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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 1B Gazette Newspapers Ashtabula Township Trustees hold meeting, decline to comment on Veterans Corner controversy BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers ASHTABULA – The Ashtabula Township Board of Trustees met June 9 in regular monthly session and heard questions from township residents and businesspeople concerning the ongoing controversy regarding the sale of Veterans Corner, a property putatively sold to Cleveland-based developer Visconsi, LLC for a new Sheetz service station – now in legal limbo as Ashtabula County Prosecutor Nicholas Iarocci reviews the transaction’s legality. “[We] want to know progress you’ve made on Peleg Sweet Park,” Ashtabula Township resident Anthony Metcalf said. Part of the dispute regarding the Veterans Corner sale is whether or not the property is a part of Peleg Sweet Park – a property at the intersection of State Road and East Prospect Road. Some township residents claim it is, but Ashtabula Township Trustee Bambi Paulchel said it was vacated as part of Peleg Sweet Park when State Road was laid down during the 1940s. “On the advice of our attorney [Ashtabula County Prosecutor Nicholas Iarocci], we’ve been told not to comment on this matter,” Ashtabula Township Board of Trustees Vice-Chairman Stephen McClure said. “We don’t know about progress yet. We’re waiting on him.” Documents obtained by Gazette show the property in question was donated for “public use” by Revolutionary War veteran Peleg Sweet, but were not deeded to the township and therefore not township property. The deed attached by Ashtabula Township as part of the sale to Visconsi describe a section of Edgewood Cemetery, according to a May 10th finding by Ashtabula-based Sharp’s Land Surveying. See TRUSTEES page 4B Week of Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Senior Conference held at Lakeside High, focused on ‘Living with Purpose’ BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP – The ninth annual senior conference put on by Ashtabula County Department of Job & Family Services and the Ashtabula County Senior Services Levy was held at Lakeside High School on June 10 and focused on a “Living with Purpose” theme – highlighted by Collins Learning CEO Jim Collins. “People who don’t have purpose – they’re like a container that’s emptied out,” Collins said – miming dumping out a container. “They’re empty. They have nothing to give. But if you have purpose, you wake up full then you go out there and you pour out all that love. Then you go to bed and wake up full again.” Emcee and Ashtabula County Commissioners Daniel Claypool echoed Collins’ point. “I’ve learned as I get older that age doesn’t change what I can do,” Claypool said. “As people age, sometimes they United Way announces funding to programs ASHTABULA COUNTY - The United Way of Ashtabula County announced last week that is will provide $484,802 in funding to local charities from the recent fundraising campaign. The money will be used to support 32 programs that are reflective of the organization’s focus areas of education, basic needs and health. The United Way will disburse the funds to the programs over the next twelve months beginning in July. “United Way of Ashtabula County is excited to announce this support of vital community efforts. Because of this funding children will be prepared for their education, families will receive support in their time of greatest financial need and homebound seniors will receive meals and social interaction, improving the quality of their lives,” said United Way of Ashtabula County Executive Director Randy Jones. The charities were required to submit detailed information about their finances and programs when they requested funding from the United Way. Nearly 50 volunteers evaluated the applications. The volunteers visited the agencies, studied audits and budgets, and reviewed program outcomes to see long-term improvement in community needs. “We are very grateful to those who contributed to the United Way as well as those who gave of their time to determine the funding recommendations,” Jones said. “Giving of one’s money and time is not an obligation, it is a choice individuals make, and we are humbled by the countless individuals that choose to support the United Way and our efforts to improve the community.” Funding for early reading initiatives will be announced at a later date. The United Way funding awarded for July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, is as follows: Partner Agency Program Amount Awarded • American Red Cross • American Red Cross • Ashtabula County Community Action • Ashtabula County Community Action • Ashtabula County Council on Aging • Ashtabula County Family YMCA • Ashtabula Dream Center • Ashtabula Regional Home Health • Beatitude House • Boy Scouts of America • Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County • Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County • Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County • Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County • Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County • Conneaut Human Resource Center • Conneaut Human Resource Center • Country Neighbor Program • Country Neighbor Program • Country Neighbor Program • Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio • Goodwill Industries • Homesafe • Homesafe • Jefferson Community Center • Kidney Foundation • Kidney Foundation • Legal Aid Society • Samaritan House • The Salvation Army - Service Units • The Salvation Army - Service Center • The Salvation Army - Service Center Armed Forces Support Service Disaster Services 211 Home Repair Ashtabula Senior Center Scholarships Soup Kitchen Long-Term Care Transitional Housing Scouting Emergency Assistance Financial Literacy Guardianship Housing Payeeship Comprehensive Services Right Track Comprehensive Services Elderly Services Food Bank Girl Scouts Vocational Services Domestic Violence Shelter Outreach and Prevention Jefferson Senior Center Medication Assistance Transportation Assistance Legal Aid Services Homeless Shelter Emergency Assistance Emergency Assistance Food Programs $5,000 $33,000 $21,300 $10,509 $13,000 $29,100 $6,450 $12,910 $10,000 $4,850 $19,000 $4,800 $3,805 $9,000 $19,228 $24,250 $24,000 $18,900 $22,000 $12,000 $7,300 $28,000 $32,200 $5,500 $7,800 $5,200 $4,800 $27,500 $18,000 $16,800 $12,600 $16,000 Robin and Debbie Cumberland dance to Frank Sinatra’s “You Make PHOTOS BY GABRIEL MCVEY Me Feel So Young” during Collins Learning CEO Jim Collins gave the keynote a b a l l r o o m d a n c i n g address during the Senior Conference on learning to live demonstration. with purpose during the last years of life. lose focus. The only thing that’s changed as I age is the direction I go and speed I went.” Ohio Representative John Patterson chimed in on purpose as well. “I taught for 29 years at Jefferson High School and I thought about their purpose,” Patterson said. “I find purpose in serving others. If you continue living for others, loving others and holding them up, you have purpose.” Collins pointed up loving others as a way toward finding purpose for seniors. “Children and especially grandchildren are a wonderful source of purpose,” Collins said. “One of the biggest trends we’re seeing today is children being raised by their grandparents.” Self-improvement and lifelong learning were another source of purpose, according to Collins. “If you have goals, then you have purpose,” Collins said. “If you have something you want to do, something you want to learn, then you have purpose.” Collins said it’s never too late to learn new skills, to contribute to the community or to volunteer to help other – something conference materials made manifest in a Senior Resource Directory handed out to all attendees. The directory detailed services for seniors in the area, emergency contact numbers but also a comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities available to Ashtabula County seniors. The Lakeside High Gym- nasium was wall-to-wall crammed with vendors from across the county – from the Ashtabula Arts Center and crematory services, hospice care and Community Action’s meals-on-wheels program were all on hand to give seniors a better understanding of everything the Ashtabula County Senior Services Levy has made available to them. A brief bit of live entertainment before Collins’ speech and the senior forum was held when Robin and Debbie Cumberland performed a ballroom dance routine. The Cumberlands were introduced by Claypool, who highlighted dance as a way for seniors to get exercise, work off stress and draw closer to one another – literally and metaphorically. A-Tech Horticulture students contribute skills to beautify landscapes throughout county BY JAN PERALA A-Tech ASHTABULA COUNTY - Green thumbs are guaranteed for students in A-Tech’s Horticulture and Landscaping program, who learn to cultivate hundreds of varieties of flowering plants in their on-campus greenhouses. Just before summer break, they took their skills on the road beautifying the landscapes at an array of area venues throughout the county. Henderson Memorial Public Library, the Vietnam Memorial site in Jefferson as well as Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 943 on Main Avenue in A Tech Horticulture and Landscaping student Adam Sovel prepares to plant flowers at Ashtabula Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 943. PHOTOS BY JAN PERALA Ashtabula now have flower to the expertise of A-Tech beds in full bloom with students and their instruccolorful plantings thanks tor Ken Noble. 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The June 15th meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Geneva Library, 860 Sherman St. JEFFERSON – The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners held June 16 Ashtabula: Board of DD its weekly session June 9 to review A regular meeting of the Ashtabula County Board of Developmental a series of grant applications, as well Disabilities will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16, in the Board as hold a public hearing on the 2016 Office training room, 2505 South Ridge Rd. East, Ashtabula. The Community Development Block Grant meeting is open to the public. (CDBG) Program. The CDBG allocation hearing covJune 21 Plymouth Township: Trustees ered the disposition of a proposed The Plymouth Township Trustees will begin their June 21st meet- $203,000 grant from the Ohio Develing at 6 p.m. opment Services Agency that will be distributed into three projects addressJune 21 Jefferson: BOE ing pressing needs within the county. The Jefferson Area Local Schools Board of Education is moving The Ashtabula County Transportaits regular meeting from Tuesday, June 28, to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June tion System will receive $30,000 of the 21, in the library at the Jefferson Area Junior/Senior High School. overall grant funding. A mandatory cap Action will be taken on agenda items. of 15 percent is set on “public services” as defined by the grant program. June 24 Morgan Township: Budget work session “This will allow us to increase The Morgan Township trustees will hold a 2017 Budget work ses- our senior ride program,” Ashtabula sion Saturday, June 24, at 8:30 a.m. at the Rock Creek Fire Hall. County Community Services & Planning Director Janice Switzer said. July 20 Ashtabula: Ashtabula County District Library Board A Geneva-on-the-Lake Village of Trustees sewer project on New Street will reThe Ashtabula County District Library Board of Trustees will meet ceive $46,000 of a requested $75,000. at 6:30 p.m. July 20 at the Ashtabula Library, 335 West 44th Street. The grant application said this will benefit the entire village, 63 percent Ongoing of whom are low-to-moderate income households – the benefit of whom is a • The Saybrook Township Park Commission will meet at the main CDBG requirement. park, located at 5941 Lake Rd. West, State Route 531. All regular “They asked for $75,000 to help meetings are held at 1 p.m. on the third Tuesdays of the month. All offset a loan [the village] had taken meetings are open to the public. out to fund the project,” Switzer said. • The Dorset Township Board of Trustees meets the first and “The $46,000 [allocated] will offset a third Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Dorset Community Center. If Monday is a holiday, meeting will be held on Tuesday that week. The Lenox Township trustees will hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday’s of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Lenox Community Center. shortfall in the project.” The bulk of the total grant – or $86,000 – will go to a spot slum and blight clearance project to remove dilapidated residential homes throughout the county. At the time of the vote, Swtizer said the list of houses slated for demolition was still in progress, but two or three will be in the City of Conneaut and the rest throughout the county, depending on availability of funds. Six houses will be cleared as currently planned and more may be cleared. Switzer said since the clearance project does not directly benefit lowto-moderate income households, the county will have to apply for a waiver since the bulk of this year’s CDBG funding will go into the clearance project. Switzer said she was confident the waiver will be granted. The commissioners passed the grant application as presented by Switzer in a unanimous vote. A pair of grant applications for Ashtabula County’s felony probation program and Western and Eastern County Court’s misdemeanor programs through the Ohio Community-Based Corrections Programs passed in a unanimous vote. The Felony Probation Program grant request by the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas through an Ohio Department of Corrections grant for $274,978 to fund felony probation programs beginning July 1 and extend- ing until June 30, 2017. Western and Eastern County Courts’ misdemeanor probation programs will receive $118,841 through a separate Ohio Department of Corrections nonresidential program. Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners President Daniel Claypool said Ashtabula Municipal Court and Conneaut Municipal Courts have similar misdemeanor programs that are applied for and financed separately. The commissioners also named a new Dangerous Wild Animal Emergency Response Team to handle intentional or unintentional release of dangerous animals into the community. The revised list of members will serve a three-year term beginning June 30. The team members must come from distinct areas of responsibility per Ohio law. The team members are: Jefferson Village Police Chief David Wassie Morgan Hose Volunteer Fire Department Chief Shaun Buehner Ashtabula County Emergency Management Director Mike Fitchet Ashtabula County Commissioner Casey Kozlowski Dangerous Wild Animal Owner Terry Sullivan Ashtabula County Health Department Representative Ray Saporito OSU Extension Director David Marrison Growth Partnership holds Economic Development Training Workshop • The Ashtabula County Market Animal Committee, a standing committee of the Ashtabula County Agricultural Society, will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the OSU Extension Office on the third Thursday of BY STEFANIE WESSELL the month with the exception of August, December and March. Gazette Newspapers • Sheffield Township will be holding Zoning Board meetings the last Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Sheffield Vol. Fire DeASHTABULA - County and compartment unless otherwise stated. munity leaders packed the Greater • The Ashtabula Metroparks Board will hold regular meetings on Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce the second Wednesday of the Month and work sessions the fourth on Tuesday, June 7, for an Economic Wednesday of the Month at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at the Development Training Workshop put on by Growth Partnership for Metroparks Board Office 91 N Chestnut St. in Jefferson. Ashtabula County. • The Morgan Township Board of Trustees meets the first and third Growth Partnership Chief ExecuWednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Rock Creek Fire Hall. tive Officer/Executive Director Don • The Ashtabula Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Iannone led the workshop, which was Supervisors meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. geared toward economic and comand will be held at the District’s office location at 39 Wall Street munity developers, city and village managers, elected officials, chamber in Jefferson. The public is welcome. managers, tourism developers, and board members of local economic and community development organizations. “I’m glad to see there’s such an interesting mix of people,” Iannone said at the start of the workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to build local development capacity JEFFERSON - The County Commissioners Association through knowledge and skill; encourof Ohio Service Corporation (CCAOSC) has partnered with age greater strategic thinking and Palmer Energy Company to help manage an electricity action; share some insights about program for member counties. The program was designed the local economic base; and provide specifically to help counties save money on their electric ideas on building greater teamwork bills at county related facilities by utilizing the strength for collective impact. of group buying. “People say - what is economic deThe independent energy professionals of Palmer Energy velopment?” Iannone said. “Economic Company, on behalf of the CCAOSC, obtain the best price development reflects the world. So for electricity from various reputable suppliers through an whatever you see out there - economic RFP process. development is just a reflection. Why After months of planning and working with Palmer is that important? It forces us to see Energy under the County Commissioners Association of the bigger picture.” Ohio Service Corporation energy savings program, the Iannone said this workshop was a Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners approved an pilot program. agreement with MidAmerican Energy Services to save on “Let’s think about collective imelectricity costs. pact,” Iannone said. “By grouping together, counties can leverage their buyThe group explored Ashtabula ing power when shopping the market, thus securing the County’s economic-development path best deals possible,” said Board President Dan Claypool. forward - should the county continue “We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement on the same path, and train to stay on and experience the cost savings based upon this endeavor.” this path, or should it train to mount This agreement secures competitively priced electricity a new pathy? supplies through an electricity purchase program under The rationale for training to mount contractual terms favorable for Ashtabula County and will the new path forward included: result in an estimated total of $15,000 of savings per month —Training Focus: This course is for various county offices. about exploring ideas about a new, Commissioner Casey Kozlowski stated, “Partnering with potentially “higher impact” apCCAOSC will allow our county to reduce utility costs, thus proach to economic development in enabling the county to save valuable tax dollars.” Ashtabula County. Commissioner Peggy Carlo said, “This is a great oppor—Control and Impact: Currently tunity for the county to reduce our utility costs. Joining this we have very limited control over consortium will benefit all of Ashtabula County.” the economic changes taking place County saves on electric utility costs in Ashtabula County. (All geographic areas struggle with this challenge, but some have increased their control and impact through strategic planning, coordinated strategic investment, and collective effort and impact.) —New Path (Collective Impact Approach): If economic conditions are to improve (increased prosperity, reduced poverty, more quality jobs, more livable communities, increased business growth and entrepreneurship) in the county in the future, we must experiment with and adopt a more powerful economic development approach grounded in the principles of collective action, strategic investment and collective impact. The group then had to look at its starting point, what it’s trying to do with respect to local economic development and why. Areas explored need to be knowing what the priorities are, why be focused on them and asking if they’re the right priorities - and if they’re being tackled in the right way. Iannone said that the biggest thing companies have learned in recent years is that they need to realign themselves to be customer orientated. He then shared the local economicdevelopment priorities that have come out of other recent group meetings: Top Priorities in Last Five Years: • Existing business retention and expansion • Tourism development • Workforce development • Career awareness, internships, mentorships • Sites, buildings, infrastructure, public services • Quality of life amenities (shopping, downtowns) • Business financing • New business attraction Emerging Priorities: • Entrepreneurial development • Business succession planning • Talent retention and attraction (young and older) • Education-business partnerships • Resident retention and attraction: New housing development • Regional collaboration with surrounding counties • Educational attainment (future worker pipeline development) • Reducing poverty and social problems impairing growth The group then spent time exploring key questions relating to those priorities, such as what are the major strategies and policies utilized to foster economic development, and what are Ashtabula County’s top economic development challenges and opportunities, as well as exploring the concept of economic development. People interested in learning more about the workshop may download the presentation at www.ashtabulagrowth.com, on the right-hand side of the page, the red link titled, “Download ED Workshop presentation here (6-7-16).” Finnish American Cultural group to hold picnic on June 20 The Finnish American Cultural group is inviting friends as well as members to a special mid-summer potluck picnic at Saybrook Township Park on Monday, June 20, 5 p.m. Beverages and tableware will be furnished. Scholarship awards will be given to five part-Finnish descent graduates from area high schools. Founder and Director Linda Riddell, of the Finnish Center, will be giving a report on a Finnish botanist, Pehr Kalm, who was responsible in naming the Mountain Laurel bush in the 1700s. After he met with Ben Franklin, the Natural History studies started at the Univiversity of Pa. June 17 Jefferson: Jefferson Emergency Rescue The Jefferson Rescue Board will hold a special meeting on noon June 17 at the rescue building. County News 4B • GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 Truckmen hands over tractor-trailers to Action in Motion to build up local workforce BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP– Geneva-based Truckmen handed over a pair of Mack CX613 tractor-trailers to Ashtabula County Community Action Agency’s Action in Motion Workforce Training Academy at Ashtabula Towne Square on June 9 in a bid to expand the academy’s road-training capacity. “There’s a real need for truck drivers here and nationwide,” Action in Motion Director of Vocational Services Director Kreigh Spahr said. “As the older generation of truck drivers retires, the younger people aren’t stepping into that gap.” Spahr pointed to the need for 100,000 truck drivers nationwide within the next year and the pay and benefits associated with driving trucks as part of the motivation behind the program. “We can train people here and after they get their CDL (Commercial Driver’s License), they can make $50,000 a year,” Spahr said. “That’s a huge benefit for the county. Regardless of who they’re working for – that money comes here rather than going out.” Spahr said many carriers are switching to a more regional approach, allowing truck drivers to spend more time at home, often on a rotating basis and local carriers such as Truckmen often have drivers home nearly every night. The trucks donated to Action in Motion supplement their ability to give trainees road training, something required in addition to classroom time and the road simulator present “Day classes are four weeks long with testing on the fifth week,” Spahr said. “Night and Weekend classes are eight weeks testing on the ninth week. Tuition is all inclusive – the physical, drug screen, the CDL learner’s permit, all training, testing and the CDL license when the student passes the practical test.” Spahr said applicants are often able to secure assistance with tuition. Students may qualify for grants through the Ohio Means Jobs office in their PHOTOS BY GABRIEL MCVEY county or may qualify or (From left to right) Truckmen General Manager Bruce have access to other funding Fleischmann, Truckmen Controller Julie Lefelhoc, Action sources. in Motion Director of Vocational Services Kreigh Spahr “When they get help, and Ashtabula County Community Action Agency it’s usually with all of it or Director Judith Barris are pictured during the handover none of it,” Spahr said. “Our of keys to a pair of Mack CX613 tractor-trailers to train students normally have Action in Motion students multiple job offers before at the academy. Action every month in one or both they even start class.” The classroom section of in Motion Truck Driving locations to meet the needs Academy starts classes of students and employers. the training is conducted at and in partnership with Kent State University’s Ashtabula campus and then simulator and practical training is held at Towne Square in Ashtabula – but Action in Motion has also opened a secondary location in Euclid as well to fill high demand for drivers. “Our students start out with big regional, national and international carriers,” Spahr said. “After they get a few years’ experience, they can move to a local carrier like Truckmen, make more money and stay close to home.” Spahr said Action in Motion is personal for him. “I could have stayed out there as a driver and made that pile [of money] a lot bigger,” Spahr said. “But for me, giving back – helping people – that’s more important.” Andover Bank expands its footprint but looks to maintain its place in the community BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers ANDOVER – The recent acquisition by Andover Bank of Community National Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania and Andover’s expansion into Lake County is part of an effort to grow revenue, but it’s also aimed at retaining expanding services and retaining the bank’s position within the community, according to Andover Bank President Steve Varckette. “For us, the area is not growing that fast, so even though we’re going to do as much as we can organically, we have mergers and acquisitions as part of our future,” Varckette said. “CNB is contiguous with our market and one of the challenges we’re facing is growing revenue. We are the number one bank as far as deposits and the FDIC market share in Ashtabula County. We hope to be that in Erie County, we’ve got room to grow there and room to grow in Madison and we’re going to focus there.” That expansion of both market share and revenue is aimed at making Andover Bank more competitive in a marketplace where small community banks must compete with larger regional and national banks, as well as smaller community credit unions – leaving Andover Bank in a middle ground where they’re taxed and regulated in the same manner as a big bank – which can better afford it – and credit unions aren’t taxed at all. “We’re not really on a level playing field because a credit union can do pretty much anything a bank can but they’re not taxed,” Varckette said. “Their original purpose was to meet the credit needs of folks that banks weren’t meeting, but that’s really expanded. We think we do a phenomenal job taking care of the average person and community banks have a pulse on the community larger banks do not.” The needs of the average person is the prime driver for Andover Bank and the proximity Andover Bank has to the local community allows them the better meet those needs, according to Varckette. “First and foremost, we make our decisions locally,” Varckette said. “We make our decisions in the community and I think we’ve got a big advantage over the competition by being fast and flexible, being able to make decisions quickly where a lot of times our larger brethren aren’t able to do that. We connect with the customer – if you apply for a loan, we fully underwrite it, we don’t just look at a credit score.” That connection with customers allows Andover Bank Tickets on sale for Senior Prom BY STEFANIE WESSELL Gazette Newspapers JEFFERSON - The Signature Health Ballroom will be the site for the 2016 Ashtabula County Senior Citizen Prom on Friday, June 17. Ashtabula County residents 55 years and older are invited to attend the event, which will be held from 5-9:30 p.m. at the Ballroom, located at 4726 Main Ave. This year’s theme is the Roaring Twenties. Tickets are on sale now for $13 per person. This tickets includes a meal catered by Culinary Delight. Proper attire is required. Light of Day Duty will provide musical entertainment. Tickets are on sale now at county senior centers, or call Lisa Bruckman at (440) 998-6750 or Toni Tulajew at (440) 576-9052. The prom is sponsored by the Ashtabula County Medical Center, Carrington Park and Saybrook Landing. to look beyond a credit score and invest in customers who larger banks and credit unions often overlook. “When you look at our donations, when you look at our involvement, when you look at the types of loans that we do, when you look at someone who may not have perfect credit and bigger banks aren’t doing those loans, the credit unions aren’t doing those loans, but we are,” Varckette said. “We are legitimately meeting the credit needs of the community and we’re doing the same thing on the deposit side. We try to work with customers and we have a product line to match any bank out there. We take it very seriously. Being a community bank, it’s important that we are meeting those credit needs.” Well-intentioned but poorly-suited regulations put into place following the 2007 financial crisis present a hurdle Andover Bank faces in meeting credit needs in the community. “There was a lot of fallout from the financial crisis and a lot of the rules were written for larger banks – they weren’t really written for the community banks that were not the cause of the financial crisis,” Varckette said. “From an unintended consequence point, it’s trickled down to us. Working so closely with the community, we’re from this community and it’s very frustrating because ultimately what I think the laws have done is restricted credit from those who need it the most. We have made the decision to make the kinds of loans that maybe put us in a position of greater liability, but we feel it’s important to do that for the community.” Moving forward, Varckette said Andover Bank is making its best use of social media, mobile apps and other technological innovations that – added to its advantages working closely with the community – give the bank a leg up on its larger competitors. “Technology is allowing us to compete with the Bank of Americas of the world,” Varckette said. “The technology side of things is very expensive and that’s something we’re conscious of and it’s why we’re looking at growing revenue because those expenses are just going to go up. Another thing we’re looking at is social media, one thing I think is really cool is that we can get our message out in a targeted way to people to let them know what we’re about and what we’re up to.” Varckette said that while the atmosphere is highly competitive in banking, Andover Bank’s community involvement, reputation and local focus mean the bank’s employees and shareholders can feel good about what Andover Bank does. “We have 13 branches total, and five in Erie County now,” Varckette said. “Looking at competing with larger banks and the marketing Austinburg woman wins Spring Home Makeover PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELL Rita Smith, of Austinburg, is the winner of the Spring Home Makeover contest that ran in the Gazette. As the winner, Smith will receive $1,000 to be used at 16 participating businesses. “I’ll think of things that are priority first, and then I’ll have fun,” Smith joked. The win comes at perfect timing, as Smith needs gravel for her driveway and needs to repair a lawnmower that recently broke. Smith works at Hair Dimensions in Jefferson. From Page 1B TRUSTEES In an Oct. 14th Ashtabula Township Trustees’ meeting, the board declared the property “abandoned” for burial purposes – necessitating the exhumation of any remains there if the sale proceeds as-is. “It came to our attention the township doesn’t own it,” Ashtabula Township business developer Carl Caylor said. “What’s the township doing to get back the part of Edgewood Cemetery you and the courts vacated?” McClure said returning the nowvacated section of Edgewood to township care and custody is part of Iarocci’s investigation. Caylor alleged the board knew it didn’t own Veterans Corner and hoped to make a quick sale of the property with a fraudulent deed and this knowledge is borne out in a refusal to turn over Peleg Sweet Park to the Ashtabula Township Park Commission when it offered to take over Peleg budgets they have is a daunting task for us, but leveraging social media I think it levels the playing field. I’m proud of our involvement in the community and that’s important to us. It goes beyond making money – we are a shareholder-driven company – without that relationship with the community it just doesn’t work.” Sweet Park in 2014. “It came to our attention that back in 2014 the Township Park Commission sent a letter and offered to take over all costs and responsibility and you said absolutely not,” Caylor said. “They offered to maintain it expand it. What changed between then and now? What changed from when you said you’d never ever give it up?” Part of the reasoning McClure and the other board members gave for selling Veterans Corner to Visconsi was the expense of mowing and otherwise maintaining the property. “I was concerned about the part with the gazebo in it,” McClure said. “I’d have to look at it if it’s in a letter form – which it probably is.” The sale by Ashtabula Township of Veterans Corner to Visconsi has attracted disapproval. Detractors have cited the low sale price - $2,425 for what Ashtabula Towne Square Man- ager Ken Kister said is a considerably more valuable property. The price is derived from a broker’s opinion of value rather than a full assessment of value. It later came to light that the broker in question was contracted by Visconsi and not a neutral, third party contracted to evaluate the property. Ashtabula Township Fiscal Officer Robert Dille presented a report following the citizens’ question detailing five renewal levies coming up. Three levies totaling 5.5 mills will continue to fund the fire department and emergency medical services, one 1.25-mil levy will fund cemeteries and another 1.25mil levy will go to the township roads department. No additional levies were proposed at the meeting. The Board of Trustees then entered into executive session to discuss personnel matters and adjourned until their next scheduled meeting on July 12. County News GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 5B ACMC Geneva Family Health Center holds open house BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers GENEVA – The Ashtabula County Medical Center’s Geneva Family Health Center satellite location held an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 11 to showcase the brand new facilities for the community, as well as offering hot dogs and a chance to get to know some of the staff who’ll be working there. The 4,000-square-foot facility on South Broadway in Colonel’s Plaza will play host to one primary care physician, an urgent care practice, a laboratory facility as well as a rotating staff of specialists – including Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist Dr. Adriana Rosario. ACMC CEO Michael Habowski was on hand to meet and greet guests and conducted tours for the curi- ous and answer questions. “Our aim is to get primary care available, get patients to stay,” Habowski said. “Our partnership with the Cleveland Clinic gives us access to the best of the best – we have four full-time Cleveland Clinic cardiologists from the number one cardiology program in the world.” Primary Care Physician Dr. Emily Cheich will be keeping regular, full-time hours at Geneva Family Health Center. “She’s experienced,” Habowski said. “She’s a resident of Ashtabula County now and that’s speaks of permanency. We encourage and incentivize that.” Habowski said keeping staff as full-time residents of Ashtabula County communities keeps the economic effects of job creation in-county. In his March 28th Geneva City Council presentation, Habowski said $5 million in salaries and benefits goes just to employees in Geneva – and that figure does not include the $700,000 ACMC has invested in Geneva Family Health Center and a projected $1 million in payroll a year for staff thereafter, according to Habowski. Of the 16,000 annual inpatient discharges of Ashtabula County residents, half occur from hospitals outside the county – costing the Ashtabula County economy $100 million annually, according to Habowski. The urgent care facilities at Geneva Family Health Center are part of a response to survey data from Geneva residents that paralleled findings leading to the establishment of a similar practice in Conneaut in 2014. “It’s a walk-in, low cost facility for bumps and bruises,” Habowski said. “As you know, an emergency department is tremendously expensive. No express care facility exists in Geneva.” A comprehensive list of specialists who’ll be keeping appointments at Geneva Family Health Center was available during the open house. The current roster is as follows: • General Surgeon Dr. Evangelos Bibidakis • Orthopedist Dr. Amar Mutnal • Pulmonologist Dr. Sanjay Srivastava • Cardiologist Dr. Adriana Rosario • Urologist Dr. Craig Zippe Nurse Practitioners Heidi PHOTO BY GABRIEL MCVEY Alflen and Susan PerDue- Urologist Dr. Craig Zippe (left) and ACMC CEO Michael Schultz will staff the express Habowski (right) were on hand to answer questions about care facilities. the new Geneva Family Health Center. An ACMC roster of doctors, nurses and staff will be keeping appointments at the new Geneva Family Health Center. Amar Mutnal, MD, Orthopaedics Adriana Rosario, MD, Cardiology Evangelos Bibidakis, MD, General Surgery Heidi Alflen, FNP, Express Care Cassie Knapp, Patient Service Representative Craig Zippe, MD, Urology Jen Cauwenbergh, Medical Assistant Emily Cheich, DO, Family Practice Jodee Johnson, Lab Technician Erin Delbrugge, Medical Assistant Kayla Gebhardt, Patient Service Representative Ashtabula County Weekly Traffic Advisory ***NEW*** US Route 6 in Richmond Township: (Monday, June 20 – Friday, June 24) - Beginning Monday, June 20, US 6 just south of Leon Rd. will be closed through Friday, June 24, for a culvert replacement. The detour will be SR 193 to SR 167 to SR 307. through early October. The detour is SR 45 south to SR 307 east to SR 167 to SR 11 south. • The ramp from SR 11 southbound to I-90 eastbound is closed through early October. The detour is US 20 eastbound to SR 193 south to I-90 eastbound. This work is part of a $68 million project to replace pavement along I-90 from just west of SR 45 to just east of SR 11. The project also includes modifications to the I-90/SR 11 interchange and repairs to seven bridges along I-90. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by November 2016. State Route 86 in Windsor Township: (Monday, June 13 – until further notice) - On Monday, June 13, SR 86 between Ireland Rd. and SR 534 will have various lane restrictions for pavement repairs. This work is part of a $900,000 project to make spot paving repairs to various routes in Ashtabula, Mahoning & Trumbull Counties. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by late September 2016. State Route 193 in Cherry Valley Township: (Monday, June 13 – Thursday, June 23) - Beginning Monday, June 13, SR 193 between Interstate 90 in Austinburg, Plymouth and Saybrook Townships: US 322 and US 6 will be closed through Thursday, June 23, for a (Wednesday, June 15 – until further notice) - Beginning Wednesday, culvert replacement. The detour will be US 322 to SR 11 to US 6. June 15, the following traffic pattern changes will occur: ***ONGOING*** • The ramp from SR 11 northbound to I-90 westbound will re-open. • The ramp from I-90 westbound to SR 11 southbound will be closed State Route 11 in New Lyme and Lenox Townships: (Until through mid-October. The detour will be SR 11 northbound to Seven further notice) - SR 11 between US Route 6 and SR 307 is reduced to one lane in each direction for resurfacing. This work is part of Hills Rd. to SR 11 southbound. • SR 11 northbound and southbound over I-90 will be reduced to a $5.4 million project to repair and resurface SR 11 between SR one lane of traffic in each direction, with all traffic traveling on the 307 and US 6. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by September 2016. northbound lanes of SR 11. (Until further notice) - Traffic on I-90 eastbound between Chapel Rd. and State Rd. is shifted over to the westbound lanes via a crossover US Route 20 in the Village of North Kingsville & the City of condition. Two lanes of traffic are maintained in each direction with Conneaut: (Until further notice) - US Route 20 at the Village of North Kingsville and City of Conneaut between Overpass Drive and all traffic placed on the I-90 westbound lanes. (Until further notice) - SR 11 northbound and southbound over I-90 Industry Rd. is reduced to one lane in each directions for various is reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction, with all traffic construction activities. This work is part of an $11.3 million project to replace the bridge between Industry Rd. and Overpass Drive. traveling on the southbound lanes of SR 11. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by late June 2016. (Until further notice) - The following ramp closures are in place : • The ramp from SR 11 northbound to I-90 westbound is closed through mid-June. The detour is SR 11 northbound to Seven Hills State Routes 46 & 307 in Village of Jefferson; Jefferson Plymouth, Austinburg and Harpersfield Townships: (Until Rd. to SR 11 southbound. • The ramp from SR 11 northbound to I-90 eastbound is closed Further Notice) - SR 46 between SR 307 and SR 11 and SR 307 through early August. The detour is SR 167 east to SR 193 north between SR 534 and SR 46 has various daily lane restrictions for resurfacing. This work is part of a $2.2 million project to resurface to I-90 eastbound. • The ramp from I-90 eastbound to SR 11 northbound is closed SR 46 between the southern Village of Jefferson corporation limit through early October. The detour is SR 45 north to US 20 east to and SR 11 and on SR 307 between SR 534 and SR 46. The project also includes bridge repairs on SR 307. The entire project is schedule SR 11 north. • The ramp from I-90 eastbound to SR 11 southbound is closed to be completed by late July 2016. Susan PerDue Schultz, FNP, Express Care Sanjay Srivastava, MD, Pulmonology Kristin Marquez, Licensed Practical Nurse Peter Chismar, Patient Service Representative WANTED ... GOOD HOMES FOR LOVABLE PETS! Experience the Rewards of Opening Your Heart and Your Home to a Dog or Cat from The Animal Protective League! 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Main Road. • At 12:10 p.m. June 4, a reckless driver reported on I-90. • At 12:17 p.m. June 4, an animal call on I-90. • At 12:39 p.m. June 4, a Harbor Street resident reported harassment. • At 1:18 p.m. June 4, a domestic altercation was reported on West Main Road. • At 3:17 p.m. June 4, a suspicious person was reported on Mill Street. • At 5:07 p.m. June 4, a civil dispute was reported on Carnegie Street. • At 5:23 p.m. June 4, an ATV complaint was reported at the sandbar. • At 5:41 p.m. June 4, an ATV complaint was reported in the area of East Main and Furnace Roads. • At 6:15 p.m. June 4, suspicious activity was reported on Old Main Road. • At 8:12 p.m. June 4, reckless drivers were reported on Madison Street. • At 8:25 p.m. June 4, a neighbor dispute was reported on Broad Street. • At 8:45 p.m. June 4, a juvenile complaint was reported in the area of Broad Street at the CSX RR overpass. • At 9:43 p.m. June 4, units were requested to check the well- being of a Furnace Road resident. • At 9:54 p.m. June 4, a burglary was reported at a Sandusky Street residence. • At 10:14 p.m. June 4, a domestic altercation was reported on West Main Road. • At 10:58 p.m. June 4, a fireworks complaint was reported on Harbor Street. • At 1:07 a.m. June 5, a suspicious vehicle was reported on Naylor Drive. • At 1:25 a.m. June 5, a domestic altercation was reported on West Main Road. • At 6:39 a.m. June 5, units responded to Buffalo Street regard- ing an alarm. • At 9:13 a.m. June 5, a 911 hangup call came in on Parkview Drive. • At 11:49 a.m. June 5, a Broad Street resident reported lost property. • At noon June 5, a Clark Street resident reported threats. • At 12:36 p.m. June 5, suspicious activity was reported on Buffalo Street. • At 12:38 p.m. June 5, a 911 hang-up call came in from Furnace Road. • At 1:56 p.m. June 5, a 911 hang-up call came in from South Ridge Road. • At 3:19 p.m. June 5, a burglary alarm was reported on Mill Street. • At 3:23 p.m. June 5, a motorist assist was requested on Madison Street. • At 3:26 p.m. June 5, a motorist assist was requested on Route 7. • At 4:15 p.m. June 5, a 911 hangup call came in from Center Street. • At 6:59 p.m. June 5, a civil dispute was reported on Main Street. • At 8:10 p.m. June 5, a suspicious person was checked in the area of Chestnut and State Streets. • At 10:22 p.m. June 5, an unwanted person was reported on Madison Street. • At 11:27 p.m. June 5, a disturbance was reported on West Main Road. • At 11:29 p.m. June 5, a 911 hangup call came on from Main Street. • At 12:41 a.m. June 6, a reckless driver was reported on I-90. • At 10:10 a.m. June 6, an unwanted person was reported on 15th Street. • At 10:43 a.m. June 6, a civil dispute was reported on Lake Breeze Drive. • At 5:16 p.m. June 6, suspicious activity was reported at Love’s Drive. • At 5:35 p.m. June 6, a reckless driver was reported on Lincoln Drive. • At 5:36 p.m. June 6, a domestic altercation was reported on Main Street. • At 6:01 p.m. June 6, a reckless driver was reported on Center Street. • At 6:03 p.m. June 6, a neighbor dispute was reported on 14th Street. • At 6:51 p.m. June 6, a custody dispute was reported on East Main Road. • At 7:05 p.m. June 6, a domestic altercation was reported on Day Street. • At 7:43 p.m. June 6, a motor vehicle accident was reported on I-90. • At 8:54 p.m. June 6, a 911 hangup call came in from Center Road. • At 9:20 p.m. June 6, a neighbor dispute was reported on Hayward Avenue. • At 10:20 p.m. June 6, a 911 hangup call came in from Bliss Avenue. • At 10:34 p.m. June 6, a suspicious vehicle was reported on State Street. Ashtabula Police 6/3/16 • 01:55 - 5000 block of Madison Ave. FIRING/DISCHARGING. • 01:58 - 100 block of W 44th St. A subject in the lobby reported her son snuck out of the house. • 08:40 - 5000 block of Woodman Ave. A caller requested a standby to retrieve some personal items. • 09:15 - 5000 block of Woodman Ave. Ashtabula City Police Officers assisted Ohio Adult Parole with an arrest warrant. A methamphetamine lab was found. • 10:32 - 2000 block of Lake Ave. Reporting a male in a vehicle acting strange and out of sorts. • 13:27 - 4000 block of Main Ave. A custody dispute was reported. • 14:09 - 800 block of Lyndon Ave. Possible fraud. • 14:31 - 100 block of W 44th St. Female in the lobby to report threats and harassment. • 16:15 - 800 block of Lake Ave. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Caller reports suspicious person. • 16:55 - 2000 block of Lake Ave. Child custody dispute in parking lot of Rite Aid. • 18:23 - 900 block of E 16th St. PSYCHIATRIC SITUATION. Report of a disturbance. • 21:44 - 5000 block of Reed Ave. A disturbance was reported. • 21:49 - 3000 block of West Ave. Caller reports a disturbance. • 22:00 - 500 block of Audrey Pl. ALARMS. A caller reports an attempted burglary. • 22:11 - 200 block of W 50th St. • 09:59 - 5000 block of Adams Caller reports fight. Ave. An officer conducted a traffic stop resulting in the driver being 6/4/16 cited for driving under suspension • 00:43 - 800 block of W 48th St. and arrested on a warrant through CRIMINAL DAMAGE OR EN- ACSO. DANGERING. A vehicle window • 10:11 - 800 block of block of Alwas shot out. len Ave. Male in the lobby to make • 05:30 - 1000 block of W 10th St. a report regarding fraud. ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT. A • 11:04 - 900 block of E 6th St. A report of a total structure fire was landlord reported property damreceived. age and suspicious condition of • 07:15 - 600 block of Goodwill the property. Dr. PSYCHIATRIC SITUATION. • 12:59 - 2000 block of Michigan Caller reporting threats from her Ave. A caller reported a theft of boyfriend. mail. • 08:48- 2000 block of Lake Ave. • 14:24 - 2000 block of W Prospect PERSONAL WELFARE. ACMC Rd. A caller reported a lost child. requested officers for an uncoop- • 14:45 - 1000 block of Union Ave. erative patient. FRAUD. Female in the lobby to • 10:16 - 1000 block of E 51st make a report. St. DOA AND BODY FOUND. • 16:08 - 5000 block of Main Ave. CCAN requesting an officer for Theft from store. a DOA. • 17:19 - 100 block of Grove Dr. • 10:32 - 2000 block of Lake Ave. DISCHARGING FIREARMS. A Complaint of a small child unsu- male shot himself in the leg with pervised pushing a stroller down a pellet gun and was transported Lake Ave. to ACMC. • 11:38 - 600 block of W 57th St. • 18:22 - 5000 block of WashCaller makes a report of an assault. ington Ave. CUSTODY INTER• 11:41- 4000 block of Jefferson FERENCE. A caller reported an Ave. DISTURBANCE. Caller interference with custody. reports problems with her boy- • 18:46 - 1000 block of W Prospect friend over custody and a stolen Rd. A caller reports a theft of bikes. cell phone. • 19:27 - 5000 block of Woodman • 11:52 - 4000 block of Cleveland Ave. THEFT BIKES. The caller Ave. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. stated her bikes were taken from A caller hears a domestic in prog- her front yard. ress. • 19:30 - 4000 block of Birchwood • 12:06- 4000 block of Fern Ave. Ave. THEFT FROM BUILDING. CIVIL MATTER. A caller re- The caller reports theft of her apported a custody issue involving pliances. a babysitter and the children’s • 22:46 - 3000 block of Lake Ave. father. TRAFFIC OFFENSE. • 13:11 - 1000 block of Hamlin Dr. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF 6/7/16 AUTO. • 12:49 - 300 block of W Prospect • 13:17 - Walnut Beach parking Rd. PHONE CALLS THREATlot. AGGRAVATED ROBBERY- ENING. Caller reports harassing STREET-WEAPON. Caller re- phone calls at the business number. ported her 19-year-old boyfriend • 14:29- 1000 block of E 46th was just assaulted in the parking St. OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL lot of the beach by several males BUSINESS. A subject requested in a gold Saturn. a standby. The standby resulted in • 14:33 - 5000 block of Hope Ave. an arrest for obstructing official A caller reports a disturbance with business and felony warrants. a neighbor. • 15:05 - 1000 block of W 54th • 15:26 - 1000 block of W Prospect St. THEFT FROM BUILDING. Rd. Lost property was reported. A caller reported a theft. • 16:45 - 800 block of E 16th • 15:14 - 1000 block of W Prospect St. INDUCING PANIC. Caller Rd. SIMPLE ASSAULT. Female reports a couple pulling knives on in the lobby to make a report. each other. • 16:12 - 200 block of W Prospect • 19:36 - 800 block of Thayer Ave. Rd. MOTOR VEHICLE ACPETTY THEFT-BIKES. A theft CIDENT. Caller reports a MVA. was reported. • 20:35 - 1000 block of W 13th St. • 19:59 - 3000 block of Glover A caller reported a child custody Dr. DISTURBANCE-NOISE. A dispute. disturbance was reported. • 20:46 - 900 block of W 38th St. • 22:37 - 1000 block of Norman Family disturbance. Ave. PETTY THEFT FROM YARDS. A theft from a yard was 06/8/16 • 00:29 - 1000 block of W 7th St. reported. COMPLAINTS-JUVENILE. A 6/5/16 caller reported a runaway juvenile. • 02:02 - 1000 block of W 5th St. • 01:25 - 500 block of W 57th St. A report of a suicidal male was An animal was dispatched. received. • 04:06 - 5000 block of West Ave. • 11:59 - 6000 block of Bardmoore. Report of an alarm. A caller reported she was assaulted • 06:58 - 500 block of Center St. by her sister. ROBBERY. • 13:29 - 100 block of W 44th St. COCAINE POSSESS. Subject in 6/8/16 the lobby arrested for possession • 00:29 - 1000 block of W 7th St. COMPLAINTS- JUVENILE. A of drugs. • 13:43 - 3000 block of Lake Ave. caller reported a runaway juvenile. • 01:25 - 500 block of W 57th St. A disturbance was received. • 14:12 - 3000 block of Lake Ave. ANIMAL-MISCELLANEOUS. An animal was dispatched. Caller reports a disturbance. • 16:31- 400 block of Myrtle Ave. • 04:06 - 5000 block of West Ave. Report of an alarm. Caller reports theft. • 17:47 - 4000 block of Lake Ave. • 06:58 - 500 block of Center St. ILLEGAL USE OF CREDIT FORCIBLE PURSE SNATCHCARDS. A caller reports credit ING. A theft was reported. • 13:44 - 1000 block of Seymour card fraud and theft. • 18:39 - 1000 block of W Pros- Dr. Dispatched in reference to a pect Rd. UNRULY JUVENILE. family dispute involving a mother A caller is reporting an unruly and son. • 14:34 - 6000 block of West Ave. juvenile. • 19:26 - 500 block of W 48th MUTUAL AID REQUESTED/ St. TRESPASSING. A report of RECEIVING AGENCY/GIVEN. Vehicle investigation. trespassing was made. • 21:11 - 1000 block of W 38th • 14:48 - 4000 block of Park Ave. St. BURGLARY FORCED. A A caller reported panhandling and burglary was reported on AMHA trespassing. • 16:01 - 2000 block of Ashbrook property. • 23:06 - 100 block of W 44th St. Dr. HARASSING COMMUNIDEPARTMENTAL INFORMA- CATION. Report of harassment. TION. A report of possible fraud • 16:18 - 100 block of W 44th St. involving the Ashtabula Police WARRANT SERVED. • 16:21 - 1000 block of Lake Ave. Department. • 22:58 - 700 block of W 58th St. NEIGHBOR TROUBLE. Caller DISTURBANCE. A caller reports reports neighbor trouble. an intoxicated man trying to drive. 6/9/16 • 01:43 - 500 block of W 41st St. 6/6/16 • 06:47 - 1000 block of W 12th St. AGG ASSAULT. An assault was Caller reports threats and damage reported. • 03:22 - 100 block of W 44th St. to his vehicles. • 08:17 - 4000 block of Valleyview PRISONER MEDICAL CARE. An inmate issue was addressed. Blvd. Report of vandalism. • 08:58 - 800 block of W Prospect • 03:54 - 5000 block of Woodman Rd. Two subjects were arrested on Ave. CRIMINAL DAMAGE/ ENDANGERING. A caller reports active warrants. For the Record criminal damage. Jefferson Police June 2 • 12:59 p.m. - An officer responded to a threats complaint at 153 Monroe Cir. A woman there said her father-in-law had threatened to harm himself, her and her 11-year-old son. The woman said her father-in-law is also currently charged with domestic violence for an incident involving her son. As the subject is currently residing in Rock Creek, the officer referred the complaint to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office, who took over handling and advised the complainant to file for a civil protection order. June 3 • 11:25 a.m. - An officer responded to a disorderly conduct complaint at Hardee’s. Customers and staff said two males entered the restaurant and shouted profanities regarding a service and left. Staff identified one of the males as a former employee. • 12:35 p.m. - An officer responded to bear sighting on East Beech St. The officer patrolled the area, but did not spot the animal. June 4 • 9:45 a.m. - An officer responded to a medical call at Dollar General. An ambulance on scene was treating a male subject for a suspected seizure. The subject has stopped en route to a drug treatment facility in Warren, Ohio, for some drinks and collapsed. The male admitted he’d used heroin earlier in the day. June 6 • 8:41 a.m. - An officer responded to a harassment complaint at McDonald’s. A male employee there said his ex-girlfriend had shut off his phone and had stolen his identity. The woman, another employee, said the phone and bank account were both in her name and they’d broken up after she’d discovered he was sleeping with another employee. The officer advised both to work out with their general manager to find arrangements for the three of them to avoid working together. June 7 • 6:39 p.m. - An officer responded to a vehicle crash at the intersection of South Market Street and East Jefferson Street. A vehicle traveling westward on Jefferson failed to stop at a red light and was struck by a greenlighted vehicle traveling north through the intersection. No one was injured in the crash. June 8 • 5:17 p.m. - An officer responded to a vehicle crash at the intersection of S. Chestnut St. and E. Satin St. A vehicle backing out of a driveway struck another vehicle stopped at the intersection. No one was injured in the crash. sponded to a telephone harassment complaint at 860 Sherman St. • 7:00 p.m. - An officer responded to a domestic violence complaint at 27 Walnut St., #6. The officer cited a subject with domestic violence, unlawful restraint, disrupting public services and telephone harassment. June 8 • 6:35 p.m. - An officer conducted a warrant service at 47 Swan St. The officer also cited a subject with a noise violation. June 9 • 10:20 p.m. - An officer responded to a telephone harassment complaint at 570 Eastlawn St. June 10 • 9:20 a.m. - An officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Erie St. and S. Broadway. The officer cited the driver with operating a vehicle with a suspended license. • 10:28 a.m. - An officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Kiwanis Park Dr. and Sherman St. The officer placed a subject under arrest on outstanding warrants. • 1:39 p.m. - An officer cited a subject for an open liquor container violation at 240 South Ridge E. • 6:00 p.m. - An officer responded to a telephone harassment complaint at 285 Lockwood St. June 12 • 8:00 a.m. - An officer conducted a warrant service at 401 Morrison St. The officer cited a subject for drug possession. • 3:10 p.m. - An officer responded to a suspicious person complaint at 354 East Main St. • 4:00 p.m. - An officer responded to a criminal mischief/theft complaint at 488 Eastwood St. Andover Police June 6 • 1:17 a.m. - South Main St - Assist Life Flight • 9:15 a.m. - East Main St. - Private Property Crash • 12:27 p.m. - Maple St. - Warrant for Arrest June 7 • 9:30 a.m. - Public Square - Damaged Property • 5:49 p.m. - Gates St. - Assist Ambulance • 11:56 p.m. - Vandalism June 8 • 6:38 a.m. - East Main St. - Suspicious Vehicle • 11:56 p.m. - Chestnut St. - Traffic Complaint June 9 • 8:30 a.m. - Public Square - Bank Escort • 6:30 p.m. - Owl Point - Assist County Agency June 10 • 2:52 p.m. - Pymatuning Lake Assist Fire Dept. • 9:05 p.m. - South Main St. - AsJune 9 sist Life Flight • 2:08 a.m. - An officer responded to a harassment complaint at June 11 Circle K. A woman said she was • 4:58 p.m. - Public Square - Bank threatened by an acquaintance Alarm who harangued her while shopping, threatening to assault her. June 12 The officer questioned the on-duty • 12:22 p.m. - South Main St. clerk, whose version of events was Traffic Crash substantially similar. The woman • 7:00 p.m. - Maple St. - Found said she’d filed another report Property previously with the Ashtabula • 7:58 p.m. - Gates St. - Found County Sheriff’s Officer after Property another incident of harassment Orwell Police by the subject. The officer filed a June 8 report with the Ashtabula County • 12:05 am – Assist ACSO on Prosecutor’s Officer for review on Staley Road menacing charges. • 5:01 am – Suspicious activity on Leffingwell Drive Geneva Police • 6:40 am – Assist ACSO on June 6 • 2:55 p.m. - An officer responded Dodgeville Road to a theft complaint at 156 Leslie St. June 9 • 3:00 p.m. - An officer responded • 3:26 pm – Criminal trespass to a vehicle theft complaint at 734 complaint on East Main Street Timber Ln. • 6:26 pm – Assist RSPD on • 4:58 p.m. - An officer conducted Owl Point a traffic stop at 120 W. Main St. • 9:38 pm – Civil dispute on East The officer cited the driver for op- Main Street erating a vehicle while intoxicated. • 5:40 p.m. - An officer responded June 10 to a disorderly conduct complaint • 3:06 am – Suspicious activity on Noe Avenue at 142 Lockwood St. • 7:34 p.m. - An officer responded June 11 to a telephone harassment com- • 2:48 pm – Alarm drop on East plaint at 60 West St. Main Street • 9:37 p.m. - An officer responded • 5:25 pm – Neighbor dispute on to an aggravated burglary com- East Main Street plaint at 193 Grant St. • 10:48 pm – Underage possession report taken on East Main June 7 • 10:30 a.m. - An officer re- Street For the Record GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 7B Austinburg man found dead near ASHTABULA COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS Greenway Trail off Lampson Road BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers AUSTINBURG TOWNSHIP – The Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man found dead near Lampson Road on June 11 as 60-year-old Keith Irwin of Austinburg Township. A call to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office regarding a body found near the Western Reserve Greenway Trail led deputies to the scene where Irwin’s body was found. Sheriff’s Office documents indicate Irwin was riding the trails the night before, struck a metal pylon and was thrown from the all-terrain vehicle he was riding and died. The ATV was still running when sheriff’s department personnel found Irwin’s body. The Sheriff’s Department is still investigating Irwin’s death. Recent grand jury indictments The following grand jury indictments have been announced by the Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court. Nichole Winchell was indicted on one count of possession of heroin, a fifth-degree felony; one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony; and one count of possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony. Disclaimer: All information found on the Records pages has been found in public records provided by the law-enforcement agencies. Although suspects may have been arrested, they may not have at this point been charged or found guilty of a crime. June 6 • 8:29 p.m. - A deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 2200 block of E. Prospect Rd., Ashtabula Township. The deputy cited the driver for operating a vehicle under suspension and ordered the vehicle towed. March 31 • 7:12 p.m. - A deputy responded to a found one-pot methamphetamine laboratory near the intersection of Callendar Rd. and Teleki Rd., Orwell Township. On investigation of the materials found, a deputy determined where they’d been purchased. The deputy obtained surveillance footage and linked the purchase to Nathan Pace, 19, of 7961 Higley Ave., Orwell. The deputy questioned Pace and a woman who’d given him a ride to make the purchase. The deputy filed a report with Western County Court for review of charges against Pace for illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine. June 7 • 11:43 a.m. - A deputy responded to a domestic violence complaint at Ashtabula City Police Department, 5700 W. 58th St., Ashtabula. A female complainant there said her live-in boyfriend assaulted her as she drove him to work in Ashtabula Township and she wished to press charges. Deputies proceeded to the alleged assailant’s place of work, but he fled prior to their arrival. A deputy issued a ‘be on the lookout’ alert for the subject and filed a report with Ashtabula Municipal Court for review on domestic violence charges. • 3:06 p.m. - A deputy responded to a credit card fraud complaint at 2222 E. 42nd St., Ashtabula Township. A resident there said her credit card provider contacted her regarding a suspicious, out-ofstate purchase. The woman said she needed a police report on file to have the charges reversed. • 3:23 p.m. - A deputy responded to an unruly juvenile/domestic violence complaint at 5968 State Route 45, Rome Township. A woman there said she had an argument with her daughter that escalated into a violent fit during which her daughter smashed household items and struck her repeatedly. The woman said when she tried to call emergency services her daughter disconnected the telephone. The deputy arrested the girl and transported her to Ashtabula County Youth Detention Center and filed a report to the Ashtabula Juvenile Prosecutor for review on charges of domestic violence, criminal damaging and disrupting public services. • 7:56 p.m. - A deputy responded to a found narcotics call at Indian Trails on Plymouth Ridge Rd., Plymouth Township. The caller said while hiking he’d found marijuana plants in pots along one of the trails. The deputy located and seized the plants, but left the empty pots with his business card. • 11:50 p.m. - A deputy responded to a domestic violence complaint at 7576 Staley Rd., Orwell Township. An Orwell Police officer arrived to assist. A woman there said her 37-year old son, Joshua Angel L. Goodman was indicted on one count of attempted robbery, a fourth-degree felony. May 24 Erwin C. Coleman was indicted on one count of aggravated pos- • 1:37 p.m. - A deputy responded to a burglary complaint at 3754 session of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Stumpville Rd., Lenox TownRichard R. Lapana was indicted on one count of aggravated ship. A resident there said when possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony; and one count of drug he arrived at his cabin, he found paraphernalia offense, a fourth-degree misdemeanor. the entrance had been forced Shawn Gregory Barnard was indicted on one count of illegal and several items were missing. manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony; one count of illegal The resident named a neighassembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, bor – Ryan Dougherty, age 26, a third-degree felony; one count of aggravated possession of drugs, of 1188 Brockway Rd. – as a a third-degree felony; and one count of tampering with evidence, a possible suspect due to his stealing items from him in the past. third-degree felony. Brian Scott Bernard was indicted on one count of illegal assembly Dougherty’s grandmother lived or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a third- at the Brockway address and said degree felony; one count of possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree Dougherty lived in a camper on felony; and one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree her property and gave the deputy consent to search the camper – felony. where the deputy located most of Sierra Nicole Perry was indicted on one count of illegal manu- the missing items, as well as 14 facture of drugs, a second-degree felony; and one count of illegal potted marijuana plants behind assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a barn. The deputy questioned a third-degree felony. Dougherty, who denied stealing Jessica Leeann Knowlton was indicted on one count of obstructing anything, claiming an acquaintance had brought the items to his justice, a third-degree felony. camper for storage. The deputy Joshua Patrick Alan Javis was indicted on one count of illegal obtained a DNA swab off a shopassembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, ping cart he believed Dougherty a third-degree felony; one count of possessing criminal tools, a used to transport the items to his fifth-degree felony; and one count of tampering with evidence, a camper. The deputy filed a report third-degree felony. with Eastern County Court for Michael Christopher Williams was indicted on one count of il- review on charges of breaking legal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of and entering, receiving stolen drugs, a third-degree felony; one count of possessing criminal tools, property, marijuana cultivation a fifth-degree felony; and one count of tampering with evidence, a and weapons possession under legal disability. third-degree felony. Russell Dwayne Litton was indicted on one count of illegal manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony; one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a third-degree felony; one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony; and one count of possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony. Marriages Keith E. Reeder and Susan E. Wolfe, both of Ashtabula Mark L. Burch II and Jonathan D. Miller Anna M. DiBattista, and Lorena L. Yoder, both of Middlefield both of Follansbee, WV Michael R. Fryer and Tyrone J. Brininger and Melissa A. Shanley, both of Rock Creek Michael L. Burge, Jr., and Latasha L. Sheffey, both of Ashtabula Terry M. Raymond and Kelly J. Gasper, both of Ashtabula Tricia R. Tackett, both of Conneaut Kevin J. Artman and Kristin L. Urch, both of Conneaut Robert A. Goddin, of Newbury, and Martha B. Slocum, of Geneva Benjamin A. Garcia and Tina M. Bowers, both of Ashtabula May 30 • 7:22 a.m. - A deputy responded to a missing children report at 5579 Footville-Richmond Rd., Trumbull Township. A woman there said her two juvenile daughters had run away sometime the night before. The deputy logged the girls’ information into a missing children database and had another deputy check an address found among the girls’ belongings. Geneva City Police later located the girls. The deputy filed a report with the Ashtabula County Juvenile Prosecutor for review of unruly juvenile and runaway charges. June 4 • 7:41 a.m. - A deputy responded to a credit card theft complaint at 5674 State Route 193, Cherry Valley Township. A resident there said his niece had stolen his credit card and used it to make online purchases. The deputy contacted the subject, who failed to make her appointment to give a statement. June 5 • 7:11 a.m. - A deputy responded to a domestic violence complaint at 3107 Myers Rd., Geneva Township. On arrival the caller said she’d had an argument with her husband and there had been no physical contact or harm to her. The deputy gave her a waiver form to sign and cleared without further incident. Conley, had assaulted her. She also said her Conley had forced his way into a bathroom and taken her mobile phone when she tried to call for help. Conley refused to comply with an order to stand and place his hands behind his back. The deputy used mace to subdue Conley and placed him under arrest. The deputy transported Conley to Ashtabula County Jail and booked him on domestic violence, disrupting public services and resisting arrest charges. June 9 • 11:04 a.m. - A deputy responded to a trespassing complaint at 6535 Jefferson Rd., Ashtabula Township. A resident there said she and a neighbor had witnessed a former acquaintance on their property after he’d been told to stay away and issued a previous summons for criminal trespassing. The deputy located the subject and issued him a summons the Ashtabula Municipal Court on criminal trespassing charges. The subject said he wouldn’t be going to court and the deputy was wasting his time. • 2:44 p.m. - A deputy responded to a domestic violence complaint at 6636 Crawford Rd., Saybrook Township. A resident there said her 15-year-old son had struck her and threatened to kill her daughter during an argument over chores. The boy said he hates women and would rather be in jail or a group home than with them. The deputy transported the boy to Ashtabula County Youth Detention Center and charged him with domestic violence – enhanced due to this incident being a repeat offense. • 9:06 p.m. - A deputy responded to a missing child report at 8077 Oak Dr., Williamsfield Township. A woman there said her 15-year-old daughter hadn’t returned from a friend’s house as agreed and had said she was going to New York. The deputy located the girl on Stanhope-Kellogsville Rd. and took her into custody. The girl wouldn’t divulge where she’d been or with whom but admitted to smoking methamphetamine. The deputy filed a report with the Ashtabula County Juvenile Prosecutor for review on unruly juvenile charges. June 12 • 11:07 a.m. - Deputies responded to a domestic violence complaint at Saybrook Landing, 2300 Center Rd., Saybrook Township. An argument between an employee there and her live-in boyfriend escalated. The male subject struck her and took her mobile phone and left in her vehicle. The vehicle was later located, but the subject was not. A deputy filed a report with Ashtabula Municipal Court for review of domestic violence charges. • 2:54 p.m. - Deputies responded to a domestic violence complaint at 2994 County Line Rd. North, Geneva Township. A woman said an argument with her boyfriend, Michael Church, age 26, escalated and he shoved her. A deputy placed Church into custody and transported him to Ashtabula June 10 County Jail on domestic violence • 2:22 a.m. - A deputy responded and child endangerment charges to an unwanted subject complaint as well as an outstanding arrest at 4431 Denise Dr., Ashtabula warrant for failure to appear at a Township. A woman there said court hearing. her son was on the premises and 2016 CHEVY SPARK Stk #16C117 his behavior and the likelihood of his being under the influence of drugs frightened her and she could not make him leave. The deputy was advised the subject had multiple active felony arrest warrants. The subject refused to comply with the deputy’s orders to stop and was tased. The deputy discovered the subject in possession of a hypodermic syringe and a bent, burnt metal spoon. Ashtabula Township Fire Department transported the subject to Ashtabula County Medical Center for observation as the subject claimed he’d injected himself with bleach. In addition to the active warrants, the deputy filed a report with Ashtabula Municipal Court for review on drug abuse, possession of drug abuse instruments and resisting arrest charges. • 8:36 p.m. - A deputy responded to a suspicious person complaint near the intersection of East 32nd St. and State Rd., Ashtabula Township. The caller said they’d seen a man going onto porches of homes in the neighborhood. The deputy detained the subject and conducted a search of his person. The deputy found a used hypodermic syringe, a crack pipe and other paraphernalia. The deputy issued the subject a summons to Ashtabula Municipal Court for possession of drug abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia charges. sssss WOW 20 % OFF sssss MSRP M SRP $116,795 LESS $3,359 $ BUY NOW 13,436 13 4 plus tax & title 440.576.9031 310 S. CHESTNUT ST., JEFFERSON Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for featured deals! 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The event will focus on two of the most popular canine team sports today - dog agility and rally obedience – and hosted by the United States Dog Agility Association. Both sports emphasize the Olympic values of teamwork, respect, perseverance, fair play and sportsmanship for success. USDAA has a long his- GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 9B Local restaurants band together to support Foodbank with ‘Empty Plate’ campaign ASHTABULA COUNTY - More than a dozen locally owned restaurants are banding together to raise funds for the Ashtabula County Foodbank during the weekend of June 24-26. The effort, named “Empty Plate” to call attention to families that struggle to put food on the table, will encourage customers to add a $5 donation (or increments of five dollars) to their check. The donations will go directly to the Ashtabula County Foodbank. Ashtabula County has over twenty food pantries and soup kitchens that provide emergency food to people in need. They are generally operated by churches and social service agencies and reach every area of the county. Lesser known, however, is the Ashtabula County Foodbank, the program that provides most of the food to pantries and soup kitchens. The Ashtabula County Foodbank tory of supporting Olympic acquires donated, surplus and low cost food and stores the events and values. Over food in its warehouse until pantries and soup kitchens need the years, the company has provided interactive demonstrations and competitions at U.S. Equestrian ASHTABULA TOWNTeam events and the Pan Am Games, and has hosted SHIP - Wildfire Dance Studio and sponsored interna- will offer three two-hour dance tional dog agility competi- camps on June 20, 21 and 22 tions both in the U.S. and at their studio in the Ashtabula Towne Square in Ashtabula abroad. The action begins at 2 Township. Guest choreographers Lindp.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday through Sunday say Lancaster and Katie Farry and will wrap by 6 p.m. of Cincinnati will work with the competitive teams at the camps, each day. Lindsay Lancaster The SPIRE Institute is which are open to all intermedilocated at 5201 Spire Cir- ate area dancers ages 7 and up. scholarship to EDGE PAC “We invite all kids who helped launch her career taking cle, Geneva, OH 44041 and is one of the largest indoor, love dance to experience these her across the world into Europe multi-sport, training and amazing instructors,” stated and Asia. Lancaster has worked competition complexes in Mary Murtha, Wildfire Direc- with Beyonce, Mel B (Spice tor. “No matter where they take Girls), Lil’ Wayne, Taryn Manthe world. For more information on class or what activities they do, ning, Melody Thornton (Pussythese two exciting events, any child who loves music and cat Dolls), and others. Her TV please visit www.usdaa- movement would enjoy these credits include Dancing with the Stars, X-Factor, Abbey Lee’s titlemania.com or www.ral- camps.” Lancaster is a fresh and Ultimate Dance Challenge, lyworldchampionships.com. exciting choreographer whose Conan O’Brien, America’s Got Talent and David Letterman. Farry is a senior soloist and Rehearsal Director for Exhale Dance Tribe in Cincinnati. to be resupplied. The cooperative nature of the Foodbank enables more food to be available to pantries at a very low cost. There is no cost to the people who receive the food from pantries and soup kitchens. The Ashtabula County Foodbank provided over one million pounds of food to local pantries last year and will do so again this year. That was the equivalent of 104,000 meals. While these numbers are impressive, the need far outstrips the amount of available food and this is what motivated the restaurant owners to support the “Empty Plate” effort. The Foodbank has an annual budget of just $95,000. The restaurant owners are hoping to significantly increase the Foodbank budget and the numbers of families who can be helped. The locally owned restaurants that are sponsoring “Empty Plate” are Bascule Bridge Grille, Biscotti’s, Briquettes Smokehouse, Casa Capelli, Crosswinds Grille, Crow’s Nest, Dublin Down, Grind House, Martini’s, Piero’s Pasta, Purola Brothers Pizza, Rennick Meat Market, Scribblers Coffee. Guest choreographers to lead Wildfire Dance Camps 6287 St. Rt. 193 North Kingsville, Ohio (440) 224-0111 www.thegreatoutdoorsohio.com The Largest Power Equipment Inventory! Katie Farry Studying since age three, she has trained under Missy Lay Zimmer, Andrew Hubbard and Jennifer Rutherford at Planet Dance Cincinnati since 2008. Farry has performed at Over the Rhine, Bootsy Collins and The Bengsons under the direction of Sonya Tayeh. Farry also worked as an assistant to choreographers Lay- Zimmer and Hubbard for Cincinnati Ballet’s 2013 performance with Peter Frampton LIVE. The accomplished duo will offer a Hip Hop camp on Mon- day, June 20, a contemporary camp on Tuesday, June 21, and a Video Dance Star camp on Wednesday, June 22. Registration is open to all dancers age 7 and up. Cost is $25 for each twohour hour camp. Register at www.wildfiredance.com or call 440-7899541 for more information. The camp descriptions: — Monday, June 20, 12-2 p.m. Hip Hop, $25, Intermediate level. Open class: LA style hip hop combinations & movement — Tuesday, June 21, 3:305:30 p.m., Contemporary, $25, Intermediate level. Open class: Creative freedom and interpretive movement — Wednesday, June 22, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Video Dance Star, $25, Intermediate level. Open Class: Learn the moves of a video background dance 10B • GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 Community News Animals find sanctuary BY WJ KEACH Gazette Newspapers JEFFERSON – Lasa Sanctuary is a nonprofit animal sanctuary, with three goals. In addition to animal sanctuary, Lasa works in the human community, reaching out to nursing homes, schools and homeless shelters, trying to bridge the gap between animals and people. Lasa also promotes a vegan diet with concern for environmental issues and holistic living. Situated on almost eleven acres, the sanctuary is home to more than 90 animals, although the population continues to change. The name Lasa is an acronym for Love all, serve all. Started in 2011, Lasa was inspired by the familycompanion animal-rescue group in Wooster, Ohio. The founders and directors are Joy and Tom Karuna. Joy, how did you find this path in life? Joy Karuna: I have always loved animals and grew up around many various species. In 2007, I walked into a humane society to see a dog shivering in a concrete kennel, belly crawling from fear. I took her home and created We Are Family Animal Rescue, to help her and others find safe forever homes. After a few years, and further educating myself on animal issues, I decided to expand and redirect my efforts to include farmed animals and to move from adoption into PHOTOS BY JOY KARUNA Joy Karuna founded Jefferson’s Lasa animal The Lasa animal sanctuary in Jefferson provides sanctuary in 2011. permanent homes for farm long-term sanctuary, Lasa and other animals. was born from that personal piglet when he was put on a evolution. What problems have transport truck to be taken you had to overcome to to the feed lot for “fattenmake and keep Lasa suc- ing” for market. His fear and smarts led him to hide cessful? Joy: Funding! Our biggest in the shadows of the truck challenge is always find- when it was unloaded and ing creative and inspiring then reloaded with adult ways to grow along with our pigs bound for the slaughanimals’ needs. Rescue is terhouse. He survived the impossible to strategize or trip in the cramped truck predict so we must remain with pigs more than 25 adaptable while being re- times his size only to be discovered during unloading sponsible. How is the sanctuary at the slaughterhouse. The driver of the truck was told doing now? Joy: We have been blessed he could not be slaughtered and fortunate beyond even due to his size and was our understanding and have instructed to “hit it with a grown amazingly in the 2x4 and leave it on the side few years we’ve been here. of the road.” The driver, We are so thankful to the thankfully, instead drove amazing community who him to a friend’s house who has supported us in getting reached out to us for perthis far and look forward to manent placement. Theo connecting with many more arrived in the middle of winter and had to spend the in years to come. Tell us some of your first few months living in our basement until he could favorite animal stories. Joy: There are so many grow and we could construct — Theodore Logan, for ex- a safe outside enclosure ample. He was just a wee for him and his sanctuary The Lasa animal sanctuary provides permanent homes for farm animals, even the rude ones. brother, Webster William. Today Theo is a spunky, ornery, full-of-life pig who fully enjoys every minute of mud play, sun bathing, and snacks. There is a YouTube video with one of your cows listening to flute music. Do the cows prefer classical, country, rap or classic rock? Joy: Just like people, each animal has their own personality and preferences. I remember driving hours in our Honda Element bringing home our first cow, Donovan. When Bob Marley started playing, Donovan visibly relaxed and laid down, letting out a deep sigh. To this day, Donovan loves reggae. Jasper, however, seems to prefer hip hop. Animals are a 365-daya-year responsibility. How do you cope? Joy: Our days are very busy with several rounds of chores to be completed in addition to other tasks such as vet visits, shopping Who needs GPS? Yes, that large bovine named Donovan is watching the road for sanctuary director Tom Karuna. trips, tours, etc. Lasa is a volunteer organization and we receive no income from the work we do here. As for coping, a Confucius quote comes to mind - Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. This applies to me. This is my passion and my life’s purpose. Where do you see Lasa in 10 years? We hope to expand our land, our infrastructure, and our education programming, as well as network with various mental health and school programs. We still have a lot of kinks to work out like running out of water (don’t worry, we get it trucked in) and manure management as our herd grows. I never could have predicted where we are now. I can’t wait to see what Lasa has become by 2027! One last question, can you tell us why the relationship between people and animals is important? Joy: My educational and work background is in education and mental health counseling. Part of my inspiration for founding Lasa, by design a small and intimate sanctuary, was to provide connection between species and to work from a perspective of paralleled healing. That is to say that altruism is, to me, the most genuine path to wellness that has ever been. Sitting with a cow, feeling the shared heartbeat between their species and our own, or looking into the eyes of a content pig while knowing the trauma they’ve felt, the trust they’ve given, the healing they’ve embraced… we heal our own hearts and ultimately that will heal the world. Lasa does tours by prescheduled private reservation only, with periodic openhouse events posted online. Lasa is all volunteer and has no paid staff. Lasa generally does not take “owner release” animals. Animals are not up for adoption, Lasa is a sanctuary. Animal sponsors are needed. Donations can be made online or by check to P.O. Box 488, Ashtabula OH 44005. Find Lasa on the web at www.lasasanctuary.org, or friend them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Lasa. Santuary.Oh. To see Lasa animals’ reaction to a live flute player go to YouTube at www.youtube. com/watch?v=0RhjlbIkAJo. Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Events Firehouse Winery to host Wine and Jazz Festival June 18 June 16 Jefferson: Tracy Lake Day: It’s Tracy Lake Day at Lake Effects Hair Salon on 1-5 p.m. Thursday, June 16. Stop in and say hi and enjoy light refreshments. Tracy has been Virginia Minick’s hairdresser for 25 years, and she wanted to honor her. “She deserves a high-five for her awesome talent and successful business,” she said. BY GABRIEL McVEY Gazette Newspapers June 17-19 Jefferson: Jefferson Days: Jefferson Days in downtown Jefferson. Carnival begins Friday night with rides, games and more. GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE KE – The Old Firehouse Winery y on the Strip at Geneva-onthe-Lake will play host to its second annual Wine and Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 18, with a themed craft show as well as the winery’s famous Ferris wheel in operation for guests. “This is the second year ear we’ve done this,” Manager Bobby Woods said. “It went over well last year, so we’re doing it again.” The Old Firehouse Winery hosts a craft show every Saturday during the summer season, but during special events Firehouse tries to set a theme, according to Woods. “The theme this year will go along with the wine and jazz theme,” Woods said. “People can come down and sit and enjoy the show.” Two local jazz bands will be performing as a part of the Wine and Jazz Festival at the Old Firehouse Winery: the L.S. Jazz Express will play from noon until 4 p.m. and then the Teddy Pantelas Trio will take the stage from 4-8 p.m. “The festival will run from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.,” Woods said. “The vendors usually pack up by about 8. People can come down and we don’t charge for entry, but people will have to pay for their samplings.” Woods said the Old Firehouse Winery typically partners with other area wineries for the Wine and Jazz Festival, with seven other wineries contributing their wares to last year’s event. “It’s a great time,” Woods said. “People can some down, check out the crafts, sample some wines and enjoy the show.” June 17 Ashtabula: Ashtabula Friendly Quilters: On Friday, June 17, from 7-9 p.m., the Ashtabula Friendly Quilters will have Pat Knoechel from California and sister of and partner with Eleanor Burns, noted for her “Quilt in a Day” TV show. She will have patterns from a new book, “Quilts from El’s Attic” and will demonstrate how to assemble a block. There will be several quilts shown. Also there will be books and quilting supplies for sale at show prices. The show is at the Ashtabula Church of the Nazarene, located on South Ridge Road West in Ashtabula. Check out the barn quilt at the Jefferson Depot June 17-18 Roaming Shores: Annual Garage Sale: The Annual Roaming Shores Garage Sale will be held Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. June 18 Jefferson: Ashtabula County Beekeepers Association: The Ashtabula County Beekeepers Association will meet Saturday, June 18, at the 4-H Extension Office, 39 Wall Street, Jefferson. Potluck dinner at noon. Please bring a dish/dessert to share. Meeting at 1 p.m. Speaker: Sharon Riccio Topic: What to do with swarms. SUBMITTED PHOTO Painted by artist Jane Wilson and constructed by David Blough, Jim Dutton and Troy Bailey, the “Royal Star of Ohio” Barn Quilt is mounted on the 1849 Church Barn in the Jefferson Depot Village. View it from East Walnut Street on your way to the Strawberry Festival - Craft Bazaar this weekend, June 18-19. Crafters coming from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio will line the Depot midway and inside the Depot. June 19 Geneva: Breakfast Buffet: A Breakfast Buffet will be held Sunday, June 19, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Geneva-Madison Knights of Columbus Hall, 6113 N. Ridge Road W., Geneva. Buffet includes: pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, sausage gravy, fruit cup, juice, and beverage. Cost is $6 each; children 3-10 $3; under 3, free; maximum $25 for family with children. on them? Who is buried there? Join Barrie Bottorf of the Ashtabula County Historical Society for a walking tour of the cemetery 2 p.m. June 19 Ashtabula: Big Bands on the Beach Summer Concert June 19. The public is welcome and no reservation is necessary. The Series: Big Bands on the Beach Summer Concert Series features the walk will be held rain or shine. Madison Jazz Project performing tunes from the 1930s and 1940s on Sunday, June 19, from 4-6 p.m. at Walnut Beach, Ashtabula. Free June 20 Ashtabula Township: Senior Center Happy Travelers and open to the public. Rain or shine. Flag raising and singing of Picnic: The Senior Center Happy Travelers will hold a picnic at the National Anthem. ACMC information and literature table. Vets Lake Shore Park at noon. Chicken, drinks and place setting will be will be asked to stand for recognition. Concession stand, restrooms, provided. Bring covered dish and unwrapped elephant gift. Happy free parking, and handicapped ramp available. Bring parasols, lawn Travelers Social Club members only. chairs, and bottled water if desired. Sponsored the City of Ashtabula June 20 Ashtabula: Retired Teachers Association: The Ashtabula and funded by ACMC. County Retired Teachers Association will meet at the Trinity PresbyJune 19 Kingsville: Tour Lulu Falls Cemetery: Ever wonder about terian Church in Ashtabula. Program of the Pearly Shells Polynesian the stories behind the graves at Lulu Falls Cemetery in Kingsville? Review. Reservations needed. Call (440) 563-3595 or (440) 275What about all those rows of grave stones that have only a number 5320 before the Wednesday before each meeting for reservations. County News GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 11B Against All Odds The medical heroes of the war BY BARBARA J. HAMILTON Gazette Newspapers Editor’s Note: The Gazette has begun an ongoing series of stories originally published in the D-Day Conneaut programs. They are dedicated to the men and women who served during World War II. This story appeared in the 2011 edition and reflects details at that time. The training of the men and women before the war prepared them medically, but the difficulties they would encounter to help the injured were beyond anything they had ever experienced. After arrival on the Normandy beaches, the medics had their hands full. The wounded were scattered everywhere. While going from man to man, the medics were shot at by German snipers. If a man could be moved, he would be dragged to the shelter of the sea wall. Immediate aid might simply be placing a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, a great danger on the battlefield. The medics would clean a wound the best they could and administer sulfa or the newly introduced wonder drug, penicillin. During May, the month leading up to D-Day, the American pharmaceutical industry had sent 100 million units of penicillin in preparation for the great number of men who would need it in the invasion days and months. Morphine was used to deaden the pain. Each man receiving a morphine shot was tagged so that the next medic would not give a man a second shot. Waiting for an opportunity to take the wounded from the beaches, the medics comforted the men, many out of their minds with fear and pain. The wounded were transported back to the ships in the same boats that had NATIONAL ARCHIVES Retrieving the dead at Omaha Beach was difficult. brought them uninjured and whole. The boats were returning for more troops. Once at the side of the ships, the injured were hoisted into litters and raised to the deck with rigged booms. Once on board, surgery could begin. Amputation was done with the aid of a new anesthetic, sodium pentothal, easing the shock and pain for the men. Shrapnel and bullets had to be removed. For many of the men, shock had begun to set in. Their fears overwhelmed them and many required sedation. The men were transported to hospitals where they could recuperate and return to the field. This was usually done at the first sign of healing because so many men were needed to fight. Most of the men were willing and ready to continue. If the wounds were too severe, they would be sent back to the States if they pulled through. Many doctors and nurses landed at Normandy within days of the initial invasion. Field hospitals were made up of physicians, dentists, medical administration staff, nurses, enlisted men, a chaplain and Red Cross workers. The field hospital was then divided into a headquarters and three smaller units known as platoons or detachments. Each unit was fully equipped to serve as a separate mobile hospital. Small teams of specialized surgeons nurses and technicians were assigned to each unit. The medical teams often had to set up temporary hospitals close to enemy action. Some of the units were bombed several times. Blood for the blood banks was shipped in from the United States and transported to where it was needed. America rallied for her troops and blood collection from volunteer donors reached 13.4 millions pints during the war and it was shipped all over the world to those who’s very lives depended on it. Later, in the winter after D-Day, the medics not only treated wounds, they were faced with the problems of trench foot, frostbite and cold- and snow-related problems. Hospitals were set up wherever a large building could be found. They used schoolhouses, churches and, often, shelled-out buildings. The conditions were often deplorable. The hospital staff had to spend their initial moving in time cleaning the building to the extent they could house patients. This was followed by setting up operating rooms, xray units and post-op wards. Constant moving of the hospital and the patients was always necessary. Often the fighting was so close the staff feared being overrun by Germans. It was common to have to move several times in a night. Moving at night during blackout allowed the roads to be free in the daytime for movement of troops and equipment. Some units had to move several times in the night. The tension was terrible. The staff had to maintain calm in the midst of each crisis to keep the injured calm. The three units under the 57th Field Hospital, which supported the United States 7th Army and Infantry Divisions, moved 40 times from October of 1944 to April of 1945, according to personal testimony from one of the nurses. Unit B of the 57th Field Hospital cared for the critically wounded during the winter of 1944 to early June, 1945. To their credit, they supported 24 battalions of troops. Many of our men would not have survived D-Day or the battles that followed if it had not been through the efforts of the medical men and women who risked everything, some losing their life, and went against all odds to care for our troops. Weekend full of events in Jefferson BY STEFANIE WESSELL Gazette Newspapers JEFFERSON - There will be plenty to do in the Village of Jefferson this weekend, as Jefferson Days will return this year on Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 19. Jefferson Days is being sponsored by the Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce this year. In recent years, the festival has been a oneday event called Village Day. The Chamber has decided to expand it this year to include even more events for village residents and visitors to enjoy. Jefferson Days will feature a carnival from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening at East Jefferson Street down by the Giddings Park and Jefferson United Methodist Church. The road will be closed for the rides, food vendors and games that will be set up. The Strawberry Festival will take place at the historic 19th century Jefferson Depot. Admission is free this year. Hours for the Strawberry Festival are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 18, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 19. There will be free parking on East Walnut Street. Crafters coming from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio will line the Depot midway and inside the Depot, Depot volunteer Jean Dutton said. “There’s going to be something that every type of person of every age can enjoy,” Chamber President Patty Fisher said. “There’s going to be the Strawberry Festival, antique cars, rides for the kids and more.” The merchants up town are having special sales on Friday and Saturday, and many of the churches are also having sales, Fisher said. People are also encouraged to hold their own yard sales in a community-wide yard sale. “It’ll bring lots of people in,” Fisher said. Park •4-9 p.m. Covered Bridge Festival booth at Giddings Park All day - Merchant sales at participating businesses •9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Treasure Sale at Jefferson United Methodist Church •9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Rummage Sale at St. Joseph’s Calasanctius Church Saturday, June 18 •All day - Merchant sales at participating businesses •Fire safety house and kids’ firefighter training at the Jefferson Fire Department •12-11 p.m. - Carnival with rides and games on East Jefferson Street by Giddings Park •9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Farmers’ market behind the Jefferson Historical Society •9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Treasure Sale at Jefferson United Methodist Church •9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Pick-up Truck Show, display of barn quilts, food and more at the Jefferson Historical Society •9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Attic Treasures Sale at the First Congregational United Church of Christ •9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Rummage Sale at St. Joseph’s Calasanctius Church •9 a.m. - 9 p.m. - Covered Bridge Festival booth at Giddings Park •9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Rotary Club cheese sales at the Jefferson Historical Society •10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Book sale, children’s activities and more at the Henderson Memorial Public Library •10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Community Yard Sale at Village Green •11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Strawberry Festival at the historic 19th century Jefferson Depot •1 p.m. - Barn-quilt dedication, beginning at the Jefferson Historical Society Sunday, June 19 •12-6 p.m. - Carnival with rides and games on East Jefferson Street by Giddings Park •12-6 p.m. - Covered Bridge Festival booth at Giddings Park Jefferson Days and •12 to 5 p.m. - Strawberry Strawberry Festival Festival at the historic 19th century Jefferson Depot schedule of events •1-3 p.m. - Handicap Day at the Carnival Friday, June 17 •3-11 p.m. - Carnival with •1 to 4 p.m. - Antique and rides and games on East Classic Car Show at the hisJefferson Street by Giddings toric 19th century Jefferson Depot Season Pass: Best Value for Summer Fun! 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I know the hay we made on our farm is some of the best we have made in the past decade. The nice weather has also allowed for farmers to plant some of our wetter fields, which have not been planted the past few years. Of course, we need Mother Nature to provide us with timely rain showers and plenty of heat to help our crops grow from here on out. Even though we have had ideal weather for a great planting season in Ashtabula County, it does not mean all is well in paradise. The corn and soybean prices have retracted over the past year and the milk prices are the lowest we have seen since 2009. In fact, our current milk prices are a good $1$2 per hundred weight of milk below what it costs to produce it. There is no doubt the production agriculture sector is going through a tough financial period. Financial stress in the farm business often equates to stress within the farm family and can extend to farm employees. My counterpart, Rory Lewandowski, in Wayne County wrote a nice article recently about stress on the farm and I would like to share some of the key points Rory made. We all know stress is a normal part of life. Stress can motivate us to get things done or to make adjustments in our life. However, when stress events begin to a pile up, things can snow ball out of control. Because of this, it is important to recognize the common symptoms of stress and be thinking of how to manage the stress. Some common symptoms of stress include: feeling tired all the time, inability to relax, disrupted sleep pattern, irritability, anger, problems getting along with people, anxiousness, feelings of being overwhelmed, emotional outbursts, trouble concentrating, headaches, frequent illness, increased alcohol or tobacco use, and withdrawal. Rory stresses the need to develop and maintain avenues of communication during tough financial times. Communication allows farm families to generate ideas for problem solving, how to cut production costs, and/or how to increase efficiency or productivity. Regular communication during stressful financial times can help to reduce a negative environment and to prevent finger pointing and blaming. It is natural to look for a source to blame, but in the current farm economy low prices are not the fault of any farm manager, family member or farm employee. In addition, it is known that often just being able to talk about financial problems or feelings of frustration, helplessness and anxiety can be helpful to mental and emotional health. In a family farm situation, it may take an extra effort to maintain communication during stressful financial times. Rory suggest putting some “structures” in place that will help facilitate regular communication. An example of this is regularly scheduled family or farm business meetings. Meetings should have planned agenda items and a set starting and ending time. Some ground rules should be in place that provide opportunity for everyone to speak and that prevent any kind of personal attacks or blaming. The focus should be on the farm business. One of the topics on the agenda might be an update of the current farm financial situation. This update allows all family members and farm employees to understand the current farm situation, can squash any rumors that may have started, and can help family members and farm employees understand why repairs instead of new purchases are being made, why withdrawals for family living are being maintained or decreased, and why employee raises may be delayed or decreased. Sharing financial information within this type of business meeting structure can empower family members and employees to feel valued as a team member and new ideas about how to meet financial challenges may be generated. Rory also mentioned that in addition to communicating with family members and farm employees, the farm owner or manager should have a support network that understands the farm’s financial situation. Someone who can look at the farm situation from a non-personal perspective and that is not as emotionally invested in the farm operation can provide some clearer thinking and/ or information that can be helpful in making decisions. These are people that want to see your farm succeed and be passed on to the next generation. This support network can include your lender, equipment dealer, seed/fertilizer dealer, financial advisor, nutritionist, veterinarian, Extension educator, tax preparer, or other trusted advisors. I am currently helping two local dairy farm families examine their financial situation and I am confident we will find ways for them to weather this financial downturn. If you would like help, do not hesitate to give me a call at 440-576-9008 To end today’s column, I would like to share a quote from Marcus Buckingham, who stated, “Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much, but because we’re taking on too little of what really strengthens us.” Have a good and safe day! David Marrison is Associate Professor and Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension. Mr. Marrison can be reached at 440-576-9008 or marrison.2@osu.edu New fact sheet could help producers keep specialty crops safe from herbicide drift Ohio’s corn and soybean growers could soon be spraying a lot more of two powerful herbicides on their fields. That’s why experts from Ohio State University Extension are offering tips on how to keep those herbicides from getting on other crops, especially valuable specialty crops such as grapes. Doug Doohan and Roger Downer, both of the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, are the authors of Reducing 2,4-D and Dicamba Drift Risk to Fruits, Vegetables and Landscape Plants, a new fact sheet that explains how herbicide sprays can drift onto nontarget fields, the special concerns about the herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba, and how to prevent unwanted damage to crops. The fact sheet is also intended, Doohan said, to raise awareness of Ohio’s specialty crops, which include not just grapes but apples, berries, peaches, herbs, hops, pumpkins, tomatoes and nursery-grown trees, to name a few. The grape and wine industry alone, according to recent figures, contributes some $786 million to the state’s economy. “Creating and maintaining a heightened awareness of the specialty crop industry is probably the most important way to reduce the risk of future herbicide damage and the lawsuits that sometimes follow,” Doohan said. Weed control for GM crops 2,4-D and dicamba are the cornerstones of two new proposed weed control systems: Dow AgroSciences’ 2,4-Dbased Enlist Weed Control System for genetically modified corn and soybeans and Monsanto’s dicamba-based Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System for GM soybeans. Both systems were developed because more and more weeds have grown resistant to glyphosate alone. Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup, for example, which is sprayed to kill weeds in widely grown Roundup Ready GM crops including corn and soybeans. Both new systems are awaiting regulatory approval. But Doohan said both - and 2,4-D and dicamba as part of them - are “likely to be used much more extensively and intensively throughout the Midwest, starting in the near future.” Included, he said, would be most of Ohio’s 4-plus million acres of soybeans. The fact sheet is free at county offices of OSU Extension and go.osu.edu/ReducingDriftRisk. off the spent flower? Last Friday, there were a lot of people visiting and admiring Our National Flower growing here in Past President Jefferson. Some people liked the idea of the variNortheast Ohio ous raised bed. They said, Rose Society “don’t have to worry about plants sitting in water.” p Our new nursery bed imO pressed some folks. This p nursery bed measures 16 n feet by 10 feet and is enf closed with retaining wall c cement blocks. It is filled c with two yards of sandy top soil, three bags of compost and half a bag of peat, all blended together with a roto-tiller. There are 19 rose cuttings planted according to their height when full grown. The largest roses are in the back and the miniatures in front. This September you will see the results of four growing months. All I can say is that you have to see it to believe it. Each of the cuttings had about two tablespoons of bone meal added to the planting hole. Bone meal encourages good strong root growth. Total cost for this bed of roses is less than $200 and about 10 hours of work. These roses will give enjoyment for many, many years. Speaking of work, what happens to a plant when you cut off the spent flower? If you let a rose bloom die, and let the petals fall off, you will be left with a rose hip that contains seeds. All plants want to make seeds for next year. When you cut off (dead head) a rose blossom, the plant will send up another cane producing another rose flower. What other flower does this? Last week we talked about yellowing leaves. If this is caused by a disease then some action will be required. If left untreated, disease will defoliate a cane, putting that cane is stress and eventually killing it. Black spot and mildew are the primary diseases here in Northeast Ohio. Black spot is a fungus that can found on the ground in over wintering spores. These spores require 15-37 days to form a visible colony. A rain followed by high humidity would be a condition that would permit infection. Spores are spread by splashing water and during cultivation and are wind-borne only in water drops. Powdery Mildew spreads the infection from overwintering fungus. Spores that land on plant surfaces germinate at once. Successive spores develop on the leaf or stem and additional cells are invaded to produce the characteristic powdery appearance. Air movement spreads the disease. High relative humidities, spore production and germination generally occur at night. The Downy Mildew disease is caused by a fungus that under cool, moist conditions can produce a large number of spores that are easily spread by air currents or splashing water. Downey Mildew differs from powdery mildew in that it invades and kills the tissues of the rose plant. The spores are produced on the lower surface of infected leaves, while powder mildew is found mostly on the upper surfaces of the leaves. Control would be to keep the garden clean of infected foliage. Rake the debris from under your rose bushes. Do not put this into your compost pile. Put it with your garbage. Cornell University conducted many experiments with baking soda and concluded that two tablespoons per gallon of water would control these diseases. Must be applied after every rain. There are many fungicides available. However, let’s try to be earth friendly. Neem Oil is an organic material I am currently trying. Time will tell how effective this product of the neem tree will be. We want you to grow and enjoy our National Flower. Call Ed at 624-4192. Stop in for a visit and let’s talk roses. BY EDWARD ZASADZINSKI Our National FLOWER Pierpont Mix-N-Match PACS 4-H Club excited about the fair The Pierpont Mix-N-Match PACS 4-H Club is very excited about this 2016 fair year. This year, we have 30 members all doing many different projects. Our advisors Bart and Kelly Kanicki and Ros Eldred take the 4-H motto “To Make the Best Better” seriously by encouraging and helping us grow in knowledge as we work on our different projects. This year’s officers for the Pierpont Mix-N-Match PACS are: President Josh Sommers, Vice President Adele Bogardus, Secretary Olivia Holden, Treasurer Levi Cole, News Reporters Abbey and Kate Cole, and Recreation Officers Cody Kanicki and Justin Swiger. In our meetings, we have been talking about important information regarding the preparations for this year’s fair. This year’s fair theme is “Blue Jeans and Country Dreams.” We have been talking about float ideas for the parade. Super Saturday is July 16, so all those 4-H members out there don’t forget to study. Required Parent Advisor LIVESTOCK meetings are June 18, 2016, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., held in the MAC Arena at the fairgrounds and July 18, 2016, at 6 p.m., held at the 4-H Expo building at the fairgrounds at least one parent most attend one of these meetings. Required parent/advisor SADDLE HORSE meetings are June 26, 2016, 3-5 p.m. and July 18, 7-9 p.m., both held at the 4-H Expo building at the fairgrounds at least one parent must attend this meeting. Carcass forms are due by July 1 in the Ashtabula County Extension Office. Carcass show details July 27, 6-8 p.m., Steers, Sheep, and Lamb drop-off and Aug. 3, 6-8 p.m. Hog drop-off. Both need to be dropped off at Smokin’ T’s. This year’s carcass show will be held at Smokin’ T’s on Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. We hope to see a lot of people having fun and enjoying this year’s 2016 Ashtabula County fair. The fair will be Aug. 9-14 and the Market animal sale will be Aug. 13. We encourage you to come out and support 4-H. — Submitted by News Reporters Abbey and Kate Cole Outdoors GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 • 13B Lottery for Pickerel Creek’s Early Waterfowl Hunts INSIDE THE OUTDOORS BY DALE SUNDERLIN Freelance writer from Geneva djss@roadrunner.com Lottery for Pickerel Creek’s Early Waterfowl Hunts Hunters interested in hunting Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area on the opening day of teal season and Labor Day are encouraged to enter the online lottery, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The application period opens Wednesday, June 1 and runs through Sunday, July 31. Adults may apply for morning hunts being held each day. Hunters under the age of 18 at the time of application may apply for special youth hunts being held each afternoon. Successful applicants will receive notification in the mail by late August instructing them on how to find print their hunt permit from the website. Hunters can apply for the controlled hunts by completing the application process online using the Wild Ohio Customer Center at wildohio.gov or by calling 800-WILDLIFE (800945-3543) and requesting a mail-in application. There is a non-refundable application fee of $3 per hunt. Special hunts are held on selected areas to provide additional opportunities for Ohio’s hunting enthusiasts. All applicants, youth and adult, must possess a 2016-2017 Ohio hunting license and meet the age requirements in order to apply for a controlled hunt. Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area is located in Sandusky County off State Route 6, between Fremont and Sandusky. Soil Sample the #1 item to Food Plot Success. It’s that time of year again when deer farmers start considering what to plant, how to plant it and how to get the best results. For all you new plot masters you need to know all forage products come with planting dates and planting instructions on the package. The planting instructions are short and designed to be easy to follow. That means, though, that you should follow the instructions step-by-step and not cut corners if you expect to get the best results. Of all the factors that influence food plot success, other than using high-quality seed, none are more important than making sure soil pH is neutral (6.5 to 7.5) by adding lime to the soil if soil pH is low, and that any low levels of important nutrients in the soil, such as phosphorous and potassium, are brought up with fertilizer. To understand why that’s important, you need to know two things. First, plants can freely uptake nutrients from the soil only when soil pH is within a certain range. Otherwise, nutrients are bound up in the soil in a way that inhibits the plant from freely accessing them. Second, the soil pH range in which plants can freely uptake nutrients from the soil isn’t the same for all kinds of plants. The optimum soil pH range for most high-quality forage plantings for deer is neutral soil pH, or a soil pH between 6.5 to 7.5. When such forages are planted in soils with soil pH below 6.5 (acidic soil), nutrients are bound up in the soil so the forage plants cannot freely access them, and the lower the soil pH is, the more the forage plants will struggle. Many farm crops, vegetables and other kinds of plants, though, are able to freely uptake nutrients even when soil pH is slightly acidic. Why Have a Qualified Soil Testing Lab Test Your Soil? That can be answered generally with one word: precision. First, only a qualified soil testing laboratory can accurately determine what soil pH and soil fertility (levels of crucial nutrients in your soil) are. Second, soils differ widely in capacity to hold lime activity and fertilizer, and only a lab can scientifically analyze your soil’s characteristics accurately enough to develop very precise recommendations concerning lime and/or fertilizer that you’ll need to add to the soil if levels are low. Most cheap probes, slurries and other such do-it-yourself soil test kits simply cannot provide the level of accuracy necessary to precisely tell you those things. And precision isn’t just important for making sure you buy the lime and/or fertilizer that is needed to bring the soil into optimum growing conditions. The precision of laboratory soil testing also lets you make sure that you don’t waste money buying lime and/or fertilizer you really don’t need. Most all forage products come with de-fault lime and fertilizer recommendations on the back of the product bags for situations in which a laboratory soil test isn’t available. Frankly, though, that’s rarely if ever the case, because high-quality laboratory soil tests are widely available. You can get them online through many of the retailers that carry forage products and from most major agricultural universities as well the agricultural agent in your area. Also, consider that the default recommendations are designed to cover as many planting situations as possible. That being the case, the default recommendations will rarely be exactly what’s actually needed, and if they are spot on, it is only by pure chance. In most situations, the default recommendations might be too much lime and/or fertilizer or too little. The bottom line is that only a laboratory soil test will allow you to make sure your forage plants have access to all the nutrients they need to grow vigorously and provide you with a lush, healthy, highly attractive and nutritious forage stand…and save you money at the same time. Better Soil Healthier Deer Does this even make sense? I mean think about it. What does better soil have to do with healthier deer? Ok here’s a quick explanation. The better your soil and the closer your pH level matches up to what your growing the more robust your planting will be. The end result to that is more high quality forage for the deer in your area which equates to healthier deer. Sounds like a no brainer now doesn’t it. subsample and place it in a bag provided by the lab or a zip lock baggy labeled with, very important, the food plot name/ number. Do this process for each food plot. Max Yield Not Economic Yield One additional tip (if your lab provides it) is to request the “maximum yield” fertilizer recommendations, opposed to “economic yield” which is what most agricultural farmers want. The difference is economic yield returns the most profit for large scale operations, cash croppers and farmers. This is often not the most yield because the carrying cost of more fertilizer for all those acres reduces the profit. “Max yield” on the other hand, rarely cost much more in terms of fertilizer for smaller acreages like food plots, but produces more tonnage per acre which is what we want as food plotters. Food plot farmers want the most productive and best tasting plants to attract deer. The additional fertilizer costs associated with the “max yield” recommendations is less expensive than clearing and creating more acres of plots. Another bonus is it serves to concentrate deer in fewer acres, which results in better hunting. The bottom line is that you, and the deer you feed, will benefit greatly if you give the soil what it needs. You do this and soon you’ll be telling your buddies that your dirt grew that massive set of antlers on that buck’s head! Date Book 3D Archery Shoot: The Sports Junction 3-D Archery Course is now open. Located on Claymill Rd in Harpersfield Rd. in Harpersfield Township, the course is open from to dusk Monday through Sunday. Sunday and Holidays, please use the honesty box located at the front of the shop. The cost to shoot is $10 per person (one arrow per target/30 targets), kids 12 and under are free. Leagues will be starting soon. For more information, please contact Jim or Maryann at 440-466-3852 Hey, Look at My Dirt Pics! Now realize there’s nothing sexy about collecting soil or stop in the shop during shop hours (Monday through Friday samples, which is why so many food plotters and land 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). managers fail to do so. You never hear one hunter say to 3D Archery Shoot: Lake County Rod & Gun has ananother hunter, “Man, I gotta show you a picture of my dirt!” (although I have done that on occasion) or “Check out my nounced it 2016 3D Archery shoot schedule. Starting the first organic matter content!” Just because soil is boring (sorry weekend in April they will hold 3D Shoots on the first weeksoil scientist), doesn’t mean it should be neglected. In fact, end of each month, both Saturday and Sunday, throughout it should mean quite the opposite. Soil is the foundation of the summer until the first weekend in September. For those everything that grows, including deer. Plants are simply of you who can’t figure that out here’s the exact dates: April the nutrient transfer agents between the soil/air and the 4th & 5th, May 2nd & 3rd, June 6th & 7th, July 3rd, 4th, & consumer. Good deer farmers are good forage farmers. If the 5th (All kids cubs and youth shoot free with a paid adult, two soil is lacking nutrients, so too will the plants, and the deer kids maximum, bonus day because of the holiday), August 1st & 2nd and lastly September 5th and 6th. consuming the plants. Registration starts at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and 8 Both antler and fawn development are closely correlated to the amount of quality forage available to the deer herd year a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. 30, 3D targets are available with round in free ranging environments. The most economical ground blinds, shooting platforms and steps. They do have method to provide a deer herd with the highest nutritional limited youth equipment available. Refreshments are also value is to insure the soil has all the necessary nutrients, available. Crossbow are welcome. Target and field tips only, microorganisms, and soil structure required by the selected absolutely no broadheads. The cost is Adults, $10.00, Youth, $8.00, (13 to 17 years cultivar. Adding the appropriate amount of nutrients based on a old), Cubs, $5.00 (12 and under). Come shoot the Big Kahuna Competition, an additional recommendation from a quality soil analyses will greatly increase the quantity and quality of forage produced. Addition- $10.00 for the year. For more information, contact Frank ally, healthy plants are more resistant to drought and pests. Burkholder at 440-259-5775 or go to www.lakecountyrodandgunclub.org Collecting Soil Samples Collect soil samples from all food plots and send to a qualified lab for analyses and fertilizer recommendations (every state has public and private soil testing labs that you can send your samples). Soil subsamples can be taken in an “X” or similar pattern with the goal of getting a representative sample from the entire food plot. Gather samples at 5+ locations taken in the root zone We do have something for our kids not old enough to at(depth of 0-5 inches) from each food plot with a soil probe tend our week long 4-H camp. Once again this year, two of (faster) or clean shovel (no rust or dirt from another use). Try our great 4-H Advisors will be conducting the “Cloverbud to keep samples the same size and place into a clean bucket. Fun Days” on July 5 to 7, 2016 for kids ages 5-8 years old. Then mix the samples together and pull out one pint-sized This program will be held at the 4-H Expo Building at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson from 9 a.m. to noon each day. This fun day is packed with crafts, games, and just plain old fashion fun. This program is limited to the first 40 registrants so it is important that you register early as the program sells out each year. The registration fee for the The Ashtabula County Beekeepers Association will program is $35 per participant. The $35 fee covers snacks, meet Saturday, June 18, at the 4-H Extension Office, craft supplies and event insurance. Activities will include 39 Wall Street, Jefferson. Pot-luck dinner at noon. nature study, creative arts, songs, stories, games and much, Please bring a dish/dessert to share. Meeting at 1 much more! Pre-registration is necessary to insure adequate p.m. Speaker: Sharon Riccio. 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