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SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Lakeside Junior High Red Carpet Dance was held Fridaynight and students did not disappoint the awaiting “paparazzi.”Pictured are Tanner Tulino and Brandon Santiago as the singinggroup LMFAO. For more photos, see inside this week’s Gazette.

Party Rock at LJHS

BY STEFANIE WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON - With theAshtabula County HistoricalSociety’s plans to move the JoshuaGiddings Law Office to the site ofthe old elementary school buildingto make way for a reportedMcDonald’s on the adjacent prop-erty, the Jefferson Depot, Inc. hasbecome concerned about the fate ofthe building.

The group is hoping the countyhistorical society will reconsiderand take a look at property in theJefferson Depot Village instead.

To that end, the Depot officialsare inviting the Ashtabula CountyHistorical Society, the Jefferson Vil-lage officials and the Village Coun-cil members to come to the DepotVillage on 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28,to look at the proposed site for this

Jefferson Depot, Inc. concerned aboutfate of Joshua Giddings law office

building“We are deeply concerned about

the fate of the historic JoshuaGiddings Law Office in Jefferson,”Jefferson Depot, Inc. President JeanDutton said. “Originally it was builtbetween century houses and it shouldand could be put in the same sur-roundings if moved to the JeffersonDepot Village. To be authentic, itshould be in amongst historic centurybuildings instead of in a public park.”

Dutton said Jefferson DepotVillage officials offered to move theGiddings Law Office onto theirproperty in Jefferson, maintain it,let the Ashtabula County Histori-cal Society use it for their eventsany time, all free to them, and givethe building a great deal of expo-sure, as the Depot Village is opento visitors four days each week for

See GIDDINGS page 5A

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELLJefferson Area High School has named its Prom Court, with the king and queen to be crowned duringthe 2013 Prom at SPIRE Institute on Saturday, April 27. Queen candidates are, from left, Lee Ann Farr,Hannah Punkar, Giulia Giancola, Sarah Jeppesen, Callie Fuentes, Samantha Mutschler, Caitlin Sukalac,Amanda Krause, Autumn Hayes, Sarah Busch, Melanie March and Ashton Allen. King candidates are,from left, Robert Wynn, Kevin Orvos, Anthony Chiacchiero, Caleb Harris, Nicholas Tripodi, Blake Perry,Tyler Gancos, Troy Stitt, Jacob Hamilton, Brett Powers and Troy Bloom.

Jefferson Area High School Royalty

Harpersfield Ruritans and Cork Elementarystudents save the planet one tree at a time

BY JAN PERALAGeneva Area City Schools

HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP - Thanks to a“green” project sponsored by the Harpersfield RuritanClub, Cork Elementary students are doing their partsto save the planet from the ground up. In celebrationof Earth Day, Ruritan Club members Jim Pristov, EdDemshar, Dave Snyder and Ron Gilbert deliveredmore than 600 Serbian Spruce saplings to the schoolproviding a small tree for each student to plant intheir yard at home.

“We are so grateful to the Ruritans for providingthis valuable and fun learning experience for our stu-dents,” Cork Principal Melissa Doherty said.

Pristov explained that the tree project, which hasbeen ongoing for more than a decade, is a way for theclub members to enhance the strong community spiritthat pervades Harpersfield, provide memorable mo-ments for students and their families as they plantthe trees and enrich the education of Cork studentswith an important environmental lesson.

“The tree program creates a lasting legacy for lo-cal students. It’s a measure of time and memories,”Pristov said. “My own son, who is now grown with afamily of his own, planted five or six saplings cour-tesy of the Ruritans when he was a Cork student andnow the mature trees are a constant reminder of themoment when we celebrated Earth Day together.”

The Harpersfield Ruritan Club has provided morethan 12,000 saplings for Cork students and their fami-lies since 1997.

Thermal cameras protect Geneva residentsBY MELINDA FRANCISGazette Newspapers

GENEVA – City residents cantake comfort in knowing that theirfire department is up to speed.

During the regular city councilmeeting Monday evening, AssistantFire Chief Aaron Lenart presenteda demonstration that included im-aging by the department’s thermalcamera.

Very similar to the one used inWatertown, Mass. last week in cap-turing the accused Boston Mara-thon bombing suspect, this cameraoffers technology that identifiesheat sources, Lenart said.

“We have essentially the sameresource here in the city,” he said.

Formerly priced in excess of$20,000, the current thermal cameracost roughly $11,000 in 2011, he said.PHOTO BY MELINDA FRANCIS

Geneva Fire Department Captain Tim Parks is grateful for the thermalcamera. “It’s definitely very helpful...no doubt about it,” Parks said. See CAMERAS page 5A

AshtabulaCountySpring HomeImprovement— See SpecialSection Inside

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSCork Elementary second-grader Johnny Haeseler andhis dad John celebrated Earth Day this year by locatingthe perfect spot to plant a tiny Serbian Spruce saplingin their yard. Johnny’s newly planted Spruce is just oneof six hundred saplings that will be soon taking root atthe homes of Cork students thanks to a “green” projectsponsored by the Harpersfield Ruritan Club. The Ruritansvisited the school on Earth Day, presenting each studentwith two tiny trees to plant at home. In this photo,Johnny’s mom Annah, sister Ella (five), brother Owen(six months) and Ruritan members Jim Pristov, RonGilbert and Dave Snyder observe the planting process.

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JEFFERSON - It’s time for the Jefferson Area HighSchool students to show off their talents.

The Senior Leadership Club will host its annual JeffersonArea High School Talent Show in the high school audito-rium on 7 p.m. Friday, April 26. The price of tickets $6.

Senior Class Advisor Michael Barney said the judgesfor this year are: Mrs. Stacy Hinkle Alexander, Mrs. MarshaHinkle, Mr. J.C. Montanaro, and Mrs. Rebecca Reese.

Prizes will be given out following the talent show in thefollowing amounts: first-place prize, $100; second-place prize,$75; third-place prize, $50; and fourth-place prize, $25.

During the show, Ben Pickard will help with sound andJames Schmidt will help with lights. Ticket takers areCindy Cufr and Debbie Heidecker.

The program includes:

Act 1The AlternativeNate Dadik, Tyler Gancos, Andy Picard, Ben Pickard,

Zack ThomasSinging “Sell Out”

Act 2Melanie Candela & Kasey RollmanSinging “Just Give Me A Reason”

Act 3Hannah HornSinging “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Act 4Kayleen Altman, Ariann Barile, Kirstyn Smith, Jamie

TakacsPerforming and Singing “Proud Mary”

Act 5Audra FranleySinging “Inevitable”

Jefferson has talent

SUBMITTED PHOTOJefferson Area High School students who came out to audition for the April 26 Talent Show are, left to right, KayleenAltman, Samantha Allega, Alexandria Skaggs, Audra Franley, Hannah Horn, Abby Kovacs, Andrew Banks, JuneCooper and Carmen Pellegrino.

Act 6Troy Bloom, Chris Wittenmyer (Not Judged)Performing “Goat RopingTechniques”

Act 7Jefferson High School Show Choir (Not Judged)Emily Baker, Ariann Barile, Justin Brown, Jerrod

Burns, Lilly Buttitta, Mia Coladangelo, Zoe Contenza,Andrea Eddy, Cassandra Erb, Audra Franley, HannahHorn, Logan Kincaid, Travis Klein, Abigail Kovacs,Patrick Potter, Morgan Sanner, Alexander Simon, AllisonSimon, Kirstyn Smith, Courtney Taylor

Singing “Chicago Highlights Melody”

Act 8June CooperSinging “How To Save A Life”

Act 9Samantha Allega, Richard Blough, Mark Reinke, Ma-

son TaylorPerforming “Moonlight Sonata”

Act 10Alexandria SkaggsPerforming “Taekwondo”

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Act 11Critical ErrorDavid Bookbinder, Jake Falke, Josh Falke, Adam JamisonPerforming “The Anthem”

Act 12Melanie CandelaSinging “Girl On Fire”

Act 13Carmen PellegrinoSinging “Gavin Degraw”

Act 14Hannah HornSinging “I’ll Take An Offer”

Act 15Tyler Gancos & Andy PicardSinging “If I Had A Million Dollars”

Act 16Samantha AllegaSinging “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”

Act 17Andrew BanksSinging “This Ain’t No Love Song”

Act 18Abby KovacsSinging and Performing “What Sarah Said”

Act 19Kasey RollmanSinging “When I Was Your Man”

Act 20Jefferson Area High School Stage Band (Not Judged)Samantha Allega, Richard Blough, David Bookbinder,

Samantha Burnett, Rylee Carroll, Brett, Conroy, KevinDietrich, Jacob Falke, Tyler Gancos, Joe Hathy, MathewKantor, Dena LaPlante, Curtis Morris, Jerod Nunley, An-drew Picard, Ben Pickard, Shelby Potter, Brett Powers,Leah Preslar, Mark Reinke, David Robinson, Mason Tay-lor

Performing “Frankenstein”

BY MELINDA FRANCISGazette Newspapers

GENEVA – Spring is in theair and Waste Management isdoing its part by holding aclean-up day for both town-ship and city residents Satur-day, May 11.

For township residents, adriver’s license or a utility billis required to provide proof ofresidency. From 8 to noon,Waste Management will beaccepting household waste ofall kinds including furniture,appliances without freon, andanything else that is not con-sidered hazardous.

“We cannot take normalhazardous waste such as oils,paint, fluorescent light bulbs,or freon,” Bonnie Vermilye,operational support memberat Waste Management said.“We won’t accept tires or yardwaste such as leaves and

Geneva to ‘clean up’branches because that’scomposting material. But ba-sically anything in yourhouse.”

Residents with also betreated to a cookout providedby Waste Management.

“We will have hot dogs andpop for everyone who comesby. We do the township thisway because that’s wherewe’re located,” she said.

City residents will havethe same opportunity to takepart in the cleanup by plac-ing their unwanted items atthe curb and Waste Manage-ment will send a truck aroundfor collection that evening.The same criteria applies,Vermilye said.

“We call it a clean up be-cause it’s basically a springcleaning. We do it twice a yearand it’s a great time to get ridof anything you don’t want,”she said.

Plymouth Township to holdClean-up Day on May 18Plymouth Township’s Clean-Up Day will be 8 a.m. to

noon May 18, 2013, at the Township Road Garage, 1031Carson Road. Participants must show proof that they are aPlymouth resident. No tires or hazardous materials willbe accepted. Questions may be directed to the PlymouthTownship Trustees: Deb Friedstrom, 992-1156; KevinPresley, 998-2030; and Dave Waldron 992-4214.

GOTL announcesbranch/stick pick up

The branch/stick pick up will occur this month inGeneva-on-the-Lake. It will be held from April 22-26. Pleasebegin piling branches/sticks at the edge of the pavement orsidewalks. All branches/sticks must be less than six inchesin diameter to be eligible for pick up.

GOTL to hold specialcouncil meeting

The Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake Council willhold a special meeting on 7 p.m. Monday, April 29,with a topic of Ohio Public Works Commission grants.Meetings are held at the Safety Service Center. Anyinterested parties are welcome to attend.

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SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - For the fourth year in a row,the Junior National Honor Society of Lakeside Junior HighSchool participated in the “Austin Rocks” event.

“Austin Rocks” is in memory of Lakeside Junior Highstudent Austin Tome, who lost his battle with cancer sev-eral years ago. The event raises money for the ClevelandClinic Pediatric Oncology Research Department.

“To date, ‘Austin Rocks’ has raised over $24,000. It isan event that is near and dear to our hearts. Austin was avery special child who brightened our hallways and class-rooms. Each year we remember him and do what he didon a regular basis - make a difference in the lives of oth-ers,” said Principal Kathleen Reichert.

Several weeks prior to the event students form teams

4th Annual ‘Austin Rocks!’ takesplace at Lakeside Junior High

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe family of Austin Tome (Parents Kym, Bill, Bryce and Gage) is surrounded by Principal Kathleen Reichert andLakeside Junior High National Honor Society members who participated in the annual “Austin Rocks!”

to raise money. At the completion of the fundraising, stu-dents take part in “Austin Rocks.”

“Students meet Austin’s parents and brothers andwatch a video of him. We then go out to a tree planted inhis memory and blow bubbles or release balloons. We thenreturn to the school where rocking chairs are set up andwe “rock” in his memory,” explained Reichert.

“The generosity and compassion shown from LakesideJunior High is something words cannot describe,” saidKym Tome.

As has been done in previous years, Austin’s parents,Principal Kathleen Reichert, several students and LJHSstaff will travel to Cleveland to present the check toAustin’s doctor, Dr. Plautz.

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JEFFERSON – Now thatwinter is past, the JeffersonHistorical Society is gearingup for the 2013 season to takeoff after a nice beginning inApril.

With a fresh coat of paintand a new oak floor installedduring the winter months,along with a new phone lineand an answering machine,it will host the Spring Cook-ing with Susan Class, Satur-day, May 25, from 10 a.m. tonoon at the Trinity Building,42 East Jefferson Street. Thecost is $10 per person andwith it comes samples andrecipes for all the featureddishes. For registration,checks made payable to theJefferson Historical Societymay be sent to P.O. Box 574,Jefferson, OH, 44047. Earlyregistration is suggested asthere are only 24 spots.

“The theme will be springvegetables using a variety ofproduce including artichokes,asparagus, greens, peas, rad-ishes, and rhubarb. Partici-pants will also see a demon-stration on how to make freshricotta,” said SusanMasirovits of Jefferson.

During the month of April,The Trinity Building is opento the public every Saturdayfrom 9 a.m. to noon. Begin-

Jefferson Historical Society freshens up for springning in May, in addition toSaturday, hours will extendto Friday, noon to 4 p.m. andduring the summer months,Thursday is added from noonto 4 p.m.

Residents may now callthe Historical Society call440-576-5333 and leave amessage with any questionsor concerns.

Jefferson resident SusanMasirovits trims the tarragonplant she will be usingduring a cooking class to beheld Saturday, May 25, from10 a.m. to noon at theJefferson Historical Society.

With funds raised throughout the year, the Jefferson Historical Society Trinity Buildingreceived new interior paint along with a beautiful oak floor said Marlene Laidley, societypublicist. The new floor assists with more efficient heating of the building she added.

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Saybrook Township is requesting its friends andneighbors to be a part of its Memorial Day activities.

The parade will be on Monday, May 27, 2013. Lineup for all participants in this parade will be at 8 a.m.Motor vehicles will meet at St. John School parking lot,7911 Depot Road (formerly Saybrook ElementarySchool). All marching units and walkers will line up atZiegler Heating, 5223 North Ridge West (Route 20). Step

Saybrook Township announces Memorial Day activitiesoff for our parade will be at 8:30 a.m. Conclusion of theParade will be at Saybrook Township Cemetery on Cen-ter Road (Route 45). A Memorial Day Observance willimmediately follow. There will be canopies for shelterin case of rain.

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BY KIM PICKARDGazette Newspapers

CORTLAND - On Tues-day, April 16, the JeffersonArea High School StageBand traveled to LakeviewHigh School in Cortland toparticipate in their annualJazz Fest.

As one of six differenthigh school jazz bands toperform that night, theJefferson students playedthree songs, featuring sev-eral improvised solos dur-ing each piece.

Their first song wascalled “Four,” composed byMiles Davis and arrangedby Dave Barduhn. SeniorAndy Picard played a soloon the euphonium, sopho-more Mark Reinke soloedon his alto sax and sopho-more David Robinson per-formed a guitar solo.

The second song, “Fran-kenstein,” was composed bythe Edgar Winter Groupand was arranged by theJefferson Area High Schoolband director Fred Burazer.Playing the alto sax, juniorRichie Blough performed asolo, as did junior SammyBurnett on the synth.Sophomore Matt Kantorand senior Jacob Falke per-formed the key drum battlein the song.

The final piece the stageband performed was “TheChicken” by Alfred JamesEllis, arranged by KrisBerg. The soloists on thatsong were junior MasonTaylor on tenor sax, sopho-more Ben Pickard on organ,senior Shelby Potter on thetrombone, junior DavidBookbinder also on trom-bone and junior RichieBlough on alto sax.

The Jefferson StageBand believes it is impor-tant to learn how to impro-vise on jazz solos. StageBand meets each day dur-ing school and is a gradedcourse, giving the studentsvaluable time and incentiveto work together and im-prove their musical abili-ties.

Director Fred Burazerexplained, “The studentsprepare for their solos ontheir own, but we spendtime in band working onthe improvisational aspect

Jefferson Stage Band performs at Jazz Fest

PHOTOS BY KIM PICKARDMark Reinke solos on his alto sax.

Mr. Fred Burazer directs the stage band in their opening number.

David Robinson performs his guitar solo. Richie Blough performs his solo on the alto sax.

of music. I like to think ofrehearsing a song in sec-tions where the first sectionis working on the frame-work of the song and thelater sections include mak-ing the music our own.Other schools practice im-provisation, but I feel thatto really experience thechallenge of improvising,students should improvisein front of an audience. Ihave complete confidencein my students and am veryproud of the way that theyexpress themselves in frontof an audience.”

The Jefferson StageBand is more than just atypical high school jazzband. Mr. Burazer intro-duces his students to thechallenge and fun of jazzmusic but also teachesthem a variety of otherstyles of music as well.That is why they are calleda Stage Band and not aJazz band.

Having students thatcan play multiple instru-ments is an asset to a bandof this kind.

“Our stage band calls forinstruments not typical ofa concert band so some ofour students have doubleduty,” he said.

Tyler Gancos and BenPickard both are accom-

plished trumpet players inthe school’s concert bandbut play different instru-ments in stage band. Benhas played the piano formany years and Tyler is avery skilled bass guitarplayer. David Robinson,who plays guitar in stageband, also plays tenor saxin concert band and can joinin on the keyboard ifneeded. Mark Reinke typi-cally plays the alto sax verywell, but can also play thesoprano sax. Leah Preslarplays the baritone sax instage band but can switchto alto sax, if needed.

“I am constantly im-pressed by the musical abil-ity of my students and en-joy seeing them excel atmore than one instrument,”expressed Mr. Burazer.

The Jefferson Area HighSchool Stage Band hasbeen a key part of instru-mental music education inthe district for many years.

As Mr. Burazer ex-plained, “I feel that havinga stage band provides anopportunity to showcasethe talents of specific indi-viduals in the band andgives those students the op-portunity to learn musicfrom a different perspec-tive. Performing music ismore than just playing the

notes on a piece of music,it is meant to be inter-preted into a creative, per-sonal experience and ourstage band is a perfect wayfor students to express thataspect of their education atJefferson.”

Mr. Burazer chooses mu-sic that “suits the strengthsof the ensemble, but moreimportantly I choose musicthat I would enjoy listeningto and that serves a distinct

educational value to mystudents.”

The Jefferson studentswere very excited to per-form at the Lakeview JazzFest for the 2nd year in arow, but perhaps even moreexcited to play for otherstudent musicians likethemselves.

“Over the course of theyear this is their only op-portunity to perform forsimilar groups and they rel-

ish the opportunity to ‘showoff,’” said Mr. Burazer.

The Jefferson Area Mu-sic Boosters Association(JAMBA) has discussed thepossibility of having a JazzFest here at Jefferson, in-viting area schools, severalof which have already ex-pressed an interest in par-ticipating. Mr.Burazerhopes to have an evening ofmusic from this genre inthe coming school year.

The Jefferson Area HighSchool Stage Band consistsof the following members;Mason Taylor andSamantha Allega on tenorsax, Dena LaPlante, MarkReinke, and Rickie Bloughon alto sax, and LeahPreslar on bari sax. RyleeCarroll on bass clarinet,Andy Picard on euphoniumand Shelby Potter andDavid Bookbinder on trom-bone. Playing trumpet areCurtis Morris and BrettConroy, and on guitar isDavid Robinson and JoeHathy. Playing bass guitaris Tyler Gancos and on key-boards is Ben Pickard. Thepercussion section includesMatt Kantor, Jacob Falke,Kevin Dietrich, JaredNunley, and Brett Powers.Also playing in the percus-sion section is SammyBurnett who plays thebells, vibraphone and xylo-phone, among other percus-sion instruments.


The Queen’s Tea

BELOW: Cucumber withcream cheese and hamsalad sandwiches alongwith crumpets, scones, andtea biscuits went over quitewell with all in attendance.

Bev Follin, Director ofAdult Services and

Circulation at HendersonMemorial Public Library,

welcomes the ladies andproceeds to talk a bit

about the history of theQueen’s Tea in England.


JEFFERSON - The com-munity is invited to a LoyaltyDay assembly at the JeffersonArea High School on 8 a.m.Monday, May 6.

Loyalty Day is usually ob-served on May 1 in the UnitedStates. It is a day set aside forthe reaffirmation of loyalty tothe United States and for therecognition of the heritage ofAmerican freedom.

The guest speaker at theprogram will be Chuck Keller,

the department commander ofthe Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Everyone is welcome.For more information, con-

tact District Seven LoyaltyDay Chair Durward Newhardat (440) 576-8205.

Newhard also is still look-ing for people and groups toget involved in the Jefferson-area Memorial Day activities.

Newhard is looking forparticipants for the paradeand said any and all units willbe appreciated, even if some-one would just like to be inthe parade.

JAHS to hold Loyalty Day programThe program will begin on

11 a.m. Memorial Day on thesteps of the old courthouse inJefferson. The parade will fol-low the program.

Newhard said all veteranswanting to participate areasked to participate startingat 8:30 a.m. with a ceremonyat Hickok Cemetery, followedby heading to the Dorset Cem-etery and then back to theVillage of Jefferson for theprogram and then parade.

Anyone wishing to partici-pate or wanting more informa-tion may contact Newhard.

PHOTOS BY MELINDA FRANCISThe staff at Henderson Memorial Public Library created this centerpiece in honor ofQueen Elizabeth’s II 87th birthday Sunday, April 23. The Queen’s Tea was theculmination of National Library Week.

Jacqueline Heath, of Jefferson, was oneof more than a dozen women who cameout Friday evening to celebrate theMonarch’s special day.

Joyce Zigmont, left, and Marlene Laidley,both of Jefferson, chat early on during theQueen’s Tea.

tours, as well as summerevents.

“The ACHS could havethis historic law office openfor their events any timethey wish, without themhaving to maintain it,”Dutton said.

Dutton said, in the past,the law office has not beenopen on a regular basis andrarely seen by tourists.

“If it is moved to the de-pot village, this building andall the other historic depotvillage buildings (14 of them)would be open to visitors ona regular basis, spreading thehistory of Jefferson andAshtabula County to manypeople and increase tourism,”Dutton said.

The ACHS approved thesale of the property on NorthChestnut Street where thelaw office now sits during itsmeeting on April 13. TheACHS is getting $80,000 forthe property from Cedar-wood Development Co. of Ak-ron.

The Akron-based develop-ment company purchased theempty parcels on the south

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side of the law office at thecorner of East Walnut andNorth Chestnut Streets(Route 46 north) reportedlyfor a McDonald’s fast foodeatery.

Village council offered a“perpetual easement” to re-locate the law office build-ing on village-owned prop-erty where the oldJefferson ElementarySchool was located. Coun-cil approved last year topurchase the old school

and 4.8 acres at EastJefferson and South Mar-ket Street for a new policesafety center.

Dutton is hoping theACHS members, JeffersonVillage officials andJefferson Council mem-bers come to the 19th Cen-tury Jefferson Depot Vil-lage on Sunday to look atthe proposed GiddingsLaw Office site at the De-pot Village on 147 E.Jefferson Street.


JEFFERSON - The Jefferson Area Lo-cal Schools Board of Education passed areduction-in-force personnel item duringits meeting on Tuesday, April 16.

Because of budget issues in the dis-trict, Superintendent Doug Hladek rec-ommended that the certified contract fora part-time Spanish teacher at theJefferson Area Junior/Senior High Schoolbe suspended for the 2013/2014 schoolyear, effective Aug. 26, 2013.

Hladek said with that position sus-pended, it leaves one Spanish teacher atthe school.

Hladek noted that, two years ago, eightteachers were affected by a reduction-in-force. Last year, 21 teachers were af-fected, he said.

Although only one position saw a re-duction in force, the board also approvedthe non-renewal of nine other positions.

“This is routine,” Hladek said.He explained that these positions are

always on a one-year contract. Many ofthe people who had their contracts non-renewed were teachers who were reducedin force the previous year and had beengiven jobs as tutors this year.

The non-renewed positions include:• Three Title I tutors at Jefferson El-

ementary School.• An L.D. tutor at the Jefferson Area

Junior/Senior High School.• An L.D. tutor at the Jefferson Elemen-

tary School.• A Title I tutor at Rock Creek Elemen-

tary School.

• Two long-term substitutes at theJefferson Area Junior/Senior High School.

• A long-term substitute at the JeffersonArea Elementary School.

In other personnel actions, the boardalso approved one-year, limited contracts forthe 2013/2014 school year for the followingcertified personnel:

• Fred Burazer.• Steve Daubenspeck.• Janet Grout.• Anne Horodyski.• Christy Seymour.• Kathy Solarek.• Carla Sziber.• Scott Vacca.• Lisa Vavpetic.• Tina Yeager.The board also approved a limited con-

tract (effective May 8, 2013) for the remain-der of the 2012/2013 school year for MeganMcCann for her long-term substitute En-glish teaching position at the high school.

In other personnel actions, the boardapproved renewal supplemental con-tracts, as indicated for the 2013/2014sports seasons, contingent upon meetingthe Athletic Department guidelines forfielding a team, for Jeremy Huber, var-sity boys’ basketball coach, and RodneyHolmes, varsity girls’ basketball coach.

Final personnel actions taken by theboard include:

• The board approved Larry Owen asa classified substitute bus driver for the2012/2013 school year.

• The board approved an unpaid leaveof absence for Jamie Grube, per her re-quest, effective Aug. 26, 2013 through the2013/2014 school year. She will return thefirst day of the 2014/2015 school year.

Jefferson BOE passesreduction in force

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“This is how we work in zero site envi-ronments,” he said.

The camera not only allows firefightersto know where victims are, it also affordsthem the ability to reduce costs by identi-fying heat sources within walls.

“We don’t have to destroy an entire wallif the fire is just in one location,” he said.

Lenart also demonstrated the soap-basedfoam that, “makes water wetter. Betweenthermal imaging and foam, we’ve definitelyreduced the property loss in the city.”

In other business, council also:• Considered a request from both the

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• Unanimously approved an ordinancethat modifies certain sections of the RentalHousing Code and the Zone Code to ex-pressly allow for short-term vacation rent-als in the city.

• Unanimously approved an emergencyresolution authorizing the City Managerto enter into an agreement with Ohio De-velopment Services Agency for implemen-tation of the Clean Ohio Assistance Fundapplication.

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JEFFERSON - The roofreplacement project is un-derway for Jefferson AreaLocal Schools.

During the JeffersonArea Local Schools Board ofEducation meeting on Tues-day, April 16, BOE PresidentPat Inman gave an updateon the project.

“We are already twoweeks behind,” Inman said

Inman said the project isone week behind because ofpermits, and another weekbehind because of theweather.

Inman talked a little bitabout the project, and theneed for it.

“We can’t go backwards,”Inman said. “We can only goforward.”

The projects are beingconducted because of roofproblems at the schools.Since the schools opened in2008 and 2009, the buildingshave experienced roof per-formance issues includingsevere icicles caused by heatloss, damage to gutters andother problems, school offi-cials have said.

After two years of inves-tigation and discussion bythe architect, builders, OhioSchool Facilities Commis-sion and the district, it was

JALS roof replacement project underway

PHOTOS BY STEFANIE WESSELLWork is underway for the roof replacement project at Jefferson Elementary School.

decided in January 2011 tohire Mays Consulting andEvaluation Services fromDelaware, Ohio, to performan evaluation of all threeschool roofs, which revealedboth design and constructionflaws at the junior/seniorhigh school, Rock Creek El-ementary School andJefferson ElementarySchool.

After mediation with allparties in December 2012,the district and OSFC de-cided to remediate the prob-

lems with a total roof tear offto the metal deck and repairor replacement of vapor bar-riers, insulation, vented nailbase, shingles, vented eaves,flashing and gutters, Super-intendent Doug Hladek hassaid.

The cost will be morethan $6.4 million, and it willbe paid from building projectfunds and shared 67 percentby the OSFC and 33 percentby the district. The AttorneyGeneral’s office, represent-ing the OSFC and the dis-

trict, will litigate for recov-ery of the costs from the con-struction team.

The repair work alreadyis underway at Jefferson El-ementary School andJefferson Area High School.The Rock Creek Elementaryproject is expected to beginafter school dismisses forsummer. Mays Consultingand Evaluation Services isproviding onsite supervisionand management of the roofremediation project

Inman said one of thethings the school districtasked for from A.W. Farrell& Son, Inc., the roofing com-pany from Solon, Ohio thatis completing the work, isthat Ashtabula Countyworkers be used wheneverpossible.

Inman said the companyis complying and using itsexisting workers from thearea to complete the work.

“There will be some jobopportunities,” Inman said.

She said A.W. Farrellplans to hire 10 to 12 work-ers, men or women, whoknow roofing work or whohave a desire to learn it.

Stefanie Wessell, senioreditor for Gazette Newspa-pers, may be reached [email protected] also has begun on the roof at Jefferson Area High School.

How budget cuts affected my family(Editor’s Note: Jefferson PTO President Kimberly Rich-

mond read this letter at the April 16th meeting of theJefferson Area Local Schools Board of Education meetingand asked it also run in the Gazette as a letter to the editor.)

Hello, my name is Kimberly Richmond. I would like totalk about how the budget cuts have affected my son andwhat I have noticed while volunteering at the JeffersonElementary School.

My son lost Diane as a bus driver because of the budgetcuts, he was so upset. He asked me why Diane lost her job.I tried to explain it to him, but how do I make an elevenyear old understand budget cuts, bumping and system se-niority when I am not entirely sure what all of it meansmyself. All I know is that he is upset because she is notthere.

I had the honor and pleasure of volunteering for ourlibrarian Kathy Dalsky last year. She did wonderful thingswith the students. It breaks my heart to walk by the li-brary and not see her bright smiling face, she is gone. Thereare no more stories being read, no more laughter from thereading theater. On most days I see the library sittingdark and empty. The computer lab is used by the studentswith the teachers, doing their best to introduce computerand typing skills but not in the manner they need with aregular computer teacher. The world we live in today hasso much technology and these kids need every advantageavailable to make it, another opportunity lost.

I hang pictures for Mr. Grout and he always tells me “Iknow that it only takes you a small amount of time, butyou don’t know how much it helps me.” I do know howmuch it helps him. From the time he starts his day, it isclass after class until he is done.

My son has ADD. He struggles every day to stay ontask without being distracted. The ERIC room is gone,however there are still students that are disruptive andmisbehave. Teachers have little choice but to keep them inthe classroom or put them in the hall. He complained a lotat the beginning or the year about the disruptions. Theclass is larger, more students, more distractions. When hecan’t focus he goes in the hall, where the students thatwere being disruptive are.

Class sizes are larger, so the students get less time withthe teachers when they are struggling and need it most.Last year the average class size was 22 students. Thisyear the average class size is 30 students. I don’t thinkthat everyone fully understands the impact that this hason the teachers and the students. There are more studentsbut less time to spend with each of them. The State ofOhio mandates that certain subject matter is covered thruthe year. When the students don’t understand an area ofthe subject they are working in, the teachers have littlechoice but to move on or risk falling even further behind.

The school day is also shorter as they start at 9:30 in-stead of 9:15. That does not sound like a lot of time and itseems like it would not make much of a difference but whenadded up, this is one hour and 15 minutes that is lost inthe classroom every week. The bar is being raised withimplementing the RACE to the Top and the new CommonCore Curriculum. That is great in theory, but if the levyfails, how will this be achieved? The teachers are alreadylimited with the budget cuts that have already been imple-mented.

We are stripping away their resources. For examplethe ERIC room is gone. This was helpful in many wayssuch as, discipline, a quiet place for students to make upwork and tests, a quiet place for children with attentiondisorders to go to focus and some students just to decom-press. The Title One has been significantly reduced. Spe-cials have been trimmed back or eliminated. In each classthere are children who learn at different paces with nosupport, how are the teachers going to bring all of the stu-dents up to the bar?

When we discuss the effects of last year’s cuts it mayseem like small things individually, but when you add themall up it has had a huge effect on our children and educa-tors. We have limited what they can achieve in the class-rooms. If we do not fix this now it is only going to getworse.

Every person who is with my son during the school dayis just as important as the other, from the time he stepsfoot on the bus with Stacy, to being in class with Mrs.Sandella. People are talking about privatizing andoutsourcing. This scares me. I know these people they livein my community. Who will they send to drive my son’sbus, who will look after him during lunch, who will be clean-ing while he is in school, if privatizing is done? Will any-one have any control or say in who they send?

Many past decisions and past actions have gotten usinto this mess. It will take all of us working together to fixthis. We need fiscal responsibility from the people in charge.We need to demand that our Governor give back the moneynecessary to provide our children a quality education. Weneed to pay our fair share. Our parents did it for us and weneed to for our children.

Everyone talks about sacrifice, most families and de-partments in the school district have. The people that havelost the most in this mess are the children. This makes medeeply sad. I am disappointed in our leaders and our com-munity members. We are too busy talking about “me andmine” we are letting our children’s future slip away.

Thank you for your time.

Kimberly Richmond

Letter To The Editor

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLSEleven accomplished Geneva High School juniors have been tapped for membership in National Honor Society,the nation’s most venerable academic recognition organization for secondary school students. They are (fromleft) Jacob Burgett, Matt Seeds, Joshua Swanson, Tyler Hunt, Ariel Stehura, Elyse Pitkin, Allison Penna, Christa Cash,Alyx Lynham, Dani Zapp and Katie Peck.

Geneva High School NationalHonor Society taps new members



GENEVA - Things con-tinue to progress withPairings, Ohio’s Wine &Culinary Experience.

KeyBank has formed apartnership with Pairings,and representatives fromthe two groups came to-gether on Monday to cel-ebrate.

On Monday, the leader-ship committee of Pairingsannounced that KeyBankFoundation will be a spon-sor of the educational andculinary space in the newWindows on Pairings facil-ity in Geneva, Ohio.

“KeyBank Foundation’score focus areas includeeducation and economicdevelopment,” said LisaOliver, KeyBank’s Cleve-land district president.“We’re very pleased to beable to help support theAshtabula County commu-nity and this new en-deavor.”

Windows on Pairings is

KeyBank to sponsor education space within Pairings

SUBMITTED PHOTOSPictured are Elizabeth (Lisa) Oliver, Cleveland DistrictPresident, Chrystal Fairbanks, Geneva KeyBank BranchManager, Cliff Henry, Pairings Committee memberdiscussing the sponsorship.

designed as a new eco-nomic engine that not onlywill improve the burgeon-ing strengths of Ohio’swine industry, but also willcreate new opportunitiesfor Ohio’s food and agricul-

ture products, officials saidin an announcement aboutthe partnership.

These opportunitiesinclude:

• Consumer wine & food

education, including winetastings, food pairings andcooking classes

• Regional wine tours,concierge services

• Retail sales of Ohiowines, wine related giftsand supplies

• Farmers market• Special events• Business development

assistance

“The committee’s goal isto raise funds for construc-tion, purchase of equip-ment and initial operatingcosts in order to give Win-dows on Pairings the bestopportunity for success,”said Pairings CommitteePresident and AshtabulaCounty Convention andVisitors Bureau DirectorMark Winchell.

The Pairings committeeis preparing to plant itseducational vineyard sometime in April, with a fallopening planned. TheCommittee may be con-tacted [email protected].

PHOTO BY STEFANIE WESSELL

Have you seen this Site Solver? It’s a photo fromsome place and/or thing in the three school districts ofJefferson, Geneva and Ashtabula. This site is inJefferson. The first few people to guess where the photois from will have their names printed in the next is-sue. Ame Erdman of Kingsville and Rose Ellen Czaykaof Rock Creek guessed last week’s photo, which wasthe sign in front of the old courthouse on Main Avenuein Ashtabula. Guesses for this week can be sent in af-ter 5 p.m. April 24 to (440) 576-9125 ext. 107.

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Time to fix school fundingWell, here we go again. Another try at passing a levy

that was voted down in November.Would we need that money if the school board had not

spent millions on a brand new building for the school board?Would it help if all persons employed by the school board

paid a little more into retirement and health care?They put a levy on the ballot. It fails. They give raises.

What am I missing?So here is an idea. You have a retired teacher in Columbus.

Take the money from the cost of the levy, call lots of schools, getthem involved, call the papers, call T.V. stations, call all media,everyone you can get. Go to Columbus, make our state govern-ment get off the seat and fix the school funding system.

We are tired of the school board spending money theydo not have and expecting taxpayers to pay for it.

Vote no on the Jefferson School levy.Bea Arnold

Jefferson

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JEFFERSON - The Villageof Jefferson learned recentlythat it has received a 2013Certified Local Governmentgrant.

Jefferson will receive a$7,050 grant through the pro-gram, which it applied for.Jefferson Village Administra-tor Terry Finger will serve asthe project coordinator for thegrant.

Jefferson had submittedan application for the OhioHistorical Society to surveyand inventory buildings in theJefferson Historic District.

“I commend you and yourstaff on your successful appli-cation addressing a preserva-tion issue important to yourcommunity’s heritage,” OhioHistorical Society ExecutiveDirector and CEO Lox Logan,Jr. wrote in a letter informingJefferson of the grant. “The in-formation gathered from thissurvey will be a key resourcefor the city’s planning activi-ties.”

The Certified Local Gov-

ernment program is a federal-state-local partnership thatseeks to broaden local govern-ment participation in the na-tional historic preservationprogram while maintainingstandards consistent with theNational Historic Preserva-tion Act.

“The goals of the CLGgrant program are to developlocal historic preservationprograms, assist communitiesin addressing their historicpreservation priorities andhelp preserve historic build-ings and sites,” Logan said.

Logan said that each year,10 percent of the annual allo-cation of Ohio’s historic pres-ervation program fundingfrom the National Park Ser-vice is passed through to lo-cal communities with certifiedhistoric preservation pro-grams.

“The grant awards aremade from the U.S. Depart-ment of Interior’s HistoricPreservation Fund,” Logansaid. “The grants are admin-istered by the Ohio HistoricPreservation Office of theOhio Historical Society.”

Jefferson receiveslocal government grant

Pictured, front row from left, Jennifer Brown, Geneva Assistant City Manager & Pairings Committee Member, DonniellaWinchell, Ohio Wine Producers Association Director & Pairings Committee Member, Lisa Oliver, KeyBank Presidentof the Cleveland District, Chrystal Fairbanks, KeyBank Geneva Branch Manager, Shirley Lehmann, North WestSavings Bank Geneva Branch Manager & Pairings Committee Member. Back row from left: Serge Grenier, PairingsCommittee Member, Mark Winchell, Ashtabula County Convention & Visitors Bureau Director & Pairings CommitteeMember, James Pearson, Geneva City Manager & Pairings Committee Member, Dave Bogardus, KeyBank VicePresident of Business Banking-Ashtabula, Tatiana Parker, Pairings Committee Member, Cliff Henry, HarpersfieldTownship Trustee & Pairings Committee Member.

BY DOUG HLADEKSuperintendentJefferson Area

Local Schools

Voters of the Jefferson AreaLocal Schools are asked to sayYES and renew a 4.5 mill levyfor current operating expenseson May 7. No new taxes arebeing proposed. Supporting re-newal levies will NOT increasetaxes to property owners.

Voting YES will renew alevy first approved by votersin 1993 and renewed everyfive years since its inception.Voting YES to renew thistwenty year old operatinglevy will continue to providethe same revenue generatedin 1993 by the levy.

Voting YES will help pre-vent further program or per-sonnel cuts in the district.Teacher reductions have re-sulted in increased class sizesof 30 or more students in manyelementary classrooms and 35or more students in many Jr./Sr. High School classes.

Voting YES and renewingthe levy will allow the districtto maintain $595,477 per year

Vote YES for Renewal Levy on May 7of currently collected tax rev-enue that the levy has pro-vided since 1993. More than$2.25 million of programs andpersonnel have been cut thepast two years because of ris-ing costs and the loss of state,federal, and local revenue.

Budget cuts have elimi-nated elementary band, el-ementary computer instruc-tion, Family Consumer Sci-ence classes, select extracur-ricular and sports activities,and other offerings. Cuts re-duced guidance counselorservices, high school aca-demic offerings, bus routes,custodial services, and more.

Voting YES on the re-newal levy will NOT increasetaxes. NO new taxes are be-ing proposed.

Parents and students areadvised the district will adda make-up day to the end ofthe school calendar that willchange the last student dayfrom Wednesday, June 5, toThursday, June 6.

The added day is necessaryto make-up the day school wasclosed on December 21, 2012for safety precautions becauseof the threat of gun violence.State law requires make-up of

any school day canceled due tobomb or gun threats.

With the April 16 closingof school for lack of naturalgas, Jefferson Jr./Sr. High andJefferson Elementary havemissed five days for calamityand one for the gun threat.Rock Creek Elementary hasmissed four days for calamityand one for the gun threat. Ifany of our schools miss morethan the five allowed calam-ity days those days will beadded to the calendar at theend of the year.

The Ohio Achievement As-sessments are being adminis-tered this week and next tostudents in grades 3-8. Theassessments measure readingand math in all grades. Grades5 and 8 will also include anassessment in science.

The Jefferson Area HighSchool prom will be held thisSaturday, April 27, at the SpireInstitute in Harpersfield.Those attending will enjoy abuffet dinner, dancing, and theselection of the prom queenand king. It is always an en-joyable event for our students.

Spring sports are under-way and everyone is encour-aged to support our Jr./Sr.

High School athletes at theball fields, tennis courts, ortrack.

Our staff is working hardto provide the students of theJefferson Area Local Schoolsthe best education possible ina safe, caring environment.We thank our community fortheir past support and askresidents to please vote YESfor the school issue on May 7.

Check our website calen-dar or watch for announce-ments about our activities.For more information aboutyour schools contact me atthe Board of Education office(576-9180) or visit the dis-trict website www.jefferson.k12.oh.us.

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BY ALLAN MONONENGazette Newspapers

ASHTABULA TOWN-SHIP - After a week off dueto cold weather the springbaseball season resumed.

The Conneaut Spartanstraveled next door toEdgewood to face the War-riors.

Perhaps the cool weatherand off days had an effect onSpartan hurlers as theywalked multiple batters.The Warriors took advan-tage of the free passes andwent on to a 9-1 victory.

“We haven’t played sinceApril 8, it was good to get therust off. Magda pitched well,but we still have to do a bet-ter job at bat, we’re givingaway too many at-bats,”Edgewood coach Bill Lippssaid.

The Warriors attackedquickly, scoring twice intheir first at-bat. AndrewGraeb was hit by a pitch,Connor McLaughlin walked,Lou Wisnyai beat out a buntsingle then Anthonie Magdasingled for the first run.Steven Perkio’s ground ball

Warriors battle Spartans

PHOTOS BY ALLAN MONONENConneaut’s Tyler Cox pitches to Edgewood’s Anthonie Magda. Andrew Graeb is leading off third base.

Andrew Graeb scores Edgewood’s first run. Connor McLaughlin goes to third.

Athletes perform at Twilight

Matt Fitchet, of Edgewood, won the discus event duringthe Grand Valley Twilight.

Edgewood’s Anthonie Magda fires home to Michael Mirando, of Coneaut.

plated another.Edgewood added two

more in their third. Wisnyaiwas hit by a pitch, Madgaadvanced him with a sacbunt. Steven Perkio walkedand Nick Johnson doubled todrive in a run, a wild pitchplated another, 4-0.

Walks continued toplague Spartan hurlers asDylan Morici replaced TylerCox on the mound.

Four walks, a wild pitch ,a balk and singles by Alex

Vencill and Joey Zappitelliand five runners crossed theplate, 9-0.

Conneaut tallied theirrun in the top of the seventh.A base hit by CJ Rice drovehome the run, 9-1.

“We had issues throwingstrikes and had slow startsin certain innings, gavethem extra outs. We lookedlike an average ball teamtoday, that’s on me, we didn’tcome to play today. We needto pick it up offensively,”

Conneaut coach WalkerGraher said.

Anthonie Magda was thewinning pitcher, Cox tookthe loss.

Edgewood improves to 6-2, Conneaut slips to 5-2.

Monday Conneaut traveledto Brookfield. In a well-pitchedgame the Spartans held off theWarriors, 2-0. Joey Borgerdingearned the win.

“Joey pitched well and weplayed good defense,” CoachGraher said.

Courtney Humphrey, of Edgewood, participates in theshot put event.

Keegan McTrusty, of Edgewood, gets ready to run a relayduring a track meet at Grand Valley.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLCharles Kunc, of Conneaut,prepares for the discusevent during the GrandValley Twilight.

Kameron Manhard, ofEdgewood, gets ready toattempt the high jump.

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GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 • 9ASportsJefferson Lanes Bowling Scores

***Star Of The Week - Brad Perala 300***Sunday Night Mixed League1) 64-27 ..................................................................... Team 32) 59-32 ............................................................ Dawg Pound3) 58-33 ..................................................................Damifino4) 52-39 ................................................................ E Express5) 44-47 ........................................... The Young & The Olde6) 43-48 ..................................................................... Team 47) 36-55 ..................................................................... Team 7Jt Throckmorton 243; Barry Meadors 222; Nick Miklacic 221;Brittany Linger 189; Micki Jones 161; Jenna Cottrell 158

First Nighters1) 62-29 .......................................... 3 Hot Chicks & Rooster2) 53-38 .................................................. Taco Bell Supreme3) 51-40 ................................................... Taco Bell Express4) 44-47 ...................................................... Power Financial5) 36-55 ...................................................... Duchess Shoppe6) 27-64 ..................................................................... Team 5Greg Puzio 226; Janet Barnett 193; Ann Kenyon 182

Wednesday Afternoon Ladies1) 60-31 ................................................................. Cool Cats2) 43-48 ........................................................ Gutter Dusters3) 41-50 ................................................................ Par Three4) 38-53 ................................................................. Tri HardsJanet Hellmer 160; Wilhelmina Finlaw 153; Sandy Atkinson 153

Friday Senior League1) 62-22 ................................................ Over The Hill Gang2) 60-24 ........................................................The Go Getters3) 52-32 .................................................................. The 3 A’s4) 49-35 .................................................................. Mindless5) 45-39 ..................................................................... Team 96) 38-46 ........................................................ The Gardeners7) 37-47 ..................................................................... Birdies8) 29-55 ................................................................... Team 109) 26-58 ................................................... The Trouble Team10) 22-62 ........................................................... Pin BustersFred Inman 204; Ken Watts 201; Nancy Radar 189

Divine Roofing Wednesday Night Ladies League1) 72-33 .............................................................. Gray’s Auto2) 72-33 ........................................... Country Mold & Miche3) 66-39 ....................................................... Jefferson Lanes4) 55-50 ............................................................. Crow’s Nest5) 50-55 ...................................................... Treen InsuranceTammy Stills 204; Marilyn Wright 195; Joyce Spangler 188

JCI Construction Mens League1) 76-29 ........................................................................... JCI2) 74-31 ........................................................... Scoop’s Team3) 72-33 ..................................................................... Team 34) 58-47 .............................................. Casey’s Construction5) 52-53 ................................................. Great Lakes CDJR6) 47-58 ............................................................ Frank’s Men7) 41-64 ........................................................................TifigoLarry Sonoski 268; Ronnie Kaydo 265; Rich Becker 257

Thursday Night Mixed League1) 57- 44 .................................................... Sum Ting Wongs2) 56.5-34.5 ................................................... Alley Invaders3) 52-39 .............................................................. Soggy Dogs4) 47-44 ........................................... Gillette’s Rte 8 Marine5) 46-45 ..............................................................Blondes + 16) 45-46 ....................................................................... 4 Play7) 45-46 ................................................................City Hicks8) 38.5-52.5 ....................................................... Low Ballerz9) 34-57 ............................................................ Gutter Ballz10) 34-57 ............................................................. Jaded PinsRoger Bartlett 245; Ron Garvey 231; John Hennessey 222; CaseyKarbacka 200; Tonya Fultz 190; Layrel Garvey 190; Sara Ketola 190

Falcons and Bulldogs split

BY BYRON C. WESSELLGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON – TheJefferson Falcons junior var-sity baseball season hostedthe Lakeview Bulldogs in aAll-American Conferencegame. Sam Caskey pitchedfive solid innings for the Fal-cons in the 9-0 win.

Tim Delpiero started thegame with a single for theBulldogs, but he was quicklyerased on a double play.Caskey went on to pitcharound a two out walk toMatt Orahood to get out ofthe first inning.

The Falcons scored earlyand often in the bottom ofthe first inning as theyloaded the bases. ThomasBevins singled for the Fal-cons before Tyler Mayslishand Tristan Hayford walkedto load the bases. AndrewBurnett then brought in thefirst run of the game with abases loaded walk. Maylish,Hayford and Burnett alleventually scored on passedballs to make it 4-0. JaredDean and Sam Caskey alsowalked in the inning to once

Jared Dean bats for the Jefferson Falcons junior varsitybaseball team during a game against Lakeview.

JV Falcons pick up win

Sam Caskey pitches for the Jefferson Falcons during agame against Lakeview.

PHOTOS BY BYRON C. WESSELLTyler Maylish bats for the Jefferson Falcons junior varsitybaseball team.

again load the bases, butTim Roberts would get out ofthe inning giving up fourruns.

Caskey again workedaround a two out walk in the

second inning to John Langas he struck out the side.

Matt Licate got the Fal-cons going in the second in-ning with a walk. TylerMaylish singled with one out

in the inning and Licatelater scored on a passed ball.Andrew Burnett and JaredDean both reached on walks,but the Bulldogs tagged arunner out at home to endthe inning.

Caskey continued to beimpressive over the nextthree innings as he gave uponly two singles to BrandonJones and Brandon Reed,while striking out sevenmore hitters.

The Falcons added to theirlead in the sixth inning asTyler Maylish drew his thirdwalk of the game. Maylishstole second base, went tothird on a passed ball andscored on an RBI ground outby Tristan Hayford , uppingthe score to 6-0. AndrewBurnett walked and bothHayford and Burnett eventu-ally scored on passed balls in-creasing the lead to 8-0.Marshall English also walkedin the inning for the Falconsand scored after an error tomake the final score 9-0.

Sean Lynagh finished thegame for the Falcons on themound with two innings ofwork.

By Byron WessellGazette Newspapers

JEFFERSON – TheJefferson Falcons andLakeview Bulldogs split a pairof close games in a two dayspan. The Bulldogs took thefirst game with a 3-2 win topick up their first All-Ameri-can Conference win. The Fal-cons dropped to 4-3 on the sea-son and 2-1 in the AAC.

Coltin Wilber pitched fivesolid innings for the Falconsgiving up three unearnedruns on six hits and 2 walks.Wilber struck out four bat-ters in the tough loss. JustinDrews and Ethan Pawlowskicombined to pitch the finaltwo innings for the Falcons.

David LeMasters pitcheda complete game for the Bull-dogs giving up two runs onfour hits and six walks.LeMasters struck out ten hit-ters for the win.

Jefferson tried to make alate comeback in the game asLakeview went up 1-0through three innings of play.Jefferson tied the game up inthe top of the fifth inning, butLakeview answered with tworuns of their own to take a 3-

1 lead in the bottom of thefifth. Jefferson added onemore run in the top of thesixth inning, but were unableto make a comeback as theyfell 3-2.

Chris Ramano picked uptwo hits in the game for theBulldogs. Brian Olrychdoubled for Lakeview, whileJoey Piscsalko had the onlyextra base hit for Jefferson.

The Falcons came out ontop in their next gameagainst the Bulldogs with ascore of 3-2 in favor ofJefferson. Troy Bloom pickedup the win for Jefferson andCole Erdel earned a save.

Bloom pitched four inninggiving up one run on two hitsand two walks. Erdel closedout the game with three in-nings giving up one run onone hit and two walks. AlexRunyan took the loss for Bull-dogs as he pitched five in-nings giving up three runs oneight hits and two walks.

Joey Piscsalko had a bigday at the plate with threehits and two RBI’s. EthanPawlowski also collectedthree hits for the Falcons.With the win Jefferson im-proved to 3-1 in the PAC.

Falcons host Wildcats

Brandon Skuza, ofJefferson, plays thirdsingles during amatch againstStruthers.

PHOTOS BY MELINDA FRANCISRob Wynn, of Jefferson, plays in afirst doubles match against Struthers.

Storm Men’s BasketballAdds Three More to 2013

Recruiting ClassDeitsch (Olentangy Orange), Morris (New Palestine,

Ind.) and Wells (Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary) Join Lake ErieHoops Program

The Lake Erie College men’s basketball team addedthree standout high school players to go along with earlysignee Sean Howard (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North)and form the Storm’s 2013 recruiting class. Head CoachCliff Hunt announced Thursday (April 18) the newcomerswho signed as part of the regular signing period earlierthis week.

“We are really excited to move forward with the additionof this very talented group,” Hunt said. “These four playersare all from very strong, winning programs and each of themhave been integral parts of their team’s success.”

The three new signees are forwards Mike Morris (NewPalestine, Ind./New Palestine) and Nick Wells (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) and guard Nick Deitsch (Lewis Cen-ter, Ohio/Olentangy Orange).

Both Morris and Wells measure in at 6-6 and between220-225 pounds, giving the Storm added size in the frontcourt. Deitsch is 6-2 and 170 pounds with the versatility toplay all three guard spots around the perimeter.

Each player averaged over 14 points per game in theirsenior season, led by Morris’ nearly 20-point average thatled the county. He was also Hancock County’s top three-point shooter last year. All three earned multiple all-dis-trict or all-county honors throughout their careers.

The 5-9 Howard signed during the early period in thefall and capped his high school career by leading his teamto a 16-6 record and top-10 ranking while collecting all-county and All-Indiana accolades.

GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS • WEEK OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 • 10AEducation

Seventh GradeHonor RollTracia BaileyBroc BakerSeth BaldwinMadeline BeanAbigayle BeckerSara BowenWendy BraunCandace BurkhammerJordan ChittleCaden CiconCassy ColvinCody DeanSierra DeanCharles DearyHaley DyeRobert EckartAlex EmersonNatalie FiorittoZachary FogarasTyler GramszAustyn HamperCeleste HamperAdam HelselJonathan HensonJenna HillJesseca HouselColleen HurstAustin JacobsChristian JewellAnalese MarrisonStormy MeadeJonathan NotonChase O’MearaTristan OsborneBrandon ParkMorgan PenroseJulia PeteKatie PetroCaleb PishnerOlivia PlattMaycee PowersBria Robinson

Jefferson Area Junior High School Honor/Merit rollsHannah RunnionAngelica SackAva SeverinoNatasha ShreveJoseph SmithClay SmockSamuel SpahrJake StimsonMontana SzuhayBrandon ThompsonKari TruckeyJason Vance

Merit RollJuliet BogdanEvan CapelaNicholas ChiacchieroKatelyn ChristoCharles EllsworthKaden EvansCaitlyn FordJeremy GainesThomas HeathfieldBobbi HughesRyan JacobsBreanna JohnsonTalis LeslieBrittany LightJames MillerEthan MooreMaggie MooreDylan MoyerRobert NiemiBrooke-Marie NoscalKeith PalmerTristen PhillipsJacob ReidRyan StatesAlexander Thrasher

Eighth GradeHonor RollBrittny BallMolly Barber

Brooke BasenJoshua ButlerJonathan CarpenterAbigail CumberledgeHollie DaltonEmily DeGeorgeZoran FogarasJustine FormanChloe ForristalTony GattarelloVictoria HathySamuel HitchcockHope HughesJonathan David JacksonLydia JohnsMaragret JohnsonMikayla JohnstonJeremiah KnightKylie KorandaJulian LaValleeGretchen LitwilerTrooper MeadeAlexis MeaneyLucas MeighenWilliam MilesCammella MusgraveSelena NewlandAustin NorrisGarrett OsborneChristie ParkerAndrew PickardSusan PlattGabriella PridemoreMadison PriestapAutumn RosipkoLauren SchreiberAustin SimmonsJosey SnyderNicole SquatritoMacKenzie TerrasiNaomi VavpeticGabrielle WagnerMorgan WetherholtBrooke Wilks

Merit RollAustin BlakenshipJarrett BuellErin ButcherCalyn CandelaAbigail CaskeySamuel ChaneyBryce CoxDale DavisMitchel DobosJeralynn EvansAlissa FarmerJared GianantonioMason GillespieJoshua GoffNicole HamskiPaige HayfordTaylor HeathfieldWolfgang JoernsAndrey KamlerAmber KelseyTrent MathewsAerick McCulloughTyler McKeeMaximilian MitchellMiranda MusacchioJerry NicholsAlexis PacholkeHarleigh PeckMya PerryKatarina PlotzBrianna RexroadAmanda RumbaughTristen ScribbenHaydn SimmenZoey SpellmanKrista StranmanMason SwineyJennifer TomsJesse WilliamsBrandon Zindash

Fourth GradeAll A’sLawrence JohnsonTyler BuemiEmma Martuccio

Honor RollFrankie SnyderAidan DeRosaFaith BlankenshipDylan CalawayOlivia EvansBenjamin GramszDonovan LeiningerDavid FleckHope KendzerskiTory DurkovicKeegan Leslie

Merit RollAlicia BradekGavin WhiteShannon BurnsHowie CampbellArianna GriffithCaleb CrawfordDakota CunninghamMadeline SmithDustin FayJenna Wagner

Jefferson Elementary School Honor/Merit rollsTaylor CottonKaitlyn Stevens

Fifth GradeAll A’sMegan C. JacobsAngelique PecheEmilie BurrEmma Gornichec

Honor RollAndrew HamperBrandon BairdKamryn ListerCrystal WhelandNicholas DiehlBella JordanHayleigh JordanCora RigglemanJulia VavpeticAnthony DevivoColin PriestapBrooke LocyErin MyersKennedy SimmenJacob Toth

Merit RollThomas NemitzEmily Moisio

Zoie SimmonsRyelie BarnesJonathan BellEmma GoffMickaleh LarsonAnthony LoomisBrook GriffithJesse WetherbeeEthan ButcherAlyssa CadleJohn MontanaroMadeline LitwilerAlyssa ThrasherJonathan EckartDestiny MayesTristin AppletonGabriella FalkeAlexis SalamoneAngela BrailMegan H. JacobsSean Stolder

Sixth GradeAll A’sAustin CalawayEmily KendzerskiEmily KovacsBrooke PawlowskiEmily TaftMarissa CovettaSarah DeGeorge

Honor RollMorgan CorronTyler BouckGarrett BoczarPaige JohnsonJayni LambSabrina PhommavichitKylie SnyderJenna ParkomakiAndrew Vance

Merit RollAnabella HiblerVirginia GrierClaire AllenGrady WessollekTerril SkinnerRenee JusticeJoel NelsonOwen BlanchetteSara HubbardAlan TurnerSamantha BouckDanielle FinkSarah NewlandCloey SpahrMcKenna MonnollyChristopher LeeShelby Meyer

Braden Students Rate High AtOMEA Solo/Ensemble Event

ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - The Ohio Music Edu-cation Association (OMEA) District V Solo & EnsembleAdjudicated Event for junior high students was heldApril 13 at Conneaut High School. Instrumental andvocal music students in grades seven and eight werejudged on the basis of technique, tone quality, intona-tion, and musical interpretation.

Wallace H. Braden Junior High School studentsachieving Superior (I) ratings for solos were:

Jacob Arsulic (tenor saxophone), Ibrahim Bazyan(trumpet), Jacob Breland (trumpet), Gabriella Brown(alto saxophone), Abby Carlson (clarinet), Alexa Howard(French horn), Ana Kisha (trumpet), Sidney Lowrey(clarinet), Natalie Mittelstadt (flute), Ja’Lyn Pollard(alto Saxophone), Lynsey Randolph (clarinet), Clay Reed(trombone), and Allyson Thayne (flute).

Ensembles receiving Superior (I) ratings in-clude the Brass Trio #1 (Ana Kisha, Ashley Natto,Marissa Lee), Brass Trio #2 (Ibrahim Bazyan, AlexaHoward, Corey Piltz), Clarinet Ensemble (MollyJohnston, Kayla DeGeorge, Sophia Flick, Brooke Myers,Lynsey Randolph, Caitlyn Falke), Clarinet Quartet #1(Emily Risley, Jordan Novitsky, Caitlyn Carr, SidneyLowrey), Clarinet Trio (Michelle Barido, Yousef Bazyan,Krystal Noce), Low Brass Trio #1 (Isaiah Sposito, KurtEkensten, Derek Elrod), Low Brass Trio #2 (Clay Reed,Josh Offenberg, Aaron Partridge), Percussion Quintet(Nick Scarpitti, Bobby Houser, Jeremy Hipps, TrentDufour, Greg Osbourne), Woodwind Quartet #2 (Madi-son Gillette, Jaqcara Boomhower, Molly McNutt, LillianMcKinley), Woodwind Quintet (Abbey Maydak, JaqcaraBoomhower, Molly McNutt, Alexa Howard, BrittanyKendzerski), Woodwind Trio #1 (Molly Johnston,Sydney Yopp, Alexis Williams), Woodwind Trio #2 (TylerPew, Jacob Arsulic, Jimmy Cline), Woodwind Trio #3(Jordan Novitsky, Emily Risley, Allyson Thayne), andthe Woodwind Trio #4 (Gabriella Brown, MadisonGillette, Lillian McKinley),

Braden students receiving Excellent (II) rat-ings were soloists Yousef Bazyan (clarinet), KaylaBertholf (flute), Adrianna Dickey (snare drum)Mackenzie Herman (flute), Ciarra Horton (euphonium),Brittany Kendzerski (bassoon), Molly McNutt (clarinet),and Ashley Natto (trumpet).

The following ensembles received Excellent (II)ratings: Brass Quintet (Ana Kisha, Mia Roncone, CoreyPiltz, Nick Williams, Charles Hayden), Clarinet Quar-tet #2 (Molly McNutt, Olivia DeCola, Maddy Pike,Amber Cleveland), Flute Trio (Natalie Mittelstadt,Mackenzie Herman, Kayla Bertholf), and the WoodwindQuartet #3 (Tyler Pew, Amber Cleveland, Maddy Pike,Jimmy Cline).

Also participating were the following ensembles:Brass Quartet #1 (Max Swanson, Hunter Allen, KurtEkensten, Hunter Kaydo), Brass Quartet #2 (MiaRoncone, A.J. Urch, Nick Williams, Ciarra Horton), andWoodwind Quartet #1 (Yousef Bazyan, Alex Flanders,Alexis Williams, Sydney Yopp).

Falcons MenusJefferson/Rock Creek Elementary SchoolsBreakfast4/24 Bagel w/Cream Cheese or Jelly, Fruit4/25 Breakfast Pizza, Fruit4/26 Warm Cinnamon Roll, Fruit4/29 Choice of Cereal, Snack-n-Square, Fruit4/30 French Toast With Syrup, Sausage Link, Fruit

Lunch4/24 Taco Salad w/Lettuce, Meat & Cheese, Tortilla

Chips, Salsa, Green Beans, Fruits4/25 Turkey & Cheese Sub, Carrot Sticks, Cucumber

Slices, Mini Pretzels, Fruits4/26 French Bread Pizza, Vegetables, Hot Carrots, Fruit4/29 Popcorn Chicken, Sweet Potato Puffs, Broccoli &

Dip, Homemade Cookie, Fruits4/30 Corndog on Stick, Tri Tater, Green Pepper & Dip,

Carrot Sticks, Fruits

Jefferson Area Junior/Senior High SchoolBreakfast4/24 Ham, Egg & Cheese on Biscuit, Fruit4/25 Benefit Oatmeal Bar, Yogurt Go-Gurt, Fruit4/26 Cinnamon Toast Sticks, Sausage Links, Fruit4/29 Whole Grain Pop-Tarts, Mozzarella String Cheese4/30 Breakfast Bar, Yogurt Go-Gurt, Fruit

Lunch4/24 Chef’s Salad w/ Meat & Cheese, Baby Carrots, Pretzel4/25 Macaroni & Cheese, Celery & Peanut Butter,

Green Beans, Dinner Roll, Fruit4/26 Stuffed Crust Pizza, Carrots, Corn, Fruit4/29 Chicken Patty on Bun, Sweet Potatoes, Green

Beans, Fried Rice, Fruit4/30 BBQ Pork Sandwich, Curly Fries, Baked Beans,

Fruit

When Harpersfield Ruritan Clubmembers (pictured) Ron Gilbert,Jim Pristov, Ed Demshar andDave Snyder presented CorkElementary students with morethan six hundred Serbian Sprucesaplings on Earth Day, thestudents, in turn, gave MotherNature an early Mother’s daygift. Each Cork student tookhome a pair of the small sprucetrees to plant in their yards,contributing to the greening ofHarpersfield and doing their partsto help save the planet. Showingoff the saplings they will plant attheir homes are (seated) SophiaCleversey, Kenndehl Swansonand Keera Ricker and (standing)Anthony Bardzilauskas, MarcWilson and Dakota Witt. At right isCork Principal Melissa Doherty.

Celebrating Earth Day

PHOTO BY JAN PERALA FOR GENEVA SCHOOLS


PASTOR’S COLUMNPastor Steve ArsulicEagleville Bible Church

FREEDOM from ourhurts, habits, and hangups in this life...FREEDOMthat brings the peace ofJesus Christ into our life.This is the purpose andgoal of Celebrate Recoveryat Eagleville Bible Church.

Celebrate Recovery is aspiritual lifeboat for peoplecaught up in the wavescaused by life’s hurts, hab-its, and hang ups rangingfrom grief of divorce to sub-stance abuse.

We are always lookingfor ways to share the powerof this program with ourcommunity and those seek-ing help in their struggles.

No one need face theirstruggles alone, nor feelthey are unique and sodeep in the pit of despairthere is no point in eventrying to get out.

I want to convey moreinformation about this im-portant ministry and somebackground on how Cel-ebrate Recovery is struc-tured. Most importantlyfor those struggling withthe hurts, habits, and hangups in this life we desire tolet you know how to beginthe process of recovery.

To know there is alwayshope, a hope so powerfulthat you too can CelebrateRecovery in Christ Jesus.For others in the commu-nity and members in thebody of Christ, we desirethat you understand theprogram so you can sharewith someone you mayknow who will benefit fromattending.

Celebrate Recovery is aChrist centered 12 Stepprogram with a founda-tional basis guided by thebeatitudes found in Mat-thew 5:3-10. You may bewondering, “how do the be-atitudes relate to recov-ery?”

Beatitude means“blessed,” of or enjoyinghappiness, enjoying thebliss of heaven. Jesus gaveus the beatitudes whilepreaching the Sermon onthe Mount. The crowdswere coming to Jesus tofind the way to eternalpeace, the way to heaven,and the way to God. Theywere looking for the an-swer to fill the void in theirlife.

What he gave them (andus) out of these eight beati-tudes are foundationalqualities of the Christianway of life, not only forthose in recovery, but forall Christians.

These are not qualitieswe can pick and choosefrom. These are qualitieswe all are to strive for independence on the HolySpirit to transform ourhearts, our minds, and ourattitudes to live in theblessing God desires for ustoday and for eternity.

The beatitudes mayseem as “conflicting” state-ments that compare King-dom values with worldlyvalues followed by thepromised blessing if we areliving as God desires.

As in Matthew 5:4, howare we happy or blessed ifwe are mourning? In thiscase, the blessing comeswhen we recognize our ownsins and shortcomings incomparison to God andthrough this recognition,

through this remorse andmourning; we see our needfor a savior, our need forJesus Christ in our lives.

Every week, we explorein more detail how each ofthese 8 principles and thebeatitudes relates to the12 steps to recovery fromthe hurts, habits, and hangups in the world. We high-light each principle and itscorresponding step on aweekly basis, alternatinglessons with testimonies ofpeople who have workedthrough the steps andshare how working theseprinciples have trans-formed their lives.

Every Tuesday night,we meet from 7 – 9 p.m. todiscuss these very thingsand to encourage eachother to keep progressingin our recovery and Chris-tian walk as we seek Jesusin our lives through work-ing the 12 Steps and theworking of the Holy Spiritin our process of transfor-mation. All are welcomeand no one is beyond thereach or the help of God.

So come join us or rec-ommend Celebrate Recov-ery to someone you knowwho is struggling with ahurt, habit, or hang up.We currently have genderspecific small groups meet-ing during the second hourfor alcohol/chemical addic-tions, anger, co-depen-dency, divorce, food addic-tions, or general groups foranything that is prevent-ing someone from experi-encing God’s peace.

If you have any ques-tions, please feel free tocontact me, Steve Arsulic,at (440) 563-3407. Godbless and may His peacerest on you today!

Celebrate recovery atEagleville Bible Church

3rd Grading PeriodHonor RollGrade 4

Andacy DietrichAdrienne Smith

Grade 5Abigail DischerAleah EddyPreston HamperAlexis HardyAllison Krawsczyn

Megan LynchGiovanna Poirierlszabella StaleySophia Wilber

Grade 6Tabitha BanksKate BrandMichael HamskiMadeline HitchcockCheyenne KaseAlexius Payne

Merit RollGrade 4

Georgena CampbellSeve CantiniAva ContenzaMegan JonesAnthony OrthMichael Perkins

Rock Creek Elementary Honor, Merit RollGrade 5

Katie CumberledgeEmily FormanJoseph Hamper, Jr.Brianna McCabeAlyssa Meaney

Grade 6Mathew HardySusan HowardMakayla JolesCallao MoodyDakota RyanAndrew MehalicHannah ReidJacob RollmanJordan SannerCole SmockSierra SzuhayKeegan WallaceSheridon Wilber

Third Nine Weeks - 2012/2013Good CitizensKG M/W – Briana Hawkins, Travis Heintz

KG T/TH – Olivia Todd, Lance Harchalk

1S – Bruce Bixel, Hannah Costello

1W – Martin Johnson, Lily Schieman

2E – Laura Hobbs, Matthew Henry

2W – Flynn Doherty, Glory Kinnunen

3B – Nakoa Begay, Anne Costello, DakotaWitt

3J – McKayla McKinney, Elijah Cuyler,Jocelyn Denihan, Caleb Nelson

4A – Anthony Fedele, Jessica Ruggeri,Nicholas Nappi, Emily Showman

4W – Audrey Fortney, Cierra Horne, Timo-thy Robinson, Daniel Tome

5B – Daniel Lanning,Stephanie Ranallo

5H – Carissa Barbian,Aaron Bendelewski

Honor Roll4A – Abigail Anderson, Abby Carter, SarahFerritto, Jasmine Hall, David Matur, AlexSchroeder

4W – Audrey Fortney, Allison Frank, AnnaGerger, Rachel Raymond, Kyle Smothers

5B – Tori Arnold, Joey Carley, Danny Jackam,Stephanie Ranallo

5H – Tyler Glaettli, Johnny Jackam, AlyssaJohnson, Logan Kucera, Rebecca Quirk,Vincent Varckette

Merit Roll4A – Tyler Gustincic, William Hanchosky,Maddilyn Metz

4W – Connor Deak, Robert Hall, Cierra Horne,Jacob Hedrick, Alexander Krieg, AlexisLanning, Chase Lawrence, NicholasPellegrino, Timothy Robinson, Cole Smith

5B – Isabel Bardzilauskas, Patrick Cowling,Brendon Crites, Hanna Daghlas, Sam Davis,Kaylee Duff, Savannah Hurst, Eklipse Jones,Ryan Joy, Maxwell Knebusch, SydneyMcCourt, Mila Pack, Cheyanne Santiago

5H – Aaron Bendelewski, Sydney Burgard, Sa-vannah Faulkner, Jacob McKinney,

Kylie Reece, Myla Rhodes,Ashton Stochla,Carissa Barbian

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Resume Building Classes will be offered through the Jefferson Library. You can con-tact Ed Worso at 576-3761 for more details. The classes will be offered at differenttimes, day, evening and weekend dates.

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April 30th: Citizen of the Year Banquet, held at the JeffersonCommunity Center

May 4th: Mother's Day Tea & Program at the Jefferson HistoricalSociety. 10-1, $10 per participant.

May 25th: Susan's Cooking School, call 440-576-2681 FMI.May 26th; Annual Memorial Day Parade, Downtown Jefferson at 11:00am

June 15th & 16th: Strawberry Festival & Craft Bazaar. Jefferson Depot Village. FMI576-0496 or e-mail to [email protected]

June 29th: Annual Jefferson Village Day from 9am-4pm.

SPRING IS FINALLY HERE!More events to follow next month!

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