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Genoa fans gather downtown to send off their wrestlers to win a second straight Division III dual tournament championship in Columbus. At lower left are twins Kate and Kim Kegerize and at lower right Alyssa Hartford shares the top of a parked car with a friend. (Photos by Teresa D’Emilio Kegerize and Harold Hamilton/www.HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

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By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com About 1,500 bicyclists will pedal their way to Oregon in June as part of the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) tour.

“We are eagerly looking forward to coming to Oregon June 20-22, which is Thursday through Saturday,” Jeff Perrion, the group’s director, told Oregon City Council on Monday.

It will be the group’s first tour of Oregon, “though we’ve been in the area several times before,” he said.

“Our riders are very excited about this year’s tour, particularly with Oregon.

There’s just a real good cross section of interesting things to do. People in GOBA tend to be a little more environmentally aware. Certainly all the wildlife marshes, the refuges, and the lake here are attractions. And the proximity to Toledo is very appealing. So we’re really looking

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From a cyclists’ standpoint, Oregon is an ideal place. It’s six miles from Downtown Toledo, yet there’s not a lot of traffic and congestion.

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A life-long resident of Pemberville, Bob Bruning has impacted many local residents during his lifetime. However, it was his family who impacted him the most.

Bob grew up with his brothers Dale and Ronald on the Bruning homestead on Alexander Road that has been in the family since 1861.

Bob’s father, Lawrence, was a 20-year member of the Pemberville School District Board of Education as well as the president and member of the initial Eastwood Board of Education. He was instrumental in overcoming the opposition to the consolidation and was rewarded for those efforts by seeing the construction of Eastwood High School in 1960.

His brother, Dale, was a long-time teacher and very successful coach at Eastwood while Ron continued the farming tradition on the Bruning homestead.

Bob’s specialty became banking and real estate.

As noted in the 2007 Pemberville Fair Book, “Many have said, ‘If it wasn’t for Bob, I wouldn’t own a home or I wouldn’t own a business.’”

Bruning will be inducted into the Eastwood Alumni Association’s Eagle Way Hall of Fame for his contributions to the community. He will be inducted along with accomplished Midwestern artist Emanuel Enriquez (Class of 1966), internationally recognized geriatric physician and researcher Dr. Jeremy Walston (1979), and decorated U.S. Army chaplain Colonel David Bowlus (1989). The four were voted in by alumni association members over other candidates.

“Clearly, Bob’s outstanding career in banking, combined with his community-centric disposition, has positively improved the lives of many area residents for the last 60-plus years,” states a biography edited by alumni association committee member and nominator Mike Godfrey.

“Bob’s undying attention to this community serves as a blue print for any citizen who wishes to contribute to any communi-

forward to coming. We’re sort of in the planning stages now of trying to pull

everything together by June. But I feel we’re off to a good start,” he said.

“The way GOBA is set up - we ride in a large loop in the course of a week. We’ll be in Port Clinton before we come here. When we leave here, we’ll go back to Bowling Green, which is where this year’s tour starts,” he said.

Stay at Clay While some riders may prefer a hotel room for the night, many will set up camp in the Clay High School gym and the band practice field.

“A lot of the activities will be based there. Clay is an ideal site for us because GOBA is primarily a camping tour with tent camping. We’ll also have riders who will stay in hotels, B&Bs and other lodging. But most riders camp, so Clay is just a fantastic venue for that,” he said.

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destinations, they hit the restaurants and look for entertainment. GOBA pays toward entertainment and shuttle bus service, he said. “The riders can put away their bikes, take the shuttle, visit restaurants, shop, and of course go to the laundromat. When the riders hit town, there’s definitely an uptick in business because everyone wants to sample the local cuisine, including Tony Packo,� he said. “From a cyclists’ standpoint, Oregon is an ideal place. It’s six miles from Downtown Toledo, yet there’s not a lot of traffic and congestion. And there’s so much to do. I’m really impressed, too, by the recreational facilities, particularly the trail network. Maybe it’s a little bit of a hidden gem. Maybe getting less and less so,� he said.

2-night stay The cyclists will stay in Oregon for two nights, he said. “We’ll leave Port Clinton on Thursday morning, and be in Oregon Thursday night.

Friday will be a layover day. On that layover day, there will be optional loops. Those who want to bike can ride out to Maumee Bay State Park, or the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge to do some exploring.

But others will choose not to get on their bikes and will want to take shuttle buses into town, or take a trail up to Maumee Bay State Park to the beach. So everyone will sort of do their own thing on Friday. Then bright and early Saturday, we’ll pack up the tents.�

As far as the cycling routes into and out of Clay, riders will be coming in from the south and from the east. “When we leave Saturday, June 22, we’ll go south to Pearson Metropark and then go directly south from there. We won’t be out on State Route 2, so we shouldn’t have too much impact on the local traffic.

We generally try to avoid that,� he said. “It’s super exciting. That you for doing all this and putting it together,� said Councilwoman Sandy Bihn, executive director of Lake Erie Waterkeeper, She recommended the group visit the Black Swamp Observatory to “see what kind of birds people should look for on the way.� “This is a major haven for that activity.

And of course, the shoreline is very interesting,� said Bihn.

Off-beat attractions It is the 31st year of the GOBA tour, said Perrion. “It started in 1989. It’s an event sponsored by Columbus Outdoor Pursuits, a non-profit that’s been around for 69 years. Outdoor Pursuits focuses on noncompetitive recreational sports, such as kayaking, rowing, and cycling,� he said. “Originally, it was started in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Tourism. Part of its mission is to get people into the less frequented areas of Ohio, learning about their history and off-beat attractions,� he said. “We’re very excited that this is coming to the City of Oregon,� said Council President Dennis Walendzak. “Obviously, I’m sure we’ll all get behind it and pitch in where we can.�

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ty. When not giving his energies and abilities to this community, Bob enjoys tennis, skiing, yard work, and maintaining rental properties. Even at 86 years of age, Bob still displays an energy, an enthusiasm, and a commitment to this community that mirrors his life of giving.�

Military service to banking After graduating from Pemberville High School in 1950, Bruning began his studies at Bowling Green State University before being drafted into the Korean War. He served in Korea from July 1953 through June 1955 as a sergeant attached to the United States Command Military Armistice Commission which required a high security clearance.

Bruning was one of only three American military personnel working with this team assigned to the Port of Pusan, Korea and the K-9 air base. His duties were to see that the inspection team was notified of incoming and outgoing ships and planes, to arrange transportation to port, to keep records of which officers went to the port, their time of departure, time of return, and to record the number of troops and amount of weapons that came in or departed.

Bruning’s responsibilities, seven days a week for 12-14 hours per day, earned him commendations from colleagues to the liaison officer. Such devotion to duty led to the following military awards and citations: Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal.

Upon returning from his military duties, Bruning resumed his studies at BGSU under the G.I. Bill. In October of 1956, he began his banking career as a teller at The Citizens Savings Bank Company in Pemberville.

Bruning’s abilities were showcased over the years as numerous promotions eventually led to him being named the bank’s president in 1969, a position he held for 22 years before his retirement from banking in 1992. During his presidency, Bruning served as a state director of the Community Bankers Association of Ohio.

Clearly, Bruning was a very involved and knowledgeable professional.

Early in his tenure, Bob became a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. Throughout the years, he enhanced his knowledge by taking numerous banking courses through the American Institute of Banking and at Ohio University. Upon his retirement from banking, over 400 people attended a Bob Bruning Appreciation Day. Bruning’s career enabled thousands of his clients to become home owners and small business owners which brought him great job satisfaction. In 1994, in order to continue to serve our community following his banking career, Bob purchased the R.R. Sarver Appraisal business and changed the name to Multi-County Real Estate Appraisal Service.

As a certified real estate appraiser and licensed realtor, Bruning was providing another needed service to our community. His background in banking served as a valued asset in the financing and appraisal of homes, first with Newlove Realty and then with Denny Henline’s Home Town Realty. Bruning realty work led to him being a member of the Wood County Board

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60-plus years serving As if his professional career was not time consuming enough, Bruning spent countless hours serving his hometown community. Over the last 60-plus years, his fingerprints are all over Pemberville. â&#x20AC;˘ Commander of the Freedom Post No. 183 American Legion from 2006-08 during which time the Riverview Banquet Centre was established. This necessitated improvements to the hall while implementing measures to ensure the long-term financial stability of the post. â&#x20AC;˘ Over the years, Bruning, a lifetime member of the post, has participated in military funerals for veterans, had a big hand in interviewing and selecting boys for Buckeye Boys State, posted the flags for the American Legion in the downtown business district for over 10 years for all federal holidays, the Fair, and other special events, and for many years decorated the graves of our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s veterans. Bruningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment and service to the military was honored in his selection as an Honor Flight participant to Washington D.C. on June 5, 2018. â&#x20AC;˘ Member and frequent volunteer of the Pemberville-Freedom Historical Society â&#x20AC;˘ Life member and former director of the Wood County Historical Society â&#x20AC;˘ Former Village of Pemberville council member â&#x20AC;˘ Director and treasurer of Portage Valley Nursing Home â&#x20AC;˘ Three-time president of Bethlehem Lutheranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Congregation while also serving on numerous committees over the years including the Building Committee (1961) when the educational wing and the Fellowship Hall were constructed; Long Range Planning Committee, the Capital Improvements Committee (2009), and the Personnel Committee from 2014-17.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Past Master (1976) and treasurer (over 30 years) of Pemberville Lodge No. 516 and a 32nd degree Mason. The Mason theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Make Good Men Better.â&#x20AC;?Masons greatly contribute to such causes as the Special Olympics, Shrinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for Children, and the Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio. â&#x20AC;˘ Served on the original board of directors of the Community Pool Corporation that planned the pool, raised the funds to build it, and participated in the construction of it. Bob learned to lay bricks and he and a friend laid most of the bricks for the poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bath house. Bruning served as the pool treasurer for 15 years. â&#x20AC;˘ Served on the Pemberville Free Fair Board for several years as treasurer â&#x20AC;˘ Served on the original committee/board of the Eastwood Educational Foundation that structured the E.E.F. â&#x20AC;˘ 1976 President of Wood/Lucas Bankerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association â&#x20AC;˘ 1986 Eastwood FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer â&#x20AC;˘ 2007 Pemberville Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outstanding Citizen; In 2018, Bob and his wife Joanne were selected at the Pemberville Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior King and Queen. â&#x20AC;˘ 2018 Honor Flight Veteran to Washington, D.C. A lifelong resident of Pemberville, Bob was born June 10, 1932 to Lawrence and Elsie (Holtmeyer) Bruning, Bob and his wife of 61 years, Joanne, have two children: Tom (Katie) Bruning and Lisa (Rick) Meyer, both of Pemberville. Bob and Joanne also cherish their four grandchildren: Steven Bruning, Victoria (Mark) Richards, Kelsey Meyer, and Dan Meyer.

Tickets for the February 23 Eagle Way Hall of Fame Banquet, to be held at the Pemberville American Legion, are just $25 and includes a chicken or steak entree, sides, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverages.

A cash bar will also be available. This price also includes the memorable induction ceremony for the four inductees. Tickets may be purchased at the Eastwood High School office, the Pemberville Library, or from any committee member. Visit www.eastwoodschools.org/EastwoodAlumniAssociation.

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Funding for migratory birds approved

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Legislation that reauthorizes $6.5 million annually through 2024 for the protection of migratory birds has been passed in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Rob Portman, R- Ohio, a co-sponsor of the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act, said it gives the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the means to promote long-term conservation, research, monitoring and habitat protection for more than 380 species of migratory birds.

The bill is included in legislation that covers more than 100 other bills that protect public lands and other natural resources.

“Hundreds of bird species migrate through Ohio each year, making Lake Erie one of the most popular destinations for birdwatching,” Portman said. “Birding contributes more than $20 million to Ohio’s tourism industry and attracts visitors from across the world each year. Protecting and conserving these bird populations is critically important and I am pleased the Senate approved this bipartisan legislation. I’m looking forward to this legislation being signed very soon.”

More than $66 million in grants have been awarded since 2002 through the legislation, supporting 570 projects in 36 countries, Sen. Portman said.

He said migratory birds, including Ohio’s state, the Northern Cardinal, face threats from pesticide pollution, deforestation, sprawl and invasive species that harm

their habitats. Birding contributes more than $20 million to the state’s tourism industry.

Sen. Ben Cardin, D- Maryland, introduced the bill with Sen. Portman.

“The programs funded by the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act have consistent track record of success in helping to sustain populations of migratory birds that face threats to their health and habitats,” he said.

The Black Swamp Bird Observatory hosts the annual Biggest Week in American Birding that attracts tens of thousands to Northwest Ohio.

Mark Shieldcastle, BSBO research director, said the observatory in the past hasn’t utilized funding from the act because the local match required for grants is cost prohibitive.

Still, the observatory has benefited from much of the research conducted by programs funded by the act, he said.

“The work of organizations and universities in and outside the country does benefit us because it’s helping us learn more about the birds,” he said. “It is a very good and important act and the funding is very well used for migratory bird research.

Maybe in the future we’ll be in a position to apply for a grant or partnering with some organization.”

Radar data Data from radar studies of migratory bird flight patterns conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey near the observatory is being analyzed and may be published within a year, Shieldcastle said.

“That’s going to be real important because they had the radar operating next to our banding station. We’re hoping that what the radar tells us in actual passage we can correlate that with something we’re catching the next day. We can’t afford to have a $300,000 radar unit everywhere we need one. But we can do banding operations.”

Personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Ohio State University, University of Toledo, and the observatory also participated in the study, which ultimately hopes to gain insight into whether the flight patterns would place the migrating flocks close to wind turbines that have been or soon will be erected near the lake shoreline.

Radar can give researchers a look at the patterns of movement and volume of the birds, their elevation, and how they’re interacting with the lake and shoreline, Shieldcastle said.

Toledoans indicted for firearms crimes Toledoans Emanuel Riley, 27, and Sevario Whitaker, 36, were charged with theft from a federal firearms licensee, possession of silencers not registered to them, possession of stolen firearms, and possession of firearms after being convicted of a felony, according to the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.

A federal firearms licensee doing business as Towers Armory was burglarized on November 19. Approximately 46 firearms, six suppressors and four gun bags were missing from the store. Video surveillance from the store showed two men entered the store at approximately 3:24 a.m. after gaining access through the ventilation system on the roof and began removing firearms.

They returned to the store several times in the early morning hours and continued removing firearms.

Investigators obtained additional footage from a nearby business that showed the two men had entered a Toyota Camry and drove away. A Toledo police detective recognized the vehicle as one that was used by Riley.

The vehicle was towed from Riley’s mother’s house. Oregon police executed a state search warrant. Inside the vehicle,

they recovered gloves, a hat, a face mask, and a Friday the 13th style mask consistent with what the burglars on the store surveillance footage were wearing. Whitaker was arrested on an outstanding warrant and was also found to be wearing a sweatshirt consistent with what one of the burglars was wearing.

DNA testing revealed Whitaker’s DNA could not be excluded from a red pry bar left behind at the burglary scene and the DNA of both men could not be excluded from DNA taken from the face mask recovered from the Camry.

A search of cell tower records indicates both Riley and Whitaker’s phones connected with a cell tower within one mile of the firearms store around the time of the burglary.

Darius Travell Johnson, 30, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson possessed a Taurus PT111 pistol on Jan. 16, despite previous convictions for felonious assault and robbery, according to the indictment.

These cases are being prosecuted as part of “Project Safe Neighborhoods,” a gun violence reduction program administered by the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District

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Quilt guild meeting The Maumee Bay Country Quilt Guild’s March meeting will be held March 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Northwood Church of God, 3375 Curtice Rd., Northwood.

Doors will open at 6 p.m.

Visitors are welcome for a $10 fee, which may be applied to membership, if desired.

Meeting Change Members of Millbury Neighborhood Watch will meet Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. at a new location.

Meetings are normally conducted at St. Peter’s UCC Church in Millbury, but due to a small fire that recently occurred at the church, another meeting place was sought.

“We reached out to Pastor Mark Kuhlman at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Millbury, and he was gracious enough to allow us to meet there,” said Ron Craig, Lake Township Police Department’s crime prevention and community policing officer.

St. Paul’s is located at 1459 South St. (SR 795) in Millbury, near the intersection with Main Street.

“We really appreciate having been able to meet at St. Peter’s, but until they are able to resolve the fire damage there, we will have to hold our February meeting elsewhere,” Craig said.

For more details, call 419-4816354.

Clinic schedule The Ottawa County Health Department has released the clinic schedule for Feb. 18-22. Unless otherwise stated, all clinics are held at the health department, 1856 E. Perry St., Port Clinton.

Feb. 18: Holiday – office closed.

Feb. 19: Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinic, 12:45-4:30 p.m.; 60-Plus Clinic – Genoa Elderlife Apartments, 9 a.m.-noon.

Feb. 20: Immunization Clinic (including flu shots), 1-6:30 p.m.; Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

Feb. 21: No clinics scheduled.

Feb. 22: Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinic, 7:45 a.m.-noon; Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

For home health, call 419-7346800.

Genoa Career Day Genoa High School’s fifth annual Career Day will be held Thursday, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sponsored by the Genoa Academic Committee and Genoa FFA, the event allows students to explore various career opportunities through interaction with professionals from numerous fields and backgrounds.

In the past, some students scheduled shadowing opportunities at the event.

For more info about showcasing your career to students, contact Cherie Zurawski, G.A.C. president at 419265-6366 or email GHSGAC@gmail. com.

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Ag Notes Pheasants Forever banquet The Erie-Ottawa-Sandusky Chapter of Pheasants Forever invites individuals, couples, families and other supporters of wildlife habitat to the 28th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Saturday March 9.

The event, which will be held at the Camp Perry Clubhouse, will include live and silent auctions, ladies and men’s raffles, door prizes, and chances to win some of the approximately 30 guns on hand.

Doors open at 5 p.m. with a catered dinner scheduled to be served beginning at 6:45 p.m.

Beer and soft drinks will be provided and a cash bar will be available. The auctions, raffles and door prizes will follow until they have all been awarded.

Admission is $60 for a single, which includes membership to Pheasants Forever for one year and $30 for a spouse’s dinner.

Youth admission is $25 and includes membership for a year with Pheasants Forever’s “Ringneck” youth organization.

The event is open to pre-sale ticket purchase holders only, with no ticket sales at the door.

For tickets & questions, contact Carol Benner at 419-707-0464 or www.ottawaswcd.com for more information.

Soil Health Workshop Four local agencies are coming together to talk about Soil Health Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Ole Zim’s Wagon Shed.

The workshop, presented by Ottawa, Wood and Sandusky County Soil & Water Conservation Districts and USDA, will feature three presenters including Jim •Samuel L. Williams III, 548 Raymer, Toledo, $187 court costs and fines, possession of a controlled substance.

•Ky’jha Adore McNair, 702 Walnut, Toledo, 90 days Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO), 88 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, criminal damaging or endangering.

•David Kevin Ramey, 541 St. Louis, Toledo, 30 days CCNO, 30 days suspended, $187 court costs and fines, unauthorized use of property.

•Orval Leroy Padgett, 1777 South, Toledo, 30 days CCNO, 30 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, disorderly conduct.

•Ashley F. Steel, 3410 Worden, Oregon, $137 court costs and fines, disorderly conduct.

•Jason Christopher Cook, 530 Walden, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 160 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, theft.

Hoorman, a Natural Resources Conservation Service CS Soil Health Specialist; John Blakeman, of Meadow Environments LLC and Wil Hemker, from the University of Akron.

Topics will include Soil Health Economics, Controlling Voles with No-Till, Adapting Herbicides to Cover Crops and more.

Admission is free. RSVP by calling 419-898-1595 or email beki.hineline@ottawaswcd.com.

“Learning circle” for women landowners American Farmland Trust, and Ohio’s Wood Soil & Water Conservation District have joined together to present a program for women farmland owners “Conservation and Farmland Leasing: Talking with Your Farmer,” March 7 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Luckey Farmers, 1200 W. Main St., Woodville.

Eric Richer, of the Ohio State University Extension, will lead the discussion on leasing, conservation and farmer communications.

A farmland owner himself, Richer’s areas of specialization include farm management, education, farm financial management, and succession planning.

Workshop participants will learn the common components and structures of agricultural land leases.

Lunch will be provided.

Accommodations are available and may be requested at the time of RSVP. Space is limited. Register online at https://farmland.salsalabs.org/leasingohio or call 419-354-5517.

The eagle has landed A pair of eagles was spotted feeding in a field on Cousino Road, Curtice, before one of them flew to a tree and posed for the photographer. (Photo by Rachel Sanchez)

Court Log •Madlyn Colleen Harris, 3601 Hill, Toledo, $237 court costs and fines, use, possession, or sale of drug paraphernalia.

•Angel Manana Williams, 2601 Hill, Toledo, $237 court costs and fines, possession of a controlled substance.

•Juleah M. Qaza-Coleman, 1972 Airline, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 173 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, failure to comply with order.

•Syvia N. Kline, 2237 Caledonia, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 174 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, attempt to commit an offense.

•Jimmy Lee Mack, Jr., 110 Navarre, Toledo, 180

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days CCNO, 170 days suspended, $287 court costs and fines, trafficking in drugs.

•Douglas M. Nelson, 8717 Seaman, Curtice, $112 court costs and fines, failure to keep dogs confined.

•Franklin Alexander Luna, 1003 S. Lallendorf, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 180 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, unauthorized use of a vehicle.

• Paul J. Hart, 6500 Secor, Lambertville, MI, 180 days CCNO, 177 days suspended, license suspended one year, $471 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

•Kent Austin Jones, 3131 Lantern, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 80 days suspended, license suspended three years, $1,296 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

•James Allan Fitch, 228 Plymouth, Toledo, 90 days CCNO, 75 days suspended, $237 court costs and fines, attempt to commit an offense.

•James M. Baker, 46 State, Norwalk, OH., 180 days CCNO, 160 days suspended, $287 court costs and fines, possessing a drug abuse instrument.

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Company still on track to shutter Davis-Besse plant Despite having reached a tentative agreement with creditors that may stave off bankruptcy, the subsidiary of FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. that operates the DavisBesse Nuclear Power Station has filed requests with federal regulators to amend operating licenses and continue preparations for permanently shutting down the power plant.

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. has recently requested amendments from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that would: â&#x20AC;˘ Modify the licenses to reflect the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition when permanently defueled, which will require fewer systems and components. â&#x20AC;˘ Modify the plantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post shutdown emergency plan to adjust staffing needed when the plant ends operations.

The company said the requests are

consistent with previously announced plans to shut down the nuclear plant by May 31, 2020 in the event it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive financial support from the state or federal legislatures.

FENOC is asking regulators to approve the amendments within a year.

Last month, FirstEnergy Solutions, the generation subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., announced it had reached a restructuring support agreement with creditors in a bankruptcy case filed last April in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio. But company management added the caveat the agreement wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t extend the life of the company beyond the planned deactivation dates of its power plants with-

out legislative assistance and changes in the market.

FirstEnergy has also announced it plans to deactivate the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, O. by May 2021 and units 1 and 2 of the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. by May 2021 and October 2021 respectively.

One option the company is pursuing to keep its nuclear plants operating is for the state to adopt a program of zero emission credits that would create a revenue stream from users.

Other states have established similar credits.

Proponents of the zero emission credits argue they are needed to preserve the reliability of the transmission grid and would provide a balance of power sources.

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An analysis of projected demand for power during winter months was conducted last year by PJM, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

It showed no major reliability problems on the system over a prolonged period of cold weather with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;typical winter load.â&#x20AC;? The study accounted for announced retirements of power plants and new generation slated to be in operation by 2023. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even in a scenario such as extreme winter load combined with a pipeline disruption at a critical location on the pipeline system from which a significant number of generators are served, PJMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system would remain reliable and fuel secure. While there could be reserve shortages in the extreme winter load scenarios, the grid continues to deliver electricity reliably under these extreme conditions,â&#x20AC;? the analysis said.

Lewandowski, Bossie to speak

Lou Wargo announces candidacy

Mark Wagoner, Chairman, Lucas County Republican Party, has announced that the 2019 Lincoln Day Dinner with guest speakers Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27 at The Premier Banquet Complex, 4480 Heatherdowns Blvd. in Toledo.

The evening, organized by the Lucas County Republican Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club and Chaired by Dee Talmage, will start with a private reception with Lewandowski and Bossie from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Guests can view and bid the silent auction tables beginning at 6 p.m. The program and dinner begin at 7 p.m.

Lewandowski served as the chief political adviser and campaign manager to President Donald Trump. He oversaw all aspects of the historic presidential campaign. Lewandowski latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Enemies,â&#x20AC;? will be available for purchase with complimentary signing.

Bossie founded the advocacy group Citizens United and was the deputy campaign manager to President Trump. He was

Lou Wargo announced his candidacy last week for Ottawa County Municipal Court Judge. For the last 16 years, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a magistrate in the municipal court.

The current judge, Frederick C. Hany II has decided to not seek re-election.

Born and raised in Huron, Ohio, Wargo graduated from Huron High School in 1973, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1977 with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and the University of Toledo School of Law in 1981.

He began his legal career in private practice, in addition to serving as an Assistant Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney with Lowell Petersen from 198284 and Douglas Meyer from 1985-88.

He has also served the villages of Marblehead, Put-In-Bay, Elmore, and Genoa as their prosecuting attorney on village ordinance cases and as an acting judge in the Ottawa County Municipal Court from 2000 to 2003, prior to becoming the magistrate.

ranked as the number two in Politicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top50 most influential people in American politics in 2015. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are honored to have such highprofile and high-powered guests for our Lincoln Day Dinner,â&#x20AC;? said Wagoner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Lewandowski and Mr. Bossie will provide their first-hand experience in electing President Trump in the historic 2016 presidential campaign.â&#x20AC;?

Reservations are required for the Lincoln Day Dinner. Tickets are $60 each or a $550 for a table of 10. There is an Individual VIP Ticket which includes a private reception for $150. Checks should be made payable to LCRP and mailed to 1306 Kittle Road, Holland, OH 43528. Online reservations can be made at LucasCountyRepublicanParty. org/lincoln-day Wagoner notes the LCRP is offering sponsorship opportunities. For questions or to purchase a sponsorship package, contact Barbara Orange, LCRP executive director, at exdir@lucascountyrepublicanparty. org or call 419-491-8GOP (8467).

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Alert situation protocols explained

Grant for new gear

By Press Staff Writer The administration of Woodmore schools is dedicating a portion of its latest community newsletter to explain its response to a perceived online threat on Feb. 6.

That morning the administration received an alert from Social Sentinel, a company that monitors social media. The alert cited a message from an anonymous Twitter account that said, “Elmore’s school hours are 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Remember this just in case you’re thinking of shooting it up. All shooters welcome!”

It was later determined the message originated from a parody account referencing a character in a television show, The Amazing World of Gumball.

While local law enforcement departments and the administration worked to verify that the message referenced a cartoon, the departments placed officers at all of the district’s buildings.

In the newsletter, Tim Rettig, district superintendent, acknowledges the situa-

Joshua Parlette, Sr., a firefighter and emergency medical technician with the HarrisElmore Fire Department, is shown wearing water rescue gear purchased with a grant from the Ottawa County Community Foundation.

The department also purchased personal flotation devices and water rescue helmets.

The foundation provides community grants annually and is currently accepting applications from nonprofit organizations and community groups for projects to meet local needs.

Applications must be postmarked by March 15.

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Real Estate Transfers Week ending Feb. 8 Carroll Township 2/4/19 Donald C & Diane V Palmerton to Quicken Loans Inc, 9680 West Hollywood Dr, $93,334.

2/4/19 Laurie A Pollard to William R Boger, 6535 N Humphrey Rd, $60,000.

2/7/19 David C & Sue A Adams to Wendy A St. Clair, 6404 Third St, $91,200.

2/8/19 Elizabeth M Livecchi to Jeanine A & David Alvardo, 8361 Division St, $137,900.

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tion created a lot of stress for parents but said there are several protocols for emergency situations that have to be executed before the district can credibly inform them.

“These protocols are developed in conjunction with law enforcement and safety best practices,” he writes.

The district is planning a safety drill with emergency services on March 22.

Safety measures already in place include keeping school doors locked during the day whenever possible. The high school has only one accessible entry way during the day and the middle and elementary schools have two.

All entrances have cameras that are checked before someone is allowed access.

“Currently, we partner with law enforcement on a regular basis on investigations and student discipline,” Rettig states in the newsletter. “This year we added the Student Resource Officers to each building.

These have been positive additions to our safety plan and education.”

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Danbury Township 2/4/19 Michael E Stafford to Diane M Ballmer, 540 Oak St, $69,708.

Marblehead 2/7/19 Jay A & Garie R Reed to Gary E Price, 1105 Church St, $244,000.

Port Clinton Corp 2/6/19 Jeanne Huskey to Kevin Eisenman, 815 E 2nd St, $71,000.

2/7/19 MOD Development LLC to Robert & Denise Schmidt, 208 Lakeshore Apt E, $135,000.

Portage Township 2/4/19 Port Clinton of Ohio, LLC to Charles L Dracka, 3601 East Clean St, $110,000.

2/6/19 Wendy L Kowalski-Burkett to Judith Callihan, 2160 E State Rd, $45,000.

Salem Township 2/4/19 Jacob L & Samantha K Lipstraw to Vicki V Reiman, 9490 W Oak Harbor SE Rd, $140,000.

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Your Voice on the Street: By Stephanie Wade Do you have any daily routines you have to do or your day will be off?

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

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The Press Poll

What did you think about President Trump’s State of the Union address ?

He struck the right note about unity and coming together.

He addressed issues that would beneſt both parties.

He didn’t talk about topics I am interested in.

Frederick L. Robinson Jr. Toledo “Yes. I eat 1,000 mg of Ibuprofen the minute I wake up. I spent 8 months in a nursing home after a Harley accident. I’m lucky to be alive. Ibuprofen is the strongest I do. I’m a union sheet medal worker and that 1,000 mg gets me to lunch.

Then I have another 600 mg at lunch. Then I’m done for the rest of the day for safety reasons.”

Bobbi Blunk Toledo “I have to exercise every day for at least an hour or I’m in a terrible mood.”

Tara Inocentes Toledo “First thing I have to do every morning is check on my kids and make sure they are okay. Then, I have my morning coffee with Hershey’s Chocolate creamer in it and I have my morning cigarette. If I don’t get that time in the morning my day doesn’t run right.”

Nathaniel Hannah Toledo “I have to eat breakfast. A bowl of cereal.

If I don’t eat that cereal people won’t like me.”

Ellen Meeks Oregon “Deſnitely. I have to lay in bed and pet my dog. My dog sleeps with me. She is an 85 pound Long Haired Retriever. When my alarm goes off she comes up towards my face to cuddle me. I hit the snooze and we cuddle. If that didn’t happen my whole day would probably be off.”

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

50% No. The media owes the youth an apology 37% No. The media was too quick to assess what happened.

13% Yes. The youth owes an apology to the Native American.

Avoid drifting through life by knowing what you want Drifting through life is an all too common phenomenon. Drifting results in not knowing where you are, or where you are going. You’re wondering what’s happening and why. Drifting through life is analogous to drifting on a sailboat.

A sailboat will drift for several reasons.

When there is no one behind the wheel, the direction of the boat is random and unpredictable. A sailor who doesn’t have a map or a specific destination will drift. If the person on the boat doesn’t know how to sail, the boat will drift. Without a rudder, a boat will drift. Even a skilled sailor, on a perfect boat, with a well-planned specific destination, will drift if he doesn’t pay attention to where he is going.

You are drifting in your life when you passively watch and wait for things to happen instead of making them happen. You are a passenger rather than the captain.

You are allowing other people and circumstances to determine your fate.

Get behind the wheel and make things happen by having goals and a plan to reach them. In order to accomplish this, you

Dare to Live

by Bryan Golden must first determine what you want. Next, create a step by step plan to get it. Now take the action required, one step at a time, to move toward your specific destination.

An in-depth understanding of yourself is essential for goal formulation. In addition to your strengths and weaknesses, you must know what you like and don’t like.

Worthwhile goals are ones which are meaningful to you and take advantage of your strengths and desires.

Feeling like a victim causes drifting. Those with a victim mentality don’t take responsibility for their lives. Instead, they blame other circumstances or people.

Since they don’t exercise any control over their journey, drifting results.

Boredom causes drifting. It’s difficult to get excited about something you don’t care about. There’s no motivation to put in much effort. If you are not enthusiastic about what you are now doing, change to something more appealing. It doesn’t matter how much time you have been doing what you are doing. Don’t waste another day being bored. Get on an interesting path which really excites you.

Inattention or boredom causes you to drift off course without realizing it. It’s analogous to falling asleep at the wheel.

Here, you are no longer paying attention to where you are headed, running a real risk of winding up where you don’t want to be.

When you are a passenger rather than the driver, you passively wait to see where you are headed. You are along for the ride with no control. You are watching things happen instead of making them happen.

Not knowing what you want leads to not knowing where you should be headed.

You begin drifting because you have no specific direction. Without a specific objective in place, you won’t know if you are on course

because you have no course to follow.

Drifting occurs when you lack the necessary motivation required to chart your own course. If you don’t care about what happens to you, you won’t be aware of the direction you are headed. Staying on track requires vigilance and effort.

Hoping to go in a particular direction without a specific plan, or without taking action, results in drifting. Hope is just an idle wish until you implement a plan. It’s no different than trying to sail a boat by hoping to reach a specific destination.

Avoiding the pitfalls, which lead to unintended drifting, keeps you progressing to where you want to go. There’s no reason to drift aimlessly. Whenever you find yourself drifting, take the appropriate corrective action.

NOW AVAILABLE: “Dare to Live Without Limits,” the book. Visit www.BryanGolden. com or your bookstore. Bryan is a management consultant, motivational speaker, author, and adjunct professor. Email Bryan at bryan@columnist.com or write him c/o this paper.  2018 Bryan Golden

Why is there a rush to run for office so soon? Money

By Sarah Anderson Amy Klobuchar could’ve waited for the temperature to rise above 15 degrees before launching her 2020 presidential bid. Instead, she chose to risk frostbite and make her pitch in the middle of a snowstorm — all for an election more than 600 days away.

The Minnesota senator is just one of around a dozen Democrats who’ve already thrown their hats into the presidential ring or hinted they intend to soon.

What’s the big rush?

People in other countries think we’re insane for having such long political races.

By one count, in the timeframe of the 2016 U.S. election, you could’ve fit about four elections in Mexico, seven in Canada, 14 in the UK, and 41 in France.

If lengthy campaigns boosted voter education and turnout, I’d be all for them. But there’s scarce evidence of that. The United States ranks 26th out of 32 industrialized countries in the share of the voting age population that shows up at the polls.

So what can we do to avoid contests that shift politicians’ focus away from governing to endless campaigning?

We could try to compress our interminable primary process. But that wouldn’t make much difference when candidates are launching their bids a full year before the Iowa caucus.

A more effective step would be to slash the cost of competing for higher office.

Candidates bolt out of the gates because they know it takes a long time to raise the megamillions required for a White House run.

Imagine how many phone calls and fundraisers went into amassing the $6.5 billion spent on the 2016 election. A quarter of that huge sum came from donors who contributed at least $100,000.

Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that it was unconstitutional to place overall limits on federal campaign contributions. But we’re seeing a rise in candidates who voluntarily rebuff deep-

Guest Editorial pocketed donors.

“We need to end the unwritten rule of politics that says that anyone who wants to run for office has to start by sucking up to a bunch of rich donors on Wall Street and powerful insiders,” Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told the crowd at her own frigid campaign launch. She won’t be taking a dime from political action committees (PACs).

Senator Bernie Sanders showed in 2016 that it’s possible to raise large sums from individual donors. His total haul:

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A proposal by House Democrats would go a long way towards boosting small contributions as a counter to the mega-donors.

As part of a sweeping anti-corruption initiative, H.R. 1 would grant tax credits for contributions of no more than $50.

Candidates could also volunteer for a public financing option through which the federal government would put $6 into their coffers for every $1 raised in small donations (of no more than $200).

The Democratic proposal would also force Super PACs, which can raise unlimited sums to advocate for or against candidates, to make their donors public. This might discourage some of the shadiest forces from attempting to buy elections.

The bill includes a number of other important pro-democracy proposals. It would

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Why no tweets?

To the editor: President Trump has surprised me with his latest failure to “Make America Great Again.” Specifically, I am referring to his failure to tweet about the leadership crisis of Virginia’s top three Democrats.

Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring, in my opinion, qualify as racial psychopathic personalities. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax seems to be an African-American male who possesses a psychopathic personality. All three of these elected representatives have a mindset of diminishing spiritual consciousness with a tendency to being pathological narcissists.

Since, President 45’s agenda was and has been to blame Democrats and blacks like Colin Kaepernick for so many of our country’s problems, I’m amazed he hasn’t tweeted his opinion about the Virginia

leaders’ scandal.

During the Trump presidency our nation has seen a profound increase in the “spiritual incarceration” of so many elected representatives. The lack of political leadership, in my opinion, is due to the astounding increase of college-educated white males who are racial psychopathic personalities, such as Gov. Northam and Attorney General Herring.

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crack down on partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and corrupt lobbying practices. It would also make Election Day a holiday for federal employees, hoping private sector businesses would also give their workers the day off.

None of these changes, I’m afraid, would have an immediate impact on the duration of U.S. election campaigns. But by making the process more equitable, these reforms might make the 600-plus days at least seem shorter.

Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project and co-edits Inequality. org at the Institute for Policy Studies. She tweets at @Anderson_IPS. Distributed by OtherWords.org.

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The gift of life

Kidney donation offers Oregon man second chance

By Tammy Walro Press Features Editor twalro@presspublications.com “Why me?”

It’s a question pondered by many people facing serious illnesses.

These days, Mike Fioritto finds himself asking the question often – not because of the chronic kidney disease he endured for many years. He faced the diagnosis and treatment and a bout with kidney cancer head-on while maintaining his busy schedule at the accounting and tax service he operates in Oregon.

What Mike can’t stop wondering is how he got so lucky and what he did to deserve the second chance at a healthy life given to him by the kindness and generosity of a woman whom he calls an angel.

“I’ve had trouble with my kidneys for a while,” he said. “I’ve been diabetic for 26 years and have high blood pressure, which wears on the kidneys.”

In January 2017, doctors discovered a cancerous tumor which led to removal of one of Mike’s kidney.

With the other kidney functioning at only 27 percent, his physician suggested a kidney transplant. Peritoneal dialysis, conducted nightly at home, allowed him to function day-to-day.

Mike’s wife, Jama, spread the word through family and on social media that Mike was in need of a kidney, which drew a tremendous outpouring of support. “I had so many people praying for me; it’s humbling and overwhelming to see that happen,” Mike said.

In late May 2018, Jama made a trip to Hecklinger’s Greenhouse in Oregon to buy spring flowers. “I ran in to a client of Mike’s, who asked me how he was doing,” she said.

“I mentioned he was doing peritoneal dialysis at home, but was on the kidney transplant list at Cleveland Clinic. Greenhouse owner, Lisa Hecklinger overheard the conversation and asked if she could post a flyer.

“Of course, I said yes,” Jama said.

That evening, Jama was talking with cousin Carol Cipolla, who planned to go to Hecklinger’s the next day to purchase flowers. Jama told her to look for the flyer.

When she didn’t see the flyer, Carol asked and was told the greenhouse staff had gotten busy and had not put the flyer up yet.

After talking to Carol and getting some more

info, the flyer was posted.

“About two hours later, Lauri White was shopping at Hecklinger’s and saw the flyer detailing how Mike needed a kidney, and his blood type,” Jama said.

The flyer caught Lauri’s attention, not just because she and her husband Mike had been clients of and acquaintances with the Fiorittos for some time. As it happens, the retired Oregon police officer had been strongly considering becoming a living kidney donor. In fact, she had already started the testing process at Cleveland Clinic, but had put the process on hold.

“I started thinking about becoming a kidney donor when I had a doctor in family practice in Oregon that I just dearly loved who had to leave medicine because he needed a kidney. I told them at the office that if I were a match, I’d be happy to do that,” Lauri said. “It turned out they had other options.

“Then someone I worked with at the police department, Scott Wells, donated a kidney to his dad and I thought if I ever have the opportunity to do that, I would.” she said.

Last spring, an ad for the National Kidney Donor Registry on television inspired her to call the number listed and she started the process to become a kidney donor. She traveled to Cleveland Clinic where she filled out a “myriad of forms.”

Lauri, now 68, was told she was older than the donors they usually accept, but do-

nors are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and if they could use her kidney, they would.

“It was a process. They told me I would have to quit taking some of the over-the-countMike Fioritto and er medications I Lauri White was using for (Submitted Photo) arthritis in my hands, and to take only Ty l e n o l and see if it worked for me,” L a u r i said. “I did that, but as it went on, I started getting the feeling the process was going to be a lot of work.”

S o , Lauri tabled the idea of becoming a kidney donor – until she saw the orange flyer at the nursery.

“It said if you’re O-positive and can go to Cleveland Clinic, we need a kidney,” she said. “Then I saw Jama Fioritto’s name and phone number on it.

“I said, ‘OK, God…that’s what I was looking for,” Lauri said.

A done deal The Fiorittos were on vacation with their daughter and then- fiancé in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in early June when Jama got a call on her cell, which she almost didn’t answer.

“Thank goodness I did,” she said. “It was Lauri, who explained that she saw the flyer and she knew in her heart and by the grace of God, this is why she put her testing on hold.

“She had already called Cleveland Clinic,” Jama said. “She said, ‘Please tell Mike, it’s a done deal.”

After more cross-matching and testing, doctors performed the kidney transplant Nov. 6. Both patients did well and left Cleveland Clinic after a few days.

“Right up until the surgery, I prepared myself that it might not happen,” Mike said.

“About a week before the surgery was scheduled, we met Lauri for dinner – I hadn’t actually talked to her before that. Then it really hit me what was going on.”

“He kept saying to himself over and over, ‘I don’t know what I did to deserve this,’ Jama said.

“I told Mike, ‘I have two kidneys; you need one. What’s the problem?’” Lauri said.

Determined to maintain a positive mental outlook before the surgery, Mike told himself, “I’m going on vacation…I’m going to Cleveland Clinic and I’m coming home with a souvenir.”

“I’ll admit I got nervous the closer it got to the surgery, but I’m in good shape for my age, and have had good experiences with past surgeries, so I thought, ‘why not?’” Lauri said.

Though Mike’s new kidney is functioning well, he endured some complications related to the steroids needed post-transplant.

After multiple surgeries and a 42-day hospital stay, he is on the road to recovery and ready for tax season.

“To say that Lauri is a lifesaver is an understatement,” Jama said. “The normal time on a transplant list can average anywhere from three to five years. We’re so blessed to have had a live donor – thank God for Lauri – who was willing to donate directly.

“Mike is so thankful and we are so thankful to Lauri because she didn’t have to do this,” Jama said.

“They are just amazingly nice, decent people,” Lauri said. “I feel so blessed that God gave me a body that I’ve been able to sustain and manage throughout my life so that I was able to do this.

“And in retrospect, it was pretty easy,” she said. “There are a lot of forms and tests, but the surgery was performed laparoscopically – there were a couple of weeks of being uncomfortable and after that, I suffered no ill effects whatsoever. You just have to have the right blood type.”

Mike, who is a private person, told The Press he wanted to share his story to raise awareness about lifesaving transplants…and about how many good people there are in the world...and right in our own back yard.

2019 Puttin’ on the Glitz for the Lucas County Pits set

By Melissa Burden Press Contributing Writer news@presspublications.com The Lucas County Pit Crew is set to hold their sixth Puttin’ on the Glitz event on Saturday, March 2, at the Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, in Maumee.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. and includes a dinner with grazing stations, a cash bar, both silent and live auctions and a dog fashion show.

Yes. You read that right. A dog fashion show featuring adoptable fur babies being fostered with the LCPC. Lissa Guyton, from WTVG 13 ABC, will serve as the event’s hostess.

According to Jean Keating, founder, the event is the organization’s largest fundraiser each year.

“Today we have 72 dogs in the care of our rescue,” Keating said. “We take many dogs who are in medical need and we provide free spay and neutering and other outreach programs. The money raised is used wisely.”

Keating, who is originally from New York, founded LCPC in 2010 to help educate the public about the pit bull terrier type of dog and to offer support to those who owned the breed.

“The state and the city of Toledo had breed discrimination legislation and people were terrified to admit they owned the breed,” Keating said. “In New York, the bully dogs are very much loved. I was surprised. In the beginning, we did not do adoptions. Now, over 90 percent of the dogs in our care come from the Lucas

Emily English with two furry friends at last year’s Puttin’ on the Glitz event.

(Submitted photo) County Canine Care and Control (LC4).”

The LCPC holds educational programs, advocacy and training programs, as well as fostering dogs and puppies that need homes. They are a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.

Carrie Grindle, of Oregon, is a mem-

ber of the LCPC and has fostered 15 to 20 dogs in the last several years. She said she joined the organization because the group likes to help special needs dogs.

“The special needs dogs and the ones who need medical help are special to me,” Grindle said. “I love working with this group. We have many people who just really do their best to help people and the pets.”

Grindle currently has Bernie, a 5-month old pup who came from LC4 with a fractured leg and Crissy, a 4-month old owner surrender. Karen Reno and Michelle Dunberger of East Toledo, and Allison Tingley, of Elmore, all are fosters.

“We are also helping a family in Harbor View who was overwhelmed with the six dogs and seven puppies they have,” Grindle said. “We are getting the adult dogs and puppies spayed and neutered and we have helped them with food, collars, and leashes. LCPC also has a food bank for those who need help. This organization works hard for the pets in this community. People should just come out and see the only dog fashion show, have great food, and help sponsor a wonderful organization.”

The Puttin’ on The Glitz event includes a themed dog fashion show. This year’s theme, Once Upon a Time, will feature dogs and puppies strutting their costumes to music from Cinderella, Wicked, etc. The costumes are hand made by Molly Pope, who has volunteered for the event for several years.

Sponsors for the event include Heineken, MedVet, Rayner, Foos, Kruse,

and Irwin CPAs; West Toledo Animal Hospital, Tim and AJ Keating, Sam and Robin Rayner LCPC. Individual tickets are now on sale for $65 dollars each. Tickets can be purchased through the website, http://www.lucascountypitcrew.com.

Sponsor tables are $1,000 and some are still available. Email canineadvocate1@ yahoo.com for more information on tables.

The LCPC is also accepting donations for their silent and live auctions.

So far items and baskets from artist Lili Chin, Mike’s Pizza and More, Alan Miller Jewelers, Mr. Emblem, Sylvania Playland, Red Robin, Black Rock, Treasured Pets Memorial Services, Edward F. Posluszny, DDS., Kat’s Choice, African Safari, The Toledo Symphony and the University of Toledo Rockets.

For those wishing to donate to the auctions, please contact Carrie Grindle at macca64@bex.net.

“We have a trip to Hawaii that has been donated and around 100 other items ranging from gift cards to restaurants to a Chromebook,” Keating said. “I urge people to get their tickets very soon. We have sold out at least two weeks prior to the event in the last few years. It really is a whole lot of fun.”

LCPC also takes in monetary and food donations at their Training and Adoption Center, located at 855 North McCord Road, in Toledo. Checks can be mailed or dropped off on Sundays from 2-5 p.m.

For more information on classes, adoption events, etc., visit the website or their Facebook page.

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“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Stranahan

Scavenger hunt The Great Eastern Shopping Center Scavenger Hunt will be held Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m.

Sign up at Meg’s Sweet Pickin’s (next to Dollar Tree). The first 100 families to complete the Scavenger Hunt will receive a prize. Limit one prize per group or individuals.

For more info, call 419-277-9083.

Grandparents’ support group G.R.G., a support group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, meets the second Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Wood County Educational Service Center, 1867 N. Research Dr., Bowling Green.

G.R.G. meets in a casual and welcoming environment. Grandparents have the

rary exhibition, “Popnology,” sponsored

by Pepsi Beverages Company has been extended through April 28.

Guests who have yet to visit this exhibit can discover how science fiction elements from popular culture have become reality – from looking into a room representing a time capsule of 1983 to coming face-to-face with the world’s first 3D printed car.

Popnology takes visitors from fantasy to the reality of driverless cars, robots, drones and more. For movie fans, there are references to “E.T.” to “The Rocketeer” to “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

While visiting Popnology, visitors can also experience the fusion of comic books and tech reality in the new gallery at Imagination Station. Visitors can celebrate some of the greatest technological innovations through a unique perspective – the comic book. From Dick Tracy’s wrist radio to Batman’s flying eye, learn how pop culture has influenced almost every aspect of our daily lives.

For more information, call 419-2442674 or visit www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/popnology.

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Noah Weisberg as Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” (Photo by Joan Marcus)

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“Rhythm of the Dance” The Broadway In Toledo Series welcomes the International sensation, “Rhythm of the Dance” to the Stranahan Theater Saturday, March 2 at 8 p.m.

The two-hour concert features dance, music, songs and culture from pre-Celtic times to modern-day sounds. Full of flailing feet and fiddles, futuristic dances, eye-catching lighting and costumes and sensational sound effects, “Rhythm of the Dance” is now one of the top three Irish step dance shows in the world.

The Broadway In Toledo Series will present Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at the Stranahan March 19-23.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” tells the story of Willy Wonka, world-famous inventor of the Everlasting Gobstopper, who has just made an astonishing announcement. His marvelous— and mysterious—factory is opening its gates…to a lucky few. That includes young Charlie Bucket, whose life definitely needs sweetening. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a mesmerizing, life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination.

The hit Broadway musical features songs from the original film, including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man,” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket,” alongside a new score from the songwriters from “Hairspray.” For more information, visit www.CharlieOnBroadway.com.

Tickets for both shows are available at the Stranahan Theater Box Office, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. Toledo and online at BroadwayInToledo.com, StranahanTheater.org, or by calling 419381-8851. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 866-314-7687.

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has introduced a resolution, H.Res. 39, honoring Gold Star Families by designating March 2, 2019 as “Gold Star Families Remembrance Day.” The resolution would honor and recognize the sacrifices made by the families of military members who gave their lives to defend freedom and protect America.

This March 2 will be the 90th anniversary of President Calvin Coolidge signing legislation to approve and fund the first Gold Star pilgrimage, enabling Gold Star families to travel to the gravesites of their loved ones who died during World War I. In addition, the resolution encourages communities across America to perform acts of service and good will on that date.

The term Gold Star family is derived from families that flew flags during World War I. A blue star on the flag meant that an immediate family member was serving in the U.S. armed forces. If the family member was killed in action, the blue star was replaced with a gold one. Gold Star Mother’s Day is celebrated the last Sunday in every September, but there is no day dedicated to the entire family that is affected by the loss of a loved one in combat.

“It’s long past due to honor the family members of those that have lost their lives in service to their country,” said Latta. “The wives, husbands, fathers,

mothers, children, brothers, and sisters of our service members all sacrifice while their loved ones are in the military. When a member of the armed forces gives their life in defense of our nation, it’s the family members that must live with that loss. On the 90th anniversary of legislation establishing the first Gold Star pilgrimage, we should recognize their sacrifice and name March 2nd as a day dedicated to Gold Star families.”

Humane society adopts out 118 animals in 2018 A total of 139 animals, including 79 cats and 60 dogs, were brought to the Humane Society of Ottawa County in 2018, shelter manager Lesa Heredia reported.

Sixty-five cats and 53 dogs were adopted out. A total of 92 animals at the shelter were spayed or neutered – 17 cats, 49 kittens, 22 dogs and four puppies.

In 2018, 81 calls were investigated by the Humane Agent. Eight cats and 10 dogs were seized.

The year saw some of the shelter’s longest residents at the shelter being adopted.

Leah, a mixed-breed dog rescued from a high-kill shelter in August 2016, was adopted to her forever home in January 2018.

Several cats found their new families after living at the shelter for two- three years, including Friday, Grace, Lucy, and Elton were adopted. After four-six years at the shelter, Roman and Midnight were adopted. And after eight years at the shelter, Scarlett found a home.

“Pay It Forward” was a theme for 2018. Of the 64 cats and kittens adopted, eight had their adoption fees fully paid by a sponsor. Of the 46 dog adoptions, six had sponsored fees as well. “People really enjoyed knowing that if they weren’t able to adopt an animal themselves, they could pay the adoption fee and help another adopter as well as the sponsored animal,” Heredia said.

Several senior dogs also found homes in 2018, including Eddie, 13 years old; Sampson, Chloe, Louie, Jessie and Fernando, all 11 years old; Eva, 8 years old; Cricket, 9 years old and Casey, 7 years old.

Lastly, Tia and her seven puppies all found homes in October and November 2018.

Anyone interested in adopting an animal from the Humane Society of Ottawa County can visit any Tuesday through Saturday from noon-5 p.m. The shelter is located at 2424 Sand Rd., Port Clinton. Check out adoptable pets online at HSOCpets.org or on Facebook.

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Staying in contact with a family member helps prevent isolation For the purpose of writing this article, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m taking off my hat as a crime prevention officer and putting on my hat as a community policing officer to emphasize the importance of staying in touch with family members who are in need of such contact.

During the harsh winter weather we have all been experiencing lately â&#x20AC;&#x201C; snow, ice, and cold winds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many of us have been pent up inside. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for â&#x20AC;&#x153;cabin feverâ&#x20AC;? to set in.

Now, picture yourself as someone who seldom gets out of the house or apartment due to health issues or other problems that do not allow you to venture out much.

Feelings of isolation can start to take over, and this can lead to other issues, such as depression, that just compound the problem.

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Crime Prevention Corner

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them to go places, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean there are no other options.

Staying in frequent contact with a homebound or nearly homebound family member can go a long, long way in preventing feelings of isolation. Stopping by to visit these family members is the best way to stay in contact.

Take some time to do something with these family members you know they like, such as playing a card game. Games of all types can help stimulate the brain, which will also get their minds off the issues that

are making them homebound.

Good conversation is also very helpful for these family members. They may want to know the latest family news, such as how grandchildren and other kids in the family are doing. Sharing photos of family members can also combat isolation issues.

Between personal visits, especially if there is some physical distance between you and a family member that may prevent you from visiting very often, make phone calls to these family members. Talk about pleasant things with them to help lift their spirits.

It is important to make sure during visits and phone calls the homebound family member has plenty of groceries and that their other important needs are being met.

You can help make sure utility bills are kept paid to make sure there are not service interruptions that could further imperil the

family memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health issues.

Sending letters and postcards is also helpful in preventing feelings of isolation. What you say in letters may not be as important as just sending them, but try to keep the topics upbeat.

After you have made these important contacts, you will also feel better yourself.

You will know you not only have stayed in contact with a family member, but you will also know you have done something constructive that helps prevent feelings of isolation.

This article is a public service from the Crime Prevention Division of the Lake Township Police Department. Township residents may obtain further information on crime prevention and public safety topics by contacting Ron Craig, crime prevention specialist/community policing officer, at 419-481-6354.

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Toledo Zoo announces polar bear cub born December 9

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The Toledo Zoo welcomed a polar bear cub born Dec. 9, 2018. Mom, Crystal, is caring for the yet-to-be-named cub off exhibit.

The Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal care staff is carefully observing the cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress through a video monitor in the den. As in the wild, the two bears will stay secluded until the cub grows substantially. The next steps, including a neo-natal exam with Zoo veterinary staff to determine sex and eventual exhibit debut date, are fluid and will be based on the cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression.

The Zoo has a long history of successful polar bear breeding with the assistance of the Species Survival Plan through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List as a vulnerable species and as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In recent years, polar bear numbers have been decreasing due to warming Arctic temperatures causing declines in sea ice. Sea ice is the main location for polar bears to hunt seals, breed and construct dens.

At birth, polar bear cubs are about 12 inches long, weigh only about one pound and are blind and toothless with short, soft fur. Cubs are completely dependent on their mother, but will grow rapidly by drinking the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk that is 31 percent fat. The mother and cub will not emerge from the den until the cub reaches 20-30 pounds and could safely travel to sea ice for feeding.

Jeff Sailer, the Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO & president, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Zoo is proud to welcome this conservation ambassador to the world.

Each new cub is vitally important for maintaining a healthy and growing assurance population of this magnificent species. A new birth also shines a renewed spotlight on the plight of wild polar bear populations and gives the Zoo another opportunity to educate our visitors on how to reduce our carbon footprints and help conserve this imperiled species and its Arctic habitat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look forward to sharing this new cub with our visitors soon,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Toledo Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal care staff is carefully observing the polar bear mom Crystal and her new cub, born Dec. 9, through a video monitor in the den.

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300 bowler Jim Fuleky. (Photo courtesy Matt Mehling)

‘Library Lanes:’ the action is rollin’ Walbridge Library’s weekly Senior “Library Lanes” Bowling League has become the in-place for seniors to hone their athletic skills.

Games are played on the Nintendo Wii and the league is currently looking to add two more participants this season.

The league, which is run by library supervisor Matt Mehling, is at 46 members, and typically has 48, so if you consider yourself a senior, get yourself a partner. The league has been going on since 2014.

“It’s grown each year. We have a schedule set up. It starts at 11 a.m. and goes to 5, and the seniors come in and bowl two games,” Mehling said. “We usually fill every season. We have some people down in Florida this season and will be back for the fall. It’s always growing.

“I think the basic thing that draws them is the social aspect — being able to come together, hang out and talk to other people, and everybody is really nice and respectful. It’s really great.”

Walbridge resident Bill St. Claire, who just celebrated his 80th birthday, says he participates “for the friendship of the people here.”

“We get together once a week — different people, and we really enjoy it,” St. Claire said. “It’s handicapped — you’re not trying to win all the time but it’s nice if you do. Matt asked me one time if I wanted to bowl — my lady friend Linda and I, and I said, ‘Yeah.’ We’ve been in two tournaments already. I enjoy it and I enjoy the people.”

St. Claire is in his fourth year in the league. But, if you ask him how well he is bowling, he smiles and lets you know there are good days and bad days. Just like any sport.

“Sometimes I do well. Two weeks ago, I had 202,” St. Claire said. “You may get it this time and next time you won’t. I have a curve ball that when I throw it, it doesn’t always go where I want it to.”

Northwood residents Jim and Mary Dehring have teamed up, and there reasons are similar to St. Claire’s.

“It’s something to do and we enjoy the camaraderie and different people. We enjoy it,” Jim said. “It can’t hurt. It’s better than sitting around, you know.”

Mary adds, “We’ve been bowling a couple years now — this is our second year. Actually, I get worse as I go (joking). It seems like we start with a big bang the first week and my average goes down and his goes up, but we kind of even up.

“Last year they did a tournament here.

That was fun. We got knocked out in the first round,” Mary continued. “Everybody comes to have fun. It’s nice in the bad weather to come out and have something to do.”

Mehling adds, “We have this thing where we teamed up last year, and there is a senior Wii bowling tournament with the senior centers, and other senior centers, and we hosted it last year and we are going to host it again this year in April. We are going to bring together the senior centers on Friday, April 12.

“We’ve had success with this good following, and it’s gone over real well and (sponsor) Walnut Hills (trailer home park) is a big help with getting the word out there, telling people, and people who come in, we tell them about it and promote it.”

Perfect game In a handicapped league, there are al-

ways good and not so good bowlers. One of the better bowlers, Jim Fuleky, bowled a perfect 300 game on February 4 at “Library Lanes.”

“He’s very good,” Jim Dehring said. “I don’t know how he got so good, but he was here last year and he was good. There are a couple of them in this league that are really good.”

Mehling adds, “We definitely have some really good, consistent players. Jim Fuleky is usually pretty high in numbers, but to get that 300 — that’s the first time we’ve had a 300 bowler, so that was pretty neat.”

Besides the competition and socializing, one of the biggest aspects is the exercise. With Wii bowling, you don’t have to lug around a 16 pound ball and wear bowling shoes, but you do go through the motions with a joystick.

“We have two 80-inch screens for them,” Mehling said. “Getting them out and moving is the biggest thing. It gets them up and it’s not like they are just sitting down the whole time. They have to get up and get the motion of throwing the bowling ball, so they get some motion in there, and it gets them out of the house and gets them moving, so there is definitely some exercise there.”

If you haven’t tried playing Wii games, Mehling will tell you that it takes some practice and skill.

“I’ve definitely tried it, and you can definitely tell from people who come in and bowl, they get better over time — the more they are doing it,” Mehling said.

“Everybody has to start somewhere.

“We’ve had a lot of newbie’s, people who have never played it before, and they just come in and they kind of gain the experience from just doing it. I’ve definitely done it and a lot of them could probably beat me because I’m not doing it on a regular basis.

“We do have a handicap going on, so it makes it even for both teams. A lot of people don’t really get immersed into the winloss totally, but it’s kind of fun to see and it will keep track of how well that person does. They can see what they did that week and what-not.”

Flexible schedule In league play, there is a lot of flexibility to your bowling time — you’re not there the entire six hours.

There is also a monthly luncheon for all the bowlers, tournaments, sponsorship, and more.

“After they bowl their two games, they are welcome to stick around, sit, watch, or hang out if they want, but a lot times they go about their business, if they want,” Mehling said.

“We do have statistics, handicaps, a schedule laid out so they can come in from one week it might be 12 o’clock, and then the next week it might be two o’clock, so it might change. We usually do a 13-week season and then at the end of every season we have a banquet. We bring everybody together so we all get to see each other at one time.

“Walnut Hills (mobile home park), down the road, they donate and are our sponsor. After every season they’ve sponsored it and they’ve gotten us Subway or pizza, and some people bring in stuff and we do a potluck kind of thing. It works out real well and it’s fun.”

Even though it’s a senior league, there is no age minimum designated.

“We don’t restrict it, if they can make it. It’s mainly seniors,” Mehling said. “It’s not like a forever thing either. You can do it for one season, and then take a break if you wanted to.”

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Genoa wrestler James Limongi works toward a takedown in the 160-pound class at St. John Arena. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

At 182 pounds, Genoa wrestler Antonio Quesada completes a takedown at St. John Arena. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

Comets’ 86 bonus points leads to another state title

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The Division III championship match of the State Duals wrestling tournament last Sunday at St. John Arena in Columbus could not have gotten off to a worse start for Genoa.

The Comets suffered pins in the first two weight classes in the finals against Edison, putting Genoa in a 12-0 hole.

“They’re dynamic,” Genoa coach Bob Bergman said of the Chargers. “They had a returning state champ at 113 (pounds), and we were down 18-6 after first three (matches). We wrestled them a month ago at (Sandusky) St. Mary’s and they pinned us four times and we only pinned them twice and we only beat them by 10 points.

They’re a very gritty team.

“When we gave up three out of the first four matches, it was definitely a pretty eerie feeling. Oscar (Sanchez), who had a great weekend, kind of stopped the momentum a little bit with his pin (at 120 pounds) and we just started to roll. To get five pins on those guys is a huge achievement.”

Oscar Sanchez pinned the Chargers’ Jared Fantuzzi in 1:13 to get the Comets going. Genoa won nine of the final 11 matches, including four by pin, to beat Edison by a 52-23 margin. It marked Genoa’s second straight team title at the State Duals.

“It meant a lot to us,” Sanchez said.

“Our senior class, we wanted to go out as champions again. It’s been a goal of ours since we got in high school to win it twice.

We wanted to win the Duals and the individual tournament as many times as we can. We were all just excited to wrestle and compete again at the state tournament.”

57 straight dual wins En route to its third-straight OHSAA wrestling tournament state title (2018 team, 2018 individual, 2019 team), Genoa broke two OHSAA D-III Dual Team Tournament records. In its quarterfinal match, Genoa defeated Marion Pleasant 72-6, setting the mark for the highest preliminary round point total and margin of victory.

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which came from 20 falls. Genoa finishes the dual portion of the season unblemished at 28-0 and remains unbeaten in their last 57 duals.

Genoa opened the Duals with an easy 72-6 win over Marion Pleasant in the quarterfinals. The Comets received three forfeits and had eight pins, including seven in the first period. Genoa broke two D-III Duals team tournament records, setting the mark for the highest preliminary-round point total and margin of victory.

“They were anxious to get started,” Bergman said. “We had a great week of practice. It was positive, energetic, and they were optimistic each day. At this time of year it gets to be a grind and monotonous.

You could tell we were ready. We were really happy with the results. We’ve got a lot of guns, and we just did what we had to do to advance.”

Bergman had said Rootstown could possibly give the Comets some problems in the semifinals, but that never materialized.

Genoa beat the Rovers by a 55-13 margin, getting six pins, two major decisions and two technical falls.

“They returned four state placers and a lot of people had them as the second best team (in D-III),” Bergman said. “They’re a great program and we knew we had our work cut out for us.”

Junior Randy Matheny won the opening 106-pound match for the Comets, earning a pin in 1:41.

“With Randy, we knew that was a swing match,” Bergman said. “He got a pin and we knew we were in the driver’s seat

to be successful, and we didn’t want to get in a hole. I was pleasantly surprised at the way our guys jumped all over them. Our heavy hitters were just pinning people and that was pretty impressive.”

Also getting pins against Rootstown were Oscar Sanchez, Dustin Morgillo (145 pounds), James Limongi (160), Jacob Stewart (170) and Noah Koch (285). Julian Sanchez (132) and Dylan D’Emilio (138) both earned major decisions, and Kevin Contos (152) had a tech fall.

Oscar Sanchez (37-4) was one of several heavy hitters for the Comets, earning three first-period pins including one in 57 seconds against Rootstown.

“My goals were to get pins in all my matches and dominate the rest of the teams the way we did,” he said. “I thought our finals (against Edison) would have been a little closer.”

Sanchez’s quick pin of Fantuzzi energized his Genoa teammates after a sluggish start.

“I was just trying to get my team back in it and set the pace for the rest of the guys,” Sanchez said. “The momentum changed. They had two pins on us and we just got one back. I was really confident in (the middle and upper weights because that’s the core of our lineup and they usually score a lot of points for us.”

Julian Sanchez earned a 15-0 tech fall at 132 pounds, while Dylan D’Emilio (pin), Morgillo (major decision), Contos (pin), Limongi (pin), Stewart (pin), Antonio

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Now, Jacob Stewart is enjoying the ride

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com

State champions (Continued from page 14) Quezada (major decision at 182 pounds) and Jacob Brewer (pin at 195) all earned decisive wins against the Chargers. Senior Alex Duran won a decision at 220, and heavyweight Noah Koch was awarded a forfeit.

D’Emilio (40-3), a senior and threetime state champion, had pins in 35 seconds and 49 seconds and recorded a 12-2 major decision against Rootstown senior Nico Chilson.

“Nico is a two-time state placer in Ohio and was a state placer in Massachusetts,” Bergman said. “He’s no joke, and Dylan took him apart. To have a major decision against a quality opponent like that speaks volumes about his wrestling.”

Bergman said it was “special” for the Comets to repeat at the State Duals champions.

“We knew we could do it,” he said.

“With wrestling and all the nicks and bumps that come up throughout the season, it takes a monumental effort to get back to that spot. It was satisfying to be able to reach our potential, and getting all 14 of our guys on the mat was a big component of that. The guys really shined.”

The Comets were in action Saturday at Otsego High School as they looked to capture their seventh consecutive league championship.

Jacob Stewart is having fun again.

Genoa’s senior 170-pounder was right to be skeptical of his position on the Comets’ wrestling depth chart heading into this season. He was a district qualifier at 145 pounds last year, but gaining weight since then didn’t do him any favors.

“I pretty much knew our middle weights are really good,” Stewart said. “I was about 160 pounds through fall, so I knew I would be in James’ weight class and wouldn’t have had many matches.”

James Limongi, Genoa’s 160-pounder, placed third at last year’s state tournament and is 30-0 this season. Knowing he wasn’t going to push Limongi for the starting nod at 160, Stewart decided to give up wrestling.

“I didn’t want to jump up to 170,” he said. “Then, I put on weight and coach (Bob Bergman) talked to me and said they could really use me on the mat. I was in the weight room one day and I talked to one of our assistant coaches and coach Bergman called me, so then I said I would come out and see how it goes.”

Stewart is 10-1 this season and won two of his three matches last Sunday to help the Comets repeat as Division III team champions at the State Duals tournament in Columbus.

“He came to our first practice or two and didn’t see a spot for himself, and he kind of faded out,” Bergman said. “We hunted him back down after the New Year and planted a seed that we needed some depth.

He was a district qualifier last year and he’d platooned at 145, and this year he’s kind of an unsung hero for us at 170. He’s probably one of the best overall athletes on our team.”

Stewart has been wrestling since kindergarten, and he also played football as a freshman. He took up soccer as a sophomore, earning a starting nod on defense, and earned all-district honors as a junior. Last fall, Stewart was recruited by coach Paul Patterson to kick field goals for Genoa’s football team after an ACL injury to the Comets’ junior kicker, Sam Witt, in week nine.

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(Press photo by Harold Hamilton/ HEHphotos. smugmug. com) they knew I was pretty good soccer player,” Stewart said. “They asked asked me to come out. It was cool, especially since it’s such a good team and some of my friends were on the team. I did well at practice and they were kind of impressed by how fast I picked up on it. They also put me on the kickoff team to make tackles and I made two or three tackles.”

Stewart and soccer teammate Joey Dominique both kicked for the football team in the postseason. Stewart booted a 35-yard field goal in a second-round playoff game against Elyria Catholic.

He said the overriding factor that led to his return to the wrestling team in early January was because he missed the competition.

“I missed competing and being with all my friends and being on such a good team,” Stewart said. “I’ve wrestled my best matches in practice. These guys are the best in the state, and it definitely gets me ready for any match I’m going to wrestle.”

Stewart’s drill partner is junior 145-pounder Dustin Morgillo, who took

third at the state tournament last March and is 38-3 this season.

“We go back and forth,” Stewart said of the match-up. “Sometimes I take him down and sometimes he takes me down.

He pushes me and puts me in situations that I struggle in, to make me a better wrestler. He’ll put me in situations and show me what to do and what not to do.”

At last Sunday’s State Duals, Stewart opened with a 6-4 loss to Marion Pleasant junior Gavin Baisden. He then pinned Rootstown sophomore Austin McKibben in 1:51, and pinned Edison junior Griffin Soviak in 1:33 in the championship match. “(Baisden) was someone I could have beat,” Stewart said. “I wrestled poorly and my conditioning wasn’t too good. I just didn’t wrestle well.”

Stewart added that it was “fun” to get first-period pins in the next two rounds.

“This team is great to be around,” he said. “Winning makes it much more enjoyable. I want to make it down to the individual state tournament in a few weeks. That’s pretty much my main goal.”

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Lake girls right in the middle of crazy league race

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Sooner or later the Northern Buckeye Conference girls basketball race is going to sort itself out, but time is running out.

Heading into Thursday’s games, Eastwood, Lake, Elmwood, Otsego and Rossford all had a chance to at least clinch a tie for the NBC title. That changed Thursday.

Eastwood (17-4, 10-4) and Elmwood (17-5, 10-4) won and have clinched a co-championship but Lake (16-5, 9-4) would join them if they beat Fostoria Saturday.

“It’s crazy,” Lake coach Joe Nowak said. “On any given day, any team can give another team a run for its money. Look at the records of all five teams. I think that speaks volumes for the types of players we have in our league. Look at Otsego and Elmwood from the beginning of the year to now and they are playing so much better — light years better than where they were at the beginning of the year.

“The coaches know what other teams are going to do, and the players buy in to what they need to do to win games. That makes it interesting and fun.”

Even though Eastwood clinched a tie for the title with a win Thursday over visiting Otsego, the Flyers swept both games against Eastwood this season, winning 5351 on Dec. 22 and earning a 65-57 home victory on Feb. 7.

“Our message to our girls before that (second) game was that the pressure was on Eastwood,” Nowak said. “That game, they were in first place and they were picked to win the league. We beat them the first time we played them, so in my opinion the pressure was on them expectation-wise. We wanted to make sure our girls were relaxed and played their game.

“They know what I expect out of them and what to do at both ends of the court. I just wanted them to go out there and play the game, and if they make mistake, keep going. We executed pretty well in that game and we played well.”

The Flyers’ NBC losses didn’t come by a large margin. They split two games against Otsego, Elmwood and Rossford, losing by three points at Otsego, losing by three at home to Elmwood and losing by two at home to Rossford.

“Those were games that, on paper, we definitely should have won,” Nowak said.

“The Otsego game was really the only one

Rochester College-bound Lake senior Lexi Robinson scores in Flyers' 60-44 nonconference win at Maumee. (Press photo by Josh Harris/jryanphotography419.com) where we played well, but on that night our opponent played better than us. Not taking away from the other teams that beat us, because they’re playing well, too. We just didn’t necessarily have the urgency we needed on those nights. Hopefully, now the girls see how close we are to it and fully grasp what we need to do.”

Lake has three players averaging nearly 10 points a game, led by 6-foot senior post Lexi Robinson’s 16.7 points per game.

Robinson, who will play basketball at NAIA Rochester (Mich.) College next season, also averages 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals.

“She scores the ball for us, but the increase in effort on the defensive end stands out the most from past years to this year,” Nowak said. “Over the summer she looked like she took it more serious at that end of the floor. I’m happy she realized that, because that will help her when she does go on to the next level.”

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Senior Mya Staczek averages 12.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and a team-best 3.8 steals a game.

“She’s been our best on-ball defender and she sets the tone defensively, she and Lexi, for the rest of them,” Nowak said.

“Mya has given us another scoring option.

Her scoring has dipped in the second half of the season with a few tough games, but she really gets after it. She typically guards the other team’s best offensive player, and she doesn’t shy away from that.”

Sophomore Hayley St. John, who averages 9.5 points and 5.8 rebounds, only had three points in the second win over Eastwood. Nowak, however, said the 5-foot-11 forward’s nine rebounds were instrumental in the Flyers’ win.

“Her defensive effort definitely led to some Eastwood turnovers,” Nowak said. “As a sophomore we are thrilled to see where she’s at, and she has some growth to do. Her outside shot’s been falling, and that’s something she’s added since last year.”

Colette Askins is the team’s top rebounder, averaging 6.7 per game, and fellow junior Kortney Ellison is averaging 6.2 points in just 13 games. Askins also averages four points, 3.5 assists and 2.9 steals.

“If somebody told you she was our leading rebounder, you wouldn’t believe them,” Nowak said. “She’s not our biggest girl, but she has a motor and an understanding of things she needs to do to get those rebounds. She doesn’t just stand there and let the ball come to her. She goes after it.”

Nowak said Ellison has the ability to score and is a good defender, and added that juniors Karly Bekier and Natalie Bomyea “really stepped it up” when Ellison missed some games due to injury.

“Kaitlyn Rayn, when she’s been thrown into a game, she hasn’t been timid or scared,” Nowak said. “Those three girls (Bekier, Bomyea and Rayn) really kept us together so we could be where we are now.

Those three are responsible for a large portion of our success. To be where we are now with an opportunity to play for a conference championship, that says a lot about the girls’ character.”

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Welling inducted into national coaching hall of fame The winningest coach in the history of the Owens Community College mens basketball program, Jim Welling (Eastwood), has been inducted into the National Junior College Men’s Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

James “Jim” Welling served as the head men’s basketball coach at Owens Community College from 1986 to 2006.

During that time, he led the Express to a pair of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II national championships, seven Region XII tournament championships, eight Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) championships and nine OCCAC state tournament championships.

In his 20-year career, Welling compiled a 550-127 (.812) record. Aside from his NJCAA Division II national championships in 1991-92 and 1992-93, he also led Owens to a second-place finish at the tournament in 1993-94, a third-place finish in 1995-96 and a pair of fifth-place finishes in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

During his time, Welling graduated 86 percent of his student-athletes and placed 76 student-athletes into NCAA Division I schools. He won at least 20 games in 19 of his 20 seasons, including 18 straight to finish his time at the college. Furthermore, he led the program to eight 30 win seasons.

Welling coached six players who were named the OCCAC player of the year, including two-time winner Jeff Massey in 1991-92 and 1992-93. Others include Roy Coleman (1989-90), Otis “Chip” Smith (1990-91), Feisal Crumby Jr. (1993-94), Monty Latimer (1996-97) and Jon Powell (1998-99). Of those players, Coleman, Massey, Crumby and Powell were named NJCAA First Team AllAmericans. Smith was an NJCAA Second Team All-American. Welling also coached Jerry Wells and Joe Sheperd, who were named NJCAA Third Team All-Americans in 1995-96 and 1999-2000, respectively.

In addition to his players racking up individual accolades, Welling was named the NJCAA Division II coach of the year twice, the OCCAC coach of the year eight times and the Region XII coach of the year seven times.

Prior to his time as head coach at Owens, Welling served two seasons at the

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Former Owens Community College mens basketball coach Jim Welling (right) sits with Eastwood coach Todd Henline (left) before Welling’s Central Catholic team took on Henline’s Eagles a few years back. (Press file photo by Scott Grau) college as a men’s basketball assistant coach from 1984-86. He was also a member of the Owens Technical College Trojans men’s basketball team under head coach Dick Honner from 1977-79. He received an associate’s degree in recreation from Owens, and he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo in education with a specialization in physical education and health.

Following his time at Owens, Welling was the head coach of the Central Catholic boys basketball team from 2008-14. He led the team to its first Toledo City League championship since 1968 (2010) and its first regional championship and state final four appearance since 1947 (2011). He also guided the team to Three Rivers Athletic Conference titles in 2012 and 2014 and

won five sectional championships before finishing with a career record of 111-30 (.787 winning percentage). He also coached at Lake for one season.

Welling joins his former Owens student-athlete Jeff Massey to be inducted into the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Massey was a two-time All-American and national champion with Owens and left the school as the program’s all-time leading scorer.

A native of Luckey, Welling graduated from Eastwood in 1977 and now lives in Northwood. (— by Chris Schmidbauer/ Owens Sports Information Director)

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

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

Jerusalem Twp. Board of Trustees meet the 2nd and 4th Tues. of the month at 7 p.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd. Jerusalem Twp. Food Pantry, open 2nd Wed. of every month, 9-11 a.m. at the township hall, 9501 Jerusalem Rd.

Elmore Harris Elmore Public Library, 328 Toledo St., schedule includes: Feb. 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; closed for Presidents Day; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Write Stuffâ&#x20AC;? `Tweens Writers Club, 4:30 p.m.; Feb. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Storytime, 11 a.m.; Feb. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Free Spanish Class, 4:30 p.m.; Feb. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OhioMeansJobs Employment Helpdesk, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Feb. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Name that Tune at Wine Flight, Elmore; Feb. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Adult Coloring, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

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

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

Genoa Genoa Branch Library, 602 West St., programs include: Feb. 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Closed for Presidents Day; Feb. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Storytime, 11 a.m.; Feb. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Book group, 6:30 p.m.: Feb. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OhioMeansJobs Employment Helpdesk, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Feb. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Book group, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Feb. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Homeschool Hour: Tabletop Golf, 11 a.m.

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

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

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

Proceeds benefit mission projects.

Genoa Community Food Pantry Open monthly on the 3rd Sat. of the month 10 a.m.-noon, Christ Community Church, 303 W. 4th St. Serving those who are in Genoa School District. Proper ID and billing address within the district required. For more info, call 419-341-0913.

Gibsonburg Gibsonburg Public Library, 100 N. Webster St., programs include: Preschool Storytime, Thursdays, 11 a.m.; Chapter Books for Grades 1-4; Feb. 20, 3:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Missing `Gator of Gumbo Limbo,â&#x20AC;?

by Jean Craighead George; Book Bears: Early Readers, Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello, Bumblebee Bat,â&#x20AC;? by Darrin Lunde; LEGO Challenge, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; build a bird for National Bird Feeding Month; Adult Book Discussion, Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water for Elephants,â&#x20AC;? by Sara Gruen. Call 419637-2173 to register.

Active Seniors invited to Meet & Eat at Gibsonburg Senior Center, 100 Meadow Lane. Lunches every weekday, educational and social programs, health assessments and more. Transportation and home-

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delivered meals available. 419-637-7947.

Graytown Zion UMC, 18045 W. William St., EllistonTrowbridge Rd. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; LIGHT pantry is open on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 5-7 p.m.

Luckey Luckey Food Pantry is open the last Wed. of each month from 1-3 p.m. and the last Thurs. of the month from 6-8 p.m. at 247 Oak St. (behind the post office), in the former Loft Youth Center.

Open to families residing in the Eastwood School District.

Luckey Garden Club meets monthly at the library.

Visit Luckey Garden Club on Facebook to inquire about joining.

Luckey Library presents storytime for ages 3-7 every Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Includes stories, finger plays, music & crafts. LEGO Club (K-5th grade) Sat. 10:30 a.m.-1:50 p.m.; Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shoot-the-Bull gatherings Mon. at 9:30 a.m. Coffee provided.

Read to a Dog Program, Thurs. (four 10-minute sessions available beginning at 4:50 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; registration required). Home delivery of library materials to homebound Luckey residents is available by calling the library during regular hours at 419-833-6040.

Oak Harbor Oak Harbor Public Library will present One Size Fits All Storytime Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.; Happy Dulcimer Group meets at the library every Tuesday at 3 p.m.; Watercolor Group meets Thursdays 12:30-4 p.m. (bring your own supplies); â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Love My Library Wednesdaysâ&#x20AC;? for `Tweens, Wednesdays at 3 p.m.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Euchre, Feb. 19;.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trivia on Tapâ&#x20AC;? sponsored by the Happy Hour Inn, Feb. 18, 7-9 p.m.; Fourth Tuesday Book Club meets Feb. 26, 6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Book of Unknown Americans,â&#x20AC;? by Christina Henriquez; Crafting with Cheri,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 27, 6 p.m. The Local History Museum is open every Thursday 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. For info or to register for programs, visit oakharborpubliclibrary.org or call 419-898-7001.

St. Boniface Parish Bingo, Sun. at the church, 215 N. Church St. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; early birds at 5:30 p.m. and main session begins at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit St. Boniface School.

Deadline: Thursday 11:00 am

Inspirational Message of the Week: Do The Good You Can Human beings know how to help each other. We rise to the occasion after natural disasters, forinstance, and demonstrate that we are at our best when our fellow humans need us most. But why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we do this all the time? What keeps us from reaching out and helping others in the mundane give and take of our everyday lives? The fact that we sometimes help and other times look away or just plain refuse to help is perhaps an indictment of our moral sentiments, the feelings of empathy and sympathy which move us to help.

Sometimes our heartstrings are pulled and we rise to the occasion and other times we fail to do so. Social

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Northwood 1930 Bradner Rd./Corner of Woodville & Bradner Rds. 419-836-8986 Sunday Worship: 8am & 10:30am Sunday School 9:30am Pastor Robert Noble

26535 Pemberville Rd. (between St. Rtes. 795 & 163) Perrysburg, OH (Lake Township) Phone: 419-837-5023 www.zionlatcha.com Pastor Stephen Bull Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship: 10:15 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God's Work, Our Hands.â&#x20AC;?

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Pemberville Area Senior Center at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 220 Cedar St., provides programs & activities for adults 60 & over. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Lunch served at noon.

New Hours for Community Food Pantry at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 220 Cedar St. include: Open the first two Tuesdays of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the rest of the month and 8-11 a.m. the last Saturday of the month (excluding holidays). Closed holidays. Eastwood School District residents may visit the pantry once monthly. ID and proof of residency required. Info available at Pemberville churches.

Saturday Worship: 11:00am Thursday Bible Study: 7:00pm

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Elliston Breakfast 8:30am Sunday School all ages 9:00am Worship 10:00am The LIGHT Pantry opens 2nd Weds. 5-7pm 18045 W. William St. Off Elliston Trowbridge Rd. www.ellistonzion.com

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Woodville Woodville Library, 101 E. Main St., programs include: Roblox Club, Feb. 25, 6:30-8 p.m. (grades 4-8) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Access games created by others or design your own with Roblox Studio (some iPads available or bring your own); Storytimes for Preschoolers Mondays at 7 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; Teens & `Tweens: CD Art, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; transform old CDs into art; Call 419-849-2744 for info or to register.

Woodville Food Pantry, 212 Bridge St., open the last Thursday of the month 6:30-7:30 p.m. and last Friday 8:30-9:30 a.m. Available to all Woodville Village and Township residents. Applications available at the Pantry. Accepting help from the Food Pantry will not affect any other benefits you may be receiving.

215 Church St., Oak Harbor, OH Masses - Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 8:30 am Rev. Tim Ferris, Pastor

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Trinity Lutheran Church

Sunday School 9:20am. Interim Pastor Merlin Jacobs School Open Enrollment-Nursery thru 6th grade

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Recovery Worship Thurs. 6:30-7:30 pm Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:30am

See you in church!

412 Fremont St. 419-862-3461 Stephen Lutz, Pastor

Genoa

Worship 8 am - 10:45 am Sunday School - 9:30 am

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 204 Main St., Genoa, OH Masses - Saturday 6:30 pm Sunday 10.30 am Rev. Tim Ferris, Pastor

Trinity United Methodist Main at 4th, Genoa

Sunday School 9:15 am Worship 10:30 am Ramp & Elevator

Pastor Greg Miller

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Walbridge Walbridge Branch Library, 108 N. Main St., presents 2019 WCDPL Youth Community Reads Award-Winning Author Tony Diterlizzi Feb. 20, 7 p.m.; Family Storytime Tues. at 11 a.m.; Kinderskills for kids ages 3-6, Tues. at 2 p.m.; Saturday Movie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spiderwick Chronicles,â&#x20AC;?

Feb. 16, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Students in Action Tutoring, Thurs. 6-7 p.m. (all grade school levels); Senior Wii Bowling Monday at 11 a.m. Call 419666-9900 for info.

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

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

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

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Calvary Lutheran Ch.

Pemberville

Stony Ridge Library Family Bingo Night Fundraiser, Feb. 21, 7-8 p.m. 50 cents per card, per game, 50/50 raffle and prizes.

Shared Bounty Thrift Shop is open at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5520 Fremont Pike from 10 a.m.-noon on the 1st and 3rd Sat. of the month. Household items, clothing, shoes, books and more available free to area families. Donations help support the ministry.

Psychology offers some clues to this puzzle. It turns out that what is referred to as bystander apathy (not helping when you see someone in need) can be overcome by 1) noticing that someone needs help; 2) interpreting the situation as one where you could be helpful; 3) taking responsibility for helping; 4) developing a plan (or deciding what should be done); and 5) implementing the plan. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not terribly complicated. Most of us could be doing more to help our sisters and brothers in need.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Proverbs 3:27 NIV

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Rt. 51 at Witty Rd., Just north of Elmore

Sunday Worship-9:00am Sun. School-10:15 am for all ages

Wed. Evening Prayer-7:30pm Pastor Mark Wentz 419/862-3630 graceelc@gmail.com www.graceelconline.com Check out our facebook page.

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

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Turnpike Service ce Plazas are hiring for:

Bilingual Outreach Worker- for area senior citizens. Must be fluent in English and Spanish both oral & written. Microsoft Office experience required. 2 years' experience in related field preferred. $12-$14 per hour, starting at 30 hours a week. Send resume to Mary Wolff, East Toledo Senior Center, 1001 White St., Toledo, Oh 43605 or mwolffetsac@yahoo.com by 01/22/2019. No phone calls please.

Hiring at Northwood Plaza for Antique Store. $9.00 per hour. 30 hours per week. Please call or text 419-377-9083.

Janitors Needed at Turnpike Plaza in Genoa, Part-time & full time shifts, including weekends. Pays up to $9.10/hr. Must have clean background and reliable transportation.

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Garden Center Sales Associate This position begins as early as Mid-March with flexible hours and some weekends. The positions require a willingness to learn about plant material, assist customers with plant selections, load customer orders, complete sales transactions through QuickBooks, demonstrate the ability to follow instructions and then execute directions in a timely manner and a desire to continually improve the skills and knowledge required for this position. Basic plant and machinery knowledge welcomed.

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Landscape Crew Foreman This position will work 40+ hours per week on a variety of hardscape and landscape projects, manage one to two other crew members, and communicate with the designer and client.

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1949 Chevy ž Ton Pickup, Must Sell! Owned it since 1960's, Built from ground up into a tow truck in the 70's.

Took bed and front end off, put in small block Chevy V8, power steering, 12 volt system, 32 lights, built bed with black diamond plate steel. Factory boom, electric wench, dual stacks, Migs, green and white, brown interior, towed couple vehicles, backed in garage and covered in the 80's. Asking $40,000/OBO! 419-870-0163

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Meet Dallas! Dallas hasn't met anyone he hasn't loved, canine or human. He's only about 10 months old and has so much puppy love to give!

He is known for his expert snuggling abilities and great kisses! Come and meet Dallas and all of his adoptable friends who are looking for love this Valentine's Day. Call him maybe, his number is A025411 at Lucas County Canine Care & Control where he has been looking for a home since November!

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ORDINANCE NO. 20 - 2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE. ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN ADDENDUM TO THE WATER SERVICE CONTRACT BY AND AMONG THE COUNTY OF OTTAWA, THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR AND THE CITY OF PORT CLINTON WHEREAS, the Village of Oak Harbor adopted legislation to apply for and accept a Water Supply ~evolving Loan Account (WSRLA) to complete the West Water Extension Project (Project); and WHEREAS, the Project has been approved and is ready to commence construction; and WHEREAS, to provide adequate water service to the Project it is necessary for the Village to have constructed new Water Distribution Facilities to service the area of the Project; and WHEREAS, to construct the Water Distribution Facilities it is necessary to make a new connection to the Ottawa County Water Transmission System, which connection requires an Addendum to the current Water Service Contract with the County.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OIDO: Section 1.

That the Village Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an Addendum to the Water Service Contract by and among the County of Ottawa, the Village of Oak Harbor, and the City of Port Clinton, providing authority for the Village to make a new connection to the County Transmission System, along with all necessary easements, for the purpose of constructing new Water Distribution Facilities to service the Village Water Service Area in Salem Township.

Section 2.

This Council hereby fmds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this Ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of Council, and of its committees, which result in formal action, were taken in full compliance with the applicable legal requirements.

Section 3.

That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect after the earliest date allowed by law.

Approved: January 7, 2019 Quinton Babcock, Mayor

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Special Meeting The Jerusalem Township Board Zoning of Appeals will meet on February 28, 2019, 7:00 p.m. at the Jerusalem Township Hall (9501 Jerusalem Road). The purpose is to discuss a Conditional Use Permit for Parcel# 3340684, 1608 S. North Curtice Road.

On the agenda is also the selection of chairperson. We will also review the permits, appeals and violations for 2018.

RESOLUTION NO. 17 - 2018 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM THE OTTAWA SANDUSKY SENECA JOINT SOLID WASTE DISTRICT FOR MULTIPLE FUNIDNG ROUNDS FISCAL YEAR 2019 WHERAS, the Village of Oak Harbor has an interest in supporting, expanding and encouraging the goals of the Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Joint Solid Waste District (OSSJSWD); and WHEREAS, multiple funding rounds are available for organizations to take advantage of OSSJSW District grant funding; and WHEREAS, Village Council has been advised that the goals of the Village are to support, expand, and encourage the use of recycled content materials and components by applying for said grant funding; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OHIO: Section 1. That the Village Council of the Village of Oak Harbor is in support of the applications to the OSS Joint Solid Waste District grant program.

Section 2. That this Council hereby ďŹ nds and determines that all fmmal actions relative to the adoption of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Council; and that all deliberations of this Council and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal actions, were taken in meetings open to the public in full compliance with applicable legal requirements, including Section 121.22 ofthe Ohio revised Code.

Quinton Babcock, Mayor

Linda Rossler, Jerusalem Township Zoning Inspector

RESOLUTION NO. 18- 2018 RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE OTTAWA COUNTY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ORDINANCE NO. 19- 2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO PREP ARE SPECIFICATIONS, ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND AWARD CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE WP A MILL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of Oak Harbor has determined that the electrical system requires an upgrade; and WHEREAS, the engineer ďŹ rm of GDP, Inc. has provided the Village with the estimated costs to prepare speciďŹ cations and bid the project; and WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to proceed with the project; and WHEREAS, the Village Council has determined that the above project is necessary to maintain the health, safety and general welfare of the customers of the Oak Harbor electrical system and the citizens of Oak Harbor; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OIDO: Section 1.

That the Council of the Village of Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, hereby authorizes the Village Administrator to have speciďŹ cations prepared, advertise for bids for the WP A Mill Electrical system improvement project, award contracts on the project to a lowest and/or best bidder, and execute any and all documents necessary to facilitate the project.

Section 2.

That it is found and determined that all formal actions of Council concerning and relating to this Ordinance were taken in meetings of Council, open to the public, and that all deliberations of this Council, and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the public in full compliance with the applicable legal requirements, including Sections 121.22 ofthe Ohio Revised Code.

Approved: January 7, 2019 Quinton Babcock, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 18 - 2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO PREP ARE SPECIFICATIONS, ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND AWARD CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE CHURCH STREET SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of Oak Harbor has determined that the sewer system along Church Street in the Village requires an upgrade; and WHEREAS, the engineer ďŹ rm of Jones and Henry have provided the Village with the ¡estimated costs to prepare speciďŹ cations and bid the project; and WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to proceed with the project; and WHEREAS, the Village Council has determined that the above project is necessary to maintain the health, safety and general welfare of the customers of the Oak Harbor sewer system and the citizens of Oak Harbor; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OHIO: Section 1.

That the Council of the Village of Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, hereby authorizes the Village Administrator to have speciďŹ cations prepared, advertise for bids for the Church Street sewer improvement project, award contracts on the project to a lowest and/or best bidder and execute any and all documents necessary to facilitate the project.

Section 2.

That it is found and determined that all formal actions of Council concerning and relating to this Ordinance were talcen in meetings of Council, open to the public, and that all deliberations of this Council, and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the public in full compliance with the applicable legal requirements, including Sections 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Approved: January 7, 2019 Quinton Babcock, Mayor

WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of Oak Harbor has considered the Ottawa County Active Transportation Plan developed to build a consensus on a clear county-wide vision for safe, user oriented bicycle/ pedestrian facilities in Ottawa County that build on existing trails, recreation areas, historic and natural preservation sites; and WHEREAS, the adoption of the Plan, will enable future funding opportunities as well as provide enhanced recreational tourism throughout the County. The plan has been recommended by the Ottawa County Active Transportation Steering Committee that was appointed by the Board of Ottawa County Commissioners.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OHIO: Section 1. The Village of Oak Harbor approves and endorses the Ottawa County Active Transportation Plan and its objectives, dated November 1, 2018.

Section 2. This Council hereby ďŹ nds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of Council, and of its committees, which result in formal action, were taken in full compliance with the applicable legal requirements.

Section 3. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect after the earliest date allowed by law.

Approved: January 22, 2019 Quinton Babcock, Mayor

RESOLUTION NO.15-2108 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO OIDO REVISED CODE §709.023 REGARDING ZONING OF THE ANNEXED TERRITORY CONSISTING OF A 3.368 ACRE PARCEL OFF OAK RIDGE DRIVE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the Village has received a petition in accordance with Revised Code §709.023 for the annexation of territory consisting of a 3.368 acre parcel off Oak Ridge Drive into the Village, and WHEREAS, the Village Council is required by Ohio Revised Code §709.023 to pass a resolution setting forth if the territory is annexed and becomes subject to zoning by the municipal corporation and that. municipal zoning permits uses in the annexed territory that the municipal corporation determines are clearly incompatible with the uses permitted under current county or township zoning regulations in the adjacent land remaining within the township from which the territory was annexed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation will require, in the zoning ordinance permitting the incompatible uses, the owner of the annexed territory to provide a buffer separating the use of the annexed territory and the adjacent land remaining within the township.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK HARBOR, OTTAWA COUNTY, OIDO: Section 1. The Village of Oak Harbor states that if the territory is annexed and becomes subject to zoning by the municipal corporation and that municipal zoning permits uses in the annexed territory that the municipal corporation determines are clearly incompatible with the uses permitted under current county or township zoning regulations in the adjacent land remaining within the township from which the territory was annexed, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation will require, in the zoning ordinance permitting the incompatible uses, the owner of the annexed territory to provide a buffer separating the use of the annexed territory and the adjacent land remaining within the township.

Section 2. This Council hereby ďŹ nds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of Council, and of its committees, which result in formal action, were taken in full compliance with the applicable legal requirements.

Section 3. This Resolution setting forth the services that will be provided to the annexed territory is an emergency measure, for the reason that the Resolution needs to take immediate effect in order to meet the statutory time requirements.

Approved: January 7, 2019 Quinton Babcock, Mayor

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