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Are ash trees mutating to fend off borer? By J. Patrick Eaken Press Staff Writer news@presspublications.com

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Henry County native Rachel Hefflinger, an Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science research technician, loves trees. She loves trees so much that she is on a mission to do her part to try to bring back ash trees to the Northwest Ohio landscape. Ash trees have almost completely disappeared from the region’s landscape, thanks to the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle from China. Hefflinger made the final presentation of this year’s March Sunday Lecture Series, which is hosted annually by Friends of Pearson at Macomber Lodge. She titled it “Emerald Ash Borer and How the Forest Has Responded” and what she had to say captivated guests because it brings hope that ash trees still have a chance to win their battle with the invasive beetle. Hefflinger was in the fourth grade when the beetle arrived, and guests commented that she spoke from the heart while talking about ongoing research to save the ash. The beetle’s larvae kill the ash by feeding off and disrupting the tree’s phloem, which provides nutrients to the tree. The ash tree blight has become the most economically devastating kill by an invasive species in our nation’s history, to this point. Once a female becomes an adult, it can lay 30,000 eggs. The larvae can kill a tree in five years. The EAB was first discovered arriving at Detroit’s port in 2002. The EAB spread southward to Northwest Ohio, where monitoring began in 2005. That year, places like Pearson Park became Ground Zero for the EAB infestation in Ohio. By 2011, almost all the ash trees were gone. In 2010, for example, there were 302 ash trees remaining at Swan Creek Metropark, but before the EAB hit there were about 11,000. Of the 302, only 111 had health canopies. Hefflinger says 95 percent mortality of ash trees was complete two years ago, while further south, in Columbus, the kill continues in full force with about 50 percent infestation. The kill has opened the door for other invasive species, too. Metroparks public re-

ference of 31.4 centimeters with a healthy canopy rating to be considered a lingering ash.

Metroparks Natural Resources Department staff examine ash trees damaged by emerald ash borer larvae. (Metroparks photo) lations director Scott Carpenter notes that as ash trees disappear, other invasive species take advantage by moving into open space left in the forest. At Pearson and other Toledo Area Metroparks, Hefflinger says the EAB population remains in smaller numbers because their primary food source is gone, but many continue to feed off seedlings. In addition, the white fringed tree, which is related to the ash, has become the EAB’s newest host, which Hefflinger calls “upsetting news.” However, the fact that some trees are surviving is good news. For example, a researcher walking in the wild found a tree

that had trapped the emerald ash borer by encasing it in resin, killing it immediately. Hefflinger says that is similar to the method used by the more beetle-resistant Chinese ash trees. In addition, while the older, larger ash trees did not survive, many younger, smaller “lingering” trees appear healthy. This leads researchers to believe the species may be mutating its genetic code to fend off the borer. Hefflinger says it will take at least seven more years before researchers can be confident that some trees are becoming resistant to the beetle. The tree must have a circum-

Jurassic Park Hefflinger is not a genetics expert, but she travels hundreds of miles every week to perform field work identifying and monitoring ash trees. She monitors trees in Michigan and Ohio, and this week travels to New York and Pennsylvania to plant various species of trees as part of recovery efforts. Much of the OSU research about ash trees has not been published in scientific journals yet, but much of it is based on one premise — that the ash trees can find a way on their own to fend off the beetle by mutating genetically, or maybe we can crossbreed to help them. Either way, Hefflinger says it would take decades before the ash trees are able to become completely resistant to the beetle, Continued on page 2

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More train notification lights coming this year By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon this year will be installing another railroad crossing notification system, and Northwood is eyeing a proposal for its first train warning lights. Oregon will install the flashing blue lights at an Otter Creek Road intersection that will inform motorists of when lights and gates are activated at the existing atgrade railroad crossing on Otter Creek Road, just south of York Street.

Council at a recent meeting approved an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company for the installation and maintenance of the Otter Creek advanced railroad crossing notification system. Last August, Norfolk Southern Railway Company provided preliminary engineering services for the required interconnection with the existing railroad grade crossing warning device circuitry for $10,000. Oregon council recently approved a $20,406 payment to Norfolk Southern Railway Company to construct the system. Plans call for blue warning lights to be

installed on Otter Creek Road and Corduroy Road that will notify motorists that lights and gates are activated at the existing train tracks on Otter Creek Road. The system will provide Corduroy Road traffic the opportunity to select an alternate route before reaching the frequently blocked railroad crossing. Installation of the system, which requires an interconnection with the existing railroad grade crossing warning device circuitry, will be similar to the blue light system that was installed at the intersections of Pickle Road/Wheeling

Street and Pickle Road/Woodville Road in 2002 that notifies motorists of the blocked CSX crossing on Pickle Road. The estimated cost of the project is $50,000. The work will involve an interconnection between the railroad gates and a cable junction box, according to Public Service Director Paul Roman. “The city then would install radio equipment to receive that signal when the gates are down,” he said. Continued on page 2

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Train lights Continued from front page Roman said he spoke to fire Chief Paul Mullen about the possibility of having two locations for lights and signage on Otter Creek Road. “Obviously, at York and Otter Creek, you can see the railroad. And at Millard, he thought it would not be needed,” said Roman. The improvement is expected to benefit the public on the north side by ensuring that safety vehicles that might have to use Otter Creek Road will be apprised in advance when there is a train blocking the railroad tracks. Members of Oregon Fire Station No. 3, 4421 Bayshore Road, who live on the other side of the railroad tracks, may improve response times to calls because the notification lights will indicate when the route is blocked.

Ash trees Continued from front page and any deliberate mutations could violate federal wildlife regulations. Even guests at her presentation asked about the possibility of deliberate mutations causing more problems than it would fix, citing the plots of the Jurassic Park blockbuster film franchise. Researchers are in the process of building a genetic bank, so every time a surviving ash tree flowers, they collect its seeds. Hefflinger says even stressed ash trees have a bountiful seed harvest just before they die. Hefflinger says she believes researchers are close to figuring out genetically how to make a more resistant ash. “If a tree’s offspring is promising, we will crossbreed with another resistant tree and use backcross methods with Chinese ash,” Hefflinger said. “We hope that we can save the ash species.” While the beetle has pretty much had its way with white, blue, and green ash, Hefflinger found four surviving black ash trees at Pearson. Hefflinger says black ash is more closely related to the EAB-tolerant Chinese ash, so it may be a candidate for cross breeding. She said black ash was already in decline before the EAB arrived because it was losing habitat. It is a swampy wetland tree and not as economically viable as other ash trees, but Native Americans revered the black ash and used it in their basket weaving. To help with research, Hefflinger asks anyone who spots a lingering ash to report it to www.nrs.fs.fed.us/survivorash.

Health workers picket Health care providers and their supporters picketed in front of Mercy St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, in protest of what they call the corporate greed of Cincinnati-based parent company Mercy Health. The informational picket is one of 24 protests Mercy Health workers have planned across the state of Ohio. “Mercy Health is doing very well financially but still is demanding workers do more with less. At the same time, Mercy’s CEO – Michael Connelly – is taking over $2 million in compensation and other top executives are making millions as well,” said Al Bacon, Secretary Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199, the union which represents

Mercy Health workers. Sarah Bednarski, APR Public Relations & Internal Communications for Mercy said "Our colleagues at Community Mercy Health Partners in the Springfield, Ohio area have been negotiating in good faith with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) since December. The goal is to reach consensus on a collective bargaining agreement. SEIU has chosen to conduct an informational picket outside our location today. We recognize the union's right to picket there lawfully and will continue to negotiate in good faith towards an agreement. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

Oregon ready for Phase 3 of sewer project By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon has applied for a Water Pollution Control Loan through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to help fund the construction of Phase 3 of the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation project. The $3.1 million project will also be funded by an Ohio Public Works Commission grant and the city sewer improvement fund. The project is a continuation of the required sanitary sewer rehabilitation for the city’s wastewater treatment plant’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Phases 1 and 2 of the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project have already been completed. Construction on Phase 3 is expected to start in July. Phase 3 includes the rehabilitation of mainline and lateral sanitary sewers in the Euclid Park, Old Eastmoreland, and Valley Park areas by trenchless cured in place pipe methods (sewer lining), according to Public Service Director Paul Roman. Manhole rehabilitation includes the lining of an estimated 56 manholes. “This is an area just north of Navarre and west of Wheeling Street. It is one of the worst areas of [storm water] inflow and infiltration in the sanitary sewers,” said Roman at a recent council meeting. “Lining the sanitary sewers keeps that storm water out.” Mayor Mike Seferian said the project is the result of smoke testing of the sewers over the years. Smoke testing detects storm water

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Northwood Oregon won’t be the only community in the area to warn motorists of train blockages. The city of Northwood is also looking into the installation of a railroad crossing notification system at an estimated cost of $58,000, according to Northwood Councilwoman Connie Hughes. A cheaper option would be to use solar powered lights at a cost of just $10,000. “They wouldn’t go on automatically when the gates go down like blue lights do,” she said. It would be the first installation of warning lights in the city. City Administrator Bob Anderson said last week that tracks just beyond the two new railroad overpasses on Wales Road are occasionally blocked by trains. “We pretty much want lights warning the public that Wales Road near Waste Management is blocked, and they should go another way,” he said. Possible locations of the lights are at Wales and Woodville roads, and Wales and Drouillard roads, said Anderson. “We don’t want our police headed down that way, we don’t want the fire department or ambulance headed down that way. We’ve only got that one little area we’re concerned about. We don’t want to spend a lot of money on it. But we still have to work out where the best place would be.”

inflow and infiltration (I&I) sources such as roof downspouts, driveway and yard drains, foundation drains, and storm water drainage system cross connections, according to Roman. It can also detect structural deterioration and leaking joints in sewer pipes. Smoke testing is one of the most efficient and cost effective methods of locating sources of I&I within sewer areas. Phase 1 in 2009 consisted of a $740,000 sanitary sewer and manhole lining project that covered nearly 9,000 linear feet of sewer pipe and 51 sanitary sewer manholes. Infiltration target areas, such as sewers running underneath creeks, were part of the project. The normal dry weather flow seen at the wastewater treatment plant was reduced by about 500,000 gallons per day following the project, based on the elimination of groundwater infiltration into sewer pipes at creek crossings, according to Roman. Phase 2 consisted of replacing existing sanitary sewer lines located within the right of way at Cresceus Road, Mambrino Road, and Grasser Street between Pickle Road and Dearborn Avenue. The project

also included sanitary sewer lining on Wheeling Street, between Navarre Avenue and Bleeker Street, and Pickle Road between Grasser Street and Wheeling Street. “In Phase 3, there will not be a lot of open cut work. It’ll be a lot of lining. Even the laterals that go to the individual homes will be lined as part of this project,” said Roman. The sewer liners have a 30 year life expectancy, he added. Sewer lining on Navarre Avenue installed in the late 80s and early 90s are still in “great shape.” Councilman James Seaman asked Roman about the difference in cost between relined sewers versus new sewers. “It is typically a little less in cost, but there’s a lot less disruption. You’re not open cutting the road. It is the least expensive comparing the two,” said Roman. The net loan amount from the Ohio EPA will be $2.7 million, he said. “We do use income tax for capital improvements. That will be used to pay back the loan,” said Roman. The city advertised for bids on the project at the end of March and is expected to receive the bids in April, said Roman. Once the bids are reviewed, they are submitted to the Ohio EPA for its approval for the loan, he said. “We are scheduled to start work sometime at the end of June. It will be a one year project, which will take us through to this time next year,” said Roman. As authorized by the Clean Water Act, the NPDES Permit program controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into bodies of water, such as Lake Erie. Municipal facilities are required to obtain permits if their discharges go into surface waters.

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Fedor to speak State Rep.Teresa Fedor (D) will speak on Human Trafficking Thursday, April 16, 12:30 p.m. at the East Toledo Senior Center. Rep. Fedor’s appearance is sponsored by the East Toledo Club. The public is invited. According to a spokesperson from Rep. Teresa Fedor her office, Governor John Kasich in 2009 signed Rep. Fedor’s human trafficking legislation into law, which created a penalty enhancement for human trafficking and created a task force to study the problem in Ohio. In 2012, the Governor signed into law Rep. Fedor’s most comprehensive human trafficking legislation to date, Safe Harbor Act (H.B. 262). Most recently, the Governor signed into law Rep. Fedor’s H.B. 130 End Demand Act, a bill that tackles the marketdriven demand for purchasing commercial sex by increasing penalties for purchasing sex from a minor among others. Representative Fedor has also introduced legislation that will: curtail the growing problem of cyberbullying of school children and require background checks for volunteer coaches. Rep. Fedor has represented the 45th and 47th Districts since 2010. She was elected to the Ohio Senate in 2002 and served as a member until 2010, prior to that, the citizens of Toledo elected her to serve the 52nd district of the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000. Prior to public service, she served in the United States Air Force and Ohio Air National Guard. She also spent 18 years teaching. A lunch will precede Rep. Fedor’s presentation. Cost is $6. RSVP for the lunch only to Jodi at 419-691-1429, ext 213.

Civil War Roundtable The Greater Toledo Civil War Roundtable will meet Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Navarre Park Shelter House, 1001 White St., Toledo. The theme of the meeting will be, “Ancestor Night,” and anyone with an ancestor who served in the American Civil War is invited to come and tell his or her story. Bring along pictures, documents and other memorabilia. If time permits, there will be a discussion about Civil War Genealogy and how to look up more of one’s ancestors’ stories. There will also be trivia, a book raffle and refreshments. Ample lighted parking is available.

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Wells being sampled after fuel spill By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A recent spill of diesel fuel in Lake Township from a pipeline has been contained, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Dina Pierce, a spokesperson for the OEPA, said the leak started at a faulty valve on the pipeline along Luckey Road. The leak was reported March 16 to the agency and the line, owned by Buckeye Pipeline, was repaired and the contaminated soil was removed. About 20 gallons of fuel were spilled, Pierce said. “Ohio EPA is satisfied that the cleanup was done properly and the leak has been repaired,” she said. “The ground water sampling by the company indicates no contamination reached the ground water.” The company conducted sampling of some residential drinking water wells near the leak area and all came back with “nondetect” readings for petroleum contaminants. “We were told at least one resident preferred to have his well sampled by an independent party. We put him in contact with the Wood County Health Department for follow up,” Pierce said, adding county health departments have jurisdiction over private water wells and can do the sampling or refer homeowners to a licensed laboratory.

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Kirk Lathrop, of Luckey Road, said Wednesday he’s still concerned groundwater may have been contaminated. “They drew water from residents’ taps. All the wells in this neighborhood are at least 100 feet deep, but the possible contaminants could be at the top of the well,” he said. “I feel there is no way they’re going to pick up that diesel fuel with 100 feet of water separation. The proper way to test a well is to pop the cap off out in the yard and dip a sample out of the top of the well. If there is oil floating, it is going to be at the top of the well, not the bottom. I don’t feel things are being handled properly. We just want what we had before the leak.” On Thursday, Brad Espen, director of environmental health for the health department, said his office was scheduled to conduct sampling of several wells in the area. He said Buckeye Pipeline has told him it will also retain a firm, GES, to conduct more sampling. Espen said he agreed with the EPA assessment of the clean up being completed properly. Pierce said the company put containment equipment in a nearby ditch, including absorbent booms to block downstream migration of the fuel and other materials to absorb some of the fuel. “This was kept in place until the leak was fixed and vacuum trucks arrived to pump the liquids out of the ditch. An excavator then removed contaminated soil,” she said.

The Salvation Army’s Camp NEOSA will be held June 24-29. The camp program is provided to the first 47 children ages 6-12 who register. Transportation is provided. Camp NEOSA is one of the many programs offered by the Port Clinton Service Center. This program is made possible by funding through local contributions from residents and businesses. Campers will experience a variety of activities that are geared toward assisting the development of their physical, social, and spiritual needs including cleanliness, proper rest, balanced diet, and exercise. Camp NEOSA also provides an opportunity for each camper to contribute to and receive from a group living experience, help with making their own decisions, participate in activities that stimulate creativity and experience an atmosphere that fosters independence. Located on a 200-acre peninsula on 1,000-acre Leeville Lake in Carrolton, Ohio, the camp’s natural surroundings offer opportunities for outdoor activities. For more information, contact Maureen Saponari at The Salvation Army Port Clinton Service Center at 419-732-ARMY (2769) or email maureen.saponari@use.salvationarmy.org. Registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Volunteer training The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Association is looking for volunteers with a passion for wildlife and an interest in helping enhance visitors’ experience at the Refuge. No experience is required; training will be provided. Volunteers must be at least 15 years of age and be willing to attend a two-hour orientation program Saturday April 11 from noon-2 p.m. at the rescue Visitor Center, 14000 W. SR 2, between SR 19 and SR 590. Pizza and a beverage will be provided. Advance registration is requested and may be made by calling 419-707-7756 or emailing hh.onwra@gmail.com.

Hansen Awards The ET/Oregon Kiwanis will hold their 64th Annual Hansen Awards dinner on Wednesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. in the basement at Mercy St. Charles Hospital in Oregon. The Kiwanis will recognize high school students from Lake, Waite, Clay, Northwood and Cardinal Stritch. Tickets are $15 and may be obtained from Kathy King at Croghan Bank by calling 419-691-6264 or emailing CKing@croghan.com.

State Rep. to speak on Human Trafficking. State Representative Teresa Fedor will talk about her legislation to stem the market-driven demand for purchasing sex by increasing penalties for purchasing sex from a minor among others.

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Court Log Oregon Municipal Court • Donald E. Habegger, 8111 Sand Beach, Oak Harbor, 180 days CCNO, 177 days suspended, license suspended one year, $846 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence. • Mark Hufford, 273 W. Woodside, Holland, 30 days CCNO, 30 days suspended, $180 court costs and fines, fishing license required. • Justin C. Paredes, 4824 290th, Toledo, 90 days CCNO, 90 days suspended, $137 court costs and fines, attempt to commit an offense. • David Allen Phillips, 229 Linden, Toledo, 90 days CCNO, $187 court costs and fines, attempt to commit an offense. • Mohammad Khalil Adya, 3901 Branch, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 180 days suspended, beer or liquor, underage person. • Chrishonda McCree, 2359 Franklin, Toledo, 90 days CCNO, 90 days suspended, $137 court costs and fines, attempt to commit an offense. • Robin Kimiko Schings, 30630 Drouillard, Walbridge, 30 days CCNO, 15 days suspended, $187 court costs and fines, unauthorized use of property. • Amy C. Wronkowicz, 3446 146th St., Toledo, 180 days CCNO, $112 court costs and fines, possession of drugs. • Douglas Lee Adams, 3516 Starr, Oregon, 30 days CCNO, 30 days suspended, $112 court costs and fines, disorderly conduct. • Jonathan Forrester McQueary, 426 Cambridge, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 177 days suspended, license suspended one year, $846 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence. • Jonathan Forrester McQueary, 426 Cambridge, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 134 days suspended, license suspended six months, $1,096 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence. • Jeffrey Michael Loomis, 83 S. Whittlesey, Oregon, 180 days CCNO, 170 days suspended, license suspended 180 days, $896 court costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence. • Ronald Joseph Maher, age 32, 2053

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Top left, smoke filled the 1500 block of Woodville Road, as Lake Township firefighters battled a house fire Wednesday morning, April 1st. (Press photo by Melinda Sandwisch). Firefighters say the blaze started in the basement of the home and spread to the first floor. The fire is still under investigation, but does not appear to be suspicious, according to Chief Bruce Moritz. Top right, a utility worker cuts the power line to the house. Bottom photo, Lake, Allen-Clay, Northwood, Rossford, Troy Twp., and Harris-Elmore helped provide manpower. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean) Duchesse, Oregon, 30 days CCNO, 30 days suspended, $137 court costs and fines, theft. • Christopher R. Boerst, 710 Deal, Toledo, 180 days CCNO, 177 days suspended, license suspended 180 days, $846 court

costs and fines, operating a motor vehicle under the influence. • Dylan M. Romstadt, 5103 Curtice, Northwood, 180 days CCNO, 177 days suspended, license suspended one year, $946 court costs and fines, operating a motor

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Drop in local taxes, state aid has hurt district By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com The financial condition of Genoa Area Local Schools can pretty much be calculated in two or three lines of the district’s five-year forecast, says Bill Nye, who, in his role as district treasurer has been advising a committee of volunteers promoting two levies on the May 5 ballot. With the district receiving about half of its funding from the state and about a third from local real estate taxes, any major swings in those two sources will have a profound impact on the district’s bottom line. “Eight-five percent of our revenues are in those two lines,” Nye says, pointing to a line of real estate taxes collected and another showing funding from the state. “The real estate line has been stagnant and the state funding has been decreasing. The bottom line is this isn’t the result of poor planning or action by the current school board or previous boards. It has a lot to do with how the state is funding public education. That’s it in a nutshell, how they’ve decided to go about it.” In fiscal 2014, which ended June 30, 2014, the district collected just under $3.8 million in local real estate taxes. While that is higher than the previous years, it took the district six years to get back to the $3.72

million level it collected in 2008. Another item that has particularly hurt the district’s bottom line, says Nye, has been the phasing out of the tangible personal property tax levied on business inventory and equipment. In 2005, before the phase-out began, the district collected about $540,346 in tangible taxes. By 2012 the phase-out was complete and the district collected nothing. Worse, reimbursements from the state to offset the losses have been dropping – from $607,369 in 2011 to about $184,496 this year. In 2005, the district received about $6.2 million in state funding. By 2014 the funding had drifted down to $5.4 million. With routine costs rising, such as employee health insurance, utilities and others, the district reduced expenditures each year from 2009 through 2013. Last year, it twice went to voters with ballot issues and was twice rejected. Next month, voters will decide a 5-mill, 5-year renewal levy that generates about $400,000 annually and an emergency levy that would generate about $1.025 million annually. It too would be in effect for five years and is equal to approximately 6.38 mills. For the owner of a $100,000 home it would cost about $223 a year in additional taxes. In the next state biennium budget proposal, the district may realize an increase in funding but Nye doesn’t consider it a budgetary bonanza.

“For us it would be the first time in three biennial budgets we are set to get additional state funding,” he said. And he’s wary of a fiscal sleight of hand by the state. If basic state aid increases, he’s watching for a deeper cut to tangible property tax reimbursements. He also points to cuts in state funding for purchasing school buses and special education programs as two examples of where the state has pulled back. The school board has prepared a tentative list of spending cuts totaling about $945,000 if additional revenues aren’t approved in May. In addition, student fees and fees for participating in athletics and extracurricular activities would be doubled to $200. The increases would bring in about $140,000 if the number of participating students remains near current levels. The district administration last year received a deficit notification from the Ohio Department of Education. Nye said the notice is a standard alert the state issues when a district’s projected negative fund balance exceeds 2 percent of revenues. Forum set The levy committee has scheduled a second public forum for May 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the elementary school cafeteria. A forum was also held Wednesday at the high school.

Wood Cty. Humane Society seeking board of directors The Wood County Humane Society (WCHS) is seeking applications for its board of directors. The WCHS Board is a voluntary working board of local leaders dedicated to providing direction and guidance to the nonprofit organization. The board is comprised of 11 to 15 members in good standing with the WCHS. Board members are elected annually for a term of two years. New members will be elected at the next annual meeting in January, however, board applications are welcome year-round.

Prospective board members are encouraged to shadow current members prior to their election as a way to familiarize themselves with the kinds of work they would be expected to perform once elected. Board responsibilities are four-fold. The unit sets overall policies and goals for the WCHS and ensures that established policies are followed by all volunteers and staff of the WCHS. The unit also secures and monitors financial resources and funding, establishes accountability for its volunteers and staff, and provides for the regular

communication with the Shelter Manager and the community at large. The WCHS Board of Directors meets once monthly for two hours. Individual board members also are expected to serve as chair or co-chair one of the Board’s nine permanent committees. Individuals who are interested in applying to the WCHS Board of Directors should contact Heath A. Diehl, board secretary, at williad@bgsu.edu for more information and an application.

Workplace At the clubs The Biggest Week in American Birding is the topic of the Spring Breakfast Series sponsored by the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce and hosted by The Arbors of Oregon Wed. April 8th at 8 a.m. in the Willows Dining room. The Arbors is located at 904 Isaac Streets Drive. Call 419693-5580. *** The Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce will host the 22nd Annual Prism Award Celebration, ‘The Art of Business,’ Thurs. May 7th at Maumee Bay State Park Lodge. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Yvonne at director@embchamber.org or call 419-693-5580. *** The Oregon Economic Development Foundation will meet Friday, April 17, 7:30 a.m. at the Oregon Room at Mercy St, Charles Hospital. Call 419-693-9999. ***

Grand opening Gifts & More Galore recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening at 168 W. Water Street in downtown Oak Harbor. The store is owned by Sandra and Bill Davis. They have stock and custom stained glass, handcrafted items, made to order items and several craft consigners. They also teach stained glass and sewing classes. They are currently open Tues. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun. Noon to 4p.m. You can reach them at 419-704-7389.

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Family Coach offers more personal funeral experience By Tammy Walro Features Editor twalro@presspublications.com Eggleston, Meinert and Pavley Funeral Home is offering a new transportation option designed to help families have a more personal experience during the last and most difficult part of the goodbye process. The funeral home, with locations at 440 S. Coy Rd., Oregon and 1111 Woodville Rd., Millbury, recently introduced the Family Coach, which allows families to ride together with their loved one on the journey to the cemetery or final resting place. The luxury coach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the first of its kind in the country â&#x20AC;&#x201C; features leather seats to comfortably accommodate up to 12 people, hardwood floors, a mini refrigerator, a DVD player and flat screen TV and seating for the pastor and the driver up front. A separate compartment in the rear of the vehicle accommodates a casket. The Family Coach was inspired by Bud Graham, owner of Transportation Equipment Sales Corp. (TESCO) of Oregon, according to Dennis Pavley, owner/director of the funeral home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my mother passed away in 2003, Bud provided a shuttle van for my immediate family to use during our funeral procession to the cemetery,â&#x20AC;? Pavley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a pretty large family and they are scattered from all over â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was great to be able to be together during the entire funeral process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From that point forward, I thought it would be great if we had a vehicle like that to offer our families,â&#x20AC;? he said. Pavley and Graham had many conversations over the years about designing a custom funeral coach that could combine the function of a traditional hearse and limousine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TESCOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive expertise in custom vehicle design and fabrication and services in the bus industry, in addition to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown connection made it the perfect partner for the venture, Pavley said.

Dennis Pavley, owner/director of Eggleston Meinert and Pavley Funeral Home, with the Family Coach, which offers families a safe, comfortable transportation and a more personal funeral experience. (Photo by Erin Davis/ courtesy of Eggleston Meinert Pavley) About two years ago, Graham approached Pavley, saying he had found a manufacturer in Michigan willing to take on the project, if Pavley was still interested. The two men spent several months working through designs and prototypes. Last year, production was completed on the Family Coach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the first vehicle of its kind in the country. TESCO Industries has a patent pending on the vehicle, which costs in the same ballpark to build as a traditional hearse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is in the $90,000-100,000 range. The funeral home began offering the Family Coach as an option to area families in October, Pavley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to get a true sense of what people thought about

it, so we sent out surveys and asked for feedback and were very pleased with what we were hearing.â&#x20AC;? A Toledo family was among the first to use the Family Coach during a loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral. A family member, wrote to Pavley saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ride from the funeral home to the cemetery became an entire family experience, and it was so much easier to be surrounded by your family at such a difficult time.â&#x20AC;? As more and more families opt to utilize the Family Coach, Pavley and Graham are confident that the concept will quickly become a nationwide trend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to offering families a more personal funeral experience, the Family

Coach offers other advantages,â&#x20AC;? Pavley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another major factor is the safety â&#x20AC;&#x201C; any time you can eliminate any cars in the funeral procession, it makes it that much safer in the travels to the cemetery,â&#x20AC;? he said. Another benefit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the use of the vehicle is being offered at a lower cost than opting for a traditional hearse and limousine as the funeral home introduces the Family Coach to the community. On the partnership between Eggleston, Meinert and Pavley and TESCO, Lindsay Myers, executive director of the Oregon Economic Development Foundation, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This kind of community partnership makes me proud of our Oregon business community.â&#x20AC;?

Director asks: Can Woodmore auditorium be saved? By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com It was some time after the applause ended and Woodmore students, staff and community members had taken their final bows for a successful production of the musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys and Dollsâ&#x20AC;? that Marcia Busdeker, the director, had an idea. The musical was presented in the auditorium of the elementary building that is scheduled for demolition now that a new elementary school has been constructed and students have been transferred to the new facility. Although the new building has a multi-purpose room, it lacks the space and other features of a traditional auditorium with a full stage, prompting Busdeker to wonder if somehow the auditorium in the old building could be saved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so involved with the musical I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give much thought to what we would be doing next year because I really wanted to focus on this year instead and make it a really good experience for the kids and adults who were involved,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had heard there was a possibility of saving the K -1 section of the old school for storage. Almost 24 hours exactly after the curtain closed on our final performance, I had an odd thought, what if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tearing down the wrong part of the building? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, if we need extra space for

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storage, why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we use the part of the building that houses the auditorium? We could have a double use for it.â&#x20AC;? Busdeker said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asked for time to address the school board during its special meeting April 7. Board members scheduled the meeting to discuss a demolition plan for the elementary building in Woodville and what is called the Hetrick wing that houses classrooms for junior high school students in Elmore. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the high school to discuss the plan. Last year, Woodmore voters soundly rejected a levy request that would have generated about $4.5 million for a new auditorium where the Hetrick wing now sits. Busdeker last week said she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anticipate the district approving tax dollars for

a performing arts facility in the near future. She said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s briefly discussed her idea for saving the auditorium with a member of CAGE (Communities Achieving Goals for Extracurricular), which has had success raising funds and utilizing volunteers for renovating the high school track facilities and a new entrance to the football field. The group was also supportive of the proposed auditorium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my goal to have a presentation for the school board to get the building up to code,â&#x20AC;? Busdeker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to research all avenues for using private money. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just asking for time.â&#x20AC;? The new elementary building was constructed with the help of state funding. Richard Savors, a spokesman for the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission,

said a delay in demolition could increase costs for the district. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the OFCC does not have a specific deadline for a demolition, we incorporate the demolition work into the overall project schedule and as part of the contracts for the architect and construction manager,â&#x20AC;? he said.â&#x20AC;? The ultimate decision on what to do with a building, in this case whether to demolish it or not, is the prerogative of the local board of education, which owns the building. It is possible to delay the demolition of a building, but because it is part of the project schedule there is the possibility that a delay might incur additional costs, which could place a fiscal burden on the district, as most of the costs would probably be assessed to the district instead of to the co-funded project budget.â&#x20AC;?

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Your Voice on the Street: By Stephanie Szozda

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Mike Alvarado Toledo "The city. I feel like there's just more to do. Sports teams are usually in the cities and I like to go to sporting events."

Chris Chasteen Walbridge "Country. I like the peace and quiet and the scenery."

At a crossroad To the editor: When I left the business world to return to school and go into education the number-one question asked of me was why? I would say things like, I like working with kids; or I really enjoy seeing their faces when they have learned something new, or that I hope I can make a difference in their lives. Even though those things are true, there has been so much more to this experience than I could have ever dreamed. Some days I am amazed I get paid to have so much fun; other days, I’m amazed I get paid so little. However, no matter what kind of day we have had, I have never regretted making the decision I did. I feel very fortunate that life brought me to the Genoa School District. As I look back at my career, I could not have asked for anything better. The district is a great system with many quality people trying to provide the best possible educational experience for your children. What truly makes this system special are you and your children. Your willingness to work with your child and show them the value of an education is invaluable. Throughout my career here, I have seen cut after cut made to the education of your children. Everyone in the system has made sacrifices to avoid having an impact on the education of your child. However, we are trying to teach with textbooks that are 20-plus years old and no longer even in print. Class sizes have increased, reducing the individual time your child would receive. Where other districts have been able to provide one-on-one technology to their students, we are struggling to share the limited resources we have. I could go on and on with the education needs that have suffered over the past years. So whose fault is it? All of the employees have made concession after concession to help limit the impact on your children. The board has made cuts in the millions of dollars trying to avoid coming to you asking for more money. The state has put us, and most other districts, in a situation where we no longer have a choice. It has cut funding while raising the requirements. The goal seems to be to shift all funding to the local level. That is fine for districts that

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are loaded with businesses or utility companies. We are not so fortunate. Our district’s primary source of income is you. We are now at a crossroad. We have made all the cuts we can. There is nothing “extra” to take away. Genoa is ranked number 600 out of 608 districts in Ohio for student spending. That means all but 8 schools spend more to educate their children than we do. With regret, we come to you asking you to vote yes on issues one and two. A yes vote will continue the services you have now – art, physical education, technology, music, busing, extended school day, sports, limited fees, and so on. A no vote will drastically affect the education of the children of the Genoa community. The choice is now yours in what type of education you want to provide to your children. John S. Gruber Genoa Area Education Association President

Erroneous arguments? To the editor: This is in response to letters in the March 20 issue. Three writers called George Bush an idiot, dimwit, and sarcastically the great “Dubya.” Strong arguments. One person stated that Bush got us into two wars that nobody wanted. Two wars? Nobody wanted Bin Laden. Remember that Obama campaigned that Afghanistan was the ‘good’ war. One person wants to credit all war debt to Bush. For all the criticism of Bush not paying for the wars he “wanted,” I’m not sure how Obama doesn’t get the debt for the war he supported. Three people are mad at rich people. Income tax data from 2011 shows the top 1 percent earned 19 percent of the wealth and paid 35 percent of the tax burden. The top 10 percent paid 68 percent. Some of the rich even buy things – lots of things – manufactured by poor, working, and middle class union working families and then everyone gets mad because they have a lot

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Care appreciated To the editor: There are many organizations, societies and various kinds of help in our society today. Sometimes it is hard to receive the help you need because you have to jump through so many hoops, and still end up with nothing. Since October, we have found that hospice is a caring, helpful, and loving program. They meet with you, and decide what help you need and grant it, which tru-

ly helped Tom through his last months. Our frustration and stress was taken care of, and Tom was able to be at home until he graduated from this earth. If you know Hospice workers, thank them, for they truly are special people. Betty Marlow Miller Elmore

A lot to lose To the editor: The Constitution is meaningless to President Obama. He tries to override it every day. Thank God for the good Democrats and Republicans that keep him in check. If they lose, we all lose. We have lost enough freedom of speech now. If Obama has his way, we will lose a lot more than just freedom of speech. Good Democrats and Republicans, keep up the good work. A WWII veteran thanks you. George Biecheler Oak Harbor

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by John Szozda

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The system is broken and the system needs to be redeemed.

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Rev. Robert Ball was standing in the customs line going from Israel to Egypt when he had an epiphany. The sign above his head stated “foreigners.” It was then he realized he was a minority about to enter a land in which he would be different. Suddenly, his comfort level was “clouded”. He was a “bit more fearful.” These are normal human reactions. If you are in the white majority, however, you may never have been in a similar situation where glances from those different than you trigger the irrational belief that they signal nefarious motives. If everyone experienced being a minority we would be more tolerant of each other. If we talked to each other we would find we are more same than different. Rev. Ball believes civil conversation can start that process to build a more tolerant society. He last week wrapped up a series of such conversations called Circles of Grace. The series featured four speakers representing some of our most misunderstood minorities: Muslims, Afro-Americans and Hispanics. The speakers were: Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain, a Pakistan native, author and past president of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo who led a discussion on “Islam and Terrorism”; Rev. Lawrence Keeler, a retired United Methodist minister and former newspaper reporter, who led a discussion on “Racism and Prejudice”; Lucy Mendoza, a Peru native who works in the finance industry and is involved in community organizing projects, who led a discussion on “The Hispanic Experience in America’ and

Rev. Larry Whatley, pastor of Turning Point United Methodist Church in Bowling Green and a former television news anchor, who led a discussion on “The Black Experience in America”. I attended the first three talks at Rossford United Methodist Church where Rev. Ball is the minister and I am a member. There was much to contemplate from all three speakers. Dr. Hussain’s talk was interrupted by two men who believe in

the evil intent of Islam as a religion. One of them said he was afraid millions of radical Islamists want to come to America to behead us infidels. He insulted Dr. Hussain by saying he was not a true Muslim because of his tempered beliefs. Dr. Hussain said we need to understand the motivation of various radical Islamic groups and individuals. What drives ISIS is not the same motivation that drove the men who massacred 132 children in his hometown of Peshawar, Pakistan, and it is not the same motivation for the men who killed 12 at Charlie Hebdo, the Paris satirical magazine. The motivations are also different in Iraq and Syria. But all this violence is precipitated by Muslims, so it gets fixed as “Islamic Terrorism” in the American conscience, Dr. Hussain said. Sometimes the violence has little to do with Islam and more to do with living conditions, power or self-determination. More than 60,000 Muslims in Pakistan have been killed by other Muslims, he said. Rev. Keeler talked about how America has made great progress in reducing prejudice in individuals, however, much needs to be done to eliminate racism in our institutions. “The system is broken and the system needs to be redeemed,” he said. He cited statistics that show that prior to 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, our prisons were filled with an overwhelming majority of whites. However, 20 years later, the overwhelming majority are blacks.

Why is that, he asked? Is it because blacks all of sudden became more criminal? Or, is there something else at play? Rev. Keeler contends that racism has morphed from certain discriminatory practices, such as the Jim Crow laws, to our institutions. Explain why, he asked, that five times as many whites use drugs compared to blacks, but black drug users are sent to prison at 10 times the rate of whites. Lucy Mendoza came to the United States at age eight. She started taking college courses at age 14 and has been here legally. However, she recalls one time being offered a ride home from church, but the man offering the ride wanted to see her visa before giving her the ride. She also said it could cost as much as $2,000 to become a citizen, considering obtaining visas, submitting the citizenship application and attorney fees. The fee alone deters poorer immigrants. Mendoza likes to think of America as not a melting pot where we all absorb the cultures and beliefs of each other, but rather as a salad in which we all stand different and proud of our heritage. Working together we create a healthy dish attractive for its varied ingredients. Mendoza said she would hope that if we cannot be “like minded we can be like hearted.” That is also the hope for Rev. Ball: tolerance, graceful conversations about our differences. Comment

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Ohio’s students not being helped by standardized testing Standardized testing mandates are hurting children in our communities and across our state. In the last several years, lawmakers in the state of Ohio have insisted on a dramatic increase in high-stakes standardized testing. This year, with the introduction of the PARCC standardized tests, students will be required to devote an unprecedented amount of time to state-mandated testing sessions. The average fourth grader will take 8 PARCC (Language Arts and Math) sessions and 2 AIR (Science and/or Social Studies) sessions, totaling 12.5 hours of testing over 10 school days. A sixth grader will take 9 PARCC sessions and 2 AIR sessions, totaling more than 13 hours of testing over 11 school days. While the total days given to actual testing seems bad enough, this does not include time that must be spent on test

Guest Editorial preparation. With teacher evaluations and district ratings based on standardized test scores, schools have no choice but to tailor lessons to match the state’s one-size-fits-all tests. Teachers in all grades and subjects find themselves having to set aside research-based, best-practice lessons in order to push lessons geared towards test preparation. Real, meaningful, memorable learning is rarely a result of practicing computer tasks such as learning how to drag and drop one response into an appropriate box.

The educators in our districts share a common goal: we want what’s best for our students. We seek, day in and day out, to provide students with an education that will be the springboard for a successful future. Together we seek to create thoughtful, creative, determined minds that will lead our communities, our state, and our nation into a better future. We may be small districts, but the hopes we have for our students are anything but small. The current push for standardized testing in our schools is a roadblock in the path towards real education. The lawmakers requiring more testing year after year are simultaneously giving less thought to what practices will best serve our students. Childhood is precious. The window in which we can instill a love and appreciation for learning is short. Every second we spend on standardized testing and standard-

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Eastwood grad tests her knowledge on game show By Tammy Walro Press Features Editor twalro@presspublications.com The category: Pemberville trivia. The Answer: “Laura Kohlenberg?” The Question: “Who is the Pemberville native and Eastwood alum set to appear on Jeopardy!?” on April 10. Fans of the popular game show will want to tune in Friday, April 10 when Kohlenberg takes the podium. Laura, a 1988 graduate of Eastwood High School who now lives in White Plains, New York, had long aspired to be on the Peabody Award-winning “answerand-question show hosted by Alex Trebek. “Being on the show was a goal I’ve had since it started airing when I was in high school and on the quiz bowl team,” she said. After graduation, she earned a bachelor’s in Psychology and a Masters of Organization Development, both from Bowling Green State University. Laura started by taking the online test, and actually took it three times before she got a call go to New York City to audition. “After you audition, you are in the contestant pool for 18 months,” she said. “If they don’t call you by then, you can start the process again by taking another online test.” She was just two weeks away from being out of the pool when the call came on the Thursday before Christmas. Laura, a Global Talent Management Associate at Bunge in White Plains, was at work when the call came. “I let the call go to voice mail because I was in a meeting and didn’t recognize a number from California.” Once given a taping date in late January,

Pemberville native Laura Kohlenberg will test her knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy! – the iconic answer-and-question-show on an episode airing Friday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. on WTOL. (Photo courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.) Laura began preparing. “I made sure I had a world almanac to study, since there is so much information in it,” she said. “I also had friends at work who quizzed me on questions from old shows (j-archive.com).

We found there are many things they consistently ask about, just in different ways. “You have no prior information about what the categories will be, so you never know if you are studying the right things,”

she said. Laura’s mother, Jane Kohlenberg, of Pemberville, her twin sister Lisa, of Woodville, and sister Jill Lammi, of Lewis Center, Ohio, accompanied her to the Jan. 28 taping at Sony Studios in Culver City, California by “She surprised me – she wasn’t really nervous at all,” Jane said. “Her attitude was, ‘It’s just going to be fun – if I win, fine, if I don’t, it will just be a good experience.’” “There is so much going on, you don’t have a lot of time to be nervous,” Laura said. “I don’t think I had any idea what the score was until someone hit a Daily Double or there was a commercial break. “I’m looking forward to watching, just to see what I don’t remember,” she said. “For example, I don’t think I could name all of the categories I had. As for how she did, audiences will have to watch when the show airs April 10 at 7:30 p.m. on WTOL. “The contestant experience is great,” she said. “The coordinators are very welcoming and have a lot of energy. One of the things you have to do is figure out what to talk to Alex about in the interview. They have three suggestions from a questionnaire you submit, and then they ask which one you want to discuss. “It was interesting to see how the show is made, and Alex Trebek is amazingly good at what he does,” Laura said. “Overall, it was a fantastic experience.” Jane agreed. “It was lots of fun,” she said. “They tape five shows in one day and we watched all five of them. “My husband Ray and I are very proud of her – this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for her.”

Russian Duo promises a celebration of cross-cultural creativity Take a musical journey across the span of Russian culture with Russian Duo, set to perform Saturday, April 11 at the Pemberville Opera House. The performance, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., is part of the ongoing Live! In the House concert series presented by the Pemberville Freedom Historical Society. The duo was born out a shared love of traditional music and classical elegance by Oleg Kruglyakov, a virtuoso on the balalaika (a Russian stringed musical instrument) and Terry Boyarsky, masterful pianist with a Russian heritage. Together they offer an extensive repertoire that draws from Russian folk music, romances, dances, classical music, gypsy melodies, bluegrass, ragtime, tango, film score and Russian songs. Throughout their performances, the duo maintains a generous rapport with audiences of all kinds. Listeners can expect exuberant, compelling interpretations which make them want to dance and sing along. Kruglyakov was born in Omsk City, Siberia, Russia, where many of his early experiences growing up centered around singing together with family members. He began playing the balalaika at age 7, and later was educated at the renowned Ekaterinburg Conservatory, studying con-

Russian Duo, who will perform at the Pemberville Opera House April 11, promises the audience a journey across the span of Russian culture, ranging from humorous pieces, pulsating dance music, rhythmic folk songs, gypsy melodies, and lyrical romances. (Photo courtesy of Russian Duo) ducting as well as teaching balalaika. He has a keen ear for musical styles and a deep respect for cultural tradition, fed by a fascination with the history of the

Russian people and the etymology of the Russian language. In addition to her talents on the piano, Boyarsky is a movement specialist, singer

and ethnomusicologist who believes that every person is musical. Her search for musical collaboration has led her into chamber music, choral singing, folk dance, coaching, accompanying dance and creating ceremony. She has collaborated with singers and dancers across the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Venezuela. Since the inception of Russian Duo, in 2007, the pair have performed from Canada to Florida, and from Massachusetts to Minnesota. A review in The Vermont Journal writes, “The audience was enthralled as the music slid from exuberance of joy and anger to whispers of love and crying so faint you could have heard a pin drop.” Their CD, “Russian Duo, released in 2009, includes 13 tracks offering a vibrant, cross-cultural experience, including “Balalaika Waltz” and “Russian Rag.” Hear samples and learn more about the duo at www.russianduo.com. Tickets for the concert are $10 and are available at Beeker’s General Store, 226 E. Front St., Pemberville; at the door or by contacting Carol at 419-287-4848, carol@ pembervilleoperahouse.org, or www.pembervilleoperahouse.org. The Pemberville Opera House is located at 115 Main St., Pemberville.

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Celebrate spring with EGGstreme science events Area families are invited to spring into Imagination Station and become EGGsperts on the science of eggs. The EGGciting EGGsperiments run through April 12 as part of “EGGstreme Science.” Visitors to the science center can get creative with egg-centered activities like making naked eggs, shrunken eggs and chia eggs. “Eggs offer a wonderful platform for science experiments and provide an accessible way to introduce our visitors to chemistry and physics,” said Sloan Eberly Mann, assistant director of STEM Education at Imagination Station. Additional Spring Break Events Time is running out to see “Dinosaurs Unearthed,” which is on display through April 12. The exhibit takes visitors on an adventure back in time 65 million years and allows them to actively engage in a unique learning experience and discover roaring, moving, life-size, animatronic dinosaurs. Timed ticket required. Through May 17, visitors can rock out and discover the science and history behind the instrument that revolutionized music in “GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked the World.” Play the world’s largest guitar, see more than 60 instruments ranging from the rare and antique to the wildly popular, investigate how different materials affect a guitar’s sound and much more! Imagination Station will be open Monday, April 6 (the science center is not typically open Mondays); closed Easter Sunday. For more information, call 419244-2674 or visit www.imaginationstationtoledo.org.

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Mud Hens coming home to roost for 2015 season on April 15 Ongoing April 10-May 31: “Gifts on Paper from the Apollo Society,” Toledo Museum of Art, Gallery 6. Since 1986, TMA’s art acquisition group has purchased dozens of works of art for the Museum’s collection. As The Apollo Society prepares to announce its latest offering, this installation celebrates all ten works on paper given throughout the group’s history. Free. Through April 12: “Dinosaurs Unearthed,” Imagination Station Toledo, 1 Discovery Way, Toledo. Discover roaring, moving, life-size, animatronic dinosaurs. 419-244-2674, www.imaginationstationtoledo.org. Through May 3: “Drawn, Cut & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfeiffer,” Canaday Gallery and Gallery I, Toledo Museum of Art. Featuring nearly 200 limited-edition and unique works of art by German-American artist Werner Pfeiffer, including drawings, dimensional prints, 3-D collage, and sculptural and experimental books. Free. www.toledomuseum.org. Through May 17: “Guitar: The Instrument that Rocked the World,” Imagination Station Toledo, 1 Discovery Way, Toledo. Explore the guitar’s evolution into an instrument of popular culture to the science of creating sound with wood and steel. 419-244-2674, www.imaginationstationtoledo.org. Through July 5: “The American Civil War: Through Artists’ Eyes,” Toledo Museum of Art, Galleries 28 & 29 – an exhibition depicting the major events of the American Civil War as seen through the eyes of the artist, including a monumental painting of the Battle of Cold Harbor, by Gilbert Gaul. Free. Through July 5: “Best in Show: Animal Illustrations from the Mazza Collection,” Toledo Museum of Art. The Mazza Museum in Findlay, holds the largest collection of original artwork by children’s book illustrators in the world. About 50 works from that collection are on loan to the TMA in this exhibition presented by Marathon Petroleum. Free www. toledomuseum.org. National Center For Nature Photography – Long-term and frequently changing exhibits fill the recently renovated gallery of the National Center for Nature Photography in Secor Metropark. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Free. Through Dec. 31: “1st Ladies & Red Dress Collection” exhibit, Hayes Presidential Center, corner of Hayes & Buckland, Fremont. Featuring more than a half-dozen red dresses worn by First Ladies, along with celebrity dresses from New York City’s annual Red Dress Collection Fashion Show, which raises awareness about women’s heart health. Includes dresses worn by First Ladies Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Laura Bush and Lucy Hayes, along with Robin Roberts, Heidi Klum and more. 419-3322081, www.rbhayes.org. April April 4: Toledo Walleye vs. Elmira Jackals, Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson, Toledo, 7:15 p.m. 419-725-WALL, www.toledowalleye.com. April 4: Easter Egg Roll, Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, 2-3:30 p.m. Ages 3-10 are invited to participate in the White House tradition started by President

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Genoa, Clay, Oak Harbor have eyes on league titles By J. Patrick Eaken, Mark Griffin and Yaneek Smith sports@presspublications.com Despite having lost over half his starters and most of his pitching production from last season, Clay coach Jim Phillips is optimistic about his team’s chances at bouncing back this season. The Clay alum, who says he has a better understanding of what it’s like to be a head coach with one season under his belt, is confident in his pitchers and the defense backing them up. Phillips just needs his hitters to come through in the clutch, and if so, the team should be able to contend with the best in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. “The big thing is timely hitting. Last year, we had six one-run losses, and that was directly attributed to hitting in the clutch. If we do that, we have a good opportunity to do some good things. I like coaching this group. We have a lot of baseballsavvy guys. If the timely hitting works out, we’ll be tough (to beat),” Phillips said. Phillips sees St. John’s Jesuit, the reigning league champion, and St. Francis de Sales, which has a good senior class, as the favorites in the TRAC. First-year Waite coach John Segura, who was at Northwood last season, is a 1991 Waite grad who inherits a team that graduated eight seniors last year. The Indians’ two returning starters are Nick Jensen and Brandon Wagner, who batted over .300 a year ago. “We’re pretty young and very inexperienced,” Segura said. “Success is not in wins and losses, it’s getting better every day and gaining experience playing varsity baseball. Our strength right now is our leadership. It’s come from three seniors.” Cardinal Stritch will have to replace three first team All-Toledo Area Athletic Conference players in second baseman Adam Buenrostro, pitcher/third baseman Jake Empie and pitcher/outfielder Chase Dearing, but Coach Craig Meinzer returns six players with varsity experience. “We are going to have to rely on the young guys to come through,” said Meinzer, who led Stritch to a runner-up finish in the TAAC last season. “We have a lot of good young freshmen in the program at the jayvee level. We’re hoping to get back to the (Division IV) district championship again. Our pitching should be good and our defense should be good. We’ll get better as the year goes on hitting-wise.” First-year Northwood coach Jeff Hess’s first gig as a varsity head coach got off to a good start on Monday, when the Rangers ripped Sandusky St. Mary’s, 111. Hess, a Clay grad who played baseball at Owens Community College, has previously coached at Clay, Cardinal Stritch and Rossford. “Our pitchers threw well,” Hess said of Monday’s win. “They pounded the zone and took control of the game. We had timely hitting, with a lot of speed on the bases that kind of led to the victory.” Hess is the Rangers’ third head coach in four years. “We have to stay together,” he said. “Me being a first-year head coach, we have to have them continue to buy into my philosophy. The type of seniors we have, it didn’t take them long to buy in.” Gibsonburg is coming off a season that saw them win a program record 23 games and its fourth consecutive sectional title, but this year the Golden Bears must replace

Cardinal Stritch pitcher Ricky Pratt returns for his senior season. (Press file photo by Doug Karns/ KateriSchools. org) several key players. Gone are All-Ohioans Sam Kohler (.506, 50 R, 35 RBIs) and Andrew Cantrell (.400, 37 R, 48 RBIs) and a great pitcher in Gabe Hickman (7-2, 44.2 IP, 2.19 ERA), meaning Gibsonburg has big shoes to fill if it intends to play at a high level again this season. “Replacing the offensive production from Sam Kohler and Andrew Cantrell (is an area of concern),” said Coach Kyle Rase, now in his 11th season, “Our team’s success will be determined by how well we can replace the offensive production lost to graduation.” In the Northern Buckeye Conference, Genoa may be the team to beat. The last two years have been special for the Comets. Last year, the Comets won 20 games and claimed a sectional title, and the year before that, they advanced to the Division III regional finals. And with most of their team back, including six seniors, there’s no reason to think Genoa can’t make another run at an NBC championship. “We should be pretty good, but we lost some core guys that provided a lot of punch on offense,” said Genoa coach Ron Rightnowar, now in his fourth year. “Every year is different but I like the chemistry of this team. They pull for one another and that means a lot in baseball. We are always motivated to perform well, but its baseball and you have to bring it every time out. “(We want) to compete for the conference title and make a strong run in the tournament. We want to take the next step in the development of the program.” Genoa, along with Lake, last year’s NBC champion, and Otsego, are expected to contend for the league title this season. The Comets just missed out on winning the conference last year. The Flyers, who have won two of the

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last three NBC titles and set a school record for victories last season, have a lot of holes to fill. Lake graduated All-Ohio pitcher Jayce Vancena (8-1, 106 strikeouts in 62 innings), who is now at Michigan, after losing to Huron, 3-2, in last year’s Division III regional semifinals. One huge plus, however, is the return of senior Connor Bowen, who has signed with Owens Community College after batting .478 last season. Bowen, an allstate basketball player, too, struck out just once in 128 plate appearances as a junior baseball player. “There is no doubt he can play at the next level at either sport (baseball or basketball),” Coach Greg Wilker said. “He’s always loved baseball. Once he concentrates on baseball, I think he’s going to be a Division I player. Connor is an outstanding shortstop.” Wilker added that the biggest key to a successful season hinges on how well the pitching staff performs. “Last year we knew who our No. 1 was going to be,” Wilker said. “With Jayce on the mound, there were a lot of games where we didn’t have to field many balls. We have to field consistently, and we will. Experience will come over time.” At Eastwood, the good news is that the Eagles return seven players who started at some point last season. The bad news is that they only won seven games. Eastwood has seven seniors, but not a lot of varsity experience. “We have a lot of guys returning, but we are very inexperienced at a lot of positions,” Coach Kevin Leady said. “Defensively we could be a lot better this year. We have a lot of guys who can step in and play. They can run, catch it and swing it. We’ve been a team that’s had to go base to base. I don’t see that this year. We have a team that can run this year.”

Woodmore coach Jacob Huss sees speed as one of his team’s strengths, and he likes the depth of his pitching staff, but is concerned about the number of quality innings he’ll get from his rotation. And there’s always the question about how the younger players will fare stepping in, a task that newcomers Ross Wolford (P/C), John Williams (P/OF) and Matt Depner (P/OF) will face. “We have a lot of younger guys, guys in general that need to prove themselves and step into a role,” Huss said. “We’re looking for somebody to step up and fill (those roles).” Before beginning play in the NBC, the Wildcats were to face Margaretta, Port Clinton, Old Fort, Northwood, Oak Harbor and Fremont Ross. Despite having a number of questions marks heading into the season, Huss remains confident about his club. “I like the make-up of the team,” he said. “We have senior leaders stepping up and we have some younger guys pushing for playing time. (It will be a) challenge playing as a team and learning how to finish games. We will be successful if we play our game, cut down on the errors, make the routine plays and play as a team.” Last season was expected to be a rebuilding year for Oak Harbor. After graduating Mark Konieczny and A.J. Cecil, among others, the end of a special run that saw their class advance to the Division II regional final in 2011, win two sectional titles and a Sandusky Bay Conference title was met with a 9-19 campaign last year. This year, the Rockets are looking to compete for an SBC championship again. “We return a solid core of nine players with varsity experience,” Coach Rob Schimmoeller said. “If we improve our defense, we should have a very good season. We have a lot of pitching depth with 150 innings of experience returning. I’m looking for big seasons out of the top half of our lineup, which will include Caleb Turco, Mike Osbourne, Jourdan Maguire, Garrett Harvey and David Tooman.”

Clay

Coach: Jim Phillips, second season Career record: 10-18 Last season: 10-18 (3-7 TRAC) Key returnees: Christian Orr, 2B; Austyn Gwin, CF; Ryan Fournier, SS; Chandler Cannon, P Outlook: Phillips has a rotation that includes Chandler Cannon, Josh Mohr and Zach Brown. Chandler threw just 12 innings last year and Mohr and Brown were the top starters on the junior varsity, which advanced to the TRAC championship. They’ll have to replace the production lost from the graduation of Bryce Castilleja (4-3, 2.50 ERA) and Josh Pennington (1-4, 2.84 ERA), who threw a combined 79.2 innings last season. The infield backing them up is comprised of third baseman Kyle Kozlaker, shortstop Ryan Fournier, second baseman Christian Orr and first baseman Zach Brown. The catcher is Jon Quinlan, Austyn Gwin plays center field and Cannon will also play in the outfield and can man several positions on the infield. The other two outfield positions will likely go to some combination of Ronnie Collins, Chris Walter, Josh Lingohr and Mohr, when he’s

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not pitching. Orr (.322, 19 R, 17 RBIs), a sophomore, earned honorable mention distinction in the TRAC and is back to lead things off at the top of the order. Gwin (.303, 3 R, 6 RBIs) will bat second, followed by Fournier (.398, 21 R, 12 RBIs), Kozlaker, Brown, Cannon, Quinlan and a variety of players are in the running for the final two spots. “I think this is a very talented team,” Phillips said. “We have two three arms that I feel very confident about. On the mound and defensively, we’ll be right there with anyone in the league.

Waite

Coach: John Segura, first season Last season: 7-20 Key returnees: Nick Jensen, Sr., C/P; Patrick Ridley, Sr., 1B/OF; Dylan Reed, Sr., Utility; Brandon Wagner, Jr., CF/P Outlook: Segura said seniors Jensen, Ridley and Reed are providing that strong leadership, and the rest of the team is working hard. “These are the hardest working kids I’ve worked with,” Segura said. “Nick Jensen is a Naval Academy applicant who has a 4.29 GPA right now. He walks on the field and the kids love him. He leads by example. Patrick Ridley and Dylan Reed also lead by example and work hard and help push the kids.” Sophomore right-hander Jace Gutierrez is expected to be the Indians’ No. 1 pitcher, while lefties Wagner and Jensen and senior Edward Santiago will also see action on the mound. Wagner and Jensen can also catch, and Gutierrez will play shortstop when he isn’t pitching. “Jace has a good fastball and slider, and he keeps the ball around the strike zone,” Segura said. “When you throw strikes, it makes us play defense. You can’t play defense against walks. Our pitchers throw strikes. No one is overpowering on our staff, so we’re going to have to play defense.” Sophomore Sam Russeau and junior Daniel Bautista will play third base, and freshman Ancelmo Padilla can play shortstop. Senior Joshua Haynes will be used in a utility role and can play at third, as can Santiago. Junior Deon Williams will start in left field, and juniors Jose Merino and Thomas Nutter will also play in the outfield. “These are great kids,” Segura said. “I have them believing we can win the City League right now. We’re going to get better every day. These kids work too hard not to.”

Cardinal Stritch

Coach: Craig Meinzer, fouth year Last season: 17-11 (9-3 TAAC) Key returnees: Ricky Pratt, Sr., P/1B; Austin Wlodarz, Sr., P/2B; Paul Drake, Sr., SS/ Utility; Jude Neary, Jr., P/C; Sean Killian,

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Genoa seniors Jake Wojciechowski and Nick Wolfe have signed to play NJCAA Division II baseball next year at Owens Community College. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com) Jr., P/OF; Grant Curavo, Jr., P/OF Outlook: The pitching staff includes Killian, Curavo, Pratt, Neary and Wlodarz. Pratt (2-1, 2.80 ERA), Curavo (2-1, 4.20) and Killian (43, 2.41) have the most experience. “They’ve been playing varsity since their freshman year,” Meinzer said. “Pratt has come into his own as a pitcher the last two years. He gave us some good innings and stepped up big time last year. When they’re throwing off-speed stuff, they can be (strikeout pitchers). Curavo is a little more overpowering.” Neary will catch when he isn’t on the mound, Pratt plays first base and Wlodarz starts at second. Drake and junior Kyle Zapadka will start at shortstop and third base, respectively. Curavo plays in center field, while right and left field will be filled with sophomore Stephen Johnson, who can also pitch, and two freshmen. Other players who will see action are pitchers Christian Buenrostro, a junior, and sophomore Brice Pratt, freshman catcher Joey Peternel, freshman shortstop/ utility player Andrew Flowers, freshman utility Jeff Dunsmore, sophomore second baseman Kyle Miazgowicz, Rossford transfer Gage Perry, freshman pitcher/outfielder D.J. White and junior third baseman Sean Donovan.

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Northwood Coach: Jeff Hess, first year. Key returnees: Jacob Zieroff, Sr., P/2B/CF; Myles Habel, Sr., 3B/1B; Steve Sutton, Sr., P/2B/1B; Jack Romstadt, Sr., SS/P; Dylan Burke, Sr., OF; Sean Whitmore, Jr., P/PF; James Hazlett, Jr., OF/P; Peyton Nester, Jr., C; Evan LaPlante, So., P/2B/SS. Outlook: Zieroff, a senior right-hander, pitched 4.1 innings to earn the team's first win. Zieroff was honorable mention AllToledo Area Athletic Conference a year ago. “He looked real good,” Hess said. “He took command and set up everybody up with his fastball and was able to throw his slider for strikes. He really set the tone from the beginning.” The Rangers have eight seniors, six of whom who will likely start. Habel was a first-team All-TAAC catcher last year, while Romstadt earned secondteam honors at shortstop. “Miles sticks his nose in there and plays the game the right way,” Hess said. “He’s a big kid who likes to hit the ball, and he’s a true team leader. Romstadt is one of those quiet leaders. He likes to talk with his game. He has very good hands at short, and a good arm. He’s a good contact hitter who hits the ball to all fields.”

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Coach: Kyle Rase, 11th season Career Record: 145-117 Last Season: 23-5 (8-4 TAAC) Key Returnees: Derek Angelone, C; Jordan Kreglow, SS; Bryce Ernsthausen, P; Andrew Dellinger, P; Brent Hayward, OF; Preston Arriaga, OF Outlook: Looking to fill the void lost by graduation will be C Derek Angelone (.362), SS Jordan Kreglow (.321), both of whom were Toledo Area Athletic Conference second-team selections last season, OF Brent Hayward (.373) and OF Preston Arriaga (.381). F o r t u n a t e l y, Gibsonburg has a strong pitching staff that includes seniors Bryce Ernsthausen and Andrew Dellinger. Ernsthausen went 4-2 with a 1.75 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 32 innings last season, and Dellinger had an ERA of 2.41 in 13 relief appearances. If Ernsthausen and Dellinger pitch well, and the Bears get some timely hitting, there’s no reason they can’t compete for a league title with the likes of Cardinal Stritch, Tiffin Calvert and Toledo Christian. A number of other players who have seen limited action in the past who could prove to be instrumental to the team’s success this season are Adam Neeb, Zack Kaetzel, Ryan Clark, Madison Jaso and Bryce Mendoza. Before getting into conference play, Gibsonburg will play a schedule that includes Old Fort, Margaretta, New Riegel and Lakota. They also play Fremont St. Joseph on May 2 at the Toledo Mud Hens’ Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo. Overall, the team has seven returning lettermen and four returning starters. The seniors include Dellinger, Kreglow, Angelone, Ernsthausen and Neeb. “We have a great group of seniors providing us with leadership,” Rase said.

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Joining Zieroff on the pitching staff will be Romstadt, Whitmore, Hazlett and LaPlante. Whitmore is the only left-hander. “We have a wide variety of pitchers,” Hess said. “Each one is kind of different. I can bring each one in and give the hitters a different look. Other than team speed, pitching is definitely one of our strengths. We have to throw strikes. If our pitchers are not on, we’re going to have to score a lot of runs.” Hess also loves his team’s speed — led by Burke, Zieroff, Whitmore, Sutton and senior Chandler Hayes - and versatility at the plate. “Hayes probably has the best speed of them all,” Hess said. “We can match power for power or play small ball with somebody. (Monday) night we started out taking good swings and were hitting the ball all over the field. The third inning we came out and started bunting. We had two for base hits and were able to catch them off guard.”

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Genoa

Coach: Ron Rightnowar, fourth season Career Record: 52-30 Last Season: 20-7 (12-2 NBC) Key Returnees: Luke Rightnowar, P/SS; Nick Wolfe, C; Cody Pickard, 2B; Jake Wojciechowski, CF/P; Matt Aumiller, P/SS; Kyle Edwards, 3B/P Outlook: On the mound, Luke Rightnowar is the team’s ace, having accumulated a career record of 18-3. Rightnowar, who plays shortstop when he’s not pitching, returns with fellow starters in catcher Nick Wolfe, second baseman Cody Pickard, center fielder/pitcher Jake Wojciechowski, shortstop/pitcher Matt Aumiller and third baseman/pitcher Kyle Edwards. That’s a formidable group, but they are faced with having to replace the production lost by the graduation of Logan Scott, Alex Hayes and Casey Gose, who is currently playing baseball at Owens Community College. That production should come from Pickard, who hit .351 last season, Wolfe and Wojciechowski, among others. Currently, the lineup is still being juggled. Luke Rightnowar (7-3, 1.94 ERA) leads a rotation that also includes Wojociechowski, Aumiller and Edwards. If the first two games are any indication, the Comets should be in for a good season. They defeated Delta, 6-3, in the opener and then rallied to defeat Toledo Christian, 105. In the win over the Panthers, Rightnowar allowed three runs on four hits and struck out five. Pickard scored twice, Wolfe scored a run and had an RBI, Aumiller had two RBIs and Wojociechowski finished with two hits, scored twice and drove in a run.

Lake Coach: Greg Wilker Last season: 27-3 (13-1 NBC) Key returnees: Connor Bowen, Sr., SS/P; Todd Walters, Sr., 1B/P; Adam Duncan, Jr., OF/P; Aaron Witt, Jr., OF/P Outlook: Wilker said this year’s Flyers will be “a work in progress.” “We have some talented players,” he said. “The cupboard is not bare. Connor was the NBC offensive player of the year, so there are some things to build around. Our inexperience is going to test my patience sometimes, but the kids are working very hard. It’s tough to replace that experience. We had six seniors and they all knew their

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Returning Northwood pitcher Evan LaPlante. (Press file photo by Don Thompson/Facebook.com/DNRsport) job.” Walters went 8-0 on the mound with a 1.56 ERA last year, earning second-team all-conference honors. Duncan, who hit .357, was also a secondteam pick, and Witt will be looked upon to improve on last year’s .318 average. Witt, a left-hander, will also pitch along with Duncan, junior Jacob Middaugh, sophomore Jordan Bekier and senior Chris Serra. “Todd should be our No. 1,” Wilker said. “Last year he was paired against the other team’s No. 2 and threw some outstanding ball games. Middaugh threw some nice jayvee games. Serra didn’t play a lot last year because of the seniors we had, but he’s capable of some good innings for us.” Wilker said senior outfielder Zak Greenlese could also have an impact. “He played quite a bit last year and is an outstanding athlete,” Wilker said. “He’s going to do some good things for us this year.”

Coach: Kevin Leady, fourth year Career record: 38-37 Last season: 7-18 (6-8 NBC) Key returnees: David Krukemyer, Sr., 1B/ DH; Landon Richards, Sr., 1B/DH, Tyler Steele, Sr., P; Eli Brown, Jr., OF/P; Jared Luther, Jr., SS Outlook: Brown was a first-team all-league outfielder who hit .400 in the Northern Buckeye Conference last year. Steele should be the Eagles’ top pitcher, after going 1-2 in 30 innings as a junior. “Tyler had a rough start to the year and came back to throw good innings for us,” Leady said. “Eli will also pitch. Beyond that, we’re still looking. We have some guys who have been throwing. To say who that third guys is, we have to get into the season and get them on the mound and continue to get better. We have to decide when we hit league play who that third starter will be.” Eastwood scored less than 100 runs a year ago, and one of their top hitters, firstteam All-NBC outfielder Jake Schmeltz, who hit .400 in conference play, has graduated. “We drove in 90-some runs and three guys drove in 78 of them, and those guys were seniors,” Leady said. “We have two pitchers (Schmeltz and Grant Peters) who are pitching for Owens this year who were on our team last year, and we only won seven games.” Krukemyer, Brown and Luther were elected captains. “We’re counting on those three guys to have big years, along with Steele,” Leady said. “He’s going to be thrown into the fire when we play our big games. Krukemyer has a good, positive attitude keeping our guys even keel. He hits in the middle of our lineup and we need him to have a much better year than he had last year. We need the middle of our lineup to be comparable to what it was last year, and I think we can be successful. My biggest concern is scoring runs.”

Woodmore Coach: Jake Huss, second season Career Record: 7-17 Last Season: 7-17 (3-10 NBC) Key Returnees: Tristan Roth, P/INF; Connor Bringman, P/C/1B; Logan Fonseca, IF/OF; Josh Cowell, P/INF Outlook: Tristan Roth is a pretty nice player to build around. The junior pitcher, who earned second-team honors in the Northern Buckeye Conference last season, went 3-3 with a 1.68 ERA and had 51 strikeouts in 41.2 innings of

work. He did well at the plate, too, hitting .314, scored eight runs and 13 RBIs. In fact, Roth led the Wildcats to a 3-0 victory over Cardinal Stritch in the season opener, throwing a two-hit shutout, hitting three singles and driving in two runs. Roth will be joined in the rotation by senior pitcher/infielder Josh Cowell (2-3, 4.12 ERA, 34 IP) and juniors Connor Bringman (P/C/1B) and Matt Depner (P/OF). “We have quite a few guys,” Coach Huss says, “that we’ll try and sort out and see how they do in games.” Bringman earned HM All-NBC distinction after hitting .311, scoring 11 runs and driving in 11. Logan Fonseca (IF/OF) hit .286, scored 12 runs and had five RBIs. They’ll have to replace a number of key players, namely Jake Matwiejczyk (.338, 13 RBI, 15 runs, 18 SB), Evan Ulinski (.310, 11 RBI, 21 runs, 6 2B, 9 SB) and Tony Rozzi (.328, 12 RBI, 14 runs, 15 SB).

Oak Harbor

Coach: Rob Schimmoeller, 11th season Career Record: 167-125 Last Season: 9-19 (3-11 SBC) Key Returnees: Garrett Harvey, P/1B; Jourdan Maguire, P/OF; Mike Osbourne, C; Kyle Uher, P; Caleb Turco, OF Outlook: The Rockets have two capable starters in Garrett Harvey (32 IP, 3.32 ERA) and Kyle Uher (47.2 IP, 1.91 ERA), plus a lineup that includes Harvey, Jourdan Maguire, Mike Osbourne and Caleb Turco. The potential for a solid pitching staff, which includes Maguire (18.2 IP, 2.62 ERA) and Ryan Pavlica (21.1 IP, 4.92 ERA), gives Schimmoeller reason to be optimistic. “We have a lot of pitching depth,” Schimmoeller said, “with 150 innings of experience returning.” But it’s the defense that must back up its pitchers. Last year, the Rockets set a program record with 104 errors, something that killed them. “We return a solid core of nine players with varsity experience, Schimmoeller said. “If we improve our defense, we should have a very good season.” While nothing is set in stone, the lineup for the first game, a 2-1 win over Eastwood, saw Harvey throw a one-hitter, started with Turco, the left fielder, at the top of the order, followed by Osbourne, the catcher, Maguire (CF), Harvey (P), David Tooman (3B), Chris Pavlica (2B), Dean Kellogg (DH), Ethan Schwaderer (RF) and T.J. Hartman (SS).

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The offseason for the Detroit Tigers was dominated by the rest of the American League Central acquiring big name free agents and the loss of Max Scherzer in their effort to close the gap on Detroit and its four straight division titles. With all the money the Tigers had tied up in returning its star players, General Manager Dave Dombrowski got creative and made a series of small trades and signings to fill holes. He made one splash deal swapping two similar salaried players when he traded 15-game winner Rick Porcello to acquire a player they have coveted for a while in Yoenis Cespedes. Cespedes instantly becomes the best athlete on the Tigers’ roster. A five-tool outfielder, Cespedes has a cannon in left field to go with good speed and big power. He had 100 RBIs last year and is in a contract year. He’s also blessed to be hitting behind and learning from Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez. I expect a big year from Cespedes. Three big questions will tell the Tigers’ story. Will veteran stars Justin Verlander and closer Joe Nathan have rebound years? Did Dave Dombrowski do a good job evaluating the unheralded role players he’s acquired in the last two years: Joakim Soria, Shane Greene, Anthony Gose, Jose Iglesias, Alfredo Simon, Tom Gorzelanny, and Ian Krol? How healthy will the Tigers be? Miguel Cabrera is coming off ankle surgery, Victor Martinez is coming off knee surgery, Justin Verlander is currently out with a sore tricep and Joe Nathan fought a dead arm last year and struggled with his velocity. These players are too good to lose. The offense is dynamic. The depth of the lineup and speed is much improved. Leading off they have a top five second basemen in Ian Kinsler. In center, Anthony Gose and Rajai Davis will platoon, both have great speed and have 40-stolen base potential. Gose, once a top prospect, has yet to hit for average in the majors. The Tigers have been tweaking his swing and so far in the spring he’s hitting .302. Following those two come five hitters who all have the potential to hit 20 home runs and 100 RBIs. Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Cespedes,

Miguel Cabrera reaches low in the zone to bang a home run at Fifth Third Field when the Detroit Tigers visited Toledo. (Press file photo by Scott Grau/TRACsports.org) J.D. Martinez and Nick Castellanos. Alex Avila and hot hitting prospect James McCann will platoon at catcher. Jose Iglesias, who was second in the A.L. Rookie of the Year two years ago, returns from injury. He hit .303 in 350 at bats but that kind of production isn’t expected. Iglesias is known for his defense. Three straight years in the minors he was voted top defensive shortstop in baseball, once at Double A and twice at Triple A. With Avila, Iglesias, Kinsler and Gose, the defense up the middle will be greatly improved. The starting pitching looks similar to the start of last year. With a couple former Cy Young winners at the top of the rotation in David Price and Justin Verlander. Steady veterans Anibal Sanchez and newly acquired All Star Alfredo Simon in the middle

form a deep, potentially dominant rotation. Although I was heartbroken by the loss of Drew Smyly, in comes young Shane Greene to fill the fifth spot, who, Dombrowski has said, is ahead of where Smyly was at this point last year. Greene had a 3.78 ERA in 14 starts. Detroit has some decent spot starters at the back end of the rotation and guys in Toledo if someone gets hurt, but no top level prospects. The bullpen has been the teams’ bugaboo for years. The Tigers are counting on bounce-back years from veterans Joakim Soria and Joe Nathan. They added Tom Gorzelanny to replace Phil Coke as their lefty specialist. Al Alburquerque and Joba Chamberlain return along with a host of young promising arms: Ian Krol, Blaine Hardy, Kyle Ryan, and Angel Nesbitt. Bruce

Rondon, who can throw at 100 mph, is the wild card. Coming off Tommy John surgery, his contribution is questionable, but if he could fulfill his talent he could take the bullpen to another level. The division is a rare four-team race. The Tigers, Royals, White Sox and Indians all have an equal chance of winning the division. The quality of the division will minimize the total number of wins. All four teams will stay around .500 and within striking distance and it will come down to a game or two. In the end I don’t think the White Sox have enough pitching. The Indians are one good starting pitcher from the playoffs. If one of their young arms overachieves this could be their year, but I still think the Tigers have the best squad and should be able to sneak out a fifth straight Central Championship, going 88-74. One Wildcard team will come out of the AL West, with the Royals or Indians sneaking in as a wild card. In 20 years of writing this article, I’ve never predicted this, but this year I’m going for it. The Tigers realize they may become remembered like the Buffalo Bills of the 90s who lost four straight Super Bowls, so the team will have added incentive to win its first World Series since Kirk Gibson and Lou Whitaker.

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Sports Illustrated likes the Cleveland Indians’ pitching staff so much that they picked the Tribe to win the World Series this year. Note: The last time that happened, in 1987, the Indians went 61-101. The socalled “SI Jinx” appears to be no myth, and the nationally recognized sports magazine may have already doomed Cleveland. Despite winning 85 games and finishing three games out of the final playoff spot, last season was a disappointment for the Cleveland Indians. The team struggled out of the gate, going 19-25 before reaching the .500 mark at 30-30. From there, Cleveland embarked on a roller-coaster ride that saw them switch between having a winning and losing record nine times before finally establishing themselves above .500 for good at 61-60 on Aug. 15. At that point, the Indians were unable to make up enough ground and get back to the playoffs. But if the team’s pitching staff comes through like it did after the All-Star break last season, and guys like Jason Kipnis, Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn bounce back, the Tribe could have one of the best teams in baseball this year. Following the break, Cleveland starters ranked second in the American League with a 3.03 ERA and had 633 strikeouts, the most in baseball. Corey Kluber was magnificent, going 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA in 235.2 innings of work. He threw 269 strikeouts and walked 51 batters, good enough to earn him the AL Cy Young Award. Carlos Carrasco finally started to realize his potential and had a fine season,

pitching in the bullpen from late April until early August. He then started 10 games to finish the season and was brilliant, allowing more than two runs in a game just twice. For the season, he finished 8-7 with a 2.55 ERA. Trevor Bauer pitched well for a rookie, going 5-8 with a 4.18 ERA, and there are hopes that he can take his game to a new level this season. Left-handed pitcher T.J. House (5-3, 3.35 ERA, 102.0 IP) and Zach McAllister (4-7, 5.23 ERA, 86.0 IP), who has looked good in spring training, will likely round out the rotation as Danny Salazar and Josh Tomlin were optioned to Triple-A Columbus.

They did so assuming that Carrasco has turned the corner for good and Bauer, who has great potential, is destined for a breakout season. If they pitch well, the rotation will be in great shape. Center fielder Michael Bourn (.257 BA, 57 R, 28 RBIs) has been something of a disappointment since coming to Cleveland, but what’s been really frustrating has been his inability to avoid the injury bug. In his two years with the Indians, Bourn has missed 88 games. He provides speed on the base paths and is a presence in the leadoff spot, one the team really misses when he’s out. Shortstop Jose Ramirez (.262 BA, 27 R, 17 RBIs) did a sufficient job filling in for Asdrubal Cabrera after he was traded to Washington and left fielder Michael Brantley had a fantastic season, hitting .327 to go with 20 home runs and 97 RBIs, good enough to finish third in the AL MVP race. Brantley could be on the verge of becoming one of baseball’s best hitters. Carlos Santana (.231 BA, 27 HR, 85 RBIs) will play first and newly-acquired RF Brandon Moss (.234 BA, 25 HR, 81 RBIs), who the team acquired in a deal with Oakland, is there to provide power in the middle of the lineup. Catcher Yan Gomes was a very pleasant surprise, hitting .278 with 21 home runs and 74 RBIs and could be a presence in the lineup for years to come. Second baseman Jason Kipnis (.240 BA, 61 R, 41 RBIs) battled injuries and had a disappointing season after signing a lucrative contract, but some believe he will bounce back. Until Nick Swisher (.208 BA, 33 R, 42 RBIs) returns from knee surgery, which

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will likely come in May, designated hitter David Murphy (.262 BA, 40 R, 58 RBIs) will hold down the fort. When Swisher returns, Murphy will become the team’s fourth outfielder; though some believe he could be moved at the trade deadline. And third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall (.280 BA, 62 R, 59 RBIs) started off the season scorching hot before struggling mightily during the final three months. The problem with the batting order is that there’s only one legitimate threat in Brantley. Bourn has under achieved, Ramirez is there to fill in until top prospect Francisco Lindor is called up, whenever that happens. Santana does hit for power and has a good on-base percentage, but is too inconsistent and his average leaves a lot to be desired. The keys could be Moss, Gomes and Kipnis. If Moss, who has averaged 28 homers and 84 RBIs over the last two years, provides power, Gomes has another good season and Kipnis returns to form, that should be enough for the team, but the questions remain. The bullpen, which is an asset for the club, includes the likes of closer Cody Allen, Bryan Shaw, Scott Atchison and Marc Rzepczynski, among others. I think the rotation, along with the bullpen, will be enough for the Indians to earn a wild-card spot. Detroit should win the division, but they, along with Kansas City and Chicago do have some concerns, so winning the division is a possibility for Cleveland. And because the AL East is not the division it used to be, the Tribe should be able to get into the playoffs even if they don’t win the Central.

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Owens softball gets win No. 500 The Owens Community College softball program has thrived for over 16 seasons, capturing 12 conference titles, two regional titles and finishing in the top five in the nation twice. Now, there is one more achievement for the program — 500 wins. With the offensive heavy 12-6 and 17-10 wins over Walsh University JV, Owens improved to 501-233-1 overall since 1999. The program began in the 1998-99 school year under the direction of head coach Mickey Arquette following a season at the club sport level. The team finished 17-22 that year, one of only two losing seasons in program history. In the five years under Arquette, Owens went 143-77-1, including a 76-24 mark in Ohio Community College Athletic Conference play. The team won four straight conference championships from 2000-03 before Arquette left. Perhaps the two best players from that era were Crystal Shank, who earned NJCAA Division III second team All-American honors in 2000, and Kristina Schultz, an NJCAA D-II first team All-American in 2003. From 2004-2014, the Owens softball program was led by Duane Lanham, who compiled a 347-147 overall record and a 111-19 record in OCCAC play. In his 11 seasons, Owens won eight conference championships and two Region XII championships. In 2005, the team went 44-12 and finished fifth in the nation. In 2011, Lanham’s team went 44-5 overall and finished second in the nation. The 2005 and 2011 teams each hold the program record for most wins in a single season. During that 11-year period, the program produced four All-Americans and many outstanding players. In 2005, sophomore ace April Nietrzeba earned second team All-American honors after a 44-12 season, although many other players also contributed to the success of that team. In 2009, freshman shortstop Amanda Temple earned first team All-American honors after hitting

The Press Box .509 with 54 RBIs and eight triples. In 2011, sophomore third baseman Alaina Haubert hit. 487 with 51 RBI, 23 doubles and seven home runs while nearly leading the team to a national title. Then, this past year, freshman shortstop Brittany George hit a school record .549 and also set a new record for slugging percentage at 1.059. She added 45 RBIs, 16 doubles and 10 home runs. (— by Nicholas Huenefeld/ Owens Sports Information)

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Genoa wrestlers continue careers Genoa wrestlers Jay Nino and Devon Cannon will continue their wrestling careers in college. Jay Nino will be representing Norte Dame College on a major scholarship. Nino is fifth in Ohio history with a career record of 205-25. Nino piled on 117 pins while earning two state championships for the Comets. Nino also holds the record for most single season victories (65) in Ohio history. Cannon earned a full academic scholarship to wrestle for St. Catharine College in Kentucky. Cannon has a career record of 135-31 and is a two-time AllOhioan, placing third in 2014 and 2015.

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On the day that I was receiving the news that this would be my last day of employment my neighbor was getting the news that she had a brain tumor. I was doing my best to keep my spirits up, and frankly feeling a bit sorry for myself when I ran into her out front of my house. When she told me the news, and she was incredibly positive about it, I realized immediately that being out of work is of very little concern in comparison to a serious health issue. The good news for her was that the tumor is not malignant and that surgery is an option, and apparently a pretty good option in her case. Sometimes the news is really bad, and we are told that

the tumor is malignant, or that there isn't anything that can be done for us, but even then there is always hope. Sometimes the hope is simply that they can keep us comfortable in our last days, or that we will have time to spend with family and friends. But ultimately, the great hope of Christians, and of people of almost every faith, is that a loving God is looking out for us, and waiting to welcome us to our eternal home when our sojourn here on earth is done. – Christopher Simon. For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

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Card Playing featuring Euchre and Pinochle the last Friday of the month at 7 p.m. sharp at Trinity UCC. Freewill donations accepted.

Elmore

Christian Women’s Breakfast April 27, 9:15 a.m., St. John’s UCC-Elmore, 448 Rice St. Program: “History of the Apron” (please bring apron). Elmore Golden Oldies Card & Game Party April 29 at Red, White & Brew. Reservations are $10 and include lunch (chicken sandwich & salad bar, chips, cookie and coffee or tea), afternoon snacks, door prizes and table prizes. Seating limited to 32. Call 419-862-9003 or 419-862-3493 before April 15 for reservations. Card Playing the 1st and 3rd Thurs. of the month at 7 p.m. at Elmore Retirement Village, 633 State St. Elmore Book Discussion Group meets the fourth Thurs. of the month at 11 a.m. at the Elmore Library. Call 419-862-2482 for info. Storytime for Preschool-Age Children Wed. at 11 a.m. Call the library at 419-862-2482 for more info. Elmore Senior Center-Elmore Golden Oldies, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 19225 Witty Rd. Lunch served Tues. & Thurs. at noon. Reservations required by 10 a.m. the day before. Blood pressure & blood sugar checks the 4th Tues. of the month; bingo the 4th Tues. of the month after lunch. Reservations: 419-862-3874. Elmore Conservation Club Trap Shooting every Wed. from 6-9 p.m. Saturday shoots will resume in May. Questions: 419-392-1112.

Genoa

Genoa Branch Library activities include: Preschool Storytime Tues. at 11 a.m.; Lego Club (ages 6 and up) the last Tues. of each month from 4-5 p.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. Waggin’ Tutors Therapy Dogs visit the Genoa Branch Library, 602 West St. the 3rd Wed. of the month from 4-5 p.m. Children may practice their oral reading skills by reading aloud to the dogs. Sponsored by the Friends of the Genoa Library. 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. Trinity Thrift Shop, 105 4th St., hours are Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. & Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothes & small household items available at reasonable prices. Proceeds benefit mission projects. Genoa Community Food Pantry Open monthly on the 3rd 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.

Gibsonburg

Bookworms Book Club meets the last Thurs. of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Gibsonburg Branch of Birchard Library. The Bookworms will meet for light refreshments and good discussion about a book that members chose at the prior meeting. For info or to reserve a copy of the book, call 419-6372173. Active Seniors invited to Meet & Eat at Gibsonburg Senior Center, 100 Meadow Lane. Lunches every weekday, educational and social programs, health assessments and more. Transportation and homedelivered meals available. 419-637-7947.

Lake Twp.

Ageless Wonders will meet for dinner April 9 at 5

Obituary Takeko (Taki) (Judy) Zautner Takeko (Taki) (Judy) Zautner, age 80, of Oregon, Ohio passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015, from complications of Alzheimer ’s Disease. Taki was the beloved wife of and is survived by her husband of 44 years, Ira (Ike) Zautner, also of Oregon. Born in Japan, she came to the United States when she was in her twenties. Taki was an excellent seamstress and worked at the Sophia Lustig Shops as well as Jacobson’s Department Store at the Westfield Franklin Park Mall until they closed in 2004. Taki continued alterations for some of her favorite clients in her own home. She was a fabulous cook making many dishes from her native Japan. One of her favorite things to do was to play cards and Taki had a special love for all of her cats, taking such good care of them. Taki will be missed by all who knew and loved her. A special thanks to the staff at Parkcliffe Alzheimer ’s Community Center in Northwood, Ohio. There will be no visitation or service. Eggleston Meinert & Pavley Funeral Homes is assisting the family with arrangements.

p.m. at Oregon Inn, 6067 Bayshore Rd. Reservation has been made for “Ageless Wonders.” Any questions, call 419-836-3811. Mobile Food Pantry sponsored by the fire department auxiliary every 3rd Mon. of the month, 5-7 p.m., Fire Station 1, 4505 Walbridge Rd.

Luckey

Euchre Tournament April 11, Luckey American Legion Post #240l, 335 Park Dr. Food and registration at 6 p.m. Tournament begins at 7 p.m. BYOB. Open to individual players 18 and older. Concessions & soft drinks available for sale. Proceeds support Legion & Auxiliary programs and help toward the upkeep of the post home. Luckey Food Pantry is open the last Wed. of each month from 1-3 p.m. and the last Thurs. of the month from 6-8 p.m. in the old Town Hall building, corner of Krotzer & Main Street. Open to families residing in the Eastwood School District. 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.

Millbury

Liver Transplant Fundraiser to benefit Clarence Wilburn, April 18, Millbury Fire Hall. Live auction at

1 p.m.; chicken dinners served 2-7 p.m. For tickets, call 419-855-6207 or 419-862-2241.

Oak Harbor

Peace by Piece Quilters Guild Meeting, April 13, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor United Methodist Church, 360 E. Ottawa St. (back entrance), Welcome to all who love to sew. Bingo Sunday evenings at 6 p.m., St. Boniface Parish, 215 N. Church St. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Early birds at 5:30 p.m. Food for Thought Food Pantry at Oak Harbor Alliance Chapel, 11805 W. SR 105, the last Wed. of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. Info: 419-707-3664.

Pemberville

Pemberville Area Senior Center at Bethlehem Lutheran Church provides programs & activities for adults 60 & over. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. M-F. Lunch served at noon. Community Food Pantry at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 220 Cedar St. open M-Th, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (excluding holidays). Open to Eastwood School District residents. ID & proof of residency required. Info available at Pemberville churches.

Walbridge

Euchre Tournament, April 4, 1 p.m. until finished, Walbridge VFW, 109 N. Main St. $10 entry fee includes lunch. Cash prizes for first, second and third place. Fourth place wins free entry into next tournament. “Ignite” – A Night of Praise & Worship with

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Happy 96th Birthday

Fern Bringman April 23

You are very special. We all love you and wish you a wonderful birthday!

The best is yet to be! With great love, we joyfully announce our marriage which took place on February 14, 2015 in the snowy Amish hills, Berlin, Ohio.

Your family and friends

Raul & Samantha Cuellar

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. The township has filed its Annual Fiscal Report for fiscal year 2014 with the Auditor of State. The report is available for public viewing at the Woodville Twp. Fire Station, 321 E. 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.; “House Calls in History: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker portrayed by Sheila Otto, of Sylvania, March 26, 7 p.m. For info, call 419-849-2744. WSOS Woodville Senior Center, located in the Woodville Twp. Fire Hall, is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and is open to ages 60 years and older. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 419-8493636. Home-delivered meals are also available for homebound seniors.

Happy 65th Anniversary April 9, 2015

Our Transitions Page is the perfect environment if you have announcements for births, birthdays, graduations, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, memorials, cards of thanks, successes and other occasions that deserve special mention. Call The Press at 419-836-2221 and speak to the Classified Department about placing an ad. Deadline is Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

APRIL 6, 2015

Eucharistic Adoration, April 28 and the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., St. Jerome Church. Presented by Kateri Deanery. Featuring uplifting music, fellowship and time for silent reflection. 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. Steak Dinner, April 18, 5-7 p.m., Walbridge VFW Post 9963, 109 N. Main St. Includes baked potato, salad, vegetable, roll & butter and dessert.

A thousand times we needed you, a thousand times we cried. If love alone could save you, you never would have died. A heart of gold stopped beating, two twinkling eyes closed to rest. God broke our hearts to prove, He only takes the best.

Loved and missed by Marjorie, your children, grandchildren & great grandchildren

22 THE PRESS, APRIL 6, 2015

Real Estate

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COUNTRY LIVING-GENOA, 4.8 acres, pond, appliances included, 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, natural gas, well water, EPA approved septic. $149,900. 419-343-4656.

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OREGON- Bayberry Creek Condo, by owner, approx. 1473 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 2Â˝ baths, 1 car garage, C/A, natural gas heat. Includes all kitchen appliances. No water bills, use of clubhouse with exercise room/swimming pool in summer. $110,000 419-836-7951

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Real Estate for Sale 2609 Amara #3 Toledo, OH. 43615 (Beautiful Condo) 204 Second St. Genoa, OH. 43430 (Beautiful Condo) 502 Superior St. Genoa, OH. 43430 5638 Cresthaven Toledo, OH. 43614 2-Units @3-beds Year round Cottage on Lake Erie! 11571 Dyke Rd. Curtice, OH. 43412 1929 Mason St. Toledo, OH. 43605

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION WHEN: Saturday April 11, 2015, 11:00 AM WHERE: Sale to be held at The Eagles Nest Hall (Old Weller's Property) 210 Jefferson Street , Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 For: Marilyn J Shamp. Joyce M Votaw & John F SR Votaw, Trustees

Cleaners Needed at Turnpike Plaza in Genoa, Part-time shifts including weekends. $8.10 per/hr. must have clean background and reliable transportation. Call 419-261-6094 M-F between 8-5. Drivers- Company & O\Op's: Increase Your Earning Power! Run Dedicated! Great Hometime and Benefits YOU Deserve! Drive Newer Equipment! 855-971-8527 Drivers: CDL-A 1yr exp. Earn $1200+ per week. Guaranteed Home time. Excellent Benefits & Bonuses. 100% No-Touch, 70% D&H 855-842-8498 Drivers: Triple Crown has 10 openings in its Sandusky Terminal. Owner Operators Class A needed. Lease purchase available. Sign on bonus if in the fleet by April 30th 2015. Paid Tolls, Home Daily. Great income. Call Today: 888-992-5609 Full time Drivers wanted! Holland's Toledo Terminal is hiring in Bowling Green, OH. Drvs w/ 1 year or 50k miles exp, w/ tanker & hazmat Apply online or at the terminal from 7am to 7pm, 20820 Midstar Drive, Bowling Green, OH 43402. Find your direction at Holland! Apply today at www.hollandregional.com/careers EEO/AAE Minorities/Females/Persons with Disabilities/Protected Veterans

Hecklinger Greenhouse Drivers needed. Non CDL for seasonal driving Call 419-691-6105 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) Inspecting/Sorting Company hiring Leads. Lead/Supervisory experience preferred. Great leadership & communication skills required. Must have valid license & car. $12-14/hr plus benefits. HR33@benchmark-usa.com Fax 419-843-6691 BenchmarkNational.com Local Business Part-Time 20-30 hrs/week. Able to lift 50lbs, experience in spraying finishes a must, other duties include sanding/assembly. Retirees welcome. Send resume & wage request to P.O. Box 5, Martin, OH 43445 NORTH TOLEDO FORKLIFT JOBS OPEN INTERVIEWING We are looking for 2nd shift forklift positions. Must be able to work up to 10-12 hour shifts.

Directions to farm: From Elmore take Elmore Eastern Road to Hessville Portage Road, turn left. Watch for signs.

Starting Pay Rate is $10.00 per hour. Positions offer possibility of full time hire with pay increase. Will need recent experience. Come in and apply anytime Mon-Fri from 9am-3pm. Bring 2 forms of ID

35.861 acres +/-. 34.165 acres tillable +/-, located in Harris Township, Section 16. Parcel # 0170518906562000.Taxes $829.44 yr. 2014 FSA payment will not go to purchaser.

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Terms: 10% down, non-refundable, Balance due in 30 days. Taxes will be prorated. Statement made the day of sale supersedes all printed matter. Property sold not contingent upon financing. Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Property sold as is no warranties. NOTE: Chad W. Brough Auctioneer is licensed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and a licensed Broker for Batdorff Real Estate, Inc. Chad W. Brough and Batdorff Real Estate, Inc. are representing the sellers only. Properties are sold as is where is, no guarantees. Buyers shall rely entirely on their own information and inspection of the property. All data subject to errors, omissions or revisions and is not warranted. CHAD W. BROUGH - Auctioneer 419-262-7408

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STATE TESTED NURSE AIDE Sacred Heart Home/ Little Sisters of the Poor are looking for STNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to work the midnight shift. Candidates need to be in good standing in the State NA Registry. We are located at 930 S. Wynn Rd., Oregon, across from Pearson Park. Send resume to: hroregon@little sistersofthepoor.org. EOE MAINTENANCE /PAINTER CONTINGENT (AS NEEDED) We are looking for a caring, dedicated Maintenance worker and painter to work in our beautiful nursing home setting to serve our residents and provide quality service with the choices that they deserve. Experience preferred. Hours are on an as needed basis. Submit resume to: mcapelle@otterbein.org Otterbein Portage Valley 20311 Pemberville Road Pemberville, OH 43450 419-833-8901

SALES OPPORTUNITY NABF College World Series media publications/sponsorship. Commission only. Call 419-936-3887, leave name and phone number. Visiting Angels is in need of caregivers for in-home care. Must have flexibility, compassion and experience. Valid driver's license and insured vehicle required. Stop by or visit visitingangels.com to apply. No certification required. 7110 W. Central Ave., Suite A Toledo, Ohio 43617 419-517-7000

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Window Assemblers Manpower is recruiting for many window assemblers in the North Toledo and surrounding area. These are full time positions starting at $9.75 on first shift. Shift premiums for 2 nd and 3rd. This is a great opportunity to work full time with some overtime and can possibly lead to hire. Call and mention the window ad or stop in at MANPOWER 316 W. Dussel Drive Maumee, Ohio Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday from 8:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3:30 Bring two forms of ID Drug testing and background checks required along with high school diploma or GED. Call if you have any questions 419-893-4413

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Perrysburg 419-837-5730 Norwalk 419-499-2222 DIETARY AIDES & COOKS PART TIME positions We are looking for caring, dedicated Dietary Aides and cooks to work in our beautiful nursing home setting to serve our residents and provide quality dining service with the choices that they deserve. Experience preferred. Submit resume to: mcapelle@otterbein.org Otterbein Portage Valley 20311 Pemberville Road Pemberville, OH 43450 419-833-8901

SALES ASSOCIATES Community Pharmacy has openings for part-time Sales Associates. Those applying must be over 18 and be available to work nights and weekends. Retail experience a plus. Please send resume & references to P.O. Box 216, Woodville, OH 43469

STNA 2nd & 3RD SHIFT PT & FT We are seeking caring, dedicated STNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to work in our beautiful nursing home setting to provide direct care to our residents with the quality and choices that they deserve. State certification required. Previous experience preferred. Submit resume to: mcapelle@otterbein.org Otterbein Portage Valley 20311 Pemberville Road Pemberville, OH 43450 419-833-8901

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Child care done in my home in Elmore, Ohio, 20 years experience, Monday-Friday. Call 419-261-1882 I provide child care in my Millbury home, I have references, non-smoking, free meals, CPR Certified, lots of TLC. 419-836-7672.

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

BUYING VINTAGE TOYS 50'-70's Slot Cars, Model Kits, Hot Wheels Redlines, GI Joe's, Barbie's, Battery Operated, Robots, Tin Windup, Cap Guns, etc. Call 419-349-1314 We buy most anything from your garage! 419-870-0163

Are you a down to earth, mature single female between 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;36 who would like to take a chance and meet this 30 year old, hard working, single father? The woman I have in mind is someone who feels comfortable in jeans and boots, but also enjoys getting prettied up. A sense of humor would be great and also a non smoker is preferred. I come with references and they say I'm a handsome, lovable catch! If I have captured your interest, please email a little bit about yourself with a photo to: classified@presspublications.com and put P.O. Box 169-P in the subject line or mail a reply to: The Press, P.O. Box 169-P Millbury, Ohio, 43447

Looking for Bob Cox to work on car, house. 419-389-4875

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Freedom Tax & Accounting Services, Inc. Individual Tax Returns Business Tax Returns Nathan J. Ehmann, EA 3307 N. Holland-Sylvania #11 Toledo, OH 43615 419-517-0284 www.freedomtaxandaccounting.com

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HANDYMAN Electrical Service Upgrades, Plumbing, Woodwork, Painting, Member of BBB Call 567-277-5333 (local) Hardwood Flooring, Refinishing, Installation, and Repair Work. 20-yrs experience. Call Kyle 419-343-3719 Lawn Mowing & Concrete Work, Excellent Work, Low Prices Free Estimates Call Phil 419-343-5816 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

2 Cemetery lots with vaults in Ottawa Hills Memorial Cemetery. $2,000 +transfer fees. 419-693-7305

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George's Organic Compost Fresh â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bulk Reasonably Priced You Pick Up Or We Deliver 419-836-9587

Cosgrove Lawn Service Spring Clean Ups, Weekly Lawn Mowing, Commercial & Residential, Mulch & Topsoil, Landscaping & Bushes, *Honest *Reliable *Insured

Call Jim 419-490-3401 419-726-1450 Ed's Mowing, Complete Lawn Service and Bush Trimming, No contracts. 419-693-9614 or 419-3491266

FROGTOWN MOWING & TRIMMING 419-972-4016/419-350-9769 Commercial & Residential *Insured & Bonded *Free Estimates/100% Guaranteed â&#x20AC;&#x153;We'll meet or beat any priceâ&#x20AC;?

BAY AREA CONCRETE New or Replace Concrete Driveways, Sidewalks, Pole Barns, Porches, Stamped & Color Concrete Brick & Block work etc. Veterans & Senior Citizens' Discounts Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured "No job to big, no job to small"

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

KNIERIEM PAINTING & WALLPAPERING EXTERIOR-INTERIOR Painting & wall papering; Interior wood refinishing; 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 Looking for a professional? 35 yrs. experience. Call LARRY ERARD PAINTING 419-343-4962

Jake's Drywall We service Northwest Ohio. No job is too big or too small. 27 years experience. Fully insured. Free estimates. 419-360-3522

Free 2 pine trees need removed. You cut, clean up, for free wood. Text 419-810-2241 Northwood area

Oregon Jerusalem Historical Society is looking for Gardeners and Crafters to participate in their June 6th Garden/Art Sale. Looking for bird houses, garden related crafts, and plants. Call Linda 419-698-1045 or Nancy 419-698-9068

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Fri. April 10th & Sat. April 11th 8am til 4pm Directions: From Fremonttake St. Rt. 6 (West) 13 miles, turn left (South) onto CR. 42, 3rd house on right. Garage Sale Locationshouse #676-690 & 700.... CR 42 Helena, OH. Watch for signs! Furniture-4pcs. Birdseye maple & 4 pcs. wooden bedroom suite; White Wicker furniture Household Items- oil painting; 40+ Collectable Plates & Christmas orn. Sets; outside metal tables & chairs; suite cases; toys; Glassware-lighted cranberry table lamp 3-tir thumb print, table & floor lamps; Tools-Automotive hd. tools, machinist tools, Bridgeport mill, lots of misc. items, Much more from the barn... Rain or Shine! GARAGE/ESTATE SALE Largest sale this year! Piccadilly Apartments 2750 Pickle Rd. (Club House in rear) April 10th & 11th (9am-4pm)

Abandoned Property of Chad Crosby. April 21, 2015 Inspection @8:30am, Auction at 9am. 206 E. 4th Street Genoa, OH. 43430 Inside Gated Storage Area. 23' 1984 Chris Craft Speed Boat, 260HP Mercury I/O, Red with matching Trailer. Item is As Is/Where Is.

Solomon Lutheran School seeks Child Care Aide for after school program. Hours: Monday-Friday 3-5:30pm. Must complete background check, experience working with children required. Apply in person, 305 West Main Street, Woodville or send resume to nschiets@solomon.pvt.k12.oh.us

PUBLIC NOTICE The Village of Rocky Ridge is accepting sealed bids for the sale of village owned property. The property offered for sale are two parcels located on First St. in the village. Property #1 is described as 0 First St., Lot #1 Rodney Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s addition, parcel no. 0050183502313000. Property #2 is described as 14743 First St., Block 2 Lot 8 in Footes addition, parcel no. 005018420233000. Sealed bids will be accepted until April 27, 2015 until 6:30 p.m. Bid envelopes shall be sealed and clearly marked Property #1 or Property #2 and will be publicly opened at the Village Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. on April 27, 2015. The Village has the right to refuse any and all bids that do not meet the minimum bid. Successful bidder will assume all closing, deed preparation and recording costs. Mailed bids shall be sent to Village of Rocky Ridge, P.O. Box 218, Rocky Ridge, OH 43458.

Legal Notice This is to certify that the annual financial report of the Gibsonburg Exempted Village Schools for FY 2014 has been filed with the Auditor of State as per ORC Sec. 117.38. A copy of this report and the Auditorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; report is available for public inspection at the Treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office of Gibsonburg Schools, 301 Sunset Ave., Gibsonburg, Ohio, during regular business hours. Dr. Paul R. Lockwood II, Treasurer Gibsonburg Exempted Village School District

Mom To Mom Sale TOLEDO Capricorn Banquet Hall 6182 N. Summit Street April 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (9-2) For Table Rental Call Heidi at 567-202-7981 Up To 100 Tables NORTHWOOD 2531 Eden East Dr. April 9th & 10th 9am-3pm Everything must go! Boys-children items, household, Jr. & Misses clothes, Harley Parts and toys. Priced to sell! OREGON 1116 Patchen Between Navarre & Pickle April 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 (9-5) Multi-Family Sale! Clothes for all sizes (baby-adult), books, dolls, Barbies, toys, jewelry, hand tools, household, collectibles, tons of miscellaneous!

STONY RIDGE BARN SALE! 24625 Stony Ridge Road April 11-19 (daylight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; dark) Torches, welders, tractor with equipment, industrial air compressor, industrial pressure washer and 100s of other items!

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17231 W. True Road April 9, 10, & 11; (8am-4pm) Tins, baskets, womens & mens clothing, shoes, purses, collectible stuffed animals, high chairs, pack 'n play, baby items, new electric weed wacker, Tony Stewart Items, dishes, TVs, & other odds & ends!

Millbury 3109 Walbridge Rd (Between Owens & Pemberville)

April 9 & 10 (9-5), 11 (9-2) Tools, crafts, clothes, furniture, Christmas items, Lincoln welder/generator, generator, Jeep rims, office chairs, household items, camper parts, board games, swim platform for boat, warehouse steps, Camp & Go table and chairs, screened in tent and a lot more! Huge, Huge Sale!

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Lake Township is hiring a parttime, seasonal cemetery worker. Job duties include: grass cutting, trimming, misc. yard work and foundation digging. Pay is $10.00 per hour for a 25 hour work week. Contact Cemetery Sexton, Dan Sprinski, at 419-691-7391. The Village of Walbridge is now accepting applications for seasonal positions (certified life guards, ball diamond worker and pool manager). Applications can be found on www.walbridgeohio.org or at the Walbridge Municipal Bldg. All applications must be received by noon April 17, 2015. Applicants must be able to pass a background check to be considered for employment. The Village of Walbridge is an EOE.

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FARM LAND FOR RENT The City of Northwood is offering two parcels of crop land for rent. The first parcel contains approximately 35 acres and is located at the southwest corner of Drouillard and Wales. The second parcel contains approximately 7 acres on the east side of Wales Road between E. Broadway and the railroad tracks. Both parcels are in the City of Northwood. The City is offering a three year lease to the highest per acre bid. Bids will be received through April 10, 2015 at 4:30 P.M. and should be submitted to the Northwood City Clerk at 6000 Wales Road, Northwood, Ohio 43619. Questions should be directed to Craig Meier, City Public Service Director at 419-693-9327.

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Do you have a love of design? How would you answer these questions?

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Woodville Township Zoning Board of Appeals will meet for public hearing Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Woodville Township Fire Station, 321 East Main Street, Woodville, Ohio to hear a request for a variance to Zoning Resolution Section 7.2-1 from Ted Nitkiewicz, 3951 TR 93, Woodville, Ohio. Mr. Nitkiewicz has requested variance from the Township Zoning Resolution to allow construction of a detached accessory building-garage in the front yard. Persons who desire to state objection or support for this proposed variance are encouraged to appear in person or by attorney at this meeting. Correspondence may be mailed to Woodville Township, P.O. Box 121, Woodville, Ohio 43469.

you passionate about design? â&#x20AC;˘Are you love sharing your flair for design with others? â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘Do Would you like to create beautiful rooms from scratch? If you answered with an enthusiastic â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;? come see if your interior design expertise can be converted to a fun and fulfilling career at Samsen Furniture. Samsen Furniture is the largest full line furniture in Northwest Ohio selling quality home furniture along with design solutions. You will work with other needs-focused professionals who also enjoy helping clients create the room of their dreams. Send resumes via email, fax or mail to: Attn: Lynn Magdich.

Information regarding this matter is on file in the Office of the Fiscal Officer and can be made available by calling Lori Kepus at 419-849-2492. Woodville Township Zoning Board of Appeals Emil Konesky, Chairperson 419-849-3228

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2006 Ford Explorer XLS, silver w/tan interior, 98,200 miles, good shape, V-6, rear wheel drive. $4200. email to ridgehead@aol.com

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I am selling some western posters late 1940 and early 1950 Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry. Will sell all 3 for $350. Good condition, size 22â&#x20AC;? wide x 36â&#x20AC;? long, 2 color, 1 black & white. Most posters like this usually cost around $200/piece, few years back. Call Ernie at 419-377-8840.

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Book case coffee table, with two drawers, wood, 36â&#x20AC;? L x 25â&#x20AC;? W x 16â&#x20AC;? H. Great condition. $100. 419-6933012 Two Retro Lamps from early 1960's, White with a gold base and gold designs, $20 each, Call 419836-9754.

An ad was placed in The Press in early March for a lost gold ring with 5 birthstones. The person who found it turned it into an employee at Goodwill on Navarre. It is now lost again. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of this ring, is asked to please return it with no questions asked. A reward is offered. 419-693-2075 FOUND- Female Brown and Tan Striped Tiger Tabby Cat given garage home through winter at Glenross Blvd. in Oregon. young adult, is fixed, no chip, very friendly,Call 419693-4728 or 419-290-8424

9 Assorted Grout Trowels, Plaster & Cement Stirrer, $30, 419-260-8174 Baby/Youth Bed, Iron & BrassAntique- Beautiful! Side folds down for seating, $125.00, 419-836-7276 Exercise Equipment, Tech Rod II, like Bowflex, Excellent Condition, $75.00 OBO, 419-836-7276

Mobile Home Tires Size 8-14 Call 419-392-8968 Sharper Image Razor Xtreme push/kick scooter-$40. 419-8369754 Tools and Shop EquipmentClosing Auto Repair Shop after 35 years. Misc. testers and meters, 7,000 and 9,000 lb. lifts, brake lathe, shop manuals, sand blast cabinet, etc. 419-693-0741 Young Men's Shoes Sizes 7-8-9, name brand athletics & Heely's skate shoes, $3-$5 each, 419-836-7276.

Mag, 17â&#x20AC;? Flat Square Tube Monitor (15.9â&#x20AC;?VS) Still in Box, Never used. $30.00. 419-836-9754

Adult Female Chow/Lab Mix50 lbs., light brown in color, fully immunized, microchipped and fixed, house trained, Will give away to the right home! Preference given to an active home with another dog. Will come with kennel, toys, bowls, and health records. 419-279-4611 Jack Russell male, approximately 4 years old, housebroken, loves other dogs and kids, neutered, fully vetted, mostly all white with a few small brown spots, $100 to good home. 419-205-1351

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1979 Vette, Excellent Condition, V8, 350 C.I, Silver EXT, Red interior, T-Tops, Automatic, $8,100 419-9446451 1989 Oldsmobile 98, 4 door, red, motor 3800, 6 cyl., runs real good. $1,250.00 419-862-3409 1997 TOYOTA PASEO CONVERTIBLE. ONE OWNER 16 YRS. VERY GOOD CONDITION. 82,000 ACTUAL MILES. $4000.00. RED WITH BLACK CANVAS TOP. MPS6599_1@HOTMAIL.COM.

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Oak furniture, wall hangings, mirrors, collection of brass bells, antique & patterned glass, crystal and stemware, microwave, blender and more! 2010 Chevy Impala 4 dr, 26,138 miles Clean! 2007 Audi Quattro 4 dr, 61,500 miles. Interior/exterior in great condition. Preview/Registration 3:00pm Jack Amlin, CAI, AARE and Greg Zielinski Auctioneers Amlin Auctions 419-867-7653 amlinauctions.com

PUBLIC AUCTION WHEN: Sunday April 12, 2015 1:00 P.M. WHERE: 115 E Water Street Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 For: Christine C. Hablitzel Directions: From Oak Harbor,Ohio, come in SR 163, right in town across from McDonalds. Watch for signs. Be careful parking. HOUSEHOLD: Dining room table w/ leaves, desk w/ pigeon holes-folds down, oak square table, dining room table, copper trunk, 2- cane bottom chairs, wooden chair, etched glass, candy dishes, steins, 5- stuffed chairs, 2- stuffed chairs w/ footrest, fireplace tools, wicker table, oil lamps, ceiling fan, golf clubs, meat grinder, Lincoln logs, children's books, knee hole desk, mirror, baritone, clarinet, puzzles, dehydrator, old pictures, 2- stools, large canister set, kids plastic table & chairs, trunks, cot, wooden cabinet w/ glass doors, Donald Duck glassware, square table stand, office chair, card table, 2 drawer file cabinet, office supplies, Christmas dĂŠcor, baskets, frames, luggage, wooden bowl, long horn carving tools, deep fryer, thermal heaters, porcelain top table, decanters, 2- punch bowl sets, cast iron pans, tea sets, table w/ 6 chairs. SHOP, GARAGE & LAWN: Ingersoll Rand 3.3 HP Air compressor, boat ladder, shop vac, 10 in. car buffer, Porter Cable sander, Milwaukee drill, Craftsman circle saw, small air compressor, 4- old house radiators, cooler on wheels, outdoor rocker & love seat, push cultivator, wheel barrow, spreader, 4- jack stands, 6 HP generator w/ Briggs motor, saw horses, 2 sleds, gas cans, leaf blower, shovels, rakes, forks, crocks, flower pots, chain, 50' 30 amp shore power cable, electric chain saw, tackle boxes, tot bag w/ misc. fishing, adult inflatable life vests, cast iron dutch oven set, vintage Coleman 2- burner camp stove.

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