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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 1BCounty News

PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR ASHTABULA COUNTYTECHNICAL AND CAREER CAMPUS

A “Dessert Extravaganza” bake sale prepared byaspiring pastry chefs in A-Tech’s Culinary Arts programturned pastries into dough at the school’s annualHoliday Dinner recently. Proceeds from the popularbake sale will be directed to their class activity fund.In this photo, students Jazmine Dales and ShawnCasalina showcase trays of giant cream puf fs that wereamong the offerings at the sale.

A-Tech Culinary Arts students setthe table for Annual Holiday Dinner

During the hours of A-Tech’s the Holiday Dinner ,Horticulture and Landscaping program students hosteda bustling sale of the traditional holiday plants allcultivated in the school’s greenhouses. In this photostudent Misty Sackett and Horticulture instructor KenNoble display some of the offerings.

BY JAN PERALAA-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - Alumni,classmates, friends and neighbors gath-ered in the spirit of the season recentlyto savor a festive, full course HolidayDinner with all the trimmings servedup by Ashtabula County Technical andCareer Campus’ (A-Tech) Culinary ArtsI students. The Holiday Dinner, an an-nual A-Tech tradition, is open to thepublic and more than 600 diners came

out on a cold evening to enjoy the feast.The menu included Sliced Roast

Turkey, Maple Glazed Ham, Old Fash-ioned Dressing, Cranberry Sauce,Green Beans Almandine and MashedPotatoes with Gravy. Tossed saladwith a selection of toppings and din-ner rolls accompanied the meal’s maincourses.

Aspiring pastry chefs in A-Tech’s Cu-linary Arts II program turned pastriesinto dough during the Holiday Dinnerlast week, offering up a bake sale that

included giant cream puffs, cinnamonrolls, cheesecakes, big brownies, carrotcake and trays of decorated cookies. Pro-ceeds from the popular bake sale will bedirected to their class activity fund.

A room adjacent to the dining area,was filled with a profusion of poinsettiaplants cultivated to perfection in the A-Tech greenhouses by students in theHorticulture program.

All proceeds from the Holiday Din-ner will benefit A-Tech’s ScholarshipFund.

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - A Roam-ing Shores man has cor-rectly guessed the amountof snow that fell inAshtabula County betweenNov. 15 and Dec. 15, 2013.

Fred Ebersole, Sr.guessed that 17 incheswould fall in the 30-daytime frame of the annualTotal Snow Contest spon-sored by Gazette Newspa-pers. For his correct guess,he has won a self-propelled,electric-start, Briggs andStratton engine snowthrower purchased by Ga-zette Newspapers fromBortnick Tractor Sales on

Roaming Shores manwins Total Snow contest

Route 7, south of Conneaut.With a manufacturer ’s sug-gested retail price at$799.99, the 24-inch clear-ing width snow throwerwill handle whateverweather Mother Naturedishes out this year.

“It should do the job,”Ebersole said.

The contest receivedhundreds of entries fromsubscribers of the Gazette’sgroup of community news-papers located across threecounties and two states, in-cluding Ashtabula Countyand Lake County residentsin Ohio and Erie County,Penn. residents.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLFred Ebersole, Sr., of Roaming Shores, pictured with wifeJoy, was the winner of the Total Snow Contestsponsored by Gazette Newspapers. For correctlyguessing the total amount of snow that fell in AshtabulaCounty between Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, Ebersole won abrand new snow thrower.


JEFFERSON - TheAshtabula County commis-sioners passed a resolutionin support of the NortheastOhio Regional Airport dur-ing their meeting on Tues-day, Dec. 17.

The Ashtabula CountyAirport Authority is trying toobtain funds from the Fed-eral Aviation Administrationto move a runway project for-ward, Board of Commission-

ers President Joe Moroskisaid.

The airport authority hasrecognized that its runway9-27 is in a state of decline,is in need of complete reha-bilitation and is deficient ofcurrent aviation safety stan-dards.

The airport authority hasbeen actively engaged withthe FFA in the environmen-tal documentation, planningand engineering required toreplace the runway and tocreate a required Runway

Commissioners pass resolutionin support of county airport

Safety Area.“The Ashtabula County

Airport Authority is the solebeneficiary of the AshtabulaCounty Capital Expendi-tures Trust (a Donor AdvisorTrust) managed by theCleveland Foundation,which together with otherprivate support, will supple-ment the local match fund-ing required for the runwayproject,” the resolutionreads.

According to the resolu-tion, the Ohio Department of

Transportation values theairport at $48,970,000. Theairport also has an economicimpact of $5,497,000.

With the resolution, thecommissioners offered theirsupport to the airport au-thority in its endeavor to re-habilitate runway 9-27, withthe safety standards update,and endorsed the airportauthority in seeking public/private sector support forthe project, as required byand as part of the FFA’sproject approval process.


JEFFERSON - Despitethe defeat of the charterchange at the polls in No-vember, the Committee for aNew Ashtabula intends totry again.

“The Committee for aNew Ashtabula has decidedto continue on with its mis-sion of bringing commonsense government toAshtabula County. Startingin the new year, we will be-gin holding meetings withall those who want to join usin our quest,” spokespersonRobert “Doc” Malinowskisaid in a statement to themedia.

The Committee for a NewAshtabula sought to pass acharter-change issue to havenon-partisan elections, re-place the commissionerswith seven part-time districtcouncilors and create a pro-tection clause against emer-gency sales tax increases,among other actions.

Voters overwhelminglyrejected the proposal, by avote of 20,292 (67.62 per-cent) against to 13,721 in fa-vor.

But that defeat hasn’t

Committee for a NewAshtabula to continue

deterred the committee.“The other two counties

who have elected to makeCharter Government theirown didn’t win the first timearound, either,” Malinowskisaid.

Malinowski thanked ev-eryone who took part in theircampaign.

“Hopefully we’ll see youagain next year,” Malinowskisaid. “To all those who heardme say ‘we would win,’ mypromise still stands. It willjust take a little longer.”

Continued Malinowski,“Has anyone but me everwondered why the countycontracts with a bus servicewith a company in Califor-nia? Or why the county de-partments and offices arerequired to purchase theiroffice supplies from a com-pany outside of AshtabulaCounty? Or why an electedcounty official is allowed tohold two elected positions atthe same time in direct vio-lation of the Ohio RevisedCode? Just wondering.”

People interested inlearning more about thecommittee and when it plansto meet again may contactMalinowski at (440) 997-7688.

See CONTEST page 2B

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLSurrounded by his family and judges from throughout Ashtabula County, Nick Iarocciwas sworn in as the Ashtabula County prosecutor on Thursday, Dec. 19, in the OldCourthouse in Jefferson. Swearing in Iarocci was Ashtabula County Court of CommonPleas Judge Alfred Mackey. Iarocci’s wife, Lisa, holds the Bible. Iarocci replaces TomSartini, who retired effective Nov. 30. Ashtabula County commissioners appointedIarocci acting prosecutor and earlier this month, the Democratic Central Committeeunanimously voted to make him interim prosecutor. Iarocci will run for the position asthe appointed incumbent.

Nick Iarocci was sworn in asthe Ashtabula Countyprosecutor on Thursday, Dec.19, in the Old Courthouse inJefferson. He is pictured withhis wife, Lisa. As a full-timeprosecutor, Iarocci has sixmonths to close his law office.He must end the practice byJune 1, but ChristopherNewcomb, his associate atthe office, will continue tooperate it.

Iarocci sworn in as prosecutor

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 2BCounty News2014 tax season to open Jan. 31e-file and Free File can speed refunds

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service lastweek announced plans to open the 2014 filing season onJan. 31 and encouraged taxpayers to use e-file or Free Fileas the fastest way to receive refunds.

The new opening date for individuals to file their 2013tax returns will allow the IRS adequate time to programand test its tax processing systems. The annual process forupdating IRS systems saw significant delays in Octoberfollowing the 16-day federal government closure.

“Our teams have been working hard throughout the fallto prepare for the upcoming tax season,” IRS Acting Com-missioner Danny Werfel said. “The late January openinggives us enough time to get things right with our program-ming, testing and systems validation. It’s a complex pro-cess, and our bottom-line goal is to provide a smooth filingand refund process for the nation’s taxpayers.”

The government closure meant the IRS had to changethe original opening date from Jan. 21 to Jan. 31, 2014.The 2014 date is one day later than the 2013 filing seasonopening, which started on Jan. 30, 2013 following Januarytax law changes made by Congress on Jan. 1 under theAmerican Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA). The extensive setof ATRA tax changes affected many 2012 tax returns, whichled to the late January opening.

The IRS noted that several options are available to helptaxpayers prepare for the 2014 tax season and get theirrefunds as easily as possible. New year-end tax planninginformation has been added to IRS.gov this week.

In addition, many software companies are expected tobegin accepting tax returns in January and hold those re-turns until the IRS systems open on Jan. 31. More detailswill be available in January.

The IRS cautioned that it will not process any tax re-turns before Jan. 31, so there is no advantage to filing onpaper before the opening date. Taxpayers will receive theirtax refunds much faster by using e-file or Free File withthe direct deposit option.

The April 15 tax deadline is set by statute and will re-main in place. However, the IRS reminds taxpayers thatanyone can request an automatic six-month extension tofile their tax return. The request is easily done with Form4868, which can be filed electronically or on paper.

IRS systems, applications and databases must be up-dated annually to reflect tax law updates, business pro-cess changes and programming updates in time for the startof the filing season.

The October closure came during the peak period forpreparing IRS systems for the 2014 filing season. Program-ming, testing and deployment of more than 50 IRS sys-tems is needed to handle processing of nearly 150 milliontax returns. Updating these core systems is a complex, year-round process with the majority of the work beginning inthe fall of each year.

About 90 percent of IRS operations were closed duringthe shutdown, with some major work streams closed en-tirely during this period, putting the IRS nearly three weeksbehind its tight timetable for being ready to start the 2014filing season. There are additional training, programmingand testing demands on IRS systems this year in order toprovide additional refund fraud and identity theft detec-tion and prevention.

Cookie Season beginsone week later this year

Beginning Jan. 6, 2014, Girl Scouts of North East Ohio(GSNEO) is continuing the nearly 100- year tradition ofthe Girl Scout Cookie sale. The 2014 lineup includes favor-ites, such as Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs,Trefoils, and Savannah Smiles. The cookie program activ-ity is the nation’s largest girl-led business and the leadingfinancial literacy program for girls. Designed for girls ingrades K-12, it is a key element of the Girl Scout Leader-ship Experience.

The sale begins with girls taking orders from families,friends and neighbors at their homes and offices. For thosewho miss out on the in-person sales, they can still find theirfavorite cookies being sold at booth sales beginning March14, 2014 where troops will set up in front of local busi-nesses and shopping centers across the area. A cookie boothlocator app can be downloaded for the iPhone and Androiddevices by texting **GSCookies. The sale ends on March30, 2014.

Cookies cost $4 per package and the proceeds stay righthere in northeast Ohio to benefit girls and the very com-munities where Girl Scouts live. Last year, cookie custom-ers who donated their purchase to the GSNEO Gift of Car-ing project – Operation: Sweet Appreciation – sent 37,525boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to members of the military serv-ing overseas.

Since 1917, the Girl Scout cookie activity has been anannual event that has helped girls develop five importantleadership skills, including goal setting, decision making,money management, people skills, and business ethics,which they will use throughout their lives. The entire troopsets a goal and follows a plan leading toward that goal.Girl Scout troops use funds from the cookie activity to fundservice projects in their communities or to plan for an ex-citing trip. Many successful businesswomen have creditedtheir achievements to the Girl Scout cookie program.

For more information, visit www.gsneo.org/cookies or call1-888-9-Thin Mint to be connected to a Girl Scout troopselling cookies in your neighborhood.

Air Force Airman ZacharyM. Milo graduated from ba-sic military training at JointBase San Antonio-Lackland,San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed anintensive, eight-week pro-gram that included trainingin military discipline andstudies, Air Force core values,physical fitness, and basicwarfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete ba-sic training earn four cred-its toward an associate inapplied science degreethrough the Community Col-lege of the Air Force. Miloearned distinction as anhonor graduate.

He is the son of Jenniferand Joseph Milo of Geneva.The airman is a 2012 gradu-ate of Lakeside High School,Ashtabula.

Milo graduatesbasic training

The snow fall this year ismore than last year ’s total.Last year, Ellen VanPelt, ofSaybrook Township,guessed that a mere 3.5inches would fall in the 30-day time. In 2011, threeinches fell, and in 2010, 47inches of snow fell in thecontest period.

The total amount of snowis measured by NationalWeather Service snowfallobserver Greg Becker inDorset Township. Accordingto Becker, one inch fell onNov. 25; five inches on Nov.27; two inches on Nov. 28;five inches on Dec. 12; twoinches on Dec. 14; and twoinches on Dec. 15.

Ebersole and his wife,Joy, have entered the con-test in the past but neverwon. Joy guessed low, andFred guessed midrange.

“I just tallied it in myhead,” Ebersole said.

Ebersole was not the onlyone to correctly guess theamount of snow. Two otherpeople also correctly guessed17 inches - Bob Coleman ofWilliamsfield and DianeJackson of Jefferson.

But there can only be onewinner, so one name wasrandomly chosen.

Stefanie Wessell, senioreditor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached [email protected].

CONTESTFrom page 1B

In TheMilitary

FILE PHOTOCARLA HAGUE


JEFFERSON - OnWednesday, Dec. 18, theAshtabula County grandjury indicted Carla Hague,71, on charges that she in-tentionally poisoned herhusband, Ashtabula CountyProbate and Juvenile CourtJudge Charles Hague.

Carla Hague has beencharged with attemptedmurder and contaminating asubstance for human con-sumption, both first-degreefelonies, according to courtrecords.

Hague was arrested Dec.2, after the AshtabulaCounty Sheriff ’s Depart-ment conducted a lengthyinvestigation after JudgeHague fell ill.

The judge was treated atthe Cleveland Clinic afterbecoming ill. Family calledpolice when it was learnedhe had been poisoned withantifreeze.

He has yet to return towork, but is expected to soon.Because of age restrictions,

Hague indicted in poisoning case

he cannot run for anotherterm.

Carla Hague has pleadednot guilty to the charges.Previously, visiting ChardonMunicipal Court Judge TerriL. Stupica agreed she couldbe released on $100,000bond or surety, but withstipulations.

Stupica was appointed bythe Ohio Supreme Court tohear the case because localjudges and attorneys haveworked with Judge Hague.The case has now been as-signed to visiting Judge

Charles Brown.If she makes bail, Carla

Hague can go nowhere neartheir Ashtabula home orhave no contact with the vic-tim. She also shall not con-tact the victim through fam-ily or friends.

There were other stipula-tions. Carla Hague cannotleave the state. She mustinform the court of her loca-tion, job and telephone num-ber. She must submit to drugtesting.

She must have a risk as-sessment performed. Shecan possess no guns, hand-guns or dangerous ordnance.She must also be equippedwith a GPS.

Handling the state’s casewill be Leigh Bayer, assignedby the Ohio Attorney General’soffice, as the AshtabulaCounty Prosecutor ’s Officecannot handle the case be-cause of conflicts.

A pre-trial hearing will beconducted Jan. 7. No trialdate has been set, accordingto court officials.

The Hagues have beenmarried for 45 years.

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Ashtabula County Airport Authority/Northeast Ohio Regional Airport to

hold special meeting Dec. 27The Ashtabula County Airport Authority/Northeast

Ohio Regional Airport will hold a special meeting Fri-day, Dec. 27, 2013, at 9 a.m. at the Northeast OhioRegional Airport, 2382 Airport Road, Jefferson, Ohiofor the purpose of discussing property acquisition.

ASHTABULA - Ashtabula Works, a committee of localbusiness leaders and government and school officials com-mitted to improving awareness about job opportunities inAshtabula County, recognized six students from the AshtabulaArea City Schools for their submissions to the committee’slogo contest. The students received their awards at the Dec.18th school board meeting.

“We were impressed with the talent of the students. Theyput a lot of time and effort into their drawings and were verycreative,” said Rick Coblitz, chairman of the Ashtabula Workscommittee.

Members of the committee reviewed over 30 pieces of origi-nally-designed artwork. In the end, the committee decided tocombine two entries to come up with the final logo. One of thewinning entries was created by two students working together.

The students recognized are:First Place – Alex D’AndreaFirst Place – Brent Cook and Gaven PaeThird Place – Suzanne DarlingHonorable Mention – Garrett BaconHonorable Mention – Modesto LebronFirst- through third-place winners were awarded with a

check in addition to their certificate. Prize money for the win-ners was donated by A. Louis Supply, Ashtabula County Medi-cal Center, Grand River Rubber and Plastics, and State Rep-resentative John Patterson.

The committee liked the way D’Andrea substituted the ‘o’in the word ‘works’ with the outline of a person and the use ofinterconnecting sprockets. The committee also liked how Cookand Pae highlighted four key industries in Ashtabula County.Both designs conveyed the message the committee wanted,so the decision was made to bring them together into onefinal design.

“Jim Colvin, a professional graphic designer at PrintingConcepts, merged the two designs together into what is nowthe Ashtabula Works logo,” said Tina Stasiewski, a member

A li ttle reindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny noseSubmitted by the Ashtabula Maritime and Surface Trans-

portation Museum

A man named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted,stared out his drafty apartment window into the chillingDecember night.

His four-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap qui-etly sobbing. Bob’s wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer andLittle Barbara couldn’t understand why her mommy couldnever come home. Barbara looked up into her dad’s eyesand asked, “Why isn’t Mommy just like everybody else’sMommy?” Bob’s jaw tightened and his eyes welled withtears. Her question brought waves of grief, but also of an-ger. It had been the story of Bob’s life. Life always had tobe different for Bob.

Small when he was a kid, Bob was often bullied by otherboys. He was too little at the time to compete in sports. Hewas often called names he’d rather not remember. Fromchildhood, Bob was different and never seemed to fit in.Bob did complete college, married his loving wife and wasgrateful to get his job as a copywriter at Montgomery Wardduring the Great Depression.

Then he was blessed with his little girl. But it was allshort-lived. Evelyn’s bout with cancer stripped them of alltheir savings and now Bob and his daughter were forced tolive in a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums. Evelyndied just days before Christmas in 1938.

Bob struggled to give hope to his child, for whom hecouldn’t even afford to buy a Christmas gift. But if hecouldn’t buy a gift, he was determined to make one - astorybook! Bob had created an animal character in his ownmind and told the animal’s story to little Barbara to giveher comfort and hope. Again and again Bob told the story,embellishing it more with each telling.

Who was the character? What was the story all about?The story Bob May created was his own autobiography

in fable form. The character he created was a misfit out-cast like he was. The name of the character was a littlereindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny nose. Bob fin-ished the book just in time to give it to his little girl onChristmas Day. But the story doesn’t end there. The gen-eral manager of Montgomery Ward caught wind of the littlestorybook and offered Bob May a nominal fee to purchasethe rights to print the book. Wards went on to print,Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and distribute it to chil-dren visiting Santa Claus in their stores. By 1946 Wardshad printed and distributed more than six million copiesof Rudolph. That same year, a major publisher wanted topurchase the rights from Wards to print an updated ver-sion of the book.

In an unprecedented gesture of kindness, the CEO ofWards returned all rights back to Bob May. The book be-came a best seller. Many toy and marketing deals followedand Bob May, now remarried with a growing family, be-came wealthy from the story he created to comfort his griev-ing daughter. But the story doesn’t end there either.

Bob’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a song adap-tation to Rudolph. Though the song was turned down bysuch popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, itwas recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. “Rudolph,the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was released in 1949 and becamea phenomenal success, selling more records than any otherChristmas song, with the exception of “White Christmas.”

The gift of love that Bob May created for his daughterso long ago kept on returning back to bless him again andagain. And Bob May learned the lesson, just like his dearfriend Rudolph, that being different isn’t so bad. In fact,being different CAN be a blessing.

Ashtabula Works committee awardsstudents for logo contest submissions

SUBMITTED PHOTOFirst-place winners of the logo contest are pictured with members of the Ashtabula Works committee. Pictured (left to right)are: Gaven Pae, Hattie Grubke-Barnard, Brent Cook, Jim Timonere, Alex D’Andrea, Tina Stasiewski, and Rick Coblitz.

of the Ashtabula Works committee. “Jim and I have beenfriends for almost 20 years and he agreed to donate his timeto do this for us.”

The new logo will now be used on all information andmaterials that is sent out on behalf of the Ashtabula Workscommittee.

Ashtabula Works began as a subcommittee of the Busi-ness Advisory Council of the Ashtabula Area City Schools.The committee’s goal is to help business and the educationsectors better connect so students know what jobs are avail-able here in Ashtabula County and what they need to do toqualify for those jobs.

“All too often we hear from students and parents that thereare no jobs in Ashtabula County,” said Coblitz. “Yet, businessesin the county continue to struggle to find qualified individu-als to fill open positions. There is a disconnect that we’re try-ing to overcome. We want everyone to know that you don’thave to leave Ashtabula County to find a good job. You canmake a good living here.”

Since forming, the Ashtabula Works committee has alsopublished an insert in a local newspaper that highlightedfour businesses and the types of jobs available at each busi-ness. A second insert is planned for early in 2014.

The committee also formed a Career Bank, a list of pro-fessionals who have offered to meet with students – eitherone-on-one or in small groups – to talk about their job andwhat a student needs to know if he or she is interested inthat career. The career bank includes individuals with ex-perience in accounting, marketing, HVAC, nursing, real es-tate, human resources, information technology, healthcare,banking, business, funeral services, electrical engineering,non-profit administration, law, construction and variousother industries.

If you are interested in speaking with a student about yourcareer and would like to be included in the career bank, pleasecontact Tina Stasiewski at [email protected].


JEFFERSON - TheAshtabula County commis-sioners dealt with appoint-ment placements duringtheir meeting on Tuesday,Dec. 17.

Commissioners reap-pointed Edward Rzeszutek,of Conneaut, as theAshtabula County apiaryinspector for 2014.

In accordance with theOhio Revised Code, each per-son engaged in the rearingof queen bees for gift or salemust have his/her apiariesinspected annually for thediagnosis of any serious beedisease or indication of thepresence of Africanizedhoney bees.

The commissioners mayappoint a Deputy Apiaristwith the consent and concur-rence of the Director of Agri-culture to serve at the plea-sure of the Board of Commis-sioners to facilitate the in-spection of apiaries withinthe county.

Rzeszutek will be paid ata rate of $10.35 per hour,

and $.40 per mile for mile-age, not to exceed $6,000.

The commissioners alsoaccepted the resignation ofNicholas Iarocci from theAshtabula County Port Au-thority.

Iarocci is resigning fromthe board because of his newduties as Ashtabula Countyprosecutor.

His resignation is effec-tive immediately. His termwas set to expire on Aug. 8,2016.

In other actions, the com-missioners approved an ad-ditional services agreementwith New World Systems, ofTroy, Michigan, for account-ing system software for theAshtabula County Auditor’sOffice.

On April 17, 2008, thecommissioners approved astandard software licenseand services agreement forthe Ashtabula County ac-counting system software.

The additional servicesare to implement Logos.NetHuman Resources - NextGeneration.

The cost is not to exceed$14,250.

Commissionersadjust appointments

Applications are now being accepted forscholarship programs that give high school

students an opportunity to study abroadApplications are now being accepted from motivated

high school students who wish to study abroad, withfull and partial scholarships available. These opportu-nities are available through AFS, a non-profit interna-tional exchange organization for students and adultsthat operates in more than 50 countries, and organizesand supports intercultural learning experiences.

The Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES)Abroad has 65 full scholarships for a year abroad inone of 13 countries with significant Muslim populations.Application deadline for this program is January 9,2014.

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)has 50 full scholarships for a year abroad in Germany.Students apply through AFS with an application dead-line of January 9, 2014.

In addition to these full scholarships, AFS Global-Leaders need-based scholarship applications are ac-cepted and reviewed on a rolling basis, as part of thecore AFS application process. The Cultural ExplorerScholarship is a $3,000 merit-based scholarship for pro-grams to China, Egypt, India, Turkey or Russia.

For more information on these scholarships, andother opportunities to study abroad, visit the AFSwebsite at www.afs.org. Or contact Amy Vavra [email protected].

Zonta Club of AshtabulaArea to offer scholarships

Scholarships are available from the Zonta Club ofAshtabula Area. The club is part of Zonta International,an organization of business and professional women dedi-cated to improving the status of women worldwide.

The Zonta Club of Ashtabula Area is taking applicationsfor scholarships. Qualifications include:

• Undergraduate or graduate female student. Sophomorestatus or above for the following fall semester/quarter

• Applicant or parent/legal guardian must be anAshtabula County resident

• Based on financial need and academic achievement(B average or above)

• Ashtabula Area Zontian immediate family membersare ineligible

• Planning to graduate or enroll at least half-time (6 ormore credit hours) per term for the upcoming academic year

Completed applications are due by March 1. For more in-formation, or to request an application, please call RobinBolender at 224-2485 or e-mail [email protected].

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 4BFor the Record

Conneaut PoliceAt 9:07 a.m. Dec. 13, a

Harbor Street resident re-ported an assault betweenjuveniles.

At 12:43 p.m. Dec. 13, aLake Road resident re-ported that his chain linkfence was damaged.

At 1:34 a.m. Dec. 14,two male subjects werecited for squealing tires onBroad Street.

At 10:38 a.m. Dec. 14, anon-injury traffic accidentwas reported on SanduskyStreet.

At 2:56 p.m. Dec. 14, aState Street resident re-ported harassment.

At 3 p.m. Dec. 14, an un-ruly juvenile reported by aLake Road resident wascited into Juvenile Court.

At 10:21 p.m. Dec. 14,James R. Hale was ar-rested on Ackerman Streetfor a warrant throughConneaut MunicipalCourt.

At 10:53 a.m. Dec. 15,an East Main Road resi-dent reported a theft ofscrap metals from his prop-erty.

At 12:40 p.m. Dec. 15, adomestic altercation wasreported on State Street.

At 12:52 p.m. Dec. 15, adomestic altercation wasreported on Broad Street.

At 6:24 p.m. Dec. 15, adomestic altercation wasreported on Beaver Street.

At 6:32 p.m. Dec. 15, afemale juvenile reportedmissing from the Pitts-burgh area was located inConneaut. Her guardiansdrove to the area to re-trieve her.

At 7:18 p.m. Dec. 15, adomestic altercation wasreported on Old MainRoad.

At 8:34 p.m. Dec. 15, acivil matter was reportedon Harbor Street.

At 7:42 a.m. Dec. 16, avehicle was towed for asnow ban violation. Snowplows had been plowingaround it.

At 10:19 a.m. Dec. 16,damage was reported to afence on Brandon Drive.

At 3:28 p.m. Dec. 16, aMaple Avenue resident re-ported an assault.

At 4:06 p.m. Dec. 16, amale was booked into jailafter being caught and ad-mitting to the theft of cop-per from the cell phonetower on Underridge Road.Charges were being re-ferred to his accomplice/driver by the Law Director.

At 11:04 p.m. Dec. 16, adomestic altercation wasreported on Harbor Street.

At 12:17 p.m. Dec. 17, atelevision was reportedstolen from a Bliss Ave.residence.

At 2:13 p.m. Dec. 17,Items were reported stolenfrom a Main Street resi-dence.

At 5 p.m. Dec. 17, aWest Main Road residentreported that his juveniledaughter was unruly.

At 5:19 p.m. Dec. 17, anon-violent domestic alter-cation was reported onSandusky Street.

At 10:23 a.m. Dec. 18, anemployee at General Alu-minum reported threats.

At 11:40 a.m. Dec. 18, aMain Street business re-ported a shoplifting.

At 11:50 a.m. Dec. 18,an East Main Road resi-dent reported identitytheft.

At 11:52 a.m. Dec. 18,Anthony Carr was arrestedon Main Street for a pro-bation violation.

At 3:48 p.m. Dec. 18, aHarbor Street resident re-ported the theft of her wal-let.

At 11:43 a.m. Dec. 19,copper was reported stolenfrom an East Main Roadresidence.

At 4:18 p.m. Dec. 19, aState Street resident re-ported harassment.

At 4:34 p.m. Dec. 19, aMarshall Street residentreported the theft of a cellphone.

At 4:34 p.m. Dec. 19,Steven G. Turner was ar-rested on Main Street forwarrants through theAshtabula County Sheriff ’sOffice and transported totheir custody.

At 4:40 p.m. Dec. 19, afemale subject reported anassault on Broad Street.

At 7:59 p.m. Dec. 19, aHarbor Street resident re-ported a prowler.

Ashtabula PoliceDec. 130052 hours - West 32nd

Street/Station Avenue. Op-erator license.

0046 - 1000 block ofLyndon Avenue. Personalwelfare.

0239 - Schenley Avenue/

Kyle R. Adkins andKayla R. Hawke, both

of Ashtabula

John M. Morgan andLaurie A. Mason, both

of Geneva

Johnny ChontezeCrockett and DevoneM. Dismukes Broyles,

both of Ashtabula

Ernest N. Clute, ofWattsburg, Pa., and

Ruth Maxine Vickery,of Andover

Jonathon D. Lovelandand Amy M.

Brandeberry, both ofGeneva

Cregg AnthonyVaughn and Shafon W.

Pollard, both ofAshtabula

Matthew T. Vallimontand Julie L. Hare , both

of Ashtabula

Lawrence A. Sakacsi,of Oakwood Village,

and Rhonda J. Rock, ofAshtabula

Vincent M. Jantonioand Brittney M. Rock,

both of Ashtabula

Robert F. Shinault, Jr.,and Kori RichelleSheldon, both of

Ashtabula

Lisandro Roman andMadeline Reyes, both

of Ashtabula

William D. Brooks, ofPierpont, and Lisa A.

Buie, of Cranesville, Pa.

Russell J. Welsh andLisa A. Hautala, both

of Geneva

William R. Fowler andAshley M. Phillips,

both of Geneva

Stephon A. Chapmanand Amanda S.

Wheeler , both ofLinesville, Pa.

Jerry M. McRobertsand Ashley N. Jarvis,

both of Ashtabula

James A. Jeppe, Sr.and Jeanne M. Kadyo,

both of Ashtabula

Brian E. Cumberledgeand Melanie M.Welton, both of

Ashtabula

Shawn M.Oehlenschlaeger anddJacqueline M. Wagner,

both of Dorset

Marriages

Veterans ServiceCommissionannounces

meeting datesThe Veterans Service Com-

mission Board has announcedits meeting dates for 2014.

The dates are:Jan. 2, 15.Feb. 5, 19.March 5, 19.April 2, 16.May 7, 21.June 4, 18.July 2, 16.Aug. 6, 20.Sept. 3, 17.Oct. 1, 15.Nov. 5, 19.Dec. 3, 17.All board meetings are

open to the public and areheld 4 p.m. Wednesdays.Any changes will be posted.The Jan. 2nd meeting is onThursday due to the NewYear holiday.

Jefferson EMS12/15 15:05 Chest Pain

Transported12/16 04:14 Weakness

Transported12/16 08:20 Chest Pain

Transported12/16 11:29 Respiratory

Distress/Difficulty Breath-ing Transported

12/17 18:29 GeneralMedical Transported

12/18 16:01 Poison/Over-dose Transported

12/19 08:56 Stroke/CVATransported

12/19 14:49 GeneralMedical No Treatment Re-quired

12/19 21:35 AbdominalPain (non-Traumatic) Trans-ported

12/20 13:36 Fall Victim(NO INJURY) No TreatmentRequired

12/20 18:28 Mutual AidReceived Cancelled

12/21 09:01 Psychiatric/Behavioral Transported

Prospect Road. Assistother agency.

1055 - 4000 block ofDunsmore Avenue. Vandal-ism.

1042 - 1000 block ofThayer Avenue. Trespass-ing.

0816 - 5000 block of Jay-cee Avenue. Theft, fromauto.

1447 - 1000 block of Wil-low Arms Drive. Havingweapons under disability.

1949 - 1000 block ofMyrtle Avenue. Alarms. Aburglary was reported.

Dec. 151626 hours - 4000 block

of Osborn Avenue. Suspi-cion.

1734 - 1000 block ofWest Prospect Road. Tres-passing.

1810 - 1000 block ofLambros Lane. Non-vio-lent domestics.

Dec. 161208 - 1000 block of

East 45th Street. Parkingviolation.

1209 - Parking viola-tion.

1402 - 1000 block ofEast 46th Street. Burglary- no forced entry.

1513 - 1000 block ofWest 9th Street. Report ofa theft of a package.

1418 - 500 block of Bun-ker Hill Road. Theft, other.A fight was reported.

1434 - 1000 block ofWest 8th Street. Breakingand entering - forced entry.

2040 - 600 block ofSeven Hills Road. Assistother agency.


of West 30th Street. Dis-

abled motor vehicle. A ve-hicle was towed for beingabandoned.

0425 - 1000 block ofEast 16th Street. Unautho-rized use of auto. A stolenvehicle was reported.

0810 - 4000 block ofBirchwood Avenue. War-rant served.

1704 - 800 block of LakeAvenue. Report of an as-sault.

1830 - Cork ColdSprings/Mechanicsville.Animal - miscellaneous. Avehicle struck a deer.

2147 - 3000 block ofLarson Lane. Burglary -forced. A caller reports aburglary.

Dec. 180226 - 5000 block of

West Avenue. Disabled mo-tor vehicle.

1129 - 3000 block ofLake Avenue. Caller re-ports a theft.

1530 - 5000 block ofWoodman Avenue. Distur-bance.

1544 - U.S. Route 20/Station Avenue. Distur-bance.

1600 - 4000 block ofTodd Avenue. Aggravatedburglary - forced entry.

Dec. 190047 hours - Bunker

Hill Road/Jefferson Av-enue. Operator license.Driver caught drivingwithout a license and hisauto was towed.

0609 - 700 block ofThayer Avenue. Distur-bance.

0713 - 600 block of West38th Street. Disturbance.

1018 - 5000 block ofReed Avenue. Truancy. Ajuvenile was reported tru-ant from school.

1325 - 1000 block ofWest Prospect Road. Astand by was requested.

1353 - 2000 block ofDeerfield Drive. Suspi-cious person.

1447 - West 44th Street/Main Avenue. Suspiciousperson. Two suspiciouspersons were observed inNorth Park. Two arrestsmade.

1547 - 1000 block of Co-lumbus Avenue. Suspicion.A suspicious male was re-ported.

2010 - 3000 block of Su-perior Avenue. Disorderlyconduct. Two men were ar-guing on Lake Avenue.

2019 - 1000 block ofWest 7th Street. Theftfrom auto.

2025 - 200 block ofMarion Drive. Obstructingofficial business.

2216 - 700 block of West33rd Street. Disturbance.


of State Road. Disorderlyconduct.

PHOTO BY DEE RILEYOn Saturday, the rain didn’t dampen the Christmas spirit as onlookers drove through Lake Shore Park toview Lights on the Lake.

Rain doesn’t dampen Christmas spirit

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 • 5BFor the RecordAAA East Central expects to rescue

46,000 stranded holiday driversFollow these easy tips to

avoid a holiday breakdownAAA East Central anticipates aiding approximately

46,000 stranded motorists in the local five-state region (KY,NY, OH, PA and WV) during the Christmas and New Year ’sholiday driving period, December 21 to January 1.

As 85.8 million drivers nationwide take to the roads forthe holidays, AAA expects to be busy across the countrywith battery replacements and jump starts, changing tires,extricating vehicles from snow, towing vehicles for repairand more.

“Becoming stranded on the roadway is the last thing onanyone’s holiday wish list,” said Steve Popovich, Manag-ing Director of AAA’s Automotive Services Department.“Many winter breakdowns can be avoided with a touch ofpreventive maintenance.”

More than 8,600 dead car batteries, 15,300 tows expectedDead car batteries will be one of the primary culprits

leaving local motorists stranded this holiday season. Themotor club predicts more than 8,600 members will sufferbecause their car will not start. AAA’s Mobile Battery Ser-vice offers battery replacement on-location by certified bat-tery technicians.

AAA anticipates changing more than 5,100 flat tiresduring the holidays and extricating 5,300 cars stuck in snowor mud. The motor club also expects to retrieve 5,000 setsof keys locked inside cars or perform other locksmith ser-vices for members.

AAA projects its roadside problem-solvers will be ableto remedy the issues of more than three out of five strandedmotorists at the roadside and send them on their way, butmore than 15,300 drivers will experience car trouble thatwill result in a tow during the holidays.

Drivers can avoid the causes of some roadside break-downs by keeping their vehicles properly maintained. AAAadvises motorists to follow their vehicle manufacturer’s rec-ommended maintenance schedule and make sure their ve-hicle is ready for the rigors of year-end holiday driving.

Here are a few things to add to your list before headingout for your holiday drive:

Antifreeze. Check antifreeze annually to ensure it willwithstand the winter cold. A 50/50 mixture of coolant andwater will protect against freezing.

Windshield wipers and washer fluid. Replace wiperblades if they do not clear the glass in a single swipe with-out streaking. Where appropriate, consider the use of spe-cial winter blades that offer improved performance in snowand ice conditions. Fill the windshield washer reservoirwith winter detergent fluid to prevent freeze up.

Tires. Cold weather reduces tire inflation pressure, socheck tire pressures frequently and maintain the vehiclemanufacturer ’s recommended pressure found on thedriver ’s door jamb—not the pressure stamped on the tiresidewall. Motorists should never reduce tire pressure inan attempt to increase traction on snow and ice. This doesnot work, and when the roads dry out it can cause exces-sive tire wear and vehicle handling problems.

Battery. Check for a secure fit and clean away any cor-rosion on the battery and its cable connections. Have thebattery tested before cold weather hits to check if replace-ment is necessary, AAA members can make an appoint-ment to have AAA Battery Service technicians visit theirhome or office to check and replace batteries.

Belts and hoses. Replace accessory drive belts that arecracked, glazed or frayed, as well as coolant hoses that arevisibly worn, brittle, bulging or excessively soft. Check forleaks around hose clamps and at the radiator and water pump.

Other important areas to have a certified techniciancheck in preparation for winter include the vehicle’s fluidlevels, lights, brakes, exhaust system and heater/defroster.Throughout the winter driving season, motorists shouldcontinue to have regular services, including oil and filterchanges, performed at the intervals recommended by thevehicle manufacturer.

While preventative measures go a long way toward keep-ing motorists driving safely on the road, unexpectedweather or vehicle problems may still arise and leave themstranded. AAA encourages motorists to update their emer-gency roadside kit for winter to include a mobile phoneand car charger; blankets; a flashlight with extra batter-ies; a first-aid kit; drinking water; a small shovel; a sack ofsand, cat litter or traction mats; windshield scraper andbrush; battery booster cables; and emergency flares or re-flectors.

Motorists seeking a trustworthy repair shop to help pre-pare their vehicle for winter driving are encouraged to visitone of AAA’s Approved Auto Repair facilities. AAA’s net-work of approved repair shops is a free public service thatenables consumers to identify professional auto shopsstaffed by certified technicians who are equipped with theproper tools and equipment to service today’s high-techautomobiles. Consumers can find Approved Auto Repairfacilities online at AAA.com/repair.

Android and iPhone users can download AAA Mobile,AAA’s mobile smartphone app that provides selected AAAservices for all motorists, such as mapping and gas pricecomparison, as well as member-exclusive benefits includ-ing roadside assistance and discounts. AAA membership isnot required to download and use AAA apps, but is neces-sary to take advantage of unique member benefits such asroadside assistance. For more information on AAA Mobile,visit AAA.com/Mobile.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit organization with82 local offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Ken-tucky and New York, servicing 2.7 million members.

ObituariesElizabeth Ida Jones

August 19, 1928 - December 4, 2013

Elizabeth IdaJones, born Au-gust 19, 1928,daughter of Ed-ward James andBoneita RoseM e l l i n g e rBoyles. Shepassed away atthe BayonetPoint Hospital inHudson, PascoCo., Florida De-cember 4, 2013.Elizabeth passedsurrounded byloving family,knowing she was going tomeet the Lord.

She married Bobby D.Jones, December 1, 1973, herloving and dedicated hus-band of 40, years who washer constant companion. Lizand Bobby enjoyed being to-gether and sharing timewith their church family.

Preceded in death by herparents; sisters Goldie Morr,Doris Mackey, Edna Moyer;brothers Russell Runyan,Raymond Boyles, LloydBoyles, and Robert Boyles.

Survivors include: herchildren; Merlyn Troy

( C h r i s t i n e )Bailey, Cynthia(Dan) Fish,Clifford (SherryMiller) Bailey,Lee (Stacey)Unsinger, Gary(Cindy) Jones,Deborah (Dave)Canter, DanielJones; 24 grand-children and 15great grandchil-dren; sistersDorothy Wyles,Betty Eller ,Louise Jenkins;

brothers Edward Boyles,and Richard Boyles. Fam-ily members includebrother-in-law Billy(Shirley) Jones, and manynieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Sat-urday, December 7, 2013, atGrace Memorial FuneralHome, Hudson, Florida. Fu-neral service followed.www.gracemefuneralhomehudson.com

In lieu of flowers the fam-ily requests that contribu-tions be made to the Ameri-can Heart Association, POBox 15120 Chicago, IL 6069.

GREENSBORO, NORTHCAROLINA – DorothyLeanora Panek, 87, formerlyof North Ridge West,Ashtabula died on Saturday,November 30, 2013 at Hos-pice House in High Point,North Carolina.

She was born July 9, 1926in Elmora, Pennsylvania,the daughter of Leroy andVirginia (Degremont)Gallagher and had been anAshtabula resident since1952, moving to Greensboroin 1999 where she lived withher daughter Cherie.

Prior to her retirement,she worked at the SaybrookMcDonald’s.

She was a member of St.Joseph Church and a pastmember of the V.F.W. Post

Dorothy L. PanekJuly 9, 1926 - November 30, 2013

943 Auxiliary.Her survivors include

three daughters, Cherie En-glish of Greensboro, NorthCarolina, Bernadette Nolanof Ashtabula, and JaquelineBurgess of Houston, Texas;seven grandchildren: andthirteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her husband whomshe married January 3,1950, Gervase N. Panek in1985; one grandson, ShawnWight of Ashtabula threesisters Audrey Zinsky, MaryAnderson, and MarleneWiggins; brothers JackGallagher, Leon Gallagher,and Harold Gallagher.

Graveside services will beheld at a later date to be an-nounced.

Kiwanis Club to hold MartinLuther King Day BreakfastASHTABULA - The Kiwanis Club of Ashtabula will spon-

sor a pancake breakfast and program on Martin LutherKing Day, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, from 8-10 a.m. at St.Peter’s Episcopal Church, 4901 Main Avenue, Ashtabula.

The event will be marked by an inspirational reading ofDr. King’s famous “I have a dream” speech, as well as aperformance by the acclaimed men’s choir from Ashtabula’sPeople’s Missionary Baptist Church.

“We are hosting this breakfast and program to celebrateDr. King’s legacy and to also remind the community aboutthe importance of service to God, country and our fellowman,” said Steven Sargent, president of the AshtabulaKiwanis. “Our purpose is to generate more enthusiasm forgood deeds.”

The breakfast is free and open to the public, but dona-tions will be accepted on behalf of the Ashtabula 100 andKey Clubs sponsored by the Ashtabula Kiwanis.

The Ashtabula 100 is a group of like-minded black menfrom the Ashtabula area who are collectively working onimproving the community one project at a time. And, KeyClub is the high school leadership organization with localchapters at Saint John School and a soon to be charteredLakeside High School, which assists Kiwanis in carryingout its mission to serve the children of the world.

For more information and to RSVP, call at 440-998-6465.Space is limited to 150 participants.

Agenda:• 9 a.m. – Breakfast Served• 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. – Choir• 9 a.m. – Welcome, Introductions, Purpose & Prayer - Rev.Womack• 9:15 a.m. – “Why service matters”?Sen. Sherrod Brown (invited)?U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (invited)?OH Rep. John Patterson (invited)?Ash. County Commissioner Chair Joe Moroski (invited)?Ashtabula City Manager Jim Timonere (invited)• 9:40 a.m. – “I have a dream” - Rev. Sargent• 9:55 a.m. – Challenge to serve - Rev. Sargent• 10 a.m. – Close

SUBMITTED PHOTOKnights of Columbus Council 5589 donated 1,000 poundsof potatoes to Country Neighbor in Orwell for theirChristmas food distribution to families in need onWednesday, Dec. 18. Members pictured with thepotatoes are, left to right, Gary Hunter, Jim Young, GilKandrac, and Jeff Carlson. Not pictured are Del Rodgersand Laddie Marous. Transportation was provided byMarous Farm Enterprises.

Knights of ColumbusCouncil 5589 donatesto Country Neighbor

PHOTO BY DEE RILEYTruck meets truck in an accident at the Pilot driveon Wednesday. The Ohio State Highway Patrolhandled the scene.

Truck meets truck



JEFFERSON - The com-missioners’ meeting room inthe Old Courthouse inJefferson was packed onThursday, Dec. 19, as re-elected - or newly elected -trustees waited to be sworn infor their new terms.

Many of AshtabulaCounty’s judges were presentto do the honors, includingAshtabula County CommonPleas Court judges RonaldVettel, Gary Yost and AlfredMackey; Eastern CountyCourt Judge Robert Wynn;Ashtabula Municipal CourtJudge Al Camplese; andConneaut Municipal CourtJudge Thomas Harris. Re-tired Western County CourtJudge Richard Stevens alsowas present to swear inHarpersfield TownshipTrustee Ed Demshar for theeighth time.

“Some of the most famouspeople from AshtabulaCounty practiced law here,”Mackey said of the historicmeeting room.

I solemnly swear...Among those historical fig-

ures were Joshua Giddings,who served in the U.S. Houseof Representatives and was aleading fighter against sla-very, and Benjamin Wade, aU.S. Senator who was onevote away from becomingpresident, had the impeach-ment of Andrew Johnson in1868 led to a conviction at atrial in the Senate.

Clarence Darrow practicedsome of his earliest caseshere, Mackey said. Darrowwas an American lawyer andleading member of the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union, andhe is regarded as one of thegreatest criminal defense law-yers in American history.

Before swearing in thetrustees, Mackey swore innew Ashtabula CountyProsecutor Nick Iarocci,with his wife Lisa holdingthe Bible. Next, Campleseswore in Ashtabula CountyTownship TrusteesAssocition President DebbieFriedstrom, with her fellowPlymouth Township TrusteeKevin Presley holding theBible.

Trustees wait to be sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 19.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge RonaldVettel swears in Lenox Township Trustee Jim Robinson.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLAshtabula Municipal Court Judge Albert Campleseswore in Plymouth Township Trustee Debbie Friedstrom,with her fellow Plymouth Township Trustee Kevin Presleyholding the Bible.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge RonaldVettel swears in Sheffield Township Trustee Troy Vanek.Also pictured is wife Barb Vanek.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge AlfredMackey swears in Williamsfield Township Trustee ThomasMartin, pictured with wife Connie.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge RonaldVettel swears in Monroe Township Trustee John Griggs.

Conneaut Municipal Court Judge Thomas Harris swearsin Richmond Township Trustee Tom Hitchcock.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge AlfredMackey swears in Williamsfield Township Trustee GaryBabb. Also pictured is wife Jody Babb.

Eastern County Court Judge Robert Wynn takes care ofthe paperwork for Lenox Township Trustee John Maylish.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge Gary Yostswears in Cherry Valley Township Trustee Jeff Smith.



DENMARK TOWNSHIP -Mourning him won’t bringhim back, so instead AlvaCorron’s family is choosing tocelebrate his life.

The family is holding a cel-ebration of life for 18-year-oldAlva Corron from 3-7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Ber-nard F. Vacca Mt. CarmelCommunity Center, 1200 E.21st St., Ashtabula. Anyonewishing to remember Alva iswelcome to attend.

Alva was killed Saturday,Dec. 14, when the vehicle hewas a passenger in struck atrain in Denmark Township.

“I don’t want to mourn hisdeath,” Alva’s mother, Mary,said of why the family ischoosing a celebration of lifeinstead of a funeral.

Alva’s father, Chad Corron,said Alva’s death is a tragedyto their family, but “the Lordneeded him.”

“The Lord has a purposefor him. He did what he wassupposed to do here,” Chadsaid.

During the celebration oflife, people can share memo-ries about Alva and what hemeant to them. The familysaid through his death, theyare learning a lot about thepeople Alva touched in his life.

“Mourning isn’t going tobring him back, so we’rechoosing instead to celebratehim,” sister Dawnelle Corronsaid.

Alva was a junior at theOhio Connections Academy,and a Boy Scout. He earnedhis Eagle Scout through theBoy Scouts of America in theshort time of three years. Amember of both St. JosephChurch and Our Lady of Mt.Carmel Church, he was plan-ning after high school gradu-ation to become a licensedelectrician and work with hisfather in construction.

Although Alva planned tobecome an electrician, he alsowas skilled in computers andtechnology. Dawnelle said heliked making new inventions.

“He enjoyed tinkering,”Mary said. “If there was some-thing he thought could workbetter, he would try to do so.”

Mary recalled when Alvawas about five years old, hebuilt a helicopter out ofLEGOs and was thrilledwhen it came with a motor to

Celebration of Life to be held in honor of Alva Corron

SUBMITTED PHOTOSAlva Corron

move around.He also enjoyed games like

Minecraft, but instead of play-ing the game, he liked to buildworlds using it.

His family thought hemight go into a computer fieldafter graduation, but Alva sawthe computers as just a hobby.

“‘No, this is just for fun,mom. I’m going to be an elec-trician,’” Mary recalled himsaying.

With his enrollment in avirtual academy, Alva wasbasically home schooled, soBoy Scouts was a way to gethim out into the real world,Chad said. His parents saidAlva thrived in Boy Scouts,which came as a surprise tothem at first.

He earned his Eagle Scoutrank in three years, some-thing most boys take eight to10 years to accomplish. HisEagle Scout project consistedof constructing a flag pole atthe Kingsville BaptistChurch. After earning EagleScout, Alva began workingwith the younger scouts andhelping them.

Alva belonged to Troop 11,and Scout Master MikeNelson said it was outstand-ing that Alva earned EagleScout so quickly. He saidmuch of that is owed to Alva’sown initiative.

“Alva had the greatestheart,” Nelson said. “He wasan exceptional scout. He wasalways willing to give backand to help anybody.”

Nelson said Alva was verycreative, and he also enjoyedcamping - and the more primi-tive, the better, as long as hecould sneak his cookies in.

Nelson said Alva also wasalways willing to help withthe younger scouts, and helooked for the good in every-body. In return, the youngerscouts looked up to and ad-mired him.

“He was very friendly,”scout Noah Nelson said. “Henever had an enemy.”

When talking about whatthey remember most aboutAlva, his friends and familyuse many of the same words.He was happy. He liked help-ing others. He worked hard.

“He was the happiestyoung man. There was alwaysa smile and a glitter in hiseyes,” grandma Alice Corronsaid. “And he was there to com-fort you when you needed it.”

Alice said Alva made a CD

of their family 2012 Christ-mas, and he also took a week-end and came with his grand-parents to videotape a re-en-actment they did of gold pros-pectors from the 1800s at theAC&J Scenic Railroad inJefferson.

“Computers and cameraswere Alva’s way to expresshimself,” Alice said. “He madecopies for all of us. Nobodyknows how much things likethis and memories will becherished until they lose aloved one.”

Alice said Alva was a shin-ing star for her.

“When I look to the heav-ens and see the stars, I willsee the stars in my grandson’seyes,” Alice said.

Dawnelle said Alva wasn’tthe average young man. Heliked being with his familyand didn’t mind staying hometo spend time with them. Hisparents and cousin MorganCorron shared that Alva wasalways ready to give someonea hug if they needed one.

Alva always looked for thebest in people, and he neverhad any enemies and didn’tjudge people, friendJohnathon Criss said.

“No matter who you were,he never looked down onpeople,” Mary said. “I’ve seenAlva go out of his way to helppeople he didn’t even know.”

Dr. Michelle Pratt, Alva’sninth-grade intervention spe-cialist at Ohio ConnectionsAcademy, also remembershim fondly.

“When Alva started ninthgrade, he lacked confidence.Not necessarily in himself,but just overall,” Pratt said.

Pratt recalled that whenhe would answer a question,he would second guess his an-swer.

But Pratt had the privilegeof watching him grow aca-demically and personally.

“By the time he finishedninth grade, he was more con-fident,” Pratt said. “He wasable to take what he learnedand solve real-world prob-lems.”

And sometimes, Alva eventaught her. Pratt said he wouldcall with a question, and itwould be something evenPratt would have to stop andthink about in order to answer.

On a personal level, Prattsaid Alva was a very specialkid and a unique student.

“You could never get off the

phone with him and be an-gry,” Pratt said. “If you had abad day, he would get you tolaugh.”

Pratt said she is a linearthinker, seeing things in blackand white, but Alva was amuch more fluid thinker. Sherespected how he would ques-tion answers instead of justaccepting them.

“I learned a lot about my-self because Alva challengedme to think outside my squarebox,” Pratt said.

Memorial/Benefit Rigatoni Dinner For

ALVA & BRENT CORRONJanuary 4th, 2014 from 2-7pm

Jefferson United Methodist Church125 Jefferson St.

Opening & Closing Ceremony will be

conducted by Boy Scouts Troop #11 & #41

Music performed @3pm by members of the

troops & the high school stage band.

CHINESE AUCTION • LOTTERY TREE • 50/50

We will also have a dedication speech area where

your stories, memories and thoughts can be

shared among family and friends.

Please come out and show your support for these familiesfollowing the tragic train accident on Netcher Rd. Dec. 14, 2013.

Dinner is Adult...$10 • Children 10 & under...$5

*Children under 3 eat for free.Take out is available!

This event is sponsored by The Ashtabula 4-H Program, The BoyScouts Troop #11 & #41, Lowes, Home Depot plus many more.

For more information or to make a donation, please contact:

Bernie Kranauer @ 440-228-2510 [email protected]

Valerie Dunne @ 440-812-9406 [email protected]

Lori Spellman @ 440-858-9726 [email protected]

Audrey Felicijan @ 440-474-2126

Pictured, from left, are Johnathon Cirss, Dawnelle Corron, Chad Corron, Mary Corron and Alva Corron.

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BY JAN PERALAA-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - On the Thursday be-fore Christmas, the cup-boards at Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Career Cam-pus (A-Tech) were overflow-ing with boxes of stuffingmix, soups, gravies, veg-etables and tinned fruit.Now those cupboards arebare, but no one could behappier than the A-Techstudents who donated thebounty to provide holidaymeals for classmates andtheir families who are expe-riencing hardship. TwelveA-Tech families, which in-cluded 58 people, will enjoyholiday meals with all the

Holiday Service Event fills thecupboards for A-Tech families in need

A-Tech Culinary Arts seniors Renee Molzon, Allan Jones,Natalie Demas, Nick Bush and Autumn Lang packed uprows of cartons with more than five thousand cannedand boxed food items and household sundries for twelveA-Tech families who are experiencing hardship thisholiday season. “This is super important to all of us,”Culinary Arts II student Renee Molzon said. “These arefamilies of people within our school who are having ahard time at Christmas.” The bounty was donated by A-Tech students and staf f throughout the month ofDecember as part of the annual Holiday Food Drive.

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR A-TECHA-Tech Computer Networking & Electronic Technologystudents and their instructor Scott Basen are skilled atcreating links between websites. It’s what they do everyday. But, during the month of December, they createdlinks to the spirit of the holiday season, hanging the everlengthening Spirit Chains which draped the ceiling in theschool’s cafeteria before Christmas break. Each link inthe chains represented a contribution to the school wideHoliday Food Drive which helped fill the cupboards oftwelve A-Tech families experiencing need. Hanging thechains are CNET students Tim Stroud and Christopher Sitko.

trimmings thanks to the al-truism of A-Tech students.

Throughout the month ofDecember, A-Tech studentslinked up to share the spiritof the season.

The annual school -wideSpirit Chain competitiongenerated nearly $200 topurchase non-perishablefood items to supplementthe mountains of cannedgoods contributed to a con-current Holiday Food Drive.Students purchased links inthe Spirit Chains for anickel each or six for a quar-ter as grade levels competedto create the longest chain.

By mid December, thecolorful links, created byvarious A-Tech programsand draped by Computer

Networking and ElectronicTechnology students, stretched back and forthfrom wall to wall in the caf-eteria illustrating the levelof contributions.

A school-wide food drivecoordinated by Health CareAcademy (HCA) programstudents generated morethan 5,000 containers ofnon-perishable food items.

HCA program studentsstored and sorted the do-nated items and CulinaryArts students packed largecartons for each of thetwelve families.

“This is super important

to all of us,” Culinary ArtsII student Renee Molzonsaid. “These are families ofpeople within our schoolwho are having a hard timeat Christmas. It was sogreat that they could comein and pick up boxes andboxes of food for the holi-days. ”

“This cuts close and weall want to help,” CulinaryArts senior Nick Bush said.

“We are sending a mes-sage of hope,” NatalieDemas said. “It’s a reallygood feeling to know wehelped.”

Through Jan. 7 Jefferson: ChristmasExtravaganza at Victorian Perambulator Museum

25th year Christmas Extravaganza at VictorianPerambulator Museum in Jefferson. Special open house 6-9 p.m. Dec. 5 with music, cookies. Otherwise 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturdays. Groups welcome anytime by appointment.Call (440) 576-9588. Fourteen rooms.

Through Dec. 29 Ashtabula Township:Lights on the Lake

Lights on the Lake, now in its eighth year, covers roughlyhalf of the park off Lake Road in Ashtabula Township andwill be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sun-days from Nov. 29 to Dec. 29. It will also be open Christ-mas Eve and day from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 per caror if a bus, $1 per person.

Jan. 2 Saybrook Township: Blood mobileGive a pint. Get a pound. Please donate blood on Janu-

ary 2 at Saybrook United Methodist Church, 7900 DepotRoad (across the street from St. John’s School) from 2-6p.m. Every donator receives a free brick of Dunkin’ Donutscoffee and a coupon for a free pound of coffee. Give the giftof Life this holiday season!

Jan. 23 Austinburg: Free community dinnerAustinburg First United Church of Christ, located at

2870 Rt. 307 in Austinburg, will hold a free communitydinner on 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

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ROCK CREEK - RockCreek Elementary Schoolstudents believe it’s betterto give than receive, andthey’re practicing whatthey preach.

In the weeks leading upto their Christmas break,the students took part intheir winter-service projectto make sure families in thearea have a bright Christ-mas. The project involved aschool-wide food drivesponsored by the fourthgrade, a toy collection for“Toys for Tots,” and aschool-wide “Penny Wars.”

With the Penny Wars,each classroom has its owncanister that gets filled upwith coins, PTO Co-Trea-surer Heidi Vandevendersaid.

“You want to get themost pennies in your jar,”Vandevender said.

If a student brings in aroll of pennies, that countsas double. But if a studentbrings in quarters, that

Rock Creek students give up gift exchange to help others

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLRock Creek Elementary School students Jade Brown, Kaylee Fleming and MeganBrand pose with the Penny Wars containers.

causes their total to drop -and drop double if thosequarters are rolled.

So why would a studentbring in quarters? That’swhere the “war” part comesin - students don’t have todrop the coins in their ownclassroom’s canister. Theycan drop them in whatevercanister they want, andsabotage other classes,Vandevender said.

The money raisedthrough the Penny Wars isused to purchase gift cardsfor the families adopted bythe school, Vandevendersaid.

The money and itemsraised through theseprojects will go towardhelping 25 to 30 families inthe area have a betterChristmas, Principal LarryMeloro said. The RockCreek Methodist Churchhas assisted with theproject, with the help ofschool secretary LorettaPanzarella.

Between the items givenby the school and thechurch, the families are

provided a full Christmasmeal. Besides the families,Panzarella said the church

also provides meals forsome of the church’s wid-ows.

“By providing familieswith food for a holidaymeal, toys for children, andgift cards to purchase otherneeded items, families willhave a better holiday,”Meloro said.

Meloro said the studentsalso decided to forego theirclassroom gift exchangesand donate money towardthis endeavor.

“This is a great way todemonstrate and model forour students that the truemeaning of the season isgiving to others,” Melorosaid.

And it’s not just Santawho is watching to see ifthe students are naughty ornice. Panzarella said “elf onthe shelf” Levi arrived Dec.10, and he hid around theschool, with students tryingto find his new location ev-ery day. On Dec. 20, heheaded back to the NorthPole to report to Santa onhow well the children be-haved.

Rock Creek Elementary School students Ben Cleveland, Sam Discher, Denver Morrison, Grayson Moody, RemingtonRyan and Sam Wright pose with the items collected in the food drive.

In Penny Wars, students can sabotage other classes bygiving them silver coins.

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Popular Farm Bill conservationprogram seeks producer participation

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’sNatural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is open-ing the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) for newenrollments for federal fiscal year 2014. Starting todaythrough January 17, 2014, producers interested in par-ticipating in the program can submit applications toNRCS.

“Through the Conservation Stewardship Program,farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners are going theextra mile to conserve our nation’s resources,” NRCS ChiefJason Weller said. “Through their conservation actions,they are ensuring that their operations are more produc-tive and sustainable over the long run.”

The CSP is an important Farm Bill conservation pro-gram that helps established conservation stewards withtaking their level of natural resource management to thenext level to improve both their agricultural productionand provide valuable conservation benefits such as cleanerand more abundant water, as well as healthier soils andbetter wildlife habitat.

Weller said today’s announcement is another exampleof USDA’s comprehensive focus on promoting environmen-tal conservation and strengthening the rural economy, andit is a reminder that a new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill ispivotal to continue these efforts. CSP is now in its fifthyear and so far, NRCS has partnered with producers toenroll more than 59 million acres across the nation.

The program emphasizes conservation performance —producers earn higher payments for higher performance.In CSP, producers install conservation enhancements tomake positive changes in soil quality, soil erosion, waterquality, water quantity, air quality, plant resources, ani-mal resources and energy.

Some popular enhancements used by farmers andranchers include:

• Using new nozzles that reduce the drift of pesticides,lowering input costs and making sure pesticides are usedwhere they are most needed;

• Modifying water facilities to prevent bats and birdspecies from being trapped;

• Burning patches of land, mimicking prairie fires toenhance wildlife habitat; and

• Rotating feeding areas and monitoring key grazingareas to improve grazing management.

Eligible landowners and operators in all states and ter-ritories can enroll in CSP through January 17th to be eli-gible during the 2014 federal fiscal year. While local NRCSoffices accept CSP applications year round, NRCS evalu-ates applications during announced ranking periods.

To be eligible for this year ’s enrollment, producers musthave their applications submitted to NRCS by the closingdate.

A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help pro-ducers determine if the program is suitable for their op-eration. The checklist highlights basic information aboutCSP eligibility requirements, stewardship threshold re-quirements and payment types.

Learn more about CSP by visiting the NRCS websiteor by contacting the local NRCS office in Orwell @ 440-437-5888.

Power Show Ohio ticketsOSU Extension has received an ample supply of Power

Show Ohio tickets good for free admission for everyone inthe vehicle and $2.00 off parking. The event will be Janu-ary 24-26 at the Ohio Expo Center and fairgrounds. Thosethat attend will get to learn more about products in thefield of agriculture, outdoor power equipment and construc-tion. There will also be daily educational seminars, cook-ing demonstrations and the National Kiddie Tractor Pullwill be featured. If you are considering attending the PowerShow, stop by the office at 39 Wall Street in Jefferson fortickets. More information about the 2014 Power Show canbe found at: http://www.omeda.org/powershow/

BY JAN PERALAA-Tech

JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - Three students en-rolled in the Graphic Com-munications program atAshtabula County Technicaland Career Campus were re-cently elected to lead theirpeers as regional officers inthe SkillsUSA organization.

Kasey Rollman waselected Vice President of theNortheast Ohio Chapter. Herhome school is JeffersonHigh School. Jackie Gale(Pymatuning Valley HighSchool) will serve as RegionalTreasurer and Noah Morgan(Edgewood High School) waselected Historian.

The three A-Tech stu-dents were selected from afield of nearly 4,500 mem-bers of the organization fromeighteen schools in theNortheastern Ohio region.

The three newly mintedofficers all said they are ea-gerly anticipating the oppor-tunities that their new posi-tions afford. As regional of-ficers, they will travel toWashington D.C. in Januaryfor leadership training. Theywill represent A-Tech at theRegional SkillsUSA Confer-ence in March as well as theState Conference in April.

A –Tech Graphic Communications studentsto lead the way as SkillsUSA regional officers

“I am very excited aboutthis opportunity and feel itwill help me improve lead-ership skills needed in mycareer,” Rollman said.

“I know this will opendoors of opportunity for meand I am looking forward tothe travel and meeting newpeople,” Gale said.

“This opportunity willgive me the leadership skillsand motivation to not only

better myself, but those Iwill be working with,” Mor-gan said.

SkillsUSA is a nation-wide partnership comprisedof students, teachers andrepresentatives from busi-ness and industry joined ina collaborative effort to en-sure the viability of a skilledworkforce in the UnitedStates. The organizationboasts more than 300,000

members in 13,000 schoolbased chapters located ineach U.S. state.

According to theorganization’s website,SkillsUSA provides appliedtraining in career technicalareas with a focus on lead-ership, teamwork, and char-acter development. The or-ganization promotes under-standing of the free enter-prise system placing an em-phasis on community ser-vice.

SkillsUSA sponsors lead-ership and career based com-petitions affording studentsthe opportunity to showcasetheir skills at the local, re-gional, state and nationallevels. In recent years, A-Tech Graphic Communica-tions students AndreaWright, Aleigha Warton andJennifer Slezak qualified forthe SkillsUSA NationalChampionships in KansasCity, as did A-Tech/GrandValley High School MultiMedia students Kevin Cedarand Cody Byler. NicholeDubecky, Leilany Pagan, Tif-fany Bevins, Trinity Lopez,Kristen Hommes, TeilaGagat, Celest Shalan, KristyAnderson and EliseMusaccio were nationalqualifiers on the Openingand Closing team.

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR A-TECHA-Tech Graphic Communications I students Jackie Gale(Pymatuning Valley High School), Noah Morgan(Edgewood High School) and Kasey Rollman (Jef fersonHigh School) have been named of ficers in theNortheastern Ohio Region of the nationwide SkillsUSAOrganization. They are pictured with their instructor andSkillsUSA Advisor Mrs. Suzanne Pratt.


JEFFERSON - TheAshtabula County commis-sioners passed a resolutionauthorizing the collaborationwith the Lake Erie EnergyDevelopment Corporation(LEEDCo) in the Clean En-ergy Initiative during theirmeeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Previously, AshtabulaCounty, Cuyahoga County,Lake County and LorainCounty (LEEDCo Counties)joined LEEDCo and gavesupport to LEEDCo’s missionto build an offshore windpower industry in NortheastOhio to create jobs and driveeconomic prosperity, gener-ate clean energy locally andexpand Ohio’s electricity gen-eration portfolio.

Offshore wind energy gen-eration produces no air emis-

Commissioners pass LEEDCo resolutionsions, unlike electric powerplants that release mercury,offshore wind turbines do notconsume water nor dischargemercury into Lake Erie, un-like thermodynamic powerplants, and studies indicateoffshore wind foundationscan provide artificial reefs forcertain species which willbenefit Lake Erie ecosystem,according to the resolution.This will decrease contami-nation and protect Lake Erie,an important fresh water re-source.

LEEDCo is pursuing ademonstration project (“Ice-breaker”) in pursuit of its mis-sion, and the LEEDCo coun-ties and LEEDCo have a de-sire to attract $46.7 million ofU.S. Department of EnergyFunds to the region.

The success of the demon-stration project has the poten-tial to attract investment in

Ohio that can create jobs inthe LEEDCo Counties, theresolution states.

“This is the next step in theLEEDCo project,” Commis-sioner Dan Claypool said.

With the resolution, theboard of commissioners agree:

1. That the LEEDCoCounties of Ashtabula,Cuyahoga, Lake and Loraincollectively agree to a rev-enue sharing agreement tobenefit all four counties andwhere economically feasibleas determined by the Boardof Commissioners, to pur-chase 10 percent of electric-ity from project Icebreakerfor at least a 16-year period.

2. LEEDCo will pursue in-novative technical and con-struction measures, employcompetitive contractual pric-ing, strive for best possible fi-nancing terms and arrange-ments, engage world class

firms to execute the projectand will exercise best prac-tices in project managementand construction manage-ment in order to drive downthe cost of electricity.

3. LEEDCo Counties willnegotiate in good faith withLEEDCo and prospectiveCompetitive Retail ElectricServices (CRES) providers,certified by Public UtilitiesCommission of Ohio, to enterinto mutually agreeablePower Purchase Agreementsto purchase Project Ice-breaker electricity.

4. LEEDCo Counties willcollaborate to pursue jointpurchasing of conventionalenergy in order to achieve costsavings over current energypurchasing contracts andpricing.

The next phase in theproject will be the installationphase, Claypool said.

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Merry Christmas,Ashtabula County! I hopeSanta is good to you todayand that you received every-thing you wish for in yourChristmas stocking. As youread this, I will be munch-ing away on a wonderfulplate of Christmas cookies.As we close out 2013 andstart to compile our NewYear resolutions, I wouldlike to share information ona program which will helpyou get your affairs in orderand examine whether or notSanta could be a farmer.

I am pleased to announcethat OSU Extension inAshtabula County will helpresidents kick off the NewYear by offering a workshop,titled “Getting your Farm &Family Affairs in Order.”This workshop will be heldon Saturday, January 4,2014 at the AshtabulaCounty Extension office lo-

Forage Production School to be heldForages supply a significant part of the feed in most

dairy and other ruminant animal operations in Ohio. OSUExtension in Ashtabula County is pleased to announce theywill be a host site for the OSU Extension Forage Produc-tion School on January 30, February 4 and 11, 2014 from12:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.

This forage production school is being offered by the OhioState University Extension Dairy Working Group and theOSU Extension offices in Ashtabula, Darke, Licking,Mahoning, Morrow, and Wayne Counties. The course isgeared toward both forage and livestock producers. Em-phasis will be on forages for dairy users, but beef and sheepusers will also benefit from the course.

Attend this workshop to discover new, innovative waysof looking at forage production and what might work foryou. Learn how to maximize profit per acre in Ohio’s crazyvariable weather. OSU Researchers and OSU ExtensionSpecialists and Educators will present cutting edge infor-mation on what is new in forage production with live inter-action between all program sites. Instructors will be di-vided among the program locations. There will be time fordiscussion on each topic after it is presented.

Topic areas to be covered at the 2014 Forage ProductionSchool: What’s new in forage genetics;

Small grains and double cropping; Fertility and manureutilization; What’s new in weed control;

What’s new in agronomic products/additives; Precisionagricultural technologies for forage production;

What’s new in forage quality evaluation; Economics ofCutting management; Shrink in silage/hay making; For-age inventory management; and What’s new in corn silage.

The registration fee for this program is $45and includesa notebook of materials and school presentation. Registra-tion is required by January 17, 2014. For more informa-tion about this program, contact the Ashtabula CountyExtension office at 440-576-9008.

Farmland Lease Workshop to be heldon Monday, March 10 in Jefferson

OSU Extension in Ashtabula County is pleased to an-nounce that a Farmland Lease Workshop will be held onMonday, March 10, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at theAshtabula County Extension office located at 39 Wall Streetin Jefferson, Ohio.

Barry Ward, Assistant Professor & Leader, ProductionBusiness Management and Peggy Hall, Assistant Profes-sor & Director for the Agricultural & Resource Law Pro-gram will be the keynote speakers for this workshop. Land-owners and farmers are encouraged to attend to learn thebest management practices of leasing farm ground in North-east, Ohio. Some of the topics which will be addressed dur-ing this program include: farmland leasing options, cashrental arrangements, flexible cash rents, share crop leases,economic factors for leasing, legal issues in farmland leas-ing, learning from worst-case scenarios, example leases andfarm lease resources

The registration fee for this program is $20 per person.The registration fee includes program materials and ahearty Northeast Ohio lunch. Make checks payable to OhioState University Extension. Pre-registration is requiredby February 28, 2014. Room space is limited, so first comefirst serve. Due to meeting room size, registration is lim-ited to 40 persons.

Mail to Ashtabula County Extension office, 39 WallStreet, Jefferson, Ohio 44047. More information about thisprogram can be obtained by calling the Ashtabula CountyExtension office at 440-576-9008 or by accessing http://ashtabula.osu.edu. For a list of our other farm lease work-shop dates and locations, visit http://aglaw.osu.edu.

Answers to tough farm tax questionsDo you need a resource to answer those tough farm tax

questions? If so, farmers can receive a free copy of IRSPublication 225, the 2013 Farmers Tax Guide, at the officelocated at 39 Wall Street in Jefferson. The 2013 Farmer’sTax Guide can be used as a guide for farmers to figure taxesand complete their farm tax return. The Farmers Tax guidecan also be found on-line at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p225.pdf

Grain Marketing in Challenging TimesOn-Line Course Being Offered

OSU Extension is pleased to announce that an On-lineGrain Marketing course will be offered this winter for Ohiocrop producers. This series of classes will be taught by Dr.Matt Roberts, OSU Extension Specialist in the Departmentof Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics.

This series of webinars has been developed to help grainproducers prepare for the bumpy road which is forecastedfor crops in 2014. Watch these webinars from the comfortof your home or farm business office on January 7 & 14;February 4 & 18 and March 4 from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.

During this series, participants will learn how to de-velop a marketing plan to fit their farm business. Learnmore about using futures and options and how to utilizecrop insurance as a grain marketing tool. Learn how totailor your grain marketing plan to your financial state-ment analysis.

Included as a part of this series is a grain marketing simu-lation which allows participants to practice the marketing con-cepts taught in the course. Each participant will have 50,000bushels of corn and 25,000 bushels of soybeans to market.

The cost for this webinar series is $135 with $100 beingallocated to the grain marketing simulation software com-petition. Depending on your marketing success in themarketing simulation, you can earn part, all, or more thanyour $100 investment back! Your final registration for thecourse will depend on your marketing success. There is a$25 non-refundable service fee for cancellations. For moreinformation about this workshop, contact Chris Bruynis atthe Ross County Extension office at: 740-702-3200 [email protected].

Depending on the number of enrollees from Ashtabulaand Trumbull Counties, local meetings will be held to as-sist participants during the series.

BY KATHY SMITHAshtabula County FarmBureau

Have you ever heard of a“farm Christmas”? If you areover about 60, you may havecelebrated a farm Christmaswhen you were younger. Doyou remember going to thewoods to look for a tree or treetop to take home? If the righttree couldn’t be found thenbranches were used. Goingsomewhere to buy a tree wasnot an option and the artificialtree hadn’t been invented yet.

Once the tree was in place,you could start making orna-ments out of constructionpaper or magazines. Andthen the most fun was string-ing popcorn to decorate it.

AGRICULTURALAGENT COMMENTSby David MarrisonOSU Extension Agent

Merry Christmas, Ashtabula County!cated at 39 Wall Street inJefferson, Ohio from 10 to11:30 a.m.

Yours truly (DavidMarrison) will teach thisclass which has been de-signed to help program par-ticipants make good on theirNew Year’s resolution to gettheir affairs in order. Thisprogram will help addressthe “ah-crap” momentscaused by the unexpected.There is no registration feefor this program; howeverpre-registrations are re-quested by calling theAshtabula County Exten-sion office at 440-576-9008.

So what are the “ah-crap”moments? These could in-clude farm accidents, cancer,disability, heart attacks, fail-ing health, and death.Farming is the nation’s sec-ond most dangerous occupa-tion in the United States.This combined with the ag-ing farm population, couldmean that your farm busi-ness might lose one of its keymanagers un-expectantly. Isyour farm ready for the un-expected? Have you pre-pared the next generation torun your farm business af-ter you are gone?

Learn how to develop anemergency contact list foryour farm and how to de-velop letter of instructions toyour their heirs regardingtheir financial matters.Learn how to consolidate allof your financial and per-sonal information in oneeasy document. This willhelp you get a better handleon your finances and allowyou to get a jump start onyour estate plan. Learn the“opossum approach” tochecking to see if your heirsare ready to run the farm

business. Take time to orga-nize your financial mattersfor your peace of mind. Thisprogram will save you hun-dreds of dollars as you plandevelop your succession, re-tirement, and estate plans.Get your affairs in order soyou can concentrate on yourfamily, career, and bucketlist!

If you cannot make the in-person workshop on January4, I will be teaching it againvia webinar on Thursday,January 9 from 7 - 8:30 p.m.You can miss the snowy driveinto Jefferson by simply log-ging on your computer towatch the webinar. No pre-registration is required andproducers can attend by log-ging on to: carmenconnect.osu.edu/ohioagmanager/

Participants are encour-aged to test their computersystems out by logging ontothe web site before the pro-gram.

More information aboutthe January 4 workshop orJanuary 7 webinar can pro-gram can be obtained bycontacting David Marrisonat marrison.2 @osu.edu or440-576-9008.

Finally, I would like toshare again this year the tenreasons why Santa could bea part time farmer. After all,he has the same MO – thatis investigation talk forMethod of Operation – as afarmer.

1. Just like a farmer, heworks all year on a commod-ity, and at the end of the yearhe gives it all away andstarts all over again for nextyear.

2. He has to keep his live-stock in good shape to seehim through the year and

get the job done.3. He knows how to get by

with the same equipmentseason after season.

4. His job and final deliv-ery depend greatly on theweather, He works outsideeven in the worst of weatherconditions.

5. He’s good with kids.Kids love animals, and bothSanta and farmers have themarket cornered on provid-ing lovable and cuddly ani-mals.

6. Both Santa and farm-ers love the colors red andgreen. Farmers especiallylike farm equipment inthese colors.

7. Santa and farmersboth work late hours, enjoygood food, frequent themalls annually, and have thepublic perception that theycan perform miracles withlittle or no return. Bothcover a lot of ground in ahurry when the pressure ison.

8. Both have the abilityto ho – or is it hoe? – duringtough times.

9. And when you reallythink about it, Santa doeswear boots somewhat like afarmer.

10. And finally…..bothhelp to take care of the needsof the whole world.

I hope your Christmasstocking is filled with greatthings. Best wishes for agreat new year and I hopeeach of you have a good andsafe Christmas!

David Marrison is Exten-sion Educator, Agriculture &Natural Resources, OhioState University Extension.Mr. Marrison can be reachedat 440-576-9008 [email protected]

Ever hear of a ‘farm Christmas’?Your tree was not buried inpresents the way trees of to-day are. My mom, who wasborn in 1922, says that themost exciting present of allto her was getting an orangein her stocking. This was ona farm here in AshtabulaCounty during the Depres-sion, but nearly everyone wasin the same situation.

My dad, born in 1917, usedto tell us that his favoriteChristmas present as a childwas getting a pair of shoes forthe left and right foot. Mostshoes that kids wore at thattime were for either foot andweren’t very comfortable.Kids today would think youwere punishing them if yougave them an orange or a pairof shoes for Christmas. Times

have really changed!Since I grew up on a dairy

farm, opening presents hadto wait until Dad got in fromdoing chores. We lived downthe road from the farm, andI can remember that itseemed to take forever forhim to walk home. My sis-ters, brother and I wouldpress our noses against thefront room window and tryto be the first one to spot Dadwalking around the curve.

As we grew older, we gotto be the ones helping to getthe chores done as fast aspossible so we could openpresents. It seemed to takeforever for those cows to fin-ish milking, to feed and bedthe calves, and wash milkersso we could go home to eat

and start having fun.As adults with our own

cows to milk before we couldcelebrate Christmas, onething became very clear:when you are rushing to getchores done on a farm, some-thing always seems to gowrong. Year after year it wasthe same story. Things wouldbe going pretty good and thenon Christmas Eve just beforethe church program the kidswere participating in, the silounloader would break. OnChristmas morning the barncleaner or the manurespreader nearly always hadproblems. Finding a partsstore open on Christmas justdoesn’t happen. So our run-ning joke became don’t tell thecows it’s Christmas becausethey will break something.

A farm Christmas isn’tactually that much differentfrom Christmas celebratedanywhere else. It just seemsspecial because you have towork so hard to make it hap-pen. It’s Christmas every daythat the tractors start with-out too much trouble and thewaterlines don’t freeze.

Sometimes it seemspeople have so much todayand take too much forgranted. Wherever you areand however you celebrateChristmas, rejoice in yourblessings and have a won-derful Christmas.

Kathy Smith is a farmwife from Wayne Township.She writes for the AshtabulaCounty Farm Bureau.

Corn, Soybean & Wheat ConnectionWebinars to be held in January & February

The OSU Extension’s Agronomic Crops Team is pleased to be offering three state-widewebinars during the upcoming winter. These webinars will be shared at local Extensionoffices across the state and Ashtabula County is pleased to be a host site. A viewing ofthese webinars will be held in the downstairs meeting room at the OSU Extension officelocated at 39 Wall Street in Jefferson, OH.

The first class on Corn Production will be held on January 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thisprogram will feature Dr. Peter Thomison, OSU Extension State Specialist for Corn Pro-duction, speaking on “Optimizing Corn Yields - Assessing the Contribution of Key Agro-nomic Factors” and Dr. Andy Michel, State Specialist for Field Crop Entomology speak-ing on “Seed Treatments in Corn: Impacts on Pests and Pollinators.”

The second class on Soybean Production will be held on February 11 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.Dr. Laura Lindsey, OSU Extension for Soybeans, will speak on “Everything but the KitchenSink: High Input Soybean Production.” Dr. Anne Dorrance, State Specialist for Soybeans willshare “Updates on Fungicides and Resistance, Soybean Cyst Nematode and Seed Treatments.”

The third class on Weed Control will be held on February 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.Dr. Mark Loux, OSU Extension Specialist for Agronomic Weeds, will share a presenta-tion titled, “An Update on New Herbicides/Recommendations and Managing HerbicideMode Site of Action.”

There is no cost to attend the three sessions; however pre-registration is requested so thatadequate meeting room space, refreshments and handouts can be provided. Call the AshtabulaCounty Extension office at 440-576-9008 to reserve one, two or all of these webinars.

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BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA TOWN-SHIP - Thursday evening atWarrior Gym, county foesEdgewood and Saint Johnfaced off.

The Lady Warriors racedoff to a quick 4-0 lead and a9-4 first quarter advantage.

Edgewood moved the ballwell, leading to accurateshooting and ran off to a 25-7 lead at the half.

Saint John answered af-ter intermission by packingtheir girls into the paint,denying the bigger LadyWarriors easy inside shotsalthough the Warriors re-sponded by shooting wellfrom outside. In fact theLady Heralds outscored theWarriors 7-6 in the thirdquarter and matched them10-10 in the fourth. Theearly lead was too much forthe visitors to overcome asthe Heralds went down todefeat 41-24. In addition,Saint John was playingwithout senior startersEmily Powers and MakenzieStenroos. Powers is out forthe year with a broken armand Stenroos is recoveringfrom a sprained ankle.

“When you lose your toptwo players, the other kidshave to step up to replacethose points. It’s amazingwhat Emily has gonethrough. Last year she toreup her knee and now shebreaks her arm. Makenziesprained an ankle too. That’sa lot to replace, consideringwe figured them to be our toppoint producers this season.You play with with who youhave in uniform. Our girlsplayed great tonight but wedidn’t shoot the ball well. Ialso may have stayed withthe 2-3 zone too long tryingto shut down their insidegame,” Saint John coachNick Iarocci said.

“That worked but (Gia)Saturday can shoot, she hitfrom outside and it hurt.This does provide me with achance to get the youngergirls into games so the expe-rience will make them bet-

Warriors silence Heralds

Haley Holden looks to pass for the Edgewood Warriors during a game against Saint John.

ter down the road. Every-body goes through it and sowill we. I am not going todwell on it because our se-nior leaders, AliviaCimorelli, and the youngergirls, Reilly (Degeorge) afreshman and Tori Ray, asoph, both did a great job forus,” Iarocci added.

The Warriors looked touse their size advantageagainst the Heralds.

“With our size edge, youhave to give Saint Johncredit for playing us physi-cally. I’m not at all disap-pointed how we played to-night. We did a lot of thingswell tonight, we just need toshoot the ball better . Wemoved the ball very well, wemade some outside shots,but getting the ball insidewasn’t so successful for ustonight,” Edgewood coachSteve Kray said.

“We missed too manylayups tonight. A lot of ourshots were from five feet infrom the basket and wedidn’t make them,” Krayadded.

On the score sheet, RaeAnn Benedict paced the Her-alds with eight points. AliviaCimorelli, Reilly DeGeorgeand Tori Ray added foureach. Alicia Ngiraingas andJordan Scott tallied twoapiece.

Gia Saturday led theWarrior attack with 14.

“Gia had a great night forus tonight. She finished af-ter getting open passes andshe kept the ball moving likea floor general should,”Coach Kray said on his se-nior guard.

Kaileigh Sloan added six,Cortney Humphrey, five,Haley Holden and CarriePascarella, four each. KatieBoomhower, Bronte Adams,Taylor Diemer and IeshaNiciu put in one basketapiece.

Edgewood improves to 4-1, SJ slips to 3-3, 3-2 LakeEffect Conf.

There was no JV game.Edgewood will compete in

the Conneaut Holiday tour-ney next weekend at GarciaGym.

Time to get wild at Polar Bear PlungeGENEVA– Special Olympics Ohio has

announced the lineup and site list for its2014 Polar Plunge season. Held on Satur-days during January, February and Marchat locations throughout the state,the plungeis a fundraisers for Special Olympics Ohio.All money raised from the Polar Plungebenefits more than 23,000 Special Olym-pics athletes in Ohio.

There are nine opportunities across Ohiothis winter to participate in Special Olym-pic Ohio’s “Freezin’ For A Reason” PolarPlunges. The first Plunge of the season isJan. 18 at Mosquito Lake, in Cortland. Thenext two Plunges are scheduled for Jan. 25at Thirsty Pony, in Sandusky, and atCaesar ’s Creek, Waynesville. Feb. 1 is whenSpecial Olympics Ohio and Special Olym-pics Kentucky come together for a Plungeto benefits the Special Olympics athletesof both states. This Plunge is held at Joe’sCrab Shack, in Bellevue, Ky.

Ohio University, in Athens, hosts itsPlunge Feb. 8, at Lake Snowden. The Co-lumbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, hasits Plunge Feb. 15.

The Geneva Polar Plunge and GenevaSuper Plunge are scheduled at GenevaState Park Feb. 22.

Grand Lake St. Marys, in Celina, hostsits Plunge, March 1, while Indian Lake,Lakeview, hosts the final Plunge of the sea-son March 15.

As part of the Polar Plunge experience,participants obtain monetary pledges andthen agree to jump or slowly crawl (how-ever the case may be) into the frigid waters

of an Ohio lake or waterway, or the specialPolar Plunge pool, depending on location,to earn their pledges. Another opportunityto participate is “Too Chicken to Plunge.”To participate, one raises a minimum of $30and is awarded with a “Too Chicken toPlunge” T-shirt – as well the opportunitynot to Plunge. Or, teams of chickens maybe formed in support of favorite Plungers.

A minimum in pledges (either $50 or$75, depending on age and location; $100minimum for Geneva Plunge) is necessaryto participate. All plungers receive a T-shirtand food and non-alcoholic beverages at aPost-Plunge party. There are also incentiveprizes for those who collect more than theminimum pledge. Individuals and groupsare welcome to participate; personalizedonline fund-raising pages are available.

The Geneva Super Plunge involves rais-ing a minimum $888 in pledges and SuperPlungers commit to jumping in once anhour for eight hours.

Information for all Plunges is availableat sooh.org or by phoning Special OlympicsOhio at 614.239.7050

Special Olympics Ohio provides year-round sports training and competition op-portunities for adults and children withintellectual disabilities, giving them oppor-tunities to develop physical fitness, dem-onstrate courage and experience joy as theyparticipate in the sharing of gifts andfriendship with their own families, theirpeers and the community. Currently, Spe-cial Olympics Ohio serves more than 23,000athletes throughout the state.

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BY BYRON C. WESSELLGazette Newspaper

AUSTINBURG – TheGrand River AcademyEagles hosted theLawrence Lions on Mon-day, Dec. 16. The Eagleswent up 18-2 in the open-ing quarter D.J. Lewis ledthe way with six points, sixrebounds and two assists.Mike Lamendola addedfive points, including athree-pointer. BenBershad also hit a three-pointer as he had fourpoints, three rebounds andtwo assists. John Butleradded two points and fourrebounds, while DaltonGollon hit a free throwManny Edwards andChristian Manna each hita free throw for the Lionsin the first quarter.

The Eagles slowedthings down in the secondquarter as they allowedthe Lions to close the gapto 30-15. Manny Edwardshad a big quarter for theLions with six points, asteal and an assist. Chris-tian Manna added fourpoints and Jordan Kusneradded three points.

Mike Lamendola didmost of the scoring for theEagles in the second quar-ter with four points, tworebounds and a steal. D.J.Lewis, Dalton Galllon andYao Yao each added twopoints Teddy Lewis alsohad five rebounds in thequarter for the Lions.

The Eagles extendedtheir lead to 54-17 in thethird quarter. Grand RiverAcademy held the Lions toonly two points in the thirdquarter as Alex Streffscored the only basket.Dan Bailas did pick up twosteals for the Lions, butthey fell behind by overthirty points.

D.J. Lewis hit a pair ofthrees in the quarter andsquared eight points totalto go with two stelas and anassists. Mike Lamendolaalso scored eight points in

Grand River Academy doubles up Lawrence

The Grand River Academy Eagles hosted the Lawrence Lions in a recent basketball match-up.

Dalton Gollon shoots a free throw for the Grand River Academy Eagles during a gameagainst the Lawrence Lions.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLMike Lamendola and D.J. Lewis wait back for the GrandRiver Academy Eagles.

the quarter to go with twosteals, two assists and tworebounds. Jon Butler addedsix points and two re-bounds for the Eagles. BenBershad added two pointsto go with three steals.

Grand River Academywent on to win 71-33. DaltonGollon paced the Eagleswith nine points in the quar-ter. Isaac Seger-Brownadded four points and threerebounds. Carl Behling andBrian Kennedy each got onthe board for the Eagles withtwo points. Christian Mannahad a big quarter for the Li-ons with eight points as hefinished with a team high 13points.

Manny Edwards addedfive points, two assists andtwo steals in the quarterand finished with 12 points.Kyle Weaver added a latebasket for the Lions andJoey Carozzoni hit a freethrow. Josh Duran contrib-uted two assists and two re-bounds in the quarter.

BY WJ KEACHGazette Newspapers

EASTLAKE – Mike Bellhad what most would considerto be a pretty good record ashead football coach at LakeCatholic high school: 96-49.His teams made the playoffsin eight of the twelve years Bellwas the boss and played instate semifinals games in2007, ’09 and ’10.

But there’s no pleasingsome people. That recordwasn’t good enough for thepowers that be at the privateschool. With a record of only 3-7 in 2012 Bell’s ticket wasn’tpunched and Bell was set free.

One school’s cast-off may beanother school’s salvation.

Bell’s landed on his feet

with a new gig as head coachat Eastlake North. His newposition comes with an ironictwist.

Although Bell had beencoaching at Lake Catholic, hewas teaching government andsocial studies at WilloughbySouth for the past twelve.With his new head coach jobBell is leaving his South teach-ing duties to teach at North.

Confused? Be patient, allwill be revealed.

The teacher in the roomnext to Bell’s at South was MattDuffy. Duffy also happens to beSouth’s football coach.

The new Bell v. Duffycoaching match-up will addanother factor to the long-standing, cross-town, Northversus South rivalry.

North vs. South rivalry gets an added dimensionGRA falls in junior varsity game

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLTeddy Lewis shoots a free throw for the Grand River Academy Eagles junior high basketball team.

Gary Leslie and Armand Kassam battle for position insidefor the Grand River Academy junior varsity basketball team.

James Guo dribbles the ball for the Grand River Academyjunior varsity basketball team.

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