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SaybrookTownship policelevy to be onNovember ballotBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - Apolice levy will be on the Novem-ber ballot for Saybrook Townshipresidents after the trustees ap-proved it at their July 20th meet-ing.

“The levy would give us 24/seven police coverage with onedeputy being assigned to theSaybrook Township area,” TrusteeNorm Jepson said.

The levy will be a three-yearcontract between the AshtabulaSheriff ’s Department andSaybrook Township beginning inJanuary 2012 if the levy is passedthis November.

“The money from the levy willgo to the sheriff ’s department topay for the deputy,” Jepson said.

The total amount over threeyears the levy would ask for is $1million.

“We negotiated the best deal wecould get for police coverage,”Jepson said.

If the levy is approved, anAshtabula County Sheriff ’s De-partment officer will be assignedto the Saybrook Township area andwill provide assistance to the des-ignated area.

“It will be a mutual aid officerassigned to our area, so they wouldbe around as long as another areadoesn’t need assistance,” Jepsonsaid.

Jepson said towns everywhereare seeing cutbacks and need ad-ditional support in areas such astheir police force.

“With reduced budgets, cut-backs and layoffs in the police de-partment, plus the government’sbudget cuts, the township andsheriff will see additional cuts,”Jepson said.

Fireworks atWalnut Beachmay make acomeback next yearBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - There is a pushto get Fourth of July fireworksback at Walnut Beach in theAshtabula Harbor in time for nextyear’s festivities.

“The fireworks were last put onin 2010 by an organization headedby Greg Kocjancic,” City ofAshtabula Parks and RecreationBoard member Earl Tucker said.

A public meeting will be held 5p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Har-bor Topky Library to discuss thefireworks.

The real issue is raising themoney for the fireworks, some-thing Tucker thinks will be pos-sible if local businesses and orga-nizations could come together andfundraise.

“I believe that the minimumamount needed to put on a decentdisplay would be between $5,000 -$10,000. The Ashtabula City Parksand Recreation Board has alreadyset aside $5,000 of its current bud-get to act as seed money ($1,000/year x five years),” Tucker wrotein an e-mail. “My hope is that lo-cal businesses, civic organizations,service groups and groups such asthe Lift Bridge Community Asso-ciation, the Ashtabula DowntownDevelopment Association and theAshtabula Chamber of Commercewill see this as a chance to partici-pate in a positive project forAshtabula.”

However, in order to begin rais-ing the money, an interest in rein-stating the fireworks must beshown.

“Our first order of business isto organize a new committee thatwould be responsible for organiz-ing the event, seeking out fundingand dealing with all of the myriaddetails that would go along withthis project,” Tucker said.

Several permits would have tobe obtained before the fireworkswere set off.

“A permit from the Departmentof Homeland Security would haveto be obtained, along with permitsfrom the city fire department andthe city itself,” Tucker said. “Areputable fireworks companywould then have to be contractedwith to do the display.”

There is also an issue of gettingenforcement on the site for thesafety of those attending.

“Security for the site has to bedetailed and provided for coveringthe shoot site at least 24 hoursprior to the event,” Tucker said.

With the possibility of largecrowds with foods and concessionsof all sorts, the work of cleaningup after the display also needs tobe considered.

BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - ADorset Township man waslifeflighted to St. Elizabeth Hos-

PHOTOS BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSJefferson Volunteer Department firefighters and Jefferson EmergencyRescue District personnel tend to the needs of Dorset resident JodiCase after his vehicle overturned last Saturday afternoon at theintersection of State Route 46 North and North Market Street.

This 1994 Jeep belonging to Jodi Case of Dorset ended up on its roof following a one-vehicle crashSaturday afternoon.

Emergency crewsrespond to Route 46 crash

pital in Youngstown Saturday af-ternoon following a one-vehiclecrash on State Route 46 North.

Jefferson Volunteer Fire De-partment firefighters, two ambu-lance crews from the Jefferson

Emergency Rescue District andthe Ohio State Highway Patrolresponded to the intersection ofState Route 46 North and NorthMarket Street to help Jodi Case,whose 1994 red Jeep overturnedonto its roof at about 3 p.m. lastSaturday.

Sgt. Troy Sexton from theAshtabula post of the Ohio StateHighway Patrol said Monday af-ternoon that Case, 34, TraxlerRoad, Dorset, was southboundon State Route 46 when thecrash occurred.

“He went left of center, over-corrected, swerved to the right,hit a utility pole and a ditch andthen overturned. He was theonly occupant in the vehicle. Hewas wearing his seat belt,” Ser-geant Sexton said.

The vehicle was also equippedwith a roll bar.

“I spoke with the hospital(Saturday) and he was going intosurgery. I checked on him lastnight (Sunday) and he wasstable,” Sexton said.

Case will be cited with failureto control his vehicle.

2011 Geneva High Schoolgraduates Maggie Sharpe,Richelle Baker and Kaz Himesreceived the DramaDepartment’s top honors.

In the spotlight

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLS

See FIREWORKS page 5A

PHOTO BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSAttendees of the Ashtabula County Fair on Thursday, Aug. 11, take advantage of one of the many ridesavailable at the weeklong event on the fairgrounds. They decided to try the Sea Ray ride set up alongthe midway. The ride swung up and down, picking up speed as it made its way through the air.

Sharpe won theOutstanding Thespian Award,Baker earned the TechnicalAchievement Award andHimes garnered the HighPoint Thespian Award. Thethree are pictured with GHSDrama Department chairRobin Christopher.

Screams of delight at the fair

See POLICE page 5A


JEFFERSON - Jefferson Vil-lage Council members approved apolice dispatching contract duringMonday night’s meeting that willprovide this needed service for 15months.

The contract period with theMiddlefield Dispatch Center willcommence Oct. 1, 2011 and endDec. 31, 2012.

According to the dispatchingcontract ordinance, the cost to theVillage of Jefferson for the one andone quarter year contract will be$32,156.25.

Village council approved the

Jefferson Council approves dispatching contractordinance as an emergency mea-sure Monday night to ensure thatpolice dispatching will continueOct. 1 as the current one-year con-tract with Middlefield DispatchCenter expires Sept. 30.

The new contract was includedin Village Administrator TerryFinger’s report to council.

“The Middlefield dispatchingcontract is in the council packet.The yearly fee is the same as 2010,but the change to 15 months makesit look like there is an increase (butit is not),” Finger stated.

Council approved the ordinance

as an emergency measure becauseit is necessary for the preservationof the public peace, health, safetyand morals. The emergency alsoarises from the need to provide 24-hour dispatching for the JeffersonVillage Police Department.

Under the contract, the Villageof Jefferson agrees to pay theMiddlefield Dispatch Center$32,156.25 in equal quarterly pay-ments on Jan. 1, April 1, July 1 andOct. 1.

Under the contract, MiddlefieldDispatch Center will provide ser-vices of receiving telephone re-

quests for police services and no-tify the proper user, which is theJefferson Village and its police de-partment.

Middlefield Dispatch Centeralso provides telephone access/in-formation to the user if a signedlaw enforcement automated datasystem (LEADS) agreement forservice for the user is on file at thecenter. This includes enteringwanted persons, stolen vehicles,articles, guns, etcetera, providedproper validation procedures arefollowed.

See CONTRACT page 7A

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Newspapers ResultsResultsResultsResultsResultsAugust 17, 2011✰ ✰

165th Annual Ashtabula County Fair✰ ✰

Department 1 -Dairy Cattle

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Spring Heifer Calfafter 03-01-10 1st - Tom Mazzaro 2nd - Boggs Family 3rd - Boggs Family 4th - Katie Stokes 5th - Boggs Family

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Winter Heifer Calf12-01-09 to 02-28-10 1st - Raeann Eldred 2nd - Bossy’s Way Inc. 3rd - Bossy’s Way Inc. 4th - Danielle Jablonski 5th - Boggs Family

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Fall Heifer Calf09-01-09 to 11-30-09 1st - Tom Mazzaro 2nd - Maplewood Farm 3rd - Maplewood Farm 4th - Polchin Holsteins 5th - Nicole Mann

Cattle - Dairy - HolsteinSummer Yearling

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Jr. Best Three Females3 females from class 3-9/ 1 owned by ex 1st - Maplewood Farm 2nd - Polchin Holsteins 3rd - Bossy’s Way Inc. 4th - Boggs Family 5th - Boggs Family

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Junior Get of Sire3 jr. animals/2 female/Sire named 1st - Maplewood Farm 2nd - Suchdale Farm

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Junior 2 year old Cow03-01-08 to 08-31-08 (inlactation) 1st - Maplewood Farm 2nd - Boggs Family

Cattle - Dairy - Holstein- Three year old Cow09-01-06 to 08-31-07 (inlactation) 1st - Comp Dairy Farm 2nd - Polchin Holsteins

Cattle - Dairy - HolsteinFour year old Cow

12-01-09 to 2-28-10

Fair winners and runners-up, Dept. 1-17

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELL

Sam Rettinger finished in first place for several classes in the draft horse department, including in the

Draft Horse Hitches - Gelding Team Men’s Drive.

Cattle - Dairy - Jersey -Cattle - Dairy - Holstein Cattle - Dairy - Jersey -

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Ashtabula Fire Departmentresponds to fire

On Saturday at 4:36 p.m., Ashtabula Fire Departmentunits were dispatched to 5335 Main Avenue for a report ofsmoke coming from the second floor. The first respondingunits observed smoke issuing from the third floor frontwindows.

Fire suppression personnel went access to the secondfloor apartment and proceeded with a hose-line to the thirdfloor area. The finished attic was arranged as a bedroomand was heavily charged with smoke with a moderateamount of fire. The fire was knocked down as the struc-ture was ventilated to remove the smoke.

While crews were attacking the fire, two other personnelwere searching for victims on the first and second floors, eachoperating alone. The structure was found to be evacuated.

Crews were forced to perform extensive overhaul of thearea of the fire origin on the third floor and the secondfloor due to fire dropping down through the floor and wall.Crews were on location for approximately 90 minutes.

The Ashtabula Township Fire Department respondedwith a fire engine and three firefighters to assist with theextinguishment.

Cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Rev. Dr. C. Tho-mas and Carol Jacksonof Conneaut celebratedtheir 50th wedding anni-versary on Sunday, Aug.7. They renewed theirmarriage vows at ChristEpiscopal Church inGeneva with family andfriends from Indiana,Michigan, Arizona,Pennsylvania, Virginiaand Ohio in attendance.

The Rev. ThomasJackson and CarolSharyn Turner weremarried on Aug. 5, 1961,at St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch in Ashtabula.The couple’s childrenare Laurie Ann Kenderof Indiana and the lateC. David Jackson. Theyhave three grandchil-dren in Indiana and two grandchildren in Maine.

Carol taught pre-school, kindergarten and elementary school for 50 years. Fr. Jackson is Rector Emeri-tus of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Falls Church, Virginia, and is currently priest at Christ EpiscopalChurch in Geneva.

OAFP honors family physiciansfor 50 years in medicine

COLUMBUS - During its annual dinner on Aug. 6 atMarriott Columbus Northwest in Dublin, Ohio, Ohio Acad-emy of Family Physicians (OAFP) paid tribute to the fol-lowing Ohio family physicians that have been part of themedical profession for 50 years:

Kenneth Brace, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., Ashtabula, Ohio (44004)Each honoree was presented with a specially commis-

sioned, commemorative pin.The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is a statewide,

professional association with more than 4,100 members,including practicing family physicians, family medicineresidents and medical students. The scope of family medi-cine encompasses all ages, both sexes and every diseaseentity. Family physicians provide comprehensive, continu-ing care to all members of the family. For more informa-tion, visit www.ohioafp.org.

Jacksons celebrate 50th anniversary

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLS2011 Geneva High School graduate Ashley Weissmillerreceived the American Legion Post 124 JosephPasqualone Scholarship presented by GHS guidancecounselor Candy Urcheck.

Weissmiller wins 2011American Legion Post 124Joseph Pasqualone Scholarship

Callingall

singersThe Ashtabula

County Choral MusicSociety invites all sing-ers 18 and up to join thechorus for the 2011-2012 season.

The chorale will cel-ebrate the AshtabulaCounty Bicentennialwith an invitationalSong Festival in lateOctober, and will beginpreparing for the 2011Elizabethan YuletideFeaste at the Lodge andConference Center atGeneva On the Lake inDecember, in partner-ship with the RabbitRun Community ArtsAssociation and Madi-son Chorale. Singersmay participate in oneor both events.

This season’s re-hearsals begin 7 p.m.Monday, Aug. 22, atFirst United MethodistChurch, 4506 Elm Ave.,Ashtabula. Rehearsalswill be held 7 to 9 p.m.Mondays.

Auditions are not re-quired.

Refreshments will beprovided at the Aug. 22rehearsal, with time tobecome reacquaintedwith former singers andacquainted with newones. Singers with fold-ers from past seasonsare encouraged to bringthem.

The invitation isopen to all singers in theAshtabula County area.Invite friends to joinyou.

Kathleen Milford isArtistic Director ofACCMS. Call her at(440) 224-2681.

BY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZGazette Newspapers

ANDOVER- “I have $10,who will give me $11,” criedauctioneer Alan Burhenneas the bidding for a markethog raised by the Minds-On-The-Go 4-H clubreached a frenzied pace.

The market animalbuilding at the AshtabulaCounty Fairgrounds on Fri-day was rocked with ap-plause and cheers as fourarea businesses banded to-gether to bid a record $20 apound for the 174-poundhog.

Andover-area basedMinds-On-The-Go 4-H clubraised a market hog for theannual junior fair marketanimal sale and designatedall proceeds to be donatedto the Andover UnitedMethodist Church EmilyHunt Family Fund. Themarket animal sale is theculmination of over a year’sworth of project work formany 4-H and FFA mem-bers who sell their finishedproduct during the sale.The market animal com-mittee and President BartKanicki also allow 4-H andFFA groups to raise ani-mals as a club project anddonate the proceeds to anAshtabula County charity.

Bidding for lot number97 proceeded at a fast pacewith several businessesbidding against each otheruntil the bidding slowed at

PHOTOS BY WENDY GRUSKIEWICZSold! Auctioneer AlanBurhenne brings down thegavel on a record sale atthe Ashtabula County Fairmarket animal sale.

Mark Stackhouse, Randy Dearing, Jason Hockran and Bud Scott bid a record $20 perpound for the market hog raised by Andover-based Minds-On-The-Go 4-H duringthe junior fair market animal sale. Also pictured is Austin Gruskieiwcz, the 4-H memberwho helped raise the hog. Proceeds of the sale were donated to the Andover UnitedMethodist Church Emily Hunt Family fund.

Area businesses, 4-H club bandtogether to support Emily Hunt familySOLD !

about $15 per pound. Itwas at that point that auc-tioneers John Erdel andScott Mihalic brokered adeal between the four com-peting bidders to throwtheir resources togetherand set a sale record neverseen before.

As the gavel came downat $20 per pound, a total of$3,480 was raised for theAndover United MethodistChurch Emily Hunt FamilyFund. The four buyerswere: Mark Stackhouse ofStackhouse Construction inOrwell, Randy Dearing ofRock Creek, Jason Hockranof H and H Enterprises ofAndover and Bud Scott ofMidway Pontiac Chevroletand Buick of Orwell.

“That’s how a commu-nity comes together,” saidErdel.

The average price paidfor a non-champion hog atthe 2011 market animalsale was $2.44 per pound,which was $.59 per poundmore than the 2010 sale.The 2011 Grand Championmarket hog sold for $4.05per pound.

The market animal saleat the fairgrounds was anoverwhelming success thisyear, with a total of$240,890.94 in sales.Records were broken at anunprecedented rate asbusinesses, families andpoliticians stepped up tosupport the 4-H and FFAmembers.

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Baptist Church Vespers Cruise-in rolls along on a rainy Sunday, Aug. 14

PHOTOS BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSMariah (left) and Brenda Headley, who attend the Jefferson First Baptist Church, lookat a 1930’s vintage Ford Model A during the church’s Vespers Cruise-in last Sunday.

Rev. Jerry Bentley, pastor of the First Baptist Church inJefferson Village, checks out a 1980’s purple ChevroletMonte Carlo at last Sunday’s Vespers Cruise-in and thewater from the sky did not rain on their parade.

Walt Condo spins the tunes for last Sunday’s Vespers Cruise-in at the First Baptist Churchin Jefferson Village.

Tyler Edge plays a corn hole game during the First BaptistChurch of Jefferson’s Vespers Cruise-in last Sunday.Shuffleboard was another game people could play afterenjoying a root beer float or ice cream sundae.

Irene Edge makes a root beer float for one of her fellowchurch members at the First Baptist Church VespersCruise-in last Sunday.

Signage alongJefferson-Eagleville

Road at West Jeffersonand Poplar streets

shows that the road willbe closed to replace a

culvert that is morethan 30 years old.

Jefferson-EaglevilleRoad will be shut down

for about two weeks.


JEFFERSON TOWN-SHIP - Several JeffersonTownship roads will getthe paving treatmentstarting later this week.

Margie Bort, JeffersonTownship fiscal officer,said last week that Aug. 18begins the laying of as-phalt on Jones Road, MillCreek Road and HickokRoad.

“Jones Road is sched-uled to be paved the fullwidth starting Aug. 18. Itwill be paved betweenState Route 167 and PerryRoad,” Bort said.

Following Jones Road,

Jefferrson Eagleville culvert project begins

Jefferson Township paving projects begin Aug. 18the next project will beMill Creek Road. AfterMill Creek is finished, thepaving crew will tackleHickok Road.

“Koski Construction (ofAshtabula) is the pavingcontractor. Hickok will bepaved its full length. MillCreek will be paved fromJefferson-Eagleville Roadto the township line. Allroads will be paved the fullwidth,” she said.

Three townships havejoined forces to completework on Overly Road.

The fiscal officer saidthat cleaning of ditches onOverly Road have been re-cently finished.

“We had hired Tim

Skidmore Excavating ofJefferson to do the ditch-ing,” Bort said.

The Overly Road ditch-ing was done in conjunc-tion with Denmark Town-ship.

“There were actually noditches there on OverlyRoad. We had a lot of flood-ing problems on the road.Skidmore made the ditchesthe proper depth,” Bortsaid.

The ditches in theJefferson Township juris-diction are on the west sideof Overly Road. Ditches onthe east side of Overly be-long to Denmark.

“Overly Road wasditched from South Den-mark Road south to theJefferson Township line,”she said.

Lenox Township sup-plied a cross pipe for drain-age on a portion of Overly

Road.Bort said the cost for

ditching and setting thecross pipe was $4,800.

Bort said she would likeJefferson Township resi-dents to know that the sec-ond meeting for Augusthas been changed.

The meeting will beheld at 7 p.m. Aug. 23,which is the fourth Tues-day of the month.

The location of the

meeting will be the town-ship building on East ErieStreet.

Scheduling conflictsmade it necessary tochange the meeting date.

The regular JeffersonTownship meetings arescheduled for the first andthird Tuesdays of themonth. During the wintermonths, meetings are heldthe first Tuesday of themonth only.

Curt Stone (left),Jefferson Village

Streets Departmentsupervisor, guides the

excavator operatoron where to take abig chunk of dirt in

preparation forremoval of the old

culvert at theintersection of

Jefferson-EaglevilleRoad and North

Poplar Street duringthe first day of work

Monday.

Curt Stone,supervisor of thevillage streetsdepartment, usesthat old manualtool standby, ashovel, to work atthe site of theJefferson-EaglevilleRoad/WestJefferson Streetculvert project.

PHOTOS BY CRAIG L. HOFIUS




JEFFERSON – Mat-thew Cramer, one of thefounders of Orphan Reliefand Rescue, presented aprogram to members ofthe Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church lastThursday, briefing themon the progress of his workin Liberia.

Cramer explained lastweek that Liberia is lo-cated in West Africa andOrphan Relief and Rescueis an international organi-zation founded in 2007.

Cramer is the in-coun-try director, overseeing allthe operations in Liberia.The organization, whichhas its headquarters inSeattle, Wash., also has aprogram in Benin, locatedeast of Ghana.

Cramer said lastThursday that it haschanged a little bit sincelast year.

“We worked with 20homes for orphans, butnow we are focusing onthree homes,” he said.

Cramer, who has beenin Monrovia, Liberia offand on since 2005, ex-plained that the country isthe size of Tennessee anda civil war that devastatedthe country ended in 2003.Many died in the war and250,000 children were left

PHOTO BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSMatthew Cramer, who works with an internationalorganization that helps people in the Western Africacountry of Liberia, speaks about his and his workersprogress to an audience last Thursday in the JeffersonUnited Methodist Church.

Jefferson UMC hostsprogram on Liberia

homeless.He told the story of a

girl named Patricia, wholived in an orphanage.

“It was a bad home. Shewas cooking, cleaning andlooking after the otherchildren. She was basi-cally a slave. We started tolook at ways to get thechildren out of the home.There was a fire at thehome. The children wereput in good homes,”Cramer said.

He said they are goingto start a home that willhouse 30 kids in October.It will be at FrancesGaskin, which is inPaynesville, a suburb ofMonrovia. It will be calledthe Frances GaskinChildren’s Rescue Mission.

“We also want to builda school to provide educa-tion for children in the or-phanage and the commu-nity. The Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church haspledged $9,000 to build afence. The total cost is$24,000. We already have$13,000. We are sendingout emails and makingphone calls to our donors,”Cramer said.

Currently, Cramer isconcentrating on three pro-grams, one for constructionand two for relief.

“We are still feedingkids. We provide healthcare to kids. Five hundredtwenty-one children weretested for worms. Elevenkids were treated for ma-laria. Malaria is a lifethreatening disease inLiberia. Two hundred-pluskids were assessed at adental clinic. One childwas treated for epiglotitiswith antibiotics. She gotbetter after a few days,”he said. “We are workingon improving water andsanitation. We are concen-trating on teaching kids towash their hands.”

According to Cramer,Liberia has improved andprogress has been made inbuilding infrastructure.

Cramer manages a staffof eight Liberian and fiveinternational workers.

“A big challenge is man-aging finances to keep ourprograms going,” Cramersaid.

Dennis Ford rocks Jefferson Village Green

PHOTOS BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSDennis Ford sings a Tony Bennett tune, “I Left My Heart inSan Francisco,” during the last Brown Bag Theater of theseason on the Village Green in Jefferson.

The Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk” shows the voice rangeof Dennis Ford, the featured performer of the Brown BagTheater Jefferson show last Thursday on the Village Green.

Meet Your Neighbor Day is here again in Plymouth TownshipBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

PLYMOUTH TOWN-SHIP - Plymouth Townshipwill be holding its annualMeet Your Neighbor Day onSaturday.

“It’s primarily a gather-ing in Plymouth for oldpeople to meet the newmembers of our communityand vice versa,” JohnnieSwann, reverend of Ply-mouth United MethodistChurch, said.

Swann sees the event asa community-building eventand a place and time forpeople to get together.

“We want the new peopleof Plymouth to feel wel-comed and to learn about thehistory,” Swann said.

Swann said she’s been apart of the Meet Your Neigh-bor Day since she becamethe reverend of PlymouthUnited Methodist Churchthree years ago. Every yearthe people of the communitylook forward to the event,she said.

“Last year was the lastyear of the old Plymouth El-ementary School so we in-vited old teachers and stu-dents to tour the school,”Swann said.

Swann said they had agreat crowd last year. Somecame so they could see the

school before it was put intoretirement this year.

“It was a wonderful timeof memories, and thebuilding’s still up because itwas used until this pastschool year,” Swann said.

Swann said many storiesof the old school were sharedand, since the school is stillstanding today, Swann saidshe hopes those who came

last year will come again.“It’s a good gathering of

the people of Plymouth,”Swann said.

The events will begin at9 a.m. with the annual blockrun, and then the openingceremony will begin at 11a.m. with the raising of theflag and a moment of silencefor all the Plymouth Town-ship neighbors who passed

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLAnnaliese Martone, left, and Emilee Williams play duringthe Plymouth Township’s Meet Your Neighbor Day heldlast year.

away in the last year.The Vacation Bible

School students will singsongs they learned in thepast month and festivitieswill begin.

“This is the first timewe’re having a juggler cometo Meet Your Neighbor Day,”Swann said.

There will be fun avail-able for the whole family,with a band possibly playingSaturday afternoon and funactivities throughout the dayfor the children.

“There will be games andcrafts for the kids, and wehand out school kits every

year as part of the church’sministry,” Swann said.

The day will also be filledwith lots of delicious food aspulled pork sandwiches, cornon the cob and French friesare on the menu.

“This year instead of icecream we’ll be havingslushies,” Swann said.

Swann is looking forwardto Meet Your Neighbor Dayand the stories of the pastand new that will follow.

“There will be lots of stufffor people to be entertained,for people to eat and meetyour new and old neighbors,”Swann said.

Chris Otto, left, Dylan Moyer wait for someone to play agame of “hillbilly dunk tank” at Plymouth Township’s MeetYour Neighbor Day held last year.


JEFFERSON - WhenJefferson Village administra-tors looked at the budget justa couple months ago, itprompted some decisions.

“Halfway through theyear, we look at our revenueand our expenses and amendthe budget,” said PattyFisher, Jefferson Villageclerk/treasurer Tuesdaymorning.

At the end of June it wasdetermined an adjustmentcould be made.

“Because revenue was up(then), we were able toamend appropriations tosome projects,” Fisher said.

Jefferson Village finances look goodThat adjustment bodes

well for the infrastructure ofthe Village of Jefferson.

“There is the culvertproject at Jefferson-Eagleville Road, new villagehall roof and fixing the roofat the Jefferson CommunityRecreation Center. There aresome areas on the commu-nity center roof that are leak-ing,” she said.

When the administratorsdid the review around June30, they saw that theJefferson Village income taxcollection had increased.

“The income tax collectionwas up $46,452.76,” Fishersaid.

The clerk treasurer saidthe income tax collection con-

tinued in an upward trendthrough July. Collection frompeople who have not paid vil-lage income taxes is an av-enue that Fisher pursuesduring any given year.

“I’ve been very aggres-sive with people who havenot filed income taxes. Isend them three letters. Ifthey do not respond to theletters, we subpoena themto the clerk/treasurer’s of-fice. If they do not respondto the subpoena, I file crimi-nal charges in EasternCounty Court. The charge isa first-degree misde-meanor,” Fisher said.

There are 3,500 in the vil-lage. The clerk/treasurer saidthe number of people who do

not file income taxes varieseach year. From October lastyear to August of this year,charges were filed againstabout 100 people.

Another area that admin-istrators look at in the over-all village financial picture isthe sewer fund.

Fisher said the sewer col-lections were up $6,861.80 atmid year of 2011.

The sewer fund is holdingits own. I have not seen anydecrease,” she said.

There is a wastewatercapital improvement fundthey keep an eye on. A feewas added to the sewer billearlier this year that will beused to pay off wastewaterloans taken out with the

Army Pvt. Ryan K.Kirby has graduated fromBasic Combat Training atFort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeksof training, the soldierstudied the Army missionand received instructionand training exercises indri l l and ceremonies,Army history, core valuesand traditions, militarycourtesy, military justice,physical fitness, first aid,r i f le marksmanship,weapons use, map readingand land navigation, footmarches, armed and un-armed combat, and fieldmaneuvers and tactics.

Kirby is the son ofShery Zack ofWilliamsfield, Ohio.

He is a 2011 graduateof Lakeside High School,Ashtabula, Ohio.

Kirbygraduated

Basic

Ohio Public Works Commis-sion (OPWC) and the OhioWater Development Author-ity (OWDA).

“We have collected$12,000. The OWDA loan isfor plant upgrade and theOPWC loan is for a retainagewall,” Fisher said. “The feewill be on sewer bills until2016.”

Another factor in the riseof revenue is that some com-panies located in the villagehave increased the number ofemployees.

“As tax administrator forthe village, I do what it takesto collect the money that isdue the village, following theordinances and village proce-dures,” Fisher said.


JEFFERSON - Saturday,Aug. 27, will be a “corny”day at the Jefferson Histori-cal Society headquarters onEast Jefferson Street in thevillage.

Corn will reign as Kingat the annual Jefferson His-torical Society’s Corn Festthat Saturday as food andactivities round out the dayfor Ashtabula County resi-dents visiting the Village ofJefferson.

The society’s Corn Festwill begin at 11 a.m. andconclude at 3 p.m. on thegrounds of the HistoricalSociety, 42 East JeffersonStreet, the former TrinityEpiscopal Church pur-chased from Henderson Me-morial Public Library in2006.

Corn (what else!) will befeatured as it is cooked out-side on an open fire. It willalso be featured in displays

Sept. 3 Lenox Township: Lenox Homecoming

FILE PHOTOKiden and Sam Housel (right) of Jefferson, helped byMarlene Laidley of the Jefferson Historical Society, aremaking a wind chime out of sea shells and tree branchesduring the annual Corn Fest last year.

Jefferson Historical Society Corn Fest set for Aug. 27of ceramic glass, metal andplastic corn utensils. Gamesfor children and adults willtake on a corn theme.

And of course in thekitchen, there will be cornfritters, creamed chicken oncorn bread, corn dogs andmany other delicacies.

Everything will, indeed,be coming up corn!

Jefferson Historical Soci-ety President Norma Waterssaid, “The society’s executiveboard tried to think of manyways to appeal to people ofall ages. In the former sanc-tuary of the church, we willhave a free quilt show. Forchildren, there will be freegames and crafts.”

Visitors to the Corn Festthat Saturday will learnabout a particular type ofdoll.

Area resident Jan Baberwill demonstrate how tomake corn husk dolls at 12p.m. (noon).

Children can make craftsfrom 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

There will be games on theJefferson HistoricalSociety’s lawn (weather per-mitting) for the kids to playand win prizes.

Other activities will begoing on near the historicalsociety, providing visitorsthe opportunity to make it

a day in Jefferson Village.The Farmers’ Market

will be in progress behindthe society’s headquarters.The First CongregationalUnited Church of Christwill have rummage salestables available. TheJefferson Rotary will beselling wheels of cheese.

Admission to all activi-ties is free to the public.There is plenty of free off-street parking

“All of our society activi-ties help in the preservationof the former Trinity Epis-copal Church which servesnow to preserve history. Wehave received such wonder-ful support from area citi-zens. Our thanks go out toall,” Waters said.

The 87th annual Lenox Homecomingwill be held Saturday, Sept. 3. Doors openat 10 a.m. Dinner at noon. It’s time againto enjoy the companionship and camara-derie of your friends, neighbors and class-mates.

Please join us as we celebrate an “OldTime Homecoming.” Menu is Swiss steak,mashed potatoes and gravy, Harvardbeets, green beans, roll and butter, tossed

salad, coleslaw, assorted fruit cobblersand ice cream, cheese and crackers andfruit juice. There will be a Chinese auc-tion, and visitors are welcome to dress in1920’s style clothing. There will be a Chi-nese auction. Please remember your do-nation at the table for “Names in Remem-brance.”

If you have any questions, call ConnieWessell at 294-3806.


BY CRAIG L.HOFIUSGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - WhenJefferson-area residentsvisit the Multi Market forMissions event at theJefferson United MethodistChurch Saturday, Sept. 24,they are helping finance atrip to Uganda.

Sept. 24 is the last ofthree summer multi-mar-kets featuring crafters, ven-dors and flea market people,who will be set up inside thechurch.

"The trip to Uganda willbe in January or Februaryof 2012," said Pat Cramer,Jefferson United MethodistChurch spokeswoman.

Rev. Meredith Coleman,pastor of the JeffersonUnited Methodist Church,said last Saturday's (Aug.13) event was well at-tended.

"The people at the tableswere very satisfied. Theymade some money and werehappy," Reverend Colemansaid Monday.

People interested in set-ting up a booth for the finalMulti Market for Missionsnext month can call thechurch at 576-4561. Anyonewho has something to sellcan reserve a spot. No foodvendors are being accepted.

The Multi Market forMissions committee will sell

Next Multi-Market for Missions is Sept. 24

food.The event will be held

from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. onSept. 24.

Important multi marketinformation follows:

* Fees are $20 for aneight-foot table with twochairs ($15 if you provideyour own table)

* Spaces are available ona first-come, first-served ba-

PHOTOS BY CRAIG L. HOFIUSLeeann Young puts out hair bows for potential customers last Saturday at the JeffersonUnited Methodist Church Multi-Market for Missions event held in the church’s dining area.

sis; your space will be as-signed when your applica-tion and payment are re-ceived

* The flea market will beheld in a separate roomfrom crafters and vendors

* Set up time is 7 to 9a.m.

* No signs or other itemsto be hung on walls

* Electricity is available

by request (you must pro-vide your own extensioncord and outlets are limitedso it will be first-come, first-served

* Each crafter/vendor isresponsible for their ownvendor license for tax pur-poses

* Call the church at 576-4561 with any questions

Five people from thechurch are going to Uganda.They will be joining churchmember Emily Locy to workwith the group, ActiveBlessing, which is a non-government, non-profithelping organization(NGO). The trip will costabout $3,000 per person,Cramer said.

"Emily just graduatedfrom college. She has beenover to Uganda severaltimes with Active Blessing.The founder of the NGO isJane Snyder. She grew up inthe Jefferson United Meth-odist Church," she said.

Those traveling toUganda next year are goingto learn more about whatlife is like day to day forpeople in Uganda.

Active Blessing workswith a lot of children andformer child soldiers duringits trips to that country.

To learn more about theministry, people can go towww.activeblessing.com.

BY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

SAYBROOK TOWN-SHIP - Pete and MillieRomano of Saybrook Clas-sic Cruisers, along withJunior Sams and LuellaChamberlain, came to-gether for the Sixth An-nual Sock Hop / Cruisin’for Autism at SaybrookPark on Saturday.

“The proceeds from thissock hop go to the AutisticFoundation of NortheastOhio,” Mil l ie said. “Ithelps to send autistic chil-dren to the Reach andTeach Summer Camp herein Ashtabula.”

A few years back, theSaybrook Classic Cruisershad a member who wasraising an autistic child.

“We had a member ofour group who had an au-tistic child and that’s howwe go into helping out thekids,” Millie said.

The cruisers donate 100percent of the profits tothe foundation.

“We’re a non-profit or-ganization,” Pete said. “Wedon’t get a dime after wepay the bills. [The AutisticFoundation of NortheastOhio] will get it all.”

Pete said they wantedto make a difference butalso keep the money local,which is why they chosethe Autistic Foundation ofNortheast Ohio.

“This way, [the money]stays in Northeast Ohio,”Pete said.

Pete and Millie beganset up early on Saturday,making sure everythingwas perfectly in place.

“We’ve been here sinceseven o’clock this morn-ing,” Pete said.

The Saybrook ClassicCruisers saw overwhelm-ing support from the com-munity, with over 100 do-nations collected from lo-cal businesses.

“We would like to thankall the merchants forthese generous donationsfor our Chinese auctionand door prizes,” Millie

Saybrook ClassicCruisers set updrive for autism

said.“Everything here is do-

nated,” Pete said.Gifts certificates and

baskets filled with car andgardening supplies andother goodies filled theChinese auction table,while a flat-screen televi-sion sat in the backgroundas a grand prize for at-tendees.

“We’ve been collectingdonations since aboutJuly,” Millie said.

Millie said she spentover a month calling fordonations.

“I called so many peopleeach day, and I askedwhen can I come [and pickup donations] and they’dsay come the next day,”Millie said. “Some peopledid say no this year be-cause business is slow andthat’s okay, too.”

Millie said that, withthe economy, it’s great tosee people still willing todonate. Both Pete andMillie were looking for-ward to seeing how muchthey would be giving tothe foundation.

“Last year we donatedabout $1,000 to the foun-dation, and that’s our goalagain this year. The pre-vious years when thingswere better we gave about$1,500,” Millie said.

Besides door prizes, theSaybrook Classic Cruiserswere prepared to show offwhat they do best: thecars.

“We always bring ourclassic cars, trucks andalso some motorcycles. Weget a little bit of every-thing,” Millie said.

Entertainment by theband Good Question wasalso provided in the back-ground, and Jol ly theTrolly stopped by.

Millie and Pete werevery proud and thankfulfor the community sup-port.

Sadie Portman, reporterfor the Gazette, may bereached at [email protected].

If passed, the levy willprovide more police en-forcement and coverage tothe people of SaybrookTownship.

“With this levy we’ll beable to secure a deputy 24/seven,” Jepson said.

Jepson said they haveheard from both sides ofthe aisle about reasons topass and reject the levy.

“We’ve had both prosand cons with differentresidents,” Jepson said.

Jepson said he is willingto hear from everyoneabout their opinions on thelevy and said the townshipoffice is always availableto provide clarification onthe issue.

Jepson said the increaseof force would not only af-fect the public but theother safety forces as wellbecause emergency medi-

POLICE From Page 1A

“Considerations forcrowd control, concessions,sales of flags, glow sticks,etc. need to be regulated,and provided for,” Tuckersaid. “[There would have tobe] clean-up after theevent. In the past, the fire-works have been associatedwith a food drive for one ofthe local food pantries.”

In the past, Boy Scoutshave helped with cleaningup and volunteering at lo-cal events.

“A local Boy Scout troophas also been involved byselling items and then vol-unteering to help clean upthe next day,” Tucker said.

Tucker has already re-ceived support from thecommunity for the fire-works and with the meet-ing, he hopes there will bean even bigger outcry.

“Several people and or-ganizations have alreadystepped forward to say thatthey would help with thisevent: the Lift Bridge Com-munity Association, theAshtabula City Parks andRecreation Board and indi-

FIREWORKS From Page 1A

Melissa Cunningham makes a color felt board called Ladybug, an educational toyfor sale at the Jefferson United Methodist Church Multi-Market for Missions last Saturday.

viduals from around thecounty,” Tucker said.

Tucker said the fire-works will bring back asense of community toAshtabula.

“I feel that bringingback this event will help torestore some of the prideand patriotism that hasbeen lost over the years,”Tucker said.

The idea of tourism isalso not lost in Tucker’s vi-sion.

“It could bring sometourism dollars back intothe city, and the eventcould be used as a catalystto create a small, day-longevent for the city duringthe month of July,” Tuckersaid.

All those interested inseeing the Fourth of Julyfireworks back at WalnutBeach are welcome to at-tend the Friday, Aug. 19th,meeting.


cal services and the fire de-partment must wait for po-lice before entering thescene of an accident.

“A lot of firemen andEMS are not able to enterthe scene because theyneed to wait on policebackup,” Jepson said.“This levy will providedprotection for the public aswell as our personnel.”

For those with furtherquestions and inquiresabout the levy, Jepson en-courages them to contactthe Saybrook Township Of-fice either in person, byphone or email. You canalso find information ontheir website at http://saybrooktownship.org.


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H A R P E R S F I E L DTOWNSHIP - The Friendsof the Harpersfield Bridgeheld its first Dinner on theRiver this past Saturday.

The dinner was raffledoff as a fundraiser for theHarpersfield Bridge. JimCompton was the winner.

Compton enjoyed thedinner this past Saturday,inviting friends and familyto dine with him on the riverby the bridge.

“The tables were set withfine china, glass stemwareand cloth napkins. Eachtable was adorned withcandles and a large, freshbouquet of summer hydran-geas,” Denise Weinmann,president of Friends of theHarpersfield Bridge, wroteon the group’s website.

The dinner provided wassurf and turf.

The dinner was even en-hanced with live musicsung by Ken Accord, whoperformed a variety of

Dinner by the River a success for Harpersfield Township

Harpersfield Township Trustees Ed Demshar and JimPristov take a break at the end of dinner service. Pristovhelped prepare the surf-and-turf meal.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANDenise Weinmann serves Jim Compton and his guests Saturday as they enjoy theirDinner by the River.

Jim Compton won the Dinner by the River raffle and enjoyed his prize with friends andfamily.

Cassidy, Kristyn and Katie Pristov serve the dinner party surf-and-turf meals allprepared by their grandpa and Harpersfield Township Trustee Jim Pristov.

Ken Accord serenaded thedinner crowd with a varietyof music.

Jackie Spoor and Cassidy, Kristyn and Katie Pristov go across the small “bridge”connecting the dinner party to shore.

Jackie Spoor, along with Kristyn and Katie Pristov, serve dessert to the river’s dining guests.

genres from country to rock‘n’ roll.

“Guests were enter-tained by Mr. Ken Accord,whose melodic voice filledthe span from one riverbank to the other, whichwas the final touch neededto set just the right ambi-ance for the evening,”Weinmann wrote.

Harpersfield TownshipTrustee Jim Pristov waspleased with the results andthought the atmosphere ofthe river and covered bridgein the background was per-fect.

“It’s such a greatevening,” Pristov said.“We’re really happy itturned out the way it did.”

Pristov said they have avery active community withpeople who are willing towork together so events likeDinner on the River are pos-sible.

The Dinner on the Riverwas considered a success forthe Friends of the Bridge.

“The Dinner on the Riverevent was truly a great suc-

cess. I would like to thankeveryone who gave theirtime and worked so hard tomake this dinner event adelight for Jim Comptonand his friends and family,”Weinmann said.

The Friends of theHarpersfield Bridge are an-ticipating the raffle and din-ner to be held every yearand hope the support theyhave received throughoutthe year will continue.

“The Friends of the Cov-ered Bridge Park appreciatethe continued support of allthose who participated inthis raffle, as well as thosewho help with and attendthe other fundraising eventswe hold,” Weinmann wrote.“We need to work togetherto take care of this beauti-ful park of ours and we, the‘Friends,’ cannot do thiswithout the help of peoplelike you!”



ASHTABULA -Ashtabula Area City Schoolsis dedicating the Wade Av-enue Elementary Campusthis Saturday, Aug. 20.

The dedication ceremonyof the Ashtabula LakesideElementary Campus will beheld at Ontario Primary onSaturday, Aug. 20. The cam-pus is located at 2300 WadeAve. in Ashtabula, Ohio. Theceremony will begin at 1:30p.m. and tours of the build-ings will be from 2:30 p.m.to 4:30 p.m., officials in-formed on the schooldistrict’s website.

The campus has been un-der construction for over ayear and school officials are

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA -Ashtabula City Councilwill hold a special meetingon 8:30 a.m. Thursday,Aug. 18, in the second-floorconference room of theAshtabula City MunicipalBuilding to vote on a reso-lution opposing the liquorpermit renewal for LACafé, located at 1017Bridge St.

Between Jan. 1, 2011,and June 30, 2011, therehave been over 16 occa-sions that the City ofAshtabula Police Depart-ment has been required torespond to complaints of

Council to host special meeting opposing liquor permit renewalfights, vandalism, weap-ons and other disturbancesat the LA Café, accordingto the resolution that coun-cil will be voting on. Theseinstances were directly at-tributed to intoxicated pa-trons at the location.

Additionally, severalbusiness owners, operatorsand property owners onBridge Street have madewritten and verbal com-plaints to the effect thatthe L.A. Café appears tocater to a clientele that be-comes intoxicated and vio-lent, causing damage tosurrounding propertiesand discouraging any othereconomically viable activ-ity in the Historic District,

according to the resolution.City officials also be-

lieve the purported manag-ing member of HarborLake Enterprises, LLC,has shown a lack of coop-eration with law enforce-ment authorities respond-ing to the complaints.

Since issuing the per-mit, the Division of LiquorControl has been involvedin several potential or ac-tual permit violations in-volving the LA Café. Addi-tionally, in 2009 the Courtof Common Pleas ofFranklin County ruled infavor of the City ofAshtabula Board of Healthand against the LA Caféand upheld a finding that

the permit holder had beenguilty of four violations ofthe Smoke Free Act in thepreceding two years andupheld a $1,000 fine thatthe permit holder hasfailed and has refused topay to this date.

Because of these issues,council will decide onThursday whether to ob-ject to the renewal of theliquor permit. If the reso-lution passes, a hearingwill be held at the countyoffices in Jefferson to dis-cuss the objections.

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

Ashtabula Area City Schools to dedicate elementary campusready to reveal the buildingsthat will be in use this fall.

All kindergarten throughthird-grade students will bemoving to the campus thisfall for the 2011-2012 schoolyear. The following year, thegrades fourth through sixthbuildings will be opened andall other elementary build-ings will no longer be in use.

Even with a rainy spring,the buildings have beenahead of schedule forcompletion. Some buildingshave already begun to seefurniture moved into theirclassrooms and full tele-phone and internet serviceshave been installed in all ofthe buildings.

“Furniture is being deliv-ered and deployed at thenew elementary

campus,”Assistant Superin-tendent Patrick Colucciwrote in his update at thispast Wednesday’s AACSBoard of Education worksession.

The campus buildingshave been a top priority forthe district.

Those who saw the cam-pus this past spring when anopen house was given will besurprised to see the progressthat has been made.

“Computers are being de-ployed. [The] TechnologyDepartment is working inconjunction with [the] con-struction manager to followdirectly behind placement offurniture in classrooms,”Collucci wrote.

Smart Boards are also inplace in all the classrooms

and practically ready for use.All rooms are currently

being painted and will beready for the upcomingschool year.

District officials encour-age all those who are curi-ous to see the progress of thecampus or even to take afirst peek to come on Satur-day and celebrate with themthe dedication of the WadeAvenue Elementary Cam-pus.

For more information,contact Ashtabula Area CitySchools by phone at (440)993-2500 or check out theirwebsite at www.aacs.net.


Residents of Ashtabulaand Geauga counties willhave a chance to voicetheir opinions about thefuture of the Grand Riverwatershed at a series ofpublic meetings scheduledby Western Reserve LandConservancy and theGrand River Partnership,which includes groupsworking in the watershed.

The sessions will allowthe public to discuss thecreation of a WatershedAction Plan – a locallybased document that rep-resents the needs of thewatershed’s residents – forthe Upper Grand River.

The first meeting will beat 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at theAshtabula County Soil &Water Conservation Dis-trict, 39 Wall St. ,Jefferson. Residents

Meeting willfocus on Grand

River planwithin the following com-munities are encouraged toattend: Austinburg, CherryValley, Denmark, Dorset,Jefferson, Harpersfield,Lenox, Morgan, Richmond,Sheffield and Trumbulltownships plus the Villageof Jefferson in AshtabulaCounty; and Thompsonand Montville townshipsin Geauga County.

A watershed is an areaof land that drains into acommon water source,such as a stream or lake.A healthy, vegetated wa-tershed provides absorp-tion and storage ofstormwater, as well as pol-lutant filtering prior to re-lease into a waterway ordrinking water source.

A watershed action plandescribes the characteris-tics, environmental issues,and water quality impair-ments of the watershed,identifies known solutionsto combat the impairments(via best managementpractices), and identifiesappropriate fundingsources to carry out the so-lutions.

For more informationon the public meetings,contact George Warnock ofthe Land Conservancy at(440) 357-4837.

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ASHTABULA - TheAshtabula County DistrictLibrary saw its summerprogram come to a close onMonday.

During the past fewmonths, children from tod-dlers to teens spent theirtime reading with the en-couragement of the librarystaff.

For the children, storytime was offered with thetheme of ‘world traveler.’

The children traveledthrough books and craftswith Barb Tack, programdirector of the summer pro-gram. With a little imagi-nation and a few words PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMAN

Hannah Kile sets up the cards she won during the raffle.Sophia Novak and her mom hold their breath whilehoping for their number to be called during the raffle atthe last day of the library’s summer program.

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Those who won during the raffle got to choose any prizefrom a table filled with toys and other goodies.

Barb Tack drew tickets outof a box and read thenumbers of f the ticket.Those who won got tochoose a prize off the backtable.

and pictures, Tack took thechildren across the worldto Italy, Mexico and China.

As a going away offer-ing, Tack offered all par-ticipants and their familieslunch and a chance at doorprizes and a grand prize ineach age group.

Tack also came pre-pared with games, offeringthe children a final chanceto experience a differentculture with the Frenchversion of hopscotch en-titled Escargot with aboard that looked like asnail.


Those who came to the library’s summer program got to enjoy pizza and prizes.

BY SADIE PORTMANGazetteNewspapers

GENEVA - It’s thetime of year for theGrape JAMboree tobegin searching forthe next MissGrapettes who willrepresent the festivalthroughout the year.

The Grapettes aresplit into four differ-ent categories basedon age, with the cat-egories being: LittleMiss Grapette, agesfive through sevenyears old; Young MissGrapette, ages eightthrough 10 years old;Junior Miss Grapette,ages 11 through 14years old; and MissGrapette, ages 15through 17 years old.From each ranking,two attendees will beselected as part of theGrapette court.

This year’s repre-sentatives were AlyxLynham as MissGrapette, KaylaCarabotta as first attendantand Hannah Ranowieck assecond attendant; JamieBradbury as the Young MissGrapette, and CarleyMottley as the second atten-dant. Abigail Riffe was LittleMiss Grapette.

Many think once aGrapette has been crowned,the hard part is over. This isfar from true.

Each ranking ofGrapettes has certain re-quirements she must meetin order to keep her Grapetteranking, which include goingto a certain amount of differ-ent Ohio festivals as a GrapeJAMboree representative.

The festivals this pastyear range from themes ofChristmas and pumpkins tobaskets and duct tape.

“There’s a festival for ev-erything,” organizer Chrissy

Grape JAMboree looks fornew Miss Grapettes to crown

The current Miss Grapettes are, front row, from left to right, JamieBradbury, Abigail Riffe and Carley Mottley; and, back row, HannahRanowieck, Alyx Lynham and Kayla Carabotta.

Jeppe said.The Grapettes are invited

to many other festivalsthroughout the year, andthey attend as a GrapeJAMboree ambassador,traveling the state.

“The farthest I think wasa five-hour drive,” Carabottasaid.

At each festival they at-tend, they collect a charm toput on a bracelet.

“You should really like tohelp others, and it’s reallyabout representing yourcommunity,” Bradburysaid.

Being a Grapette meansmore than just having greattime-management skills, asthey juggle between academ-ics, sports and Grapetteevents. It also means sacri-ficing many of their week-

ends.“You have to be really

dedicated. Even if you havesports, you have to workaround the schedule andtalk with the team,”Carabotta said. “It’s everysingle weekend we travelaround Ohio.”

Carabotta played soccerfor the Geneva High Schoolgirls team and is planningon playing in college this fall.She went to her coachesahead of time and explainedthe busy schedule.

“What’s great about hav-ing the younger girls in-volved is that they look upto the older Grapettes andsee how they juggle theirschedule around,” Jeppesaid.

However busy they mightbe, the Grapettes have

formed a bond as theytravel together andeven have sleepoversto prepare for anevent on the followingday.

“We really havebecome a family,”Carabotta said.

The memoriesthey have created arepriceless to them andthey are proud to rep-resent the Grapettes.

“We work togethera lot. We’re out in thecommunity and allthe little girls look upto you,” Carabottasaid. “You don’t wantto do anything wrongto be a disgrace to theGrape JAMboree.”

Jeppe said thispast year ’sGrapettes have beennot only organizedbut also have beenself motivated to dotheir own researchin order to be invitedto new and upcomingfestivals.

The presentGrapettes admit they

had admired formerGrapettes from afar and as-pired to someday becomelike them.

“I know when I was alittle girl I looked up to theGrapettes,” Carabotta said.

Jeppe said it’s great to seethe differences of theGrapettes from the firstnight they were crowned andtoward they end of theirreign.

“They have all grown,”Jeppe said.

Those interested in be-coming the next set ofGrapettes can download anapplication at http://www.grapejamboree.com/Miss-Grapette-Pageant.


Aug. 22 Saybrook Township:Blood Mobile

The Blood Mobile is coming to Saybrook United Meth-odist Church, 7900 Depot Rd. (across from SaybrookElementary School) on Monday, Aug. 22, from 1 until 6p.m. There is a critical blood shortage. Please donateand save a life!

Aug. 25 Saybrook Township:Free community dinner

Our free community dinner will be held on Thurs-day, Aug. 25, from 5-6 p.m. in our Church Social Hall.Come enjoy a free dinner, dessert and drink, served toyou by members of Saybrook United Methodist Church,7900 S. Depot Rd. Saybrook (across from Saybrook El-ementary School). All are welcome!

Aug. 28 Dorset: Leon UnitedMethodist ChurchSesquicentennial Celebration

Leon United Methodist Church Sesquicentennial Cel-ebration will be held Sunday, Aug. 28. Service at 10a.m., lunch at noon, open house 1 - 4 p.m. Memorabiliawill be on display. Guest speaker at the morning ser-vice will be Rev. Dave Scavuzzo, D.S., musical guests:Debbie Vendely and Joe and Carrie Martin. Special mu-sic at the Open House by Sherry Cornell at 1 p.m. andthe Cross Country Shoreliners at 2 p.m. Buffet stylelunch and 150 balloon release at noon. Join us for amemorable day, at 3599 Stanhope-Kellogsville Rd,Dorset. Three miles north of U.S. Route 6.

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The Village of Jefferson under the contract agreesto conform to the Middlefield Police Department num-bering system; conform to proper radio proceduresusing standard signals and codes; comply with appli-cable Federal Communications Commission rules andregulations.

Things provided to the dispatch center include per-sonnel roster and duty schedule, emergency businesslisting, information on new road, home parks, busi-nesses, village utilities personnel and Mayor ’s Courtand pick up teletype printouts weekly or provide the

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lage agrees to state in writing the procedures to fol-low when the police department does not have a uniton patrol; in other words, who is on call and how tonotify them.

The agreement may be rescinded by either partyupon the giving of written notification 90 days beforethe recission date. However, material breaches of thisagreement by the user will result in the immediatetermination of this agreement.

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - Theteen girls of AshtabulaCounty are invited to“rock out” at a day full offun at Walnut Beach onFriday, Aug. 19.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.this day, Homesafe is host-ing a girl’s rock event tohelp empower teen girlsand strengthen their self-esteem, Homesafe Out-reach Coordinator Ji l lMuchiarone said.

“The focus of the eventis to have fun and learn allabout teen-related topics,”Muchiarone said.

At the Girls RockEvent, there will be freegive-aways, lunch andbeverages provided and achance to hang out on thebeach one last time beforeschool starts.

“The day is intended tohelp teen girls strengthentheir sel f -esteem andlearn more about them-selves,” Muchiarone said.

Girls invited to ‘rockout’ at Walnut Beach

“The event will have rep-resentatives from variousagencies in the county pro-viding activities.”

The event is free forgirls 12 to 18 years of age.To register, call Homesafeat 992-2727 or 1-800-952-2873.

Homesafe is a non-profit organization com-mitted to breaking thecycle of violence inAshtabula County, and theorganization’s mission is toassure greater awarenessabout domestic violenceand abuse through theeducation and empower-ment of individuals, fami-lies and the community.

If you would like moreinformation about thisevent, or if you would liketo volunteer your time atthe event, please contactJi l l Muchiarone atHomesafe at 992-2727.

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


PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANVisitors to the Ashtabula County Fair sought thrills on the many rides.

Scenes from the Ashtabula County Fair

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLSydney Spencer, atop thehorse, won first place in thewalk/trot costume class.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLMegan DePerro and her son, Stephen, enjoy the fair foodat the Ashtabula County Fair.

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLA handful of Ashtabula County officials volunteered at the Holstein Club’s food booththroughout the week. Pictured, from left, are Ashtabula County Commissioner PeggyCarlo, County Treasurer Dawn Cragon, County Auditor Roger Corlett and CommissionerDan Claypool. Commissioner Joe Moroski also could be found serving visitors at thefair on Saturday night.

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKJunior Fair Board member Joe Hartley helps sign up kids for the fair’s Bubble GumBlowing contest on Aug. 10. Two age categories drew over 50 contestants.

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKWinners in the county fair’s Bubble Gum Blowing contest in the 10- to 15-year-oldbracket were (from left) Rachel Carcell of Geneva, first place, Tessa Henderson ofWilliamsfield, second place, and Kasimir Boyd of Geneva, third place.

PHOTO BY DORIS COOKSwifty the Clown entertained children at the fair by making a variety of balloon animals, objects and more.

ASHTABULA - TheWoman’s Club of Ashtabulawas organized in February of1920. Throughout the years,women of Ashtabula havefound a high level of fellow-ship with its members.

The name of this organiza-tion is “The Woman’s Club ofAshtabula.” The purpose ofthe organization shall be topromote fellowship amongwomen through their com-mon interest. Any women 18years of age or older residingor working in AshtabulaCounty is eligible for member-ship. A new member may beinducted into the club anytime of the year.

Regular meetings are held

Woman’s Club of Ashtabula to meet Sept. 6September through May onthe first Tuesday of the monthexcept November, March andMay due to the election sched-ule. There will be no meetingduring the months of January,February, June, July and Au-gust. This organization will begoverned by a Board of Direc-tors elected by the member-ship. The purpose of theBoard of Directors is to estab-lish an atmosphere and goodwill provide programs whichwill entertain inform and edu-cate and to promote the Clubthrough increased member-ship.

Meetings are held in theBlue and Gold Room at KentState University at 7:30 p.m.

Our meetings for 2011 and2012 years are as follows:—Sept. 6, 2011- “The ShowOffs,” a talented group ofteens, will perform songs fromthe musicals Wicked, Next toNormal, Camelot and muchmore.

• Oct. 4, 2011- The futureof tourism in AshtabulaCounty with Nora Andersonand Mark Winchell.

• Nov. 1 - Features DarlyMetcalf, who will share talesof Civil War exploits.

• Dec. 6 - Christmas withLinda Fundis.

• March 6, 2012 - “Disas-ter Preparedness” with ReneePalagyi.

• April 3 - Our ownAshtabula Story Weaverspresent “You only get oldonce,” Dr. Seuss’ view of grow-ing old.

• May 10, 2012 - OlegKruglyakov, an accomplishedRussian musician, will enter-tain and perform on aBalalaika.

For more information, con-tact Linda Callahan or anymember of the Woman’s Club.

The officers for the comingyear are:

President - Susan HoglePresident Elect/Program

Chair - Barbel BaginskiSecretary - Priscilla

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Maybe it’s one of those things onyour to-do list: learning a second lan-guage. Or maybe it’s finally gettingaround to piecing together your fam-ily tree. Major undertakings, both; butthere are exciting new tools to help you with both projectsavailable through the Ashtabula County District Librarywebsite.

The newest language-learning tool, available free fromhome through the website (though you will need to en-ter your library card number) is Mango, a four-year-oldlanguage learning program that promises quick resultsby simulating the way people learn when actually sur-rounded by a foreign culture.

The program offers instruction in more than 30 lan-guages, including many you’d expect (French, Spanish,German and Italian for instance), and quite a few thatmight surprise you (Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and both Man-darin and Cantonese Chinese.)

And if you know someone new to the United Statesstruggling to learn the language, there’s English instruc-tion for native speakers of more than a dozen languages,including Spanish as spoken in Latin America, Chinese(both dialects), Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean.

There are two “versions” of the program: Mango Ba-sic, which the company says requires only two to fivehours to complete, teaches everyday greetings,gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases for beginnersin a new language, while Mango Complete, is a 100-les-son course designed to provide a full understanding ofan entire language and its culture.

Oh, by the way: the courses can be downloaded andplayed through an app for your i-Pod.

The importance of cultural context is perhaps the mostunique element of the Mango program, as each lessoncovers all four key-language components—vocabulary,pronunciation, grammar and culture.

“A working knowledge of each, and the ability to com-bine them correctly, is crucial to being understood andaccepted by native speakers,” the company contends.

Conversation is the focus of the lessons, with audio isrecorded by professional native- speaking voice talent, us-ing the standard dialect so as to give users the best pos-sible baseline to model their own pronunciation after.

Users can interact with any word, at any time, to viewits phonetic spelling, and the program provides two dif-ferent pronunciation speeds, one at normal conversa-tional speed, and another spoken slowly, with each syl-lable enunciated with exaggerated clarity. There’s evena voice comparison tool that allows you to speak into yourmicrophone and see a kind of wave-form that allows youto compare your voice and the narrator’s.

Check out Mango: www.acdl.info, click Research andInfo on the left, Ohio Web Library on the top of the nextpage, where you scroll down until you find Mango underthe “Students and Homework” heading.

If tracing your family tree has been on your to-do list,there’s a new resource for your research available alsothrough the ACDL website: Ancestry Library Edition, de-rived from the commercially-available Ancestry.com, of-fers literally billions of new records from more than 7,000databases covering Europe, the United Kingdom, Europe,and Australia, among other locales.

There are census, vital, church, court, and immigra-tion records, as well as record collections from Canada,Europe, and Australia. This collection, with thousandsof databases and billions of indexed names, is essentialto having a broad genealogy and history collection, andits valuable content is a strong complement toHeritageQuest Online, which is also available throughACDL’s website.

Resources also include ship lists, phone directories,Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe andRussia; military collections with more than 150 millionrecords with much uniquely-available information fromthe colonial period through the Vietnam era, and multi-media collections containing millions of files rangingfrom family and gravestone photos to postcards andnewsreels.

So whether you’re a seasoned genealogy researcher ora beginner, check out Ancestry Library Edition. Thoughit’s an online resource, right now it’s only available throughpublic computers within the Library buildings.

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As children around thenation are returning toschool, many of them willbe spending time homealone after school untiltheir parents get homefrom work. The AmericanRed Cross has steps par-ents and children can taketo make these after-schoolhours safer and less stress-ful. You should first decideif your child is matureenough to be home aloneand ask him or her if theywould be comfortable be-ing alone. Each child de-velops at his or her ownspeed so what worked foryour son may not apply toyour daughter.

Parents and guardiansshould develop a homesafety plan and discuss itand practice it with theirchildren. After-school childcare, programs at schoolsand youth clubs, or youthsports programs are alter-natives for children whoare not mature enough oruncomfortable stayinghome alone.

The Red Cross recom-mends that parents andguardians take the follow-ing steps if a child will behome alone after school.

If the child is going to gohome after school, it’s agood idea to have them callto check in when they gethome. For an older child,set ground rules aboutwhether other kids cancome over when the par-ents are absent, whethercooking is an option,whether they can leave thehome.

Other steps that par-ents and guardians caninclude in their homesafety plans:

• Post an emergencyphone list where the chil-dren can see it. Include 9-1-1, the parents work andcell numbers, numbers forneighbors, and the num-bers for anyone else who isclose and trusted.

• Identify neighborswhose home your child cango to in case of an emer-

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gency that requires yourchild to leave your home.

• Practice an emergencyplan with the child so theyknow what to do in case offire, injury, or other emer-gencies. Write the plandown and make sure thechild knows where it is.

• Make sure the firstaid kit is stocked andstored where your childrencan find it; keep it out ofreach of young children.

• Let children knowwhere the flashlights are.Make sure that the batter-ies are fresh, and that thechild knows how to usethem.

• Remove or safely storein locked areas dangerousitems like guns, ammuni-tion, knives, hand tools,power tools, razor blades,scissors, and other objectsthat can cause injury.

• Make sure potentialpoisons like detergents,polishes, pesticides, care-care fluids, lighter fluidand lamp oils are stored inlocked cabinets or out ofthe reach of children.

• Make sure medicine iskept in a locked storageplace or out of the reach ofchildren.

• Install safety coverson all unused electricaloutlets.

• Limit any cooking ayoung child can do. Makesure at least one approvedsmoke alarm is installedand operating on each levelof the home.

• Limit the time thechild spends in front of thetelevision or computer. Ac-tivate parental controls.

Use programs that limitthe sites children can visit,restrict chat sites and al-low parents to monitoronline activity.

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drenWhen talking to kids

about being at home alone,parents should stress thefollowing steps, and postthem somewhere to remindthe child about what theyshould, or shouldn’t, do un-til mom, dad or caregiverget home:

• Lock the door andmake sure all the windowsare closed and locked.

• If the home has anelectronic security system,children should learn howto turn it on and have it onwhen home alone.

• Never open the door tostrangers. Always checkbefore opening the door toanyone, looking outthrough a peephole or win-dow first. Only open thedoor for people that par-ents and guardians havegiven you permission to letin the house. If unsure,contact your caregiver.

• Never open the door todelivery people or servicerepresentatives. Ask deliv-ery people to leave thepackage at the door or tellthem to come back at an-other time. Service repre-sentatives, such as a TVcable installer, shouldhave an appointment whenan adult is home.

• Never tell someone onthe telephone that the par-ents are not at home. Saysomething like “He or sheis busy right now. Can Itake a message?”

• Do not talk about be-ing home alone on publicwebsites. Kids should be

cautious about sharing in-formation about their loca-tion when using chatrooms or posting on socialnetworks.

• Never leave the housewithout permission. If it’sokay to go outside, chil-dren should contact theirparents and tell themwhere they are going,when they are leaving, andwhen they will return. Ifmom and dad are still atwork, children should callthem when they leave andwhen they return home.

• Do not go outside tocheck out an unusualnoise. If the noise worriesthe child, they should calltheir parents, an adult, orthe police.

• Don’t talk to strang-ers.

• Do not have friendsover to visit when your par-ents aren’t at home. Do notlet anyone inside who isusing drugs or alcohol,even if you know them.

• If the child smellssmoke or hears a fire orsmoke alarm, they shouldget outside and ask aneighbor to call the fire de-partment.

Here in AshtabulaCounty, we are pleased tooffer a program within theschools entitled “Safe onMy Own.” The trainingcovers the points abovethrough a video presenta-tion and discussion. Eachchild also receives a work-book on home safety. Ifyour child is in grades 3through 5 and has not yethad this valuable training,it is possible that his or herteacher has scheduled itfor this fall. Please call ouroffice with any questions,440-998-1020.

Develop and practice plan toensure safety after school

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANThe Grape Escape officially opened its doors as the Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cuttingceremony. The Grape Escape will provide adult day support, vocational habilitation, recreation and non-medicaltransportation services to those with developmental disabilities. The organization will work hand in hand with agenciesto help those with disabilities find work and get the services they need to lead a productive life. It is located on 355North Broadway in Geneva.

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Ashtabula Area City Schools awarded$5,000 grant from Ashtabula

Foundation for parent-resource roomsThe Ashtabula Founda-

tion has awarded a $5,000grant to the Ashtabula AreaCity Schools to help fundthree family-resourcerooms to be located at thenew Ashtabula LakesideElementary Campus K-3buildings.

The Family ResourceRooms will serve approxi-mately 1,200 students andtheir families, who willhave access to reading andmath resources purchasedusing the grant funds. Fur-

ther, various educationalworkshops and familyevents will be provided inorder to make parents andcommunity members morefamiliar with the curricu-lum, as well as the staff.

It is imperative thatthey feel comfortable whenthey enter the buildingknowing that “we’re all inthis together,” and thatthey are viewed as an im-portant part of theirchildren’s educational suc-cess.

Ashtabula Area City Schools Board of Educationand Superintendent Joseph F. Donatone

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Refreshments following the dedicationHuron and Michigan Primaries.

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ASHTABULA -Colleen’s Studio ofDanse, under the direc-tion of Colleen Czupand assistant WendyStevens, is celebrating16 years in downtownAshtabula.

Czup has over 35years of experience asa dancer and teacherin the Ashtabula andCleveland areas. As-sistant Stevens hasbeen teaching at thestudio for 14 years.

Teaching in herhometown commu-nity was somethingthat Czup had alwayswanted to do.

“I teach students tohave fun dancing.Dance teaches stu-dents self-esteem, con-fidence, dedicationand commitment,”Czup said. “Creativityis an important aspectof dance.”

Colleen’s Studio ofDanse, located upstairsat 4525 Main Ave. indowntown Ashtabula,offers a variety of danceclasses for ages three toadult.

Creative dance beginsat the early age of threeand is suited to the atten-tion span and physicalskills of this age group,focusing on motor-skilldevelopment.

Pre-ballet levels beginat age six, and the studiooffers graded levels ofballet, emphasizing onstretch and strengthen-ing, coordination, balletterminology and musi-cal therapy. Pointe alsois offered to advancedballet students.

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Every year, the teenhip-hop class performsat a Cavaliers game inCleveland. This is a greatopportunity and experi-ence for the dancers.

Tywan “Tank” Jack-son, a locally knownhip-hop dancer andteacher, will offer hip-hop classes for agesnine to 12 and ages 13to adult, for beginnersand advance students.

Maria Solembrinohas her Bachelor ofArts degree in fine artsand will be teachingtap classes for agesnine to 12; tap forteens and adults start-ing at age 13; moderndance for ages 15 toadult; and Pilates.

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GENEVA AREA CHAMBERFALL DINNER AND WINE TASTING

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 AT FERRANTE WINERY AND RISTORANTESocial at 6:30 p.m., wine tasting at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, and entertain-ment provided by Geneva Grape Jamboree. Guest will be tasting Ferrante

wines Cabernet Franc Rose, Raspberry Blanc, and their newest releaseCranberry Blanc. Call in reservations at 466-8694.

LAKEVIEW FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONCELEBRATES 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Lakeview Federal Credit Union located at 583 S. Broadway in Geneva is cel-ebrating their 5th Anniversary in the community. On Friday, August 5th, 2011,they will be having a live radio remote with Star 97 FM. The remote will beheld from 3 to 5pm. Lakeview will have their new prize machine availableduring the remote loaded with some great prizes. They will be serving lightrefreshments that day. To keep the celebration going, Lakeview is offering somegreat vehicle loan rates now through September 9th. Qualifying loan appli-cants have a chance to win a prize to go along with their newly financed auto.Also Lakeview is hosting their Stuff the Bus campaign starting July 5th andrunning through the end of August. Any donations of pens, paper, pencils, orany school supply will be welcomed. The donations collected will be donatedto Geneva Area City Schools.Lakeview Federal Credit Union is a cooperative financial institution, ownedand controlled by the people who use its services. These people are members.Lakeview is a community-chartered credit union. Which means, as long asyou live, work or worship in Ashtabula County, you are eligible for member-ship. Stop in or call 440.415.9900 for details on how to join today!

The Grape Escape Celebrates Grand OpeningThe Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed as a new mem-ber The Grape Escape to the Geneva community. Owners Jerry andLuAnn Busch celebrated their grand opening on July 21, 2011. TheGrape Escape is located at 355 North Broadway, Geneva; in the formerJ J's Grocery location. The workshop is for persons with developmentaldisabilities, and is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Some of the servicesthat are offered include doing laundry for cancer patients living inour community, making meals, paper shredding, making homemadesoaps, candles, t-shirts, beaded jewelry, and other crafts to sell in thegift shop. The clients have different levels of functions at the work-shop, and alternate jobs weekly. They also have outings such as goingto the cheese factory, and the chocolate factory.

For additional information on the workshop call Director Tom Currence,or stop in to check out the items in The Grape Escape gift shop.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTSNow till Sept. 10, (Every Sat. 9a.m.-5p.m.) Outdoor Flea Market & CraftShow, Geneva-on-the-Lake Recreation Park, 800-862-9948.

Aug. 16, 23, Lakefront Summer Concert Series, every Tuesday, 7p.m. atGeneva Township Park, GOTL, free admission. FMI 440-466-8600.

Aug. 19-20, D-Day Reenactment, Conneaut Township Park,www.ddayohio.us or call 593-2402.

Aug. 20, Wine Tasting Jennie Munger Gregory Museum, Ashtabula CountyHistorical Society, Rt. 531, Geneva-on-the-Lake 466-7337.

Aug. 26, Geneva High School first football game at Edgewood

Aug. 27-28, Wine & Walleye Festival, Bridge Street Ashtabula Harbor.Walleye fishing tournament Sat., Aug. 27. Wine tastings, foods, live music,shopping, plenty of perch, and walleye to eat! To volunteer, be a food orcrafter vendor, walleye tournament, lighted boat parade, 5K run or for moreinformation call Ashtabula Chamber 440-998-6998 orwww.wineandwalleye.net.

Aug. 27-28, Old Firehouse Winery Celtic Feis, 5499 Lake Rd., Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH. 22nd Celtic Feis, Scottish & Irish Festival, entertainment,merchandise, ethnic food, music starts at noon. 440-466-9300 or 1800-UN-CORK1, www.oldfirehousewinery.com.

Aug. 30, Geneva Area City Schools, first day of school for students.

Sept. 3, Flea Market at NASCAR RV Resort at Indian Creek, 4710 Lake Rd.E, Geneva-on-the-Lake, FMI call 466-8191.

Sept. 5, Labor Day, no school for Geneva students.

Sept. 8-11, Thunder on the Strip Fall Bike Rally. FMI 466-2381.

Sept. 10-11, Austinburg County Days, Parade, games, farmers market, an-tique engines, car show, pet show, greased pole, & entertainment. FMIww.austinburgcountrydays.com.

Sept. 10-11, Lake Shore Park Crafts in the Park Ashtabula.

Sept. 11, Blakeslee Log Cabin Days, Ashtabula County Historical Society,Seven Hills Rd, Ashtabula. Noon-5 p.m., FMI 466-7337.

Sept. 11, Ferrante Winery Lobster & Leaves. The event is to boast the har-vest season. The afternoon begins with a sampling of our homemade stuffedgrape leaves. Soon to follow is our Lobster Tail and Filet Mignon Skewer,served with a butternut squash risotto. To finish the dinner we will beserving our Chef's Special Harvest Dessert. Seating is Limited. Limited.Pre-paid reservations only, Alyssa at (440) 466-8466 [email protected].

Sept. 16, Chalet DeBonne Clam/Steak Bake, 7743 Doty Rd., Madison, res-ervations 466-3485, www.debonne.com.

Sept. 16-18, The Lakehouse Inn & Winery Clambake, 5653 Lake Rd., Geneva-on-the-Lake, FMI & reser. 466-8668, www.thelakehouseinn.com

Sept. 17-18, Old Firehouse Winery Clambake & Food Extravaganza, 5499Lake Rd. E, Geneva-on-the-Lake, FMI & reservations 466-9300.

Sept. 18, "Walk for the Cure(tm)" at Geneva High School, Vendor Fair noon-3 p.m., Balloon Launch 1:55 p.m., Walk 2 p.m., Survivor's ceremony 3 p.m.FMI 998-5763.

Sept. 18, North Coast Run for the Heart, 1-mile walk or run, at Recre-ational Park, Geneva-on-the-Lake, proceeds benefit KEN Heart Foundation.FMI 466-0417- www.northcoastrun.com.

Sept. 19, Geneva Area Chamber Fall Dinner, at Ferrante Winery, FMI 466-8964.

Sept. 20, Ashtabula County Best of the County Awards Dinner, at SpireInstitute, 1822 S. Broadway, Geneva. FMI Growth Partnership 576-9126.

Sept. 24-25, 48th Annual Geneva Grape Jamboree, parades, entertainment,contests and rides, Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday, noon-10 p.m.,FMI www.grapejamboree.com or 466-JAMB.

Sept. 24-25, Old Mill Winery celebrates the Grape Jamboree, 403 S. Broad-way, Geneva. FMI 466-5560 or www.theoldmillwinery.com

10th Annual "Walk for the Cure™"SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Vendor Fair noon-3 p.m.-Balloon Launch at 1:55 p.m.Walk at 2 p.m., Survivor's ceremony at 3 p.m.

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Jefferson Area High SchoolAlumni of the Year

nominations are soughtEach year at the Jefferson Area High School Home-

coming Football game, the Jefferson Area EducationFoundation presents a plaque to the selected AlumniHall of Fame former graduate. This year, Homecom-ing will be on Sept. 16, 2011.

The deadline for nominating Jefferson-area gradu-ates for this honor will be Aug. 27, 2011. The applica-tion for the nomination must be postmarked by this datein order to be eligible.

The information needed to nominate a former gradu-ate is as follows: Name, complete address, phone num-ber and year of graduation for the nominee.

The person making the nomination must includetheir own name, address and phone number, as well asinclude an explanation of why they believe this nomi-nated person is deserving of this award. Perhaps thenominee has contributed significantly to their profes-sion, their school or their community. How are they apositive role model for present or future students?

Please send the nominations to Jefferson Area Edu-cation Foundation, JALS Board of Education, 45 E.Satin Street, Jefferson, Ohio 44047.

Each year new nominations are taken. Therefore, ifyou previously nominated someone and they were notselected, please nominate them again.

The award was begun in 1996 by the Jefferson AreaEducation Foundation. The person selected receives aplaque and their name is added to a collective plaquewhich will be on display in the new board office.

Past recipients and their yearof award are as follows:1996 - Stewart Case1997 - Millie Stutzman1998 - John Glazier1999 - Lawrence Anderson, Jr.2000 - Herbert Housel2001 - Betty Mae Shear2002 - Larry and Carol Bragga2003 - Dr. Richard L. Waters2004 - James Martin2005 - Pat Inman2006 - Mary Hostetler2007 - Marcia Park2008 - Dave Keep2009 - Jim Baker2010 - Dr. John R. Patterson

Inspirational speaker for women of all ages KimHowdyshell will speak on the topic of her book, “BecomingWives Who Please God.” Her focus is on growing your re-lationship with God, and discovering what you can do rightnow to improve your life. She will appear on Saturday,Aug. 27, at the annual retreat sponsored by JeffersonUnited Methodist Women.

The retreat, “A Beautiful Woman in Christ,” runs from9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes lunch and will be held atBlossom Farm, 2946 Lampson Road, Austinburg. The $10ticket includes child care, provided off-site at the JeffersonUnited Methodist Church in Jefferson. Reservations for theretreat and child care may be made by calling the church,576-4561, or by calling Blossom Farm at 275-1638.

Author Kim Howdyshellto speak in Austinburg

Joseph Tredent, directorof Bands for Lakeside HighSchool, is seeking out mu-sicians.

Not just any musicians,but alumni of Ashtabula,Harbor and Lakeside HighSchool bands. The LHSMarching Band is hostingits 8th Annual Alumni BandNight, Friday, Sept. 2, inconjunction with theschool’s first home footballgame of 2011.

The Alumni Band Nightwas started by retired LHSBand Director E. CharlesHeusinger, formerly the di-rector of Harbor HighSchool Bands prior to theconsolidation of AshtabulaArea Schools.

Heusinger had the ideaof embracing the traditionsof Harbor and AshtabulaHigh Schools by invitingalumni back to once again

Calling all alumni!take the field with their in-struments to entertain thefootball crowds. He alsobrought back retiredAshtabula High SchoolBand Director Hector D.Martinez, affectionatelyknown as “Marty,” to con-duct the event. Heusingerand Martinez directed thetwo powerful bandsthrough tradition-richtimes that produced manyfond memories for the stu-dents, now long sincegraduated. Martinez willonce again don his old blackand gold director’s uniformof Panther days gone by toconduct the alumni.

Tredent finds AlumniNight fun for the alumni,but also important for hiscurrent students.

“They see the pride inthe alumni, they hear of thehistory and it teaches them

where Lakeside camefrom,” Tredent said.

Tredent thinks it is im-portant not to lose the his-torical aspect of theAshtabula and Harborbands.

“Many of our band par-ents and boosters are oldPanther and Mariner Bandmembers. We want them toknow they are forever apart of our band, its tradi-tion and legacy,” Tredentsaid.

Tredent even has oldHarbor and Ashtabulaband uniforms in a histori-cal display at the highschool.

Tredent states alumnihave started a page onFacebook in which theyshare stories, old photosand alumni information.

“It’s become quite popu-lar. There are over 160

members already,” Tredentsaid.

It is open to all Ashtabula,Harbor and Lakeside alumniand even former directors.The page can be found onFacebook at “AHS/HHS/LHSAlumni Band.”

Tredent would like to in-vite all former members,instrumentalists, major-ettes, flagline and directorsto join this year’s event. Re-hearsals will be held atLake High School BandRoom on Tuesdays through-out August on the 9, 16, 23and 30 from 7-8:30 p.m. Nomarching will be required.

If interested membersneed an instrument, onemay be provided. Usuallythe band and alumni playtwo to three tunes and amedley of the AHS, HHSand LHS Fight Songs. Comeout and enjoy the show.

Christian Faith Academy,located at 4322 Park Avenuein downtown Ashtabula, isnow taking applications fornew student enrollment ingrades pre-K through eighth.

CFA is a member of theAssociation of ChristianSchools International. It isrecognized by the Ohio De-partment of Education as anon-chartered, non-tax sup-ported school.

Christian Faith Academynow accepting

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does not discriminate againstany individual on the basisof sex, race, color or nationalor ethnic origin in its admis-sion of students to the school,in hiring practices, or in itsdistribution of tuition assis-tance.

For more informationabout their multi-gradeclassroom program, call (440)998-3887.


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area LocalSchool District Board ofEducation approved anumber of personnel ac-tions at the Tuesday nightmeeting for the 2011-2012athletic activities.

The approvals cover anumber of sports at theJefferson Junior/SeniorHigh School.

Superintendent DougHladek made the recom-mendations for approval atthe meeting.

The board approved sev-eral contracts for non-li-censed, non-employees,which are:

* Andy Lipps - assis-tant varsity footballcoach

* John Ashley - fresh-man football coach

* Ted Sarbiewski -eighth-grade footballvolunteer

The board approved sev-


JEFFERSON - Caroleand Tom Wright want to helpchildren learn how to swim.

The Wrights are the stew-ards of the Thomas D.Wright, II Learn to SwimScholarship Fund and areproviding the means for 10area children to make theirway through the watersafely.

They are awarding thescholarships in remem-brance of their son, ThomasD. Wright, II, who drownedseveral years ago.

The Wrights are teamingup with two other AshtabulaCounty organizations tomake this a reality and thelessons will begin nextmonth.

The Thomas D. Wright, II

Wright family offers swim scholarshipsScholarship Fund ispartnering with theJefferson Community Recre-ation Center (JCRC) and theAshtabula YMCA to help.

Certain criteria must bemet to be a recipient of thescholarship.

If the parents or guard-ians meet the income guide-lines, their child is a studentat Jeffesron Area LocalSchools and will be takingswimming lessons for thefirst time, they should con-sider applying for the schol-arship. Applications areavailable at JCRC, locatedon East Jefferson Street inthe village.

“The students chosenwill receive a voucher,”Carole said.

The swimming programat the Ashtabula YMCA is asix-week class that meets

once a week. The JeffersonCommunity Center willhave a schedule of classesoffered at the Y. Parents ofscholarship recipients willbe able to register theirchild through the commu-nity center.

She said that they havewanted to do the swimscholarship for about twoyears since they discontin-ued the academic scholar-ship given to Jefferson HighSchool seniors.

“We started the academicscholarship in our son’sname in 2003. We did it un-til 2009. The first year was$1,000. We changed it to$500 during that timeframe,” Carole said lastweek.

A news story on a TV sta-tion gave them the idea forthe swim scholarship.

“We saw a story on TV. Itwas a Cleveland station. Itwas about a family whoseyoung son had drowned. Wewanted to do it this year, getit going. We had been work-ing on getting the swimscholarship ready,” Carolesaid.

The Wrights use pro-ceeds from the yard salethat is held in late June ev-ery year on the village greennext to the Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church to growthe fund.

She said people havebeen good in supportingtheir scholarship program.

“Sometimes theywouldn’t even buy any-thing. They would give usa check or cash at the sale,”Carole said. “Next year,we’ll start the swimminglessons in the summer.”

School board approvesathletic personnel

eral people as workers andsubstitute workers for thefall and winter sports con-tests for the 2011-2012school year, which follow:

* Jerry March* Karen Rose* Shirley Lister* Annette Janson* Chuck Borsukoff* Cindy Cufr* Jodie Koranda* Kathy Dalsky* Mary Hostetler* Dan Ewing* Marcia Lesko* Robin Thaxton* Eli HostetlerBoard members ac-

cepted the resignation ofDon McCormack from hissupplemental contract asthe Junior High Girls’ Ten-nis coach for the 2011-2012school year.

The board approved asupplemental contract forRobert Faulkner, a non-li-censed non-employee, asthe Seventh-grade Boys’Basketball coach for the2011-2012 school year.

In other personnel ac-tions, the board approvedJeffrey Farver as a classi-f ied substitute for the2011-2012 school year.

The superintendent rec-ommended and the boardapproved supplementalcontracts for the followingas colleague teachers forthe 2011-2012 school:Abram Bartunek for CarlaHaines, Jefferson Junior/Senior High School andStacy Hinkle for ErinAdame, Jefferson Junior/Senior High School.

The board accepted theresignation of PennyRedmon, a paraprofessionalat Jefferson ElementarySchool, effective Aug. 25.

Kelly Burns was ap-proved as a classified sub-stitute for the 2011-2012school year.

Board members ap-proved the following em-ployees’ initial placementon the salary schedule ef-fective Aug. 26 per themaster contract:

* Erin Adame -Master’s Step 3

* Megan Beckwith -Bachelor’s + 10 Step 2

* Meredith Buck -Bachelor’s +20 Step 1

* Casey Greene -Master’s Step 0

* Cindy Locy -Bachelor’s + 10 Step 1

* Amanda Somppi -Bachelor’s Step 0

* Laura Sullivan -Bachelor’s Step 4

Seanna Butler was ap-proved by the board to re-ceive a supplemental con-tract as a Spring Play Di-rector for the 2011-2012school year.

The board approved anumber of contract renew-als. They are TinaHughart, custodian, for acontinuing contract effec-tive July 1, 2011; DianeMeighen, bus driver, for atwo-year contract effective2011-2012 school year; andJodie Fetters, cook, for atwo-year contract effective2010-2011 school year.

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9:00 AM Allied Camp Flag Raising Parade Field - England

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welcome, but please note that encampments do not open till 12:00 noon.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Veteran and Reenactor Only 1-on-1 Veterans’ Reception Tent - England

New this year for all reenactors. This event is open only to Reenactors, Veterans, and their families please.

12:00 PM D-Day Conneaut 2011 Opens Conneaut Township Park

12:00 PM Raising Garrison Colors Parade Field - England

1:00 - 1:30 PM German Weapons Demo Occupied France

2:00 - 2:30 PM Airborne Tactical Training Demonstration Allied Camp, England

3:00 - 4:00 PM Assault Training Center for Allied Infantry Beach

4:00 PM Aerial Demonstration featuring the T-51 Mustang Beach

4:30 PM German Checkpoint Changing of the Guard Mid-park

4:55 PM Encampments Closed to the Public All Encampments

For security, all encampments are closed to the public during the Road to Victory Battle.

5:00 PM The Road to Victory Battle Mid-park - Between England and Occupied France

7:00 PM Movie: Saving Private Ryan Conneaut American Legion (272 Broad Street)

Saturday, August 20th

9:00 - 9:15 AM Opening Ceremonies - Flag Raising Mid-park - England

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Encampment and Displays Open All Encampments

All encampments and displays are open to the public. Please visit the different encampments and exhibits.

Our reenactors are eager to meet and talk with you!

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM D-Day Chinese Auction Opens Near Registration - Main Street USA

Get your tickets for this year’s D-Day Chinese Auction. Proceeds help us to continue to put on this wonderful

tribute to our veterans. Auction drawing will take place at 4:30 PM

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM Victory Garden Info and Demonstration Opens Near Registration - Main Street USA

9:30 - 9:50 AM Allied Unit Commanders Beach Briefing 29th Allied HQ - England

9:30 - 9:50 AM French Resistance Briefing French Camp - Occupied France

10:00 AM - 4:30 PM D-Day in Miniature Opens Volleyball Sand Court - England

Children 13 and under (accompanied by parent) come together and recreate and reenact the battle for

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10:00 - 10:20 AM Allied Sand Table Briefing Briefing Tent (Marked with Bradley’s Flag) - England

10:00 - 10:30 AM Tour of the Atlantic Wall Fortifications Bluffs Overlooking Beach

10:30 - 10:40 AM Dressed to Kill - Invasion Clothing and Equipment 29th Division - England

11:00 - 11:45 AM Valley and La Fier Bridge Battle Valley Floor - Occupied France

Please plan on arriving a few minutes early to get a good viewing spot. Note: To ensure the safety of

spectators and participants, access to certain viewing areas will be limited once the show begins.

12:00 - 1:30 PM Veteran Personal Histories Veterans’ Reception Tent - England

New for 2011, WWII veterans recount their experiences and personal stories of their wartime service.

12:00 - 12:20 PM 5th Ranger Battalion on D-Day Briefing Tent (Marked with Bradley’s Flag) - England

12:30 - 1:00 PM Commonwealth Briefing Briefing Tent (Marked with Bradley’s Flag) - England

1:00 - 1:30 PM Boat Assault Team Demo - 29th DIV Parade Ground England Static Landing Craft

1:30 - 2:00 PM Axis Weapons Demonstration Axis Camp (Occupied France)

2:00 PM National Anthem Parade Ground - England

2:00 PM Allied Troup Embarkation Formation for Beach Landing Parade Ground - England

2:30 PM Beach Landing Narration Begins Bluff Overlooking Beach

3:00 - 4:00 PM Seaborne Beach Landing Begins Bluff and Beach

4:00 PM Press Briefing 29th Division - England

4:40 PM D-Day in Miniature Close Volleyball Sand Court - England

5:00 PM Encampments and Displays Close Volleyball Sand Court - England

8:00 PM - 12:00 AM USO-Style Dance Conneaut American Legion (272 Broad Street)

Come join us in our final event of D-Day Conneaut 2011— our USO Salute and dance complete with a

fabulous live “Big Band”. You’ll never know whom you’ll see. Open to the public. 1940s dress is encouraged.

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