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Sunsets For All Seasons
Mick Sabo Retires
As City Sanitarian
PHOTO BY MARTHA SOROHAN
Conneaut Sanitarian Mick Sabo
Retires Feb. 29.
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT - Conneaut Health
Department sanitarian Mick Sabo
will retire for the second time on
Feb. 29.
This time, he thinks it will stick.
Sabo, whose career began in Pike
County and who retired from the City
of Ashtabula Health Department in
2007, was as clueless as most people
about sanitarians when he headed
off to Hocking Technical College, in
Nelsonville, decades ago.
The Lorain native was 22, and had
spent several years after high school
working at Lorain’s Ford Motor plant
and Lake Terminal Railroad.
“I didn’t know what I wanted to
do,” he said. “But I didn’t like the work
and I kept getting laid off.”
Sabo decided on recreation and
wildlife at Hocking College, then
known as Hocking Tech.
“But there were no openings,” he
said. “So I looked into Environmental
Health. People came in and described
the job of sanitarian, and said there
were openings and opportunities. I
was looking for a job, so I stayed,”
he said.
Sabo’s first job after earning an
environmental health degree was
with rural, impoverished Pike County
in southeast Ohio.
One of Sabo’s jobs was to inspect
the kitchen at the nuclear plant, a
superfund clean-up site, to give clearance before work could begin.
“We never found anything,” he
said.
When he got the chance to move
up to the shores of Lake Erie – “I grew
up along the lake,” he explained in
Ashtabula County, he took it.
Working 11 years with the
Ashtabula County Health Department, he recalled visiting Geneva-Onthe-Lake as a youngster.
“I was amazed how big Ashtabula
County was,” he said. “I spent 11 years
with the county, based in Jefferson,
and even during my last week, I ended
up on two rural roads that I’d never
been on before. I had to use a map.”
PHOTO BY SHAR HOWE
Though winter will be leaving its calling card again later in the week, sunsets over partially snowcovered Lake Erie last weekend are signs that spring is waiting in the wings. Hard evidence of an
approaching spring is the Ashtabula County Home Show on March 5 and 6 at Ashtabula Towne
Square, and moving clocks forward one hour for Daylight Savings Time at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 13.
This picture, taken off Lake Road near the North Kingsville line, shows why so many flock year-round
to watch the sunsets on Lake Erie shores.
Conneaut’s First Land
Bank Property Comes Down
See SABO pg 13A
Ashtabula County Commercial
Property Tax Bills Contain An
Error, City Council Learns
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
2014.
“The amounts can’t be correct,”
Hockaday said. “Something that
CONNEAUT – The amount should read $66 going to the Meowed on commercial property tax troparks shows up as $1,400.”
Hockaday said commercial busibills recently mailed out by the
Ashtabula County Treasurer is nesses need to be aware of the error
correct, but the list showing the so as not to get the wrong opinion of
disbursement of the amount is the Ashtabula County Metroparks
not, Conneaut City Manager Jim or rue voting for the levy.
“People never would have voted
Hockaday told City Council at its
for the levy if they knew it would
6 p.m. Feb. 16 work session.
The bills show the percentage cost that much,” Hockaday said.
of the tax going to the Ashtabula “The auditor agreed it was an erCounty Metroparks greatly exceeds ror.”
the amount approved by voters
for Metroparks levy in November,
See TAX BILL pg 13A
Learn about homeimprovement
projects at the
Ashtabula County
Home Show — See special
section inside this week
This is the site of a home demolished Monday at 316 Woodworth Road, courtesy of the Ashtabula
County Land Reutilization Corporation, aka the Land Bank. Next to come down will be a home on
South Liberty Street.
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT - On Monday
morning, a dilapidated residence
sat 316 Woodworth Road at
Shanango Street. Hours later, it
was gone, demolished by wrecking crews as part of the 2015
Ohio Housing Finance Authority’s
Neighborhood Initiative Program
(NIP).
A second residence at 155 South
Liberty Street is next.
Monday’s demolition was over-
seen by the Ashtabula County
Land Reutilization Corporation,
commonly known as the “Land
Bank.”
It is also the first demolition in
Conneaut to be funded this year
through NIP funds.
City Manager Jim Hockaday
hopes it is one of a half-dozen
properties turned over to the Land
Bank, and demolished, in 2016.
“If we could get a half dozen
demolished by year’s end, that’s
our goal. That would be our coup,”
he said.
Though formed in 2013, the
Ashtabula County Land Bank – a
quasi-government agency -- has
become actively just recently. Its
first non-NIP land transfer came
in October, 2014.
“We started demolishing houses
in Ashtabula last June, and got
quite a few down as part of the
NIP program,” said Melissa Harvey, Executive Director and sole
employee of the Ashtabula County
Land Bank.
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Town Talk
Conneaut Public Library has extended until Friday the
deadline for its Winter Writing Contest. Teens may submit
stories up to 2,000 words, while those 18 and older are limited
from 500 to 1,500 words.
E-mail adult submissions to Kathy.altman@conneaut.
lib.oh.us and teen submissions to Amanda.latva@conneaut.
lib.oh.us. Do not put a name on the first page of the story. It
should go on a cover page with name, story title, and author’s
contact information. Call 593-1608 for details.
Kingsville Public Library is accepting for recycling until
March 1 used cell phones, toasters, microwaves, and any other
electronics “with a power cord,” according to Executive Director Marianna Branch. The library is working with Accurate
IT Recycling Services of Columbus. Items may be dropped
off during regular library hours 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Do not leave items outside the library.
on May 21. Drop off donations 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday or 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The final movie in a series of free films during Black History Month will be shown Saturday at the Hubbard House
Underground Railroad Museum, 1633 Walnut Boulevard,
Ashtabula. On Feb. 27 is “Mississippi Burning,” the story of
three 1960s civil rights activities in Mississippi. Movie, beverages and popcorn are free.
*unless noted, meetings held at Conneaut City Hall, 3rd
floor Council chambers
Outdoor Learning Center Steering Committee,
4:30 p.m. March 2 at Conneaut Public Library, 304
Buffalo Street
Conneaut City Council work session 6 p.m. March 7
Conneaut Township Park board, 6:30 p.m. March 9
at Park Office, 480 Lake Road
Signs for Conneaut, 10 a.m. March 10 at Port Authority office, 929 Broad Street
D-Day Ohio Committee, 11 a.m. March 12, location
to be determined
North Kingsville Village Council 7 p.m. March 7 at
Municipal Building, 3541 Center Road
Monroe Township trustees 1 p.m. March 8 at Township Garage, 5578 S. Monroe-Center Road
Greenlawn Cemetery Spring Clean-Up
Greenlawn Memory Gardens, 3140 E. Center Road
(Route 20) in North Kingsville, is reminding families to remove all winter decorations from gravesites by March 1, in
preparation for spring clean-up. The cemetery will dispose of
decorations remaining after March 1 unless arrangements
have been made with the cemetery. Contact 440-224-1155.
Looking ahead, the 5K Windmill Run fund-raiser is
scheduled for Saturday, July 30, the same date of the Conneaut Salvation Army Christmas-in-July one-day Red Kettle
Campaign. Volunteer bell-ringers are always needed.
Conneaut City Council President Nic Church adjourned
Monday’s City Council meeting with a reminder that because
Feb. 29 is the fifth Monday of the month, Council will not meet.
It will next convene for 6 p.m. work session on March 7. “Just
14 days before spring,” Church said.
Signs Committee Seeks Contributions
CONNEAUT - The Signs
for Conneaut Committee is
seeking contributions for one
more way-finding sign to add
to those put in place in 2015.
The new sign will be at
the corner of Parrish and
Lake Road.
It will complement a sign
to be put in place at the corner of Route 20 and Parrish
which is being funded this
year by the city of Conneaut.
“No contribution is too
small!!” says Signs Committee chair Connie Naylor.
Checks for this project
should be made out to the
Conneaut Port Authority and mailed to Connie
Naylor, 1492 Lake Road,
Conneaut, Ohio, 44030.
Questions about this project may be directed to Naylor
at crnaylor@suite224.net or
(513) 305-1864.
Jeanette Speer Is Senior Citizen of the Month
CORRECTION
Funeral services for
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CONNEAUT – Conneaut
City Council President Nic
Church remarked, “It’s about
time,” when Jeanette M.
Naylor Speer was honored
Monday night as Conneaut’s
Senior of the Month.
Speer, the daughter of
L.R. and Barbara Naylor, is
a life-long Conneaut resident
who attended Lakeview and
Amboy Elementary Schools,
graduated from Conneaut
High School, and went on to
Lakeland Community College. She has many hours of
continuing education relating to federal, state and local
taxes.
Speer may be best-known
in Conneaut for her 65 years
as owner/operator of Speer
Accounting and Tax Service
on Main Street, from which
she recently retired.
She and her late husband,
Charles Speer, shared a love
of water and boating. They
raised five children: Pam,
Paula, Phil, Mary and Andy.
Speer has 10 grandchildren
and seven step-grandchildren.
Deeply committed to her
home town, Speer has served
on various community boards
for many years, taking on
leadership roles and offering her help and expertise.
She has been active with the
We are just a
Ward 1 Councilman Doug Hedrick is the City Council
liaison to the new Outdoor Learning Center board. Its next
meeting is 4:30 p.m. March 2 at the Conneaut Public Library.
Meetings are open to the public.
Phillips Photography will be at Conneaut Public Library
3 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17, to take Easter portraits
of children with live bunnies and a lamb. There is no sitting
fee. Pictures are $15 per sheet. Call 593-1608 to book an apThe Kingsville Public Library is accepting donations pointment. Walk-ins are welcome if space allows.
for the next three 12 weeks of gently-used books, DVDs, VHS
Ward 4 Conneaut City Councilman Tom Kozesky offered
tapes and games for its annual Kingsville Library Lawn Sale
belated condolences at Monday night’s Council meeting to
former Compost Site employee Tom Tackett.
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Ward 1 Conneaut City Councilman Doug Hedrick presents a check to Senior of the
Month Jeanette Speer (left) at the Feb. 22 Council meeting, as Speer’s daughter, Paula,
looks on. Hidden is Speer’s son, Andy.
Conneaut Human Resources
Center board and is a 30-year
volunteer for Hospice of the
Western Reserve.
“I’m not often without
words,” Speer said, upon receiving her award on Monday.
“But I’m deeply honored. All
my life, if I’ve seen a need, I
tried to help and do what I
can. Hospice of the Western
Reserve is the one that’s been
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with her daughter, Paula,
and son, Andy, Church realized that while he had given
Speer her plaque, and Ward
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Conneaut City Council. With her are her daughter, Paula,
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nity before leaving Council Speer at the start of the brief office.
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City Gives Green Light to Kelly Miller Circus On July 19 Conneaut City Manager’s Report
by Martha Sorohan
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – Conneaut
City Council on Monday night
gave the green light to close
the road through Lakeview
Park on July 19 to accommodate the Kelly Miller Circus.
Council had moved to a
second reading at its Feb. 9
meeting an ordinance authorizing the closing of the
parkway for the circus, a fundraiser for Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church.
Conneaut City Manager
Jim Hockaday said Monday
at Council’s regular 7 p.m.
meeting that while Council
had discussed the circus as a
“special event” at its Feb. 16
work session, and the city is
considering taking another
look at Special Events regulations, the ordinance on which
it voted Monday night deals
only with the closing of the
road, and not the event per se.
In the passing of the ordinance Monday night, Council
approved the closing of the
road at 7 a.m. Tuesday, July
19, in advance of the tent setup, and reopening 10 a.m.
July 20, after the circus trailers have left town. The Kelly
Miller Circus has in the past
presented two shows, at 4:30
and 7:30 p.m., inside the big
top at Lakeview Park.
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church members were in the
audience Monday night.
In his City Manager’s Report, City Manager Jim Hockaday discussed a Community
Development Block Grant
(CDBG) income survey to determine what neighborhoods
qualify as low-to-moderate
income, or “LMI,” to be eligible
for annual CDBG grants.
“It is important to respond,” Hockaday said, urging participation by randomly-selected residents.
Regarding a proposed
LGIF Safety grant proposal,
Hockaday said that City Hall,
and Conneaut Municipal
Court in particular, scored
very low on safety and security.
“So we have to improve it,”
Hockaday said.
Hockaday said that due to
the relatively mild winter, the
city is in good shape in terms
of road salt usage. It is on target to use the 1,200 tons of salt
ordered this year, on top of the
400 tons of salt left over from
2015. Total 2016 estimated
usage will be about 1,300 tons.
So far this winter, the city
has used 704 tons of salt,
and spent about $8,400 in
overtime, or 120 hours, for
Public Works crews, the bulk
in recent storms.
Hockaday said it was unfortunate that some snowstorms hit on weekends or
holidays, and that $30,000
had been budgeted for Public
Works overtime this calendar
year.
Finance Director John
Williams distributed to City
Council a General Fund report. He said the General
Fund includes 100 revenue
line items, with Income Tax
revenue the highest, at 50
percent of the budget.
Property tax revenues are
8 percent, fees 15 percent, and
Municipal Court fines and
costs are 4 percent.
Local government revenues, once as high as 20 percent, are down to 7 percent.
Ward 3 Councilwoman
Debbie Newcomb praised
Williams’ working within a
budget with diminishing local
government funds from the
State of Ohio.
She said that the funds
have dropped from $700,000
to $348,000.
She explained that when
Ohio instituted an income
tax, those revenues were to
be shared with local governments. Then, the monies were
frozen; then reduced.
“It has impacted all the
cities,” she said. “And I want
to thank John Williams for
reporting how our precious
dollars are spent. He does an
amazing job working within
budget constraints. Going
from 20 percent to 7 percent
[of local government revenues] is a big hit.”
Council passed an ordinance authorizing the City
Manager to advertise for bids
and requests for demolition or
other proposals relative to The
Bunkhouse on Main Street,
and to enter into a two-year
natural gas agreement with
Direct Energy Business, LLC.
The current one-year
agreement with Direct Energy expires in mid-March.
The new agreement will save
the city about 7 percent over
2015 if consumption remains
the same.
Hockaday said Council
considered another one-year
contract at its Feb. 16 work
session.
“But we realized we could
be at the bottom of the market, and the city is still saving
money,” he said.
He explained the city could
have gambled with a one-year
contract and hoped prices
would drop more when the
2017 renewal comes up, but
opted against it.
“I think this is the best
price we’ll see,” he said of the
2.9-cent per mfc. The expiring
contract rate is 3.11 per mfc.
Council authorized the City
Manager to request Ashtabula County Treasurer Dawn
Cragon to file a tax foreclosure
against two local properties on
Mill Road, that abut Liberty
Street Cemetery, and which
combined owe $50,000 in
back taxes, some of which
are owed the Conneaut Area
City Schools. The Ashtabula
See CIRCUS pg 12A
Ken Parise Heads Buckeye Schools’ Weight Room
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP – Edgewood High
School head football coach
Ken Parise, has been appointed coach of the Edgewood High School weight
room for the current school
year.
He will be paid
$1,126.32.
Parise’s appointment
was approved by the Buckeye Local Schools Board of
Education at its 6:30 p.m.
monthly meeting Feb. 18 at
the Board Office at Braden
Middle School.
The school board opened
and closed its meeting with
executive sessions to discuss personnel, namely the
appointment, employment,
or compensation of a public
employee or official.
The district is in the
midst of hiring a superintendent to replace Dr. Tom
Diringer, who was called
out of retirement from the
West Geauga district to
serve as interim superintendent in 2014. Diringer
has announced he will step
down at the end of the current school year.
Also on Feb. 18, the
Buckeye Board of Education adopted its 2016-17
academic calendar.
The new school year
begins Monday, Aug. 22,
for staff and Wednesday,
Aug. 24, for students.
It includes 174 instructional, or student, days;
four “waiver” days for students (Aug. 22, Sept. 23,
Nov. 28, and Feb. 17);
two parent/teacher conference days; three teacher
professional days and two
teacher report days for
185 salary-based days for
professional staff.
Classes are not held on
Sept. 5, Labor Day; Oct. 14,
NEOEA Day; Nov. 23-25,
Thanksgiving recess; Dec.
22-Jan. 2, Winter Break;
Jan. 16, MLK Day; Feb.
20 – Presidents’ Day; May
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Teacher Report Day is Friday, June 2.
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days at the end of the first,
second, and third quarters,
respectively.
The schedule includes
five “contingency days,” as
required by law. Make-up
days, if needed, will be June
2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 2017, with
the Teacher Report day
following the last make-up
day, excluding weekends.
In other business, the
school board approved a
one-year “Memorandum of
Understanding” with the
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
and Local #1834, or “UAW,”
which represents the school
district’s classified staff.
The contract calls for a
1.5 percent wage increase,
based on current salary
schedules, on July 1.
The contract is effective
July 1, 2016, through June
30, 2017.
The rate hike averages
about 25 cents per hour
for employees across-theboard, including cafeteria
personnel, custodial staff,
crossing guards, SMEAs,
bus mechanics, aides and
drivers, library aides, building secretaries and central
call-in.
For example, a head
bus mechanic categorized
as Step 9 who is making
$20.76 as of July 1, 2015,
will earn $21.07 per hour
when the new contract goes
into effect in July.
The board approved a
five-cent hourly increase,
on top of the regular wage
See PARISE pg 5A
Feb. 22, 2016
By City Manager Jim Hockaday
Administration
Meetings: Conneaut Chamber of Commerce, Conneaut
Port Authority, Western Reserve, Conneaut Health Department, LEADERship Annual Meeting, Growth Partnership
Economic Dashboard, Downtown Community Clean-Up,
and Public Safety.
Transient Lodging – Prepped draft sent to committee.
Junk Motor Vehicle Revision – Rough draft presented
for revisions at DCC meeting.
Collective Bargaining – Will need to renew contract for
Corrections Officers upon hire.
Port Authority – Reviewed request for the additional
work with Port Authority. Council will see clean copies of
re-dedication of Broad Street, Marina, and Naylor Blvd.
Malek Park –Signed and filed. Waiting on new deed.
Code Enforcement
Broad & Jackson – Soliciting pricing to repair roof and
building envelope.
NIP Program – First demolition underway. 316 Woodworth and 155 South Liberty are part of the current contract
with the county.
Planning & Zoning
Evaluating Software – Prepping for large scale digitization of documents, revision and digitization of applications
for software as well as online.
Sewer, Public Works, Water Departments
Operations
Snow Plowing and Ice Control.
Dust Control - Acquired at no cost to the City two tanks
for additional brine storage. Reviewing dust control for
summer.
Ditching – Ditching on Southern Roads continues as
weather permits.
Patching Potholes – as weather permits.
Lights on Viaduct – consolidating the sensors and switches so all lights will engage and turn off at the same time.
Compost – Interviewing for compost attendants, making
signage.
DEFA – Met with DEFA to discuss to Headworks.
OEPA – Discussed new NPDES permit requirements.
Water Distribution – Repair of valve on Pearl Street.
Hydrants – FD and Water have made a list of the priority
hydrants for 2016.
Projects
2016 Grants – CDBG
CDBG Income Survey – Prepared List for Survey Randomization.
CDBG Water/Sewer – Reviewing Rates to see if we
Qualify
CDBG NRG – Reviewing Project Eligibility
OPWC – Application in April, Due in May.
ODOT Small City
Phase II of Route 20 Additional 1.6 Million
Bridge Deck Rehab on Keefus Road and Center Rd.
WRSLA
Submitted for VFD upgrades
Low Profile Filtration
LGIF – Prepped and submitted to Council. Recommend
2nd Reading so Conneaut Schools can review.
LGIF Safety – Preparing application items.
2016 Street Paving – Reviewing Streets.
WWTP Headworks Upgrade – PTI submitted. Structural
engineering underway.
GIS – Under Contract.
Facility Management Plans – Under Contract
Orange Street Water Line – Under Contract. WWTP
examining the sanitary lines along street for any needed
repairs.
Russell Street – Water distribution inventorying and assessing water assets on the street.
Chestnut Storm Water Phase II – Contract Pending.
Working on some additional camera work.
Eighmy – Filmed and sent to CT for Review.
Burrington – Confirming that county will accept vacation
of ROW from the Plat.
Sludge Handling – Synagro contract for sludge pressing
completes this year. Evaluating alternatives for sludge
handling and removal.
Bunk House – Ready for Council Review.
OEPA Inspection - Preparing management response letter to OEPA inspection.
Police & Fire
Levy Personnel – Patrolman Vendetti and Patrolman
Wise to start this week. Awaiting conclusion of CO and
Dispatch interviews.
In-Car Camera – Police have solicited quotes from various vendors. Meeting with communities and evaluating
those systems.
Hydrants – Fire creating and reviewing all hydrants for
brass tags – to be in place in the next March 15.
On-Call Service – Reviewing on-call program recruitment,
retention and compensation.
Ely Building Review – Fire Chief Steve Lee, Zoning Inspector, and CT Consultants were able to get interior review
of structure. Exterior inspections of two other residential
units were also conducted.
PARISE
From page 4A
increase, for employees
with nine or more years of
service with the district,
and a thirty-five-centsper-hour increase, on top
of the five-cent hourly increase and regular wage
increase, for employees
with 14 or more years with
the district.
Employees with 19 or
more years will see a fiftycent hourly increase on
July 1 (five cents, plus $.35,
plus $.10), and employees
with 24 or more years of
service will receive an additional 10 cent hourly
increase, or a total of 60
cents per hour.
Longevity pay increases
for employees with dual
contracts will apply to
years of service for the
primary job classification,
based on second contracts
issued after March 1, 2009.
Buckeye employees
working the second or
third shifts have received
a 25-cents-per-hour base
rate bonus, since 1990.
Maintenance employees
required by the board or
State of Ohio to be licensed
electricians, plumbers or
sprayers receive a 12-centper-hour higher base rates.
The school board then
approved a 1.5 percent
wage increase, effective
July 1, 2016, through June
30, 2017, for its central office staff.
It voted to continue the
Board policy 5113, interdistrict open enrollment,
for the 2016-17 school year.
In personnel matters,
the Buckeye board accepted the resignation of
guidance counselor Gary
Himes, effective July 1,
2016; and approved the
hiring of tutors Kathryn
Zetts, Edgewood High
School home instruction,
effective Jan. 21; and Carol
Falcone, third grade intervention at Kingsville
Elementary School, effective Feb. 15.
Both will be paid $22.81
per hour.
The board approved
contracts for current tutors Ruth Ann Kinney
and Edith Mackynen,
third grade intervention
at Kingsville Elementary
School; and Jeanette Peaspanen, Katie Carter and
Tina Furmage, third grade
intervention at Ridgeview
Elementary School.
The appointments were
effective Feb. 15 at an
hourly rate of $22.81.
James Sanchez was approved as boys track coach
at Edgewood high School at
a salary of
$4,562.46.
Operational staff appointments include Kimberly Jepson, substitute
bus driver; Janet Brown,
Amy Burnham and Melissa
Harper, substitute secretaries; Melissa Harper,
substitute SMEA and substitute library aide; and
Harper, Judy Hatfield,
Janet Brown, Lola Hamilton and Krystal Peterson
as substitute cafeteria
workers.
The Buckeye Board of
Education will meet 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in
the Board Office at Braden
Junior High School, 3436
Edgewood Drive, Ashtabula Township.
TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH.
Join your neighborhood experts for insights on health matters.
2016
MARCH 2016
Unless noted, most classes, events and screenings are no cost.
If there is a cost, it will be noted. Register online today!
A N D O V ER
Lifelong Health Series
Diabetes Education
Lori Slimmer, RN, MEd, CDE
Tuesday, March 1 | 10 – 11 a.m.
Andover Community Center
181 South Main Street, Andover
RSVP/Info: 440-593-0364
A SH TA BU L A
Walk with an Expert
Pam Lancaster, DO
Thursday, March 3 | 8 – 9 a.m.
Ashtabula Towne Square
3315 North Ridge East,
Unit 700, Ashtabula
RSVP/Info: 440-998-0107
SMOKELESS Class
The stop-smoking program
that works!
$45 refundable fee upon
completion of the class
Lori Kingston, BSN, CCM
Introductory session
Monday, March 7 | 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Four-day consecutive program
Monday – Thursday,
March 14 – 17, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Ashtabula County YMCA
263 West Prospect Road, Ashtabula
RSVP/Info: 440-997-5321
Online: AshtabulaYMCA.org/
online-registration
Health Benefits of Chocolate
Tuesday, March 8
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
RSVP/Info: 440-997-5321
Hypertension Management
Program
Friday, March 11
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
RSVP/Info: 440-997-5321
Call YMCA for fee schedule
Safe Sitter Program
$20 registration fee
Paula Covell, RN, and
Lori Kingston, BSN, CCM
Thursday, March 31 and Friday,
April 1 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
UH Community Outreach Office
1184 Lake Avenue, Ashtabula
RSVP/Info: 440-992-5763
CONNEAUT
Greater Cleveland Food Bank
Joe Eiben
Tuesday, March 22
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
327 Mill Street, Conneaut
RSVP/Info: 440-593-0364
F RE E HE ALT H S CRE E NI NG S
Free Mammogram Program for
Uninsured Women Ages 40 – 64
UH Geneva Medical Center
870 West Main Street, Geneva
To find out if you qualify for a
complimentary screening,
call 440-998-0695.
Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar
and Total Cholesterol
Eight-hour fasting is recommended.
No reservations necessary.
Tuesday, March 15
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Conneaut Human Resource Center
327 Mill Street, Conneaut
Monday, March 21 | 8 – 10 a.m.
GENEVA
East End YMCA
730 North Lake Street, Madison
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Anna Serels, MD
Bone Density Screening
Wednesday, March 16
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Geneva Community Center
RSVP/Info: 440-998-0680
Walk with an Expert
Thursday, March 17 | 8 – 9 a.m.
Ashtabula Towne Square
3315 North Ridge East, Unit 700,
Ashtabula
RSVP/Info: 440-998-0107
Hearing Screening
Wednesday March 2 | 8 – 11 a.m.
Wednesday, March 16
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SPIRE Institute
5201 Spire Circle, Geneva
RSVP/Info: 440-998-0107
SPIRE Institute
5201 Spire Circle, Geneva
RSVP/Info: 440-998-0107
HE ALT H M AT T E RS S E RI E S
Weight Loss Surgery Support Group
Thursday, March 24 | 5 – 6 p.m.
870 West Main Street
RSVP/Info: 440-285-6469
Health Matters is our 2016 education
series on the second Wednesday of
each month – speakers will be at
our community hospitals for a
different presentation at one of
nine University Hospitals locations.
Medically Supervised
Weight Loss Program
Healthy Lungs
Thursday, March 24 | 4 – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9
6 – 7:30 p.m.
RSVP/Info: 440-285-6496
John Baron, MD
OR W EL L
Abirammy Sundaramoorthy, MD
UH Conneaut Medical Center
158 West Main Road, Conneaut
Salsa: the Healthy Condiment
Kellie McGinnis, RN
Monday, March 7 | 12 – 1 p.m.
RSVP/Info: 216-767-8435 or
UHhospitals.org/HealthMatters
39 South Maple Street, Orwell
RSVP/Info: 440-593-0364
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Conneaut Public
Library Events
304 Buffalo St. 593-1608
Upcoming Events
Feb. 25 – Red Cross Bloodmobile noon to 6 p.m. at New
Leaf Event Center, 110 Gateway Avenue.
Feb. 25 – “Bridge of Spies,” Cold War thriller, PG-13, 1
Crafty Creations for grades K to 5 presents “Leap
Year Day” 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 29, with a froggy craft, p.m. at Kingsville Public Library’s Simak Welcome Center.
Leap Year facts, and nibbling on hoppin’ good snacks. Free movie and popcorn. Concessions.
Register 593-1608.
Feb. 25 – “Dusty’s Reading Corner,” 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.,
The AARP offers free tax filing assistance to for children at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street.
persons of all ages Mondays. Call 593-1608 for apFeb. 25 – TOPS 4:45 p.m. Ashtabula County Nursing
pointment.
Home, 5740 Dibble Road, Kingsville.
Entries in teen and adult categories in the “Dusty’s
Feb. 26 – Fish/Pasta Dinner 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Corpus
Writing Contest” are due March 5. Call 593-1608 for
Christi Parish Hall, 734 Mill Street.
details. Prizes will be awarded.
Feb. 26 – Fish Fry 5 to 8 p.m. at American Legion, 272
Conneaut Public Library will host Teen Tech Week
March 6 to 12. The Northeast Ohio Regional Library Broad Street, with fish or shrimp, cole slaw, roll/butter,
system will present emerging technology in a “Teen dessert. $11.
Tech Lab” in #thehub 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 7, with
Feb. 26 – Open jam session 6 to 9 p.m. at Franklin Mint,
Google Cardboard, the 3Doodler, and more. Space is
Main & Washington Streets.
limited. Call 593-1608 to register.
Feb. 26 – Alcoholics Anonymous, open, 8 p.m. at Amboy
From 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 9, experience Irish
culture at the “Shenanigans” teen program in #thehub United Methodist Church, 554 W. Main Road.
with four-leaf clover pins, finish-a-leprechaun competiFeb. 27 – CLYO Sign-ups for youth baseball, softball 9
tion, and an Irish snack.
a.m. to noon at Lakeshore Primary School, 755 Chestnut
Teen Tech Week concludes with a stop-in craft Street, for ages 5-1/2 to 8.
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Teens may paint their own 3.7x3.7
Feb. 27 – Mary’s Kitchen, free lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Instagram photo frames. Supplies are included. For
at Conneaut Human Resources Center, 327 Mill Street.
information, contact Amanda Latva at 593-1608.
Ministry of Corpus Christi Parish.
March programming for adults begins 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 29 - Crafty Creations “Leap Year Day” 4:30 p.m.
March 4. Create a “Zentangle,” or drawn image using
structured patterns. Paige Schlick will lead the class. for grades K to 5 at Conneaut Public Library, 304 Buffalo
Street. Crafts, snacks. Register 593-1608.
Supplies are provided.
Pharmacy & Health
Treatment
Options for
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a common bone condition that develops when a person loses
too much bone mass and
density. As a result, bones
become thin and weak to
the point that they become
fragile and may break easily. Bone fractures are more
by Kerry Gerdes
likely to occur in the hip,
Gerdes
Pharmacy
spine and wrist, but other
bones can break too. People
245 Main St.
who break a hip sometimes
593-2578
lose the ability to walk on
their own.
Calcium and vitamin D are important nutrients for
bone health as they help keep bones strong and prevent
them from breaking easily. People with low levels of
these nutrients can take oral supplements. There are a
few medications that are prescribed to treat osteoporosis.
These medicines when properly taken can reduce the
chance of breaking a bone. Bisphosphonates is a class
of medications for osteoporosis treament. Alendronate
and rise-dronate are two choices in the bisphosphonate
class. Side effects of these medications may include upset
stomach, headache, con-stipation, or diarrhea. If those
medications do not help enough or if they cause side effects that a person cannot stand, raloxifene is sometimes
prescribed.
Site Solver
March 2 – TOPS 7 p.m. at Marcy Family Center, 180
Yarn and needles will be supplied for CPL’s knitting
and crocheting class at 10:30 a.m. March 10 and 31. Harbor Street. Visitors welcome.
At 10 a.m. March 15, Cindy Prather and Kathy Altman
March 3 – Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. for Student Art
will present a scrapbooking workshop. Bring up to
Show, Conneaut Arts Center, 1025 Buffalo Street.
five pictures for a scrapbook page.
Kingsville Public
Library Events
March 3 – Conneaut Quilters Guild, 7 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Main & Buffalo Street.
March 4 – “Zentangle” adult craft 4:30 p.m. at Conneaut
Public Library, 304 Buffalo Street.
6006 Academy St., 224-0239
March 4 – Hoagie Sale, noon to 8 p.m. pick-up at Monroe
Fire Hall, 4095 Center Road. $4. Order with Jill at 440-645Cold War thriller “Bridge of Spies” (PG-13) is the next 8547 or Jody at 440-594-1386. Benefit Monroe Volunteer
film in the Kingsville Public Library’s “Based on The Book” Fire Department.
series. Showtime is 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Simak Welcome
March 4-5 – “Schoolhouse Rock,” 7 p.m. at ABOB, 236
Center. Movie and popcorn are free. Other concessions
Buffalo
Street. Youth Theater production by Conneaut Arts Have you seen this Site Solver? The first to call its location
available.
Center. $8 adults, $7 seniors, $5 students.
to The Courier (440) 576-9125, ext. 116, after 5 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25, will win free soup and salad at the
Upcoming computer classes at Kingsville Public
March 5 – All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast 8 a.m. Franklin Mint, Main & Washington Streets. Last week’s Site
Library include Kindle Fire instruction on Feb. 26, rescheduled from Feb. 10. One-on-one help with a digital to noon at Kingsville Masonic Lodge, Route 193 and Creek Solver was flag hanging on the front door of a residence
device is available by appointment with Dan Scott. Call Road, with eggs, sausage, orange juice, coffee. Adults $7, at Madison and Orange Streets. No one guessed it.
12-and-under $4.
440-224-0239.
March 5 – Moving/Liquidation Sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Village Readers will discuss “Furiously Happy” by
at
old
New Leaf United Methodist Church, 283 Buffalo
Jenny Lawson at 1 p.m. March 15 at the library. New
Street.
Everything must go. Kitchen supplies, tables,
members welcome.
chairs, much more.
Kingsville Public Library is partnering with Accurate
March 5 – Tax Filing Workshop 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
IT Recycling Services of Columbus to recycle small
Conneaut
Human Resources Center, 327 Mill Street, to
electronics. Bring in no longer wanted cell phones, mie-file
Ohio
and federal income taxes. Walk-ins welcome.
crowaves, toasters, and more during regular hours only
Free.
through March 1.
Call 224-0239 for complete list of accepted items.
March 5 – “Jazzy Meet & Greet” 6:30 p.m. at First
Congregational United Church of Christ, Main & Buffalo
Streets, with Dave Reynolds and Oberlin College jazz
students. Fund-raiser for Northman Grove Arts Settlement. $10 donation.
Conneaut
Arts Center
1025 Buffalo St. (440) 593-5888
March 6 – CLYO Board meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Odd
Fellows Hall, 253 Liberty Street. Guests and volunteers
welcome.
Tickets are available for the Youth Musical, “SchoolMarch 7 – Produce-to-People Distribution 10 a.m. to
house Rock,” presented by the CAC’s Youth Theater class noon at Conneaut Human Resources Center, 327 Mill
and directed by Pam Simpson at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4 Street. Bring a bag. Ohio residents only.
and Saturday, March 5, at Arlene’s Broadway on Buffalo,
236 Buffalo Street. Donation $8 adults, $7 seniors, $5
March 7 – Ohio Rep. John Patterson (D-99) office
children. Call 593-5888.
hours 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Conneaut Human Resources
Center, 327 Mill Street.
Rae Van Der Motter will offer a seven-week quilting
class 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays March 7 to April 18. Start with
the basics and complete a table runner. $70 non-members;
You can buy our
$63 CAC members. Call for registration and supply list at
593-5888. Payment due at registration.
photos! Check out
An opening reception will be held 6 p.m. Thursday,
March 3, for the Student Art Exhibit featuring artwork of area students in grades K to 12. Awards will be
presented.
Call the Conneaut Arts Center for the date of the next
evening Paint & Pairings Class in March. $35 includes
all supplies. Bring adult beverage and snacks.
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CONNEAUT HUMAN
RESOURCES CENTER,
327 MILL ST., 593-5273
Mary’s Soup Kitchen, a
ministry of Corpus Christi Parish, will serve free hot lunch 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27, at the CHRC. Take-out available.
Cleveland Food Bank’s Produce-to-People food distribution will be held 10 a.m. to noon Monday, March 7,
for Ohio residents only. Bring a bag to take home produce.
Ohio Rep. John Patterson (D-99) will hold office hours
1 to 2:30 p.m. March 7 at the CHRC.
Appointments are being taken for free tax-filing assistance for low-to-moderate-income households noon to 8
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Maximum AGI $95,000 for
married filing jointly or $65,000 for single. Call 593-5273.
The Conneaut Human Resources Center is sponsoring
a Tax Filing Workshop 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 5 for efiling of federal and Ohio state income taxes. Call for an
appointment at 593-5273; walk-ins are welcome. (Note that
Conneaut income taxes may not be filed electronically.)
The CHRC computer bank is open to the public during
regular hours for individuals without computer access to
e-filing federal and state taxes.
Senior Calendar
Feb. 25 – Bible Study with Bud and Sheila Brooker
Feb. 26 - Bingo
Feb. 29 – Monthly birthday party
March 1 – Hump Day breakfast 9:30 a.m.
Conneaut’s
Creative Writing
View from the Villa:
Understanding Vitamin D Risks for Older Adults
Just Stopping By
By Meryl Taylor
Conneaut
With directions as the crow flies,
They make the journey thus.
All will be just stopping by
In Ohio to see us!
They’ll make the scenic trip here
To capture photographs
Before the action at Hogsback Hill
Where we all will have some laughs.
Ma has prepared for in advance
For all this company to come here,
Cooking, baking, cleaning, too,
As the retinue gets here.
The phantasm party will commence
As all gather in the realm
Of 78 Welton Road and the clan
With old Evelyn at the helm.
Some wonder how she had prepared,
Pondering, “Why, oh my!”
She always went to so much trouble
When they were only just stopping by!
Henderson Memorial
Public Library to hold
Open Chess Tournament
JEFFERSON - The Henderson Memorial Public
Library, located at 54 E. Jefferson St., will hold an
Open Chess Tournament from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5.
Chess players must be pre-registered no later than
Friday, March 4. Call (440) 576-3761 to register. No
charge for registration.
There will be three divisions: Grades K-6, Grades
7-12 and Adult.
Four rounds per division.
Awards for first, second and third place per division.
Bring your own chess set and clock if you desire.
There will be a half hour lunch. People may leave
for lunch or bring their own lunch.
by Deanna Fleischmann
Villa at the Lake Assisted
Living and Memory
Support
CONNEAUT - The long,
cold winter days in Ohio
can be tough, especially for
older adults. Among the
challenges winter creates
for a senior in northern climates is the high risk for a
vitamin D deficiency.
Because many older
adults in northern climates
don’t spend much time
outdoors during the frosty
days of winter, they aren’t
exposed to sunshine. A lack
of sun exposure can result
in less vitamin D being
produced by the body.
By the time spring arrives so people can spend
more time outdoors again,
many older adults have
developed a vitamin D deficiency.
The Role Vitamin D
Plays in Successful Aging
Vitamin D impacts our
health in a variety of ways
ranging from cancer prevention to weight management and sleep. When the
body is deficient, it can
result in a number of health
problems:
•Higher occurrences of
breast, thyroid, lung,
colorectal and prostate
cancer
•Greater risk for developing some form of cardiac
disease
•Cognitive decline, confusion, forgetfulness
•Multiple Sclerosis
•Type 2 Diabetes
Symptoms of a Vitamin
D Deficiency
One challenge to recognizing that a senior may be
suffering from a vitamin D
deficiency is the symptoms
can be very vague. They
can easily be mistaken for
something else. Common
symptoms of a vitamin D
include:
•Chronic fatigue and low
energy
•Muscle pain and soreness
•Overall feeling of weakness
•Aches in joints
If you know the elder in
your family doesn’t spend
much time outdoors or
does not take a vitamin D
supplement, encourage a
discussion with the primary
care physician. The doctor
can order a 25-hydroxy
vitamin D blood test. It can
determine if the senior is
deficient and the severity
of the condition.
Depending upon how serious the deficit, the physician can order a short-term
prescription dose of vitamin
D or recommend an overthe-counter supplement.
Foods Rich in Vitamin
D and Calcium
Vitamin D doesn’t occur
naturally in very many
foods, m aking it even
more difficult to maintain
healthy levels. Some foods
rich in vitamin D include:
•Eggs (look for those with
added vitamin D)
•Greek yogurt
•Cottage cheese
•Milk
•Fish and oysters
•Mushrooms
Also watch for foods that
have been enriched with vitamin D during production
such as orange juice and
breakfast cereals.
Vitamin D Needs Calcium
Maintaining an adequate
intake of calcium will allow
your body to better absorb
vitamin D. Good sources of
calcium include:
•Cheese
•Bok choy
•White beans
•Green beans
•Broccoli
•Almonds
•Canned salmon
•Dried figs
•Oranges
•Leafy greens like kale and
spinach
Northman Grove Fund-Raiser Is March 5 at First UCC
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – First
Congregational United
Church of Christ, Main
and Buffalo Streets, will
host an evening of jazz and
hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 5.
The event is a fundraiser for Northman Grove
Arts Settlement, which
will open its doors this
summer to high school
and college students who
are serious about musical
careers in the performing
arts.
Performing on March
5 will be jazz students of
Dennis Reynolds, trumpet faculty member of the
Oberlin College Conservatory and director of the
Oberlin Jazz Ensemble.
Reynolds is a former
lead trumpet player with
the Count Basie Band,
Clark Terry Big Band,
and Lionel Hampton’s
orchestra.
A Warren resident,
Reynolds has performed
with Dizzy Gillspie, Steve
Lawrence and Eydie
Gorme, Rita Moreno, Patti
Austin, Roberta Flack,
Rosemary Clooney, and
Ella Fitzgerald.
A graduate of Lamont
School of Music, Reynolds also directs the Jazz
Heritage Orchestra in
Cleveland.
Suggested donation is
$10.
For more information,
contact Norris Kelly,
Northman Grove Arts Settlement, at norriskelly85@
yahoo.com.
YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR
EXPERT, COMPASSIONATE
FAMILY CARE.
Ashtabula County Medical Center is pleased to welcome Family Medicine physician Emily
Cheich, DO, to our growing network of highly skilled providers in The Ashtabula Clinic.
Having recently relocated to the Ashtabula area with her husband and three children,
Dr. Cheich is deeply committed to providing exceptional care to individuals and families
throughout our community.
Emily Cheich, DO
Family Medicine
The Ashtabula Clinic
Dial (440) 997-6969 for an appointment
www.acmchealth.org
A member of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Dr. Cheich is a graduate
of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She served her Family Medicine residency
at Akron City Hospital/SUMMA Health System.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Cheich, simply call (440) 997-6969 today.
The Ashtabula Clinic at ACMC. Your first choice for health.
Ali Heinonen speaks to Jefferson Students on Dangers of Social Media
BY STEFANIE WESSELL
Gazette Newspapers
JEFFERSON - Eighthgrade girls in Guidance
Counselor Shelly Brown’s
Career Exploration class at
Jefferson Area Junior High
School welcomed a special
guest on Feb. 10.
Brown invited her niece,
Alexandria “Ali” Heinonen,
an attorney with Smith
& Miller, and assistant
law director for the City
of Conneaut, to talk to the
girls about career trends
for women and the lasting
effects of social media.
Brown invited Heinonen
to speak about what she was
thinking in eighth grade,
and how she became involved in law.
Heinonen, a 2007 graduate of Conneaut High
School, received a B.A. from
John Carroll University in
2011 in communications.
But she said it wasn’t un-
til her senior year in college
that she decided she wanted
to study law. She received
her law degree, cum laude,
from the University of Toledo College of Law in 2014.
While as an eighthgrader she wasn’t sure of
her career plans, Heinonen
cautioned the students that
what they do today will affect on their lives later, as
colleges and employers look
at their transcripts.
This warning relates
especially to social media.
Heinonen shared that,
as part of her job as assistant prosecutor in Conneaut, she reviews police
reports to help her decide
on charges for suspected
criminals. She sometimes
uses cell phones or socialmedia posts in her work.
Heinonen said search
warrants can be obtained
for someone’s cell phone.
Even though a suspect
will say that his phone is
password-protected, investigators have technology to
unlock the phone and look
at its contents - even things
that have been deleted.
“It’s not going away,”
Heinonen said.
Heinonen also talked
about a friend who had
been up for a job at a law
firm. During the interview,
the law firm pulled up her
friend’s Twitter and went
through her tweets, deeming her unprofessional because of some of them.
She was not hired.
“She had no idea how the
law firm even discovered
the Twitter account, but
they did,” Heinonen said.
Heinonen said that having a cell phone was a big
deal when she was growing
up. That such phones are
now commonplace puts a lot
of responsibility on teens.
She cautioned the girls
to think about what they
post, saying that instant
gratification is not always
worth a good opportunity
later on.
“Anything you send out
is going to come back,” she
said.
PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELL
Ali Heinonen, an attorney with Smith & Miller, Attorneys at
Law, and assistant law director for the City of Conneaut,
talks to eighth graders at Jefferson Area Junior High Eighth-grade girls in Shelly Brown’s class learn about Eighth-grade girls in Shelly Brown’s class listen to stories
School.
from attorney Ali Heinonen.
career trends for women.
Steve Rhodes Back on Stage for “Almost, Maine”
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT - Retired
Conneaut High School drama
teacher Steve Rhodes is rediscovering the challenges of
memorizing lines for a play.
Rhodes is not only directing, but taking on the role of
Phil in “Almost, Maine,” at the
Ashtabula Arts Center.
“I’m kind of the ‘last resort,”
said Rhodes. “When the person
cast was forced to drop out due
to shoulder surgery, I called
PHOTO BY HARRY SCHWENTKER
everyone I knew, but no one was
able to do it.”
As much as he likes being
on stage, Rhodes loves directing more. Directing “Almost,
Maine,” helped him when he
had no choice but to assume one
of the men’s roles.
Rhodes offered no glimpse
into the scene he shares with
April Tapper, playing Marcie,
whom he has cast in numerous
shows he has directed at the
Ashtabula Arts Center.
“We work well together,” he
said. “I had directed the scene,
so I knew what Phil was doing.”
But being on stage meant
memorizing the lines.
“When it comes to memorizing lines, you just sit down and
do it. It takes me about a day,”
he said. “Then you go on stage,
and it takes another week. It’s
one thing when you’re running
lines by yourself. Then you get
up there on stage, with another
person, and you forget.”
One of the most popular
plays written in the 21st century, “Almost, Maine” is set
in a remote, mythical small
town. The play consists of eight
scenes, or vignettes, none longer
than 15 minutes, that explore
love -- and loss -- through events
that happen at 9 p.m. on a
Friday night in the middle of
winter.
A prologue and epilogue
begin and end the show.
“Almost, Maine” is written
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Conneaut’s Steve Rhodes (left) and April Tapper share
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and 27, and 2 p.m. Feb. 28, at the Ashtabula Arts Center,
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Rich Simmons of Conneaut was the winner of a
Samsung 32-inch flat screen TV on Saturday at Lake
Pointe Rehabiliation & Nursing Center, 22 Parrish Road.
The drawing was held at the conclusion of Lake Pointe’s
free Pancake Breakfast.
CONNEAUT - Have
you even taken a ride on
the Higgins boat during
the D-Day Reenactment in
Conneaut? Chances are, that if you
have, you probably met
Richard Elliott. Elliott is a Navy veteran
from Maine who served
during the Vietnam War
on the USS Calcaterra
DER 390. His Navy experience
has led Elliott to see our
world as an ocean of people.
While on the USS Calcaterra DER 390 fighter
ship, Elliot accepted the
Lord as his own personal
Savior.
Elliott is pastor of Old
Time Baptist Church on
Furnace Road.
There are oceans of people, and Elliot encourages
as many as he can to get
on the “boat” for the Lord. “People have to make
their own decision. They
stay in the ocean and
drown, or reach up and be
saved,” he said.
Elliott is also a longtime volunteer with the
D-Day committee who has
been instrumental in storing one of the Higgins boats
owned by D-Day Ohio, Inc.,
in Ashtabula throughout
the year.
Conneaut Police reports
At 1:20 a.m. Feb. 11, a burglary alarm was reported at
a Chestnut Street residence. At 3:27 a.m. Feb. 11, an animal call was reported on
Poplar Street.
At 2:45 p.m. Feb. 11, a motor vehicle accident was reported in the area of East Main and Furnace Roads. At 3:44 p.m. Feb. 11, a motor vehicle accident was reported on Broad Street. At 6:03 p.m. Feb. 11, a domestic altercation was reported
on Chestnut Street. At 7:38 p.m. Feb. 11, a Monroe Street resident reported
harassment. At 9:47 p.m. Feb. 11, units were requested to check the
welfare of a subject in the parking lot at Conneaut Plaza.
At 8:46 p.m. Feb. 12, an animal call was received on
Main Street.
At 2:20 p.m. Feb. 12, a suspicious vehicle was reported
in the parking lot behind the Conneaut Coin Laundry. At 4:10 p.m. Feb. 12, a motor vehicle accident was reported in the area of State and South Ridge Roads.
At 4:25 p.m. Feb. 12, a motor vehicle accident was reported on Broad Street.
At 5:02 p.m. Feb. 12, units responded to check an open
door of a residence on Madison Street. At 7:01 p.m. Feb. 12, a motor vehicle accident was reported in the area of Route 7 and Welton Road. At 7:21 p.m. Feb. 12, an unwanted person was reported
at a West Main Road residence. At 9:35 a.m. Feb. 12, an animal call was reported on
Millard Avenue.
At 9:51 p.m. Feb. 12, a disabled motor vehicle was reported on I-90. At 10:28 p.m. Feb. 12, a motor vehicle accident was
reported on I-90. At 10:50 p.m. Feb. 12, a disabled motor vehicle was
Free Pick-Up Not Part of the Deal
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – A vehicle
owner was ordered by police
to return her car to an auto
body shop after she picked
it up without paying.
According to police reports, officers were notified
at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 15 by the
owner of an East Main Road
auto body shop that he spotted a vehicle on the road
which he had towed into his
shop earlier.
The owner of the car
never paid for services, and
had apparently come to the
lot and driven the vehicle
away.
The vehicle was located by police and
stopped on Liberty Street.
The owner, Melissa Cvetic,
stated that she was not
aware that she could not
just pick up her vehicle.
She was instructed to
return it to the shop.
reported on I-90. At 11:31 p.m. Feb. 12, a disabled motor vehicle was
reported on I-90.
At 3:47 a.m. Feb. 13, units checked a car alarm activated
in a vehicle parked on Broad Street.
At 9:15 a.m. Feb. 13, a motor vehicle fire was reported
in the area of State and Buffalo Streets. At 9:43 a.m. Feb. 13, an open door was reported at a West
Main Road residence. At 6:27 p.m. Feb. 13, an animal call was reported on
State Street.
At 10:14 p.m. Feb. 13, a Union City, Pa., resident reported
threats from a Conneaut resident.
At 1:56 a.m. Feb. 14, Anthony C. M. Lott was cited for
driving under suspension after officers initiated a traffic stop on Main Street for operating a vehicle without
headlights.
At 4:21 a.m. Feb. 14, a dispute was reported between a
Chestnut Street resident and a repo man there to obtain
his vehicle. Each party claimed to have been threatened
by the other.
At 4:17 p.m. Feb. 14, an animal call was reported on
Madison Street.
At 7:06 p.m. Feb. 14, reckless snowmobiles were reported
on Whitney Road.
At 10:37 a.m. Feb. 15, another agency requested that Conneaut police make contact with a Monroe Street resident
regarding a vehicle located in that agency’s jurisdiction.
At 4:35 p.m. Feb. 15, units assisted the medical squad
with a patient on Park Avenue.
At 6:07 p.m. Feb. 15, an unwanted male reportedly panhandling at a Mill Street business was advised to leave
the area. At 7:03 p.m. Feb. 15, a motor vehicle accident was reported on Broad Street.
At 8:01 p.m. Feb. 15, a disturbance between several
Two Drivers Cited Following
Incident On West Main Road
By MARTHA SOROHAN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT – Bryant
Wheeler and Jeffery Adams were cited following a
vehicle incident Feb. 16 on
West Main Road.
According to police reports, at 5:35 p.m., two
vehicles driven by these
men had pulled directly into
traffic from Conneaut Plaza
into the path of an oncoming
police vehicle.
Wheeler, the driver of the
first vehicle, was cited for
failure to yield.
The driver of the second
vehicle, Jeffery Adams, was
found to be suspended. He
was cited for failure to yield
and driving under suspension.
subjects was reported on Bridge Street. At 8:07 p.m. Feb. 15, a suicidal male was reported on
Jackson Street. At 10:19 p.m. Feb. 15, Marcus Wacker was arrested for
domestic violence, and transported to jail after allegedly
striking his juvenile son, and flipping over a chair in which
his wife was sitting.
At 10:57 p.m. Feb. 15, a suspicious person was reportedly walking in the area of Lake Road and Broad Street.
At 1 a.m. Feb. 16, Kevin McCumber was cited following
a traffic stop on Grant Street that revealed he was driving
with a suspended operator’s license. At 2:09 a.m. Feb. 16, Mark A. Johnston was cited following a traffic stop on Madison Street that revealed he was
driving with a suspended operator’s license.
At 6:41 a.m. Feb. 16, a motor vehicle accident was reported on West Main Road, west of Amboy Road.
At 8:42 a.m. Feb. 16, a motor vehicle accident was reported in the area of Center Road and Spring Street.
At 11:51 a.m. Feb. 16, a wallet was reported stolen from
a vehicle on Broad Street.
At 1:43 p.m. Feb. 16, a Jackson Street resident reported
the theft of a Social Security card.
At 4:21 p.m. Feb. 16, a soliciting complaint was reported
in the area of Main and Washington Streets.
At 6:37 p.m. Feb. 16, an unruly juvenile complaint was
reported at a State Street residence. At 7:05 p.m. Feb. 16, a suicidal female was reported on
State Street.
At 7:56 p.m. Feb. 16, a loud music complaint was reported
on Harbor Street. At 8:09 p.m. Feb. 16, units were requested at Conneaut
Medical Center to assist with a combative psychiatric
patient.
At 10:04 a.m. Feb. 17, an unruly juvenile was reported
at a West Main Road residence.
At 12:27 p.m. Feb. 17, a motor vehicle accident was reported in the area of Mill and Welton Roads.
At 5:41 p.m. Feb. 17, an animal call was reported in the
harbor/sandbar area. At 8:24 p.m. Feb. 17, an animal call was reported on
Welton Road. At 6:41 p.m. Feb. 17, a dog was reportedly chasing a male
in the area of Depot and Sandusky Streets. At 7:23 p.m. Feb. 17, a young female walking in the area
of State and Bartlett Streets reported harassment by a
driver who allegedly honked at her, then rolled down the
window and yelled a racial slur toward her.
At 9:45 p.m. Feb 17, officers walking through the Bottom
Line Bar encountered so many patrons openly smoking
cigarettes that they issued a formal complaint with the
Conneaut Health Department. When the matter was
brought to her attention, the bartender replied that she
would advise the owner.
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Education
My Day In Cour t CHS Students Win American Legion Essay Contest
By Trace Taylor
Last Tuesday, I went to
Conneaut Municipal Court
to learn about the justice
system, and it was great!
I learned many things,
and saw some interesting
cases. The judge, Judge
DiFranco, seemed really
nice.
Here is how my day in
court went.
We got there at around
8:40 a.m., and we went
upstairs to the court room.
Once we took our seats, we
waited a few minutes until
the judge entered the room.
A few minutes after that,
three other people came into
the room for their trial. The
judge told them their rights,
asked some questions, and
each person went up for
their case.
The first person who
went up was there because
he was caught in possession
of methamphetamine and
drug paraphernalia. The
third person who went up
was there for a domestic
violence call. After their
hearings, they left, and after
a few more minutes, more
people came in.
The next group of people
who came in were mostly
there for traffic tickets.
However, there was a guy
from Nepal who was in the
group and his charges were
very serious. He had been
driving under the influence of alcohol. Because he
couldn’t speak English very
well, he needed a translator to explain his rights to
him: innocent, guilty, or no
contest.
To plead innocent, you
deny that you did any crime.
To plead guilty, you admit
to the accusations you were
accused of. To plead no contest means you agree to the
facts of the claim and get
sentenced with these facts.
After the last group left,
we left. When I arrived back
at school, I felt educated.
This was truly an educational assignment.
*This is the second of of
seven winning essays by Conneaut Middle School eighthgraders following the “My
Day In Court” field trip to
Conneaut Municipal Court.
Kayla Phares Joins
Women’s Chorus at
Ashland University
ASHLAND -- Kayla
Phares of Conneaut is a
member of Ashland University’s Women’s Chorus.
Directed by Professor
of Music Dr. Marla Butke,
the Women’s Chorus presents a diverse repertoire,
including art music from
the Renaissance to the
present day folk arrangements and lighter fare.
The Chorus performs
at a number of campus
and off-campus events,
including the annual Ashland University Festival
of Lights, as well as at The
Cathedral of St. John the
Evangelist in Cleveland.
Phares, a forensic biology major is a 2015 graduate of Edgewood Senior
High School.
Rowe High School ‘53/54
Rowe High School Classes of 1953/54 will meet
for breakfast 9 a.m. March 1 at Perkins Restaurant,
Conneaut Plaza. Breakfasts the first/ third Tuesdays.
Guests welcome.
Rowe High School Classes of ‘60/‘61
Rowe High School Classes of 1960 and 1961 will
meet for noon lunch March 1 at Perkins Restaurant,
Conneaut Plaza. Classes meet the first Tuesday.
Guests welcome.
CHS Class of 1958
Conneaut High School Class of 1958 will meet for
noon lunch at Perkins Restaurant, Conneaut Plaza,
on March 7. Class meets the first Monday. Guests
welcome.
Rowe High School ‘62/’63
Rowe High School Classes of 1962/1963 will meet
for breakfast 9 a.m. March 22 at Perkins Restaurant,
Conneaut Plaza. Classes meet the fourth Tuesday.
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Eighteen Conneaut High School students were winners in the American Legion’s
Americanism and Government Test. Eleven of them attended an awards ceremony
recently at the American Legion Cowle Post on Broad Street. Pictured with American
Legion test coordinator Joe Moroski (far left), they are (front left) junior Hope Romanski,
sophomores Payton Walker, Natalie Kaufman and Michael Guarino; senior Gage
Janek; juniors Kasey McAvoy and Danielle Hall; and (back, left) sophomores Dyshawn
Jones and Seth Humphreys; seniors Sean O’Meara and Tim LaBounty. Not pictured
are winners Kaylee Blenman, Ali Thompson, Silvia Furman, seniors; Kayla Palo, Donald
Brown and Adam Laitinen, juniors; and Sierra Taylor, sophomore. The American Legion
offers the Americanism and Government test annually. Three females and three males
from each grade level are selected as winners.
Nena Dudley Is
Spartan of the Month
Nena Dudley received a plaque, flowers, and Conneaut
Spartans T-shirt as she was recognized Monday night
as Conneaut High School Spartan for the month of
February. At its final meeting of each month, Conneaut
City Council honors a Conneaut High School student
as “Spartan of the Month,” chosen by Conneaut High
School teachers and staff based upon the student’s
academic and personal achievements. The “Spartan
of the Month” exhibits qualities such as willingness to
help others, encouragement, selflessness, motivation
and inspiration that represent what it means to be a
true “Spartan.” “Thank you very much for the honor,”
Dudley said.
Conneaut Middle School Honor/Merit Roll 2015/2016
HONOR ROLL
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CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLAIN
JARED CLARK
LEVI CORLEW
MICHAELA GOODWILL
LYDIA JERINA
MIKAYLA JOHNSTON
ALEXANDER KENNEDY
ALANA LENART
LAWREN LITWILER
EMILY LORELLO
LAIANNA LOUCKS
VENESSA MEOLA
ELLA OLDAKER-DEWEY
ROWAN OLDAKER-DEWEY
GAVIN RIGGS
ADEN SCHROCK
ADELE WADE
SHANNON ZAPPITELLI
LAUREN ZIMMERMAN
James Burton
Lindsay Fritzsche
Robert Hagstrom
Brianna Nadeau
Tanya Sirrine
Garrett Maenpaa
Benjamin Penniman
Karlie Mickle
Rickie Stutzman
Hannah Tallbacka
Lilah Barczak
Claire Eaton
Abigail Falcone
Kaitlyn Groulx
Patrick Kantola
Perleen Mundi
Megan Silis
Shelby Strong
Alexander Erdman
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Kylie Singleton
Steven Hagstrom
Nickolas Mason
GRADE 7
JOSHUA ALEXANDER
JENNA BIRT
JAYDEN DREW
LAUREN ENSMAN
KENDALL FARLEY
SOPHIA FLEMING
JOZLYNE PAPE
ALEXIS PASANEN
MALACHAI ROSSITER
KARISSA SHELLHAMMER
PADAM SIDHU
JASMINE STEIGHNER
JAMES VENDETTI
VANESSA WELKER
Lane Herman
Ethan Morrison
Rylee Shuster
Jordan Hathy
Nicolas Brown
Benjamin Rivers
Cheyenne Anderson
Alexander Broome
Amanda Loomis
Sara Schmaeman
Leah Vendetti
Dulcea Drakes
Kevin Henderson
Anthony Nunes
Camden Richey
Arayia Weatherspoon
Madison Kizina
GRADE 8
KATELYN BANISH
BRANDEN BURDETTE
ISABELLA CLEVELAND
AIMEE DEWALT
EMILY FALCONE
SETH FEDOR
ALEXIS FISHER
GARY GHIZ
JAY GREEN
LILY GREGORY
ZACHARY HATCH
KATHERINE JOSLIN
ALYSSA LAGO
JACOB LOWER
SHAWN MEOLA
NICHOLAS MORRIS
KATIE PARISE
ALEXANDRIA PORTER
SETH ROSE
SYDNEY SKWERA
ANDREA TAYLOR
Allyson Tattrie
Merissa Kligge
Logan Poore
Samuel Penniman
Chance Ryan
Skyla Bowers
Kyra Dettling
Richard Picard
Huntar Fertig
Tyler Hayes
Heaven Overton
Emileigh Rhoads
Damon Bowers
Lydia Mozzocco
Madison Seese
Logan Braden
Jenna Ball
Kylee Schwartz
Rylan Davison
Sierra Tennant
Aidan Thomas
Shyann Steinhoff
Katelyn King
MERIT ROLL
GRADE 6
Shania Barnes
Lillian Ferry
Jason Herd
Jesse King
Dillon Kirk
Alex Kohlman
Nicholas Osborne
Hunter Parks
Christopher Bateman
Wyatt Mayle
Alyssa Oglesby
Autumn Windler
Hailie Bixler
Daniel Henderson
Elizabeth Conley
Keara Bowers
Jaydin Coy
Austin Hall
Peyton Marcy
Landon Simak
Taylor Klingman
Alyssa Brainard
Micheala Bateman
Laci Abbey
Heidi Mayor
Isabela Cotts-Benson
Karissa Dickey
Luke Huston
Trystan Crist
Marcus Owens
Grade 7
Daniel Kaufman
William Schmaeman
Shiloh Wood
Dominic Zappitelli
Ryan Osborne
Tyler Hale
Isabella Danforth
Isabella Lawton
Krystal Nadeau
Ivory Brown
Brady Dale
Eliza Lewis
Danielle Williams
Isabel Brown
Callie Bearden
Jordan Camp
Cory Copeland
Serenity Braden
Joseph Merlene
Kathryne Ray
Faith Gorton
Cassandra Harper
Isaac Schroeder
Hannah Stiltner
Anthony Burckhartte
Madison Hunchuck
Alonzo Marshall
Robert Beatman
Angellia Camensky
Nathanial Coy
Dylan Fedor
Julia Rockwell
Jacob Wiley
Grade 8
Brady Blenman
Madison Burckhartte
Kaitlin Burdette
Gina Carlucci
Ethan Coltman
Damien Estes
Cali Jarvi
Logan Mucci
William Neyhard
Trace Taylor
Alexis Lott
Annalee Hagstrom
Kaylin McClintock
Kylie Newhart
Kiara Sanford
Patience Davis
Tyler Gerren
Emily Hosey
Ryan Young
Hayley Spencer
Nina Sirrine
Natalie Lucas
ReAna Howland
Charles O’Meara
Luis Rodriguez
Margaret Bimle
Hunter Dale
Trevor Armeni
Shakira Dalrymple
Isabelle Eble
Zachary Ramey
Hailey Slocum
Religion
Religious Briefs
At 11 a.m. worship Feb. 28, the third Sunday of Lent at First
Congregational United Church of Christ, Main & Buffalo
Streets, greeters are Linda Towne and Kathy Ogrodnichek.
Worship leader is Shane Brown and liturgist is Gail Sharkey.
Sue Randall will give the children’s message. Norris Kelly and
interim pastor Joyce Shellhammer will present a dialogue,
“From the Cotton Fields to the Concert Hall,” reflecting the
importance of Negro spirituals. Kelly will lead the Adult Choir,
with Harry Casey on the organ. Adult Bible Study 10 a.m. in
the church library is concluding its series on Jewish festivals.
In March, it begins a three-month series on faith. Lenten
Lunch and Bible Study noon Wednesdays. Youth dodgeball
6 p.m. Fridays.
At Lighthouse Free Will Baptist Church, 248 Buffalo
Street, Sunday worship is 10:30 a.m., with breakfast 9:30 a.m.
Mid-week supper and service Wednesday 5:30 p.m., led by
Pastor Matthew Sury. Bus service available.
Worship is 11 a.m. Feb. 28 at First Baptist Church, 370
State St., with the Rev. Robert Guldenschuh, Jr., preaching.
Paper products are being collected this month for the Conneaut
Human Resources Center’s Seniors Together and Right Track.
The Rev. Scott Walsh, pastor, will preach another in his
“Risen” sermon series at 9 a.m. contemporary worship and
traditional worship 11 a.m. Feb. 28 at New Leaf United
Methodist Church, 110 Gateway Avenue. Youth 6 to 7:30
p.m. Sundays. Young Adults, 18 and up, meet 7 to 8:30 p.m.
the first and third Tuesdays with Pastor Jeremiah See. “CONNECT” Contemporary Lenten worship 6 p.m. Wednesdays.
Norris Kelly, Joyce Shellhammer To Present
“From Cotton Fields to Concert Halls”
Submitted by Joyce
Shellhammer
First Congregational United
Church of Christ
CONNEAUT – In commemoration of Black History
Month, First Congregational
United Church of Christ is
honoring people of color at
11 a.m. worship February 28.
The entire service will be
dealing with the contributions of Blacks in our faith
and in American history.
Black History Month, or
National African American
History Month, is an annual
celebration of achievements
by black Americans and a
time for recognizing the cen-
CAMA Mid-Week
Lenten Services 2016
At 11 a.m. worship Feb. 28 at Amboy United Methodist
Church, 554 W. Main Road, Pastor Terry Simpson will preach.
Pastor Sheila Brooker will preach 9:30 a.m. worship Feb.
28 at State Line United Methodist Church, 7321 Bushnell
Road (Route 84).
Worship is 9 a.m. Feb. 28 at Kelloggsville United Methodist Church, 4763 N. Monroe Center Road. The Rev. Betsy
Schenk will preach.
Bob Guldenschuh
Worship is 9:30 a.m. Feb. 28 at Monroe United Methodist
Conneaut Area MinisteChurch, 4302 Center Road. Pastor Julie Applegate will preach. rial Association hosts nondenominational mid-week
Worship is 8:30 a.m. contemporary and 11 a.m. traditional Lenten services, “Turn
at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grove Street at Lake Back,” Thursdays at 6:30
Road. The Rev. Patrick Van De Motter, pastor, will preach p.m. through March 17 at
on Feb. 28, the third Sunday in Lent. First Holy Communion rotating churches. Each
classes 12:15 p.m. through March 13.
service is followed by a coffee-and-cookies reception.
North Kingsville Presbyterian Church Sunday worFeb. 25: 6:30 p.m. at St.
ship is 10 a.m. at 6546 Church Street, with Pastor Ken Ayers, Frances Cabrini Church,
preaching.
734 Mill Street
Message: “The ComAt East Conneaut Baptist Chapel, 393 Jennie Street, mand: Repent,” by the Rev.
Sunday Bible Study for all ages is 10 a.m., followed by 11 a.m. Bob Guldenschuh, pasworship.
tor, First Baptist Church.
Scripture: Mark 1:1-4
At Kingsville First Baptist Church, 6003 Route 193, SunMarch 3: 6:30 p.m. at
day worship is 10:45 a.m., following 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Good Shepherd Lutheran
Cowboy Church at Rustlers Ranch, Creek Road,
Pierpont, held 7 p.m. Thursday evenings, Sunday worship at
Kelloggsville Church of the Nazarene, 4841 Route 84, is 10:45
a.m. and 6 p.m.
Church Meals
Friday Lenten Fish/Pasta Dinners 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb.
26 at Corpus Christi Parish Hall, 734 Mill Street. Menu is
fish or pasta, with sides of potato, vegetable, apple sauce or cole
slaw, roll and butter, plus hot coffee. Dinners served Fridays
through March 25.
Mary’s Kitchen, a ministry of Corpus Christi Parish, will
serve free hot lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at
Conneaut Human Resources Center, 327 Mill Street.
Kingsville First Baptist Church, 6003 Route 193, serves
free family dinner 5:30 to 6:30 Thursdays.
High school Youth Ministry “Coffee House” is offered 9:15
a.m. Sundays at Corpus Christi Parish Office, 744 Mill
Street.
Young Adult Group Forming at New Leaf
New Leaf United Methodist Church, 110 Gateway
Avenue, is forming a social group for young adults age
18 and up.
It will meet 7 to 8:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday
of the month with Pastor Jeremiah See.
The first meeting will be March 1.
The group is open to the community regardless of
one’s religious affiliation.
For information, call New Leaf at 593-2525.
Blood Drive Feb. 25 at New Leaf
New Leaf Event Center, 110 Gateway Avenue, will
host the Red Cross Bloodmobile noon to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 25.
tral role of African Americans
in U.S. history.
The event grew out of
“Negro History Week,” the
brainchild of noted historian
Carter G. Woodson and other
prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S.
president has officially designated the month of February
as Black History Month.
On Sunday, First UCC
will feature noted musician,
Norris Kelly, as he directs the
choir in the anthem, “Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot.” He will
take part in a dialogue message with Joyce Shellhammer entitled, “From Cotton
Fields to Concert Halls.”
During the message, Kelly
Church, Grove Street at
Lake Road
Message: “”The Claim:
The Kingdom of God Is
At Hand,” by Jan Walsh,
pastor, New Leaf United
Methodist Church. Scripture: Mark 1:15
March 10: 6:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church, 370
State Street
Message: “The Commitment: Take Up Your
Cross,” by the Rev. Scott
Walsh, pastor, New Leaf
United Methodist Church.
Scripture: Matthew 10:3739. Choir: First Congregational United Church of
Christ, directed by Norris
Kelly
March 17: 6:30 p.m.
New Leaf United Methodist Church, 110 Gateway
Avenue
Message: “The Crux:
Jesus, and Him Crucified,” by Tim Kraus, pastor, Church of Christ.
Scripture: Galatians 2:20.
Choir: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, directed by
Taylor Peel.
will use his expertise in showing how the same song was
done in the fields and in the
concert halls. Kelly, a graduate of the Oberlin college
Conservatory, will also sing
several solos depicting the
Negro Spirituals.
Negro spirituals make an
anthology of Biblical heroes
and tales, from Genesis where
Adam and Eve are in the
Garden, picking up leaves,
to John’s calling the roll in
Revelation. Favored heroes
are Noah, chosen of God to
ride down the flood; Samson,
who tore those buildings
down; Joshua, who caused the
walls of Jericho to fall ; Jonah,
symbol of hard luck changed
at last; and Job, the man of
tribulation who still would
not curse his God. These are
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2016 Lenten Programs
Corpus Christi Parish: Stations of the Cross
4 p.m., Confession 4:30 p.m.
Fridays throughout Lent at
St. Frances Cabrini Church,
734 Mill Street. Fish/pasta
dinners served Fridays
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. through
March 25 at Corpus Christi
Parish Hall. A DVD study
program by Bishop Robert Barron, “Seven Deadly
Sins, Seven Lively Virtues,”
is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in Corpus Christi Parish Hall, 734 Mill Street.
First Congregational United Church of
Christ, Main & Buffalo
Streets, Lenten Soup Lunch
and Bible Study at noon
Wednesdays led by Joyce
Shellhammer. The study
focuses on strengthening
and uplifting one’s spirit
during life’s challenges. All
welcome.
New Leaf United
Methodist Church, 110
Gateway Avenue, 6 p.m.
Wednesdays, “CONNECT,”
contemporary praise worship with Communion,
prayer, short message. All
welcome
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Grove
Street at Lake Road, Lenten worship, “Open My Life,
Lord,” 7 p.m. Wednesdays,
preceded by soup and sandwich supper 6 to 6:45 p.m.
in Fellowship Hall.
March 2 – “Open My
Ears, Lord,” with message
by Kurt Sandberg
Heart, Lord,” with message
by Greg Betteridge
Life, Lord,” with message
by Mark Lytle.
How To Finance A St. John Education
“How to Finance a St. John Education” will be offered
6:30 p.m. March 3, at St. John School, 7911 Depot Road,
Saybrook Township.
The session will discuss state, local and St. John
tuition assistance and scholarship programs, payment
options and tuition discounts.
Contact Keith Corlew at 997-5531, ext. 226, for more
information.
St. John is a private Catholic high school, part of
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, serving
students in grades K-12.
“Fit For Christ,” “Silver
Sneakers” at New Leaf
Glenda Lowe and Donna Jones lead Bible study/aerobics at “Fit For Christ” 9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at New Leaf Event Center, 110 Gateway Avenue,
by donation.
The Ashtabula County Y’s “Silver Sneakers” follows at
10 a.m. Wednesday and Friday at New Leaf. Cost is $5,
or free with supplemental Medicare insurance.
The public is welcome.
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Sun, Wed 4 p.m./ Mon, Thurs 2 a.m.
New Leaf United Methodist Church: Sun, Wed 5
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church: Sun, Wed 6
p.m. / Mon, Thurs 4 a.m.
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PROPERTY
Taxpayers are not footing
the bill for these demolitions.
The Ashtabula County Land
Bank is funded primarily
from a portion of delinquent
taxes that are collected, and,
to a lesser extent, from land
transfers.
Special NIP funding for
the Land Bank’s demolition
program come from lending
institutions to settle legal
claims resulting from the
recent foreclosure crisis.
“We’re reimbursed
through funds obtained
through those lending institutions,” Harvey said.
Overseen by a seven-member board, the Ashtabula
County Land Bank is one of
about 28 county land banks
in the state. Its benefit, according to Hockaday, is that
it offers some property owners a means of walking away
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from their property without
foreclosure.
So far, the Ashtabula
County Land Bank has received $1.3 million from three
funding sources and acquired
39 properties. The acquisition
process begins when entities
provide the Land Bank a list
of its “most wanted,” so to
speak.
“It’s not like we demolish
any old house,” Hockaday
said. “We started with a list,
and there are certain requirements. A chief one is that a lot
of houses that are ‘bad’ properties might have a mortgage
interest. The owner might
say he’s okay with walking
away, but a bank is involved.
We have to get the bank to
release that mortgage interest. Or owners can turn over a
deed if they own the property
outright.”
Hockaday said many
homes on the list have major
maintenance issues.
“The home on South Liberty Street was a rental property that had gotten out of
hand,” he said. “They had
taken out the wiring and the
plumbing, so the cost to fix
and repair it, and bring it up
to code, to 2016 codes, was
high. With this program, we
can lay out an alternative.
They can sign it over to the
Land Bank, and they will
demolish it, and the owner
can walk away. Some cases,
such as on Mill Street and
on South Liberty, are these
cases. Rental units out of
control, owned outright with
no mortgage interest. And if
the bank chooses to go ahead
and foreclose, then they are
in the property maintenance
business. Either way, it’s the
owner’s decision, but we also
lay out the consequences.”
Hockaday further explained that dollars are held
with the county’s Community
Planning Office and strict
procedures are in place, including asbestos and lead
paint abatement, demolition
permits, and more.
“It’s a multi-month process,” he said. “We’ve had
the Woodworth and South
Liberty Street properties in
hand last September and are
just now getting to them.”
Harvey concurs that the
Land Bank properties have
gone through “due-diligence”
foreclosure, or come from
owners of vacant, blighted
properties which have no
liens aside from taxes and
who can sign over the deed
to the Land Bank in lieu of
foreclosure.
Not all Land Bank acquisitions are demolished. Some
are sold very inexpensively
through an application process that asks how a buyer
intends to use the property.
But most do face the wrecking ball.
“The NIP funds are keeping us busy,” Harvey said.
“We had one Monday in Conneaut, another coming down
this week on South Liberty,
and another later, plus one
more we will be acquiring this
week in Conneaut.”
As long as NIP funding
holds up, Harvey said the
Land Bank will acquire as
many properties as it can by
the October deadline.
“For some, we have to wait
until the foreclosure process
is complete, so we’re a little
bit at the mercy of the court
system,” Harvey said. “We
do have an over-abundance
of properties in this county,
and we won’t get them all. “
Harvey has her fingers
crossed that NIP funding
could be extended beyond
October.
“In the past, they’ve given
us an extension and more
funding. If more funding is
available, we can apply. But
it’s not an ongoing program,”
she said. “If we get another
round of funding, that’s wonderful.”
Harvey calls the Ashtabula County Land Bank a group
effort and a win-win situation.
“A joint effort working for
the same cause,” she said.
“It’s nice to have the program to say to property owners, hey, you can walk away.
It’s an option. We have an
outlet,” Hockaday said
RHODES
by John Cariani, an acquaintance of Kim Godfrey, Drama
Director at the Ashtabula Arts
Center.
“Kim knew the show, and
said they needed a director,
and I read the script, and it’s
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terrific,” Rhodes said.
Rhodes’ daughters both
knew the play, which was the
most-performed play in American high schools last year.
Because most audiences
are unfamiliar with the play,
Rhodes said they come into
the theater not knowing what
to expect.
“It’s a lovely play,” he said.
“We are trusting that audiences will go away happy, and
they do. We’ve had nice crowds.
They’ve been very receptive.”
Though enjoying his stint
on the boards, Rhodes finds it
challenging to direct and act in
the same show.
“Being on stage can be kind
of scary, but I like it,” he said.
“It reminds me of what my actors are going through.”
His actors also include Sean
Taylor and Tammy Hagstrom
of Conneaut.
“Almost, Maine” curtain is
7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and 27, and
2 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Ashtabula
Arts Center, 2928 W. 13th
Street. Tickets are $15 general,
$13 seniors, and $11 children.
Call 440-964-3478 for tickets.
Performance with intermission
is 90 minutes.
CIRCUS
From page 4A
County Land Bank will be
utilized in this process.
Council moved to a second
reading an ordinance that
would apply for a Local Government Innovation Fund
Grant to be used for a joint
feasibility analysis with the
schools at the building on the
former Astatic property.
Hockaday asked for more
time to give school officials
sufficient time to read the
proposal. He expects Council
to pass the ordinance next
month.
Ward 4 Councilman Tom
Kozesky reported that topics
discussed at his Safety Committee meeting on Feb. 17
included Fire Department
manpower, recruitment, and
a new fire engine due to be
delivered at the end of March.
The committee discussed
new police car cameras – the
department is comparing
cameras used by area police
departments – and the addition of two new officers to the
Conneaut Police Department.
Kozesky also attended a
Law Enforcement meeting
at Lake Erie Correctional
Institution which focused
on recent security issues
and update of future plans.
Representatives of the Ohio
Highway Patrol and Conneaut Police Department
were in attendance.
Church reported on the Feb.
17 meeting of his Downtown
Clean-Up Committee. He said
the Junk Vehicle ordinance
is being revised, and that the
committee discussed Con-
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union building at Park and
Day Streets, the former lumber company at 310 Harbor
Street; the Ely Building at
521 W. Main; Amboy School;
and properties on 12th Street,
Clinton and Main Street.
Graffiti continues to be a
problem at the Astatic property, west side of Conneaut
Plaza, Cleveland Court, 210
Harbor Street and the CSX
underpass.
Church said now that CSX
refurbished its railroad bridge
on Lake Avenue in Ashtabula,
he hopes it will follow suit in
Conneaut.
“That bridge hasn’t been
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here as city manager. It was
sandblasted and painted by
our Public Works Department,
under John Roach,” Church
said. He plans to pursue CSX
to improve the appearance of
the underpass.
Finally, Hockaday said
that the city can save money
by replacing and repairing
fire hydrants by going with
Aqua Ohio.
He said that the in-house
cost of $43,000 is about more
than $10,000 higher than
Aqua Ohio’s price.
“Aqua serves over 500 municipal systems,” Hockaday
said.
The city took stock of its
fire hydrants during last fall’s
hydrant flushing program.
Hockaday said those to be
repaired are on good lines.
“There is no use replacing
those on bad water lines,” he
said.
Leaking is the most common problem of troublesome
hydrants.
Hydrant repair and replacement will be discussed
at the councils March 7 work
session but Hockaday would
like it on the agenda of a
Utilities Committee meeting
as it is a joint project between
the Conneaut Fire and Water
Department.
Conneaut City Council will
meet in 6 p.m. work session
March 7 in Council Chambers.
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Conneaut Finance Director John Williams said that
the error was blamed on
a software glitch between
the Auditor’s Office and the
Treasurer’s Office.
The bills are due on time,
and the proper amount will
be allocated to all entities.
Hockaday said the county
was considering sending a
letter of explanation.
The error appears on
commercial property tax
bills only. Residential tax
bills are not affected.
Hockaday also reported
new regulations on the Food
Service industry will go into
effect in March, 2017.
Food Supervisors will
have to have Level 2 certifications. Training is available
in Jefferson.
Hockaday said that Conneaut Health Commissioner
Sally Kennedy was to cost
out bringing a trainer to hold
a class in Conneaut.
Council agreed to raise
the Lakeview Trailer Park
annual lease fee by $500, to
$2,800. The last lease hike,
to $2,250, was in 2014.
From page 1A
Council discussed whether to go with a one, two or
three-year natural gas supplier agreement with Direct
Energy, whose contract expires in March.
The city currently pays
$3.11 per mcf; last year, its
buildings used 8,400 mcf and
paid $26,000.
Though a one-year contract, $2.73 per mcf would
offer the greatest savings,
compared to $2.90 for a twoyear contract and $3.01 for a
three-year contract, Council
agreed that the natural gas
prices cannot drop much
lower, so renewing a year
from now might not be as
advantageous as signing a
two-year contract.
“I hesitate to do a threeyear contract because three
years is a long time to lock
up a price,” Hockaday said.
The two-year contract offers the city a $1,700 annual
savings over the current
contract.
“We’re rolling dice,” said
Ward 1 Councilman Doug
Hedrick.
Finance Director John
Williams said the two-year
option is the “best way to
go,” and said the city regularly signs two-year electric
contracts.
“The rates will probably
go up,” he said. “At what
point can the [natural gas]
producers break even?”
Council agreed with
Hockaday’s reasoning that
even if the rates increase,
the city will realize savings
with the two-year contract.
CT Consultants’ Shawn
Aiken attended the work
session to discuss the Ohio
Department of Transportation Small Cities grant,
which would fund paving a
portion of West Main Road
from the North Kingsville
line to Gore Road.
At-large Councilman Jon
Arcaro balked, asking why
the road would not be paved
all the way to Parrish.
“Why stop at Gore?” he
said.
The reason, Aiken explained, is cost. He said
ODOT Small Cities grants
are typically about $2 million, and it would take about
$5 million, or several grants,
to fund longer stretches of
road.
This one, identified as
Phase II, is $1.6 million.
Hockaday said before
paving is done, the city
should work at improving
lines underneath the street
so that once paving is complete, the road will not have
to be torn up.
Bridge Deck rehab on
the bridges over Conneaut
Creek on Keefus and Center Roads will cost about
$300,000, another Small
Cities Grant Local Bridge
program of ODOT.
The Keefus Road bridge
is impacted by the gravel on
Keefus Road, which grounds
up the asphalt on the bridge.
“We want [grant] money
to do the approaches [to the
bridge]. We’ll go as far as
ODOT lets us,” Aiken said.
The city has also submitted a grant to upgrade pumps
at the water treatment plant.
Hockaday said that current pumps that bring water
out of Lake Erie have two
settings, “on” and “off,” and
that to get the desired rate,
crews sometimes partially
shut valves.
“It’s inefficient,” he said.
“We need to upgrade to
pumps with speed drives.”
Discussing grants, Arcaro
asked about grants for the
Conneaut fire station.
Hockaday said the LGIF
might be a fund source for a
feasibility study.
“But not straight planning dollars,” he said.
“We need to do something.
We’ve talked about it for
years,” Arcaro said.
“The firemen deserve better than what we have. It’s a
museum,” said Connneaut
Church of Fire Station 1
located in City Hall.
Hockaday favors a single
centrally-located fire station where “all the guys and
equipment are in one place.”
Hockaday said that
the city will have to pay
$3,224.17 to help fund two
street lights on the reconstructed Route 20 bridge just
west of Amboy Road.
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SABO
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Sabo’s next dozen years
were spent as an Environmental Director in the Health
Department of the City of
Ashtabula.
“I was a ‘generalist,’ working with food, water, landfills,
and handling complaints,” he
said. “A lot more than Pike
County, where I was living in
an efficiency apartment and
earning $125 a month.”
What he liked about the
City of Ashtabula position is
that he was not dealing with
wells or septic systems. His
time was spent overseeing
inspections to ensure state
criteria and codes were being
followed.
“I thought that was great,”
he said.
As soon as he was able,
Sabo retired, and not because
he disliked working.
“People in my family have
a history of dying young, so
I thought I’d get out while I
could,” he said.
Sadly, not long after, it
was not Sabo, but his wife,
who passed away.
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$11,000 price tag to put
up the street lights, which
were somehow left out of the
bridge contract.
The Ohio Department
of Transportation, which
completed the new bridge
in December, has agreed to
pay $7,840.15 of the cost to
“bump out” sections of concrete, and put in steel posts,
to accommodate bridge utility poles.
ODOT has asked only
that electrical crews not
interfere as they finish the
bridge work.
“That could be a couple
of years the way the electric
company is working,” said
Arcaro.
“I think this is the most
we’re going to get out of
them,” Hockaday said. “You
can take it or leave it.”
“I say take it,” Church
said.
Hockaday explained that
rather than paying the city
directly, ODOT will credit
the city the cost of the “bumpout.”
Details of the credit must
be worked out.
When Conneaut advertised in 2011 for sa part-time
sanitarian to replace Cady
Hutchinson, Sabo jumped at
the chance.
“It was ideal,” he said. “It
gave me a chance to get out,
get active, and meet people. It
created a diversion.”
The 20-hour-a-week
position was perfect. The
Ashtabula resident has
worked 8 a.m. to noon one
month on and one month off,
alongside Herb Shubick, who
works alternating months.
Sabo expected the job to be
short-lived.
“It was supposed to be
‘temporary’ until they found
someone,” he said. “Then
they came and said they still
hadn’t found anyone, so they
were willing to work out a
deal. Conneaut’s always been
open to new ideas.”
Sabo says the sanitarian’s
job is a good one and that it is
unfortunate that it’s “below
the radar screen.”
“People don’t know it exists,” he said. “But it’s really
rewarding. On one hand, it’s
frustrating that a large segment of the population is content to live with cockroaches
and rodents, and make it
miserable for their neighbors.
But most people are grateful
that we can help them. It’s
nice to help people.”
Calling City Manager Jim
Hockaday “a nice guy to work
with,” Sabo applauds efforts
by Conneaut City Council
to require residential trash
pick-up.
“Some of these people
can’t afford garbage pick-up
because they mismanage
their money, and cause recurring problems,” he said.
“Something needs to be done.
Some people don’t want trash
pick-up. A certain segment of
our population is irresponsible. But on the other hand,
they are my job security.”
In addition to job security, a sanitarian rarely gets
called out on middle-of-thenight emergencies.
“Once in Ashtabula city,
sewage was going into the
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river, and it was hard to find
where it came from, but I
never got called out in Conneaut. Thankfully, we had
no natural disasters.”
As a sanitarian, Sabo has
had to keep up with constant
changes in state regulations.
He held up two books of
State of Ohio food regulations – one 43 pages, from
his early career days, and
one 140 pages published in
2013.
“They change regulations
every five years,” he said.
“Businesses get hit with a
lot of stuff every day from
authorities.”
The latest regulations
center around updated license requirements for food
handlers. The goal is better,
safer food service operations.
Level 2 food handlers have
until March, 2017, to become
certified.
By then, Sabo will be acclimated to retirement. He
and his “significant other,”
Rhonda – a speech therapist
with Ashtabula Area City
Schools – love being outdoors along Lake Erie.
Though Sabo does not
own a boat – “the best times
to boat are during working
hours, so now maybe I’ll
have time,” he said – he
spends hours working on
classic cars, never missing a
Lighthouse Cruisers CruiseIns Thursday evenings at
Township Park.
He has two Studebakers,
one Willie, and one Packard.
He managed to make a
recent cover of Studebaker
Magazine with his ’57 Packard, his newest acquisition
purchased five years ago.
“I submitted a photo of
me with the car, a lake shot,
and they told me it would be
on the cover,” he said. “No
pay. But it’s rare to get a
car on the cover of a national
magazine, one that is seen
all over the world, even in
Australia and Europe.”
Because the Packard is
still a “work in progress,”
Sabo attends the Packard
National Meet in Traverse
City, Mich., in June without
the vehicle.
“My other three cars are
ready to roll,” he said.
Thus it is no surprise
what Sabo looks forward to
in his retirement years.
“More time to play with
my toys,” he said. “And my
two dogs. They love to be
in the garage and garden
with me.”
Conneaut Health Comissioner Sally Kennedy says
that the good-natured, softspoken Sabo will be missed.
“He’s such an asset to the
Health Department. He is
going to be hard to replace.”
Until Sabo’s replacement
is found, Shubick will be
handling the job alone.
Kennedy says the Health
Department is looking for a
permanent part-time sanitarian, perhaps someone
straight out of college. She
says state-registered sanitarians are hard to come by.
“The Health Board will
try to find the best applicant
to fill the position,” she said.
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Ashtabula County Swim Teams
By BYRON C. WESSELL
Gazette Newspapers
Ashtabula County boys
swimmer of the year: Alex
Laird, of Edgewood.
Ashtabula County girls
swimmer of the year: Marissa Covetta, of Geneva.
Ashtabula County
diver of the year: Sidney
O’Donnell, of Jefferson.
Ashtabula County first
team girls consisted of:
Hannah Laird (Edgewood),
Gabby Brown (Edgewood),
Caitlyn Howe (Edgewood),
Kayla Bertolf (Edgewood),
Isabella George (Geneva,
Marissa Covetta (Geneva),
Kaylee Thomas (Geneva),
Asia Dudik (Geneva) Gwen
Gelofsack (Geneva), Katie
Petro (Jefferson), Montana
Szuhay (Jefferson), Sidney
O’Donnell (Jefferson), Erin
Butcher (Jefferson), Alexis
Meaney (Jefferson), Ali
Hamliton (Lakeside), Maylyn Hones (Lakeside) and
Sophie Hockran (PV).
Ashtabula County second
team girls: Laura Ibanez
(Edgewood), Ciarra Horton
(Edgewood), Olivia Ovak
(Edgewood), Hannh Pakkala (Geneva), April Hanchosky (Geneva), Brittany
Henslee (Geneva), Makayla
Joles (Jefferson), Emma
Kovacs (Jefferson), Angelina Foreman (Jefferson),
Celeste Hamper (Jefferson),
Audra Puzio (Jefferson), Michelle Wagner (Lakeside),
Marissa Mosier (Lakeside),
Paige Paneto (Lakeside),
Kate Perry (Lakeside), Kay-
Ashtabula County Diver of the Year, Sidney O’Donnell, Ashtabula County Girls Swimmer
of the Year Marissa Covetta and Ashtabula County Boys Swimmer of the Year, Alex Laird.
la Howland (PV), Maggie
Hockran (PV) and Hannah
Higley (PV).
Ashtabula County First
Team Boys: Alex Laird
(Edgewood), Bret Miles
(Jefferson), Linus Hoffman
(Jefferson), Logan Sullivan
(Lakeside), Tanner Tulino
(Lakeside), Joey Bernardo
(Lakeside), Drew Kiphart
(Lakeside), Micha Barnes
(PV), Austin Limestoll (PV)
and Kevin Kovach (PV).
Ashtabula County second team boys consisted of:
Nathan Moore (Jefferson),
Josh Walker (Jefferson),
Chad Whetro (Lakeside),
Owen Schlosser (Lakeside), Anthony Ward (Lakeside), Hunter Hayslip (PV),
Ethan Senor (PV) and Matt
Fetters (PV).
Ashtabula County Boys Second Team Bottom Row:Left to
right Chad Whetro (Lakeside, Owen Schlosser (Lakeside)
and Anthony Ward (Lakeside) . Second Row:Left to Right
Nathan Moore (Jefferson)Josh Walker (Jefferson) and
Hunter Hayslip (PV). Top Row:Left to Right Ethan Senor
(PV), and Matt Fetters (PV).
PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELL
Ashtabula County Boys First Team (Left to Right) First
Row:Logan Sullivan (Lakeside), Tanner Tulino (Lakeside),
Joey Bernardo (Lakeside) and Drew Kiphart (Lakeside).
Second Row: Micha Barnes(PV), Austin Limestoll (PV) and
Kevin Kovach (PV). Last Row: Bret Miles (Jefferson), Linus
Hoffman (Jefferson) and Alex Laird (Edgewood).
Ashtabula County Girls First Team (Left to Right) First
Row: Hannah Laird(Edgewood) , Isabella George
(Geneva), Marissa Covetta (Geneva) and Kaylee Thomas
(Geneva). Second Row Caitlyn Howe (Edgewood), Asia
Dudik (Geneva) and Gwen Gelofsack (Geneva). Third
Row: Katie Petro (Jefferson), Kayla Bertolf (Edgewood),
and Montana Szuhay (Jefferson). Fourth Row: Sidney
O’Donnell (Jefferson), Erin Butcher (Jefferson) and Alexis
Meaney (Jefferson). Top Row: Maylyn Hones (Lakeside),
Sophie Hockran (PV) andAli Hamilton (Lakeside). Not
Pictured: Gabby Brown.
Ashtabula County Girls Second Team: Bottom Row
(left to right): Makayla Joles(Jefferson), Emma Kovacs
(Jefferson), Angelina Foreman (Jefferson), Laura Ibanez
(Edgewood) and Olivia Ovak(Edgewood). Second
row:left to right Celeste Hamper(Jefferson), Audra
Puzio (Jefferson), Michelle Wagner(Lakeside) and
Marissa Mosier (Lakeside). Third Row: Left to Right Kayla
Howland(PV),Maggie Hockran(PV) and Hannah Higley
PV. Fourth row: Left to Right Hannah Pakkala (Geneva),
Brittany Henslee (Geneva) and April Hanchosky
(Geneva). Top Row:Left to Right Paige Paneto (Lakeside)
and Kate Perry(Lakeside). Not Pictured: Ciarra Horton
(Edgewood).
Spartans spear Huskies
BY ALLAN MONONEN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT - It was
Senior Night, Monday,
February 15 for the Conneaut Lady Spartans. Seniors Alyssa Chadwick and
Jessica Thompson played
their last regular season
game for the Spartans. The
squad hosted the Cardinal
Lady Huskies.
In an exciting contest,
the evenly matched teams
swapped leads. The game
came down to the final
seconds.
After a Huskie missed
shot, the Spartans took
possession trailing by one,
33-32. Thompson brought
the ball down court. Jessica saw Brianna Oatman
open in the left corner.
Brianna lofted up a shot,
Good, to put the Spartans
ahead, 34-33 with twentyseven seconds left.
Cardinal had to take the
ball the length of the court.
The Spartan defense stuck
to the Huskie ball handlers
and then a pass to the right
corner was high and went
off the hands of the visitor,
Spartan ball.
With seven seconds left,
the Spartan guards passed
the ball around to run out
the clock, Conneaut wins
34-33.
“The defense played
very well. Brianna (Oatman) got a good look and
she hit it. Brianna has
been shooting the ball very
well as of late and that was
a big pressure shot. Jessica
did a nice job seeing the
floor in that situation,”
Spartan Coach Tony Pasanen said.
Wanting to send the
seniors off with a win, the
Spartans roared out to a
15-4 lead after two free
throws by Tehya Higley.
Then the Huskies put on
the full court press and
forced three consecutive
Spartan turnovers, 15-10.
“The press helped us
get back in the game. Give
Conneaut credit, they adjusted to the press,” Cardinal coach Luke Kruse said.
“The press has been our
Achilles heel all season,”
Pasanen added.
Conneaut went into
halftime with a 22-17 lead.
Then the Huskies made
a comeback in period three,
taking a 30-28 lead near
the end of the period until
Tully Taylor sank a bucket
to knot the score at 30.
The teams traded baskets until the final minutes
when a missed Cardinal
shot led to the final Spartan basket and the win.
“It was a close game,
Conneaut made their shots
at the end,” Kruse said.
We have won four close
games in a row now. It’s
really been a process all
year long. I give these
girls so much credit,they
have stayed positive and
and their effort has been
defense; left to right; Brianna Oatman, Emily Martin, no. 5 Jessica Thompson, no. 15
Lexi Campbell and Tully Taylor in the back.
outstanding every day. We
have seen the growth as
coaches and it has been really fun to watch. We know
we are going to have some
consistency issues but as
hard as these girls play
we can overcome them,”
Pasanen said.
Conneaut completes its
regular season at 9-13.
Cardinal is 7-15.
Delaney Leichtman led
the Cardinals with ten
points. Brianna Oatman
had nine for the Spartans,
Lexi Campbell added eight.
Tully Taylor put in five,
Payton Walker and Emily
Martin had four apiece.
Tehya Higley and Alyssa
Chadwick tallied two each.
In the JV contest, the
young Spartans won that
game completing their
season at 14-5.
Conneaut faced Newton Falls in the Ohio DIII
tournament. Newton Falls,
a veteran team that plays
a pressure defense sent
the Spartans home for the
season 56-16.
Sports
Spartan Senior Jessica Thompson
BY ALLAN MONONEN
Gazette Newspapers
CONNEAUT - Conneaut
High School senior Jessica
Thompson had has a successful athletic career at CHS.
She participated in soccer,
basketball and track, earning
four soccer letters, three in
basketball and two in track.
“I was a striker (forward)
in soccer and played some
on defense last fall.I am the
point guard in basketball
and ran the 4 x 100, 4 x 200
and 4 x 400 relays in track,”
Thompson said.
“Soccer is a family sport,
my brothers and I grew
up playing it. My brothers
brought me into basketball, Cody helped me with
ball handling,” Thompson
added.
Jessica and sister senior
“Me and Alyssa played
Alyssa Chadwick are the sports together as we grew
only seniors on the basket- up.” Our brothers, Cody and
ball squad this winter.
Anthony Chadwick are the
same age and they played
sports,” Thompson said.
“I had a lot of fun in
sports, I’ll miss the girls
and coaches. I’ll miss the
practices, the games and the
excitement. My brothers and
mom and dad attended the
games,” Thompson said.
Jessica is the daughter
of Scott and Maryann and
has two brothers, Scottie
and Cody.
After school Jessica plans
to take a year off and then go
to Cleveland State to study
Jessica Thompson defense during a soccer game earlier
Sports Medicine.
in the school year.
“I enjoyed high school, I’ll
miss the younger girls and
the teachers,” Thompson
said.
each weight class advance to nament. Alan (Christine) at
Jessica Thompson in ac220 is only a sophomore he
Columbus.
tion, in soccer, 035, Alyssa
The Spartans boasted came up big and won good
Chadwick follows the play
PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONEN
two Champions; Justin Ma- team points. Northeast
in basketball, 049 and versus Jessica Thompson dribbles the ball for the Conneaut
son at 138 and Alan Chris- Ohio is a hot bed of high
Strong Vincent, 071
Spartans during a recent game.
school wrestling. Aliance
tine at 220.
Kevin Kidwell, second at will be a very tough dis126 and Isaiah Ngiraingas, trict,” Bidwell said.
Other county qualifiers
second at 132 will advance.
Freshman Nic Hall, are: Geneva, Juan Rodrifourth at 113 and Chance guez 160; Kody Brown 170;
Woodworth, fourth at 285, Jon Gildersleeve 285; Jacob
Rogerson 312; and Aiden
also move on.
Hunter Burdick, fifth at Cardaman 152. Two alternates are: Devin Cerjan 113
152 is the alternate.
Senior Isaiah Ngiraingas and Brody Wigren 138.
Jefferson will be represpoke of the tournament.
“In the finals I had to sented by five wrestlers and
wrestle the Perry kid, he two alternates. Advancing
was leading me 6-0 then he are: Mike Hamski 106; Josh
caught me and stuck me on Baitt 126; Mason Swiney
my back. He had beat the 170; Zach Collins 182 and
previous state champ, so Austin Norris 220. Dylan
he’s probably the favored to Kato 145 and Clay Smock
win state,” Ngiraingas said. 160 are the alternates.
Edgewood has five wres“My weight class, 132, tlers moving on plus three
has six state ranked kids. alternates.
Advancing to Alliance
It will be like the state
tournament,” Ngiraingas are: Andrew Hull 120;
Branden Sandella 106;
added.
“KJ (Kidwell) wrestled Jesse Garcia 113; Frankie
a state ranked LC kid. He Olivarez 126; and Derek
wrestled tough, but lost on Elrod 195. Dylan Bowers
points. Nic (Hall) is only a 132, Ethan Ward 170,
freshman, he took fourth and Alex Marshall 185 are
Jessica Thompson defends for the Conneaut Spartans during a basketball game
and wrestled a tough tour- alternates.
against Lakeside.
Spartan wrestlers Advance
BY ALLAN MONONEN
Gazette Newspapers
MENTOR - The Ohio
wrestling tournament trail
began Saturday, February
20 with a Sectional Tournament at Lake Catholic.
Several Ashtabula County squads competed in the
event.
Lake Catholic won the
event, followed by Perry, Geneva, Conneaut, Jefferson,
WG, Edgewood, Harvey,
Shaw and NDCL.
It was a successful day
for the Spartans with a
fourth place finish in this
tough sectional, coming after the Spartans won their
class at the EOWL tournament two weeks ago.
“I am very, very proud of
the kids. We have six qualifiers and an alternate, and
a good shot to take kids to
Columbus after next week.
Four of the six will be back
next year,” Conneaut Coach
Matt Bidwell said.
“I’ll go out on a limb and
say we expect a successful weekend next week,”
Bidwell added.
The District Tournament
is at Alliance, the top four in
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