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Submitted by Jeff Crosby Safety Service Director During these tough economic times the City of Bellevue is not standing still for it has been said that if you stand still you will get passed by. At the moment, the City has opened negotiations with one of the largest employers in our area. The City is negotiating with Norfolk and Southern Railroad along with the Ohio Rail Commission for the opportunity to close 5 rail crossings in Bellevue as part of a new signalization project. The project would allow for a better flow of rail traffic up from Columbus and to the west and Toledo, Chicago into the Bellevue freight consolidation yards. With the new signalization, rail traffic would move at higher speeds thru Bellevue with the added result of causing less congestion at Kilbourne St. (Rte. #18) and CR #302. The City is working directly with Norfolk and Southern on this project to insure the continued use and or expansion of the Bellevue Rail Yards and the jobs they bring to the area. To assure the safety and the ability to flow traffic from the northeast side of Bellevue to the South the plan calls for the present McKim Street to be upgraded with curbs and gutters. McKim would be extended across the former Armstrong property out to Monroe St. The plan would eliminate the need for approximately 80% of the train whistles you now hear in Bellevue. The first of several public meetings on the plan have been held. The questions that have been submitted as a result of the meeting will be presented to Norfolk and Southern and the Ohio Rail Commission for their review. Internally the City is See BUSY YEAR, Page 3 presently working to expand
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Making Room This Month for More Good News By Jeff Bryden Editor I’m devoting my editorial space this month to a story about B e l l e v u e ’s Recreation and Parks Department. And all the new and exciting things they’re doing for area sports teams as well as citizens from the local community. Speaking of exciting—check out the Olympic Trials story on page 20! Back to you next month!
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Bellevue Recreation and Parks Department City Activity & Sports Center Takes Shape By Mark Wiesenberger
indoor athletic practice and instructional space. We can offer something unique to the youth of Bellevue, while attracting athletes and sports teams from the four county area and beyond. Designed to host a variety of sports events and programs simultaneously, maximizing the available space. This project will greatly enhance the successful programs developed over the past ten years including tumbling, gymnastics, cheer, wrestling, pole vaulting and karate. The new space will feature:
2012 Highlights Include: Expanded City Activity Center
Recreation Staff and local coaches involved in the City Activity/Sports Center expansion have high expectations for the expanded facility, part of the Bellevue City Center Complex, 3000 Seneca Industrial Parkway located on the west end of Bellevue off Route 20. The major overhaul from a storage area/warehouse to indoor athletic/ activity space is nearing completion with a February opening planned. The new indoor facility offers local residents a 1/12th mile, rubberized low impact walking track, and 16,200 square feet of
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Gymnastics – Ross Tucker graduate of The Ohio State University has 20 years of experience instructing all levels of gymnastics and tumbling. Baseball – Tim Snyder who has two sons already in the Major and Minor League Baseball. “It’s a big plus having a facility like this” commented Snyder.
Pole Vaulting – Shaun Beamer – has 30 years of teaching and coaching experience. He is owner of Altitude Headquarters a vaulting equipment distributor. Shaun was state champion pole vaulter, coached his son, daughter, nephew, and numerous other state champions.
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We plan to realize our vision of making Bellevue a great place to live and a destination for quality youth and adult recreation, fitness and wellness opportunities. The goal is to offer quality instruction for the youth of our community and make
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our new SmartBill System for the water and sewer billing. We have added Check processing and reduced the man hours needed to enter checks into the system from 16 hrs to 2. The next step with the system will be adding bill payment by credit card. The System will allow a resident to link from our Web site to Smartbill where your account number can be entered which will allow the account holder to pay bills with credit card on line. We already have direct payment from your savings or checking account if you wish to sign up here at the City Centre. As a quality of life issue, the City is in the process of swapping out the Recreation Bay and the City Street Dept. storage bay, at the City Centre. Having our local auction has reduced our inventory of unused and outdated equipment to the point the Street Dept. didn’t need all the space the city had it in for cold storage. The auction, using Wade’s Auction House brought in a little over $8,000 for the City. The new and much larger “Rec Bay” will allow the Recreation Dept to offer several new programs, including; a winter batting program for baseball and softball teams, an expansion of our Indoor pole vaulting area, along with a much larger walking facility. Bellevue has completed its annual State Audit. Steve Smith and the Finance Dept are pleased to announce that there were no findings against the City. We have a clean slate as we go into 2012, along with the added knowledge that the long standing recommendation that the City complete an inventory of all its roads and utilities has been completed by Kevin Scagnetti. The City now has a running inventory of all its miles of roads, water lines and sewer lines. These assets were never inventoried in the past as had been recommended the State Auditor. With the completion of the inventory and with no findings of fault, the City is in complete compliance with the State auditor.
EHOVE Career Tech Works for Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe Skilled labor is vital to America s economy, but there just aren t enough trained workers. Careers as welders, construction workers, electricians, plumbers, mechanics, machinists, and many other types of skilled laborers can rewarding, respectable and well-paying jobs. EHOVE Career Center offers training in a variety of careers in these skilled trades to local high school students and adults. Most of us grew up knowing it as vocational education, but the new term is career tech education. Many are surprised at the significant incorporation of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) into career tech education, and that today s career tech students (including those at EHOVE) must meet the same academic requirements as all high school students. Beyond their skill training, EHOVE students are given the opportunity to take challenging academic classes in a customized and relevant curriculum to prepare them for a specific career and/ or college. Mike Rowe, best known for his filthy adventures as the host of Discovery Channel s Dirty Jobs, knows what works. He s a regular guy. Likeable, relatable and somewhat skilled when it comes to manual labor. He knows what it s like to work, but also to work hard, and feel the satisfaction of that at the end day. Rowe has taken a public stand to shine a light on the widening skills gap See EHOVE, Page 7
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BELLEVUE REC, from Page 2 Bellevue a destination for professional instruction in a first class facility. The City Activity & Sports Center and the instructors above have impacted hundreds of lives over the past 10 years. The additional space offers many exciting possibilities and will create a more vital component of the Bellevue area community fostering a lifetime appreciation of wellness and leisure activities. The City Activity & Sports Center
Over the past decade, through the cooperative efforts of the Recreation Board, Recreation Club, Inc, City Council, City administration, dedicated volunteers and service organizations, all of the cities recreational facilities and parks have undergone renovations including major updates to the Community Center and the Mil’Lympic Outdoor Pool. This year the North Coast Inland Trail that will connect Bellevue with over 50 miles trail with the completion of the Clyde to Bellevue portion. The Firelands Rails to Trails volunteer efforts have completed the trail to Prairie Road on the City’s east end connecting Bellevue with Monroeville and Norwalk.
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The Bellevue School District Focuses on Technology and Innovative Education By Kim Schubert Superintendent, Bellevue City School District The excitement is growing in the Bellevue community as we watch our new elementary and middle school progress towards completion. The once spread-out school district with seven buildings will have a brand new look with the start of the 2012-13 school year. The district will have three school buildings, all within a one mile radius of one another. This will not only drastically reduce maintenance costs but will also eliminate the need for bus transfers. The new state of the art buildings will offer the latest technology, along with bright and inviting learning environments for the students. We are very fortunate that our technology bids came in
under budget, allowing us to accept all of the alternates that we indicated on our bid documents. Every classroom in the entire district will have Activboard technology. The current Activboards that we have will go in every classroom at our high school, while the new buildings will be outfitted with the new equipment. The entire staff will be trained to effectively use the new technology as an innovative educational tool in their classrooms. Our children learn differently today as they have grown up in a global world of ever changing technology. We will now be able to offer every student a learning environment that is both challenging and technologically relevant to the world in which they live. There is an emphasis on healthy eating habits as we will be preparing all of our meals at each
building. We currently prepare meals at the high school and transport the food to the other buildings in the district. Our new facilities will allow us the opportunity to offer freshly prepared meals with an emphasis on “fresh.” The food service department is creatively looking at new ways to offer healthy food choices that our students will enjoy. Students will play an active role in helping to select the fresh food choices that they will see on the daily menu. There are plans for salad bars in which the students will be able to assemble a healthy salad for lunch. We are also exploring options for the students to grow some of their own vegetables for consumption. Our goal is to not only offer healthy food choices, but to teach our students lifelong lessons about healthy choices. The $39 million building projects that are taking place have definitely given our local economy a boost as is indicated by the number of construction workers that are seen eating at our local restaurants or getting gas at our local gas stations. The construction projects will not only offer our children a world class educational environment, but it has also produced a very positive energy within our community. I look forward to opening the new buildings to the members of our community in August 2012 so that they can see firsthand the positive impact that they have made in Bellevue. With Redmen Pride, Kim Schubert
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The Bellevue Hospital – Ready for another Busy and Rewarding Year The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) welcomes 2012 by celebrating seven years in their new 1400 W. Main Street facility. TBH is one of Bellevue's biggest employers, with over 400 employees. Some 5,500 local and area residents turn to TBH each month for inpatient, outpatient and emergency medical procedures and care. And, in 2011, the hospital recorded 345 births in the Family Birthing Center; 2,079 admissions; 17,194 emergency room visits; 3,351 surgical procedures; 31,827 imaging procedures; and 32,466 rehabilitation procedures. HONORS AND AWARDS The hospital recently earned the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings organization. This 2011 award places TBH as one of only 42 hospitals in the nation and the only hospital in the State of Ohio to be ranked in the Top 5% for exemplary service to patients for the past four consecutive years. "We are both honored and proud that our patients and HealthGrades have rated us among the best in the country for patient experience. Every member of our hospital family works hard every day so our patients will have outstanding care during their stay. We are particularly grateful for their efforts to treat each patient as a member of our family. It is our mission as well as our tradition," said Michael K. Winthrop, President and CEO of TBH. LARGEST OPEN-BORE MRI IN FOUR-COUNTY AREA TBH's Radiology Department is now offering the latest and most sophisticated fixed (1.5 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit available – the Vantage Titan ™ MRI unit from Toshiba. The new ultra-short, open-bore MRI is nearly 20 percent larger than TBH’s previous MRI. The new MRI also features the largest available clinical field-of-view (FOV) of 55 x 55 x 50 centimeters allowing your doctor to see what he needs to see but still keep you comfortable while in the scanner. The hospital’s MRI unit is the largest open-bore MRI in the four-county area, according to Marc Schoen, TBH's Diagnostic Imaging Leader. MRIs use a combination of radio waves and a strong magnetic field to create computer reconstructed images of the body. Because of the wide opening, this new Vantage Titan unit is perfect for claustrophobic patients, especially since 70% of all procedures can be performed feet first, meaning the patient's head can be kept outside the bore. DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY OFFERED Women who undergo routine mammograms at TBH’s Women’s Imaging Center now have the latest diagnostic technology available to them, digital mammography. The state-of-the-art system, Selenia™ digital mammography together with the breast cushion, MammoPad®, from Hologic™, offers comfort, warmth and the latest in
mammogram technology. Although the machine itself will look the same to patients, it is the technology inside the machine that defines the new service. Digital mammography is different from conventional mammography in how the image of the breast is acquired and, more importantly, viewed. The radiologist can magnify the images, increase or decrease the contrast and invert the black and white values while reading the images. These features allow the radiologist to evaluate microcalcifications and focus on areas of concern. One of the additional benefits to patients with this new technology, is they can come here for their screening mammogram, and, if needed, use the Women's Imaging Center's other services, including diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasound procedures, and computer-guided stereotactic breast biopsy procedures all in the same location, making TBH their full-service Imaging Center. In addition to offering superior mammography technology, TBH offers a softer, warmer mammogram by using the MammoPad breast cushion for every patient. MammoPad has been clinically demonstrated to reduce discomfort, associated with mammograms, for most women. This recyclable breast cushion is "invisible" to X-rays and does not interfere with the image quality of the mammogram. Other Radiology Department equipment upgrades included updating biopsy equipment in the ultrasound and stereotactic breast biopsy areas. JOINT COMMISSION ACCREDITED The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation award recognizes TBH's dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission's state-of-the-art standards. TBH underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey where a team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated TBH for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management. During the survey, the team interviews staff and patients; reviews documents; examines the physical
surroundings; and spends time observing how each organization delivers care. Then the team evaluates the hospital's overall performance against their national standards and reaches an accreditation decision. "We voluntarily take part in the accreditation process to guarantee that the health care we provide is the best that it can be," Michael K. Winthrop, president and CEO of The Bellevue Hospital, said. "Achieving accreditation is an accomplishment we're proud of, and rightfully so. It means we have made the grade, that we have been recognized for complying with national standards that promote quality care on an ongoing basis." Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits over 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. OVERVIEW There are 49 different physicians on TBH's medical staff, while 62 others are members of the courtesy staff. Combined, these physicians represent 33 specialties. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission; The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons - Cancer Program; Mammography Quality Standards Act Mammography Program; American College of Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging in Obstetrics, Gynecological and General Ultrasound, CT Scan and MRI; Ohio Department of Health - Cardiac Rehab Program; and Ohio Department of Health Nuclear Medicine and X-Ray. Hospital certifications include: American Diabetes Association - Diabetes Self Management Education; and American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Cardiac Rehab Program. For information on any of The Bellevue Hospital programs and services, please visit our website at www.bellevuehospital.com, or phone 419.483.4040.
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First National Bank: A Bellevue Mainstay First National Bank has been around the Ohio North Coast since 1875 and while our existence is quite old, we are looking to the future and how technology will be one of the most active delivery methods for the financial services industry. Missy Walker, VP of Marketing and Retail Services announces that First National Bank has recently completed a full update to its Web site to provide ease of navigation with the ability to see existing and new product offerings at the bank. In addition to promoting its internet banking service which offers 24 hour/7 day a week secure access to customer accounts, it has now implemented an online new account opening module that gives existing and new customers the ability to open a new deposit account from the privacy of their home or business. The secure internet banking access provides for personal and business online bill pay and is a feature that they see expanding as the postal service raises the cost of stamps and is contemplating the elimination of delivery days. The updated Web site also allows for consumers to make an online mortgage application to take advantage of historically low interest rates. FNB’s mortgage department then processes the online application. First National is a successful business and agricultural lender in the area and works with all types of commercial customers providing working capital lines of credit, equipment loans, commercial real estate construction and refinancing. Bryan Myers has joined the bank this year as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer. Bryan has over 26 years banking experience in the local communities. His commercial loan expertise combined with a seasoned business lending staff can add value to local companies. Our local decision making can provide quick turnaround on all types of loan requests. On Tuesday February 21st of this year FNB is sponsoring the “2012 Policy and Outlook” dinner meeting, which, in the past, has drawn over
60 farmers and agribusiness people. The 4 hour meeting features The Ohio State University Extension program providing valuable information for the risk management of the agribusiness. First National Bank is very proud to announce a new initiative that will bring financial literacy education to high school students in its communities. This Web-based program named “First National BankFinancial Lessons for a Lifetime” uses the latest in new media technologies such as video, animation, 3-D gaming, avatars and social networking to bring complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation. First National Bank has partnered with EverFi Inc to bring the interactive financial management program to high school students at no cost to the schools. Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank states that the bank will continue to evaluate its products and services such as merchant remote capture allowing deposits from office and cash management services for its business customers. The Bank continues to partner with the State of Ohio to provide programs such as the Grow Now and Save Now programs. In addition, FNB is planning to roll out mobile banking to its tech savvy customers sometime in 2012. First National Bank, one of the oldest businesses started and is still based in downtown Bellevue, Ohio, with other locations in Sandusky, Port Clinton, Catawba and Put-in-Bay.
EHOVE, from Page 3 in America s workforce. Earlier this year, he spoke to the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee about the need for change in America s workforce to promote skilled trades as desirable jobs. Rowe s compelling, convincing and sometimes humorous message can be seen in a video at www. mikeroweworks.com. In a hundred different ways, I think we ve slowly marginalized an entire category of critical professions, reshaping our expectations of a good job into something that no longer looks like work, said Rowe, referring to skilled trades in the video. A few years from now, an hour with a good plumber, if you can find one, is going to cost more than an hour with a good psychiatrist, at which point we ll all probably be in need of both. He has also started a foundation to support skilled trades, challenge the definition of a good job , and change our thinking that trade schools and skilled labor are nothing more than alternatives to higher education. According to his
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website, monies raised will be disbursed to existing initiatives and organizations, including scholarship funds, trade schools and community colleges. Closing the skills gap doesn t just benefit future tradesmen and the companies who are desperate to hire them, said Rowe in the video. It benefits people like me and anyone else who shares my addiction to paved roads, reliable bridges, heating, air conditioning, and of course, indoor plumbing. Something for all of us to consider, perhaps during the next bathroom break. Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) recently acknowledged Rowe for his public support of career tech education, skilled trades and skilled workers with the 2011 ACTE Image Award. Rowe responded with a video acceptance speech and thank you that can be seen at www.Facebook. com/OhioACTE. Visitors are encouraged to like the page to see what s happening in career education at EHOVE and throughout Ohio.
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JHI Thanks Bellevue for 50 Years of Business 2012 marks the Janotta & Herner Inc. 50th Anniversary and as this growing Monroeville Company looks back, Bellevue has been a predominant player in the company’s success. The long standing relationship between the City of Bellevue and Janotta & Herner Inc. has produced a large number of facilities that have helped the SHELLEY Bellevue area grow and prosper. Starting as far back as the 1960’s JHI has been working with Bellevue’s landmark businesses, such
as Bellevue Manufacturing and International Metal Hose. The industrial and retail development on the city’s west side is almost all Janotta & Herner built. As Bellevue has grown, Janotta & Herner has been there to help that growth with construction and development services. Jim Shelley, JHI Vice President and life-long Bellevue resident states, “Our Company has benefited greatly from the many progressive works the City of Bellevue has promoted over the years. Industrial development, retail development, and most recently, the revitalization of Bellevue’s medical community, have all given Bellevue an edge in this very
competitive economy. JHI is proud to have played a significant part in helping this community grow.” Many of JHI’s employees live in the Bellevue area and the company’s commitment to this part of its business circle remains strong. Shelley adds, “As we start our second 50 years, the local economy is beginning to show signs of life. Our phone is ringing and the opportunities seem to be coming in larger, more significant jobs. We fully expect Bellevue to be on the cutting edge of this growth as they have been for all of our five decades of success.
Oak Harbor Chamber Welcomes New Officers and Directors The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner was held on Friday January 27, 2012. During this meeting they welcomed newly elected members and officers to their volunteer Board of Directors. These valued volunteers and community leaders work as ambassadors for the Chamber, interpreting the mission of the organization and advancing its position. Directors joining the board for a three-year term
expiring in 2015 include, Chuck Benes of Oak Harbor Golf Club, Cherie Robertson of Batdorff Real Estate, Austin Short of The Pit Stop, and Paulette Weirich of Drown’s Dairy. The officers elected to lead the Chamber in 2012 are as follows: President, Vern Conley of the Ottawa County Veterans Service Office; Vice President, Paulette Weirich of Drown’s Dairy; and Treasurer, Don Douglas of Ashley Insurance Group and the Village of Oak Harbor. Other current board members include: David Franck of Tri-
Motor Sales, Debi Heiks of Signature Realty, Michelle Ish of The HR Department, Gina Miller of the Ottawa County Exponent, Patricia Peters of Magruder Hospital, and Lester Weatherwax of Community Markets. The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce is a membership of businesses and individuals organized to promote economic growth and development and quality of life for Oak Harbor and the surrounding area. For more information about the chamber or to volunteer, please call 419898-0479 or visit their website at www. oakharborohio.net.
FREE BWC Supervisor Seminar sponsored by the Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce On Friday February 17, 2012, Michelle Ish, of The HR Department (an independent HR consulting firm) will be presenting the first free seminar of the year. It will run from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. and will be held at the Ottawa County Resource Center located at 8043 W. SR 163 in Oak Harbor. This seminar is FREE to Oak Harbor chamber members and includes lunch. Non-members can attend at a cost of just $10.00 per person. The topic of discussion will be BWC supervisor training. Please plan to attend this informative seminar free of charge and remember to RSVP by Monday February 13, 2012 by calling the Oak Harbor Chamber office
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Valentine’s Day Buffet Sponsored by the Chamber and Twin Lakes 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. $50.00 per couple Tickets at the Chamber Office or at Twin Lakes 419.483.2842
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A Night at the Races Co-sponsored by Chamber, The Bellevue Recreation Club and the Bellevue Eagles Aerie 490 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Bellevue Eagles Club
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Ambassadors Committee 4:00 p.m.
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Business After Hours 5:15 p.m. Plum Brook Country Club
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Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting 10:00 a.m. North American Marshal Arts Institute
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Executive Committee Noon at Danny Boys Erie County Business PAC 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber
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Board of Directors 7:30 a.m. Perkins Restaurant.
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TASTE of the North Coast 5 to 8 p.m.at Kalahari. Contact Chamber for ticket information.
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Fostoria Safety Council 11:30 am-1:00 p.m. ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital, lower level conference room
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“What’s Perkin at the Chamber” (networking event)
Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Genoa Retirement Center
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Membership Committee 8:00 am, Chamber office
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Education Committee 8:00 am, Job Store, Shady Lane Drive
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Chamber Home & Business Show Norwalk Middle School, 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m. Free admission
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Business After Hours 5 to 7:00 p.m. Hosted by: Canoe Club
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Executive Meeting 10:00 am, Chamber Office
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7:30-8:30 am Chamber office Speaker: Deb Perkins
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Board Meeting Chamber Building 7:30 am
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Main Street Port Clinton Downtown Committee Mtg. 8:30 am at MSPC Office
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Port Clinton Area Chamber Board Meeting 8:30 am at Chamber Office
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Main Street Port Clinton Design Committee Meeting 3:00 p.m. at MSPC Office
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Main Street Port Clinton Board Meeting 8:30 am at MSPC Office
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Walleye Festival Committee Meeting 8:30 am at MSPC Office
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Workshop: “How to Reward Your Employees With Little or No Money” 8:00 am at Ida Rupp Public Library
Main Street Port Clinton Organization Executive Committee Meeting 8:30 am at MSPC Office
Main Street Port Clinton Economic Restructuring Committee Meeting 8:30 am at MSPC Office
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You and Your Financial Advisor, The Perfect Team Douglas Gildenmeister Senior Vice President, Investments Retirement Plan Consultant The Gildenmeister Wealth Management Group of Raymond James Many investors rely upon Financial Advisors to help them manage their investment portfolio. Ideally the Financial Advisor and investor should work together, as a team, to find the right investments and make informed decisions that can help meet investment objectives. Below are some keys to developing a partnership with a financial advisor that likely will provide the best possible combination of service and long-term investment results. Review your investment objectives. Your Financial Advisor will help define your investment objectives, but he or she needs your assistance to do a thorough job. Start to think through your objectives before you meet. Your participation and feedback will greatly aid your
Financial Advisor in formulating an investment strategy that fits your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Your questions will lead to being an informed investor. Be sure you fully understand the investments your Financial Advisor recommends for your portfolio. If you don’t, it’s your responsibility as an investor to let your Financial Advisor know that you need more information. Don’t be afraid to ask questions about your financial advisor’s investment recommendations and advice, after all they’re your investments! Understand the risks with each investment. It’s important that you fully understand the risks in every investment you own and the reasons why the value of your investments may rise and fall. Your Financial Advisor can help explain the risks involved with each type of investment, and your questions will help make sure that nothing is overlooked. If you don’t completely understand the risks associated with your investment, ask more questions until you do.
Meet regularly to review your portfolio. Use these meetings to your advantage, go over your current investments, their performance and evaluate other investment opportunities. Scheduled meetings with your Financial Advisor is also a good time to inform him or her about significant changes in your life that could require shifts in your investment strategy. Also, major changes in the economy or new tax laws should also prompt a review. Maintain up to date records. Make sure your confirmations and account statements are reviewed and saved in a safe place. These documents help you monitor your investments on an on-going basis and will be useful come tax time. When you come across something you don’t understand, ask for assistance from your Financial Advisor. The key is being an informed investor and keeping good records will aid you in this regard. This material was prepared by Raymond James for use by the financial advisor noted above. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. member New York Stock Exchange/SICP.
Expense Report Double-Takes Costs for a family vacation, wedding anniversary dinner and pet food are items you’d expect to see on personal credit card statements. Unfortunately, they’ve also appeared on employee expense reports, according to a new Robert Half Management Resources survey. Chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed were asked to name the most unusual things they’ve seen employees include in expense reports, and the results are bound to raise the eyebrows of any financial executive. Here are a few of the most questionable items: • “Cosmetic surgery” • “Lottery tickets” • “Pet food” • “A trailer rental for a family reunion” • “$12,000 for a family trip” • “A speeding ticket” • “A teepee” • “A fine for crashing into a toll booth” The survey was developed by Robert Half Management Resources, the world’s premier provider of senior-level accounting and finance professionals on a project and interim basis. It was conducted by an independent research firm and includes responses from 1,600 U.S. and Canadian CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies with 20 or more employees. Gadget, leisure and hobby expenses also made
the list: • “A person lost his personal cell phone somewhere in the office, so he submitted the cost of a new one” • “Movie tickets” • “Hotel charge for viewing adult movies” • “Day at the spa” • “A golf trip for the employee and his three friends” • “Video game console” “While these examples may seem incredible and in some cases humorous, they highlight a serious matter which can negatively impact a company’s bottom line,” said Paul McDonald, senior executive director of Robert Half Management Resources. “Employees who are unsure if an item can be expensed should not include it on a report and hope it gets approved. Companies can help the process by writing clear policies, making them easy to find and keeping workers informed of any changes.” Personal expenditures were commonly cited by executives as questionable. Some examples: • “Grocery receipts” • “Cigarettes” • “Replacement cost for a suit the employee lost on his own” •“Pair of socks”
• “Toilet paper” • “Hot tub supplies” • “Golf clubs” • “Expensive lunch for the employee, without clients” Expenses covering the cost of celebrations – not related to the office – garnered surprise: • “Flowers the employee bought for his wife” • “Expenses for his son’s birthday party” • “Wedding anniversary dinner” Anyone submitting an expense report should double and triple check their expenses to avoid this situation, which could definitely land the employee in hot water: • “The most unusual thing I saw was a submission for something that had already been expensed and reimbursed.”
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Fisher-Titus Awards Area Schools Almost $27,000 in Education Grants Local school districts are interested in providing their students with hands-on learning, interaction and continued technological advances. Through Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s Health Education Grants, 9 local schools will be better able to achieve goals and make math, science and health education fun for their students. “I think it is important to emphasize the word ‘distribution’ as we are again pleased that we are able to distribute funds to the local school systems in our service area to assist you in further developing your science, health and math departments,” said Patrick J. Martin, Fisher-Titus president. “This is where we first look for future employees and we believe these are good investments to make in our communities’ future.” Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s Health Education Grant Program was established to fund innovative educational programs in the areas of math, science and health for schools in the Fisher-Titus service area. Since 1996, 148 grants have been awarded through this program. Every year, Fisher-Titus awards local school districts health education grants. During a luncheon ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center, the Medical Center awarded this year’s grants to 9 local
school districts, totaling $26,856.64. More than $688,000 has been distributed in the 16 years the program has been in existence, according to Virginia Poling of FisherTitus Medical Center’s Board of Directors. “Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s vision is ‘to enhance the safety and quality of life of each person we serve’ and our board, medical staff and employees believe that enhancing the educational foundation of our schools makes the entire region a better place to live, work and worship,” Poling said. This year $26,856.64 was distributed to Berlin-Milan Local Schools, Monroeville Local Schools, New London Local Schools, Norwalk City Schools, Norwalk Catholic School, South Central Local Schools, Wellington Local Schools, Western Reserve Local Schools and Willard City Schools. Applicants were required to submit a grant proposal to Fisher-Titus that included a detailed explanation of the project to be funded. Grants were approved by the Fisher-Titus Medical Center board of directors. Under this program, school districts may receive grants up to $3,000. During the luncheon, each recipient presented a brief summary of the program last year’s grant funded.
How to Reward Employees with Little or No Money? How do you reward your top performers when you are struggling to pay the bills yourself? How do you motivate your staff while maintaining a tight budget? Join Robin S. Wood of Robinwood Consulting, LLC on Wednesday, February 29th at the Ida Rupp Public Library in Port Clinton when she answers these questions and teaches you how you can start rewarding and motivating your employees, today with little or no money. Ms. Wood is the owner of Robinwood Consulting, LLC in Amherst, Ohio. She works with small business, nonprofits, and public libraries to help them meet their challenges and attain success. With nearly 20 years of
human resource management experience and a small business owner herself, Wood truly understands the challenges you are facing. She holds an MBA from Tiffin University, a MLIS from Kent State University, and is certified by the Human Resource Certification Institute as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). The workshop is Wednesday, February 29 from 8:30 to 9:30 am at the Ida Rupp Public Library, 310 Madison Street. Registration is at 8:00 am. Register at the Port Clinton Area Chamber 419-734-5503. This workshop is FREE to Chamber Members, Sponsored by The Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce and Ida Rupp Public Library
Fisher-Titus Medical Center recently distributed $26,856.64 in Fisher-Titus Health Education Grants to 9 local schools. Representatives from Fisher-Titus Medical Center and superintendents from each school pictured from left to right are Patrick J. Martin, Fisher-Titus President; Rodge Wilson, Western Reserve Local School District; Dr. Wayne Babcanec, Norwalk Catholic School; Carol Girton, New London Schools; Francis Scruci, Wellington Schools; David Danhoff, Willard City Schools; Thomas Roth, Edison Local Schools; Ben Chaffee, Jr., South Central Local Schools; David Stubblebine, Monroeville Local Schools; Dennis Doughty, Norwalk City Schools; and John Payne of the Fisher-Titus Medical Center Board of Directors.
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Chamber Of Commerce of Sandusky County Honors Community Leaders And Members The Chamber of Commerce of Sandusky County presented community wide awards, honored former Mayor Terry Overmyer and recognized four Chamber members with awards at their 65th Annual Awards Dinner last evening. Long time Fremont native and Sandusky County Food Pantry leader, Lyla Avers was presented with the Citizen of the Year Award; Executive Director of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Thomas Culbertson received the Award of Excellence; Deb Hellman, owner of WAMH Design was presented with the Clark Ambassador Award; and Chief of the Lindsey Volunteer Fire Department, John Zimmerman, was presented with the Distinguished Service Award. Chamber members receiving the Member of the Year Awards were as follows: Small Division – Paramount Cinema; Medium Division – Time Staffing; and Large Division – Walmart. The Health & Wellness Award, sponsored by the Chamber health insurance provider, SummaCare,
was presented to Whirlpool Corporation. In recognition of his 20 years of public service to the City of Fremont, the Chamber presented former Mayor Terry Overmyer with a special Chamber Proclamation. Ms Lyla Avers, at the age of 89, received the Citizen of the Year award due to her decades of leadership and active service to the Sandusky County Food Pantry. Thomas Culbertson, recipient of the Chamber’s first Award of Excellence, was recognized for not only for his professional achievement and community service, but also for actively and generously mentoring others in the attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills. The owner of WAMH Design, Ms. Deb Hellman received the Clark Ambassador Award. Hellman has been actively involved with the Chamber and throughout the county for the past decade. She has been a member of the Chamber Board of Trustees along with participating in the Chamber-sponsored
REACH career education program. Mr. Zimmerman was presented with the Chamber’s Distinguished Service Award for his leadership of the Sandusky County Water and Ice Safety Committee. The group educated more than 8,000 students in Sandusky, Seneca, Ottawa and Wyandot Counties last winter. The Chamber of Commerce also recognized volunteers and their members of the Board of Trustees. Michael Jay, City of Fremont, will serve as Chairman of the Board for 2012.
Top Right: Whirlpool Corporation received the Chamber’s Health & Wellness Award for their outstanding efforts in addressing the health needs of their workforce. They are represented here by Denise Honsberger and Nick Fedor. Middle Right: Chamber community wide awards were presented at the dinner to: (L to R) Deb Hellman, Clark Ambassador Award, owner of WAMH Design; Tom Culbertson, Award of Excellence, Executive Director Hayes Presidential Center; and Lyla Avers, Citizen of the Year, volunteer organizer of the Sandusky County Food Pantry. Not pictured: John Zimmerman, Distinguished Service Award, Chief Lindsey Volunteer Fire Department. Bottom Right: Chamber Members of the Year were recognized at the Annual Awards Dinner. Standing left to right are the respective representatives: Scott Root, Time Staffing; Robert Hershey, Walmart; and James Walter, Paramount Cinema.
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Memorial Hospital’s Memorial Home Health service line has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality DROWN and safety in home care. The accreditation award recognizes Memorial Home Health’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state of the art standards. Memorial Home Health underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in November 2011. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated Memorial Home Health for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management. “With Joint Commission accreditation, we are making a significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis from the top down. Joint Commission accreditation provides us a framework to take our organization to the next level and helps create a culture of excellence,” says Carrie Drown, director of Memorial Home Health According to Drown, the Joint Commission accreditation is one more demonstration of the quality care provided by Memorial Home Health, in a year of successes for the Memorial Hospital service line. “In addition to achieving Joint Commission accreditation, Memorial Home Health was named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite and earned a deficiency free inspection from the Ohio Department of Health in 2011,” stated Drown. Memorial Home Health has been serving Sandusky Count and its surrounding communities since 1984; it is a service provided by Memorial Hospital in Fremont. For more information, visit memorialhcs.org/ home-health.
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Huron Chamber Board at Kalahari Resort for their “2012 Class Picture.” From top left, Dr. Andrew Bejarano, of NOMS Healthcare, Huron; John Clark of BGSU Firelands,Tom Solberg Jr. of Huron Lagoons Marina, Wayne Foster of Foster Funeral Home, Huron Schools Superintendent Fred Fox, Ron Michel of Cornerstone Custom Cabinets, Chris Baker of St. Peter Church, Christine Crawford of Crawford Insurance Group, Jacquie Clark of N2Y Inc., Matt Cummings, vice president, of Huron Pizza House; Bruce Miller, president, of State Farm Insurance, Maris Brenner of Kalahari Waterpark Resort, Dee Hartley, treasurer, of H&R Block; Judy Poorman of Latanick Equipment and director Sheila Ehrhardt. Not pictured: Grant Cornell of Cornell’s Grocery Store, Dr. Heather Demos of Family Eye Care Centers,Huron township trustee Don Ritzenthaler, Doug Studer of Curves and Huron City Manager Andy White
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Bellevue Area Company Celebrates 50 Years To reach a milestone like a Fiftieth Anniversary is quite an achievement for any company. But when that company is a General Contractor, it is even more significant. Construction companies are subject to many outside influences beyond their control. Over the past 50 years, several recessions, high interest rates and sky rocketing material LIMBIRD costs have made the construction industry a literal graveyard of failed businesses. Janotta & Herner Inc. has managed to weather five decades of these ups and downs to reach a very important point in their history. After a modest beginning in the basement of Bob Janotta’s Monroeville house, JHI has grown to employ over 140 people and reach yearly revenues of 30 to 40 million. After becoming employee
owned in 2000, Janotta & Herner was recently recognized nationally for its ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program) and has been chosen consistently as one of the top Design Build Contractors in the State. “We owe our success to the people we employ. “, states JHI President Jim Limbird. “Though we have people quit Janotta & Herner, once someone is hired here, they tend to stay. That’s been one of our secrets to success. Hire good people and let them do their job.” JHI employees have a total of over 1,822 years of construction experience. Another key to their success has been focusing on commercial construction. They specialize in commercial, industrial and institutional construction. According to JHI Vice President Jim Shelley, “The last four years have given home builders the ultimate stress test. Many years ago, we made the decision to stay away from home construction and it has proven to be a wise move.”
BGSU Firelands Hosts College Financial Aid Night On Sunday, Feb. 12, beginning at 2 p.m. Bowling Green State University Firelands College will host the local portion of College Goal Sunday, a statewide event with the goal of helping to prepare students and their families for the financial challenges of college. Held at 50 sites across the state, in 2011 BGSU Firelands attracted one of the largest crowds with 194 guests including nearly 100 college-bound students. The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists students and parents with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is the federal application that is required to receive federal financial aid including the Federal Pell Grant and student loans as well as the needbased state grants. College financial aid can be very intimidating to students and parents, said BGSU Firelands Director of Enrollment Management & Student Retention Services Deb Divers. College Goal Sunday is an excellent opportunity to talk about financial aid and have trained professional help fill out the FAFSA forms. Volunteers from BGSU Firelands, neighboring colleges, and other educational institutions, will provide support, guidance, and encouragement as the families navigated the on-line process.
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The Well-Booked Business By Cathy Allen Regular readers of this column may recall that last December I began what I intended as a four-part series on the art of developing feedback from customers, and then using that information to develop consensus responses and plans. I have not forgotten that pledge. But... I have had such a fun reading experience over the last few weeks that I simply cannot wait to share it with you. Those who are interested in knowing more about the last two books of my now-aborted series (Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry by Sue Annis Hammond and Breaking Robert’s Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results by Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank) may email me at cathy@ creativeoptionc.com. And now....on to my fun. Santa brought me the Steve Jobs book for Christmas this year. An excellent choice. I’ve always been interested in biography as a spoonful-of-sugar way to learn important principles of business and life. Few have been as wildly successful in business as Jobs was, so why not study him as a model of how to do things well? What delighted me about diving in to Walter Isaacson’s much-ballyhooed biography was that I happened to be simultaneously reading Professor Robert Sutton’s 2007 elegantly-argued, if vulgarly-titled, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t. This delicious juxtaposition was already a source of great pleasure for me when I came upon Sutton’s Chapter 6 assertion that he had Googled “Steve Jobs” and “asshole” together and come up with 89,400 hits. (I just tried it and got 1,730,000 hits.) Jobs was, not to put too fine a point on it, certifiable. I’ll do a summary of The No Asshole Rule next month, but for now, let’s see what there is to learn from the life of Steven Paul Jobs. Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. Simon and Schuster, 2011 Summary: This is a birth-almost-to-death biography that was solicited by the subject, who cooperated with the research and, according to the author, did not interfere with the writing though he knew no objective recounting of his life could be 100% complimentary. After all, not everything Jobs had touched had been a success, he had once been pushed out of the company he founded, and around every corner lurked a former colleague (or family member) ready with an anecdote about having their head ripped off. The author appears to have pulled no punches and has created a
portrait of a man who was simultaneously revered for his creative genius and business acumen, and loathed for the way he treated those around him. Key Learnings: • Consider these words used to describe Jobs in the first 100 pages of the book: petulant, driven by demons, abandoned, chosen, special, full of broken glass, cruel, very smart, willful, not disposed to accept authority, intellectually special, skinny, wiry, full of energy, charismatic, creepy, brutally (also frighteningly) cold, rude, entrancing, nutso, goddamn hippie with b.o., prickly, philosophical, really serious, self-important, generally unbearable, abrasive, complex, manipulative, mesmerizing, temperamental, bratty, tyrannical, sharp in his criticism, stubborn, enlightened, obsessive. There are more throughout the rest of the book, but you get the picture. The man was mean. • Balance that against this list of accomplishments also described throughout the book: unleashed the creativity and productivity of hundreds of millions around the world with the invention of personal computing, made desktop publishing possible, revolutionized the entertainment industry with the introduction of downloadable music (iPods) and the development of computer graphics (at Pixar), pioneered searchable electronic books, held 212 patents, launched the post-PC era with smart phones, tablets, and cloud computing. He created not only great products but also great enterprises: at the end of Jobs’ tenure as CEO in August 2011, Apple was the world’s most valuable company. • Jobs’ business philosophies are detailed here, and make illuminating reading for those looking to add life to their own product development and marketing efforts. Here are the core business principles Jobs spelled out in the early days at Apple, to which he rigorously adhered throughout his career: • Empathize with the customer: make products that are easy to use and create a fabulous customer experience. Jobs would send the design team and the engineers back to the drawing board over and over to make each device simpler and more intuitive. He also insisted on controlling the entire customer experience by integrating hardware and software into a single system. This distinguishes him from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who believed his products should work across multiple platforms. • Focus on a few key things: don’t allow even really good ideas to distract you from what you are working on right now. Jobs held regular retreats with his senior management where they would brainstorm development ideas and choose the top two or three to pursue.
• Customers and others will be able to determine your values and priorities from the products you put out: if you value profits above quality products, they’ll know it. Jobs never went into business to make money. He made great products, marketed them well, and a lot of people made money as a result. • Isaacson recounts an interesting observation Jobs made to President Barack Obama in late 2010, that Apple employed 700,000 workers in China because the manufacture of Apple products required on-site engineering, something that is readily available in China but not in the United States. (The role that labor costs played in this decision is not discussed, but apparently the president came away with a renewed conviction that higher education must be a priority for America.) So, was Jobs’ persistent horrid behavior caused by a personality disorder (as suggested by a former girlfriend) or was it something he was able to control, but chose not to? His biographer takes the latter view, citing numerous examples of strategically-timed charm and evidence of an awareness of the hurt he caused others. He just did not believe the normal rules of social interaction applied to him, and he also believed that suffering fools gladly would lead to inferior products and inferior companies. Was his undeniable business success a result of his personal conduct, or in spite of it? Isaacson quotes colleagues with opinions on both sides of this issue, and those who stayed with him seem to have developed a deep loyalty. These folks say his fierce passion for the products and services and firm convictions about both design and technology drove people to higher levels of accomplishment than they would otherwise have achieved. For more on what Professor Sutton says about this, come back here next month. Cathy Allen is the owner of Creative Option C, LLC, a facilitation and organizational development consulting firm in Marblehead. An avid reader and writer, Cathy has posted a series of two-page synopses of classic books in the field of business, leadership and personal development to www.CreativeOptionC.com.
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By Roger Bostdorff When you are driving your car down the road what do you use to provide feedback regarding your driving success? We look at the speedometer to insure that our trip is not rudely interrupted by a patrolman wanting to write us a speeding ticket. We look at the temperature gauge to prevent us from running the engine too hot and blowing it up. We check the odometer to verify that we have not over shot our destination. We did not have to slow down to check any of these. In fact, by simply glimpsing at the dashboard we are able to proceed with success down the road. As you are running your business, what are you checking along the way to insure your success? Have you devised a dashboard for your business? If you are a manufacturer, what data would you want to see to insure your business is on track? Do you think
Mercy Willard Foundation A trend line chart may show the manufacturing lead times trended over a three-month period and broken out in segments by the duration of manufacturing period (in days). Total manufacturing volume might be broken out by batch sizes and displayed in a pie chart to show the volume distribution by batch size. Another function of a manufacturing dashboard might be to monitor daily operations with production volume by shift, downtime and interruption monitoring. Above is a manufacturing dashboard with operations metrics for daily shifts and a description for production line interruption. The CFO on the other hand would be interested in sales, collection days, as well as which customers are outside of the given parameters for Accounts
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that the CFO might want to see different data or a different dashboard than the VP of Manufacturing? Absolutely! The Vice President of Manufacturing would require a dashboard with manufacturing costs broken out by material cost, labor, overheads and depreciation. He needs to monitor the monthly trend of manufacturing lead times in number of days and manufacturing batch sizes. He also requires three-month performance of capital expenditure against the budget.
Receivable collections. He may also be interested in the amount of inventory his company has sitting on the shelf. However, most importantly he should be interested in cash flow. What are the top 5-6 business indicators that would signal - clear road ahead or look out for the pothole -in your business processes? t Whether your business is in manufacturing, retail, wholesale, or the service industry you should consider strongly creating and utilizing a dashboard/s
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Road to Olympics Decided in Port Clinton this Month U.S. Olympic Hopefuls to Take Final Step toward London Games at USA Shooting’s Trials for Airgun at CMP North at Camp Perry
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Summer Games in London, England in July and August. Currently there are two slots open in both men’s and women’s air rifle and two slots open in men’s air pistol. Each part of the twopart trial is comprised of two 60-shot standing matches and finals in men’s air rifle and air pistol and two 40-shot standing matches and finals in women’s air rifle. There is no women’s air pistol in the Olympics at this time, however; women’s air pistol competitors will use the trials for
competition experience. The leaders of Part 1 were determined by CAMP PERRY, OHIO – More than 200 air rifle and air pistol shooters entered the second to last highest aggregate qualification scores plus the stage of their U.S. Olympic Team journey higher of two finals fired over two days. The December 3rd and 4th, seeking positions on the same course will be fired again in February. It’s safe to say that only men’s and women’s air those competitors rifle and men’s air pistol who finished high teams at the Civilian “The journey will come to a conclusion at the in the rankings each Marksmanship Program’s CMP North Marksmanship Center at Camp Perry day in Anniston will (CMP) airgun center in have a chance at on Saturday and Sunday, February 25th and 26th Anniston, Alabama. up roster The USA Shooting event in the USA Shooting U.S. Olympic Trials for locking slots when the was the first of a two-part Airgun. Both days of competitive shooting are c o m p e t i t i o n series of contests that will open to the public at the CMP” concludes at Camp finalize who will represent Perry. the U.S. in those shooting disciplines at the 2012
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(this is not an article about your spouse) By J. Brian O’Connell, ASA Barnes Wendling CPAs Aside from buying junk food at the store, how often do you pay for something you don’t think you need? At least you can pick your poison with junk food. This is not always the case when the bank tells you it is time for an appraisal. Oftentimes the lender chooses an appraiser from their “Approved” list and engages them. Your input might be limited to paying the fee. The following guidelines are provided to make sure everyone involved has input with the process. Why? You should have a clear understanding why your lender is requiring an appraisal. Is it a new relationship? A renewal? An annual review? Or have circumstances changed with respect to your borrowing needs. Has the market changed for the product you sell, or the equipment used to manufacture your goods? The answer to why can have an impact on who does the appraisal and the fee. Let’s assume you are having an annual renewal and your credit needs have not changed. Your loan officer may be requesting a full appraisal when a desktop valuation will meet the bank’s needs. Let’s further assume that you have an insurance appraisal that is only a couple of years old. The insurance appraisal will not be acceptable to the bank. However, the appraisal firm that completed the insurance valuation may be qualified to perform a desktop valuation under a liquidation concept that meets the lenders needs and saves you a significant amount of money. Who? Without exception, the appraiser should be accredited. One of the premier organizations for accreditation is the American Society of Appraisers. The Senior designation is referred to as an ASA. If you are trying to use someone other than an
appraiser on the bank’s “approved” list, they will need a designation from a credible organization. The bank will try to insist that the appraiser must come from their list, but it is not uncommon to find appraisers who have similar if not better qualifications than the bank’s recommendation. Recognize that it is impossible for the bank to include every appraiser on their list. If you find a firm who meets your requirements and still meets the bank’s standards you should negotiate for use of that firm. The bank is simply looking for an accurate valuation from a credible source. It is worth noting that you will have an uphill battle if you are trying to use an appraiser/equipment dealer who has recently sold you some equipment. >From the lenders point of view, it would be difficult for the dealer to assign a liquidation value which reflects the appropriate discount from his sales price to you. The equipment dealer is TOO close to the transaction. Inventory vs. equipment valuations: Generally speaking it is easier to find a qualified equipment appraiser than a qualified inventory appraiser. That is part of the reason equipment appraisals are less expensive than inventory valuations. Because of the abundance of research data available to machinery and equipment appraisers it is less time consuming to complete those valuations. Inventory valuations require more time and a thorough understanding of company systems and product movement to arrive at a conclusion of value. While a 50,000 square foot manufacturing plant may take 1-2 weeks to appraise, a 50,000 square foot distribution company can take 3-4 weeks for an inventory appraisal. How much? This is usually the big motivator for business owners to get involved in the selection process. The first step is to determine if a “full” appraisal is necessary. Explore the possibilities of “desktop” or “walk-
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Mercy Willard Foundation’s Capital Campaign Exceeds $1,000,000 Initial Goal The Mercy Willard Foundation is pleased to announce that pledges and donations towards the “A Legacy of Compassion, A Commitment to Community” Capital Campaign have exceeded the initial $1,000,000 million goal to support the “bricks and mortar” construction of Mercy Willard Hospital’s state-of-the-art replacement hospital. Now that the initial goal has been met, the campaign will stretch to raise additional funds for new services and additional equipment in the replacement hospital. “We have exceeded our initial goal of raising $1,000,000. The Willard community has truly shown its support for this capital campaign and the hospital. These are exciting times for Willard and our surrounding communities,” said Marsha Danhoff, President of the Mercy Willard Foundation. “The replacement hospital is not using local tax funds or subsidies, so the funds we are requesting from the community are by donation only, and will supplement the financing through Catholic Health Partners.” Now that the initial goal has been met, the campaign will stretch to raise additional funds for new services and additional equipment in the replacement hospital. “In May, Mercy Willard Hospital will be serving the community in a state-of-the-art replacement facility,” said Lynn Detterman, President & CEO of Mercy Willard Hospital. “We invite everyone to be a part of this historic time by contributing to the Capital Campaign.” “The Mercy Willard Foundation is offering a lifetime opportunity for community members to have their name, a loved one or business recognized as a supporter of the Mercy Willard Hospital building project with the purchase of a one square foot granite paver, which will be located under the canopy of the new hospital’s front entrance,” said Audrey Ginter, Foundation manager at Mercy Willard Hospital. “There are limited spaces available for these pavers. A $2,500 donation for a paver can be paid over a 5 year pledge period. That’s just $500 a year for five years, or $125 a quarter.” Additional commemorative naming opportunities are available inside the hospital for levels of giving at $10,000 and above. “All donations, large and small are greatly appreciated and needed as we continue to raise funds for the hospital,” said Audrey. All donations to the Mercy Willard Foundation are tax deductable. For information about the “A Legacy of Compassion, A Commitment to Community” Capital Campaign, please contact Marsha Danhoff at 419-964-5107 or Audrey Ginter at 419-964-5105.
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IT Your PC Can Make April 15th Less “Taxing!” By Don Knaur For those of you that have been reading this column for a while, this article may seem familiar. This is the fifth year I have printed it, but let me assure you it has been updated and all of the information is current and relevant. It’s fast approaching tax time and if you do your own Income Tax preparation and filing, your PC can save you a lot of time and effort. If you do an Internet search for “Income Tax Software”, you will find dozens of places to get tax preparation software. No one has the time to check them all out. Some of them that I researched appear to be less than helpful. I have used my PC for over 15 years to prepare and file my taxes, including Schedule C for my business. If you choose to use Tax Preparation Software, there are several options available: 1) Buy the software in a store, such as Staples or Walmart 2) Buy the software online and have a CD shipped to you 3) Buy the software online and download it directly to your PC a) Download the software to a folder and then install it b) Install the software directly from the software’s download site 4) Pay for the privilege of doing your taxes online I recommend option 3a as the best choice. It is the quickest, most economical and safest, but you should take the time to back-up the folder with the downloaded software as soon as you have it installed. Once you have the software backed up, you can reinstall it any time you want, even if you buy a new PC. This is important because of the IRS sevenyear rule. The odds are you will replace your PC before the seven years have passed and if you are audited, being able to see the detailed entries can be very helpful. This year the IRS is again offering a FREE filing option. If you have a Federal Gross Adjusted Income of less than $58,000, the IRS offers you several ways to do a FREE E-file. Just browse the Web Site at www.irs.gov and you will find the options explained. The IRS offers far too many options to be explained here.
Time and space constraints prohibit reviewing anywhere near all of the tax preparation software packages available. However, three of the better known reputable packages that offer E-filing and the choice of online or offline preparation can be reviewed and seen at the following sites: • h t t p : / / w w w . t u r b o t a x . c o m / TurboTax software cost ranges from Free* to $129.95 • http://www.hrblock.com/ Tax Cut software cost ranges from Free* to $49.95 • http://www.taxact.com/ TaxAct software cost ranges from Free to $21.95 • http://www.taxslayer.com TaxSlayer software cost ranges from Free* to $19.95. (Online only) * Caution: This Freeware will not support Schedule C or handle Capital Gains Earnings. Personally, I highly recommend the TaxAct software. I have used it for over 13 years and it is very thorough and user-friendly, as well as economical. There is no reason for using anything but the free version the first time you use the software. After that, I recommend using the $12.95 Deluxe Version. The reason for upgrading after the first year is that the Deluxe Version allows you to load the past year’s return information with only a click of the mouse. That eliminates your having to enter a lot of the required data; it will automatically fill in names, addresses and ID numbers based on the past data. It also will allow you to view a comparison of the two years’ returns before you file this year’s return. With this software, you do your taxes just like you would with a tax preparer. The software asks you the same questions and you answer them with a keyboard instead of verbally. You do not have to be a computer or tax expert to end up with a professional tax return and hopefully a refund. Tax Act has another excellent feature added, a FAFSA work sheet. This report will enable anyone with College Students in the family to quickly and easily file all of the Student Aid paperwork. Each of the sites listed above offers not only Federal Tax Preparation, but also State Tax Preparation options. However, in the State of Ohio, State
Income Tax can be done online at a State of Ohio web site. Since all of the information used on a State of Ohio Income Tax Return is pulled from your Federal Tax Return, there is no need for special software to prepare your State Return. Simply go online to http://tax.ohio.gov/ and you will be provided a link to the Ohio E-filing site. It takes just a few minutes and you are finished. You can also pay taxes online or register for electronic deposit of your refund. A word of warning, if you opt to pay online and choose to pay by Credit Card, even if it is a Debit Card, there is a sizable surcharge involved. On the other hand, if you enable an electronic transfer from your checking account, there is no cost involved. We are very fortunate that the State of Ohio is on the leading edge of technology when it comes to taking our money. You can even pay other Ohio taxes online as well. There is a ncbj1111AHAC.pdf 11/2/11 11:18:48 AM site called the Ohio Business Gateway
at http://obg.ohio. gov/ and I have been filing and paying my semiannual sales taxes there for years. None of us ever look forward to filing our taxes, but possibly the information in this article will help you be a little less wary of the Ides of April (actually April 16 this year). Don is the CWO (Chief Working Officer) of Help-Desk, Ohio, a complete computer service center, located in Suite A of the Courtlee Interiors’ Building, 2499 W. Market in Tiffin. Don has a degree in Computer Programming from Tiffin University and has been an Information Technology Professional for over 26 years. He started HelpDesk, Ohio in the spring of 1996 and opened his shop in March 2001. Don welcomes calls for advice or information at 419-448-8020.
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Strong Growth Spurs New Offices for The Gildenmeister Wealth Management Group of Raymond James In June of 2003, The Gildenmeister Wealth Management Group of Raymond James opened its Bellevue office under the leadership of Senior Vice President, Investments, Douglas Gildenmeister, and long time Registered Assistant and Operations Manager, Sandra Tomaszycki. In 2006, James Davis joined the team as a financial advisor after a successful career in sales and management with a national trucking firm. In the summer of 2011, Eric Schwieterman, a sophomore at Ashland University majoring in Finance, joined the team as an intern. Finally in January 2012, Lori Schlaak joined the team as an Administrative Assistant. Together the team brings over a half century of investment, financial, and administrative experience. The Gildenmeister Wealth Management Group of Raymond James specializes in investment risk management,
SALES, from Page 19 to help you manage your business. You may or may not require a dashboard as elaborate as the one above but every business needs to stay on top of the 5-6 key indicators of the health of the business. If you can use a dashboard to drive your car, doesn’t it make sense that you should use one to help you manage your business to the destination/goal you have laid out? You certainly do not want your business running off the road do you? B2B Sales Boost is a consulting company helping organizations improve their top line revenue and bottom line profits. Roger Bostdorff is the President of B2B Sales Boost. He spent over 30 years with IBM in sales and sales management. Please submit business management and sales questions to roger@ b2bsalesalesboost.com To find out more regarding B2B Sales Boost on the web at w w w. b 2 b s a l e s b o o s t . com or by calling 419351-4347.
retirement plan design and management, business succession planning, life income solutions, and estate planning. Active in the Bellevue community, the office supports the Bellevue Society for the Arts, Touch the Heart Youth Ministries, Bellevue Redmen Athletics, Mad River Railroad Society, Bellevue Selective Fund and various other community projects. Members of the team are in the Bellevue Rotary Club, Bellevue Lions Club and Bellevue Area Chamber of Commerce. The Bellevue office of Raymond James looks forward to many more years of continued service to its clients as they move in to their new office at 115 South Sandusky Street in May 2012.
Law You Can Use: Ohio Law Allows Licensed People to Carry Concealed Firearms into Bars Senate Bill 17, which became effective on September 30, 2011, allows people who have permits to carry concealed firearms into business establishments, such as restaurants and bars, which sell alcoholic beverages. Previously, the law strictly prohibited the carrying of firearms into businesses selling alcoholic beverages. Q: I own a gun. Can I put it in the inside pocket of my jacket and walk into a bar with it? A: Assuming you are properly licensed, yes. You can now carry your licensed firearm into any business that has been issued a Class D liquor permit. “Class D” businesses may include carryouts, restaurants, nightclubs, clubs, hotels, shopping malls, marinas, museums and other establishments. Q: Are there any restrictions on me if I want to carry a concealed firearm into a business that serves alcohol? A: Yes. If you are consuming alcohol or are under the influence of alcohol, you are not allowed to carry a concealed firearm into any business, including a business that serves alcohol. The law, however, does not specify whether a business owner has either the right or the obligation to ask patrons if they are carrying concealed firearms before serving them alcohol. Q: What does the law say about carrying a concealed, loaded gun in a car? A: Although Senate Bill 17 is most widely known for allowing “concealed carry” in restaurants and bars, it also changes much of the law regulating the transport of firearms in a vehicle. Previously, a loaded firearm could only be transported in a vehicle if it was contained in a holster or a locked box, or was in plain sight. Senate Bill 17 lifted those requirements. Now, assuming you are properly licensed, you are allowed to transport a concealed, loaded firearm in a vehicle you are driving or riding in as a passenger without these restrictions. Q: If I am stopped by an officer, do I have to report that I have a loaded firearm in my car? A: Yes. A few procedures about carrying a concealed firearm in
a vehicle were unchanged by Senate Bill 17. If you are stopped for law enforcement purposes and you have a loaded firearm in your car, you must inform the officer that a loaded firearm is in the vehicle and you must tell the officer you have a “concealed carry” license. The officer may ask to see the license, at which time you should produce it. You must keep your hands in plain sight of the officer and you must not touch the firearm unless the officer directs you to do so. If you are carrying the gun in your own vehicle, the officer likely will know you have a concealed carry license as that information will be tied to your vehicle registration. Q: May private business owners restrict or prohibit persons from carrying concealed firearms onto their businesses premises? A: Yes. Private business owners still have the authority to prohibit concealed handguns at their business locations, but they must post a notice in a conspicuous place stating that concealed firearms are prohibited on the premises. This “Law You Can Use” column was provided by the Ohio State Bar Association. It was prepared by attorney Lisa A. Wafer, an attorney with the Columbus law firm, Saia & Piatt, Inc. Articles appearing in this column are intended to provide broad, general information about the law. Before applying this information to a specific legal problem, readers are urged to seek advice from an attorney.
Legal Staying in the Home By Jeff Roth Lately, there have been an increased number of clients who ask about moving their parents into assisted living. The child has determined that it is time to move the parents but they are running into resistance. This is hardly a legal matter but it is a very real matter. You find a new one floor apartment for your parents with all of the latest safety and convenience features and they say thanks but no thanks. Today, parents seem to get a second wind when their independence is being threatened. Normally, I say just talk to them and they will do what you want but there is a new group of parents who defies family and says no to any help. They will actually chance losing family over giving up the home. The purpose of this article is not how to move them out of the home but rather to give them a second chance. Many times the children agree after a discussion that mom and dad could stay in the home a while longer. That may be right, but is the house safe for your parents? Usually we are talking about the home where you were raised. When was the last time the house was surveyed for safety? Dad and mom are not as conscience today of the potential problems or dangers that could be in that old house. They are slow to change and just expect the house to wear out with them. The following is a partial list of concerns. Most of the subjects do not need explanation. When you read the headings you should immediately have a visual whether there is a potential problem. Many times downsizing to a one floor modern home is the best answer for you but not for them. Familiarity can add years to your parent’s lives and it is a valid alternative to modernize and make the home safe. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 1.
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CORDS a. Are they overloaded? b. Are any of the cords old or frayed or cracked? c. Are they out of the flow of traffic? d. Arrange the furniture and lamps to avoid the use of extension cords. 2. SHELVES- check to see if they are properly secured and not overloaded. Have items they need conveniently placed. Do you have the visual of mom on the third step of the stool getting grandmother’s old recipe book? 3. RUGS, THROW RUGS AND RUNNERS a. Remove any unnecessary rugs to avoid falls. b. Are they slip resistant? Are the ends or sides curled and just ready to catch a toe? c. If under matting is used is it old? 4. DOORBELL. Can they hear it? Maybe rework the system to use a flashing light as an additional notice of a visitor. 5. SPACE HEATERS. This is of course a bad idea and another alternative should be found. If they are necessary, they need to be stabilized and away from flammable materials. 6. WOOD BURNING STOVE. Another bad idea. Discourage its use and find an alternative heat source. Are there smoke detectors and do your parents know what to do if one were to sound? How about Carbon Monoxide detectors? 7. TELEPHONES. Can your parents hear the phone? Get a separate ringer that can be louder or install a light. Can your parents see the numbers? Get a phone with large numbers. Do you have all emergency numbers easily accessible? Program the phone and practice with you parents on how to act quickly and make contact with the proper people or service. Remember the neighbor’s number. Install several phones that will provide easy access for mom and dad. Portables with large letters work best. 8. BE THE PARENT. Pretend you have trouble walking and go through the house. If you can not find something secure to grab on to then your parent will have the same
problem. 9. NEIGHBORS. Find that one neighbor who can be your eyes and ears. Discuss the matter with them and ask their assistance. This allows you comfort when you are not there. 10. EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES. Think through the obvious everyday activities that can easily trigger the accident. Carrying out the trash, getting the paper. Have a plan that does not disrupt daily life but allows someone to assist. 11. THE BATHROOM. This is an article all by itself. Again, be eighty and go through the procedure. If they are going to stay in the old house you will probably have to spend money to make it safe. 12. ONE FLOOR. There comes a time when the steps are just too much. This could mean a new bathroom on the first floor along with a makeover of the den to a bedroom. It is all a choice but one fall and you get the nursing home and an unhappy parent. Actually, through this process opportunity may arise to create a controlled problem and demonstrate
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to them that the time has come to move to an environment where assistance is available. If you take this course of action, remember it is an ongoing process as your parents and the house continue to age. This may seem like a strange subject but there are many broken bones due to failure by the child to make the home safe for the parent. Good Luck. Jeff Roth is a partner with Forrest Bacon, David Bacon and associate Jessica Moon of the firm ROTH and BACON with offices in Port Clinton, Upper Sandusky, Marion, Ohio and Fort Myers, Florida. All members of the firm are licensed in the State of Florida. Mr. Roth’s practice is limited to wealth strategy planning and elder law in both states. Nothing in this article is intended for, nor should be relied upon as individual legal advice. The purpose of this article is to help educate the public on concepts of law as they pertain to estate and business planning. If you have any questions you would like to have answered in this area of law, please direct your question to this journal and your question will be considered for use as the topic of subsequent articles. Jeff Roth can be reached at ohiofloridatrust@ aol.com (telephone: 419-732-9994) copyright Jeffrey P. Roth 2012.
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CSI Ohio Initiates New Business Rule Review Process Lt. Governor Mary Taylor recently announced that all future state agency rules which adversely impact businesses will be subject to analysis under CSI Ohio, the Common Sense Initiative. The analysis will help ensure that those affected by business regulations are given the opportunity to help shape those regulations, and will force agencies to validate that the purpose of the regulation justifies the impact to business. “CSI Ohio has been working since last January to create a new culture in Ohio government that recognizes that the business community is a partner in our economic success,” said Taylor. “Our rule review process will help formalize that partnership and restore balance to the development of rules which affect the ability of our businesses to survive, grow and create jobs.” Senate Bill 2, which Taylor helped draft and
shepherd through the General Assembly, provided the framework for the CSI analysis. The bill also required all state agency rules that have an adverse impact on business undergo the analysis before being filed with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR), beginning January 1, 2012. The Business Impact Analysis, the centerpiece of the CSI review, forces agencies to demonstrate that they have included stakeholders in the development of the rule, that they have evaluated the impact of the rule on businesses, and that the purpose of the rule is important enough to justify that impact. After the analysis is complete, it will be turned over to Taylor’s CSI office and to the public to determine whether the agencies have made their case. Under Senate Bill 2, JCARR is given new authority to invalidate a rule if the agency is not able to justify its impact on business.
“For the first time in Ohio, we have an accountability mechanism that helps ensure the regulations we develop for business actually serve an important public purpose,” said Taylor. “At the end of the day, I believe we will create more effective regulations and a stronger business climate under this process.” CSI Ohio was launched on January 10, 2011 by Governor Kasich to reform Ohio’s regulatory policies to help make Ohio a jobs- and businessfriendly state. CSI Ohio is reviewing Ohio’s regulatory system to eliminate excessive and duplicative rules and regulations that stand in the way of job creation. Ohioans with ideas on cutting through this red tape are encouraged to visit the CSI website and submit their ideas at www. governor.ohio.gov/CSI.
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bidding process to secure a low fee for their customer. They simply call ABC firm and ask, “How much will it cost to appraise the equipment and/or inventory at my client?” If the lender is not willing to bid out the job, the business owner should offer to do it. Keep in mind who is paying for the appraisal. Bid the jobs to qualified firms both on and off the approved list.
J. Brian O’Connell is a Principal with Barnes Wendling Appraisal Services LLC. Brian specializes in performing inventory and machinery and equipment appraisals. He has over 30 years of banking and appraisal experience. Reach him at 419.626.3627 or via e-mail at jbo@barneswendling.com <mailto:jbo@ barneswendling.com> . Barnes Wendling CPAs is located at 5002 Timber Commons Drive, Sandusky. To reach Director-inCharge of this location, Tim Mayles, call 419.626.3627.
thru” valuations. These alternatives can be significant cash savers.. The next step is to make sure that you are not over-paying for a name. If you have a mid-size business you probably don’t need an international appraisal firm. The overhead for these firms is passed along in the form of higher fees. Many times, lenders do not utilize a
Improving Patient Safety Magruder’s new RX stations are an important tool to improving the safety of medication administration.This technology has decreased dosage turnaround time from hours to minutes, getting patients on the road to recovery faster. Magruder, leading the way as one of the nation’s first all-digital smart hospitals. Visit www.magruderhospital.com and click on the virtual tour “Leading the Way” to learn more.
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Firelands Home Health Services Rated Nationally Firelands Regional Medical Center Home Health Services has been named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. “To be rated among the ‘best of the best’ in home care is an outstanding achievement and a direct result of staff who uphold the highest standards in delivering superior care to patients,” shares Karen James, RN, CRRN, Director of Firelands Regional Medical Center Home Health Services. “Their commitment is reflected in our quality outcomes and most importantly, in the improved quality of life of our
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patients who can live safely in their homes with comfort and dignity.” Now in its sixth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies. Those agencies being recognized are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality of care, process measure implementation and financial performance. Serving 13 counties, Firelands Home Health is a comprehensive program offering services such as skilled nursing, case management and IV infusion along with physical, speech, and occupational therapies. Other disciplines available include: social services and home care aides.
Firelands Regional Medical Center Recognized by Gastrointestinal Society The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), a leading gastrointestinal medical society, has recognized Firelands Regional Medical Center’s Digestive Health Center as dedicated to promoting quality in endoscopy. Firelands Digestive Health Center is one of 379 endoscopy units to be recognized since ASGE’s program began in2009. “We are honored to be recognized by ASGE for our efforts and success in providing top-quality care for our patients.” said Ann Arnold, Area Director of Surgical Services at Firelands Regional Medical Center.
“Our dedicated team of physicians, nurses and technicians work hard every day to provide high-quality care to our patients in a safe environment. This recognition is a direct result of their efforts.” The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program honors endoscopy units that follow the ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines and have completed specialized training on principles in quality and safety in endoscopy.
Samuel D. Fries, CPA, CFP® has received the Certified Financial P l a n n e r ™ designation by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Fries has worked at the Norwalk office of Payne, Nickles & Company, CPAs since 2007, where his responsibilities include tax planning and preparation, accounting services, and business consulting.
The CFP® certification allows him to also provide financial planning services to individuals and small businesses. The CFP® designation identifies individuals who have met the experience and ethics requirements of the CFP Board and have passed the CFP® certification exam covering the following topics: the financial planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning.
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North Coast Cancer Foundation Hires Director North Coast Cancer Foundation (NCCF) is pleased to announce the hiring of Deborah Miller as Executive Director. Miller has expertise in l e a d e r s h i p development, strategic initiative design, group facilitation, team building, program
management and grant proposal development. She has successfully coordinated grant preparation processes with government, business and education representatives to create grants for improving leader development and the conditions for leadership. Miller has two grown children and lives in Castalia with her husband Tom.
Memorial Hospital Enhances Care with Video Interpreting Services Memorial Hospital has begun utilizing the Martti (My Accessible Real Time Trusted Interpreter) video interpreting service. The Martti system, which his provided by Language Access Network, LLC (LAN) will allow the hospital to have access to 170 languages – including American Sign Language (ASL) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Martti system provides immediate translating service to patients in need of medical care. The Martti delivers Tonnie LeJune, R.N. and Katelyn Murphy, ED regisinterpreting service from tration clerk, with Martti System in Memorial Hosmedically trained LAN pital Emergency Department. interpreters through a HIPAA certified secured broadband when providing best possible care.” Once the system is fully network via a portable video monitor. To utilize Martti interpreter services, implemented, there will be three Memorial Hospital patients and portable Martti units at Memorial associates essentially video conference Hospital. One will be stationed in the with an interpreter. As comprehensive emergency department (ED), another and convenient as the Martti system at registration and the third location is, it will not replace the current will be determined based on usage. interpreters who work for the hospital. The Martti system is extremely “Martti is being utilized at Memorial portable; it is on wheels, and consists Hospital to enhance our interpreting of a video monitor with built in services,” said Overmyer. “In-person camera and microphone. It can also interpreting services will continue to operate on batteries, which will allow be used at the hospital as well. all Memorial Hospital departments to Communicating to patients in a way have easy access to it. that they feel comfortable is necessary
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Memorial Hospital’s PET Service earns National Accreditation The Memorial Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Department’s has been awarded a threeyear gold seal term of accreditation in positron emission tomography (PET) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). PET, also called PET imaging or a PET scan, is a type of nuclear medicine imaging. PET at Memorial Hospital is the latest imaging modality to earn an ACR gold seal of accreditation; it follows digital mammography, CT scan, MRI and nuclear medicine. Nathan Perkins, director of diagnostic imaging at Memorial Hospital, believes these accreditations are essential to providing quality health care in Fremont. “The ACR accreditation guarantees that Memorial Hospital patients are receiving best quality imaging tests,” said Perkins. “Accreditation also ensures that procedures performed at the hospital are done with
maximum safety measures in place.” The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peerreview evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs are assessed. Memorial Hospital offers a comprehensive range of health care services, including nationally accredited diagnostic imaging services; complete surgical services; intensive care, including inpatient kidney dialysis; inpatient pediatric care; emergency care; rehabilitation services; obstetric and gynecologic care; pulmonary care; mental health services; hospice care; nationally recognized home health care; nationally accredited cancer care; a nationally certified diabetes program and much more. For more information, visit memorialhcs.org.
GenoaBank Announces New Financial Consultant at GenoaFinancial GenoaBank, a locally owned, independent community bank, today announced Bob Salazar’s appointment as a F i n a n c i a l Consultant at GenoaFinancial, the bank’s financial advisory center. Salazar, an experienced Financial Consultant, will be housed in the bank’s Crossroads and Maumee Branches, but will be available to provide financial consulting services by appointment at any of the bank’s other locations. He will be providing services and advice to help customers
achieve their financial goals and objectives; serving the communities in Wood and Lucas Counties. Salazar, a Maumee resident, is actively involved with and enjoys giving back to the community; having served as an active member of several scholarship fundraising boards; as well as an organizing member of various events and festivals. Salazar has received numerous accolades for his outstanding commitment and involvement from the various communities that he has served. Salazar is a Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Charter Financial Consultant (ChFC).
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Certified Nurse Practitioner Joins Fisher-Titus Medical Care Internal Medicine Certified Nurse Practitioner Lori Wade recently joined Dr. John K. Hughes at FisherTitus Medical Care Internal Medicine. Wade brings with her 30 years of health-care experience. She earned her master of science in nursing to become a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2003. She also is a Certified Diabetes Educator. Dr. Hughes, board certified in internal m e d i c i n e , specializes in the health-care needs of adults. Prior to coming to the area, Dr. Hughes worked in private practice in Mansfield for 11 years. Dr. Hughes earned his doctor of medicine from the Medical College of Ohio, Toledo and bachelor of science from The Ohio State University.
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Dr. Naim Farhat of North Ohio Heart has joined the Snyder/White Heart & Vascular Center physician team at Fisher-Titus Medical Center. He specializes in Endovascular Peripheral Procedures including Peripheral Intervention, Renal Stenting, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stenting and Carotid Stenting. In addition, Dr. Farhat is able to perform diagnostic heart catheterizations at Fisher-Titus. He also has more than 12 years of experience in performing interventional heart catheterizations. Dr. Farhat has been with North Ohio Heart for 21 years.
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Terra Announces Next President
Newly elected Terra State Community College Board of Trustee Chair, Carl E. Koebel announced that the governing body of the College has unanimously selected current Vice President for Student and Administrative Affairs, Dr. Jerome Webster as the sixth president of the College. Dr. Webster received his bachelor of arts degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources from Olivet College in Michigan. After completing his master's degree in educational technology and human resources development, Dr. Webster entered the doctoral program in higher education administration at the University of Toledo. He is a member of Rotary Club InternationalFremont Chapter, a Board Member of the Sandusky County American Red Cross and is a member of the development committee for the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, OH. Dr. Webster, a resident of Fremont, Ohio will succeed Dr. Marsha S. Bordner; he will begin serving a three year contract effective July 1, 2012.
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Old Fort Bank Promotes and Hires Michael C. Spragg, President and CEO of The Old Fort Banking Company, is pleased to announce that Nicole Sweet has been promoted to Financial Center Manager at Old Fort Bank’s Fremont Financial Center. Ms. Sweet joined Old Fort Bank in December of 2002 Responsible for the daily operation, retail sales, development of new business and client service in the Fremont market area, Sweet has displayed exceptional leadership qualities in her previous responsibilities serving as team leader and new account representative in the bank’s Tiffin and Fremont facilities. A graduate of Terra Community College with an Associates Degree in Business Management, Nicole and her husband Eric reside in Old Fort. In a separate news release, Mr. Spragg announced that Eric Willman has joined The Old Fort Banking Company as Branch Administration Officer. In his new role, Willman
will direct the activities of all Old Fort Bank Financial Centers and will have overall responsibility for the operation and sales activities of the financial centers. A graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Science and a major in Marketing, he is a graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School. Willman resides in Tiffin with his wife Danielle and two children, Bradley and Abigail. He is the son of James and Beverly Willman and is actively involved with the Rotary and Optimist Clubs. The Old Fort Banking Company, established in 1916, is a locally owned independent community bank with a strong financial footing in all the communities they serve. The bank has full service financial centers in Bettsville, Clyde, Findlay, Fostoria, Fremont, Old Fort, and Tiffin as well as Loan Production Offices in Centerville and Xenia.
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Hospice of Memorial Hospital Receives $1,000 Grant The Dow Chemical Company announced that it will provide Hospice of Memorial Hospital with a $1,000 grant to support the hospice concept of care. The grant will be used to enhance the Camp Fearless Children’s Bereavement Program, which is hosted each summer by Hospice of
Memorial Hospital. According to Vicki Meade, Director of Hospice of Memorial Hospital, “We are extremely appreciative of the generosity of Dow Chemical. This grant will greatly enhance our already robust youth bereavement program.”
The Dow Chemical Grant is made in recognition of the value of hospice in a community. It is part of the Dow Chemical Foundation’s support to local communities where its retirees live. Camp Fearless is a free bereavement program for youth up to age 16.
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Serving the Community COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT 2011
SAVING LIVES
QUALITY CARE Emergency Department Visits.................... 18,212 Inpatient Admissions ................................... 2,476 Inpatient/Outpatient Visits ........................ 82,261 Surgery Procedures ..................................... 4,455
For more than 90 years, Memorial Hospital has been serving the
Lab Tests .............................................. 1,190,715
local community. As we continue to be a non-prof it organization
Physical Therapy Treatments ................... 107,573
that is dedicated to making Sandusky County a better place to live,
Diagnostic Imaging Procedures ................. 39,440
the hospital accounts for a total economic impact to the community
Pain Management Patients ........................ 11,644
of more than $155
Home Health Care Visits .............................. 7,803
million. In addition to the economic benefit
to our community, Memorial Hospital provides essential services
Hospice Visits............................................. 14,264
that educate, save lives, and keep Sandusky County healthy.
HealthLink Visits ........................................ 17,556
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Over 150 physicians on staff, with more than 100 specialists
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13 bay Emergency Department, completely renovated in 2010
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Mobile Meals............................................. 14,069 Total Volunteer Hours ................................ 35,453
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Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital Women’s Diagnostic Center, opened in 2010
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Weitzel-Kern Surgery Center, opened in 2001
Charity/Uncompensated Care ............$8.9 Million
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Herbert-Perna Center for Physical Health, opened in 2007
Capital Investments ............................$2.7 Million
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Inpatient obstetric and pediatric care
Utility Payments .................................$1.1 Million
Nationally recognized and accredited home health, diagnostic imaging and cancer services
Dollars Spent Locally ........................$10.4 Million
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Total Payroll and Benefits..................$31.1 Million
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