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By John Szozda Press General Manager zoz@presspublications.com

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This is the 30th year for Progress, The Press’s annual look at economic development. Looking back, you can’t say that things never change, nor can you say those were the good old days.

Things do change, albeit slower than most of us prefer. This look back should hearten our resolve to solve our fresh water problem just like we solved our access problem.

Consider that community leaders, in our first Progress edition in 1986, warned us a lack of access to industrial land was the biggest deterrent to development.

Back then, the Craig drawbridge on I-280 was the greatest impediment to crosstown traffic. The bridge delayed traffic and deterred development. It opened 1,125

2015 times in 1985. Any company doing just-intime delivery to the auto industry would think twice about locating in East Toledo, or in Oregon’s industrial area.

Grade crossings over rail tracks compounded this lack of access.

Local officials, working with state government, solved this problem. The Millard Avenue overpass opened in 1998 and was followed by widening projects for Front Street in East Toledo and Route 2 heading east. The Veterans’ Glass City Skyway over the Maumee River was completed in 2007. A turnpike interchange was added at

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Elmore and last year the $11 million grade separation project at the rail crossings at Wales and Drouillard roads was completed.

These road projects have increased access to our industrial areas and developer Ed Harmon soon capitalized. His Spartan Logistics firm today manages eight warehouse projects in the City of Oregon built since Millard opened in 1999. Tenants represent approximately 10 firms employing more than 600 employees in 716,000 square-feet of space. Companies include Fresenius Medical Care, Autoneum and Caraustar Industrial Products.

Spartan also manages warehouse space in Northwood within a couple miles of the I-75 and Ohio Turnpike junction. This access has been cited as the main reason for industrial development at Access Pointe, home to auto suppliers Norplas and

Appeals court upholds firing of ex-Chief

By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com A ruling by a Lucas County Court of Common Pleas judge in 2013 to reinstate the former fire chief in Jerusalem Township after trustees fired him was reversed this month by Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals.

The appellate court, consisting of Judges Mark L. Pietrykowski, Arlene Singer, and James D. Jenson, unanimously voted on Feb. 6 to uphold the trustees’ dismissal of former Fire Chief Harold Stanton.

Stanton filed a lawsuit against the township after trustees fired him on March 19, 2013 for allegedly permitting an individual who was not a member of the fire department to actively participate on emergency calls. Trustees initially suspended Stanton, who had been part-time fire chief since 2008, then later decided to dismiss him following a hearing.

Trustees had stated in a letter to Stanton that they had repeatedly instructed him to not permit individuals to assist in the fire department during emergency situations unless they had been lawfully appointed Jerusalem Township firefighters.

“This action is potentially dangerous to the individual, significantly increases the township’s potential liability and violates Ohio law,” trustees stated in the letter.

“You have failed to follow the instructions of the township trustees. Your conduct and failure to follow instructions constitutes misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, and misconduct in the performance of your official duties as chief of the Jerusalem Township Fire Department.”

Common pleas Stanton insisted he never had invited the individual, Jim Gray, to fire scenes and that he would just show up. He also said he had informed Gray in the past that trustees did not want him responding to calls.

Stanton believed his dismissal was politically motivated because Gray is the brother of former Trustee Joe Gray, with whom Kiss was often at odds when both served on the board of trustees.

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By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com The Wales Road grade separation project was finally completed last year in Northwood.

The much awaited project allows motorists to travel with less risk of getting blocked by trains from Woodville Road to East Broadway.

The $11.2 million project includes the construction of two overpasses over the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on Wales Road that effectively eliminates three railroad crossings and opens up traffic that is frequently delayed by trains. Wales Road is the only east-west road linking Northwood’s business district with its westerly neighborhoods. For years, the trains separated the east from the west sides of town. To adjust, the city had to build a fire station on each side of the city to avoid serious delays when emergency vehicles responded to calls. The overpasses open up the east to west artery for businesses, residents, fire, police, and school buses in the city The city put the final touches on the project last year by adding a turn lane on Wales Road at East Broadway with the help of an Ohio Public Works Commission grant in the amount of $59,250,” said Mayor Mark Stoner. The city also spent $71,500 to resurface Wales from Woodville Road to Oram Road to complete the project, he added.

The project also included the realignment of Wales and Drouillard roads to the south.

“It’s made travel a lot faster,” said Administrator Bob Anderson, “with little hassle and fear of being blocked by trains.”

The city had faced several hurdles to get the overpasses built since the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) conducted a railroad corridor study in 1993 that ranked Vickers Crossing at the top of a list of area crossings needing an overpass.

Woodville Mall The main section of the Woodville Mall was also torn down last year. The process of demolishing the mall began at the beginning of 2014 and is still under way, according to Stoner.

“The connecting sections of the mall along with the Sears building are completely torn down. The former Anderson’s and Elder Beerman buildings are currently standing. However, the city is working with the owners and the Wood County Common Pleas Court to demolish these areas as well.”

The city hopes to attract development at the site after the buildings are razed.

Local economy The city started off this year with a positive general fund carryover.

“We have approved a balanced 2015 budget totaling $4,632,255 and we project our 2015 general fund revenue to total $4,636,380,” said Stoner.

Income taxes were up 5.7 percent from 2013. Total General Fund expenditures increased by $192,932 or 4.7 percent from 2013.

Stoner said the city experienced commercial and industrial growth with construction at Norplas Industries in the amount of $100,000; $200,000 at the Mike Bartlett Company; and $70,000 at the Mechanical Contractors Association, Anderson said the additions fit in with part of the city’s economic plan to “retain the companies we have.”

“There was more investment last year but that was because we got a couple of big companies,” said Anderson.

“This year, part of the economic plan is to retain the companies we have. By them expanding, that’s good news for us.”

Over $3.6 million was spent for new construction projects last year.

New industrial and commercial businesses include Mandie’s Hair Affair; Body Factory; Flowers Baking Co; Wonder Bread & Tastykake; and ICFluid Power.

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The lack of access is no longer an issue. Today, leaders are warning us clean water could become the biggest deterrent to development.

Here’s what two leaders recently said about the water crisis that hit Northwest Ohio in August and prompted the City of Toledo to issue a drinking ban.

Anthony Reams, president of the Toledo Metropolitan Council of Governments, told members of the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce at their annual State of the Communities event, “Twenty percent of the fresh water on earth is in the Great Lakes…But, to put it in perspective, if I’m sitting in Dallas, L.A. or Seattle and trying to relocate a business and I hear about Toledo’s water system being shut down, I’m not going to turn a page and say but it’s okay to go to Walbridge or Oregon, I’m eliminating the entire region.”

Matt Sapara, director of development for the City of Toledo, told The Press in August, “From a job attraction viewpoint, quality of life is a significant issue when businesses are considering relocating to northwest Ohio. Things like the (Toledo) Museum, other entertainment venues, and recreational activities on Lake Erie are really, really important when they are going through that selection process…It is so critical we deal with it today, not tomorrow,

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Clean water is not only crucial for our quality of life and our tourism industry, it is critical for industry. One reason the $800 million Oregon Clean Energy project is being built is the availability of fresh water.

The plant will use an estimated 3 million gallons of untreated water daily. In Progress 2003, we wrote that the City of Oregon had completed two phases of an $11 million expansion of its water plant to double capacity to 16 million gallons a day. Without the foresight of city officials the clean energy

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The plant will produce enough power to supply 500,000 homes and it will fill the power void created by the shuttering of two coal-fired power plans.

Our national pastime is not baseball anymore. It is blaming “gov’ment” for all our ills. But, looking through 29 issues of Progress, it is government that solved the access problem and it is government that will solve the water problem.

We tend to believe that nothing ever changes. But, consider that in Progress ’98, we wrote about $1.3 billion worth of commercial and industrial development including these three projects which totaled $118 million and brought in 638 jobs--Alcoa, Norplas and Interstate Bakeries.

While Interstate was a casualty of the Big Recession and Alcoa left, Thyssen Krupp, a multi-national corporation, operates a logistics hub in the old Alcoa Plant and Norplas, a few years ago, announced the hiring of 300 more employees.

On the commercial side, in the last 12 years, our area has added national retailers Meijer, Walmart and Menards as well as the $200 million Hollywood casino in East Toledo.

Economic development is like baseball. Sometimes you strikeout, sometimes you hit a homerun, and sometimes, like this year, you walk to first base. I hope you enjoy this section and thanks for reading.

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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com In April 2014, the National Museum of the Great Lakes opened along East Toledo’s Maumee River front next to the Toledo Maritime Center and the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship.

A feasibility study commissioned by the Great Lakes Historical Society and the port authority found that between 41,000 and 60,000 visitors will visit the museum annually. At a combined admission and per visitor store purchase figure of $12.50 per person, 41,000 visitors would generate about $500,000 annually for its operations.

Total annual revenue, including membership, endowment and charitable giving, and grants are estimated at $1.225 million with expenses estimated at $1.075 million.

The museum, which moved here from Vermilion, uses original artifacts and images coordinated with both low-tech and high-tech interactive experiences to tell the story of the Great Lakes. The experience is to be both educational and entertaining.

Paul LaMarre III, the director of the Monroe (Mich.) port called it the “Smithsonian of the Great Lakes.”

It is only fitting that it is in the port of Toledo, which is commonly referred to as the capital of the lower lakes, anyways,” LaMarre said. “But, this project has come a long way and has overcome many hurdles to bring together many assets of maritime history and culture to present the total package to future visitors.”

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Tyler Buckley prepares for the opening of the historic Eastwood Theatre, which began showing discounted second-run movies last year. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean) Anna Kolin says since the museum reopened at its new Toledo location last spring, memberships have increased to the Great Lakes Historical Society, which operates the museum.

Public arts, festival Led by LeSo Gallery and community leaders, the first phase of a public arts project along Main Street was completed in July.

First, 18 cement trashcans and eight planters were transformed from dull, gray cylinders to bright and creative works of art stretching along Main Street in East Toledo.

Next, Owens-Illinois employees volunteered with the East Toledo Family Center and the LeSo Gallery to paint and add color to benches and bus stops along the same corridor. The project was a partnership between LeSo Gallery, the East Toledo Family Center, the East Toledo Club, and volunteers from Owens-Illinois.

Then, 19 murals were painted by nine artists, including local eighth-graders, at 813 Starr Ave. on a building that a year ago

was a public eyesore.

LeSo, Frankie’s, Mainstreet Bar, and other Main-Starr corridor businesses held an entertainment and arts festival Sept.

13, which included two stages featuring live bands. Main Street was blocked off between Front and Fourth streets.

Also playing a role was the East Toledo Club, which provided funding for the supplies for the bench project. Roger Dodsworth, an assistant director at the Family Center, says the East Toledo Club has money to offer to other groups wishing to complete beautification projects on Main Street.

Eastwood Theater re-opens The 90-year-old Eastwood Theater on East Broadway was reopened by Maumeebased Cornerstone Church.

Now, it’s back as a church, and a theater running discounted second-run movies, but new Eastwood Theater outreach coordinator Josh Harnegie says it can have more uses — mostly to address community needs.

Two multi-purpose rooms in the back are available for businesses or community organizations to hold break-out sessions or to use as classrooms. The stage can be used for live theater for community groups and public and charter schools without access to auditoriums.

Harnegie says the renovation included some of the old mixed in with the new, such as LED green sensitive lights, a digital projector and performing arts style seating.

The movies are delivered on a specially coded digital hard drive to protect licensing, just like first-run movies are today, and the entire production is run on an Apple iPad. Its history includes 60-years plus providing movie entertainment to the community, which is more than any other theater in East Toledo. After it closed as a family friendly movie theater, it ran adult movies until 1985, and from 1993-2004 was used by Cornerstone Church for services.

Soon after it re-opened in late July 2014, Cornerstone mobilized over 300 volunteers, local businesses and organizations to reach thousands of community members by throwing a block party complete with a free meal, music, dances, games and prizes.

Home demos continue It may sound more like destruction, but a wave of home demolitions in East Toledo is considered progress.

Once a second wave of demolitions by the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank) is complete, over 150 razed homes will no longer blight neighborhoods in East Toledo’s 43605 zip code, considered Zone E by the land bank.

In 2014, the land bank was awarded a $6 million grant from the Ohio Housing Financing Agency, the second-highest total of 11 land banks statewide receiving a combined total $49.5 million to tackle blighted communities. That provides funding for a second round of home demolitions.

The land bank is a community improvement corporation designed to strengthen neighborhoods throughout the county by returning vacant and abandoned properties to productive use.

About 60 homes were demolished during the first wave, and a second wave already underway will bring at least 96 more, says One Voice for East Toledo leader and East Toledo Family Center community builder Jodi Gross.

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Oak Harbor continues growth in small business sector

By J. Patrick Eaken and Cindy Jacoby news@presspublications.com Village Administrator Randall Genzman says Oak Harbor is experiencing growth in the small business sector with use verification permits filed by craft and resale enthusiasts, a bakery, pet grooming salon, hair care salon, floral shop, photography studio, a physical medicine and rehabilitation center and a proposed Taco Bell franchise in 2014.

Genzman added that growth was moderate in the new home sector as four permits were granted.

The first-ever legal distillery in Oak Harbor opened in December. The Oak N’ Harbor Distillery, located at 136 W. Water St., is open from noon to 7 p.m. Owner Joe Helle says patrons are invited to come in and enjoy the fruits of his hard work in the form of vodka, corn whisky or lightly aged malt whiskey – all distilled on site in a 53-gallon Flute Still. Helle decided to bring the Oak N’ Harbor Distillery to the village’s storefront district after leaving his job as a police officer.

“I decided to do this because it’s not exactly legal to do it any other way and there really is a niche market for these smaller operations,” he said.

Oak Harbor has the potential to attract more visitors to bolster its economy, say village officials. The Downtown Revitalization Committee sought to revise zoning regulations for the Riverfront Overlay District which runs from the Norfolk and Southern Railroad tracks to Brooklyn Street and Water Street to the riverfront. A request to change zoning language would be for projects such as an amphitheater, boat docks, gazebos, patios and other upgrades.

Boat docks purchased through a partnership with the village and the downtown revitalization committee returned for a second year. Village crews installed boat slips in the Portage River last April.

The village received state grants totaling $140,000 for a fire dock renovation project. Two state programs, Nature Works and the Land and Conservation Fund, have approved nearly $95,000 in grants for Oak Harbor toward the project. The village would have to come up with $20,000 to $30,000 in matching funds, according to Genzman.

The docks will not be placed in a “T” formation as before, which was prone to capturing floating tree limbs and other debris, Genzman said. Instead, crews will shorten the docks and place them farther to the east than before.

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(Submitted photo) er was once used to provide water service to fire trucks battling blazes in the downtown area. It has, however, remained dormant for years, Genzman said.

Renovation concentrates on constructing a hand-powered boat launch and dock and pier area for canoes, kayaks and similar watercraft. No access for motor-powered vehicles would be allowed, Genzman explained.

The hand powered boat launch is currently in the preliminary engineering and cost estimating stage. Funding from the State of Ohio has been awarded for that part of the project.

The dock projects are part of an effort to attract jet skiers and other tourists. The changes are expected to pave the way for

waterfront upgrades such as walkways, gazebos and perhaps even an amphitheatre along the Portage River.

Leadership changes The village saw changes in the leadership of the community at the positions of administrator, fiscal officer, public works operations manager, public power superintendent and wastewater superintendent.

The village promoted Genzman from operations manager to administrator. He has been with the village for nearly 24 years. Henry Jarrett was hired as the fiscal officer in late 2014. Jarrett comes to the village after serving many years as an accountant and fiscal officer at the Village of Shiloh, Ohio. Field employees Jerry Buhrow

and Bruce Pape were also promoted to the public works operations manager and public power superintendent, respectively, in 2014.

“These employees are eager and ready to work with Mayor Bill Eberle and members of council to combat the challenges the village is currently facing,” Genzman said.

However, Genzman said there are “many” challenges facing the village.

“First and foremost, are cuts to the revenue sources of the village resulting in additional cuts to services and operations of the general fund,” Genzman said.

“The general fund of the village includes funding for police department operations, health district functions, zoning, income tax collections, and administrative and street department operations.

“The village currently has nine vacant positions throughout the organization that remain unfilled due to losses in revenue from local government funding and general tax revenue. These vacancies will greatly impact the maintenance activities at the parks, Wastewater Treatment Plant and Street Department.”

Sewer and flooding issues Capital Improvement Projects that were completed in 2014 were Phase I of the State Route 163 Waterline Replacement Project, Combined Sewer Overflow Control Projects, boring of a new electrical conduit under the Portage River to replace a troublesome feed and Oak Harbor’s annual Street Maintenance and Repair Program.

Programs for 2015 will include continuing the CSO Program, Phase II of the State Route 163 Waterline Project, planning and engineering for Church Street Sewer Separation Project, continuation of the annual Street Maintenance Program, although at a reduced scope of work. The implementation of a Radio Read Metering System for electric and water meters is also being considered.

“As you can see the village has had growth, yet has many adversities to overcome,” Genzman said.

The work to open the combined sewer system overflow valve regulator known as CSO 8 at Portage Street began in mid-April.

The village hired a private contractor for $6,500 to do the job, according to Genzman.

The site is a critical one in the fight to quell the continued heavy flooding.

Construction of Clean Energy facility begins in Oregon

By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Work on an 800 megawatt gas-fired electric generating plant got underway last year in Oregon.

The long awaited project, Oregon Clean Energy LLC, will employ 450 construction jobs during the three year construction phase, 25 full-time permanent workers once it becomes operational, and have a total annual payroll of about $3.2 million.

The power plant, which will use natural gas in combustion turbines to produce electricity, will be located on a 30-acre site at 816 Lallendorf Road.

The city has been working with the developer, North America Project Development LLC, a Boston-based energy group, and the Oregon Clean Energy team, to facilitate the project.

The plant will consist of two natural gas fired turbines that are combined cycle units. They generate electricity by burning natural gas but use the heat given off from the natural gas burners to create steam and generate additional watts with a steam turbine. They are projecting that the new plant will generate enough new electricity to power over 500,000 homes per year.

The construction of the plant will provide over $800 million in new investment to the northwest Ohio region and the state.

“It’s the largest new industrial project in the region,” Administrator Mike Beazley said last week. “It’s finally come to fruition.

It’s under construction now. We’re excited to see it finally get to this next stage. The development stage took four years. Now it’s nice to have it under construction,” said Beazley.

It’s expected to be completed in the summer of 2017, he added.

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2015 Navarre upgrades The city is also in the engineering phase of the Navarre Avenue safety project, which consists of the construction of a median on Navarre with seven U-turn or “turnarounds” located between Munding Drive and Isaac Streets Drive.

Officials wanted the improvements to reduce a high rate of traffic accidents on Navarre. The biggest problem in the area is when motorists try to make a left turn out of the drives closest to the intersection of Navarre and Wheeling.

The $2.7 million project will be mostly offset by a $2.4 million safety grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The city kicked in an additional $1 million to upgrade Navarre to make it more attractive.

“It will be easier for our residents, and those people who want to be our customers on Navarre, to get in and out safely to do business in Oregon, ” said Beazley.

The construction phase won’t be until 2016, said Beazley.

Water and sewer The city has been in the process of making upgrades to its water and sewer treatment plants.

“There’s millions of dollars of work already done at the wastewater plant and water plant with a lot underway for both projects that will pay off for our residents and businesses for many years to come,”

said Beazley..

In accordance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, the city is required to increase the secondary treatment capacity of its wastewater treatment plant from 24 million gallons per day (MGD) to 36 MGD to eliminate secondary treatment bypasses and sanitary sewer collection system overflows during wet weather events. The project will be constructed in two phases over the next four years.

Last September, city council approved a $295,000 contract with ARCADIS, US Inc., for additional design engineering services for raw water treatment improvements to the water treatment plant.

Water treatment plants typically use activated carbon to treat algae. Oregon plans a $13 million upgrade that will add the use of ozone in the pretreatment process that is very effective in treating microcystin, the toxic algae that caused a water crisis in Toledo last summer.

Ozone also reduces the use of chlorine and its byproduct, trihalomethane (THM), an environmental pollutant, in the treatment process. The city expects designs to be completed this year, and bid the project in the fall. Construction will begin in the middle of 2016.

Industry & commercial Expansions are underway for Autoneum and Fresenius, according to Beazley.

A new 40,000 square foot building is under construction at Rieter Automotive, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Autoneum, in the Cedar Point business park.

Sixty jobs will be added to the workforce for manufacturing/distribution at the facility located on Spartan Drive. The expansion will be for the production of the

Ford 150, with assembly in Michigan, Kansas and Mexico. These parts will be manufactured in Oregon and shipped to those locations for further assembly.

The estimated cost of the project is $1.8 million. It will bring the total space of Autoneum, not counting its main plant, to 250,000 square feet.

Fresenius, a medical care facility in Oregon, is adding 50,000 square feet to its facility. The company is moving part of its manufacturing from California to Oregon.

Additionally, Advanced Engineering, which had planned on leaving Oregon and moving to Michigan, has decided to stay put.

Senior center The city last year purchased a building for $850,000 for a new senior center at 4350 Navarre Avenue.

The facility is more centrally located, which many seniors had wanted over the years, compared to the previous senior center on Bay Shore Road, which is considered outdated for seniors’ needs.

Part of the building is being leased by an insurance company. It has up to 13,500 square feet. Approximately 6,500 square feet will be devoted for senior activities.

The city will also receive about $200,000 in the next two years from the existing lease. The rental income will cover the costs of improvements to the new facility, such as a new kitchen.

Services will include meals, transportation, expanding portal gateway outreach or social work services, expanding health coaching or exercise programs in areas such as medicine or pain mangement, chore services, and traditional senior activities.

The facility is expected to open this month.

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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com CountyLine Co-Op is establishing an agronomy station on 10.3 acres of land that will be annexed to the Village of Pemberville, says Mayor Gordon Bowman.

The cooperative will construct a fertilizer manufacturing facility on the parcel that is on the east side of Pemberville Road and is adjacent to the northern corporation line of the village. The co-op, with offices at the Pemberville Elevator, East Front Street, filed an application to rezone the land from the A-1 agricultural classification to M-1 industrial zoning.

This multi-year development will provide increased services to farmers, including seeds, grain handling, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and testing.

Pemberville also received a $15,000 grant from Wood County Park District to construct a driveway and parking lot at Northwest Park, a 10 acre parcel just west of the north water plant. Mayor Bowman says this is just phase one of improvements to the park. The mayor adds that future development includes walking trails, a shelter house, and an athletic field.

“Tom Oberhouse (North Branch Nursery) has generously offered to plant ten or more trees per year to create an arboretum,” the mayor wrote in his annual letter to village residents.

Because of the hard winter in 2013-14, the village received $11,737 in local government funds allocated by the state government – about $1,054 more than in 2013 but $3,610 less than in 2012.

State Representative Tim Brown and State Senator Randy Gardner said the unusually harsh winter justified the additional assistance to local communities.

“I agree that some state funds should be provided to local governments specifically to help with the unusual costs associated with this historic winter, especially when there are safety issues at stake,” Gardner said.

The mayor says Pemberville announced in 2014 several projects that will continue this year. He called 2015 an “exciting year in Pemberville.”

The Ohio Department of Transportation will be resurfacing State Route 105 through Pemberville this coming summer. This includes all of Front Street.

“While this takes place, we will use this opportunity to upgrade the catch basins in the downtown area,” Bowman said.

Bowman said there will also be sidewalk improvements, including Americans with Disabilities compliant street corners, crossings and signage. Pemberville has received an Ohio Public Works grant to help fund this project.

Other projects include an upgrade to the South Water Plant by replacing the old chlorine gas system with a liquid sodium hypochlorite system with improved piping and valves.

Mayor Richard Harman credits village council, department heads, the fiscal officer and village employees and volunteers for the village remaining “fiscally resilient.”

“Although we continue to face budgetary challenges associated with the state mandated cuts affecting the general fund, Woodville ended the 2014 fiscal year with a $2.4 million total fund balance,” the mayor said. “We look forward to 2015 as we continue to be fiscally responsible, practical in our thinking and attentive to village needs.”

The village has several planned projects, he said, including: • Finishing the development of Limelite Park, which will connect Main Street to a village parking lot.

• Improving the newly acquired addition of land to Trail Marker Park on South Perry Street.

• Pursuing financial aid to replace several water distribution lines.

• Upgrading the sewer plant to meet Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

The mayor noted the village last year continued the final phase of a multi-million dollar sewer separation project and replaced or upgraded more than six miles of electrical lines in the village.

A 750-Killowatt solar field was installed behind the village’s utility building and the village obtained a grant of $184,000 to purchase and demolish a property in the Portage River flood plain.

More than $200,000 in improvements to the water treatment plant were also completed, the mayor said.

Gibsonburg Mayor Greg Gerwin said the village this year plans to complete modifications to the building which will become the municipal building and turn the existing village hall over to Madison Township.

The village also plans to “refine” its marketing efforts for the industrial park and “add some depth” to the village website.

A block watch program implemented in December by the police department, including a Facebook page, will also be expanded.

Village officials also plan to determine a site for a new water well and conduct a drill test.

The mayor thanked the village employees for their work.

“We may not let them know often enough, but they are our most valuable resource,” he said. “The savings on the wastewater plant project; the police officers wanting to have bike patrols so they secured bikes from our impound that were going to be auctioned and repaired them.

A resident volunteered to repaint them and the police bought the lighting and lettering at no cost to the village.”

Repairs to the village water tower were completed and the village replaced its supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) in the water and wastewater plants.

Mayor Gerwin said the village is mark-

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More playground equipment has been added to the village’s parks, he said.

Lake Twp. The Lake Township Board of Trustees will continue its efforts to spur economic and residential development.

“With the bettering economy, I think we are poised in Lake Township to take advantage of development in our current employment corridors” said Mark Hummer, administrator. “We have also had conversations with officials in Northwood about redeveloping and working with people who want to invest in the Woodville Road area. That area was once a thriving retail area, and with some dated properties being removed, and unused buildings recently changing hands, that may be the spark needed in that area.”

The property at 3700 Woodville Road, where a Steve & Barry’s store was located, has been sold to a developer and Hummer said he’s received calls from businesses asking about the building along Woodville Road where a Foodtown store had been located.

He describes Lake Township as “the center of everything” with I-280, Ohio Turnpike, Toledo Executive Airport and rail connections crossing through it.

“It is in a perfect area to support logistics and shipping. We stand ready to work with anyone wishing to locate in our area.

We will continue to work with our partners in Toledo and the Port Authority to market the incredible areas surrounding Toledo Executive Airport.

“And while new development is good, we need to support our current businesses, agricultural concerns, and residential quality of life by striving to maintain our services in the most cost effective means possible,” Hummer said.

Last year, Lake Township, Northwood, Rossford, Perrysburg Township, and the City of Perrysburg were awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA in the amount of $893,322.

“About $448,629 of that was for a mini 800 megahertz digital radio system for the Northern Wood County fire and police agencies that allows us to tie into the Lucas County Emergency Radio System, giving us a robust back up system and also pushes and strengthens the radio signal farther south,” said Bruce Moritz, township fire chief. “This also eliminates our user fees to Lucas County, creating a savings to the five above communities. The radio system is digital providing a much more clear voice

transmission.”

He said the system also provides more “interoperability in case of a natural disaster or very large emergency and day-to-day mutual assistance calls.”

Elmore Officials in the Village of Elmore say the town is positioned for its next big step - welcoming more business and industry to its local economy.

In the past year, the village has completed a new $5.2 million wastewater treatment plant and built a new $1.3 million electrical sub-station.

With the completion of the two projects, by increasing the capacity for addition sewage treatment and electrical power, Elmore has strongly positioned itself for development of property southwest of the village, said Rick Claar, a member of village council.

In 2014, the village entered an agreement to establish a Joint Economic Development District at property near the Elmore Turnpike Exchange.

The JEDD agreement includes property in both Ottawa and Sandusky Counties and partners the village with Harris and Woodville townships.

The crossing of two counties and partnering two townships and the village has never been done in the state before this, according to Matt Damschroder, the mayor of the village.

He told the North Coast Business Journal the village will be working diligently on getting infrastructure and utilities to the JEDD property, and the village is ready to do whatever is necessary to make sure the property has an adequate water supply and is exploring the possibility of expanding its current water treatment facilities or joining the Ottawa County regional water system.

Damschroder said he is very excited about the prospects of bringing more jobs and revenue to the Elmore area.

He added the village is looking forward to working with all the entities involved to make the JEDD successful.

Millbury Mayor Michael Timmons said the village is planning to purchase a new dump truck this year at an estimated cost of $122,000.

Last year, the village completed several projects: • The Hille Street storm sewer project $32,150 • Paving the parking lot at Veteran’s Memorial Park - $29,120 • Truck and leaf machine repairs - $11,686.

• Catch basin repairs - $6,350.

“We are still pursuing grants for the walking/bicycling trail to connect Veteran’s Memorial park to Lake Township’s Fireside Park,” the mayor said.

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Area schools had much to celebrate in 2014 St. Kateri Schools • Despite heavy snowfalls that prohibited some schools from making it to Washington, D.C. students from Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School took part in the March for Life on Jan. 22 the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.

• On Friday. Aug. 29, a memorial service was held at Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School to remember Shelby Augustyniak a student who passed away just before her 17th birthday. The new Student Services Center was named in her honor.

• In October, Destiny Martinez, a third-grade student at St. Kateri Catholic Academy began collecting jeans to donate to Blue Jean Go Jean, a company that turns jeans into insulation that can be used for Habitat for Humanity. After a month, Martinez had collected more than 800 pairs of jeans.

• The Robotics Club at Stritch qualified for the regional competition after finishing second at the competition in Bowling Green.

The competition took place in Fargo, N.D. on Dec. 6. The feat was accomplished in just the second year of the program.

• On Dec. 6, Stritch honored a number of athletes and other longtime members of the Cardinal Family at its Hall of Fame induction. Included in this year’s class were: Sr. Mary Ann Grzeskowiak (formerly St. Louis DeMontford), Theresa Zsigray, Brandon Toler ’01, Brian Loux ’75, Sandy and Dan ’67 Reardon and the 1984 Boys Basketball Team.

Penta Career Center Several significant initiatives took place at Penta Career Center during 2014.

These activities included: • In 2014 Penta Career Center was one of nine career centers in Ohio to be awarded a $1.5 million grant from Ohio’s Straight A Fund to address the skills gap by preparing high school and adult students with advanced manufacturing and engineering skills. The Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Consortium (RAMTEC) project will enable Penta to offer robotics and engineering technology training. Penta is in the process of renovating and providing electrical upgrades in an existing area of its facility to prepare for the equipment that will be installed in the training area.

• Penta’s ABLE/GED program helped 114 area adults earn their GED in 2014.

• OhioMeansJobs Wood County, in partnership with the Wood County Board of Commissioners and Penta Career Center, opened a satellite office in the Adult Education office at Penta in December 2014.

OhioMeansJobs now offers services at two locations, Perrysburg and Bowling Green.

• Penta Adult Education will assist with the delivery of medical and manufacturing career tracks for long-term unemployed and veterans seeking work in middle and high-skilled occupations. The project is made possible through a partnership with the WSOS Community Action Commission who received a $6.1 million Ready to Work grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The grant covers 17 counties in Ohio and will help individuals reach their goals of education, training and a stable job.

• Penta Adult Education has partnered with the Cherry St. Mission in Toledo to provide GED classes and training programs at the Life Revitalization Center (the former Macomber High School).

• Students from Penta’s Construction

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Genoa students utilizing iPads from a mobile technology lab funded by local donors, through an effort coordinated by the Genoa Academic Committee. (Submitted photo) Carpentry, Remodeling, Masonry, and Electricity programs spent much of the 2013/2014 school year building a 2,200 square foot ranch-style home in Perrysburg Township for the Britten family. The students’ work included: framing, roofing, electrical, shingles, siding, and masonry.

• In April, Penta students organized a CutA-Thon to benefit the American Cancer Society that generated $900. Also in 2014, Business and Health students organized a Bowl-A-Thon for Special Olympics which raised more $7,900 for area Special Olympics organizations. In December, Penta’s Student Leadership Council organized a drive to benefit Operation Breadbasket in Perrysburg Township.

Benton-Carroll-Salem Schools “In 2015, the state of the Benton-CarrollSalem School District is strong because the support and effort of our people is strong,” wrote Superintendent Guy Parmigian in the recent State of the School District Report.

“In particular, I first want to highlight our more than 200 staff members and their devoted efforts to provide the best learning experiences and opportunities possible.”

Other highlights include: • R.C. Waters Elementary School named 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

• The superintendent and Treasurer Tim Coffman held several “Coffee Connections” – informal opportunities for community members to themselves, chat, ask questions, and learn more about the district.

• A new website format was unveiled for the district.

• The district made a major purchase of computers and improved wireless infrastructure.

• Oak Harbor Music Boosters complete successful campaign to raise funds for new band uniforms in record time/ • The district is undertaking long-range facilities planning through committee work.

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• Several new administrators joined B-C-S Schools.

• An after-school Youth to Youth program was introduced to encourage students to take an active role in making school a more positive place.

Genoa Elementary Genoa Elementary students and staff have implemented many new curriculum innovations. Highlights include: • Teachers are implementing Common Core standards and developing their assessments for K-5.

• OIP (Ohio Improvement Process) is in second year of implementation. Teachers are meeting at grade levels, building and district levels to review data and improve instruction.

• Intervention tutors were hired to help K-5 students work on reading and math skills. (Title 1 grant).

• Through grant funding, Sylvan tutoring is being provided to third-grade students.

• PTO provides monies to the elementary for projects, including working on more computers (iPads, iPods), landscaping (front entrance) and greenhouse/learning lab and students incentives.

• Implemented a “mock” evacuation for the elementary building in October for K-5 students in keeping with the ALICE program.

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• Eastwood completed iPad integration for students in grades K-3, in addition to the district laptop program at the high school.

• The bus garage was rebuilt after being destroyed in a Jan. 25, 2014 fire. The building serves as the Operations Center for Transportation and Technology. Rudolph Libbe was the builder for the project.

• The district is in the process of interviewing and selecting the Architect/Engineer and Construction Manager at Risk for a new K-5 building.

In 2014, the district completed the Baker Hall addition, a build-out of six classrooms from an unfinished area in the new high school. The area houses eighth-grade classrooms.

Superintendent Jim Witt also noted the district continued academic success on state testing tools, and that several staff members shared their expertise at local and statewide professional conferences on areas of expertise. “We also reached three-year agreements with both unions,” he said.

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Genoa High School • The school honored 206 students with a homemade breakfast for earning honor roll and high honor roll for the first nine weeks grading period.

• For the fourth year, the GHS staff, students, and area businesses got involved with a “Pay-it-Forward” holiday drive.

• More than 150 senior citizens attended a holiday luncheon held by the high school student council, NHS members, band and choir students, FFA student members, and many others.

• The Genoa Academic Committee continues to generate donations from area businesses to enhance curriculum incentives and technology tools for students. Thanks to JBI, Genoa Bank, GAEA, Dr. and Mrs. Mienke, and the many other donators, students are using an iPad mobile lab within the classroom and building.

Genoa Middle School • Students donated food items that filled 25 large boxes and $300 in cash toward toys for the Holiday Bureau Christmas program. Staff also sponsored three families at Christmastime.

• Seven students traveled to a weeklong leadership camp in Columbus.

• Construction was completed on the district’s new $21 million Pre-K-8 building, located at 800 W. Main St., Woodville.

Ground was broken on May 30, 2013 for the new building, which replaces the 92-yearold elementary building.

• The district completed ongoing maintenance of the stadium by sealing and painting the structure.

• “We’re beginning to switch out the air handlers at the high school, as we are continually looking at our facilities and maintenance,” Superintendent Linda Bringman said.

• In an ongoing effort to improve communication, the district is increasing information going out from all grade levels through various measures including Facebook posts from the high school, middle school and the elementary, as well as through a weekly newsletter.

• New Woodmore High School guidance counselor Andrew Hemminger is “making a difference.” The district also welcomed new board member Corrina Bench, from Elmore, and new treasurer Jaime Pearson.

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Appellate ruling Writing for the sixth district, Judge Singer noted that Stanton did not raise the issue of the private citizen investigation during an administrative appeal of his firing, though it was raised in a footnote contained in his brief to the trial judge.

“Failure to object or raise an issue at an administrative hearing constitutes a waiver of that error on appeal to the court of common pleas,” states Singer. “We find that the trial court erred in considering the issue, much less using it as one of the reasons to vacate the decision of the trustees.”

Sanger also noted that the trial judge

Three senators have renewed an effort to make a college education more affordable in Ohio, and the plan is gaining support in the Ohio Senate.

Sen. Randy Gardner (R-Bowling Green), along with Sen. Shannon Jones (R-Springboro) and Sen. John Eklund (R-Chardon) sponsored the Ohio College Savings Act, which would increase the maximum tax deduction for families investing in college savings plans to $10,000 per student. Current law allows a $2,000 annual deduction, one of the lowest amounts in the nation.

Gardner, chairman of Senate Finance Subcommittee on Education, said the bill would help families save for college while ultimately helping the state’s economy.

“If Ohio was just at the national average in college attainment, we would dramatically increase personal incomes and purchasing power for Ohio families,” Gardner said. “This bill is not a fiscal burden on Ohio’s budget. Instead, this effort would be a major educational and financial benefit for Ohio families and Ohio’s future.

“We are very encouraged with the support we are receiving so far for this bill,” Gardner said. “We believe the prospects are strong that this will be enacted into law.”

The bill has already received support from the higher education community, including Bruce Johnson, president of the Inter-University Council of Ohio.

“This incentive attacks head on what is, arguably, one of the biggest issues facing students contemplating college today—borrowing to pay for their college education and going into debt as a result,” Johnson said.

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Forty-one people died in 37 fatal crashes in Lucas County in 2014, according to the Lucas County Traffic Safety Program.

The number represents an increase from the 34 deaths in 33 fatal crashes reported in 2013.

Forty percent of the fatal crashes in 2014 involved a driver or pedestrian under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash, which is above the national and state average. The average BAC (blood alcohol content) was .196, which is almost two-and-a-half times the legal limit to drive.

Fifty-four percent of the people that died in these fatal crashes had a seat belt available but weren’t buckled up at the time of their crash. The top three contributing circumstances to the fatal crashes were failure to yield, speed and failure to control.

The Traffic Safety Program is funded through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ohio Department of Public Safety and is administered by the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West.

The Ottawa County Health Department has released the clinic schedule for Feb. 16-20. Unless otherwise stated, all clinics are held at the health department, 1856 E. Perry St., Port Clinton.

Feb. 16: Holiday – office closed.

Feb. 17: Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinic, 12:45-4:30 p.m.; 60-Plus Clinic – Port Clinton Senior Center, 9 a.m.-noon.

Feb. 18: Family Planning Clinic, 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; Immunization Satellite Clinic (including flu/pneumonia shots), 2-6:30 p.m.; Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

Feb. 19: Family Planning, Well Child and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic, 8 a.m.-noon.

Feb. 20: Tuberculosis Clinic (no appointment necessary), 3-4 p.m.

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Continued from front page Common Pleas Court Judge Dean Mandros ruled in favor of Stanton, and ordered that he be reinstated as fire chief.

“The court holds that the board’s decision is illegal, as the trustees failed to comply with the procedural requirements of the Ohio Revised Code and the township’s personnel policies and procedures manual,” stated the ruling. In addition, the court held that the board of trustees had violated the chief’s due process rights by its multiple role as investigator, prosecutor, witness, and judge.

Mandros had noted that trustees were supposed to designate the chief or a private citizen to investigate the conduct and prepare charges for removal, as per a provision of the Ohio Revised Code. Since the trustees did neither, the judge found it had violated the code.

“Consequently, the board’s decision to terminate the chief is vacated, and he is to be restored…” the court had ordered.

Trustees in September, 2013 voted unanimously to appeal the court’s decision to reinstate Stanton to his former position.

had erred by ruling that Stanton’s constitutional right to due process was violated because the trustees served as investigators, prosecutors, witnesses and judges. “Once again, appellee did not raise a due process objection at the hearing, nor did he raise this issue on appeal to the trial court. This court has held that the waiver doctrine also applies when parties fail to raise due process objections in administrative hearings.”

On Mandros’ ruling that trustees had failed to comply with the township’s personnel policies and procedures manual, specifically, the township’s progressive disciplinary policy, Sanger stated that the manual clearly states that discipline “may”

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“As the progressive discipline policy is not mandatory, we see nor error in the trustees’ failure to abide by it,” stated Sanger.

“For the above reasons, we conclude the trial court’s determination that the trustees’ termination process was procedurally defective was not supported by a preponderance of reliable, probative or substantial evidence,” stated Sanger.

Trustee Joe Kiss said he was pleased by the outcome.

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Bob Evans’ fundraiser for Tiger Ridge draws support

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com When she heard about Tiger Ridge Exotics’ animals being taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Stony Ridge resident Christie Swan knew she had to do something.

So, Swan, the manager at Bob Evans Restaurant on Route 20 in Perrysburg, organized a fundraiser.

She contacted seven other Bob Evans restaurants in the Toledo metropolitan area, and arranged to have 15 percent of proceeds during last Monday and Tuesday’s sales donated to Tiger Ridge. Patrons did not have to participate if they did not wish to.

She has not gotten the figures back from all the restaurants yet, but from what she saw at her own restaurant, the fundraiser was a hit. It will happen again on February 23-24.

“I can honestly say we were just so overwhelmed with how many people wanted to come out and show their appreciation. It was beautiful to see — it really was,” Swan said.

Bob Evans restaurants that participated included not only her own, but also the ones at Levis Commons, on Monroe Street in Toledo, at East Alexis Road, in Holland, at West Central Avenue, and in Bowling Green. She plans to reach out to others that may want to participate in the next round.

Swan has lived close to Tiger Ridge

and the home of owner Kenny Hetrick for about eight years, but she has been visiting the animal rescue center for over 40 years, dating back to when Hetrick first started caring for the animals.

“Kenny is just one of those sweet people and his (late) wife (Roberta) was just a sweetheart. I have pictures of me feeding one of the tigers with a baby bottle when it was a cub,” Swan said.

“When we do fundraisers, if it’s something like Tiger Ridge where it’s a neighborhood thing — everybody out here, whether you’re in the Levis Commons or Bowling Green area, you know and you appreciate your neighbors, and I would never leave a neighbor out.”

She said the restaurants’ owners were all on board with the idea. She hopes the second time around will be even better.

“They try and make sure that bases are covered and so forth, but as far as fundraisers, that’s what we are here for. We are here to help our community,” Swan said.

“The most important thing is even if you don’t want to come in and eat, people can do catering, they can do carry-out and it will still count toward that fundraiser. If more people knew that, they’d be more inclined to come out.”

Information about how to forward funds to Tiger Ridge can also be found at SaveTigerRidge.com. There is also a t-shirt fundraiser, and evidence of individual donations up to $1,000 made toward the shelter can be found on the website.

ODA files for dismissal Hetrick’s daughter, Corrina Hetrick, says hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been spent to help Tiger Ridge upgrade and keep its animals. Removed from the shelter were six tigers, a lion, black leopard, liger, bobcat and a Kodiak bear that Hetrick’s family said was in hibernation when the ODA officials arrived. All are aging, including Leo the Lion, who is 27-years-old.

ODA Communications Director Erica M. Hawkins said they are still doing well at the multi-million dollar holding facility in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

“They are eating. They are out of the super-cold wind, even though we don’t have the temperature in the building turned up all the way because most of them back there came from outdoors in the cold,” Hawkins said. “So, we didn’t want to make it too much of a shock for them.”

At Tiger Ridge, Hetrick’s volunteers are working around the clock to improve the facility’s infrastructure to meet stricter requirements passed by the Ohio state legislature in 2012.

In 2012, State Senator Troy Balderson, a Zanesville Republican and sponsor of the bill, worked through 16 drafts of the legislation before it was passed and signed by Governor John Kasich. The legislation came in response to an incident in Zanesville where four dozen wild animals owned by Terry W. Thompson were shot by law enforcement officers to protect the

public. Thompson then committed suicide after releasing the animals.

Hawkins said the ODA is doing what state law requires.

"I feel like it is what it is. We’re an executive agency and our task is to enforce the laws that are passed by the state and what they say is what we have to work with," Hawkins said.

Hawkins said about 50 percent of the law regarding exotic animals facilities is covered by the Ohio Revised Code, passed by the state legislature, and the other 50 percent is under regulation by the ODA through its administrative code.

“Permit requirements, which include timelines, the insurance requirements, some of the fencing requirements, and some of the signage requirements are in the ORC,” Hawkins said. “The administrative code is mostly the caging and care requirements.”

Last week, the ODA filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Hetrick against the ODA under the grounds that Tiger Ridge still has the opportunity to appeal the ODA’s rulings through the administrative law system.

She said until that procedure is exhausted, the ODA has authority. Once exhausted, it can be then be considered by a trial court.

“He has a process in place to essentially offer him that due process,” Hawkins said.

Hetrick’s attorney, Karen A. Novak of Toledo, filed a ersponse Thursday to to the ODA’s request for dismissal declaring Hetrick's due process and equal protection rights were violated.

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Residents want another hearing

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A coalition of residents with farms, homes and businesses along the proposed route of a 22-mile natural gas pipeline between the cities of Maumee and Oregon are requesting a rehearing before the Ohio Power Siting Board to push for an alternate route.

North Coast Gas Transmission, a Columbus-based company, has applied to the siting board for permission to construct a 24-inch diameter pipeline to supply natural gas for an $800 million electric generation plant being built near the intersection of Lallendorf and York Street in Oregon.

However, the Oregon Lateral Citizens Coalition filed its request last week with the siting board, contending an alternate route is needed.

“The Oregon Lateral Citizens Coalition does not oppose the Oregon Clean Energy Facility, or the need for a gas supply pipeline for the facility,” the coalition’s request says. “But there clearly are feasible alternative routes for the pipeline that NCGT has neglected or refused to consider, which would mitigate most of the adverse impacts presented in the current proposal.”

The coalition’s letter asks the siting board to: • Conduct a full hearing on the NCGT’s application.

• Modify the company’s application to require the pipeline to be located at least 60 feet from the rear of residential lot lines between Curtice and Seaman roads.

• Amend the pipeline route to be located near parcel boundaries where feasible to reduce impacts on field drainage and crop productivity.

• Require a minimum separation distance of at least 500 feet between the pipeline and the limits of waste placement at the Evergreen Landfill.

From Maumee, the pipeline would run under the Maumee River and run through the City of Perrysburg and Perrysburg Township. From there, it would proceed northeast through Lake Township, the Village of Walbridge and City of Northwood, ending in Oregon.

Construction is expected to start in March and be competed in June 2016.

The residents’ coalition contends the company’s application doesn’t include evidence it considered alternative routes.

“Without such evidence, presented in sufficient detail to enable the Ohio Power Siting Board staff and adversely affected parties to test the NCGT’s assertion that the proposed route is the one that presents the minimum adverse environmental impacts, the OPSB lacks the required evidentiary basis to find the criteria of (Ohio Revised Code) are met,” the request says.

Memorial for Toledo Mayor D. Michael Colllins A U.S. Marine salutes during a memorial service for Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins, also a Marine, held at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena Wednesday night. Mayor Collins passed away on February 6. He was sworn into the office of Mayor on January 2, 2014 — prior to that he served as councilman for District 2, a seat he was first elected to in 2007. Former council president Paula Hick-Hudson takes over as mayor until a special election is held. (Press photo by Scott Grau)

Vietnam soldiers killed in action to be honored

By Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com Two Eastwood High School graduates, Kenneth W. Krukemyer and Leroy Minnix, who were killed in action during the Vietnam War, are being inducted into Eastwood’s Eagle Way Hall of Fame.

Krukemyer and Minnix were nominated for the Eastwood Hall of Fame by Vietnam veteran and Eastwood graduate Jerry “Jiggs” Sandwisch.

Krukemyer answered his country’s call to duty and joined the United States Army on July 18, 1968. He completed basic training at Fort Benning in Georgia and was then assigned to Fort McClellan in Alabama where he was placed in the Advanced Infantry School. Upon completion of this training, he was issued orders for deployment to Vietnam.

On April 3, 1969, Krukemyer began his tour of duty in South Vietnam. Kenneth was assigned to D Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry of the 9th Infantry Division.

His ultimate sacrifice for his country occurred on May 23, 1969. He was taken by enemy ground fire. His rank at this time was E3 private First Class. Krukemyer is buried in Fish Cemetery near New Rochester. He is survived by his brother, John Krukemyer, and his sister, Janis Heller.

The United States awarded Kenneth the following: The Purple Heart, The Bronze Star, The National Defense Medal, The Air Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He was also awarded a Unit Citation for Valor and a Unit Citation for Gallantry, and the Combat Infantry Badge.

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Krukemyer is further honored at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. His name is listed on Panel 24 West, Line 86. He is also honored in Clinton, Ohio on the Ohio Memorial and on the Wood County Memorial at the courthouse in Bowling Green. Pemberville American Legion Post 183 has also honored his name.

Krukemyer was born on April 24, 1949 to Warren and Margaret Krukemyer.

Kenneth graduated from Eastwood High School in 1967. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in New Rochester.

Minnix joined the United States Army on December 7, 1964. He completed basic training at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Upon graduation from training, he was assigned to the Advanced Infantry School at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Minnix volunteered for Airborne Parachutist Training School in Fort Benning, Georgia. He received his parachutist Badge after passing the training in June of 1965.

Leroy was then deployed to Vietnam.

Minnix’s tour of duty began July 13, 1965. He was assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was killed by an enemy explosive mine on October 12, 1965. His rank at this time was E3 private First Class.

He was 19-years-old at the time of his death and is buried in Troy Township Cemetery.

He is survived by his sisters, Deanna Aspacher and Myra Jean Dierksheide.

The United States awarded Minnix the following: The Purple Heart, The Bronze Star, The National Defense Medal, The Vietnam Service Medal, and The Vietnam Campaign Medal. He was also presented with a unit Citation for Valor, Unit Citation for Gallantry and a Combat Infantry Badge.

Minnix’s name is also inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. His name can be found on Panel 02 East, Line 120. He is honored at the Ohio Memorial in Clinton, Ohio and at the courthouse in Bowling Green on the Wood County Memorial. The Village of Luckey named a ball diamond at Basic Park “Minnix Field” in his honor.

Minnix was born on June 6, 1946 to Myron and Loretta Minnix. He was a member of the Eastwood Class of 1964. He was also a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Luckey, Ohio.

Krukemyer and Minnix will be honored along with five other inductees during a dinner banquet at the Pemberville Post 183 American Legion Hall on Feb. 28. Tickets are $25 each and are available at Eastwood High School, Pemberville Library, and from any hall of fame officer. Information is available at eastwoodlocalschools.org/alumni.

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Volunteers look to improve their skills

By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com

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We are tearing down walls and taking away lines between organizations every time we meet. This is a unique answer to a common problem.

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A coalition of volunteers organized to assist emergency management agencies during times of crisis is conducting a volunteer recruitment campaign this month and in March.

About a year ago, emergency management agency directors in Erie, Ottawa and Huron counties decided to join forces to establish what they call a Disaster Volunteer Coalition (DVC) to enhance and better coordinate volunteer efforts throughout the region.

Their rationale for forming the coalition stems from the fact that most police departments in the area are adequately staffed to handle daily calls but often stretched too thin to handle calls during major emergencies. Many local fire departments rely heavily on volunteers.

Consequently, when emergency-related issues such as finding shelter for victims, coordinating volunteers and assisting with social services must be met, other organizations – like the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) are needed to fill the void.

“Our concern is that we have well trained help to serve the residents of the region when they need it most,” said Fred Peterson, director of the Ottawa County Emergency Management Agency. “We need to ensure that when we call upon volunteer organizations that they know each other, work well together and carry out the mission we depend upon them to fulfill.”

He said he is unaware of any other group like the DVC operating in Ohio.

“We are truly breaking ground with this model,” he said. “We are tearing down walls and taking away lines between organizations every time we meet. This is a unique answer to a common problem.”

Sandy Waggoner-Hovest, coordinator of the DVC, said residents will see better service as a result of the coalition’s efforts to coordinate more efficiently.

“We can literally create a one-callfor-help system,” she said. “Red Cross, the North Coast Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Salvation Army, Medical Reserve Corps and ARES can be accessed by calling any one of the five organizations for help. The EMA directors can call one of us and we can take it from there. Now we know how to find each other 24/7/365.”

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Hovest said members of the organizations are cross trained.

For example, CERT members have taken training classes in Red Cross sheltering and damage assessment and ARES members have taken training as CERT members.

“We all back each other up,” she said.

Residents of Allen Township in Ottawa County were aided by about 1,800 volunteers in the wake of the June 2010 tornado that swept through the northern Wood County and the township, she said.

At the time, many of the volunteers were affiliated with the Erie County EMA office and were responding to a request for assistance from Ottawa County’s Peterson.

Impressed by how organized the volunteers were and their numbers, Peterson and Roblin of Huron County decided their counties could benefit from similar teams.

Now the volunteers function as one entity under the North Coast CERT, Hovest said.

“We were known as ‘the green shirts’ while we were in Allen Township,” she said, referring to what she called “gaudy green shirts” volunteers purchased to identify themselves as team members.

The DVC has scheduled informational sessions for potential volunteers: • Feb. 23 at the Salvation Army, Sandusky.

• Feb. 26 at the Ida Rupp Library, Port Clinton.

• March 5 at the Harris Elmore Fire Department, Elmore.

• March 12 at the Huron County Health Department, Norwalk.

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Drug conviction partially overturned

By Larry Limpf News Editor A man sentenced to 11 years in prison for possession of cocaine will be re-sentenced following a decision by the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling.

Rafael Gonzales, 56, had appealed his sentence from the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, arguing the court erred in how it presented evidence during the trial.

“Because the state failed to introduce evidence as to the purity or weight of the cocaine in this case, we find that appellant’s penalty enhancement under Revised Code must be reversed... and vacated,” the appeals court ruled.

Gonzales had been found guilty in 2013 after being indicted for purchasing two kilograms of cocaine from an undercover officer. The purchase took place in July 2012 at a motel along I-280. The charge against him included a major drug offender specification because the amount exceeded 100 grams.

The cocaine was seized by officers and tested by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which confirmed the drug actually was cocaine.

The BCI analyst, however, wasn’t available to testify at the trial and the test results were not admitted in the case. Consequently, prosecutors relied on the testimony of officers and an informant who arranged the sale.

The appeals court rejected four other points of appeal raised by Gonzales but acknowledged its decision conflicts with a decision by the Second District Court of Appeals.

“We…certify a conflict to the Supreme Court of Ohio for review and final determination of the following question: Must the state, in prosecuting cocaine offenses involving mixed substances under (Revised Code) prove that the weight of the cocaine meets the statutory threshold, excluding the weight of any filler materials used in the mixture?” the appeals court ruled.

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Your Voice on the Street: By Stephanie Szozda

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

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Will you try Taco Bell's new "Quesalupa" that is being tested in our area?

Would fear of other medical problems dissuade you from having your child vaccinated for measles?

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Rebecca McPherson Genoa "Probably not. I don't eat a whole lot of Taco Bell. It's too spicy for me."

Dave Schwan Genoa "I'm sure we will. I usually try whatever is new there."

Tom Kosmyna Genoa "I probably won't try it but my grandson will.

He loves Taco Bell!"

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Last Week's Results Who should have custody of the animals at Tiger Ridge Exotics, Ken Hetrick or the State of Ohio?

80% Ken Hetrick 20% State of Ohio

Shedding some light on ending negativity in your life You can’t stop darkness. It can only be displaced with light. In the same fashion, you can’t stop thinking negatively; you have to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. You can’t stop feeling sad, you have to start being happy instead.

A common approach to improving life is trying to eliminate as many undesirable aspects as possible. This strategy is as ineffective as attempting to stop thinking about a red and yellow striped elephant. In as much as a positive thought is required to displace a negative one, an undesirable facet is superseded by engaging in positive behavior.

Just as light vanquishes darkness, improvements to your life are made by replacing that which you don’t want with that which you do. However, before engaging in this process, you have to know what you want and don’t want.

Let’s look at some examples. Jim wants to get in better physical shape. He is not pleased with his diet. He feels it consists of too much fast food. Jim also knows he spends too much of his discretionary time sitting around.

Dare to Live

by Bryan Golden How does Jim improve his diet? He can’t just stop eating. Jim has to eat something. So Jim needs to find a healthier alternative to replace the fast food. Jim’s goal is to change his diet into something healthier.

How does Jim get into better physical shape? It is not possible for Jim to stop spending so much time in sedentary pursuits without doing something else. He must replace sitting with a different type of behavior. So next time Jim would normally be spending an hour on the couch, he can go for a walk instead.

Sara wants to be happier. She feels too much of her time is spent being blah or sad.

It’s not possible for Sara to stop feeling sad.

She needs to displace her sad feelings by

engaging in activities, thoughts, and pursuits which make her happy.

However, Sara must first be able to specifically identify exactly what makes her happy. In order to do this, she must have a solid understanding of herself including her strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes.

Hank knows he is drifting through life without any direction. He really wants to do something about this. The only way Frank can put an end to his drifting is by identifying goals and then taking action to accomplish them. Frank’s aimlessness will stop once it is displaced by definiteness of purpose.

Carol is frustrated with her job. She is constantly bored with little to challenge her. Carol doesn’t like being frustrated but doesn’t know how to stop feeling that way.

Furthermore, she is even frustrated about being frustrated.

Just as is the case with Hank, Sara, and Jim, Carol must find things to do which are engaging. Activities she finds challenging will displace the frustration Carol is experiencing. Carol can either explore options

that meet her needs within her current job or she can find a new, more rewarding position.

Just as light is required to vanquish darkness, you make changes in your life by replacing what you don’t want with something you desire. This principle applies to all aspects of your life including behavior, thoughts, habits, and goals.

Proactivity on your part is needed to change things for the better. Waiting and hoping is a passive approach that all too often results only in continued disappointment. Believe in yourself along with your ability to do whatever it takes to get the results you want. Start today determining what light you need to vanquish your darkness.

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Does the NFL stiff the cities that host the Super Bowl?

Guest Editorial

By Jim Hightower How about this year’s Super Bowl, huh?

You may know that the final score in this nail-biter was 28 points for the Patriots to 24 for the Seahawks. Let me add: minus 2 million for the city of Glendale.

Two million dollars, that is. That’s the amount that Mayor Jerry Weiers estimates that Glendale, Arizona lost by having the “honor” of hosting this year’s Super Bowl.

Lost? Isn’t this the sports world’s spectacular a magic money machine?

That’s what the NFL’s super slick billionaire owners say as they hustle their Big Game from city to city, claiming that the

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lucky host will gain $500 million in added hotel rentals, sales taxes, and other revenues.

Independent analysts, however, show that host cities actually get far less than super returns for this honor, ranging from about $200 million to as low as $30 million.

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Pipeline pipe dream To the editor: After watching the most intelligent State of the Union Address and listening to our president, who spoke to the people, it became very clear the Keystone XL Pipeline project would create many problems.

I listened to every word our president said and the one thing that was very clear to me about the pipeline is it would go across 1,179 miles of land and cross over part of the Ogalla Aquifer.

I needed to check why this Congress was so supportive of this and found a vast majority of campaign contributions in 2014 from oil and gas interests went to the GOP and Keystone expects to be rewarded for its support.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R- Kentucky, the new Senate majority leader, says he is all about jobs. Where has he been for the past 15 years? Building the pipeline could

slightly replace some of the jobs America has lost because of destructive cuts in federal spending.

But while about 42,000 construction jobs would be created, once the pipeline is operating it would only employ a few dozen workers.

Government spending on roads, bridges and schools would do the same thing but why don’t McConnell and his colleagues support a push to upgrade America’s crumbling infrastructure?

This pipeline is the worst thing for our environment and it comes from the people who have done all they can to destroy American jobs. And those people are employing the very arguments they used to ridicule government jobs programs to justify a big give-away to their friends in the fossil fuel industry.

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Much of that money just replaces revenue from regular tourists. And in Glendale’s case, hordes of fans coming to the game chose to stay, eat, and party in Phoenix. Their money went to that destination instead.

And don’t forget to subtract a city’s added costs, such as thousands of police overtime hours, security for VIPs, street closings, and extra cleanup crews.

And while Glendale did have its moment in the global TV spotlight, Mayor Weiers isn’t exactly bullish on any real benefit coming from that. “In the long run,” he says, “down the road, certainly we might break even on this.”

Meanwhile, the people of Glendale

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“Guitar” exhibition rocks science center

The Col. James M. Schoonmaker, by Paul LaMarre, is among the pieces in the “Great Lakes Masters: 150 Years of Marine Art” display at the National Museum of the Great Lakes. (Photo courtesy of the National Museum of the Great Lakes)

“Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the World” will be “on tour” at Imagination Station Toledo Feb. 14 through May 17.

The exhibition explores all facets of the world’s most popular instrument – from its evolution into an instrument of popular culture to the science of creating sound with wood and steel. It is composed of three elements: the science of sound; the evolution, engineering and design of the guitar; and the guitar’s cultural impact.

Visitors are invited to discover the science and history behind the instrument as they play the world’s largest guitar, see more than 60 instruments ranging from the rare and antique to the wildly popular and investigate how different materials affect a guitar’s sound through interactives, performance videos, audio and stunning images.

“The science of sound is a rich area for scientific discovery. ‘Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the World’ uses an instrument that most people are familiar with to explore some fascinating science concepts,” said Carl Nelson, chief scientist for Imagination Station. “Sound impacts our lives on a near-constant basis, but many

people never think about how sound is created and transmitted.”

“The guitar is the most enduring icon in American history,” according to HP Newquist, the executive director and founder of the National Guitar Museum.

“It has been around longer than baseball, basketball, soft drinks and sports cars. This exhibition is a celebration of all that, and more.

“It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t been affected by the guitar, whether as players or as fans of music ranging from country and folk to jazz and rock. And it may be apocryphal, but it’s said that the two most recognizable man-made shapes on the planet are the Coke bottle and the electric guitar.” Newquist said.

The exhibition will travel to 15-20 cities over the next five years before becoming the basis of The National Guitar Museum in its permanent home.

“Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the World,” is included in the cost of admission to Imagination Station. For more information, call 419-244-2674 or visit www.imaginationstationtoledo.org.

Marine artwork on exhibit at museum The National Museum of the Great Lakes’ second temporary exhibit, “Great Lakes Masters: 150 Years of Marine Art,” opened to the public Feb. 8 in the community room at the museum, located at 1701 Front St., Toledo.

The exhibit, which features original works of marine art by a number of artists, runs through March 22.

“The National Museum of the Great Lakes has a strong art collection with over 250 pieces of two-dimensional art. The collection covers a wide variety of mediums, topics and skill sets,” said Christopher Gillcrist, executive director of the Great Lakes Historical Society which owns and operates the museum. “What we present in ‘Great Lakes Masters: 150 Years of Marine Art’ are some of the best the Great Lakes has to offer, but it is certainly not a complete representation.”

“The practice of marine art goes back centuries. On the Great Lakes, it truly begins to take off around the mid-19th century as the region became more populated,” said Gillcrist “Three of the 19th century artists featured are V. D. Nickerson, Howard Sprague and Will H. Huntington.

Biographical information on these artists is

limited, but Huntington is the most elusive of these early ship portrait painters.”

In the first 75 years of the 20th century, Kinley Shogren became one of the most prolific Great Lakes portrait painters.

Rolf Stoll, not typically considered a Great Lakes painter, delivered two fascinating Cleveland lakefront scenes in the early 1930s.

Living artists in the exhibit include Alexander Cook, Paul LaMarre, Jr. and Robert McGreevy.

LaMarre’s talents, often compared to those of Shogren, are highly sought by shipping companies and private collectors.

McGreevy’s exacting detail often defines his work. Many consider his work to be the most historically researched paintings today.

Admission to the exhibition is included with museum admission, which is free to members. To become a member of the museum, call 419-214-5000. Memberships start at $22 per year.

Museum hours are Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun. noon-5 p.m. The Schoonmaker Museum Ship is closed for the season.

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Clarence Wilburn is in need of a liver transplant. He was raised in Elmore and currently lives in Millbury. He has always been a non-drinker. He has been a FIRST RESPONDER for the medical team out of Toledo serving as a paramedic, served after the typhoon in Guam, hurricanes in Florida, and the 9-11 World Trade Center attack. He truly has a heart for others. He has been off work since April, 2014 due to his declining health. All proceeds will be used for his medical expenses.

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With a wide variety of plants available for the home, growers can choose from types that produce blooms, are fragrant, have variegated foliage, are easy to grow, etc.

Then, there are those plants that are not only attractive but also have extra benefits, such as healing or medicinal properties. One plant, especially, has exceptional healing benefits for winter-related skin problems. If you are out in Februaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold weather very much you may be experiencing chapped lips, wind burn, cold sores and dry or cracked skin.

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Get Growing vera stacks up to be a very interesting as well as attractive houseplant.

Aloe is a succulent and is a member of the lily plant family. The plant has white-speckled, grayish-green, long, thick leaves which are covered with soft spines.

Aloe grows well in an environment of above 55 degree temperatures and in a sunny indoor location. The plant should be watered when its surface soil feels dry and fertilized on a regular basis with an all-purpose, houseplant fertilizer.

Aloe vera has been known and cultivated for many centuries. Six thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians incised depictions of the plant on their temple and tomb walls, and it is said that Marco Polo, Aristotle and Hippocrates wrote of the Aloe vera plant.

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Aloe vera was first cultivated in Africa but was later successfully transplanted to many countries around the world from Russia to the U.S. 2,000 years ago, aloe became a very much used plant in the cultures of China and Greece. In the U.S. today, it is grown for commercial use in the warm regions of Texas, Florida and California.

Although it is an attractive and easycare houseplant, Aloe veraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;main claim to fameâ&#x20AC;? is its myriad of medicinal properties.

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Hand sanitizers and skin cleansers that contain Aloe vera can be used during our cold, dry seasons to cleanse, moisturize and protect the skin. Aloe vera is also being added to facial tissues to reduce the irritation of frequents nose blowing when someone has a sinus allergy or a cold.

Another medicinal use of Aloe vera, when used in capsule or liquid form, is as a mild laxative. Related to this benefit of the plant is that it also acts as a detoxifier, helping rid the body of poisons, pesticides, and chemicals that are detrimental to good health.

Experts report that Aloe vera contains several antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that can benefit the human system.

February gardening tip: Keep the foliage of houseplants dusted and cleaned on a regular basis and check for pests such as scale insects, spider mites and mealy bugs.

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House & Home Show set for Feb. 20-22

Auditions set Auditions for Oregon Community Theatre’s spring show, “Forbidden Broadway” will be held Feb. 18 and 19 from 6-8 p.m. at Fassett Auditorium, 3025 Starr Ave., Oregon.

The show will be directed by Jeff Smith and produced by Dawn Yard. Smith is looking for four to six men and women.

Those auditioning should bring something to sing.

Performances will be April 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 3 p.m. For more information, visit oregoncommunitytheatre.org or email oct.info@sbcglobal. net.

Lunch & Learn Otterbein Portage Valley Senior Lifestyle Community, Pemberville, is launching a four-part Lunch & Learn series called “Be Bold, Get it Sold,” with the first lunch of the series set for Tuesday, Feb. 17 at noon.

Each session will highlight a different aspect of downsizing, selling a home, making a move and senior living options.

A number of real estate and senior move professionals will be the featured speakers, including Wendy Headley, Realtor with the A.A. Green Realty, Inc. in Bowling Green.

Lunch & Learn sessions are offered at no charge to participants. Call Jaime Brown at 419-833-8917 for more information.

Volunteers needed The Friends of Magee Marsh are seeking volunteers to help with various projects they sponsor throughout the year, including answering visitors’ questions, assisting in the gift shop, helping with the boardwalk restoration project, Lake Erie beach cleanups and other tasks.

Volunteers are needed March through November and are asked to work a minimum of one six-hour day a month, but most work longer, especially during the wildlife area’s busy month in May. A volunteer training session is scheduled for March 7 at noon in the Bird Center.

A pizza lunch will be served. To sign up, visit the Friends of Magee Marsh on Facebook, click on “message” and submit your name, phone number, address and email address, or email store@friendsofmageemarsh.org.

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Genoa Civic Theatre will present "Much Ado About Murder," February 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m. During intermission the audience will be invited to inspect the scene of the crime and question suspects near the end of the play. Pictured are, left to right, Tanner Rhyans, Donna Wollenslagel, Amanda Fox, Cynthia Roepke, Trevor Rhyans, Quentin Brown, and Sheryl Allan. Seated, Kevin Harrison. Call 419-855-3103 for reservations. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean) Commission of Toledo, in partnership with the local arts community. Dates are April 18, 19 and 25.

Artomatic 419! is the region’s largest non-juried, multi-media arts event. Held every-other year, the 2013 event saw more than 800 artists participate, and nearly 12,000 people attend over the course of three consecutive Saturdays.

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Registration is required before March 9.

For information about how to register, to take part in planning, or to volunteer, visit www.theartscommission.org, call 419254-2787, or email artomatic419@theartscommission.org.

Caregiver program “Caring for the Caregiver,” a free, three-week series designed to help those who are caring for the needs of a friend or family member, find personal meaning in the experience, will be offered Sundays March 8, 15 and 22 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Perrysburg Hospice Center, 30000 East River Rd. RSVP to Sandy Garrison at 419-6614001.

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Tickets will go on sale Feb. 20 for The Bare Naked Ladies June 7 concert at the Toledo Zoo. The band will be joined by special

guests Violent Femmes and Colin Hay. Tickets will be available for purchase to the public beginning at 10 a.m. online through Ticketmaster or in person at the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium Box Office.

Program volunteers sought Serenity Farm Equestrian Center, 21870 Lemoyne Rd., Luckey, is seeking passionate, dedicated volunteers to help out throughout the coming program year.

Volunteer applications are available online at www.serenityfarm.org or by calling the farm office at 419-833-1308.

Clarence Wilburn fundraiser A pancake breakfast to benefit Clarence Wilburn will be held Saturday, Feb. 21 from 8 a.m.-noon at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 W. Witty Rd. at SR 51, Elmore.

Wilburn, a longtime paramedic, has been diagnosed with liver failure and has been told by his physicians that he’ll need a transplant. He has been unable to work since April 2014.

In addition to breakfast, which will include pancakes, eggs, sausage or bacon, juice, coffee and milk, there will also be a bake sale and silent auction.

Funds raised up to $500 will be matched by Thrivent Choice. Proceeds will help Wilburn meet medical expenses.

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Feb. 14-May 17: “Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the World,” Imagination Station, One Discovery Way, Toledo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rock out and discover the science and history behind the instrument that revolutionized music. 419-244-2674, www.imaginationstationtoledo.org.

Feb. 14-16: Free Admission for Lucas Co. Residents, Toledo Zoo. In appreciation for county voters’ levy support, admission is free all weekend (valid proof of residency required).

Feb. 14-16: Sleigh Rides in Spiegel Grove, Hayes Presidential Center, Hayes and Buckland, Fremont, 1-4 p.m. daily. Cost is $3 per person. www.rbhayes.org.

Feb. 19: House & Home Show, SeaGate Convention Centre, 401 Jefferson Ave., Toledo. Hours are 3-9 p.m. Fri.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat. and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 419-4732507, www.toledohba.com.

Feb. 19: Miranda Lambert in concert, Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, 7:30 p.m. www.ticketmaster.com.

Feb. 20: Silver Screen: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St., Toledo, 2 p.m. Cold tall drafts, full bar, $2 popcorn. 419-242-2787, www. valentinetheatre.com.

Feb. 21: Beginner Genealogy Class, Hayes Presidential Center, Hayes and Buckland, Fremont, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Pre-registration required. 419-332-2081, www.rbhayes.org.

Feb. 21-22: Fremont Gun Show, Sandusky Co. Fairgrounds, corner of Rawson and North, Fremont, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat. and 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sun. 419-332-8189.

Feb. 23: Jailhouse Rock Dinner Theater, Historic Sandusky Co. Jail, 622 Croghan St., Fremont. Dinner at 6 p.m.; Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $20. Tickets available online at www.sanduskycounty.org, or at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, 712 North St., Fremont.

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By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com

Clay freshman Garret Anderson takes down Findlay grappler Joey Staschiak on his way to winning a 5-4 double overtime decision in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference 120 pound championship. (Press photo by Scott Grau/ TRACsports. org)

Can you say, “Dynasty”? The Clay wrestling program can.

In the four-year history of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, Clay has won every team wrestling championship. The Eagles got the runner-up finishes and bonus points needed to bring home its seventh straight league championship, dating back to Clay’s days in the Toledo City League.

Clay coach Ralph Cubberly and Central coach Antonio Guerra were named TRAC Co-Coaches of the Year. Clay only defeated Central by eight, 173-165, as Cubberly called the win a “team effort.”

“There are just so many kids, you can’t pick one, especially when it comes down to eight points,” Cubberly said. “Everybody did something — that was the key. It was a team win, not an individual win, for us.

“We won the tournament with the guys who didn’t win championships, and that’s how you always win tournaments. We won five weight classes and Central won seven, but their team couldn’t produce the points necessary to win whereas our team was able to do that.”

Clay had five individual champions — Nick Henneman (31-9), 113; Garret Anderson (30-10), 120; Calixtro Mondragon (32-10), 132; Richie Screptock (33-4), 138; and Matt Stencel (35-1), 195.

For Henneman, Anderson and Mondragon, it was their first league championship.

Eagles finishing as runner-up were Lorenzo LeValley (27-12), 152; Andy Howard (24-15), 160; Kevin Witt (23-18), 182; Tyler Koester (20-8), 220; and Nick Daly (22-9), 285.

The Central Michigan-bound Screptock, a 132 pound defending Division I state champion, said Cubberly’s message after the loss to Perrysburg hit home.

“He kind of put it on us about where we needed to be at, and kind of put it forward that we need to keep the streak going on TRAC championships that we have,” Screptock said. “I was rooting for everyone to get the job done. We were getting a lot of pins, which was good for the team. We had a lot of people in the finals, and some didn’t win championships, but we finished strong as a team.”

Henneman honored Henneman was named TRAC CoWrestler of the Year alongside two Central champs — four-time TRAC champion Nate Hagan (145), an East Toledo resident who won a D-II state championship at 132 last year, and Rosendro Beltran (126).

Henneman upset Central wrestler Josh Venia, a D-II defending state placer, 3-2 in the final, which played a huge role in securing Clay’s team championship.

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Cubberly said it was when LeValley finished second at 160, losing to Central wrestler Josh Mossing, 4-0, in the final, that he knew his team had won the team championship. “(LeValley) was an unseeded kid who pinned the third seed, beat the second seed, and got in the finals. He prevented bonus points in a situation where I’m sure Central was counting on bonus points,” Cubberly said.

Anderson, a freshman, defeated Findlay wrestler Joey Staschiak, 5-4, in two overtimes.

“He won a championship in sudden victory in the ride-out time,” Cubberly said. “He could have just fallen over and he didn’t. He just kept on going and he beat a really good kid. In the finals, we had a lot of momentum going.”

For Screptock, making the league championship easier was that Central wrestler and East Toledo resident Nate Hagan, who is usually in his weight class, wrestled up one division to maximize Central’s points. The two have paired up several times on the mat this year, with each getting his share of victories.

“I enjoy going against Nate because I do need people at his level, which is the same level that I am at, because it helps show me where I am at this year, what I need to work on and be ready for that in March,” Screptock said. “Our styles are a little bit different — he likes to attack a little more where I tend to stay back on the more defensive side.”

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Comet wrestlers complete Northern Buckeye three-peat

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The sign of a successful wrestling program is one that can lose quality athletes and come back the next year with a full head of steam. The Genoa program appears more and more to fit that mold.

Genoa completed the regular season by winning its third consecutive Northern Buckeye Conference title, scoring 169 points, well ahead of the two second-place teams, Eastwood and Otsego, each scoring 134.

Of the 14 weight divisions, Genoa placed in 10, winning five, finishing second in two, third in one, and fourth in two more classes. Reigning state champion Jay Nino and Tyler Baird were the lone wrestlers to repeat as league champions, but did so in close matches. Nino, who set the Ohio record for single-season victories last year with 65 and finished second earlier in the year at the prestigious Perrysburg Invitational, won his match over Elmwood’s Devin Uzelac, 4-2, in the finals at 220 pounds, giving him three straight NBC titles, and Baird edged Elmwood’s Griffin Sperry, 1-0, in the title match at 182.

The other winners were Damian D’Emilio (120), who pinned Fostoria’s Austin Struble at 3:06 in the finals, Devon Dunbar-Cannon (138), who defeated reigning champion Trent Soto of Otsego, 5-4, in the title match, and Brandon Bates (145), who, like Dunbar-Cannon, defeated a reigning champion, Eastwood’s Mitchell Davidson, 6-1, in the finals.

Those five league champions have accumulated an outstanding combined record of 173-26 (.869) during the season.

Bates leads the team with 44 victories compared to five losses, followed by D’Emilio (43-9), Nino (33-2), Dunbar-Cannon (29-3) and Baird (24-7).

Matt Herrick (195) was nearly a league champion himself, falling in a close match to Eastwood’s Zan Zientek, 5-3, in the finals. And Adam Bates (132) finished second, too, losing to Otsego’s Buddy Limes, 14-4, in the title match. Andrew Muir (113) finished third, beating Lake’s Dylan Cole,

Genoa wrestler Jay Nino takes down an Elmwood opponent on his way to winning a Northern Buckeye Conference championship at 220. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com) 10-7, in the consolation finals and Thor Morrison (106) and Xavier Beach (152) both finished fourth.

Otsego was the pre-season coaches’ favorite, but by the end of the season, everyone knew who the real champions were. Coach Bob Bergman credits his wrestlers’ resolve.

“It’s a special group, and that’s why we’re here,” he said. “It’s about the kids.

They are the driving force, and they make it special. It’s a pleasure to be a part of it all and be in trenches with them.

“We’re blessed with a lot of great kids that come from great families, and we have a lot of support from the administration.

We have a great staff that brings something to the table that’s unique and it’s a big blessing to have them.”

The Comets also advanced to the regional semifinals of the Division III team dual tournament. The No. 3 team in Region 17, Genoa defeated No. 6 Gibsonburg by one point, 34-33, in the first round before beating No. 2 Otsego, 32-27, to advance to take on the top seed, Oak Harbor, which ended the Comets’ run.

Genoa finished second at the North Coast Duals, third at the Gold Medal Duals and sixth at the 25-team Perrysburg Invite.

Bergman, now in his fourth year, has worked his way up the ranks, previously

serving as a varsity assistant for two years under Joe Ziebold and as the head coach of the middle school program for five years before that. He has a staff that includes five assistants — Chris Kamelesky, Dave Wlodarz, Pat Moore, Dom D’Emilio and Bill Cannon — men for whom he has great respect.

“It goes to our personalities on our coaching staff being able to tap into the different guys,” said Bergman, a 2004 Genoa graduate. “They can hit the buttons that I can’t, and that helps us avoid complacency.”

Bergman also credits Genoa’s former wrestlers, like Max Reeder, Nathan Moore, Cody Buckner, Tyler Rozak, Seth Morrison, Jake Fejes, Dustin Widmer and Robert Roginski, who have helped to provide guidance for the club this season.

“The alumni came back in and hit the reset button for us,” Bergman said, referring to the time shortly after the Comets lost to both Fostoria and Otsego in an early-season tri-meet. “The previous classes have done a great job of putting the bar up there.”

He said the team benefited from the presence of Dunbar-Cannon who, finished third at the 126 pound Division III state meet wrestling for Northwood, has provided the club with another elite wrestler.

He could not wrestle until the mid-point of the season because of transfer rules, and from that point it was just added points for Genoa.

“Devon’s been a huge boast to the intensity in our drilling,” Bergman said.

“He’s stepped in and took a leadership role. The alpha male syndrome kicked in and everyone steps up to the plate and he makes everyone better around them.

Damian and Brandon thrive off that challenge. (Devon) presents a new style of wrestling. We’re all better because of what Devon’s brought to the table and it’s been a shot in the arm.”

Bergman also has high praise for Brandon Bates.

“I’d say that Brandon has been a consistent force for us for the last four years,” Bergman said. “His freshman year, he had 32 wins, then 42 wins, and last year he had 50 wins. We’re going to miss him big time.

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City League crowns new champion — Gibsonburg

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The Toledo City League had a new twist, and a new champion, at its league wrestling tournament.

The CL invited Toledo Area Athletic Conference schools to participate in the tournament, and first-year coach Greg Spoores’ Gibsonburg Golden Bears emerged as the team champion.

Gibsonburg won six of eight championship matches en route to scoring 203 points. Defending CL champion Waite was second with 179½. Northwood (35½) finished seventh.

Waite put a league-high nine wrestlers in the championship finals but won just two matches. Eduardo Jackson pinned Gibsonburg freshman Marciano Salazar in 5:58 at 160 pounds, while Jatwan Morris won by default over Bowsher’s Natividad Castro at 195.

“We wrestled really tough,” Spoores said. “We’ve been battling some injuries, and the flu swept through us. We had two kids with ear infections who were battling through practice every day. Two other kids had sore throats and did whatever they could to make weight. The kids were tough and diligent and battled through all that.

They earned the team championship.”

Spoores said one of Gibsonburg’s biggest surprises was freshman Avery Teeple, who pinned top-seeded Anthony Rosales of Waite in 1:57 in the 113-pound finals.

Teeple had competed at 120 for most of this season, compiling a 12-18 record.

“He had a lot of success in biddy and middle school,” Spoores said. “He probably should be a 106-pounder. He’s had confidence this year, but it’s a big step from middle school to high school. He worked hard to get his weight down to 113, to have an opportunity for sectionals. Him winning and the kids knowing how bad he struggled all year, that got everybody fired up and we just ran with it from there.”

The Golden Bears’ other individual champions were freshman Hugo Villerreal at 132, juniors Damien Schmeltz at 138, Tony Vasquez at 145 and Griffin Geary at 152, and sophomore Madison Jaso at 195.

Salazar, at 160, and senior Dan Henline (182) both took second for Gibsonburg.

Salazar was filling in for junior Marcus Kreais, who hyper-extended his elbow last Tuesday and was unable to compete.

Gibsonburg wrestler Griffin Geary, Toledo City League champion at 152 pounds, has an opponent on the mat. (Photo courtesy of Innovations Portrait Studio/InnovationsVisualImpact. com) “Marciano pinned the first kid he wrestled and he wrestled very well,” Spoores said. “He got us a considerable amount of points.”

Jaso improved to 15-0 with a 4-0 win over Start’s Adam Koehler in the final.

“Madison and his younger brother, Brady, transferred to Gibsonburg this year,” Spoores said. “I’m surprised with Madison a little bit, because he only weighs 179 pounds. He’s a hard worker and a strong kid. I had him in biddy, so I know what his ability is and we work really hard with him in practice. He’s beating some good kids.”

Villerreal and Schmeltz both had easy wins. Villerreal tech-falled Scott’s Dajon Pettis, 19-2, and Schmeltz pinned Juan Mareno of Waite in 1:12. Schmeltz improved to 34-7.

“Damien has a couple losses to state placers and state qualifiers,” Spoores said.

“He won a match at districts last year, so I

look for him to return to districts and possibly make a run for Columbus as well.”

Villerreal ran his record to 23-4, with one of those losses coming by injury default in the Bears’ season-opening tournament and two other losses coming in overtime to a returning state placer and a state qualifier.

“Hugo is an outstanding freshman,” Spoores said. “We’re excited about what he has. He’s going to have a lot to contribute to the future. I look for him to make a push to Columbus.”

Vasquez, a team captain, got past Waite’s Johnson in the 145-pound finals, 3-1. Vasquez improved to 32-8.

“Tony is probably one of the best allaround athletes on the team,” Spoores said.

“He is dedicated, and most of his losses are to significant competition against Division I and II teams on our schedule. I definitely believe he has the ability to make a run at Columbus if he keeps working hard and

stays healthy.”

Geary emerged with a 4-2 overtime win over Toledo Christian’s Michael Geis in the championship match, running his record to 30-7.

“He has the ability,” Spoores said, “and it’s that time of the season where they have to keep going and continue to improve.”

Junior Wesley Campbell, at 126 pounds, and senior Troy Ickes (170) both placed third for the Bears, while senior Alex LeJune took fourth at 285. LeJune is a first-year wrestler and was unseeded at the CL tourney.

“He came out a few weeks into the season,” Spoores said. “He started the season at 316 pounds and he’s down to 270. I may be the most impressed with him. It took him a while until he was allowed to make weight. He practiced a lot, without any reward or against competition. He’s a big, strong kid who you wish you would have had a few more years to work with.”

Rangers’ Wheeler looking for bigger and better things

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com It may sound strange, but it’s true.

Northwood junior wrestler Jonny Wheeler became the Rangers’ first-ever City League wrestling champion last weekend at Bowsher High School.

Northwood used to compete in the Ohio Wrestling League along with Gibsonburg, but the OWL disbanded after last season. The City League, which resumed wrestling prior to the 2013-14 season, invited wrestlers from Northwood, Gibsonburg, Toledo Christian and Danbury – schools that compete in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference in every other sport – to participate in the CL tourney this year.

“The Toledo Christian coach (Mike Geis) took the bull by the horns and contacted Toledo City League officials and asked if we could compete in their tournament,” Northwood coach Nick Encheff said. “It was a great move for the City League and TAAC schools. Right now, with Toledo schools

Jonny Wheeler. (Photo by LifeTouch formerly Woodward Photographic)

building their (wrestling) programs back up, I think the competition level is very even. In a few years, who knows what will happen.”

Gibsonburg outscored defending champion Waite for the team title, and Wheeler earned Northwood’s lone individual title.

The Rangers are competing with just four wrestlers at this juncture, yet they managed to take seventh at the 10-team event.

“It’s pretty cool, big, especially since I’ve never been a league champ,” said Wheeler, a 126-pounder, of winning a CL title. “It means a lot. I knew if I wrestled my best I could possibly do it.”

Wheeler earned a 10-2 major decision over Tristan Snider of Waite in the championship match.

“Jonny is a solid wrestler,” Encheff said. “He’s good in all three positions – neutral, top and bottom. He’s got some quality wins this year against state-caliber kids. We are looking for him to do well in the postseason.”

In a third-place CL match, Northwood 152-pounder Trevor Mack won by default over Woodward’s Anthony Maier. Mack, a

sophomore who went 3-1 during the tournament, won the OWL title at 138 last year.

He improved to 15-14 this season.

“Trevor lost in the semis to the kid from Toledo Christian (Michael Geis), who got second,” Encheff said. “He’s working on some areas of improvement on the top and bottom position. He wrestled well on his feet. He had a tech fall and won another match 14-0.”

The Rangers started the season with five wrestlers, including Wheeler, who is 24-6, and Mack. The others were junior Collin Gutekunst, who is 4-12 at 160 pounds, freshman Ronnie Vendt at 220 and 170-pounder Trent Dale, who dislocated his patella more than a month ago and has a small ACL tear.

Encheff took over the program just three weeks before the season started.

Encheff was also Northwood’s head coach from 1995-2008.

“We’re still learning about each other,” Encheff said of this year’s group. “I’ve never coached these young men, and I’m still learning their styles and finally starting to mesh on how we go about coaching.”

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By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Senior Christy Dazley wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be graduating with any of her Genoa basketball teammates this spring. Not one.

She could, however, join them in securing the Northern Buckeye Conference championship trophy in a week or so, if the Comets can beat Rossford on Thursday and Otsego next week. Genoa (16-3) and Otsego are currently tied for the NBC lead with 11-1 records.

If the Comets do earn the NBC title, they will have done it with just one senior â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dazley â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on their roster. She does not fill up a stat sheet during games; in fact, she averages just 3.2 points and 5.6 rebounds a game. But, any good coach will tell you they need role players like Christy Dazley to win championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came into this season after losing three seniors, including Brynn Skilliter,â&#x20AC;?

Genoa coach Mike DeStazio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We told Christy she had to fill Brynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes. I told her all I needed out of her was to play good post defense, give me some points off the glass and give us some rebounds and you will make us better. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is the only senior and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like a fish out of water because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing with a very talented group of juniors.

They look at Christy as being a leader, and she accepts her role as a defender and a rebounder among a group of juniors and a sophomore who can score. That says a lot about Christyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character. She says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Coach, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do whatever it takes to help us win.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;?

DeStazio returned the core of a team that finished 18-7 and 10-4 in the NBC a year ago. Genoaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top player is junior guard Haley Pickard, who averages a team-high 14.1 points and 7.7 rebounds a game. She is closing in on 900 career points and is already the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career leader in steals.

Sophomore guard Emily Edwards averages 12.6 points, and 6-foot junior point guard Erica Harder averages 11.1 points and 7.6 rebounds. Junior guard Carly Gose pulls down six rebounds a game and leads the team with 118 steals, while junior guard Haley Gerke has scored in double figures the last eight games after undergoing offseason knee surgery.

Genoa senior Christy Dazley is surrounded

by Lake defenders in a Comet victory.

(Press photo by Harold Hamilton/ HEHphotos. smugmug. com) â&#x20AC;&#x153;They play very well together and they get along well together on and off the court,â&#x20AC;?

DeStazio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very quick, but the biggest key is we get along together.â&#x20AC;?

The 5-9 Dazley has attended Penta

Career Center as a junior and senior and has a 3.7 GPA while studying medical technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids truly respect her and know that she plays a big part,â&#x20AC;? DeStazio said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a senior to be a role player, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy task to do. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to do that.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes her special.â&#x20AC;?

Dazley said she was one of only two seniors on the Cometsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; volleyball team last fall, but Pickard was also one of her teammates. Dazley said the two built a level of respect for each other that carried over into basketball season. Dazley shuffled back and forth between the junior varsity and varsity teams a year ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My sister (Caitlin) and I did a lot of running in the summer and I did lot of workouts on my own to make my upper body stronger,â&#x20AC;? Dazley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I put in a lot of time at my church, shooting around and stuff.â&#x20AC;?

Dazley said â&#x20AC;&#x153;at first it was sadâ&#x20AC;? watching her fellow classmates drop out of or graduate from Genoaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball program year after year. The Comets graduated three seniors from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We (seniors) had a lot of girls start (basketball), but they fell out,â&#x20AC;? said Dazley, who added that she and the younger players â&#x20AC;&#x153;have a good bond together.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re close friends,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I knew it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a problem throughout the season. I have a love for the game and I knew I was going to have to step up this year because of three seniors graduating. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let my friends and my teammates down.â&#x20AC;?

Dazley said this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team, particularly the starting five, has grown closer this season because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve figured out their roles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re down, I try to be more physical and bring more energy,â&#x20AC;? Dazley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My role is rebounding, playing good defense in the middle of our zone and scoring a couple points here and there. This season has been really fun for me. We all figured out what it takes to win, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not afraid to tell each other to pick it up or where we need to improve during games.â&#x20AC;?

Dazley plans to attend Lourdes University next fall to become a nurse anesthetist. She may even try to play volleyball for the Gray Wolves. DeStazio is confident that Dazley will be successful in whatever path she chooses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great kid, just a super nice kid,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give a lot of credit to her parents. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been raised to be a fine young lady.â&#x20AC;?

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Cards looking to hit their stride before tourney

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Perhaps this is the start of something special.

With a new coach that is committed to the program, a special player in CeCe Gozdowski and a team that is committed to playing defense, Cardinal Stritch might be in the midst of an important season.

Currently 11-8 overall and 10-4 in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference, Stritch has won five of its last seven games.

The team, which has its third coach in as many years, has gone 10-14, 12-11 and 8-13, respectively, in each of the last three seasons. This season is an opportunity for the club to reach new heights by notching at least 13 victories and winning that elusive sectional title.

“I feel pretty good (about where we are),” Stritch coach Cathy Hanek said.

“We’ve definitely been getting better, hitting our stride in the second half of the year.

Some other kids besides CeCe are carrying the load offensively. One of those people is Kali (Hardy) – she is looking to shoot more and score more. She’s opened things up inside by being an outside threat.”

Gozdowski, a senior center who stands 5-9, leads the team in scoring and rebounding. She is averaging 10.4 points and 6.9 rebounds, which rank seventh and third, respectively, in the TAAC. “She’s huge for us, and I think our players feed off her leadership,” Hanek said.

“When we are struggling, we look to go to her. The best thing she’s done is she’s improved her outside shot. That’s helped her a lot to get to the basket. She has bigger post players to go up against. Now that she’s a threat on the outside — that opens things up on the inside. The best thing she’s done is improve on the mid-range jumper.”

Kali Hardy, the 5-6 junior point guard, is someone who will likely have to play a major role within the offense if the Cardinals are to make a run in the tournament.

“She’s a little ball of energy,” Hanek said. “On defense, she’s creating havoc and she does a really good job of getting us into what we’re trying to run offensively. She’s our primary ball handler and she kind of

BOYS BASKETBALL Team (League) Overall Gibsonburg (14-0, TAAC) 18 Lake (9-1, NBC) 14 Cardinal Stritch (10-4, TAAC) 12 Eastwood (6-5, NBC) 12 Genoa (6-5, NBC) 10 Woodmore (5-5, NBC) 8 Waite (1-7, TCL) 8 Oak Harbor (1-8, SBC) 3 Clay (0-10, TRAC) 0 Northwood (0-14, TAAC) 0

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has a calming influence on everyone else.

She’s pretty steady.”

Hardy and Gozdowski are joined in the starting lineup by three juniors, 5-9 shooting guard Jettie Moore, 5-7 small forward Abby Cronin and 5-8 power forward Kama Hardy, Kali’s cousin. Kama Hardy ranks fifth in the TAAC at 6.4 rebounds.

“(Kama) is usually guarding the other team’s biggest player in the post,” said Hanek, a Youngstown native who played collegiately at Youngstown State University. “She has a nose for the ball, she’s long and lanky. She’s not that tall, but she’s got really long arms and she finds the ball and she doesn’t give up, and that’s why

she gets those rebounds.”

Hanek credits Cronin for her outside shooting and notes that Moore has drastically improved offensively while playing a vital role on the defensive end.

Madison Niehaus, a 5-8 senior wing, is one of the key reserves along with 5-7 sophomore guard Jami Hardy, 5-9 senior forward Madison Moran, who starts on occasion, and 5-6 senior guard Tori Pinciotti.

“We feel like we have an advantage when we go to our bench,” Hanek said.

“Jami has come in and been a spark for us.

It’s a little bit of a chess match when we go to our bench. Teams might take them lightly and they don’t expect big things, but their role is just as important as the kids that start the game.”

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Nine-yearold Madison Wagner, of Toledo, pushes 1-year-old A’marion Gaiter, of Toledo, on a spinning flower at the award winning Pearson Park playground.

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Pearson wins first place for playscape A new “playscape” at Pearson Metropark and a similar playground at Farnsworth Metropark together won a first place award for capital improvements from the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association, according to Scott Carpenter, Metroparks spokesperson.

Each of the playgrounds was crafted to create a series of interactive play environments. The Pearson playground was inspired by that park’s history as one of the last remaining pieces of the Great Black Swamp.

The playgrounds were made possible because of an extensive community volunteer effort, corporate and community donations and partnerships with the local arts community.

Volunteers from the BP-Husky Refinery donated more than 350 service hours dismantling the old playground equipment at Pearson. The refinery also led a fundraising challenge that resulted in over $100,000 worth of donations from the company, Friends of Pearson and the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce.

To complement the fundraising efforts, Metroparks offered park visitors the opportunity to purchase engraved bricks.

Metroparks worked with the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo to locate a local company, Graphite Design & Build, which created custom sculptures that make each of the new playgrounds unique.

The award was presented February 3 during OPRA’s annual conference and trade show at Kalahari Resort and Conference Center in Sandusky. Metroparks won a total of six awards for capital improvements, programming, law enforcement, natural resources conservation and management innovation.

Schools & skills Joy Gladieux of Eggleston Meinert & Pavley Funeral Homes has completed the In-sight Institute and Outlook Group course conducted by funeral service educator Glenda Stansbury.

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Gladieux is available to speak to individuals, clubs and civic organizations.

At the clubs Due to testing, there has been a change in the date when the East Toledo Club will tour the L. Hollingworth School for the Talented & Gifted. The new date is Friday, Feb. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The charter school last year completed renovations of the former Jobst building at 653 Miami Street which was purchased for $307,744, according to the Lucas County auditor records.

The school, which had been located at the former Sacred Heart School on Sixth Street, opened in the fall. Enrollment has grown from just under 100 students in grades K-6 to a projected 330 students for the coming school year up to the ninth grade.

The public is invited, but reservations are required. Call Jodi Gross at 419-6911439, ext 213. *** The Oregon Economic Development Foundation will meet Friday, Feb. 20, 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Oregon Room at Mercy St. Charles Hospital.

The bottom line First Defiance Financial Corp. reported earnings of $2.38 per share for 2014, up 8.7 percent from 2013, according to a company spokesperson.

The company set a record for net income, totaling $23.7 million.

First Defiance is the parent company for First Federal Bank with local offices in Genoa and Oregon and First Federal Insurance.

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nspirational essage of the Life sometimes seems like a battle, both in the small affairs of daily life as well as in the bigger, more significant ones. In the battle of good over evil, it doesn’t always seem like the good guys win.

Maybe in the long run they do, but in the meantime, the good guys need all the help they can get. To make matters worse, the ‘bad guys’ sometimes seem to have better marketing. Evil can look very attractive, while virtue and goodness look like the proverbial ‘homely stepchild’ that nobody wants.

We really do need to join the struggle and give the

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eek: Angels Need Our Help angels some help. Think of all the unresolved social evils in the world: hunger, poverty, war, illiteracy, and myriad forms of injustice. We should appeal to the ‘better angels of our nature’ to help us in this struggle, as we should be ready and willing to help the angels as they fight the glorious fight. God wants and needs our help in this fight, and every good act that we do makes the world a better place.

So put on God’s armor now! Then when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist the enemy’s attacks. Good News Bible Ephesians 6:13

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Walbridge

1930 Bradner Rd./Corner of Woodville & Bradner Rds. 419-836-8986 Sunday School 9:00 am.

Sunday worship:10:00 am Wed. 7:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Noble Every 2nd Sun. 10:00 am Praise Service

Elmore Trinity Lutheran Church Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod 412 Fremont St. 419-862-3461 Stephen Lutz, Pastor

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

Lake Twp. Zion Lutheran Church 26535 Pemberville Rd.837-5023 Between 795 & Genoa Rd. (163) Just east of 280 Sunday Worship 10:15 am Sunday School 9:00 am

Sunday worship - 8am & 10:30am Wednesday worship - 7:30pm

Sunday School for all ages 9:15am Pastor Mark Wentz

Woodville Solomon Lutheran Church and School

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Sunday Worship: 8am & 10:30am Sunday School for all ages Pastor Kristina Ahlman

School Open Enrollment-Nursery thru 6th grade

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Waffle Breakfast & Red Cross Blood Drive Feb. 28, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Zion United Methodist Church, 18045 W. William St. Walk-ins welcome; appointments encouraged. Call LisaAnne at 419250-1188 for appointments or info.

Jerusalem Twp.

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

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

Curtice

Gulburger Nite, March 26, 4-7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, corner of Seaman and Yondota.

Featuring the one-pound burger cooked with the Gulish family recipe, with chips, pickles, peppers, cookie and beverage. Fresh-cut fries and sodas available at an additional cost. Advance tickets only available from any church member or by calling 419-691-1918.

Bono

Bono Baptist Church will welcome “The Allegiance Trio” Feb 21, 7 p.m. Featuring gospel music, fellowship and desserts in the fellowship hall after the concert. Free admission. For info, call 419-690-9215.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Stations of the Cross and soup supper every Thurs. during Lent beginning at 6 p.m. Bring a soup or bread to share.

Elmore

Harris-Elmore Library will offer the following computer classes through Guiding Ohio Online on Feb. 20: 9 a.m. - Excel III: Charts; 10 a.m. – Word II: Working with Documents; 11 a.m. – Intro to the Internet; 2 p.m. – Beginning iPad III. Registration is required for the classes, and students should bring their own devices. There will also be a drop in session from 12 to 2 p.m., when people may get help with their Kindles, Nooks, etc. Call the library at 419-862-2482 to register.

Christian Women’s Breakfast, Feb. 23, 9 a.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. Speaker will be Lou Hebert.

Card Playing the 1st and 3rd Thurs. of the month at 7 p.m. at Elmore Retirement Village, 633 State St.

Genoa

Free Community Meal Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m., St. John’s UCC, 1213 Washington St. Open to the public. Facility is fully accessible.

All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast, Feb. 22, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Genoa Legion Hall, 302 West St. pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy.

Carryouts available. For info on Legion Hall rental, call Tom at 419-460-3265.

Oak Harbor High School Choir will perform at St. John’s UCC, 1213 Washington St. Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome.

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

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

Genoa Senior Center 514 Main St., serves lunch Mon., Wed. & Fri., 11:30 a.m. (call 419-855-4491 for reservations). Card playing Mon. & Wed. at 12:30 p.m.; blood sugar checks offered the 2nd Wed. of the month; bingo Mon. at 9:30 a.m.

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

Proper ID and billing address within the district required. For more info, call 419-341-0913.

Graytown

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Luckey Library Story Time for ages 3-7 every Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Includes stories, finger plays, music & crafts. Lego Club (K-5th grade) Mondays 4:30-5:30 p.m. Men’s Shoot-the-Bull gatherings Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Coffee provided. No registration required for any of the programs.

Home delivery of library materials to home-bound Luckey residents is available by calling the library during regular hours at 419-833-6040.

The deadline for our Transitions Page is Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

Virgil & LouAnn Lawrence

Margaret Cousino February 12th

Oak Harbor

Ottawa Co. Board of Developmental Disabilities Monthly Board Meeting, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. at the board office, 235 N. Toussaint S. Road, Meetings are open to the public. For info, call 419-898-0400.

Pemberville

“For the Love of Art” student art exhibit Feb. 14 and 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Feb. 15 from noon4 p.m. in the Pemberville Opera House, 115 Main St. In addition, the library will showcase projects from Eastwood elementary and middle school students and Pemberville businesses will display and sell creations from area artists. For info, call 419-287-3876.

February Public Dinner, Feb. 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Pemberville United Methodist Church (note: dinner has been changed to the last Saturday). Featuring a soup buffet, sandwich, salad bar, dessert and beverage. Carryouts available. Call 419-287-4040.

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

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

Info available at Pemberville churches.

Rocky Ridge

Chicken `n’ Biscuit Dinner Feb. 15, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. or until sold out, St. John Lutheran Church, 450 Rocky Ridge Rd. Freewill donations will be accepted. Proceeds benefit Youth Fund.

Celebrating 60 years of marriage February 19, 2015 We love you!

Your family

Happy 95th Birthday Mom! Your love will always be in our hearts!!!

Love, your family

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Love & miss you!

Happy 90th Birthday

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Walbridge

Roast Beef Dinner Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m., Walbridge VFW Post 9963, 109 N. Main St. Dinner includes mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, vegetable, roll & butter and dessert. Cost is $8.

Night Worship Feb. 24 and the 4th Tues. of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Jerome Catholic Church, 300 Warner St. www.StJeromeWalbridge.com/Worship.

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

All programs are free. Call 419-666-9900 or visit cdpl.org.

Woodville

Woodville Township Trustees will meet the 1st and 3rd Wed. of each month at 7 p.m. in the Fiscal Office at the Woodville Township Fire Station, 321 East Main St. Woodville Public Library, 101 E. Main St., offers Storytime, Mon. at 7 p.m.; Lego Club (K-6), 1st Sat. of the month, 10-11:30 a.m.; Matchbox Mania (ages 3-8), Feb. 18, 7 p.m. (register at 419-8492744); KidzCook Club, Feb. 28, 11 a.m. (register at 419-849-2744).

Clark Richards Jividen February 19th

Congratulations Eagle Scout

Love, Your family

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Thank You

5/3/93 ~ 2/11/09

We’re sending a dove to heaven with a parcel on its wings.

Be careful when you open it, it’s full of beautiful things.

Inside are a million kisses, wrapped up in a million hugs.

To say how much we miss you, and to send you all our love.

We hold you close within our hearts, and there you will remain.

To walk with us throughout our life, until we meet again.

Sadly missed Always loved!

All your family and friends

Your family and friends

The family of CLIFFORD E. SHIELDS would like to thank all their friends and family for the prayers and support during the last few months. Extra thanks to the prayer warriors and staff of St. John’s UCC, Genoa, and MAINSTREET Church, Walbridge.

Heartfelt thanks to Pastor Don for his time and caring for dad and our family.

Special thanks to Dr. Sharma, Bay Park Hospital and Dr. Bauer, Fremont Memorial Hospital. And a very special thanks to the RNs who took such excellent care of Dad during his last days, especially Amanda and Becky.

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Real Estate Transfers Week ending Jan. 9 Allen Township 1-5-15 Beverly A. Green to Lynn M. and Frederick M. Kenney, 6710North Reiman Road, $132,000.

Benton Township 1-8-15 Kenneth and Sandra Fraser to Judd and Shannon Lickert, 0 State Route 2, vacant land $68,445.

Catawba Township 1-6-15 Sean K. Williams to Jeffrey C. Thomas, 5931 East Basin Drive, ½ int $177,850.

1-7-15 James N. Hogg to Heidi E. Cline, 4488 Weyhe Road, $25,000.

Clay Township 1-5-15 Charles H. Carter to Anna M. Cruthers, 23897 West Meadow Drive, $105,000.

1-7-15 Kathy A. Bays to Joshua M. Ehrsam, 23946 West Meadow Drive, $52,001.

Danbury Township 1-6-15 Gribble Insurance Agency Inc to Joseph M and Collen Q Wendling, 5831 East Harbor Road Unit A-15, $49,900.

1-6-15 Joseph M. and Colleen O. Wendling to Dale E. and Julie Eirich Parker, 5831 East Harbor Road Unit B-10, $49,900.

1-7-15 Harvey A. Rogers to Jerry G. and Germaine Leonard , 215 West Fifth Street, $105,000.

1-9-15 Charles T. Russell to Robin P. Chandler and Karen E. Martinko, 1802 North Buck Road, $180,000.

Erie Township 1-7-15 Ann Isecke to Robert C. and Charolette R. Howell, 1220 West Richey , lot 50 Boat Slip82, $10,000.

Harris Township 1-7-15 Mark T. and Nancy D. Reilly to David J. and Jennifer M. Orcelletto, 20520 State Route 105, $23,250.

Port Clinton Corp.

1-6-15 Beth A. Klima to Marty Folger, 624 Monroe Street, $39,000.

1-7-15 Archie C. and Nina K. Stinson to Knoll Crest Investors LTD, 116 East 11th Street, $133,500.

Week ending Jan. 16 Allen Township 1-16-15 Nickelsen Farms LLC to Schimming Farms LLC, 0 N Genoa Clay Center Road, $400,000.

Benton Township 1-13-15 Fred Rutherford Damschroder to Leo H. Wasseman, 0 North Stange Road, $116,000.

1-13-15 Fred Rutherford Damschroder to Andrew M. Fox, 0 North Stange Road, $270,000.

1-13-15 Fred Rutherford Damschroder to Kevin M. and Kathy S. Fox, 0 North Stange Road, $224,000.

Bay Township 1-12-15 Ann Marie Goode to Brian R. and Tomi A. Michael, 6964 6920 Portage River South Road, $5,000.

1-12-15 Donald E. Goode to Brian R. and Tomi A. Michael, 6892 Portage River South Road, $5,000.

1-14-15 Thomas J. Konwinski sr. to Raymond W. Mathews, 735 South Streeter Road, $50,000.

1-15-15 Wholesale Res LLC to Roger and Jennifer Clere, 2364 Paulsen, $22,050.

Catawba Township 1-16-15 Christopher J. Garceau to Melissa A. Moore-Adolph, 3966 North Haven , $88,900.

1-16-15 Gene F Molnar to James M and Lorie L Young, 5271 Bay Pointe Circle, $235,500.

1-16-15 Meredith V Wenzel to Meredith V Wenzel, 4177 E Bliss Drive, $137,500.

Carroll Township 1-16-15 Gregory M Struck to Henry Gerschutz, 6619 Pasadena Drive, $48,000.

1-16-15 Michael D and Vicki L Ricker to Nicholas C and Celeste A Giantsos, 6336 N Harris Harbor Road, $55,000.

Danbury Township 1-12-15 Marblehead partners LLC to Rebecca R. Price, 414 North Lake Pine Drive #2, $71,155.

1-14-15 Safe Harbor Development LTD to Richard J. Vedell, 5686 State Route 163 Unit B8, $82,935.

Marblehead Corp 1-15-15 Johnson’s Island Investment Group, LLC to Randco Inc., 4170 South Cliffwood, $38,000.

Harris Township 1-16-15 Timothy L and Bridget E Smith to Michael D and Susan A Freeman, 0 Portage River South, $31,000.

Port Clinton Corp.

1-13-15 Sloan Trust to Walter C. Wehenkel Jr. and Carol Stebar Wehenkel, 0 Anna Sloan Smith, .815 acres $5,500.

1-16-15 Paul L. Wilkins to Crystal N. Wilkins, 310 West 4th Street, $100,000.

Week ending Jan. 23 Allen Township 1-20-15 Jon R. Johnson to Rob W. Orians, 5456 North Nissen Road, $215,000.

1-22-15 Evonne Shackelford to John D. and Teresa L. Laing, 24773 West Young Road, $74,072.

Rocky Ridge Corp 1-22-15 Mary Jane Whitaker et al to Jennifer M. Sutkus, 1473 North Main Street, $110,000.

Catawba Township 1-21-15 Noel J. Kollman to James P. and Mary Beth Koch Greer, 280 North Crest Drive, $14,000.

1-22-15 John R. Brown to 1079 Properties LLC,

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1-22-15 John R. Brown to David J. and Cynthia M. Peltier, 0 NW Catawba Road, ½ int $32,500.

1-23-15 Daniel W. and Nancy A. Pelton to Michael Swetal and Beth Wendell, 1593 Windward Drive, $117,000.

1-23-15 Billy L. and Jean L. Miller to Jospeh E. Chancy, 5821 East Plum Avenue, $139,000.

Genoa Corp.

1-20-15 Stanley Holding Company Limited LLC to Robert and Kathy Keaton, 0 Main Street, $15,000.

Danbury Township 1-23-15 Daniel L. Buckey to Carolyn M. McDaniel, 604 West Second Street, $115,395.

Harris Township 1-22-15 Linda C. Geraldo to Craig L. Tymiak, 19964 State Route 105, $110,000.

Port Clinton Corp.

1-23-15 Jon R. and Cynthia A. Cromling to Holly O’Brien, 328 Clinton Reef, $111,000.

Salem Township 1-20-15 Debra A. Dunn to Joshua S. and Jaimee Prieur, 181 North Behlman Road, $121,999.

Oak Harbor Corp 1-21-15 Storage Condominiums Inc. to John M. Custer, 509 North Locust Street, $79,900.

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Week ending Jan. 30 Allen Township 1-27-15 Lee M. Crofts and Nicole L. Breno Crofts to Julie and Steven M. Swartz, 6460 North Old Stone Trail, $55,000.

1-28-15 Karen S. Traver to Diane L. Traver, 24030 West Reservation Line, $70,270.

Benton Township 1-26-15 Jamie L. Dippman fna Jamie L. Migliori to Stefan J. Pohorecki III and Toni M. Pohorecki, 905 North Lickert Harder Road, $112,000.

1-27-15 Gail P. Gerwin to James R. and Anderia Hartman, 0 West Walbridge East Road, new split $8,000.

1-27-15 Jennifer M. Schimming White to James R. and Anderia Hartman, 0 West Walbridge East Road, new split $8,000.

Catawba Township 1-30-15 JDC Enterprises inc to David A. and Jacqueline H. Jasinski, 3080 North Tiara Drive, $46,000.

1-30-14 Timothy and Carole Weber to John A. and Victoria K. Shumaker, 0 Windward Drive Unit W-31, $3,500.

1-30-15 BC Resorts LLC to Curtiss C. Dew, 2739A Canterbury Circle, $225,000 Carroll Township 1-30-15 Bobby Clem to Moore Rentals LLC, 0 State Route 19, $8,000.

1-30-15 Larry Sykes to Rowan L. and Deborah S. Messham, 6466 Teal Bend, $37,000.

Danbury Township 1-26-15 Elizabeth and Orham Konez to Sarah A. Milheim, 157 Erie Beach, $35,000.

1-26-15 William Fredrick and Norma Maureen Goodwin to Scott J. and Kathryn L. Venema, 541 Oak Avenue, $310,000.

1-26-15 West Harbor Lagoons Boataminium Condominium to Anthony A. Guzik et al, 1510 North Buck Road unit #51, $75,400.

1-28-15 Louisville Title to Stephen C. Kurtzman and Melissa Saunders, 2377 South Harbor Bay Drive, $99,900.

1-28-15 Jason Andrew Craig to Kristopher A. Barnhouse, 149 Kenton Row, $109,000.

1-29-14 Marblehead Partners LLC to Clifford L. and Kathleen M. Ruggles, 459 North Lake Pine Drive #5, $96,900.

Erie Township 1-30-15 Marlene Dantzer to Randy and Lynn Ruggles, 2761 Three Mile Crossing, $30,000.

Harris Township 1-28-15 James M. and Diana D. Wilburn to Brandon M. and Ashley R. Wilburn, 3178 South State Route 51, $130,000.

1-28-15 Lucille E. Wilburn to James M. and Diana D. Wilburn, 3132 South State Route 51, $120,000.

Oak Harbor Corp 1-26-15 Mark D. and Brenda M. Ihde to Brian D. Haer and Bethann M. Ambrozy, 107 West Ottawa Street, $98,000.

Week ending Feb 6 Allen Township 2-4-15 Jacqueline S. and Michael B. Critchfield to Roland C. Sandrock, 4119 North Billman Road, part interest$135,000.

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2-3-15 beck Suppliers Inc to Swint LLC, 5416 Port Clinton eastern Road, $90,000.

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419 509 6883 East Toledo, Forsythe near Navarre, 2 bedroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, W/D hookup, fenced in yard, $475./mo., + $475. deposit. 419-283-0778 Elmore, 931 Fremont Street 3-bedrooms. 1.5 bath, attached 2-car garage. No pets/smoking. $1150/month plus utilities/security deposit. Available Immediately.

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Hillabrand REAL ESTATE AUCTION Tues, March 10, 2015 - 1:27 pm 8203 US RT 23, Risingsun, OH 52+/- ACRES – HOME, GARAGE & POLE BARN WOODED & TILLABLE LAND – 2 TRACTS LOCATION: 8203 US Rt 23, Risingsun. Approx 2 miles South of Risingsun.

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INSPECTION: Tues, Feb 24 @ 3-5 pm & Sat, Feb 28 @ 10-Noon TRACT #1: 3 Bdrm home, 24x24 garage, 30X46 pole barn on 32.816+/- Acres with 29.9+/- Acres TRACT #2: 20+/- Acres having 16.676+/- Acres Woods OWNERS: ROBERT & ESTHER HILLABRAND

2715 County Road 265 FREMONT - $229,900 12+ acres of nature, woods, wildlife and pure beauty. Home features 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large kitchen opens to the family room with beautiful views of the outdoors. Australian cypress hardwood floors, hickory kitchen cabinets. 48x36 pole building. A hunter’s paradise! Call Cherie Salazar 419-707-1088 or Bernie Hammer 419-307-4060.

OAK HARBOR 113 W Oak Street OAK HARBOR - $74,900 In town - cozy 3 bedrooms, many updates, open front porch and deck in rear. Off street parking, partial basement. Call Bernie Hammer 419-3074060 or Batdorff Real Estate 419-8986804.

PORT CLINTON 160 E Bayview PORT CLINTON - $359,900 Beautiful 2 story waterfront home. 2668 sf of living space. 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths. Large open concept floor plan.

Bedrooms have large walk in closets.

Brazilian decking around house & 70 ft boat dock. Must see! Call Chad Brough 419-262-7408.

ROCKY RIDGE 1098 West Street ROCKY RIDGE- $69,900 Former Rocky Ridge Elementary school. In good condition. Could be used as church/private school, and many other uses. Call Bob Vogel 419349-8986 or Batdorff Real Estate 419898-6708.

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

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Seasonal positions, 40 hours/week. $9.23/hr. Go to www.MetroparksToledo.com to view detailed position description and job requirements. Apply online

by February 26th. EOE

Genoa Area Local Schools NOW HIRING SUBSTITUTES! Available substitute positions: teachers, educational aides, and food service workers. Looking to positively impact the lives of our youth? Review requirements and apply on line now! www.renhillgroup.com Click-“NOW HIRING” No Internet access?

419-254-2814 for details. EOE HOUSE CLEANING Busy house cleaning service looking for energetic team members who like to clean. No evenings, weekends, holidays. Call 419-873-7000.

(8am-4pm)

Looking for a service tech individual with previous skills in electrical, plumbing and HVAC. Wages and benefits to accommodate skill level.

Drug free a must. Please state your years of service and experience.

Please send resume to P.O. Box 166853, Oregon, OH 43616.

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION Metroparks of the Toledo Area has openings for seasonal Natural Resources Conservation Assistants.

Must be 18 or older with HS equivalent and driver's license. $9.50/hr. after 30 days. Some training or coursework in environmental sciences or natural resources management and outdoor work experience with natural systems, forestry or horticulture preferred.

Apply online at: www.MetroparksToledo.com

by February 25th. EOE NATURE AND OUTDOOR SKILLS INTERPRETERS Metroparks of the Toledo Area is looking for qualified individuals 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. Seasonal positions, 40 hours/week. $9.47/hr. Go to www.metroparkstoledo.com for complete job requirements and descriptions; must submit online application and resume by February 26th. EOE RENTAL COORDINATOR Metroparks of the Toledo Area has openings for a Rental Coordinator at Wildwood Manor House. Must be 18 or older with HS equivalent and driver's license. $10.15/hr. Some training or course work in administration, business, marketing, communication or customer service or closely related degree and moderate level of experience in customer service, marketing, and/or event planning required. Go to www.MetroparksToledo.com to view detailed position description and job requirements. Apply online by February 26th. EOE

Villas by Gladieux FOR SALE - Immediate Occupancy 4866 Applewood Lane in Northwood.

2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Sun Room This unit has lots of EXTRAS

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 PM Off Bradner Road at St. Rte. 579.

Contact Don Ziegelhofer 419-376-1751 The Genoa Quarry is looking for lifeguards for their upcoming 2015 season. Applicants must be 16 years of age, must be certified as a lifeguard, and have the water front module, as well as CPR and First Aid prior to May 17, 2015. Certification must be through the American Red Cross. Interested persons may pick up an application at the Village of Genoa Administration building during regular business hours. All applications will need to be returned no later than Feb. 20, 2015

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Qualified candidates must have valid Class A CDL, have a clean MVR, the ability to pass DOT physical exam / drug screen.

Candidates must have verifiable driving experience of at least 2 years. Motor Carrier Services starting wage is .48 cents per mile plus quarterly bonuses! Excellent benefit package, including 401k and a passenger program. Please contact 419-725-7167 for IMMEDIATE consideration.

ROBERT BISHOP STADIUM RENOVATION

Clyde – Green Springs Bd of Ed. Thurs, Feb. 19, 2015 - 1:07 pm Clyde Senior High School 1015 Race St., Clyde, OH

Bleachers – Light Tower – Press Boxes SELLING ORDER: The 5 lots will be offered individual & as a combination selling in the manner which nets the most for the Seller.

Inspection: All items may be viewed & inspected during school hours or by appointment.

AUCTION BY ORDER OF CLYDE – GREEN SPRINGS BD of ED JOYCE DUPONT, TREAS. — DAVID STUBBLEBINE, SUPERINTENDENT

Visit Web Site for more Info

**BEST FLEETS TO DRIVE FOR - 5 YEARS RUNNING** **RESPECT**EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT**GREAT HOME TIME**

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BEST DEAL IN TOWN! NEW 2015 FORD FUSION $ STK#41342 I MSRP $23,620

OWN FOR

WITH RENEWAL

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Must finance through Ford Motor Credit

Programs subject to change.Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 2/21/15. See dealer for full details & qualifications. A/Z plan to Ford Employees/Retirees and eligible family members. All sales prices plus tax, title & license. All factory rebates to dealer. Ford credit rebate available through Ford Credit. Renewal rebates available to customers leasing any eligible Ford or Mercury, Red Carpet lease and purchasing a new Ford vehicle. *0% APR in lieu of rebates.

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BAY AREA CONCRETE

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

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

Mike Halka

419-350-8662 Oregon, OH

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(419) 691-8284

Home Improvement

Freddy’s Home Improvement

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BELKOFER EXCAVATING • Septic Systems • Sewer Taps • Snow Removal • Lawn Care Backhoe/Bobcat/Dozer Work Stone and Dirt Hauling See Us on Facebook

419-836-8663 419-392-1488

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Call George 419-704-4002 Lawn Service

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Driveway Stone and Spreading We accept all Major Credit Cards

419-340-0857 419-862-8031 Hauling If it’s heavy ... and you want it hauled in or out ...

Call Us! •Dirt •Stone •Debris •Cars •Equipment •Trucks

BOBCAT SERVICES We can work directly with your Insurance Company 21270 SR 579 Williston

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Hours: M-Th: 9-9, F: 9-6, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5

If You’re an Expert and want to get involved...

CALL 836-2221. Deadline: 11 a.m. Thursday

Roofing

ACE ROOFING - FREE ESTIMATES Senior Discounts Veteran Discounts Roofs/Gutters Siding/Windows

INSURED/ Lifetime Warranty A+ BBB rated contractor.

We have a clean record.

Call BBB at 419-531-3116.

Check on all contractors.

RECENTLY CHOSEN TO INSTALL ROOFS FOR OWENS CORNING PRESIDENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF OUR EXCELLENT REPUTATION

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Roofing

Snow Removal

BLUE LINE ROOFING Celebrating our 51st year in business

MIKE’S PROFESSIONAL SNOW REMOVAL

• Licensed & Insured Since 1964 • Outstanding Reputation • Repairs: Big or Small • Complete Tearoffs • Re-roofing • Flat Roofs • Gutters • Siding • Emergency Repairs • Financing Available • Insurance A+ Work Rated

Residential - Commercial “Best Prices in town” Become a seasonal customer and receive 25% OFF!

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Multi-sized Units - Outside storage Security fence - 7 day access “We make every effort to accommodate YOU.”

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COLLINS ROOFING

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419-322-5891

• Home Repair Specialists • Commercial & Residential

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419-836-9650/419-466-6432

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

419-304-8666

Hauling

B & G HAULING

buymathewsford.com

PREFERRED CONTRACTOR

Family Owned & Operated Since 1942

Excavating

2811 Navarre Ave. Oregon Tel: 888.303.5636

AMAZON ROOFING Fully Licensed & Insured

Painting

S andwisch Painting •Interior •Exterior •Residential - Commercial

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

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

Jim Gray

419-691-7958

OREGON PLUMBING No Jobs Too Small Insured - Bonded

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Your Services Change, Your Prices Change, Why Does Your Yellow Page Ad Stay The Same?

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

Service/Shop Manager Experience working on small engines (eg. chainsaws, mowers).

Must be self-motivated, dependable & computer literate with good customer service skills.

Mail Resume to: P.O.Box 547 Walbridge, OH 43465 or Fax: 419-666-6661 Skilled Trades Electric motor repair shop looking for experienced motor winders, mechanics, machinists and field service personnel. To apply, visit www.whelco.com Supervisor Oak Harbor Area For a team of 10-15 employees.

Must have 3 years supervisory experience. No felony convictions, valid driver's license and able to pass a drug test. Flexible first and second shifts Monday-Friday. $15/hour to start plus benefits.

Send resume to: P.O. Box 169-T Millbury, OH 43447

Teacher Assistantâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Pemberville Requires high school diploma or GED with ability to obtain CDA; prefer Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Early Childhood Education or related field, and experience with preschool aged children and working knowledge of early childhood development. Seasonal, 25 hrs. /wk., high school diploma$9.00/hr.; associates-$9.65/hr.

Additional details and application are online at wsos.org/employment Apply by 3/1/15. EOE

The Press is looking for a independent contractor to deliver a walking route in Walbridge, Ohio. If interested, contact Jordan at 419-836-2221 Ext. 32.

TRAINCO

Truck Driving Schools Day - Eve - Weekend Class Job Placement

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

KITCHEN HELP Experienced Full and Part Time ALL Shifts Competitive Wages & Benefits Candidates should call

1-888-673-8765 or apply online www.mypetrojob.com - hiring code 101

Enrolled agent with over 22 years experience with Individual & Businesses. Efile authorized. VERY reasonable 419-913-1089 Call for appointment.

Hardwood Flooring, Refinishing, Installation, and Repair Work.

19-yrs experience.

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

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

Lutheran Home at Toledo 131 N. Wheeling Toledo, OH 43605 EOE

Family is seeking a Reliable/Dependable babysitter to come to our home. M-F hours are 7:15am to 3pm. CPR certified, previous experience preferred. Call Gary 567-3150782 I provide child care in my Millbury home, I have references, non-smoking, free meals, CPR Certified, lots of TLC. 419-836-7672.

PAULA'S IN HOME CARE 14yrs. experience in Alzheimer and Dementia care. A helping hand with your everyday needs in the following areas: Northwood, Woodville, Genoa and Elmore. 419-261-2758

CLASS A CDL OTR DRIVERS *Home Weekly* Emerald Expedited is seeking experienced Class A drivers for NoTouch Freight, point to point hauls delivering from Columbus to the West Coast. Teams or individuals interested in joining a team preferred. $5,000 Sign On Bonus Benefits Include: - $65K-$70K annual - 401K - Health Benefits - Scheduled Time Off BRAND NEW TRACTORS WITH TOP OF THE LINE SLEEPERS!!

Requirements: -1 yr. Experience within past 3 yrs. or 5 yrs. within past 10 yrs.

-Clean driving record -NO FELONIES -Have a current doubles endorsement or be willing to obtain (at companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expense) Candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Email resume to: Emeraldlogisticshr@gmail.com Or call 419-262-6734

I do home and office cleaning.

30 yrs. Experience, Reasonable and References. Call Barb 419-666-1753 I do home and office cleaning, organizing and painting. 20 yrs.

Experience. Reasonable and References. Call Kristi 419-344-8717

A Mechanic looks at vehicles, pays accordingly, anything w/wheels 419-870-0163 We buy most anything from your garage! 419-870-0163

ST. JUDE NOVENA May the sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day; by the 8th day, your prayer will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. Thank you St. Jude. CAH

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

T & M Cleaning Services Mother-Daughter Team Free Estimates Tracy Or Michelle 419-720-6191 or 419-764-5409

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

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

Mike Halka 419-350-8662 Oregon, OH.

Beautiful Antique upright piano (1891) appraised at $3,200, good shape for 124 yrs. old, worth a lot more refinished. Must sell to settle estate. Make Offer! 419-693-4607

Immaculate, Like New, Dark Wood Frame, Maroon/Cream/Evergreen Couch and Love Seat. $150.

419-697-9975

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

Jake's Drywall We service Northwest Ohio.

No job is too big or too small.

27 years experience.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

419-360-3522emp

MIKE'S PROFESSIONAL SNOW REMOVAL Residential ~ Commercial â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Prices in townâ&#x20AC;?

Become a seasonal customer and receive 25% OFF! Call 419-350-6780

NORTHWOOD 2128 Drouillard Road February 19, 20 (10am-6pm) February 21 (8-noon) 2 bedroom sets, miscellaneous furniture and household items.

Cash and Carry Only.

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

Charter Bus Tours:

April 6-10â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Savannah & Biltmore--$799pp Payment due by March 12 April 25-29â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Virginia International Military Extravaganza, Norfolk, Va. Lots of Extra's--$769 Spring Travel Party-Sunday, March 8 Ramada Inn-Exit 13â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1:30-4:00pm New Fliers ready then!

Evelyn's Excursions 419-737-2055 www.evelynsexcursions.com

1979 Corvette T-Tops, Silver, Red interior, 350 C.I., V-8, automatic, 79,000 miles. $8,900/OBO. 419-9446451

1994 Ford Econoline handicap van, everything in E/C, 124k, $3,500.

419-466-2554

2002 Ford Crown Vic. 130,500k, beautiful inside/out. 1-owner, nonsmoker, good gas mileage. $3,000 cash. 419-250-2803.

2002 Jeep Liberty, 114k, 4-wheel drive, PW, PL, moon roof, $4200 419-283-0778

2008 Pontiac G-6, 64,000 miles, Asking $6,000. Call Jim Campbell 419-698-4331.

Cycleman We repair Chinese Pocket Bikes and Scooters, and Mopeds, many parts available, also repair motorcycles, Call Wed. - Sat. (11-5pm) 419-244-2525.

Two Retro Lamps from early 1960's, White with a gold base and gold designs, $20 each, Call 419836-9754.

9 Assorted Grout Trowels, Plaster & Cement Stirrer, $30, 419-260-8174 Alto & Tenor Sax re padded, Clarinet All Like New! $300/$400 Samsung Galaxy 3 T-mobile phone & Internet Box $150 419-697-9975 Craftsman Snow Thrower, New, NIB, 8hp, electric, heavy duty, $500 firm. 419-697-9975 Mobile Home Tires Size 8-14 Call 419-392-8968

3000 Dustin Rd. Oregon, OH

Let me find you a GREAT PRICE At Our Upcoming Indoor Sale

Jeff Berger Please Call, Text (419)349 5164 or email jberger@dunnchevy.com

Sharper Image Razor Xtreme push/kick scooter-$40. 419-8369754 Used, Good Condition Wheelchair, Walker and Cane, $55.00 for all.

Call 419-6982589

GARMIN nuvi 40 GPS with suction cup mount and 4.3â&#x20AC;? color LCD touchscreen display. Even tells speed limits! 010-00990-08, NEVER USED! STILL IN ORIGINAL, UNOPENED PACKAGE, Walmart.com lists a refurbished one for $87.44, Bestbuy.com lists a new one for $114.95, I am asking $75, 419-266-2292.

Mag, 17â&#x20AC;? Flat Square Tube Monitor (15.9â&#x20AC;?VS) Still in Box, Never used. $30.00. 419-836-9754

"Serving all of N.W. Ohio"

2 cushion couch, sage with extra pillows $200/OBO. 419-283-9628

BAY AREA CONCRETE

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Petro Stopping Centers I-280 Exit 1B Stony Ridge, OH

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

Lutheran Home at Toledo, a ministry of Lutheran Home Society has current openings for 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift for STNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. We are looking for compassionate individuals committed to providing a high level of quality care to our residents.

Experience in long term care is preferred. A current STNA license is required along with a clean BCI check and pre-employment physical.

LHAT offers a competitive wage and benefit package for eligible positions.

Qualified applicants who have a compassion for working with the elderly can complete applications at:

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

Rims & Tires, P255/75R17, stock off 2014 Jeep Wrangler, has 500 mi, set of 4. $800 419-662-1929

1993 Yamaha Phazer II & Triton aluminum 2-place trailer. Both garaged kept, great shape $1500. 419-4646784

2002 F-150, 6 cylinder, auto, 2nd owner, 185,000mi., good shape, needs tires, asking $1,800.00 OBO. 419-862-2640

Burkin Self Storage â&#x20AC;˘ Camper Storage Inside & Outside

â&#x20AC;˘ Inside Auto Storage â&#x20AC;˘ Personal Storage

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

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Baumann Auto Group Genoa

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

BAUMANN AUTO GROUP GENOA Across the country, the Switch is on to America’s favorite brand.

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500

W

NE

NEW 2015 FORD FUSION SE Loaded!

Lease for $259* per mo.

MSRP $24,270

mo.

x 24 mo. $281 due at signing *

Everybody Else Lease $179

mo.

x 24 mo. $1,961 due at signing

*Lease is for 36 months, with $2,839 due at signing, 10,000 miles per year. Plus tax, title, license & document fees extra. With approved credit.

W NE

A/Z Plan for $179*

Double Cab, All Star

*Lease is for 24 months, 10,500 miles per year (15 cents every mile thereafter). Ford Rebate included. Ford financing required. Security deposit required, plus tax, title, license & documents fees extra. With approved credit. Offer ends Feb. 28, 2015.

2015 CHEVY CRUZE 1LT

NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS SE Auto, Full Power!

MSRP $20,045

Lease for $159* per mo.

Lease for $179 per mo.

* Lease is for 24 months, 10,500 miles per year (15 cents every mile thereafter). Ford Rebate included. Ford financing required. Security deposit required, plus tax, title, license & documents fees extra. With approved credit. Offer ends Feb. 28, 2015.

NEW 2015 FORD ESCAPE SE FWD, Ecoboost

MSRP $25,955

A/Z Plan for $179*

mo.

x 24 mo. $250 due at signing *

Everybody Else Lease $179

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mo.

x 24 mo. $2,393 due at signing

* Lease is for 24 months, 10,500 miles per year (15 cents every mile thereafter).

Ford Rebate included. Ford financing required. Security deposit required, plus tax, title, license & documents fees extra. With approved credit. Offer ends Feb. 28, 2015.

*Lease is for 36 months, with $1,719 due at signing, 10,000 miles per year. Plus tax, title, license & document fees extra. With approved credit.

NEW 2014 FORD F150 STX SUPERCAB 4x4, V8

MSRP $37,465

2015 CHEVY EQUINOX

W NE

mo.

x 24 mo. $1,861 due at signing

2015 CHEVY MALIBU LT

W

mo.

x 24 mo. $699 due at signing *

Everybody Else Lease $169

*Lease is for 36 months, with $1,899 due at signing, 10,000 miles per year. Plus tax, title, license & document fees extra. With approved credit.

NE

A/Z Plan for $159*

A/Z Plan for $269*

mo.

x 24 mo. $1,061 due at signing *

Everybody Else Lease $269

mo.

x 24 mo. $3,793 due at signing

Lease for $199 per mo.

*Lease is for 24 months, 10,500 miles per year (20 cents every mile thereafter). Ford Rebates included. Ford financing required. Security deposit required, plus tax, title, license & documents fees extra. With approved credit. Offer ends Feb. 28, 2015.

*

BAUMANN FORD PRE-OWNED

*Lease is for 24 months, with $1,589 due at signing, 10,000 miles per year. Plus tax, title, license & document fees extra. With approved credit.

Baumann Chevy Certifi Certified ed Pre-Owned 2011 Ford Fusion #F4278A

2013 GMC Terrain SLT #FC50179

$25,000

2011 Honda Accord SE #FC3386B

$14,000

2012 Buick LaCrosse #FC50102

$22,500

$12,500

#FC4337A

$26,000

#FC41202

$16,500

2009 Chevy Silverado 1500 #FC4204A

$26,000

$17,500

Anthony Sondergeld Sales Mgr.

Grant Miller Sales Mgr.

John Wronkowicz

RJ Stachowiak

Dean Buhrow

Mike Schlosser

Andy Gerbich

2008 E-350 12-Passenger Van #F41053

$10,000

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan 2004 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT #F41063

$13,000

#F4326B

$23,500

2013 Ford Escape SE #F41052

$18,500

$18,000

Quin Colon

Anthony Sondergeld Sales Mgr.

Grant Miller Sales Mgr.

John Wronkowicz

RJ Stachowiak

Curtis Miller

Brian Gentry

Curtis Miller

Nick Paul

Nick Paul

$9,000

2012 Buick Regal Turbo #FC40912

Jeff Brown General Manager Jeff Brown General Manager

2011 Ford Fusion #F4394A

$19,900 2014 Ford Fusion

2012 Chevy Malibu

$26,500

2014 Chevy Malibu LTZ #FC50101

#F41002

2008 Chevy Suburban 1500

2011 GMC Sierra #F4353A

Ralph Leichty

BAUMANN CHEVROLET GENOA

22215 W. St. Rt. 51, Genoa • 419-855-8361

baumannautogroup.com

Dean Buhrow

Mike Schlosser

Andy Gerbich

Quin Colon

Ralph Leichty

Brian Gentry

BAUMANN FORD GENOA

22110 W. St. Rt. 51, Genoa • 419-855-8366

baumannautogroup.com

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2012 HONDA CRV AWD, LOADED, EXCELLENT, 40K MILES

$16,890 2008 HONDA FIT

x 72 mo. @ 2.99% with only tax & title down w/approved credit. No catches.

2012 EQUINOX LTZ

ONE CAREFUL OWNER, NO ACCIDENTS, TOP OF THE LINE, HEATED LEATHER SEATS, BACK UP CAMERA, LOW PAYMENT

$15,990 2006 FORD EXPLORER

FULL POWER, NEW TRADE, 1 OWNER, NO ACCIDENTS, LOW MILES.

EDDIE BAUER, LEATHER, MOONROOF, FULL POWER, NEW TRADE, 1 OWNER, NO ACCIDENTS

$7,990

$5,490

2012 CAMRY SE

2011 KIA FORTE SX

FULL POWER, NEW TRADE, 1 OWNER, 40K MILES

25,000 MILES, NEW CAR TRADE, ALL OPTIONS

$14,890

$12,490

2003 OLDS AURORA

1998 DODGE INTREPID

X-CLEAN, TOP OF THE LINE, LOADED, CAREFULLY OWNED, LOOKS & DRIVES NEW!

$3,190

90,000 MILES, 2 OWNERS, NO ACCIDENTS, RUNS GOOD

$790

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John Blevins Curt Dunn Tim Hartman Paul Mann Diane Vierling

Julie Roach Bill Erb Phil Huckaba Bill Pozanski