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JEFFERSON - ChristineKovacs’ fourth- to sixth-gradegifted classes at Jefferson El-ementary School learned allabout volcanoes - complete witha demonstration of volcanoeruptions - during their unit onHawaii.

JeffersonElementarystudentseruptvolcanoes

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SUBMITTED PHOTOSAround the circle from bottom left: Nick Diehl, Alyssa Thrasher,Karlee Stainfield, Emilie Burr, Tori Miklacic, Brenna Hagerdon, AlexisSalamone and Megan Jacobs.

Ashtabula Area City School third graderslearn many careers require wheels

ASHTABULA - Third-grade students on the Ashtabula Area CitySchool Campus spent a recent morning learning about a variety of oc-cupations that involve wheels.

“Careers on Wheels” is an event which originated at McKinsey El-ementary. Ontario Principal Beckie Evanson (formerly principal ofMcKinsey) organized the event just as she did at her former school.

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BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - Matthew Seeds, amember of the Geneva High Schoolclass of 2014, is the recipient of thecoveted Phi Beta Kappa Award pre-sented by the Cleveland Associationof Phi Beta Kappa. Each year out-standing high school seniorsthroughout the greater Clevelandarea and their parents are feted bythe association at the ScholasticAwards Banquet held atLanderhaven. This year approxi-mately 120 northeast Ohio studentswere honored for superlative aca-demic initiative and achievement.

Phi Beta Kappa Society is thenation’s oldest academic honoraryand election to the society remainsthe pinnacle of achievement for un-dergraduates at colleges and uni-versities. The society was foundedin 1776 at the College of Williamand Mary. The Cleveland Associa-tion of Phi Beta Kappa’s member-ship consists of residents of theGreater Cleveland area who areowners of the association’s presti-gious gold key having been in-ducted into the honor society asundergraduates.

For more than fifty years, ac-cording to the organization’swebsite, the Cleveland Associationof Phi Beta Kappa has recognized

Geneva High School’s Matthew Seeds honoredby Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSMatthew Seeds, the 2014 Geneva High School recipient of thecoveted Phi Beta Kappa Award, is pictured with Principal DouglasWetherholt.

Curbside recycling on its way to Ashtabula

See SEEDS page 2A

BY ZACHARY DZURICKGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA – The Ohio Environmental Protec-tion Agency awarded the city a $200,000 grant toestablish a curbside-recycling program.

The program is not expected to begin at earliestuntil the fall but could be pushed back to 2015. Thiswas the second time the city wrote the grant.

“The second time was the charm,” City ManagerJim Timonere said. “The plan is to provide each resi-dent with a toter cart for garbage and a cart for re-cycling at no additional charge to the resident.”

Residents will still pay no additional money forthe service. The cost of $15 a month for solid wastepickup will not change. It has yet to be determinedif the carts will be 64 or 96 gallons. If a residentneeds a second garbage container there would be anadditional charge. That charge was listed as $10 permonth in the grant proposal but is subject to change.

“The idea is to not only cut down on our landfillwaste by recycling but to also streamline and auto-mate our department so we can reduce workmancomp injuries, illnesses and all of that,” Timoneresaid. “We will be putting flippers on the backs of the

trucks so guys will just have to wheel the carts overand take care of tipping it.”

The city will need to pay $200,000 to match thegrant. There will not be enough money for the en-tire city to be in the program.

“We will be begin with Monday and Friday pickup,which is Ward 1 and Ward 2,” Timonere said. “It isabout a total of 3,500 households, which is abouthalf of the city.”

The program is a single stream recycling, whichmeans approved recycling products do not need toseparated.

“That means basically no food or Styrofoam,”Timonere said. “But there will have to be some edu-cation on what is allowed to be recycled. There willbe plenty of forward notice.”

The company that wins the bid will be respon-sible for delivering the containers and will place aserial number on each. The city will then be pro-vided with a list of which household has which con-tainer. The containers will stay with the home andnot the resident.

Timonere said the new containers will have a se-cure lid.

exceptional graduating seniors atpublic, private and parochial highschools throughout NortheastOhio. Teachers at area high schoolsmay nominate one student in theirgraduating class who has earneda rank in the top 10% of the classand who also “demonstrate quali-

ties of academic honesty, inquiryinto scholarship matters which gobeyond assignments and require-ments, a creative involvement inscholarship, and great interest inthings of the mind.”

See RECYCLING page 2A

Lt. Parkomaki of the Ashtabula Police Department explains how the policedepartment/Swat Team will use their newly acquired armored vehicle.The vehicle, known as an ‘M-Rap,” was formally used in the U.S. Military.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSThird-grader Paetyn Lewis learns what it’s like to ride in anambulance. She’s pictured with Kathy Casto and Mike Ferron.

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Jefferson Memorial Day parade is looking for participantsBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Memorial Day is justaround the corner, and Veterans of For-eign Wars Post 3334 CommanderDurward A. Newhard is looking for par-ticipants for the Jefferson parade.

Newhard has organized the paradesand ceremonies for the Dorset andJefferson areas for Monday, May 26.

“All veterans’ help is needed,”Newhard said.

The day begins at 8:30 a.m. at HickockCemetery, Route 307.

The Jefferson ceremony will be sharedwith the 23rd Ohio Company B Volun-teer Infantry, Newhard said.

“They were Jefferson’s local militiacompany comprised of men from town and

the Ashtabula County area. GrotiusGidding was their first captain,” Newhardsaid. “The 23rd was the first three-yearregiment formed in the State of Ohio andfought some of the most brutal warfare ofthe Civil War. The fairgrounds were theirtraining grounds until they went to CampTaylor in Cleveland.”

Newhard said the Regiment is wellknown for having Rutherford B. Hayesas a colonel, and William McKinley, whojoined at 18, then rose to the rank of ma-jor.

At 9:45 a.m. is the parade to DorsetCemetery, with the ceremony at 10 a.m.

The ceremony includes the JeffersonArea High School Band and 23d OhioCompany Volunteer Infantry.

“All veterans are urged to participate,”Newhard said.

At 11 a.m. at the old Court House inJefferson will be a ceremony with theJefferson Area High School Band, veter-ans and guest speaker the Rev. GregGifford, associate pastor at EaglevilleBible Church in Rock Creek.

The parade will then go north onChestnut Street to Beech Street, makinga right turn to the stream, laying a wreathin honor of those who perished at sea.Then the parade will head to OakdaleCemetery for final remembrances.

“Anyone who would like to partici-pate, we need you,” Newhard said.“Please be in the area of Jefferson Streetnear the Post Office by 10:45 a.m.”

People with questions mat contactDurward Newhard at (440) 576-8205 orDawn Fedarko at (440) 576-9532, home,or at KeyBank at (440) 576-3070.


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Police Departmentis joining other safety agen-cies across AshtabulaCounty to participate in the

Jefferson Police to increase patrols for ‘Click it or Ticket’annual Click it or Ticketevent sponsored by the OhioDepartment of Transporta-tion.

The Jefferson Police De-partment hosted the kickoff for the campaign lastThursday at its new facil-

Extracurricular activi-ties, especially those havingto do with science, math-ematics, debating anddrama are also taken into ac-count. The award is consid-ered by many to be one of themost prestigious honors ahigh school student can re-ceive.

At Geneva High School,Seeds earned numerous hon-ors including the Elsa KleylaAward granted to the stu-dent with the highest gradepoint average in the Class of2014 and the Best of ClassAward. He is a member ofNational Honor Society anda four time Geneva RotaryBreakfast of Championshonoree. He served as a classofficer, was a Youth Leader-ship Ashtabula County del-egate and a Project LOVEgroup leader. He was a statescience fair qualifier andcompleted a summer intern-ship program at UniversityHospitals Geneva andConneaut Medical Centers.Seeds was a varsity soccerletterman for the Eaglesearning All AshtabulaCounty recognition.

“To be able to representthe diligent student body ofGeneva High School was aprivilege,” Seeds said. “Ihave to thank my parents foralways believing in me,pushing me and inspiringme. Without all of their sup-port, I would not be as suc-cessful as I am.” Seeds willstudy biology at the OhioState University this falland has his sights set onmedical school. His namehas been added to a perma-nent plaque on display in theentry at Geneva HighSchool.

Past Geneva High Schoolrecipients of the Phi BetaKappa Award include:• 1993 - Sherri ReynoldsM.D. - Sherri is a graduate ofCase Western Reserve Uni-versity and earned her Medi-cal degree at Wright StateUniversity.• 1994 - Jacob Urbanskireceived his B.F.A. from OhioUniversity and his M.F.A.from Indiana University. Heis an instructor at MarthaWashington University inFredericksburg, VA.• 1995 - Sarah Mundie is agraduate of The Ohio StateUniversity and earned herteaching certificate fromUrsuline College. She is anEnglish instructor at GrandRiver Academy.• 1996 - Brett Perala is agraduate of Dartmouth Col-lege and Northwestern Uni-versity Law School He prac-tices entertainment, intellec-tual property law in New YorkCity.• 1997 - Yvonne Piper is agraduate of Oberlin Collegewith a degree in ClassicalCivilization and Biopsychol-ogy and earned an MA in Li-brary and Information Sci-ence from San Jose State Uni-versity.• 1998 - Kelly Kerney is agraduate of Bowdoin College

SEEDS From page 1A

“When we get complaints about our guys tearing bagsopen on the tree lawn those are bite marks,” Timoneresaid. “We don’t want trash bags sitting on the lawn. Wewant to see the containers on the lawn. Some other com-munities have had small curb totes that are not sealed.They have had pretty big problems with stuff blowingall over the place. Geneva just switched from that to aclose cart system.”

Timonere is hopeful that the entire city will be in thecurbside recycling program soon.

“When we go back out for the next grant round be-cause half of the city will be in this program it will makeit a lot easier to get the grant money to fund the entirecity,” Timonere said.

ity, although the officialstart of the campaign wasMay 19. The campaignruns through June 1.

Jefferson Police Depart-ment Chief Dave Wassiesaid during this time pe-riod, the Ashtabula CountySafe Communities organi-zation is encouraging de-partments to hold extrapatrols for speeding andsafety-belt checks.

“The Jefferson PoliceDepartment will be step-ping up traffic enforcementover the next two weeks,”Wassie said. “We will betargeting speed enforce-ment, seat-belt usage anddistracted driving.”

Wassie said there willbe several “Speed Blitzes”operated over the next twoweeks with additional of-ficers out for enforcement.

“Speed, texting whiledriving and lack of seat-belt usage account for mostof the traffic crash injuriesand deaths across ournation’s highways,” Wassiesaid “Be careful and drivesafe!”

Wassie and AshtabulaCounty Safe CommunitiesCoordinator SandyPulsifer said departmentsthat do these extra patrolsshould keep track of themand submit paperwork tothe state, as they may beeligible for equipmentgrants.

RECYCLING From page 1A

Air Force Airman LoganF. Cleversy graduated frombasic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio,Texas.

The airman completedan intensive, eight-weekprogram that includedtraining in military disci-pline and studies, AirForce core values, physicalfitness, and basic warfareprinciples and skills.

Airmen who completebasic training earn fourcredits toward an associatein applied science degreethrough the CommunityCollege of the Air Force.

Cleversy is the son ofRonald F. and Debra J.Cleversy of Ashtabula.

He is a 2014 graduate ofLakeside High School,Ashtabula.

In TheMilitary

Cleversygraduates frombasic training

and earned a masters degreein creative writing at the Uni-versity of Notre Dame. She isthe author of the criticallyacclaimed debut novel BornAgain.• 1999 - Susan Bobulsky isa graduate of Stanford Uni-versity where she also earneda Masters of Business Admin-istration.• 2000 - John Kohli receivedhis Doctor of Pharmacy de-gree in from Ohio NorthernUniversity. Dr. Kohli wasnamed the State of Arizona’s2008 Distinguished YoungPharmacist of the Year.• 2001 – AndrewJeanblanc is a graduate ofThe Ohio State Universityand has taught English inChina.• 2002 – Steven Avsec is agraduate of Princeton Univer-sity and earned a degree inmathematics. Steven earneda PhD at the University of Il-linois.• 2003 – Stephen Spositois a graduate of the Univer-sity of Michigan with a degreeis Directing. He served as As-sistant Director of TonyAward nominated BroadwayShow Shrek The Musical andis the resident director of theBroadway production,Wicked.• 2004 – Sarah Molinoff isa graduate of Harvard Uni-versity and is a law studentat New York University.• 2005 – Heather Carey isa graduate of Case WesternReserve University with adegree in biology and a minorin Chemistry and Nutrition.She is a medical student en-rolled in the PhD program atThe Ohio State Universitywhere her focus is Biomedi-cal Research.• 2006 – Andrew Horvathis a graduate Hiram Collegeand Cleveland MarshallSchool of Law.• 2007 – Emily Ernes is agraduate of Denison Univer-sity. She recently completed ayearlong teaching assignmentin Spain.• 2008 – Amanda Banisterearned a BS in Integrated Sci-ence at Baldwin Wallace Col-lege.• 2009 - Kathryn Pristov isa summa cum laude graduateof Gannon University. She isworking toward a PhD in Bio-Medical Engineering.• 2010 – Jessica Coggins isa 2014 graduate ofWittenberg University. Shehas been accepted to the Doc-tor of Pharmacy program atthe Ohio State University.• 2011 – Lorenzo TylerCarlisle will be a senior atDartmouth College inHanover, New Hampshire.• 2012 – KayleenaBrashear has completed hersophomore year at Case West-ern Reserve University. She isstudying clinical psychology.Her goal is to become a childand family psychologist.• 2013 – Nicholas Lamb hasjust completed his freshmanyear at Case Western ReserveUniversity where he is study-ing engineering.

Gregory J. Buchan hasgraduated Summa cum laudefrom Akron University with aBachelor of Science in Bio-chemistry. While attendingthe University of Akron, Gregwas in the Honors College.Greg will be attending theUniversity of Pittsburgh,school of medicine, to pursuea PhD in Molecular Virologyin the fall of 2014. He hopesto become a professor to aug-ment his passion for teachingdeveloped from tutoring andinstructing a chemistry labwhile at Akron University. Greg is the son of Jim and LisaBuchan and the brother of Emery Buchan from Jefferson,Ohio. Greg was a graduate of the Jefferson Area HighSchool class of 2008.

Buchan graduates from Akron University


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Aqua Ohio plans to invest $300,000 in the Villageof Jefferson for water-system improvements


JEFFERSON – Last week, AquaOhio, Inc. announced the start of its2014 construction season with invi-tations to bid being sent out for EastSatin Street in Jefferson.

According to Aqua officials, key as-pects of this year’s Jefferson invest-ments include:

• Approximately 1,300 feet of neweight-inch-diameter water main willreplace aged four-inch waterline pro-viding for improved reliability andcapacity in the area.

The waterline will be replacedfrom South Market to South Sy-camore Street, and construction isscheduled to begin in mid May andcompleted in August.

• Approximately 850 feet of neweight-inch waterline will replace a

four-inch line on South Elm Streetfrom West Satin to West Jefferson.

“The new construction will addressa growing number of breaks on thestreet associated with the age andsize of the main, and were further ag-gravated by the recent harsh winter,”officials said.

Construction is expected to beginearly July, and will be completed inmid August.

• All projects will also includenewer three-way-nozzle fire hydrantsthat deliver ore water for firefightingpurposes.

These main replacement projectstotaling $300,000 within the Villageof Jefferson are part of Aqua’s $1.9million main replacement and capi-tal improvement program plannedwithin its systems in AshtabulaCounty in 2014, officials said.

“During the past five years, Aqua

has invested over $800,000 withinthe Village on waterlines, hydrantsand services resulting in a decreasein the number and impact of serviceoutages. This is in addition to nearly$1.5 million spent by Aqua on othercapital improvements within the Vil-lage including the new elevated stor-age tank,” said Aqua Ohio Area Man-ager Tony Mancari. “We appreciateour coordination and planning effortswith the community as we continueto ensure we are addressing all of theVillage’s water needs.”

According to the U.S. Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA), over thenext 20 years, the nation’s water sys-tems need to invest about $277 bil-lion for pipes, tanks, valves and treat-ment plants. These types of improve-ments by Aqua are consistent withthose that the EPA says need to beaddressed.


ASHTABULA – Thespeed of vehicles on LakeAvenue has always been aconcern. That concern wasrecently magnified whenLake City Plating employ-ees had several near misseswith cars speeding on theroad. Lake City Plating of-fered to donate warningsigns to help ensure theiremployees’ safety. The citytook up Lake Plating on itsoffer and recently installedthe signs.

In way this led to a bit ofa mystery, just what is thespeed limit for that sectionof Lake Avenue?

“It was thought that

Lake Avenue stretch isnow officially 25 mph zone

whole stretch of road was35 miles per hour,” CityManger Jim Timonere said.“For a long stretch of roadthere were no signs untilwe got past Bridge Street.We have not been able todefinitively prove that areais 35 or 25.”

So Timonere made therecommendation that LakeAvenue from West 9thstreet to West 30th streetbecome a 25 miles per hourzone.

“In that commercial dis-trict it’s plenty enough,”Timonere said. “It is 35 mileper hour until you get whereGreat Lakes Printing usedto be and turns 25 in frontof the hospital in front of allthose plazas and around the

corner to the recycling cen-ter to Lake City Plating andDollar General. We have alot of traffic and congestionin there.”

City Solicitor MikeFranklin shared with coun-cil with the municipal law.

“The default speed in amunicipal corporation forother than a state route is25 miles per hour in busi-ness district and 35 milesper hour in every other dis-trict except school zones,”Franklin said.

Timonere requested theordinance in part to clarifythe speed limit and to haveit officially recorded as thelegal limit.

Council approved theordinance 7-0 at the May

19 council meeting. Thecity will soon be installingmultiple 25 mile per hoursigns.

Not everyone believesthe new signs will beenough to slow down motor-ists.

“I have no realistic opti-mism that people will obeythat 25 mile per hour limit,”Franklin said.

Ward 2 Councilor AugustPugliese asked if therewould be a grace period formotorists who break thespeed limit on Lake Avenue.

“Well, there again we be-lieve this has been 25 theentire time,” Timonere said.“So I guess it would be upto the discretion of the of-ficer.”

Jefferson police chief keepshis promise to protester


JEFFERSON – Jefferson PoliceChief Dave Wassie is a man of hisword.

Wassie attempted to broker apeace settlement between GrantBrigham and Huntington Bank lastweek. When the deal Wassie hadbrokered started to fall apart, Wassiekept his promise.

We first shared Brigham’s disputewith Huntington Bank’s JeffersonBranch in the May 7th edition of TheGazette. Brigham had asked thebranch to stop direct deposit pay-ments to a cell phone company. Af-ter two attempts, Huntington Bankstill made the deposits. After Hun-tington Bank failed to restore themoney to Brigham’s account,Brigham attempted to file theftcharges against the bank. TheJefferson Police Department toldBrigham that the dispute was a civilmatter. Brigham closed his accountat Huntington Bank and filed asmall claims civil suit in EasternCourt. In February, the courtawarded Brigham $49.02 in damagesand attorney fees of $55 for a totalof $104.02.

On Monday, May 12, Brigham re-turned to the branch to get his money.He also contacted Jefferson PoliceChief Dave Wassie. Huntington Bank

told Brigham he had to sign a docu-ment to get his money. Brigham didnot believe he should have to sign aform for a court judgment.

On Tuesday, May 13, Brighamparked his truck in front of the branchon West Jefferson Street. He placedtwo signs on his truck that read,“Warning!!! Huntington steals mon-ies.”

Brigham’s protest lasted about fivehours. At one point, Jefferson VillageAdministrator Terry Finger toldBrigham that he had to move histruck and remove the signs. Fingercontacted Wassie, who informed Fin-ger that he had a possible solution tothe issue and he would deal with thematter.

Wassie had been in contact withHuntington Bank’s legal department.The department had faxed Wassie acopy of the W-9 form they wantedBrigham to sign. Wassie informedBrigham that his truck was parkedillegally because he parked along ayellow line. He told Brigham that thebank assured him that he would gethis check in two days. Brigham stilldid not want to sign the form.

Eventually Wassie promisedBrigham that if the check did not ar-rive in two days that he would payBrigham the money out of his ownpocket. Brigham agreed to sign thepaper and end his protest. However,he promised to return if Huntington

Bank did not keep that promise.“I told the Chief of Police that if

my check is not in my mailbox in twodays, I will park here with the signsin the window and if he needs to writeme up for a parking ticket that isfine,” Brigham said.

On Thursday, Brigham returned tohis spot on the public lawn. He parkedhis truck with signs attached in thearea he knew was illegal. He was will-ing to accept the consequences.

Wassie arrived and handedBrigham an envelope with the moneythat Brigham was owed. Wassie pro-vided the funds with his own money.

“He was shocked,” Wassie said.“He asked me if I wanted him to signthe check over to me. I told him thatI was a man of my word and I believedhe was as well. When he gets thecheck, he can pay me back.”

The Huntington Law Departmentwas unable to follow through sincethere were several steps in thecompany’s process that needed to takeplace before issuing the check. Wassiewas told it might take up to twoweeks.

Wassie reaffirmed that Brighamhad the legal right to protest. He saidthe only issue was parking along theyellow line. If Brigham had sat in hischair with a sign on the tree lawn,there would be no violation.

Attempts to reach Brigham for fur-ther comment were unsuccessful.

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JEFFERSON - As youturn into the drive at the me-morial, you will pass by infront of the Vietnam-era he-licopter and see the large let-ters, U-S-A, made from redand white geraniums andblue ageratum plants.

Ken Noble, instructor of theHorticulture and LandscapingProgram at Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Career Campus,Jefferson, and five of his stu-dents made a trip this week tothe Vietnam War Memorial onRoute 167, across fromOakdale Cemetery. Theycleaned up the landscapingarea in front of the helicopterand planted red and white ge-raniums outlined with blueaccents.

PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONA job well done was performed by Ashtabula CountyTechnical and Career Campus senior students andHorticulture and Landscaping Instructor, Ken Noble, whois on the left. Students are John Mannion, Zack Piccolo,Misty Sackett, Samantha “Sam” Fink and Nicole Demas.

USA plants honor veterans at Vietnam War Memorial

A close view of the work by the A-tech students showsthe letters “USA” in front of the Vietnam Era helicopterand memorial on Route 167.

This is not the first timethe class has performed thecommunity project. Forthree years, Noble hasbrought the class to the siteto provide cleaning andplanting the area.

Last year, they took theold geraniums and brought

them to the school wherethey nurtured them untilthis year.

Their efforts have pro-vided larger plants withmore blooms to help createthe U-S-A letters.

Students included NicoleDemas, Samantha “Sam”Fink, John Mannion, ZackPiccolo and Misty Sackett.

Also doing communitywork at the site has beenBoy Scout Troop # 41 withleader, Sylvio Pelligrino andCommittee Chairman, KimRichard. The group providesmulch and muscle in mak-ing the grounds attractive.

Vietnam veteran BobLister and his wife, Shirley,have donated their time totrim bushes and plants tomake the ground ready forMemorial Day. A big thankyou is extended to Mike’sBikes, property owner, forseeing that the field andarea surrounding the Memo-rial is mowed, and to MarisHumbert, owner of “Some-thing, Something Plants,”who donated flowers for thememorial stone for Memo-rial Day and for plantingfruit trees on the west sideof the helicopter.

Busy working and beautifying the landscape area in front of the helicopter and VietnamWar Memorial are students and their instructor from the Horticulture and LandscapingProgram at A-Tech.


ROCK CREEK - RockCreek Elementary Schoolhas a new school celebrity -sixth-grader Hope Thibeaulthas been named the Road-runner of the Month.

School SecretaryLoretta Panzarella nomi-nated Hope for the award.Hope is a student in Mat-thew Ianetta’s class andthe daughter of Dawn andJames Thibeault.

“As Safety Patrol cap-tain, she went over andabove her assigned duties.Every day she came to theoffice to distribute the buspasses, always returningto check for last minutecalls,” Panzarella wrote inher nomination. “By doingthis, it guarantees thatstudents would be gettingon the right bus for dis-missal. She takes her job

Hope Thibeault namedRoadrunner of the Month

seriously and always doesit with a smile.”

Added Panzarella,“She’s been such a big helpto me this year.”

Hope thankedPanzarella for nominatingher, and Ianetta for nomi-nating her for Safety Pa-trol captain last year.

“I do want to thank myteachers through the yearsfor helping me learn andteaching me,” Hope said.

She also thanked herparents for always beingsupportive.

“I am so happy,” Hopesaid of receiving theaward.

Along with being namedRoadrunner of the Month,Hope received a Roadrun-ner T-shirt and two books,one on Eleanor Rooseveltand Henry & Beezus.

Rock Creek ElementarySchool sponsors the Road-runner program.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELL

Rock Creek ElementarySchool Secretary

Loretta Panzarella andRoadrunner of the

Month Hope Thibeaultpose with a new bench

donated by the RockCreek PTO.


JEFFERSON - A fewsteps remain on the Marketand Pine streets culvertproject before the road canopen up to traffic again inthe Village of Jefferson.

“There continues to bequestions about openingMarket Street,” Village Ad-ministrator Terry Finger saidduring the village councilmeeting on Monday, May 19.

Finger said two issuesstill need to be addressed onMarket Street. One is theinstallation of water lines,and two is the installation ofguard rails.

Finger said the water lineis completed on the east side,but it needs to be cut to PineStreet still.

H2O is calling on all volunteersfor 4th annual Blitz Week

ASHTABULA - H2O (Helping Others to Heal Ourselves)is preparing for its fourth annual community service “blitz”week, held this year on July 24, 25 and 26. On Wednesday,May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Ashtabula First United MethodistChurch, the first volunteers meeting will be held.

The blitz week incorporates volunteer and helping com-munity members in need. Tasks ranging from windows,landscaping and home improvement projects will be con-ducted by volunteers during the three day extravaganza.

During last year’s blitz 63 volunteers were recruited andconducted a total of 730 volunteer hours. This year H2Ohopes to exceed those numbers, and hopes past volunteersnot only return but bring family and friends too.

H2O is proud to continue their service to the commu-nity by providing no cost home repairs to the disadvantageacross the county.

Churches, scouts, schools and businesses have all cometogether in the past to make the blitz possible. Along withvolunteers, donations will be accepted to assist in the pur-chasing of supplies for the blitz.

H2O would like to thank everyone in advance for mak-ing our community a better place to live and improving thelives of others.

For more information contact Lee DeyErmand by email:[email protected] or look for H2O online at theirwebsite, www.h2omissions.org.

“Aqua Ohio is installingthe new water line on Mar-ket Street,” Finger said.“This will enable us to openthe road as soon as guardrails are replaced and therough coat of asphalt hasbeen completed.”

Crews are looking to fin-ish the water line this week,Finger said.

In his report, Finger alsodiscussed the changes to therecycling and garbage pick-up in the village.

“Switching to a differentgarbage pick-up day hasbeen implemented with fewproblems,” Finger said.“Curb-side recycling is goingas expected.”

Finger also noted that thevillage’s two-man crew contin-ues to repair winter road dam-age with the Durapatcher.

Few steps remain onMarket Street project

Lack of state funding for paving program leads to need for a bondBY ZACHARY DZURICKGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA – The city has hadto make an adjustment to how itplanned to fund its ambitious pro-posed three-year paving program.

The city traditionally has spentbetween $300,000 to $400,00 annu-ally for its street paving program,which would end up paving abouteight to 12 roads. The city was look-ing to make a bigger impact andworked with their consultants GDPGroup to come up with a plan to bor-row $5 million dollars with the intentof paying back about $500,000 a year.

GDP Group’s Chris Tolnar said thenumber of roads has not been re-duced, but the plan has been tweakedbecause of a lack of available statefunding.

The city will now need to make aState Infrastructure Back Loan anda bond. The city was able to secure a$1.5 million SIB loan but needs totake a $3.5 million bond to pay for thelocal roads.

“The reason you have a loan and abond is basically what is fundable,”Tolnar said. “There is a Federal sideand a state side.”

Not all roads are eligible for fed-eral funds. The state side is basicallythe local roads and those roads are

not eligible for federal funding.“There is always more federal

money available than state money,”Tolnar said. “The state side only hadthree and half million dollars avail-able and they would not give us threeand half million, so that is why wehave to go the bond route.”

The SIB loan rate of interest isthree percent, but the bond will befour percent also with some fees. Itwill cost the city approximately$100,000 to use the bonds instead ofthe loan, money that could have beenused to pave more roads.

“It is the only way we can fund theproject,” Tolnar said. “There is nomoney available on the state side forlocal roads.”

However, Tolnar said the projectwill benefit the city long term

“From 2007-2014 the city pavedless than 15 miles of roads,” Tolnarsaid. “Over the next three years youpave more than 25 miles.”

The paving plan is broken intothree parts. The paving order is notdefinite. Certain streets could bemoved from one part of the plan toanother. The first two years of theplan include 20.9 miles of road and isbeing called the funded part of theplan. The list of roads scheduled forthe third year of the plan is currentlyunfunded. Tolnar believes the city

will be able to pay for the unfundedpart of the plan after

“The reason the year three roadsare unfunded is because we will havetwo ways to deal with that later on,”Tolnar said. “What we are hoping foris because it is such a big project wewill get a reduced overall project cost.We budgeted a safe number but weare hoping for some aggressive bid-ding. Also in the third year you willbe continuing to generate revenuethat revenue can be used for pay-ments or we can use that to pay forthat program instead of going outgetting a loan or increasing your bondissue.”

City Manger Jim Timonere saidthe city will not have to make pay-ments for the first three years. So the$500,000 that would have beenneeded to spend paving is staying inthe city coffers. Timonere believes thecity needed to be aggressive with thepaving program.

“If we keep doing it the way wehave been doing it by spending$300,000 to $400,00, we will nevercatch up,” Timonere said.

Another benefit of the project is thecity will not have to spend as muchtime and money on replacing pot-holes. Timonere said that money willbe able to be used for proactive re-pairs and maintenance.



JEFFERSON – If youdrove past the JeffersonArea education complex onthe afternoon of May 19,you would have noticed stu-dents with garbage bagshelping to clean up theproperty.

The students were notdelinquents being punishedbut rather members of theseventh- and eighth-gradestudent council.

The students volun-teered to do the cleanup.This was the third time thegroup has cleaned up theoutside of the building andaround the track. Thegroup also participated ina general cleanup aroundtown during Homecomingin the fall.

Student council memberand eighth-grade studentNatalie Fioritto said theidea came earlier thisschool year by studentcouncil advisor StaceyDixon.

“Ms. Dixon asked us ifwe wanted to do it one dayand we all agreed andthought it would be a reallygood idea,” Fioritto said.

Jefferson Area Junior High students organize cleanup

Junior high students clean up the school.

PHOTOS BY ZACHARY DZURICKThe Jefferson Area Junior High seventh- and eighth-grade student council spent eighthperiod cleaning up the outside of the building and the track on May 19.

Fioritto believes it is im-portant that students takethe time to volunteer.

“We want our school tolook nice so when everyone

comes they get a good im-pression of Jefferson,”Fioritto said. “It makes theearth better as well.”

Dixon is proud of the

kids for buying into theclean-up idea.

“They are so wonderful,”Dixon said. “Our kids havereally been great. As soonas I brought it up they wereexcited to do it and allabout school pride. Theywanted to make the schoollook nice and they pick upevery small piece of trash.We are really proud of themso we are going to continueto try to do it.”

Dixon believes the workhas been noticed.

“Our principal Mr.Hoyson has done a nice jobletting the staff know weare doing this,” Dixon said.“The people who walk thetrack from the communityhave made comments toMr. Hoyson about how niceit looks and how the kidshave done a nice thing.”

McDonald’s could open in JulyBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - If construction continues onschedule, then the new McDonald’s in the Villageof Jefferson could open in early July.

That’s the word from the latest Jefferson Vil-lage Council meeting, held Monday, May. 19.

Village Administrator Terry Finger noted thatthe sanitary sewer tap has been completed, andas soon as Aqua finishes installing the new wa-ter line on Market Street, crews will move toNorth Chestnut Street to lower the water line toallow the storm-sewer line to pass over the top toprovide the water tap needed for McDonald’s.

In other news from the council meeting, coun-cil voted to hire John Norris to the full-time posi-tion to the Streets Department as the utility/main-tenance person to replace Mike Riffle.

Norris is the current part-time time temporaryemployee, so the village will advertise to hiresomeone to replace him in that position.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLWalls are coming up at the future McDonald’s in Jefferson.

The Jefferson Service Unit of the Salvation Army will besending children from low income families, ages 6-12, to campthis summer. The children who live in the Jefferson, Dorsetand Rock Creek zip code areas will be given first preference.

The six-year-olds must have had their birthdays prior toJuly 2, 2014. Twelve-year-olds must still be twelve on July7, 2014. The camp dates are July 2 – 7, 2014. Registrationdeadline is June 11, 2014

Salvation Army Camp NEOSA is located near Carrollton,OH (approximately two hours from here). Children will betransported there by bus, accompanied by a representativeof the local unit.

Application forms must be filled out by parents and amedical examination by a doctor is necessary. Forms maybe obtained by calling 576-4561.

Children will be accepted in the order the completed forms

Send your child to camp this summerare received back. The camps provide a well-rounded activ-ity schedule which includes various types of recreation, boat-ing, hiking and arts and crafts, as well as Bible School typeactivities.

The Salvation Army is a member of the American Camp-ing Association and follows their guidelines. The camp staffincludes a health care professional.

Meals are provided under the federally-funded summerfood service program for children.

The Salvation Army’s mission in providing summercamps:

“To provide a Christ-centered environment in which chil-dren will have opportunities to discover God through thebeauty of the natural world, develop respect and love foroneself, care for others and learn responsibility to the com-munity and stewardship of the environment.”


SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP– When it comes to educa-tion, no one likes budgetcuts. School districts acrossthe country have been forcedto make hard decisions. TheAshtabula Area City SchoolDistrict has been forced tomake several tough deci-sions because of a lack offunding.

One of those decisionswas reducing kindergartenclasses to a half-day. Educa-tion studies stress the im-portant of developing youngminds. Full-day kindergar-ten is stressed as being im-portant for this develop-ment.

While everyone involvedbelieves that full-day kinder-garten classes are impor-tant, Kinder Cove hasstepped in to help thedistrict’s students and fami-lies bridge the gap. KinderCove is located in the Michi-gan Primary Building and isa part of Discovery Cove.

Kinder Cove serves to ac-commodate the other half ofthe kindergarteners’ day. Ifa child attends a.m. kinder-garten, they can attend p.m.Kinder Cove and never leavethe campus. If a child at-tends p.m. kindergarten,they can go to Kinder Covein the morning. If a childattends kindergarten in theHuron or Ontario Primarybuildings, they will bepicked up or dropped off bya member of the KinderCove staff. Students are al-ways under adult supervi-sion.

Administrator LisaSchira said her staff is thereto provide support.

“Our mission is supportthe children and families ofAshtabula County in anyway we can,” Schira said.“There is no way we can re-place full-day kindergartenwith a classroom teacher.That is not what we are try-ing to do. We are trying toprovide support for thosefamilies that need the fullday. Children need the fullday not just academicallybut for their social and emo-tional development. We em-phasize problem solving andlearning to get along withothers.”

The Kinder Cove staffworks closely with thedistrict’s kindergartenteachers.

“The kindergarten teach-ers have so much to teach ina short period of time andthey do an amazing job of it,”Schira said. “They have to fo-cus on the core curriculum.So we try to support theteachers, student and fami-lies as much as we can. Wesupport the core curriculum.We work every closely withthe teachers. We work to el-evate the kids and enrichthem academically. We haveopportunities to work morein small groups and indi-vidually since we have low

Kinder Cove steps in tosupport AACS district families

staff to student ratio. Wehave a classroom schedulethat includes all the core ar-eas. We do have an empha-sis on art and dramatic play,math and science.”

Michigan Elementaryprincipal Janie Carey is asupporter of Kinder Cove.

“It is a huge benefit to anychild hat is able to attend,”Carey said. “It increases ac-cess to the kindergarten cur-riculum and helps developsocial skills and increaseacademic learning.”

Schira said district fami-lies have been very support-ive of the program.

“We have had very posi-tive response from our par-ents,” Schira said. “A lot ofpeople don’t know what theywould do without us. Theydon’t know where their childwould be for the second halfof the day as many parentswork and they need a safeand supportive environ-ment.”

Kinder Cove Studentsparticipate in daily centers: Literacy (reading, writing,word formation, sentencebuilding, sequencing), Math,Art and Sensory. Circle timeis also a valuable part of theinstructional day. DuringCircle Time students workon graphing, calendar skillsand letter and sound recog-nition. Students use theLexia Core 5 Reading Strat-egy Program daily. This pro-gram is used with iPads inthe classroom but can also beaccessed at home with aniPhone, iPad or home com-puter. Lexia monitorsknowledge and evaluateseach child’s skills in reading. It produces individual re-ports, which are shared withparents.

“Kinder Cove provides aneducation based on CommonCore Standards,” teacherTracey Elund said. “It is bothchallenging and rewarding. We integrate the newesttechnology with hands onlearning. Students are in asafe environment wherethey feel secure and happy. We’re extremely affordableand are a great way to com-pliment half day kindergar-ten.”

Assistant Superinten-dent Lori Riley is apprecia-tive of Kinder Cove.

“The Ashtabula Area CitySchools is so fortunate tohave a partnership with Af-ter School Discovery,” Rileysaid. “Both parties recognizethe benefit to an all-dayschool experience, andKinder Cove allows our kin-dergarten students an op-portunity for a full dayschool experience by enrich-ing the half day of instruc-tion that we offer. We appre-ciate their commitment toour children.”

The cost is $13.40 for fivedays a week; $14 for threedays (M,W,F) and $14 for twodays (T,TH). Scholarships areavailable. For more informa-tion or to schedule a visit, call440-993-1060.

SUBMITTED PHOTOKinder Cove teacher Tracey Eland is pictured withstudents: Alyssa Pulido, Emma Hutchins, Clara Harchalk,Sean Williams, Chase Shellenberger and Molly Cole.


BY KIM PICKARDGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Thursdaynight, May 8, the five bandsof the Jefferson Area Juniorand Senior High School per-formed their spring concertfor their family and friendsand the community. Allbands were directed by Mr.Fred Burazer.

The evening began withthe 32-member strong sev-enth-grade band, whichplayed two songs. First wasthe popular tune “When theSaints Go Marching In” byJohn O’Reilly. They closedwith “Whirlwind” by JohnKinyon.

Though these studentsdid not have the benefit of aregular elementary bandprogram, they playedthrough their songs withskill and excitement.

The eighth-grade band,which has 55 members,played next. They impressedthe audience with their per-formance of “Hosts of Free-dom” by Karl L. King and “AScottish Ballade” arrangedby Robert Sheldon; twosongs with very differentstyles. This band was thelast group to enjoy the in-struction of a regular el-ementary band program atJefferson schools.

Then, to the delight of the

PHOTOS BY KIM PICKARDArden Bishop watches her music carefully.

Emily Sukalc and Sammy Burnett coordinate their effortson the xylophone and the vibraphone.

The combined seventh- and eighth-grade band perform “Let it Go” from the movie Frozen.

Jefferson Area Junior and SeniorHigh presents Spring Band Concert

Pictured is the Jefferson Area Senior High Concert Band.

audience, the seventh- andeighth-grade bands joinedtogether on stage to presentthe hit song “Let It Go” fromthe popular movie Frozen.The power of the two bandstogether made this song ahighlight of the evening.

With these students com-ing up to the high schoolsoon, the future of Jeffersoninstrumental music is look-ing very good.

To complete the juniorhigh portion of the evening,the Junior High Stage Bandperformed next. This bandwas formed just this yearand the students get to prac-tice only twice a week afterschool.

There are 22 members inthe band and it is modeledafter the high school stageband.

Even though these stu-dents are new to playing jazzmusic, they did not shy awayfrom the tradition of soloinginstruments throughout asong. Several of the musi-cians had their turn at themicrophone, impressing theaudience with their perfor-mances.

Next began the seniorhigh portion of the concert,opening with the JeffersonArea High School StageBand. There are 24 membersin the band and they partici-pate in Stage Band as a daily

class period.Their first song was

“Birdland,” a jazz-fusion in-strumental compositionwritten by keyboardist JoeZawinul. This song featuredseveral improvised solosthroughout the piece. Fortheir second song the bandchose to play their own com-position “Pancakes.” Thissong was written by theband members with guid-ance from Mr. Burazer. Thissong was inspired by theircelebration of their victory atdistrict contest. The nextschool day after the sym-phonic band receive four “1s”at contest, Mr. Burazer madepancakes for the entireband.

Closing out their set, theStage Band then played animpressive rendition of“Baba O’Riley” by The Who,commonly known as “Teen-age Wasteland,” arranged byFred Burazer.

In a creative combinationof music and technology, theband used a sequencer on aniPad plugged into an ampli-fier to play the distinctiveopening measures of thesong. After beginning withthe intro on the iPad, thestudents dove into the songwith energy and enthusi-asm. It was obvious that“Baba O’Riley,” released in1971, had become a favorite

of this younger generation ofmusicians.

Another surprise waswhen the band stopped play-ing and sang the bridge part;“Don’t cry/don’t raise youreye/it’s only teenage waste-land,” proving they are notafraid to stretch beyondtheir familiar roles in theband. Fittingly enough, theaudience rose to its feet withapplause when the final noteended.

The last band of the nightwas the Jefferson Area HighSchool Concert Band. TheConcert Band, which is 92members strong this year,played four songs. Their firstsong was the popular march,“Washington Post’ by JohnPhilip Sousa. Their secondsong was an original medleyarrangement of instrumen-tal songs made popular bythe video game Halo. The ar-rangement was done by oneof Jefferson’s own students,junior alto sax player MarkReinke. The band playingthe song at the concert wasthe culmination of severalyears’ work for the talentedstudent.

Next the band played oneof the songs they performedat state contest called “As-cending.” This song was com-posed by Larry Clark as atribute to two of his studentmusicians that lost theirlives. The song uses a popu-lar hymn as its foundationand is inspiring and uplift-ing.

Before ending theevening, Mr. Burazer recog-nized his senior students.After asking them to stand heacknowledged each one andtheir contributions over theyears to the band. In closing,the concert band played amedley of songs called TheBest of Journey, which com-bined popular songs by the’80’s band Journey.

The evening was a veryenjoyable musical experi-ence and the audience leftlooking forward to morefrom the students next year.

Robbie Eckart plays a solo while the Jefferson Area Junior High Stage Band performs“Enter Sandman.”

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“Hawaii is made of volca-noes, so we couldn’t resistmaking some of our own,”Kovacs said. “We made thestandard baking soda andvinegar ones, but as a twist,we rolled the baking soda upin toilet paper to prolong theeruption.”

This action delayed thestart, and gave everyone achance to see as it also madethe “blast” last longer, Kovacssaid.

“Of course, then there wasthe added bonus of pokingthe volcano with a pencil tomake sure every last bit ofbaking soda was introducedto the vinegar. Making amess certainly adds to the ex-citement!” Kovacs said.

VOLCANOES From page 1A

Hope Kendzerski, FrankieSnyder, Emma Martuccio

and Donovan Leiningerexplode their volcano as

other classmates look on.

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“Careers on Wheels is a wonderful op-portunity for students to connect with thecommunity and learn about a variety ofoccupations. The students love it and learna great deal. As always, our communityshowed great generosity by donating theirtime and teaching our students that it’snever too soon to think about your future,”said Evanson.

Students visited eleven stations, includ-ing: Ashtabula Fire Department,Ashtabula County Sheriff ’s Department,Ashtabula City Public Works, Ducro Lim-ousine Service, Brobst Tree Service, ACTSVan, Community Care Ambulance, U.S.Postal Service, Book Mobile, RichmondAuto Body and the Ashtabula Police De-partment.

U.S. Postal Worker Mike Nierzejewski explains his job to third-graders Tayler Wilberand Ben Anservitz.

Haylee Bilbrey is pictured with Isaiah Salters from Ducro Limo Services.

Zoe Collazo, Ty Hamilton and Cameron Mitchell choose books in the Book Mobile.

Leigha Phelp and Shane Shingler stand with Ashtabula Fireman Nick Moon.


ASHTABULA - Thisyear the Gifted and Tal-ented Resource Room stu-dents were actively en-gaged in an advanced aca-demic program entitled:Envision.

Envision is an excitingprogram designed to chal-lenge students beyond thestandard grade level cur-riculum. The focus of theprogram is to develop high-level critical thinking andcreativity, and encouragestudents to “envision” howthey might achieve theirgoals for the future.

“Knowledge QuestBridges” was designed toinspire and challenge eachstudent.

For this project studentscreated a semantic map toexplore their chosen bridge.The class researched andcreated a “bridge’ newspa-per which incorporatedvarious informational textstructures and text fea-tures.

For their exhibit, stu-dent created a model andarranged a display board

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Golden Gate Bridge Group: Elayna Messent, Ali Kiphart, Silas Sicard and LindseyPallutch.

Megan Pallutch with her Tower Bridge.

related to their chosenbridge. They also prepareda demonstration thatteaches something abouttheir topic.

Lexi Zeman with her Benetka Road Bridge.

Caleb Selman with his white bridge / Interstate 90.

ASHTABULA - The fourth-grade students enrolled inthe Gifted and Talented program at Ashtabula Area CitySchools spent part of the second semester focused on thecountry of Japan and Japanese culture.

Students read novels, viewed educational videos whichpertained to culture and geography, and through computerresearch discovered the many elements of Japanese his-tory and culture. Students culminated their learning withan exhibit, which included a poster board, a model, andoral presentation.

“My fourth-grade students immersed themselves in theJapanese culture. From what they discovered through in-dependent research combined with what they learned inclass, they were able to develop amazing projects. The pre-sentations were thorough and impressive,” said teacherTheresa Clutter.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOSWearing kimonos are Gabbi Selman, Maddi Frisbie andNatalia Cruz.

Quinton Sutton explains his project to classmate NathanHeinley.

Madalyn Hogan shares her project with Isabelle Isco.

Showing off her project on Japan and Mt. Fuji is DelaneyMcWreath.

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Gavin Richardson with his London Tower Bridge.

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BY BYRON C. WESSELLGazette Newspapers

GENEVA – The GenevaEagles were able to comefrom behind to be theHarvey Red Raiders in a re-cent sectional baseballgame.

The game began as aback and forth battle be-tween Geneva and Harveyas the two teams combinedfor 16 runs in the first fourinnings.

Harvey got to Genevastarting pitcher JoshSanchez early as KenanIrish and Jeff Pillar led thegame off with back-to-backwalks. Bernardo Acostareached on a bunt single toload the bases. Josh Ricewalked in the first run of thegame to give Harvey a 1-0lead. Sanchez was able toinduce a double play allow-ing only one more run in theinning.

Geneva answered rightback in the bottom of thesecond inning with fourruns off of Mike Ornelas.Brandon Kovach blooped ina single and later scored onan RBI double by Jack Frye.Connor DiGiacomo thenblasted a two-run homer toput the Eagles in front 3-2.Josh Sanchez kept the in-

Eagles rallyning going with a single anda stolen base and laterscored on an error, makingit 4-2.

Harvey was able to comeright back with four runs inthe second inning to lead 6-4. Harvey was once againable to get started with back-to-back walks by AnthonyStewart and Mike Ornelas.Kenan Irish hit a big two-run double to tie the gameat 4-4. Bernardo Acosta andJosh Rice then had back toback RBI hits to put Harveyin front. Jack Frye relievedSanchez with two outs in thesecond inning.

Jack Frye and JustinAdams would come up bigfor the Eagles the rest ofthey each had three RBI’son the day.

Frye limited Harvey toonly three runs the rest ofthe way with over five in-nings of work.

The Eagles went to workin the bottom of the seventhinning trailing 9-7. JustinAdams picked up two of hisRBI’s with a two run doubleto tie the game. Ryan Nappithen picked up the biggesthit off the season to scorepinch runner KyleBurkholder. With the winthe Eagles advanced to takeon the Jefferson Falcons.

Justin Adams bats for the Geneva Eagles during a gameagainst Harvey.

Jack Frye pitches for the Geneva Eagles during a recentgame against Harvey. PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELL

Connor DiGiacomo crosses home plate for the GenevaEagles after hitting a two-run homerun against Harvey.

Ryan Nappi plays third base for the Geneva Eaglesduring a tournament game against Harvey. Nappipicked up the game winning hit in the final inning to helpthe Eagles advance.

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JEFFERSON – TheGeneva Eagles eliminatedthe Jefferson Falcons intournament play with a re-cent 4-2 win.

The Eagles got on theboard first in a pitchers dualbetween Colten Wilber, ofJefferson, and BrandonKovach, of Geneva.

Brandon Kovach andJack Frye lead off the gamewith back-to-back singles.The Eagles scored the firstrun of the game on a fielder’schoice RBI by ConnorDiGiacomo. Wilber wouldescape the inning withoutany more damage.

The Falcons quickly tiedthe game up in the bottom ofthe first inning as EthanPawlowski reached on an er-ror against Brandon Kovach.Steve Houser tied the gameup at 1-1 on a sac-fly.

Wilber breezed throughthe next three innings giv-ing up a lone single to ChadWeisbarth in the second anda lone single to JustinAdams in the fourth.

Kovach was just as effec-tive on the mound as he wasable to escape a jam in thethird inning. Joey Piscsalkoand Matt Barber each hadtwo out hits and ChrisWittenmyer loaded thebases with a walk. However,Kovach got out of the inningwith his third groundout.

Geneva went up 2-1 inthe fourth inning after BrentBell reached on a walk. ChadWeisbarth bunted Bell overto second before Weisbarthmoved up to third on an er-ror. Jack Frye made it 2-1with an RBI groundout togive the Eagles back thelead.

Jefferson would tie thegame in the bottom of thesixth inning. BrandonReinke picked up his third

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANIELLE SMOCKBrandon Kovach pitches for the Geneva Eagles during agame against the Jefferson Falcons.

Jared Dean lays down a bunt for the Jefferson Falcons during a game against Geneva.

Eagles eliminate Falcons

Colten Wilber pitches for Jefferson during a sectionalgame against Geneva.

hit of the game in the sixthinning and Jared Deanmoved pinch runner AndrewBurnett up to second base ona sac-bunt. After Burnettmoved up another base theEagles elected to intention-ally walk Ethan Pawlowski.The move would almost backfire on the Eagles as the Fal-

cons tied the game on a rarefielder’s balk.

Geneva answered in a bigway in the top of the seventhto take a 4-2 lead. Brent Bellsparked the Eagles with aone-out double. ChadWeisbarth followed with asingle to set the stage forJack Frye. Frye came

through in the clutch with atwo-run single to give theEagles a 4-2 lead.

It would be all the cush-ion Brandon Kovach wouldneed in going the distance.Kovach would set the Fal-cons down in order in thebottom of the seventh for thewin.

The Geneva Eagles celebrate after going ahead 4-2 against Jefferson.


BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

CONNEAUT - As thesoftball season winds down,the Ohio Division II tourna-ment has begun.

Friday, May 16, the LadySpartans hosted the LadyEagles in a tourney clash.

In a pitcher ’s battle,Conneaut scored a run inthe fifth on a wild pitch andheld on for a 1-0 victory.

Each pitcher held the op-position in check, LexiZappitelli, of Conneaut,limited the Eagles hittersto three hits. Kayla Cerjan,of Geneva, held the Spar-tans to five base knocks.

Through four inningsthe teams managed only acouple base runners, withno one reaching secondbase.

Then in the Spartanfifth, Amanda Chadwicksingled and advanced to

Spartans edge Eagles

PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONENAlyssa Chadwick, of Conneaut, looks for instructions during a softball game against Geneva.

Geneva threatened in the sixth inning after loading the bases. On third is Kylie Hansen, at second is Jamie Vernoand at first is Taylor Stoltz. Conneaut escaped the jam without giving up a run

second on a bunt by CelesteWilliams. Lexi Campbellthen beat out an infield hit,sending Chadwick to third.With Alyssa Chadwick atbat, a low pitch bouncedpast the catcher andAmanda Chadwick was

able to score from third.The run would be the onlyone allowed in the game,putting the Spartans ahead1-0.

Geneva tried to answerin their sixth. Kylie Hansonsingled and went to second

on an error. Jamie Vernoreached on an error andTaylor Stoltz walked to loadthe bases with two outs.

Spartan hurler LexiZappitelli buckled down tostrike out the next batterand end the inning.

“I wanted to throwstrikes and I trusted mydefense. We struggled butdid what we had to do towin,” Lexi Zappitelli said.

In the Spartan sixth,Brianna Oatman singledbut was unable to advance,setting up the Geneva sev-

enth.Isabelle Wilms singled

to begin the inning. Withone out, Kim Brumaginwalked, putting the go-ahead runs on base.Kaitlyn Kamppi was re-tired on an infield grounderbut sent the runners to sec-ond and third. Then Eaglelead-off hitter KaylinHansen hit a spinningbouncer to short , AlexisNelson fielded the ballcleanly and barely nippedHansen at first to end thegame.

“We played well today.We have struggled beforedefensively but played welltoday defensively. The girlsare working really hardand doing a good job. Wehad the winning runs onbase in the sixth and sev-enth but couldn’t get themhome. We’ll get better,”Geneva Coach EleshiaPitcher said.

“We didn’t have manybaserunners but did whatwe had to do to win thegame. Alexis Nelson madea great play on the looperand threw her out to endthe game. I am proud of thegirls, they fought andplayed great defense,”Conneaut coach NickArmeni said.

“The young girls have tounderstand the importanceof these tournament gamesbut we are the SectionalChamps,” Armeni added.

Lexi Zappitelli, 10-4earned the win. KaylaCerjan took the loss.

Conneaut improves to14-7, Geneva ends at 6-20.

Conneaut will play May22 at Jefferson. The oppo-nent will be determined bythis week’s games.

Amanda Chadwick scores the only run of the game on a wild pitch as the Spartanstook on the Geneva Eagles.

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Blake Yoder, of Jefferson, participates in the hurdle Relay. Dallis Burdick, of Conneaut, finishes off his long jumpattempt.

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Alexa Howard, of Edgewood, prepares for the pole vaultduring a track meet at Jefferson.


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Gas/Video • 576-7557Open 7am - 9pm

Pharmacy • 576-6258M-Sat. 8am - 8pm, Sun. 10am - 6pm

344 S. Chestnut St., Jefferson • 576-9122Hours: Open Every Day 7am - 9pm

VIDEO

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 ONLY!

SAVE$3.00

6pk 1/2L Bottles

7•Up, A&W, Sunkist,Canada Dry or RC Cola

SignatureCookies

$199

Powerade

$590

32oz

10FORStore-MadeRope or Link

$299LB

Sweetor Hot

Sausage88¢

16ozPkg

$39932ozBox

$129Potato orMacaroniSalad or

Cole Slaw

ColbyLonghornCheese

88¢ $5

6oz

Gia RussaOlives

SAVE$2.16 ON 4

4FOR

99¢ $55FOR 12oz

UnitedSour

Cream

CoronaLongneck

SAVE $1.99

SAVE$3.98 ON 2

SAVE$2.60

SAVE$1.00

LB

$299

24pk1/2L Bottles

Aquafina

$199

ChoppedHam

LB

Plain, Sugar or Cinnamon

$199CakeDonuts 6ct

$649Fried

ChickenDrums

& Thighs 10pc

SAVE$3.58 ON 2

$42FOR

UtzPopcorn

Butter,Cheese or

WhiteCheddar

$100

UnitedIce

Cream

$339

SwissChunkCheese

$399LB

SAVE41¢

SAVE$4.29 ON 2 United

FruitDrink

SAVE$1.50

SAVE$3.22

SAVE$1.51SugardaleHot Dogs

SAVE$2.96 ON 4

$139912pk Btls

Pepsi, Mtn Dewor Dr Pepper

$599

IN OUR BAKERY SAVE81¢/LB

SAVE $1.10/LB Apple, Cherry

or BlueberryPies

SAVE$3.00

$199

LiptonJugTeas

$289LB

SAVE$1.50

SAVE60¢/LB

LB

12pk Cans, 6pk 24oz Btlsor 8pk 12oz Btls

$114FORMUST BUY 4

LESSER AMTS SOLD AT 4/$14

Utz Chips9.5oz

$53FOR

$177

73% Lean

GroundBeef

$3498-Inch

12ct

Frozen

Best YetBeef

Patties

IN OUR DELI SAVE

$3.00/LB

$499LB

SLICED SWISS CHEESE$5.29/LB

IN OUR BAKERYSAVE$3.00

IN OUR DELI

SLICED COLBYLONGHORN CHEESE

$4.29/LB

Thorne’s

Hamburgeror Hot Dog

Buns

$412oz

HeluvaGood

AmericanSingles

2FOR$5

12oz

Gia RussaTri-Colored

Pasta

4FOR

Sel. Var.

WiseChips8.25-10oz

10.5-11oz

Frito LayDoritos

BUY GET11 FREE

Gal

1/2 Gal

UnitedTea

$32FOR$399

4.5qt

RENT 1 NEW RELEASE,

RENT 1 FREE!

SAVE$5.50/LB

USDA Inspected Beef

Sukarne Porterhouseor T-Bone Steaks

SAVE UPTO $14.96 ON 4

SAVE$7.87 ON 3

IN OUR DELI SAVE$2.00/LB

ALSO AVAILABLE: BBQ CHIPPEDCHOPPED HAM $2.99/LB

1893 Fresh

ChickenDrumsticks

88¢LB

$269LB

1893Western-Style

PorkSpareribs

SAVE$2.50 ON 10

SAVE $1.10Whole, Seedless

Watermelon

WATERMELONCUTS 59¢/LB

IN OUR BAKERY SAVE $1.00

SAVE$1.30/LB

SAVE$4.00IN OUR DELI

SAVE$2.00/LB

SAVE $3.50/LB

IN OUR DELISAVE$3.00

SAVE$4.95 ON 5

SAVE$1.38 ON 2


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