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Bernie, a bomb-sniffing Belgian Malinois that served three tours in Iraq was laid to rest with military honors at Christ Dunberger Post 537, Oregon. Top left, Bernie’s handler, Bret Reynolds, accepts the flag from Corky Walters, of Dunberger Post. Top right, Chaplain Ted Poremski delivers a eulogy for Bernie. Bottom left, the firing squad gives a 3-volley salute.

Bottom right, a photo of Bernie that Reynolds presented to Dunberger Post, where she was made an honorary member.

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Seifert honored

Senior played through father’s death

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Until last month, Eastwood senior Brennan Seifert had never heard of Tim Berta.

“I didn’t know who he was,” said Seifert, 18, “but I knew about the bus crash.

I remember watching it on the news when it happened. It happened down in Georgia and I was thinking, ‘why are they down there, on a tournament or a trip?’ ” On Feb. 16, Seifert received the Tim Berta Courage Award at the National Football Foundation dinner at the SeaGate Center in downtown Toledo. University of Toledo football coach Matt Campbell was the keynote speaker.

Berta was one of 21 Bluffton University baseball players who were injured when their charter bus, headed to Sarasota, Fla., careened off an Atlanta overpass and fell

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A Marine sergeant that finished three combat tours in Iraq protecting soldiers from roadside bombs was honored with a full military memorial service on Sunday at the Christ Dunberger American Legion Post in Oregon.

The Post had conducted many memorial services before for veterans, but the one on Sunday was a first: The officer, a hero by all accounts, was a 13-year-old bomb sniffing dog. Sgt. Bernie, a Belgian Malinois, also was assigned to Secret Service detail near the end of her career to ensure a location was safe for the American president, vice president, secretary of state, as well as the president of Pakistan and other foreign dignitaries visiting the U.S. “Bernie was given the honor because she was a veteran,” said Corky Walters of the Dunberger Post.

“She had a rank. Military dogs are considered veterans just like men and women,” said Walters, who organized the service for Bernie. “I wanted to do it. She deserved it.”

At a meeting of the Color Guard at Dunberger, everyone supported the idea of giving Sgt. Bernie the memorial.

“We’ve done a lot of memorials for veterans. We’ve never done one for a dog,” he said. “It all came together within a week.

Everything just fell into the place.”

A chaplain led the service and spoke fondly of Sgt. Bernie. Seven members of the military fired a 3-volley salute, a ceremonial act performed at military and police funerals.

Walters read “Guardians of the Night,” a poem by an unknown author that speaks of the bond a police and military dog has with its handler, from the dog’s perspective. It is commonly read at police and military dog funerals.

“Trust in me my friend, for I am your comrade,” begins the poem. “I will protect you with my last breath. When all others have left you and the loneliness of the night closes in, I will be at your side.” Following several more verses, the poem ends with, “And when our time together is done and

nearly 20 feet to the highway below. Five Bluffton players were killed, along with the bus driver and his wife.

Berta, who was from Ida, Mich., was a 2002 NFF honoree who was awarded one of the NFF’s annual scholarships by its Wistert Chapter. In 2007, Berta was hon-

ored by the Wistert Chapter for his courage in recovering from the bus accident, and awarded him the Don King Courage Award.

Berta remained involved with the Wistert Chapter, which decided to start an award in his honor: the Tim Berta Courage Award. Eastwood football coach Jerry Rutherford nominated Seifert for the award.

“Brennan is very deserving of the Tim Berta Award,” Rutherford said. “He was forced to overcome so much, both on and off the field.”

“It means a lot to win this award,” Seifert said. “I don’t really know how to describe it. It’s just an honor. I knew the Football Foundation had awards, because previous (Eastwood) classes have gotten academic awards. Jerry told me he was going to nominate me for the award, and when I found out I had won, I wanted to learn Continued on page 4

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Zoning permit request for storage facility dropped Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublication.com An application for a Special Use Exception (SUE) on property where a former lumber yard was located on Brown Road was withdrawn on Monday.

The Oregon Planning Commission had recommended approval for the SUE so that a storage facility for wood and work trailers at 5435 Brown Road could be constructed.

The matter had been referred to Oregon City Council for the March 23 council meeting, where a public hearing on the matter was on the agenda.

“The applicant for this SUE has approached the city with a request to withdraw this application,” said Council President Dennis Walendzak. “On March 17, the applicant notified the city administration that they would like to withdraw the application for the Special Use Exception.

The applicant also requested that the 12 month reapplication period be waived,” he said.

Council granted the request to withdraw the application.

A.A. Boos had planned to buy the property, where a lumber yard had once operated. Sondra Boos applied for the SUE in an R-1 Low Density Residential District A.A. Boos had planned to tear down dilapidated structures on the property and build a new 9,600 square foot pole building for a small woodworking shop, which the company wanted to relocate from its Pickle Road location.

There was some opposition from area neighbors at the Planning Commission meeting, even though the property, which still contains remnants of lumber, is considered an eyesore. A petition with 55 signatures was submitted to the Planning Commission. Concerns were raised about the possible increase in traffic and drainage problems.

Mayor Mike Seferian, who is also on the Planning Commission, said on Monday that A.A. Boos is still interested.

“They’ll maintain business there under the old SUE,” he said. “We are working

with them because if any of you have been there, you’d find that the property is in dire need of a lot of work. And they want to do that work. It’s on such a big scale. It became maybe a bigger project than they thought.

And the outcome of what they were going to try to do wasn’t financially feasible.”

The company is using the property under the existing SUE permit “and plans to formulate another possibility of what they could do to improve the property and make it still work out financially,” said Seferian.

“They hope it will be something that the neighborhood could live with. So we said if they withdrew, we would allow them to reapply if they came up with another possibility for that property,” he said.

The company would start over, he added, at the Planning Commission “versus hashing it out here on the council floor.”

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Most of the adjoining properties are zoned R-1 Residential and A-1 Agricultural.

Buffering would have been required along those properties next to the site once the building was constructed. The property, in a thickly wooded area, is not visible from the street.

Plans had called for approximately six work trailers to be stored outside. There would have been no sales on the property, which would have taken place out of their Pickle Road office. It would have operated from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, rarely on the weekends.

Also at the meeting, council: • approved the levying of special assessments for the repair and construction of sidewalks along a stretch of Navarre Avenue. “With passage of this ordinance, we will be mailing notices to the proper-

ty owners in this project,” said Finance Director Kathleen Hufford. “They will have 60 days to pay. If they do not pay within that period, the amounts will go on the assessment roll.”

• Did not seek a hearing for a new liquor permit for CS Ross Company, DBA Big Lots 45, 3365 Navarre.

• Heard that the Little River Band will be featured at the annual Boomfest.

• Heard from City Administrator Mike Beazley that he will be putting together an ordinance in the next few weeks on ways to enhance the city’s lakefront. “During the budget season, we had a good discussion about looking at the best ways we can enhance connection to the lakefront. We’re starting to discuss some options and proposals with engineering and design firms,” he said.

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Oregon woman looking for missing Maltese dog

By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Cassandra Hammersmith has been searching for her three-year-old dog since it went missing on Saturday, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. from her home on Hazelton Dr. in Oregon.

Cody, a small, white male Maltese, escaped from Hammersmith’s backyard when his female sibling was able to loosen the latch of the gate.

“They went off together. They never go far from each other,” said Hammersmith.

“We searched five hours until it got dark out and we couldn’t see anything. Thirty minutes into our search, we found his sister at Starr and Coy. So we’ve been hitting Starr really hard.”

Though both went off together, the female is not very friendly, she said, and is unlikely to approach strangers. Cody is the opposite.

“She’s mean. She won’t go up to anyone. He’s very friendly. If someone tried to call them over, he would have happily went,” she said. “He’s an inside dog, so he doesn’t know much about cars and streets.”

Cody, a pure bred Maltese, is described as very small, weighing just four pounds.

The dog is missing hair on its legs and stomach due to allergies.

He is not fixed, and he is not wearing a collar.

Hammersmith has posted a photo of Cody taken just a few days before he went missing on the website “Toledo Area Lost and Found Pets,” and has contacted area police in an effort to find him.

An ad on Craigslist and frequent visits to Lucas County Canine Care & Control (dog warden) have turned up nothing.

“Cody is like my child. I had no luck having children in real life. I was really depressed about it. So I decided to fill my house with animals. He gets me through each and every day. I tell him every day how much I love him. I spoil him rotten,” she said.

On a trip to Wendy’s, she picks up his favorite meal, chicken nuggets.

“Wherever I go, he goes. He’s on my lap when we watch movies. He’s always at my feet,” she said. “That’s why it hurts so bad that I can’t find him.”

Hammersmith believes someone in the area has Cody, thinking he was abandoned instead of lost.

She is hoping they will recognize his photo on fliers she’s circulated in the area and learn she is looking for him.

“There is no way he is running around outside somewhere. I’m almost 100 percent positive,” said Hammersmith. “We have been driving everywhere within a five mile radius calling his name. He would come to me instantly if he heard me calling him.

He’d be barking up a storm. We have been

Cody has been missing since March 14, according to his owner doing this for days on end, without any luck. ” Hammersmith is offering a reward for his return, no questions asked. She can be

contacted at 419-612-4796.

“Right now, we just want him back,” she said.

County park board member named Wood County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge David Woessner has appointed Dennis Parish, of Perrysburg, to the Wood County Park District Board of Commissioners.

Parish will finish the balance of the term of retiring board member Robert Callecod, which runs through Dec. 31, 2016.

Parish has more than 40 years of public service in a wide variety of professional and volunteer capacities.

He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Toledo, College of Law, and has been a judge on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals.

He has been a judge on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals, has served as a magistrate in both the Lucas and Wood county juvenile courts, and has been a Lucas County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and a private practitioner attorney.

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Cruelty report Wood County Humane Society Humane Agent Debra Loprete handled a total of 36 cases in February, 17 of which she successfully resolved, 14 of which are open and five of which are still pending further investigation.

Of the 17 closed cases, eight were filed with “no reason for concern,” eight resulted in the administering of additional education, and one was filed as “unable to locate.” Loprete also conducted 29 follow-ups to ongoing and/or closed cases during the month of February.

During February, the shelter took in a total of 21 cats and 11 dogs, Shelter Manager Erin McKibben said. Of the cats, 14 were strays, five were owner surrenders, one was a cruelty confiscation, and one was an adoption return. Of the dogs, three were owner surrenders, three were cruelty confiscations, four were transferred in from other agencies, and one was an adoption return.

The WCHS also adopted out 34 cats and 19 dogs during the month of February.

The shelter, located in Bowling Green, is a full-service, no-kill shelter providing care for homeless and abused pets and investigating cruelty complaints in Wood County. In addition, the organization assists Wood County residents with its Safe Haven and food assistance programs, spay/ neuter transport, and educational presentations.

For information on adopting and/ or volunteering, visit www.woodcountyhumanesociety.org/.

New fire station A groundbreaking ceremony for a new fire station in the Village of Lindsey is scheduled for Sunday, March 29 from 3-7 p.m. at the current fire station, 238 Main St. Chief John Zimmerman and Dep. Chief Jason Conklin will speak at 4:30 p.m.

The fire department conducted a campaign to raise private funding for the new station.

Clothing fundraiser His volunteer activities include serving as vice chair of the Baldwin Woods Advisory Committee for the Wood County Park District; serving as past president and a board member of the Wood County Historical Society; serving as president of Crime Stoppers of Wood County and assisting with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northwest Ohio.

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Sgt. Bernie Continued from front page you move on in the world, remember me with kind thoughts and tales. For a time we were unbeatable. Nothing passed among us undetected. If we should meet again on another street, I will gladly take up your fight…together we are guardians of the night.”

Walters choked back tears reading the poem.

“It got to me. I had to stop and take a couple of deep breaths,” he said. “After the chaplain spoke, and after I read the poem, there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.”

The service also included the playing of the taps.

An American flag, donated by Freck Funeral Chapel on S. Wynn Road, was presented to Bernie’s handler, Bret Reynolds, of Northwood.

Inseparable Reynolds said he was surprised to see that 50-75 people attended the half hour ceremony.

“I was speechless seeing all the people who showed up to honor her and everything she had done. It was absolutely amazing,” he said.

Sgt. Bernie had several handlers in her life. Reynolds, a sergeant in the Marines, was her last. He and Bernie were inseparable after he became her handler following training in Yuma, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas in 2008.

“We worked closely with border control. We were on duty 24 hours per day. We were the only explosive detection dog team within a 180 mile radius,” said Reynolds.

When she retired at 10 years old in 2011, Reynolds adopted her and brought her home.

“I pushed pretty hard for her retirement because of her age. She was getting old for an active service dog. It was a no brainer for me to adopt her. In 2012, I moved back here to Ohio,” said Reynolds.

Bernie was a dedicated working dog, he recalled. But she also had a playful personality when her missions were completed.

“When it was work, she was all business,” he said. “She was just a straight lover when she wasn’t working. She was great with kids, let anyone pet her. But when it came down to business, nothing distracted her from her job.”

Reynolds owns other dogs, including two Belgian Malinois.

“Bernie got along with every one of them, played with them when she could.

One of her favorite things was being outside, walking around and just hanging out,” he said.

When Bernie started slowing down from several ailments and could no longer walk, Reynolds knew it was time to end her suffering.

“She had a lot of different things going on. I knew it was her time. She was lame in her hips and couldn’t stand up and walk.

I had to basically hand feed her. A couple of days before I put her down, she was just lying in her bed. She just couldn’t get up.

That’s when I knew. I had to go south for training. But I couldn’t leave her in that condition.”

He took her to East Suburban Animal Clinic on Woodville Road. Veterinarian Richard Carstensen euthanized Bernie and cremated her at no cost. An urn with her ashes will sit in an honored place after Reynolds finishes moving into his new home. The urn is decorated with Bernie’s rank, a Marine Corps emblem, with the American flag.

“We have a spot picked out,” he said.

Photos and other memorabilia will hang on a wall.

Reynolds always keeps her in his thoughts.

“I see her urn every day when I wake up and before I go to bed,” he said.

Don Zellner plays taps for Sgt. Bernie.

(Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

At left, Eastwood National Football Foundation Courage Award winner Brennan Seifert with University of Toledo football coach Matt Campbell. At right, NFF Genoa award recipients Cody Pickard, Noah Goodrich and Blake Traver. (Press photos by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

Seifert played through father’s death Continued from front page more about it.”

Seifert had to overcome injuries to his left ankle as a sophomore and a torn labrum in his shoulder as a junior and senior. Brennan’s family – his mother Vicki, father Doug, and sister and brother Ashley and Austin – were at the same time dealing with a bigger issue at home. Doug had been battling prostate cancer since 2009.

Brennan managed to excel on the football field, on the basketball court and on the track. Last spring he led the Eagles’ 4x400 relay team to the Division II state championship. Last fall he helped Eastwood win the Northern Buckeye Conference title and advance to the D-V state playoffs. He recently helped the Eagles’ basketball team advance to the regional tournament for the first time in 55 years.

“He was really important to what we did,” basketball coach Matt Routson said.

“He was unable to play basketball his sophomore and junior year because of injuries from football, and he still had the courage to come out for basketball and work his way up the ladder. He was instrumental in what we did in the tournament. I really enjoyed being around him.”

Seifert’s shoulder required surgery following his junior year, and he battled painful turf toe on his right foot last fall. He still

earned second-team All-NBC honors as a punter the last three years, he was a threeyear starter at safety, and he also played running back.

Seifert’s shoulder injury persisted last football season, so he only played on defense and punted.

The NFF put together an inspirational video for the SeaGate Center banquet, and on that video Seifert talked about how his father helped him cope with the many football injuries.

“He helped me through a lot,” Seifert said. “What he’s going through and what I’m going through are not the same, obviously, but he helped me know what to do, how to handle it, how to make the best of it. He just always told me to never give up.

He said, ‘Even though times get tough, you just gotta keep going. God has a plan for everybody.’

“He wanted me to remember that. He never wanted me to think of him as being sick, so we really never talked about that.

He was going to live his life and whatever happens, happens. Whenever times get tough, you just have to keep going.”

In the final football game of Seifert’s career, a playoff loss at unbeaten and fourthranked Marion Pleasant on Nov. 8, Doug Seifert attended the game in a wheelchair and watched from the 15-yard line, with his brother Duane.

When Eastwood running back Grant Geiser suffered a concussion in the first half, Rutherford decided to insert Seifert in Geiser’s place.

Seifert scored two third-quarter touchdowns to tie the game at 28-28. After the second touchdown, the NFF video shows Brennan briefly looking toward his father on the sideline.

“He was never in the wheelchair before that,” Seifert said. “That was the first time I saw him. I actually teared up. I saw my uncle standing there and I saw (my dad) in the wheelchair. At that moment, I knew I had to do this for him and try my hardest.”

Doug Seifert passed away the following morning at St. Luke’s Hospital.

“I wasn’t even back (from the game) yet before he kind of went to rest,” Brennan said. “My mom called the ambulance and she took him to the hospital at midnight.

He told my sister to go home and go to bed, and he told my brother to go to bed. It was just him and my mom there at the hospital.”

Before he passed, Doug Seifert told his family that “this will be the last football game I will ever see.”

Brennan tentatively plans to attend Bowling Green State University and major in environmental science or biology.

Unless, he said, another school “really wants me” to run track.

Bioreactor being tested

Can nitrogen field run-off be prevented?

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com Weather permitting, technicians from the Ottawa Soil and Water District will soon begin taking water samples from an apparatus designed to remove nitrogen from farm fields before it reaches drainage ditches - and ultimately Lake Erie.

Mike Libben, program administrator for the district office, said water sampling from the nitrogen bio-reactor could begin in early April.

“We’re going to start pulling water samples on it to see if it’s really making the difference it’s supposed to,” he said. “The first day of April I’ll start watching the weather. If we get a 1-inch or 2-inch rain that will be a good indicator and I’ll try to get a reading that day so we have a solid spring sampling.”

The bio-reactor is located on a field about three miles north of the Ottawa County Fairgrounds in Carroll Township.

The denitrification process occurs when water in a main field drainage tile passes through a medium such as woodchips before reaching the tile’s end at a drainage ditch.

“In the end,t we’re hoping to reduce the nitrogen levels in the water that is going into the ditch,” Libben said. “That in turn can help reduce the algae bloom in the lake.

Phosphorus is our main problem in Lake Erie but nitrogen is also a contributor. Using different media, iron slag, for example, can pull phosphorus out.”

Libben said he applied for grants from the Lake Erie Waterkeeper through the Healing Our Waters Coalition and from the

Diagram shows how nitrogen would be removed from a drainage tile using woodchips Ohio No-Till Council and the Conservation Tillage Conference for the bio-reactor.

The bioreactor was installed in June of last year. It is 10 feet wide by 50 feet long and processes drainage water from a 6-acre area.

“We did it more as a demonstration project. To get one out there and see what is entailed in the installation and operation,” Libben said. “If it does what it is designed to do, it may be something we can write a grant for more funding to install others. I don’t see farmers saying it looks great and spending an extra $700 to $800 an acre to try it. I think we’ll need a grant incentive to get a few more installed and study them a little more.”

Bioreactor sampling results over a three-year period from soybean fields in Greene, Hamilton, Hancock and Webster counties in Iowa showed significant reductions in nitrogen levels.

“The science appears to be there and they do what they’re supposed to do from

what I’ve read. The question is, is it cost effective?” Libben said.

He discussed the bioreactor and other devices called water control structures during a presentation at the Lake Erie Conference organized by the Lake Erie Waterkeeper on March 20.

Grant funding is available for the water control structures, which act like a dam to prevent or reduce water from leaving a main tile at a ditch. By raising or lowering the blocking device, a grower can manage the water leaving a field.

“By having the boards in place the water will back up to whatever height the boards are set. Following harvest in the fall, you’d put the boards in place to raise the water table throughout the winter months and hold more nutrients in the field,” Libben said. “The boards would then be removed in late March or so, letting the water flow more freely out and dry the field for spring planting.”

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Towns along Portage River hope flood threat has passed

By Yaneek Smith and Larry Limpf news@presspublications.com Warmer weather is generally regarded as a good thing. But for several area towns the spring season has become synonymous with melting snow and ice – and flooding.

Compounding their concerns is the possibility of ice jams.

Last year, the Village of Pemberville experienced considerable flooding problems, and there’s always the fear that this could happen again this time of the year.

Not far away, the Maumee River, which has historically caused springtime problems for northwest Ohio towns like Waterville and Grand Rapids, recently pushed some big chunks of ice into the Riverside Cemetery in Maumee, which houses Civil War-era headstones. The ice chunks also damaged fences, trees, park benches and signs.

Currently, it appears as though those living along the Portage River in villages like Oak Harbor, Elmore, Woodville and Pemberville, are safe from the flooding.

“We don’t have any potential flooding issues,” Pemberville Mayor Gordon Bowman said last week. “We did have them when the ice broke in the Portage, (and when) the temperatures warmed up, (we had) some minor flooding. We have some low spots that create a flood plain.

We were fortunate this year. Last year, there was some potential for flooding, but it’s never reached that.”

At this point, only an inordinate amount of rain would hurt Pemberville.

“The ground is thawing out,” Bowman said. “As soon as it thaws out, plants start to grow and they absorb a lot of water. It would take a significant rain, over three inches within a 24-hour period to be of any concern at all. It’s very rare that we have that amount of rain in 24 hours.”

To the northeast in Oak Harbor, conditions appear to be under control as well.

In all, the Portage, which travels along State Rt. 105 for much of its path, is ap-

The Pemberville/Freedom Township area experienced extensive flooding in 2013.

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“From what we see, upstream, back towards Woodville and areas like that, it

seems like we’ll be OK,” said Oak Harbor Village Administrator Randy Genzman.

“The ice flows seem to be breaking up and not causing damage like they are in Toledo and Waterville. If things stay consistent, we don’t anticipate anything.”

Genzman said several local landmarks can cause ice dams to form.

“We have the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge, the interurban railroad piers, which are no longer in service, but the piers are still there, and we have a bridge on Route 19,” Genzman said.

“That’s a lot of things that can hold the ice up and cause flooding back upstream and that’s where we can run into problems with local flooding. From what we see in Elmore, Woodville and Pemberville, if we get a slow melt and we don’t have a big rainfall, we should get by alright.”

Some of the areas in the Oak Harbor area that are more susceptible to flooding are the S-curve on State Route 19 near Muddy Creek, Woodrick Road, which begins near the Portage and crosses the Little Portage River and some of the lowlying areas located to the south and east of town.

In Woodville, Mayor Richard Harman said there had been flooding in Trailmarker Park, which sits along the Portage, but there were no major problems. “It was never an issue like last year or previous years,” he said, adding a large ice cap broke free and floated swiflty downriver toward Elmore.

“I didn’t see any ice jams in our area, There were no real serious issues,” the mayor said. “Who can explain how the situation in the Maumee River happens and this year we were lucky?”

The village secured a grant in 2014 to purchase a S. Perry Street property and demolish the residence because it sat in an area that frequently flooded.

The owner has been unable to sell the property due to seasonal flooding of the Portage River, village officials said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency administered the grant money for such mitigation projects.

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Public levy forum planned for Wednesday, April 1

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A public forum to discuss the upcoming levies for the Genoa School District is scheduled for April 1 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium.

Members of the board of education and levy committee will be attending to answer questions.

Voters in the district will decide two levies on the May 5 ballot.

An additional emergency levy will generate about $1.025 million annually if approved. It would be in effect for five years and would equal approximately 6.38 mills on property owners taxes.

For the owner of a $100,000 home, it would cost about $223 a year in additional taxes.

A 5-mill, 5-year renewal levy will also be on the ballot. It generates about $400,000 and is set to expire at the end of

this year. Voters first approved it in 1990.

The levy committee has also scheduled a forum for May 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the elementary school cafeteria.

A 5-year forecast of the district’s finances projects it will end the fiscal year on June 30 of this year with a balance of about $1.3 million. Bill Nye, district treasurer, has estimated the balance will drop to $500,000 by June 2016 and become a deficit of about $500,000 by June 2017 without additional revenues or spending cuts.

The school board has prepared a tentative list of spending cuts totaling approximately $945,000 if additional revenue isn’t approved.

About six teaching positions at the elementary school will be dropped and a special education teacher position will be left vacant by attrition. At the middle school, three aide positions, an art teacher, technology teacher and physical education instructor will be dropped.

The Virtual Learning Academy program is also on the proposed list of cuts as are the vocational agriculture program and consumer science program that are based on Penta Career Center funding.

A library aide and special education aide at the high school and a technology assistant who works at all grade levels would also be dropped.

To generate more revenues, pay-toparticipate fees for students in grades seven through 12 and general student fees for all grade levels would be increased to $200 from $100.

Nye said the increased fees would

bring in about $140,000 in revenues if the number of students participating in extra-curricular activities stays near current levels.

He said the district receives about half of its operating revenue from the state but the amount has been dropping in recent years by about $435,000 annually as the state has shifted taxes away from tangible personal property of businesses.

“The bottom line for us is our problem stems from reductions by the state,” he said.

Genoa voters twice last year rejected levy requests for additional funding.

Conservation workshop held Ag Notes Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District’s “Women in Conservation Series” will be held the third Wednesday of every month from 5:30-8 p.m. April through September at various locations in Ottawa County.

The first workshop, which will be held April 15 at the new state-of-the-art indoor rifle range at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, will include a presentation on the history of the camp and the Civilian Marksmanship Program, followed by hands-on instruction and use of the rifle range. The cost for this session is $20. There is space for 80 women.

The topics and dates for future sessions include: • May 20: Canoeing at Green Creek in Sandusky County; • June 17: Night on the Farm at Moore Orchards & Toussaint River Angus Farms; • July 15: Natural Skincare at Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District Office (the session fee for the make-and-take session with lip balm, bath salts, and foot scrubs is $40); • Aug. 19: Night at the Marsh at Winous Point Marsh; • Sept. 16: Corn Cob Angel Craft at Schedel Gardens; Each session will provide dinner, an opportunity to talk with experts in their field, socializing with other women interested in the outdoors and fun.

Unless otherwise noted, the cost is $15 per session. Sessions are typically limited to 15 participants, To register or to receive more information, call 419-898-1595 or visit www.ottawaswcd.com.

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Education Published fourth week of month.

Machine Mechanics graduates complete 16-week program Seven students who completed the Marine Mechanics, Skills for Life program were honored at a March 12 graduation at the Ottawa County Job and Family Services office in Oak Harbor.

Graduates included Denise Barker, Josh Calderon, Veronica Dwyre, Juan Garibaldo, Donald Janey, Justin Jeko, and Brian Strausbaugh. Each received a portfolio that included a completion certificate, résumé, CPR certification card, Ohio Boating Safety Certification and forklift-training certification card.

The Marine Mechanics course is provided by WSOS Community Action Commission, PENTA Career Center and Erie County Job and Family Services.

Classes took place in the Ottawa County Job and Family Services office in partnership with the Ottawa County Improvement Corporation.

After completing the 16-week program, students are qualified and ready to work in the marine industry, course instructor Greg Sharp said.

“All marinas are now looking for employees, and there are many different jobs in the marine industry,” Sharp said. “This course gives graduates the basic knowledge and ability to start working in the field.”

The program typically runs each winter, usually starting in November and ending in March. Interested individuals may call George Dupey at 419-334-3332 or Roger Fisher at 419-333-6069 for more information.

SkillsUSA honors Several area Penta Career Center students earned top awards at the SkillsUSA Regional Competition held in February at EHOVE Career Center in Milan, Ohio.

All award winners will advance to the Ohio SkillsUSA Championships in Columbus April 14 and 15.

Among the first-place (gold medal) winners were David Bankey (North Baltimore), Zach McCoy (Baltimore) and Chance Sigurdson (Oak Harbor), all from Welding, for the Welding Fabrication contest; and Megan Low (Otsego) and model Jessica Austin from Genoa, from Cosmetology, for the Nail Care contest.

Second-place (silver medal) winners included Alexandra Priddy (Oak Harbor) from Computer Hardware/Networking, for the Prepared Speech contest and Olivia Reno (Genoa) from Medical Technologies, for the Medical Math contest; Third-place (bronze medal) winners were Jonathan Faneuff (Genoa) and Abram Reyes (Eastwood) both from Public Safety/ Criminal Justice; Ashley Kramer (Maumee), Marissa Panos (Northwood), M’Kayla Pant (Anthony Wayne), Kylee Taylor (Swanton), and Liz Rood (Eastwood), all from Cosmetology, for the Opening and Closing Team contest; Alex Moore (Eastwood) from Automotive Collision Repair, for the Collision Repair Technology contest; Jaclyn Sampsell (Genoa) (and model Alexis Neagley (Perrysburg) from Cosmetology, for the Nail Care contest; Jesse Thornton (Eastwood) from Welding, for the Welding contest; SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. The organization provides quality educational experiences such as leadership, teamwork, citizenship, and character development skills.

Undefeated Spirit Former UT/CFL start quarterback Chuck Ealey continues to give back to the Toledo community. On March 24, Ealey presented $3,000 in scholarships to area scholars/scholar athletes through his Undefeated Spirit Foundation.

Five football players, five girls basketball players, and five students who entered essays for his consideration were recognized and presented scholarships at an event hosted by Leadership Toledo at the Driscoll Alumni Center.

Winners $500 scholarship; finalists received $125 for future schooling.

Girls Athletics – Jordyn Taylor (Lake High School), winner; finalists Megan Burns, (St. Ursula Academy), Ramiyah Henry (Waite), Dre’yonna Johnson (Scott) and Natalie Yoder (Springfield).

Boys Athletics – Joe Sinay (Cardinal

Seven graduates with instructor Greg Sharp, of the Marine Mechanics, Skills for Life Program were honored at a March 12 ceremony.

(Submitted photo) Stritch), winner; finalists Jeremy Pratt (Waite), Dakari Adams (Scott), Nick Lankard (St. Francis de Sales High School) and Brian Utter (Maumee).

The Essay Finalist was Susan Hagemeyer, of Sylvania Southview, who won $500 scholarship.

Academic honors Arizona State University: Virginia Bahs, of Oak Harbor.

Centre College: Claire Koniecny, of Millbury.

University of Findlay: Dianne LaForge, Rachel Nelson, Joshua Pennington, Michael Wiedmann, of Oregon; Clay Parlette, of Curtice; Jordan Deck, of Elmore; Tyler Hoyles, of Genoa; Molly Burkett, Andrew Burmeister, Kelsey Nevius, of Gibsonburg; Randy Caris, Tiffany Wagoner, of Luckey; Kathryn Mehlow, of Oak Harbor; Courtney Rolf, Emily Zielinski, of Pemberville; Devon Sherwood-Robinson, of Walbridge; Laura Luckey, of Woodville.

Huntington University: Tyler Burson, of Oregon; Austin Flores, of Oak Harbor.

University of Dallas: Bridget Weisenburger, of Pemberville.

Siena Heights University: Michelle Galdieux, Julie Stanley, Alexis Donnelly, of Oregon.

Spring Arbor University: Hope Myers, of Toledo.

Graduates Spring Arbor University: Cory Cantu, April Fairchild, of Oregon; Arica Gogol, Jonathan Gogol, of Walbridge; Roxanne King, of Graytown; Alice Kirkendall, of Oak Harbor; Michael Ontko, of Gibsonburg.

Inducted Laura Luckey, of Woodville and Veronica Sinift, of Toledo, were among University of Findlay students inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The mission of the society, which has chapters on more than 300 college and university campuses in North America and the Philippines, is “to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”

Owens awards scholarships Owens Community College Foundation has awarded more than $153,400 in scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year to students for their outstanding achievements.

“Owens Community College’s Foundation is honored to recognize these outstanding scholarship recipients for their exemplary efforts while pursuing their dream of a college education,” said Laura Moore, Interim Executive Director of College Development and the Foundation.

“It is the generous support of our donors that allows us to recognize and honor these students’ achievements. Every donor who supports Foundation scholarships helps in providing enhanced opportunities for students to achieve success.”

Winners included: • Alumni Legacy Scholarship: Aricka

Student Stars Lavoy of Pemberville, $3,500.

• American Society for Industrial Security International, Toledo Chapter, Fred C. Heck and Charles W. North Scholarships: Amber Harris of Walbridge, $500.

• Chuck Holsclaw Memorial Scholarship: Kira Robertson of Oregon, $1,000.

• Delta Dental Foundation Dental Hygiene Scholarship: Rebecca Acosta of Pemberville, $1,250.

• Edwin H. Simmons Memorial Scholarship: Alexander Bohland of Oregon, Alexander Korecki of Toledo and Tim Martin of Toledo, $2,500.

• James H. Baehren Scholarship: Heather Haynes, of Pemberville, $614.

• Janet and Ralph Patchin LegUP Scholarship: Jonathan Thomas, of Walbridge, $2,500.

• John Deere Scholarship: Nathan Patton, of Walbridge, $500.

• Jones-Hamilton Company Scholarship: Alexander Shelhart, of Oregon, $900.

• Mary’s Scholarship: Elizabeth Fajkos of Oregon, $466 scholarship; Janet Torres of Oregon $560.25, and Robert Mullens of Oregon $126.10.

• Mike and Carol Bower Honors Scholarship: Kimberly Ferguson, of Northwood $1,250.

• Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Scholarship: Megan Dunn of Graytown, $500.

• Officer William A. Miscannon Memorial Scholarship: Taylor Beck of Genoa, $1,800.

• Owens Community College Foundation Scholarship: Tammy Williams, of Genoa, $500.

• Pauline Schmidt Memorial Scholarship: Rebecca Acosta, of Pemberville, $326.

• Post-Secondary Option Book Scholarship: Emily Mysinger of Curtice; Amalya Stevenson, of Northwood each received $800.

“School of Music” Lake seventh-grader Lisa Tersigni was chosen to attend the School of Music, the 2015 Ohio State Middle School Honor Band Festival held Feb. 21 in Columbus.

Tersigni plays clarinet and saxophone.

Learning abroad Michael Weisenburger, a University of Dallas student from Pemberville, spent the 2014 fall semester studying abroad at the University of Dallas’ 12-acre Eugene Constantin Campus just outside Rome, Italy.

Since 1970, University of Dallas students have had the opportunity - usually in their sophomore years - to spend a semester in the Eternal City studying, traveling and experiencing the art, architecture, literature, philosophy and deeds that form the basis of Western civilization. In addition to taking study trips to locations like the Roman Coliseum and the Vatican, students also travel throughout Italy on professorled tours. A highlight of the semester is a 10-day study tour of Greece where students perform plays in ancient amphitheaters and read about Socrates on the sites where he once philosophized.

Parkins named Kateri’s principal There will be a lot of big changes coming to St. Kateri Catholic Schools next school year, including a new principal and a new leader in the development office.

Kevin Parkins has been named to become the next principal of SKCS. The Maumee native has been with Kevin Parkins the school since 2010, and has been the Vice President of Advancement. Prior to SKCS, he was an English teacher at St. Wendelin in Fostoria.

“Kevin has displayed a great deal of leadership during his time at St. Kateri Catholic Schools and has helped the school improve its alumni relations and enrollment,” said Fr. Eric Schild, president of SKCS. During his time as the Vice President of Advancement, Parkins increased the annual amount of funding to the school by more than $250,000 annually. He also helped create and launch the STEMM initiative while also supporting marketing and advertising strategies. Parkins holds a

Master’s of Education in K-12 Curriculum and Development, which will help ease his transition into this new role.

Tim Malone, the current principal, will become the Principal Emeritus for his final year as a school administrator. In that role, Malone will assist Parkins with the transition, as well as teach social studies classes.

Tolani Afolabi will take over for Parkins in the development office. With more than 20 years of experience as an executive and development director, she brings a vast amount of experience to SKCS. One of her main responsibilities will be raising funds and strengthening alumni relations. She has been working with the school’s development office since this past fall.

Over her career, Afolabi has generated more than $12.5 million for her past employers, including generating more than $8 million for the Flower Hospital Foundation when she was its executive director from 2008-2014. In the Toledo-Area, she has also spent time with Bay Park Hospital and Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity.

Prior to moving to Toledo in 2001, Afolabi worked in the state of New York.

She was with the Family Residences & Essential Enterprises from 1991-1997, and was the Director of Development and Public Relations for the New Interdisciplinary School (NIS) 1997-2001. While employed at NIS, Afolabi raised more than $1.4 million.

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Outstanding service

Lake to represent Toledo region at National Jefferson Awards Lake High School’s Youth Jefferson Awards/Students In Action program was selected by a panel of judges to represent the Toledo region at the national Jefferson Awards ceremonies in June in Washington, D.C. Leadership Toledo (LT) Executive Director David Schlaudecker announced the selection at the Jefferson Awards Breakfast held earlier this month.

Because of its well-respected youth programming, LT was selected in late 2008 by the national Jefferson Awards for Public Service to facilitate the local Youth Jefferson Awards/Students In Action (SIA) program.

SIA, whose mission is to pass a tradition of service and volunteerism to the next generation of young Americans, now has a presence at all of the Toledo region’s 39 area high schools including Cardinal Stritch, Clay, Eastwood, Lake, Northwood and Waite, among others.

Each year, SIA students from the 39 schools are invited to demonstrate how their year-long efforts have redefined the culture of their campus to one of service and further document how each has met the national Youth Jefferson Awards/ Students In Action initiative’s seven goals: • Engage the School Community; • Establish an Effective Leadership Team; • Expand Volunteer Capacity; • Expand Financial Capacity of Volunteers; • Tell Stories in the Community; • Grow and Expand SIA; • Innovation.

The judging panel, which included Lucas County Commissioner Tina Skeldon

Lake High School student leaders Kate Swartz and Aaron Witt were joined at the Jefferson Awards Breakfast by Principal Lee Herman and Students In Action Advisor Tonya Schauwecker. (Submitted photo)

Wozniak; Keith Wilkowski of Block Communications/Buckeye CableSystem; John Fedderke of The Blade, and Jim Walrod, president of Leadership Toledo’s Board of Trustees, evaluated the competing schools’ responses to online survey questions and viewed brief video presentations.

According to Schlaudecker, the decision “was extremely difficult yet unanimous with the deciding factor being the continued leadership and commitment shown by Lake’s students to serving their school, neighborhoods, community and the region. Perhaps it has been Lake’s firsthand experience of the value and importance of caring for others, evidenced in the aftermath of the 2010 tornado that demolished their school, that motivates these young people to not wait for the future to make a difference – they continually show us just how much they are capable of doing – now.”

Schlaudecker credited the administrators and advisors at all the schools for helping the impact of SIA to grow beyond just an opportunity to receive an award.

He praised student leaders throughout the region who now create a myriad of service opportunities for their peers, including organizing days of service for their classmates, arranging food drives for struggling families in neighborhoods throughout the city, visiting area independent/intermittent/long-term care facilities and offering their time, talents, and treasures to brighten the days of senior citizens.

According to Kristina White, Director of Community Impact for Leadership Toledo, the 39 schools currently involved in SIA expect to far exceed the 304,626 hours of service documented in 2014.

Schneider honored

Top Conservation Education Teacher During the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ (OFSWCD) 72nd Annual Conservation Partnership Conference, “Built on Strength, Sustained with Passion” sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America, Clay High School environment and agriculture teacher Charlie Schneider was recognized as the “Conservation Education Teacher of the Year” in the secondary category.

Schneider was lauded as an inspiration to his students and the district. According to the event program, “It is evident that he truly cares about his students and that they have the skills to apply their knowledge of the environment in their daily lives. Mr. Schneider’s students are fostered in the concepts of responsible practices for living in the Lake Erie/Maumee River/Black Swamp watersheds. Students gain experience taking soil samples, tests for nutrients and determining fertilizer requirements for

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Students also compete at environmental contests including placing at area and state envirothons and FFA contests.”

Schneider was also credited for his involvement in conservation efforts and community service opportunities, and for his efforts and the work of his students in the Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual tree sale and tree education outreach.

“Charlie is an amazing example for our students,” said Lucas SWCD Education Specialist Jamie Kochensparger. “He wants his students to learn and be involved in making a difference” For more information on conservation programs and practices, call Lucas SWCD at 419-893-1966.

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Solomon Lutheran School hosts 5K & 1 mile fun run Solomon Lutheran School, 305 W. Main St., Woodville, will present the Second Annual 5Kay Run/Walk & Kids 1 Mile Fun Run Saturday, May 30 The first race event was hosted in honor of Kay Nickelsen who retired in 2014 after teaching at Solomon for 37 years. The race embodies some of the values she has shared with her students including living a healthy lifestyle and protecting the environment.

The “5Kay” course will start and finish at Trail Marker Park, and will take participants for a scenic run along the Portage River. Awards will be presented to overall male/female winners in various age groups, which include 9 and under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and older.

The 5K walk and the Kids 1 Mile Fun Run are noncompetitive. All finishers will receive a finisher’s award.

All pre-registered participants will receive a t-shirt. A limited number of shirts will be available on race day. Refreshments will be provided at finish.

Entry fees for the 5K Race/5K Walk are $25 if postmarked by May 16 (t-shirts not guaranteed after this date); and $30 on race day (with shirt, if available) or $25 with no shirt.

Registration for the 1 Mile Kids Fun Run is $10 if postmarked by May 16 (tshirts not guaranteed after this date) and $15 on race day with shirt if available or $10 with no shirt.

Sign up online at www.runsignup. com. Participants, volunteers and sponsors can also get more information and register through the school website at www.solomon-lutheran-school.com.

Congressional Art Competition The deadline for high school students in Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District to submit their original artwork for the 2015 Congressional Art Competition is Wednesday, April 1. The competition, which is hosted by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), provides an opportunity for one high school student to have his or her artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

“The Congressional Art Competition is a tremendous opportunity for us to showcase the wealth of artistic talent in Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District,” said Latta.

“I encourage all high school students to submit their artwork this year and look forward to seeing our district’s artwork on display in the United States Capitol.”

All artwork will be on display at the Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Gallery in the University of Findlay’s Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion April 27 through May 2.

Competition winners will be announced at a reception there Saturday, May 2. The overall winner’s artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol alongside the artwork from other nationwide contestants. In addition, three honorable mentions will also be announced and displayed in Congressman Latta’s district offices.

Each student is allowed one entry.

Applicants can drop off their application and artwork at Congressman Latta’s district offices in Bowling Green at 1045 N. Main St., Suite 6. District staff is also available to pick up artwork from students. To arrange a pick-up time, call 800-541-6446.

For more information, visit www. house.gov/content/educate/art_competition/.

R.C. Waters Elementary kindergarten screenings Benton-Carroll-Salem School District will hold kindergarten registration and screening April 15, 16 and 17 at R.C. Waters Elementary School.

Children who are 5 years old by Sept.

30 are eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall. All kindergarten students should be screened and registered to begin the school year.

Parents/guardians should call the elementary school at 419-898-6219 to schedule an appointment. Appointment times are 8:15-10:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 1 -3 p.m. each day.

A parent /guardian must be present with the child during the entire screening appointment. All parent information and registration forms will be completed at the screening session.

Items to be brought to the appointment include the child’s birth certificate, immunization records and Social Security card; proof of residency; parent/guardian

GPA driver’s license and custody papers, if applicable. Children should dress in comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.

Youth volunteer sign-ups Registration is now open for youths who want to participate in Storm Drain Marking for Global Youth Service Day, Saturday, April 18.

From 9 a.m.-noon youths are invited to join the dozens of volunteers who will be marking storm drains throughout various area jurisdictions with a clear message to citizens that “Drains are for Rain, Flows to Waterway.” Volunteers will also pass out informational door hangers. Locations include Lucas County and the cities of Oregon, Northwood and Toledo, among others.

An Appreciation Picnic will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Fifth Third Field. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held April 25.

Pre-registration is required by April 3. Contact Partners for Clean Streams to register at 419-874-0727 or email Ava@ PartnersforCleanStreams.org.

Buccaneer Bash St. Boniface Catholic School’s Spring Fling – a Buccaneer Bash – is set for Saturday, April 18. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. A catered dinner fit for a pirate will be served at 6:30 p.m. The evening will also include music, a cash bar, various auctions,

raffles and games.

Tickets are $25 per person or reserve a pirate ship (table of 10) for $200. For more information, contact Chairperson Sandy Heschel at 419-341-3623 or email sheschel@hotmail.com.

Kindergarten registration Northwood Schools will hold kindergarten registration April 14-16 from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and April 17 from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Olney Office, 512 Lemoyne Rd. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must turn 5 on or before Sept. 30. When parents come to register their children, they should bring their child’s birth certificate; Social Security card; proof of residency (driver’s license, purchase or lease agreement, building permit, utility bill); immunization records, custody papers (if applicable), health records. Children need not attend the session.

For more information, contact Mrs. Canaday at the Olney Office at 419-6912601.

Gibsonburg Schools set kindergarten screenings Gibsonburg Schools will hold kindergarten screenings April 9 and 10 in room 200 at Hilfiker Elementary School, 301 Sunset Ave., Gibsonburg.

Screening times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. both days. Sessions will last approximately two hours. Parents will have the opportunity to meet the principal, teachers and other school personnel. Students will meet with various professionals for vision, hearing, developmental, fine and large motor skills, language and social screenings.

To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be 5 on or before Aug. 1. In addition,

the school nurse must have completed physician’s and dentist’s reports submitted by the first day of school.

Call the elementary school at 419-6377249 to schedule a screening appointment.

Lake kindergarten meeting Lake Local Schools will hold an informational and registration meeting for parents regarding the all-day, every-day kindergarten, which will be implemented for the 2015-16 school year. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1, 2015 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten.

Session choices are 9:30-11 a.m., 12:30-2 p.m. or 6-7:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Pre-register online at www. lakeschools.org and click on “buildings,” then choose Lake Elementary and go to LES Kindergarten Registration.

For more information, call Cindy Alemino at 419-661-6682.

Teen poetry contest The Harris-Elmore Public Library will sponsor its Ninth Annual Teen Poetry Contest, dubbed the Georgiana Huizenga Poetry Contest, during the month of April.

The contest is open to students in seventh through 12th grade (or the equivalent for homeschooled students). Categories include Male Poet, Serious; Male Poet, Humorous; Female Poet, Serious and Female Poet, Humorous. There is a limit of three poems per person.

Poems should be typed on one side of the paper, but may be more than one page in length. Entries must be submitted to the library, 328 Toledo St., Elmore, by April 30.

Winners in each category will receive a $25 gift certificate to a local book store. For more information, call the library at 419862-2482.

Front from left: Breanna Large, Allie Large, Bailey Blunt, Mikyla Claus, Meleen Turco, Bianca Hyrincw; second row: Macoy Velliguette, Clay Schulte, Jac Alexander, Hope Sievert, Sam Tallman, Hannah Wybele, Kristen Lorentz, Jackie Witt; third row: Erin Callahan, Tyler May, Matthew Dewitz, Stephen Reaper, Anthony Stewart, Cade Burroughs, Cameron Crandall; fourth row: Haley Lenke, Mrs. Tisha Augustyniak, Cidney Sines, Emily Wolf, Reese Laughlin, Cora Domanowski, Gabby Branch, Katelyn Schling, Sophia Eli, Kelly Croy. (Submitted photo)

Oak Harbor, African students connect through video chat Seventh-graders at Oak Harbor Middle School recently finished reading the novel “A Long Walk to Water,” as part of the Engage New York Common Core Module, with paired non-fiction readings about the African tribes and cultures.

The novel tells the true story of Salva Dut’s struggle to survive as a Lost Boy in Sudan, Africa, and his eventual success in drilling wells to provide clean water for the villages in his homeland.

To help connect the novel to current conditions of people – especially children – living in Africa, English teachers Kelly Croy and Tisha Augustyniak facilitated an opportunity for the seventh-graders to video chat with students at the Cheere

Children Education Centre School in Africa. The centre, located in the largest slum in Africa in population and size, gives poverty stricken children a refuge to be cared for and educated.

One of the biggest challenges the teachers faced in organizing the Skype lesson was the time difference. The African students are eight hours ahead of their Oak Harbor counterparts. To facilitate the video chat session, Oak Harbor students arrived early and the African students stayed late.

“It was an amazing discovery to find out, like the characters in our story, that these African students also struggled on a daily basis to gain access to clean water,” Croy said.

The students also asked each other what they enjoyed and did in their free time, and since the African students had never seen snow before, the Oak Harbor students turned the camera to the window.

The students plan on making a charitable contribution to the school they Skyped to help the very students they interviewed. “The students will be sending a care package and a donation to literally the other side of the world to help some of the most impoverished students in the world,” Croy said.

The exchange also inspired the seventh-graders to begin work on persuasive arguments for various other charities.

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Macy McGrady Macy has a GPA of 4.34 and is ranked 2nd in her class. She is a member of the National Honor Society (vice-president), Cardinal Core, Stock Club, Student Ambassador and Students in Action. She also participates in varsity golf.

Rachel has a 4.24 GPA and is ranked 6th in her class. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Strive, International Club, Eagles Art Society, Limelighters, Prom Committee, Buckeye Girls State and DECA. She also participates in tennis and volunteers at St. Vincent’s Mercy Medical Center.

Macy, daughter of Mike & Wendy McGrady plans to major in Bio Engineering at the University of Toledo and to go on to medical school.

Rachel, daughter of Kim & Mike Lutheran, plans to study pre-med to specialize in emergency medicine or pediatrics.

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What food do you prepare that is most requested by family and friends?

Do you think 75 mph is a good speed limit for the Ohio Turnpike and rural highways?

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Ruth Tippey Toledo "I get requests all the time to make Pretzel Salad. I was told to make one thing for Christmas and my kids had a ¿t that it wasn't pretzel salad.

It's their favorite! It's pretzel crust with cool whip and sour cream and fruit in Jello on the top. "

Nancy Fulop Toledo "Pigs in a Blanket... my kids love it! They don't like the pig so much. They really just like the cabbage and the tomato soup. They call it slop."

Wars and debt To the editor: This letter is in reply to letters March 9 and March 23. Let’s look at the debt in the U. S. In the first place, President Bush started this whole mess by getting us in two wars not paid for, costing almost $3-4 trillion and a few other things that helped the rich when this country went into a deep depression in 2008.

Bush’s total amount was almost $10 trillion after everything this idiot did. Then President Obama came along and was trying to fix everything. He needed $2 trillion to try and get us out of this mess which the Republicans did not like because he is black. They just wanted him out of the White House, especially Mitch McConnell, who is so prejudiced against this president.

A lot more Republicans who are prejudiced knew this president wanted to fix what he could but they said no to everything he wanted to do.

This president got this country back from the worst recession since the Great Depression in 1929. When the Republicans wanted to see the automobile industry go under, he brought the industry back. The stock market improved also. The country was getting better and jobs were coming back no thanks to those useless idiots in the Republican Party. All they care about was seeing him fail, but that did not happen.

Of course Obamacare has helped millions of people but they hate that too. They hate everything about this president. The Republican Party does not care about the middle class or the poor. It is all about the rich, the NRA, oil and gas and loopholes for the rich. Then there are the unions, Social Security and Medicare. The Republicans want to take all that away from the middle class and the poor.

When the Republicans show up in Cleveland to choose their candidate, there will be thousands of protestors and speakers. Everyone at MSNBC News knows this to be true. I will be there too. We will put another Democrat in the White House in 2016 and take the House and the Senate back. If they really cared about jobs like they say, why did they say no to infrastructure, which means bridges and roads and a few more things that would have created millions of jobs?

That is the real story here in America.

When everything is said and done, Democrats will win in 2016, whether it is Hillary Clinton or someone else.

Republicans may have a chance in 2024 if they wake up but I don’t see that happening. We all need to wake up before it is too late for the U.S. Erwin Frohlich Walbridge

Stand united and vote To the editor: There have been many good things that have happened to the Genoa Area Local School District in the past five years.

For example: • A previous school board was able to purchase the 60-acre farm adjacent to the high school at a fair market value.

• The administration was able to obtain a state grant which helped pay for remodeling and building new school buildings.

• A dedicated athletic booster club was able to donate money and time to build athletic facilities which are second to none in Northwest Ohio.

• Our high school was recently recog-

Jean Donofrio Oregon "Mine is pasta and meatballs in a homemade Italian sauce.

Whenever my kids and grand kids come over that is what we have because that is what they want. I learned how to make it from my husband's Italian mother."

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Jane Fitch Toledo "I make my turkey dressing for Christmas and my ham gravy for Easter.

Even if my sons can't make it over for the holiday they come over at night to get some!"

Ronald Ohm Toledo "Lamb. I'd make it for my extended family every year. I take a paring knife, make slits all over it and I put garlic in there and any herbs I have that go with lamb and marinate it overnight.

Before I put it in the oven I spray it with olive oil."

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nized as one of the best in the nation.

We have lived in this community long enough to see our high school graduates succeed in every field imaginable, such as the service fields, skilled trades, farming, medicine, teaching, military service, law enforcement including lawyers and prosecutors, science, small business, engineering, professional sports, and many more.

Our students have graduated and become successful citizens.

Our school board and administrators have been very frugal in the management of our tax money. One of the most unfortunate things, however, is that the State of Ohio has consistently reduced the monetary support of our schools in recent years. Because of the continued loss of state revenues, the school districts that have citizens that are willing to stand up and provide local support are the ones that are going to succeed in the near future. We would like to see our schools continue to be a part of a great district. Will you please stand united with us in support of the school levy so we can continue to have a school district we are all proud of?

run. This is why we have a huge debt that keeps on growing. We see Republican governors like Scott Walker and John Kasich doing the same thing on the state level – leading to huge state debts and underfunded schools.

Then there are the wars the dimwit Bush started. This is the biggest drain on our government finances. Not happy to add trillions to our deficit while cutting taxes on the rich, these same conservatives want to start another war with Iran, which will add trillions to our debt. They also keep pushing to add more to military spending when we already far outrank the world in military spending. Then conservative deep thinkers blame Obama for not getting us out of our Bush wars. If he did, these same conservatives would be screaming he’s a traitor for weakening America.

It’s time conservatives stop listening to propaganda and learn to start thinking for themselves.

Rosemary and Richard Jones Williston

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The only answer To the editor: I’m writing this letter first to address the coyote article in last week’s Press. The coyote population all over Ohio is terrible.

I am a hunter, trapper and licensed fur buyer. Studies were done this year on Northwest Ohio specifically to learn and better understand how they live in inner cities and just how many coy-dogs or coy-wolves there are. Personally, I caught several this year that appeared to have collie mix, and some appeared as red fox and timber wolf. Members of the Ohio State Trappers Association have sent in ample amounts of samples for these tests to be done.

Also, consider this…the adult Canada goose can defecate up to a pound a day.

Think about that when you’re watching them in your pond. Geese nest in or around water and marshlands and pose their own problems. I have yet to see a coyote swimming through a marsh or marshlands to prey on goslings. However, the article was correct in that eradicating coyotes will only bring more but, they have to run out sometime or learn to stay away from humans.

Eradication is the only answer – they will literally stop at nothing when it comes to food, including scaling fences for livestock and poultry.

And the whole water issue? We have more than 1,100 consecutive acres of wetlands. Let them do what they do naturally – un-dyke areas of the marsh.

Justin Cousino Curtice/Oregon

Albert Kapustar Oregon

To the editor: Given last week’s letters, consider the following: The federal budget deficit as a percentage of GDP has been reduced from Bush’s 2008 high budget deficit of 10 percent of GDP to a projected 3 percent of GDP in 2015, according to analysis by the National Priorities Project.

Obamacare enabled millions of Americans to get health care for the first time, and insurance rates are now decreasing. Most Israeli’s in this country and half in Israel support U.S. policy on Iran.

Benghazi? Nothing found and Republicans admit it. Clinton’s emails?

Nothing was illegal per protocol at the time.

If Wall Street makes record profits while the middle class is stagnant, the blame is on the conservative Republican agenda that passed laws and promoted the trickle down lie for 35 years. The only scandal in this country is the fast and furious money going to the 1 percent.

It’s no coincidence that decades of laws and rhetoric to destroy the government, unions, and the middle class originates from Republicans.

Paul Szymanowski Curtice Editor’s note: The House Select Committee on Intelligence has issued a final Benghazi report but the Select Committee on Benghazi has not. Democratic members of the Benghazi committee on March 10 requested that Secretary of State John Kerry begin a review of email pages of former Secretary Hillary Clinton for public release.

Their letter can be viewed on the select committee minority website.

Obstruction party Reason for debt is…

To the editor: Conservatives are trying to blame President Obama for the larger debt. The reason for the debt is the many tax breaks to the rich and corporations.

If the rich won’t pay their fair share, the government won’t have the money to

To the editor: The only thing I’ve seen from Republicans is obstruction. Their own party has said that there was no wrong doing on the Democrats’ part in Benghazi.

The Republican’s insist that the Affordable Care Act is no good. I for one am still waiting to see the Republican answer, which leads me to believe there is none.

62% Yes 38% No

The great “Dubya” put us into two wars that nobody wanted. He lied to the American people and to the rest of the world about weapons of mass destruction.

Some of the current debt stems from the unfinanced wars.

Dan Root Northwood

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By Alex Sobel Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com One of the most exciting events taking place during this year’s Biggest Week in American Birding festival is the Birds and & Blooms Magazine Bird Day Challenge.

The challenge takes the elements of bird watching, but puts a competitive twist on it. “The Bird Day Challenge is a 3-hour birding challenge held on International Migratory Bird Day and Bird Ohio. We have two teams that try to see as many bird species as possible in a 3-hour period,� said Birds and Blooms Editor Stacy Tornio.

Tornio will lead one of the two teams in the competition.

Challenges like this aren’t uncommon in the birding world, but what makes this one especially interesting is the small amount of time allotted. The time restraint poses a series of challenges for the competitors. “Since the time is so limited, you really have to strategize how and where you spend your time. A few minutes wasted can be the difference between winning and losing,� said Tornio.

Tornio’s team will be competing against another group lead by Birds and Blooms Senior Editor Kirsten Sweet. Both teams are currently taking donations and a victory in the challenge will go even further towards helping out some very deserving groups. “We are birding to raise money for two worthwhile organizations, Cornell Lab of

Ornithology and the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. The (winning team) gets $750 for their charity and the runner-up gets $250,� said Tornio.

Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s Executive Director, Kimberly Kaufman is thrilled to have this support. “The opportunity to work with America’s No. 1 birding and gardening magazine is a huge opportunity for our organization,� said Kaufman.

Their support has made an enormous difference for the festival, and it should send a very positive message to the people of the region about what a great asset birds and birding are for northwest Ohio!�

Aside from the support for worthwhile organizations, Tornio hopes that the challenge will encourage people who have never given birding a chance to consider devoting time to the activity, no matter how much. “We want people to get excited about birds. You don’t have to be a hardcore birder, going out for 24 hours at a time, to enjoy birds. You can just take half an hour, or a few hours, out of your day,� she said.

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Bowen ends prep career holding nine school records

By J. Patrick Eaken and Yaneek Smith sports@presspublications.com The program’s career leader in points, Lake senior guard Connor Bowen ends his prep basketball career holding nine school records and scoring over 1,500 career points.

In a district final loss to Scott, he broke his own single season scoring record for the third straight year.

He finishes with career records in scoring (1,500), assists (640), and steals (422).

Single season records are scoring (528), assists (189) and steals (122), and single game records are points (48), assists (16) and steals (12).

Helping Connor Bowen reach those marks were a strong cast of teammates — most of them classmates. His backcourt mate, senior guard Jared Rettig, crossed the 1,300 point line for his career, thanks in part to Bowen’s feeds, which often came in the form of a no-look pass or behind-theback pass.

“Connor and Jared both broke Mike Smith’s career record of 1,112 points,” said Lake coach Ryan Bowen, Connor’s father.

“That’s two kids in a four-year span that have almost combined for 3,000 points.”

For the second straight year, Connor Bowen is the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Player of the Year. He was also voted third team Division II All-Ohio by Associated Press statewise media.

Connor Bowen is joined on the AllPress first team by senior backcourt mate Jared Rettig, Cardinal Stritch 6-foot-5 senior forward Austin Adams, Genoa 6-5 senior post Luke Rightnowar, and two Gibsonburg players — 5-11 senior point guard Jordan Kreglow and 6-3 senior post Bryce Ernsthausen.

In voting by 10 area coaches and 10 media members, Connor Bowen beat out second place Kreglow and Adams by three votes. Kreglow is also second team AllOhio in AP Division IV voting.

Last year, Ryan Bowen was All-Press Coach of the Year, but this year Gibsonburg coach Brent Liskai takes the honor after leading his team to a perfect regular season, Toledo Area Athletic Conference championship, and 24-1 season. Stritch first-year coach Jamie Kachmarik finished second and Eastwood coach Matt Routson was third after the Cardinals and Eagles reached the regional tournament. Ryan Bowen also received votes.

Reason for Lake’s success A big reason for Lake’s success, which included a Northern Buckeye Conference co-championship, sectional championship, and 20-win season (20-4), was experience.

Lake had the same five starters as last year — 6-0 Connor Bowen at the point with three other guards, 6-0 Brandyn Neal, 6-0 Jacob Rettig and 6-2 Jared Rettig, and 6-3 Todd Walters in the post. Neal and Jacob Rettig are third team and Walters is honorable mention.

“Connor and Jared are four-year starters,” Ryan Bowen said. “They’ve started 80 or more games. They know what to do and they can change on the fly.

“I have always played the young kids, but if I have five seniors that can start, I would do that. Todd Walters started as a sophomore, Jacob Rettig as a freshman, Brandon Neal as sophomore, Connor and Jared as freshman — they have a ton of experience.”

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Connor Bowen, who committed to play baseball at Owens Community College, averaged 22 points, 8.2 rebounds and seven assists. Jared Rettig, who will play quarterback next season at the NCAA Division II University of Findlay, put up 16.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Both are first team All-Northern Buckeye Conference selections and both eclipsed the 1,000-point mark during their senior year, while Bowen was named the NBC Player of the Year for the second straight season.

Meanwhile, Neal, a second team AllNBC pick, averaged 9.6 points and four rebounds and Jacob Rettig, honorable mention All-NBC, held steady at nine points.

Todd Walters averaged three points and grabbed five rebounds per game.

Connor Bowen wasn't the only one breaking records, either. Jacob Rettig made 50 3-pointers, which broke the school record, but then Neal broke that, ending with 51. In Jacob's defense, he missed six games, but shot 39 percent from behind the arc.

There were other Flyers who got no AllPress honors and played major roles. The primary reserves were 6-1 forward Drayton Williams, 5-10 guard Adam Duncan and 6-3 guard/forward Nathan Permar.

“Those guys come in and give us good minutes,” Bowen said. “Drayton is a physical player like Todd, Nathan is a shooter and Adam comes in and fills in for our guards.”

Coach Bowen has particular respect for Andrew Abbey, a 5-10 forward who headed up the scout team, which runs the other team’s plays.

“All of our seniors are captains,” Bowen said. “We made him our captain of the white team in practice. The white team can get demoralized, but Andrew’s in charge of those guys. A big part of our success is people buying into their roles, and Andrew does that.”

In the Division II sectional finals, the Flyers notched one of the biggest wins in the program’s history when they rallied to defeat star-studded Rogers, 63-55.

Wins like that, coming against a program like Rogers, which nearly won the Toledo City League title this year and is two years removed from finishing as Division I state runner-up, helped Lake reach new heights. The Flyers’ victory also avenged last year’s 94-74 loss to the Rams in the sectional finals.

“It was awesome,” Connor Bowen said.

“It was unlike anything else, it’s really hard to explain that feeling. We all came together as a team and got the job done. Rogers beat us (last year) so we really wanted that game. As a program it makes us look good.

We had a lot of our community come out and watch us and give us great support, so we wanted to win it for them but most importantly ourselves.”

Ryan Bowen, who finished his fifth season coaching at his alma mater, credited his team for having the intellect to change up their defense on the fly.

“I think we went on a 12-0 run to close out the game. They scored one basket out of 1-3-1 zone. If we can keep teams guessing, that will help. We have some kids with a high basketball IQ,” Bowen said.

The same goes for how they operated the offense.

“We’re not a big set team,” Coach Bowen said. “We’re more of a read offense.

We’ll throw out some quick hitters. The kids (knew) what to do on the fly. We’ll call something out and they’ll know exactly what to do.”

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Kachmarik got his answer in first season at Stritch

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Stritch records fall Adams led Stritch to a district championship and a trip to regionals for the first time in 26 years. The team set a new school record for wins with 19 and also set the school record for the most conference wins with 12. He scored 25 in the sectional title game versus New Riegel, 30 in an up-

At left, Cardinal Stritch coach Jamie Kachmarik talks to his players during a timeout during the Cardinals' Division IV regional semifinal game against Delphos St. John's at Bowling Green State University's Stroh Center. At right, senior Austin Adams, an Alan Miller Jewelers first team All-Press choice, drives as a Blue Jay defends. (Press photos by Doug Karns/KateriSchools.org) set win over No. 5 state ranked Gibsonburg in a district semi-final and 26 in the district championship win over Ottawa Hills.

Adams is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,699 points, including a single game scoring record of 44 points against Northwood in February of his junior season. He broke the all-time school scoring record of 1,425 points, which also came against Northwood in February his senior season, scoring 40 on that night.

His career scoring average is 18.7 (91 games) with 781 career rebounds (8.6 average) spread over his four years as a varsity player, which includes three years as a starter.

Stritch won 10 more games than it did last season, an impressive turnaround behind a first-year coach.

Kachmarik, who graduated from BGSU and worked on the coaching staffs at BG, Ohio State, William & Mary, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State and UNC Wilmington, credits Adams.

“Austin is one of the most versatile high school players in our area,” Kachmarik said. “He is a perimeter player but has the athletic ability and strength to play on the inside. Austin has tremendous bounce and can play way above the rim. Austin is most affective when he is slashing and attacking the basket.

“He worked extremely hard to develop his jump shot over last summer and in the fall which really paid off making him a threat all over the court. Austin really worked hard this season to become a good defender. With his size and length he really caused problems for teams on the defensive end,” Kachmarik continued.

“The best attribute about Austin is his unselfishness and willingness to put his team first. Austin would do anything to help our team win and was our leader both on and off the court.”

Adams has committed to play at NCAA Division II Urbana University.

“As a former college coach Austin is every coach’s dream,” Kachmarik said. “He is a great student who is an absolute gym rat. I believe Austin’s best basketball is still ahead of him and with his work ethic he will have a very good career at Urbana.

The Cardinals finished 19-7 and 12-4 in the TAAC and had five marquee wins, including two over Ottawa Hills and victories over Gibsonburg, Toledo Christian and Swanton. They were second in the league this year behind the Bears, which downed Stritch twice during the regular season.

Stritch’s 66-60 tourney win over the Golden Bears in the district, which ended Gibsonburg’s incredible run at 23-1, was a victory they will be talking about at Stritch for years to come. The Cardinals connected on 17-of-26 (65.4 percent) shots by consistently getting the ball to Adams in the middle of the floor to break the Bears’ full court press.

That victory came after they beat New Riegel, 46-39, in the sectional final, and preceded the 54-39 win over Ottawa Hills in the district final. In the victory over the Green Bears, Adams helped Stritch break open the game in the second half after holding a three-point lead at halftime. He scored his 26 on 9-of-13 shooting, 15 of which came in the second half, and grabbed seven rebounds. Sinay chipped in with 10 points, hitting a number of crucial free throws in the fourth quarter, just like he did against the Golden Bears.

It was not all a one-man show, however. Whether it was the starters — Blazevich, a 6-1 guard, Sinay, a 6-2 forward, Uher, a 6-5 forward, and Trent Besgrove, a 5-7 guard — or the reserves — Romstadt, a 6-3 forward, or Payeff, a 5-10 guard — each player found a way to contribute at crucial points.

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Stritch’s seniors, who are Austin Adams, Chris Blazevich, Brandon Payeff, Joe Sinay, Eddie Uher and Bobby Romstadt, went 41-32 (.562) in their last three seasons, including 28-16 (.636) in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference.

“When you take over a program, it’s always interesting to see how the seniors and the upper classmen are going to react because they’ve done things differently sometimes,” Kachmarik said. “But these six guys were so hungry to win and learn, not only on the court, but off the court, and to watch them grow as that season went on.

“I reflect back to the Swanton game because it was Senior Night at our place, and we were down 10 at halftime. Swanton is a very good team — they had District 7 Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and they have a good program. I went in at halftime and I said, ‘Guys, this is the last time you get to play here.’ That’s all I needed to say.

“The seniors stood up, and they talked among themselves, and before you know it, those 10 points vanished and we went on to win. From that game on, you could just tell that they believed now they had reached that plateau where they know what it takes to be winners. They took that ride right into the tournament here, and it’s been a fun ride.”

Kachmarik finished second in Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press voting for Coach of the Year, with votes coming from 10 area coaches and 10 media members. The honor went to Gibsonburg coach Brent Liskai, whose team defeated Stritch two out of three times, losing to them only in a Division IV district semifinal.

Kachmarik’s top player, 6-foot-5 senior Austin Adams, is first team All-Press and finished second in voting for Player of the Year, just three votes behind Lake senior guard Connor Bowen, a two-time POY. Adams led the TAAC in both scoring (22.2) and rebounding (10.4). He also averaged 2.6 assists, had 53 blocks (2.03), 66 steals (2.5), shot 66.5 percent from inside the arc, 30.3 outside the arc and 63.4 percent from the free throw line. However, he stands with Kachmarik in that his classmates were a top priority when the new coach arrived on the scene.

“My senior class means a lot to me,” Adams said. “I grew up playing basketball from the time I was a little kid, from YMCA basketball to Oregon Rec league or just in the neighborhood messing around.

So, I’ve known all these kids for 10 years and I never thought I would end up with all five of them. So, we ended up at the same place and we certainly never thought that we would be here, but we did a good job getting here.”

in the first win over Ottawa Hills and 11 in the victory over Toledo Christian, Blazevich (7.0 pts, 2.5 asst.) led all scorers with 19 in the comeback win over Swanton on Senior Night, Uher (5.2 pts., 4.1 reb.) had eight in the victory over Evergreen and provided an important presence in the post, Sinay (6.1 pts., 5.2 reb.) made clutch free throws in the tournament wins against Gibsonburg and Ottawa Hills and was a presence in the post, and Besgrove and Payeff quarterbacked the offense.

The club did face two major points of adversity — on Dec. 26 after losing to Maumee, 39-26; and on Feb. 10 after falling, 55-46, to Toledo Christian — and responded each time.

The loss to the Panthers during a holiday tournament at Lake was so unsettling to the coaching staff that it had the team practice in uniform at their home gym following the game. Following the loss, Stritch won six of its next seven games.

The loss to the Eagles was the second in a row, the previous defeat coming at the hands of Ottawa Hills, and dropped the team to a 12-6. It’s still a respectable record, but it had to plant some doubt in the minds of the players after losing two straight.

Fortunately, the Cardinals responded by winning the last four regular season games and three in the tournament.

After losing six seniors, Kachmarik will have to rebuild, but he says the talent is there to reload.

“We’re going to be young next year, but there is a lot of talent in this program at the younger ages. Matter of fact, there is a young Adams who is growing and I’m telling him all the time he’s going to be better. But, I know Austin won’t say that and we like to joke. The future is really bright,” Kachmarik said.

“We’ve got great young kids and I’m telling you, this is going to make them hungry. They now know that we can make it there and they can believe they can make it here. And, that’s the biggest thing with this program. I’m excited. We’ve got to take our month off, away from them now, but the guys who aren’t playing baseball, we’ll get back in that gym.

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By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Dylan Szegedi saved his best for last.

The Wayne State University senior diver and Oregon native won his second national title on March 11-14 at the NCAA Division II Championships at IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. He won the 3-meter competition and placed third on the 1-meter board.

“I dove just about as well as I could,” said Szegedi, 22. “I dove phenomenal on the 3-meter. I was so happy with the way I performed. I had a great meet. I couldn’t be happier with how I did. That was the best I’ve ever dove in any meet.”

Szegedi, who won the national title on the 1-meter board in 2013, scored a schoolrecord 587.65 points to win the 3-meter event by more than 20 points over Grand Valley State’s Tyler Keelean. Szegedi scored more than 547 points on the 1-meter board.

He said what was at stake and the atmosphere at the IUPUI pool motivated him to turn in his finest performance ever. The total attendance for all eight sessions was 3,700.

“I dove there once before,” Szegedi said, “but I was 8 years old, in club with Scott TenEyck, my high school coach. I vaguely remembered it. It’s an Olympic training facility and one of the top three nicest pools in the United States. It’s a beautiful facility. The atmosphere was so cool. It was the most seating I’ve ever seen at a pool, which was huge. I loved it.”

Szegedi became the first Wayne State male in 31 years to win a national diving title. He will also graduate with three Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Diver of the Year awards, and 1- and 3-meter conference diving titles the past two years. Szegedi won five GLIAC titles in four years and took second three times.

He said breaking the school record at the national meet “has been a goal of mine ever since I got here.”

“I just found out (Tuesday) it also set a new (scoring) record in the conference,” said the 5-foot-9, 170-pound Szegedi. “The same guy (Don Mason) who had the school records also had the conference record.”

Szegedi completed 11 dives in both

At left, Wayne State University senior diver Dylan Szegedi, an Oregon native, is second from left after winning his second NCAA Division II national championship. With Szegedi are Coach Kelly LaCroix (far left), Assistant Coach Darrin Driesenga and former teammate Adam Littell. At right, Szegedi is performing a "back 1½ somersault, 2½ twist" during the national competition. the 1- and 3-meter events. He said his most consistent dive on the three-meter board is an inward two-and-a-half pike, and his best dive on the 1-meter board is the inward two-and-a-half tuck.

He said it was too difficult to differentiate winning the 1-meter national title in 2013 or the 3-meter title this season.

“The first one, I wasn’t expecting to win,” Szegedi said. “I knew if I stayed consistent I would have a chance. I dove well and the cards fell my way and I won. This time, I knew it was my meet to lose. I knew if I worked hard and dove the way I can dive, I knew I was going to have a chance to win. This one, I knew if I did what I needed to do I would achieve my goal.”

Szegedi, who will graduate with a degree in secondary education in May 2016, said he will coach diving at Wayne State next season.

“My diving coach (Kelly LaCroix) offered me an assistant’s job for one year while I finish up my degree,” he said. “I’ve wanted to get into coaching for a long time.

It’s a great opportunity for me to get my feet into coaching and just to reaffirm what I really want to do.”

Szegedi added that LaCroix always got the best out of him. She has been his coach at WSU for all four years.

“It’s been a great experience because she always found ways to motivate me and get everything out of me,” said Szegedi,

who was named WSU’s Male StudentAthlete of the Year in 2013-14. “To achieve our goal this year was just great.”

Szegedi, a 2011 graduate of St. Francis de Sales, was a three-time state qualifier in high school, placing fourth as a senior. He has been diving since he was 6 years old.

“It’s been a heck of ride and I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” he said. “I learned so many great life tools, like learning how to persevere and push through hard times to reach the ultimate goal. It’s not always going to be easy, but at the end of the day hard work and dedication will get you to where you want to be. I’ve done all I wanted to do.”

Dylan is the son of Andy and Jamie Szegedi of Oregon.

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Cardinal Stritch JV girls’ cagers finish 19-1

The Cardinal Stritch junior varsity girls basketball team finished 19-1 overall and had the best record of any Toledo Area Athletic Conference girls JV team. Back row is Coach Brad Kuron, Jordyn Halcomb (22), Chayce McQueary (3), Emily Uher (33), Erika Berg (20) and Assistant Coach Ryan Buczkowski. Front row is Makiah Dobrzynski (10), Jami Hardy (12), Courteney Hardy (4) and Jennifer Crosley (14).

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Fans are what makes for success at any race track. Fremont Speedway will have new promotions in 2015 that will not only entertain the fans, but will have them involved in every race event.

“Once again we tried to come up with events that involve our great fans…to make them a part of the fun and entertainment,” said Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer.

The 65th season at “The Track That Action Built” will showcase several fan activities each week. And it all gets underway on Saturday, April 11 with college ID night.

Fremont Speedway’s 2015 schedule is full of big racing events as well. Tony Stewart’s new University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions will continue to make the speedway “The Home of the All Stars” as they visit the track six times. The series has raced at Fremont 116 times in the track’s long and storied history.

The first appearance of the UNOH All Stars will be double header weekend on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24th with the finale paying $10,000 to the feature winner. Several of the drivers will greet fans and sign autographs each night prior to the racing event.

Fremont Speedway is also partnering with Indiana’s Plymouth Speedway in Indiana to host an All Star event on Friday, May 22. A bus trip is planned to take fans to Plymouth – where 20 time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser will compete – and bring them back to Fremont.

The UNOH All Stars will visit Fremont Speedway twice during the 33rd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek. Speedweek, which features nine straight nights of racing across the Buckeye State, will be at Fremont on Thursday, June 25 and the $10,000-to-win finale on Saturday, June 27.

Prior to the night’s racing on Saturday, June 27, the annual Kick-It kick-ball tournament will be held to raise funds to combat childhood cancer. Last year, fans, businesses and race teams raised over $50,000 to this cause.

The finale two appearances of the All Stars is the eighth annual Jim Ford Classic weekend, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and Sept. 19. A band will perform for the fans following each night of racing. And, on Saturday the Fremont Speedway Queen’s Contest will be held in the morning, prior to the night’s $10,000 to win finale.

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The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) non-wing sprint cars will sling the clay at Fremont three times in 2015 – May 9, Aug. 15 ($5,000 to win) and the track’s season finale on Oct. 3 Besides the 410 and 305 sprints, the AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Trucks will return for door-banging action in 2015 and the new 602 Late Model Division will compete as well.

“We’ve had many fans say they wanted to see late models at Fremont Speedway.

After talking with many racers they kept telling us they needed a less expensive way to stay involved in racing and we created this late model division. The interest we have received in the off season has been fantastic,” said Farmer.

Another addition to Fremont Speedway’s 2015 schedule is the first ever Johnny Auxter Days Vintage Nationals & Tractor Show. The event pays homage to track icon and Fremont Speedway Hall-ofFamer “Gentleman” Johnny Auxter.

“Randy Mapus has worked very hard on this event. We are working with the Sandusky County Fair Board to make this much more than a vintage car show. We will have live music and a tractor show going on during the day as well,” said Farmer.

Memorial weekend triple header The Memorial Day weekend has always been huge in racing. A new tradition will add to that fun in 2015 as Fremont Speedway and Plymouth Speedway in Indiana team up for three nights of Tony Stewart’s New University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars.

For the first time in the history of Plymouth, winged 410 sprint cars will invade the three-eighths mile banked dirt oval that’s called “the Playground of Power.”

The Friday, May 22 event will be dubbed the Earl Gaerte Classic, in honor of the late hall-of-fame engine builder and innovator.

The UNOH All Stars will then travel less about 3 hours to the east to “The Home of the All Stars” Fremont Speedway for events on Saturday, May 23 (Abdoo Brothers Demolition Night) and Sunday, May 24 (Budweiser Night). The finale at “The Track That Action Built” will pay the feature winner $10,000 and there will be a “meet and greet” with drivers signing autographs prior to the racing each night.

“The King of the Outlaws” Steve Kinser, a 20-time World of Outlaws champion and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee, who utilized Gaerte Engines during his early years racing, will battle the All Star regulars and regional stars at all three events.

Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer worked with Plymouth Speedway Promoter Ed Kennedy to form the All Star triple-header weekend.

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Dan Henline relishes opportunity to compete at state

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Gibsonburg senior Dan Henline was thrilled to be competing in the state wrestling tournament.

Which Dan Henline was going to show up at the Schottenstein Center was anybody’s guess, according to Golden Bears coach Greg Spoores.

“There are times where he just looks like top four in the state, and other times you just go, ‘I don’t understand how somebody can look so good and then look so bad,’ ” Spoores said. “A huge part of the sport is mental. When he has confidence to win, he wins.”

At state, the 182-pounder was pinned in his opening match but came back to win by fall in the second round. The senior (4314) then lost by major decision in the second consolation round.

By reaching state, he is on the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Honor Roll.

Spoores is All-Press Co-Coach of the Year after the Golden Bears won a Toledo City League championship in its first year competing in the conference for wrestling only.

Henline made it to the state tournament by placing in the top four in his 182-pound weight class last Saturday at the Division III district tournament. He got pinned in the match for third place.

“In the matches he needed to win, they were some of the best matches I’ve ever seen him wrestle,” Spoores said. “He was almost wrestling outside of himself and doing everything right. It was like it was meant to be for him to go to state this year.

(In the finals), it was 4-1 and he made a mistake and got caught. But, he made it to state.”

Henline’s first-round opponent at state was previously undefeated senior Kollin Moore (47-0) of Creston Norwayne. Moore, the state runner-up at 160 pounds last year, was the only undefeated D-III qualifier at 182 this season.

The 6-foot Henline said he was “pretty excited” to reach the state tournament for the first time, but it still didn’t seem real.

“It’s the biggest thing that’s happened

Gibsonburg senior wrestler Dan Henline tries to take down an opponent at the Division III state meet. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

in my wrestling career so far,” he said. “It hasn’t hit me yet. It’s more of a relief, finally getting there. I’ve been working to get there for a while.”

Henline agreed, kind of, with Spoores’ assessment of him, that it’s difficult to gauge what Henline is going to give on the mat on any given day.

“I just get in my own head sometimes,” Henline said. “It’s a downfall. I over think a lot of things. Some of the things I do before a match, if something gets messed up I feel like I’m going to lose.”

Henline took a 42-12 record to Columbus, and his performance at districts and state raised his career record to 138-52, with 101 career pins. Only Damen Escobedo, a two-time state qualifier, had more career pins (109) at Gibsonburg, and Henline is third on the list in career victories.

Henline’s calling card, Spoores said, has always been his strength and flexibility. The coach adds that he knew Henline would eventually wrestle against the best in the state “because he’s got the ability.”

“If he shows up to wrestle, he has the ability to be an outstanding wrestler. He’s got a great personality. He jokes around with the kids a lot. Just a good kid all around,” Spoores said.

Henline, a district qualifier last year, started the season at 170 pounds and took first place at Gibsonburg’s first event, the Golden Bear Invitational. Maintaining that weight, Henline realized, was going to be too difficult, so he bumped up to 182.

“In July I was probably about 186 pounds,” he said. “I didn’t have enough energy (at 170), from cutting all the weight.”

Even though he did not place at state, Henline’s name won’t be forgotten at Gibsonburg High School. The Bears’ wrestling room features various boards commemorating the wrestling team’s past individual success. Henline’s name will soon be added to one of those boards.

“We have this board with state qualifiers on it,” Henline said. “There aren’t many people on it. I just wanted to leave my ‘career’ on the board so people could see it and recognize me.”

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Absentee voting hours

Ottawa County Board of Elections has announced absentee voting hours for the May 5 Special Election.

Voting, which will be available at the board office, 8444 W. SR 163, Suite 101, Oak Harbor, will be available weekdays April 7-10, April 13-17, April 20-24 and April 27-May 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, May 2 from 8 a.m.noon; Sunday, May 3 from 1-5 p.m.; Monday, May 4 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

The closing date for new voter registrations and changes of address for the May 5 election is April 6. Board office hours will be extended that day from 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

New registrations and address changes may be made at any public library, Bureau of Motor Vehicle Office, the Ottawa County Courthouse in the Clerk of Courts Title Department or the Treasurer’s office.

Changes of address may be completed online at www.MyOhioVote. com. Call 419-898-3071 or 419-8983092 for more information.

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Zoo Easter events

The Toledo Zoo will present “Breakfast with the Bunny” Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4.

The day will start with early entry to the zoo for a special children’s egg hunt on zoo grounds, followed by family-friendly crafts and a photographed visit with the Easter Bunny. A chefdesigned breakfast buffet will follow in the Lodge. Admission to the zoo is included with the cost.

Reservation are required and tickets purchased in advance. Call 419385-5721, ext. 6001, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to make reservations. Visit toledozoo.org/events for a complete schedule and details.

Financial fitness classes

Financial coaches from the East Toledo Family Center will be available at the Locke Branch Library, 703 Miami St., Toledo, to help area residents who want to learn more about gaining control of their money, understanding and repairing credit and building assets.

Monday evening sessions, which will run from 6-7:30 p.m., will include: • Money Matters – April 13; • Pay Yourself First – April 20; • Know Your Net Worth – April 27; • To Your Credit – May 4; • Financial Recovery – May 11.

A light meal will be provided. To register, call 419-259-5310.

Women’s Connection

All area women are invited to attend the “Characters Galore & More” luncheon sponsored by the Toledo East Women’s Connection Thursday, April 9 at the Bayside Boardwalk, Oregon.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the noon buffet. The program will include Barb Agerter, of Northwood, showing her apparel, greeting cards and gifts; musical entertainment by Skip Jacobs, of Oregon and a presentation by Shirley Davidson, of Mansfield, Ohio, on “The Unforgettable Memories of the Girl Who Can and the Women Who Can’t.”

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R. Bruce performance to kick off festival

By Alex Sobel Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com While R. Bruce may be both a birder and a comedic singer and musician, for him, the two areas of interest aren’t necessarily so different.

“They would seem to be very different, looking at birds and singing silly songs… but there is something in common, and that is sharing. Almost all the birders I know love to share their knowledge and information. The musical community is a bit like the birding community… a lot of creative, wonderful, crazy people who like to share,” Bruce said.

His performance at the Biggest Week in Birding is a part of what he humorously refers to as the R. Bruce Richardson Reunion Tour (Banding Code RBRT).

While he performs solo and doesn’t have a band to reunite with, this is his first time touring and performing in several years. So in a way, it is indeed a solo reunion tour.

“My wife and I spend much of our time in Australia. That is where I got into Birding and ended up spending much of my time in the bush in Oz, observing and often photographing birds,” he said. “I am quite passionate about it.”

“Yes, I reckon I spent my early years wanting to be Bob Dylan and I am spending my later years wanting to be David Attenborough,” he said.

Bruce’s passion for birding was not only focused on the birds themselves, but also the people who shared his passion. “(My interest in birding came from) birds first and birders second. Once I met real, mad, birders I knew, these are my people and I want to hangout with them.

They are and I do.”

But now he’s back, touring and performing. He even has some surprises for fans who have followed his music in the past.

“Yes, there are a few new songs. I am, as always, writing the lyrics, and the melody is often borrowed from a public domain tune or an old Bob Dylan song or

while birding.”

His performance at the Biggest Week in Birding will perhaps be the best melding of the birding and music sides of his brain. But what brought him to the festival, specifically?

“Specifically? A rather beat-up 2009 Prius,” he said. “But seriously, I came for the birds and I stayed for the people. It is a beautifully run festival and a chance to see, meet and hangout with the most wonderful people in the birding world. And there is pie.”

Police Beats R. Bruce Richardson. (Photo by Curt Rawn) something. It is a process that I have perfected over decades of writing,” he said.

It isn’t enough to just write the songs, record them, then release them. For Bruce, something special and magical comes from performing his songs in front of a live audience that’s giving him as much as he’s giving them.

“RBRT is all about the funny songs and the lyrics. It’s not like a band or something with great vocals and harmonies. It’s just one guitar and a voice and although that voice has a bit more rust on it, it still all comes together pretty well. The stagemagic is the energy that comes from the audiences. Their enthusiasm feeds the performance. I am not up there alone.”

He hasn’t left birding behind, however, and still holds that birding and music can share the same space.

“When I am onstage, I am sharing a part of myself in a very real way and as I said, birding is all about sharing. The two can go together. Although I rarely ever sing

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Snowy owls like Buckeye get a little help from friends

By Alex Sobel Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com The winter of 2013 saw a historic irruption of snowy owls in the East and Midwest, which sparked the creation of Project SNOWstorm. The project sought to track and map the owls, but this posed a few problems. How do you fund this project quickly? How do you go about getting usable photographs of the owls for categorization? The answer came from unlikely sources: crowd funding and internet outreach.

“Project SNOWstorm has been completely funded by the public. Both winters we’ve run crowd funding campaigns to raise small donations from people around the world,” said Scott Weidensaul, the Project SNOWstorm Coordinator.

Though crowd funding might be something you associate with funding new technology or independent movies, using this resource allowed the team of volunteers to move quickly and capitalize on the recent irruption of the snowy owls.

“You wouldn’t have been able to do Project SNOWstorm in the normal way that science is done. It just takes too long to write grants and get funding,” said Dave Brinker, with the Maryland Department of Natural Heritage, who helped start the project with Weidensaul.

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“In the past, Buckeye you couldn’t have done this. But now, people have good cameras on their phones.

(With the information from the gathered photographs), we can now spatially map over a large area the distribution of age and sex class. No one’s ever really been able to do that before, and what enabled that was having the internet, having people who are better connected than they were 50 or 60 years ago,” said Brinker.

Mapping the locations and patterns of snowy owls also has more pressing uses, especially when it comes to the safety of airplanes. It’s these concerns that brought Research Wildlife Biologist Dr. Brian Washburn into Project SNOWstorm.

“I work to reduce the frequency and severity of raptor/aircraft collisions,” Washburn said.

“When Snowy Owls come down from

Buckeye the Snowy Owl poses for a close-up. (Photo by Kim Kaufman/BSBO) the northern US, they end up in airports.

There are safety issues for not only humans and aircraft, but the birds themselves. So I first got involved with Project SNOWstorm to learn more about this issue.”

Owl sends text messages One of the key elements of Project SNOWstorm is not only documenting and categorizing the owls, but also radio-tagging certain snowy owls, which allows for even more detailed information.

“The heart of the project is the use of solar-powered GPS/GSM transmitters, which marry two common technologies to allow us to track the owls in unprecedent-

ed detail. The small backpack units record incredibly precise 3D locations using the GPS satellite system, and then log those locations in their data banks at preset intervals. Then, usually once a week, the units transmit all their stored data to us using the cellular network,” said Weidensaul.

“In effect, we get a weekly text message from each owl.”

The money for the transmitters came from the sponsorships of state and local birding organizations. “(Project SNOWstorm was) able to put 22 transmitters on snowy owls last year during the 2013/2014 winter,” said Washburn.

Twelve more owls were tagged this past winter.

One tagged owl came out of a collaboration between The Black Swamp Bird Observatory, USDA Wildlife Services, and Kirtland Bird Club. This is the first snowy owl to be tagged in Northwest Ohio and was, fittingly, named Buckeye.

Tagging owls like Buckeye has helped to confirm a lot of long standing suspicions about the habits of snowy owls.

“There (had) been a suspicion that (the snowy owls) wintering along the coasts tend to feed heavily on water birds instead of small mammals, but we were able to track their nightly hunting forays for the first time as some of our birds flew well out to sea looking for ducks and other waterfowl, sometimes using channel markers and buoys as hunting perches,” said Weidensaul.

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Toledo Children’s Easter Service April 5, 8:30 a.m., Eastminster United Presbyterian Church, 725 Navarre Ave., Toledo. Breakfast will follow at 9 a.m. Breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. A service will be held at 10:45 a.m.

Card Party April 14 noon, First St. John Lutheran Church, 2471 Seaman St. Men and women welcome. Lunch. For reservations, call 419-691-5506 or 419-691-7222.

Prize Bingo April 23, 7-9 p.m., Epiphany of the Lord Parish, St. Thomas Aquinas Church Altar & Rosary Society, corner of White & Idaho St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Prizes. Refreshments available. For info, call Kathy at 419-693-6409, Dolores at 419693-8701 or Carol at 419-698-1519.

Epiphany of the Lord Spring Fling/Reverse Raffle April 25, 5:30-11 p.m., in the church basement at 509 Oswald St. Dinner by Barraclough’s will include a choice of thick-cut pork chop or halfchicken with baked potato, vegetable, cole slaw and homemade desserts along with beer, wine and pudding pops. Tickets are $35 and include dinner and one raffle entry. Raffle tickets only are $20. Need not be present to win. Call the parish office at 419-698-1519 for event and/or raffle tickets.

East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St., serves lunch Mon. through Fri. at 11:45 a.m. Featuring a hot lunch daily. Meals must be ordered the day before by 11 a.m. by calling 419697-9005. Cost is $2.50 for those 60 and older. To order, call 419-697-9005 Cornhole-playing Fri. mornings from 10-11 a.m. at the center. No experience necessary. Free. Call 419-691-2254 for info.

Fish Fry April 3, VFW #4906, 2161 Consaul St. Featuring perch, shrimp, frog legs dinner or combination. Fish sandwiches also available. Serving from 5 p.m. until sold out. Dine in or carry out. 419698-4411.

Fish Fry, every Friday in Lent, VFW Post 2510, 612 Second. Public welcome.

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

United Church of Christ Embroidery Club Classes meet Mondays 2-4 or 6-8 p.m. in the basement of Calvin United Church, 1945 Bakewell St. Everyone welcome. For info, call Elizabeth at 419-691-9051.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) welcomes new members who want to lose weight. The group meets Mondays from 7-8 p.m. at the East Toledo Senior Activities Center, 1001 White St. Weighins from 6-6:45 p.m. Yearly membership is $32.

Bulletin Board Weekly dues 50 cents. Call Judy at 419-691-8033 or come to a free meeting. Everyone welcome.

Block Watch 410-N for the East Toledo Old Heffner School Area meets every 4th Monday of the month 6:30-7:30 p.m. 2075 Kelsey Ave. Residents who live within the boundaries of Starr, the RR tracks (Belt Street), Dearborn and Lemert, Seaman to the I-280 Bridge and any surrounding neighbors/ business owners are also welcome.

VFW Post #2510 offers Friday-night dinners from 4-7 p.m. Public welcome. Meetings are held Tues. at 7 p.m.; Men’s Auxiliary meets the 1st Tues. and Ladies Auxiliary meets the 4th Tues.

Waite High School Alumni from the Class of 1951, meet the 2nd Mon. of every month. For info, call Betty at 419-691-7944 or Fran at 419-6936060.

ABLE Mobile Benefit Bank visits the Locke Branch Library, 703 Miami St., the 2nd and 4th Wed. of each month from 1-3 p.m. No appointment necessary. Get help applying for food stamps, WIC, child care and other programs, along with free legal assistance. Call 419-255-0814 for info.

Oregon St. Ignatius Altar Rosary Society Card Party (or board games), April 19, 2 p.m., 212 Stadium Rd. Tallies $7. Raffle baskets. For reservations, call Mary Ann at 419-693-4826 or Jan at 419-6915223.

Catholics Returning Home will meet for six Wednesdays at 7 p.m. beginning April 8 in the Family Life Center at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 212 N. Stadium Rd. Informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers about returning to the church. For info, call Carol at 419-691-3562 or the parish at 419-693-1150.

Family Storytimes, sponsored by the Oregon Branch Library, Wednesdays through April 15, 10-10:30 a.m., Packer-Hammersmith Center, Pearson Metropark. Enjoy books, rhymes, music and more. No registration required.

Lenten Suppers & Services every Wed., Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 4155 Pickle Rd. Soup supper served from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; family-friendly evening worship at 7 p.m. For info, visit princeofpeaceoregon.com.

Open-Late Dinners, served Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 4-6:30 p.m., Ashland Baptist Church, 2350 Starr Ave. Open to anyone in the community.

Freewill offerings accepted but not expected.

“James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center, 5760 Bayshore Rd., open weekdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Daily activities include: bingo, fitness classes, line dancing, exercise, Bunco, Euchre, 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.

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Northwood All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry Fridays through May 1, VFW Post 2984, 102 E. Andrus Rd. Serving 5-7:45 p.m. Also serving steak, chicken and shrimp.

Beginners Bible Study for Teens & Young Adults, Sundays, 5 p.m., Northwood 7th-day Adventist Church, 2975 East Point Blvd. Everyone welcome. Info: www.northwoodadventist.org or 419-698-5100.

Jerusalem Twp. Cooley Canal Yacht Club 13th Annual Wild Game Feed, April 11, 4 p.m. until done, 12235 Bono Rd. Featuring muskrat, deer, beaver, fish, hog, buffalo, turkey, pheasant and more. Big raffle tickets available. For more info, contact Dick Nkitz at 419-346-3687.

Board of Trustees Meet the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at 6 p.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd. Jerusalem Twp. Food Pantry, open 2nd Wed. of every month, 9-11 a.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.

Bradner 9th Annual Rod & Gun Show, April 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., American Legion Post 338, 209 W. Crocker St. Breakfast and lunch served. Admission $3.

Bono Cooley Canal Yacht Club 13th Annual Wild Game Feed, April 11, 4 p.m. until done, 12235 Bono Rd. Featuring muskrat, deer, beaver, fish, hog, buffalo, turkey, pheasant and more. Big raffle tickets available. For more info, contact Dick Nkitz at 419-346-3687.

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Lake Twp. Ageless Wonders will meet for dinner April 9 at 5 p.m. at Oregon Inn, 6067 Bayshore Rd. Reservation has been made for “Ageless Wonders.” Any questions, call 419-836-3811.

Mobile Food Pantry sponsored by the fire department auxiliary every 3rd Mon. of the month, 5-7 p.m., Fire Station 1, 4505 Walbridge Rd.

Walbridge Walbridge Branch Library, 251 N. Main St., offers the following programs: Family Storytime – Tues. at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Arts & Crafts (kids of all ages) – Tues. 5 p.m.; Adult Book Club the 1st Thursday of the month; Fiction Book Group the 2nd Monday of the month; Mystery Book Club meets the 4th Monday of the month; play pinochle (16 and older) every 2nd Thursday of the month.

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Toastmasters Club meets the 1st & 3rd Tues. of each month, 6:30 p.m., Lake Michigan Room, ProMedica Bay Park Hospital. Visitors welcome.

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Harbor View Historical Society, Inc. and Museum, 2083 Autokee St. is open Wednesdays 5-9 p.m. Admission is free. The War of 1812 Exhibit and the Battle of Lake Erie continues. Visit the museum on Facebook for a virtual tour. For info, call 419-691-1517.

Biblical Living Support Group for those dealing with problems of all types will meet Tuesday nights from 6:30 -8 p.m. at New Life Assembly of God, 3230 Dustin Rd. Oregon Jerusalem Historical Society & Museum, 1133 Grasser St., will be open on Thursdays from 10-2 p.m. For info, call 419-6937052.

All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast featuring pancakes & sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, March 29, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Genoa Legion Hall, 302 West St. Carryouts available. For legion hall rental info, call Tom a 419-460-3625.

Genoa Branch Library activities include: Preschool Storytime Tues. at 11 a.m.; Lego Club (ages 6 and up) the last Tues. of each month from 4-5 p.m.; Adult Craft Class Mon. from 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Adult Book Discussion Groups 3rd Tues. at 7 p.m. (evening group) and 3rd Thurs. at 9:30 a.m. (morning group). For info, call 419-855-3380.

Waggin’ Tutors Therapy Dogs visit the Genoa Branch Library, 602 West St. the 3rd Wed. of the month from 4-5 p.m. Children may practice their oral reading skills by reading aloud to the dogs.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Genoa Library.

Moms are Be YOU-tiful in Christ Christian Mom’s Group meets every 1st and 3rd Mon. of each month through May in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hall, 204 Main St., Genoa. Free childcare available. For info, contact Patty Greenhill at 419862-0128 or pattijsd@yahoo.com. Sponsored by Christian Moms Group of St. Boniface and Our Lady of Lourdes.

Genoa Senior Center 514 Main St., serves lunch Mon., Wed. & Fri., 11:30 a.m. (call 419-855-4491 for reservations). Card playing Mon. & Wed. at 12:30 p.m.; blood sugar checks offered the 2nd Wed. of the month; bingo Mon. at 9:30 a.m. Trinity Thrift Shop, 105 4th St., hours are Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. & Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothes & small household items available at reasonable prices.

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Genoa Community Food Pantry Open monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.1 p.m., Christ Community Church, 303 W. 4th St. Serving those who are in Genoa School District.

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Oregon/Jerusalem Township, 220 S. Cousino Road, 1.4 acres, 3-bed, 1 bath, 2.5 car detached garage, remodeled, includes kitchen appliances. $125,000 419-779-1019

Waterville Historical duplex for sale. Spacious 2-3 bedrooms, appliances, storage, separate yards, additional storage available in barn. 419-261-3949

Sylvania Highland area brick ranch, 1692 sq. ft., beautiful home, immediate occupancy, asking $115K, but open to offers. 419-250-9853.

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0 Church Street 11.86 Acre Lot, Port Clinton Possibilities are Endless! $180,000.00

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Bartender/wait staff needed for weekend shifts. Apply in person or call for appointment at Wayward Inn, Schreier & Lime City Roads, Rossford, 419-666-3288

Class A CDL Driver, local work, hourly pay, 419-708-2179 Cleaners Needed at Turnpike Plaza in Genoa, Part-time shifts including weekends. $8.10 per/hr. must have clean background and reliable transportation. Call 419-261-6094 M-F between 8-5.

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Pay based on experience. Apply at 22325 W. St. Rt. 51, Genoa.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS Manpower is recruiting Heavy Equipment mechanics for a local company. This is a great opportunity to work in an excellent working environment. These positions are long-term and can lead to hire! st

1 shift with over-time. Manpower is seeking individuals with mechanical, welding and electrical experience.

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Heavy Equipment Operator Needed for Local Demolition Company Experience, Current Driver License required (CDL preferred) Full Time, Days, with frequent overtime. $18/$25/Hr, based on experience.

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(8am-4pm) Lawn Care Crew Member, Full & Part Time Positions. Must have valid driver's license and vehicle. Call for more details. 419-779-1020 LOCAL CLASS A and CLASS B DRIVERS WANTED, Full time qualified local quad dump truck drivers wanted for road construction work.

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DIETARY AIDES & COOKS PART TIME positions We are looking for caring, dedicated Dietary Aides and cooks to work in our beautiful nursing home setting to serve our residents and provide quality dining service with the choices that they deserve.

Experience preferred.

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Community Pharmacy has openings for part-time Sales Associates. Those applying must be over 18 and be available to work nights and weekends. Retail experience a plus.

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MAINTENANCE /PAINTER CONTINGENT (AS NEEDED) We are looking for a caring, dedicated Maintenance worker and painter to work in our beautiful nursing home setting to serve our residents and provide quality service with the choices that they deserve.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Village of Rocky Ridge is accepting sealed bids for the sale of village owned property. The property offered for sale are two parcels located on First St. in the village. Property #1 is described as 0 First St., Lot #1 Rodney Mason’s addition, parcel no. 0050183502313000.

Property #2 is described as 14743 First St., Block 2 Lot 8 in Footes addition, parcel no. 005018420233000. Sealed bids will be accepted until April 27, 2015 until 6:30 p.m. Bid envelopes shall be sealed and clearly marked Property #1 or Property #2 and will be publicly opened at the Village Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. on April 27, 2015. The Village has the right to refuse any and all bids that do not meet the minimum bid. Successful bidder will assume all closing, deed preparation and recording costs. Mailed bids shall be sent to Village of Rocky Ridge, P.O. Box 218, Rocky Ridge, OH 43458.

NORTHWOOD BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC MEETING The Northwood Board of Zoning Appeals regular meeting of Tuesday, April 14, 2015 in the Northwood Municipal Building Council Chambers has been cancelled. There are no agenda items for review at this time.

Attest: Kimberly Vaculik Planning, Zoning & Economic Development Coordinator, City of Northwood

NOTICE OF ASSESSING ORDINANCE Take notice that in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code and the Council of the City of Oregon, Ordinance No. 032-2015 passed on March 23, 2015 levied assessments upon the benefited property owners for the construction of certain sidewalks in the City of Oregon. The final assessment against each parcel may be paid on or before May 25, 2015. If not paid within such period, the assessment will be certified to the County Auditor for collection in 20 semi-annual installments with interest at the rate of 3% on the installments. The assessments levied by the ordinance are in the Office of the Finance Director for inspection and examination by any interested persons. This notice is given pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 727.26 and by order of the Council of the City of Oregon.

Kathleen Hufford Finance Director

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HEARING NOTICE Oregon City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Council Chambers on a renewal application for placement of farmland into Agricultural Districts for the following: 10 acres located at 4655 Brown Road and 2.4 acres located at 4664 Pickle Road Rear owned by Brown-Mesteller an Ohio Partnership.

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NORTHWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING The Northwood Planning Commission regular meeting of Monday, April 13, 2015 in the Northwood Municipal Building Council Chambers has been cancelled. There are no agenda items for review at this time.

Attest: Kimberly Vaculik Planning, Zoning & Economic Development Coordinator, City of Northwood

Public Auction April 4, 2015 10:00 AM 5812 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615 WAR ITEMS: Authentic WWll German officers sword, Civil War Discharge papers, bayonet, Indian war items, WWI & WWII items, trunks, maps, pins, badges, metals, ration books, foreign money, dog tags, 48 star flag & flags from other countries, binoculars, uniforms, canteens, mess kits, old military pictures, metal figure collection & many smalls. MISC:“98�

GMC Cargo van, many guns long & short, Misc .American silver coins, Harley Davidson gas tank, tin types, metal toys, Erector set, Elvis trading cards, Pez dispensers, Groucho Marx doll, Daisy 104 BB gun, A&P semi, knick knacks, old radios, model military plane, model ships, Old Evinrude (Elto) O.B. prop, carpenter tool boxes, Gilbert tool chest, Copper boiler, cast iron skillets, old wooden wheel chair, Budweiser light, cigarette lighters, pot belly Buckeye stove, cookbooks, Magazines (Mad & others), old matchbooks, knives - hatches, swords, cleavers, pocket, machetes, bayonets & more, shoe lathe, old books, dresser set, old hand cuffs, wooden boxes, posters, oil lamp, old grinding wheel, primitives & old hand tools. ORIENTAL: Cabinets, tables, mask, sword, knick-knacks & lg. figures MISC: Glass show cases, china cabinet, tables, ornate mirror, 3 speed bike for 2 RBO, video game system & games, micro phone stand, amp, misc. electronics, old projector & reels ( some super 8 ), ice fishing gear, Fly & reg. fishing poles, used tires, car parts, body tools, Chevy engine & manifold & more. TOOLS: 2.4 H.P. 1000 generator, Binders, chains, bench vise, plumb bob, tool boxes, drill press, clamps, cordless & electric tools, pipe wrenches, open & box end wrenches, chain fall, sockets & hand tools.

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The Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, Village of Elmore, Ohio, will receive bids, at its office 340 Clinton Street, Elmore, Ohio, until 3:00 p.m., on April 15, 2015, for the furnishing of approximately three hundred fifty (350) tons of southern rock, 98 to 99 percent soluble water softening salt; not to exceed .01% of inert material. Bidder to quote price per ton, delivered to the Water Works Plant, 340 Clinton Street, and deposited in the storage basins available there. Delivery will be approximately twenty-five (25) tons per month, or upon notification of the official in charge. Control flow device required. Contract will run for one (1) year beginning May 1st 2015. The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

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LOCATION: 7090 County Road 14 – Gibsonburg, OH. From Gibsonburg take OH-600 west 4 miles to CR 14, then south/left 0.5 mile to auction, Also, take US 20 to US 23 south to OH-600, then east/left 1 mile to CR 14, then south/right to auction OR take US 6 to US 23, then north 2.5 mile to CR 67, east/right 1 mile to the intersection of CR 14, 200’ north to Auction. Watch for Signs!

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