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Ray wins Extreme Weight Loss Challenge Two Oregonians took first and second place in 13abc’s Extreme Weight Loss Challenge, the results for which were announced live from Super Fitness in Toledo May 20.

Robert Michael Ray, owner of Oregon Village Apartments, took first place in the contest by losing 114 pounds over the course of the six month challenge, which included monthly group challenges and weighins for the five competitors.

“I had to do it for health reasons,” he said. “If I didn’t lose over 100 pounds the doctor said I wouldn’t see 50, and I’m 47 now. I came to Super Fitness to join and they had the challenge going at the same time.”

Ray was 321 pounds when he started the competition, but is down to only 207 now thanks to an intensive exercise routine designed by his friend and personal trainer, Brandon Welever.

“Weeks after he joined the gym I suggested he give the competition a shot,” said Welever. “The number-one thing is nutrition, but when he was in the gym, I was taking him through a very intensive cardio regimen. If he was doing the same routine over and over again then eventual-

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ly he would plateau and wouldn’t see any improvement, which is why we had to go through a variety of workouts to keep losing weight.”

“He’s happier, healthier, and he moves a lot more now,” said Ray’s wife, Pam, who provided support and motivation throughout the competition. “He also uses less medication. At one point he was on 16 pills a day, but now he’s down to four.”

Ray started by doing cardio and weight training five or six days a week, but did mostly cardio at the end, which he plans to continue now that the contest is over. He says winning was never the objective for him, because he knew he was doing it for himself and his health.

“I’ve seen it so many times where people get to a certain point and then they want to quit, and sometimes they do, and other times they push through,” said Welever. “Honestly, though, Rob has been on it the whole time. A few weeks into our training he said to me ‘every time I think of quitting, I remember why I started.’”

Carrie Grindle, a paraprofessional for Toledo Public Schools who also lives in Oregon, took second place in the competition with a similar cardio routine and lots of Herbal Life shakes.

“I didn’t like the way I looked or how I felt,” she said. “We went to Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes last year, and people older than me and my age were passing me up and I had to stop and rest. I wanted to change my life so that I could be around for my children.

“I mainly did treadmill for about an hour a day or walking,” she continued. “I also help coach a free fit camp in Northwood two or three days a week, and I would walk for an hour while my daughter was in gymnastics. I used to sit there and watch, but I thought that I might as well use that time to do something for myself.”

Both Ray and Grindle won Arc trainers that will help them continue their workouts, as well as tickets to

Oregon officials have for years discussed the possibility of developing a marina for public access to Maumee Bay and Lake Erie. The prospect was raised again at a recent council meeting by Councilwoman Kathleen Pollauf.

“I had so many people this weekend inquiring why Oregon doesn’t have a marina,” said Pollauf. “I know we have very limited space on the water, and I know there’s little property available, we don’t have a huge space. If someone would develop something, I would be completely for that.”

Mayor Mike Seferian said it would cost too much for the city to maintain a marina because strong currents would require frequent dredging of sediments.

“Where we are located on the lake, to put a marina out here is very difficult because of the way the currents work,” said Seferian. “We would have to have a continual dredging program – like weekly. It’s not that the space isn’t there, but it’s the design of our location with the currents that don’t really permit it.”

“Is it a city issue for dredging, or could a company or entity come in and invest to do something like that?” asked Pollauf.

Seferian said it was basically about costs to dredge the lake.

“It would have to be done constantly.

As soon as you’d clean it out, immediately it would start to wash back in,” he said.

“And there are no other areas?” asked Pollauf.

Seferian said he and Administrator Mike Beazley have discussed using Facility 3, once it is closed, for a marina and other outdoor projects. Facility 3 is owned by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.

Sediment that is dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers is dumped at the facility to keep the shipping channels open.

“Facilty 3 has potential. We are looking at that,” said Seferian. “It would be kind of expensive, so we are looking at funding sources.”

Beazley said Facility 3 has the potential for development, especially along the east side.

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The dangers of drinking, texting, and talking while driving was presented at Lake High School by the Lake Township Police, Fire and Paramedics.

Several students took part in the event. To take the message further, a "victim" was picked up by Eggleston-Meinert-Pavley Funeral Home and was instructed not to answer phone calls or texts for the rest of the day.

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Memorial Day services Memorial Day services for the Oak Harbor area community will begin Sunday May 25 when members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and their auxiliaries will attend the 9 a.m. service at St. Paul Lutheran Church on CR 17.

On Memorial Day (May 26), a breakfast will be served at the American Legion Post Home on Park Street from 6:30-8:30 a.m. All veterans and their families are invited.

VFW Post 8732 will hold Memorial Day services at 8:45 a.m. at Frenchtown Cemetery; at 9:05 a.m. at Locust Point Cemetery; at 9:30 a.m. at Rushau Cemetery and at 9:55 a.m.

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American Legion Post #114 will hold a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. at Limestone Cemetery and at 9:30 a.m. at Elliston Cemetery, featuring speaker Ron Distel and Elizabeth Sutton offering the invocation and benediction.

The two units will join other organizations for the annual Memorial Day Parade at 11 a.m. The parade will form at 10:30 a.m. in front of the American Legion Home on Park Street.

The parade will proceed south from Church Street to Water Street to Flat Iron Park, where a brief ceremony will be held, and then proceed to the Bayou Bridge to honor veterans lost at sea. From the bridge, the parade will proceed to the Veteran Memorial Circle in Union Cemetery for the final service.

The guest speaker will be Paul Laderach. Rev. Rick Bickelhaupt will offer the invocation and benediction.

Parking and seating will be available at Union Cemetery.

In the event of severe rain, the parade will be canceled and the Union Cemetery service will be held in the Oak Harbor Middle School.

White Star beach opens The White Star Park Swim Beach, located at 901 S. Main St., Gibsonburg, will open Saturday, May 24, the Sandusky County Park District has announced.

The beach will be open daily, weather permitting May 24-26, May 31-June 1, June 7-Aug. 17, Aug. 23-24 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1.

Admission is free for 2 years and younger; $2 for ages 3-12 and $4 for those 13 and older. Season passes may be purchased at the Beach House or at the park district office, 1970 Countryside Dr., Fremont. The cost is $35 per person for Sandusky County residents and $45 for non-residents.

For county residents, family passes are $50 for two people plus $10 for each additional person (limit of eight people per pass). The non-resident cost is $65 for two people and $15 for each additional person (limit of eight people).

Swim lessons will be offered July 7-18 (weekdays only).

Coast Guard-approved life jackets and vests, beach buckets, sand toys, “noodles” and coolers are permitted on the beach. No glass, cans, inflatable devices including floaties, balls and rafts are allowed.

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One Voice goes after blighted properties, one at a time

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com Volunteers working with One Voice for East Toledo posted a map in their so-called “war room” that keeps tracks of properties surveyed for the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation, or land bank.

“The goal of the land bank is to have a data base of all properties in the whole city of Toledo, so that’s important,” said East Toledo Family Center community builder Jodi Gross, the One Voice leader.

“They are started in East Toledo and they’ve started in another neighborhood.

The other thing is to identify blighted properties, properties that are in good structural, sound shape that people can either put up for rent, for sale, or the land bank could possibly find end users for them.

“Then we’re also identifying the empty lots. So if two neighbors have an empty lot between them, that whole land acquisition can come into play. At the beginning of a neighborhood there could be a couple lots where they could put a community garden and possibly a sign that says, ‘Welcome to, and whatever the neighborhood is at that point.”

However, they have a daunting task if they want to complete their survey of 11,000 parcels on this side of the river.

“We’ve seen some properties already coming down where we’ve been, so that keeps you motivated to keep going,” said One Voice economic committee co-chair Amy Tingley. “It’s definitely not something that is going to be done tomorrow and it’s going to take some time.”

Tingley guarantees the job will get done.

“We want to take down the blighted homes, take down the ones that are properties that are getting people moving out of the neighborhood,” Tingley said.

“So the beautiful homes, those people are going to stay because they are cleaning my neighborhoods versus everyone is kind of running for the suburbs. We’re trying and we’re doing what we can.

“Our resolve is not to give up, even it’s just Jodi (Gross) and me out there. We’ve been getting on the average of five to eight volunteers, and two of them this past Saturday focused on their area, so we figure maybe it’s a divide and conquer mentality.

We are bound and determined to do what we can.”

Land Bank director Cindy Geronimo says there is a goal of 100,000 parcels to survey county-wide, and East Toledo volunteers were the first to begin surveying. In the first two Saturdays, volunteers finished a verified 500 homes, and the land bank has yet to certify how many were surveyed on a third Saturday, although Gross estimates it at about 200.

The next three surveys are scheduled for May 31, June 14, and June 21 and volunteers will walk neighborhoods from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Volunteers first meet at Michael’s Café and Bakery in the Weber Block Building on Front and Main streets.

The surveys are conducted using any IOS or Android operated smart phone or

One Voice for East Toledo Leaders are working to get this former convenience store on Starr Avenue transfered to the Lucas County Land Bank.

(Press Photo by Ken Grosjean) tablet. Gross says surveyors evaluate the condition of the property, adding “it is an easy and quick process.”

“We’re having some difficulty getting volunteers because folks think it is a verbal survey,” Gross said. “It’s not. It’s a technical survey. We need people to understand that it’s a simple process. You don’t have to talk to anybody.

“The technology that we’re using, because we’re using tablets or smart phones, it actually is an application that is on the tablet or phone that you literally hit a checklist. You hit a button and it tabulates it for you, so it’s so simple.”

Neighborhood feedback Even though Gross says you don’t have to talk to anyone, that doesn’t mean somebody won’t want to come up and talk to you. Usually, that makes the work even easier, Tingley says.

“Some of the residents, you can tell, are more into making sure that East Toledo is on the upswing,” Tingley said. “They will come out and ask us, ‘What are you doing?’ and then once we tell them, they’ll start telling us about the different houses and start giving us some of the information.

“The technology makes it so easy. One of the ladies from Block Watch, she’s been in East Toledo since way before my time, and we dropped it off at her house, and as we were standing there talking to her she was telling us about some of the houses. I turned to Jodi and said, ‘Why don’t we do (her) neighborhood while we are here?’ so Jodi took one side and I took the other and we had that block finished within 30 minutes,” Tingley continued.

“So, it doesn’t take long. It’s just getting the people comfortable to the neighborhoods because they are a little leery about what are people going to say, are you taking pictures of my house?

“We have our land bank (identification) on, but we had one lady and she said, ‘Hey, excuse me, but are you taking pictures of my house?’ and then what we explained to her what we are doing, that we are with the land bank and we have a grant, and then she was all about it. She said, ‘Great, thank you so much.’ We said, ‘We’re trying to raise your property values, we are trying to get the blighted properties out of here.’”

Tingley says volunteers can limit their surveys to their own neighborhoods, if that helps.

“What we’ve also done is there are residential neighborhood groups, and there are a lot of them in East Toledo, and they wanted us to focus on each one and finish each one at a time, but what we’re finding is people are more comfortable in their own neighborhoods that they are familiar with,” Tingley said.

“So, some people that I work with came up to me and said, ‘Hey, I saw your picture in the newspaper and you are doing these surveys. How do I do my neighborhood?’ We’ve started branching out to get more people to volunteer by saying, ‘You can focus on your neighborhood — your surrounding area.’”

Commercial properties, too.

It’s not just residential properties — commercial buildings are surveyed, too, including one building on Starr Avenue that was formerly a small convenience store.

“I think it caught fire years ago, and it’s been sitting vacant ever since and it’s a real eyesore,” Tingley said. “The roof, from where I’m assuming, the firemen had to cut holes in it. There is a beautiful home across the street from it, there is a beautiful home next to it, but then you’ve got that. When we were going around with the land bank, we saw that and said, ‘We are going to see what we can do about that one.’”

At the start of 2014, the land bank had 1,526 parcels county-wide, including 468 single family, 54 residential, 934 vacant lots, one industrial, and 69 commercial. It had 341 in pre-acquisition, 449 currently owned, 158 sold with a rehab reverter, 575 sold with no rehab reverter, and three leased parcels.

The land bank was recently awarded a $6 million grant from the Ohio Housing Financing Agency, the second-highest total of 11 land banks statewide receiving a combined total $49.5 million to tackle blighted communities.

“The Neighborhood Initiative Program will provide much-needed relief to Ohio counties with a large number of vacant and dilapidated homes,” said OHFA Executive Director Doug Garver.

Genoa Homecoming The Genoa Homecoming celebration will be held, May 30 and 31 in Veteran’s Memorial Park.

The theme is “Down on the Farm.”

The celebration will kick off Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. with the annual parade, which will include high school bands, floats and area organizations. Registration will begin at 5 p.m. at 13th and West streets (Brunner Complex). Registration for the parade is open through Monday, May 26. Any entries signed up after the deadline will be placed at the end of the parade.

Floats and entries are encouraged to have an agricultural focus, in keeping with the Homecoming theme. For more information, contact Neil Ammons, parade chairman at 419-461-0584 or nammons@woh.rr.com.

After the parade, the amusement rides will be running and craft and food vendors will be set up. In the expanded beer tent, 56 Daze will provide live music. There will be no Bingo or Big 6.

Saturday’s activities will include a 5K run, a pet adoption, farm equipment show, garden tractor pull, amusement rides, wine tasting, a car show and live music by Bob Gatewood and Calabash under the Beer Tent.

Specialty foods will be available from vendors throughout the day. Once the sun has set, a spectacular fireworks display will light up the evening skies.

To find out more about the Genoa Homecoming, visit www.genoaohio. org or www.genoachamber.com.

Golf for mammories

Area golfers are invited to hit the course at Bedford Hills Golf Club Saturday, July 12 at 8 a.m., for the fourth annual “Thanks for the Mammories” outing to benefit the Northwest Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

The event is being organized by Oregon native Melissa Cogar, who is the organization’s Operations and Volunteer Manager.

The outing will include 18 holes of golf with cart, range balls, skins, a 50/50 raffle, prizes and more. The cost is $300 per team or $75 per individual if paid by June 1. The fee goes up by $10 per golfer after. There will be a men’s and women’s category.

Registration will start at 7 a.m.

Lunch and a silent auction will follow, and golfers will have the chance to win prizes and bid on items like a trip to Orlando, autographed sports memorabilia, sports tickets, a stay at Maumee Bay State Park and more.

This year, non-golfers are invited to participate by enjoying 18 or 36 holes of miniature golf at 10 a.m. The cost is $25 and includes lunch afterwards with the golfers. Kids welcome.

To register or for more info, contact Cogar at 419-245-4712 or cogar_2008@ yahoo.com or visit www.facebook. com/thanksforthemammories.

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Marina site Continued from front page “It’s the sort of thing that would be attractive and make us feel good about access to the lake. It’s the sort of thing that would be nice along our shore, to have people be able to come here. Ultimately, in almost every case, things like that are private business decisions where they think they can make the math work for themselves. And the city would love to help someone partner on that in terms of looking at zoning issues and that sort of thing. But ultimately, most of those end up as a private business decision for a business along there. There’s enough land on Facility 3 – there’s hundreds of acres. There might be a way to develop something along the side that might be attractive for Oregon long term. It seems like a natural way to help Oregon connect to the lakefront. We view it as a long term project rather than something we can immediately pull the trigger on.”

Maumee Bay State Park has a public marina. A boat launch in Oregon, located off Bay Shore Park near N. Wynn Road, is too small for larger boats.

“Because of the depth of the water in that space, it’s not really practical for anything but smaller boats,” Beazley told The Press last week. “The challenge there is the currents, sediment fills in, and it’s difficult other than for small fishing boats and jet skis.”

Private marinas Private marinas have had success at nearby locations, such as the Harbor View Yacht Club.

Public Service Director Paul Roman said the club benefits from being near Toledo Edison’s water intake, where “sediment can never really settle out.”

“That’s the beauty of that whole yacht club. It would be nice to have that. But we don’t have that,” said Roman.

Driftwood Commons also has a marina for private property owners.

“For a number of years they’ve had very large boats,” said Councilman Tim Zale. “I don’t know if they have encountered problems with navigating those waters.”

Seferian said he is familiar with Driftwood Commons, and that it is difficult to navigate.

“Driftwood Commons is very tricky to get out of,” said Seferian. “Those big boats know exactly where to go. It’s unique the way the currents work there. They do some maintenance. They’re in a little more open stretch and they don’t get the washing situation that we do currently along this route.”

“You have to know the territory,” Beazley said after the meeting. “The handful of individual boat owners know their way in there very well. If you’re not one of them, it might be a challenging process to get in and out.”

Beazley said he and Councilman James Seaman have looked at “every potential spot for development” on city owned land.

“We talked about looking at all the available sites along there, starting at the boat launch and moving along Maumee Bay State Park. We’ve talked about anything from paddle board concessions to kayaks to things like that. The mayor has said `let’s see if we can get some things out there.’

We’re looking to see if we can explore those things. We call ourselves Oregon on the Bay. There’s ways of getting more access to the Bay. I know council is interested in it, the mayor is interested in it, and the administration is interested in it. We’re doing some exploring.”

“I know it’s been talked about, talked about, and talked about,” said Pollauf. “I just think we need to start getting more active.”

Robert Michael Ray (right) and Carrie Grindle (center), both of Oregon, placed first and second in 13abc’s annual Extreme Weight Loss Challenge, hosted by Kelly Heidbreder. (Photo by Chris Selmek)

Ray wins Extreme Loss Challenge Continued from front page Cedar Point, a number of valuable gift certificates, and the opportunity to throw the flag at Toledo Speedway June 13 and hang out with Action News host Kelly Heidbred er.

“As a group, they lost 775 pounds, and that is an amazing achievement,” said Heidbreder. When we presented the awards, we wanted them standing in front of their “before” pictures so they could re-

ally see how much they lost and what an accomplishment that is.”

Ray was most excited about the opportunity to help coach the contestants of next year’s competition, which will begin in October. This is the fifth year for the Extreme Weight Loss Challenge, which Heidbreder hosts with the help of an extreme exercise trainer, an extreme nutritionist and an extreme chef.

She says she looks forward to the personal relationships she develops with each

contestant.

“I’m the one who has to help motivate them to do their best,” she said. “We’re with each other once a month for the challenges, but we communicate by Facebook every week. We try to come up with something challenging for all age groups. They come out many times with tears on their faces because they never thought they could do that many pushups or run a 5K, and that, more than anything else is what keeps me coming back each year.”

Oregon fest At left, the Clay High School Marching Band heads down Dustin Rd. At right, Mayor Mike Seferian and members of Cub Scout Pack 216 Starr School passed out candy. (Press photos

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Eastwood board is moving closer to ballot issue

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com The Eastwood school board Monday took another step toward seeking voter approval for a new elementary school on the district’s central campus, passing a resolution requesting that the Ohio School Facilities Commission update the project data for fiscal year 2015.

“When we originally did a project resolution it was for fiscal 2014,” said Dave Michel, district treasurer. “This changes it to fiscal year ’15. We are progressing as far as attempting to construct a building on the campus.”

Earlier this month, a facilities task force and business advisory council recommended the district move forward with plans to construct an 80,000-square-foot elementary

school on the campus utilizing funds from the OSFC and local revenues.

The building would house kindergarten through the fifth grades.

Under a proposal presented to the Wood County auditor’s office last month, the district would rely on revenue from a tax abatement package with Home Depot, Inc. to largely finance the local share. That agreement calls for Home Depot to pay $675,000 annually to the district for 15 years starting in January of next year. The company is building a warehouse/distribution center in Troy Township.

The Eastwood administration estimates the local share of the project at $12.46 million. The proposal discussed with the auditor includes tapping into the district’s general fund and issuing a new bond to not only help pay for the local share of the new building but also pay down current debt on an

addition to the high school. Those payments cost the district about $305,000 annually.

An option under consideration by the school board and administration would include extending the bonds for the high school addition by 21 years. The net effect to Eastwood taxpayers, says Brent Welker, district superintendent, is their property tax millage rates will remain consistent even with a new bond issue that would be in the range of 1.82-1.85 mills.

In a recent newsletter to district residents, Welker says taxpayers, students and teachers would benefit from a new school.

A central campus location for the school would allow the district to utilize personnel more efficiently and save on transportation costs.

Students, he says, will gain the equivalent of 13 additional days of instructional time because shuttles can be eliminated and

teachers will be able to collaborate more.

There will also be rooms designed for art and music education.

The board is expected to approve a resolution in June or July to ask the auditor to certify a millage amount for the bond issue.

The school board would then need to approve resolution to place the bond issue on the November ballot.

Michel said the board hasn’t made a decision on what to do with the Luckey and Pemberville elementary buildings if a new elementary school is built.

“We do not know at this time what they may be used for and have not made a decision to keep them open in some fashion or close them,” he said.

There is opposition in the community to closing the schools. The Committee to Save Our Elementaries met earlier this month to discuss other options such as renovating the

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By Stephanie Szozda Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com Bowling Green State University, Ironwood Block Watch, Oakdale Community, East Toledo Family Center, the One Voice for East Toledo Initiative, LISC, and a number of other collaborators will be painting another mural on East Broadway at the viaduct.

BGSU graduate Maura Meyers has been chosen to design the mural and help lead a team of university students and volunteers in painting a mural.

BGSU arts professor Gordon Ricketts and Peruvian artist Mario Torero led a group of students in painting a 40-foot wide by 15-foot tall mural on the viaduct on East Broadway near Vinyl Street last year. This year, Ricketts wanted a different type of mural – one he felt would contrast but complement Torero’s work.

“I was looking online and Maura just popped into my head,” he said. “I know she does more realistic type murals that are a little less abstract, but I think it will be a nice complement to what we have going on, on the other side. I thought this would be a good opportunity for her and would be a switch-up of Mario.”

Ricketts estimates that it would cost approximately $2,500 to $3,000 for paint, however the labor is free. “My students just get class credit, but I’d like to pay the artist (Meyers) $1,000 if I could. It’s going to be a lot of work. The labor is going to be free but it is her (Meyers) intellectual property there.”

The mural will be a Toledo landscape that is kid-centered. “Gordon told me about the organization GLISTEN (the Great Lakes Innovative Stewardship through Education Network), and they’re into water conservation and just kind of promoting all the good things that water brings to a community,” Meyers said. “Since it’s near a school, they wanted to also incorporate kids in it. So it was kind of just kids and water and picture-book illustration.

“I typically paint in black and white so everything is going to be outlined in black and white, so that actually kind of pops the colors a little bit more I think,” she said.

“I’m a huge fan of picture books and I just think that while it might be a little bit child-centered I think that anybody can appreciate the innocence of the subject matter so I hope that it’s well received,” says Meyers.

The sketch of the mural, revealed at a meeting May 7 at Oakdale Elementary School, received rave reviews from those attending.

Meyers feels confident in her experience with murals, as she has done quite a few already. “I’m painting one next weekend in Cleveland; I painted one in Cleveland last year,” she said. “I’ve painted a restaurant, a real estate office that’s coming up next week. I did one for Artomatic and for a screen printing shop, so a little bit of

New Mural (Bottom) Gordon Ricketts and Maura Meyers discuss what colors of paint to order for the new mural project.

(Top) A sneak peek at a small portion of Maura Meyer’s to scale sketch of the picture book like mural she designed for the East Broadway viaduct. (Press photos by Stephanie Szozda)

everything.”

The class for the college kids starts June 6, however they will probably start painting or tracing the mural on the wall June 7.

Meyers, a Perrysburg Junior High School art teacher, is hoping to recruit her students as well.

“I think that Perrysburg’s students could really benefit from experiencing it,” she said. “I always want something handson for them. I know it’s a class for the college students and it’s for this neighborhood but I think they need to be able to see the bigger picture here that they’re not just residents of Perrysburg, they’re part of something bigger.

“I think that’s really important, and I just want to get as many people involved as we can to get excited about it and support it,” she said.

All volunteers are welcome to attend, regardless of artistic ability.

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The Ohio Senate has approved an amended version of a bill that had put restrictions on municipalities and townships wanting to form Joint Economic Development Zones.

The bill passed by a vote of 30-2 Wednesday.

In February, the House of Representatives approved a bill that ended the authority of municipalities to form JEDZs by themselves or with townships on Jan. 1 2015. The House version also prohibited the renewal of existing JEDZ agreements after Dec. 31, 2014.

It also required at least half of any income tax revenue generated within a JEDZ formed by a municipality and a township be used for public services, facilities or improvements until they’ve been completed.

Senator Edna Brown, D- Toledo, who voted for the bill last week, said she’s confident the amended bill will satisfy the concerns officials expressed last month during a forum she hosted with Sen. Gardner.

“When HB 289 first came to the Senate, many communities in Northwest Ohio, including the City of Toledo, expressed serious concerns about its potential impact on their established and successful JEDZ agreements. After working with the bill’s sponsor, Representative Kirk Schuring, and my colleague Senator Randy Gardner, I am happy to report that the bill was modified to address those concerns,” she said. “I believe HB 289 strikes a balance between preventing abuse and allowing metro areas like Toledo to continue utilizing these important economic development tools.”

Supporters of the earlier version of the bill in the House testified that JEDZs formed recently in central and southern Ohio were designed more for tapping existing income tax revenues than fostering economic development.

Sen. Gardner also voted for the bill.

The Senate bill renames JEDZs established within municipalities “municipal utility districts” and leaves unchanged the regulations covering them in current law. The MUDs are not subject to the proposed JEDZ sunset.

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Wide disparity Kapfhammer said Muzak’s bid had already been reviewed.

“We reached out to Muzak. They reaffirmed to us that they are ready to do the work and it’s based on the specs that were bid out,” said Kapfhammer.

He added that there was a wide disparity in all three bids.

Transtar Security and Technologies bid $31,000 more than Lake Erie Electric.

“I haven’t seen a lot of this. Usually, when I’m bidding, and I bid on million dollar jobs, they’re usually real close to each other,” said Kapfhammer, who owns Maumee Bay Turf Center. The $80,000 difference between Muzak and Lake Erie Electrical, he added, was unusual.

“I don’t know where the loss in translation was. I know all these companies.

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The business representative of a local labor union has raised questions at a recent Oregon school board project about the low bid for the technology portion of the Eisenhower Intermediate School’s auditorium renovation project.

Ken Fischer, a business representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 8, which represents 2,000 members, said he wanted the board to look further at Muzak of Toledo, which submitted the lowest bid for the project at $59,949.

“Our concern is…one bid is very, very low, less than half of some of the other bids. We would like the board to thoroughly examine that, if you haven’t done that already,” said Fischer. “In construction, when a bid is that much out of whack, it kind of tips the hat that something was missed, or something is being compromised in quality of specs. I’d like to ask the board to thoroughly review that portion of that job and consider that bid is way out of line with the other bids.”

Other bids on the project include $107,269 submitted by Lake Erie Electric, and $138,112 submitted by Transtar Security and Technologies.

“I’m sure you guys cross paths with a lot of these contractors,” School Board President P.J. Kapfhammer said to Fischer.

“Do you have any reason to believe that Muzak isn’t going to fulfill the contract?”

“Some of the contractors that I know of that bid this project said the material was more than what Muzak’s bid was,” said Fischer. “That’s where I would ask you to touch base with those contractors to make sure that everybody is bidding the same specs, the same quality of material that’s being installed in that system.”

all bid based on specs. They know they’re going to be held to those specs. The contract is signed based on those specs.

[Muzak] underbid it. But they’re willing to fulfill the contract that they bid on,” said Kapfhammer.

Fischer asked if school officials spoke to the three contractors that bid on the project.

Dean Sandwisch, director of business affairs for the district, said he spoke to Muzak after the bids were opened.

“The low bid was Muzak, so we reached out to them to make sure they understood exactly what they bid on,” said Sandwisch. “They were the only ones present at the bid opening.”

“Hopefully, the quality of work doesn’t diminish with the price,” said Fischer.

“And that’s the fear with such a low bid.

To even come in close to what was bid you would have to compromise either the installation techniques or the equipment.”

Kapfhammer said the equipment that was bid had been spec’d out.

“It’s going to be hard to get around that one,” said Kapfhammer. “Even though they said they bid it below the equipment price, that’s spec’d out and they will be held accountable for that. So it’s not even going to be a change order type of thing. We did our due diligence. Dean has been on top of this from the second we found out about it. We did see the variances. It’s a weird bid that you usually don’t see in this industry.”

“I would suggest that you touch base with all the contractors and specifically talk to them,” said Fischer. “You might gather a little bid more information on what they’re actually thinking about and sometimes the lowest bid is not always the best option.”

“That’s why it’s lowest and best,”

Kapfhammer said of the criteria used by most communities when awarding bids.

“To our knowledge, Muzak hasn’t done anything to eliminate them from being the lowest and best bid. They bid based on specs, and it was a sealed bid process. We followed up after we opened the bid.”

Prevailing wage Board Member Jeff Ziviski said it was important to note that labor for the project will be paid with prevailing wages.

“One thing we’re confident about is we do use prevailing wage. So the labor is set by policy, and the equipment is set by the specs. We got a policy in place that requires prevailing wage, apprenticeships and all that stuff. And that’s how it’s bid,” said Ziviski.

“If the bid itself was done properly it’s going to be hard for them to vary from those specs. You can’t change a spec once it’s been bid,” said Kapfhammer.

“And the money we’re saving, we can appropriate those funds to other things,” said Board Member Heather Miller. “It’s not that we’re getting the lesser quality product.”

“There’s no history that Muzak has done lesser quality,” said Kapfhammer.

“Without any solid evidence to eliminate their bid, legally we have to follow the procedure.”

Kapfhammer said he was more concerned that only one electrical firm, Lake Erie Electric, bid on the electrical portion of the project.

“That’s even worse to me,” said Kapfhammer. “We have a lot of quality electrical firms in Northwest Ohio and I couldn’t imagine getting only one bid for that scope of work. It was not a small job.

We had a bunch pick up the bid packets, but only one submitted a bid.”

“You can call me and I will do my due diligence to try and get more bids,” said Fischer.

The board approved bids for the entire renovation project, which cost $436,845.

The board approved the $155,286 architectural bid of Folding Equipment, the $185,815 electrical bid from Lake Erie Electric, and the $35,795 theater and stage equipment bid from Janson Industries.

The board approved the bid of Muzak of Toledo by a vote of 4-1. Board Member Michael Csehi voted no.

“Their bid was very low compared to the other two and I felt they would have to make up the difference in quality of products or by not meeting prevailing wages,” said Csehi after the meeting. “Sometimes, if it looks too good, it probably is too good.”

Sandwisch said after the meeting that the board had previously hired Muzak to work on the PA system at Jerusalem Elementary School.

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McLargin informed the township board of trustees Tuesday the project is being conducted by Wood County and will include milling about 2 inches of the road before resurfacing.

The county commissioners last year approved an agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission for a grant of $325,000 to partially pay for the project, which will include milling and resurfacing the road between State Route 795 and the Northwood corporation limits – a distance of about 2.7 miles.

The project is expected to cost a total of $742,695.

However, the outlook for major resurfacing projects on roads under the jurisdiction of the township this summer doesn’t look promising, the trustees said in response to a question from McLargin about funding.

“It doesn’t look good,” Melanie Bowen, who chairs the board of trustees, said about the availability of revenues in the road fund.

In January and February alone, the cost of snow removal and related repairs reached about $18,459 and crews accumulated nearly 560 hours of overtime.

There are about 71 miles of roads in the unincorporated areas of the township that are the responsibility of the township, McLargin said, adding township crews will still be patching roads.

The trustees Tuesday approved a purchase of 4,600 pounds of Dura Crack filler for $2,400 through the Wood County engineer’s office.

Richard Welling, a trustee, said he’s been contacted by Lindsay Webb, a member of Toledo City Council, about pressing the state legislature for additional monies for capital improvement projects such as streets.

Webb and other elected officials trekked to Columbus recently while the legislature was considering the governor’s mid-biennium review to ask for restoration of Local Government Funds that have been cut from previous budgets.

Welling authored a resolution approved by the trustees in March that asks State Senator Randy Gardner, Representative Tim Brown and the governor to push for more state funding for local governments.

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By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon will schedule public meetings this summer to gage public input on the functions and location of a senior center.

Council President Dennis Walendzak said the city will schedule public meetings once the city has substantive proposals to discuss. Walendzak spoke in response to a letter submitted by residents who raised concerns about whether city officials were adequately addressing the needs of seniors.

“I just wanted to assure those citizens that when the time comes, we’ll be hosting meetings to get public feedback and public comments in regards to the levy funds and the senior center,” said Walendzak. “We’re just not to that point yet. We’re trying to do our due diligence so we understand what some of those needs may be prior to having everybody come in and giving us all their thoughts and trying to get an understanding. [Councilman Terry] Reeves has been involved in that. [Administrator] Beazley also.

So just to those citizens who sent that letter, I just want you to know that we will be addressing your concerns and your needs here in the near future.”

In the letter, residents noted that there has been considerable discussion about a new senior center since about 2000.

“There have been surveys, preliminary designs, committees and meetings for a senior center, but nothing has happened,” states the letter. “Oregon has a small inadequate senior center compared to other communities of similar size. Sylvania has the nicest multi-use senior center that is 22,000 square feet with quilting, woodworking, computer room, exercise and dance room, and more.”

The letter also states that the city was committed to building a senior center on a portion of property the city purchased years ago that is adjacent to the municipal complex property, but “that has not happened.”

“Instead Oregon invested in a seasonally used large soccer complex with a new concession stand and restrooms at a cost of over $1 million. There has been nothing spent for a year round senior center that would offer

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Oregon has had large projects that have yielded additional income tax revenue that can pay for a senior center, states the letter. “Furthermore, Oregon retired debt on the municipal complex some years ago that freed up a capital funding resource for a senior center.”

Last November, Oregon passed a levy for senior services “with promises made for an open discussion about a senior center and senior services,” states the letter.

“There was one council committee meeting for those offering senior services. That meeting was followed by recent private meetings to discuss senior services as well as who would provide the services.”

The letter requests an open well publicized meeting where Oregon citizens can

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“The focus of our meetings right now is on senior services that are needed – anything from socialization, respite care for families and exercise classes,” he said.

“The mayor, council and administration are all committed to moving forward thoughtfully with an investment in infrastructure and additional services. We just want to make sure we get it right. We don’t want to spend the community’s resources duplicating services that are already available, building space that is already available in some other settings,” said Beazley.

Years ago, a “strong consideration” had been given to building a senior center on property adjacent to the municipal complex, but estimated costs for construction and maintenance were thought to be too expensive, he added.

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“After the meeting, we ask that there be a cost/location/administration comparison on suggested locations, functions, etc.

The second meeting should be no more than 60 days from the first meeting,” states the letter.

Beazley told The Press last week that he is currently meeting with various community partners “to make sure we have a strong understanding of what resources are available.”

“We’ll have a public meeting that presents real information about what resources are available, what services are most in demand,” he said.

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During its peak years, the TPC&L was one of two interurban trains serving Genoa and other points east of Toledo.

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History can be found in many places.

Books, museums, photo albums, libraries or antique shops to name a few, but sometimes, we find history right beneath our feet. Such was the case this past month in Genoa when road crews, resurfacing a portion of Washington Street, unearthed dozens of old wooden railroad ties from a now-defunct electric interurban train that used to run between Toledo and the Lakeside-Marblehead area.

Sealed beneath the pavement of Genoa’s street for decades were the ghosts of the trolley in the form of wooden ties that supported the trains and rails of the line for decades. And the big machines didn’t have to dig too far down to find them. They were lurking near the surface. Kevin Gladden, Genoa Village Administrator, says they were about ten to 12 inches below street level, and they were discovered along with “some old spikes that were scattered around”.

Gladden says the ties were probably covered over about 50 years ago by pavement, and remarkably they are in pretty good shape.

They will have to be disposed of, however, because they still contain a creosote preservative which is environmentally unhealthy. Some of the recovered spikes, though, will be saved. The steel rails had been removed many years ago.

Not far from where this recent discovery took place still stands the former trolley passenger station on Washington Street, just across from the Genoa Fire Hall. The old stone block building that once served passengers on the Toledo, Port Clinton Lakeside Railway for more than a century is now a little more than an aging derelict of neglect, painted over and being used as a storage area by Clay Township. It is one of the few stations left on the historic interurban route, but there are no active plans at the present time to restore it to its original condition of a century ago when scores of trains stopped at the Genoa station everyday carrying hundreds of passengers.

The TPC& L was essentially an EastWest route, which began in Toledo and then followed a corridor eastward on Starr Avenue, turning south through Curtice and Clay Center, and then into Genoa with several continuing stops in Elmore, Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, Lakeside-Marblehead and Bay Point.

The operation lasted for almost 40 years, starting in 1902, and finally ran its last passenger car in July of 1939.

The Ohio Public Service Company did continue operating it as a freight rail carrier, however, until the 1950’s, hauling coal and lime between the Clay Center quarry and Toledo.

During its peak years, the TPC&L was one of two interurban trains serving Genoa and other points east of Toledo. The other was the famous Lakeshore Electric which ran daily service between Toledo and Cleveland with stops at numerous communities in between. It too, like the TPC&L eventually lost out to the popularity and use of the automobile. By World War II, the trolleys of Northwest Ohio, and most of the country, were history and the steel rails were promptly ripped out and rightof-ways sold off so they might never return.

Today, little remains of these old electric railroads that were once a common feature of everyday life a hundred years ago.

There are some lingering traces, however, if you know where to look. The best place to catch a glimpse of this local history story, is to follow the old track corridors where to this day you’ll find the abandoned bridge supports over creeks and streams, the open cuts and pathways through area woods, and the large and towering wooden electric poles that border the trail of the tracks, and here and there, you can still find a few old decaying depots. And once in while, you may feel the ghosts of the trolley’s rumble and find the history still buried beneath your feet.

Top photo, the old Toledo, Port Clinton Lakeside Railway building. (Photo courtesy of the Genoa Public library). Bottom photo, road crews unearthed dozens of old wooden railroad ties from the train that ran between Toledo and the Lakeside-Marblehead area. (Photo by Lou Hebert)

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Celebration of Life Wade Diefenthaler The family of Wade Diefenthaler invites friends to an open house on June 1, 2014 between Noon & 4pm at Wades home (27801 Pemberville Rd., Millbury) to celebrate Wade’s life.

Joe Ryan, 3, takes a seat among the flowers and plants for sale at the Genoa FFA Plant Auction. He is the nephew of agriculture teacher Luke Ryan, who organized the event and helped the auctioneer during the sale.

Genoa FFA plant auction brings cash

By Cynthia L. Jacoby Special to The Press Sam Ellithorpe kept a steady watch on the two-shelf metal cart at the Genoa Future Farmers of America plant auction.

The Genoa High School sophomore was waiting for the auctioneer to swing by the station to sell off the cart. But this wasn’t just any cart. This was his cart. He made it in class for the sale but really didn’t want to give it up.

“His grandpa had his eye on it too. I said, ‘You’re not really going to bid against your grandson are you?’” Sam’s mother Gwen Ellithorpe chuckled. Nope, Sam snatched up the cart for $55.

His winning bid and all the rest collected Saturday for flowers, plants, trees and furniture forged at the hands of Genoa FFA students goes back into the program of the western Ottawa County school district.

Some of the pieces ranged from an octagon picnic table and wheelbarrow planters to a heavy-duty metal coat rack. Flowers and plants ran the gambit from roses and petunias to the elusive firegrass.

“I love it but I just wonder how I would get it home,” Lauren Scheanwald said as she stood beside a large potting bench punctuated with real branches crafted by Caden Cruickshank.

Scheanwald, an intervention specialist at Genoa High School for the last six years, was one of about 60 to 75 students and community members braving Saturday’s chilly temps and sporadic rain at the high school campus to support the high school program. They laughed at the auctioneer’s antics and thought seriously about how the plants would fit into their spring landscaping plans.

Five of Scheanwald’s students participate in the agriculture-related program.

“They were very excited about these things they made,” she said. “They loved this aspect of it. This is the fourth-quarter for them. I am very proud of them.”

Ellithorpe agreed.

“They do some great things for the kids in this program,” she said, scanning a wagon full of flowers that could help add some dazzle to her poolside planters this summer.

Carolyn Matthews begins plotting her new landscaping early in the season. “We do a lot of planting,” she said.

So she put her cash behind the program that has helped develop the skills of her granddaughter Sierra Peacemaker. “She seems to really enjoy it,” Matthews said.

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Who do you remember on Memorial Day?

Do you watch Reality TV? Yes No

LeeAndra Karszewski Walbridge "My dad and my brother both served, and I reƀect on the memories they have shared from their time in the service."

Mike Wright Millbury "My dad Frank Wright for being a good father and raising 8 kids and serving in the military as a marine."

Monica Valle Genoa "My biological mom who passed in 2011 after knowing her for only 6 short months.

My family gets together for a cookout every year to remember those that were lost."

Pat Wamer Millbury "All of our veterans.

I used to work at the VA hospital so I've learned a lot about what they've been through, and the ones that lost their lives for our country."

Kenneth Tolhurst Luckey "My dad mostly. He was in the Army during WWII so I take time to pay my respects to the guys who went over there and did their job."

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Man can not live on cabbage alone (or supplements)

By Jill Richardson I ran into an acquaintance recently and he told me he’d started seeing a new nutrition expert. “You know what?” he said, “It turns out I’m gluten intolerant.”

OK. Him and everyone else. I told him I was glad he found an expert who could help him.

A week later I saw him again. “I went back to the nutritionist,” he said. “I can’t have nightshades either.” That means no more potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, or eggplant.

The next time I saw him, he’d given up dairy, corn, black pepper, and sweet potatoes. I’m not really sure what exactly he is eating at this point, besides cabbage. He’s also taking a long list of supplements, all on this new nutritionist’s orders.

I suspected that this “nutritionist” has no license of any sort. She’s certainly not a registered dietitian.

I finally asked him how she tested him for allergies. She had him hold a glass vial

Guest Editorial of a particular food in one hand and, with the other hand, hold his thumb to the tip of his middle finger. Then she tried to pull his finger and thumb apart. If she could, then she proclaimed him allergic to whichever food was in the vial he was touching.

I’m not the confrontational sort. I kept a straight face and wished him luck with his diet.

Searching the Internet, I quickly discovered this bogus method of “allergy testing” is actually quite widespread. Practitioners call it “applied kinesiology.” And, no, it doesn’t work— unless it provides some sort of placebo effect.

Why are people falling for this? Funny

you should ask.

The answer might lie in another disturbing trend. The very same week of my acquaintance’s revelations about his numerous food allergies, Mother Jones published a hilarious yet sad account of McDonald’s catering the annual conference of the California Dietetic Association.

There, they listened to Walmart people claim that Walmart helps keep communities healthy. The Corn Refiners Association, the high fructose corn syrup industry’s lobby group, argued that high fructose corn syrup is just fine to serve kids in school lunches.

With the mainstream nutrition community under so much pressure from Big Food is it any wonder why people are looking for alternatives and vulnerable to flaky fads?

And who is worse off? The person who seeks help from a dietitian who takes nutrition advice from the corn syrup lobby or the one getting assistance from a quack who believes she can detect allergies using the “Pull My Finger” method.

In truth, there are excellent nutrition

experts out there. Bestselling authors like Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle rank among them. Pollan’s advice is right on: “Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.”

Even some registered dietitians who belong to the corporate-sponsored Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association) are fantastic sources of nutritional advice.

Melinda Hemmelgarn is one such dietitian. On her blog and radio show, both named Food Sleuth, she interviews experts on every aspect of food, agriculture, and nutrition.

We need conscientious, honest experts like her influencing our national nutrition policy and health recommendations. And our registered dietitians don’t need any “education” from the fast food and junk food industries.

OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson is the author of Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It. OtherWords.org.

To accomplish goals, drive and discipline are needed Why keep at it? Consider the following example. How did you learn how to walk?

Did you succeed the first time you stood up? Did you give up after falling? Did you make excuses for why you couldn’t walk?

Did you resign yourself to crawling instead of walking?

Of course you didn’t do any of the above. As children, the only thing we did when we wanted something was to keep at it. We didn’t take no for an answer. We relentlessly kept at it until we succeeded. We didn’t know something couldn’t be done.

We did not understand the meaning of impossible.

As adults, we lose this tenacity for keeping at it. Although our good intentions may exist, we easily become discouraged by negative criticism or adversity. As a result, our quest is readily abandoned. The innate desire to keep at it that we had as children diminishes over time.

Your desire to keep at it is undermined by a variety of fears, all of which are learned.

First and foremost is the fear of failure. This

Find the truth To the editor: If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he would be grateful his assassination was investigated, the truth was found out and those guilty were brought to justice. The family and the American people had answers.

That is not the case with the murder of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stephens.

He and three others were killed in and near the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya Sept.

11, 2012.

We now know it was not initiated by some video, as U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice had claimed on several Sunday morning talk shows. It was, in fact, an organized terrorist attack.

Some recent information led many to believe the White House had involvement in crafting that “lie,” as the 2012 election was days away. You won’t hear that from most national media outlets, as they appear more interested in protecting the White House than pressing the government to get answers for the families.

In a final push to find all the answers,

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by Bryan Golden fear prevents you from continuing once you fall. A setback is perceived as a failure which cannot be overcome. You doubt yourself along with your abilities.

Fear of embarrassment is another reason you may not keep at it. You are concerned about how your determination appears to others. You are very uncomfortable with the possibility of being asked, “Why don’t you just give up already?” or “Can’t you accept that what you are doing isn’t working?”

Being ridiculed is another fear. No one likes to be the subject of jokes. This aversion is developed at a young age as a result of teasing. It’s a very painful and frustrat-

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No one likes to be criticized. However, fear of criticism drains your resolve. If you feel that keeping at it increases the chances of criticism, your determination will be impacted. Persisting in the face of denunciation certainly is not easy. After all, you don’t want to run the risk of people thinking less of you.

Being accepted is a normal social need.

Fitting in provides a sense of belonging and even security. Therefore, any fear of rejection is a powerful motivation to abandon a particular pursuit. The risk of alienation is deemed too big a price to pay.

If you give into any of these fears, you are the one paying the price of abandoned dreams. Failure is only assured when you give up. If, for whatever reason, you decide not to keep at it, you eliminate the possibility of success.

All inventions and discoveries are the result of individuals who kept at it.

Although they were routinely ridiculed

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and criticized, they kept to their path. It is not the path of least resistance but it is the path leading to the most satisfaction.

In order to keep at it you need drive, determination, and discipline. Drive is the force that gets you in motion and propels you forward. Determination enables you to persist in the face of adversity. Discipline is required for persistence over the long term because there is no way to know how long your journey will take.

It’s not magic. In order to accomplish your goals you need to restore your desire to keep at it. You must devote yourself to doing whatever is necessary, for as long as necessary, in order to succeed.

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the Speaker of the House has formed a House Select Committee headed by U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy.

As fellow Americans, we should all support this effort. Let’s finally get to the bottom of what really happened, find those who organized and carried out the attack, bring them to justice and provide some closure to the families.

Truth must also be found for the American people. Let this never happen again to our foreign service personnel.

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Condolences To the editor: It is with sincere appreciation that I would like to thank the community, family, friends, business owners, strangers and everyone who has paid their respects, by either attending my husband,

Richie Saponari’s funeral or the celebration of life; made a phone call; sent a text; wrote a message on the condolence page; sent flowers, food or money or have seen me and offered kinds words, a hug and smile.

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As you know, Richie was bigger than life, caring, devoted, and had a huge, contagious smile and personality. All who knew him miss him terribly.

Thank you all for your prayers and support during this extremely difficult time and for the generous donations toward funeral expenses through the benefit at Mon Ami Restaurant given by John and Peggy Kronberg.

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The years fly by but they are not forgotten. Thank you for your service to your country and our freedom. You are my hero, my best husband ever.

A great father to my children and an awesome PaPa. Happy Birthday!

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Sandusky County Senior Citizens Senior Hall of Fame Peg Rettig and Joe Wyant, of Fremont, were recently inducted into the Sandusky County Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony was held in conjunction with WSOS Senior Programs Annual Senior Day celebration. The Hall of Fame awards recognize senior volunteers in the community who serve as role models and who present a positive image of aging through various types of volunteer activities throughout the county. This year’s group brings the total to 90 senior volunteers inducted into the Hall of Fame since its inception in 2003.

Each inductee was awarded a plaque; a larger plaque located at the WSOS senior center in Fremont lists the names of all inductees to date.

WSOS operates four senior centers in Sandusky County, including Gibsonburg, Woodville, Fremont and Clyde. Call Senior Program Director Robin Richter at 419-3348911 for more information about services for senior citizens.

Scout recognition dinner Erie Shores Council of Boy Scouts

People of America, which is celebrating more than100 years of scouting, will hold the 88th Annual Scouter Recognition Dinner June 5 at Camp Miakonda, 5600 West Sylvania Ave., Toledo.

The annual dinner is held to honor the more than 2,500 adult volunteer leaders in Northwest Ohio who work with young scouts, including boys 7-21 and young men and women ages 14-21.

Dinner will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the outdoor Council Ring at 7 p.m.

Special recognition will be given to Charles C. Horne, Jr., of Green Springs, who will receive the John Haar Lifetime Volunteer Service Award, established in 2009 to honor Haar’s, lifelong example of volunteer service.

Frank S. Merritt, of Toledo, will re-

ceive the Glenda M. Bowman Lifetime Inspirational Award, which honors leadership, courage in the face of adversity and helping others to reach their full potential.

Recipients of the District Award of Merit, given in recognition of those who give outstanding service at the district level, include Michelle McVicker, Taia Sutherland, Lee Anna Bornt and Todd Frendt of Lucas County; Kenn Bower, of Sandusky County; Jeffrey Smarkel, of Ottawa County and Joan Cornell, Shawn Benjamin and James Wilson, of Wood County.

Silver Beaver Awards – the highest award the council can bestow on an adult volunteer – will be given in recognition of noteworthy service and exceptional character to David Dean, of Oregon; Eric Timm, of Perrysburg; David Wilson, of Bowling Green; Allen Ellett, of Sylvania; Gary Harden, of Swanton and Lee Schultz, of Holland.

Rainbow Meet & Greet

Girls, Ohio Assemblies, will host a “Meet & Greet” Thursday, June 12 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Perrysburg Masonic Building, 590 E. South Boundary St., Perrysburg.

Majority Rainbow, their daughters, nieces, granddaughters, friends and current Rainbows are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Visit www.ohiorainbow.org for more information.

Brown named Fire Queen Kayla Brown, a sophomore at Lake High School, has been selected as the Lake Township Fire Queen.

Her father, Ed Brown, is a captain with the township fire department.

Kayla will represent the department at various functions, including the Northwest Ohio Volunteer Fireman’s Convention next month.

The Northwood Fire Department and Northwood Firefighters Association are hosting the convention.

The International Order of Rainbow for

Walker’s 80th anniversary Family-owned and operated, Walker Funeral Homes is celebrating 80 years of service to northwest Ohio.

Alvin W. Walker, a strong believer in community service, established his first mortuary on Monroe Street in Toledo in 1933, according to a company spokesperson. The funeral home has continued to expand its facilities and services since.

In 1955, the company opened the new Talmadge Park Chapel across from what is now Franklin Park Mall.

Al’s son, Gary, joined the business in 1965 and still serves as CEO. Gary’s son, Keith, who joined the firm in 1993, currently serves as company president.

In 1995, Walker built its location on Sylvania Ave. Three years later, Walker purchased Maison-Dardenne Funeral Home in Maumee and renamed the business Maison-Dardenne-Walker.

Then in 2004, it purchased three funeral homes in Ottawa County, now renamed Robinson-Walker Funeral Home in Oak Harbor and Genoa, and Gerner-WolfWalker Funeral Home in Port Clinton.

Today, Walker offers families personalized funeral and cremation services.

Walker also owns and operates its own crematory and provides a full range of options and services.

Walker continues to carry on the community service legacy of its founder, Alvin W. Walker. One of the special ways it gives back is by providing free services for any member of local police and fire departments killed in the line of duty. They also offer special packages for veterans of the U.S. Armed Services.

Golf The Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual scrambles golf tournament at Maumee Bay State Park on Thursday, June 26. Registration deadline is June 19. Call Brent Shimman at 419-6939000 or email him at brent@sdcapital.org

At the clubs The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 5th Annual Village

Workplace wide Garage Sale Days June 6 & 7. A complete list of sales will be available at the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the Oak Harbor Public Library, and on www.oakharborohio.net starting Wednesday June 4.

If you would like to place your sale on the list, there is a $3 minimum donation and the chamber must receive your information by Monday, June 2. For info call 419-898-0479.

Gold stars Wittkamp Agency of Woodville has earned the Senior Partner designation from Grange Insurance. Wittkamp, an independent agency, has represented Grange for 17 years.

The designation is based on profitability, premium volume and growth. Less than 12 percent of Grange’s 3,600 agencies have earn the designation.

Nominations sought Nominations are being sought for the 19th annual 20 Under 40 Leadership Recognition Program which showcases young, dynamic leaders in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan under the age of 40.

The 20 Under 40 program focuses on individuals who have distinguished themselves in their careers and/or in the community.

Submit nominations by filling out the electronic form on the 20 Under 40 website--www.20under40toledo.com before Friday June 13. Candidates must be under 40 years of age on June 30.

For the 19th consecutive year, Chrys Peterson, former WTOL news anchor, will serve as master of ceremonies at the recognition event Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate, 550 N. Summit Street in Toledo.

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St. Boniface students “Rise Above” St. Boniface fifth- and sixth-graders had the experience of a lifetime when they visited the Rise Above travelling educational exhibit at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton.

Students had the opportunity to speak with Tuskegee Airman Dr. Harold Brown, who told of his experiences as a pilot in WWII flying a P-51C Red Tail Mustang and then assisted the students in creating complex paper airplanes for a distance-flying contest.

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Waite ‘Golden Class of 1964’ celebrates 50th reunion

By Tammy Walro Press Staff Writer twalro@presspublications.com “Make new friends…but keep the old; one is silver and the other’s gold.”

On May 9, members of Waite High School’s “Golden Class of 1964” had a chance to catch up with old friends at their 50th class reunion at the Holiday Inn French Quarter in Perrysburg.

The celebration kicked off the evening before when fellow classmate Ray Frick hosted a gathering at Fricker’s in Perrysburg.

The class originally numbered 359 and after 50 years, organizers were pleased that 88 attended the event, according to reunion committee member Joanne (Hecklinger) Crandall. With spouses and guests the total number attending was 145.

“Endless hours of research went into updating the mailing list, which over the years had become obsolete,” Crandall said.

“In the end, the committee was able to locate all but about 30 individuals.”

A moment of silence, a memorial video and two memorial scrapbooks honored the 66 members of the class who have passed away.

“The class produced 33 veterans.

Sadly, 14 have passed away,” Crandall said.

“We were proud to welcome all of the 19 who are still living.”

Because this was a special reunion, which was being held at the same time as Waite’s 100th anniversary, the committee didn’t want to celebrate with an ordinary cake. “We contacted PM Frosted Fantasies in Maumee, and they created a beautiful replica of the school building,” Crandall said.

“Our principal, Leonard Hendrickson, told us at graduation, ‘It is a fact that no matter how seriously you pledge and plan, you will never be together again as an entire group after graduation night. You will go your separate ways and then fate will intervene. However, you can remain as a group in mind and spirit and heart, remembering all the fine things that happened to each of you as you have grown in the past four years,’” Crandall said.

“His words still ring true today, because that weekend we were again all together as a group in mind and spirit and heart,” she said.

Additional members of the organizing committee included Jack Romp, Betty (Hatfield) Pavuk, Sharon (Szegedi) Romp, Nora (Gallaher) Longsworth, Mary Ann (DeShetler) Clark, John Talip, Rick Hoffmann and Barbara (Ball) Baumgartner.

The 1964 renuion cake created by Maumee-based PM Frosted Fantasies depicting a replica of the 100-year-old Morrison R. Waite High School. (Submitted photo)

At their recent 50th reunion, members of the Waite Class of 1964 honored 19 of their classmates who served in the military including Don Clark, Walt Habel, Bill Kain, Richard Ignaczak, John Talip, Rick Hoffmann, Al Crum, John Schwarzkopf, Jim Hirzel, John Hirzel, Bob Thiebert, Mike Jesion, Jerry Karwhite, Tom Webber, Tom Helbing, Gary Krall, Ron Marshalko, Jim Markin, Jim Frye. Fourteen veterans who have passed away were also remembered. (Submitted photo)

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Oak Harbor grad finds adventure sailing the seas

By Cynthia L. Jacoby Special to The Press news@presspublications.com

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Amy Fickert is proof that dream jobs are still out there for the taking.

A couple of years ago, the Oak Harbor High School graduate was working as an employee activities director for Aramark in Alaska’s Denali National Park in Alaska when a cruise ship job opportunity crossed her path via a friend.

Now, the 28-year-old touts the title of cruise ship director aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise’s Radiance of the Seas navigating through Australian and New Zealand waters. She recently transferred there after a stint aboard the Oasis of the Seas, which frequents ports in the Caribbean and Western Europe. Her daily duties include assisting passengers numbering up to 6,000 and coordinating entertainment staff.

Trips at sea can last four to six months at a time, and often, there is less than a few hours turnaround time between voyages.

She calls on her thespian and cheerleading background from her high school days to stay energized. She keeps her days in line with management skills honed in the communications program at Wittenberg College.

She admits, however, no one thing can fully prepare someone for a job like this. “There’s no land-based position that’s comparable,” she said. “I’m the face of the cruise. I host on the stage, host a television show every day, coordinate theme days.

I’m out there with the people every day.”

Her days are filled with low moments and lots of highs. Every day brings new challenges, she said. “It’s a lot harder than I first thought. I do put a lot of miles on daily, walking the ship.”

The job also requires oversight of 75 employees – down from 210 aboard the Oasis. “There’s a lot of diversity – among employees and the customers,” she said.

And what does the Ohio native do in the downtime she has aboard the ship?

Because she kicks into action around 6 a.m. and runs past midnight most nights, there’s very little free time, but when it happens, Fickert has a plan.

“I sleep as much as I can. I’m the queen of naps. I can sleep anywhere,” she said, laughing.

The vast experiences available from this job are not lost on her either. “I’m glad I can travel and do this while I am young and don’t have a family – that’s the best part of my job. I am able to travel around the world for basically free. The worst is being away from your family.”

Many of her co-workers are parents who spend up to eight months at a time away from their families to earn a living. “I don’t think I could do that,” she said.

She met someone aboard ship and they are lucky enough to have schedules in sync with one another – for now. He traveled

with her to Ohio this March and April.

As to how she became so comfortable on the water for such lengthy jaunts, she looks to her dad, Jon Fickert of Oak Harbor, who inspired her love of the water at an early age. Boating, fishing and water skiing off the shores of Lake Erie became second nature as soon as they were old enough, she recalled. “I remember being 6 or 7 and he had me in the water with big flippers – bright orange flippers.”

“She’s always been pretty adventurous,” her dad said. “She goes all over the place.”

After months at sea, Fickert earns one or two months off. She flies home to visit her parents (her mother lives in Springfield, Ohio) then often travels across the nation and internationally, filling her vacation days with as much activity as possible.

Her most recent vacation this March and April included trips to Atlanta, Las Vegas and Hawaii. During her Vegas trip she met up with an old high school buddy now living in North Carolina to enjoy quality “girl

High school students in Penta Career Center’s construction trades programs spent the school year working on a 2,200-square foot house at 10700 Roachton Rd., Perrysburg Township. An open house was held May 18 for the two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom house, constructed for the Britten family. For info about applying for a Penta-built home, contact Kevin McCann at 419-666-1120, ext. 6358.

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“She works hard and plays even harder,” her dad affirmed.

Over the past few years, the cruise ship industry has felt the economic blows of major bad publicity. Customers smitten with mysterious illnesses and vessels left idled by troubled engines filled the nightly news casts. The cruise director takes the complaints in stride.

“If we didn’t do something because we heard a bad review, we wouldn’t leave our house,” she said, adding the publicity of those few bad situations overshadows the safety record of thousands of other trips made annually.

“There are thousands, millions of favorable experiences aboard ship that go unpublicized,” she said.

“We have 6,000 guests every week. Our company has 20 ships. They just celebrated their 50th million guest in 2013,” she said of the Royal Caribbean line, which began operation in 1970.

This summer her dad and brother, Johnny, an outdoors writer, will be among the guests.

“I’m really looking forward to spending time with them aboard ship,” Fickert said.

Oak Harbor High School graduate Amy Fickert with a kangaroo in Australia, and celebrating Carnival Day aboard the cruise ship where she serves as cruise director.

First-ever Career Day held

Heather Sheehy, systems director for ProMedica Sleep Disorder Centers, speaks with student Carlos Baez at the Career Day held April 17 at Genoa High School.

More than 60 business professionals volunteered their time to speak with students at the event, sponsored by the Genoa Academic Committee. (Submitted photo)

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GenoaBank salutes salutes Maythe Student of the Month

Allyson Heyman

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Clay High School Samantha Grindle

Allyson has a 4.1 GPA and is ranked 11th in her class. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Cardinal Crew, Cardinal Core, Art & Recycling Club, Student Ambassador and Spirit Club.

She also participates in volleyball and softball.

Samantha has a 4.18 GPA and is ranked 9th in her class.

She is a member of the National Honor Society, Volunteer Focus, Strive, and the International Club.

She also enjoys working at the Toledo Animal Shelter and art.

Allyson, daughter of Sherry & Richard Heyman, plans to major in biochemistry and psychology to become an adolescent psychiatrist with a background in art therapy.

Samantha, daughter of Sean & Carrie Grindle, plans to become a veterinarian but has not decided on a college.

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Ashley Buczko With a GPA of 3.45, Ashley is ranked 18th in her class. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, and Student Council. She also participates in softball, volleyball, basketball and the school musicals.

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Oregon-Northwood Rotary Club distributes dictionaries

By Christopher Selmek Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com The Oregon-Northwood Rotary Club provides support for educational programs throughout the area, yet the business owners involved in this “service above self” organization rarely have an opportunity to visit the children they help.

Only near the end of the school year, when Rotarians distribute a “Webster’s Dictionary for Students” to every thirdgrader in the Oregon-Northwood educational system, including Kateri, do the fundraisers get to visit classrooms.

Students at Jerusalem Elementary School received their dictionaries May 13, when Melinda Ciesielczyk, Matt Mackowiak and Kimberly Vaculik visited classrooms to offer their presentation.

“I love being able to come here and see the students in person,” said Ciesielczyk, distributing dictionaries for the first time this year. “It’s something they’ve never received before and you can see their excitement.”

The distribution is made possible through proceeds from Elder-Beerman coupon books the Rotary Club sells in the fall.

When Ciesielczyk asks the fourthgraders if they have ever heard of the Rotary Club, most shake their heads “no.”

When she asks if they’ve ever had breakfast with Santa Claus at Clay High School, a few hands go up.

“We have breakfast and gifts, so we hope you’ll come out and see us in December,” she tells the students. “Now, how many of you have older brothers and sisters who have been to the Challenger Learning Center?”

Another Rotary Club project sends every seventh-grader in Oregon and St. Kateri schools, and every fifth-grader in Northwood to the Lucas County Challenger Learning Center. The annual golf invitational, being held June 20 at Chippewa Golf Course, is expected to raise close to

Jackson Whitten receives his personalized dictionary when members of the Oregon-Northwood Rotary Club visited Jerusalem Elementary School, May 13. $10,000 for this purpose.

“They send kids to the moon,” Ciesielczyk told the students. “When you are in seventh grade you will get to go to the moon, because that is one of our projects.”

As the dictionaries were distributed, many of the children wanted to know if they could take the books home with them.

“You do get to keep dictionaries, and your name is on it so you get to keep it for-

ever,” said Mackowiak.

While the opportunity to see excited fourth-graders receive the gift of a dictionary is no doubt one of the most heartwarming benefits of being a member, the club has made an impact in many other ways. Another recent triumph, April’s Paint away Polio art education event, raised $1,658 for End Polio Now, which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation matched two-to-one.

For the fourth-graders in Mrs. Graham’s class, however, the gift of the dictionaries was enough reason to remember the Rotary Club. “This is an incredible gift,” said the substitute teacher, “now what do you say?”

In unison, the classroom of nearly 20 young girls and boys shouted “thank you,” which may be all the encouragement these donors need to keep making their rounds year after year.

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Ottawa County 4-H offering two summer camps for youths Ottawa County 4-H is offering two summer camps, which are open to all youths, whether or not they are 4-H members.

Camps serve as engaging “learning laboratories” where children develop life skills, such as responsibility, decision making, getting along with others, cooperation, leadership and increased self-esteem.

The 4-H Cloverbud Camp, open to youths in kindergarten through second grade, will be held June 12 and 13 at Camp Sabroske. The theme for the day camp is “Paws Claws Scales & Tails.” The camp fee is $40.

The 4-H Jr. Camp is open to youth in third through seventh grade and will be held June 23 – 27 at the Erie County 4-H Camp on Kelleys Island. The overnight camp features the theme, “Moooving Along at 4-H Camp!” The fee for the camp is $160.

Fundraising opportunities and scholarships are available.

Call Ohio State University Extension at 419-898-3631 or visit for http://ottawa.osu. edu/topics/4-h-youth-development/ottawa-county-4-h-camps for camp registration materials or more information.

Teen volunteers sought East Toledo libraries need teen volunteers age 12-17 for the Summer Reading Club, which runs June 10-Aug. 10.

Applications are available at the Birmingham Branch, 203 Paine Ave. Toledo (419-259-5210) or Locke Branch, 703 Miami St., Toledo (419-259-5310).

Volunteering can help youths learn responsibility, build job skills and have the satisfaction of helping younger children.

Literacy, GED classes offered Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) classes are available at the Ottawa County Resource Center, 8200 SR 163, Oak Harbor.

Classes, presented by VanguardSentinel, are offered at no cost to help adults interested in improving basic literacy skills, obtaining a GED or preparing to go to college.

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Students interested in obtaining a GED are now doing so through the new 2014 GED test. Participants will be able to take the official GED Practice Test to determine readiness for the GED test.

Orientation to the program is required prior to enrollment. At orientation, participants will set goals, complete placement testing and develop individual learning plans.

Orientations will be held June 5 at 5 p.m. and June 19 at 10 a.m. Call 419-8983688, ext. 270 to register or obtain more information.

Holiday closure Owens Community College Toledoarea and Findlay-area campuses, as well as the Owens Community College Learning Centers in Maumee and downtown, will be closed Monday, May 26 for the Memorial Day holiday. There will be no classes and the college offices will be closed for business.

Classes will resume and administrative offices will open May 27.

Pharmacy tech training The next Pharmacy Technician Training session offered by Lifelong Learning at Terra State Community College will begin June 2.

The non-credit course, which will meet 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through Aug. 4, is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification exam.

The fee is $899, which includes all books and materials.

To register or for more information, call Marsha Thiessen at 419-559-2464.

Senior expo planned Terra State Community College will host its first Life Scholars Expo – “Pathways to a Better Life,” June 3 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Neely Conference and Hospitality Center on the Terra Campus, 2830 Napoleon Rd., Fremont.

The free event will feature speakers and displays from area vendors. Keynote speaker Diana Waugh, certified dementia consultant with Waugh Consulting will present, “I’m Still in Here…Come Find Me – My Todays are a Blur, but My Yesterdays are My Strength.”

Other presentations will address home health care, hospice and financial planning.

Admission is free; reservations are required and may be made by calling 419559-2255.

Small business seminars The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering free, two-hour “Small Business Basics,” designed to take confusion out of starting, buying or expanding a small business.

Entrepreneurs will learn the basics of name registration, licensing, taxes, zoning, business entities, employees, insurance, financing and business planning.

The June schedule includes: • June 4 – 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ottawa County Improvement Corporation (conference room), 8043 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor.

• June 25 – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Terra State Community College (Building A, Room 314), 2830 Napoleon Rd., Fremont.

To register or for more information, call Bill Auxter toll-free at 800-826-2431 or email at bauxter@terra.edu. There will not be sessions in July.

Bank “adopts” area schools On May 7, GenoaBank helped more than 120 Genoa Elementary students experience hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) training at Imagination Station Toledo, thanks to the Adopt-a-School Program.

For the past two years, GenoaBank has supported Imagination Station’s Adopt-aSchool program by providing designated funds for students in Genoa, Lake, Maumee, Northwood, Rossford and Woodmore school district. The program gives corporations and foundations a way of directly impacting the children in their community, according GenoaBank President/CEO Marty Sutter.

“We take pride knowing our contribution continues to impact multiple school districts, children and families where we have bank locations,” he said.

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Backpack to the Future As another school year comes to an end, many students are once again placing their backpacks in storage or are discarding them entirely in anticipation of buying next fall’s latest fashion trend.

Once again, Owens Community College Alumni Association is sponsoring the “Backpack to the Future” drive, which collects backpacks, along with school supplies, which will be donated to low-income students in Northwest Ohio when the next school year begins.

Throughout the summer, area residents are encouraged to donate new and gently used backpacks, along with new school supplies, including crayons, markers, glue, colored pencils, folders, tissues, etc. at the Owens Office of Alumni Relations on the Toledo-area campus.

Since establishing the program in 2004, the Owens Alumni Association has given 3,399 backpacks and 62,224 school supply items to benefit disadvantaged children throughout Northwest Ohio.

For more information or to make a donation, call 1-800-GO-OWENS, ext. 7876 or email alumni@owens.edu.

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Oak Harbor DECA trio places 3rd at international conference On May 1, 18 Oak Harbor DECA members traveled to Atlanta to compete at the International Career Development Conference, where more than16,000 students from around the world competed in their respective events.

The team of Jordyn Dunn, Brenna Franck, and Brandon Schimming placed third in the Financial Literacy Promotion Event. Each of the team members also won a $2,000 scholarship from H&R Block, sponsors for the event.

Students earned the right to compete at the conference by qualifying at the Ohio DECA Career Development Contest held in March. Six students also qualified to attend the conference based on their standings in an online “Virtual Business Restaurant” simulation, including Austin Apple, Ben Cochran, Joshua Hill, Tate Haar, Connor Eli, and Andy Rathbun.

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Academic honors Adrian College: Katherine Dewyre, of Pemberville; Jessica Abbey, of Millbury.

Mercy College: Cheryl Schimming, Megan Weber, of Curtice; Rebecca Avery, Jessica Heuer, Kelly Sawmiller, Tracy Schertz, Shannon Thal, of Northwood; Shannon Avers, Emily Macko, of Oak Harbor; Denise Alexander, Mary Bailey, Angela Broshious, Olivia Dollarhide, Jessica Fioritto, Cassandra Laberdee, Tiffany Nottage, Virginia Okey, Lydia Rahm, Jessica Rains, Angela Saldivar, Carman Tolles, Wendy Tscherne, Jessica West, Jaclyn York, of Oregon; Martha Altman, Ann Burke, Elizabeth Curdes, Amanda Haefner, Joan Merillat, Marybel Romero, Briana Smeltzer, Chelsea Vanderpol, of Toledo; Courtney Gavorski, of Elmore; Andrea Bachmayer, Joyce Grimm, Mackenzie Hernandez, Tina McCarty, of Genoa; Regina Maynard, Lea Witte, of Gibsonburg; Brett Teall, of Luckey; Kayla Mazur, Lauren Reed, of Millbury; Rhea Black, of Pemberville; Christina Brock, Danielle Haslinger, Sarah LaPlante, of Walbridge.

Ohio Northern University: Katherine Hotz, of Millbury.

Pinning ceremony held Billie Brauer of Gibsonburg and Melissa Rimboch, of Oak Harbor, were members of the10th graduating class of Terra State Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing program.

The students received their nursing pins during a ceremony May 10 at the college. Keynote speaker was Lori Keegan, MSN, RN, an adjunct clinical instructor at Terra State who is clinical manager of the Intensive Care Unit at Mercy St. Charles Hospital in Oregon.

Graduates received nursing pins and a Nightingale Lamp, which was lit by nursing faculty and then recited the Nightingale Pledge.

Clay Band scholarships Recipients of Clay High School Band Scholarships include: • Clay Band Parent Scholarships – Mia Mottmiller &Payton Cufr; • Charles Neal Scholarship – Bridget Riley; • Nancy Fox Bricker Scholarship – Tyler Ewersen; • Michael Raczkowski – Courtney Large; • John Gyuras Memorial Band

Oak Harbor DECA members Jordyn Dunn, Brandon Schimming, and Brenna Franck earned third-place honors at the International Career Development Conference held in Atlanta. (Submitted photo) Scholarships – Stephanie Fredrick & Megan Maynhart; Clay High School Band Award winners include: • Louis Armstrong Award – Dan Wiedmann; • Semper Fi Award – Ross Gregory; • John Philip Sousa Award – Tyler Ewersen.

FFA students help out Oak Harbor FFA students assisted Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District staff members in packing tree seedlings at Moore Orchards for the district’s annual tree sale.” The program offers landowners varieties of small seedlings, shrubs, and larger hardwoods, along with native plant seed packets at an affordable cost.

The OSWCD thanked FFA volunteers Cliff Biggert, Cobi Brough, Ben Genzmen, Aaron Hopkins, Tyler Mantooth, Curtis Priesman, Tyler Scanes, and Adam Swope for their assistance.

Owens Trustees’ scholarships Owens Community College’s Board of Trustees recently honored area high school seniors for their outstanding achievements, presenting thousands of dollars in new scholarships through the Trustees’ Academic Excellence Scholarship Program.

Each recipient will receive a $2,000 scholarship, provided over four consecutive semesters. Recipients must be enrolled full-time and pursuing an associate’s degree, and must also maintain a 3.0 grade point average each semester. Since its creation more than a decade ago, the Trustees’ Academic Excellence Scholarship Program has provided over $1.3 million in scholarships to over 700 students.

Recipients include: •Anyssia Flores, of Toledo, Clay High School (Nursing) • Ryan Mang, of Perrysburg, Eastwood

High School (Nursing) • Keri Leskow, of Perrysburg, Lake High School (Nursing) • Shelby Tittle, of Northwood, Northwood High School (Undecided) • Cassandra Brenneman, of Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor High School (Undecided) • Abigail Abke, of Pemberville, Penta Career Center (Electrical) • Amber Webb, of Toledo, Waite High School (Business) • Matthew Hartford, of Elmore, Woodmore High School (Commercial Art)

Marine Skills graduates Five area residents recently received their certification as marine mechanics at the graduation ceremony of the Skills for Life Marine Mechanics training program in Ottawa County.

They include James Taylor, of Port Clinton; Larry Musgrove, of Sandusky; Trevor Koeberlein, of Toledo; Jeffry Huebner, of Sandusky and Christopher Zibert, of Port Clinton.

The graduates completed 16 weeks of classroom and hands-on training. The program focuses on basic marine skills, outboard engines, stern drive repairs, fiberglass, OSHA training and customer service, as well as First Aid and CPR trainings.

The Skills for Life Marine Mechanics program is a partnership of the Ottawa County Improvement Corporation (OCIC), Erie County Department of Job and Family Services, Penta Career Center and WSOS Community Action Commission Inc. It is also supported by area marinas and VOLVO PENTA of the Americas.

For more information, call Todd Robinson at 419-334-8911.

B-C-S scholarships Benton-Carroll-Salem Schools presented more than $42,200 in scholarships to students at an awards ceremony held May 15.

Awardees included: Erin Bell – Port Clinton Elks, $1,000; Clifford Biggert – Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, $500; David Birchall – Oak Harbor Rotary Club/Ottawa Co. Comm. Foundation, $1,000, Marvin & Alice D. Rohloff/ Ottawa County Comm. Foundation, $1,000; Cassandra Brenneman – Owens Community College Trustees’, $2,000; Bryce Buderer – Croghan Colonial Bank, $600; Hellwig-Clements/Ottawa Co. Comm. Foundation, $350; Oak Harbor Lion’s Club Comm. Service, $1,000; Oak Harbor VFW & Women’s Auxiliary, $1,000; OAPSE Local, $500; Rachel Chafee – Susan Hanely, $1,000; OHEA, $1,000; Michaela Goldstein – Oak Harbor VFW & Women’s Auxiliary, $1,000; OHEA, $1,000; Port Clinton Business & Professional Women, $500; Trevor Hanely, Oak Harbor Literacy & Social Club Book Award; Amanda Hetrick – Jennifer Boucher Memorial, $500; Les & Barb Sprouse/ Ottawa County Comm. Found., $1265.23; Lexi Kadlubowski – Linda KaiserCarsten/Ottawa Co. Comm. Foundation, $1780.87 Joshua Sarahman – Croghan Colonial Bank, $600 Stephanie Sivinski – Mildred Schmitt Roy Trust for Nursing, $500; OHEA, $1,000; Together in Education (TIE), $500; Hannah Waldron – JoAnn Hablitzel/ Ottawa Co. Comm. Foundation, $1,205.97; Nicole Weis, B-C-S Foundation, $250; Dr. R.W. Minick, $500.

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Toledo

Bible Lego Camp, June 10, 11 and 12, Christ UMC, 5757 Starr Ave. Bible stories, themed snacks and crafts. Early registration encouraged; space is limited. To register, call 419-691-9701.

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 $28.

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. at 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.

Oregon

“Junk in Your Trunk and Homemade Goods in Our Hood Event & Bake Sale May 31, 9 a.m.3 p.m., JWH Oregon Senior Center, located at the corner of Stadium and Bayshore roads. Call 419-698-7078 to reserve a space (cost is $15 for members, $20 for others). Rain date for the event is June 7.

Bible Lego Camp, June 10, 11 and 12, Christ UMC, 5757 Starr Ave. Bible stories, themed snacks and crafts. Early registration encouraged; space is limited. To register, call 419-691-9701.

Open-Late Dinners, served seven days a week, 4-7 p.m., Ashland Baptist Church, 2350 Starr Ave. Open to anyone in the community. Featuring soup, bread and a beverage. Freewill offerings accepted but not expected.

Theology with Toast, meets every 2nd Wed. of the month at 10 a.m. at Little Sisters of the Poor, 930 S Wynn Rd. Coffee and rolls at 9:30 a.m. For info, call Alice at 419-698-0405.

Senior Book Discussion Group meets the 1st Thursday of most months, 2:15-3:15 p.m., Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd. No registration is required. Books are available at the library circulation desk for extended check-out. For info, call 419-259-5250.

“James Wes Hancock” Oregon Senior Center,

Northwood

Monthly Government Food Distribution for eligible city residents May 28, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Josie Reinhart Community Center, located behind the Northwood Municipal Building (Parking Lot C), 6000 Wales Rd. Rummage Sale May 29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; May 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; May 31, 9 a.m.-noon (Bag Day), Unity United Methodist Church, 1910 E. Broadway.

Soup and sandwiches sold Thurs. and Fri., 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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.

Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemen’s Assn. Convention Raffle Tickets are currently available. Tickets are $20. $30,000 in cash prizes including a $10,000 first-place ticket. 3,000 tickets will be printed. Proceeds to benefit the Northwood Firefighters Assn. Drawing to be held Saturday, June 21 at Northwood High School following the 2014 NOVFA Convention Awards Ceremony. Call 419-690-1647 or email firechief@ci.northwood. oh.us for info.

Jerusalem Twp.

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.

Elliston

Card Playing May 30, 7 p.m. sharp, Trinity United Church of Christ. Playing Euchre and Pinochle.

Freewill donations accepted.

Elmore

Red Cross Blood Drive, May 31, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., St John’s UCC, 448 Rice St. Elmore Lions dinner featuring T.J. Willies BBQ Rib or Ole Zim’s chicken May 31, 4-7 p.m. or until

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Genoa

Card Party May 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Genoa Senior Center, 514 Main St. $5 at the door, which includes lunch. RSVP: 419-855-4491.

Tail 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.

Genoa Branch Library, 602 West St., storytimes for preschool-age children are held Tues. at 11 a.m.; Morning Book Discussion Group meets the 3rd Thurs. of the month at 9:30 a.m.; Evening Book Discussion Group meets the 3rd Tues. of the month at 7 p.m.; Adult Craft Classes offered the 1st Mon. of the month from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call the library at 419-855-3380 to register.

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.

Proceeds benefit mission projects.

Genoa Community Food Pantry Open monthly on the 3rd Thurs.3:30-5:30 p.m. and the following Saturday of the same week, 10 a.m. - noon.

Serving those who are in Genoa School District.

Proper ID and billing address within the district required. Pantry is located at Christ Community Church, 303 West 4th St. Info: 419-855-8539 or

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Ageless Wonders of Lake Township will be going out for dinner June 12. The group will meet at 5 p.m. at Real Seafood 22 Main St. (The Docks). Reservations have been made for “Ageless Wonders.” Info: 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.

Oak Harbor

5th Annual Village-wide Garage Sale Days, coordinated by the Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce, June 6 and 7. A complete list of sales will be available at the Chamber office and the library, and also on www.oakharborohio.net starting June 4. $3 minimum donation required to have a sale placed on the list. Info must be received by June 2. For info, call 419-898-0479.

Food for Thought Food Pantry at Oak Harbor Alliance Chapel, 11805 W. SR 105, the last Wed. of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. Info: 419-707-3664.

Pemberville

Pemberville Area Senior Center at Bethlehem Lutheran Church provides programs & activities for adults 60 & over. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. M-F. Lunch served at noon.

Community Food Pantry at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 220 Cedar St. open M-Th, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (excluding holidays). Open to Eastwood School District residents. ID & proof of residency required.

Info available at Pemberville churches.

Port Clinton

Ottawa Co. Safety Council Monthly Meeting May 21, Magruder Hospital Conference Center.

Lunch and networking 11-11:30 a.m.; meeting and presentation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Speakers Deb Schultz, Kelly Lowry, and Michelle Ish will present, “Panel Discussion on the Claims Process.” RSVP on or before May 19 to Jessica Kowalski at 419898-6242. OSHA 30-Hour Class for General Industry will be held June 3-6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Ottawa County Resource Centre. RSVP to Kowalski.

Woodville

Woodville Farmers’ Market, 4th Saturday of the month, May through October, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Trailmarker Park. Featuring items that are homegrown, homemade, handcrafted, and more.

For info, contact WoodvilleFarmersMarket@gmail. com or visit the market on Facebook.

WSOS Woodville Senior Center, located in the Woodville Twp. Fire Hall, is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and is open to ages 60 years and older. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 419-8493636. Home-delivered meals are also available for homebound seniors.

Commercial For Rent Commercial Property Office Space For Rent Share House/Apartment CLASSIFIED DEPT. CLOSED FRIDAYS Deadline:Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.

Lake front, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, private lake, 1 hour from Toledo, $140,000. Call 419-972-7000 for details.

OREGON 3 Bedroom Ranch close to Lake Erie w/Boat Dock for Sale!

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Lake Twp.

sold out at the Elmore Historical Barn. Carryouts available. For tickets, call 419-862-3286.

Card Playing the 1st and 3rd Thurs. of the month at 7 p.m. at Elmore Retirement Village, 633 State St. Friends of the Elmore Library are accepting new memberships or renewals in the organization.

Membership is $5 per individual and $10 for a family. Membership forms are available at the library.

Elmore Book Discussion Group meets the fourth Thurs. of the month at 11 a.m. at the Elmore Library. Call 419-862-2482 for info.

Storytime for Preschool-Age Children Wed. at 11 a.m. Call the library at 419-862-2482 for more info.

Elmore Senior Center-Elmore Golden Oldies, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. Lunch served Tues. & Thurs. at noon.

Reservations required by 10 a.m. the day before.

Blood pressure & blood sugar checks the 4th Tues. of the month; bingo the 4th Tues. of the month after lunch. Reservations: 419-862-3874.

Elmore Conservation Club Trap Shooting every Wed. from 6-9 p.m. and every Sat. from 5-9 p.m.

Questions: 419-392-1112.

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Bulletin Board 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.

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

Info: Julie at 419-836-5051/Allen at 419-270-7683 or visit d28toastmasters.org and click on “Great Eastern Club.”

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Nice quiet 5 acre lot, Lake school district. $45,000. Serious inquiries.

Call after 1pm. 419-849-3237

WORK FOR DOWN PAYMENT 1936 Hurd between Howland/Thurstan, non-qualifying loan assumption, see flyer in box, 419-474-2234

Oregon, 5 acres w/1 acre of woods. Bury Road. Asking $62,000.

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Quiet 5 acre country lot for sale in Clay Twp., Genoa Schools, 419-4828303.

HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER LUCKEY 1800+ Sq Ft. Split-Level Home w/3 beds, 1.5 baths, Liv Rm, Fam Rm, Laund Rm, Finished Basement, 2 car garage. Sits on 0.32 acres in Eastwood Schools.

Priced to sell at $139,500. Call 419-356-4076

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Great Investment! Buy or RentMove-In Ready! Brick twinplex, cool, dry basement, $435/month. Must have good credit. 419-867-1059 LEMOYNE-Extra Large 1 bedroom upper, washer/dryer hookup, appliances, garage, $485/mo. +1st/last deposit, No pets. 419-836-7604 after 6pm.

Millbury, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, utilities/appliances included, no pets, $435 or $695 plus deposit.

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New Listing - Walbridge 28088 Blue Grass Drive, Moline WOW! This has to be one of the best homes in the area. Offering over 2,300 SF 4 bedrooms including a master suit, 2.5 baths, finished basement with a theater room and office, attached garage, secluded well landscaped lot w/ deck, extras and updates galore.

Take a look and you will agree. Asking $209,900.

New Listing 26931 Woodland Ct, Millbury This secluded wooded retreat sitting on a ½ acre lot offers 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, attached garage, many updates, pole barn, large deck & so much more. Put this on your must see list before you’re too late. Located south of SR 795 off of Latcha Rd between Bradner & Fostoria Rd. Call for more info.

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419-836-2221 oror1-800-300-6158 1-800-300-6158 classified@presspublications.com - (CLOSED FRIDAYS) classified@presspublications.com Delivered to - 33,977 Homes, businesses and newsstands Delivered to - in 38,358 Homes in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties

Mike's Hauling We buy junk cars, trucks and vans Scrap metal hauled free.

419-666-1443

Bayshore Supper Club is looking for Experienced Cooks, Waitresses, Bus Person, and Dish Washers.

Apply in person. 5307 Bayshore Rd. Carpet Shampooers 18-35 needed. No experience necessary. Must be hardworking, ambitious, and fun minded! 419-836-1114 Certified Lifeguard in Eastpointe Lake Township area, Mon. – Fri. Please leave message with contact information.

419-693-9812 Culinary Instructional Aide, 3 years experience in culinary/food service/hospitality/hostess environment. Qualifications and application found at www.pentacareercenter.org EOE Drivers: DEDICATED. REGIONAL. HOME WEEKLY/BI-WEEKLY GUARANTEED. Start up to $.44 cpm. Great Benefits + Bonuses. 90% No Touch Freight/70% Drop & Hook.

877-704-3773

The Press has an opening for a small walking route in Oak Harbor, Ohio. If interested, please contact Jordan at 419-836-2221 Ext. 32.

Visiting Angels is in need of caregivers for in-home care. Must have flexibility, compassion and experience. Valid driver's license and insured vehicle required. Stop by or visit visitingangels.com to apply. No certification required.

Visiting Angels 6060 Renaissance Place Suite J Toledo, Ohio 43623 419-517-7000 DRIVER/LABORER RJ Corman Derailment Services seeks experienced Driver/ Laborer.

CDL-A preferred. Requires 24/7 on call availability, willing to travel and perform labor. High Wage Potential. Apply online at www.rjcorman.com or in person at 3884 Rockland Circle Millbury OH 43447.

EOE/AA

Full-Time Experienced

GRILL COOK

Needed - Starting at $9.00/hr Waitstaff Needed

Drivers: Great Pay, Benefits & Hometime! Haul Flatbed OTR. CDL A, 2 yrs., Exp. EEO/AA, www.trinitytrucking.com (http://www.trinitytrucking.com) 800-628-3408

Granny’s Kitchen

Drivers: Local/Regional/OTR, Excellent Pay/Benefit Package, Great Pay/Consistent Miles, Daily/Weekly/ Bi-Weekly Hometime, CDL-A 1yrs OTR exp. Req. 855-842-8498

Experienced Service Techs & Installers Needed

Drivers: Need Home time, Miles?

Dedicated, Home Daily Run. Toledo to Columbus, IN. CDL A, 6mos.

OTR. MTS: 800-305-7223 Dump truck driver, experienced only, Class B CDL. Send Resume to: 11241 Beach Park, Curtice, OH. 43412 or call 419-836-4317 Equipment Manufacturing Worker needed, MIG Welding, Plasma Parts Cutting, Grinding, Sandblasting and Assembly Skills required. Start pay based on level of experience. Integrity is compensated here.

419-345-3966 EXPERIENCED CERTIFIED MECHANIC needed. Pay is based on experience. Only skilled experienced mechanics apply. DIAGNOSTICS a must. We work on all domestic cars and are a full service center. Please apply in person (M-F 8:00am-5:00pm at 5040 N. Summit Street, Toledo, OH, 419.729.5337, or email resume to pointplaceautomotive@bex.net Compensation: Pay is based on Experience - $19.00 to $22.00 per hour If You Love Home Care- We want you! RNs, LPNs, Home Health Aids.

Join our team to enjoy perks like flexible scheduling & Job1Rewards!

Email resume to: care@job1usa.com or fax resume to: 419-724-2822.

Line cook wanted, breakfast and weekends a must, apply within at Rayz Cafe, 608 Main Street, Genoa.

Reino Linen Service is a commercial laundry facility and is currently hiring for day and afternoon production positions. Wage is based on the position and shift. Reino Linen is a drug free workplace and proof of citizenship is required.

Please get applications online at www.reinolinen.com or at 119 S. Main Street, Gibsonburg.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. We are an EEO/AA Employer.

SALES OPPORTUNITY NABF College World Series media publications/sponsorship. Commission only. Call 419-936-3887, leave name and phone number.

Small Engine Mechanic Full or Part-Time Experience working on small engines (eg. chainsaws, mowers, pressure washers). We're looking for an individual that is self-motivated and dependable, with good customer service skills.

Must be computer literate.

Mail resume to: P.O. Box 547 Walbridge, OH 43465 or Fax: 419-666-6661.

STNAs - Full-Time and Part-Time Orchard Villa, a Legacy Health Services facility, is seeking reliable, caring STNAs for full and part-time for all shifts. Current Ohio STNA preferred but test ready nursing assistants considered. Prior experience working in a skilled and/or long-term health care environment a plus.

Orchard Villa offers competitive pay/benefits.

Must provide references.

Applications accepted at the facility Monday through Friday 8am-4:30pm.

2841 Munding Drive, Oregon, Ohio 43616, 419-697-4100.

1105 Main St., Woodville 419-849-2203

--No Apprentices--

Wojo’s Heating & A/C 419-693-3220 Turnpike Service Plazas are hiring for:

TRAVELER’S EXPRESS

Hiring for All Shifts and Shift Managers Part time Positions Available • Competitive Wages • Meal Discounts • Flexible Hours

The Harris-Elmore Fire Department is Currently Accepting Applications for

Part-time EMTs and Paramedics These part-time positions are for staggered 12 hour shifts for around the clock EMS coverage. For more information or an application visit our website at www.harristownshipohio.com, click under the Fire Department Tab - OR - Contact Assistant EMS Chief Michael McGinnis at 419-862-3332 Ext. 12 Harris Township is an equal opportunity employer

STATE TESTED NURSE AIDE Sacred Heart Home/ Little Sisters of the Poor are looking for several STNA’s to complete our staff.

Candidates need to be state-licensed, be in good standing in the state NA registry and have a current First Aid card. They will be accountable for providing loving care to our residents.

Prior experience is preferred but not required.

We are located at 930 S. Wynn Road across from Pearson Park in Oregon.

(419) 698-4331 EOE hroregon@ littlesistersofthepoor.org

Applicants will be considered for all concepts

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Wyandot Plaza

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Psychic and Health Event Saturday, May 31st (9:30am-4:30pm) at Americas Best Value Inn, Oregon Rd. and Wales Rd. Exit 198 off I-75, Northwood Psychics, Health professional, Vendors and

more. Admission $4

Info: Call (419) 833-5503

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Orchard Villa, a skilled nursing and rehab center, located in Oregon, Ohio is in need of RNs and LPNs. We have part time positions available on 1st and 2nd shifts. If you are interested in a stable management team dedicated to providing the best care possible to our residents, apply in person at: Orchard Villa 2841 Munding Drive (off Isaac Streets Drive) Oregon, Ohio 43616 FAX-(419) 697-4101 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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COMPANY DRIVERS ASSIGNED TRUCKS $500.00 SIGN ON BONUS UP TO $.45 PER MILE Paid Vacation & Holidays Health,Life ins & 401K w/company match CDL Class A Tractor Trailer Drivers MUST HAVE 1½ YRS VERIFIABLE GOOD MVR & CSA

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Doing Daycare in my Northwood home, transportation available and am very reasonable. Can work AM or PM. Also do elderly care and housekeeping. Call Lori 419-6911275 Leave message.

Perrysburg 419-837-5730 Norwalk 419-499-2222

Honest, Dependable, Experienced Caregiver, Giving TLC, Excellent References, Full/Part-time 419-836-9723 or 419-269-5402

Part-time.

Clean, fast paced work. Good hours.

Great pay. Apply in person everyday 11am-5pm Student applicants must be available through mid-October.

TLC, does your loved one need quality care? 20 years experience caring for elderly, CHHA, CR/PN, Leave message for Helen 419-5429619 or 330-759-6814

Oregon Mom (Coy School District) has 3 openings for full time child care in my home for the summer starting in June as well as before and after school starting in September. Please give me a call at 419691-2869 for an interview.

A Mechanic looks at vehicles, pays accordingly, anything w/wheels 419-870-0163

Accountant Job Wanted Bachelors Degree in Accounting 4+ years experience as a Global Manufacturing Accountant and AP Specialist.

References upon request.

Looking for a career job to permanently relocate to the area.

Seeking Full-Time positions only.

Call Michael at 502-931-4778 or e-mail at mwade1051@gmail.com

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Child care in my Millbury home, with references, non-smoking, free meals, CPR Certified, lots of TLC. 419-836-7672.

1512 Woodville Rd. Millbury, OH 81

BUYING VINTAGE TOYS 50'-70's Slot Cars, Model Kits, Hot Wheels Redlines, GI Joe's, Barbie's, Battery Operated, Robots, Tin Windup, Cap Guns, etc.

Call 419-349-1314 We buy most anything from your garage! 419-870-0163

Riverview Healthcare Campus has the following openings: FOODSERVICE - PT immediate openings for applicants with experience preferably in healthcare foodservice. Shifts run 6:30am – 7pm working 12–24 hrs per wk. $8.32/hr. to start & some benefits.

STNA – PT & FT openings available on 2nd & 3rd/options for 8hr & 12hr shifts also. Shift diffs & will pay for experience.

STNA Trainee – For qualified applicants – will pay for STNA classes at Terra State Community College – Next class begins in July – limited slots available.

RN PM Supervisor – FT 6p-6:30a 36hr/wk.

RN & LPN Contingent Staff – 12 hr shifts available days & nights

Since 1972

Metro Suburban Maumee Bay

Interested? Take a virtual tour at www.riverviewhealthcare.com!

Apply in person or in writing to: HR Coordinator, 8180 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor, OH 43449. EOE/DFWP

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Thanks St. Jude, Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Anne and all for prayers answered. JAH

Do you need to speak with confidence or better clarity? Be our guest at the next Toastmasters Club Meeting.

No Classes - No Pressure Just an inviting, supportive environment. We all have similar goals.

Come to Bay Park Community Hospital the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 P.M. Visitors always welcome. Call Ken for more info 419-378-1777 or check our local website: tinyurl.com/7475cv6 or the district: www.d28toastmasters.org

For Your Wedding Grosjean Photography Call Ken or LaRae at 419-836-9754

Complete plumbing, concrete services, toilets, hot water tanks, faucets, flat pours, stamped patios.

All your decorative needs. Call Chris, 419-514-3350. 15% off with ad DRIVEWAY STONE (SCREENINGS) $10/TON MINIMUM OF TEN TON DELIVERED OTHER STONES PRICE ON REQUEST 419-392-1488 419-836-8663 HANDYMAN Electrical Service Upgrades, Plumbing, Woodwork, Painting, Member of BBB Call 567-277-5333 (local) Hardwood Flooring, Refinishing, Installation, and Repair Work.

19-yrs experience.

Call Kyle 419-343-3719 RAY'S HANDYMAN SERVICES Carpentry, Drywall Repairs, Painting, Siding, Electrical Problems, Help for the Do-It-Yourselfer.

Small Jobs Welcome, 35+ Years Experience Member BBB 419-836-4574/419-304-0583

No time to clean? Call the Cleaning Queens General House Cleaning!

For more information call us for a free estimate 419-806-4010.

Dean's Lawn Maintenance LLC Residential/Commercial Mowing Residential Properties Starting At $25 And Up Bobcat Work – Dirt & Stone Hauling Concrete Tear Out & Replace Asphalt Repair/Seal Coating Grading & Seeding Spring Clean-up Free Estimates-Fully Insured 419-392-6925 Ed's Mowing, Complete Lawn Service and Bush Trimming, No contracts. 419-693-9614 or 419-3491266

STEVEN'S LAWN SERVICE & LANDSCAPING Serving All Areas Residential/Commercial Spring – Fall Cleanup Brush Hog Services Mulch-Stone-Topsoil Delivery Snow Removal Military/Senior Discounts Insured, References Member of the BBB NW OH & SE MI 419-466-3547

Jake's Drywall We service Northwest Ohio.

No job is too big or too small.

20 years experience.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

419-360-3522

Michael's Roofing and Construction Tear-Offs, Re-Roofs & Repairs 30 yrs. Experience Family Owned, Fully Insured Free Estimates 419-836-1620

HAY, STRAW, & FIREWOOD AUCTION Sat. May 31, 10 AM Gries Seed & Feed 2348 N. Fifth St. (Rt. 6) Fremont, OH 419-332-5571

MILLBURY

29244 N. FOSTORIA RD MAY 31 & JUNE 1 9 am – 5 pm No Early Birds!

Moving Sale!!!!!

Garage Items: Routers, Torch, Gauges, Clamps, and Others; Kitchen Items; 2 Motorcycles ('08 V-ROD Harley, '06 VTX Honda); A 4 Person Infrared Spa; Other Household Items.

Moving Sale May 30 & 31 9am-5pm 27483 Pemberville Rd. Millbury Just south of St. Rt. 795 NORTHWOOD 1507 MILLBURY ROAD (Between Walbridge Road and Route 579) May 30 – May 31 (Fri & Sat) 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dishes, Household Items, Holiday, Fabric, Craft Items, Womens Clothing, 1949 Craftmans Table Saw, New 10� Buffer/Polisher, and lots of misc.

CURTICE/RENO BEACH BAY AREA CONCRETE New or Replace Concrete Driveways, Sidewalks, Pole Barns, Porches, Stamped & Color Concrete Brick & Block work etc.

Veterans & Senior Citizens' Discounts Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured "No job to big, no job to small"

Mike Halka 419-350-8662 Oregon, OH. "Serving all of N.W. Ohio"

KNIERIEM PAINTING & WALLPAPERING EXTERIOR-INTERIOR Painting & wall papering; Interior wood refinishing; man lifts; airless spray; power wash & blasting; silicone seal; refinishing aluminum siding; residential; church, farm.

EXPERIENCED FREE ESTIMATES *SENIOR & WINTER RATES* 419-862-2000 GRAYTOWN OR 419-697-1230 NORTHWOOD

PUBLIC NOTICE The Allen Township Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 7:00pm. Location; Allen Township Hall, 21030 W. Toledo St. Williston, OH. The purpose is to hold a public hearing on a Variance Application filed by Donald Mercer, located at 7038 Nissen Rd., Parcel # 0010015700180001, zoned A1. A request to build an accessory building which would be over the accumulated permitted 3,000 s.f. The application may be reviewed during Zoning Office Hours, Tuesdays between 5:00 and 7:00pm at the Allen Township Trustee Hall. Any interested persons will be given the opportunity to speak at such time and place.

Nancy Sabin, Allen Twp. Zoning Inspector

VILLAGE OF ELMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT The Village of Elmore Police Department is accepting applications for a full-time and part-time Police Officer.

Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, 21 years of age, High School Grad or possess a GED. A 2 or 4 year degree is a benefit, a valid Ohio Drivers License. Persons must possess an OPATA Basic Law Enforcement Certification and pass an extensive physical exam. Send resume to Chief George Hayes, 344 Rice Street, P.O. Box 306, Elmore, Ohio 43416 or email resume to elmorepd@amplex.net.

Deadline for applications will be June 6, 2014. The Village of Elmore is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

CLOSING HOME SALE Fri & Sat, May 30-31st, 9am to 5pm N. Edward St. Oregon, OH (off Seaman Rd. near Coy) Full house, super clean! Refrigerator, washer & dryer, microwave, quality furniture by Pennyslvania House & others includes formal dining set w/ china cabinet &server, maple dinette set, unusual 70's country sectional, bedroom sets, tables & lamps, artwork, Westpoint military items, .32 cal. US handgun, dolls & toys including slot car set & HO trains, sewing machine & notions, quilt, crochet & embroidered linens, loads of kitchenware & small appliances, pots & pans, Fenton & Libbey glassware, clothing, old books, 33 & 45 records, Kirby vacuum, Speed Queen wringer washer (works), 5000 Watt generator, chipper/shredder, 2 lawnmowers, gas trimmers, tools, picnic table, lawn & garden items & more... Something for everyone.

Old West End Collectors Corner, Inc preview pics online @ www.owecc.biz

224 East Ave., Curtice 43412

May 30 - June 1st 9am to 4pm Five Family Sale Many Tools, Fuel Tank, Trailer, Rabbit/Dog Cages, Many Household Items, Video Game/System, TV's, Old Camera/Video Cameras, Lots of DVD's, Lots of Holiday Decorations and Misc. Items, You can find pictures on Craig's List under Garage Sales.

GRAYTOWN 3530 N Graytown Rd (2 Miles North of Graytown)

Sat May 31 9AM- 4PM Kitchen items, Estate items, Tools, Twin Beds, Furniture, Fishing, & Much Much More MILLBURY 1210 South St. Multi-Family!

May 30th , 31st & June 1 st (9am-6pm) Furniture, Kids clothes and toys, camping, lots of misc.

NORTHWOOD 30266 BRADNER RD. May 23rd - 31st 9:00 am – 4:00 pm TOOLS, TOOLS, TOOLS!!!

Men's Clothing & Misc.

NORTHWOOD 311 Lester Off Woodville Road Thursday through Sunday May 29, 30, 31 and June 1 (9-5) Collector Barbie's/Porcelain Dolls, Refrigerator, 3 Room Tent, Glassware, Cloths and a lot more!

NORTHWOOD 3375 Curtice Road May 29 th, 30th & 31st 9am to 5pm Computers, printers, electronics, small appliances, TV,household, dĂŠcor, bedding, crib, crafts, books, toys, clothes (adult, junior, kids), wedding skirt, heaters, sporting items, bike, “newâ€? items

PUBLIC NOTICE The Allen Township Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 7:00pm. Location; Allen Township Hall, 21030 W. Toledo St. Williston, OH. The purpose is to hold a public hearing on a Variance Application filed by Eric Hodulik, located at 6810 Nissen Rd., Parcel # 0010205314966017, zoned A1. A request to build an accessory building which would be over the accumulated permitted 3,000 s.f. The application may be reviewed during Zoning Office Hours, Tuesdays between 5:00 and 7:00pm at the Allen Township Trustee Hall. Any interested persons will be given the opportunity to speak at such time and place.

Nancy Sabin, Allen Twp. Zoning Inspector

Supported Living Provider Luther Home of Mercy, a facility located in Williston, Ohio has homes throughout Lucas, Wood and Ottawa counties. LHM is accepting application for part time and casual employees to assist adults with Developmental Disability in our Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, and Fremont homes, starting pay at $9.75/hr., no experience required but helpful. Applicants must meet the following qualifications: HS Diploma or GED, valid driver’s licenses with reliable transportation for transporting, and be able to pass a drug test and BCI check.

If interested, send resume to Luther Home of Mercy/Director of Human Resources, 5810 N. Main St., P.O. Box 187, Williston, Ohio, 43468 or apply online at www.lutherhome.org. EOE

NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS OR REMOVE LITTER: CITY OF NORTHWOOD, OH As per Chapter 674.01 of the Ordinances of the City of Northwood, Ohio, Notice is hereby given that: (a) No owner, lessee, agent or tenant of land shall permit noxious weeds or grass to grow that are about to spread or mature seeds or which are eight inches or more in height.

Failure to keep such weeds or grass cut in conformity with this section shall constitute a violation of this section. (b) No owner, lessee, agent or tenant of land shall permit litter, as defined in Ohio R.C. 731.51 to remain on property. (c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.

OREGON 2nd Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale The Parkgelande Estates Off Lallendorf near Pearson Park Wed May 28 thru Sat May 31 (9am - ?)

OREGON 3354 Bayside Drive May 29th, 30th & 31st 9am to 5pm Some Antiques, Toys, Books, TV's, Clothes, Snowplow Blade & Furniture OREGON 4342 PEARSON PARKWAY th May 30 & 31 st (Fri & Sat) 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Almost New Foosball, Old Pinball Machines, Brewania, Household, and Other Good Stuff!!!

OREGON 4555 BROWN RD MAY 29th - 31st 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Downsizing!!!!

Furniture, Household Items, Bedding, Clothing, Coats, Shoes, Rugs, Wall Decor, TV, Stroller, Purses, & Misc.

Furnishings great for a dorm room or a new place!

OREGON 460 Haley Drive Saturday, May 31st 8am to 4pm Lots of Baby Items, Maternity Clothes, Boy Clothes up to size 5, Couch and Love Seat TOLEDO 452 Whitlock Ave. May 29 - 31 (Thurs. - Sat.) 9 am – 4 pm Baby Items Including Swing, Bassinet, Walker, Stroller, Car Seat, Girls Clothes 12 mo. up to 4T; Stoves, Washer, Dishwasher, Other Home Items; Adult Clothes.

NORTHWOOD

1910 E. BROADWAY UNITY UNITED METHODIST May 29 (9-7) May 30 (9-4) May 31 (9-Noon) Saturday – Bag Day Homemade Soups, Sandwiches,& Bake Sale Thursday and Friday.

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SUMMER HORSE CAMP July 14th - 18th July 21st - 25th July 28th – Aug. 1st For campers entering 5th, 6th and 7th Grade **JUNE 30TH deadline!

CAMP SABROSKE 4405 N. Toussaint N. Rd. Oak Harbor *Offered by Moyer Riding Stable & Farm For Registration or information call 419-898-6741 campsabroske@yahoo.com

Come join the Fun!!!!

For Sale Livestock Equipment Cattle Grooming Shoot Fan Cage Sullivan Blower Call 419-466-2259

For Your Wedding Grosjean Photography Call Ken or LaRae at 419-836-9754

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Village of Woodville Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 8:00pm in Council Chambers at the Village Municipal Building, 530 Lime Street, Woodville, Ohio 43469. This hearing is to receive public concerns and comments on a request for variance from Joe and Marissa Riffle, 414 First Street, Woodville. Mr. and Mrs. Riffle would like to build an addition to their Garage that would require a variance to the zoning ordinance for this project. The Ordinance allows lot coverage not to exceed 25% in the residential district. The request is for lot coverage of 31.3%, a variance of 6.3%.

Information regarding this variance request is on file in the Fiscal Officer’s office during regular office hours.

Perry Jacobs, Chairman Woodville Zoning Board of Appeals

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Charter Bus Tours June 12 - Fair Oaks Farm Near Chicago - Awesome!

Family Day! $99 adults--$49 Kids 16 + under Call for new Fliers!

Evelyn's Excursions 419-737-2055 877-771-4401

Buddy's Pet Care I come to your pet when you can't.

Reasonable Fee Servicing Genoa & Oak Harbor area.

Call Buddy 419-490-8053

www.evelynsexcursions.com

Looking for a Lhasa Apsos dog, middle aged male, house broken a must, spayed, up to date on current shots. Please call 419-377-6499

Rauworth Baby Grand Piano, 5 Ft, Brown, $800 OBO, 419-466-3330

SHELBY

Cadillac Head Gasket Repair Is your Northstar engine losing coolant? Have it tested free at TMZ Automotive. 419-837-9700.

2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4WD, 8-cyl, runs good, $3,000 OBO. 419-849-3237 after 1pm.

2005 Toyota Corolla LE, Low Miles, Automatic, Electric - Sun Roof, Cruse, Tilt, Windows, Mirrors & Seats. Clean Car, One Owner My Wife. $8,500. 419-862-2918

2007 Cadillac STS-109,000 mi., all power A.W.D. V-6, duel exhaust, Black w/tan Interior, very clean! $11,800/OBO 419-836-7162.

I BUY USED GOLF CARTS

2003 AN400 Burgman by Suzuki scooter, $2500. 419-862-3154.

2003 Suzuki Burgman 650, good condition, adult owned. $2,450.

419-862-3533 2006 Harley, Soft Tail Standard, silver color, 6,000 miles, some extras, E/C, asking $9500. 419-7044260 2009 Road King Classic. 4800 Miles, Bassani Exhaust, Lots Of Accessories, True Duels, Gold & Red, $15,100. Buy Now! Get It In Time For Week Week In Sandusky Ohio! Call Jeff 419-367-9113 Cycleman We repair Chinese Pocket Bikes and Scooters, and Mopeds, many parts available, also repair motorcycles, Call Wed. - Sat (10-6pm) 419-244-2525.

CALL ANYTIME SANDUSKY 419-626-5053

Overland Models Brass H.O. Scale, Undecorated & Custom Printed. Various Road Names, From $80.00. 419-691-3441.

2 French Provincial End Tables.

Leather styled inlay top. Early 1960's vintage. $60.00. 419-836-9754 Dining Room Set, all wood, table w/butterfly leaf, 6 chairs, $265.00.

Matching Hutch/Buffet $170.00.

Good Condition, 419-693-7120.

Living Room Furniture: Couch, Table, End Table, Coffee Table, Lamps, Chairs, Desk, 567-201-7445, Leave Message/Text.

Misc. Furniture. Two Retro Lamps from early 1960's, $20 each, Call 419-836-9754.

Queen size bed, headboard, mattress and box springs, dresser, nightstand black. Used 1 yr. $400-419304-1430 Very Nice Solid Oak 42� Pedestal Table with 19� Leaf, 4 Chairs, Fair Condition, $200.00, 419-356-9596

24x4 Above Ground Swimming Pool, 2yr Old Solar, Winter Covers and Liner, All Pool Accessories Included. 32x40 Surrounding Deck, Removal Required, Best Offer on Both Items. 419-306-2131.

Looking for a sweet and loveable senior?

Well look no further than Shelby, who is about 10 years old. Shelby is a little America Eskimo mix and she is a very nice little dog. She has been patiently waiting at the shelter for several weeks to find a home. She came into the Lucas County Canine Care & Control (FKA the Lucas County Dog Warden) as a stray and he along with 70+ other lovable canines are all looking to share their love with a new family. Come meet them today at 410 S Erie St Toledo, 419-213-2800, open Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat & Sun 11-7. If you are missing a dog please come and walk through the kennels. Impounded as well as adoptable dogs can be viewed on PetHarbor.com. Stay up to date with all the exciting happenings and events at LCCC&C on FaceBook, and lucascountydogs.com. Share the love and adopt a shelter dog today!

LOST EASTER SUNDAY East Toledo area Tan and White Female Chihuahua some black @ears. Had collar and tags. Call 419-936-0331

1968 Ford Galaxie 500 XL ! Convertible NIC E! NICE $11,000

9 Assorted Grout Trowels & Plaster, Cement Stirrer. $50.00 Call 419260-8174 Cabbage Patch Dolls $5 each and other Collectibles. 419-855-7038.

Excel Chair Lift, 4 stairs, Good Condition, $800 OBO, 419-4663330.

Iron Yard Fountain – Good Condition, $200.00, 419-693-6284 Kenmore Beer Tap Refrigerator w/CO2 Tank half full, Ÿ or ½ Kegs, works great. $265. 419-290-5963 Reliance Propane Tank, Weight 18.5lbs. $15.00.

Call 419-836-9754

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Sharper Image Razor Xtreme push/kick scooter-$40. 419-8369754

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14' Sylvan Boat, 3.5 HP Johnson motor and trailer, New condition.

Brand New Lazer Ice Auger 419-698-2983 1980 Grady White, 20', needs canvas. Was running. Dock space included 2014. $1500 OBO. 419-8361786

2000 Trail-Lite, 17 ft. Trailer, Expandable to 28 ft. $4,000.00 OBO, 419-693-2452.

2006 Ameri-camp travel trailer.

31Ft w/super slide out. Sleeps 8. $14,000. 419-367-6474.

MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR Skilled Nursing Center is seeking hands on Maintenance Director to join a professional team.

Position Requirements: • Applicants must have excellent written and oral • communication. • Time management skills • Ability to supervise, coordinate and perform • maintenance and repairs of the physical plant, • building and grounds.

Position Description/Qualifications:

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The Press 1550 Woodville Rd. Millbury, OH. 43447 Call 419-836-2221 or 1-800-300-6158 classified@presspublications.com

Mag, 17� Flat Square Tube Monitor (15.9�VS) Still in Box, Never used. $30.00. 419-836-9754

4'x8' tilt trailer, $250/OBO. 419-908-2349

3 Wheel Mobility Scooter, used, good condition, $550. 419-691-5864 leave message.

5 Person Hot Tub Excellent condition, new cover, new heater, $1500/OBO. 419-862-3216

Honda CRV 2002, Dark Blue, Good Shape, New Front Brakes, 172K, $4,900 OBO. 419-698-3237

• Oversee staff and vendors hired to complete • projects • Experience and knowledge of Life Safety Code, • federal and state nursing home regulations • required, and complete safety inspections/repairs • as necessary • Ability to independently maintain the environment • of care, alert administration of potential issues • and follow and document on a preventative • maintenance program. • High School diploma with 3-5 years related • experience, preferably in a nursing home. • Basic PC skills and working knowledge • of Microsoft Word and Excel preferred • Proven hands on experience and knowledge • of HVAC, electrical and plumbing Please send resume in confidence to c/o The Press PO Box 169-V Millbury, Ohio 43447 EOE

RV/Park Model Sites Available Year Round Full Hook-ups w/City Water Solid Pads/Off Street Parking $300 p/mo. + Electric Deluxe Park/Walbridge 419-392-8968

2001 Dodge Dakota, Extended Cab, V8 4X4, 111,000 miles. $3,500.00, Good Work Truck, 419-697-8507, Leave Message.

2002 Ford Ranger, Silver, 4 cylinder, 5 Speed Manual, AC, Step Side, Hard Top, 108,000 miles, Good Shape, $4,000.00 OBO, 419-7084437

Burkin Self Storage • Camper Storage Inside & Outside

• Inside Auto Storage • Personal Storage

St. Rt. 51, South of Elmore 419-862-2127

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TRUCK DRIVER Helena Chemical Company is looking for experienced Truck Drivers for Seasonal Work (6 to 8 weeks). This position will make deliveries, load and unload product, utilize a forklift, and perform General Warehouse Duties. Class A CDL and the ability to operate a Forklift required.

Pre-employment Drug Screen required. Must be 21 years of age. For consideration please call 419-855-7778 and have resume available.

Estate Auction Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 10 AM 230 3rd Street Clay Center, Ohio North of Genoa, Ohio on Genoa Clay Center Rd. WATCH for AUCTION SIGNS

* * * Auto - Garage - Household Goods & Collectibles * * * 2009 Impala LT, leather interior, full power, (26,800 act milage) Craftsman LT 1000 lawn tractor; Craftsman tool boxes; drill press; Toro snow blower; Cub Cadet lawn vac; cutoff saw; chain saws; power tools; lots of hand tools; ladders; gas grill; garden tools; IDX Pro metal detector; Kenmore refrigerator; GE gas stove; chest freezer; GE auto & elect. washer & dryer; DR table w/chairs; hutch; roll top desk; gun case; file cabinets; bookcases; pictures; TV's; 2 complete bedroom sets; wooden boxes; jewelry; collectible dolls Princess Diana, Frank Sinatra & others (new in the box) silver spoon collection; 2-serves for 8 dinnerware; 50+ New (size 6) shoes; books; records; puzzles & games; New small appliances (in the boxes); dish set; sweepers, floor scupper; and many more items. 2 Rings maybe used. For more complete list and pictures, go to www.overmyerauctions.com or www.Auctionzip.com TERMS - CASH OR GOOD CHECK DAY OF AUCTION Estate of Mildred J. Lowe - by Glen E. Lepper Exec.

Ottawa County Probate Court #20141027

Ernest Cottrell - Attorney for the Estate Auction Conducted By -

Overmyer Auction Service Jon H. Overmyer - Auctioneer/Realtor Jason J. Overmyer - Kevin M. Fox Tina M. Pruss Auctioneers Joshua J. Overmyer - Apprentice Licensed & Bonded Auctioneers Elmore, Ohio (419) 265-5711 1-888-OVERMYER Lunch Available www.overmyerauctions.com

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THE PRESS, MAY 26, 2014

PUBLIC AUCTION Sun., June 1, 2014,

9:57 am

Sand. Co. Fairgrounds, Fremont, OH FURNITURE – APPLIANCES – ANTIQUES COLLECTIBLES – HOUSEHOLD – LAWN & GARDEN FROM THE GARAGE/SHOP – MOWERS – MUCH MISC LOCATION: Sand. Co. Fairgrounds, 901 Rawson Ave., Fremont. Take the by-pass around Fremont to the SR 53 North exit, at stoplight turn south towards town to fairgrounds. Watch for signs!

AUCTION NOTE: 2 Barns packed selling from 2 Auction Rings.

Jon’s Dream Barn Ring #1 starting Furniture, Appliances, Tables full of smalls & collectibles. Anderson Arena Ring #2 selling Items from Garage, Choice of misc off skids. Plan to attend and tell or bring a friend.

ANTIQUES & CONTENTS AUCTION! 121 Eagle Point Dr. , Rossford In the Colony Sunday, June 8th @ 12:00pm DON'T' MISS THIS HUGE ANTIQUE AUCTION A COLLECTOR OF MANY ITEMS: Trains, Trains, Trains Large collection of Lionel Trains & acces., Coins, GUNS, Model Cars, Tools, Fishing Rods & equip, Comic books, Children's books, Furniture. Lots of fun stuff for the non collector too?lots of nice, clean household items, outdoor furniture, knick knacks, too much to list., visit amlinauctions.com for complete details.

Jack Amlin, CAI, AARE & Greg Zielinski, Auctioneers 419-867-7653

WM BAKER & KEN BONNIGSON, CAI Asst. Auctioneers: Dean A. Smith, Todd Schling, Robert Carpenter, Fred Wolff, Andy Kluding

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New or Tear Out & Replace Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios, Steps, Pole Barns, Garage Floors, Pads Stamped & Colored • Bobcat & Dump Truck Services • Free Estimates • Licensed & Insured FREE STAMP BORDERS ON ALL WORK

419-467-8496 Electrical Contractor

SCHNEIDER SONS’ ELECTRIC CORP. Whole House Generators

Carpet Cleaning

COUNTRY CHARM

1556 Oak St/At Oakdale Toledo, OH 43605

Since 1988 Carpeting & Upholstery Cleaning Emergency Water Removal General House Cleaning — Certified By I.I.C.R.C. —

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Concrete

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Excavating

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New or Replace Concrete Driveways, Sidewalks, Pole Barns, Porches, Stamped & Color Concrete Brick & Block work etc.

Veterans & Senior Citizens’ Discounts Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured

Mike Halka

419-350-8662 Oregon, OH

CONCRETE

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KELLER CONCRETE INC. Tear Out & Replace Concrete, Driveways, Patios, Porches, Pads, Sidewalks & Stamped/Colored Concrete ** Quality & Affordable Work **

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GL HENNINGSEN EXCAVATING AND WATER SYSTEMS Septic Systems Installation & Repair Water, Sewage & Sump Pump Installation & Repair

419-836-9650/419-466-6432 Handyman

TRACKER CO. Home Maintenance

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Hauling

B & G HAULING •Stone & Dirt Hauling •Bobcat Service •Demolition & Hauling •Concrete Removal •Clean Ups/Clean Outs

Driveway Stone and Spreading We accept all Major Credit Cards

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Residential Commercial Industrial Condos, Apartments, Associations

419-698-5296 419-944-1395

Home Improvement

419-276-0608 Electrical, Paneling, Concrete, Roofing, Drywall, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Floors, Decks, Tile, Porch, Additions, Dormers Free Estimates Landscaping

MUSSER’S HOME AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • Home Repair Specialists • Commercial & Residential

Lawn Care & Snowplowing MANY DISCOUNTS & OTHER SERVICES • FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES

419-304-8666 Painting

S andwisch Painting •Interior •Exterior •Residential - Commercial

Terry 419-708-6027 Josh 419-704-7443 Plumbing

A1-Affordable Drain Cleaning “We go with the flow”

$50.00 Drain Cleaning Specials Drain Problems??

Call Nate 419-205-5469

J&R LANDSCAPING

Servicing Yards Since 1999 •Bushes •Tree Trimming •Flower Beds •Decorative Ponds•New Lawns etc “Spring & Fall Cleanup” Call For Estimates — Insured

James Sherman 419-693-5173 Cell # 419-481-6765

Lawn Care

Dean’s Lawn Maintenance LLC Residential/Commercial Mowing Residential Properties Starting at $25 And Up Bobcat Work - Dirt & Stone Hauling Concrete Tear Out & Replace Asphalt Repair/Seal Coating Grading & Seeding Spring Clean-up Free Estimates - Fully Insured

419-392-6925

Gray Plumbing 25 Years Experience **** 24 HR. SERVICE **** D.O.T. Certified. Insured/Bonded All Major Credit Cards Accepted — Senior Discount — LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER

419-691-7958

OREGON PLUMBING No Jobs Too Small Insured - Bonded

419-693-8736 Licensed Master Plumber Roy Bomyea

Commercial & Residential Full Lawn Service For ALL of Your needs Thanking Lucas, Wood, & Ottawa Counties For 10 years of service

Remodeling

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Call 419-367-6474

Musser

Restoration & Remodeling, Inc

Additions - Decks - Bathrooms Exteriors - Windows - Kitchens Licensed - Insured - Bonded In Business for over 30 years — Free Estimates — BBB Senior Discounts PRO

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Food, Fun, & Cars ~ Entertainment for Everyone!!

Here are just some of the classic cars being auctioned!!

1970 Ford Torino Cobra-Jet, 1956 T-Bird Resto-Mod, 1941 Pontiac Torpedo Deluxe 8 conv., 2004 Harley Davidson FXSTS, 1987 Chevrolet C-10 pick-up, 1947 C.C.Rocket, 1977 AMC Jeep CJ5, 1953 Studebaker Sedan 2 Dr., 1962 Corvette Roadster Convertible, 1960 Ford T-Bird 2 Dr., 1954 Willys Jeep 4WD, 1989 Nissan 300 ZX 2 Dr., 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 2 Dr. Coupe, 1970 Chevy Nova 2 Dr. Coupe.

For a complete list visit Amlinauctions.com or call us!!

Jack Amlin, CAI, AARE & Greg Zielinski, Auctioneers 419-867-7653

O PRProfessional Remodelers Organization

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Roofing

Roofing

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Storage

MAUMEE BAY SELF STORAGE 7640 Jerusalem Road (Rt 2) (419)836-4000 Multi-sized Units - Outside storage Security fence - 7 day access “We make every effort to accommodate YOU.”

Tree Service

Ivan’s Tree Service

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Jim Gray

419-693-3881 Professional Lawn Care

By Shawn Hodge

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BOBCAT SERVICES Delivery Service Spring/Fall Cleanups, Senior/Military Disc.

Landscaping - Mowing Service Referral Program - Free Estimates

Freddy’s

Car show ~ 9:00am ~ 4:00pm Memorabilia auction ~ 10:00am Classic car auction ~ 11:00am

If You’re an Expert and want to get involved... CALL 836-2221.

Deadline: 11 a.m. Thursday Lawn Service

Home Improvement

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1st 1590 ALBON RD. @ AIRPORT HWY @ THE MANCAVES

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COLLINS ROOFING •Repairs •Small Jobs •Big Jobs •Free Estimates

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Since 1972

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P.O. Box 169 • 1550 Woodville, Millbury, OH 43447 (419) 836-2221 Fax 836-1319 E-Mail classifieds@presspublications.com

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MAY 26, 2014

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