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FILE PHOTOVisitors to the Ashtabula County Fair will get a peek at country life, as well as experience a varietyof fun activities, when the fair returns to Jefferson on Aug. 9-14. The fair can be a memorableexperience for any family because there’s something for everyone: the animals, the fair food, thedemolition derby and truck shows, the appearance by national country stars Josh Thompson andJames Wesley on Aug. 13, the exhibits of quilts, photos, drawings and other locally created andgrown items, the concerts, the games, the horse races and the rides. Check out three sectionsdedicated to the Ashtabula County Fair in this week’s Courier.

Horsin’ around at the Fair

New Lighthouse Owners ‘Investing In Family’by MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - They purchasedit sight unseen to make an invest-ment in family.

Karen and Jerry Killilea, Jr., ofAshville, new owners of theConneaut Lighthouse, have seenthe structure only in photos on theU.S. General Services Administra-tion web site. They have visitedCedar Point, Put-In-Bay and theLake Erie islands more than adozen times, but never set foot inConneaut or Ashtabula County.

Yet the couple is giddy with ex-citement at winning the lighthousein a government auction last week.Submitting the winning bid of$46,000, they plan to turn the 80-year-old structure into a summer See LIGHTHOUSE page 10A

SUBMITTED PHOTOTwelve of the 17 medal winners in Saturday’s 5K “Windmill Run” posed for a photograph at the finishline. Times ranged from winner Curt Bachus’ 17:48 to 11-year-old Bradley Tisdale’s 44:07. A list of en-trants and their times is found on page 10A. See 5K page 10A

cottage for their extended family.The sale should be final in about

60 days.“It was the ‘perfect storm,” said

Killilea, who raises beef cattle, pot-bellied pigs, goats, and chickens onwhat he calls a “30-acre menag-erie” in Pickaway County, south-east of Columbus. “When I left myparents’ greenhouse business after30 years, and started our own, Ileft my 401K sitting there andnever rolled it over. My parentshave been on me to get it out.”

Killilea — who also operatesScioto Blooms Greenhouse inAshville, and works part-time atnight unloading for UPS atRickenbacker Air Force Base —was hesitant to do so, however, cit-

by MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - FormerEdgewood Senior High Schoolcross country and track coach DonGill, of Ashtabula, was happy tofind himself in the winner’s circleat the end of Saturday’s 5K “Wind-mill Run” through Port Conneaut,but stopped short of bragging.

“I think I was the only one inthe category,” said Gill.

Gill was right. At 79 yearsyoung, Gill was the race’s oldestcontestant.

No women entered the 70-and-over female category.

Running has been in Gill’s bloodfor 50 years.

“I don’t know how many racesI’ve entered,” he said, tracing hisrunning inspiration to a professorat Slippery Rock College whonearly qualified for the Olympics.

“I usually run eight races a year

Windmill Run HasSecond Great Start

in Florida, but this year I ran onlytwo because I pulled a muscle andI lost time. Usually, it’s close to 20a year. I keep a running log,” hesaid.

A first-time 5K Windmill Runentrant, Gill on Saturday wasfaced with running a 5K inConneaut or Geneva.

“I chose Conneaut because theyhad had one last year, and I knewit would be more organized thanthat one in Geneva, simply becausethat was a first-time race. Eventhough Geneva would have beencloser, I didn’t know anythingabout it until a week before,” hesaid.

Gill praised the second annual5K Windmill Run as well-orga-nized.

“They really did a good job,” hesaid.

According to 5K Windmill Run

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANGeorge McMillan, P.E., of Edinboro, Pa., and Melinda Juratovic, ofErie., Pa., are among 10 staff members who relocated with the H.F.Lenz Company from Erie to 322 State Street in the former Movie Gal-lery Building. The office opened Monday.


CONNEAUT - Location, loca-tion, location brought engineering

‘Location’ BroughtH.F. Lenz To Conneaut

See LENZ page 4A

“With the current stock market, why not rollover the 401K into the lighthouse and investin family?”

– Jerry Killilea, of Ashville,high bidder in Conneaut Lighhouse auction

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TOWN TALK

Tim Taylor Benefit Aug. 13“Walkstock” will be held 1 p.m. Aug. 13, with food, drinks,

raffle and classic cars, at Jim N I Country Music Park,14031 Ridge Rd., W. Springfield, Pa. Tickets are $10. Con-tact Darlyene Brisley (440) 645-6855, Lisa Howe (814) 602-4353. The event benefits Tim Taylor.

Rec Board Co-Ed Softball Starts Sept. 7The Conneaut Recreation Board will be starting fall co-

ed softball league on Wednesday, September 7. Cost is $250per team. Games are played at Lakeview Park Ball Field.Anyone interested in forming a team should contact JasonPicard at 440-969-4866 as soon as possible.


CONNEAUT - Becauselocal city charters overridestate statutes, Conneautresidents considering run-ning in the November elec-tion for a two-year term asward representative on CityCouncil, or a four-year termon Conneaut Area CitySchools Board of Education,have until Aug. 25 to file pe-titions.

Nancy Calaway of theAshtabula County Board ofElections said that candi-dates in other county races,and municipalities seekinglevies to go on the Nov. 8 bal-lot for general election, mustfile by Aug. 10, per a statestatute that went into effectthis year requiring filingwithin 90 days of an election.

But because Conneaut’sCity Charter requires localcandidates to file within 75days of a general election,local hopefuls have an extra15 days to fill their petitions.

Some local office-seekershave already filed, however.

According to the Board ofElections, Rich McBride,Joan Norton and KatieSchwartz have filed peti-tions to put their names onthe Nov. 8 ballot.

McBride is seeking the

Conneaut CandidatesHave Until Aug. 25 to File

Ward 3 City Council seatheld by Greg Mooney, whileNorton and Schwartz arerunning for the school board.

Mooney has not formallyannounced he is not run-ning, but commented atMonday evening’s work ses-sion that he “won’t be herein six months anyway.”

Norton is a formerConneaut City Councilmember, while Schwartz isa newcomer to the politicalarena.

School board membersNick Iarocci, Connie Juryand Rob Eager are not seek-ing re-election.

Rumors abound thatMike Bambarger and PhilGarcia are considering run-

ning for the Ward 2 seat, andthat Tammy Ledford is alsoa Council candidate, butnone has filed a petition inJefferson.

Neither has SuzanneBernardini, who attendedthe July 21 meeting of theConneaut Area City SchoolsBoard of Education, and con-firmed she is a school boardcandidate.

Conneaut voters will beasked in November toamend the charter to con-form to state statutes byshortening candidate andissue filing deadlines to 90days in advance of an elec-tion. Until then, however,the 75-day deadline remainsin effect.

Civic MeetingsConneaut City Council, televised, 7 p.m. Aug. 8Board of Tourism, 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at Buccia’s

Vineyard, 518 Gore Road.Board of Health, 8:30 a.m. Aug. 10 at 327 Mill

StreetConneaut Township Park, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at

park officeZoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Aug. 11D-Day local planning committee, 9 a.m. Aug. 13

at Biscotti’s Restaurant

Monroe Township trustees, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 atTownship garage, 5578 S. Monroe Center Road

Kingsville Township trustees, 7 p.m. Aug. 10 atFire Hall, 3130 Main Street

Monroe Residents Debate Horton Road Bridgeby ALLAN MONONENGazette newspapers

MONROE TOWNSHIP -Monroe Township residentswho attended the July 26meeting of the MonroeTownship trustees at theMonroe Township garage of-fered varying opinions onwhether to repair the bridgeover Horton Road.

The bridge is currentlyclosed.

Township Trustee ChuckRiley said the trustees favorrepairing the bridge.

“The Board voted in favorof keeping it open,” addedTrustee Robert Pixley. “Iwould have no problem inputting it up to a vote oftownship residents.”

Ron Anderson of WeaverRoad also favors fixing thebridge.

“Maybe we could put acovered bridge there. Peopledon’t want that road closed,”he said.

Horton Road residentDick Shepard said residentsliving north of the bridge feelas if they are in “no-man’sland.”

“We are the only twohouses there in Monroe,” hesaid. “Conneaut [emergencycrews] won’t respond and itis too far for Monroe. We hada fire there and lost a lot.”

Shepard added that Mon-roe firefighters had beengiven the wrong address dueto a dispatching error.

Sheffield Townshipfirefighters arrived beforeMonroe did.

Offering a different opin-ion was Mike Skufca, wholives on Horton Road southof the bridge. He providedfacts from the AshtabulaCounty Engineer’s office. Hequestioned the township’sability to pay for repairs.

Skufca’s figures showedthe cost to rebuild the bridgeis $1,500,000. AshtabulaCounty’s cost would be$300,000, and the State/Fed-eral cost $1,200,000.

The cost to rebuildHorton Road from HatchesCorners Road to theConneaut line is $400,000.Cost to Monroe Townshipwould be $200,000, with amaximum of $120,000 inkind, men/machinery and$80,000 cash.

Skufca asked if Monroehad $80,000.

Pixley responded that thetownship would have$40,000 over a two-year pe-riod.

“We put away about$40,000 a year for projects,”he said.

Skufca told the trusteesthat safety forces are able toreach the area using otherroutes, and that keeping thearea closed will preserve the“wild and scenic” uses ofConneaut Creek.

Keeping the road closedwould also allow the town-ship to use funds for other

local projects, he said.Residents are urged to

contact the County Commis-sioners to voice their opin-ions.

In other business, trust-ees announced that paper-work has been submitted tothe county for the three-mill,three-year fire levy. The levyis a renewal levy for theyears 2012-2015. The levywill be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Trustee Robert Pixley re-ported that township roadcrews had been filling pot-holes, working on culverts,and had ditching on SweetRoad.

Trustees approved a pur-chase of 1,000 tons of #57limestone from Arms Truck-ing for $19,700.

Reeves Road needs a cul-vert repaired. The Board willwork out a schedule. Trust-ees can rent a carry-all fromthe county for $24.85 anhour and an excavator for$259 a day to speed up theproject.

Budget figures for 2012were prepared for the countyreview and will be approvedat the Aug. 9 meeting andsent to the AshtabulaCounty Auditor.

Trustees also acceptedthe results of an audit. Theywill be released later forpublic information.

The trustees will meet7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at TownshipGarage, 5578 S. MonroeCenter Road.

The Jeep and Higginsboats rides being offered onAug. 19 as part of the D-DayEvent will be offered only toWorld War II veterans. TheHiggins boats will be on dis-play for the public, but rideswill not be offered.

The board of the ConneautFoundation has accepted withregret the resignation of De-velopment Director JulieSundquist. Sundquist willlleave, as of Aug. 5, for a full-time job with AshtabulaCounty Medical Center.

The Conneaut Port Au-thority at its July 21 statedthat benches at the PublicDock are in need of repair, andthat individuals may purchasea bench in memory of a lovedone. Call the Port Authority at593-1300, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.weekdays, for more informa-tion.

The local D-Day Commit-tee reports that 480 WorldWar II re-enactors havesigned up for the Aug. 19 and20 D-Day Event. They expectthe number will exceed 500 inthe next two weeks. The groupmeets again at 9 a.m. Aug. 13at Biscotti’s.

More D-Day news: theNew Leaf United Method-ist Church Hospitality andMission Teams will be serv-ing dessert and beverages toWorld War II veterans attend-

ing the first Veterans Lunch atthe D-Day Event on Aug. 19.They will also serve light re-freshments on Aug. 20 at theHospitality Tent.

The Board of Tourism willbe selling Conneaut T-shirts,post cards, and DVDs at theAug. 19 outdoor World WarII tribute concert by DonDiSantis as part of the D-DayEvent. The Board will also bemanning a booth and sellingprograms starting at 8 a.m.Aug. 20 until the event ends.The 6 p.m. concert is free.

The Conneaut Port Author-ity has no regrets about pass-ing up the opportunity earlierthis year to purchase theConneaut Lighthouse for$1. PA Chair DenverSpieldenner said the purchaseturned out to involve highcosts and red tape. “We wereafraid it might be a money pitand we don’t have a bunch ofcash to put into it every year,”

he said. Spieldenner said oneof the PA’s fears — that some-one might buy the lighthouseand move it — is not comingto fruition. “It’s staying,” hesaid, relieved.

Whether H.F. Lenz staffmember Cory Belnap, ofConneaut, had anything to dowith the firm’s relocating fromErie, Pa., to State Street inConneaut, the engineeringfirm’s regional director did notsay, when interviewed earlierthis week.

Effective July 1, Key Bankis open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-days. Vice President StacyAunger said the Conneautbranch was one of the last KeyBanks in Ashtabula County tostart weekend hours. “Every-one else is doing it,” she said.The bank will hold CustomerAppreciation weekend Sept. 2and 3 to celebrate the newhours, offering drinks, cookiesand give-aways.

Cable ScheduleAugust 3-9, 2011

10.00 am Conneaut City Council Work Session 8-111.10 am Discover Conneaut11.15 am Hometown Happenings/ Sports1.00 pm Conneaut Dockfest 201112.35 pm Life Is Better in Conneaut12.55 pm Conneaut Historical Society Tour1.50 pm Conneaut Board of Education Meeting 6-292.45 pm An Evening to Remember featuring

Conneaut WWII Veterans4.15 pm Conneaut Board of Education Meeting 7-214.50 pm CHS Prom Walk 20105.45 pm CHS Graduation 20107.00 pm Conneaut City Council Work Session 8-18.10 pm Discover Conneaut8.15 pm Hometown Happenings/ Sports9.00 pm Conneaut Dockfest 20119.25 pm An Evening to Remember featuring

Conneaut WWII Veterans10.55 pm Conneaut Historical Society Tour11.50 pm Conneaut Fish and Game Club Trout Derby12.00 am Conneaut Board of Education Meeting 6-2912.10 am Conneaut Board of Education Meeting 7-2112.45 am Army Newswatch1.15 am Conneaut 4th of July Fireworks1.30 am Conneaut City Council Work Session 8-12.35 am Discover Conneaut2.45 am Conneaut Fish and Game Club Trout Derby2.55 am Conneaut Historical Society Tour3.45 am Hometown Happenings/ Sports4.30 am Train Man 205.30 am Lost Nation Air Show5.45 am Storybook Acres6.25 am Conneaut Dockfest 20117.00 am AM Live

RELIGIOUS SERVICES:St. Mary St. Frances Cabrini: Sun & Wed 3pm /

Mon & Thurs 1amFirst United Church of Christ: Sun & Wed 4pm /

Mon & Thurs 2amNew Leaf United Methodist: Sun & Wed 5pm / Mon

& Thurs 3amGood Shepherd Lutheran: Sun & Wed 6pm / Mon &

Thurs 4amAshtabula Pentecostal: Mon & Thurs 2:02 pm

GSLCCommunityS.E.N.I.O.R.S

Good Shepherd LutheranChurch CommunityS.E.N.I.O.R.S., 876 GroveSt., is for ambulatory indi-viduals 55 and up. Summerprograms 11 a.m. the thirdThursday of the month atTownship Park upper pavil-ion. with devotions, exercise,and health checks by a reg-istered nurse. Optional pic-nic lunch $2. Bring a friend.

Aug. 18 - 11 a.m. SunnySummer picnic at TownshipPark. Bring pot luck dish toshare.

CHRC SeniorsTogether

Weekdays 11 a.m. at 327Mill Street. Free.

Daily walking 7:30 a.m.

Aug. 8 - Fishing, 4 p.m.at Conneaut Fish & GameClub on Keefus Road. No li-cense needed.

Senior

Calendar

Sand Sculpture ContestA Week Away

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANConneaut Public Library Tech Services Director CindyPrather holds up a large blue plastic shovel that will begiven to everyone who registers for the annual SandSculpture Contest coming 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at TownshipPark. Groups and individuals of all ages are invited tocall 593-1608 to register for the contest, then let theirimaginations wander to come up with a unique creation.Persons 16 and under must be accompanied by a par-ent or guardian. Bring buckets and other supplies. Prizesawait the winners in several categories, including MostCreative and People’s Choice. Judging begins at 7:30p.m. Also on site will be a children’s Duck Pond, games,and a 50/50 raffle. The event is sponsored by ConneautPublic Library as part of Conneaut Area Chamber ofCommerce Appreciation Days.

with a DocDinner

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City Manager’sUpdates to City Council:Week Ending July 22

WWTD Outfall Project: Construction began onthe Outfall Project this week. During the process, thecontractors broke the sodium aluminate line andsnagged the chlorine line. They temporarily repairedand rerouted the sodium aluminate line and will re-pair the chlorine line at a later date.

ODOT Sanitary Sewer Line: The Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation has begun work on the sani-tary sewer line that will run along Route 7 and tieinto our line. The Wastewater Treatment Departmentand ODOT have met and agreed to use an inside dropin the manhole at Route 7. Once ODOT finishes theproject and all final inspections are complete, the Citywill maintain the line.

WWTD Windmill: NexGen has a crane on-site atthe Wastewater Treatment Department to performwork on the head of the windmill. They are puttingup a safety platform on the unit.

Lakeview Avenue: In preparation of the pavingon Lakeview Avenue, the Public Works Departmenthad to make an emergency repair to a 36" culvert pipe.

Week Ending July 29Bridge Inspections: CT Consultants has been

retained to perform the required bridge inspectionson the City bridges.

Industrial Park: The East Side Industrial Parksewer line installation is continuing forward. The con-tractor has set four manholes in the ground eventhough the conditions continue to be very wet.

ODOT Sanitary Sewer Line: ODOT’s project totap into the City’s sanitary sewer line is moving for-ward. They have cored and installed pipe in the ex-isting city manhole and have two new manholes in-stalled.

Paving: The Public Works Department intendsto begin paving Aug. 2 in the area of Parkview, LakeBreeze, Golfview and Sunrise barring unforeseen prob-lems such as lack of employees, trucks and asphalt.


CONNEAUT - ConneautCity Council encourages citi-zens to attend a Public Hear-ing 6 p.m. Aug. 30, at theConneaut Human ResourcesCenter, 327 Mill Street, toconsider a recommendationfrom the Conneaut PlanningCommission for rezoningtwo sections of propertyalong Center Road.

The first proposal wouldrezone from the current R-2, Urban Residential Dis-trict, to B-2 Highway andCommunity Business Dis-trict lots abutting the westside of Center Road.

Affected areas along thewest side of Center Road be-gin at the property locatedat 473 Center Road (includ-ing Permanent Parcel Num-ber 12-314-00-069-00) and


JEFFERSON - AshtabulaCounty Emergency Manage-ment Agency DirectorGeorge Sabo said the City ofConneaut did nothing wrongin handling last week’s wa-ter emergency, but that withearlier notification, hisagency could have helpedthe city handle the situationmore efficiently.

Conneaut safety forces,Conneaut Health Depart-ment and the media weresent e-mails from Water Dis-tribution Manager AnthonyRivers about the situationshortly before 1 a.m. on July26.

Sabo also got an e-mail,but did not open it until hegot into his office at 8 a.m.that morning — seven hoursafter the first notificationsthat the water main had bro-ken about 9 p.m. July 25.

Sabo said that, had hebeen alerted by phone, hecould have gotten the wordout immediately toConneaut residents andbusinesses that faced littleor no water service for thenext 48 hours.

Some affected businessesheard the news via thegrapevine the next morning.

Sabo met with ConneautCity Manager TimothyEggleston last Friday morn-ing, after water service hadbeen restored.

“I wanted to have a ‘meetand greet,’ as it was my firstopportunity to meet him,”Sabo said, of Eggleston. “Iknow that Michigan has noactive Emergency Manage-

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANFrom his desk at the Ashtabula County EmergencyManagement office, Director George Sabo looks at acomputer page showing the phone contacts made via“Code Red” during the water outage last week on thesouth side of Conneaut due to a water main break.

“Code Red” Ideal for Water Emergency

ment Agency roles as Ohiodoes, so I also wanted to talkto him and advise him.”

Sabo said that ifEggleston had been aware ofthe role of the EMA, Sabocould have been called at theoutset of the emergency andimmediately activated thecounty “Code Red” telephonenotification.

“I’m not being critical. Iknow he just started the job,and he just didn’t know,”Sabo said.

Sabo talked toEggleston’s staff on Fridaymorning as well.

“Lots of people knewabout the situation, but ev-eryone has to be apprised,”he said. “I think I could havegotten the message out bet-ter and to the communitybetter because we have

‘Code Red’ to get the wordout. The EMA uses it for thistype of emergency.”

Sabo’s office used CodeRed — a system akin to ‘re-verse 9-1-1’ — to contact 630affected households Tuesdaymorning. The initial re-sponse rate was 70 percentand the follow-up responserate jumped above 80 per-cent.

“The national average isabout 70 percent, and weaveraged 80 to 83 percent, sowe had good numbers,” hesaid.

Sabo was able to verifythe response rate by callingit up on a computer screen.Tiny red dots indicatedwhere the calls were success-ful. Other data indicate theaddresses where phoneswere not picked up.

The number of calls chal-lenged Conneaut Telephone.

“We were almost crashingthe system,” Sabo said.

Sabo laid no blame at thefeet of the Conneaut PublicWorks Department.

“They were focusing onfixing the leak, not concen-trating on how the messagecould have gotten out bet-ter,” he said,

The boil alert in affectedareas was officially lifted at4:30 p.m. July 28, when full,safe water service was re-stored to all areas of the city.

During his Friday meet-ing with Eggleston, Sabolearned that the Water De-partment was scratching itshead for answers to the bro-ken pipe.

“They said there was norust, puncture or foul play,”he said.

Meanwhile, a gratefulWater Distribution ManagerAnthony Rivers sent the fol-lowing e-mail:

“The water crew recievedmany kind words and grati-tude from customers as wellas Tim Eggleston our CityManager. I would like tothank everyone for being sothoughtful and let you allknow that the guys onthe crew were very glad tohear all of the compliments.I watched several peoplepull over on the side of theroad and thank the watercrew for repairing the mainso quickly. Conneaut hasbeen blessed by having agroup of employees such asthe water distribution crew.They are skilled and knowl-edgeable and care abouttheir work. Thanks again.”

by ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - At its July21 meeting in City CouncilChambers, the ConneautPort Authority heard DaveDiFillipo explain sumppump problems at the PortAuthority office at the Pub-lic Dock.

All the PA building sewerlines drain into the mainstorage building at the PortConneaut Marina. A pumpmust force the sewage up thehill into the sewage plant.

The line is only two

Port Authority Sump Pump Needs Repairinches in diameter and twopumps are needed to pushthe flow uphill. With thedampness in the sump, thepumps rust and wear out.Currently, only one pump isworking. DiFilippo pre-sented a repair cost esti-mate. The project will bestudied further before adecison is made.

The U.S. General Ser-vices Administration is auc-tioning the Conneaut light-house, but the Port Author-ity decided not to bid on thestructure. The governmentwishes to keep it as an his-

toric structure and the Boardis uncertain of the costs todo so. It wonders whether anhistoric structure may usedfor commecial purposes and,in general, was uncertain ofthe total ramifications.

Board member EricNesbitt has secured a grantto construct stands for solarlights on the breakwall.Those stands will also holdlife preservers. The Board isconsulting with the CoastGuard as the best stands topurchase.

Benches on the publicdock need repair. A resident

offered to purchase one inthe name of a deceased rela-tive. The Port Authority in-vites the public to partici-pate in replacing thebenches in this way.

Port Manager BruceChapman reported that thefinal permit for the securitycameras should be approvedby the U.S Army Corps ofEngineers. That project willinstall cameras to provide 24hour security in the port anddock areas.

The Port Authority willmeet 7 p.m. August 18 inCity Council chambers.

Center Road Rezoning Hearing is Aug. 30end at the property locatedat Permanent Parcel Num-ber 12-314-00-004-01.

B-2 zoning principallypermitted uses include, butare not limited to sales, ser-vice; professional and busi-ness enterprises which relyon major thoroughfares forvisibility and access and de-rive the bulk of their tradefrom areas beyond adjacentresidential neighborhoods;commercial recreational es-tablishments; restaurants;funeral homes and mortuar-ies; public uses; essentialservices and R-4 principalpermitted uses.

A second proposal wouldrezone from the current A-1Agricultural District to a B-1 Highway Service BusinessDistrict a second section ofthe west side of Center Road.This section begins at theproperty located at 649 Cen-

ter Road and ends at theproperty located at 699 ½Center Road.

The property includesonly those lots abutting thedescribed area, except forpermanent parcels specifi-cally designated otherwise.

B-1 Highway ServiceBusiness District zoningprincipally permitted usesinclude, but are not limitedto sales, service; businessenterprises which rely onmajor thoroughfare inter-changes for visibility andaccess; passenger-transpor-tation agency and terminal;shopping centers; motels;automotive service stations;automotive repair; publicuses; and essential services.

A complete copy of therezoning request, zoningmap and zoning ordinance isavailable for public review atthe Conneaut City

Manager’s Office and theOffice of the Clerk of Coun-cil, 294 Main Street,Conneaut, Ohio 44030, (440-593-7413).

Items are also availablefor viewing at the ConneautPublic Library, 304 BuffaloStreet.

Those unable to attendmay submit written com-ments until 4 p.m. Monday,Aug. 29. They may be sentto the Office of the Clerk ofCouncil, 294 Main Street,Conneaut, OH 44030 or e-mailed [email protected]”Only written commentssigned and identified viaaddress and telephone num-ber will be considered.

Questions pertaining tothe public hearing may bedirected to Clerk of CouncilPam Harper at 440-593-7413.

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANTo help the Right Track Back-to-School Distribution at theConneaut Human Resources Center at 9 a.m. Aug. 16,Key Bank is accepting donations of school supplies andback packs. Assistant Vice President Stacy Aunger showsone of several boxes filled with supplies by generousdonors so far. Supplies may be dropped off at the bank,239 Main St., through Aug. 10.

Key Bank SupportsSchool Supply Drive


CONNEAUT - Next yearwill not go down as the Yearof the Public Works Depart-ment, councilmen pushingfor more Public Works em-ployees learned at Mondaynight’s City Council worksession.

Conneaut Finance Direc-tor John Williams had beenholding off delivering thebad news for several weeks,until he had mid-year num-bers. What they show is thatdecreased income and gastax revenues, drops in stategovernment funds to cities,and the end of inheritancetax do not support hiring anadditional Public Works em-ployee in 2012.

“The budget just won’tbalance,” said Williams cit-ing a $412,000 drop in in-come tax revenue and a$14,000 drop in gas tax rev-enue between 2007 and2010. “The income tax andgas tax is the largest rev-enue source for the PublicWorks Department, and therevenue is less than ex-pected.”

Despite the bad financialnews, Ward 3 CouncilmanGreg Mooney continuedpushing to “bring back” an-other Public Works em-ployee.

“When is ‘enough’enough?” Mooney asked.

Williams counted aloudthe number of Public Worksemployees — a director andassistant director, one clerk,one cemetery sexton, threemechanics and nine opera-tors.

Agreeing that the de-partment is short-staffed,Williams said the depart-ment will be responsible forrepaying a state loan for theParrish Road overpass.When At-large Councilmanand former Public WorksDirector John Roach ques-tioned why Public Workswas saddled with that re-sponsibility, Williams toldhim the new overpass is con-sidered an “asset” of thePublic Works infrastruc-ture.

“So Public Works is beingpunished? It’s costing us twoemployees,” he said. “Wecan’t afford to lose anymore.”

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANAt Monday evening’s work session, City Council Presi-dent Tom Udell (right) admitted catching Conneaut Fi-nance Director John Williams off guard in presenting himwith a Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council Award forassisting with the NOPEC grant while Williams was Act-ing City Manager. “If I’d known, I’d have worn a tie,”Williams said. Councilmen and administrators may dresscasually for work sessions.

Public Works Can’t Afford Another Employee

At-large Councilman NeilLaRusch asked how gas taxrevenue could be “down”when regular unleaded gaso-line sells at $3.77 per gallonand Love’s Travel Centeropened last fall.

But Williams said the city

collects no gas tax from thepumps. Revenue is appropri-ated by the state accordingto the number of licenseddrivers in Conneaut.

Mooney told Council he

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Ken Anderson (left) buysbeer at the Conneaut PortAuthority booth from JohnNyman, Sherry Clancy, andDana Raisian. Moneyraised helps fund DockFestentertainment.

Tom Brown (left), his wife,Stacy Hunt, and son Nic, 8,admire a classic car ondisplay at DockFestSaturday at the PublicDock.

Ladies of the Lake Red HatSociety member ConnieJury cuts the first piece ofher delicious homemadeblueberry pie while QueenMum Madelon Distelrathencourages visitors to tasteone of many varieties of pieavailable at the group’sbooth at DockFest.

The first local band to playat DockFest was “Relay,”consisting of vocalist DawnEdixon (left), Mike Naykkiand Rick Diliello (right).Diliello said the foundersgrew up together onChestnut Street more than50 years ago and the bandhas been “off and on” sincethe 70s. They play regularlyin Geneva, Painesville,Madison and Perry.

Conneaut Music Boosters members Michelle Hall (center) and Mel Reydak (right)sold a 50/50 raffle ticket to motorcyclist Roy Mathes, of Geneva, at the ConneautMusic Boosters booth at DockFest. The Boosters also sold water, pop, and offered alottery tree.

PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN

higher in recent years, whenthe Moose Club sponsoredthe Wacky Cardboard BoatRace in conjunction with thenoon start of DockFest,Spieldenner had no com-ment on the size ofSaturday’s crowd because at-tendance is never measured.

“I finally got out there

around 3 p.m., after tendingto business in the Port Au-thority office, and the park-ing lot was full and a lot ofpeople were walkingaround,” he said.

Music was in abundance,as were about 30 classic carsthat lined the northern endof the parking lot. “Relay”played from noon to 3 p.m.,followed by Kingpins from 3to 6 p.m. and Witz End.

The Conneaut Port Au-thority reported brisk salesat the beer booth.

Spieldenner said thatboat traffic was “extremelybusy” at the dock on Satur-day, but the Port Authorityprovided golf carts to shuttle


CONNEAUT - Perfectweather, good food, classiccars and nice crowds madefor another successfulDockFest Saturday at thePublic Dock.

The Conneaut Port Au-

Fun, Sun Attract Crowds To DockFestthority-sponsored event gotunderway at noon.

“Everyone had a goodtime and hung out untilabout 9 p.m.,” said DenverSpieldenner, chair of thePort Authority.

Though the Ladies of theLake Red Hat Society saidsales of homemade pies were

boaters from distant parkinglots since the public dock lotwas reserved for Dock Festvisitors.

“We had nice weather,sunny with a light breeze,and good food. The crowdsenjoyed the day,”Spieldenner repeated.“We’ve had no complaintsabout Dock Fest or boat traf-fic. It was a busy day at thepublic dock.”

Although Vi Loomis of theConneaut Moose Club calledoff the Lake Erie Canoe Racesearly Saturday after receivingno registrations, a few canoe-ists showed up to compete.Loomis plans to reschedulethe canoe races and the

Wacky Cardboard Boat Racelater this summer. Loomissaid she had not had time torevise basic rules of the Card-board Boat Race in time tocoincide with Dock Fest.

Based on Dock Fest suc-cess, Spieldenner agreedthat the public dock is anideal spot for communityevents.

“If we get organized,maybe we can have this outon the sand bar next year,and maybe even some con-certs on the beach. We’d liketo see it,” he said, noting thatthe northern end of the sandbar remains submerged af-ter heavy rains early in the2011 season.

firm H.F. Lenz Company toConneaut.

Lenz opened the doors ofits new office this week at322 State Street, in theformer Movie Gallery build-ing. The interior is newly re-modeled, painted, and readyfor future expansion.

“We opened Aug. 1, righton schedule,” said GeorgeMcMillan IV, P.E., Directorof the Great Lakes Region.

The office houses 10 em-ployees who formerlyworked out of Lenz’ Erie, Pa.,branch. That branch is nowclosed.

Lenz also has a branch inPittsburgh in addition toheadquarters in Johnstown,Pa.

“We were looking for acentral location, a placewithin a certain radius, torelocate,” McMillan said.“After 14 years in Erie, webuilt a good base, and nowwe want to expand in Ohio.We already have lots of cli-ents in Cleveland. This wascentral to our clients inCleveland, Erie, Jamestown,N.Y., and Edinboro, Pa. “

McMillan said the boardof directors checked out nu-merous locations with theintention of keeping the staffintact.

“It’s a longer commute forpeople who live in Pennsyl-vania, but it made sense. Wethink Conneaut is a beauti-ful town,” he said.

The serene office, offeringfull views of State Streetwith floor-to-ceiling win-dows, is filled with cubicles.Most workers settled in overthe weekend, McMillan said,including Melinda Juratovic,of Erie, Pa., the secretary/receptionist.

The company specializesin engineering, includingdesign, heating and cooling,mechanical, electrical andstructural, with a focus onenergy-efficient systems.

“About the only thing wedon’t do is architectural,”McMillan said. “We had aninterior designer do the in-side of this building.”

McMillan said the movewas more than a year in themaking.

The 65-year-old H.F. LenzCompany serves corporate,government, health care,education and industrialmarket sectors. A member ofthe U.S. Green BuildingCouncil since 2000, it is cer-tified in its “Leadership inEnergy and EnvironmentalDesign” (LEEDS@). Thirty-four projects have achievedlevels of LEEDS@ certifica-tion and McMillan says thecompany offers a consultingservice to help clients workthrough the “going green”process.

Nearby clients includeCarnegie-Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh and the ErieFederal Building Court-house complex.

Lenz’ new office is “green”itself. One parking space isreserved for a car-pool ve-hicle.

“Our work stations areremanufactured, and weused water conservationmeasures in the restroomswith low-flow toilets,”McMillan said. “The paintand carpet used in the inte-rior of the office have water-based adhesive. We also pro-vide recycling containers forour staff.”

McMillan added that thefirm has applied for mem-bership in the ConneautArea Chamber of Commerce.A ribbon-cutting is expectedto be held soon.

Regular office hours are8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays,but from Memorial Day toLabor Day, the office is open7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call H.F. Lenz at (440)599-7800 if you need to ex-pand.

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PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANH.F. Lenz opened its branch at 322 State Street on Mon-day.

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by Kerry GerdesGerdes Pharmacy

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Treatmentfor SinusitisSinusitis is an inflam-

mation of the sinuses,typically along with in-flammation of the nasalpassages. The cause maybe a bacteria or a virus,however a virus is morecommon. Each year, over30 million adults in theUnited States are af-fected by sinusitis.

Symptoms include na-sal congestion, runnynose, cough, fever, fa-tigue, headache, and fa-cial pressure. If a virus is the cause, symptoms typi-cally improve or resolve completely within approxi-mately one to two weeks. If certain symptoms lastlonger than a week or if symptoms become worse, bac-teria may be the cause.

Whether the cause is a virus or bacteria, generallytreatment consists of therapy to improve symptomsfor the first 10 days, unless symptoms are severe orbecome worse. Typically, the condition will resolvewithin 10 days.

For relief of pain, nonsteriodal anti-inflammatorydrugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil) may betaken. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) also may be taken forpain relief. Mometasone (Nasonex) is a nasally inhaledcorticosteroid that works to reduce inflammation.Oxymetazoline (Afrin, others) is a decongestant thatmay also be used intranasally. Ipratropium bromide(Atrovent) sprayed into the nostrils may alleviate arunny nose.

If the cause is determined to be bacterial,amoxicillin (Moxatag) or another antibiotic may beprescribed.

Remembering Summers Pastby Fred S. Monda

Been longing for those summers pastwhen we would linger late on our summer porches,almost ‘til midnight, and watch lightening bugs flitter

about.We gazed at the stars and patterns they made againstthe dark places beyond.They seemed,to us, as glimmering crystals and cousinsto our little lightening bug friends.And after a rain, feel the coolness that ended the daysending us up to bed where we listened to that nightlychorous outside our window,and the muffled, quietly fading drumbeat of summer

passing.

Hi everyone and wel-come to August, 2011.Where is the time going? Itwas just May, and nowwe’re in the dog days ofsummer. This has beensuch a nice summer butI’m really looking forwardto the fall weather. Takingan all day ride through thecountry to look at thechanging colors of theleaves has been a traditionof ours as long as we’vebeen married; which willbe twenty years on Sep-tember 3rd.

Again, where has thetime gone so quickly? Itseems like we just got mar-ried, and all of a sudden,twenty years have gone byway too fast! I can’t waituntil we’re both retiredand can travel around thecountry together and justenjoy each other’s companyall the time. That’s goingto be a blast! Speaking ofblasts, this past weekendwe were at a get-togetherwith classmates from theclass of 1967. Now thatwas a blast!

Thank you to Janet andher husband for offeringtheir home to us for ourget-together; you two areso nice and thoughtful andwe really appreciate yourhospitality. Seeing ourfriends and classmateswas great and catching upis always fun. Hi to: JanetK., Janet S. and hubby,Janet L. and hubby, Bodie,Hazel, Gary, Larry, Cindyand hubby, Jo Ellen, Beckyand Phil, Richard, Jackieand hubby, Chris andConnie, Bill and his sweet-heart of a girlfriend, and I

At Home With.... Vickie Marcy

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can’t wait to see all of youagain next year at our re-union. Next year will beour 45th Class Reunionand that’s going to be somuch fun, if I can stayawake to enjoy it!

Seems like the older youget, the more your priori-ties shift, and for the bet-ter I think. Where housecleaning, baking and cook-ing, maintaining a niceyard and always beingbusy with one chore or an-other was the norm, nowit’s come around to thenorm being: spend as muchtime with family andfriends (especially grand-children) as possible,maintain a house that’sclean enough to be healthyand dirty enough to behappy, let some weedsgrow along side the flowersand vegetables and don’tobsess over a few dust bun-nies roaming the halls. Be-lieve me, you’ll feel somuch better if you lightenup and enjoy life instead ofdrudging through it!

I used to be one of thosepeople who had to have ev-erything just so; I couldreach into my cupboards ina blackout and pull out the

right item, that’s how orga-nized I used to be. Now,even though I try to main-tain an organized pantryand cupboard, I have bet-ter things to spend mytime on. The kids, thegrandkids, family andfriends, the dog and cat,and especially my hus-band! I love doing yardwork or anything else withhim; he’s such a sweet-heart and is so patient.Being married to me, Iguess he needs a lot of pa-tience, but that’s a topic foranother time.

I had a family memberask for a recipe for BreadedPork Tenderloin, so I’msharing that with you to-day as well. It’s easy to fixand so tasty; you’re goingto love it. Serve it on aKaiser roll with a side ofcoleslaw and the dessert intoday’s column and dinneris served!

Have I told all of youlately how much I appreci-ate your input and emailsregarding the articles?You’re an amazing audi-ence, and I love that you’reall so sincere and fun totalk to. Thank you for be-ing such a great audience,you guys are awesome!

Pork TenderloinSandwiches

• 12 thin bonelesspork chops

• 2 cups crushed sal-tine crackers

• 2 eggs• 1 cup milk• oil for frying

Pound chops on waxedpaper until they are verythin. Beat eggs, add milkand stir to combine. Pouregg mixture into a largebowl; put the cracker

crumbs into a long shallowpan. Dip pork into egg mix-ture, then into crackercrumbs, pressing hard tomake crumbs stick. Layerbetween wax paper, refrig-erate. Heat oil in heavyskillet, (we like to use castiron), put about 2-3" oiland heat over medium hot.Fry pork cutlets two orthree at a time, untilgolden brown on bothsides. These cook quickly,in about 4 - 5 minutes.Place on paper towels todrain and sprinkle lightlywith salt.

Orange DreamsicleDessert

• 2- 8 oz packagesCream Cheese, softened

• 2 - 6 oz cans frozenorange juice concen-trate, thawed

• 1 - 16 oz containerwhipped topping,thawed

• 2 - 11 oz cans Man-darin oranges, drainedand chopped into smallpieces

• 2 - Packs grahamcrackers

Line bottom of sprayed9 x 13 baking pan with asingle layer of grahamcrackers, set aside. Com-bine cream cheese and or-ange juice, whip untilsmooth. Fold in whippedtopping and one can of or-anges, mix gently to com-bine. Pour over grahamcrackers, cover with plas-tic wrap and refrigerateseveral hours or overnight.Garnish with remainingcan of chopped oranges be-fore serving.

That’s going to wrap itup for this week, so untilnext time, stay safe andhappy!

At 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14, the Rustic Ramblers, countryband, will perform as part of the Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts Summer Outdoor Concert series. Bringa blanket or lawn chair. Refreshments available.

The month’s main hall exhibit features D-DayEvent photographs taken by Wayne Heim and JohnKarapelou. A “Meet the Photographers” reception is 5:30p.m. Aug. 19, followed by Don DeSantis World War II Trib-ute Big Band concert at 6 p.m.

Remember and honor veterans by purchasingwooden stars in conjunction with the D-Day Event.Veterans’ names are written on each star. New stars are$10. Stars rehung from last year are $5. Call the CCCA forinformation.

Conneaut CommunityCenter for the Arts

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Grace Tuttle ofPierpont submittedtwo photos that cap-ture Conneaut’s past.Her parents, LodemiaJohson Miller andThomas JeffersonMiller, (right) had awedding day that wastruly unforgettable.

After the marriageceremony on Oct. 26,1912, the bride wasrushed to Grace Hos-pital (pictured below) at the corner of Harbor and 15th St., for emergency surgery.The house is still used as a residence today.

Way Back When...Way Back When...

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QUICK TIP OF THE WEEK:Our gardens are finally starting to bear more veg-

etables than we can use or give away, so here’s an ideafor the surplus: whatever you don’t can, freeze, eat orgive away, take it to the CHRC and donate it to theseniors. Many of our seniors don’t have access to freshvegetables or fruits and are so appreciative of dona-tions to the program for them. With tight budgets andsmall pensions, any donations are welcome to helpstretch those food dollars. They’ll love you for it andyou’ll feel like a million bucks when you help someoneelse; after all, isn’t that what it’s all about?

Conneaut MasonsTo Host Open House

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CONNEAUT - The Breth-ren of Evergreen Lodge #222Free & Accepted Masons ofOhio will host a public openhouse 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 13 atEvergreen Lodge, 246 StateStreet.

The open house offers anopportunity for those whohave never been inside aMasonic Temple building.Lodge brethren will conductvisits and answer questionsabout who the Masons areand what they do.

“We hope that this openhouse will help dispel a lotof rumors and myths thatare heard through the mediaand other uninformedsources,” said George Dixon,Worshipful Master of Ever-green.

“We intend to show thepublic that we are not a se-cret organization.”

The Masons support theShriners’ Burn Centers andCrippled Children’s Hospi-tal, which provide services atno cost to recipients. Theyalso sponsor local commu-nity organizations andevents.

Light refreshments willbe served.

The Masons look forwardto a good turn-out for theevent.

Brewster Palmer ReunionThe 98th annual Brewster-Palmer Reunion will be

held Aug. 7 at the lower pavilion of Conneaut Town-ship Park. Dinner will be served 1:30 p.m. Bring tableservice, covered dishes and beverages. Contact VioletteFuller at (440) 593-4985.

DalrympleReunion

The Dalrymple family re-union will be held 12:30 p.m.Aug. 13 at the upper pavil-ion of Conneaut TownshipPark. Bring table service,beverage and a dish to share,along with family news. Con-tact Pearl Ann Curtis (440)593-2190.

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SEVEN LAKES, N.C. -George R. Puffer passed awayFriday, July 29, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hos-pital. George was born on April19, 1936, to Clyde and Thelma(Sanders) Puffer.

He grew up in his cherishedhometown of Conneaut, Ohio,and attended the EastConneaut United MethodistChurch. He played for RoweHigh School on the basketballand baseball teams, pitchingthe winning game in the StateRegional Championship of1954, the year he graduated.The following year, Georgemarried his high school sweet-heart, Carolyn Gillum, his lov-ing partner for 56 years.

After George worked a se-ries of jobs, includingJCPenney, the Nickel PlateRailroad, and Lamson & Ses-sions, he discovered a passionto teach. He graduated fromthe University of Buffalo in1966, began teaching in highschools, and in 1970 was of-fered a position the SecretarialScience Department of ErieCommunity College NorthCampus, Williamsville, N.Y.

During his tenure, Georgespearheaded efforts to transi-tion the department from elec-tric typewriters to moderntechnology. He approachedhis job with compassion andcaring, which earned him ad-miration and affection fromstudents and colleagues. Along time co-worker describedhim as mild mannered yet te-nacious and known to getthings done right and for theright reason.

He retired in 1994 as an As-sociate Professor of OfficeTechnology at ECC North, andhad served as DepartmentChair for several years.

George R. PufferApril 19, 1936 - July 29, 2011

He was a long time mem-ber of Orchard Park UnitedMethodist Church in OrchardPark, N.Y., serving in the Sun-day School Program, as Trea-surer, and Certified LaySpeaker.

Upon retirement, Georgeand Carolyn moved to SevenLakes, N.C. He enjoyed golfand was a member of theSweet Sixteen at the SevenLakes Country Club. He vol-unteered twice a week atMoore County Regional Hos-pital.

George discovered his lovefor music early and was play-ing guitar at the age of 6. Itwas a passion he pursued hiswhole life, more recently per-forming in local nursinghomes playing guitar, key-board and singing. On his fi-nal day of life. he performedto an audience that includedAlzheimer’s patients, who de-lighted him with their re-sponse to his music.

George was a man of highprinciples, a caring friend tomany, and. when an occasionarose, a noted wit.

He is survived by his de-voted wife Carolyn, daughtersCynthia (Ralph) Darby ofAbington, Pa., Julie (David)Dietz of Holly Springs, N.C.,and granddaughter JuliaDarby. He was preceded indeath by his brothers Phillip(Consuelo) Puffer, Frank(Marijo) Puffer, and sister-in-law Bernadine (Yusko) Puffer.

Services will be held 11a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, in theChapel In the Pines in SevenLakes, N.C.

Online condolences may bemade to www.bolesfuneralhome.com. Boles FuneralHome of Seven Lakes is assist-ing the family.

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Students at evening sessions of “Creation” Vacation Bibleschool this week at Amboy United Methodist Church,554 W. Main Road, will present a program to the congrega-tion during 11 a.m. worship Aug. 7. The Rev. Elaine Turnerwill preach on “Creation.” A potluck will follow worship,and afterward, VBS students will set off the rockets theyhave been making during Vacation Bible school. All arewelcome.

The congregation of First Congregational UnitedChurch of Christ will worship 11 a.m. Aug. 7 at the Up-per Pavilion of Township Park, with Pastor Emeritus, theRev. Stephen Szilagyi, presiding. A hymn sing will be partof worship. In case of inclement weather, worship moves toFellowship Hall at Main & Buffalo Street.

The Rev. Scott Walsh, pastor, will preach on “The Ob-

stacle of Complacency” at 9 a.m. contemporary and 11 a.m.traditional worship Aug. 7 at New Leaf United Method-ist Church, 283 Buffalo Street. Scripture is Luke 5:33-39. The New Leaf Summer Choir will sing Gaither’s “GentleShepherd.”

Outdoor contemporary worship is 8:30 a.m. and tradi-

tional sanctuary worship is 11 a.m. on Aug. 7, the eighthSunday after Pentecost at Good Shepherd LutheranChurch, Grove Street and Lake Road. Greeters are DuffyGuthrie (8:30 a.m.) and Dianne Young (11 a.m.) GoodShepherd’s church picnic is Aug. 28 at noon.

Greeters at 11 a.m. worship Aug. 7 at First BaptistChurch, 370 State St., are the Singer and Sheneman fami-lies, and Shelly and Vinnie Rose.

Family Fellowship Foursquare Gospel Church, 641Mill St., will host a Block Party in the field adjacent to thechurch 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 13, with food, drinks, games andlive music. All are welcome. The event is free.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will host“Believer’s Fire” in outdoor concert 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug.21, at the Conneaut Community Center for the Arts, 1025Buffalo Street.

Church Softball Leagues: New Leaf United Method-ist Church team plays 6 p.m. Thursdays at Malek Park.

All are invited to “Knowing and Growing TogetherWith God,” which explores the universe from the begin-ning to the present day, that meets 6 p.m. Fridays, follow-ing the free dinner, in the Hospitality Room of New LeafUnited Methodist Church, 283 Buffalo Street.

Church MealsFree Dinners are served 5 to 6 p.m. Fridays at New

Leaf United Methodist Church, Madison & Buffalo Streets.Menus change weekly. All welcome. Bring friends.

First Congregational Church, Main & Buffalo Street,will hold a Chicken sandwich luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Aug. 5, with salads, dessert and beverage. Donation $6.

Community Men’s Breakfast is 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Aug.13 at New Leaf United Methodist Church, 283 BuffaloStreet. Men of the community are invited for good food andfellowship.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will host a LakeErie Perch dinner 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 18 in conjunction withD-Day. Adults $10, children $5. Perch, cole slaw, potatosalad, rolls, dessert, cold drinks and coffee. Tickets avail-able at the door.

Rummage SalesGood Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grove Street at Lake

Road, will host the 6th annual Rummage Sale 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Aug. 5 and 6.

Religious Briefs

Church Sign of the Week:“This is a CH _ _ CH. What’s missing? U.R.”

First Baptist Church

PHOTO BY MARTHASOROHAN

Duffy Guthrie (left) andDave LeVesque invite thecommunity to attendGood Shepherd LutheranChurch 4th annual CarShow noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 6at Evergreen Campground,703 Center Road. Billed as“a family event for a Fam-ily Center,” the Car Showfeatures food, games,American auction, 50/50raffle and music by “Re-member Then.” Drawing for an enclosedutility trailer is 6 p.m. Theevent benefits the futureFamily Center at GoodShepherd, Lake Road atGrove Street. Rain date isnoon to 6 p.m. Aug. 7.

GSLC Car Show is Saturday

ConneautSalvationArmyRaises$745by MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - TheConneaut SalvationArmy’s “Christmas-in-July” Red Kettle Cam-paign raised &745.02 July21, 22 and 23.

Kettles were located atOrlando’s in Kingsville, Or-lando Brothers GoldenDawn in Conneaut, and K-Mart at Conneaut’s GatewayPlaaza.

“The kettles in Conneautwere covered well, well,thanks to ‘AM Live!’” saidthe Rev. Frank Gore, CSABoard Chair, who made apublic plea for bell ringers asa guest on Pat Williams’ “AMLive!” show and acceptedvolunteers on the air.

Gore said Conneaut cov-erage at the kettles was verygood, while the Kingsvillekettle was covered sporadi-cally.

Gore is appreciative ofhelp from the community.

The Conneaut SalvationArmy board will meet atnoon Aug. 22 at Good Shep-herd Lutheran Church.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSouthern gospelrecording artist JerryGarcia of Adrian, Mich.sang to about 150 peopleSunday evening as thefeatured performer at theConneaut CommunityCenter for the Art’sSunday evening summerconcert series. Performingat 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug.7, will be Mark Posey’sBluegrass/Gospel band.

Jerry GarciaWowsCCCA

Audience

Aug. 4 - LighthouseCruisers Cruise-In, 6 to 9p.m. at Township Park lowerpavilion.

Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31 - Pie-baking lessons, @$10. CallMardi Treen 593-6380.

Aug. 11 - Sand SculptureContest, 6 to 8 p.m. at Town-ship Park beach. Sponsoredby Conneaut Public Library.Prizes, kids’ games.

Aug. 11 - LighthouseCruisers Cruise-In, 6 to 9

Upcoming Local Eventsp.m. at Township Park lowerpavilion.

Aug. 12 - “Rock the Stagefor the Cage” all-day musicand Skateboard Festivalnoon to 7 p.m. to help repairthe Skate Park, 304 BuffaloSt., sponsored by ConneautPublic Library. Vendors,food, skateboard contest. $5admission.

Aug. 14 - Rustic Ram-blers Country Band, 6:30p.m. at Conneaut Commu-nity Center for tthe Arts,1025 Buffalo Street. Bring alawn chair or blanket.

Aug. 19 - Book-signing, 3p.m. at Conneaut Public Li-brary, 304 Buffalo St., withRichard Lucas, author of“Axis Sally,” plus World WarII Airplane presentation byBill Hansen.

Aug. 19 - Photographers’Reception, 5:30 p.m. atConneaut Community Cen-ter for the Arts, 1025 BuffaloStreet. D-Day photographyexhibit.

Aug. 19 - Don DeSantisBig Band Concert, tribute toWorld War II veterans, 6p.m. at Conneaut Commu-nity Center for the Arts,1025 Buffalo Street.

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CONNEAUT – For thefirst time in 21 years, theConneaut Area City Schoolsis playing host to theAshtabula County Camp forAutistic Children.

The day camp began atLakeshore Primary Schoolon June 27 and is held Mon-day through Thursday from9 a.m. to 2 p.m. under thedirection of Jodi Fowler.

The camp moved thisyear after losing its long-time site at the former FirstAssembly of God Church onAustinburg Road.

Fowler said she hadabout a week to find newspace.

“I was frantic,” she said.“But the people in theConneaut schools’ SpecialServices office, such as Mr.Lutes, were wonderful.”

The camp, for childrenages 3 to 16, started 21 yearsago by a group of parents ofautistic children whowanted them to enjoy typi-cal summer experiences in acamp setting after HappyHearts School discontinuedits summer program. Theyformed a non-profit organi-zation, the AustisticChildren’s Foundation ofAshtabula County, that runsthe camp. Fowler has beenits only director.

“The goal is to providecommunity, recreational andsocial activities during thesummer, so their kids can dowhat other kids do,” Fowlersaid.

These girls show they had fun at the Summer Playgroundprogram. From left, they are Alexis Nelson, Bri Oatman,Erika Hatch, Kelsey Burdette, Tatum Sanford, JessicaVolkman and Sydney Franklin.

Good Times At SummerPlayground/City Employee Picnic

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PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHANAshtabula County Autistic Camp staff member Kelly Kelly assists 5-year-old CoryWilke-Pool down the slide at the Lakeshore Primary School playground.

A fee is charged for thecamp, but the Foundationhosts fund-raisers through-out the year to help offsetsome costs.

“The first year, we hadeight kids and three staffmembers, and this year, wehave 25 children and a staffof 12,” Fowler said.

The ratio is one adult forevery two campers.

“The staffers range fromteachers to paraprofession-als and, this year even aschool psychologist,” shesaid.

To attend, campers must

be diagnosed as autistic bya physician.

Campers have been in-vited to eat lunch atLakeshore, selected as alunch site of the AshtabulaCounty Children Servicesthat provides breakfastand lunch at 9 a.m. andnoon, respectively, toAshtabula Countians un-der the age of 18. The sitewas open through the endof July.

“But autistic children canbe picky eaters, so often itis easier for the families topack their children’s lunch

with things they will eat,”Fowler explained.

In good weather, the au-tistic children age 5 to 16enjoy the Lakeshore Pri-mary School playground. OnTuesdays, they are taken tocommunity parks in thecounty. A few weeks ago,campers went swimming atWildwood Campground inAndover.

The campers enjoy it andcome back year after year.

“I have one camper whobegan coming at age 3 andis now 16, here for the finalyear,” Fowler said.

CONNEAUT – Rowe High School Class of 1946 metat Crazy Dave’s Sugar Bowl Restaurant for its 65-yearreunion July 14.

Attending were Clarence and Dorothy Kennedy, Rayand Alice Huston, Ruth and Dick Burdick, Jerry Pufferand his guest, Vera; Merlin McCrary, Stanley Graham,Margaret McGrody and Millie Richards.

Letters were received from Mrs. J. Robert Churchill,Mrs. Richard Armstrong, Allan Punkar and phone con-

Rowe High School Class of 1946 Reunites

SUBMITTED BY MILLIE RICHARDSAttending the Rowe High School Class of 1946 reunion on July 14 were (from left) Stanley Graham, Ray Huston,Alice Huston, Margaret McGrody, Jerry Puffer and his friend, Vera; Dot Kennedy, Clarence Kennedy, Ruth Burdick,Millie Richards, Merlin “Mac” McCrary.

versations with Robert Crawford, Thelma Proper, Donand Phyliss Ranta, Jeanne Peterson, Paulina Palagyi.

There were 38 graduates in the Rowe Class of ’46.The 21 who are deceased were remembered. Severalclassmates left school early to join the service.

Dick Burdick took pictures. A decorated cake wasserved and token prizes were awarded to everyone byMargaret and Millie.

- Submitted by Millie Richards

At the July 21S u m m e rP l a y g r o u n dpicnic, JustinMyers, 13, wasthe lucky winnerof a pair oftickets, for theSept. 24C l e v e l a n dIndians’ homegame. A pair ofIndians tickets isdonated bycaterer PhilGarcia eachyear to bedrawn at theend of theS u m m e rP l a y g r o u n dprogram.

As Phil Garciawatches in theb a c k g r o u n d ,Conneaut PoliceDetective MikeColby (left),Acting ConneautPolice ChiefC h u c kBurlingham andConneaut FireChief Steve Leeenjoy goodconversation and good food at a city employees’ picnicJuly 21, donated by Phil Garcia at the upper pavilion.

At the July 21 picnicat Township Park,Summer Playgroundvolunteer RyanOatman passed outice creams a n d w i c h e s ,donated byConneatut DairyQueen, top l a y g r o u n dparticipants AlexisNelson, 12, and ErikaHatch, 11, ConneautDQ donated Dillybars weekly to thefive-week SummerPlayground program.

Alumni Calendar

Conneaut High SchoolClass of 1939

Conneaut High School Class of 1939 will hold a lun-cheon meeting at noon, Aug. 9, at Crazy Dave’s, 518 MillStreet. Spouses and guests are welcome.

CHS Class of 1958Conneaut High School Class of 1958 picnic is noon to 4 p.m.

Aug. 13 at the upper pavilion of Township Park. Bring a dish toshare and your own cold beverage. Tableware, utensils andcoffee will be provided. Contact Peggy Taylor 440-593-4827 orBob Cox 440-599-8922. Spouses and guests are welcome.

Rowe High School Class of 1964Rowe High School Class of 1964 will get together for

socializing 5 p.m. and dinner 6 p.m. Aug. 13, at Crazy Dave’sRestaurant., 518 Mill Street. Dinner will be ordered fromthe menu. Come and enjoy. Contact Tom Smith at 601-212-9797.

CHS Class of 1955Conneaut High School Class of 1955 will hold a steak

fry and picnic 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at Harrington’s, 508 Will-iams St. Bring beverage and dish to share. Tableware,utensils and napkins will be provided. Steaks will be paidfor at the picnic. Reservations due Aug. 17 so steaks maybe ordered. Contact Jean Woods (440) 593-2662 [email protected].

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Back-To-SchoolSupplies Neededby MARTHA SOROHANGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - TheRight Track After-SchoolProgram will hold a“Back to School Distribu-tion” 9 a.m. Tuesday,Aug. 16, at the ConneautHuman Resources Cen-ter, 327 Mill Street.

All Conneaut AreaCity Schools students, Kto 12, are invited to stopin and pick up schoolsupplies.

Right Track is accept-ing donations of BookBags, Pencil Boxes,Wide-Ruled Notebooks,College-Ruled Note-books, Wide-Ruled Pa-per, College-Ruled Paper,Scissors, Glue Sticks andbottles, Crayons, RedPens, Blue Or BlackPens, Pencils, PocketFolders, Rulers, Post-Its,rulers (centimeters/inched) and Colored Pen-cils.

Donations may bedropped off at the CHRC8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.The Center closes 1:30p.m. Fridays. Call MaryYoung with questions at(440) 593-5273.

The Summer Playground program was a true partnershipbetween Conneaut Area City Schools, represented byConneaut Area City Schools Board of Education memberMike Kennedy (left) and the Conneaut Rec Board,represented by Dave Simpson (right). The program wasbased on one a generation ago started by the late AndyGarcia. In his memory, his son, Phil Garcia (center) feedsabout 200 playground participants and city workers onthe final day of the five-week summer program. That daywas July 21.

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Aldrich, Brent A. ,4292 Center Rd. Criminaldamaging (physical), DISI;disorderly conduct, $100,GOCJ.

Anzells, Beveraly ,5603 S. Wright St. ,Kingsville. Operation ofveh at stop; sign. $50.GOC.

Ashfield, Randy, 88Mill St., Burke, N.Y. Over-load. $122. Waiv.

Bisbee, Robert A., 781Harbor St, #2. Aggravateddisorderly conduct, $150.Jail 30 days. Sentencing:Must complete CHOICES.30 days jail suspended .Placed on unsupv comm.control 2 years, GRCJ; andDriving under OVI susp.DISI; and OVI 2nd offense,$525, Jail 180 days. Sen-tencing: 170 days of 180-day jail sentence sus-pended on the followingconditions: 5 days jail with18 days EMHA – placed onunsupv comm. control 2yrs., no offense 2 yrs., lim-ited driving with familyplates. Vehicle immobi-

Conneaut Court Reportslized for 90 days effective4/2/11 – work release onEMHA- shall not purchase,possess or consume any al-coholic bev or drug ofabuse, GOCJ.

Blanchard, KennethS., 4048 Amazon Dr.,Lowell, Mich. Overloadsregular. $127. Waiv.

Bomonte, Anthony,1436 Route 749, New Rich-mond. Overwt/sz veh onstate route. $130. Waiv.

Brocklebank, Carla,153 Poplar St. Fail to fileincome tax return. DISA.

Brocklebank, Dou-glas, 153 Poplar St. Fail tofile income tax return.DISA.

Brooks, Kevin A., 10Railroad Ave., Amenia,N.Y. Overloads regular.$100. Waiv.

Brummitt, Jerry, Jr.,609 Harbor St. Animalsrunning at large. $50.Waiv.

Cambier, Kevin D.6711 Rumbell Rd., Geneva.Cowl, fender and back-uplights. $100. GRCJ.

Conley, Marcus, 267Park Place. Animals run-ning at large. $150. GOC.

DeVore, Harvey D.,1736 Route 13, Greenwich.Overloads regular. $80.Waiv.

Dinear, Matthew J.,6961 South St. , Hale,Mich. Overwt/sz veh onstate route. $127. Waiv.

Eaton, Cassandra A.,223-1/2 Whitney St. Pro-hibited stand/park places.DISI.

Franklin, Jeffrey J.,250 E. Liberty St. ,Hubbard. Public inde-cency. $200. Jail 30 days.Sentencing: Jail sentencesuspended on conditionunsupv probation for oneyear. GRCJ.

Ghuman, Harmanjit,6935 SOM Center Rd., So-lon. Overload. $80. Waiv.

possession of drugs. DISA;and Attempted possessionof drugs. GOC.

McIntyre, Ronald J.,4575 Nye Rd., W. Spring-field, Pa. Prohibition; mi-nors under 21 years. DISA.

Murray, Robert M.,8493 Route 45, N.Bloomfield. Assault. $100.Jail 180 days. Sentencing:sentenced to 180 days,with 180 suspended,placed on supv comm. con-trol 2 yrs., to enroll in andsuccessfully complete An-ger Management. GOCJ;and aggravated menacing,DISI.

Nordquest, Christina,438 Madison St. Animalsrunning at large. DISI; andControl of dogs, $500. Finesusp $450. Jail 180 days.Sentencing: sentenced to180 days, with 180 sus-pended. Unsupv comm.control 5 years, no offense5 years, no restitution civilto APPY; May not have anypets for 5 years, except forexisting parakeet and graycat. GOCJ.

Parma, Nicholas P.,923 Buffalo St., Criminaldamaging (physical), DISI;and criminal trespass,DISI.

Post, John M., Jr. ,3628 Irma St. , Young-stown. Endangering chil-dren. $500. Fine susp$500. Jail 90 days. Sen-tencing: Supv comm. con-trol 2 years, sentenced tojail 90 days with 60 sus-pended. Must comply withall recommendations.GOCJ.

Reed, Joshua J., 270Park Place. Pkg in alleys/narrow sts/excp. Waiv.

Ryan, Kenneth, 250Rockwell St. Open con-tainer. $50. GOC: and OVI1st offense. $450. Jail 90days. Sentencing: Sen-tenced to 90 days jail, with87 suspended – may com-plete LARC in lieu of threedays jail. License susp 180days. GOC; and No driver’slicense, $50. GOC; andReasonable Control, $25,GOC.

Sauerwein, Victor S.,202 W. Main Rd., Apt. 3.Domestic violence. $100.Fine susp. $100. Jail 30days. Sentencing: Sen-tenced to 30 days jail, with23 suspended. Supv comm.control for 2 years, no of-fense, 2 yrs., Defendantgiven credit for jail 7 days.Must attend and completeAnger Management pro-gram; and Resisting Ar-rest, DISI.

Smith, Brian J., 247Price St., Lockport. Over-loads regular. $144. Waiv.

Stevenor, David L.,2243 Dewport, Akron.Overload. $121. Waiv.

Wells, Gregory V. ,7901 S. Council Rd., Lot30, Oklahoma City, Okla.Assured clear distance.$100. Waiv.

Wescott, Jennifer L.,Box 814, Damariscotta,Maine. Speeding. $60.Waiv.

Wills, Trevor D., 4530N. Rangeline B.,Covington. Overloadsregular. $134. Waiv.

Lillie ReunionThe annual reunion of the

Joseph and Lottilla LillieFamily will be held 1:30 p.m.Aug. 21 at the Lower Pavil-ion of Conneaut TownshipPark. Bring table service,table covers, lawn chairs anda well-filled basket. Dinnerwill begin at 1:30 sharp. Bev-erages will be provided.

Glass, Susan L., 400Beaver St. Front and/orside yard parking. DISI.

Harco, ChristopherM., 514 State St, Apt. A.Public intoxication. $100.GOC.

Heberle, Jennifer ,2004 Auburn St., Erie, Pa.Speeding. $100. Waiv.

Holy, Scott , 6178Trumbull Rd., Geneva.Prohibited stand/parkplaces. Waiv.

Jarvi, Mark A., 414Dorman Rd. Prohibition;minors under 21 years.$50. Jail 30 days. Sentenc-ing: 30 days jail, with 29suspended. Credit for oneday served. To be released3 p.m. GOC; and Aggra-vated disorderly conduct,$50, GOC.

Kaden, Rosella L. ,5471 Slater Rd.,Williamsfield. Domesticviolence. DISI.

K a r p a t h a k i s ,

Augustus J., 120 River-side Court, #25, Elyria.Cowl, fender. $100. GRCJ.

Kesselring, Hans, 257E. 34th St. , Erie, Pa.Overwt/sz veh on stateroute. $80. Waiv.

Lehman, Kenneth J.,223 Mechanic St., Girard,Pa. Speeding. $25. GOC

Luna, Robert, 915 N.Bush St. , Rossford.Overwt/sz veh on stateroute. $80. Waiv.

Masecik, Edward A.,13293 Route 89,Wattsburg, Pa. Overwt/szveh on state route. $80.Waiv.

Mayle, Douglas, Jr.,472 Sandusky St., #2. Dis-orderly conduct. $100. Finesusp $100. GOC.

McCormick, GeorgeE., 75 Main St., #3, Spring-field, Vt. Overloads regu-lar. $123. Waiv.

McCray, Mark L., Jr.,630-1/2 Buffalo St. Agg

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At 6:29 a.m. July 25, officers received a report of twosubjects passed out behind a Harbor Street garage. At thescene, they found Anthony Fowler and James Obrien IIsleeping on the ground as stated. Fowler was found with acigarette on his chest and a discarded cigarette package athis feet. Numerous empty beer cans were found near bothsubjects.

Officers wakened them, and the two reported they hadbeen at the bar and ended up were they were found. Theodor of an alcoholic beverage came from Fowler’s breathand person. He was cited for public intoxication and trans-ported to his residence.

At 11:59 a.m. July 25, officers responding to WrightsAvenue, where a burglary was reported in progress at anabandoned residence, were advised by dispatch that twomales had left the residence and were walking towards theBliss Avenue junk yard. Officers went to the salvage yardand spotted Scott Loomis and Jeffery McBride in a rearbuilding, speaking with a worker. They were in the processof scrapping two large metal shelves.

Loomis was wearing a red jersey matching the descrip-tion given. Both subjects were patted down and asked tosit on the ground. Loomis told police that McBride hadpermission to take the items. But McBride said, “It wasyour idea to take the stuff.” Loomis advised that the itemswere lying on the railroad tracks, in the weeds, and he de-cided to take them. Running both men’s information, Dis-patch advised that McBride had two active arrest warrants.

Detective Michael responded to the residence from whichthe items had been taken. He advised that the subjectsentered the property and that witnesses had identified bothof them. Both subjects were arrested and ttransported tothe jail. Once in the jail, Loomis stated, “I can’t believe Ihad taken that stuff.” He continued to talk about takingthe items and stated, “I just wanted to (use the money) toget high before I went to court.” He was scheduled to ap-pear in Court on another theft charge later in the day. Hewas booked into the facility without incident.

At 1:17 a.m. July 27, officers were sent to 413 East MainRd., #2 regarding Robert Nerone Jr.’s causing a disturbanceand punching out windows. Officers arrived to observeNerone standing on the porch attempting to close the door.Due to his high level of intoxication, he was stumblingaround as he tried to grab objects for support.

Nerone had urinated himself as his zipper was downwith a dark colored stain on the rear part of his tan shorts.When he spoke, Nerone was slurring his words and notmaking sense. Having no one else to contact to take re-sponsibility for him, Nerone was advised that he was un-der arrest for his own safety.

En route to jail, he made numerous threats, at one pointadvising that if officers removed handcuffs, he would“POUND HIS FACE IN!” and that if he saw the officeragain, he would kill him. Upon arrival at the station, thearresting officer waited for assistance from other officersbefore walking Nerrone into the facility. Inside, Neronewas extremely belligerent and refused to be cooperativewith the booking process.

His shoes and belt were removed and officers placed himinto the detox cell, but once inside, Robert began to spit onthe floor as well as the window. He began to punch theglass while making threats to cause physical harm towardsofficers. For Nerone’s own safety, three officers escorted himout of the Detox cell and placed him into the restraint chairalong with the spit helmet.

A hit-skip accident was reported 8:30 p.m. July 28 infront of the Rainbow Cafe on Main Street. A black pick-uptruck reportedly hit another vehicle and fled the scene east-bound on Main Street. Witnesses provided police with thelicense plate. Officers from Main Street turned east on Jack-son from Broad Street and approached Washington Street.

As they passed Washington, they observed a black JeepCherokee headed north on Harbor Street. An officer fol-lowed. He observed the truck slow, but fail to come to acomplete stop, at the Harbor/Jackson stop sign. The of-ficer noted that the Jeep began to speed as if to avoid him.He recognized the driver as Randy Douglas, Jr. The Chero-kee went east on Hayward Ave. As the officer turned ontoHayward, he observed that the Jeep was well in front ofhim, then rapidly turned into a private drive, west of 162Hayward.

The officer stopped in the street, and observed that thedriver had exited, and was standing with his back to theofficer by an open driver’s door, appearing as if he weregoing to run. Ordered to “stop!,” the driver turned andlooked, and the officer confirmed that it was Douglas.

Douglas stated: “What? I just stopped here to see myfriend Dave.” He denied evading the officer, stating thathe just drove to the house to see “Dave.” He started talk-ing about living in the area, rambling his words and mak-ing little to no sense. He was unsteady on his feet, shak-ing, and appeared disoriented.

The plate on the vehicle was similar to the suspect plategiven by the witness given. Dispatch then made a correc-tion over the radio as to the description of the suspect ve-hicle, advising that it was a black Jeep, and not a pick-up.Douglas walked over to the officer, who noted again thathe was unsteady on his feet. slurring his speech, and heemitted the strong odor of alcoholic beverages from hisperson.

A pink liquid spilled on the front of his shirt appearedto be some type of beverage. When advised that the officerwas going to pat him down, and asked to place his handson the patrol unit, and he stated, “What am I being ar-rested for?” and turned to face the officer. The officer ad-vised that he was not under arrest at this time, but wasbeing patted down for safety. He complied.

When the officer reached into his pocket to pull out ahard object, he objected, saying, “Hey! You can’t go into mypockets!” Keys found there were removed. Then Dispatchadvised that Douglas was under an OVI suspension, so theofficer arrested him for that offense. His vehicle’s platesturned out to be fictitious. Officers spotted fresh damageon the front of the vehicle that corresponded with the dam-age to the other vehicle, which had been rear-ended on MainStreet, witnesses said.

In a search pursuant to the arrest, officers saw a cello-phane baggy partially sticking out of his back pocket. Itwas removed and numerous little white pills were inside.Other pink oblong pills were found in his other pockets.Douglas was transported to the jail facility, where fieldsobriety tests were administered. Douglas was booked intothe jail facility.

At 12:12 p.m. July 29, police received reports of a cus-tomer who had threatened an employee at Conneaut K-Mart then went outside and was sitting on top of theemployee’s vehicle.

The store manager said that the suspect, Daniel A.Telisman, came into the store and began yelling at a fe-male employee. One employee stated that she observed

Telisman punching his fists together and calling her vul-garities. When the manager approached Telisman and ad-vised him to leave, Telisman uttered an obscenity, thenproceeded to kick another customer’s shopping cart beforeexiting the building.

Once outside Telisman sat on top of the hood of theemployee’s vehicle and screamed across the parking lot,“You tell her I’ll be waiting here for her!” The female em-ployee told officers that she is engaged to Telisman andthat he got upset at her because she would not give himthe keys to her vehicle. Other than calling her names, hedid not threaten her or harm her in any way.

An officer told her that Telisman admitted “causing ascene.” Telisman was cited for disorderly conduct and ad-vised not to return to the store, or he would be arrested.

At 2:15 a.m. July 30, officers observed several maleswalking east on the sidewalk near State and BuffaloStreets. One of the males then walked into the street as ifto cross over to the north side of State State. As an officercontinued west, the male ran out in front of my patrol unit.

The officer immediately stopped, and then the malestumbled into the officer’s driver’s door. The officer recog-nized him as Jeffrey Adams from a call earlier in the night.Adams was intoxicated and stated his friends dared him todo it, but he didn’t know it was “the cops.”

Adams was placed under arrest for Aggravated Disor-derly Conduct. Upon arrival at the jail, officers discoveredthat Adams had an active $190 warrant for failure to com-ply with an order from Conneaut Municipal Court. He wasbooked into the jail facility.

At 3:43 a.m. July 30, police received a report of a malewalking eastbound on I-90 near the 241 mile marker inthe eastbound lane waving his arms around, and appear-ing to be intoxicated. Officers in the area observed a malewalking eastbound on I-90 in the westbound lane.

Officers identified him Jonas Ballman, and advised himof the complaint. Ballman advised that he got into anargument with his girlfriend earlier in the night and hedecided to walk to Erie, Pa. However, as he reached therest stop he realized that he was “in way over (his) head,”and decided that it would be best to call his girlfriend froma pay phone at the rest stop.

Ballman was swaying back and forth, and slurred hisspeech, and officers detected a strong odor of alcoholic bev-erage coming from his breath and person. Ballman stated,“I probably shouldn’t be out walking around.” Ballman wascited for public intoxication and transported to his residence.

At 8:58 p.m. July 30, officers initiated a traffic stop on aspeeding vehicle but the driver activated his right turn sig-nal, turned into Loves Travel Center, and exited the ve-hicle as if the police were not behind him. The officer ad-vised the male, Okey Bland III, to get back into his vehicle.

Bland was advised of the reason for the stop. Bland didnot have his license. He stated, “I do not have my licenseon me, I forgot my wallet at home, officer.” Dispatch ranhis information and was advised that he was under ninesuspensions. He was cited and his vehicle was towed.

At 2:40 a.m. July 31, police were dispatched to Mill Streetand Bliss Avenue for the report of a disturbance, but enroute, they learned that some subjects had left the area ina white car. Officers turning north onto Mill Street fromState Street observed a southbound vehicle approachingthe N&S Railroad tracks, and, as the vehicle crossed thetracks, its front headlights violently bounced up and downdue to the vehicle’s high rate of speed. Officers suspectedit was the vehicle that left the scene of the disturbance.

The officer activated emergency lights and siren, butthe vehicle sped up and made an extremely sharp left handturn onto Madison Street, then another abrupt turn intothe first driveway on the north side of Madison Street.Reaching the driveway, the officer heard a loud crash andobserved the vehicle stopped in front of a brown and whitegarage.

The driver sprang from the driver’s seat and fled intothe back yard of the residence, leaving the vehicle run-ning with its lights on and driver’s door open. The officercould not see the suspect in the back yard, but heard aloud “thud” when he fell to the ground on the north sideof the stockade fence that separates the Madison Streetproperty from Circle K parking lot. The officer also scaledthe fence and found the suspect had climbed over a sec-ond fence that surrounds the yard directly to the east ofCircle K.

As the officer approached the second fence, the suspectsaid, “Okay. I’m turning myself in.” The subject was nowstanding behind the southeast corner of the Circle K build-ing. The subject, Alexander Arvanites, was advised to turnaround and to place his hands against the wall. The smellof an alcoholic beverage coming from his person, but whenasked if he had been consuming any such beverages, hestated “No.”

The officer checked the garage that had been struck andfound its northwest corner to be knocked off its foundationand the garage door buckled inward. A vehicle parked in-side had been pushed forward and was at rest against thenorth wall, which was now bowed outward. The ownerwas advised. Arvanites was removed from the car and askedto submit to the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.

After performing poorly on the tests, Arvanites was ar-rested, transported to UH-Conneaut Medical Center for ablood draw, and taken to the jail and booked in.

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CONNEAUT - ConneautPublic Library DirectorKathy Pape has lined up adozen bands to play for thefirst-of-its-kind fund-raiser,“Rock the Stage for theCage,” to raise funds for re-pairs and new equipment forthe Conneaut Skate Park.

The benefit begins atnoon Aug. 12 at theConneaut Public Library,304 Buffalo St. A small per-forming area will be set upbetween the library and theSkate Park.

Admission is $5.In addition to a skate-

board contest, open to peopleof all ages, music will begin1 p.m. Each band will playfor 30 minutes.

The Hannigans play at1 p.m.; Double Speech inPlay, 1:45 p.m; Siki spacek

Roller blade enthusiastJustin Mason, 12, ofConneaut will benefit fromthe proceeds of ConneautPublic Library’s “Rock theStage for the Cage,” aday-long music eventhappening starting at 1p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, in thecul-de-sac between thelibrary, 304 Buffalo Street,and the Skate Park.

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and the resurrection, 2:30p.m.; Rigged to Explode,3:15 p.m.; The goaheads, 4p.m.; Amish ElectricChair, 4:45 p.m.; Haz-Mat,5:30 p.m.; A NEW REIGN,6:15 p.m.; 100 HOURS, 7p.m.; The Runkleys, 7:45p.m.; and Minor League,8:30 p.m.

Food vendors will be onsite. Bring a lawn chair andenjoy local talent.

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NORTH KINGSVILLE- North Kingsville MayorTerrance McConnell re-ported that July 29 was “apretty good Friday” untila police cruiser was hit byan “act of God” when atree limb crashed down onit.

North Kingsville Vil-lage Council heard thenews from McConnell atits 7 p.m. meeting Aug. 1.

McConnell added that,with the hot weather,people are “drving crazy”but police officers are“watching it.”

Councilman MikeMauro reported that theGreen Road culvert willneed repairs. The roadwill be closed on Aug.8 atthe dip in the road untilthe culvert repair is com-pleted. No through trafficwill be possible.

Councilman EdRettinger informed theBoard that the PlanningCommission will meet 6p.m. Aug. 11.

An Ordinance was ap-proved to adjust the ratesfor the campground.

A Motion to add Uni-versity Hospitals to thesystem for drug tests wasokayed. The price will bethe same with 24 hour ser-vice available.

Jim Supplee and RickChase, representingConneaut telephone Com-pany, then spoke. CTC is

extending its fiber opticsystem along Route 20 anddown Route 193 to theKingsville ElementarySchool. The fiber optic sys-tem will permit rapidphone, cable TV andinternet connections. CTCwill be going door-to-doorto seek residents inter-ested in signing up fortheir service. A certaindensity of customers isnecessary in any area. Ifone area does not have therequired sign-ups, CTCwill move on to the nextarea.

Next were Departmen-tal Reports.

Police Chief RobertHouser reported that hismen had answered 102complaints in July, with948 man hours, 7,100miles driven and 570 gal-lons of fuel used.

Fire Chief BrianLehtonen said that his de-partment responded tofive calls, requiring 132miles driven, 58 manhours, 78 training hoursand 16 volunteer hours.

Rescue answered 20calls, with 11 transfers,requiring 40 man hours,20 volunteer hours and 10training hours.

Street SuperintendentTom Peters reported thathis department mowedand trimmed, and workedon repairing Green Road.

Village Council meet-ing will meet 7 p.m. Aug.17 in the Municipal Build-ing, 3541 Center Road.

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committee member NickIarocci, some 140 peoplewere involved in the 5K run,the 5K Walk, and the 1.5-mile walk that was a fund-raiser for the Conneaut High

School Music Boosters, theConneaut Human ResourcesCenter, and the ConneautCommunity Center for theArts.

Results released for the

5K run showed Curt Bachusas the men’s overall winner,with a time of 17:48, and 17-year-old Jennifer Oxley aswomen’s overall winner, at22:50.

Taking last place was per-sistent 11-year-old BradleyTisdale, the second-youngestto compete. At 44:07, he wasabout ten minutes behindthe youngest male competi-tor, Rylan Darison, with atime of 34:47.

Nearly sixty yearsTisdale’s senior, Gill came inat 28:16, 38th out of 67 run-ners. He complained thatwas a bit slow, but not badconsidering he had run threedays earlier at a 5K “Twi-light Quad” in swelteringtemperatures in Mercer, Pa.

“I went with some of myrunning buds, and I decidedI hadn’t had a lot of time torecover. But it wasn’t a badtime for an old bird,” hesaid.

Without friends or familypresent to cheer him on, Gillsaid the hardest part ofSaturday’s 5K Windmill runwas coming up to Lake Roadfrom Township Park.

“It was pretty steep andit took me another mile toget back in the groove,” hesaid. “And while you don’tnotice it if you’re in a car,there’s an upgrade on LakeRoad, too, through theneighborhoods. I don’t like‘uphills.’”

Gill says his times thissummer have been below hisnormal finishes in the upper50th percentile of everyevent. Before retiring, hetaught fitness walking andweight control at Kent StateAshtabula — at a time whenphysical education was acurriculum requirement —and eventually wore “15hats” there, including direc-tor of admissions andrecords.

Gill suggests tweakingnext year’s 5K run to startearlier in the morning.

“Most runs in Floridadon’t start any later than7:30 a.m., and half-mara-thons always start at 7,” hesaid. “It’s not so warm,there’s less traffic, and it’seasier on the runners.”

He also suggests limitingage groups to five-year incre-ments rather than 10.

“If they change agegroups, I think that will at-tract more runners,” he said.“If you’re at the top of yourage group, you always haveplenty of races to go to.”

Overall, Gill stressed thatthe course, while “challeng-ing,” was “very nice.” He wasimpressed with the help.

Iarocci, who organizedthe finish line workers, con-cluded that the race and thewalk were very successful.

“It seemed like everyonehad a good time. We had al-most 140 participants in to-tal, which is outstanding foronly being in its second year.The committee and eventworkers did a great job, allto benefit three very worthyorganizations in our commu-nity,” he said.

The amount of moneyraised will be disclosed at afuture post-event committeemeeting.

2nd Annual Conneaut Windmill 5KRun 2011 - Race Results

1. Curt Bachus 46 M 17:482. Alex Williams 17 M 18:513. Jeremy Verdi 31 M 18:524. Stephen Sheneman 19 M 18:565. Tim Kananen 20 M 19:406. Scott Ogren 39 M 20:107. Jesse Sharp 54 M 20:168. Dan Loose 49 M 20:259. Bobby Nelson 37 M 20:3510. Erik Vant’Veer 42 M 20:4111. Steve Wahonick 37 M 21:1112. John Hutchinson 41 M 21:4613. Warren Dillaway 51 M 22:0914. Rich Gansheimer 47 M 22:1715. Jennifer Oxley 17 F 22:5016. Kathryn Kane 28 F 23:0417. Ann Emery 26 F 23:0818. Adam Lytle 29 M 24:2219. Denver Haush 56 M 24:4820. Jessica Kennedy 32 F 24:5221. Ami Bennett 37 F 24:5522. Joshua Tracy 28 M 25:0723. Diedre Fleming 26 F 25:4024. Christa Oxley 13 F 25:4325. Jessica Kenny 21 F 25:4426. Terena Snyder 35 F 25:4627. Jennifer Kenny 21 F 26:0728. Jacklyn Krysa 37 F 26:1529. Chrissy Barrickman 41 F 26:2630. Tina Davison 39 F 27:0431. Julie Burto 47 F 27:3432. David Jacobson 50 M 27:4133. Babs Legeza 45 F 27:4234. Angel Newman 14 F 27:4335. Vernon Palo 51 M 27:5536. Jill Valentic 40 F 27:5937. JJ Eaton 35 M 28:1038. Don Gill 79 M 28:1639. Tonya Brewer 40 F 28:1740. Toni Raisian 24 F 28:4041. Julianne Sharp 25 F 28:4342. Lori Byers 35 F 29:4343. Suzanna Hambach 32 F 29:4944. Jackie Lytle 29 F 30:0945. Katie Cox 28 F 30:1046. Dan McGrath 62 M 30:1647. Sean Smith 25 M 30:2148. Rebecca Tisdale 15 F 30:2749. Alexis Benedict 13 F 30:4750. Natalie Breedlove 26 F 30:5451. Craig Walker 39 M 31:0252. Bethany Smile 32 F 31:4253. Carrie Kaydo 43 F 31:5854. Debbie Driscoll 44 F 32:2255. Devyn Adkins 13 M 34:0556. Brad Tisdale 46 M 34:1057. Linda Craigo 55 F 34:1858. Rylan Darison 9 M 34:4759. Jeremy Ferguson 14 M 34:5660. Jeremy Hambach 32 M 35:1461. Josh Morrison 38 M 35:2662. Justice Sprinkle 14 F 35:3963. Gloria Campbell 57 F 35:4064. Daniel Sheneman 17 M 39:5365. Breanna Sprinkle 13 F 39:5466. Chrisy Carraher 40 F 43:1267. Bradley Tisdale 11 M 44:07

Overall Winner Male – Curt BachusOverall Winner Female – Jennifer Oxley14 and under Male – Devyn Adkins14 and under Female – Christa Oxley15-19 Male – Alex Williams15-19 Female – Rebecca Tisdale20-29 Male – Tim Kananen20-29 Female – Kathryn Kane30-39 Male – Jeremy Verdi30-39 Female – Jessica Kennedy40-49 Male – Dan Loose40-49 Female – Chrissty Vendetti Barrickman50-59 Male – Jesse Sharp50-59 Female – Linda Craigo60-69 Male – Dan McGrath60-69 Female – None70 and over Male – Don Gill70 and over Female - None

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ing the current stock market. Until now.“I found out about the lighthouse auc-

tion one day when I went in the house forlunch, and caught the tail end of the storyon our local TV channel,” Killilea said. “Iran to my computer, and sure enough, thereit was.”

The first thought that ran throughKillilea’s mind was the great opportunitythat lighthouse ownership would offer hissons, Caiden, 8, and Cory, 11.

“They’re farm boys. They help with theanimals,” he said. “But between the green-house, the farm, and UPS, we don’t as afamily have time to do many family-ori-ented things. So I looked at this as an op-portunity, especially with the boys at a funage, to get to the lake.”

Killilea also recognized the opportunitymight be once-in-a-lifetime.

“With the stock market as it is, why notroll over the 401K into the lighthouse andinvest in family?” he thought.

Killilea said the U.S. General ServicesAdministration, which put the lighthouseon the auction block a few years ago, wasmore than helpful in describing the light-house and providing what he called “in-depth” photos. But since the photos were ofthe lighthouse exterior, Killilea wanted tospeak with someone who had been inside.Arthur Ullenberg, of GSA’s Real PropertyUtilization and Disposal Division, provedto be his man.

“I told him what I wanted to do with it,and jumped in with a bid of $13,000,”Killilea said, surpassing the minimum$5,000 bid. He said he and “Bidder 3” wentback and forth in the bidding process.

“I think we were the only two seriousbidders,” he said. “But then, at the lastminute, Bidder #6 jumped in with $37,000,and it scared me. I thought if he was just

jumping in at $37,000, he would run theprice up. But he didn’t. He bid only onetime.”

Killilea will make the lighthouse avail-able as well to his extended family, most ofthem Central Ohioans, especially duringthe months when his own family is too busywith farm work to make the trip.

“My dad is one of 15 children, so I havea lot of aunts, uncles and cousins, and we’rea tight-knit group,” he said. “The kids areall about the same age, so it will be a goodexperience.”

Killilea knows that lighthouse lodgingwill be almost “primitive camping,” as thestructure lacks indoor plumbing.

“And we don’t have deep pockets,” hesaid.

Looking forward to their first trip to thelighthouse sometime next week — theyhave contacted the Coast Guard to arrangefor a peek at the property — the Killileasare waiting to proceed with the next step,a lease agreement to arrive from the gov-ernment.

“We won’t own the land that the light-house sits on. We have to lease that fromthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We’rewaiting for the lease agreement,” Killileasaid. “When they approve our lease, thenwe can finalize the purchase.”

The only cloud hanging over Killilea’shead Tuesday morning was cast by thedeath hours earlier of his ailing father-in-law. Spreading the news of the lighthouseacquisition to the extended family had beenput on hold.

“We’re letting it go until things settledown, but when they find out, I know they’llbe excited,” Killilea said.

“We’re scared. It’s a big deal,” he admit-ted. “But we’re investing in family. Every-thing should be wonderful.”

thought that city labor con-tracts permitted personnel“swaps” among city depart-ments during busy projects,and City Manager TimothyEggleston agreed. He toldCouncil he will look into “re-allocating bodies” as well asoperating monies to seeabout possible shifts.

Mooney asked if a PublicWorks employee rumored tobe leaving would be replaced.

“I think we need to get outof the paving business. We areten years behind in ditchingprojects. We should contractit out,” LaRusch suggested.

When the issue was raisedabout disposing of city prop-erties since the city did nothave the manpower to runthem, Lakeshore Park wasmentioned — again.

“We’ve never had a seriousdiscussion about LakeviewPark.” Williams said.

Ward 1 Councilman DaveCampbell asked Egglestonduring the “unfinished busi-ness” portion of the meetingwhether the city’s RevolvingLoan Funds could be used torepair the Dorman Road cul-vert.

“It’s our responsibility tokeep the road open. This is notthe space shuttle, and gas istoo high for people to make a‘long’ trip around,” he said,urging Public Works to do the

job. “We need a game planhere.”

Campbell reminded Coun-cil that Public Works couldprobably do the job becauseDorman Road is not “route 7”and the project is not “aCadillac.” He told Egglestonthat using galvanized pipewould cost the city under$100,000, but Eggleston saidgalvanized pipe is a poorchoice in the long run. He fa-vors cement and said hewould “rather err on the sideof long term.”

Eggleston promised to talkwith CT Consultants andbring in a breakdown ofproject costs at the next meet-ing.

Lewis joked that he hadforgotten that Eggleston was“new” and not quite “up tospeed,” and reminded himthat he was brought toConneaut to solve its prob-lems.

“You can get grants, butthey are only half the answer,”Eggleston said, referring torequired “matching” funds.

In his Law Director’s Re-port, David Schroeder an-nounced that Assistant LawDirector Carly Prather held aphone conference regardingan unemployment compensa-tion claim submitted byformer City Manager RobertSchaumleffel, Jr. The city is

contesting, since it paidSchaumleffel $30,000 in sev-erance pay. Schaumleffel hassince found other employ-ment, which Schroeder saidwould minimize the amountthe city may owe. No decisionhas been rendered in the mat-ter.

Schroeder announced hewill attend a Commercial Ve-hicle Overweight Enforce-ment Seminar in Columbuson Oct. 22. He expects to learnnew information about ob-taining portable scales for thecity.

He has arranged for anOhio Department of Trans-portation representative tospeak at Council’s Aug. 15work session on the upcomingI-90 construction projectthrough city limits to thePennsylvania line

He also said that the heathas caused gradual “wear andtear” on interstate exit ramps.Slippery ramp conditionscaused four non-injury acci-dents one day last week alone.

Schroeder said that resi-dents curious about yard saleand yard parking ordinancesmay find them on the city’sweb site. Ordinances are331.37, 351.03, 331.37.Schroeder said in his opinion,language in the ordinances onthe books should be tightened,since it now falls to the dis-

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cretion of policemen to decidewhether front and side lawnparking is causing ruttedyards and standing water.

“It’s difficult to enforce, andtoo much to defer to the po-lice department,” he said.

Residents having yardsales are permitted to placethree signs: one on the pre-mises and two off-premise,at a resident’s discretion, butsigns may not be tacked toutility poles or in the right-of-way. Signs, no larger thanthree feet, may be posted thenight before a sale and mustbe removed immediately af-ter the sale. They may notbe illuminated.

Schroeder will find out theregulations of political signs.

“They are treated differ-ently,” he said, but empha-sized that signs are not per-mitted on tree lawns.

Campbell askedSchroeder about activity atthe former Giant Eagle storeat Gateway Plaza, andSchroeder explained that theplaza owner had died a yearago and his widow was famil-iarizing herself with theproperties.

Ward 4 Councilman TomKozesky requested on behalfof 14th Street residents thatsince paving plans are onhold, potholes be filled in.

A motion by At-large Coun-cilman Neil LaRusch to beginthe process of adopting the2012 International Property

Maintenance Code passedunanimously. LaRusch saidthe city’s adopted version is“two versions behind” andthat the city is “behind thecurve.”

“It’s time to ‘do’ it, not justtalk about change,” he said.

Schroeder will be able todistribute copies of the newIPMC to councilmen only if heattaches it to an ordinance,since each copy must be pur-

chased otherwise. An ordi-nance to adopt the 60-pagecode will go through the three-reading process and be openfor discussion. Schroeder willprepare an ordinance for theAug. 8 meeting.

The Aug. 8 agenda also in-cludes an ordinance to createa line item for Board of Healthgrant proceeds.

The 7 p.m. Aug. 8 meetingwill be televised.

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ASHTABULA - KentState University atAshtabula announces theapproval by the Ohio Boardof Regents to offer two newassociate degree programsthat will prepare studentsfor skilled jobs in Ohio’smultimillion-dollar wineand grape industry.

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Kent State University at Ashtabula offers Ohio’sfirst degree programs geared to the wine industry

year programs are the firstcollege degrees related towinemaking offered in thestate of Ohio.

“We’re very excited to pro-vide students the opportu-nity to study and eventuallywork in this industry that isso important to our region,”said Dr. Susan Stocker, deanand chief administrative of-ficer of Kent StateAshtabula.

Ohio ranks in the top 10of wine-producing states andemploys more than 4,000people in the wine industry.Ashtabula County alone ishome to 20 wineries, whichare visited by nearly 500,000people annually.

“For us it’s an economicdevelopment issue,” Stockercontinued. “Having our pro-gram adjacent to the largestgrowing district in the stateprovides students with in-valuable hands-on learning

opportunities which will en-hance their employability,both here and in wine re-gions across the country.”

Courses are offered bothonline and in the classroom,covering topics such as sen-sory evaluation, wineryequipment operation, geog-raphy of wine and regionalvineyard management. Theprogram is designed to beconvenient for both tradi-tional and non-traditionalstudents to earn a degree ortake a few classes. Plus, stu-dents will participate inhands-on training at localwineries and vineyards, ofwhich there are many. Northeast Ohio containsover half the wine grapeacreage in the state, and themajority of the state’s 151wineries are located in Lake,Geauga and Ashtabula coun-ties.

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Debonne Vineyards in Madi-son, believes that his opera-tion would benefit from pro-fessional training for hisemployees.

“At Debonne, we train ourworkers on site. The avail-ability of these wine pro-grams at Kent StateAshtabula will shorten ourtraining time, and provideus with an elevated qualityof wine professionals forhire,” Debevec said. “In ad-dition, those who go to col-lege have more than just thetechnical skills to bring tothe workplace. They comewith new ideas and experi-ences, as well as industryconnections.”

Donniella Winchell, ex-ecutive director of the OhioWine Producers Association,has worked closely withKent State Ashtabula andVESTA to bring the winedegrees to the Ashtabulacampus.

“We’re elated that KentState Ashtabula is commit-ted to developing this pro-gram, which willsurely support the continuedgrowth of high value regionalagricultural, wine, tourismand hospitality industries,”Winchell said. “As the Ohiowine community grows inboth size and stature, it willbe ever more important forour industry to find talented,well prepared individuals towork in our cellars, vineyardsand tasting rooms.”

The wine industry’s eco-nomic impact on the state’seconomy is estimated at$580 million annually, pro-ducing more than 850,000gallons of wine each year.

Kent State Ashtabulawill be showcasing the newprograms at Vintage OhioWine Festival on Aug. 5 and6 at Lake Metropark’sFarmpark in Kirtland, Ohio.

Applications for the Fall2011 semester are currentlybeing accepted. For more in-formation, visitwww.ashtabula.kent.edu/winedegrees, or call (440)964-4217.

SUBMITTED PHOTO“Children are excited about learning this summer and

our teachers are helping to keep kids connected to schoolthrough our Academic Appetizers program,” according toAnn Pfouts, summer director for After School Discovery.

Through Academic Appetizers, teachers and aides aresent to eight selected summer food sites to help childrenstay connected with school and decrease summer learningloss.

Academic Appetizers has targeted children in thirdthrough eighth grades but that doesn’t mean that theyounger children haven’t also learned from the program.

“We have had many older children bring their youngerbrother or sister and we adjust our teaching to help them,too,” says Ms. Pfouts. Academic Appetizers began in Juneand has served over 634 children. It will continue throughAugust 12 at: Bardmoor, Bonniewood, Dream Center, Har-bor Ridge, Hiawatha Church, Lakeside IntermediateSchool, Peoples Baptist Church, and Woodman Avenuehousing sites.

The learning activities have included a blend of grade-appropriate hands-on activities in science, math and read-ing that align with State benchmarks. Children also takehome learning packets that can be done independently orwith a family member.

Families have begun to get involved at some of the sitesand on Aug. 9, After School Discovery will host a commu-nity service day at each site. Children and families willwork together to spruce up their community site and allwill receive hot dogs, ice cream and cookies. St. Peter’sEpiscopal Church will provide the cookies and will also bepresent at the sites along with teachers and administra-tion from Ashtabula Area City Schools.

Academic Appetizers, and the community event, is madepossible by funding through 21st Century CommunityLearning Center grant, McNichols Family Foundation, andthe Episcopal Diocese of Ohio as well as the cooperativeefforts of Children Services and their Summer Foods Pro-gram.

Academic Appetizers furthers the mission of After SchoolDiscovery, which is to support children and their familiesin becoming life-long learners. ASD provides and promotesenrichment opportunities and learning initiatives thatstimulate young minds and support a child’s learning anddevelopment.

Children keepingbusy with ‘AcademicAppetizers’ program

SUBMITTED PHOTOLori Lee, Office of Academic Services, Kent State University at Ashtabula is picturedwith Tony Debevec, owner of Debonne Winery at the winery in Madison, Ohio.


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