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3 ........... Students, parents take a shot at healthy living

6 ........... Homeowners return to object to proposed Glenwillow path; council defers re-zoning request

8 ........... Board kicks off new year with leadership appointments, policy adoptions

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14 ........ Turning of the year scoots out the neigh-sayers, ushers in baa-baa-rific 2015

Danny Schwartz adjusts Lego Dragons’ robot “Toothless” dur-ing the district First Lego League competition at the University of Akron last month, while Graham Chalfin (l) and Caleb Branstetter look on. See story on page 4.


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Girls on the Run participants were misidentified in the story “Girl Power is on the run in Twinsburg,” which ran in the January Tribune. The runners are (l-r) Elizabeth Larson, Bella Portwood, Carlene Kijauskas, Alexa Yee, Natalie Schmitt, Peyton Drasner and Danielle Coyle.

Correction T09 STUDENTS, PARENTS TAKE A SHOT

Major Grant sinks a shot at the “Tiger 2 for 2 for Hunger” competition.

Top left: Students (front, l-r) Lia Falkin-

burg, Lilly Cepis, Natalie Falkinburg

and Tommy Cepis (back) check out the

prize table. Top right: Todd Rosenthal (back)

and his sons Noah (l) and Jack try liquid fruit. Right: Dylan

Santone (front), 6, and his brother, Luke, do

situps with the help of dad, Brian, and mom,

Karra. Photos by K. Garred

Students, parents take a shot at healthy livingOn Saturday, Jan. 17, Twinsburg City

School staffers turned the high school com-mons area into a healthy living exhibition for the 6th Annual Tiger Wellness Work-shop. Guests enjoyed wellness displays, fitness demos, free giveaways and plenty of free water, fruit, and nutritious snacks

Also returning this year was the popular “Tiger 2 for 2 for Hunger” free throw con-

test. Participants paid $2 for 2 minutes of free throws with all proceeds going to Paws On Hunger, a joint venture between the Emergency Assistance Center of Northfield and Twinsburg City Schools that provides a weekend backpack of “kid-friendly,” nutritious foods for students in need at Wilcox Pri-mary and Bissell Elementary schools. ∞


Twinsburg FLL teams win in many waysby Joe Jancsurak

Most everyone knows the NFL. After all, it represents America’s most popular sport. But what about the FLL, as in First Lego League?

That’s right. There’s a team sport – a global one, in fact – that instead of us-ing balls and pucks uses LEGOs, those familiar plastic interlocking building blocks named after a Danish phrase for “play well” and first introduced more than a half-century ago. The FLL teams are comprised of two to 10 middle-school-aged enthusiasts, and their numbers are growing.

And why not? We’re talking about a chance to play with LEGOs, build robots and even change the world.

There are currently 25,000 FLL teams in 80 countries. Four of Ohio’s 455 teams are in Twinsburg and are known as the Twinsburg RoboTigers, Lego Dragons, All Our Other Names Were Vetoed and Lego Legends.

Following regional tournaments at Ha-thaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Seton Catholic School in Hudson and Girard Junior/Senior High School, all but Lego Legends advanced and participated in last month’s district tournament at the University of Akron. Coming away from districts with a Teamwork award was the Twinsburg RoboTigers team, coached by Manjula Dhupati and assistant coach, John Kelly. Dhupati also received the Coach’s award.

Unfortunately, none of the Twinsburg teams scored high enough to advance to this month’s state tournament at Wright

State University in Dayton.

Twinsburg also has a junior FLL team (for grades K-3) known as the Bissell Brain-stormers and coached by Tina Laslo. The junior team, which participated in the Solon regional tour-nament at Orchard Middle School, did not participate in the district tourna-ment.

Dhupati launched Twinsburg’s first FLL team, the RoboT-igers, four years ago, and this will be the first year the team won’t be part of the state tournament.

“Our team’s robot just didn’t behave as expected, but there’s always next year,” she said.

Team rankings aside, the benefits that come with being an FLL are great. One can’t assign a point score to the self-confidence that comes from presenting and explaining your work to a panel of adult judges, a critical part of FLL com-petitions. The tournaments are all-day and sometimes two-day events comprised of three parts: robots, project and core values.

The teams spend months designing and programming their LEGO-based robots, complete with motors and wheels. During

the competitions, judges give the robots specific tasks to perform and points are assigned accordingly. Such tasks may include opening doors, rotating objects and shooting a ball.

Then there’s the project component having to do with a global challenge. This year’s theme, “World Class: Learning Un-leashed,” provided the FLL teams with an opportunity to identify a challenge having to do with learning and then develop a solution.

“Too many times when we talk about science in school, we do so without giving examples of how it can be applied in the real world,” said Karen Plaster, director of the FLL’s Northeast Ohio University of Akron District Tournament. “FLL is giving these students opportunities to solve real problems.”

The problem identified by the Ro-boTigers recognized the disconnect that many middle-school students feel toward science. The six-member team developed a biweekly YouTube show about science-related current events, using graphics, power words and interviews. Its trailer can be found twinsburgrobotigers.com.

The first-year, five-member Lego Drag-ons team, coached by Carol Branstetter, presented its “Bee-Friendly Stamps” designed to help people learn how to protect bee colonies. The stamps would be used to identify bee-safe products and pest-control solutions while supporting bee research.

T15 LEGO (STORY TO COME)Twinsburg’s Robot Tigers bring home the Teamwork award from last month’s district First Lego League competition at the University of Akron. Team members include (front, l-r) Nidhi Dhupati, Eli Branstetter, Raghav Kasibhatla, (back) Sriya Dhupati, Vedha Muvva, and Kevin Onion. Photos courtesy of Scott Horstman

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T16 LEGO (STORY TO COME)All Other Names Were Vetoed team members (l-r) Donald Mold, Bella Genovese, Aidan Turner and Rebecca Mold pose behind “stress kits” they created to help their peers deal with test and homework anxiety.

T18 LEGO (OPT) (STORY TO COME)The Lego Dragons are one of four First Lego League teams in Twins-burg. The team includes (l-r) Caleb Branstetter, Danny Schwartz, Graham Chalfin, Justin Mutter and Josh Schiopote.

And, the first-year, four-member All Our Other Names Were Vetoed team, coached by Patty Mold and assistant coach, Karen Turner, created “Stress Relief Fun Kits” for taking the edge of having to deal with busy schedules. The kits contain a guide on how to deal with stress, a can of Play-Doh, a notebook and crayons, a Rubik’s cube and a peppermint candy. The team proudly presented their stress-combating kits to the Twinsburg Board

of Education last month. The third component of the competi-

tion – Core Values – addresses how well students present their ideas to the judges, how well they interact with their team-mates, and even how well they interact with their opponents.

“FLL is so much more than robots and LEGOs,” said Brenda Ronnebaum, direc-tor of FLL – Ohio. “It’s about learning to work together.”

In fact, some of the points assigned during the Robots part of the tourna-ments have to do with two competing teams coming together to successfully complete assigned tasks. The idea is to cooperate while engaging in competition. FLL has a word for that: coopertition.

For more information on FLL and how to get involved, visit fllinnovation.first-legoleague.org or contact Karen Plaster at [email protected]. ∞

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Homeowners return to object to proposed Glenwillow path; council defers re-zoning request

by Judy StringerJan. 13 regular city council meeting

For the second meeting in a row, resi-

dents who live along a proposed trail that would connect the cities of Glenwillow and Twinsburg came to share their objec-

tions with Twinsburg City Council. In June, city council members gave

unanimous support to a partnership with Glenwillow that would develop the path and seek grants to cover some of the costs. As first proposed, the path was expected to connect an existing trail north of Bond Street in Glenwillow to an existing trail at Glen Meadow Park. The proposed path would run along the west side of Tinkers Creek and is of special concern for residents who live close to the creek banks on Heritage Drive and Treefern and Woodchuck courts.

Treefern Court homeowner Holly Har-ris told council she bought the home, which backs up to Tinkers Creek, in August partly because of the natural back-drop. As it is proposed, the trail would sit less than 12 steps from a deck on her home, Harris said. When the creek is flooded, which occurs regularly, according to Harris, path users would be forced to walk on her property. She also is worried about safety, saying it would be easy for a passerby to leave the path and enter her backyard without being seen from the street or by her neighbors.

“I am sure each of you have mothers, sisters and/or daughters. Would you want an unfenced public path within 12 paces of your loved ones home?” she asked the council.

Heritage Drive homeowner Kathleen Bonacci said she canvassed the neighbor-hood in December and got signatures opposing the path from 42 residents. Not one of her neighbors said they would sup-port the path’s current route and only two said they were waiting for more informa-tion before deciding one way or another.

Ward one representative Sam Scaffide reiterated that the proposed path is not a done deal and resident input would be elicited before the path is finalized.

“In fact, if this does become a proposed trail or a trail that we believe is going to become a reality, there will be a meeting held with all of the residents along the path,” Scaffide said. “We would be happy to get any additional comments and give our feedback.”

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Mayor Katherine Procop called the cur-rent proposal a “concept plan,” saying op-tions like putting the path on the east side of Tinkers Creek are still being explored.

Council also fielded resident concerns related to an ordinance that would have put a rezoning issue on the May ballot. The owner of two parcels of land on the north side of East Aurora Road near Mc-Donalds would like them rezoned from a mixed resident/business C-5 district to an interchange business C-3 district. The city planning commission gave its blessing to the rezoning late last year. Council was set to make a decision of its own, but deferred following questions about the map sub-mitted as part of the rezoning ordinance. Resident Sally Gaydosh told council she believes the map has not gone through the proper channels to be certified.

Loren Sengstock said he objected to the rezoning because it does not align to the city’s new comprehensive plan, which shows the property in a C-5 district.

Several council members said they would like more time to explore the issue and council passed over the ordinance during the legislative portion of the meeting.

Rec Fees IncreaseParks and Recreation Director Derek

Schroeder and Twinsburg Fitness Center Manager T.L. Thogmartin presented a new fee schedule for fitness center membership, which included a 7 percent increase across the board. A monthly fam-ily membership for city residents would increase from $45 to $49. The annual family rate would increase from $420 to $450. Individual membership, also for city residents, would increase from $29 to $32 per month and from $228 to $244 annually. Rates for township residents and non-Twinsburg residents would increase by 7 percent as well.

Schroeder said the fitness center has not raised rates since 2009 and remains competitively priced. The new fee sched-ule will be read two more times before council votes on it.

Schroeder also said tickets for the popu-lar Adult Egg Hunt go on sale on Feb. 26 at the fitness center.

Other legislationThe council passed several pieces of

legislation including: • An ordinance to accept the bid of Trax

Construction of Wickliffe for $834,000 to replace the waterline and repair the sanitary sewer along Hilldale Drive and reconstruct the road after those improve-ments. • An ordinance to allow the city’s engi-neering department to seek bids for the construction of a sanitary sewer from 8945 Chamberlin Rd. to 9083 Cham-berlin Rd. • An ordinance approving the donation of city-owned property along Route 91 required for the first phase of widening of the road, which involves the segment from Post Road to Glenwood Boulevard.• A resolution that will allow the Ohio Department of Transportation to conduct nighttime work south of Revenna Road when it begins a planned resurfacing of Route 91 in June. • A resolution to amend the federal funding related to construction of a multi-purpose trail along Liberty Road. The city was eligible for $499,000, up from the original amount of $368,000, in federal funding due to higher than expected construction costs, according to City Engineer Amy Mohr. ∞


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by Judy StringerJan. 7 regular school board meeting

The Twinsburg City School District Board of Education began the new year by electing officers. The five board mem-bers unanimously re-elected Ron Stuver to serve as president for 2015 and newly elected Rob Felber to serve as vice presi-dent. Felber replaces Kate Cain-Criswell.

In an otherwise brief legislative meeting, the board passed 38 new or revised district policies. Most of these changes are ones that align with recommendations from NEOLA, a Stow-based legal association, and are the result of changes in state laws or guidelines, said Felber, a member of the board’s Policy Committee. The board held a first reading of the policies during its last regular meeting on Dec. 17.

The policies range from procedures to adopt textbooks and introduce new cur-riculum, to guidelines for the procure-ment and use of epinephrine auto injec-tors (a.k.a. EpiPens), which can be used to stop possibly fatal allergic reactions. Two policies were discussed in more depth at the Dec. 17 meeting: one addressing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and one restricting snacks that can be sold during

school hours as part of fundraisers.The BYOD policy sets guidelines for when

and how students can use mobile devices, like smart phones and tablets, at school. Felber said many Twinsburg teachers are starting to develop ways for students to use their devices for educational purposes.

Under the new policy, “devices have to be authorized by a teacher to use,” he said, and students are prohibited from chatting on social media or engaging in other activities not related to schoolwork.

Powers said the BYOD policy was one of several technology-related policies, all of which relate back to new capabilities with the district’s expanded wireless infrastruc-ture and a board goal in 2015 to harness the power of technology in the schools.

At the Dec. 17 meeting, Superintendent Kathryn Powers also addressed a proposed policy that requires fundraising snacks sales taking place during school hours, to meet the same federal dietary standards as food sold by the school district, in its cafeterias and vending machines.

“[Mark] Bindus works very diligently to make sure all of the food items that we provide to our kids in our cafeterias re-ally fit [federal] guidelines and standards.

Now board policy also has to align with those standards,” Powers said. “If we, for instance, have a concession stand and are selling things outside those standards, sales cannot begin until 30 minutes after the school day.”

Proposed school calendarThe new year will also bring changes

to the district calendar for 2015-2016. Powers presented the proposed calendar for the upcoming school year at the Dec. 17 meeting. The board will vote to accept the calendar at its Jan. 26 meeting after a 30-day public comment period.

Most of the calendar adjustments are a result of a change in the way public schools districts must calculate student-learning time. Powers said the former 180-day requirement is being replaced by an hour-based requirement. Beginning this fall, kindergarten through sixth-grade students must be in class for a total of 910 hours, while middle school and high school students must accrue 1,001 hours.

The good news, according to Powers, is that blizzard bags or making up snow days will be a thing of the past. Based on its calendar, Twinsburg will be far enough beyond those required minimum hours to negate any hours lost to weather. Middle and high school students, for example, will be over the minimum by 18 days.

The bad news is that “senior privilege” may also be a thing of the past. Cur-rently seniors who have meet gradua-tion requirements are allowed to leave school early for work or activities. The district will not be able to approve these arrangements going forward since the student would not meet minimum hour mandates, unless the student is leaving as part of a program that earns credit.

The new learning time framework also means Twinsburg can build in a few “data” days without applying for the extra teacher workdays from the state. On these days students are off school and teachers use the time for analyzing assessments and for professional development. For the proposed 2015-2016 calendars, those days would be Friday, Sept. 4; Monday, Sept. 28; Monday, Oct. 19; and Tuesday, Nov. 3, Powers said. ∞

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Registration for Cuyahoga Valley Career Center’s (CVCC) 2015 summer career camps opens on Monday, Feb. 9. Camps for students who will be in grades 8-10 (fall 2015) is June 8 – June 11 and June 15 - June 18. Camps for students who will be in grades 5-7 (fall 2015) is June 22 – June 25. All camps are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Camp fees are $195 per week for in-district students and $205 per week for students outside of CVCC’s eight member districts. A $25 early bird discount is available for registra-tions received by Friday, March 27.

Camp activities allow campers to “try on” a career, such as video game de-sign, culinary, robotics, medicine, and IT—many of which use state-of-the-art technology. Camp counselors are licensed teachers.

For more information and registration, visit cvccworks.edu/CAREERCAMPS.aspx. CVCC is at 8001 Brecksville Rd., Brecksville. ∞

Local church makes the gospel part of game dayby Kristin Wedemeyer Goss

It was a typical Super Bowl party with a twist. There was lots of food, pre-game fun and cheering, but the men gathered at the Sanctuary of Praise International Ministries on Hadden Road took a break from rooting on their favorite teams for a half-time service of praise.

Sunday, Feb. 1, marked the 11th year the Men’s Fellowship of the Sanctuary of Praise hosted the Super Bowl fellowship party as a way to mix sports, friendship and worship, according to Sanctuary of Praise Administrator and Community Liaison Dania King. The event, which has attracted about 40 fans each year,

is open to all. “This is a good way for male members

of the church to invite family members or friends who would not come to church for a traditional service or other time of fellowship. Many of the non-members who come are surprised at the camaraderie and good-natured fun the church men have. This is a time of no pressure - just fun, food, and fellow-ship,” said King, who added the event also provides a spiritual benefit.

“Because of this relaxed atmosphere, they receive the gospel better,” ex-plained King. “They give God the glory at half-time.” ∞

T01 (OPT)Senior Khadesha Reese of Twinsburg, who is studying graphic imaging at the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, demonstrates printing techniques to second-grade students from Indepen-dence. The demonstration was part of a field trip coordinated by CVCC’s Career Specialist Amy Hanratty and involved students from CVCC’s teach-ing professions and graphic imaging technology programs.

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Chamber names financial advisor Business Person of the Yearby Kristin Wedemeyer Goss

Timothy Edgington holds many titles – financial advisor, husband, father, coach – and now adds Twinsburg Business Person of the Year to that list. The Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce presented Edg-ington of Edward Jones with its 2014 award at a ceremony in December.

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President Gary Sorace nominated Edg-ington for the award, which recognizes “outstanding volunteerism, community involvement and stately representation of the city.” Sorace said Edgington, who served as chamber president form August 2011 through December 2013 and was a board member from 2007 through 2013, was a natural choice.

“ Tim he lped steer the Twins-burg Chamber o f C o m m e r c e th rough some tough times in our transition,” Sorace said. “His leadership was in-strumental in our being able to suc-cessfully turn the chamber to a more successful direction. With Tim at the helm, new members stepped up to help with board responsibilities, and these new board members spurred new ideas with a fresh approach to a few old fundraisers. This combination led to a hugely success-ful turnaround - socially, financially and in new memberships.”

Edgington said he is honored to receive the award and for the unanimous support of the chamber board in selecting him.

“I asked to work here – in Twinsburg,” said Edgington who lives in Streetsboro with his wife, Michele, and sons, Alec and Zackary. “I’ve been working at Edward Jones here for 10 years helping people figure out if they can retire early and never have any concerns about money through-out their retirement. That’s rewarding,” added Edgington.

Edgington remains dedicated to the chamber, its purpose and events. He said his favorite events include, “the state of the city address in February, which [his Edward Jones office] sponsors annually, the holiday luncheon, our October clam bake and the after-hours networking events.”

The Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce gave its first person-of-the-year award in 1972. About 10 years ago, the chamber renamed the honor to reflect a shift in focus, which, according to Sorace, recog-nizes outstanding business people who are chamber members. ∞

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New business offers hearing solutionsby Kristin Wedemeyer Goss

Birds chirping, grandchildren’s chatter, a distant train whistle – these are some of the sounds Discover Hearing Solutions owner Monica Henkel’s clients thought they would never hear again. Henkel said restoring the sounds we take for granted and allowing people with hearing loss to regain that vital sense was the driving force behind the decision to launch her own business.

“Before I opened Discover, I worked for my brother at Brookway Hearing Center in Strongsville,” Henkel said. “We had done a few informative talks at the Twins-burg Senior Center as community service and serviced an assisted living facility in Aurora. There was no place on this side of town I felt comfortable referring people to when they asked where to go. I saw a need, and I love that I can live and work in the same city.

Henkel, who is nationally board certi-fied in hearing instrument sciences by the International Hearing Society, opened Discover Hearing Solutions at 8975 Dar-row Rd. in December. Since opening, the business has attracted clients not only from Twinsburg but from neighboring communities and as far away as Fairlawn, she said.

She is not associated with any franchise or medical practice and said being an independent owner benefits her clients.

“I have the unique ability to pick and choose what I dispense based on each situ-ation. No one is telling me what I have to dispense. There are a lot of specific aids we have to help us personalize hearing aids to [an] extent we’ve never been able to do before,” Henkel said.

For example, “some people have macu-lar degeneration or glaucoma and cannot change those little hearing aid batteries,” she said, “so we have to find them a reli-able rechargeable.”

“Being self-sufficient is very important to people,” she added.

Discover Hearing Solutions also offers hearing evaluations and uses technology like a computer-based clinical audiometer and video otoscope to identify each cli-ent’s specific hearing aid needs.

“We have a large video screen which lets

clients see what I’m seeing. People are fas-cinated with seeing the inside of their ear. A well-informed client makes the process a lot easier,” Henkel said.

In addition to helping people regain a more complete sense of hearing, Henkel said opening a business downtown is also an investment in the community. She is a proud member of the Twinsburg Cham-ber of Commerce.

“I really feel like in the next 10 years the downtown will be transformed. You can see it happening with new businesses opening and with events like the Taste of Twinsburg and the tree-lighting ceremony on the square. The major challenge for a new business is letting people know we are here and what we do.” ∞

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Monica Henkel, owner of newly opened Discover Hearing Solutions, helps clients choose the right aids to regain hearing loss. Photo by K. Goss

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talk of the townby Marti Franks

The calendar pages are flipping fast as we count down to the Cost of Freedom Tribute, which is coming to Twinsburg in July. Twinsburg VFW Post 4929 is sponsoring the event, but they are count-ing on support from a huge amount of folks. Shannon Collins, Angel Keefe and Adelle Nykaza are co-chairing the

fundraising for the city. Reminderville and the township have donated to the cause and will be getting more involved as the date gets closer. Brewster’s, Mavis Winkle’s and Rush Hour Grille all have hosted fundraisers. Realtor Jo-Ann McFearin sponsored the Freedom 5k and Memorial Walk in September. Gionini’s

Pizzeria, Subway and Cleveland Clinic have all pitched in. The exhibit will be open to the public from July 2-5. It will be open 24 hours a day. Check out the website avtt.org or email [email protected] with any questions.

The Twinsburg High School Show Choir, Great Expectations, performed for attendees at the December Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Also at the luncheon, the chamber recognized Liz and Dave Murch, former owners of Richner Hardware, for their contributions to the city and their membership in the chamber. Tim Edgington was named the Business Person of the Year. It was a very festive event.

Local mystery writer Les Roberts was the speaker for the annual kick-off of the Twinsburg Library’s 50-Book Challenge. More than 100 readers gathered to hear Roberts tell about his love for Cleveland where many of his books are set. He had copies of his newest novel, “Wet Work,” available to sign. Roberts, who is a vegan, was impressed that the Friends of the Library had special snacks for him.

Kudos to Samuel Bissell Elementary staff and students for being “cool.” Fox 8 recently named Bissell its Cool School of the week. News crews came out to the school on Jan. 7 and filmed students and teachers explaining what makes them so cool. The segment aired twice the next day and is available on fox.com. Nora Suder-Riley, president of the Twinsburg Education Association, was enthusiastic.

“Bissell is so deserving of this recogni-tion,” Suder-Riley said. “The teachers and administrators work very hard at provid-ing our students with the latest technol-ogy and global skills. My daughter, who is in the second grade, is thriving. She is proud of her school and loves her teach-ers for the extra attention they give her.”

Twinsburg High School graduate Cody Kirkpatrick Steele was the first Cleveland State University student to make it to the finals of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholar-ship. The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships provide “recognition, honor, and financial assistance to outstanding student per-

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T04 TOTThe men of Twinsburg VFW Post 4929 stand behind a booth advertising the coming of the Cost of Freedom Tribute, a tribute wall, to Twinsburg this summer. Photos by M. Franks

T05 TOT (OPT)Great Expectations, the high school show choir, brings holiday cheer to members of the Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce during a December performance. Photo by M. Franks

formers wishing to pursue further ed-ucation,” accord-ing to its website. For more than 40 years, the founda-tion has awarded scholarships to the outstanding stu-dent performers at regional festi-vals. Ryan is best remembered for playing Granny Clampett in the “Beverly Hillbil-lies.” The Irene Ryan Foundation awards 16 regional and two national

scholarships annually. “I was surprised when I got into the

semifinals,” said Steele, who is majoring in theatre at CSU, “and then amazed that I made it to the final 16.” This was Steele’s first try at the award. “I am definitely go-ing back next year,” he said.

This is the third year of this column, and I really enjoy writing it. Twinsburg is a happening place with a dynamic library, an award-winning school system and many wonderful organizations. I try to get to events big and small and also celebrate

the great folks in our community. I am not an “investigative reporter” but a “cel-ebratory journalist.” I made the title up, and

I hope my editor likes it. If you know of someone or something that maybe hid-ing under a bushel basket, let me know. I never write about people without talking to them. Just send an email to [email protected] and I will get back to you right away.

This is one way to find a story. On my way into the Twinsburg Library I was taken by the delightful doll collection in the showcase in the vestibule. Since there was no artist’s name attached I asked Jodie Lyons, who takes care of marketing and public relations, to contact the artist and see if she would contact me. I found out the artist, Peggy Rubinstein, moved to Twinsburg10 years ago from Cleveland Heights.

“I panicked,” Rubinstein said recalling her relocation. “What was I going to do out here in this wilderness? I saw an article in the local paper about Judy Brown, a Twinsburg resident and dollmaker. I had been painting for about 40 years, all dif-ferent mediums... I never knew there was anything like dollmaking. I’d never even seen handmade dolls. Judy signed me up for a class with Patti Culea, a professional dollmaker. To date, I have made 100 to 150 dolls, all shapes and sizes, often influenced by my granddaughters. The thing I like most about making the dolls is painting the faces and other embellish-

ments. Sometimes the dolls will lead me back to a painting or a painting will lead me into dolls.”

Rubinstein takes painting lessons at the Twinsburg Senior Center. “I absolutely love it here.”

I know there are a lot of stories out there. I would love to tell them. ∞

T11 TOT (OPT)Local artist Peggy Rubinstein crafts handmade dolls.

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by Nancy HudecNew Year’s resolutions are hard to

keep, and New Year predictions even harder to make.

Some people believe predicting what happens when and to whom is as easy as reading the lines on a hand or the leaves in a teacup. Others claim it is a roll of the dice, a trick of fate. Tealeaf read-ings and dice rolls aside, in 2015 the

Chinese are counting on the sheep. Last year they counted on the horse. 2014 was the year of the horse and 2015, the Chinese year of the sheep.

The Chinese year of the sheep begins Feb. 19 and ends Feb. 7, 2016. If what the ancient Chinese claim is true, the year of the sheep is coming not a minute too soon.

As a sheep year, 2015 is, according to

the Astrology Club website astrology-club.com, expected to be a year of com-fort and prosperity. War will be averted and peace and compromise will prevail. If you trust in goodness, happiness and peace will follow.

The sheep is the eighth sign in the Chinese calendar, and the number “8” is a lucky number, according to onlinechi-neseastrology.com. The number eight is perfectly symmetrical. When cut in half vertically or horizontally, the outcome is mirror images. This perfect symmetry leads to perfect balance, claims the site. In China, people pay to have the num-ber eight in a phone number or license plate. Home and business owners also like to have the number eight in their address.

The Chinese believe sheep are also lucky because they do not do farm work. It is, said travelchinaguide.com, “an ancient animal that is gentle and calm.” As a sheep year, 2015 is a time to mend fences, as angers within families will cool, said the Astrology Club site. 2015 is a year of yin energy, meaning it will foster co-existence and tranquility among all people, the club claims.

People born in the year of the sheep – 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 and 2013 – are polite, clever and tenderhearted. On the downside, they can be shy worriers who are often indecisive and pessimistic about life. They are inclined to be deeply religious, often believe in occultism and read their daily horoscopes. Women born in sheep years are good caretakers and most often have symmetrical figures and features.

For those born under the year of the sheep, their lucky colors are red, green and purple and their lucky flowers are carnations and primrose. Sheep people’s lucky numbers are three, nine and 14. Famous sheep-year people include: Mark Twain, Muhammad Ali, Barbara Walters, Nicole Kidman, Jamie Foxx, Brandy and Julia Roberts. ∞

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Skyline Writers GroupThis Cleveland-area group meets once a month to offer cri-

tiques of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays or essays. Skyline Writers Group meets the second Saturday of each month from 9 -11 a.m. at the Parma library, 6996 Powers Blvd., Parma. For information, contact Susan at [email protected]. ∞

Twinsburg Historical SocietyMembers of the Twinsburg Historical Society are exploring

lots of new ideas, including expanding our monthly open house to include the Riley House on Post Road. That schedule will be available soon.

The first program of the year will be on Sunday, Feb. 22, at the museum on Darrow Road, right next to the Freeman Barn. Ray Diersing will chair a forum that will take us back to the good old golden rule days when Twinsburg City Schools were young and one building held all the grades. The guests will include retired teachers, former students and maybe an administrator or two. The doors will open at 2 p.m. and the forum begins at 2:30 p.m. Bring memories if you have them and questions too. Ray is lining up an impressive array of speakers. Come and bring the kids. Find out what unplugged education was all about. ∞

Twinsburg Garden ClubThe Twinsburg Garden Club’s (TGC) executive board voted

to bestow a life membership to the Garden Club of Ohio Inc. (GCO) to Twinsburg resident Rita Gabrovsek, who has been a highly active member of TGC for the past 16 years. This is the highest honor a GCO member club can present

to an individual for outstanding service. GCO has nearly 200 member clubs across Ohio. Since 1970, TGC has presented the Life Member honor to only 21 of its members. For informat ion about joining the Twinsburg Garden Club, contact: Sue Davis, co-presi-dent, 330-697-7818, [email protected]; or Virginia Schmidt , member-ship chair at 216-310-7413, [email protected]. ∞

T06 (OPT) GARDEN CLUBRita Gabrovsek (l) expresses joy to Twinsburg Garden Club Co-Presidents Sue Davis (c) and Jean Myers.

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Flowers, chocolates, perfume and jewelry may be popular Valentine’s Day gif ts. I am suggesting that parents consider impressing their children who are in sports with a ‘unique gift’ – a mouth guard.

Something as simple and af-fordable as a mouth guard can protect smiles and easily prevent sports-related dental injuries. Yet, in a recent study commissioned by the AAO (American Association of Orthodontists), 67 percent of parents stated that their children do not wear a mouth guard during organized sports.

Each year, two million teeth get knocked out due to sports-related injuries, such as a baseball to the mouth. In some cases, these injuries result in permanent damage to the jaw, teeth or surrounding facial bones. Many of these injuries could have been far less severe or prevented altogether just by using a mouth guard.

A mouth guard may be one of the least expensive pieces of protective gear available to young athletes, and it can provide a lifetime of savings. Restoration for a single tooth can cost into the thousands of dollars over a lifetime. Now, compare the cost of a mouth guard to the cost of losing a tooth.

I recommend that you wear a mouth guard anytime you participate in sports or are engaged in an activity where your face can come in contact with something hard – say another player, a ball, the pavement or any hard object. While there may be many creative ways to express ‘love’ on Valentine’s Day, in my opinion a ‘mouth guard’ is the perfect gift for parents to express love and care for their children, all year long.

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Solon, OH—In a 2002 issue of Neurosurgical Focus, a peer-reviewed article was published by a Dr. Michael D. Mar-tin, MD et al. in which the third sentence states: “The disc itself is active tissue that contains signifi-cant mechanisms for self- repair.” That article was published by a neu-rosurgeon and writ-ten directly for neuro- surgeons.

“The Disc itself is Active Tissue...”So what does that really

mean to us? It tells us that the disc itself does have the ability to heal and repair if provided the proper mech-anisms for self-healing. There is a specific mecha-nism inherent in each of the spinal discs called the “pump mechanism of disc nutrition” (see Fig 1). When this mechanism is not working properly, the spinal discs will begin to die causing bulges, hernia-tions, and eventually spinal stenosis.

The spinal disc is one of the very few tissues in the body that does not have a direct blood supply for cir-culation. The only way that the disc gets the circula-tion of water, oxygen and nutrients for self-repair is via this specific disc pump mechanism. What happens when you decrease circula-

tion in any type of tissue, whether it be animal tis-sue, plant tissue or human tissue? Exactly, it begins to become weak and begins to degenerate.

“Symptoms are NOT The Problem”

Now the symptoms of pain, numbness, and tin-gling that most experience with bulging, herniated or degenerative discs are NOT the problem. The definition of a symptom: “something that indicates the existence of something else.” It is just like the dashboard of your car telling you that something is wrong (brake

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As we start another new year in our lives we also have a new set of resolutions. Of those we choose, we must include some that deal with the improvement of our health and that should also include the eyes. The eye is subject to develop silent, progressive diseases which can gradually destroy our vision without us being aware of this. Here are a few impor-tant recommendations to keep our vision at peak levels.

REGULAR EYE EXAMINATIONSBecause you think you are seeing well does

not mean you do not have a silent progressive disease. Diabetes, macular degeneration, hy-pertension and glaucoma are the major retinal destructive diseases and if left untreated will eventually cause irreversible blindness.

Cataracts on the other hand reduce vision but are correctable with their removal and a lens implant. The results are excellent provided there is no ongoing retinal destructive disease. The cataract is the lens of the camera that has clouded and the retina is the film of the camera recording the picture.

A diseased retina will not record a good pic-ture in spite of a perfect focus of the new lens. You should always ask the condition of your macular if cataract surgery is recommended.

As for children, they need an examination whenever an abnormality is observed and by age 5. Many times the eyes are checked by their pediatrician who will recommend an

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CONTACT LENS CAREI recommend no longer than 12 hours of

wearing time. All contact lenses, regardless of what the manufacturer says will reduce corneal nutrition. If deprived long enough and on a repeated basis, corneal blood vessels will de-velop an event called corneal- limbal neo-vas-cularization. It is irreversible and can get severe enough that you can no longer wear contact lenses. Also, never sleep in them, you are only asking for trouble. Over 90 percent of all my patient eye emergencies are related to contact lens abuse, over wear, corneal neovasculariza-tion and corneal ulcers. These are extremely painful and markedly threaten the eye.

As for your case, put it in the dishwasher once a week to keep it clean and also soak the lenses in a good solution made by one of the national manufacturers.

EYE INJURIESAny eye injury should always be evaluated

by your eye doctor. It does not take a lot of force to cause eye abrasions and a retinal de-tachment. Because you feel you see well after the injury or you pain is minimal, it does not mean that a vital internal structure has not been damaged.

Chemicals into the eye such as acids, bleaches, drain cleaners, caustics and the like are extremely damaging. If the product says you should not get it on your skin, it is most probable that it will be destructive to the eye.

Wear full wrap-around eye protection when using these. If they get into the eye, time is critical. Have someone call 9-1-1 while you im-mediately flush with large amounts of water for 15 minutes.

DRY EYESAs we age we make fewer tears or too many

abnormal tears. Many good tear supplements are available. Avoid those that get the red out or are for itching and allergy since they further dry out the eye. Many of the store brands are just as good as the national, more expensive brands. Higher cost does not mean a better product. Use them often so that your eyes are comfortable, not just when they bother you.

PROPER EYE GLASSESTell your eye doctor of your visual needs.

For those of us in the bifocal age group and those who are on the computer, computer glasses may be the answer to your fatigue. They are designed for reading keyboards and the screen. They are not for distance. A good pair will last many years and are a good long-time return on your investment. They are also made for different occupations where near and intermediate vision is needed such as welders, plumbers and electricians

NUTRITIONEnough cannot be said for good nutrition.

For the eye, food rich in anti-oxidants such as green leafy vegetables and omega rich and Lu-tein rich foods are recommended.

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