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At right, Dennis Whaley of the Lucas County D.A.R.T. Program, the county’s addiction resource unit, speaks at the East Toledo Senior Center. Photo at left, Patricia Staley, left, Doris Levy, and others in attendence asked Whaley questions after the talk. See story on page 7.

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By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com The Wood County Planning Commission has scheduled a public forum for next month to hear project proposals eligible for funding from the Community Development Block Grant program.

The forum will be held March 7 at 6 p.m. in the Wood County commissioners meeting room at One Courthouse Square in Bowling Green.

The commission has sent letters to elected officials throughout the county, requesting they be prepared to report on their project ideas for 2018. A nine-page survey to determine the condition of each entity’s infrastructure systems and public facilities was included with the letters.

Since 2015, the Ohio Development Services Agency, which administers the CDBG program, has used what is called the Community Development Implementation Strategy in determining what projects are best suited for funding.

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The state also doesn’t allow grant funds to assist water tapins unless there’s an environmental danger associated with it.

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Northwood City Council at a meeting earlier this month established the city as an Energy Special Improvement District (ESID).

The designation allows the city to apply for low interest loans for energy efficient projects. Businesses can also apply for funding to invest in energy upgrades.

The loans can cover a variety of energy projects, including high efficiency furnaces, windows and insulation, and alternative energy devices. It also allows repayment of the loan via property tax assessments over a period of years.

Northwood plans to make $70,000 in energy efficiency retrofits to some city owned buildings, including lighting upgrades to the municipal complex and the old fire station on Andrus Road, according to Northwood City Administrator Bob Anderson, who is representing Northwood on the board of directors of the Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District.

“We’re using it as another economic development tool,” said Anderson. As a result of a study, the city will save over $150,000 to make the upgrades, he added.

“We’re going to save enough money as a result of the upgrades to pay the loan back over a period of three and a half years,” he said.

One of the objectives of establishing the ESID is that it will help businesses and municipalities lower the costs of heating, cooling and lighting in their buildings.

“In order for Northwood to join the district, we had to have a pilot project. So we decided we’d make ourselves the first project and improve all the lighting in our buildings,” said Anderson.

“Now that we are a district, businesses can approach the Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District and apply for a loan and make their own

primarily benefit low and moderate income persons, aid in the elimination of slum and blight conditions or address an urgent need (such as tornado/flood damage),” the letter says.

Following the forum, the county will compile the information from the communities and prepare an assessment.

Dave Steiner, director of the county planning commission, said projects will

be ranked according to their feasibility, whether they address public health and safety and the number of people affected.

The county didn’t receive funding in 2017, he said, but in 2016 CDBG funds were used for an Americans with Disability Act restroom project in the Village of North Baltimore, a waterline replacement in the Village of Bradner, a door at the senior center in the Village of Walbridge and for assisting with costs to tap into a new sanitary sewer system in the Village of Bairdstown.

If the county adopted a regional water system format, as has been discussed, it likely wouldn’t be eligible for CDBG funding, he said, because the grants have to benefit service areas where the population is mostly low to moderate income.

The state also doesn’t allow grant funds to assist water tap-ins unless there’s an environmental danger associated with it,” Steiner said.

Steiner’s letter was read Tuesday during the meeting of the Lake Township trustees.

Trustees Jeff Pettit and Richard Welling said they doubted the township would qualify for a CDBG-funded project.

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Tireman at the former Woodville Mall comes down

By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com The vacated Tireman store at the former Woodville Mall site was razed on Monday.

The Andersons and Elder-Beerman stores, the only buildings that remain on the property, are next. “The mall is finally coming down,�

City Administrator Bob Anderson said to The Press last week. “Tireman no longer stands. Andersons is still up, but it’s next on the list. Most of the material has been removed from the interior. They are also still working inside the Elder-Beerman store. By the time the Andersons is torn down, ElderBeerman will be ready.�

The Sears building has already been torn down, though it still owns the property where the store once stood. The city is hoping to acquire it so there is better control to market the site to future developers. “Seeing that the city is the primary footprint owner, in a perfect world, we’d get the Sears property,� said Glenn Grisdale, the city’s economic development consultant. “When we have complete site control, we can do whatever we want to,� he added, including splitting up the parcel for development.

Cleanup The main mall structure was razed in 2014 due to structural issues. The city acquired the property at a sheriff’s sale in February 2016 for $200,000. Since then, it has been cleaning up the site, including the removal of asbestos. The site included 50,000 square feet of asbestos remaining material tiles, and 771,844 square feet of spray on asbestos containing material insulation covering the entire footprint of the buildings, concrete walls, I-beams, ceiling tiles, hard plaster ceilings, and floors.

The site was deemed too expensive for the private sector to fix. The city has undertaken every action possible leading up to remediating the site, including acquiring all of the property except the 10 acre Sears parcel. It also received a state loan from the Ohio Water Development Board to help pay for demolition services and asbestos abatement, estimated to cost $4.2 million.

With the cleanup nearly complete, the city hasn’t yet decided whether the 100 acre site should be used for commercial, industrial, or residential development.

Residents who attended a meeting on the matter last month voted in favor of a combination.

The city hired Brian McMahon, a real estate broker at Danbury National, to market the site.

Residents filled city council chambers on Jan. 25 to listen to economic development ideas from Grisdale. Residents also provided feedback on their preferences.

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That will help Brian market it.�

The city will continue to seek community feedback, refine the site planning process, align community tools and resources to maximize site readiness, and market the site to interests that are well matched to the community’s desires and market realities, he said. “I didn’t know if we were going to get just a few people or a lot of residents to show up at the meeting. I’m very happy with all the people who showed up,� said Anderson. “Everyone was positive. We

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Anderson doubted the site would be developed for an industrial facility. “I just don’t see it,� he said. “You have to have investors. If Brian comes up with a big investor, we’ll see. The city is very willing to deal with the right person who wants the property.� “At the end of the day,� said McMahon, “I think the task is to find the highest and best use that will generate the best return for investment that the city has made.

We’re very early in that process.�

Commercial Anderson said he could envision some roads getting built on the property to accommodate residential and small commercial development or strip malls. “It will probably be a combination of the two,� he said.

Whatever ends up going in, the city will provide support, he said. “We’re in a position to help people with the cost of land, provide some tax incentives, and then get out of the way.�

McMahon said at the meeting that some developers have expressed an interest in the property. He expects more serious inquiries once the property becomes “site ready.� “Most of the people looking at this – kicking the tires, if you will – are going to wait until the site is really ready. I think that’s going to happen very quickly,� said McMahon. “The sooner that happens, the quicker we’re going to get interest from the state of Ohio. That is a very important partner. In economic development, there is an entity called `Jobs Ohio.’ We’ve met with them already. We’ve had some dialogue.

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More EMS staff hired for Lake Township

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com More personnel for the Emergency Medical Services unit in Lake Township have been hired, bringing the township closer to meeting the goal of having the unit operating in the first quarter of the year.

The township trustees Tuesday approved the hiring of 10 more part-time paramedics and emergency medical technicians. Chad Lowry, Wendy Waisner, William Hartford, Dalton Giesige, Dillon Flick, Jason Sallows, Tom Gilson and Mike Sharp were hired as paramedics at $15 an hour. Cuyler Kepling and Brian Groves were hired as emergency medical techni-

cians at $11.75 an hour.

They will be on probation for one year.

At a previous meeting, the trustees approved the hiring of Kevin Sanders, a lieutenant and paramedic with the fire department, as the township’s full-time EMS coordinator. Five paramedics and two emergency medical technicians were also hired earlier this month.

“We’re getting quality people,” Bruce Moritz, township fire chief, said Tuesday.

A contract between the township and LifeStar for the service ends in March and township officials plan to have paramedics in place before the agreement expires, Mark Hummer, township administrator and police chief, said.

Under the township agreement with

LifeStar, the company provides two paramedics for each shift and the township provides an emergency vehicle and equipment and houses the on-duty personnel at the administration building on Cummings Road.

Other personnel matters were also approved Tuesday by the trustees. They accepted the resignation of Scott Ousky, a 25-year member of the fire department, who is retiring, and approved the hiring of Brian Amer as a road utility worker. Amer previously worked in the Village of Walbridge.

The trustees also approved changing the rank of firefighter Ray Lee from battalion chief to firefighter/medic. Chief Moritz said he’s been promoted at his fulltime job with the Toledo Fire Department and will have more time constraints.

Money forfeiture upheld by appeals court

By Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a man seeking the return of money seized during an October 2015 traffic stop on I-280 by Northwood police officers.

The appeals court last week upheld a decision by the Wood County Common Pleas court denying the motion of Terrell Travis to have the money returned.

According to court records, authorities filed for forfeiture of the money in May 2016, alleging that a K-9 unit detected

a “target odor” on the currency and that Travis said there was no paper trail for the money.

The filings say the dog named Dark “positively and objectively provided a trained final response to the U.S. Currency, indicating that Dark had detected one or more target odors emanating from that U.S. Currency.” It says the money was “recently in contact with heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and/or their respective derivatives.”

The forfeiture filing also noted Travis had been indicted November 2015 by the Seneca County Grand Jury of several counts

of drug trafficking and was ultimately sentenced to prison for seven years. The seized money, authorities argued, was contraband from the offenses.

In his appeal, Travis argued his guilty pleas in Seneca County were unrelated to the money and that 90 percent of paper money in circulation contains drug residue.

The appeal also contended the common pleas court erred when it wouldn’t accept a motion to intervene by a Findlay, woman, Karen Wright, who said she’d given the money to Travis to purchase a vehicle in Bowling Green and deliver it to her.

Safari park open African Safari Wildlife Park, 267 S. Lightner Rd., Port Clinton, opened for another season of adventure, learning and discovery on Friday, Feb. 23.

Park hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with the last car admitted at 4 p.m.

The Walk-Thru Safari remains closed until May. This year is one to especially celebrate as it is African Safari’s 50th season.

The park’s bison, camels, elk, zebra, alpacas and fallow deer love the cold, however, giraffe and other warmweather animals will not be on display for several months.

For animal updates, weekly ticket giveaways and promotional sales, like the park on Facebook.

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The Midwest’s only drive-thru safari, African Safari Wildlife Park, will be open daily through Dec. 2. Visit AfricanSafariWildlifePark.com for details.

Auditions set The Fremont Community Theatre will hold auditions for its production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Sunday, Feb. 25 and Monday, Feb. 26 at the theatre, 1551 Dickinson St., Fremont.

Auditions for children ages 6-12 will begin at 6 p.m. A choir of approximately 12 children will be needed for the show.

The teen/adult auditions will begin at approximately 7 p.m.

Everyone who is auditioning, including children, will need to sing 16 bars of a song of their choosing which showcases his or her vocal range. An accompanist will be provided.

“This is a high-energy show full of music and dancing,” said Director Randy J. Brown. Production dates are May 11-13 and 18-20.

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Genoa Mayor Ken Harsanje hands over a village proclamation to Genoa wrestling coach Robert Bergman and the Genoa High School wrestlers during Tuesday’s council meeting. The Comets won the Division III state team dual championship at St. John Arena in Columbus. The proclamation, in part, reads, “Let it be remembered that each and every one of these individuals is a valuable asset to the Village of Genoa, Ohio and will shape our future as they continue on the path towards adulthood.” (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

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Tire recycling event set Wood County residents are encouraged to properly dispose of their used farm and semi tires during a special collection event.

Pre-registration is required and may be completed by calling the Wood County Solid Waste Management District office at 419-354-9297, March 5 through March 9.

A limit of five farm/semi tires per resident will be accepted at no charge. Prior to calling, please note the number, type, and size of tires you would like to recycle. After registering, you will be provided the date and location of the event and a scheduled drop-off time. Proof of Wood County residency will be required and will be checked at the entrance. This event is for residential customers only. No agri-businesses.

Limited Ohio Environmental Protection Agency grant funding is available.

Registration will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. This event is made possible through a grant received by the Wood County Solid Waste Management District, a Wood County Commissioners’ Department, from the OEPA. Partner agencies include the Wood Soil & Water Conservation District, the Wood County Health District, the Wood County Fair Board, and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.

Residents are discouraged from storing used tires on their properties as they create an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes; become homes for vermin, insects, and pests; and have the potential of igniting fire hazards. Those unable to dispose of their tires during this event are encouraged to visit www.recyclewoodcounty.org for a list of locations accepting tires on a daily basis for proper recycling and disposal.

Water quality public Information meeting Waste water system operators, administrators of public utilities, storm water permit holders and others associated with water quality responsibilities are invited to a public meeting to hear about proposed updates to the Areawide Water Quality Management Plan (the 208 Plan) on

Monday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Fremont Water Reclamation Center, 1019 Sand Rd., Fremont.

There will also be a discussion of TMACOG’s draft Agenda for Lake Erie.

For more info, contact Kris Barnswell, TMACOG Water Quality Planner, at 419241-9155, ext. 1123 or barnswell@tmacog. org.

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Live! In the House The Corn Potato Duo will present an evening of driving fiddle tunes and harmonious singing Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Pemberville Opera House, 115 Main St. Tickets are $12 for the performance, part of the ongoing Live! In the House Concert Series. Tickets are available at the door, or in advance at Beeker’s General Store, 226 E. Front St., Pemberville, or by contacting Carol at 419-287-4848 or carol@ pembervilleoprahouse.org.

The Corn Potato Duo – “The Eyes and Ears of America” – is comprised of Aaron Jonah Lewis and Lindsay McCaw. The pair are multi-instrumentalists dedicated to continuing the music and dance traditions of the central and southern United States.

In addition to being champion fiddlers, they play banjo, guitar, bass and mandolin and deftly handle many different antiquated styles including ballads, “ho-downs,” country “rags” and southern gospel, specializing in twin fiddling and double banjo tunes.

To benefit the Opera House Elevator Fund, the historical society will host a pre-show meatloaf or hamloaf dinner from 5:30-7 p.m. at Higher Grounds, 222 E. Front St., Pemberville.

The cost is $9.95 plus tax, which includes the entrée, scalloped potatoes, choice of salads, vegetable, roll and butter and choice of beverage. Homemade pie will be available a la carte. Reservations for the dinner, appreciated but not necessary, may be made by calling 419-287-3274.

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Northwood project will improve energy efficiency Continued from front page

Legislation In June, 2010, the Ohio Legislature passed a bill that allows for the establishment of ESIDs. Property owners within the district can pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements on their properties by way of special assessments.

The process is voluntary. Property owners are not required to participate.

In 2010, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the City of Toledo were awarded a $15 million U.S. Department of Energy Better Building Program grant, which aims to implement the wide-scale use of energy efficiency and alternative energy practices and solutions in commercial, governmental and industrial facilities throughout the region. The following year, the Port petitioned Toledo to create an ESID. On July 19, 2012, the corporation’s board of directors approved adding Oregon to the district and agreed to jointly petition the city to approve an expansion of the district to encompass the geographical boundaries of the city.

Toledo created its own ESID in 2011.

Other communities in the area that have active districts include Maumee, Perrysburg, Sylvania and Sylvania Township.

Some of the energy upgrades that can be funded through ESID funding include solar thermal electric, solar thermal process heat, solar water heat, wind, biomass, geothermal direct-use energy, and geothermal heat pumps.

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improvements,� he said. “So if Marcos Pizza or Johnson Controls want to avail themselves of this, they could. Their projects would still have to qualify, and they have to show a cost benefit.�

Northwood joins many other communities in the area that created ESIDs in the last eight years and became members of the Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District. It is the first city in Wood County to become a member, according Anderson.

Pump system Oregon’s first project was making energy efficiency improvements to its main municipal complex. The city installed a ground source closed-loop geothermal heat pump system that saved the city tens of thousands of dollars with a simple payback of 5.2 years. “We are saving money by using less electricity and less natural gas,� City Administrator Mike Beazley told The Press last week. “It is not grant funding,� he added. “It’s really just a way of accessing financing dollars that in some cases works out very well for businesses. The primary goal is to encourage businesses to invest in projects that would otherwise be hard for them to justify. The payback is through the assessment on property taxes over a period of years depending on the duration of the project. It mainly allows businesses or government to

invest in energy efficiency and have it paid back over time. And it works.�

The Port actively promotes the expansion of the district into other communities. Those that have active districts, or are “districts in process,� include Port Clinton, Swanton, Fremont, Monclova, North Baltimore, Ada, Fairlawn, Galion, Findlay, Lima and Marion.

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Ottawa County Clinic schedule The Ottawa County Health Department has released the clinic schedule for Feb. 26-March 2. Unless otherwise stated, all clinics are held at the health department, 1856 E. Perry St., Port Clinton.

Feb. 26: Women, Infants and Children (WIC), 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Feb. 27: 60-Plus Clinic – Genoa Elderlife Apartments, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Feb. 28: Family Planning Clinic, 8-10:30 a.m.; Immunization Clinic (including flu shots), 12:45-4:30 p.m.; Immunization Clinic – Oak Harbor (including flu shots), 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

March 1: Well Child, Family Planning and STD (sexually-transmitted disease) Clinic, 8-11 a.m.

March 2: Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

For home health, call 419-7346800.

Chili cook-off, open house set Riders Unlimited Inc. therapeutic horse riding center will host a chili cook-off and open house Saturday, March 10 from noon-3 p.m. at the facility, 3140 N. Behlman Rd., Oak Harbor.

The entry fee is $20 per recipe.

Admission to the event is $5 for age 65 years and older and ages 6-14; $10 for 15-65 years; and free 5 and younger.

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The facility currently serves approximately 35 individuals.

Haley, Manthey, Raglow inducted John “Jack” Haley, Michael Manthey (Class of 1972) and Patrick Raglow (1983) were inducted into the Cardinal Stritch Hall of Fame.

They were joined by the 1970-71 girls basketball team and athletes Michael DeMaria (Class of 2000) and Jennifer LaPlante McDonald (1999), who were featured in the sports section of last week’s edition of The Press. Haley, Manthey and Raglow were also successful athletes or involved in Stritch athletics.

Patrick Raglow Raglow was a well-rounded student, active in athletics, the arts, and community service. A member of student council and an Eagle Scout, Raglow says there were “so many” activities.

Stritch memories include “cross country, high school musicals, and 'wrestling' with Sister Ann Carmen and not getting in trouble.”

He is the fifth of nine children born to Dr. and Mrs. Paul and Elaine Raglow, and attended St. Jerome Elementary prior to enrolling at Stritch.

Following high school, Patrick attended Bowling Green State University where he was named a Distinguished Graduate for service, and Commissioned 2nd Lt, USAF-BGSU. After BGSU, Raglow received his MS in International Relations in 1996 from Troy State University and an MS in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University in 2004.

A veteran of Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Raglow also flew air sovereignty patrol on 9/11. With Catholic Charities, he responded to the 2013 F5 tornadoes in Central Oklahoma, where over 8,000 households were impacted, and raised funds and built their new headquarters building. He was recently selected to the Board of Catholic Charities USA. A shining example of Stritch’s mission to form Disciples of Jesus Christ, Raglow says to today’s students, “Our gifts, whatever they may be, are not our own.

It is only when we recognize our blessing and choose to share them, that they are

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bound. He passed away on March 2, 2017.

About his accident, his siblings say, “His attitude was very positive, and he never dwelled on his misfortune.”

Manthey volunteered extensive time as a mentor to new quadriplegics and paraplegics at the Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana.

In one of many nominations, Michael Mochon (1972) said, “His word was strong as oak, and he befriended everyone he met.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to help his friends and family.”

Manthey’s family knows that this is an honor that would have make him proud, saying he “thoroughly enjoyed his days at Cardinal Stritch and now being a part of its history.”

Patrick Raglow multiplied.”

In typical Patrick Raglow style, he says this nomination is not about him, but a testament to the work that others have done for him.

“I am both deeply humbled and honored at this recognition, which in my view reflects more on Cardinal Stritch and the values it fostered in me than on my own merit. I hope that any ‘glory’ gained by me through this award is merely a reflection of the glory of God who gave me the gifts and opportunities which I’ve been privileged to engage,” Raglow said.

Raglow currently serves as the Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City; he and his wife Andrea have three children, Thomas (13), Maria (12) and Rebekah (8).

Michael Manthey Manthey embodied the values of Cardinal Stritch as a student and graduate.

On the football field, he excelled as a tight end and defensive end, earning AllToledo City League and all-district honors, ultimately earning a full scholarship to play at the University of Toledo.

Manthey’s family says his favorite Stritch memory is “passing and surviving Sister Florian’s chemistry class.”

In 1991, Manthey suffered a work related accident that left him wheelchair

John “Jack” Haley Prior to this death in 1996, Jack Haley served as the business manager at St. Vincent Medical Center for 22 years.

He brought that acumen to Stritch, saying, “This school needs to be run like a business.”

A member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Haley served on the Cardinal Stritch board from 1967-72. During his tenure, he improved the school’s financial position, in part by improving Stritch’s tuition collections.

At the time of his death, his family recalls Fr. John Thomas, former Principal at Stritch, telling them, “Your dad was the man who saved Cardinal Stritch High.”

Haley knew the value of a Catholic education and was excited to share that with his three daughters: Mary Ann Haley Schnee (1968), Barb Haley (1970) and Pamela Haley Strassner (1973).

He taught Catechism, was a member of the Holy Name Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and started the credit union at St. Ignatius Church. His family recalls that he loved attending Stritch football games and serving on the board, and he’d be very happy to be inducted into the Stritch Hall of Fame.

As a lesson for today’s students, they know he’d say, “Work hard and do good things in your life.”

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Your Voice on the Street: By Stephanie Wade What is your favorite Girl Scout cookie?

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The Press Poll Are you watching the Olympics?

Yes, every night Occasionally Not at all

Deb Bettencourt Oregon “The lemon ones.

Savannah Smiles.

They are so easy to just pop in your mouth. They taste just like a lemon pie and I love lemon pie. It’s nonstop. You can’t eat just one.”

Adam Young Millbury “Samoas. You can’t go wrong with coconut and chocolate.”

Jake Belsky Genoa “I like the Thin Mints. I think they are best frozen but ultimately Do-si-dos are my favorite.”

Rick Logsdon Toledo “Samoas. The chocolate and coconut mixed together tastes really good. They melt in your mouth.”

Karissa Logsdon Toledo “Thin Mints. I like everything about them! They are thin minty.”

Lindsey Woody Toledo “The Samoas. I love the caramel, coconut and chocolate combo. They are my favorite.

My kids and I take them and crunch them up in our hot chocolate.”

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Police officers turn social workers to fight opioid crisis “In the next 28 days, I overdosed and died four times. After each time, a D.A.R.T. officer showed up and said if I needed help to call. I told him to go screw off.”

Ashley Sallie continued, “They kept showing up. They kept trying to get me help I didn’t want. They wouldn’t take no for an answer. Thank God they saw something in me that was worth saving, because I wouldn’t be here today.”

Ashley told her story in a video produced for the Lucas County Sheriff’s Drug Abuse Response Team (D.A.R.T). The video aired at a presentation on the opioid crisis given last week to the East Toledo Club and the public. Her interaction with D.A.R.T. officers began when she checked herself into a psych ward to detox. She credits her new-found clean living to the persistence of the officers who led her to a treatment plan and sobriety housing.

Nicole Lange, 25, tells a similar story.

She was living on the streets, engaged in prostitution when her distraught mother called Deputy Sheriff Dennis Whaley.

Dep. Whaley’s first move was not a welcome one. He asked the judge presiding over Nicole’s case to increase bond from $10,000 to $25,000, assuring Nicole would not have the 10 percent to gain her freedom.

“Everything you could call a cop I called him,” Nicole remembers.

Such is the hold heroin has. But, the drug was just one problem for Nicole. “I would have to get dates to get high and give him (her pimp) all the money.”

She told The Press in a later phone conversation that she started using pain pills at age 15 when she lived in Luckey.

She graduated to heroin within a year, due to its cheap cost.

Nicole served 30 days in the Correc-

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by John Szozda tions Center of Northwest Ohio. Then, Dep. Whaley helped her get treatment, a bed at a halfway house and other services. Her sobriety date is December 22, 2015.

Nicole is still drug free. She works part-time in a local factory, is in a relationship and has a month-old son. She now has spirit and will.

“It’s like the best feeling—waking up and not having to be sick and having my own house and my own bills and custody of my baby,” she said, pauses, and reluctantly adds, “I lost custody of my first child because of addiction.”

Dep. Whaley still checks on her, two years later. “He’s there when I need him,” she said. “I never thought I’d say that about a cop.”

Dep. Whaley knows the importance of being there. He is a 27-year veteran of the sheriff’s department and has been working in the D.A.R.T. program since 2015. He connects with addicts because of his personal experience with a son who is nine years clean.

“God gave me my son back, now I’m repaying,” he said.

He knows how rough it is to detox. He’s seen it. “You’re throwing up. Diarrhea. It’s a violent upheaval. You’re hot, you’re cold.

Your bones ache. You can’t sleep. You’ll be up for three or four days,” he said.

These personal stories highlight what the D.A.R.T. program can do for addicts willing to put their trust into what may

seem like an unlikely source—a police officer. But, these officers are also social workers. They connect the addict to health services, mental health services and the judicial system including drug court. When an overdose call comes in to 9-1-1, a D.A.R.T. officer goes to the hospital to offer help.

This comprehensive approach was unique in the country in 2014 when conceived by Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

At the time, law enforcement was desperate to find an answer to the opioid crisis. Dep. Whaley said 411 Ohioans died in 2010 due to drug overdose. By 2016, the death toll had climbed to 4,050.

Lucas County has not escaped the crisis. D.A.R.T. responded to 1,543 overdose calls made to 9-1-1 in 2016. The crisis has also fueled another one--prostitution. Toledo ranks fourth in the nation in human trafficking.

There are not enough resources to abate the numbers. Dep. Whaley said it is estimated there are 10,000 to 15,000 addicts in Lucas County, but only 80 detox beds. More sober living beds are also needed so recovering addicts have a place to stay with those traveling the same difficult path to sobriety.

On the national front, one major pharmaceutical manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, recently announced it would stop marketing OxyContin to doctors. That will have little effect, Dep. Whaley said. The company had already turned to gel caps and a pill that can’t be cut and snorted. Addicts have since turned to Fentanyl, Percocet and Vicodin.

The medical establishment has contributed to the crisis, Dep. Whaley said. Patients with an injury are asked to describe their pain on a scale of one to ten. “Young

You must think before you speak or write You cannot un-ring a bell, and you cannot recall words once spoken or written.

Thoughts should always precede communication. Yet too many people speak first, and then think later. If there are any subsequent regrets about what was said, apologies and explanations follow. But any damage which had already been done is not reversible.

There is a tendency to speak prematurely when you are upset, angry, frustrated, or tired. People are too quick to send a text or email or post a rant on social media. Speaking out is an emotional reaction to stress. You need to condition yourself, while you are calm, to think before speaking. You will then be much less likely to lash out while agitated.

In most circumstances, there is no rush to respond verbally or in writing. Take time to cool down and objectively assess the situation. There may even be no need to say anything at all. There are also those situations which will resolve themselves without your verbal input.

It’s next to impossible to make sound decisions while upset. Taking 10 conscious breaths helps you calm down. If you don’t have time to evaluate a situation, and then think through what is appropriate to say, don’t say anything.

If you need to get something off your chest, write down exactly what’s on your mind, along with everything you’d like to

say. Then put away what you have written until you cool down. Don’t show it, or send it to anyone. This strategy lets you blow off steam without communicating something you might regret.

When you are calm, go back and read whatever you have written. Chances are you will want to make major edits. The issue may have blown over so that nothing needs to be said at all. This is a great habit to develop because it protects you from saying or writing something inappropriate for your objectives.

Before communicating in any form, think about your purpose. You want to have a clear idea of exactly what you are trying to accomplish. Positive objectives are worthwhile. Attempting to teach someone a lesson, get even, cause embarrassment, change someone, or make another person upset, never works out in your best interest. These negative intentions will not make you happier or make your life better.

Fashion your communication to achieve your objective. Think about what you want to say along with how you want to say it. Your delivery is just as important as the content. A message can be lost or misinterpreted when the delivery is flawed.

Being polite, respectful, courteous, and considerate creates a solid delivery. Avoid a cold, callous, impersonal, or rude approach. How you say something overshad-

ows what you are saying. Evaluate your message as if you were the recipient.

Review your message several times before delivering it. Allow enough time to think through the message you want to convey. Revise it as needed. Taking more time is better than rushing a message.

For effective communication, ensure you collect all of the accurate and relevant facts. Have a clear understanding of exactly what you want your message to accomplish.

Allow enough time to formulate proper wording.

Even when time is of the essence, you can take time to think things through. If you’re caught by surprise, or are not sure of the best way to respond, tell the other person that you will have to get back to them.

Don’t allow yourself to be pressured into an immediate reply.

Always thinking before you speak or write is a great habit. This approach makes you a better, more effective communicator and you will consistently attain your desired objective.

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people are soft today,” he said. They know the higher the number the stronger the prescription. Many opioid addicts start out mitigating this pain. Those more susceptible to addiction continue using to deal with anxiety, depression or guilt. The cost soon becomes unsustainable and the addict turns to cheap heroin. Dep. Whaley said his son used student loans to support his habit and was paying $80 to $120 for one Oxy pill. The escalating weekly costs quickly drives the addict to heroin which can be bought for $5 to $10.

Cutting back to balance heroin use with your paycheck is not an option. “If anyone tells you they use opioids once in a while, they are lying. They’ll be dope sick, quickly. My son, at the end of his usage, was using to just not be sick. He got no effects from it, no high.”

Dep. Whaley’s talk was of particular interest to those who live in East Toledo, the current hot bed to buy and use, he said.

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Clay students host event highlighting global studies Four years ago, Clay High School implemented a Global Studies Diploma as an endorsement for graduates who completed a rigorous curriculum focused on increasing global competence.

On Feb. 6, some of those students highlighted the program to some special guests who are here in Northwest Ohio – 22 teachers, all from different countries, here on a program at Bowling Green State University.

The students showcased their Jr. Model U.N. program, which was developed as part of a capstone project by former Global Scholars. The students then hosted a potluck dinner for the international Fellows, including cultural sharing and conversations.

The Model U.N. program at the high school gives students an opportunity to fulfill some of the requirements of the endorsement. Teacher Erin Weiker is the advisor for both the Global Studies Diploma and Model U.N. The Global Studies Diploma was designed by the World Affairs Council of Northwest Ohio, and other area districts are starting to take notice of the program. It is seen as an advantage in college and career readiness.

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program is sponsored by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department, and administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX.) Locally the program is directed by Dr. Sharon Subreenduth of BGSU. Further events are scheduled, including an International Educator Night at Toledo School for the Arts on March 6.

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Academic honors Alma College: Jared Jacob, of Oregon.

Ashland University: Conner Witt, of Elmore; Tyler Sievert, of Graytown; Makayla Wagner, of Oak Harbor.

Bluffton University: Kirk Kauder, of Curtice.

Capital University: Adrienne Alore, of Oregon; Krista Taulker, of Genoa.

Cedarville University: Sarah Sanders, of Genoa.

University of Dayton: Jessica Eischen of Toledo; Peyton Gladieux, of Oregon; Emilie Pollauf, of Curtice; Katelyn Wirkner of Oak Harbor; Erin Delvecchio, of Walbridge.

University of Findlay: Jordan Bekier, of Northwood; Karleigh Clere, Abigail Herrera, Rachel Nelson, Joshua Pennington, Allison Reichert, of Oregon; Lisa Martinez, Serena Parlette, of Curtice; Molly Burkett, Andrew Burmeister,

Student Stars • Curtice resident Emilie Pollauf was among the nearly 500 undergraduates who received their degrees from the University of Dayton during the December 2017 commencement ceremony.

Penta regional awards

Terry Cherry, president of the National Council for Social Studies discusses the Global Studies Diploma and Model UN program with Clay student Liz Zak. (Submitted photo) Kelsey Nevius, of Gibsonburg; Kelsie Cancelliere, Alicyn McClish, Jonelle Nissen, of Luckey; Karis Dewalt, of Oak Harbor; Kylie Martin, of Pemberville; Baylee Fike, of Walbridge.

Georgia State University: Craig Heuring, of Oregon.

John Carroll University: Kara Barshel, John Smith, of Oregon; Ian Glass, of Clay Center.

Lake Erie College: Harrison Riggs, of Curtice.

Miami University: Selena Pickett, of Toledo; Morgan Gonzalez, Mallory Grimes, of Oregon; Connor Chapinski, of Millbury; Kari Kruse, of Woodville.

Saginaw Valley State Jonathon Quinlan, of Oregon.

University:

Wittenberg University: Alyssa Ulrich, of Curtice; Mackenzie Abel, of Walbridge; Joseph Johnson, of Woodville.

Graduates • Mark Beauch, of Northwood, and McKayla Phillips, of Pemberville, were among the 1,130 fall 2017 graduates earning degrees from the University of Akron.

• Drew Valle, of Genoa, graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

High school students enrolled in business programs at Penta Career Center in Perrysburg Township and at Penta’s satellite programs at Swanton High School, recently earned awards during the regional contest of Business Professionals of America (BPA) held at Bowling Green State University Jan. 23.

Thirty students from Penta’s main campus programs earned top awards at the contest and qualify for the 2018 BPA State Leadership Conference March 8 & 9 in Columbus. state competition.

Among the BPA state qualifiers are: Christian Wyland (Northwood), Web Site Design Team.

Juan Villegas (Northwood), Digital Publishing; Rachel Parsons (Eastwood), Legal Office Procedures; Devona Mutchler (Genoa), Broadcast News Production Team; Braylynn Sternberg (Genoa), Medical Office Procedures; Antonio Lopez (Lake), Digital Publishing; Oscar Garcia (Oak Harbor), Digital Media Production; Breanna Hutson (Oak Harbor), Legal Office Procedures; Charles Johnson (Oak Harbor), Web Site Design Team; Rebekah Perry (Oak Harbor), Legal Office Procedures; Rhiannon Reaper (Oak Harbor), Network Design Team; Austin Adams (Woodmore), Broadcast News Production Team; Andrew Kubista (Woodmore), Broadcast News Production Team.

BPA is a career and technical student organization for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology, and other career fields.

Oak Harbor 8th-grade STEM program acquires 3D printers In September, the eighth-grade STEM program at Oak Harbor High School received funding from GenoaBank for the purchase of two new 3D printers.

With this addition to the curriculum, students are able to incorporate physical production with engineering tools such as TinkerCAD. It also allows instructor Rob Zajac to extend current activities and lessons in the class to incorporate tangible 3D design.

Staci McDaniel, marketing manager at GenoaBank, helped secure the donation. In the past, GenoaBank has funded prize money for a semester-long project. This year, however, Zajac thought it best to invest in 3D printers, and GenoaBank was fully on board.

“3D printers are making a significant impact in today’s world,” Zajac said. “I opted to modify my semester project, and the natural progression was to incorporate 3D printing.”

GenoaBank Marketing Manager Staci McDaniel (far right) with Oak Harbor High School eighth-grade STEM students Kori Helle, Kaylee Young, Jack Zeitzheim, Mason Wagner, Caitlynn Noble and Andrew Claus.

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Jacob Booms Jacob has a GPA of 4.4 and is ranked 3rd in his class. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Tri-M. He is in marching band (section leader), concert, jazz, pep and pit bands.

He has achieved Eagle Rank in the Boy Scouts.

Jacob, son of Darin & Sharon Booms, plans to attend college to study computer/electrical engineering.

As part of our continuing commitment to the communities we serve, State Bank is proud to sponsor this outstanding Eastwood High School Student with a $25.00 Savings Account.

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Kayla is from Lake High School and is studying Small Animal Care at Penta Career Center. At Lake, Kayla was on the honor roll and was a member of the Art Club. While at Penta, Kayla has been a member of the FFA, where she earned the FFA Greenhand degree.

This year, Kayla plans to compete in the veterinary science competition through FFA. She is also an honor roll student at Penta.

The daughter of Julie Simon and Michael Cervetto, Kayla plans to attend Stautzenberger College and earn an associate’s degree in applied science and plans to be a registered veterinary technician. After completing her degree, she plans to work at a veterinary clinic.

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Clay Academic Boosters accepting donations for sale Clay High School Academic Boosters are accepting donations for their annual Giant Garage Sale, which will be held Saturday, March 3 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

Organizers are looking for clothing, household items and other items for the sale. Donations may be dropped off at the cafeteria Friday, March 2 from 4-8 p.m.

“Sound of Music” Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School & Academy will present “The Sound of Music” March 2 and 3 at 7 p.m. and March 4 at 2 p.m. at Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

For more information visit www.cardinalsstritch.org/musical.

Restaurant Week Restaurant Week Toledo – an opportunity to enjoy a week of unique dining experiences provided by some 40 participating restaurants – will run Monday, Feb. 26 through Sunday, March 4.

The Restaurant Week Toledo website (www.restaurantweektoledo.com) is live and offers details on the special menus designed by the restaurants.

Proceeds from the week-long dining experiences will benefit Leadership Toledo’s youth programs (Youth Leadership Toledo, Students In Action/Youth Jefferson Awards).

Open house set Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School and Academy will hold an open house for parents of pre-K through eighth-grade students Sunday, Feb. 25 from noon-3 p.m.

The school campus is located at 3225 Pickle Rd., Oregon.

Call 419-693-0465 for details.

B-C-S Coffee Connections Benton-Carroll-Salem District citizens are to join Superintendent Guy Parmigian at the next Coffee Connection March 1 at noon at The Keg in Graytown.

The informal event offers an opportunity to introduce oneself, chat, ask questions, and learn more about the B-C-S school system. All district citizens are invited to attend. No reservations are needed, and there is no cost to attend.

Future dates include: April 5, noon – Happy Hour in Oak Harbor; May 3, 8:30 a.m.– Village Bakery in Oak Harbor.

Contact the Board Office at 419-8986210 for more details.

GPA Contact Gamble at 419-559-2522 or jgamble@terra.edu for more details.

“Footloose” The Northwood High School Drama Department will present, “Footloose, the Musical,” March 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and March 18 at 2:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

For tickets, call 419-691-3888 or reserve tickets online for your preferred show at: March 16 – http://bit.ly/2ncsXKS March 17 – http://bit.ly/2nbr4hn March 18 – http://bit.ly/2GjP9eD

“Annie” Lake High School students will present, “Annie” March 22, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and March 25 at 2 p.m. at the school.

Tickets will be available at the door, and will cost $6 for students 18 and younger and seniors 60 and older and $8 for adults.

For info or to reserve tickets, call 419661-3000, ext. 3832, or visit www.lakeschools.org.

Small Business Basics The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering free, two-hour “Small Business Basics,” that will answer questions about starting, buying or expanding a small business.

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

The March schedule is: • Wednesday, March 7 – 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ottawa County Improvement Corporation (conference room), 8043 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor.

• Wednesday, March 28 – 4:30-6:30 p.m., Terra State Community College (Building D, Room 115), 2830 Napoleon Rd., Fremont.

To register or for details, contact Bill Auxter, director of the Ohio Small Business Development Center, at 419-559-2210 or bauxter@terra.edu.

Youth Patch Day Workshop Terra Spring Job Fair Terra State Community College will host a Spring Job Fair Tuesday, March 6 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Student Activity Center on the Fremont campus.

Businesses in the industrial, agricultural, HVAC, financial services, hospitality, medical, telecommunication and law enforcement/security industries are scheduled to attend.

“We encourage those looking for jobs to dress to impress and to bring plenty of resumes,” said Joan Gamble, Terra State Coordinator of Career Services. Job-seekers need not register.

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Area students are invited to join Partners for Clean Streams for an afternoon of learning and fun at the 16th Annual Partnering for Clean Streams Youth Patch Day Workshop Sunday, March 18 from 1:304:30 p.m. at the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center, 6200 Bay Shore Rd., Oregon.

The event will include hands-on activities geared specifically toward kids in second through fifth grade. Participants will learn about freshwater resources and how to keep them clean and abundant.

The program would be beneficial for scouts, youth groups and traditional and home-schooled students seeking to fulfill

merit badge, patch or educational requirements pertaining to the environment, water, resource management, etc.

Pre-registration is required by March 7. For the complete Patch Program curriculum, visit PartnersforCleanStreams.org.

ways (and potentially the cafeteria) with wall skins that convey what it is to be an Eisenhower Eagle.

More details about the event are available online at Eventbrite.com.

“Beauty and the Beast”

Booster bingo Northwood Athletic Boosters will hold bingo March 5 and April 2 at 6 p.m. in the AAA Building (old Northwood High School).

Scholarships available The Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund (NOSF) is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 school year for need-based scholarships for grades K-8 worth up to $1,500 for children to use at a non-public school or $500 for homeschool expenses.

Families need to reside in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca or Wood counties among others.

NOSF is a partner with the Children’s Scholarship Fund and awards need-based scholarships to provide parents with a choice for their child’s education. The fund was founded in 1998 by the late Ted Forstmann and the late John Walton who saw a need for educational alternatives for families.

Since 1999, the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund has awarded a total of $12.6 million in scholarships to 14,700 students, part of that includes $4.3 million in matching funds. All funds raised locally

by NOSF are matched by the Children’s Scholarship Fund and are used for scholarships in NW Ohio.

The Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund is the only privately funded needbased scholarship program in Northwest Ohio that awards scholarships to children who otherwise might not be able to afford private schools for kindergarten through eighth grade. Eligible families are required to demonstrate their financial need as measured by standards similar to the Federal School Lunch program.

Interested families can learn more about the program at www.nosf.org or apply online at https://tinyurl.com/NOSF18AP. For more info, call the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund at 419-720-7048. The deadline to apply for the 2018-2019 school year is Friday, April 27.

“The Muddy Eagle” Eisenhower Intermediate School, Oregon, will hold the 3rd “Muddy Eagle” Community Mud Run Course on Saturday, May 19.

Sign up for the event at Eventbrite.com and search for “The Muddy Eagle.”

The 1.5-mile mud and obstacle course is a family race or starter race for those who have always wanted to participate in a mud race. The no-pressure race is open to ages 6 and up.

Early registration for those who register March 1-April 2 is $12. After April 2, the registration is $17. All pre-paid entrants will receive a Muddy Eagle T-shirt. Space is limited per wave, which start between 9 and 11:30 a.m. Late registration (April 20 or later) is $22.

Funds raised at the event will be used to further develop the school’s hall-

Tickets for the upcoming Rossford High School Drama Club production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Feb. 24 at noon online via rossforddrama.webs. com.

The limited engagement runs Thursday, April 12 through Sunday April 15 (with two shows on Saturday) at the Rossford High School auditorium. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students/senior citizens.

“Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” will be the final production on the current Rossford High School stage before renovations begin. The Saturday, April 14 evening performance at 7 p.m. will honor all Rossford High School Drama Club alumni.

Hayes summer program Kids can design their own roller coasters, discover how airplanes fly and experiment with algae during a new summer program at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.

The Frohman Summer Series: “Handson History” offers three activities for kids ages 6-11 using materials from the Charles E. Frohman Collection at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums to gain firsthand knowledge in history through science, technology, engineering and math initiatives.

“Hands-on History weaves together our local history and science through interactive STEM projects that bring the past alive,” said Nan Card, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums curator of manuscripts.

The sessions are free. Kids can attend one or all. Parents are welcome to attend with their children. Each session is from 10 a.m. to noon. The schedule is: • June 20 – Aviation: Students can see the early aviators and the airplanes they constructed at Sandusky’s Battery Park.

Students will discover the forces of flight and learn how early aviators applied them to their aircraft and the dangers they encountered.

• July 18 – Roller Coasters: Students can learn about speed, strength, gravity and other principles of physics and engineering by designing a roller coaster using a variety of materials. Using the Frohman Collection photographs, drawings and documents, students will analyze and build models of roller coasters.

• Aug. 15 - Ever-Changing Lake Erie: Students will learn about lake activities such as ice harvesting and fishing. They then will compare firsthand Lake Erie’s present condition and its plant and aquatic life to that of the early 20th century. Using water brought from Lake Erie, students will learn about pollution, how to grow algae, and study its negative effects on the lake when its growth reaches dangerous levels.

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Education

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Clark seeks to educate students, adults on opioid use

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com Kyle Clark, prevention education director of the Wood County Educational Service Center (WCESC), says we need to change how we think about opiate addicts.

“We need to stop thinking about this as a behavioral problem — ‘it’s an individual or a guy far down under the bridge in the 1960s.’ We have to accept this as a brain disease and as soon as we do we can put an end to this disease. That’s where we (WCESC) come in.”

Clark says the WCESC seeks to educate and at the same time, reduce access to narcotics, which would “make it hard for young people to get a hold of it.”

The WCESC every year surveys approximately 10,000 Wood County students attending public schools in grades 5-12, and from that survey it has 16 years of longitudinal data. Clark says since the survey began in 2003, they have seen reductions in usage of alcohol and tobacco, but not for narcotic painkillers and heroin.

Since 2004, among Wood County high school seniors, cigarette use is down 78 percent, annual alcohol use is down 35 percent, 30-day binge drinking is down 55 percent and annual marijuana use is down 37 percent.

Clark said with any substance abuse, the longer you keep youth away from exposure, the better.

“If we can delay the start of that first drink of alcohol, that first marijuana joint, that first cigarette, then we will be more successful at the other end,” Clark said.

Clark and Dr. Ted Bowlus, an adjunct professor of neuroscience at the University of Findlay Graduate School, note that marijuana is the gateway drug for about 16 to 20 percent of heroin users.

Dr. Bowlus, a Wood County commissioner, hosted an opioid forum and panel discussion called “Prevention Through Education” at the Pemberville American Legion Hall, drawing about 130 people.

Clark was one of 10 panelists who gave presentations at the event, which was sponsored by the Eastwood Community Improvement Corporation.

Tom Clemons, executive director of

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Eula M. Bennett

Eric Happeny

June 1, 1933 ~ Feb. 19, 2018 Eula M. Bennett, age 84, of Millbury, Ohio passed away on Monday (February 19, 2018) at Fostoria Community Hospital. She was born on June 1, 1933 in Hinton, West Virginia to the late James & Sara (Persinger) Bragg. She married Fred W. Bennett on June 26, 1870 and he passed away in 1999.

Surviving are children, Bruce (Linda) Bennett of Bangor, Maine, Dottie (Bud) Weatherholtz of Florida, Larry (Evelyn) Bennett of Risingsun, Ohio, Linda (Steve) Hicks of Bangor, Maine, Sandra Bennett of Toledo, Ohio, Freddie Bennett of Toledo, Ohio, JoAnna (Michael) Lynn of Perrysburg, Ohio; brother, Harold (Eva) Bragg of North Carolina; sisters, Glenna Simms of Hinton, West Virginia; many grandchildren & great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James & Sara; husband, Fred; brother, Eddie Bragg, Jr.; sisters, Ima Jean, Genevieve; and daughters, Norma Cole and two infant girls.

Eula was a homemaker and a member of the Old Time Church in Bradner, Ohio. She will be remembered and missed dearly by her children and grandchildren.

Arrangements were handled by Barndt Funeral Home in Wayne, Ohio. where a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 AM Friday (February 23, 2018) with Reverend Charles Hurst ofſciating. Burial will be in Lake Township Cemetery near Millbury, Ohio. Memorial donations may be made to the Old Time Church in Bradner. On-line condolences may be made to Eula at www.barndtfuneralhome.org.

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Kyle Clark, prevention education director of the Wood County Educational Service Center. (Photo by Lois Anne Bowlus/www.GratefulEye.com)

Nov. 30 1966 ~ Feb. 16 2018 Eric Happeny, 51, of Genoa, formerly of Woodville, Ohio, died Friday, February 16, 2018, at The Toledo Hospital. Eric was born November 30, 1966, in Toledo to Paul and Mary (Johnson) Happeny.

He was a 1986 graduate of Woodmore High School and a former member of Solomon Lutheran Church. On March 18, 2000, in Holgate, Ohio, he married Carol Stiltner and she survives. He worked as a heavy equipment operator through the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18 in Toledo and every day looked forward to going to work. Eric was always on the go! He enjoyed hunting, fishing and racing, especially NASCAR and go-carts. He also enjoyed traveling to Arizona to see his brother. Eric loved to "pick" on people and was known for giving everyone a nickname.

He loved his grandchildren and joking with them.

In addition to his wife, Carol, Eric is survived by his mother, Mary Leemaster of Elmore; his children, Justin (Jess) Happeny of Luckey, Holly (Ryan) Snyder and Mike Baldwin, both of Defiance; grandchildren, Bentley, Maria, Kallie, Kolton, Madelyn and Aubrey; brother, David (Diane) Happeny of Arizona and sister, Kelli (Matt) Weaver of Genoa; nieces and nephews, Anthony Happeny, Michelle Fisch, Tori, Hunter and Kamarinn Klickman. His father and grandparents preceded him in death.

A memorial service for Eric will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Solomon Lutheran Church, 305 W. Main St., Woodville, Ohio. Memorials may be given to the Ottawa County Humane Society, 2424 E. Sand Rd., Port Clinton, OH 43452. The Robinson-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory of Genoa has assisted the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMHS), says that in the most recent Wood County population school survey, 16 youth admitted to using heroin, but it does not include pre-

scription opiate abuse.

However, the problem is affecting adults more, especially white males in their 20s, 30s and 40s and they are seeing the largest increases in usage in the 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 age ranges, plus a 17-fold increase in people who are 65 to 74 years old. He said impacting adults transforms families, which also impacts youth.

“What we’re seeing in Wood County, there are a growing number of parents who have lost their jobs or have lost custody of their children due to the opiate epidemic.

A lot of them are in jail, some are in prison and so there is a real crucial need for foster parents to take on a lot of children,” Clemons said.

“We’re also seeing a dramatic increase in the number of older individuals. This is not a young person’s disease. This is affecting a large number of people across the lifespan and for a variety of reasons.

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has stated that opiates are the most dangerous substance for us to become addicted to. Becoming addicted is very easy and it’s very difficult and takes all of us working together to help people get off of it. Suicide rates have also gone up in Wood County and we know that some of these increases are due to the opiate epidemic.”

Clemons said two years ago there were 16 suicides and last year there were 21, while historically the county saw six to eight suicides per year. He explained that suicide numbers are increasing for a variety of reasons, not all related to the opioid epidemic, but at least two are confirmed as being related and says there are probably more.

“We have a number of problems that are caused, in addition to the deaths and devastation for people and families, due to the opioid epidemic,” Clemons said.

Clemons says that treatment works, but it can variably take up to seven years for the brain to fully recover from the scars of addiction. He adds that it takes community and family support for an individual to get to that point.

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Programs like ‘The New Cool’ educational tool for youth The Wood County Educational Service Center (WCESC) offers a number of programs to educate youth on substance abuse, and not just for opiate or heroin abuse.

WCESC Program Director Kyle Clark says that “youth-led prevention” is the best way to have an impact. Clark says many of these programs are “evidence-based programs” used in a classroom environment and deal with other social issues besides substance abuse.

Here are some of the programs available in Wood County — The New Cool is a community mediabased campaign to reduce underage drinking. Mr. B. Cool challenges youth to identifies themselves as ‘The New Cool’ through positive attributes and activities “Our message to youth is that being cool has more to do with who you are, what you do, and how you think, than what you drink,” states a pamphlet passed out by Clark.

Hooked on Fishing, Not On Drugs is a registered program of the Future Fisherman Foundation, which was started after a young man wrote a letter about how fishing had kept him from becoming involved with drugs. Research has shown that family recreational activities are a key protective factor for our youth. Youth in Wood County have been involved in the “Hooked on Fishing, not on Drugs” program for many years. Youth receive in-class training as well as the real-life experience of going on a fishing outing with peers. Family members are also encouraged to attend.

Problem ID and Referral is for students who are believed to struggle with alcohol, tobacco and other drug issues, or social emotional issues, and can be referred to the district’s prevention specialist.

That specialist sits down with the student and through a process, identifies surface and underlying issues and works

with school officials and family members to create a treatment plan, ranging from inschool one-on-one education and intervention sessions with the prevention specialist to in-house treatment at an additional treatment facility or meetings with a psychologist to deal with further issues.

The prevention specialist at Northwood Schools is Bill Hamilton, at Eastwood it is Hannah Madaras, and at Penta Career Center it is Linda Logue. Hamilton can be reached at 419-205-7312 or whamilton@ wcesc.org, Madaras at 419-344-6208 or hmadaras@wcesc.org, and Logue at 419661-6384 or llogue@pentacc.org.

Insight is a program for teens that are in some kind of trouble because of alcohol, marijuana or other drug use. Through interactive group meetings, teens look at their drug use, consider the consequences of their use and made a decision about continued use. Participants learn how mood-

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BABES (Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies) is a nationally-recognized curriculum that uses animal puppets combined with storytelling to give practical information on the topic of substance abuse prevention education.

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Despite loss to Lake

Comets outright Northern Buckeye champs

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com

Oak Harbor sends 8 to state meet

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Oak Harbor sent eight swimmers to the Division II state swim meet, including two relay teams and individual qualifier Elayna Krupp, a freshman who is also on one of the relay teams.

At the Bowling Green district meet, Krupp finished tied for ninth place (24.62), but won a swim-off to place ahead of Celina freshman Kennedy Newell and qualify for state in the 50 freestyle. Krupp swam a time that was .64 seconds faster than her qualifying time (25.26), while Newell’s qualifying time (24.63) was only one-hundredth of a second faster. During the swim-off, both swimmers improved their teams by even more.

“Elayna had already unofficial qualified for state as a tie for the 20th place,” Oak Harbor coach Andrea Sorg said. “However the state (Ohio High School Athletic Association) requires swim-offs if there is a tie in the same district. I did not tell Elayna until after the race that she had already qualified. She and her opponent dropped another .2 from their original times. They both showed up and swam their hearts out and Elayna ended up on top by .03.”

Oak Harbor’s 200 freestyle relay team, Krupp, senior Gabby Sharkey, freshman Emily Haar and sophomore Erin Druyor, finished in 11th place at the district with a time of 1:42.04 — good enough to qualify for state.

“All Oak Harbors swimmers competing at district dropped times and swam very well. The four boys and girls qualifying to state swam well. We couldn’t believe the girls relay places 11th and then still qualified as the 22nd seed in the state. It shows the depth of our district,” Coach Sorg said.

The boys 200 freestyle relay team, freshman Troy Metcalf and sophomores Caleb Heintz, Kobe Fletcher and Thomas Chovanec, also qualified after finishing fifth at the district meet with a time of 1:31.99, just under two seconds behind the championship team from Lima Shawnee (1:30.08).

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For the second year in a row, Genoa has won the Northern Buckeye Conference, only this year they are outright champions.

The Comets did it by defeating the likes of Eastwood, Woodmore and Otsego, three teams that have won a combined 45 games this season. The Eagles shared the title with the Comets last year.

Genoa went 6-0 against the best the NBC had to offer, and won its six meetings by an average of 16.2 points. The only league hiccup was when they closed the regular season losing to Lake 60-51 — a game that Lake coach Jeff Limes said was one of his team’s best all season.

The Comets beat Otsego in their fifth game of the year by seven points, 40-33, and won every other contest against the Knights, Eagles and Wildcats by at least 13 points. The loss to Lake in the season finale left Genoa with an 18-4 record and a 13-1 mark in the conference that was highlighted by a 13-game winning streak.

“I think it’s a testament to their commitment, starting in June with our summer program,” said Genoa coach Zach Alt. “We played some elite teams in the area in the dog days of summer, and we knew it would pay off when winter came.”

Starter Josiah Bradfield added, “There have been many good teams in the NBC, but to win back-to-back championships says something about our coaches and everyone involved with the program.”

One of the reasons for the Comets’ success this year has to do with their stellar play in the fourth quarter, something the team refers to as “winning time.”

“Everybody’s got to be engaged and communicating defensively (in the fourth quarter),” said Alt. “It’s about executing and getting what we want and if not, we reset. It’s about being patient and taking what they’ll give us in the fourth quarter.”

It’s the defensive intensity that has allowed the Comets to pull away in the fourth quarter of many games this season.

“We look at it as our quarter. So many teams go into the fourth tired and running on empty, but when we go into the fourth, we know we have to defend and play as a unit,” said junior Jacob Plantz. “We have been very successful in the fourth quarter because of our defense.

“The group we have is a special group.

Everyone plays their role excellent and comes to practice every day wanting to get better. All the work we put in together as a group has definitely shown through. Coach Alt and the rest of the staff have done a great job getting us ready for every game.”

Bradfield added, “The fourth quarter is all about who wants it more. It’s about which team wants to get defensive stops more and which team wants to execute the offense more. The team that does usually wins the game.”

The Comets can put up points, too, scoring at least 50 on 12 occasions this season.

The trio of Plantz, Drew Bench and Josiah Bradfield leads the way for a group that includes the likes of Jake Bradfield, Caleb McGeorge, Noah Edwards, Nate Lewis and Joey Dominique. The unit’s chemistry is impressive and has developed over the last three years.

“We are a very close group,” said Josiah Bradfield. “We have been playing together for three years and our relationship has only gotten stronger, not just on the court but off the court, too.”

Plantz adds, “It’s the closest thing I’ve had to a brotherhood. The love we have for each other is real. We all believe in each other and expect big things out of each other. I wouldn’t trade them for anyone else. I love these guys and they love me — it’s just a special bond that we have built over the years,” Alt adds, “They’ve been together for three years now. A lot of those guys, not just Jake and Drew, made that tournament run with us (two years ago), It’s a pretty tight-knit group. We have some brothers and some neighbors on the team. We can only go as far as everybody will allow it to go.”

BOYS BASKETBALL Team (League) Overall Cardinal Stritch (13-0, TAAC) 20 Genoa (13-1, NBC) 18 Oak Harbor (8-3, SBC Bay) 17 Woodmore (8-5, NBC) 16 Eastwood (10-3, NBC) 15 Gibsonburg (4-8, TAAC) 7 Waite (2-8, TCL) 7 Lake (4-10, NBC) 7 Clay (1-12, TRAC) 6 Northwood (1-12, TAAC) 2

1 4 4 5 6 13 13 15 15 19

Oak Harbor (9-3, SBC Bay) Eastwood (12-2, NBC) Lake (10-4, NBC) Woodmore (6-8, NBC) Clay (4-10, TRAC) Cardinal Stritch (7-7, TAAC) Waite (2-8, TCL) Gibsonburg (5-9, TAAC) Genoa (2-12, NBC) Northwood (0-14, TAAC)

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Now, Eagles have something to celebrate — officially

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Eastwood’s girls basketball team got to party — finally — like it was 2007.

The Eagles ended an 11-year championship drought on Feb. 15 with a hardfought 53-50 win at Otsego that took three overtimes to finish. It was the fourth straight win for Eastwood, which trailed 31-23 with 6:02 left in regulation. Eastwood was able to overcome Otsego’s physicality and a 6-for-30 effort from the free throw line.

“We tried not to talk about the league championship going into it, but it was in all of our minds,” coach Nick Schmeltz said. “It’s hard to put that behind you and not think about that. I know I was thinking about it. I tried not to, but it’s just human nature. We averaged over 62 points a game and we really weren’t able to get going, and that’s credit to Otsego.

“A year ago — definitely two years ago — that type of game, we lose. This year, we win that type of game. I think that’s a testament in how far our girls have come.”

The Eagles share the Northern Buckeye Conference title with the Elmwood Royals, who had their own struggles on the same night as Eastwood. After trailing at halftime, Elmwood pulled away from host Fostoria, 55-46, to finish with the same conference record (12-2) as the Eagles.

Eastwood and Elmwood split their two regular-season meetings, with Elmwood winning the first game, 66-63, on Dec. 12.

Eastwood won the rematch, 60-45, on Jan. 26. The Royals, after a 12-1 start, lost six of their final nine games.

“We lost a really tough one (at Elmwood) that still hurts,” Schmeltz said.

“We were up 40-25 at the half and ended up letting them come back and take it away.

I would love to play them again.”

The Eagles (18-5) and Royals (167) set up the rubber match with wins on Wednesday. Eastwood opened sectional play with a 56-51 win over Rossford at Start. Elmwood, meanwhile, sneaked past Woodmore by two points to set up Saturday’s sectional final showdown with the Eagles.

Eastwood sophomore Sydnie Abke (44) sets a pick for junior guard Hannah Owens (21) against Rossford. (Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com) “Now we just take it game by game,” Schmeltz said before the start of the postseason. “The next benchmark would be a sectional championship. The last one was 12 years ago. That would be pretty cool to do that. If we do that and make it to districts, then you’re playing good teams no matter where you’re at. We’ll match up and see where the chips fall.”

This year’s NBC co-championship is Eastwood’s first league title since it tied

Genoa for the Suburban Lakes League title in 2007. Otsego allowed the Eagles’ players to cut down the nets following their win over the Knights.

“I’m really grateful for that,” Schmeltz said. “We hung around for about an hour after the game. We enjoyed the moment and took it all in. We wanted to make sure we enjoyed what we did and all the hard work we put in.”

Junior forward Hannah Owens had one

of the key plays of the game for Eastwood, when she grabbed a missed free throw by sophomore guard Jamie Schmeltz and tossed the ball in the basket for a 51-47 lead with 1:19 left in the third OT. “Because of our poor free throw shooting, I put in an offensive rebound play,” coach Schmeltz said. “Hannah executed that perfectly. She started on the left side of the rim and went to the right, which is what she was supposed to do. That was big because it made it a two-possession game.

That was a great effort and hustle play by Hannah. She ended up with 11 rebounds.

She was all over the place that night.”

Schmeltz, Owens, Morgan Rost, Sydnie Abke and Kelley Turk played every minute of all three overtimes for the Eagles.

“I was exhausted,” coach Schmeltz said, “and I can only imagine how they were afterward. It was rough watching us miss free throw after free throw. We shot better from the 3-point line (7-for-26) than we did from the (free throw) line. Part of it was that environment. We haven’t played in that this year.”

Jamie Schmeltz finished with a gamehigh 23 points and drew an offensive charge under Otsego’s basket with 22.7 seconds left to force a crucial turnover. She also made two free throws with 55.8 seconds left for a 53-47 lead.

“She made four threes, but it was tough around the rim,” coach Schmeltz said.

“They packed it in pretty good. Four of her threes came at big moments and she had six rebounds, five assists and four steals. Even when she’s not scoring, she will do stuff like that.”

Schmeltz and sophomore guard Hannah Limes were both named first-team All-NBC this week. Schmeltz averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.6 steals during the regular season. Limes averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds. Abke, an honorable mention selection, averaged seven points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.2 steals.

Owens averaged 7.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals, while Turk averaged 6.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals. Rost averaged 4.9 points and 5.1 rebounds, and Jaylee Souder averaged 4.7 points and 6.7 rebounds for the Eagles.

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Mike DeStazio reflects on successful coaching career

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Giving up coaching is usually never an easy decision. Tough choices have to be made.

The time element is always a big consideration. Coaching is nearly a year-round activity in some sports. Spousal support is always a factor; business and personal opportunities and even, yes, age, can also be factored into a decision.

Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio’s wife, Connie, is his biggest supporter and was not a major factor in his decision to resign from the basketball program at the end of this season. The fact that the Comets struggled to a 4-19 record was not a factor, either.

Genoa’s varsity team, which had no seniors, was young this season and has a promising future. DeStazio also boasts about the current group of talented eighthgraders who will make their impact known on the varsity squad sooner rather than later. DeStazio said he’d decided it was time to stop pushing so hard and narrow his life’s focus.

“I won’t let cement dry under my feet,” said DeStazio, who served as a school board member in the Woodmore School District from 2003-14. “You won’t catch me in a rocking chair. That’s not the way I want to live.”

Mike and Connie opened their own restaurant in Elmore, DeSTAZios, on Dec. 29. They also have dibs on buying a vacation home down in Port Charlotte, Fla. “We always vacationed down in Florida, on the Gulf side,” DeStazio said.

“The house was for sale at a good price, and it’s hard to get a piece of property on a canal near salt water. We’re going to head down in March and part of April, and we’ll jump back and forth (to Ohio) quite a bit.

(Genoa assistant coach) Doug Perkins and I split (the cost of) a boat and we do a lot of fishing. We have a lot of friends down there.”

Genoa girls basketball coach Mike DeStazio talks to his players during a timeout.

(Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com) DeStazio has done this retirement thing before. He was the girls basketball coach at Woodmore for nine years, put together a 142-59 record and won two Suburban Lakes League titles. Then he decided to take some time off. He returned to coaching at Genoa and led the Comets to a 108-65 record, and his 2015-16 team won the NBC title. His teams combined for 13 sectional titles.

DeStazio said one factor in his decision to resign was Perkins’ mother passing away about a month ago.

“I was pretty close to her,” DeStazio said. “She was more like a mother to me.

After that, I thought, ‘life is too short and I need to start thinking about more than basketball.’ I thought it would be a good time to leave.”

DeStazio said he met with Genoa athletic director Dan Hartsel about two weeks prior to making his decision.

“As the two weeks went on, I started looking at everything,” DeStazio said.

“Looking at the program, we have a really good eighth-grade team coming in. I could

have stayed another year, maybe two years. Then I started thinking about the pizza business, the house in Florida, and I thought it was a good time to retire.

“Connie knows how much I love coaching. It was a family decision, not just me. I’m 63 years old and I’ve coached Mike DeStazio basketball for 30 years. There were no personal goals for me – none - to win 250 games or to win league championships.

I really just love to coach.”

Hartsel said he urged DeStazio to take some time after they met and completely get away from basketball.

“However, when Mike gets a thought in his mind,” Hartsel said, “he usually sticks to it.”

DeStazio said that even though he averaged 15 wins a year during his career, won more than 100 games at two different schools and won conference titles at two schools, the process was never about him.

He said his players and his most trusted assistant coach, Perkins, deserve much of the credit.

“It’s been a great experience, a great ride,” DeStazio said. “I’ve already had people talk to me about helping their program and I said no. At 63, I don’t consider myself old. I’m still going to coach golf at Genoa.

I’m meeting with the golf kids this week to set up for summer. That means I can still see the girls and be a part of the Genoa family.”

Hartsel said he is “extremely happy” for DeStazio and his wife.

“Mike is a teacher on life, first and foremost, but he will always be a coach,” Hartsel said. “He did an amazing job of teaching and helping our student-athletes become better players and better young ladies. He has changed our program for the better and we owe him a great deal of gratitude.”

Fremont Speedway putting the ‘fan’ back into fantastic

By Brian Liskai Special to The Press liskai2x@roadrunner.com Fremont Speedway will put “fan” in fantastic during “The Track That Action Built’s” 67th anniversary in 2018.

Nearly every Saturday there will be activities for the track’s great fans in addition to the entertaining racing featuring the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 winged sprints; Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 winged sprints; Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks; and the McCullough Industries 602 Late Models.

“Our schedule emphasizes fun for the entire family. There will be themes for families to get involved along with recognizing Fremont Speedway’s rich racing heritage,” said Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer.

“Of course we will still do the kids trophies each week and thanks to the Tackle Box 2 give away a bicycle each week. We will continue to offer low food prices and kids 10 and under still get in free each week. Racing is a fantastic family expe-

rience and much more affordable than most people think,” added Shelly Farmer, Fremont Speedway Promoter.

Also new in 2018, the winged 410 sprints will compete weekly for $3,000 or more to win.

“We will have a few $5,000-to-win events and the Jim Ford Classic weekend will have a special purse as well,” said Rich Farmer.

The track, which began racing in 1951 in the historic Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Fremont, Ohio, will kick off the season Saturday, April 14. Some of the season highlights are: • Ten All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series presented by Ohio Logistic events and seven JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Championship Series presented by Engine Pro races.

• Two nights of nothing but open real racing. The first is Saturday, May 5 featuring the winged 410 sprints, the 305 verses 360 sprint challenge and the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) non-wing sprints. The second Open Wheel Shootout

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• The Annual Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame Night will be Saturday, June 2.

Prior to the night’s racing the Class of 2018 will be inducted into the hall of fame. Free camping is also available this night.

• Boss comes back for the second visit to Fremont Speedway on Saturday, June 16. Fans will also get the opportunity meet many of the drivers during an autograph session.

• The popular King of the Hill challenges will take place on Saturday, July 28.

• Once again sprint cars will compete during the Sandusky County Fair. The FAST 305 series will compete Tuesday, Aug. 21.

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14-15. Friday will be the FAST 410 championship night and Saturday will be the FAST 305 championship battle. The weekend

will include free music in the campground, a tournament of games to raise money for area charities and the queen’s contest. The weekend will be co-sanctioned by the new BOSS winged sprint car series.

Early Fremont Speedway schedule — Saturday, April 14 - NAPA Auto Parts Night: 410 sprints; 305 sprints, trucks, late models. Community Night – if fans bring in a receipt from one of the track’s marketing partners (billboard sponsors, night sponsors) showing a purchase within a week of opening night they will get $2 off general admission ticket to the night’s races. Also, all first responders – police, firefighters, EMTs, etc. – will get into the races free.

Saturday, April 21 – Smith Family Food Night: FAST 410 sprints; 305 sprints; trucks, late models. Mascot Night with area business mascots in attendance.

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Oak Harbor, Waite wrestlers second in league meets

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Oak Harbor wrestlers finished second in the 18-team Sandusky Bay Conference meet at Lakota and Waite was second in the eight-team Toledo City Athletic League meet at Scott.

The Rockets scored 174 points to finish behind SBC champion Edison (234).

They were followed by Perkins (146), Tiffin Columbian (128½), Bellevue (124), Sandusky St. Mary (119), Norwalk (107½), Sandusky (90), Clyde (78½), Vermilion (71½), Lakota (71), Shelby (64½), Fremont St. Joseph (43½), Port Clinton (43), Willard (38), Huron (19), Tiffin Calvert (12½) and Margaretta (9).

Although wrestled as one meet, champions were awarded in three enrollment divisions. Perkins was awarded the Lake Division title, Edison the Bay Division and St. Mary the River Division.

Jake Sage (195) was Oak Harbor’s only champion, defeating Norwalk’s Alec Maloney 6-4 in the final.

Oak Harbor’s second place finishes were by Cameron Dickman (120 pounds), Matthew Dewitz (126), and Garrett Mapes (152).

Finishing third for the Rockets were Tyler Davis (106), Tad Jensen (132), and Wyatt Miller (145). Jacob Ellithorpe (285) placed fourth, Troy Jensen (113) and Zach Laughlin (220) placed sixth and Mo Natsheh (182) finished seventh.

Waite finished second in the City League, narrowly losing to Bowsher, 150148, and Northwood followed in third place with 125½ points. They were followed by Rogers (80), Start (72), Toledo Christian (59), Scott (47) and Woodward 26½.

Waite and Bowsher had a back and forth battle all day, and it eventually came down to the 220 pound match, which was one of the last two matches on the day.

Trenton Ervin prevailed to push Bowsher over the top. For Bowsher, it was the school’s first league wrestling championship. Waite coach Russell Jennings said his team fought through adversity to nearly win a title.

“These kids deserve all the credit in

Oak Harbor wrestlers. (Photo courtesy Collette Dickman) the world,” Jennings said. “Nobody gave us much of a fighting chance at the beginning of the season and if it had not of been for one significant injury we would of easily won a City title.”

Jennings’ team returns all of its top placers next year and he believes his team will be in line to seek a championship again in 2019.

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Waite had three league champions in Christian Cintron (106), Devin Wheeler (120) and Damien Barr (126). Jennings calls Wheeler “the heart and soul of our team” who he “expects big things (from) in the future.”

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Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Includes stories, finger plays, music & crafts. LEGO Club (K-5th grade) Mon. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Men’s Shoot-the-Bull gatherings Mon. at 9:30 a.m. Coffee provided. No registration required for any of the programs. Home delivery of library materials to homebound Luckey residents is available by calling the library during regular hours at 419-833-6040.

Millbury Curtice

Lenten Fish Fries, Fridays through March 30, 5-8 p.m., Cooley Canal Yacht Club, 12235 Bono Rd. Includes perch, fries, roll, cole slaw, salad and dessert. Whole walleye and perch dinners will be served Good Friday, March 30. Dine in or carry out by calling 419-836-3500.

Elmore

Harris-Elmore Library, 328 Toledo St. presents LEGO Club the 1st Mon. of each month from 4:305:30 p.m.

Christian Women’s Breakfast, Feb. 26, 9:15 a.m., Grace Lutheran Church. Free and open to all. Coffee with Cops.

Card Playing the 1st and 3rd Thurs. of the month at 7 p.m. at Elmore Retirement Village, 633 State St. 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 noon (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 Historical Society Monthly Meetings are held on the 3rd Sun. of every month at 1 p.m. at the Historical Society Building.

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

Genoa

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.

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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 Story time, Thurs. at 11 a.m.; Poetry for Homeschool Students, March 1, 11 a.m.; Music Makers (preschoolers), March 5, 4:30 p.m.; Cookbook Club, March 12, 6:30 p.m. – “The Ultimate Beef, Chicken and Pork Cookbook”

by Taste of Home; Basketball Mania for Teens, March 13, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (grades 7-12); Book & Munch Bunch: Chapter Books for Grades 4-7, March 14, 3:30 p.m. – “The Grey King” by Susan Cooper; Book & Snack Pack: Chapter Books for Grades 1-4, March 21, 3:30 p.m. – “Glow” by W.H. Beck; Book Bears: Early Readers, March 22, 10:15 a.m. – “Chicken Said, ‘Cluck’’” by Judyann Grant; LEGO Challenge – Build an Easter Basket or Easter Egg, March 24, 10 a.m.; Adult Book Discussion – “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m., “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders, March 26, 6:30 p.m. Call 419-637-2173 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 homedelivered meals available. 419-637-7947.

Graytown

Zion UMC, 18045 W. William St., EllistonTrowbridge Rd., – LIGHT pantry is open on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 5-7 p.m.

Lake Twp.

Food Pantry sponsored by the Firebelles fire department auxiliary every 3rd Mon. of the month, 4-6 p.m., Walbridge Municipal Building, 705 N. Main St. Community meal served at 4 p.m.

Art Classes presented by David Overholt weekly on Thursdays from noon-3 p.m. in the Lake Twp. Administration Bldg. All skills levels welcome. call 419-509-6450 for info.

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 Story time for ages 3-7 every

Free Community Meal, 3rd Wed. of every month from 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, corner of Main and Cherry. Everyone welcome.

Oak Harbor

Oak Harbor Public Library programs include: One-Size-Fits-All Storytime, Wed. at 11:30 a.m.

Local History Room open Thurs. from 10 a.m.2 p.m. For info or to register for programs, visit oakharborpubliclibrary.org or call 419-898-7001.

Lenten Fish Fries, March 2, 9, 16 and 23, St. Boniface, 215 Church St. Fried or baked fish, seasoned potatoes, fries, salad bar, dinner rolls, mac & cheese, homemade desserts and beverages. Dine in or carry out. Kids’ meals available. Children under 5 eat free.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, sponsored by Friends of Camp Sabroske, March 10, 4-7 p.m., Oak Harbor United Methodist Church, 360 E. Ottawa St. (off Finke Rd., near Veteran’s Park).

Kids’ meals available; kids under 5 eat free.

Proceeds go to Camp Sabroske upgrades.

Jiggs Dinner hosted by Oak Harbor Rotary, March 17, 3-8 p.m., Oak Harbor Golf Club. 50/50 and other raffles. In addition, NCAA March Madness games will be broadcast with pools during the games. Tickets are $12 and will be sold in advance (no carry outs). Contact an Oak Harbor Rotary member for tickets.

Food Pantry, Oak Harbor Alliance Chapel, 11805 SR 105, open the last Wed. each month from 5-7 p.m. A hot meal is served during pantry hours. There is also a free clothing room with all sizes for children and adults.

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.

Pemberville

Lake Erie Perch Dinner, Freedom American Legion Post 183, 405 E. Front St. Five- and threepiece dinners available, include choice of baked potato or fries, cole slaw or applesauce and roll & butter. Mac & cheese dinners also available.

Dine in or carry out. Homemade pies available for purchase. Sponsored by the American Legion Family 183. Proceeds benefit veterans programs.

Red Cross Bloodmobile sponsored by the Pemberville American Legion Auxiliary, Thursday, March 22, 1-7 p.m. at the Legion Hall, 405 E. Front St. Walk-ins welcome. Make an appointment by calling 419-287-3210 or call the Red Cross at 800733-2767.

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.

Community Food Pantry at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 220 Cedar St., open Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.2 p.m. and the last Sat. of the month from 8-11 a.m. (excluding holidays). Open to Eastwood School District residents. ID & proof of residency required. Info available at Pemberville churches.

Walbridge

Euchre Tournaments at Walbridge VFW Post 9963, 109 N. Main St., March 3 and April 7 from 1 p.m. until finished. $10 entry fee includes lunch.

First-, second- and third-place prizes; fourth-place wins free entry to next tournament. No smoking; no food or drink to be brought in. Sponsored by the Auxiliary.

Walbridge Library, 108 N. Main St., programs include: Kinderskills for Kids (ages 3-6) every Tues. at 5 p.m. – stories and movement activities to promote motor skill development; Storytime, Tues. 11 a.m.; Students in Action Tutoring for all grade levels, Thurs., 3:30-4:30 p.m. Fiction Book Group will discuss “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng on March 12.

Lenten Fish Fries, Fridays during Lent (through March 30), 5-8 p.m. St. Jerome Parish Hall, 300 Warner St. Dine in or carry out. Call 419-666-2857 for info.

Food Pantry sponsored by the Firebelles fire department auxiliary every 3rd Mon. of the month, 4-6 p.m., Walbridge Municipal Building, 705 N. Main St. Community meal served at 4 p.m.

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 One’s Heroin/Opiate Addiction Mon. 6:30-8 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 705 N. Main St. Sponsored by Mainstreet Church. For info, call 419-838-7600.

Real Estate Transfers Week ending Feb. 16 Bay Township 2/12/18 James A Cramer to Kenneth & Rebecca Petersen, 3001 Paulsen Rd, $260,000.

Clay Center Corp 2/13/18 Craig A Gugle & Amanda S Bacon to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 125 2nd St, $40,000.

2/15/18 Village of Clay Center to Melvin E Sprauer & Rebecca J McMullen, 570 Main St, $5,005.

Benton Township 2/15/18 The Estate of Douglas Alan Harder to Terry A Lowe, 4165 N Lickert-Harder Rd, $34,900.

Carroll Township 2/12/18 Jacob A Digby to Louis M & Joi L Montano, 8965 Canada Goose, $104,000.

2/15/18 Therran G Arebaugh to Paul M & Carolyn L LeDuc, Trustees, 8151 W Genzman Rd, $239,000.

Catawba Township 2/16/18 Charles P & Alice J Sizemore to Sandra Lane Ltd, 4255 E Sandra Dr, $35,000.

Clay Township 2/12/18 Jack B & Susan E Kidd to Andrea N Schutt, 24250 SR 51, $105,000.

2/13/18 Troy S & Dennis T Schwamberger to Timothy S & Kimberly S Molnar, 2219 N Brookside Blvd, $170,000.

Harris Township 2/15/18 Elaine L Hasselkus, Trustee to Zachery S Avers & Molly S Hansen, 15639 W Elmore Eastern Rd, $80,000 Danbury Township 2/12/18 Thomas W Hardgrove, Trustee to Michael Anthony & Catherine Z Paessin, 317

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Church Worship Guide Deadline: Thursday 11:00 am

Inspirational Message of the Week: Receiving Criticism Most of us chafe at criticism, especially if it is delivered bluntly and concerning matters which hit close to home.

We are also prone to bristle if the person is criticizing us on moral matters and isn’t him- or herself a model of rectitude. But if we really want to improve then we should strive to find the kernel of truth in every criticism. We often take instruction and criticism to be inherently negative, but if it enables us to improve in some way then there is really something valuable in it. If we can somehow receive it with an open heart and genuinely thank the person giving it to us, then they are more likely to do us the favor of

Genoa

Human Trafficking Community Forum, Feb. 25, 2-3 p.m., Woodmore Elementary/Middle School.

Presented by Woodmore & Elmore police, Elmore Ministerium, Ottawa Co. Sheriff’s Office, Sandusky Co. Prevention Partnership Coalition, TNT Mentoring, Woodmore Schools and Two Villages.

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.

Woodville Library, 101 E. Main St., programs include: Storytimes Mon. at 7 p.m.; LEGO Club

correcting future errors as well. We live in an era where everyone expects to get an A in their classes and a trophy for their athletic efforts, and so honest criticism is often lacking, and the result is that a lot of mediocre performances get high marks and many have lost the ability to receive instruction and criticism graciously.

There is some grain of truth in almost every criticism, so seek to learn from it. “Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.” —Proverbs 13:13-14 NIV

Walbridge

Elmore Trinity Lutheran Church

Trinity United Methodist Main at 4th, Genoa

Sunday School 9:15 am Worship 10:30 am

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Ramp & Elevator

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

Pastor Cherl Matla

www.genoatrinity.com

Northwood

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

Calvary Lutheran Ch.

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

1930 Bradner Rd./Corner of Woodville & Bradner Rds. 419-836-8986 Sunday Worship: 8:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday School 9:15 am Pastor Robert Noble

Rt. 51 at Witty Rd., Just north of Elmore

Sunday Worship-9:00am

Sun. School-10:15 am for all ages

Praise Service Once a Month

Wed. Evening Prayer-7:30pm

Pastor Mark Wentz 419/862-3630 graceelc@gmail.com www.graceelconline.com Check out our facebook page.

Lake Twp.

Praising. Growing.

Serving in Jesus’ name.

Elliston

See you in church!

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.

“God's Work, Our Hands.”

ELCA

Woodville

Pemberville

Solomon Lutheran Church and School

Independent Free Will Baptist Church

305 W. Main St. 419-849-3600 Recovery Worship Thurs. 6:30-7:30 pm

Woodville

Maple Ave #10, $57,000.

2/12/18 Kathleen Ware to Joy A Ostrowski, Trustee, 460 Monument Dr, $239,000.

2/13/18 Max L & Marilyn Harshman, Trustees to Eric R & Jane C Ptak, 2468 S Knob Hill Dr, $250,000.

2/13/18 Thomas P & Carol A Lindsay to Daniel J & Susan L McKernan, 2270 North Buck Rd, $236,000.

2/15/18 David A & Patricia A Crawford to Stephen K & Diana L White, 501 Cedar St, $289,900.

2/16/18 Veronica A Powers, Trustee to James K & Vicki M McElheny, Trustees, 0 Oak, $105,000.

Marblehead Corp 2/15/18 Earl F & Elizabeth M Kennedy to Robert J & Adrienne Bures, 601 Stoutenburg Dr, $192,500.

Erie Township 2/16/18 Sherry McGonigle & James Farrow to Gary E Feener, 1047 Rymers Rd, $95,000.

Port Clinton Corp 2/12/18 John S & Megan Czerwony to Ryan D & Alyssa C Morter, 428 Laurel Ave, $120,000.

2/15/18 Ruth A Slobodzian to Connie S & Brent L Cain, 415 Fulton St, $73,000.

2/16/18 Steven Hall & Tricia O’Connor to Bernard E Jr & Shawn A Ladd, 211 Washington St, $164,500.

Portage Township 2/12/18 Deanne L Kramer to Michael A Kramer, 0 Aqua Aire, $35,975.

Put In Bay Village School 2/12/18 John Raymond Donahue III to ETC Custodian, 40% interest, 1272 Tri Motor Dr Unit 208, $156,000.

Oak Harbor Corp 2/13/18 Daniel L & Constance A Gahler, Trustees to R & B Enterprises, 0 Locust St, .619 acres, $17,500.

Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:30 am Sunday School 9:20am School Open Enrollment-Nursery thru 6th grade

20144 Bradner Rd. 419-833-5695 Sunday School 10 am Worship 11am & 6 pm Wednesday Prayer 7 pm Pastor Ross Bennett

ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 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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Tree sale under way The Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation is accepting orders for the 2018 Tree Seedling Sale through Wednesday, April 4.

Order forms are available by calling 419-898-1595, or to view the different varieties or print out an order form, visit the OSWCD Facebook page or our website at ottawaswcd.com.

Evergreen varieties in packets of 10 for this year include Colorado blue spruce, Norway spruce, American arborvitae and bald cypress.

Fast-growing Green Rocket Cedars will be sold individually. The cedars will grow up to 3 feet per year, are deer resistant, have a strong root system, have no major insect problems and make a great windbreak or privacy screen.

OSWCD also offers the following varieties: autumn blaze maple, London plane (similar to sycamore), red oak, ivory silk lilac, tulip poplar, and Canada red choke cherry. American cranberry, Diablo ninebark and red osier dogwood are also available.

New this year, the district is offering Wildlife Tree Packs, Pollinator Tree Packs, and a Nut Tree Packs which each include 10 different types of native trees to produce the perfect wildlife habitat.

Prices range from $9-$25.

To order or for more info, call the Ottawa SWCD office at 419-898-1595. Early ordering is encouraged due to limited supplies.

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Happy 80th Birthday!

David J. Zeller March 1st

YMCA Zumbathon Join the Eastern Community YMCA, 2960 Pickle Rd., Oregon, Friday, March 2 from 7-9 p.m. to burn calories have fun, and help build a stronger community at the Zumbathon Party, “Dance Through the Years.”

The Zumbathon Party is two hours of moving and shaking to Latin-inspired, easy-to-follow, calorie-burning fitness.

The event is open to anyone age 13 and up. Come dressed like your favorite recording artist, group or in your favorite danceera clothing. Prizes will be awarded.

Pre-registration tickets are available through Thursday, March 1 for $10 at the Eastern Community YMCA. Tickets will be available for $15 the day of the event.

Beverages, light snacks and party favors will be provided, and the KidZone will remain open throughout the event.

Proceeds raised will go toward the Eastern Community YMCA Annual Campaign for Youth Development, nurturing the potential of every child and teen; Healthy Living, improving the nation’s health and well-being; and Social Responsibility, giving back and providing support to our neighbors.

For more info, contact Suzi Perlaky at sperlaky@ymcatoledo.org or call 419-6913523.

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35th Wedding Anniversary

Love, Your Family

Dan & Sherry Abbott 2/24/83 ~ 2/24/18

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Apply for levy funds The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties is opening the process to apply for local levy funds for Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019).

The process is for agencies planning to provide mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery support services.

The due date is March 15. Application instructions are available online at www. mhrsbssw.org.

“With support from residents of our three counties in passing and sustaining the mental health and recovery levies, the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties is committed to plan, evaluate and monitor mental health and addiction programs and services in our local community,” said Mircea Handru, executive director of the board. “It is the board’s purpose to establish, to the extent resources are available, a full continuum of care for the residents of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot counties to include prevention and education, treatment, and recovery support services.”

Email questions to levy@mhrsbssw. org. All questions and answers will be posted on the board’s website within three business days.

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Happy Birthday we miss you!

Love, Your Family

Happy 14th Birthday Nathan Michael!

March 3rd, 2018

Look at us, 35 years and still going strong!

You had an exciting 93rd birthday this year! We’ve been truly blessed. You’ve been an amazing Husband, Father and Grandfather.

Love, Doris and Family

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Samantha Louy February 27, 2001

Hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Your laughter, warmth and thoughtfulness is like no other.

We are very proud you!

Love you lots! God Bless you always!

Mom, Dad and Samantha

I’m so proud of you. Good luck with the police force.

Love, Grandma Lou & Family

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MILLBURY- 1341 Penny Ln, 1024 sq.ft., 2 bedroom, 1 bath, remodeled duplexes in Lake school district available for immediate move in. No pets, no smoking. $675/mo. +$675 deposit, water/sewer included, 1 year minimum lease. 419-309-0398

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1st & 3rd Shift Welders Needed Please call 567-331-0544

Corporation providing community based residences for adults with developmental disabilities has immediate need for direct care staff. Full and part-time positions available. We offer a a competitive wage, employee sponsored health care plan for fulltime employees and a pension plan for both full and part-time employees.EOE Apply online at: communityresidential services.org Driver Wanted: Year around work and great company paid benefits.

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Home daily. Growing company needs class A or B CDL with hazmat endorsement. Respond to kelleyinoh@yahoo.com or mail to: DISC Environmental PO Box 167590 Oregon, OH 43616.

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Janitors Needed at Turnpike Plaza in Genoa, Part-time & full time shifts, including weekends. Pays up to $8.75/hr. Must have clean background and reliable transportation.

Call 419-309-8664 Mon-Fri between 9am-4pm.

Looking for experienced line cook, year round, top pay, 401K available, please apply within, 608 Main St. Genoa. For Rays on the Bay (Bayview), Rayz (Bellevue) and Rays (Genoa). Year round employment. Experience a must!

Now Hiring: Cook, Dishwasher Apply in person: Freeway Restaurant 2665 Navarre Ave, Oregon, OH Part-Time Sales & Production positions available.

Great work environment.

Apply in person at: The Salvation Army Family Store 4405 Woodville Rd. Northwood

Pipe Layer/Laborer Opening available for a skilled pipe layer to join our utility crew.

The ideal candidate will have experience installing waterlines, storm sewers and sanitary sewers, 6â&#x20AC;? and larger.

Knowledgeable in blue print reading, grade checking, set up and use of rotary and pipe lasers and working with trench boxes.

Fire line license helpful.

Must be safety conscious, dependable and a team player.

Valid drivers license with reliable transportation.

Walbridge based company.

Most work will be in the greater Toledo area.

Compensation: Union scale and benefits. Premium rate based on experience.

DFWP and EEO employer Reply with your resume or your contact information, applicable skills & detailed experience.

Fax resume to 419-698-4590 or P.O. Box 556 Walbridge, OH 43465

CDL Dump Truck Driver, Part-time 419-836-7828 or 419-466-0102

The East Toledo Senior Center is accepting bids for contractors to provide services for grass cutting and snow removal for senior citizen's residences in East Toledo, Oregon and Spencer Township.

Please send a letter of interest to: Mary Wolff, Director, ETSC 1001 White St., Toledo OH 43605.

Letters of interest will be accepted through Friday, March 2, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

Bartender Needed Walbridge Night Club ~Apply Within~ 105 S. Main, Walbridge

Truck Driver Wanted

Helena Chemical Company, a national agriculturalchemical company, is currently interviewing for experienced truck drivers for seasonal work. This position will make deliveries, load and unload products, utilize a forklift, and perform general warehouse duties. Class B CDL required and the ability to operate a forklift a plus. Pre-employment drug screening required. Must be 21 years of age.

For consideration, please apply in person at: Helena Chemical Company 3014 N. Martin Williston Rd., Martin, Ohio 43445 419-855-7778

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Windsor Lane Health Care is accepting applications for STNAs & LPNs. Open interviews will be conducted.

New wage scale for STNA. 355 Windsor Lane, Gibsonburg, OH Sign on bonus available!

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Blue Heron Plaza

Wyandot Plaza

419-855-3478 419-855-7239

SEEKING FT & PT COOKS, DIETARY AIDES & DISHWASHERS We are looking for caring, dedicated Dietary Aides, Cooks and Dishwashers to work in our beautiful Senior Living Community to serve our residents and provide quality services to our elders with the choices that they deserve.

Experience preferred.

Submit resume to: sdumas@otterbein.org Otterbein Portage Valley 20311 Pemberville Road Pemberville, OH 43450 419-833-8901

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

HANDYMAN Electrical Service Upgrades, Whole house generators, Plumbing, Woodwork, Painting, Member of BBB Call 567-277-5333 (local)

Plumbing, Sump Pumps, Roofing, Doors, Masonry Repairs, Concrete Flat Work, 27 yrs. Experience, Insured.

419-333-9834

Williams Concrete, Inc. Williams Concrete is hiring CDL-qualified mixer truck drivers for our Maumee and Woodville locations. We are offering competitive pay and benefits. Please call Kevin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell for more Information.

419-304-6253

Pressure Washer/Exhaust Hood Company Hiring Part Time or Full Time. Must have valid drivers license. Call 419-862-3903 SALES OPPORTUNITY NABF College World Series media publications/sponsorship. Commission only. Call 419-936-3887, leave name and phone number.

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RAY'S HANDYMAN SERVICES

Packaging Associates

419-836-4574 / 419-304-0583

We are offering the opportunity to start next day as well as a $25 attendance bonus for qualiďŹ ed candidates!

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

50+ YEARS EXPERIENCE FREE ESTIMATES *SENIOR & WINTER RATES* 419-697-1230 NORTHWOOD

1st shift will start at $10 and 2nd shift at $10.50.

Previous packaging or warehouse experience is helpful, but not a requirement.

Proof of a HS diploma or GED and the ability to pass all preemployment testing is a must.

Interested candidates should apply online at www.phoenixsvs.com and send resumes to sbodi@phoenixsvs.com today! EOE in compliance with the ADAAA.

*A Mechanic looking for used* vehicle, motorhome or ? Running or Not, Pay Hundreds, Thousands for the right vehicle look.

Pay accordingly, anything with wheels. 419-870-0163 We buy most anything from your garage! 419-870-0163

NOTICE OF PRIVATE SALE The following property will be sold by written bid by 9:00 a.m. MST on March 7th, 2018 2012 Mack CXU613 VIN: 1M1AW07Y4CM024216 2012 Mack CXU613 VIN: 1M1AW07Y9CM024132 To inquire about this item please call Jeremy Carter at 801-624-5453 Transportation Alliance Bank 4185 Harrison Blvd Ogden, UT 84403

VILLAGE OF WOODVILLE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2018 POOL SEASON LIFEGUARDS: Responsibilities are to provide an environment which protects the health and welfare of each person using the Woodville Pool. Valid Advance Lifeguarding (LG) & Water Safety Instructors (WSI) certificates preferred.

MANAGER: Responsibilities include, but not limited to â&#x20AC;&#x201C; supervise/schedule pool staff, organize pool events, maintain water chemical balances, & record daily revenues.

Applications are available at the Town Hall 219 W. Main St., Municipal Bldg -530 Lime St, or online at www.villageofwoodville.com/ forms(seasonal). Applications must be submitted by March 15, 2018 to the Municipal Bldg. M-F, 8am-4pm, Mailed: PO Box 156, Woodville, OH 43469, Faxed: 419849-3558, or Email: clerk@woodville.net E-O-E

Clay High School

GIANT GARAGE SALE Sat. March 3 8am-1pm Clay Cafeteria

Carpentry, Drywall Repairs, Painting, Siding, Electrical Problems, Help for the Do-It-Yourselfer.

Small Jobs Welcome, 35+ Years Experience

Phoenix Services is IMMEDIATELY hiring Packagers for an automotive parts facility located near Owens Community College.

This company has been in operation since 1989 and currently has openings on 1st and 2nd shift. These positions are long term for the right candidates with a can do attitude and offer the chance for pay increases based on attendance and performance!

NORTHWOOD FLEA MARKET

Northwood Commons (Formerly Great Eastern) 2664 Woodville Rd. Saturday 9-5 Sunday 10-4 Trains, antique dolls and toys, bears, clocks, glassware, baskets, nautical, holiday dĂŠcor, appliances, primitives, furniture, tools, clothes, video games, crafts, books, jewelry, purses, shoes, Tupperware, wall hangings, phonographs, clocks and parts, knives, golfing misc., murano and healing jewelery, records, VHS/DVD's & Players, record player, bikes, lamps, knick knacks, quilts, outdoor furniture, kitchenware, birdhouses and feeders, puzzles,TV's, bedding, linens, and sewing machine. For more information call Jean 419-277-9083.

Now accepting gently used clothing, household and treasures for donation.

Drop offs accepted March 2 4pm-8pm in the cafeteria Sponsored by Clay Academic Boosters

Thank You For Reading The Press!

VILLAGE OF WOODVILLE SEEKS SEASONAL UTILITY WORKER This position includes public pool maintenance, facilities & grounds maintenance, and other seasonal assignments.

A basic knowledge of various types of equipment and materials essential to the position is preferred. M-F (20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 40 hours per week). Must be at least 18 yrs. old and have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license.

Applications available online at www.villageofwoodville. com/forms or at the Municipal Bldg. 530 Lime St. Woodville, OH 43469, and must be submitted by April 2, 2018 to the Municipal Bldg. M-F, 8am-4pm, Mailed: PO Box 156, Woodville, OH 43469, Faxed: 419-849-3045, or Email: clerk@woodville.net E-O-E

Licensed Practical Nurse/CertiďŹ ed Medical Assistant Community Health Services is seeking a full-time LPN or CertiďŹ ed Medical Assistant to work in the Stony Ridge Location. The LPN will be responsible for triage, assessing patients, assisting Providers with patient care, patient education, monthly quality checks and logs, and other duties as assigned. Hours are Monday-Friday with excellent pay and beneďŹ ts. Interested candidates should email resumes to hr@fremontchs.com or mail to Community Health Services 2221 Hayes Avenue Fremont, OH 43420 Please visit www.fremontchs.com for more information

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Pure bread Great Pyranees puppies, only 2 males-$650/ea, 3 females-$700/ea. left. Born Dec. 23, 2017, vaccinated/wormed, 419-7050770.

Antique Sears Kenmore Sewing Machine. Call or text for more info. $50 OBO. 419-654-3453

Dog Crate 22W x 36L x 24H. Like new $20.00. 734-837-2316 Oregon Jack LaLanne power juicer absolutely like new. $50.00.

734-837-2316 Oregon

America Harvest Pellet Stove, 100,000 BTU, heats over 2,000 sq.ft.

Weighs 400lbs-35 bags of pellets included-$850 419-322-5933

Antique Barn lumber, different sizes, prices ranging from $10$25. Call 419-836-9754

Simon He's won a gold in curling; curling up on the couch with you! Simon may have a bit of gray around the muzzle, but no one bothered to tell him that he's 10+ years old! This old boy can play with the best of them, and he's never met a squeaky toy that he does like, or a couch at he doesn't like to cuddle on. Come and meet this amazing senior and all of his adoptable friends at Lucas County Canine Care & Control - 410 S Eire St www.lucascountydogs.com Not able to adopt, consider becoming a volunteer, or even donating blankets, treats and toys to the dogs at the shelter!

Large capacity tow behind fertilizer spreader, pneumatic tires, like new $75 OBO. 734-837-2316 Oregon

Under the counter Radio/TV. Works great. $40. Call or text 419-654-3453

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Looking For a pull behind camper that sleeps at least 5. Can pay $1,000. Text photos and info to 419654-3453 LOOKING FOR... A golf cart for under $1,000. Please text photos & info to 419-654-3453

Antique Interior Doors from 1920's, $95/ea. 419-836-9754 Jazzy Electric Wheelchair, holds up to 400lbs., new batteries, excellent condition. $500. 419-836-9125

2013 Dodge Dart auto, newer tires, brakes, excellent condition, 85K, $7,500 OBO. 419-308-1571

Twin bed frame, head board and matress/boxspring. Early American. $75, Lazy boy recliner $100.

Both excellent condition.

419-250-6009

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CYCLEMAN We Repair Chinese Pocket Bikes, Scooters, and Mopeds, many parts available.

Also repair motorcycles.

Winter Hours: Some Thursday's, Friday & Saturday (12-6pm) Call to verify hours 419-244-2525

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Part-time (30 hour per week) position based at our Bowling Green Production Kitchen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monday through Friday 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Examples of duties include: Packaging, prep and delivery of home-delivered and congregate meals, able to lift 50 pounds consistently.

QualiďŹ cations: Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent, a proven record of working harmoniously with older adults as well as colleagues, be eligible for bonding and insurable under agency policy, possess a valid Ohio driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with proof of auto coverage (state minimum), must have a minimum of 5 years driving experience and a demonstrated ability to operate large vehicles (CDL not required). Successful candidate must successfully complete required BMV and BCII background checks.

Agency application available at the Wood County Committee on Aging, 305 N. Main Street, Bowling Green, Ohio, on our website www.wccoa.net, or by calling 419.353.5661.

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Metroparks Toledo is looking for motivated, innovative, and fun individuals to deliver cultural educational programs as part of the Canal Experience at Providence Metropark, the Manor House at Wildwood Preserve and the Nature Photo Center at Secor Metropark. Some college course work in history, education, communication, theatre or parks and recreation preferred and some experience in historical re-enactment, research, public speaking and programming desired. Seasonal positions, up to 40 hours/week. $9.23/hr or $9.47/hr depending on position.

Nature and Outdoor Skills Programmers What a great opportunity to work outdoors in the summer!

Metroparks Toledo is looking for individuals to join our team to deliver nature and outdoor recreation programming at Wildwood and Oak Openings Parks. Must have completed sophomore year towards college degree in environmental science, biology, education, outdoor recreation or related college program or equivalent work experience. Some experience working with children and leading outdoor education programs required. Previous camp counselor and leading recreational trips preferred.

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Leadership experience preferred. Seasonal positions, up to 40 hours/week. $10.22/hr. www.metroparkstoledo.com/careers for complete job requirements and descriptions; must submit online application and resume. EOE

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Admission $5

Info: Call (419) 833-5503

NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

The annual financial report of the Village of Woodville for 2017 is complete, and has been filed with the State Auditor. The report is available for inspection at the office of the Fiscal Officer, 530 Lime Street, Woodville, Ohio during normal business hours.

Barbara J. Runion, Fiscal Officer

The Allen Township Board of Zoning Appeals will meet on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 6:30pm. Location; Allen Township Trustee Hall 21030 W. Toledo St, Williston, OH. The purpose is to hold a public hearing on a proposed Area Variance application filed by Leonard & Melanie Karcsak, at 5565 N. Genoa Clay Center Rd., Parcel #0010049900106005, zoned A1. The application request is to build a 3,200 sf accessory building which is larger than the permitted 3,000 sf. The application may be reviewed during zoning office hours, Tuesdays between 5:00 and 7:00pm at the Allen Township Trustee Hall. Any interested persons will be given the opportunity to speak at such time and place.

AIRLINE CAREERS Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance.

Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly.

Nancy Sabin, Allen TWP Zoning Inspector

BAKER BONNIGSON CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Sat & Sun, March 24 & 25, 2018

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance

Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds - Fremont, OH Saturday - 9:37 am: Farm, Const., Large Equipment Sunday - 9:37 am: Lawn & Garden; Landscaping; Building Materials; Shop Tools; Golf Carts; ATVs; Misc

DENTAL Insurance

Consignments Wanted: Call 419-547-7777 This is an excellent opportunity to liquidate complete farm inventory or if you have a small estate or un-needed items around the farm. NO JUNK, TIRES, or TITLED VEHICLES. NOTICE: Consignments will be received Fri. Mar 16 thru Wed. Mar 21 at the Sand. Co. Fairgrounds from 9-6 pm daily.

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NO Consignments taken Thurs. Mar. 22, Fri. Mar. 23 or Days of Auction Last year’s auction sold over 5,900 lots with over 2,300 registered bidders buying from 4 rings on Sat. & 5 rings on Sun. Watch the Web for listings, photos, terms & conditions WM BAKER & KEN BONNIGSON, CAI

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S&J Construction General Contractor “Your Complete Home or Business Repair and Revitalization Experts” Residential • Commercial A+ Rating

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FAIRGROUNDS PUBLIC AUCTION Sat, March 3, 2018 Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds 901 Rawson Ave, Fremont, OH 43420 10:07AM (starting with Box Lots) 10:27AM (will start 2nd ring) Furniture – Appliances – Collectibles & Glassware – Over 100 Beer Signs Pictures/Prints – Tools – 100+/- Lots New/Discounted Items From Hardware & Department Stores – 15 Long Guns From the Garage/Shop – Much Misc SELLING FROM 2 AUCTION RINGS LOCATION: Take the by-pass around Fremont to the SR 53 North exit, at stoplight turn south towards town to fairgrounds.

SELLING ORDER: 10:07am We will start with Box Lots from Household & Garage, Over 100 Lots of Items from Hardware & Department Store closeouts in Anderson Arena, then Tools & Lawn and Garden then Tables of Collectibles in Jon’s Dream Barn. At 10:27am the 2nd Ring will start up in Jon’s Dream Barn with Furniture, Appliances, followed by Tables of Collectibles. Plan to attend and tell or bring a friend.

TERMS: CASH, GOOD CHECK, VISA, MASTERCARD or DISCOVER w/proper id. (3% Buyer’s Premium charged but waived for cash or good check.) Everything is sold “AS IS” with NO WARRANTIES of any kind.

Statements made day of auction take precedence over any printed or unprinted matter.

Electrical Contractor

SCHNEIDER SONS’ ELECTRIC CORP.

J & J Fence

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Call Jack 419-283-1005 or 419-973-2242

Hauling

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

Driveway Stone and Spreading We accept all Major Credit Cards

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Vinyl & Aluminum Siding Windows, Shutters, Custom Design Decks

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The Village of Oak Harbor Board of Zoning Appeals will be holding a public hearing on March 12, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. in the council chambers, 146 N. Church Street.

The purpose of the hearing is to obtain public comment on variance request to Section 153.043 General Yard Requirements (D) Yard Exceptions (2) Garages and Accessory Buildings, to allow accessory building of 1200 square feet (30’ x 40’) in lieu of the maximum allowable of 900 square feet, requested by Scott/Nanette Hunter 602 Benton St., property owners. Questions or concerns to the above scheduled hearing may be addressed to the Village Administrator at (419) 898-5561.

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