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GENEVA - With a Geneva AreaCity Schools (GACS) levy on thisyear’s ballot, the GACS Board ofEducation will hold its regularboard meeting on Nov. 16.

This time, however, it will beheld in the high school’s audito-rium.

“Regardless of whether the levypasses or fails, we will have ourregular scheduled meeting on Nov.16 in the auditorium so we can talkabout our next steps,” GACS Su-perintendent Mary Zappitelli said.

Zappitelli had said at a recentGeneva City Council meeting thatif the levy passes, they will be cel-ebrating. If the levy fails, deci-sions on what to cut first will bemade.

“I want to make clear, reduc-tions will be made,” Zappitellisaid.

Zappitelli and the GACS Boardof Education members have saidif the levy fails, everything is onthe table.

GACS officials have reachedout to the community and heardout all concerns of the levy.

“We’ve gone to many, manyplaces and have had some reallygood discussions with people fromall across the area,” Zappitellisaid.

The levy will gather $4.95 mil-lion over ten years if passed. The

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

GENEVA - Local winners of theannual Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 6846 sponsored Voice of De-mocracy Speech Contest were an-nounced last week at Geneva HighSchool.

Kayleena Brashear, a senior, re-ceived the judges’ nod for first placefor her thoughtfully crafted andstirring speech exploring the na-tional topic, “Is There Pride inServing in Our Military?” JuniorDavid Smalley was selected as thesecond-place winner, while class-mate Brie McGirr won third place.

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The Novemberballot is packed with issues and can-didates, but many candidates will berunning uncontested this electionseason.

Voters in just about every commu-nity will have to make a decisionabout who they want to representthem, with the candidate races in-cluding everything from mayors, fis-cal officers and seats on councils andschool boards.

School levies will also appear onthe ballot in some school districts, aswell as a variety of fire, roads/bridgesand other levies. The only county-


SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP -Saybrook Township has a policelevy on next Tuesday’s ballot. Thelevy is an additional 1-mill levyfor three years of protection fromthe Ashtabula County Sheriff ’sDepartment.

“Saybrook Township and theSheriff Department will be undercontract, and a sheriff will be onduty in Saybrook 24/7,” NormJepson, township trustee, said.“They only time he would leave isif he was called away.”

Jepson said the state is continu-ing to make cuts at local levels, andwithout the levy’s passage, theycould see less police coverage inSaybrook Township.

“In theory it would keepSaybrook safer. I imagine morecutbacks next year, meaning wecould get less police enforcementwithout the levy,” Jepson said.

Jepson said the sheriff ’s depart-

wide levy is the one sought by theBoard of Developmental Disabilities.

Listed below are the uncontestedcandidates that will appear on theNovember ballot in the Gazette’s cov-erage area.

Ashtabula Area City Schools—Board of Education (vote for

two) - Steve Candela, A.R. DeCato.Ashtabula—Ward 2 Council - August

Pugliese (D).Ashtabula County—Governing Board of Education

(vote for two) - BarbaraKlingensmith, Casey O’Brien.

GACS BOE prepares for boardmeeting regardless of levy results

amount a $100,000 homeownerwill pay a month is under $13, oraround 42 cents a day.

“We clearly understand thatthis is not a good time financiallyfor many people and that timesare not economically good,”Zappitelli said.

People have been curious aboutthe recent deal with SPIRE Insti-tute, which will give GACS$400,000 a year.

“It’s thinking outside the boxand another way for us to bringmoney into the district withoutasking for taxpayers’ money,”Zappitelli said.

Zappitelli said the deal willhelp the school, but it will not fixits financial problems, not whenthe school has a payroll reachingover $4 million a month.

Zappitelli said the deal isgroundbreaking regardless.

“We’re being watched, not onlylocally, but by the state and be-yond to see how this deal works,”Zappitelli said.

Zappitelli said they are luckyto live in such a supportive atmo-sphere.

“People have been very sup-portive of our children and ourschools and our board,” Zappitellisaid.

Zappitelli said if the levypasses, they will continue to be fis-cally responsible with their rev-enue.

“We will continue to make sys-

tematic cuts to preserve our solidfiscal foundation,” Zappitelli said.“We’re going to tighten belts anddo our best to tighten dollars.”

Zappitelli the cutbacks willcontinue whether the levy passesor not, but how severe the cut-backs are depends on the passage.

Zappitelli wants to make itclear that even with the passage,they will have to clearly think outtheir yearly budget.

“This levy certainly isn’t goingto put us out of our worries, but itwill help us,” Zappitelli said.

Zappitelli said once programsand other services the school pro-vides are cut, it is hard to turnback.

“Once the stuff starts slippingaway, it is hard to stop it,”Zappitelli said.

Zappitelli in the end says theGeneva area always seems to bebehind the school and she is grate-ful for this.

“The district truly appreciatesthe support that has been shownto our students and schools, and Ihope they will continue to showthat support by voting for thelevy,” Zappitelli said.

Like all school board meetings,the meeting on Nov. 16 will beopen to the public and all are en-couraged to come.

Sadie Portman, reporter for theGazette, may be reached [email protected].

Saybrook Township seeks police levyment at one time split its time be-tween three townships.

“In the past there was a deputyto cover Saybrook, Geneva Town-ship and Harpersfield,” Jepsonsaid.

If the levy passes, the deputy onduty will do such assignments asresponding to local calls, conduct-ing investigations within the town-ship and enforcing safety on theroads, among other duties.

“It is a $1 million levy, whichwould generate around $170,000 ayear, but in actuality, with the re-ality of some people not payingtaxes, it’ll probably generate$157,000 a year,” Jepson said.

Jepson compared the amountthey will be paying their deputy tothe surrounding counties and saidSaybrook is really getting a dealfor safer streets.

“The sheriff covers a smallerarea in Lake County and he getsabout three times the amount asAshtabula’s sheriffs, and Geauga’sway up there, too,” Jepson said.

Jepson said he understandsmany people are being affected bythe economy.

“People say they already payenough in taxes, and we under-stand the economic times,” Jepsonsaid. “Most people don’t want topay more taxes.”

Jepson has gone out in the com-munity and talked with those whohave questions about the levy.

“From what I gather, the levyis split about 50/50 in passage,”Jepson said.

The contract with the sheriff ’sdepartment has already beenpassed by the Saybrook Township’strustees and now only needs thefinal approval of the voters.

“We have a tentative contractfor what the sheriff will provide ifthe levy passes,” Jepson said.

Saybrook Township used othertownships who already have simi-lar agreements with the sheriff todraft the agreement.

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Many candidate racesare uncontested

GHS names local Voice ofDemocracy Speech Contest winners

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSVoices for Democracy. Geneva High School winners of the Voice ofDemocracy Speech Contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 6846 are from left: third-place winner Brie McGirr, David Smalley,second place, and, in front, first-place winner Kayleena Brashear.Pictured with the speech writers are Geneva High School PrincipalDouglas Wetherholt, English teacher and VOD Speech Contest advisorMary Ann Svagerko, Sandra Roach, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6846Speech Contest chairperson, and Kathy Merrill of the VFW.

“The speeches from GenevaHigh School are always excellent,”said Sandra Roach, VFW SpeechContest Chairperson. “But thisyear’s entries are especially wellwritten and each of the winners isan eloquent speaker.”

For more than 50 years, theVFW Ladies’ Auxiliary has spon-sored the nationally recognizedVoice of Democracy Speech Contestfor high school students. The com-petition is designed to foster pa-triotism and to allow students theopportunity to express their viewsregarding their responsibilities asU.S. citizens. According to Roach,participants must record an origi-nal speech on an assigned themethat is submitted for judging. Thelocal winners now advance to thenext level of evaluation, which willdetermine qualifiers for districtcompetition.

A hazy foreshadowing of winter

PHOTO BY SHARMANE HOWE

It’s been rather hazy in the mornings in Jefferson this past week.The trees are shedding the last of their leaves, and pretty soon, wecan look forward to winter rolling in. Until then, the weathermanis calling for some rain for Thursday, but we are expected to havea nice, sunny weekend, with highs in the 60s. It’s a nice change ofpace after another record month of precipitation (in a record year)for rain! Almost 5.84 inches of rain fell in October, making it thefifth-wettest October in more than 140 years of weather records.


JEFFERSON - Decked out inred T-shirts, members of Team Mis-fits served up chicken-and-biscuitdinners at Mugs restaurant inJefferson last Tuesday.

Team Misfits organized the din-ner, with the support of Mugsowner Kimmy Johnston, as afundraiser for the AshtabulaCounty Relay for Life.

“It’s a very good cause,”Johnston said.

Team Misfits rally for Relay for Life

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLMembers of Team Misfits waited tables at Mugs last Tuesday to raise funds for the Ashtabula CountyRelay for Life.

The event was the second an-nual chicken-and-biscuit dinnerfor Team Misfits, with the proceedsall going to their Relay for Lifeteam.

Team Misfits Captain TamiTressler said the team has beentogether for four years. Some pre-vious teams had disbanded, somembers created this team, rop-ing in their friends and family tojoin them.

“We all have someone that’sbeen affected by cancer,” Tresslersaid.

Including registered survivors,Team Misfits has roughly 30 mem-bers from throughout Ashtabulaand Lake counties.

“This is probably one of our big-gest fundraisers,” Tressler said ofthe dinner.

The team also raises fundsthrough candy bar sales, a RadaCutlery sale and other smallerfundraisers. The team also willhost a Swiss steak dinner at Mugsin March.

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ROCK CREEK - Threecandidates are running fortwo seats on Rock CreekVillage Council.

Running for election arethe two incumbents JamesHall and Suzanne Hayesand challenger JeffCrenshaw.

Voters can vote for twoof the three candidates.

Below are questionnaireresponses from the candi-dates.

Jeff CrenshawBrief Biography:I’ve lived her in the Rock

Creek area for over 30years. Graduated fromJefferson High School in1987. After graduation Iwent to work for my fatherin construction as a drywallfinisher. To this day I amstill working as a drywallfinisher. I have never heldany public office before butwith some of the recenthappenings, it’s time to getinvolved.

1. Why are you runningfor office in your commu-nity?

I am very disappointedwith the current directionof our village. Our localbusinesses are failing andleaving. We are not attrac-tive or even trying to at-tract potential new busi-nesses at the mayoral orvillage council level. Ourlocal Chamber of Com-merce does a good job inthis area, but without theelected officials to supportit makes this job verytough.

2. What is your visionfor your community? Whatwould you like your commu-nity to become in five to 10years?

I plan to bring back theCommunity Reinvestment

Two seats up forelection in Rock Creek

Jeff Crenshaw

Ordinance which rewardedcurrent homeowners, po-tential new homeowners,current business ownersand potential new busi-nesses to invest in our com-munity. This allows them toimprove and invest in theirhomes and business whilekeeping them at there cur-rent lower property tax ratefor five to 10 years insteadof instantly increasing to ahigher tax rate and punish-ing them for investing inthere properties and ourcommunity. Our currentmayor and council repealedthis ordinance.

3. What do you believeare the major issues facingyour community and whatdo you believe communityofficials and citizens mustdo to overcome these issues?/ 4. If you are elected, whatdo you hope to accomplishduring your term?

Our water and sewerrates are sky high, ourroads and sidewalks havebeen neglected and are indisrepair, just a completenegligence in maintainingour community.

Four years ago we had$1.2 million in grant moneyfor new roads, drainage,

sidewalks, new water towerand a new bridge at our lo-cal cemetery. Our currentmayor and council forcedthe former administratorresponsible for obtainingthe grants out then gavethe grant money to thecounty and had to pay$45,000 to administerthem, alienating everyoneat the state level instru-mental in helping RockCreek obtain these grants.

Fixing these challengesare going to require re-building the alliances wehad and going after newgrants. I do not believeanyone holding current of-fice is willing to do so.

To lower our current wa-ter and sewer rates, we needto bring in more customers.The more families and busi-nesses you have using theservice, the lower the ratefor all. In most cases there’sa fixed expense. If there isone home, that one homepays the whole amount. Ifthere are 100 homes, thatexpense is spread across the100 homes, resulting inlower rates.

Our sewer system is fail-ing and the only creativeidea our current mayor andcouncil could come up withwas to raise everyone’s al-ready high rates. I’m run-ning against the two coun-cil members who voted forthe rate increase.

When our grinder-basedsewer system was installed20 years ago as a temporarysystem to last for 20 years,a fund was set up to convertthe current system with agravity fed system. A per-centage of the monthlyrates was put into this fundto make the conversion butwas spent. Here we are 20years later with a failingsewer system, what hap-pened to that money?

5. Final comment.My vision for Rock Creek

is to be a village that fami-lies are proud to be a partof and a place for local busi-nesses to thrive and beproud of the opportunity toserve the local community.

Suzanne HayesBrief Biography:My name is Suzanne

Hayes. My husband and Ihave been residents of RockCreek our entire lives. Webelieve Rock Creek is a

wonderful community toraise a family.

Our three grandchildrenare now attending the sameschool where I have taughtfor 38 years. We are veryproud that this year, RockCreek Elementary wasawarded an Excellent withDistinction rating from theOhio State Department ofEducation.

1. Why are you runningfor office in your commu-nity?

I am currently running fora seat on Village Council be-cause I believe it is my civicduty to work to make ourcommunity better. I am nowfilling an unexpired term asan appointed member andhave learned much about theway council functions.

2. What is your visionfor your community? Whatwould you like your commu-nity to become in five to 10years?

My goal as a councilmember is to help the vil-lage become more finan-cially stable and to bemindful of the needs of thecitizens in our village.

3. What do you believeare the major issues facingyour community and whatdo you believe communityofficials and citizens mustdo to overcome these issues?

In these tough economictimes, we need to concen-trate on doing more withless money. We have com-pleted many road repairswith grants and carefulspending and need to con-tinue these necessary im-provements. Correcting oursewer system problemswith a feasible long-termsolution must also be a pri-ority. In addition, it is vitalthat we work to beautifyour downtown area withsome tender loving care, soothers can appreciate ourthriving community.

4. If you are elected,what do you hope to accom-plish during your term?

As an elected councilperson I will help our com-munity achieve these goalsand keep its small townfriendliness while havingthe high quality of cultural,medical and higher educa-tion facilities within anhour’s drive of our village.

James Hall did not re-spond to the questionnaireby the deadline.


GENEVA - Three out ofthe four candidates runningfor a position on GenevaArea City Schools Board ofEducation, Wilford Behm,Ed Brashear and StanDewees, attended a recentcandidates’ night hosted bythe Geneva Area Chamber ofCommerce. Marion Carrelwas not in attendance.

Brashear has been a partof the Geneva area since1968 and is currently aboard member, with twodaughters attending GACSand a wife who is a formerGACS teacher.

“Four years ago, I wascampaigning for my firstelection,” Brashear said.

Brashear said his plat-form was simple, with a de-sire to improve test scoresand district ratings and con-tinue school constructions.He also helped choose thenew superintendent.

“Our students continue toimprove in their measuredability as well as our districtscores,” Brashear said. “Ourstaff and students have gonefrom meeting 25 out of 30indicators in 2008 and 2009to meeting 25 out of 26 in themost recent school year.”

Brashear said if you lookat the work SuperintendentMary Zapittelli has donewith the district, it is easyto see they made the rightchoice for superintendentand they have continued tobuild better schools.

Brashear stated you cansee the school change for thebetter.

“We are moving in theright direction. We have astrong solid team withproven effectiveness,”

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANEd Brashear, Wilford Behm and Stan Dewees attendedcandidates night to share what they can bring to theGeneva Area City Schools Board of Education if electedinto one of the two seats available.

GACS BOEcandidates attendCandidates’ Night

Brashear said.Behm is also a current

member of the board, serv-ing his fourth term. He haseven served as president.

“Education has alwaysbeen very important to me,”Behm said. “I guess itstarted with my grand-mother Elta Behm, who waspresident of the MadisonSchool Board in 1924.”

Behm’s father was alsopresident of the MadisonSchool Board.

Behm was also a pastpresident of the AshtabulaArea College Committee.

“I was very involved inraising the $6 million to builda $16 million health and sci-ence building,” Behm said.

Behm said the enrollmenthas since gone up after thebuilding was built, from 1,200students to now between5,000 to 6,000 students.

Behm has been proud tosee Geneva schools grow.

“I would like to continueto make Geneva AreaSchools an outstanding toplace to provide our childrenwith the best education pos-sible,” Behm said.

Even with state fundingbeing cut, Behm would liketo continue to see the schoolsmove forward.

“I’d like to use my finan-cial background and help getthrough these challengingtimes,” Behm said.

Behm said his experiencespeaks for itself and therehave been results.

“I work well with peopleand I get things done,” Behmsaid.

Dewees was the only can-didate to speak during thenight who is not a currentmember, but he is a 30-yearresident of Geneva.

“I believe in educationvery, very highly and very,very passionately,” Deweessaid.

Dewees saw all five of hischildren graduate fromGeneva Schools and go ontogreat careers.

“I am asking you to trustme, to put me on the schoolboard so I can make a differ-ence,” Dewees said.

Dewees spoke of his fa-ther and the great influencehe had on him.

“I think we come from ourroots. I think we come wherewe start,” Deewees said.

Dewees’ father was inNormandy and was cap-tured by the Germans. Dur-ing his time in captivity, hevowed to be a teacher be-cause he did not want to seehistory repeat itself.

Once rescued, Dewees’father kept that promise andtaught in West Virginia andeventually North Kingsville.

Dewees himself has hadan eclectic career with timespent in the military, pub-lishing and sales. He alsowas a pastor.

“I’ve learned from all ofthese areas,” Dewees said.

Dewees wants to seemore interaction with thepublic.

“We need to communicatewith the people. People needto support the system, butthey’re not going to supportthe system if they don’t havetwo-way communication,”Dewees said.

Dewees said he may notbe on the current schoolboard, but he brings a freshoutlook.

“I am bringing a new setof eyes to look at the situationas it exists,” Dewees said.

All candidates said theyhave ample time to donate tothe school board and feel astrong desire to keep stu-dents coming back to the areapost-high school graduation.

Voters will vote for twoout of the four candidates onNovember 8.

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

CorrectionA location was incorrectly identified in last

week’s edition of the Gazette on page 12A in a storytitled, “The Sanctuary of Geneva celebrates Hal-loween with decorations.” The event took place atthe Geneva Village Skilled Nursing and Rehabili-tation Center. Additionally, the Sanctuary ofGeneva is an assisted living center.

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Jefferson Elementary School students shopped for new books at the Scholastic BookFair last week. Pictured are first-graders Chris Stevens, Mikia Kelsey, Hope Colby, AvaLeininger, Wyatt Cheney and Braden Dresnek.

Jefferson Elementary School students were excited topurchase new books at the Scholastic Book Fair.


JEFFERSON - Studentsat Jefferson ElementarySchool “blasted off” with agood book last week, as theyparticipated in the annualScholastic Book Fair.

The theme for the OctoberBook Fair was Reading is Outof this World, Jefferson El-ementary School librarianKathy Dalsky said.

Jefferson ElementarySchool has three book fairseach year, one in October, onein February and one that thestudents earn in May, Dalskysaid.

Not every school gets theMay book fair, as the studentsearn it though their pur-chases, Dalsky said. Duringthe May book fair, the stu-dents will be able to buy onebook and get one free.

“Kids love the book fair,”Dalsky said.

By Thursday afternoon,

Blast off with a good book

students had purchased$4,000 worth of books andother reading materials, withFamily Night yet to come.Last October, they purchased$6,800.

Besides encouraging thestudents to read, the book fairalso generates funding for thelibrary and classrooms,

Dalsky said.The book fair offered books

for all ages and reading lev-els, including even a selection

of books for adults. Parentsvolunteered to help during thebook fair, helping the studentspick out books and check out.

Brandon Oeffner and Chase Lazanis purchased newbooks at the Scholastic Book Fair.

Kindergartners Elissa Rought and Chandler Evans correctlyguessed the number of Milky Way bars and Starbursts in ajar, winning a free book from the book fair.

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLJefferson Elementary School first-grader David Ellis looksthrough a book.

Katrina Weber shows offsome of the items shepurchased at the book fair.

Avery Shinkle looks through a book.

Kindergartner ShelbyAnthony hoped topurchase this book at theScholastic Book Fair.

Kindergartners are all smiles after making their purchasesat the Scholastic Book Fair.

Rock Creekstudents receivenew dictionaries

The Jefferson Grange presented dictio-naries to third-grade students at Rock CreekElementary School recently. Pictured in thefront row are Megan Ward, Ashlyn Nelsonand Michael Perkins. Pictured in the sec-ond row are Cherish Burn, Hunter Dietrich,Jordan Asher and Chance O’Meard. Picturedin the third row are third-grade teacherKathy Dalheim and Jefferson Grange Presi-dent Dale Christ.

Two candidates vie for Denmark Township fiscal officerBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

DENMARK TOWNSHIP - Two can-didates are running for the position offiscal officer in Denmark Township.

Incumbent Anita Noce will face offagainst Larry Lynagh.

Lynagh said he was born, raisedand has spent the majority of his lifein Denmark Township. He is marriedto Mary Lynagh, who is the retiredtownship clerk for Denmark Town-ship. He is retired from Premix, Inc.after 29 years of service. He spent themajority of his career as a technicalsales and service engineer responsiblefor some of the major accounts ofPremix.

“I wish to be of service to the town-ship by assisting the trustees in main-taining the budgets and expendituresin order to offer the best service pos-sible to the township residents,”Lynagh said. “Because I’m retired, ifelected I can be a full-time fiscal of-ficer for the township.”

Lynagh said he would like to seethe township and community continueto grow.

“Even though it is a rural area, ithas much to offer. There are largetracts of under-developed land thatcan have many uses,” Lynagh said.

There will be many issues facingthe townships in the near future be-cause of the reduced state funding,Lynagh said.

“The community officials will needto be very careful when developingtheir budgets and expenditures as un-der-funded mandates will be a strainon the upcoming township budgets,”Lynagh said.

If elected, Lynagh said he will helpthe community officers in maintain-ing the budget and expenditures sothey can offer the best possible serviceto the township residents.

“Maintaining a positive balancewill be the only way we can offset theupcoming reductions in the state fund-ing,” Lynagh said. “Being progressivewithout excessive debt is the only waysmall townships can survive.”

Noce did not respond to the ques-tionnaire by the deadline.

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WEDNESDAY, November 2, 2011 GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • 5A


MORGAN TOWNSHIP -In the second race in MorganTownship, four candidatesare running for one four-yeartownship trustee seat.

Hoping to be elected tothe seat are two formertownship trustees, DonaldDietrich and Joseph Dyrcz,and Bob Clark and MarieLesko Silbaugh.

Below are their answersto an election questionnaire.

Joseph DietrichBrief Biography: A suc-

cessful farmer, born andlived in Morgan Townshipall my life. Raised six chil-dren. Former fireman for theMorgan Hose Fire Depart-ment, as well as a formertrustee. Actively involved inbuilding and maintainingthe chapel in the Rock CreekUnion Cemetery. Member ofthe Methodist Church. Ac-tively attend all meetingsassociated with improve-ments for Morgan Township.Actively and financially in-volved in all phases of Mor-gan Township and its resi-dents.

1. Why are you runningfor office in your community?

Unity. I will be available24/7. I can run any equip-ment that the townshipowns with the knowledge Ihave. I can be an asset to thetownship. It’s a wonderfulplace to live.

2. What is your vision foryour community? Whatwould you like your commu-

Donald Dietrich Joe Dyrcz

Four candidates vie for Morgan Township seatnity to become in five to 10years?

I would like the townshipto continue to grow. We havethe best fire department inthe county. Our road equip-ment is a little worn out.There are a lot more peopleliving in the township nowthan 20-40 years ago, so weneed more financial support.

3. What do you believeare the major issues facingyour community and whatdo you believe communityofficials and citizens must doto overcome these issues?

Many issues are facingtownships. One is the Na-ture Conservancy buyingour land (they own thou-sands of acres in MorganTownship) and ClevelandNatural History owns a lot.They are both tax free. Weare hurting for tax money wedon’t get. Since they own theland, they should be contrib-uting to the community insome way instead of lettingland be idle.

4. If you are elected, whatdo you hope to accomplishduring your term?

I would try to stop theNature Conservancy fromgobbling up our land and theState of Ohio Department ofTax mandating rules thatthey say we can’t live with-out. Look what this did tothe poor farmers. CAUVdoubled real estate taxes sothat farmers can hardly getby now. Make people awareof all policies. Actively workwith other trustees in Mor-gan Township and all othertownships to improve ourarea to the best of our abil-

ity. People need to work to-gether to get things done.

5. Final comment.Everyone needs to be in-

volved and aware of all is-sues to be voted on by them.If they vote for me, they willget an honest man who loveshis neighbors and wants todo the best for them. God hasbeen good to me, and I wishthe same for them. May Godbless America.

Joe DyrczBrief Biography: I have

been a resident of MorganTownship all my adult lifeand graduated from RockCreek schools. I have 10years of experience as atrustee and started my civicduties in 1969 with the firedepartment and worked myway up in that and then wason the zoning board for dif-ferent functions. I attendedKent State University atAshtabula

1. Why are you running

for office in your community?To make decisions to use

the taxpayers’ money in thebest way possible for them.I have enjoyed serving thetownship residents in thepast and would like thechance to do so again.

2. What is your vision foryour community? Whatwould you like your commu-nity to become in five to 10years?

To improve the roads ofthe community as much aspossible and to maintain atop-notch fire departmentlike we have presently. Iwould also like to possiblysee some economic growth inthe community, in businessand industry.

3. What do you believeare the major issues facingyour community and whatdo you believe communityofficials and citizens must doto overcome these issues?

Townships have lostfunding from the state, andwe must either get this back

or maintain the funding forthe community that we pres-ently have. Townships mustwork together and shareequipment and other re-sources when possible tocope with the lost funding.


I would like to see moreeconomic growth in the com-munity and also continueworking together with othertownships as mentioned be-fore. I would like to workmore with Roaming Shoresand Rock Creek Village andreach out to them for thegood of the communities.

Marie LeskoSilbaugh

Brief Biography/1. Whyare you running for office inyour community?

My name is Marie LeskoSilbaugh and I am runningfor the four-year MorganTownship trustee position. Ihave been a life-long resi-dent of Morgan Townshipand I believe that my dedi-cation to our communitymakes me the best choice forthis position. This is myfirst political race, althoughI have spent many hoursvolunteering in the town-ship as well as at the Mor-gan Hose Fire Departmentand other community pro-grams. I have no hiddenagenda and place integrityas my first order of busi-ness.

2. What is your vision foryour community? What

would you like your commu-nity to become in five to 10years?

My vision is to ensurethat Morgan Township re-mains fiscally balancedwhile continuing to providethe services our communityneeds and deserves. I willwork together with theother trustees as well asother community leaders todevelop solid relationships.

3. What do you believeare the major issues facingyour community and whatdo you believe communityofficials and citizens mustdo to overcome these issues?

I believe that MorganTownship is a special placeto live and raise a family. Weneed to work together to fos-ter a sense of pride in ourcommunity so that morefamilies will move here andthe ones who are here, stay.By working together we canachieve this.


If I am elected to servethe people of my community,I will bring consistent andstable leadership, alongwith the decision makingskills to make our commu-nity great.

As a Morgan Townshiptrustee I will strive to con-serve township funds be-cause I recognize the finan-cial challenges of our com-munity.

Bob Clark did notrespond to the questionnaireby the deadline.


MORGAN TOWNSHIP -Voters in Morgan Townshipwill have two trustees’ races tovote for next Tuesday, includ-ing choosing among five can-didates for two seats.

Incumbents Brett Bellasand Mike Jones will go upagainst Dennis Babic, BradleyNicholson and RodneyTruckey for the two-year, un-expired term. Voters can votefor two of the men running.

Listed below are the candi-dates who responded to anelection questionnaire by thedeadline.

Brett BellasBrief Biography:I grew up in Morgan Town-

ship where I was in Boy Scoutsand an Eagle Scout. I gradu-ated from Hocking Collegewith four degrees. I’m marriedand have three children. I’ma business owner and work forGeauga Park District as main-tenance supervisor. I wentthrough Geauga Leadershipprogram. I was appointedMorgan Township trustee inAugust 2010 to fill a vacantposition. I’ve been a volunteerfirefighter for three years, pastvice president, secretary andtreasurer. I also served on theBoard for the Community Cen-ter. I’m currently on the Cem-etery Board.

1. Why are you running foroffice in your community?

I’m running to give back tomy community to make it abetter place for the residentsand families.

2. What is your vision foryour community? What wouldyou like your community to be-come in five to 10 years?

I would like to finish the

Brett Bellas

Five candidates run for two seats in Morgan Townshipditching program that we’veimplemented in the past yearand a half and better mainte-nance of the roads. Continueto look at being more efficientand to look into more grantmoney for the betterment ofthe community. Also to con-tinue to try new dust controllike we did this year.

3. What do you believe arethe major issues facing yourcommunity and what do youbelieve community officialsand citizens must do to over-come these issues?

One of the major issues isfunding. We need to apply andlook for grant funding. Weneed to continue to work on theroads personally to reducecosts and work with other com-munities in the use of equip-ment.

4. If you are elected, whatdo you hope to accomplish dur-ing your term?

I hope to finish the ditch-ing program and improve theroads and to move forwardwith cemetery projects, also tolook into other funding forroads, cemetery and the firedepartment.

Mike JonesBrief Biography:I have lived in Morgan

Township for 13 years. I’mmarried and have four chil-dren. I was appointed MorganTownship trustee in October2010 after the office was va-cated. I’ve been a volunteerfirefighter for 13 years andpresident of the Morgan HoseVolunteer Fire Company foreight years. I work at Lin-coln Electric as a productionscheduler.

1. Why are you running foroffice in your community?

I feel that I can continue tocontribute to the growth and

improvement of my commu-nity. Before becoming trustee,I was an active volunteer bothin the township and in thecemetery. I spent hundreds ofhours working in the commu-nity. I have a working knowl-edge of the fire departmentand road department.

2. What is your vision foryour community? What wouldyou like your community tobecome in five, 10 years?

I would like to see our com-munity continue on the pathto improvement and growth.I would like to see continuedimprovement in the mainte-

nance of the roads and fire de-partment.

3. What do you believe arethe major issues facing yourcommunity, and what do youbelieve community official andcitizens must do to overcomethese issues?

I believe one of the majorissues is the cutting of countyand state funding for the town-ship and the rising costs ofmaintaining the townshiproads. I believe the commu-nity officials and the citizensneed to leave the past in thepast and work together to over-come these issues. I believe

with better budgeting andmaintenance of equipmentand roads we can overcomethese cuts.

4. If you are elected, whatdo you hope to accomplish dur-ing your term?

I would hope to continuethe road maintenance pro-gram we’ve implementedsince becoming a trustee withditching of all township roads,better dust control in the sum-mer and improved winterroad maintenance. I wouldlike to maintain a properlytrained and well-equippedvolunteer fire department.

BY CASSANDRA NAGYGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Community Centeroffers a GH’OUL time!

The treats didn’t end afterthe trick-or-treating forJefferson this past Saturdaynight. From 6–8 p.m., localchildren were invited to join inon the activities and fun for theJefferson Community Center’sannual Halloween Party. Forjust $2, the partygoers wereprovided with games, a donut,hot chocolate, M&M’s (donatedby Travel America) and an ar-ray of prizes.

Although the event coin-cides specifically with theJefferson trick-or-treat, Direc-tor Allison Brown explained,“Anyone who wants can comein!”

This was Allison Brown’sfirst year hosting the Hallow-een Party as director of theJefferson Community Center.The event had a laid back,choose-your-own-adventureapproach. Guests were able toponder and participate with

Halloween was ‘spooktacular’ in Jeffersonthe games and snacks at theirleisure.

Every corner of the commu-nity room offered spooky andexciting activities. Amongstthe activities was the tradi-tional cakewalk, a marchwhere the person with themost intricate steps wins aprize. The center of the roomoffered a balance beam gameof skill. Another spot high-lighted a game of spookytwister with pictures of mon-sters instead of colored dots. Agame not to be missed - andhard not to miss - was thespooky, life-sized monsteravailable to entice the young-sters in a game of pin the eye-ball on the monster.

If all the excitement of thegames tired out the children oradults, beverages were readilyavailable via the drink and re-freshment counter. Also to beheld later into the evening wasa costume contest.

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Morgan Townshipseeks renewal levyfor roads and bridges


JEFFERSON - Voters inAustinburg and Denmarktownships will have to de-cide whether to renew vari-ous levies in their communi-ties when they go to vote onTuesday, Nov. 8.

In Austinburg Township,voters will decide whether torenew a five-year, 1-mill levyfor fire and EMS and a five-year, 1-mill levy for currentoperating expenses. Bothlevies will be in effect from2012 through 2016 if re-newed.

Since the levies are re-newals, they mean no newtaxes for township residents.The fire and EMS levy isused toward maintainingand upkeeping the safetyservices in the township,while the other levy is used

Two run for one AshtabulaTownship trustee seat


ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP -There is only one seat available inthe Ashtabula Township trusteerace, and two candidates to vote foron Nov. 8. Running for the seat areJoseph Pete and Mike Wayman.

Pete is running as an incumbentto the office.

“During my twelve years astrustee, I have reduced personnelcosts by $1 million,” Pete said. “Ihave obtained $600,000 in federaland state grants for our fire depart-ment.”

Pete said he has made improve-ments to Ashtabula Township’sroads as well.

“I have obtained $770,000 in fed-eral stimulus money to pave MiddleRoad,” Pete said. “I have initiatedan annual street paving program.”

Pete said his record shows whathe can achieve for the township.

“I have continued the soundplanning and zoning needed to pro-tect our neighborhoods,” Pete said.

Pete said if re-elected he willcontinue where he left off and moveforward in the township’s progress.

“I will continue to work hard, asI have done during the past twelveyears, in order to continue to im-prove our township in all areas, in-cluding industrial, commercial andresidential,” Pete said. “I will con-tinue to work with all concerned tomake Ashtabula Township evenmore prosperous.”

Pete said not only has his timeas trustee given him the knowledgeto hold the position of trustee, buthe also has experience as a policeofficer.

“My greatest asset I bring to thetownship is experience. My twelveyears as a trustee, and my 25 yearsbefore as a police officer, have givenme the experience and know-all to

work with people in order to accom-plish my goals. And that is to con-tinue to make Ashtabula Townshipthe envy of all,” Pete said.

Pete said he will continue mov-ing the township forward and dis-playing the township’s greatest as-sets.

“Ashtabula Township is one ofthe busiest townships in Ohio. Wehave a great industrial, commercialand residential base,” Pete said. “Iwill continue to work diligentlywith all to make Ashtabula Town-ship even more successful.”

Wayman has been an AshtabulaTownship resident for 30 years andhas worked for Plymouth Townshipfor 34 years. He is now the Ply-mouth Township road superinten-dent.

With Wayman’s experience inPlymouth Township as well as 11years on the Ashtabula Park Com-mission, f ive years on theAshtabula Watershed SteeringCommittee and three years on theRiver Advisory Committee, he feelshe is knowledgeable of many of theissues facing the township.

“I am knowledgeable of manyproblems concerning the township,including unfunded mandates, in-flation of costs and materials, zon-ing issues and the required train-ing and education required for ourf iremen and EMS workers,”Wayman said.

“Sitting on Plymouth Township’smeetings for 34 years, I’ve heardthe issues they’re facing,” Waymansaid.

Wayman said he has provenrecord of results, bringing the ribcook off to Lakeshore Park and hav-ing the Ashtabula River be declaredthe third scenic river in the county.

“We’ve done a lot of improve-ments at Lakeshore Park,”Wayman said. “We bring between15 to 16,000 people to the park each

year for the rib cook off.”As for the scenic river, Wayman

said it took a lot of hard work, buthaving three scenic rivers in onecounty is a rare achievement.

“That was a very proud momentwhen we got the Ashtabula Riverdeclared a scenic river,” Waymansaid.

Wayman was also the AshtabulaCounty Convention and VisitorBureau’s Person of the Year in2010.

Wayman says with his manyboards and commissions he hasbeen on, he understands how hardit can be to balance a budget.

“I am committed to fiscal respon-sibility,” Wayman said.

Wayman said there are economicissues all around the country andhe sees them in the township aswell.

“I am aware of the loss of rev-enue caused by foreclosures, lack ofbusiness and reduction of propertyvalues,” Wayman said.

If elected, Wayman wants tomaintain a trust with the taxpayers.

“I want to make sure taxpayers’money is used wisely,” Waymansaid.

By looking at grants, Waymansaid it could help ease the pressureof cutbacks being made at everylevel of government.

“We have to figurer our how we’llcontinue to operate and maintainoperations with the cutbacks beingmade to all government agencies,”Wayman said.

Wayman hopes he can bring inbusinesses to the township byshowing off the assets of AshtabulaTownship.

“I will bring in honesty and in-tegrity,” Wayman said.

Sadie Portman, reporter for theGazette , may be reached [email protected].

PHOTO BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONSharing the results brought back from of her Italian cooking school tourthis past fall is Sue Masirovits, chef for the Saturday morning school at theJefferson Historical Society.


MORGAN TOWNSHIP -Morgan Township officialsare asking residents to re-new a 1.5-mill levy for roadsand bridges that will be col-lected for five years, from2012 through 2016.

In an explanation aboutthe levy, Fiscal Officer JeanBrand said on behalf oftownship officials that thelevy will generate approxi-mately $13,700 per year.

She said the townshipmaintains 18.5 miles of road,and the money is used fortownship road repair andmaintenance, road upgrad-ing, dust control, wages,equipment, fuel, parts andtownship garage expenses.

“In the last five years, wehave replaced a one-tondump truck and recentlypurchased a gradall forditching,” Brand said. “In2010 and 2011, we upgradedTische Road to a paved roadwith the help of Ohio PublicWorks Commission grantfunds and our matching dol-lars.”

She said the trustees aretrying out new dust controlproducts, hoping to find asuitable product in place ofMC-70, which has becomevery cost prohibitive.

“With the purchase of thegradall, our plans are tomaintain the roadsideditches in-house versus con-tracting out. We began ditch-

ing late this summer, ad-dressing a few of the worstareas for flooding,“ Brandsaid. “The trustees’ goal is toget the ditches moving thewater away from the road-bed in order to curb ripplingand potholing. Once the wa-ter issues are addressed,road upgrades can become aconsideration dependingupon costs.”

Brand said that, with thereduction in property valua-tions along with the loss ofthe TPP and Kilowatt hourreimbursements, renewal ofthis levy is important tomaintain the current level ofroad maintenance.

“As it is apparent thattownship income will be fur-ther reduced as impacted bythe state and county, thetownship board remainsprudent in expenditureswhile continuing a path ofprogress and maintainingfinancial stability,” Brandsaid.

In other Morgan Town-ship news, Brand said that,at the last meeting, the trust-ees approved the pay-off ofthe 2009 fire truck loan.

“For the past two years,we have made double pay-ments, so we have been ableto pay off a five-year loan inthree years with a savings ofinterest $2,500,” Brand said.“The department’s effort nowwill be, while maintainingour current gear and equip-ment, to also save for the nextpumper replacement.”

Two communities haverenewal levies on the ballot

for the operations of thetownship.

Currently, for each levy, theowner of a $50,000 home pays$11.44 per year; the owner ofa $75,000 pays $17.16 peryear; and the owner of a$100,000 home pays $22.89,according to the AshtabulaCounty Auditor’s Office.

In Denmark Township,voters are being asked to re-new a five-year, 1-mill levyfor fire and EMS. The levy,if renewed, will be in effectfrom 2012 through 2016.

The levy is a renewal levy,so taxpayers will not have topay additional taxes. Underthe levy now, the owner of a$50,000 home pays $7.53 peryear; the owner of a $75,000home pays $11.30 per year;and the owner of a $100,000home pays $15.06 per year,according to the auditor’s of-fice.

By BARBARA J.HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

The winner of the 6th

annual quilt raffle at theJefferson Historical Soci-ety is Shirley Hawley,Jefferson. The sage andcream floral patternedqueen sized quilt has ahandmade pieced top cre-ated in the Honeybee de-sign. The finishing stitch-ing was completed bymachine by MariannaWise of Hickory MachineQuilting.

Hawley said uponhearing her name called,“I just redecorated my

Quilt winner chosen by theJefferson Historical Society

PHOTO BY BARBARA J. HAMILTONShirley Howley of Jefferson was the winner of theJefferson Historical Society ‘s quilt raffle

bedroom and the colorsmatch this quilt per-fectly.”

The winning ticket wasdrawn at the annual din-ner and business meetingof the society held in theSt. Joseph’s Church,Jefferson.

The 7th annual quilthas been started for 2012and will be on displaythroughout the programsof next year.

Proceeds from theraffle totaled $500 andwill go towards putting onthe programs at the soci-ety, purchasing equip-ment and maintaining thesociety building.


JEFFERSON - TheJefferson Area Chamber ofCommerce is dedicating the

Money for Manna comes back to Jeffersonmonth of November to“Money for Manna.”

Manna is Jefferson’s lo-cal food pantry and hasspent around $2,000 permonth on food for local resi-

dents, which amounts toabout 6,000 pounds of fooda month.

For 20 years, the Cham-ber has supported Mannaand the November drive byasking for communitymembers to donate to thecause.

This year, Manna willserve around 9,000 commu-nity members in theJefferson area.

“Each day the needskeep increasing due to theeconomic conditions,” Bar-bara Pascarella and Tho-mas Muniak, members ofthe Chamber, wrote in a let-ter.

The reason the Cham-bers asks for monetary do-nations instead of food isbecause they get food freefrom the USDA and onlyhave to provide paymentfor shipping.

“We ask for money be-cause it can go a lot fur-ther,” Pascarella said.“They can get a whole boxof food for the price of onebox of cereal.”

Manna only pays 12cents per pound of food in

the shipping fees.“This means that your

cash can go much farther,”Pacarella and Muniak said.

Manna is a nonprofitgroup and can use all thesupport from the area tofund their operations.

“The best thing aboutthis drive is there are noadministration fees atManna, so all the moneygoes to purchasing food,”Pascarella said.

The Chamber of Com-merce is proud to be a partof “Money for Manna,” es-pecially during these harsheconomic times.

“The sad thing is it’s get-ting worse instead of bet-ter,” Pascarella said.

The Jefferson AreaChamber of Commerce seesthe importance of charitieslike Manna who aid thosewho are getting the bruntof the economy’s downfall.

“Each day the needskeep increasing due to theeconomic conditions withinthe area,” Pascarella andMuniak wrote.

The Chamber is gratefulto all who can donate to theworthy cause.

All donations for thecause can be sent to Mannac/o Jefferson Chamber ofCommerce, P.O. Box 100,Jefferson, OH 44047.

For more information,contact Pascarella at (440)576-2583 or ThomasMuniak at (440) 576-2552.


Taste of ItalyBY BARBARA J. HAMILTONGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - When Sue Masirovitstook her Italian Cooking School Tourthis fall, she had a cooking school inJefferson in mind that would benefitfrom her education.

And benefit they did! The JeffersonHistorical Society saw the largestschool attendance to date, 22, as manyas the room will hold. The attendeesmet Saturday morning to be treated togreat cooking tips and a tasty feast theywill want to try at home.

Masirovits attended the LorettaPaganini Cooking School Tour ofLiguria, Tuscany and Piedmont, Italy.She brought back culinary techniquesand recipes she shared with the groupwhile they partook of the Italian fare.

This is the last cooking school for thisyear. Watch for the next one in 2012.

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ASHTABULA - It allstarted with the idea fromMarie Kane of a place for one’sdog to run free. Now theSmith Field Dog Park inAshtabula is close to becom-ing a reality.

The Dog Park Committeeis planning on opening thepark in a few weeks, but firstthey are asking for help to putup one of the final touches: afence.

“We need volunteers to helpus put up a split rail and meshwiring fence,” Amy Gustafsonsaid.

The committee is asking forvolunteers to come to SmithField on Nov. 5 and 6 to assistin installing the fence.

The committee has reallycut cost with the fence, withbeginning estimates being$22,000.

“The original estimate fora chain link fence was $22,000,but the split railing and meshwire fence on both sides costus $5,000,” Gustafson said.

Smith Field Dog Park willbe for man’s best friend

Although once thefence is complete the parkwill be opened for all dogsand owners, they willnot have an official cer-emony until the threatof winter weather haspast.

“We’re thinkingof a grand openingin the spring,”Gustafson said.

The park isgoing to bevery ownerand petf r i e n d l y,with twoseparate sec-tions.

“The park willhave a separatesection for smalldogs and largedogs,” Gustafson said.

A small dog is classifiedas a dog under 25 pounds.

The committee was reallyshocked on how fast the pro-cess of developing the dog parkwas.

“We had our first meetingin July, and all of a sudden

we’re going to open up intwo weeks,”

Gustafson said.Although it

was a fastturnaround, a

lot of researchwent into thepark. Mem-bers looked uprules fromother parks inthe area andaround thecountry and dis-cussed whatwould andwouldn’t work.

“There areabout 11 rules,”

G u s t a f s o nsaid. “Theymust becurrent ontheir vac-cines and

have a license.We will also be performingrandom checks to make sureall dogs are being kept safe.”

The park will also be clas-sified as a 501(c)3 organiza-tion.

“We’re in the process of be-coming a 501(c)3 organization,which means we will be ableto accept donations,”Gustafson said.

Gustafson said they haveseen much support throughoutthe community.

“People are showing inter-est,” Gustafson said. “Hope-fully it’ll bring dog owners to-gether.”

Although the park providesa place for the dogs to run,Gustafson said the main goalis socialization.

“It’s mainly for the dogs’ so-cial usage and, of course, exer-cise, but mostly for the social-ization of dogs,” Gustafsonsaid.

As the park is nearing itscompletion, the committeelooks forward to seeing thepark in use.

“It really is exciting,”Gustafson said. “We hope thecommunity can get some gooduse out of it.”


Each Relay for Life team sets its own goals, and TeamMisfits has set a goal of $4,000. The Ashtabula County Relayfor Life will be held in early June at the Ashtabula CountyFairgrounds.

If people are interested in supporting the team’s RadaCutlery fundraiser, they can visitwww.HelpOurFundraiser.com, Internet #503437 and pass-word “relay” (remove quotes). Forty percent of the sales goto Team Misfits.

Mikenzie Johnston helped sell tickets.

Tim Casto, Mugs owner Kimmy Johnston, Robin Blon andMugs employee Deb Williams helped serve guests at theRelay for Life fundraiser.

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Deb Williams and Kimmy Johnston help plate up dinners.

Diane Tressler clears tables during the fundraising eventat Mugs.

Citizens for Safer Streets Committeemake final effort to keep cameras


ASHTABULA - The Citizens forSafer Streets Committee is making afinal push to keep the Ashtabula Citytraffic cameras on before Issue 54 is leftto the ballots.

“Issue 54 has been widely promotedas a ban on the Ashtabula PoliceDepartment’s photo enforcement of ex-isting traffic laws,” Earl Tucker, com-mittee member, said. “This is untrueand misleading. Issue 54 does not bananything.”

The committee said according to thewording of the legislation, the camerascan still be used but an officer must bethere as well in order to issue a ticket.

“It forces our officers to be presentat all photo enforcement locations andchase down every violator at the timeof the violation or the evidence is nogood,” Tucker said. “This takes awayfrom the vital work our officers performthroughout the city.”

The committee is also concerned ofits possible violation of Ohio laws.

“This legislation, if passed, will notonly change Ashtabula’s city charterbut will be in direct conflict with exist-ing Ohio rules of evidence and, ifpassed, can potentially go beyond thescope of the photo enforcement pro-gram itself,” Tucker said. “This char-ter change bans nothing and puts yourpolice department over a barrel.”

The committee is touting a numberof reduction of automobile crashes andfatalities since the cameras have beenin place.

“Since implementation of the pro-gram, Ashtabula has seen a 21-percentdrop in automobile crashes from 2010,”Tucker said. “This equates to nearly 40less crashes overall during the monthsof April 1, 2011 through the end ofSeptember 2011 compared to the ex-act same time frame in 2010 before theprogram was implemented.”

Tucker also noted in the first 60 daysin operation, the cameras saw a 60-per-cent reduction in speeding violations onWest Avenue alone.

Tucker said both the police and firedepartments have benefited from the

cameras’ funds, with the police hiringtwo new employees and the fire depart-ment using it for “unexpected safetyissues.”

The committee feels the camerasallow officers to focus on bigger issues.

“Officers have more time and morestaffing to fight drugs, prostitution,gangs and other serious and violentcrimes. It helps keep the criminals offthe streets,” Tucker said.

The committee wants the voters toask themselves, “how will the issue 54charter change that reduces publicsafety staffing and enforcement makeAshtabula a better, safer community?”

The committee also would like vot-ers to consider how the cameras makepolice more efficient and “where wouldyou rather have our police, writing tick-ets or protecting citizens?”

“Once you have answered thesequestions, the clear choice can be noneother than to vote no on Issue 54,”Tucker said.

Sadie Portman, reporter for the Ga-zette, may be reached at [email protected].

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GENEVA TOWNSHIP -Dennis Brown, DennisCrawford and Greg Wimbsare running for GenevaTownship trustee.

Brown has lived beyondthe Geneva area but alwayshad a strong connectionwith his hometown.

“I joined the UnitedStates Air Force and servedas an air policeman,” Brownsaid. “I was also a graduateof Geneva High School.”

Brown said coming backto the area after his experi-ence with the Air Force, hesaw himself back in Geneva.

“I’m very comfortablewith the Geneva area,”Brown said. “I’m very proudof what it stands for todayand it’s held in very high es-teem by other communitiessurrounding us.”

Brown sees Geneva aslooked up to by the sur-rounding areas and sees in-dividual concerns as the toppriority.

“On an individual basis,citizens have complaints,and understand I was on thecity council for 12 years,”Brown said.

Brown said he under-stands how to solve indi-vidual problems but alsoknows not all problems aresolvable.

“From a public servicepoint of view, it’s very frus-trating and very dishearten-ing and sad when you actu-ally can’t do something thatsomeone actually deservesto have done,” Brown said.

Brown stated there isone issue that must be dealtwith at every level of gov-ernment, jobs.

“We’re not deliveringjobs, whether it’s at the lo-cal level, state level or fed-eral level,” Brown said.

Brown said the GrowthPartnership for AshtabulaCounty program is goodstart but more must be doneto bring jobs to the area.

“You have to go andknock on their doors,”Brown said. “Let’s go outand try and get some jobs

Three candidates run for Geneva Township trustee

instead of sitting aroundthinking about jobs.”

Brown feels for the mostpart the Geneva area is wellput together. “I’d like to lookat the positive, the greatschools that we have, thegreat churches that wehave, the public service andsafety forces,” Brown said.

Brown wants to serve thetownship and give back tothe area he has grown upwith if elected as GenevaTownship trustee.

“I love the Geneva area.I’ve been dedicated to it allmy life,” Brown said.

Crawford has lived inGeneva Township all hislife. “I worked for theGeneva Fire Department. Istarted in 1978 as a part-time employee and workedup to full time and then re-tired after 30 years of ser-vice,” Crawford said.

Crawford also knowsfirsthand the area’s roadconditions.

“I also worked for thepast six summers as a part-time employee for the town-ship road department,”Crawford said.

Crawford would like toaddress several issues ifelected into office. “We needto continue probing and fix-ing our roads, expanding

our water system of thetownship at a reasonablecost to the homeowners, anddrainage is a big problem,”Crawford said.

Crawford said by improv-ing the listed problem ar-eas, you bring in funds.

“You improve thesethings to make the area at-tractive and bring people in.

People bring in businessand business brings in taxdollars,” Crawford said.

Wimbs is the only officialGeneva Township residentrunning for the trustee po-sition.

“I have established my-self in my working environ-ment as a lead man at R.W.Sidley for the past 26years,” Wimbs said.

As a resident of the town-ship, Wimbs sees himself ina position to know firsthandthe needs of the area.

“I am with my commu-nity as a person who has agreat interest in the welfareof my friends and neigh-bors,” Wimbs said.

Wimbs wants to providethe township with an au-thentic voice from the resi-dential standpoint.

“I believe my position asa residential representativetrustee will offer a fresh andhonest perspective,” Wimbssaid.

Wimbs said he is knownfor his leadership and forhis work throughout the

area.“I am known to be an

honest and hard-workingindividual whose primarypurpose is to help people inour township in a positivemanner,” Wimbs said.

Wimbs would like to seethe township becomeequally a part of the Genevaarea.

“The progress of ourtownship can be better sup-ported by the equal repre-sentation of our township’smembers,” Wimbs said.

Wimbs said the votingand representation of thetownship are not even withthe city and the Village ofGeneva-on-the-Lake.

“The representatives forour township are voted onby township, city andGeneva-on-the-Lake Villageresidents,” Wimbs said.“Where as Geneva CityCouncil is elected solely bythe city residents.”

GOTL council is also onlyvoted on by village citizens.

“One of my goals is togive equal rights to all of ourresidents,” Wimbs said.

Wimbs said he alsowould like to research thelocal issues and talk toGeneva Township residentsabout what they would liketo see for the township.

“I will attempt to take ac-tion prior to any serious is-sues and to be able to recog-nize the action and not waituntil serious events demandrecognition,” Wimbs said.

Greg Wimbs speaks toGeneva residents atcandidates’ night.

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANDennis Brown introduceshimself and his positions atthe Wednesday nightCandidates’ Night hosted bythe Geneva Area Chamberof Commerce. Brown seesmany positives in the area hewould like to enhance.

Dennis Crawford is one ofthree candidates running forGeneva Township trustee.Crawford introduced himselfas a lifelong resident of thearea.

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PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSAustinburg Elementary first-grade teacher Carol Colby Carraher (right) graduatedfrom Geneva High School in 1966 and is now inspiring a second generation of studentsin her classroom. This year Noah Griffiths (pictured center) is in her class. Mrs. Carraheralso helped Noah’s dad Jeffrey (left) to hone his reading skills in an AustinburgElementary first-grade classroom in 1985. Jeff and his wife Tina (standing) are 1996GHS grads who came home to Eagle Territory this year from Chardon. Jeff’s dad,Dick, a local business owner, is a 1960 GHS grad. Little Abby Griffiths, on her dad’s lap,will soon be a kindergartener at Austinburg.

At Cork Elementary, the building principal and every classroom teacher, except justone, is a Geneva High School graduate, but Alexis Wilber, who teaches first grade,has been adopted by the group of proud Geneva Eagles. Tutor Julie Neuman,Educational Assistant Maureen Rankin, Special Needs Assistant Kristi Blood, CustodianTodd Menough and Cafeteria worker Donna Dingle are GHS alumni, too.Pictured front left are Rochelle Hunter Austin (GHS Class of ’75) - 4th grade, KimberlyKoval Ellis (GHS ’77) - 2nd grade, Julie Neuman (GHS 2000) - tutor, Nicki Knapp (GHS’97) - 3rd grade.Back: Tammy Wright Haeseler (GHS ’73) - 5th grade, Alisa Gruber Schroeder (GHS ’84)- 1st grade, Jeanna Coy Webb (GHS ’86) - 1st grade, Victoria Recher Whelpley (GHS’71) - 4th grade, Jennifer Korver Ball (GHS ‘ 86) - 5th grade, Sue Hart Jackam (GHS ’86)- 3rd grade, Brenda Obusek Hobson (GHS ’77) secretary, Holly Euype Bowser (GHS’83) - Kindergarten and Cork Principal Melissa Emigh Doherty (GHS ’84).

EAGLE Pride at Cork Elementary Generations of Eagle Pride at Austinburg Elementary


GENEVA - Geneva High School Athletic Boosters havecreated a sweatshirt design that has become a big seller inEagle Territory. The shirt is imprinted with the words Oncean Eagle, Always an Eagle, and the words are clearly morethan just a catchy slogan.

More than 100 Geneva High School graduates have come

Geneva grads make their mark in Eagle territoryhome to share their unique talents in Eagle Territory.

They are teachers, coaches, school nurses, custodians,school board members, bus drivers, building principals,playground supervisors, educational and special needs as-sistants and guidance counselors.

They transport Geneva children safely to and fromschool, they prepare and serve nutritious lunches, they keepthe buildings in which Geneva kids learn clean, safe andproperly maintained, they coach student athletes to win-

ning seasons, and supervise their games on the playground.GHS grads volunteer their time as members of booster

groups and parent teacher organizations and as teachersthey come home to Eagle Territory to prepare generationsof Geneva children for college and successful careers.

Many GHS grads have worked within the district fortheir entire careers, some more than 35 years. Each playsa vital role in ensuring that Geneva children receive anexcellent education in a supportive environment.

A question was ad-dressed to the candidatesabout a lack of zoning andenforcement in the town-ship.

“I am not sure there is alack of zoning,” Brown said.“We have to look at thetownship and what theresidents want. The town-ship belongs to the resi-dents.”

Brown saw the impor-tance of zoning for safetyand the presentation of thetownship.

“I am not opposed to leg-islation that would requirechanging a rule, but has to

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be in the best interest of thetownship,” Brown said.

Crawford agreed the zon-ing was well put togetherbut thought they did need toenforce it.

“I believe our zoning tac-tics are fairly complete. Ourbiggest problem is enforce-ment,” Crawford said.

Wimbs too felt therewere zoning issues.

“The people, especiallyspecial interest groups,should not be allowed to dowhatever they please andthey should be required tofollow our rules and codes,”Wimbs said.

All candidates expressedtheir great respect for thecurrent trustees and theirhope to continue their goodwork.


SUBMITTED PHOTOLet’s Celebrate! Mrs. Gancos’s seventh-gradeLakeside Junior High School Language Art’s classstarted their lesson with a party. Birthday hats, asong, and cupcakes creatively lead into eachstudent enthusiastically writing their birthday wishinto a complete paragraph structure beginning withthe topic sentence, three supporting details, correctspelling and punctuation, and a concludingsentence. Enjoying their Language Arts activity isMarissa Mosier (left) and Tameya Holmes (right).

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“The contract is similar to what Ashtabula Townshipalready has,” Jepson said.

Jepson said although the levy would increase taxes, itis only a small increase.

“On a house valued at $150,000, the owner will pay lessthan a dollar a week. We estimated it’s around $52 a year,”Jepson said.

Sadie Portman, reporter for the Gazette, may be reachedat [email protected].

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Jefferson council to have finalvote on purchase of former schoolBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Jefferson VillageCouncil will have its third and finalvote on whether to purchase propertyand a former cafeteria building at thesite of the former Jefferson Elemen-tary School building, located 108 E.Jefferson St., during its next meetingthis upcoming Monday. The meetingwill begin at 7:30 p.m. and takes placeat village hall.

Council intends to authorize thepurchase of the property. Past votesin the matter have had Brian Diehl,Kay Ann Brabender and Lon Damonvoting in favor of the motion. Coun-cilor Ken Fertig has voted against themotion, while Rick Hoyson and JerryMarch have abstained from voting.According to council rules, the absten-tions go with the majority.

Village Administrator Terry Fingersaid that council worked out the dealwith Jefferson Area Local Schools Su-perintendent Doug Hladek and otherschool officials to purchase the prop-erty and building.

As part of the proposed agreement,the village will offer $300,000 for theremaining parcel of land and building

at the old elementary school site. Theoffer consists of $150,000 in cash andan additional $150,000 credit packagefor in-kind labor and improvementsspread over an unspecified period oftime.

The property primarily will be usedby the police department, who needthe additional room, Finger said.

“With the addition, they’d be atroughly 2,000 feet,” Finger said.

For the price, the village will re-ceive a 12,000-square-foot building onnearly four acres of land, Finger said.The police department would occupythe front 3,500 square feet of the build-ing. The existing police departmentbuilding would then be given to thefire department.

The back part of the building wouldbe used for something not yet deter-mined, Finger said.

Finger said there’s also an advan-tage to the village owning the land,because it would connect two parks.The village would be able to holdevents there in the future like VillageDays, flea markets and other activi-ties because of the ample room andparking.

The annual budgeted in-kind workwill not exceed $25,000 per year, which

means the shortest period the agree-ment could be is six years, Finger said.

Finger said the majority of councilmembers believe this is the best choicefor the village. Another option hadbeen to expand the current police de-partment building for $150,000, butonly 980 square feet could have beenadded that way.

Councilor Fertig remains opposedto the purchase, however, citing sev-eral concerns with the purchase itselfand the building.

Fertig feels that village residentsare paying twice in the agreement,because they pay taxes toward theschool and to the village. With theagreement, the taxes they pay towardthe village will instead be used onschool matters instead of projects inthe village, he said.

He also believes that there are morethan $25,000 worth of repairs neededfor the building, which was the esti-mate provided to council.

The Jefferson Area Local SchoolsBoard of Education already has ap-proved the sale.

Stefanie Wessell, senior editor forGazette Newspapers, may be reachedat [email protected].

L.A. Cafe’s liquor permit will not be renewed without hearingBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA - A hearingfor L.A. Cafe’s liquor permitwill be held on Nov. 15 at 10a.m. in the Henderson Me-morial Public Library publicmeeting room.

“Under the law, HarborLake Enterprises, the per-mit holder at L.A. Cafe, and[Ashtabula] city council willhave the right to be present,to offer evidence, to requirethe attendance of witnesses,and to cross-examine wit-nesses at the hearing,”Ashtabula City SolicitorMichael Franklin said atyesterday’s press conference.

Franklin will representthe City of Ashtabula andChief of Police Robert Stelland other officers may ap-pear to give testimony.

Franklin said the hearingwas requested in August af-

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANAshtabula Solicitor MichaelFranklin announces L.A.Cafe’s hearing for renewalof their liquor license.Ashtabula City Councildenied the permit in Augustand now the establishmentmust go in front of the liquorcommission.

ter the city council votedagainst renewing L.A. Cafe’sliquor permit.

“Council members statethat the objection was basedon arrests in the first sixmonths of 2011, violations ofthe smoking ban for whichthe bar owner has not paidfines, and verbal and writ-ten complaints from numer-ous business owners, opera-tors and property owners onBridge Street in the HistoricHarbor District,” Franklinsaid.

Since August, violencehas continued at the bar, in-cluding a fatal shooting out-side of the establishment onSept. 25.

Franklin said since theshooting occurred after theobjection to the permit,council will not use the in-formation, but he could notguarantee of its absencefrom the hearing.

“City council memberscharge in their August reso-lution that, ‘the L.A. Cafeappears to cater to a clien-tele that becomes intoxi-cated and violent, causingdamage to surroundingproperties and discouragingany other economically vi-able activity in the HistoricDistrict,’ and that ‘the man-aging member of HarborEnterprises has shown alack of cooperation with lawenforcement authorities re-sponding to the complaints,’”Franklin stated.

The Lift Bridge Commu-nity Association (LBCA) hasalso complained about theestablishment’s activities.Some local businesses have

reported graffiti on theirproperties and other dam-age.

“I will be meeting withmembers of [LBCA] to dis-cuss the upcoming hearingand listen to their concerns,”Franklin said.

The decision on whetheror not L.A. Cafe will retaintheir liquor permit will bemade after the hearing isheld.

“The liquor commissionis, I believe, constrained tomake a decision, if memoryserves, within 60 days,”Franklin said. Franklin saidpermits have been termi-nated and businesses inAshtabula have had theirpermits denied but not often.

“In my experience, thedepartment of liquor controlis hesitant to absolutely ter-minate a liquor permit,”Franklin said.

Franklin said the citywould like to keep BridgeStreet a vibrant and safearea and they feel revokingL.A. Cafe’s liquor permitcould assist in this goal.

“I believe we have a com-pelling case which will allowthe liquor commission tomake that decision [of revok-ing the permit] if it sochooses,” Franklin said.


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JEFFERSON -Henderson Memorial Pub-lic Library has a welcomeda new director, EdwardWorso, who has about 19years of library experience.

Worso just came frombeing circulation managerat Willowick Public Li-brary and WilloughbyEastlake Public Library.

“I use to drive 630 milesa week to get to work. I wasdriving from Pierpont toWillowick every day andback,” Worso said.

Through Worso’s experi-ence he’s learned the li-brary is all about customerservice.

“If we don’t get peoplethrough the doors, then wedon’t have a reason to behere,” Worso said.

Other interactions thathave aided Worso alongthe way is his workingwith the Columbus Metro-politan Library Board ofDirectors.

“For a couple of years Iwas president of the staffassociation, and you learnhow to deal with a board ofdirectors,” Worso said.

Worso said there is anold boss who still keeps incontact with him who hasguided him throughout hiscareer.

“I had an amazing men-tor and boss for ten andhalf years, but she contin-ues to be my mentor to thisday 16 years later,” Worsosaid. “She really moldedme to what is now my man-agement style and my com-munication style.”

This mentor even sentWorso flowers to congratu-late him on his new posi-tion.

Worso has plans for the

Henderson Memorial Public Library’snew director is an open book

PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANEdward Worso is the new director at Henderson Memorial Public Library and is excitedto bring in new ideas and a positive attitude.

future of Henderson Me-morial Public Library.

“We really want to in-crease outreach and in-crease the visibility of thelibrary in the community,”Worso said.

Worso would like to seethe children and teen pro-grams grow.

“I’d love to have a home-work help center to helpkids after school, with dif-ferent agencies helpingout,” Worso said.

Worso has several pro-grams in mind he wouldlike to see implicated, buthe is still waiting on hisfirst board meeting wherehe will know what his pa-rameters are.

“I’d love to have a job re-source center in the morn-ings to help with workingon resumes, people apply-ing for jobs online, peoplefilling out applications forunemployment,” Worsosaid.

Worso is hoping they willcontinue to improve on tech-nology by getting laptopsand new computers.

“There’s a lot of grantopportunities to improvetechnology, so we’re explor-ing things like getting newcomputers. That’s going tobe the first priority,” Worsosaid.

Worso wants the libraryto be an open environmentwhere the community can

learn together.“I want to find out what

the community thinkswe’re doing well and thenfind out what they want usto do better,” Worso said.

Worso even invitespeople to contact him di-rectly.

“I welcome the commu-nity to come and talk tome,” Worso said. “I’ll takeletters. I’ll take emails.”

Worso is excited to bemore involved in the com-munity and he feelsopened to a new world.


Vote “Yes” on Issue 34Dear EditorVoters across Ashtabula County are forced to make

many important decisions as they head to the polls thisTuesday and vote on the many crucial issues appear-ing on this year’s ballot. Issue 34, the emergency oper-ating levy for the Geneva Area City Schools District, isone of these issues. This operating levy’s funds are es-sential to cover the ever-growing cost of necessities intoday’s schools, including not only utility and fuel costs,but also the expenses to provide our students with qual-ity teachers, support staff, classroom learning materi-als, and supplies.

I have always considered myself fortunate to havebeen raised and educated in the Geneva Area CitySchools District. These schools offer students an edu-cation they could not obtain in any other school systembecause Geneva schools hold a strong and unique senseof community that neighboring districts cannot quitestack up to. Throughout my twelve years attendingGeneva, I was given so many opportunities and cre-ated lifelong memories and friends because of them. Ibelieve receiving an excellent education and gettinginvolved in athletics and many other extracurricularactivities has shaped me into a well-rounded individualand has better prepared me to become a more produc-tive member of society.

Therefore, it pains me to consider what may resultif Issue 34 were to fail this Election Day. Voting “No”on Issue 34 will leave the Geneva Area City SchoolsDistrict no other alternative than to cut both certifiedand classified staff, increase class sizes, reduce the num-ber of class and transportation offerings, and institutefees for students to take certain courses and partici-pate in extracurricular activities. As strange and out-rageous these measures seem to be, sadly, they are infact a reality.

Therefore, I ask you voters of the Geneva commu-nity to consider this carefully before marking your bal-lot on this very important issue. Would you want tolive in a community where your child is a part of a class-room that holds thirty to forty other students? Wouldyou want to live in a community that does not provideyour child transportation to school? Would you want tolive in a community that forces students to pay to par-ticipate in certain classes, athletics, and other extra-curricular activities? If Issue 34 were to fail on Tues-day, how can this community appeal to those consider-ing moving to or even leaving Geneva? That being said,a “No” vote on Issue 34 not only hurts Geneva Schools,but also the Geneva community.

I know Geneva and Ashtabula County are not in thebest economic state, but Issue 34 is asking less than$13 per month from a taxpayer whose home is valuedat $100,000. This cost of financing our schools and of-fering our students the greatest education and oppor-tunities is truly a bargain. It is less than a month’ssupply of cigarettes, a month’s supply of booze, and evenless than a dinner for the average family at McDonald’s.Spending your hard-earned money in support of theschools gives future generations of Geneva students theamazing opportunities I and countless others weregiven. Therefore, I urge you to vote “Yes” on Issue 34this Election Day. Do it for your children. Do it for yourschools. Do it for your community.

Michael EllisGeneva

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AshtabulaTownship

—Fiscal Officer - RobertDille.

AustinburgTownship

—Trustee - John Kusar.—Fiscal Officer - Barbara

Schaab.

Denmark Township—Trustee - Robert Fink.

Dorset Township—Fiscal Officer - Caroline

Tupper.

Geneva—Council (vote for four) -

Howard Anderson (write in),Michael Keenan (write in), JeffPiotrowski (R) and MikeShupska (write in).

Geneva-on-the-Lake—Mayor - Dave Nelson.

Geneva Township—Fiscal Officer - Tony

Long.

HarpersfieldTownship

—Trustee - Clifford Henry.—Fiscal Officer - Sharon

Rohrbaugh.

Jefferson Township—Trustee - Charlene

Kusar.—Fiscal Officer - Marjorie

Bort.

Jefferson Village—Mayor - Judy Maloney.—Village Council (vote for

two) - Lon Damon, FrankSnyder.

—Clerk/Treasurer -

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Patricia Fisher.

Lenox Township—Trustee - Barry Weaver.—Fiscal Officer - Linda

Bauwin.

Morgan Township—Fiscal Officer - Jean

Brand.

Plymouth Township—Trustee - Dave Waldron.—Fiscal Officer - Mary Ann

Stevenson.

Saybrook Township—Fiscal Officer - Marc

Pope.

Preparing for winter

SUBMITTED PHOTODon Burkholder of the Jefferson Rotary Club cleans the Civil War memorial statuein front of the courthouse in preparation for winter. The Rotary Club maintains thefountain and statue as well as plants the flowers around it each year as acommunity service.

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10A • GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS WEDNESDAY, November 2, 2011RELIGION

Heifer Project, International returns to JeffersonBY SADIE PORTMANGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - The JeffersonUnited Methodist Church is onceagain participating in the HeiferProject, International, as it has be-come a tradition in the church.

“Heifer Project, Intl. is a ministrydedicated to improving the lives ofpeople in the U.S. and around theworld by providing livestock and train-ing to people in need so they can pro-duce food and income for themselves,”Annette Paul said in an email.

For over a quarter of a century, thechurch has asked community mem-bers to give to the people of the worldwho have very little, providing live-stock and other animals that can pro-duce goods continuously year afteryear.

“The Jefferson United MethodistChurch has been doing this for over26 years, and the program raises about$3,000 each year,” Paul said.

Those who participate in the pro-

gram buy animals for a third worldcountry’s village or family.

“You help by ‘purchasing’ (givingmoney towards) the livestock. You can‘buy’ chickens, fish, pigs, honeybeesand lots of other animals,” Paul said.

The Jefferson United MethodistChurch uses the project as a way toshow their young members how toshare with the world.

“Each of our Sunday School classesis sponsoring the sale of one kind ofanimal,” Paul said. “You’ll see kids incow and bee costumes, you’ll play fungames to raise money and be able tobuy treats, too.”

They will also be hosting a SERRVMarket, which feature uniquehandcrafted products from across theworld.

“There will be a SERRV Market,too,” Paul said “Through SERRV, we’llbe acting as the marketplace for arti-sans’ handcrafted items from aroundthe world.”

The SERRV Market is also a free-trade market, meaning those who

make the items get the profit and arenot exploited in their work.

“By serving as their retailer, we helpthem realize a much better profit - onethat will enable them to earn a decentliving from their work,” Paul said.

Their final project is similar to theHeifer Project, International only ithelps those in need in AshtabulaCounty’s own backyard.

“You can buy ‘shares’ of windows,doors, rooms and roofs that will sup-port the houses Habitat for Human-ity of Ashtabula County builds,” Paulwrote. “Habitat’s mission is to provideadequate housing with low paymentsto working class people.”

Those donating can make their do-nations to Nothing But Nets.

For more information, visit thewebsite www.heiferfoundation.org orcall Jefferson United MethodistChurch at (440)576-4561.

Sadie Portman, reporter for theGazette, may be reached at [email protected].

Roe v. Wade workshop to be heldOn Nov. 9, an Understanding Roe v. Wade Workshop

will be held at 7 p.m. at the Lake County Right to Life(LCRTL) Conference Center, 8558 Mentor Ave, Mentor,OH 44060. Leader is Sara Perts of LCRTL andAshtabula County Friends for Life.

For more info, call Sara Perts at 440-969-8380 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Ongoing Ashtabula:Holiday Happenings at Bethany Lutheran Church

The Bethany Lutheran Church, located at 933 Michigan Ave. in Ashtabula, will holdHoliday Happenings throughout the holiday months. The events include:

• Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Holiday Bazaar. Homemade crafts, Homeparty sales, baked goods, candles, etc. Door prizes!

• Saturday, Nov. 19, Nisu Bake Sale. Contact Maxine Koski to pre-order• Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service.— Sunday, Dec. 4, Pikku Joulu. Bethany Lutheran commemorates St. Nicholas Day

by decorating the Christmas tree and sharing light refreshments.• Saturday, Dec. 10, 4 p.m. Fellowship Candlelight Dinner. Catered Cabbage Roll

dinner – Cost $5 per person. Tickets on sale now.• Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16-17. Nisu Bake Sale. Contact Maxine Koski to pre-

order.• Saturday, Dec. 24, 5-11 p.m. Christmas Eve Worship Service.Every Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Worship Service.

Ongoing Jefferson:Choir to sing Handel’s Messiah on Christmas Eve

Rehearsals have begun for a special musical performance at the Jefferson UnitedMethodist Church. Singers and guests are asked to join a special choir that will singHandel’s Messiah on Christmas Eve at 9 p.m. at the church, located at 125 East JeffersonSt. in Jefferson. Jodi Bishop will be directing a community-wide choir to learn the Christ-mas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Rehearsals began Sunday, Oct. 23, from 4-6:30 p.m.and will continue on Sundays at that time until Christmas Eve. Books of the music willbe on hand, but if you own your own, you’re welcome to bring it, church representativePat Cramer said.

Interested singers can call the Jefferson United Methodist Church office at 576-4561for further information.

Nov. 8 Harpersfield Township: Election Day LuncheonSouth Harpersfield United Methodist Church, located at 5524 Cork Cold Springs Road

at the corner of State Route 534 and Cold Springs Road), will hold an Election Day Lun-cheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu includes soup, sandwich and dessert. Take-outsavailable – please contact the church at (440) 466-4778.

Nov. 8 Ashtabula: Cabbage Roll SaleElection Day Cabbage Roll and Stuffed Pepper Sale, $2.25 ea. Take out only. 9 a.m.

until sold out. Orders may be picked up until 6 p.m. To order, call Shirley 998-0050.Sponsored by the Plymouth United Methodist Women Society at Plymouth United Meth-odist Church, 970 Plymouth Rd, Ashtabula.

Nov. 12 Ashtabula: Bethany Lutheran Holiday BazaarThe Bethany Lutheran Church, located at 933 Michigan Ave. in Ashtabula, will hold a

Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Many crafters and vendorsselling their goodies along with delicious baked goods. Shoppers, be sure to mark yourcalendar and start your holiday shopping early. Lunch items will be available to pur-chase. For more information, call: 440-536-5400 or 440-224-0749. More craftersneeded...space still available.

Nov. 12 Geneva: Ticket AuctionSaturday, Nov. 12, the Christ Episcopal Church, located at 66 South Eagle Street in

Geneva, will be having a Ticket Auction. Preview will be from 5 to 7 p.m., auction at 7p.m. Make your holiday shopping easier and less stressful this year by attending ourauction, which will have many gifts to bid on. More than 200 items to bid on and willinclude: gift baskets, for all ages, baked goods, children’s games and toys, gift cards,many different craft items and much more! Light refreshments will be served. A dona-tion of a canned food item or a monetary gift for the Geneva Food Pantry is your admis-sion to this fun-filled evening.

Nov. 12 Geneva: Christmas Craft FairThe 30th Annual Kris Kringle Christmas Craft Fair will be on Saturday, Nov. 12, from

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Geneva High School, 1301 South Ridge East (Route 84) Geneva, OH.Fair to be sponsored by Geneva Schools Ohio Association of Public Schools Employees(O.A.P.S.E. #307). There will be plenty of parking available. We will be featuring manycrafts, baked goods, refreshments and door prizes. There will be a Grand Prize drawingof $30. Everyone will receive a ticket and be entered for the drawing. For details callMary Ann Hook at 440-275-3029.

Nov. 13 Ashtabula: Fine Arts ConcertSoprano Cynthia Wohlschlager and friends will perform operatic and Broadway

favorites at St. Peter Episcopal Church in downtown Ashtabula (4901 Main Ave.) on Sun-day, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public and will be followed bya free “Meet-the-Artists” punch and cookie reception. The concert is sponsored by theFine Arts Concert Committee of the Church. FMI, call the Church at 440-992-8100/websitewww.stpetersashtabula.org.

Nov. 17 Saybrook Township: Free Community DinnerOur free community dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 5-6 p.m. in our

Church Social Hall. There will not be a Community Dinner in December. Come enjoy afree dinner, dessert and drink, served to you by members of Saybrook United MethodistChurch, 7900 S. Depot Rd, Saybrook (across from Saybrook Elementary School). All arewelcome!

Nov. 19 Jefferson: Fall FestivalThe St. Joseph, Jefferson 2011 Fall Festival is Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. Festival activities

include main raffle; first prize is $500, second prize is $200 and third prize is $100.Tickets for main raffle are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Knights of Columbus will raffle offturkeys and hams. Prize wheel craft booth, bake sale, kids games, cabbage rolls, sausagesandwiches, turkey sandwiches, sloppy Joes, pizza, homemade pastries, beverages. Take-outs available. Everyone is welcome so come for food and fun and win your holidayturkey!

Dec. 3 Geneva: Craft and Bake SaleOnce again the Geneva United Methodist Church will be doing your holiday baking

for you. All you need to do is come to the church at 89 S. Broadway on Saturday, Dec. 3,from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and pick up all the goodies that you need for your holiday entertain-ing. There will be many varieties of cookies, including decorated cut-out sugar cookiesand gingerbread cookies, plus fudge, Buckeyes, pizzellles, candies, pies, pumpkin rollsand breads. Be sure to get there early to get your choice of these delicious baked goods.You can also do some Christmas shopping at the many craft tables set up all around thechurch. This may be your last chance before the holidays to shop our gifted local crafters.Geneva United Methodist Church is located in the heart of Geneva just one block south ofthe intersection of Main St. and Broadway. The sale is in the Fellowship Hall and thereis plenty of parking in the rear of the church with entry from there right into the salearea.

Religious Briefs

JUMC women tohost chili supper

Come to the Jefferson United Methodist Women’sChili Supper on Friday, Nov. 11, from 4-6:30 p.m. at125 E. Jefferson St., Jefferson. Adults (age 12 toadult) $5 presale; $6 at the door. Salute our vets -half price for any vet. Children 4-11 years $3 presale;$4 at the door. Children under three are free!

Menu will be chili (regular and vegetarian), shred-ded cheese, sour cream, corn bread, crackers, pump-kin pie and apple pie. Purchase your pre-sale tick-ets by calling the church office at 576-4561.

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe First Congregational Church of Christ, located at 41 E. Jefferson St. in Jefferson,will hold a make it, bake it, sew it and grow it auction on 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov.5. There is no admission charge, and there will be a free continental breakfast anddoor prizes. The event is fun for all, and people are encouraged to bring a friend. Theevent will take place in the Fellowship Hall, located in the side entrance from WallStreet to the basement (use office entrance for handicap access). For more info, callthe church at 576-4531. Pictured are, left to right, Joanne Martin, Nancy Hodge andBetty Burkholder. Items to be auctioned include hand-made jewelry, hand-knit items,fudge, baked goods, plants, centerpieces, decorations and so on. The money will goto the church for support of our many missions.

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They just recentlybegan installing carports, which are anoutside, tent-like struc-ture to shelter vehiclesmade of quality metals.

The car ports canwithstand 130 milesper hour winds or aclass three hurricaneand can take up to 50pounds a square inchof snow on the roofs.

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All other structuresare built in Harris-burg, Pennsylvaniaand then transportedto northeast Ohio.“The sheds and othersimilar structures arebuilt and then deliv-ered,” Martino said.

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PHOTO BY SADIE PORTMANXtreme Adv LLC offers a variety of sheds and outdoorstorage units. Al Martino is the sales representative forGeneva’s branch, located off of Route 534 behind theKwik Fill at the Route 90 interchange.



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14A • GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS WEDNESDAY, November 2, 2011EDUCATION

Jefferson/Rock CreekElementary School

Lunch Menu11/2 Pizza Pocket, Green Beans, Cinnamon Applesauce11/3 Mexican Chicken, Tortilla Chips, Baked Carrots,

Peach Cup11/4 Tony’s Round Pizza, Fresh Garden Salad,

Pineapple Tidbits11/7 Chicken Patty on Bun, Crispy Tater Tots,

Applesauce Cup11/8 Chef ’s Salad w/Lettuce, Chicken & Cheese,

Pepperoni Breadstick, Petite Banana11/9 Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Tomato Soup, Cheese

Goldfish, Mixed Fruit11/10 Rotini w/Meat Sauce, Green Beans, Cheese

Stuffed, Breadstick, Apricots11/11 Stuffed Crust Pizza, Carrots & Peas, Diced Pears11/14 Chicken Strips w/Dip, Sweet Potato Fries,

Strawberry Cup, Apple Walnut Bar11/15 Beefy Cheese Sauce, Tortilla Chips, Breadstick,

Peas, Diced Peaches11/16 Chili Dog on Bun, Potato Wedges, Veggie Sticks

w/Dip, Pineapple Tidbits11/17 Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Dinner

Roll, Applesauce, Pumpkin Pie Square11/18 Tony’s Pepperoni Pizza, Broccoli Bites w/Dip,

Mandarin Oranges11/21 Chicken Nuggets w/Dip, Potato Wedges, Roll,

Warm Apple Crisp11/22 Chili w/Cornbread, Carrot Sticks, Tropical Fruit

Jell-O, With Peaches11/23 French Bread Pizza, Green Beans, Diced Pears11/24 No School11/25 No School11/28 No School11/29 Chicken Strips w/Dip, Baked Beans, Ranch

Goldfish, Mandarin Oranges11/30 Corndog on Stick w/Dip, Corn Cobbettes,

Blueberry Applesauce

Breakfast Menu11/1 Egg Omelet on Biscuit, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/2 Yogurt Go-Gurt, Elf Grahams, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/3 Breakfast Pizza, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/4 Warm Cinnamon Roll, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/7 Choice of Cereal, Snack-N- Square11/8 Maple Pancake Wrap, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/9 Egg & Bacon, Breakfast Pizza, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/10 Egg, Cheese, & Sausage, on English Muffin, Fruit11/11 Benefit Breakfast Bar, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/14 Honey Roasted Nuts, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/15 Breakfast Burrito, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/16 French Toast Sticks, Sausage Pattie, Fruit Juice11/17 Breakfast Pizza, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/18 Warm Cinnamon Roll, Fruit Juice or Fruit11/21 Choice of Cereal, Proball Donut, Fruit Juice11/22 Scrambled Eggs, w/Ham & Cheese, Fruit Juice11/23 Cinnamon Tastries, Fruit Juice or Fruit,11/24 No School11/25 No School11/28 No School11/29 Choice of Cereal, Apple Granola Bar, Fruit Juice11/30 Bagel w/Cream Cheese, Fruit Juice or Fruit

Falcons MenusBY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - Three can-didates are running for twoseats on the Jefferson Area Lo-cal Schools Board of Educa-tion.

Incumbent PatriciaHoyson will face challengersKevin Orvos and Ron Watsonfor the seats.

Below are their responsesto an election questionnaire.

Patricia HoysonBrief Biography:Currently I am employed at

Youngstown State Universityas a professor and chairpersonof the Nursing Department. Igrew up in Trumbull County(Masury) and moved toJefferson 16 years ago with myhusband Richard. My nursingcareer began with obtainingmy Diploma in Nursing fromSt. Elizabeth Hospital Schoolof Nursing; BSN from Penn-sylvania State University; andMSN from Kent State Univer-sity while working as staffnurse, Diabetes Nurse Educa-tor, and in Staff Developmentat Trumbull Memorial Hospi-tal in Warren, Ohio. I obtainedmy Doctorate in Nursing fromthe University of Pittsburghand most recently (May 2010)graduated from Wright StateUniversity as a Family NursePractitioner (FNP). I main-tain active involvement as aBoard Member in the Ameri-can Heart Association andhave been a member and Trea-surer of the Jefferson AreaEducation Foundation for overten (10) years.

1) Why are you running foroffice in your community?

Professionally I am a prod-uct of public education andhave a strong belief in publiceducation. It is my hope andgoal that the children of theJefferson Area Local SchoolDistrict have the same oppor-tunities that I did growing upin the public education system.I have been on the JeffersonArea Local Schools (JALS)Board of Education (BOE) foreight (8) years, serving asBoard president for the lasttwo (2) of these years and havebeen attending board meet-ings since moving to the dis-trict. With all the changes atthe state level in Ohio, I feel itis important the JeffersonArea Local Schools Board ofEducation (JALS-BOE) hassomeone with experience anda history of understanding ofwhat has been happening inthe district over the last sev-eral years. I believe the JALScommunity has much to offerthe young people of the schooldistrict and I want to continueto see to it that the children inthe district are provided an ex-cellent education.

2) What do you believe arethe major issues facing theschool district? What canmembers of the school board doto address them?

The major issues in theJefferson Area Local SchoolDistrict as well as any otherdistrict are to provide a qual-ity education to the studentsin the district. It will be im-portant to meet the challengesand opportunities of HB153which include changes in con-tent standards, embracing thecore, curriculum, developing aperformance based teacherand principal evaluation sys-tem, higher graduation stan-

Ron Watson Patricia Hoyson Kevin Orvos

Three candidates run for two Jefferson BOE seats

dards and increasing studentachievement all within thecontext of limited resources.

However, the issue that isprominent is the drastic re-duction in revenue cominginto the district. As an ex-ample, over the last two years,in State Fiscal StabilizationFunds (SFSF) the district haslost $1,180,113. In ARRAFunds, which ended in FY2011, the district lost$456,000. In addition to theseloses, the most recentlypassed budget bill (HB153)eliminated the “hold harm-less” provision regarding thetangible Personal Propertytax. The loss equates to anadditional loss of revenue toour district in the amount of$300,000/year for two years(FY2012 & FY2013). With di-minishing resources, it be-comes increasing difficult tomeet the future challenges ofproviding a quality educationto the students of the district.

I believe members of theJALS Board of Educationshould take every opportunityto become knowledgeable andversed in the content stan-dards and core curriculum andbest practices to accomplishincreased student achieve-ment. Board of Educationmembers should set the highexpectations in the school dis-trict and make every effort tocommunicate to the commu-nity and stakeholders of thedistrict the importance of pro-viding the resources, both per-sonnel and financial, to pro-vide a quality education to thestudent of the JALS district.

3) What are your goals forthe school district?

My goals for the districtare first and foremost to pro-vide a quality education forthe students of the districtand to see to it that there arequality teaching and supportstaff, adequate resources, andstate of the art/excellent facili-ties to provide a quality edu-cational learning experiencefor the students. I want tocontinue to improve our dis-trict State Report Card per-formance. The district hasmade great strides and im-provements in the educationprovided to the students of thedistrict. I applaud the effortthat has gone into theseachievements and would liketo see this pattern continue.I also believe it is importantto make efforts to engage thecommunity to determine theirvision for the JALS districtand education of the studentsof the district.

4) What do you believeshould be the budget prioritiesfor the district?

I believe the budget priori-ties of the district should beadequate staffing to maintaina high quality of education for

the students. It is importantto have current classroom edu-cational/curriculum materialsand technology to provide ef-fective education for the stu-dents of the district. With ournew facilities, it is also impor-tant to make the maintenanceof them a priority to ensuretheir continued use for futuregenerations.

5) What is the best way toimprove academic achieve-ment?

The best ways to improveacademic achievements toalign our curriculum with thestate standards and to assureour teachers are teaching toachieve the standards and pro-vide the resources necessary toaccomplish this. It is also im-portant to evaluate areas thatare not meeting standards andmake the adjustments neededto improve achievement.

6) Final commentI would like to say that it

has been my pleasure to workfor the taxpayers and studentsof the Jefferson Area LocalSchool District. I have appre-ciated the opportunity to servethe children and voters as amember of the Board of Edu-cation. I would appreciateyour continued support andvote on Nov. 8.

Kevin OrvosBrief Biography:I’m 45 years old. I gradu-

ated from Jefferson and theACJVS in 1984. A life-longresident of Jefferson, I’ve beenmarried 23 years. I have twochildren. One is a freshman incollege at Kent StateAshtabula and one is a juniorat Jefferson High School. I aman instructor at A-tech, teach-ing the junior masonry class.I’m going to be starting my16th year.


To contribute what I can tothe Jefferson school districtand the community.


There are always major is-sues facing a school district,and all the board can do iswork together to addressthem.


To keep the school districtmoving in a positive direction.


No comment at this time.


Positive reinforcement.Keep the school positive andthe students will achieve.

Ron WatsonBrief Biography:Employed at Tom David

Motor Sales since 2010, withprevious employment as anadministrator at MohaveCommunity College and MCCInstructor at Mohave CountySchools from 1997 to 2007.Other experience includesworking part-time in theParks, Recreation and Trans-portation Department at LakeHavasu City from 1997 to2007, as well as a counselor forindividuals with academic andpersonal problems from 1994to 1997. Past employment alsoincludes a stint as a school ad-ministrator in Casper, Wyo-ming from 1991 to 1995, aswell as a part-time municipaljudge in Midwest, Wyomingfrom 1991 to 1993. Other em-ployment includes a senioradult probation officer from1986 to 1991 in Tucson, Ari-zona, and an administrator,coach, consultant, publisherand teacher from 1961 to 1986.

Education includes a Bach-elor of Arts from Malone Col-lege, a Master of Arts from theUniversity of Akron and agraduate degree in adminis-tration, with a minor in coun-seling. Additional courseworkcompleted at the University ofWyoming, University of North-ern Colorado and WesternReserve University.

Additional interests in-clude serving on the Board ofDirectors for the Jefferson His-torical Society and as a volun-teer for the Western Reserve.


I was educated in theJefferson schools and I wantto see their present excellencecontinue.


Loss of revenue, primarilybecause of real estate devalu-ation.


Continue to improve anexcellent school system.


Competitive salaries andupkeep of buildings.


Hire the best teachers andadministrators and providethem with top-notch materialsto teach.

6) Final commentI strongly believe that any

elected official is a represen-tative of the people and shouldfollow the majority of the vot-ers’ wishes.

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BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMEGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - JeffersonArea High School’s JeffersonPlayers are putting on amusical that really doeshave little bit of everythingfor everyone.

Musicals: a Musicalopens this Friday, Nov. 4,and runs Saturday, Nov. 5and Sunday, Nov. 6.

Musicals: a Musical waswritten by directors KelliOlesky and ChristieSeymour and features songsfrom a variety of produc-tions. They tell a story ofteenagers the day before thebig Homecoming dance andthe day of the dance. Forexample, Hugo Peabody,

PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BEHR-JEROMECast members perform the song “So Long, Farewell” fromthe Sound of Music. Pictured, front: Brad Weisbarth andRachel Edge; and, standing, Laura Cole, Jeff Schindler,Clayton Ketola and Paige Beach.

Performing “Without Love” from Hairspray are BradWeisbarth as the jailer, Paige Beach as Tracy andClayton Ketola as Link.

Musicals: A Musical takes the stage at JAHS

Cheyanne Spellman, Audra Fanley, Abby Kovacs andJustin Brown are part of the cast of Musicals: the Musical.

Freshmen Connar Lesko and Logan Kincade take abreak from rehearsal.

played by Patrick Martin,and Kim MacAfee, played byLaura Cole, are going steadybut then break up. MacAfeetries to convince Peabodythat he’s the only boy for herby singing “One Boy” fromBye, Bye Birdie.

Other songs in Musicals:a Musical include “Belle”from Beauty and the Beast,“In My Own Little Corner”from Cinderella, “Stick tothe Status Quo” from HighSchool Musical, “AlwaysTrue to You In My Fashion”from Kiss Me Kate,“ S u p e r c a l i f r a g e l i s t i c -expialidocious” from MaryPoppins, “Seasons of Love”from Rent and “So Long,Farewell” from The Sound ofMusic.

Senior Patrick Martin

says the show is a lot of funand is Glee-inspired.

“It’s great how songs fromtotally different musicals areput together in a way thatmakes perfect sense,” he ex-plained.

Freshmen Connar Leskoand Logan Kincaid are intheir first musical for theJefferson Players.

“I love music, so I alwayswanted to be in a musical.I’ve been singing my wholelife,” Kincaid said.

He has a solo in “With-out Love” from Hairspray.

Lesko is in the show be-cause he loves to sing.

“It’s a great way to ex-press myself when I’m not onthe football field,” Leskosaid.

The cast of Musicals: theMusical consists of seniorsPaige Beach, Laura Cole,Garrett Puzio, Rachel Edge,Rebecca Banks, Rebecca

Pontoni, Clayton Ketola,Brad Weisbarth, JeffSchindler and Patrick Mar-tin. Also in the cast are jun-iors Ariann Barile, ShelbyPotter, Audra Franley, Jus-tin Brown, Giulia Giancola,Abby Kovacs, and CheyanneSpellman. Freshmen LoganKincaid, Hannah Horn,Emily Baker, NicoleMacKellar and ConnarLesko round out the cast.

The instrumentalists ac-companying the singers areTammy Lainge on piano,James Horn Jr. on guitar, andAndrew Fisher on drums.

Tickets for Musicals: theMusical are available at thedoor: $6 for adults and $4for students and senior citi-zens. Curtain times are 7:30p.m. on Friday and Satur-day, Nov. 4-5, and 2 p.m. onSunday, Nov. 6, at theJefferson Area High Schoolauditorium.

Geneva Area City Schoolsis one of only 14 school sys-tems in the state to beawarded a grant from theOhio Environmental Protec-tion Agency to install emis-sions control equipment onschool buses operated by thedistrict. The $23,058 grant al-lowed the bus department toretrofit nine buses with newcatalytic converters whichwill reduce airborne emis-sions by up to 40 percent.

In this photo, GenevaSchools Bus Driver Supervi-sor Charlotte Leonard,Geneva Schools Superinten-dent Mary D. Zappitelli andbus driver Donna Cerjan arepictured with Cork Elementary students. In back are Cheyenne Cottrell, Ryan Joy, An-drew McKinney and Mark Trimbath. In front: Zac Lenart, Maddilyn Metz, Sadie Thornton,Allyce Cropek, Hannah Mitchell and Jade Pabon.

Anne of Green Gables toopen on the stage at Geneva

High School this Friday


GENEVA - Jolie Milliken will portrayAnne Shirley in a leading role in GenevaHigh School drama department’s produc-tion of stage classic Anne of Green Gablesthis weekend.

Also starring in the show are JoshuaLillie as Matthew Culbert, AnnalieseBaker as Marilla Culbert, HannahWebster as Rachel Lynde, HannahSpaulding as Diana Barry and DavidSanborn as Gilbert Blythe.

Written by Lucy Maud Montgomery anddramatized by Joseph Robinette, the playis based on the beloved novels whichchronicle the tempestuous life of impul-sive, headstrong and imaginative 13-year-old orphan Anne Shirley. The play is setat the home of Anne’s foster family on

Canada’s Prince Edward Island and eventsunfold over three years as Anne charmsand wins over her new guardians, domi-neering Marilla Cuthbert and Marilla’sshy brother Matthew.

“Anne of Green Gables is a timelessclassic, and it has been a rewarding expe-rience to share the story with the stu-dents,” drama teacher and director RobinChristopher said. “The cast and crew havecaught a bit of the Anne-character’s con-tagious enthusiasm for life and carried itinto this production.”

The curtain goes up for Anne of GreenGables on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. and con-tinues with shows on Saturday, Nov. 5, at7 p.m., and a Sunday, Nov. 6th, matinee at2 p.m.

Tickets prices are $5/students and $7/adults. Tickets may be purchased duringlunch periods this week and at the door.

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLS Jolie Milliken as Anne Shirley (center) displays her impetuous nature in this scenefrom Anne of Green Gables, which opens at Geneva High School this Friday. Holdingher back are Joshua Lillie and Anneliese Baker as Matthew Culbert and Marilla Culbert.At left is Hannah Webster portraying Rachel Lynde, the town busybody.

Geneva Schools wins Ohio Environmental Protection Grantto retrofit buses with emissions control equipment

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLS


Boo at the Beach

BY CASSANDRA NAGYGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - A con-stant stream of smokefilled the fire departmentlawn this past Saturdayevening in Jefferson.

There wasn’t a fire, butrather the side effects fromthe Jefferson FireDepartment’s AnnualHamburger and Hot DogSale. From 4-7 p.m. trick-or-treaters and the generalpublic were invited to stopby and enjoy some dinnerfresh off the grill. TheJefferson firefighterscooked and served the ca-sual meal personally.

At the head of the grillstood Assistant Chief,John Wayman Jr., dressedup as Superman. He en-thusiastically explainedthat this was the fourthyear for the fundraisercookout.

“We do very well, evenin rainy times,” Waymansaid.

Goers lined up for theirburgers and hot dogs all

PHOTOS BY SADIE PORTMANParks & Recreation Board member Suzanne Westlakeentertains two young guests at the Boo-on-the-Beach.

Ashtabula City Councilor Ann Stranman and herdaughter speak with Board Member Richard Quarranta.

Two young guests pick out their treat bags at Saturday’sBoo on the Beach.


ASHTABULA - The City ofAshtabula’s Parks and Recre-ation Board gave the first Booon the Beach celebration thispast Saturday, offering localchildren and their parents aplace to go after the AshtabulaDowntown DevelopmentAssociation’s trick-or-treat indowntown Ashtabula.

The Halloween bash washeld at Walnut Beach.

“The Parks and RecreationBoard sponsored this Hallow-een party as an end-of-the-summer season treat for theyouth of the city and to cel-ebrate another successful andsafe year in the Ashtabula Cityparks,” Earl Tucker, parks andrecreation board member,said.

The afternoon was filledwith activities, and the boardprepared for fun with treats foreveryone who arrived.

“The board purchasedtrick-or-treat bags, candy, toysto go in them, as well as ciderand donuts for 300,” Tuckersaid.

While 300 people were notpresent, they did receive a no-table amount for their first

The picnic shelter at Walnut Beach was decorated forthe community Halloween party held after the ADDA’strick-or-treat in downtown Ashtabula.

year.“Approximately 75 chil-

dren attended the party, alongwith their parents,” Tuckersaid.

With leftovers, the boardgave forward and donated theitems to GO Ministries, whohold daily soup kitchens andother assistance.

“The leftover cider, donutsand candy were donated to GOMinistries to assist them inserving the less fortunate ofAshtabula,” Tucker said.

Tucker said all who joinedthem at Boo on the Beach hada great time with prizes and acostume contest held.

“It was a great day to be achild in Ashtabula on Satur-day, with all of the events thatwere held throughout the city,”Tucker said.

The board is planning tocontinue to provide Boo on theBeach next year with hopes ofit growing each year.

“The board is very pleasedwith this event and we hopeto hold it again next fall withmore children in attendance,”Tucker said.

Sadie Portman, reporter forthe Gazette, may be reached atsportman@gazette news.com.

Firefighters serveup Halloween treats

Residents gathered at the Jefferson Fire Department forthe annual hamburger and hot dog sale.

PHOTOS BY CASSANDRA NAGYJefferson Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief JohnWayman, Jr., dressed as Superman, poses with NoahFortney of Ashtabula.

evening. The sale is notonly a way for the depart-ment to raise money, but italso allows for the commu-nity to come out and di-rectly meet their fire de-partment.

Inside the firehouse ga-rage, amongst the firetrucks and equipment,were tables and chairs forpatrons. Picnic tables wereavailable outside for thoseable to brave the coolerconditions of the evening.Patrons were also able topurchase nachos andcheese, chips, pop, water,hot chocolate and coffee.

All of the proceeds fromthe sale go directly towardthe Jefferson Fire Depart-ment.

Outside, those firemennot cooking at the grillpassed out candy to trick-or-treaters. Wayman ex-plained that the Fire De-partment recently held aSwiss Steak Dinner.

In the spring they hosta pancake breakfast. Thehamburger and hot dogsale is the fall fundraiser.

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