are invited to decorate their own donuts and vote for their favorites.

East Toledo Senior Center, 1001 White St., serves home-cooked lunch Mon.-Fri. at 11:45 a.m.

Meals must be ordered by 11 a.m. the day before by calling 419-691-2254. Cost is a recommended donation of $2.50 for those 60 years and over.

Birmingham Block Watch meets the 1st Tues. of the month at 7 p.m. at the Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave. and the 4th Wed. of the month at 7 p.m. at VFW Post 4906, 2161 Consaul.

Hungarian Embroidery Classes, Mondays, 2-4 or 6-8 p.m., Calvin United Church of Christ, 1946 Bakewell. Come to any session or call 419-3495539.

East Toledo/Oregon Kiwanis Club meets the 2nd and 4th Mon. at 11:45 a.m. at the American Family Table restaurant on Navarre Avenue in Oregon. Walk-ins welcome.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) welcomes new members who want to lose weight. The group meets Mon., 7-8 p.m. at the East Toledo Senior Center, 1001 White St. Weigh-ins from 6-6:45 p.m. Yearly membership is $32. Weekly dues 50 cents. Call Judy at 419-691-8033 or come to a free meeting. Everyone welcome.

Waite High School Alumni Class of 1951 meets the 2nd Mon. of every month. For info, call Betty at 419-691-7944 or Fran at 419-693-6060.

Waite High School Class of 1955 meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. For more info, contact Ned Braunschweiger at 419-893-4336.

Prostate Cancer Support Group meets the 4th Mon. of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor Cancer Center Library at Mercy St. Anne Hospital.

For info, call Roger at 419-346-2753 or Ernie at 419-344-9830.

Oregon Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd., programs include Family Storytime, Mondays, 6:30-7 p.m.; Toddler Storytime, Wednesdays, 1010:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:45-11:15 a.m.; Babytime, Thursdays, 10-10:30 a.m.

VFW 9816 Chicken Paprikas Dinner, Feb. 2, 4 p.m. until sold out. Karaoke with AJ from 7:30 p.m. until closed. Open to the public.

Oregon Fire Station No. 41 Wild Game Dinner, Feb. 2, 6-11 p.m., Dunberger Post, 4925 Pickle Rd. $25 donation per ticket includes food and drinks. Venison, rabbit, muskrat, pheasant and raccoon. Raffles. For tickets, call fire personnel at 419-698-7020 or Steve at 419-481-5936.

Oregon Retired FireďŹ ghters Assn. meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at noon at the Oregon Inn. Oregon-Jerusalem Historical Society, Historic Brandville School, is currently closed for winter and will reopen March 7.

Oregon Fire & Rescue Museum is closed for the winter. For private tours contact Mike Snyder at 419-297-2383.

Harbor View Historical Society Inc. and Museum, 2083 Autokee St. is open Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. Volunteer Services is looking for individuals to join the museum staff. Call 419-6911517 for info. Admission is free.

Great Eastern Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Tues. of each month from 6:30-8:15 p.m. in the community meeting room near the cafeteria at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Guests welcome or join for a small fee. Contact: Allan Hoar at 419-698-3733 or visit GreateasternTMC. ToastmastersClubs.org for info.

Oregon Republican Club meets the 1st Thursday of the month at the Oregon Senior Center, 4350 Navarre Ave. Visit www.OregonRepublicanClub. com or contact Diana Skaff at 419-250-3470 or Lynn Gibbs at lynlin3215@gmail.com for info.

Ashland Church Food Pantry, 2350 Starr Ave. will be open the last Sat. of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. ID required.

Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step Christian-based recovery program to help anyone overcome hurt, habit or hang-up (addictions, anxiety, depression, grief, co-dependency), meets Wed. from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Intersection Church, formerly Heritage Christian Church, 1640 S. Coy Rd. Everyone welcome; free. Call 419-389-3299 for info.

Support Group for Anyone Grieving a Death or Loss meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 3415 Starr Ave. James Wes Hancock Oregon Senior Center, 4350 Navarre Ave, open weekdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Daily activities include bingo, cardio drumming, line dancing, fitness classes, exercise, Euchre, Bunco, Mahjong and health screenings. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. daily. $2.50 donation is suggested for seniors 60 & older; all others $5.32. Reservations required 24 hours in advance. 419-698-7078.

Christ Dunberger American Legion Post 537 hall at 4925 Pickle Rd. is available for rentals and accommodates up to 145 people. Call 419-7050655 for details.

Quilts of Compassion seeks quilters to help make quilts for local charities, hospitals and disaster victims. No experience required. The group meets the last Wed. of the month 1-3 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 3415 Starr Ave. Call Flo at 419693-3766.

Northwood

Northwood Food Distribution, Jan. 30, 11

a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Josie Reinhart Community Room, 6000 Wales Rd. Northwood VFW 2984 All-You-Can-Eat Fish Dinner, Fri. 5-7:30 p.m., 102 W. Andrus. Chicken, shrimp and steaks also available. Breakfast served Sundays from 9 a.m.-noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; includes two eggs, meat, potatoes, toast and pancakes. Snack bar open Thurs. noon-4 p.m. Public welcome.

City of Northwood Adult Rec Program, Mon. and Wed. from 6:30-9 p.m. and Sat. 8:30 a.m.-noon in the Arts, Athletics and Administration Building (old high school). Access to the weight room, gym and marked walking track, indoor pickle ball court available. Fee. $20. Group fitness classes offered Mon. & Wed. from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Sat. 9:3010:30 a.m. Fee. $2. Walk the halls Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no charge. For info, contact Parks & Rec Director at 419-690-1607.

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Breakfast, every 3rd Sat. of the month at 9 a.m. at Northwood Church of God, Coy & Curtice roads. For info, call 419-693-0260.

Free Home Safety Assessments & Smoke Detector Installation Program offered by Northwood Fire Department. To schedule an appointment, city residents may contact the fire chief at 419-690-1647 or email firechief@ ci.northwood.oh.us.

Jerusalem Twp. Board of Trustees meet the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at 7 p.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.

Curtice Community Club will meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month to plan next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Curtice Kidz Day Festival, which will be held June 9.

Anyone willing to donate to the American Flag Fund for flags to line the streets in Curtice during the summer months may send donations to Curtice Community Club, Box 194, Curtice, OH 43412.

Elmore

Harris Elmore Public Library, 328 Toledo St., schedule includes: Homeschool Hour: Straws, Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Write Stuffâ&#x20AC;? `Tween Writers Club, Jan. 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Read Between the Wine Book Discussion at Wine Flight, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.; Preschool Storytime, Jan. 30, 11 a.m.-noon; Free Spanish Class, Jan. 30, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Elmore Senior Center-Elmore Golden Oldies, located in Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. (corner of Witty & SR 51), open Tues. & Thurs. at 11 a.m.; lunch served at 11:30 a.m. (reservations for lunch required by 10 a.m. the day before). Blood pressure & blood oxygen screenings 2nd Tues. of each month; blood sugar & blood pressure screenings last Tues. of each month; educational / informational speakers on Tues.; Euchre game every Tues. & Thurs. after lunch. For reservations, call 419-862-3874.

Elmore Conservation Club Trap Shooting every Wed. from 6-9 p.m. (weather permitting). Call 419392-1112 for info.

Genoa

All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast, Jan. 27, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Genoa American Legion Post 324, 302 West St. Menu includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy and applesauce. Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meals available. Dine in or carry out. 419-855-7049.

Genoa Branch Library, 602 West St., schedule includes: Espresso Yourself! Young Adult Book Club at Ignite Coffee & Tea, Jan. 28, 3-4 p.m.; Friends of the Genoa Library Meeting, Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m.; Preschool Storytime, Jan. 29, 11 a.m.noon; Homeschool Hour: Straw, Jan. 31, 11 a.m.noon; DIY Spa Night, Jan. 31, 6-7:30 p.m.

Genoa Senior Center, 514 Main St., open Mon., Wed. & Fri. Open for bingo at 9:30 a.m. on Mon.; open at 10:30 a.m. Wed. and Fri. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. (reservations required 10 a.m. the day before). Blood pressure and blood sugar screenings offered 2nd Wed. of each month at 11 a.m.; Blood oxygen & blood pressure screenings offered the 4th Wed. of each month at 11 a.m.

Educational/informational speakers on Wed.; Pinochle Mon. & Wed. after lunch; Dominoes Fri. after lunch. Reservations: 419-855-4491.

Trinity Thrift Shop, 105 4th St., Fri. 9:30 a.m.4 p.m. & Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothes & small household items available at reasonable prices.

Proceeds benefit mission projects.

Walbridge Country Breakfast, Feb. 2, 8 a.m.-noon, Athens Missionary Baptist Church, 101 Breckman St. Featuring biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, fried potatoes, fried bologna and beverages. Kids under 10 eat free. Call 419-6663221 for details.

Walbridge Branch Library, 108 N. Main St., presents Family Storytime Tues. at 11 a.m.; Kinderskills for kids ages 3-6, Tues. at 2 p.m.; Students in Action Tutoring, Thurs. 3:30-4:30 p.m. (all grade school levels). Call 419-666-9900.

Euchre Tournaments at VFW Post 9963, 109 N. Main St., Feb. 2, March 2 and April 6. 1 p.m. until finished. $10 entry fee includes lunch. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place; 4th place wins free entry into next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament.

Walbridge VFW Bingo, first and third Sun. of each month, 109 S. Main St. Lightning bingo at 1 p.m.; regular bingo at 1:30 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Food and drinks available. New games; higher prizes. Sponsored by the Auxiliary. Call 419-666-0367 for info.

Support Group for Families and Friends who are Dealing with a Loved Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heroin/Opiate Addiction meets Mon. 6:30-8 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 705 N. Main St. Sponsored by Mainstreet Church. For info, call 419-838-7600.

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1 bedroom apt. $450 2 bedroom apt. $565 2 bed. Townhouse $630$675

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Security Officers needed. $14.00 to start, plus benefits.

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Hiring for All Shifts and Shift Managers

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Toledo Antique Mall at Northwood Plaza on Woodville Road - Opening soon! We run ESTATE SALES! Buy and selling estates, antiques, tools, collectibles, and machinery.

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Tues. - Sat. (9-5) Sunday's (10-4) Great Eastern Shopping Center 2676 Woodville Rd, Northwood Annalee Dolls, Mickey Mouse Collection, Old Toys, Holiday Decorations, Furniture and Much More!

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Great Eastern Plaza 2664 Woodville Rd. SAT: (9am-5pm) SUN: (10am-4pm) Tools, Bikes, Outdoor, Camping, Fishing, Sports, Man Cave and more. For more information call Jean 419-277-9083.

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Great Eastern Plaza 2660 Woodville Rd. OPEN EVERY WEEKEND: Saturdays (9am-5pm) Sundays (10-4) Trains, antique dolls and toys, bears, clocks, glassware, baskets, nautical, holiday dĂŠcor, military items, appliances, primitives, furniture, coins, clothes, video, quilts, games, crafts, books, jewelry, purses, shoes, Tupperware, wall hangings, phonographs, knives, murano and healing jewelery, records, VHS/DVD's & Players, lamps, knick knacks, kitchenware, puzzles,TV's, bedding, linens, and more. For more information call Jean 419-277-9083.

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Over 100,000 pieces of jewelry for $2.00/ea.

Thousands of designer signed pieces all under one roof! You will be amazed! *Proceeds from this sale will be used for mission outreach and for a missionary injured in Africa (from Wauseon, OH) to help with medical bills.* Incredible high quality jewelry from necklaces to earrings to watches and rings. All $2.00/ea.!

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Harley' Treasures 2616 Woodville Rd Northwood Moving Sale 50%-70% off many items!

Furniture, household & misc.

Farm Fresh Freezer Beef- By the Quarter or Half, No Growth Hormones, All Natural! 419-266-1120 (Oak Harbor)

Pigs for sale, $75.00/ea. Ask for Art 419-392-5538.

76 year old woman with Cerebral Palsy is looking for staff to assist her in daily living. All 3 shifts. Above average pay for experience in g-tube, med pass, DD, CPR/first aid. Curtice, Oh private home. Please call 419-704-8984. Start date 2/16

Have you been diagnosed with partial or total hearing loss, or suffered from tinnitus caused during service in the US military between 2003 and 2015? Call Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727

Kimball Artist Console piano, used. Needs tunning. You move. $500/OBO. 419-509-5681

La-z-boy recliner. About 10 years old. Medium blue. Always covered, barely used. $150. 419-836-9754

32â&#x20AC;? Tv. Works great. $10. Entertainment stand $10. Call or text 419654-3453

Antique Interior Doors from 1920's, $95/ea. 419-836-9754 Great Eastern Shopping Center 2660 Woodville Rd Northwood, OH 43619 Sat. Feb. 2th 9-5 Sun. Feb. 3th 10-4 Great Model Railroading booth & more, ask for Ernie to get 10% off purchase.

Case XX knife collection. If no answer leave message. 419-836-4011 Craftsman tool chest on wheels, 27W x 18D x 30H. $75. Top chest 26W x 12D x 16H. $25.

419-691-3799 Cash only.

Golden Scooter Chair- Needs New Battery, $950 Whirlpool Cabrio Washer and Amana Dryer (Gas), White, Clean, $350 419-693-5806 HO Electric Trains, Transformer, many accessories and Tyco Super Road Miniature Car. Racing and Rail Set. $75, Walbridge 419-661-1144 Nascar plastic model kits. If no answer leave message. 419-836-4011

Panasonic color TV 17â&#x20AC;? screen. 10 yrs old. Works very well, remote. $50 OBO. 419666-7545 Snow Blower- Yard Man 600 series, 2 stage electric start. Used twice, asking $500. 419-693-9948 Snowplow Blade For John Deere LT 155 Lawn Tractor 42â&#x20AC;? Blade with attachments $200 Wheel weights $50 Wheel Chains $50 Blade has unique angle adjustment from driver seat.

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Meet Natalie, a beautiful 4 year Tuxedo cat. Natalie loves ďŹ nding places where she can hide (especially if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a warm bed) and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for spring to get here so she can watch the birds through her favorite window. This pretty girl is looking for a quieter home with a great window!

The Humane Society of Ottawa County 2424 E. Sand Rd Port Clinton, OH 43452 Open: Tues-Sat 12-5p.m., (419)734-5191, hsocpets.org

The Humane Society of Ottawa County 2424 E. Sand Rd Port Clinton, OH 43452 Open: Tue-Sat 12-5 (419)734-5191 hsocpets.org Our adoption fees are: Dog's (over 1 year) $150* Puppies (under 1 year) $175*

ASSISTANT MANAGERS SHIFT MANAGERS PIZZA MAKERS Back-up Drivers Delivery Drivers

Our adoption fees are: Cats (1-5 years) $90 Cats (5+ years) $45 Kittens (under 1 year) $125

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Now Hiring Dental Assistant At Community Health Services, we are always looking for talented health care professionals and support staff who are committed to providing excellent medical and dental care in the communities we serve.

We currently have a position available for a Dental Assistant needed to work in the Fremont location.

The dental assistant will be responsible for preparing operatory, sterilizing instruments, set up for procedures, update patient history in the electronic dental record, and assist dentists and hygienists as needed. Must have an Ohio Radiography license.

CHS is dedicated to providing a healthy environment for our patients, families and staff. All CHS campuses and facilities are non-smoking. In addition, Community Health Services has a nicotine-free hiring policy. All applicants considered for hire will be subject to a nicotine test as part of our pre-employment testing process.

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The Annual Financial Report for the period ending December 31, 2018 for Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio has been completed and is now available for review at the Township Office from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday or contact the Administration Office at 419-838-6536 for an appointment.

Vicki Schwamberger Lake Township Fiscal Officer

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PUBLIC NOTICE Woodville Township has filed its Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2018 with the Auditor of State.

The report is on file and available to the public in the Fiscal Office which is located in the Woodville Township Volunteer Fire Station, 321 E. Main Street, Woodville, Ohio, 419-849-2492.

The Woodville Township Trustees hold their regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at the fire station.

Lori Kepus, Fiscal Officer Woodville Township

On December 10, 2018 Village council passed Resolution 07-2018 ANNUAL TEMPORARY APPRORPRIATIONS 2019.

Resolution 08-2018 ACCEPTING BID TO SELL VILLAGE PROPERTY. The 2018 Annual Financial Report has been completed and filed with the State Auditor.

The full context of these can be seen at the village hall during regular office hours or by appointment.

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Thank You Oregon Health and Welfare would like to thank all of the generous businesses and individuals that helped make the 2018 Christmas Basket distribuƟon possible. The Christmas season can be diĸcult for many. Taking part in a holiday program like the Christmas Basket can be very rewarding for volunteers, Įnancial supporters and businesses.

The Oregon Christmas Basket Program started in the 1960s as Oregon School teachers noƟced there were students in class that most likely would not have a holiday meal. High School students delivered food to the 15 to 20 families who were recipients at the Ɵme. Oregon Health and Welfare is oĸcially a 501 (c) 3 not for proĮt organizaƟon. Thanks to the generous support of volunteers, individuals, and businesses, we were able to serve 370 individuals this holiday season.

Our sincerest thanks to all who helped.

Board of Directors: Yvonne Thoma-PaƩon, Chair; Rick Orovitz, Jim Kwiatkowski, Gerry Wasserman, Shirley Norton, Trina Floyd

~DonaƟons~ Oregon Insurance Agency AA Boos & Sons, Inc Judith & James Pilewski BrockeƩ Enterprises (Maumee Bay Self Storage) Country Squire Animal Hospital LLC Louisville Title Agency for N. W. Ohio, Inc. East Point RehabilitaƟon, LLC James & Louise Sommers GEMS, Inc. Alan Miller Jewelers R. J. Lloyd & Co., LTD Envirosource Technologies (Envirosafe) Bay Area Credit Union Joseph R. Schmidbauer DDS., Inc. Croghan Colonial Bank George F Ackerman Eggleston Meinert Pavley Funeral Homes Penny L. DewiƩ St Paul’s Episcopal Church ProMedica Orchard Villa Woodville Road Surplus Oregon Clean Energy St IgnaƟus St. Vincent DePaul Socitey City of Oregon Employees Kenneth & Debra Filar Gladieux Do it Best Home Center G.A.F. Society Freck Funeral Chapel, Inc TransportaƟon Equipment Sales Corp (TESCO) Environmental Management Services, Inc. The Oregonian Club Charitable Fund Roberta S Reynolds

Nancy S. Storer City of Oregon Northwood AFSCME RK Bradshaw Pizza Inc BP CorporaƟon North America Inc Christ Dunberger Unit 537 American Legion Aux Oregon Police Keith Kennedy Lee Williams House of Meats Toledo United Swiss Oregon Economic Development FoundaƟon Thomas & Sandra Garverick Michael & Juliann Beazley Oregon Fire Fighters Local 4093 Fireside Covenant Church Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce The Exchange Club of Greater Maumee Bay Christ United Methodist Church Clay High School AdministraƟon Oregon Northwood Rotary East Toledo-Oregon Kiwanis Club Press PublicaƟons Toledo ReĮning Company St Charles Hospital LiƩle Caesars Pizza Vasko Family DenƟstry Joseph Sexton DenƟstry Mathews Ford Oregon Kroger Oregon Schools Maintenance Department Bill Sweitzer Flowers Baking Company

~Volunteers~ Lyle Campbell Devin Sharp Nathan Taylor

Sommer Vriezelaar Nancy Hamilton Dennis Waldenzak Larry Loch Alvin Johnson Anthony Yancey Blake Cain MaƩhew Schroeder Linda Zunk Drew Thomas Antonio Spallino Branden Canada Armando DeAnda Beau Purtee Emmanuel Gonzalez Ryger Wamer Gary Langel Evan Cote Bob BassiƩ Adam LaƩa Joe Walker Elizabeth Brokaw Bob Engwert Vanessa Johnson Carl and Janice Kiel Jason Shope Al and Mary Mortemore Chad Drown Pat Heintschel Miguel Barboza Richard Isbell Jeīery Richardson Vern PaƩon Drew Schroeder Ben Malczewski Peyton Hendricks Bobby Reynolds Hanna Harƞord David J Grosjean Gabriell Barboza Paul and Shirley Norton Emillo Rendon Greg Row AJ SzigeƟ Dylan Clement Jay and Terry Dellinger Lillian Lagger Paul and Val Virag Mary WolĮnger Mike Elders Don and Gaye Huss Kelly Odneal Zion Wiggins Jeī Wilkeson Gabriel Brown Randy and Sue VanDyke Brandon McCoy Sara Seeger Nick Boros Anne Wasserman Nathan Lambrecht Dillon Hawkins Adam Depinet Emily Paluch Terrance Masserant Mary Jane Flores Kim Dodge Paul Magdich Bob Berry Jim Bossert Don Charleton City of Oregon Jeremiah Diegel Street Department Tracy Thiel City of Oregon Judi Hess Water Department Shelia Thatcher Oregon Police Trina Floyd Oregon Fire Bon BassiƩ *Our apologies to anyone leŌ oī of this list

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THE PRESS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Big Game Super Special!

SUPER PARTY PACK

$42

Pulled Pork, Chicken Wings, Cole ^ůĂǁ͕ ŽƌŶ ƌĞĂĚ DƵĸŶƐ͕ ŚŝƉƐ Θ WŽƌŬ ZŝŶĚƐ͕ ^ůŝĚĞƌ ƵŶƐ͕ ,ŽŶĞLJ ƵƩĞƌ

Open House

Feeds 6 Pick up only.

Closed for a private party Super Sunday, February 3rd, ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚLJ ƉĂĐŬƐ͊

Lunch Specials Daily ϭϭĂŵͲϮƉŵ >ŽƚƐ ŽĨ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƐ hŶĚĞƌ ΨϭϬ

We would like to invite you to an Open House Sunday, January 27th and February 3rd, 2019 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm We currently have 1 and 2 bedroom independent living coƩages available and ready for move in.

Stop out and see why so many are happy to call our community “home.”

SMOKEY’S BBQ ROADHOUSE

LANDINGS OF OREGON

Open at 11am, 7 days a week • 419-725-2888

Corner of Seaman & Coy

2092 Woodville Road, Oregon, OH 43616

419-972-2772