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Hearings set for gas station, senior facility By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com
The captain of the replica U.S. brig Niagara, built in 1988, takes charge. The original Niagara had a crew of 155 men who manned its sails as well as 18 carronades and two long guns. It will be one tall ship among 18 in the September 2 reenactment of the Battle of Lake Erie as the bicentennial of the War of 1812 is celebrated. (Photos courtesy Miller Boat Line)
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Perry and his remaining men transferred to the unharmed Niagara, engaging the British ships and forcing them to surrender. monly known as “The Perry Group.” “At the end of the battle, the Americans took the British ships and then the crew was sent home and the ships were sold and repurposed, so there were spoils of war that came from that,” Houston continued. “The
pursuer was responsible for distributing what they called ‘The prize’ — money set aside from all of this so that every sailor got part of that prize, and from that we know all 575 people who were involved.” The Battle of Lake Erie bicentennial is a once-in-a-lifetime event that celebrates an integral piece of American history that took place 200 years ago on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. On Sept. 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of the U.S. Navy, sailing under a flag emblazoned with the words “Don’t Give up the Ship,” sailed to victory over the British Royal Navy, helping change the course of U.S. history. On Thursday, August 29, approximately 18 majestic Tall Ships from across the world will spread across nine ports eventually uniting for the battle reenactment on Monday at Put-in-Bay Harbor before sailing out to the original battle site 16 miles to the
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Perrysburg Township residents Jerry Reitzel and his wife Jerri Lynn are going to get the spoils of war. The couple have volunteered to enlist as American crew members during the September 2 reenactment of the Battle of Lake Erie as the bicentennial of the War of 1812 is celebrated. The Reitzels, along with volunteers representing 555 other American patriots who served, are being given names of actual sailors who served during the battle, and when the Americans win the battle, the spoils are theirs. “War during the 1800s was a little bit different,” said Peter Houston, a South Bass Island resident who coordinates communications for the Friends of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, com-
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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com
Oregon City Council will hold public hearings on Monday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. to hear requests for a Special Use Exception application for a new assisted senior living/residential care facility, and a Conditional Use application for the construction of a gas station. Applicant Hussien Shousher, agent for Adams-Huron Investments, Ltd., is seeking a Special Use Exception in an R-2 Medium Density Residential District for the purpose of constructing the senior living facility at 3450 Seaman Road. The 64-unit combined single unit senior living/assisted living complex will be comprised of cottages aimed at independent living-seniors who do not require any assistance, according to Rick Wolney, of Alcore Senior and Assisted Living. Future expansion of the facility would be driven by supply and demand. Currently, the property, at Seaman and Coy, is a vacant farm field, according to Mayor Mike Seferian, who is also on the Oregon Planning Commission, which heard the case in June and July. The Planning Commission tabled the request in June and requested the applicant submit a site plan with proposed revisions of the Project Review Committee or the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission had suggested that a road that services the cottages should be extended north to connect to Seaman Road, and that a Dumpster enclosure should be placed behind the front building line. Seferian told The Press that the facility will have little impact on surrounding neighborhoods. “It’s a high dollar business, and it’s a good looking building,” he said. “People with these businesses maintain them maybe better than a lower end housing development that goes in,” he said. Eight years ago, strong opposition sidelined the development of a proposed zero lot line condo development at the site, said Seferian. “It would have put a lot of housing there in a small area. The neighbors were pretty upset with that. It wasn’t senior liv-