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At left, Norman Heineman, of Heineman’s Winery, Put-in Bay, gave a talk on wines at the Hungarian Club of Toledo. Top photo, Jim Brown assists in pouring wines from Hungary, France, Moldova, Portugal, Italy and Germany. The event included a holiday table. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)
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Zoning change considered for raising hens Oregon City Council on Monday will conduct a public hearing for a zoning change request at 647 N. Stadium Road for the purpose of raising livestock. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in council chambers at 5330 Seaman Road. The zoning change is for a Special Use in an R-1 Low Density Residential zoned district. James Gilmore, Oregon’s building & zoning commissioner, said at a recent Planning Commission meeting that the zoning change is being sought for the purpose or raising seven chickens. He said the property is in an R-1 District, which has low density and large lots. It appears that R-1 surrounds the whole property. There have been similar requests in the past. The applicant/owner of the property is Joseph Hemminger. He said he is seeking the zoning change due to a noise complaint about a rooster that was once on the property.. He said when he bought the house four months ago, he had assumed that poultry of any kind would be permitted on the property because there was a courier pigeon coop already there. He didn’t look
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into whether he needed a permit, he added, and brought the chickens he had already owned to the property. Rooster relocated Jeanie Hopper-Erismann, Hemminger’s wife, said the seven hens stay in a 10 foot by 10 foot by six foot chicken coop surrounded by a five foot tall chicken hatch, which is two stories high. They received noise complaints because they originally had eight chickens, including a rooster named Eugene, who now lives in Wauseon. They also had ducks they had rescued for
about two weeks. Without the rooster, they now have just the seven hens that don’t make any noise, The hens have names and are spoiled rotten. Currently, the hens are laying too many eggs, she added, so they have been giving the eggs away to their neighbors. Hopper-Erismann was asked by Rick Orovitz, chairman of the planning commission, if she is part of a rescue group. She replied she is not, though she is known by different rescues. Hemminger said when they rescue animals, they call someone to pick up the animal. They have enough land to keep them on the property, but don’t have the time or the facilities for it. Hemminger said he would not have more than seven chickens at a time on the property. Angela Kanavel, of N. Stadium Road, lives directly south of the Hemminger property. Although she said she wasn’t against the Hemmingers having the chickens, she still had some concerns. The rooster would crow all day long, and not just in the mornings. It helped when the rooster was relocated. She said roosters should not be allowed in residential areas. She also said
A member of the Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Department, who died in an accident while responding to an emergency call, is being remembered as someone always willing to do what was asked of him. Daniel J. Lucius, 33, planned to continue his training as a firefighter, said Lt. Clayton Finken, the department’s public information officer, who said Lucius is also remembered fondly as someone fascinated by the department’s operations and wanting to learn more. Finken said Lucius was the first firefighter in the department to die in the line of duty. “Our squad had already left the station and Dan was going to meet us at the home where a medical emergency had been called in,” Finken said, adding Lucius was driving his personal vehicle, a pick-up truck. On Nov. 15, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call from a motorist who said he had crashed his vehicle into a pond near Wall Street and Toussaint Club Road in the township. When deputies arrived they found the vehicle fully submerged in the pond north of Wall Street. But it wasn’t until Carroll Township fire crews with cold water gear arrived were they able to pull Lucius from the vehicle. Township emergency medical service personnel began resuscitation measures and transported him to Magruder Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Lucius joined the department in June 2017. A graduate of Oak Harbor High School and Penta Career Center, he was employed at Riverview Industries. “Dan was always motivated, always enthusiastic. He had a bright smile and contagious laugh. The loss is great,” Finken said. According to his obituary, Lucius was preparing for his first appearance in the Continued on page 2
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